Crap you're right. My Windows PC have been dead for awhile (something about getting DMI pool data errors on bootup). I forgot these things... I think a "modify comment" feature wouldn't be too horrible on slashdot...
> They can tell if you're smoking a joint. They can tell if you're talking to a prostitute.
It's not illegal to smoke a hand-rolled cigarettes or to talk to a known prostitute.
I don't reallly have problems with police being able to see public roads with cameras. That's what they do when they go on patrol - now there's a more cost efficient way.
> The United States Congress is pushing for a national ID card, with biometrics.
Most of us allowed immigrants to be IDed in this fashion without kicking up much fuss, now we're paying for it by having the shit fly full swing towards us.
Personally I don't care if anyone saw me naked with or without x-rays, as long as I don't get in trouble for it. I'm more concerned about any potential health or hardware hazards from X-RAYS...
Wow, this article must be the one where everyone and their grandmother has something to say. I know my late post is going to get buried in the numbers, but I'll post anyway...
I use a corded optical mouse, the MX 310 from Logitech. It works well and the cordedness means great response and no battery charging hassles. Also corded mice tend to be much cheaper. I program and use all of the six buttons for the mac: left click, right click, shift click, command click, option click, and exposé keystroke. Five of them are really helpful, and I wouldn't want to go back to a mouse with less than five. Having said that, the pad on the bottom of the mouse is beginning to wear out:-(
On a separate topic, here's an idea for future mice that combines the best of corded and cordless worlds:
What does this have to do with either? Absolutely nothing. I'd rather we spent our prison budget on working to enhance the education and reformation of the prisoners rather than keeping track of where they are at all times, something that we don't have a problem with right now.
Actually one of the main benefits of RFID systems is that they are often times the cheaper alternative when compared with other technologies. Also, keeping track of prisoners is a big issue because there have been gang wars within prisons in the past.
Eh, I wouldn't dismiss Safari as biting the dust. I switched from Firefox/Mozilla to Safari because Safari is more lightweight and responsive. Safari had some bugs and quirks in the beginning since it was relatively new code, but it continues to improve. Camino wasn't a very good idea. As soon as they branched off from Firefox, that meant a slower development cycle. Never really got into Opera because I usually prefer freeware and free software over shareware, just to avoid any potential nags. Once when I looked over a person's shoulder at a computer lab I was shocked to see a person still use Mac IE. I guess there will always be IE diehards on this planet.
How does what suck where? You've demonstrated your ability to use ctrl-tab in conjunction with alt-tab, and it doesn't seem at all difficult to me.
This sounds like mac users who've complained about mice with more than one button. Just don't use the other buttons (or tabs) if you don't feel like it.
I find convenience in having multiple tabs in a single window. It prevents window clutter. Resize / move / close / maximize / minimize / restore one window, and the same thing happens for all the tabs in it. The toolbar is always located at the same consistent location when switching between tabs. If the tab bar gets too crowded, I just start a new window. Tabs are like windows, except it doesn't have some unwanted complexities that come with it.
He was saying that you don't own the songs with the $5 per month service because whenever your subscription expires, you lose the right to play. In this sense this is more like rental than owning the song.
Anyway, if you want the same rights as iTunes, Yahoo has that too (at $0.79/song).
From TFA (second article): "If you don't like the idea of subscribing to your music, you can rip CDs, play downloaded music, or even spend $0.99/track if you'd like."
Yahoo! Music Engine offers a 1M selection of songs, iTMS offers more than 1.5 million.
I have SBC Yahoo DSL. First they give you a discount price for a year, then they jack up the price after that. When I called them about lower priced offers, they say I can get that only if I also get the $80+ per month phone service.
When Yahoo says they charge an introductory price of $5 per month the first year, that means they're going to charge you more after that. And since they're using MS Janus technology, if you don't renew your subscription for next year the software will delete all the songs you've acquired for the first year.
It would be beneficial for the RIAA and online sales of DRMed songs if all players could support all DRM formats. This is not the case currently. Currently it sucks that the DRMed songs you pay for today for one player may not work for another player you may buy in the future. An audio format that cannot be played by third party hardware is probably historically unprecedented. She puts the blame on Steve Jobs for not adding DRMed WMA support to iPods. She attempts to describe this as if it would be something great for consumers, but I think this is an exaggeration, since in the end it is the RIAA that has Intellectual Property rights and control to the songs.
She doesn't explain whether or not the problem goes both ways. I.e. non-Apple players (save the HP iPod clone) can't play DRMed AAC, just like Apple players can't play DRMed WMA. How much of the current situation is the result of companies' can'ts and how much of it is the result of companies' won'ts? Also, which format -- AAC vs WMA -- is more open?
In fact Microsoft adertises how MS VCM is so great because you can create AVI files that use WMV codec. They advocate one format, then they drop the ball on Mac support by delivering WMP 9 for OS X.
Yes you are. The WMV files that you play are not AVI files. WMV is the codec, AVI is the container. The -.wmv files you get have WMV as the codec, ASF as the container. Windows Media Player for OS X has MP3, MPEG, and AVI support removed.
when, oh when, will Steve Jobs let me buy music from somewhere other than the Apple iTunes store and put it on my iPod?
Since the very first iPods. Just buy *any* cd from your local business and iTunes will upload it to your iPod. There's a reason why iPod sales are good even in countries without iTMS, you know. From her own words: "[the iPod] works with... songs that you rip from your own CD's. "
it is pretty easy to keep all the songs, no matter where you got them, in a single folder or "jukebox" on your computer. But not the iPod. Most agree it is the best quality player on the market even if the cheapest one costs a few hundred dollars.
Now I'm confused at how she describes jukeboxes, even more at how it has anything to do with Apple iTunes because iTunes always had the ability to automatically sort song files. Furthermore, a few hundred dollars is wrong grammer because iPod shuffles start at $99, then with student discount it can even be cheaper. (I bought my mini for aprox. $230 after an aprox $20 student discount). She also describes non-Apple players as costing "little as 29 bucks" but misleads her readers by not revealing the fact that those players have a rat's ass for storage capacity.
If you are really a geek, you can figure out how to strip the songs you might have bought from another on-line store of all identifying information so that they will go into the iPod. But then you have also degraded the sound quality. How cruel.
That's a twisted way of saying "burning songs to a CD first, then putting the songs onto my iPod will result in slight quality loss most people can't perceive." If she actually cares about degredation of sound quality, don't buy from online stores, Apple or non-Apple.
I know Steve Jobs is a god.
This must be one of the most obvious lies I've encountered in recent memory. She's deliberately making wild exaggerations and lies to make iPod look bad. If she hates Apple's iPod and iTunes so much...
Look, I bowed at his feet when the iPod and iTunes was created because HE GOT THE BALL ROLLING. He is as laconically casually cool as Bono and makes really good cartoon movies too.
If the RIAA morons allowed download sales of non-DRMed songs like some non-RIAA labels are doing now, their profits would go through the roof. She's also giving the false perception that it is Apple instead of the RIAA that's controling most of the CDs on the market and how they're priced.
You can convert any song to MP3 in iTunes except protected ones. iTunes Music Store sells only protected songs that are also 128kbps CBR AAC. When I try to convert a protected (read: encrypted) song "Dinner for Two" in iTunes, I get the message: "Dinner for Two" could not be converted because protected files cannot be converted to other formats.
iPods cannot play WMAs so it's possible that Microsoft is playing the same game as Apple. In fact, WMV encoded AVI videos cannot play on Macs either. Windows Media only has lukewarm support on Linux, WMV has virtually no support on non-x86 Linux systems.
Similarly in other industries, ink cartridges aren't universally compatible with all printers, razor blades aren't compatible with all razor handles (shape doesn't fit), etc. etc.
Their statistics are meaningless. Note that it doesn't say 74 percent of random people on the street, they specifically limit to cell phone users. And of the people with cell phones, they're specifically talking about smart cell phone users. Smart is a vague criterion, which makes the statistic meaningless and most likely pulled out of their asses.
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Crap you're right. My Windows PC have been dead for awhile (something about getting DMI pool data errors on bootup). I forgot these things... I think a "modify comment" feature wouldn't be too horrible on slashdot...
Just from the large volume of posts that appear on Slashdot...
The answer: yes, macs support multi-button mice.
Typical example: "how can you right/middle click on a Mac? Macs don't have more than one mouse button."
Solution:
1. get a multi-button mouse.
2. plug it into a mac PC.
3. use it.
Actually, it should be like this:
On Safari and Firefox Mac:
* middle click, shift click == same as left click
* cmd-click == open link in new tab
* option-click == download link
On Firefox Win:
* ctrl-click == open link in new tab
* shift-click == download link
I just plugged in a mouse with three buttons that I haven't configured and tried.
Maybe you have your mouse configured so that middle click == command click.
Safari middle click, shift click == same as left click
Firefox Mac middle click, shift click == opens link in new window
On Safari and Firefox Mac:
* cmd-click == open link in new tab
* option-click == download link
On Firefox Win:
* ctrl-click == open link in new tab
* shift-click == download link
> They can tell if you're smoking a joint. They can tell if you're talking to a prostitute.
It's not illegal to smoke a hand-rolled cigarettes or to talk to a known prostitute.
I don't reallly have problems with police being able to see public roads with cameras. That's what they do when they go on patrol - now there's a more cost efficient way.
> The United States Congress is pushing for a national ID card, with biometrics.
Most of us allowed immigrants to be IDed in this fashion without kicking up much fuss, now we're paying for it by having the shit fly full swing towards us.
Personally I don't care if anyone saw me naked with or without x-rays, as long as I don't get in trouble for it. I'm more concerned about any potential health or hardware hazards from X-RAYS...
Wow, this article must be the one where everyone and their grandmother has something to say. I know my late post is going to get buried in the numbers, but I'll post anyway...
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I use a corded optical mouse, the MX 310 from Logitech. It works well and the cordedness means great response and no battery charging hassles. Also corded mice tend to be much cheaper. I program and use all of the six buttons for the mac: left click, right click, shift click, command click, option click, and exposé keystroke. Five of them are really helpful, and I wouldn't want to go back to a mouse with less than five. Having said that, the pad on the bottom of the mouse is beginning to wear out
On a separate topic, here's an idea for future mice that combines the best of corded and cordless worlds:
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Cord-optional_20Mo
Of course, the porn industry will be the first to implement this...
http://my.yahoo.com/
It's been around a lot longer. You can edit/relocate sections just like gmail.com/ig, too. I think you can also get to the same page from:
http://login.yahoo.com/
What does this have to do with either? Absolutely nothing. I'd rather we spent our prison budget on working to enhance the education and reformation of the prisoners rather than keeping track of where they are at all times, something that we don't have a problem with right now.
Actually one of the main benefits of RFID systems is that they are often times the cheaper alternative when compared with other technologies. Also, keeping track of prisoners is a big issue because there have been gang wars within prisons in the past.
RFID cannot erode a right that never existed in prisons to begin with.
Mac IE is no longer in development. To be fair, that was just the /. submitter talking, not what the article said.
Eh, I wouldn't dismiss Safari as biting the dust. I switched from Firefox/Mozilla to Safari because Safari is more lightweight and responsive. Safari had some bugs and quirks in the beginning since it was relatively new code, but it continues to improve. Camino wasn't a very good idea. As soon as they branched off from Firefox, that meant a slower development cycle. Never really got into Opera because I usually prefer freeware and free software over shareware, just to avoid any potential nags. Once when I looked over a person's shoulder at a computer lab I was shocked to see a person still use Mac IE. I guess there will always be IE diehards on this planet.
How does what suck where? You've demonstrated your ability to use ctrl-tab in conjunction with alt-tab, and it doesn't seem at all difficult to me.
This sounds like mac users who've complained about mice with more than one button. Just don't use the other buttons (or tabs) if you don't feel like it.
I find convenience in having multiple tabs in a single window. It prevents window clutter. Resize / move / close / maximize / minimize / restore one window, and the same thing happens for all the tabs in it. The toolbar is always located at the same consistent location when switching between tabs. If the tab bar gets too crowded, I just start a new window. Tabs are like windows, except it doesn't have some unwanted complexities that come with it.
Really, it's sad to see a blatant ad be the first Score: 5 post.
Yahoo! Music Engine offers a 1M selection of songs, iTMS offers more than 1.5 million.
I have SBC Yahoo DSL. First they give you a discount price for a year, then they jack up the price after that. When I called them about lower priced offers, they say I can get that only if I also get the $80+ per month phone service.
When Yahoo says they charge an introductory price of $5 per month the first year, that means they're going to charge you more after that. And since they're using MS Janus technology, if you don't renew your subscription for next year the software will delete all the songs you've acquired for the first year.
It would be beneficial for the RIAA and online sales of DRMed songs if all players could support all DRM formats. This is not the case currently. Currently it sucks that the DRMed songs you pay for today for one player may not work for another player you may buy in the future. An audio format that cannot be played by third party hardware is probably historically unprecedented. She puts the blame on Steve Jobs for not adding DRMed WMA support to iPods. She attempts to describe this as if it would be something great for consumers, but I think this is an exaggeration, since in the end it is the RIAA that has Intellectual Property rights and control to the songs.
She doesn't explain whether or not the problem goes both ways. I.e. non-Apple players (save the HP iPod clone) can't play DRMed AAC, just like Apple players can't play DRMed WMA. How much of the current situation is the result of companies' can'ts and how much of it is the result of companies' won'ts? Also, which format -- AAC vs WMA -- is more open?
In fact Microsoft adertises how MS VCM is so great because you can create AVI files that use WMV codec. They advocate one format, then they drop the ball on Mac support by delivering WMP 9 for OS X.
Yes you are. The WMV files that you play are not AVI files. WMV is the codec, AVI is the container. The -.wmv files you get have WMV as the codec, ASF as the container. Windows Media Player for OS X has MP3, MPEG, and AVI support removed.
You can convert any song to MP3 in iTunes except protected ones. iTunes Music Store sells only protected songs that are also 128kbps CBR AAC. When I try to convert a protected (read: encrypted) song "Dinner for Two" in iTunes, I get the message: "Dinner for Two" could not be converted because protected files cannot be converted to other formats.
iPods cannot play WMAs so it's possible that Microsoft is playing the same game as Apple. In fact, WMV encoded AVI videos cannot play on Macs either. Windows Media only has lukewarm support on Linux, WMV has virtually no support on non-x86 Linux systems.
Similarly in other industries, ink cartridges aren't universally compatible with all printers, razor blades aren't compatible with all razor handles (shape doesn't fit), etc. etc.
Well I stand corrected
Their statistics are meaningless. Note that it doesn't say 74 percent of random people on the street, they specifically limit to cell phone users. And of the people with cell phones, they're specifically talking about smart cell phone users. Smart is a vague criterion, which makes the statistic meaningless and most likely pulled out of their asses.
The elastic nature might not allow that many cracks to be made in the first place that could later become potholes.
Apple has also released Bonjour for Windows (05/05/05). Bonjour, formally known as Rendezvous, also known as zero-configuration networking.