No, that's one of the numerous falsehoods attributed to the Wright Brothers. While they didn't construct a supersonic jet they did make a plane that would fly on its own. The slingshot claim is one I've heard often, without proof, but which I've heard refuted with proof. Namely, check out the article about the Brazilian pilot that is supplied above.
"Brazilians also claim that the Wrights launched their Flyer in 1903 with a catapult or at an incline, thereby disqualifying it from being a true airplane because it did not take off on its own.
Even Santos-Dumont experts like Lins de Barros concede this is wrong."
Certainly, being the first is not everything, but give respect where it's due. What kind of machine can be held aloft for a good minute by a catapult and a sea breeze? If 60 seconds does not seem long to you, then stare at a clock. I defy you not to get bored. When you look at the documented evidence, it's hard to not believe that the Wright brothers were everything American lore purports them to be.
Maybe you're right, but that would mean that the iPod is an advertisement that its owner wants to be more zealous of his gadget than his or her music. I don't hold that philosophy. Ask me about what I'm listening to and we can talk for hours...Ask me what I'm listening with and I can still talk your ear off, but don't somehow pretend that in the end the former has anything to do with the latter.
All Napster was was an application communicating over ports, like a thousand others before it...
Actually, I'm pretty impressed by the new Napster service. Say what you will (it's not free(well duh), it's pressplay with a new moniker(i don't know), the wma format sucks(it sounds good to me)), but I decided to take a chance and couldn't be happier. For $10 a month, you get to access 90% of their songs and download them or stream them. (or you can outright purchase at 99 cents) This feature is crucial because if I can I'll listen to 200 different songs in a week, and then listen to 200 different songs the next week. This is not an economically feasible lifestyle using any other service. It's especially beneficial to me that they have the most songs.
Last night, I had a mini-80's party in my room--and I don't like 80s music enough to know names of songs or remember every song that defines the 80s, so I just went to their billboard archives, found top hits from that decade, and in ten minutes could have had three parties with the playlist I made.
Although they do face some glaring omissions-Beatles, Queen, Evanescence, to name the last three I have been surprised not to find. I strongly encourage all you out there to give it a look-it's quickly becoming everything a DMCA-friendly music distributor should be.
I also find it ironic that you are blind to the "Community" mentality and the "Big Picture" that made Napster successful and around which the new incarnation is built.
First, let me remind everyone that headphones are *interchangeable*! That's right. If you want, you can listen to a friend's CD player, Nomad, Jukebox, or iPod, all you need is one set of headphones. The fact that the author claims the iPod was the divine inspiration to share music is so indicative of Mac addicts. It's almost as preposterous as the idea that a mouse is most functional with one all-purpose button(sorry, i had to slip that in somewhere). But I guess it's always been an illusion of Apple that it brings people together, simplifies lives, leads to nirvana--and nothing else does.
So what's my music-listening method? I have seen the iPod and even tried it out, and came to the conclusion that a gadget for only music is like a computer only for games. So, believe it or not, I have a small form factor laptop that I carry around...I usually need to use my computer a few times a day anyway, so not having an iPod or hybrid thereof actually saves space. I saved $300(assuming I'd have a computer anyway) and it plays *all* formats, not just mp3s or aau. I also have the Napster premium service, so if I'm in a wi-fi zone I can stream the latest Incubus CD and start playing it in two seconds. If I need ultimate portability, I bring my PDA. It's smaller than an iPod, and I can always get my brainstorms down or play solitaire when I need to:-) and yes it does have enough storage at 512MB for a lengthy commute.
One flame extinguisher: I don't hate Apple, and I hope their OS continues evolving the way it does, because I will probably end up with one--along with a WinPC and Linux Box.
Then maybe they should take a cue from Apple and base their next console on Unix or Linux. It would not only impress (and steal) some of the geeks that are customers to Sony and Microsoft, but would likely spur some independent development by the open source community.
Also, I can't say this for sure, but it would seem to be easier for developers to design games for its console (as I've heard complaints about the proprietary design software for the Playstation). And, concordantly, one could redesign Nintendo games for Linux for a little extra revenue...
I recommend you peruse the taped-live launch broadcast. Napster 2.0 will really have some amazing features. For the cost of one CD ($9.95) you will have access to all 500,000 of their songs for a month. As far as I can tell, you can do whatever you want with them, although at the end of the month the files need to have their license updated by logging on to the network.
Furthermore, songs are organized in such a manner that whatever you download, you can get recommendations from the editors, other users, etc. and you can also be more proactive and see what other people have downloaded who have your taste. You can also search for songs by their Billboard ratings each season of each year going back decades. What's more, you *only* pay for each song, each album, or the ability to listen to any song on their server.
I think the premium membership is the best deal by far since in essence you are purchasing the license to every song in their catalog. I couldn't imagine the time and money it would take to acquire this many songs illegally! And to have them all be labelled correctly and consistently.
The way I see it, they are trying to go the amazon.com way and create the ultimate music mecca, and let users gradually migrate to them until they own the digital music empire.
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No, that's one of the numerous falsehoods attributed to the Wright Brothers. While they didn't construct a supersonic jet they did make a plane that would fly on its own. The slingshot claim is one I've heard often, without proof, but which I've heard refuted with proof. Namely, check out the article about the Brazilian pilot that is supplied above.
"Brazilians also claim that the Wrights launched their Flyer in 1903 with a catapult or at an incline, thereby disqualifying it from being a true airplane because it did not take off on its own.
Even Santos-Dumont experts like Lins de Barros concede this is wrong."
Certainly, being the first is not everything, but give respect where it's due. What kind of machine can be held aloft for a good minute by a catapult and a sea breeze? If 60 seconds does not seem long to you, then stare at a clock. I defy you not to get bored. When you look at the documented evidence, it's hard to not believe that the Wright brothers were everything American lore purports them to be.
Maybe you're right, but that would mean that the iPod is an advertisement that its owner wants to be more zealous of his gadget than his or her music. I don't hold that philosophy. Ask me about what I'm listening to and we can talk for hours...Ask me what I'm listening with and I can still talk your ear off, but don't somehow pretend that in the end the former has anything to do with the latter.
All Napster was was an application communicating over ports, like a thousand others before it...
Actually, I'm pretty impressed by the new Napster service. Say what you will (it's not free(well duh), it's pressplay with a new moniker(i don't know), the wma format sucks(it sounds good to me)), but I decided to take a chance and couldn't be happier. For $10 a month, you get to access 90% of their songs and download them or stream them. (or you can outright purchase at 99 cents) This feature is crucial because if I can I'll listen to 200 different songs in a week, and then listen to 200 different songs the next week. This is not an economically feasible lifestyle using any other service. It's especially beneficial to me that they have the most songs.
Last night, I had a mini-80's party in my room--and I don't like 80s music enough to know names of songs or remember every song that defines the 80s, so I just went to their billboard archives, found top hits from that decade, and in ten minutes could have had three parties with the playlist I made.
Although they do face some glaring omissions-Beatles, Queen, Evanescence, to name the last three I have been surprised not to find. I strongly encourage all you out there to give it a look-it's quickly becoming everything a DMCA-friendly music distributor should be.
I also find it ironic that you are blind to the "Community" mentality and the "Big Picture" that made Napster successful and around which the new incarnation is built.
Gotta agree with you, DAldredge.
:-) and yes it does have enough storage at 512MB for a lengthy commute.
First, let me remind everyone that headphones are *interchangeable*! That's right. If you want, you can listen to a friend's CD player, Nomad, Jukebox, or iPod, all you need is one set of headphones. The fact that the author claims the iPod was the divine inspiration to share music is so indicative of Mac addicts. It's almost as preposterous as the idea that a mouse is most functional with one all-purpose button(sorry, i had to slip that in somewhere). But I guess it's always been an illusion of Apple that it brings people together, simplifies lives, leads to nirvana--and nothing else does.
So what's my music-listening method? I have seen the iPod and even tried it out, and came to the conclusion that a gadget for only music is like a computer only for games. So, believe it or not, I have a small form factor laptop that I carry around...I usually need to use my computer a few times a day anyway, so not having an iPod or hybrid thereof actually saves space. I saved $300(assuming I'd have a computer anyway) and it plays *all* formats, not just mp3s or aau. I also have the Napster premium service, so if I'm in a wi-fi zone I can stream the latest Incubus CD and start playing it in two seconds. If I need ultimate portability, I bring my PDA. It's smaller than an iPod, and I can always get my brainstorms down or play solitaire when I need to
One flame extinguisher: I don't hate Apple, and I hope their OS continues evolving the way it does, because I will probably end up with one--along with a WinPC and Linux Box.
Hey at least they had the taste not to call it "XVD".
Then maybe they should take a cue from Apple and base their next console on Unix or Linux. It would not only impress (and steal) some of the geeks that are customers to Sony and Microsoft, but would likely spur some independent development by the open source community.
Also, I can't say this for sure, but it would seem to be easier for developers to design games for its console (as I've heard complaints about the proprietary design software for the Playstation). And, concordantly, one could redesign Nintendo games for Linux for a little extra revenue...
Are you talking about the moon landing "hoax"? If you have any doubts, I strongly encourage you to read this article.
What are these [pricewatch.com] then?
expensive.
*he'd* "get lucky" with *guys * that part.
I recommend you peruse the taped-live launch broadcast. Napster 2.0 will really have some amazing features. For the cost of one CD ($9.95) you will have access to all 500,000 of their songs for a month. As far as I can tell, you can do whatever you want with them, although at the end of the month the files need to have their license updated by logging on to the network. Furthermore, songs are organized in such a manner that whatever you download, you can get recommendations from the editors, other users, etc. and you can also be more proactive and see what other people have downloaded who have your taste. You can also search for songs by their Billboard ratings each season of each year going back decades. What's more, you *only* pay for each song, each album, or the ability to listen to any song on their server. I think the premium membership is the best deal by far since in essence you are purchasing the license to every song in their catalog. I couldn't imagine the time and money it would take to acquire this many songs illegally! And to have them all be labelled correctly and consistently. The way I see it, they are trying to go the amazon.com way and create the ultimate music mecca, and let users gradually migrate to them until they own the digital music empire.