Would you care to explain the mechanism that these rights are granted, and what "Creator" is being referred to? Hint: Jefferson wasn't a particularly religious man. Perhaps you should take that phrase a little less literally and a little more figuratively.
You're right Jefferson wasn't religious. He even said religion was a private affair and that's where religion should stay, private. Because of that, and because he was a Deist, when he ran for president some clergy and other religious people tried to demonize him, Alexander Hamilton compared him to an atheist. TJ went so far as to take the Bible, strip all the passages about miracles and such and released the Jefferson Bible. As for how I take his statement I don't take it as been religious at all. For all I care the creator could be evolution. The point though is that rights are innate not granted.
"Nature" does not write laws. We believe that there are certain rights inherent in being human, but that is a concept we created for ourselves, along with all of our other laws.
Some of the USA's Founding Fathers, like Alexander Hamilton did not want rights to be enumerated in the Constitution. If rights were enumerated then some rights may be overlooked. Hamilton even wrote "I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and in the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed constitution, but would even be dangerous." So as a compromise the Constitution was written without them then the Bill of Rights amended the Constitution.
So, what happens to all the music people already bought? Will Apple auto-magically convert it to DRM-free with an iTunes update?
I read where Apple will allow people to upgrade their music for $.30 a song, if they pay the 30 cents they can download the song with a higher bit rate and without the DRM.
In the future, the internet will be faster, and I'd bet dollars to donuts that you'll be able to download regular CD audio. In fact, if you think there's an emerging market for that, you could start it up yourself.
one last thing -- CD audio sounds flat and empty compared to DVD-Audio. If you could easily download CD-quality audio, would that be good enough, or would you then want DVD-Audio?
Me, I want vinyl. And a reel to reel tape deck. When I get a new turntable and tape deck the first tyme I play a record I'll record on tape then put the record away for safe keeping and listen to the tape.
While I agree with you that this is a nuisance, what's wrong with 3rd party software? As a OS X developer I don't feel my work is inherently inferior to Apple's. There are many examples where 3rd party software is way superior to Apple's own equivalent, e.g. The Finder.
What replaces the Finder that's better than it is? Having asked that, I prefer Windows Explorer, about the only thing I prefer Windows over OSX about. On another hand, I want to learn how to use Fink and Macports.
iTMS costs the same to run whether it's selling a million songs, or only a single song.
Boy are you wrong. Bandwidth cost money, the more you use the more you pay. And downloading a million songs, er one song a million tymes, takes more bandwidth than downloading the same song only once. Then again maybe you live where bandwidth cost nothing.
As opposed to a "natural" legal right? All legal rights are "unnatural". We make them up to make our society a place worth living.
Perhaps you're not an American, US citizen, but if you are then you need to read Thomas Jefferson's "Declaration of Independence". Notice where he writes "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." These rights are natural. However the Constitution of the USAgrants congress to establish copyrights. Because government can grant them they are not rights, as government can grant or deny them they are privileges not rights.
The truth is though that a great number of Slashdotters have never contributed a damn thing to the world at large, and have no place dictating terms to those who have.
Truth is is nobody has a place dictating to others what those others paid for. And they definitely don't have a place deciding to change the rules when the game's almost over.
Moral public domain? I'm not sure what this means. Queen, through talent and hard work, created Bohemian Rhapsody
I'm not sure what "moral public domain" is either, however Queen may vary well have created "Bohemian Rhapsody" with or without copyrights. People, whether musicians, composers, or programmers will create whether they have copyrights or not.
Why is there some expectation that you should now get Queens work for free
Queen has been paid handsomely for their music already.
If you don't like paying for music, learn to play and compose your own
Oh, I agree. Actually one of the things I'd change about education would be to require most kids to learn to play an instrument in school. Though it wasn't required one of the classes I took in junior high was band and I picked the clarinet to learn. Unfortunately I didn't stick with it though but I own a flute made by Nighteagle I want to learn to play. Not because I want to become rich and famous for playing it, which I doubt would ever happen, but because I'd like to be able to play it.
Now, I'm not saying copyrights are bad but life + 50 or whatever is BAD. Twenty eight years is pushing it, under 10 years would be better. The reason for copyrights is to encourage creation, and shorter copyrights would encourage more to be created.
What is the entire album selling for on iTunes? If it's even close to $14 for the entire album, it's a rip-off.
You can buy an entire album from iTunes for $10. Here's Apple's press release on it, iTunes Introduces Complete My Album, dated 29 March 2007. I don't know if that's only the DRMed music though. Even if it is though to upgrade DRMed songs cost $.30 per song and if there's 10 songs on an album that's only $13.
I expected at least a press release about a new mini. I wonder if they are just trying to push people towards Laptops?
I've read where laptops, for specifically Apple and generally for computers, are gaining market share. Looks like Apple's market share gains are in laptops.
The desk top options don't appeal to me.
The desktop options, those actually put on desks not beneath them, don't appeal to me either. The Mac Pro on the other hand does. I think that Apple is missing a big market for not having an expandable tower about 1/2 the price of the Mac Pro, even if only a mini tower.
Yup, works great too. My work configuration is an Intel 17" iMac with a 20" LCD attached.
Mine is a MacBook Pro and I'm looking for another monitor, at least 24". I'd get Apple's new 24" LED backlit monitor but it costs a bit more than I'd like to pay. I've been looking lately at Doublesight's 26" DS-265 W or HP's 24" LP2475w. I want it for photography and they both had some good reviews, along with bad ones but mostly good, on photography websites like photo.net.
I was hoping for an updated Mini, I'm in the market as soon as it's out.
What I'd really like is a bigger MBP, about 2 years ago I saw a 21" laptop at BestBuy but it ran Windows, with higher resolution graphics and a bigger and faster hdd. My MBP has a 160 GB drive but I only have 25 GB free space on it.
A quick comment here, if I recall my German right "boxen" is plural for box, "boxes". I may be wrong though, it's been about 20 years since I've used German
Given this, I fail to see how a dock is in any way superior to popping your MacBook onto a desk, plugging in the display, power, and USB cable
Having a dock means I wouldn't have to connect and disconnect all those cables. When I had a dock for my laptop years ago within seconds I could undock the laptop and slip it into it's bag then be out the door.
the ports for which are all on the same side of the laptop for the new Mini DisplayPort models
Right now I have an external USB hdd, printer, and scanner plugged into a USB port on the left side of the MBP (plugged into a hub that's plugged into the MBP). On the right I have my Ethernet cable and a Firewire external hdd plugged in. And when I get a new monitor it will also be plugged in on the right.
MacBooks will even happily run with the lid closed, driving solely the external display. Where is the advantage of a space-wasting dock then the display itself effectively is the dock?
Could I close the lip and slip my MBP into it's bag without discounting things? I was able to do precisely that when I had a Gateway laptop and the dock for it. While it doesn't matter me much now it is an advantage when you're in a hurry.
There's absolutely NOTHING Apple currently provides that comes even close the the ease of use of Dell's docking stations.
I love my MBP but a lack of a docking station is one thing I don't like. I used to have a Gateway laptop and a docking station for it, and I loved how I could undock the laptop and slide it in my bag without having to deal with a bunch of cables.
First, the article is discussing their new 17" 1920x1200 notebook. There's no use having a desktop replacement notebook with a screen that size if you're not "comfortable" using it.
...
I have a 24" iMac for work, and a 15" MBP for travel.
I'm typing this on my 17" MBP, and I take it with me. If Apple offered a 21" MBP I'd probably have gotten it instead. However I want a larger monitor, I'm looking for one at least 24". Having a large screen monitor along with the smaller one with the MBP is great. As a photographer I can have the photo I'm working on displayed on the large monitor while all my tools and pallets are on the laptop monitor. If I want or need I could have email and/or chat client open on the smaller monitor.
Docks are not all they're made out to be either...
My first laptop was from Gateway and I got a dock with it at the same tyme. Within seconds I could undock it and slip it into my backpack, no discounting a bunch of cables. I'd love to have one for my MBP but I'm not about to fork over another $300 for one, not now.
How about a DOCK so that people who don't want to work all the time hunched over a laptop screen but DO want the convenience and reliability of a Mac laptop can work without having to place their laptop on a stack of paper reams to get it to eye level?
To just raise a MacBook Apple sells stands. The Griffin Elevator Notebook Stand has room underneath for a keyboard and mouse. For something more, a dock with ports, there's Bookendz.
I too wish Apple would make a dock but other companies offer them.
I was really really hoping for a mid-line system that didn't have a freaking built-in monitor! I've already got a 27" flatpanel which I'm not about to throw away for an iMac.
Or are the sharing rights (5 computers) the same??
Does anyone know about some hack which removes this limit from iTunes?
The sound quality will be degraded some, but then again I prefer vinyl records, however you can burn your iTunes music to CD then rip the CD. The songs can then be played on any number of players.
Myself what I want to do is get a new turntable. Though I've been seeing more and more stores carrying them, some with built-in USB so you can connect them right to your computer, I want to find one that has a good sound quality. Then I'll get a new Reel to reel tape deck. What I did before and will do again is the first tyme I played a record I'd record it on my tape deck then put the record away for safe keeping while I played the tape.
Like you I and others have pointed out that Apple is missing a market segment that wants a midrange Mac that's expandable and upgradeable. I'd love to be able to get a mid tower with 3 or 4 expansion slots and well as more hdd space for around US$1000. As it is though I'm typing this on my MacBook Pro when I need a more robust desktop, er under desk, PC I'll upgrade my old Linux tower.
Don't forget the contractee must pay daily agency fees
What are these agency fees? I never heard of any fee required if a person contracts on their own. If I meet someone who asks me to do work for them on a contract basis I do not have to pay any fee to anybody.
In times of downturn the outlook becomes very short-termist and whilst contract workers may be attractive to business to fulfil short-term projects, this does not translate to increased job security or wages for workers, which would be the things they would be looking for.
Contractors aren't looking for job security. Actually here's what the Edgy Entrepreneur says about "Contractors and the Recession":
"The recession is a window of opportunity for an enterprising entrepreneur. Contract work saves the employer the cost of a full time employee, while offering the contractor the chance to increase work and charge equitable rates."
If you have a permanent job then stick at it.
If you like it yes, but even then that doesn't prevent you from doing contract work part time unless you signed a non-compeat contract with your employer for the same sort of work. However if you're not happy or otherwise have trouble then you only have yourself to blame if you don't try to make things better, which may mean changing your employment.
It is more about survival and people need to take account for that in the decisions they make, I feel.
If you are concerned about survival then stay where you are but I want a more fulfilling life. Actually the way my life is now I'd rather die, er wish I had died after an accident I had. Quality of life is more important than quantity to me.
Sorry for p1ssing on your chips, but this is an awful idea. There could not be a worse time to go contract.
Actually during a recession is precisely a great tyme to contract. When the economy goes bad businesses look for ways to cut costs and contractors cost less than employees. Those who higher contractors don't have to pay payroll tax or fringe benefits among other costs. Of course the flip side is that a contractor may have to work harder.
You are correct that an infected wound, caused by a trap, will kill without antibiotics. However, that may not immediately incapacitate them.
An Apache Foot Trap will incapacitate most people. Look at the graphic, many people when they take a step and their foot goes down further than they expected will automatically jerk it up again or they'll trip. Either way those pointy stakes will incapacitate them. And that's only one potential trap. While in the US Army a few of us loved setting up booby traps, usually they'd set off a flash-bang. What I liked to do was to take the casing from a rifle grenade, M203, and fill it with gunpower then tape a flash-bang to it. C4 could have been used as well, or other explosives.
If you don't like the idea of doing a good bit of sales and marketing, you are better off either making the best of your current job, or looking for a different one.
There are other options. One is look for and take small jobs while keeping your job. Another is to partner with someone who does like sales and marketing.
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Would you care to explain the mechanism that these rights are granted, and what "Creator" is being referred to? Hint: Jefferson wasn't a particularly religious man. Perhaps you should take that phrase a little less literally and a little more figuratively.
You're right Jefferson wasn't religious. He even said religion was a private affair and that's where religion should stay, private. Because of that, and because he was a Deist, when he ran for president some clergy and other religious people tried to demonize him, Alexander Hamilton compared him to an atheist. TJ went so far as to take the Bible, strip all the passages about miracles and such and released the Jefferson Bible. As for how I take his statement I don't take it as been religious at all. For all I care the creator could be evolution. The point though is that rights are innate not granted.
"Nature" does not write laws. We believe that there are certain rights inherent in being human, but that is a concept we created for ourselves, along with all of our other laws.
Some of the USA's Founding Fathers, like Alexander Hamilton did not want rights to be enumerated in the Constitution. If rights were enumerated then some rights may be overlooked. Hamilton even wrote "I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and in the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed constitution, but would even be dangerous." So as a compromise the Constitution was written without them then the Bill of Rights amended the Constitution.
Falcon
So, what happens to all the music people already bought? Will Apple auto-magically convert it to DRM-free with an iTunes update?
I read where Apple will allow people to upgrade their music for $.30 a song, if they pay the 30 cents they can download the song with a higher bit rate and without the DRM.
Falcon
Until now, the only DRM-free option with a comprehensive catalog was Amazon.
There are other sources of DRM-free music. Some of them are:
Those are just ones I have bookmarked.
Falcon
In the future, the internet will be faster, and I'd bet dollars to donuts that you'll be able to download regular CD audio. In fact, if you think there's an emerging market for that, you could start it up yourself.
Actually there very well may be a good market for them, afterall "Vinyl records are making a comeback".
one last thing -- CD audio sounds flat and empty compared to DVD-Audio. If you could easily download CD-quality audio, would that be good enough, or would you then want DVD-Audio?
Me, I want vinyl. And a reel to reel tape deck. When I get a new turntable and tape deck the first tyme I play a record I'll record on tape then put the record away for safe keeping and listen to the tape.
Falcon
While I agree with you that this is a nuisance, what's wrong with 3rd party software? As a OS X developer I don't feel my work is inherently inferior to Apple's. There are many examples where 3rd party software is way superior to Apple's own equivalent, e.g. The Finder.
What replaces the Finder that's better than it is? Having asked that, I prefer Windows Explorer, about the only thing I prefer Windows over OSX about. On another hand, I want to learn how to use Fink and Macports.
Falcon
iTMS costs the same to run whether it's selling a million songs, or only a single song.
Boy are you wrong. Bandwidth cost money, the more you use the more you pay. And downloading a million songs, er one song a million tymes, takes more bandwidth than downloading the same song only once. Then again maybe you live where bandwidth cost nothing.
Falcon
As opposed to a "natural" legal right? All legal rights are "unnatural". We make them up to make our society a place worth living.
Perhaps you're not an American, US citizen, but if you are then you need to read Thomas Jefferson's "Declaration of Independence". Notice where he writes "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." These rights are natural. However the Constitution of the USA grants congress to establish copyrights. Because government can grant them they are not rights, as government can grant or deny them they are privileges not rights.
Falcon
The truth is though that a great number of Slashdotters have never contributed a damn thing to the world at large, and have no place dictating terms to those who have.
Truth is is nobody has a place dictating to others what those others paid for. And they definitely don't have a place deciding to change the rules when the game's almost over.
Falcon
Moral public domain? I'm not sure what this means. Queen, through talent and hard work, created Bohemian Rhapsody
I'm not sure what "moral public domain" is either, however Queen may vary well have created "Bohemian Rhapsody" with or without copyrights. People, whether musicians, composers, or programmers will create whether they have copyrights or not.
Why is there some expectation that you should now get Queens work for free
Queen has been paid handsomely for their music already.
If you don't like paying for music, learn to play and compose your own
Oh, I agree. Actually one of the things I'd change about education would be to require most kids to learn to play an instrument in school. Though it wasn't required one of the classes I took in junior high was band and I picked the clarinet to learn. Unfortunately I didn't stick with it though but I own a flute made by Nighteagle I want to learn to play. Not because I want to become rich and famous for playing it, which I doubt would ever happen, but because I'd like to be able to play it.
Now, I'm not saying copyrights are bad but life + 50 or whatever is BAD. Twenty eight years is pushing it, under 10 years would be better. The reason for copyrights is to encourage creation, and shorter copyrights would encourage more to be created.
Falcon
What is the entire album selling for on iTunes? If it's even close to $14 for the entire album, it's a rip-off.
You can buy an entire album from iTunes for $10. Here's Apple's press release on it, iTunes Introduces Complete My Album, dated 29 March 2007. I don't know if that's only the DRMed music though. Even if it is though to upgrade DRMed songs cost $.30 per song and if there's 10 songs on an album that's only $13.
Falcon
I expected at least a press release about a new mini. I wonder if they are just trying to push people towards Laptops?
I've read where laptops, for specifically Apple and generally for computers, are gaining market share. Looks like Apple's market share gains are in laptops.
The desk top options don't appeal to me.
The desktop options, those actually put on desks not beneath them, don't appeal to me either. The Mac Pro on the other hand does. I think that Apple is missing a big market for not having an expandable tower about 1/2 the price of the Mac Pro, even if only a mini tower.
Falcon
Yup, works great too. My work configuration is an Intel 17" iMac with a 20" LCD attached.
Mine is a MacBook Pro and I'm looking for another monitor, at least 24". I'd get Apple's new 24" LED backlit monitor but it costs a bit more than I'd like to pay. I've been looking lately at Doublesight's 26" DS-265 W or HP's 24" LP2475w. I want it for photography and they both had some good reviews, along with bad ones but mostly good, on photography websites like photo.net.
I was hoping for an updated Mini, I'm in the market as soon as it's out.
What I'd really like is a bigger MBP, about 2 years ago I saw a 21" laptop at BestBuy but it ran Windows, with higher resolution graphics and a bigger and faster hdd. My MBP has a 160 GB drive but I only have 25 GB free space on it.
Falcon
I meant LAN sharing in iTunes (or WAN with vlan software), not the number of units you're allowed to play DRM:ed tracks on.
My misunderstanding then.
Falcon
A quick comment here, if I recall my German right "boxen" is plural for box, "boxes". I may be wrong though, it's been about 20 years since I've used German
Falcon
Use a bluetooth mouse and keyboard.
Yea, and let anyone sniff your passwords.
Given this, I fail to see how a dock is in any way superior to popping your MacBook onto a desk, plugging in the display, power, and USB cable
Having a dock means I wouldn't have to connect and disconnect all those cables. When I had a dock for my laptop years ago within seconds I could undock the laptop and slip it into it's bag then be out the door.
the ports for which are all on the same side of the laptop for the new Mini DisplayPort models
Right now I have an external USB hdd, printer, and scanner plugged into a USB port on the left side of the MBP (plugged into a hub that's plugged into the MBP). On the right I have my Ethernet cable and a Firewire external hdd plugged in. And when I get a new monitor it will also be plugged in on the right.
MacBooks will even happily run with the lid closed, driving solely the external display. Where is the advantage of a space-wasting dock then the display itself effectively is the dock?
Could I close the lip and slip my MBP into it's bag without discounting things? I was able to do precisely that when I had a Gateway laptop and the dock for it. While it doesn't matter me much now it is an advantage when you're in a hurry.
Falcon
There's absolutely NOTHING Apple currently provides that comes even close the the ease of use of Dell's docking stations.
I love my MBP but a lack of a docking station is one thing I don't like. I used to have a Gateway laptop and a docking station for it, and I loved how I could undock the laptop and slide it in my bag without having to deal with a bunch of cables.
Falcon
First, the article is discussing their new 17" 1920x1200 notebook. There's no use having a desktop replacement notebook with a screen that size if you're not "comfortable" using it.
I have a 24" iMac for work, and a 15" MBP for travel.
I'm typing this on my 17" MBP, and I take it with me. If Apple offered a 21" MBP I'd probably have gotten it instead. However I want a larger monitor, I'm looking for one at least 24". Having a large screen monitor along with the smaller one with the MBP is great. As a photographer I can have the photo I'm working on displayed on the large monitor while all my tools and pallets are on the laptop monitor. If I want or need I could have email and/or chat client open on the smaller monitor.
Docks are not all they're made out to be either...
My first laptop was from Gateway and I got a dock with it at the same tyme. Within seconds I could undock it and slip it into my backpack, no discounting a bunch of cables. I'd love to have one for my MBP but I'm not about to fork over another $300 for one, not now.
Falcon
How about a DOCK so that people who don't want to work all the time hunched over a laptop screen but DO want the convenience and reliability of a Mac laptop can work without having to place their laptop on a stack of paper reams to get it to eye level?
To just raise a MacBook Apple sells stands. The Griffin Elevator Notebook Stand has room underneath for a keyboard and mouse. For something more, a dock with ports, there's Bookendz.
I too wish Apple would make a dock but other companies offer them.
Falcon
I was really really hoping for a mid-line system that didn't have a freaking built-in monitor! I've already got a 27" flatpanel which I'm not about to throw away for an iMac.
A second monitor can be hooked up to an iMac, check out MacRumors: Forums. Here's Apple's support page on Connecting an external monitor to your iMac's VGA monitor port. You may want to use another connection, like DVI, but I found those with a quick search.
Falcon
Or are the sharing rights (5 computers) the same??
Does anyone know about some hack which removes this limit from iTunes?
The sound quality will be degraded some, but then again I prefer vinyl records, however you can burn your iTunes music to CD then rip the CD. The songs can then be played on any number of players.
Myself what I want to do is get a new turntable. Though I've been seeing more and more stores carrying them, some with built-in USB so you can connect them right to your computer, I want to find one that has a good sound quality. Then I'll get a new Reel to reel tape deck. What I did before and will do again is the first tyme I played a record I'd record it on my tape deck then put the record away for safe keeping while I played the tape.
Falcon
Like you I and others have pointed out that Apple is missing a market segment that wants a midrange Mac that's expandable and upgradeable. I'd love to be able to get a mid tower with 3 or 4 expansion slots and well as more hdd space for around US$1000. As it is though I'm typing this on my MacBook Pro when I need a more robust desktop, er under desk, PC I'll upgrade my old Linux tower.
Falcon
Don't forget the contractee must pay daily agency fees
What are these agency fees? I never heard of any fee required if a person contracts on their own. If I meet someone who asks me to do work for them on a contract basis I do not have to pay any fee to anybody.
In times of downturn the outlook becomes very short-termist and whilst contract workers may be attractive to business to fulfil short-term projects, this does not translate to increased job security or wages for workers, which would be the things they would be looking for.
Contractors aren't looking for job security. Actually here's what the Edgy Entrepreneur says about "Contractors and the Recession":
"The recession is a window of opportunity for an enterprising entrepreneur. Contract work saves the employer the cost of a full time employee, while offering the contractor the chance to increase work and charge equitable rates."
If you have a permanent job then stick at it.
If you like it yes, but even then that doesn't prevent you from doing contract work part time unless you signed a non-compeat contract with your employer for the same sort of work. However if you're not happy or otherwise have trouble then you only have yourself to blame if you don't try to make things better, which may mean changing your employment.
It is more about survival and people need to take account for that in the decisions they make, I feel.
If you are concerned about survival then stay where you are but I want a more fulfilling life. Actually the way my life is now I'd rather die, er wish I had died after an accident I had. Quality of life is more important than quantity to me.
Falcon
Sorry for p1ssing on your chips, but this is an awful idea. There could not be a worse time to go contract.
Actually during a recession is precisely a great tyme to contract. When the economy goes bad businesses look for ways to cut costs and contractors cost less than employees. Those who higher contractors don't have to pay payroll tax or fringe benefits among other costs. Of course the flip side is that a contractor may have to work harder.
Falcon
You are correct that an infected wound, caused by a trap, will kill without antibiotics. However, that may not immediately incapacitate them.
An Apache Foot Trap will incapacitate most people. Look at the graphic, many people when they take a step and their foot goes down further than they expected will automatically jerk it up again or they'll trip. Either way those pointy stakes will incapacitate them. And that's only one potential trap. While in the US Army a few of us loved setting up booby traps, usually they'd set off a flash-bang. What I liked to do was to take the casing from a rifle grenade, M203, and fill it with gunpower then tape a flash-bang to it. C4 could have been used as well, or other explosives.
Falcon
If you don't like the idea of doing a good bit of sales and marketing, you are better off either making the best of your current job, or looking for a different one.
There are other options. One is look for and take small jobs while keeping your job. Another is to partner with someone who does like sales and marketing.
Falcon