It is probably capable of a lot of things (OGG support, perhaps).
With the upcoming quicktime 6 adding AAC, i'd expect support for that on the ipod before i'd expect OGG.
What i want is an ipod with a color screen, capable of playing MPEG video. Sitting on the train watching any of my Simpsons episodes would be excellent. =)
Fact is, if AOL bundled Netscape with their cd's, Netscape would have a much higher presense on the desktop.
AFAIK, AOL only continues using IE in their software because fresh installations of MS Windows still come with an AOL icon on the desktop (in many cases). If they were to drop IE from the client, MS would drop that placement from the desktop.
At 10.30am this morning, there were about 7,000 people swapping about 30 gigabytes of music.
those numbers are from a single server. the stats the server sends a client isn't for the entire network. it never has been. multiply those numbers by (about) 130 and you'll get closer numbers.
In February this year the number of simultaneous users was 1.57 million, although that number dropped to 840,000 in May.
in light of those numbers i definitely wouldn't say "usage has totally dropped off the face of the earth.". granted, compared to what it once was usage is not great, but compared to other similar services 840k is pretty damn good.
from c|net: "MediaBay, a seller of old-time radio shows over the Internet and in retail stores, on Thursday said it filed a complaint against Napster, the popular song-swap service, charging copyright infringement and unfair competition."
from the article: "Steve Grady, vice president of marketing at MP3 retailer GoodNoise, said that if the record labels don't put the consumer first in their architecture plans, piracy will only increase and the industry could ultimately lose out on new business opportunities on the Web."
What's this? An industry honcho with the consumer in mind? The RIAA and the companies it represents should take a lesson from this man.
I'm not worried. If people want MP3, it will always be around. Plain and simple. As soon as SDMI starts becoming popular w/ the record companies (and it will) i'll find a cracked player (cracked not to take away from the developer(s), just not to fund the RIAA) and record the SDMI files to wav w/ total recorder as they pass through my soundcard. After all, that's how i've been converting the liquid audio and a2b "secure" foramts all along.
from the article: "Steve Grady, vice president of marketing at MP3 retailer GoodNoise, said that if the record labels don't put the consumer first in their architecture plans, piracy will only increase and the industry could ultimately lose out on new business opportunities on the Web." What's this? An industry honcho with the consumer in mind? The RIAA and the companies it represents should take a lesson from this man. I'm not worried. If people want MP3, it will always be around. Plain and simple. As soon as SDMI starts becoming popular w/ the record companies (and it will) i'll find a cracked player (cracked not to take away from the developer(s), just not to fund the RIAA) and record the SDMI files to wav w/ total recorder as they pass through my soundcard. After all, that's how i've been converting the liquid audio and a2b "secure" foramts all along.
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It is probably capable of a lot of things (OGG support, perhaps).
With the upcoming quicktime 6 adding AAC, i'd expect support for that on the ipod before i'd expect OGG.
What i want is an ipod with a color screen, capable of playing MPEG video. Sitting on the train watching any of my Simpsons episodes would be excellent. =)
Business 101 - try really , really hard to piss off your customers
Ah yes, the real model.
Anyway, this is pretty damn evil. I bet the gnucleus guys are loving that they're being associated with such horrible scumware.
That's a savings of 21$ per GB.
not it's not. but i suppose it would be if the $21/GB tariff proposal ever becomes law.
it might have been clever when this guy did it a couple of months ago, but it's not clever anymore.
Fact is, if AOL bundled Netscape with their cd's, Netscape would have a much higher presense on the desktop.
AFAIK, AOL only continues using IE in their software because fresh installations of MS Windows still come with an AOL icon on the desktop (in many cases). If they were to drop IE from the client, MS would drop that placement from the desktop.
no, he wasn't.
Some people think Shawn Fanning's greatest masterwork was creating Napster; in fact it was getting the hell out of there before it came to this.
what? shawn hasn't left.
from c|net: "MediaBay, a seller of old-time radio shows over the Internet and in retail stores, on Thursday said it filed a complaint against Napster, the popular song-swap service, charging copyright infringement and unfair competition."
they filed a complaint, not a suit.
and by the way, napdeck.com has a USB model on their purchase page.
neo35 doesn't seem to be offering it.
this device does exist in USB form. another company is selling it as the "napdeck" and has the USB version available on their purchase page.
it looks like this is being licensed from some manufacturer.
the exact same unit is for sale as the "napdeck" at www.napdeck.com.
this one sold for $14,999.00.
more proof that all the wrong people have money to waste.
It doesn't apply to me personally, but I know slashdot has many readers < 21.
Is it an all ages party?
AP: Napster wins court stay, can remain in business
http://dailynews.yahoo.c om/h/ap/20000728/tc/napster_5.html
Reuters: Napster Wins Stay in Appeals Court
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/000728/n28399 143.html
show me where the sonicnet article says that Napster is suing the offspring.
someone. please.
until then, slashdot really needs to do some sort of story verification.
its not my program, and as such, i'm not going to say anything i that may not have been deemed public info.
its not going to help much, but i can assure you its secure. napster and crew are /very/ big on security.
if being on the front page of cnet.com, zdnet, wired, and mp3.com is being hidden, then yeah, its been hidden. =)
no, the one who wrote up the 'story' really isn't right. there's no 'ftp' inolved. napster is a means of file sharing (specifically mp3) and chat.
http://www.gis.net/~nite for the linux version. its similar to bitchx/ircii
whoops, sorry bout the double post...thought i hit preview (d'oh!). it was unformatted anyway.
from the article:
"Steve Grady, vice president of marketing at MP3 retailer GoodNoise, said that if the record labels don't put the consumer first in their architecture plans, piracy will only increase and the industry could ultimately lose out on new business opportunities on the Web."
What's this? An industry honcho with the consumer in mind? The RIAA and the companies it represents should take a lesson from this man.
I'm not worried. If people want MP3, it will always be around. Plain and simple. As soon as SDMI starts becoming popular w/ the record companies (and it will) i'll find a cracked player (cracked not to take away from the developer(s), just not to fund the RIAA) and record the SDMI files to wav w/ total recorder as they pass through my soundcard. After all, that's how i've been converting the liquid audio and a2b "secure" foramts all along.
from the article: "Steve Grady, vice president of marketing at MP3 retailer GoodNoise, said that if the record labels don't put the consumer first in their architecture plans, piracy will only increase and the industry could ultimately lose out on new business opportunities on the Web." What's this? An industry honcho with the consumer in mind? The RIAA and the companies it represents should take a lesson from this man. I'm not worried. If people want MP3, it will always be around. Plain and simple. As soon as SDMI starts becoming popular w/ the record companies (and it will) i'll find a cracked player (cracked not to take away from the developer(s), just not to fund the RIAA) and record the SDMI files to wav w/ total recorder as they pass through my soundcard. After all, that's how i've been converting the liquid audio and a2b "secure" foramts all along.
having a PIN should be the customers option when he/she signs up for the account.