I don't have enough macs at my disposal to try this, but...
Since you say you have one in your car i am curious, and hey it will only cost you $.99 to find out.
Anyways, on to my theory/question.
If you authorize a computer that is never attached to a network, how does it know how many computers are authorized?
Could you authorize the powerbook along with your other three, and just never place it on the network?
If i am have read the info on apples drm correctly, the only danger you are in is if your computer takes a shit before you can de authorize it, then you have lost onecomputer.
From my experimenting and others at various forums, the DRM is enabled by a simple name/password, and is in no way tied to any physical computer.
So, you could just make backups of the original aac's and make sure you get a chance to de-authorize before getting rid of your computer.
I am curious what will happen down the road when Joe Computeruser gets a new computer, but does not de-authorize their old one. Do that a couple times and then you have lost your own music through ignorance, which will of course get blamed on apple.
Every time i hear abpout this I flash back to the "desktop publishing revolution". And every body and their brother was now able to create "quality" layouts, images etc.
"We're doomed!" cried the pre-press shops and low-end marketing folks....look out PageMaker will be the death of us.
And hear we are 10 years later, and look! I still have a job! Oh, but granted there is a lot of crap out there that people "photoshopped" (barf) and don't get me started on all the lovely web sites.
Just because your computer has the software, and you have memorized all of it's functions, does not mean you have any talent.
The music industry is no different. Talent SHOULD be rewarded. Who gets the majority of the rewards though does need to change from it's current model. Although I highly doubt that the availability of studio quality apps at CompUSA is going to do it.
well, that is one thing i rarely seem to have to deal with, luckily the owners hear have been in the industry for 15+ years, and have kept up to date on the various innovations, so half the time they are suggesting the best course to follow, and the other half the time, they listen to advice from the rest of us. definitely a nice change from the previeous places i have worked
I don't understand why it has to be one way or the other.
I work in a small graphics/prepress shop, and if something works, we keep it until it no longer works.
When a new problem comes up, we see if our existing architecture will solve it, if not, then we start researching the newest choices out there.
For example, our server was a used Sun, which we picked up from an imploded dot.bomb (god bless San Francisco's used equipment market.)It works fine for our 30 or so people, however, we need a high powered rip to deal with all the various post script that comes through here, as quickly as possible. So we spent an assload of time researching the various rips and bought the latest greatest of the brand we chose. Runs fine on that poor ol' used Sun.
Granted this is a simple example, but, if it ain't broke why fix it?
But
Aside from the scriptable part, InDesign seems to be able to do all that you are asking for.
My portfolio is held in an InDesign document, which i have routinely saved out to HTML, PDF, printed etc.
It supports basic HTML code, CSS, and all the links you could want. It carries the links into the PDF as well if that is what you chose in your output.
Just don't expect anything fancy from your HTML, but if it is only text then no problem.
Also, i am pretty sure it imports word docs, but i am not sure as i don't have word.
Except the downside to your theory is that then music won't get made. i will freely admit that there is no problem with this for the majority of crap coming out right now, but, what about the rest?
you need a model where someone gets paid for making the music AND it bypasses the RIAA.
I have three seperate programs that do this already, and never use them. If i see that one of my co-workers is sharing a song i want, i wander over to their desk, or send an e-mail:
"hey, can you throw ________ onto the server, i want that for my iPod."
Finally, if I go to a site that routinely annoys me with too much advertising that gets around my various quick fixes. Then i stop going there.
Advertising is a necessary annoyance of a supposed free medium. However, I am also free to disable it as I see fit. If it bothers you so much, do something about it. If not, quit bitching.
PS- I did not write the style sheet, and I would love to give credit/thank who ever did, but i can not find the original source in my bookmarks.
but even if everyone who cared about this sort of thing didn't buy the dvd's and didn't go see the next movie, he is still going to make a buttload of money, so why should he care?
I would say that the only hope so far, is that Raiders of the Lost Ark et al, was released as i remember it. So i guess there is a chance, but i have a feeling (gut only, no proof) that Speilberg was the driving force behind that, i use as evidence the re-release of ET which got both bad press for it's changes and made very little money.
Unfortunately, everytime Lucas releases a "new" version of Star Wars, millions run out and buy it. Every time.
The problem with the original form, is that Lucas has stated, over and over again, that they will not be seen that way. Lucas considers the current "Special Editions" to be the definitive version.
Supposedly he has even gone so far as to petition the Directors Guild for co-direction credits on Return of the Jedi based on the changes he has made to this film.
I still love the films, although many of the changes i find annoying. But Lucas is not going to change his views now, he has proven time and again that he could care less what the fans of the original trilogy feel.
If you bought the songs from the iTMS why don't you install itunes at work, then authorize that computer to play your purchased songs. You get 5 computeres, seems like a lot of effort to do what you are already allowed to do.
The only reason i could see to circumvent apples DRM is if you had something other than an iPod.
My first year with my company was both the first year the ipods came out, and the first year of the company.
Sexist though it may be, all the guys got the brand new 5 gig ipod, all the gals got equivalent gift certificates to Nordstroms, we were small at the time (about 10 people), and you could tell just by looking around the table how happy everyone was (sexist or not) at the time. Especially as being a relatively new/small company nobody really figured they would get anything.
The only side note, now, i know two of the women are wishing they had the iPods, now that the new/geeky factor has worn off.
But, it goes to show, if you have a good gauge on your employees likes and dislikes, you can make them all really happy with out shoving cash at them.
Just find that thing they want, but can't really justify buying.
I would be more than willing to sign up for that...but...
Already tattoos I have from less than ten years ago are fading, and not evenly. So I would wonder how the longevity would be. Discounting the digital ID part, I would want a "mediatronic" tattoo only if i knew it was going to fade/degrade at a constant rate.
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Maybe I had better buy a new car?
Since you say you have one in your car i am curious, and hey it will only cost you $.99 to find out.
Anyways, on to my theory/question.
If you authorize a computer that is never attached to a network, how does it know how many computers are authorized?
Could you authorize the powerbook along with your other three, and just never place it on the network?
From my experimenting and others at various forums, the DRM is enabled by a simple name/password, and is in no way tied to any physical computer.
So, you could just make backups of the original aac's and make sure you get a chance to de-authorize before getting rid of your computer.
I am curious what will happen down the road when Joe Computeruser gets a new computer, but does not de-authorize their old one. Do that a couple times and then you have lost your own music through ignorance, which will of course get blamed on apple.
Every time i hear abpout this I flash back to the "desktop publishing revolution". And every body and their brother was now able to create "quality" layouts, images etc.
"We're doomed!" cried the pre-press shops and low-end marketing folks....look out PageMaker will be the death of us.
And hear we are 10 years later, and look! I still have a job! Oh, but granted there is a lot of crap out there that people "photoshopped" (barf) and don't get me started on all the lovely web sites.
Just because your computer has the software, and you have memorized all of it's functions, does not mean you have any talent.
The music industry is no different. Talent SHOULD be rewarded. Who gets the majority of the rewards though does need to change from it's current model. Although I highly doubt that the availability of studio quality apps at CompUSA is going to do it.
well, that is one thing i rarely seem to have to deal with, luckily the owners hear have been in the industry for 15+ years, and have kept up to date on the various innovations, so half the time they are suggesting the best course to follow, and the other half the time, they listen to advice from the rest of us. definitely a nice change from the previeous places i have worked
I work in a small graphics/prepress shop, and if something works, we keep it until it no longer works.
When a new problem comes up, we see if our existing architecture will solve it, if not, then we start researching the newest choices out there.
For example, our server was a used Sun, which we picked up from an imploded dot.bomb (god bless San Francisco's used equipment market.)It works fine for our 30 or so people, however, we need a high powered rip to deal with all the various post script that comes through here, as quickly as possible. So we spent an assload of time researching the various rips and bought the latest greatest of the brand we chose. Runs fine on that poor ol' used Sun.
Granted this is a simple example, but, if it ain't broke why fix it?
Oh, also I believe Quark 5 and 6 will do it as well, but from all i have used it, it's PDF output is crap.
Aside from the scriptable part, InDesign seems to be able to do all that you are asking for.
My portfolio is held in an InDesign document, which i have routinely saved out to HTML, PDF, printed etc.
It supports basic HTML code, CSS, and all the links you could want. It carries the links into the PDF as well if that is what you chose in your output.
Just don't expect anything fancy from your HTML, but if it is only text then no problem.
Also, i am pretty sure it imports word docs, but i am not sure as i don't have word.
you need a model where someone gets paid for making the music AND it bypasses the RIAA.
"hey, can you throw ________ onto the server, i want that for my iPod."
and there you go, i have the original rip/dl
no news here, continue as you were.
The content on the sites you visit is not free. Someone has to go find the content you are looking at, prepare it to sell, etc.
I have disabled pop-ups, and I have adjusted my hosts file to block most major ad servers I also added a default style sheet to catch a bunch more ads.
Finally, if I go to a site that routinely annoys me with too much advertising that gets around my various quick fixes. Then i stop going there.
Advertising is a necessary annoyance of a supposed free medium. However, I am also free to disable it as I see fit. If it bothers you so much, do something about it. If not, quit bitching.
PS- I did not write the style sheet, and I would love to give credit/thank who ever did, but i can not find the original source in my bookmarks.
but even if everyone who cared about this sort of thing didn't buy the dvd's and didn't go see the next movie, he is still going to make a buttload of money, so why should he care?
I would say that the only hope so far, is that Raiders of the Lost Ark et al, was released as i remember it. So i guess there is a chance, but i have a feeling (gut only, no proof) that Speilberg was the driving force behind that, i use as evidence the re-release of ET which got both bad press for it's changes and made very little money.
Unfortunately, everytime Lucas releases a "new" version of Star Wars, millions run out and buy it. Every time.
The problem with the original form, is that Lucas has stated, over and over again, that they will not be seen that way. Lucas considers the current "Special Editions" to be the definitive version.
Supposedly he has even gone so far as to petition the Directors Guild for co-direction credits on Return of the Jedi based on the changes he has made to this film.
I still love the films, although many of the changes i find annoying. But Lucas is not going to change his views now, he has proven time and again that he could care less what the fans of the original trilogy feel.
If you bought the songs from the iTMS why don't you install itunes at work, then authorize that computer to play your purchased songs. You get 5 computeres, seems like a lot of effort to do what you are already allowed to do. The only reason i could see to circumvent apples DRM is if you had something other than an iPod.
My first year with my company was both the first year the ipods came out, and the first year of the company. Sexist though it may be, all the guys got the brand new 5 gig ipod, all the gals got equivalent gift certificates to Nordstroms, we were small at the time (about 10 people), and you could tell just by looking around the table how happy everyone was (sexist or not) at the time. Especially as being a relatively new/small company nobody really figured they would get anything. The only side note, now, i know two of the women are wishing they had the iPods, now that the new/geeky factor has worn off. But, it goes to show, if you have a good gauge on your employees likes and dislikes, you can make them all really happy with out shoving cash at them. Just find that thing they want, but can't really justify buying.
I would be more than willing to sign up for that...but...
Already tattoos I have from less than ten years ago are fading, and not evenly. So I would wonder how the longevity would be. Discounting the digital ID part, I would want a "mediatronic" tattoo only if i knew it was going to fade/degrade at a constant rate.