C'mon. Anyone really interested in pure, unadultered music is not going to buy from Walmart. Everyone knows they censor songs that they find objectionable (oops, I mean they 'edit' the songs).
An ingnorant consumer is their best customer!
The fact that they refuse to sell songs they deem objectionable just creates a market for some other service (iTunes, etc.)
What the hell are you babbling about?
I'm not sure if you've noticed, but SERIOUS holes aplenty ALREADY EXIST on your platform of choice and there seem to be more popping up every day. This isn't because it's the most popular OS. It is is because it is a pitiful patchwork quilt of an OS that is trying desperately to build in security on-the-fly. The attitude seems to be: we won't fix it until someone finds it!
Today's word: Oxymoron
Example: Windows Security
You know, of course, that some folks here will excitedly tell you that this crack creates a pristine copy of a of a lossy file format. I say, who cares? And, from what I've read, this crack takes about an hours time to capture an hours worth of music. Ooh, isn't that quick?! And then they have to replace the headers, etc in order to play the file back. Sounds like fun to me! Let me see, I could have burned, and then ripped three or four CDs in that amount of time! Honestly, why would anyone even want a 128 kbps file if they were so concerned about audio quality?
Face it folks, DRM is here to stay. Whine all you want, it ain't going away. You can hack and crack it until the cows come home, but in the long run, you're just going to make it more difficult for everyone.
Oh, and cut it with the myths about how super-inconvenient Apple's DRM scheme is.
How is this 'crack' any different from burning a DRM'd ACC file to an audio disk and then ripping it back to whatever format you want? This method has been available since iTMS began.
I believe that MS has been spanked by Apple's iTunes/Quicktime for Windows release. God forbid that the average Windows realizes that there is better software, services and lesser DRM'd media formats available for their use. They must be stopped before it's too late! Hopefully, it's too late already.
Err...
I think your HP ZX6k with dual IA-64's would be considered a Workstation, not a PC. The G5 ad clearly states that it is the fastest Personal Computer.
I think history speaks to the necessity of music.
If music is not an important part of what it means to be human, why has it existed in every culture since the beginning of recorded history (and, most probably before)?
Yeah, but how many songs does it hold? My 10GB (smallest) 3G iPod holds up to 2500 songs @ 4 mins each = 10000 mins = 167 hours = 7 days worth of music without a single song being repeated!
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C'mon. Anyone really interested in pure, unadultered music is not going to buy from Walmart. Everyone knows they censor songs that they find objectionable (oops, I mean they 'edit' the songs).
An ingnorant consumer is their best customer!
The fact that they refuse to sell songs they deem objectionable just creates a market for some other service (iTunes, etc.)
What the hell are you babbling about? I'm not sure if you've noticed, but SERIOUS holes aplenty ALREADY EXIST on your platform of choice and there seem to be more popping up every day. This isn't because it's the most popular OS. It is is because it is a pitiful patchwork quilt of an OS that is trying desperately to build in security on-the-fly. The attitude seems to be: we won't fix it until someone finds it! Today's word: Oxymoron Example: Windows Security
You know, of course, that some folks here will excitedly tell you that this crack creates a pristine copy of a of a lossy file format. I say, who cares? And, from what I've read, this crack takes about an hours time to capture an hours worth of music. Ooh, isn't that quick?! And then they have to replace the headers, etc in order to play the file back. Sounds like fun to me! Let me see, I could have burned, and then ripped three or four CDs in that amount of time! Honestly, why would anyone even want a 128 kbps file if they were so concerned about audio quality? Face it folks, DRM is here to stay. Whine all you want, it ain't going away. You can hack and crack it until the cows come home, but in the long run, you're just going to make it more difficult for everyone. Oh, and cut it with the myths about how super-inconvenient Apple's DRM scheme is.
How is this 'crack' any different from burning a DRM'd ACC file to an audio disk and then ripping it back to whatever format you want? This method has been available since iTMS began.
Why do you care if the RIAA gets all of the money? You should worry more about the stupid artists that lock themselves into such ridiculous contracts.
I believe that MS has been spanked by Apple's iTunes/Quicktime for Windows release. God forbid that the average Windows realizes that there is better software, services and lesser DRM'd media formats available for their use. They must be stopped before it's too late! Hopefully, it's too late already.
Though they may not be as big as MP3.com, you can always try 1sound.com or sonicgarden.com or vitaminic.co.uk amongst others.
Err... I think your HP ZX6k with dual IA-64's would be considered a Workstation, not a PC. The G5 ad clearly states that it is the fastest Personal Computer.
"I admit, the apostrophe is hard to see amongst all the qotation marks." Yes, it is.
'Its' is a word. Look it up.
I think history speaks to the necessity of music. If music is not an important part of what it means to be human, why has it existed in every culture since the beginning of recorded history (and, most probably before)?
and iBooks...and Powerbooks...and G5s...and Panther
Nonsense!
And iPods...and music from iTunes Music Store...and Final Cut Pro...and Shake...
Ditto to the 8 hours.
Yeah, but how many songs does it hold? My 10GB (smallest) 3G iPod holds up to 2500 songs @ 4 mins each = 10000 mins = 167 hours = 7 days worth of music without a single song being repeated!