The alternative to the Fairplay encoded files sold on iTMS is the WMA encoded audio tracks sold on Napster (or Walmart and by Real). The recording industry will not allow Apple, Napster, or anyone else to sell unrescricted, unencumbered digital music, so your argument is really moot. If congress tells Apple (and the rest) to open up their DRM schemes the RIAA may pull the plug on the whole thing.
Actually, it may be very similar because Apple is not licensed (by the recording industry) to sell music in many countries. It could be argued that Fairplay is being used to sell only to those individuals with a credit card issued by companies located in a countries that they're (Apple) licensed to sell music within.
I admit, it's a weak argument, but it may be enough..
Energy savings was a large motivating factor behind the original adoption of daylight savings time. Basically, if the start of the work day coincided with the sunrise, then people would get up, work during the daylight, and go to bed after spending fewer hours with the lights on in the evenings.
The problem with todays society, is that most of us work in lit offices. It makes no difference whether its sunny, cloudy, or pitch black outside because we're working under florescent lights anyway.
The WORST you could do is trash your user environment. NOT the OS.
Who cares about the OS? The OS can be reinstalled in about an hour. I have 40GB stored in my user environment. It gets backed up every day, but a virus, worm, or trojan that wiped out the user environment could cost me a days work without too much trouble. That's a much larger concern to me.
Most nuclear plants that I've visited have resided on a huge plot of land, but the plants themselves are generally pretty small. They're easy to get lost in, but that's more a function of compartmentalizing the plant structure than the size.
My parents were complaining about this last week. For the last few years they've had a no frills 50 minute plan that cost them ~$10/month. Last month, they were informed that their plan is no longer being offered and when their contract ends at the end of the year, they would have to select a new plan. The lowest cost plan offered has now increased to ~$20/month.
Actually, we have found them. Interestingly enough, USA Today has pictures of cache of sarin gas located in Iraq. Sure, it's not much sarin. It would barely fill a suitcase. But it's enough sarin to kill tens of thousands of people if properly dispersed, or maybe only a few thousand if released in a crude fashion via something like an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) in a metropolitan area. Why isn't this getting more press? Damned if I know. Not even Fox is covering it. But the pictures are there. Check (I think) picture #2 of the Flash presentation.
You mention two different events in this paragraph. I don't want to get into a discussion regarding the quality of the news media, but I'll try to explain why I believe that these events haven't made a huge splash.
The first event (chronologically) was the IED in Baghdad consisting of an artillery shell that contained two chemicals that when mixed would have generated sarin gas. I believe that there were a number of issues that kept the media, and the Bush Administration, from holding this up and shouting that it was evidence that WMDs had been found. There were some questions about the country of origin of the shells (were they produced in Iraq, or were they purchased from elsewhere), there were questions raised regarding the age of the shell (was it produced pre-Gulf War 1?), and finally there were questions raised regarding the number of similar shells that Saddam may have had available for use. I seem to recall reading that the shell was a very old prototype binary chemical weapon, that was not likely to work, and as such was not evidence of stockpiles of WMDs.
The second event (chronologically) are the glass viles that appear in the pictures that you linked to. I've read conflicting reports that the glass viles found in Fallujah may contain either sarin gas, or are kits used to test for the presence of sarin gas. A real quick google search for the words "Soman Sarin V-gases" which appear on the kit in the image that you linked to yields a number of articles. These come from various news agencies and span the last year or so. Many of these articles describe kits containing glass viles, just as the ones in the slide show, that are used to test for Soman, Sarin, and V-Gases.
Basically, I don't think the media is withholding information regarding these two events. I think it's just that no one seems to think that they provide strong evidence of the WMD stockpiles that Saddam was reported to have prior to the invasion.
While science has failed to produce an AIDS vaccine, there is no reason to say it won't.
The difference between your statement and the comment that you were responding too requires the reader to believe that the Bush administration did not achieve the results they were seeking. The scientists searching for an AIDS vaccine have not achieved their goal, and they'll continue searching until they do so (or until their funding runs out). However, much of the policy enacted over the past 4 years (with a Republican controlled House, Senate, and Executive branch) that people are upset about appears to benefit big business rather than aiding the public. This, and Bush's inability to identify a single mistake that he's made in the past 4 years, leads a lot of people to conclude that the past policies will not be retooled in the up coming years, but extended or expanded.
I have a series of Windows machines that run various commercial software packages for a number of instrumentation systems (The software is only available on Windows). These machines are connected to an internal network so that I can move data between machines, but there is no connection between the Windows machines and the outside world. Data is generally moved off the internal system via DVD or CD.
I'm not so sure how Kerry plans to add 50,000 troops to the active duty military, but I know that I'd probably start by replacing the independent security forces (Mercenaries) with American soldiers. There have been a number of stories in the last year about the number of independent security forces in Iraq and the impact that they've had on troop moral (troops are paid a small percentage of what the contractors make for similar work) and accountability (Private contractors are reported to have had some involvement in the attrocities committed at Abu Gharib).
How many independent security contractors are in Iraq? I'm not sure, but I'll bet that if they were all replaced with US troops we'd be able to add the 50,000 troops without dramatically increasing the Pentagon spending.
GarageBand is not included in Mac OS X.. GarageBand is included in the iLife package, and if you buy both Mac OS X and iLife at the same time you it will cost $50 less than if you buy them separately.
According to the EPA (search for the 2002 BTS report), the average vehicle used for commuting to work contain 1.14 occupants. In other words, 86% of the cars on the road are carrying only the driver.
I agree with the basic premise of your comment, but I wanted to point out that the Prius isn't really that tiny. Sure, the interior space is smaller than a Suburban, but it's roughly the same size as a Camry. I own a 2004 Prius there is much more interior space than was available in my previous car, a '92 Honda Accord.
The Power4 is not the same chip as the PowerPC 970. IBM will probably begin selling PPC 970 machines eventually, but they haven't begun to ship them yet.
If you want to drop the DRM (but lose a bit of quality in the process), just burn the song to a music CD, then convert it back into a DRM-free MP3 or AAC.
There are easier ways to do this. AudioHijack is an app (there are a few others like it out there) that copies the decoded stream headed to the sound card. It's a great way to make copies of Real Audio streams. Another option that I haven't played with uses iMovie. iMovie will decrypt the protected AAC files so that you can use them in your videos. Ditch teh video track, and transfer the protected AAC file to a Quicktime encoded MP3 or AAC file.
It's not just you. Panther removed support for burning DRM enabled AAC files to CD as audio discs.
Do you have a link to this? I upgraded to Panther last week and had no problem burning files purchased on iTMS to disk using my superdrive. For that matter I haven't had any problems yet.
This is total speculation, but my guess is that they're going to write the data to multiple locations in memory. Imagine, you have three copies of the data. As you read the data from memory you check the other 2 locations. If the three don't match up, you use data from the two copies that do match. This is based solely on the name; 'deja vu' or seeing something that you've seen before.
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The copy of 10.2 that shipped with my Powerbook was on a DVD. Apple's been doing this for at least 2 years now.
Preview.app has been able to export JPEG2000 images for at least a year now.
The alternative to the Fairplay encoded files sold on iTMS is the WMA encoded audio tracks sold on Napster (or Walmart and by Real). The recording industry will not allow Apple, Napster, or anyone else to sell unrescricted, unencumbered digital music, so your argument is really moot. If congress tells Apple (and the rest) to open up their DRM schemes the RIAA may pull the plug on the whole thing.
Actually, it may be very similar because Apple is not licensed (by the recording industry) to sell music in many countries. It could be argued that Fairplay is being used to sell only to those individuals with a credit card issued by companies located in a countries that they're (Apple) licensed to sell music within. I admit, it's a weak argument, but it may be enough..
Energy savings was a large motivating factor behind the original adoption of daylight savings time. Basically, if the start of the work day coincided with the sunrise, then people would get up, work during the daylight, and go to bed after spending fewer hours with the lights on in the evenings. The problem with todays society, is that most of us work in lit offices. It makes no difference whether its sunny, cloudy, or pitch black outside because we're working under florescent lights anyway.
There are a number of utilities (for example Audio Hijack) that allow you to do this on the Mac.
The WORST you could do is trash your user environment. NOT the OS.
Who cares about the OS? The OS can be reinstalled in about an hour. I have 40GB stored in my user environment. It gets backed up every day, but a virus, worm, or trojan that wiped out the user environment could cost me a days work without too much trouble. That's a much larger concern to me.
Huge?
Most nuclear plants that I've visited have resided on a huge plot of land, but the plants themselves are generally pretty small. They're easy to get lost in, but that's more a function of compartmentalizing the plant structure than the size.
Easy... Let them place an order, then email them a receipt and a link to the page containing the script
My parents were complaining about this last week. For the last few years they've had a no frills 50 minute plan that cost them ~$10/month. Last month, they were informed that their plan is no longer being offered and when their contract ends at the end of the year, they would have to select a new plan. The lowest cost plan offered has now increased to ~$20/month.
Nope. The firewall in OS X is not turned on by default.
Actually, we have found them. Interestingly enough, USA Today has pictures of cache of sarin gas located in Iraq. Sure, it's not much sarin. It would barely fill a suitcase. But it's enough sarin to kill tens of thousands of people if properly dispersed, or maybe only a few thousand if released in a crude fashion via something like an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) in a metropolitan area. Why isn't this getting more press? Damned if I know. Not even Fox is covering it. But the pictures are there. Check (I think) picture #2 of the Flash presentation.
You mention two different events in this paragraph. I don't want to get into a discussion regarding the quality of the news media, but I'll try to explain why I believe that these events haven't made a huge splash.
The first event (chronologically) was the IED in Baghdad consisting of an artillery shell that contained two chemicals that when mixed would have generated sarin gas. I believe that there were a number of issues that kept the media, and the Bush Administration, from holding this up and shouting that it was evidence that WMDs had been found. There were some questions about the country of origin of the shells (were they produced in Iraq, or were they purchased from elsewhere), there were questions raised regarding the age of the shell (was it produced pre-Gulf War 1?), and finally there were questions raised regarding the number of similar shells that Saddam may have had available for use. I seem to recall reading that the shell was a very old prototype binary chemical weapon, that was not likely to work, and as such was not evidence of stockpiles of WMDs.
The second event (chronologically) are the glass viles that appear in the pictures that you linked to. I've read conflicting reports that the glass viles found in Fallujah may contain either sarin gas, or are kits used to test for the presence of sarin gas. A real quick google search for the words "Soman Sarin V-gases" which appear on the kit in the image that you linked to yields a number of articles. These come from various news agencies and span the last year or so. Many of these articles describe kits containing glass viles, just as the ones in the slide show, that are used to test for Soman, Sarin, and V-Gases.
Basically, I don't think the media is withholding information regarding these two events. I think it's just that no one seems to think that they provide strong evidence of the WMD stockpiles that Saddam was reported to have prior to the invasion.
While science has failed to produce an AIDS vaccine, there is no reason to say it won't.
The difference between your statement and the comment that you were responding too requires the reader to believe that the Bush administration did not achieve the results they were seeking. The scientists searching for an AIDS vaccine have not achieved their goal, and they'll continue searching until they do so (or until their funding runs out). However, much of the policy enacted over the past 4 years (with a Republican controlled House, Senate, and Executive branch) that people are upset about appears to benefit big business rather than aiding the public. This, and Bush's inability to identify a single mistake that he's made in the past 4 years, leads a lot of people to conclude that the past policies will not be retooled in the up coming years, but extended or expanded.
This is how I run my lab as well.
I have a series of Windows machines that run various commercial software packages for a number of instrumentation systems (The software is only available on Windows). These machines are connected to an internal network so that I can move data between machines, but there is no connection between the Windows machines and the outside world. Data is generally moved off the internal system via DVD or CD.
I'm not so sure how Kerry plans to add 50,000 troops to the active duty military, but I know that I'd probably start by replacing the independent security forces (Mercenaries) with American soldiers. There have been a number of stories in the last year about the number of independent security forces in Iraq and the impact that they've had on troop moral (troops are paid a small percentage of what the contractors make for similar work) and accountability (Private contractors are reported to have had some involvement in the attrocities committed at Abu Gharib).
How many independent security contractors are in Iraq? I'm not sure, but I'll bet that if they were all replaced with US troops we'd be able to add the 50,000 troops without dramatically increasing the Pentagon spending.
GarageBand is not included in Mac OS X.. GarageBand is included in the iLife package, and if you buy both Mac OS X and iLife at the same time you it will cost $50 less than if you buy them separately.
According to the EPA (search for the 2002 BTS report), the average vehicle used for commuting to work contain 1.14 occupants. In other words, 86% of the cars on the road are carrying only the driver.
Titanium may not be a great conductor, but I'm sure it would be good enough to inflict some serious pain.
I agree with the basic premise of your comment, but I wanted to point out that the Prius isn't really that tiny. Sure, the interior space is smaller than a Suburban, but it's roughly the same size as a Camry. I own a 2004 Prius there is much more interior space than was available in my previous car, a '92 Honda Accord.
The Power4 is not the same chip as the PowerPC 970. IBM will probably begin selling PPC 970 machines eventually, but they haven't begun to ship them yet.
If you want to drop the DRM (but lose a bit of quality in the process), just burn the song to a music CD, then convert it back into a DRM-free MP3 or AAC.
There are easier ways to do this. AudioHijack is an app (there are a few others like it out there) that copies the decoded stream headed to the sound card. It's a great way to make copies of Real Audio streams. Another option that I haven't played with uses iMovie. iMovie will decrypt the protected AAC files so that you can use them in your videos. Ditch teh video track, and transfer the protected AAC file to a Quicktime encoded MP3 or AAC file.
It's not just you. Panther removed support for burning DRM enabled AAC files to CD as audio discs.
Do you have a link to this? I upgraded to Panther last week and had no problem burning files purchased on iTMS to disk using my superdrive. For that matter I haven't had any problems yet.
This is total speculation, but my guess is that they're going to write the data to multiple locations in memory. Imagine, you have three copies of the data. As you read the data from memory you check the other 2 locations. If the three don't match up, you use data from the two copies that do match. This is based solely on the name; 'deja vu' or seeing something that you've seen before.
How do you suppose that we check to make sure the numerical simulations are correct?
I've never been that happy with the iTunes shuffle feature, but I've never had it get stuck on 25 of 200 songs in a playlist before..