You only have to watch the keynote where he introduces the iTunes Music Store. He says something along the lines of "and we've added DRM to keep the music labels happy".
It's not bullshit or a PR stunt. Besides, now that he posted his comments, he can't back down. How is that bullshit?
There's a reason why all tracks are 0.99$ and they have all the same restrictions. No matter which track you get, you can do the same as with all the other tracks you've bought so far.
If they start having "DRM'ed" and "non-DRM'ed" tracks, it would confuse the buyers.
The reason to do or not to do something is not always technical.
backwards compatibility looks great on the side of a box, but just isn't that big a deal.
If it's not that big of a deal, then why is Nintendo having a great success with their virtual console offerings? If it wasn't a success, they wouldn't be adding new consoles (MSX and Neo-Geo, at least in Japan).
Actually YYYY-MM-DD is an ISO format and is used by quite a number of countries and people. I, myself, use YYYY-MM-DD since I have to deal with french and english people all the time, and using either MM-DD-YYYY or DD-MM-YYYY will inevitably lead to an error (sending the "wrong date" to someone).
I've been looking for over 15 years for this soundcard: the Innovation SSI 2001. It's an ISA-based, 6581-based soundcard. Yes, I am aware of the HardSID (I've got one), but this is about the only card missing from my soundcards collection: http://www.yvan256.net/soundcards/.
Please note, this collection is about the different technologies that came out at the beginning of the soundcards era, not the thousands of SoundBlaster clones that were available.
So, if anyone has an Innovation SSI 2001, or know where I could get one, please tell me.
I was not talking against the ads directly. I was talking about the splitting of pages itself. It makes no sense to split content into "pages" for a web page.
If people don't read half your text, they won't load page 2 and see the new ads. Similarly, they could put ads all along the height of the content but display it on a single page. Even better, it would lower the workload of the server since you will only be serving "1 page load", won't have to load the website interface twice, etc.
I'm on OS X. If it's not AAC or MP3, I won't bother with it. Sure there is plug-ins to make iTunes compatible with Vorbis, but that won't make it onto my iPod, I'll have to re-encode it to AAC or MP3. As for WMA, I'm not touching that with a 10 feet pole.
As for bitrate, I'll be ok with 128kbps AAC or 160/192kbps MP3. As for 5.1 surround vs stereo, I'm always using a headset, so 5.1 would be a waste on me.
As always, the best bet is "lowest denominator". Which would mean MP3, good encoder+good bitrate for the content, and stereo. It will play the same (and with no problems) on pratically any modern computing platform or device.
The article was on 2 pages. Were we reading the same article? I don't consider that amount of content to be too little for 2 freaking pages.
Still, that's something that doesn't make any sense on the web. We don't need to split content into "pages". This is not a printed page with a limited surface to print content on. The only reason to split content on many "pages" is to get more "banners print" revenues.
and now they're making a movie "Kirk beginnings"... That sucks. Seriously.
What I found fun to watch were those "Alternate Universe" episodes, including the fake propaganda against the Voyager crew. Using borgs as weapons, destroying anyone who dared annoy Janeway, etc.
Since there's much less "history" already told by only a bunch of episodes (of almost every series), it would be easier to came up with a story that didn't mess with the original Star Trek history.
You can like their sports games, and I do agree that sequels should at least be comparable in at least some way to the previous games.
However, my point was, and still is, that EA only seems to make sports games. And they keep buying out smaller game companies, and the innovation dies a little every time.
We need more Katamari Damacy and Loco Rocco type games. Otherwise, I'm still thinking we're heading for another game market crash.
That, or videogames have become so mainstream that it's become like everything else (books, movies, music, etc). We need to dig in the pile to get to the 1% of good stuff from the 99% of crap.
No one expects a music player to also work as a web browser, chat client, or a system administration tool.
So what? Just a few years ago nobody was expecting MP3 players to be able to display photos or play videos either.
I'm only upgrading my old 3rd gen. 10GB iPod if I can get the iPhone minus the phone+contract part. I'm more interested in the Mail, Web and Google Maps features than the actual "widescreen iPod" one.
You bring someone to court, you lose, you paid for the legal fees on both sides.
If such a system were in place, we'd see less "I'm gonna sue his ass" crap, a lot less "if I threaten to sue they'll do as we want" crap, and a whole lot less of "we'll sue them into bankruptcy" crap.
I'd rather see a mainstream Canadian store like PureTracks.com start selling non-DRM'ed MP3's than seeing "iTunes Canada now forced to sell DRM'ed WMA files by USA government because of USA lobby groups".
This may not affect you right now, but it does set a precedent.
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You only have to watch the keynote where he introduces the iTunes Music Store. He says something along the lines of "and we've added DRM to keep the music labels happy".
It's not bullshit or a PR stunt. Besides, now that he posted his comments, he can't back down. How is that bullshit?
There's a reason why all tracks are 0.99$ and they have all the same restrictions. No matter which track you get, you can do the same as with all the other tracks you've bought so far.
If they start having "DRM'ed" and "non-DRM'ed" tracks, it would confuse the buyers.
The reason to do or not to do something is not always technical.
And GBC was backwards compatible before the PS2 (which didn't even exist).
Actually YYYY-MM-DD is an ISO format and is used by quite a number of countries and people. I, myself, use YYYY-MM-DD since I have to deal with french and english people all the time, and using either MM-DD-YYYY or DD-MM-YYYY will inevitably lead to an error (sending the "wrong date" to someone).
I've been looking for over 15 years for this soundcard: the Innovation SSI 2001. It's an ISA-based, 6581-based soundcard. Yes, I am aware of the HardSID (I've got one), but this is about the only card missing from my soundcards collection: http://www.yvan256.net/soundcards/.
Please note, this collection is about the different technologies that came out at the beginning of the soundcards era, not the thousands of SoundBlaster clones that were available.
So, if anyone has an Innovation SSI 2001, or know where I could get one, please tell me.
Interesting, I didn't think about this. Thanks for the insight.
I was not talking against the ads directly. I was talking about the splitting of pages itself. It makes no sense to split content into "pages" for a web page.
If people don't read half your text, they won't load page 2 and see the new ads. Similarly, they could put ads all along the height of the content but display it on a single page. Even better, it would lower the workload of the server since you will only be serving "1 page load", won't have to load the website interface twice, etc.
I'm on OS X. If it's not AAC or MP3, I won't bother with it. Sure there is plug-ins to make iTunes compatible with Vorbis, but that won't make it onto my iPod, I'll have to re-encode it to AAC or MP3. As for WMA, I'm not touching that with a 10 feet pole.
As for bitrate, I'll be ok with 128kbps AAC or 160/192kbps MP3. As for 5.1 surround vs stereo, I'm always using a headset, so 5.1 would be a waste on me.
As always, the best bet is "lowest denominator". Which would mean MP3, good encoder+good bitrate for the content, and stereo. It will play the same (and with no problems) on pratically any modern computing platform or device.
Because I can still fit about 5 times more content into the same space if I use Vorbis instead of FLAC.
I can't even stand looking at text on a Windows system anymore, it's just way too ugly and looks like something from the 80's.
and now they're making a movie "Kirk beginnings"... That sucks. Seriously.
What I found fun to watch were those "Alternate Universe" episodes, including the fake propaganda against the Voyager crew. Using borgs as weapons, destroying anyone who dared annoy Janeway, etc.
Since there's much less "history" already told by only a bunch of episodes (of almost every series), it would be easier to came up with a story that didn't mess with the original Star Trek history.
You can like their sports games, and I do agree that sequels should at least be comparable in at least some way to the previous games.
However, my point was, and still is, that EA only seems to make sports games. And they keep buying out smaller game companies, and the innovation dies a little every time.
We need more Katamari Damacy and Loco Rocco type games. Otherwise, I'm still thinking we're heading for another game market crash.
That, or videogames have become so mainstream that it's become like everything else (books, movies, music, etc). We need to dig in the pile to get to the 1% of good stuff from the 99% of crap.
EA has become to gaming what MS is to operating systems. And no, that's not a good thing(TM).
Try to fit your two "superior devices" into the same space as an iPhone.
Haven't you heard? Pics are only for ads! And articles need to be split on a minimum of 10 pages too!
I'm only upgrading my old 3rd gen. 10GB iPod if I can get the iPhone minus the phone+contract part. I'm more interested in the Mail, Web and Google Maps features than the actual "widescreen iPod" one.
Oh yeah sure. Pay 20-30$CAD for a CD with one track I want and 14 filler tunes, or pay 0.99$CAD for the track I want.
We're sooooooo dumb.
Well I didn't see it that way. Companies do hire more expensive lawyers after all. If not an army of them.
What about if this was only applicable to companies/corporations/etc? "If you sue Joe Street and you lose, you pay Joe Street's legal fees too".
The idea is to protect people against groundless lawsuits from companies, not protect these companies.
You bring someone to court, you lose, you paid for the legal fees on both sides.
If such a system were in place, we'd see less "I'm gonna sue his ass" crap, a lot less "if I threaten to sue they'll do as we want" crap, and a whole lot less of "we'll sue them into bankruptcy" crap.
The Canadian and American iTunes Stores have been selling songs at 99 pennies for quite some time now. ;-)
I'd rather see a mainstream Canadian store like PureTracks.com start selling non-DRM'ed MP3's than seeing "iTunes Canada now forced to sell DRM'ed WMA files by USA government because of USA lobby groups".
This may not affect you right now, but it does set a precedent.