Most "big hits" these days are CDs filled with garbage. If you look at the number one selling CDs, it's the "Wow! Now that's what I Call Music - Volume 845". Music executives know that people are only going to buy the CDs that are filled with stuff that audiences like, and enjoy.
That said, look at the music that's released on those 'compilation' CDs. The music is all old and past its 'hit single' prime. It's not terribly old, but it's not the stuff that plays commonly on the radio either.
Most artists have 'filler' CDs. That is to say, they have maybe two tracks that are any good, and the rest is total crap. But the music companies can charge you for the full price of the CD, filler and all. You pay for all 12 or 15 songs or whatever, when all you wanted was the two. And now with iTunes, you can pay $2 and get those two tracks alone. The odds of you buying entire albums now goes down significantly because you know that most artists pretty much suck donkey balls, and you just like that one "lalalala cookie monster" song. They are going to get smaller slices of the pie.
With DRM gone, there's no tie to iTunes and as well, people aren't as leery of buying music online because they know no matter what, their music will play in their car, on any mp3 player, and won't expire or screw up. It will spur rapid adoption of online music because it's easy to use, easy to share, easy to listen to, and gets you exactly what you want, without paying for filler.
And further, with rapid adoption of online music, the 'indie' bands now have a greater chance at making it big, because there is no reliance on music industry to play their music on the radio. Digital music will hit a critical mass quickly I think, and services like Pandora and Last.fm will become the standard for listening to music, instead of turning on your radio. You'll tell Last.fm that you like bands X, Y, and Z, all of which are mainstream bands. Then Last.fm will say "hey, you like them, you might like bands A, B and C" -- which are indie bands.
And in the end, the only people who are going to gain are the fans -- artists won't be able to produce filler CDs because they won't be able to make a living off of them (ala Britney Spears and the others), record companies won't control what we listen to because we have services like Last.fm, Pandora and the wonderful "word of mouth" (which is lightspeed on the internet). Music industry loses control, artists realize that if they are good, they can self-publish, and they all lose out.
As Cartman said to Token in South Park (playing the role of the Music Industry here) -- "From now on, we are an entertainment team, Token. You just do all the singing, all the performing, and all the entertaining... and leave the rest to us." That really won't work any more. And it's a good thing for us as fans, bad for the recording industry. And it's inevitable anyway.... just give it time.
He pretty much restates the overall theme of Jobs' point, in a manner that sounds condescending because we "stupid" people don't understand that DRM can apply to multiple facets of information and technology.
Does Apple create anything close to MS Office? No. Does Apple create anything close to Active Directory? No. Does Apple create anything close to Exchange or MS Server products? Not really.
The first one puts it pretty much out of the ballpark. Microsoft isn't successful because of consumers, but rather business adopters. This is the case from MS DOS back in "the day". IBM helped Microsoft get to where they are today. Apple has no such leverage because they are their own hardware vendor. They can't license out, make some deals, and get the OS installed at a discounted price for corporations to try out. Especially approaching the startups and saying "Hey we'll give you all these cheap PCs and software provided you make use of our technology only".
It could happen, but Apple isn't posturing themselves to do it. So the answer stands right now, as a big fat NO.
Though I'm curious, if Apple came up with an Active Directory, Exchange, Sharepoint, and Office replacement that was 'industrial' for administrative uses and solid as Apples have proven to be thus far, I would definitely have some curiosity to try it out:)
Because with the CNR technology, Linux is closing the gap between Windows and Macs in ease of use.
Give it time... it will catch on. RPMs are great but if you need XXX dependancies first to install something, people get confused (as I did). This is the best thing for Linux since sliced bread:)
Silicon is inferior to industrial diamonds in so many ways, I'm wondering when they will start being used in processor design.... read about it years ago, so perhaps this is the first step towards.
Wikipedia came in ahead of Britannica in terms of accuracy for most articles.
Maybe -- and I don't think I'm going out on a limb -- is that history professors are finding out they are idiots by their students, and don't like the feeling.
PvP in WoW takes almost zero skill. I played a PvP server for the entire time I played, it just paled in comparison to Ultima Online. I prefer a PvP game where it takes skill to be good, which is why I'm playing only FPSes lately, no good MMOs for PvP:(
I'm tired of the level treadmill and carebear-land where nobody is attackable. It's a fantasy world, kill or be killed. Darkfall looks great for that:)
Group policy and MSI deployment of Firefox. I can already repackage Firefox as an MSI using AdminStudio, but I can't control it as much as I'd like via Policy.
It would be nice to see the ability to edit the proxy settings automatically or other things. Disable popups, add a 'trusted' site etc. Just little features here and there that make life easier as a Windows domain admin:)
I haven't seen it appear on my WSUS server or even in Windows updates... just curious if anybody else has seen it and if they have, what KB # was associated? Our company has some issues with some shitty software so we can't install it en-masse.
Get your kid checked out -- because he's better than I am now:)
I still have difficulty installing applications without the use of apt-get or yum, or a package manager of some sort... and that continues to be a sticking point for me with Linux:)
Double click, install -- I want that. OS X has it even easier, just drag and drop.
That's all you need to get started -- Vista will come naturally into most homes, the Xbox 360 complements that significantly. You don't have to PLAN to build a living room computer setup -- it will come to you naturally as Vista comes into homes and people find themselves buying Xboxes for the games.
I would even run with it should there be such a thing to try it out... but for the mass audience, if it's not easy to use and pretty, it will never fly.
And that's not to say Ubuntu isn't easy to use -- it is. But it's easy to use in comparison to other Linux distros. That doesn't make it as easy as a Mac or Windows (which is the standard, and thus 'easier' to learn).
It's clear that Microsoft is winning the war for the home market.
Microsoft has Windows Media Center which, in its Vista iteration will provide support for HDTV recording, CableCard support, and downloadable content (much like iTunes). Then add in Xbox 360 which can do much of the same along with IPTV (just announced), extend Windows Media Center, and also play games. The online part (Xbox Live) is a great addition to all that.
Apple's AppleTV product is kind of lame, and I was rather disappointed in it. It only plays items from iTunes and locks you in further. Doesn't play Divx, doesn't record anything -- it's more of an 'extender' than anything else. And if the sales Linksys shows anything in regards to how well extenders do, we know we can write it off for the die-hard Mac fans.
That said... I love Apple and the way they innovate. Some products are hits (iPhone) and some are misses (AppleTV). Time will tell either way, but Microsoft is definitely gearing up to be the dominant force in the living room.
on those in the center to make the rational choices to help lead our country forward. Olympia Snowe is one such example, and has continually been in her years of public office.
is that I can probably snag a Windows Mobile device a LOT cheaper soon:)
the iPhone is very cool, but for the price I don't think I can justify it. I'll get a Samsung Blackjack for $199 which has 3g, a nice screen and internet. What else do I need:)
They haven't gotten gasoline powered cars made properly yet. Now they want to make electric ones?
The only car I liked from GM was the Corvette, and aside from that they are by in large, horrible pieces of trash. I'll stick to Japanese for innovating efficiency, and Germans to innovate suspension design and material construction.
And I'll leave American automakers to copy everybody else 10 years after the Japanese and Germans create the good products.
So I imagine we'll see a 'reasonable' electric car from GM, when the Japanese and Germans give us flying cars.
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At least, it's what I think they would think.
Most "big hits" these days are CDs filled with garbage. If you look at the number one selling CDs, it's the "Wow! Now that's what I Call Music - Volume 845". Music executives know that people are only going to buy the CDs that are filled with stuff that audiences like, and enjoy.
That said, look at the music that's released on those 'compilation' CDs. The music is all old and past its 'hit single' prime. It's not terribly old, but it's not the stuff that plays commonly on the radio either.
Most artists have 'filler' CDs. That is to say, they have maybe two tracks that are any good, and the rest is total crap. But the music companies can charge you for the full price of the CD, filler and all. You pay for all 12 or 15 songs or whatever, when all you wanted was the two. And now with iTunes, you can pay $2 and get those two tracks alone. The odds of you buying entire albums now goes down significantly because you know that most artists pretty much suck donkey balls, and you just like that one "lalalala cookie monster" song. They are going to get smaller slices of the pie.
With DRM gone, there's no tie to iTunes and as well, people aren't as leery of buying music online because they know no matter what, their music will play in their car, on any mp3 player, and won't expire or screw up. It will spur rapid adoption of online music because it's easy to use, easy to share, easy to listen to, and gets you exactly what you want, without paying for filler.
And further, with rapid adoption of online music, the 'indie' bands now have a greater chance at making it big, because there is no reliance on music industry to play their music on the radio. Digital music will hit a critical mass quickly I think, and services like Pandora and Last.fm will become the standard for listening to music, instead of turning on your radio. You'll tell Last.fm that you like bands X, Y, and Z, all of which are mainstream bands. Then Last.fm will say "hey, you like them, you might like bands A, B and C" -- which are indie bands.
And in the end, the only people who are going to gain are the fans -- artists won't be able to produce filler CDs because they won't be able to make a living off of them (ala Britney Spears and the others), record companies won't control what we listen to because we have services like Last.fm, Pandora and the wonderful "word of mouth" (which is lightspeed on the internet). Music industry loses control, artists realize that if they are good, they can self-publish, and they all lose out.
As Cartman said to Token in South Park (playing the role of the Music Industry here) -- "From now on, we are an entertainment team, Token. You just do all the singing, all the performing, and all the entertaining... and leave the rest to us." That really won't work any more. And it's a good thing for us as fans, bad for the recording industry. And it's inevitable anyway.... just give it time.
SIMPSONS DID IT!
is even more egotistical than Steve Jobs.
He pretty much restates the overall theme of Jobs' point, in a manner that sounds condescending because we "stupid" people don't understand that DRM can apply to multiple facets of information and technology.
What a prick.
Does Apple create anything close to MS Office? No.
:)
Does Apple create anything close to Active Directory? No.
Does Apple create anything close to Exchange or MS Server products? Not really.
The first one puts it pretty much out of the ballpark. Microsoft isn't successful because of consumers, but rather business adopters. This is the case from MS DOS back in "the day". IBM helped Microsoft get to where they are today. Apple has no such leverage because they are their own hardware vendor. They can't license out, make some deals, and get the OS installed at a discounted price for corporations to try out. Especially approaching the startups and saying "Hey we'll give you all these cheap PCs and software provided you make use of our technology only".
It could happen, but Apple isn't posturing themselves to do it. So the answer stands right now, as a big fat NO.
Though I'm curious, if Apple came up with an Active Directory, Exchange, Sharepoint, and Office replacement that was 'industrial' for administrative uses and solid as Apples have proven to be thus far, I would definitely have some curiosity to try it out
Because with the CNR technology, Linux is closing the gap between Windows and Macs in ease of use.
:)
Give it time... it will catch on. RPMs are great but if you need XXX dependancies first to install something, people get confused (as I did). This is the best thing for Linux since sliced bread
NOD32. Low resource usage and high effectiveness. What more can you ask for?
But IIS is probably one of their best products, and most secure as far as security bulletins go.
I think the rest has been covered ad nauseum, as far as C versus C++ procedure calls.
I knew IBM's Lotus Notes was a dead end years ago :)
to "upgrade" my existing OS. Too much changes and I am just not comfortable without doing a full format.
That said, I'm admittedly a Microsoft fanboy (to a reasonable extent).
Silicon is inferior to industrial diamonds in so many ways, I'm wondering when they will start being used in processor design.... read about it years ago, so perhaps this is the first step towards.
Wikipedia came in ahead of Britannica in terms of accuracy for most articles.
Maybe -- and I don't think I'm going out on a limb -- is that history professors are finding out they are idiots by their students, and don't like the feeling.
PvP in WoW takes almost zero skill. I played a PvP server for the entire time I played, it just paled in comparison to Ultima Online. I prefer a PvP game where it takes skill to be good, which is why I'm playing only FPSes lately, no good MMOs for PvP :(
Darkfall Online -- http://www.darkfallonline.com/
:)
I'm tired of the level treadmill and carebear-land where nobody is attackable. It's a fantasy world, kill or be killed. Darkfall looks great for that
Group policy and MSI deployment of Firefox. I can already repackage Firefox as an MSI using AdminStudio, but I can't control it as much as I'd like via Policy.
:)
It would be nice to see the ability to edit the proxy settings automatically or other things. Disable popups, add a 'trusted' site etc. Just little features here and there that make life easier as a Windows domain admin
I haven't seen it appear on my WSUS server or even in Windows updates... just curious if anybody else has seen it and if they have, what KB # was associated? Our company has some issues with some shitty software so we can't install it en-masse.
:)
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Get your kid checked out -- because he's better than I am now :)
:)
I still have difficulty installing applications without the use of apt-get or yum, or a package manager of some sort... and that continues to be a sticking point for me with Linux
Double click, install -- I want that. OS X has it even easier, just drag and drop.
10 million+ people disagree with you.
You're in a minority. I don't have a 360 yet, but I want one. I'm waiting for the refresh and I'll pick it up.
Convert everything to MP3.
:)
Don't ever worry about DRM.
Don't have an Xbox I take it?
That's all you need to get started -- Vista will come naturally into most homes, the Xbox 360 complements that significantly. You don't have to PLAN to build a living room computer setup -- it will come to you naturally as Vista comes into homes and people find themselves buying Xboxes for the games.
I would even run with it should there be such a thing to try it out... but for the mass audience, if it's not easy to use and pretty, it will never fly.
And that's not to say Ubuntu isn't easy to use -- it is. But it's easy to use in comparison to other Linux distros. That doesn't make it as easy as a Mac or Windows (which is the standard, and thus 'easier' to learn).
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It's clear that Microsoft is winning the war for the home market.
Microsoft has Windows Media Center which, in its Vista iteration will provide support for HDTV recording, CableCard support, and downloadable content (much like iTunes). Then add in Xbox 360 which can do much of the same along with IPTV (just announced), extend Windows Media Center, and also play games. The online part (Xbox Live) is a great addition to all that.
Apple's AppleTV product is kind of lame, and I was rather disappointed in it. It only plays items from iTunes and locks you in further. Doesn't play Divx, doesn't record anything -- it's more of an 'extender' than anything else. And if the sales Linksys shows anything in regards to how well extenders do, we know we can write it off for the die-hard Mac fans.
That said... I love Apple and the way they innovate. Some products are hits (iPhone) and some are misses (AppleTV). Time will tell either way, but Microsoft is definitely gearing up to be the dominant force in the living room.
on those in the center to make the rational choices to help lead our country forward. Olympia Snowe is one such example, and has continually been in her years of public office.
is that I can probably snag a Windows Mobile device a LOT cheaper soon :)
:)
the iPhone is very cool, but for the price I don't think I can justify it. I'll get a Samsung Blackjack for $199 which has 3g, a nice screen and internet. What else do I need
They haven't gotten gasoline powered cars made properly yet. Now they want to make electric ones?
The only car I liked from GM was the Corvette, and aside from that they are by in large, horrible pieces of trash. I'll stick to Japanese for innovating efficiency, and Germans to innovate suspension design and material construction.
And I'll leave American automakers to copy everybody else 10 years after the Japanese and Germans create the good products.
So I imagine we'll see a 'reasonable' electric car from GM, when the Japanese and Germans give us flying cars.