I just tried to snag the free Foo Fighters download Apple's advertising as an iTunes Anniversary present to their users, but I can't get it -- I think it's because I'm from Canada! Can we Canadians not even get FREE downloads from iTMS?
Although my friends have all become too "cool" to play D & D anymore (note: we never actually played a full game -- we'd spend hours making up cool men and then about 20 minutes murdering each other and burning down the town tavern before we had even received our quests), the dice still come in handy...
We use the 20 sider to gamble with in the office. And like D & D, I've lost nearly all my gold to my freekin' brother....
... I personally find that Windows boxes are the hardest to crack, because every time I'm about to get in, the damn thing crashes and the victim reboots and I lose all my work. And then when I finally manage to get on the system, it crashes again, usually when I'm halfway done stealing his copy of Massive Zoomers and the Ladies Who Love 'Em 4. Arrrghghghghhhh!
It's just not worth it, the patented Windows BlueScreen Security System[tm] is foolproof. I'll take the easier road and stick to hacking OpenBSD boxes.
It seems McDonald's is also hiring skilled people.
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How about the full version of that saying:
Windows is easy until something breaks, then you're screwed.
Macs work perfect, or they don't work at all -- if your hardware has no drivers, then you're screwed.
Linux -- well, you're just screwed. But you'll only be half as screwed next year, and half that screwed the year after that. Give it 10 years and a bunch of geeks tired of being screwed all the time will rule the world.
If Apple wants to make money, they should standardize on a format that they don't have to pay to use, and that, because it's open-source, will likely be around forever. They can then take the savings and either keep them or pass them on to the customers.
And if you think nobody cares, go read a thread about iPods and enjoy the people (and there are always a few) griping about the high price.
In fact, they should have made the iPod ONLY use OGG, knowing full well that hackers would release a MP3-playing firmware patch for it. Apple wouldn't pay any fees, because they're only using OGG; iPods would be cheaper; the people would rip their legal CDs to OGG because Apple supported it and it sounds better; and those people with a million stolen MP3s can play them with their hacked firmware. Or they can mass convert their MP3s to OGG easily.
True. I think another mini-thread up a few makes a few good points, in that the appearance of AAC is that is is secure and has DRM solidly built in, while OGG has the appearance of being a communist/piracy-loving/hacker format.
I still think that OGG being free (as in beer especially, but also as in speech) makes it a more cost-effective and long-term solution.
Why should we care? This is obviously not something that will ever affect us geeks. Now, HabitualSelfPleasure.com, *there's* News For Nerds, Stuff That Matters.
Excellent point, it's reality vs. appearance. To the RIAA, the appearance is that OGG = Openness, and Openness = Piracy, therefore OGG = Piracy. Could very well be.
btw, I feel I have to hassle Apple to adopt new formats, because God knows nobody else has the balls.
1) Apple likes to make money. They don't make money if one person downloads a song and gives it to hundreds of friends in whatever format they want, especially if the format is freely changable thereby allowing them to put the files on non-iPod music players
It's not like they're preventing that as it is. I know "people" who've done ALL OF THAT.
2) RIAA would sue them into the next century if they tried to do otherwise.
Doesn't Apple own their own software and hardware anymore? They can still sell AAC on iTMS, but they can also allow iPods to play OGG and it won't hurt anybody. And the costs to implement OGG support are very low.
Yet OGG isn't "Where it's at" business-wise right now.
OGG isn't "where it's at" because everybody is too afraid to "innovate" and blaze a new path by taking a chance on an unknown, even a higher-quality, less expensive one. You'd think Apple would try this, but they are heading towards DRM, rather than away from it. But there's no reason iTunes and the iPod can't support BOTH. You can have DRM for songs you buy from iTMS, and no DRM on your own CDs you burn.
Watch for "DRM Creep", just like the rumored RIAA "Price Creep" that claims that iTMS will be selling tracks for $2.99 soon.... the sky's the limit, if the market will accept it.
Once the Pandora's Box of DRM is open, it can't be shut again -- and it can only go one way. I know you all love Apple, but it's going to happen. Because if I was in power, *I'D* certainly do it, and I'm not nearly as cutthroat as the RIAA. They've already started complaining about the.99 cents a song, what can they move in their favour next? And WHEN will they be satisfied with their profits and level of control?
Once you realize you're a frog in a pot of water and the government and the big corporations have their hand on the temperature knob, the better off you'll be able to protect your own rights.
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Thanks. I'll try again, just for fun and to dip my toe in the iTMS waters (I've already got the album!).
There are people who've been writing perl code for years and still don't believe the language is "human readable".
With the exception of "Hello World", it's not!
I just tried to snag the free Foo Fighters download Apple's advertising as an iTunes Anniversary present to their users, but I can't get it -- I think it's because I'm from Canada! Can we Canadians not even get FREE downloads from iTMS?
... I must admit that this mascot even makes Clippy look good.
Damn®. Being Politically Correct®" and using all those Godawful Stupid Symbols® is F**king Irritating®.
Although my friends have all become too "cool" to play D & D anymore (note: we never actually played a full game -- we'd spend hours making up cool men and then about 20 minutes murdering each other and burning down the town tavern before we had even received our quests), the dice still come in handy...
We use the 20 sider to gamble with in the office. And like D & D, I've lost nearly all my gold to my freekin' brother....
As far as I can tell, that's Nemo. In fact, the bird is stolen from Finding Nemo too. WTF?
I think some little Mac kid just embraced and extended OpenOffice.
Speak for yourself, I'm into pain.
... I personally find that Windows boxes are the hardest to crack, because every time I'm about to get in, the damn thing crashes and the victim reboots and I lose all my work. And then when I finally manage to get on the system, it crashes again, usually when I'm halfway done stealing his copy of Massive Zoomers and the Ladies Who Love 'Em 4. Arrrghghghghhhh!
It's just not worth it, the patented Windows BlueScreen Security System[tm] is foolproof. I'll take the easier road and stick to hacking OpenBSD boxes.
He won't get fired, his job will likely just get "outsourced".
To where, I'm not sure, but I'm guessing there's SOMEONE out there willing to work for four or five human brains a day.
Thanks, it is an eternal truth that came to me after a month of fasting and meditation.
It seems McDonald's is also hiring skilled people.
Sounds like a glitch in the Matrix.
Well, I was just there - sort of. They're in the process of being Slashdotted...
Can any of you guys get your Spymac mail accounts to work? I can't -- I've been assuming it's been announced, but not functional yet.
If Apple wants to make money, they should standardize on a format that they don't have to pay to use, and that, because it's open-source, will likely be around forever. They can then take the savings and either keep them or pass them on to the customers.
And if you think nobody cares, go read a thread about iPods and enjoy the people (and there are always a few) griping about the high price.
In fact, they should have made the iPod ONLY use OGG, knowing full well that hackers would release a MP3-playing firmware patch for it. Apple wouldn't pay any fees, because they're only using OGG; iPods would be cheaper; the people would rip their legal CDs to OGG because Apple supported it and it sounds better; and those people with a million stolen MP3s can play them with their hacked firmware. Or they can mass convert their MP3s to OGG easily.
Great link. Thanks!
True. I think another mini-thread up a few makes a few good points, in that the appearance of AAC is that is is secure and has DRM solidly built in, while OGG has the appearance of being a communist/piracy-loving/hacker format.
I still think that OGG being free (as in beer especially, but also as in speech) makes it a more cost-effective and long-term solution.
Why should we care? This is obviously not something that will ever affect us geeks. Now, HabitualSelfPleasure.com, *there's* News For Nerds, Stuff That Matters.
Excellent point, it's reality vs. appearance. To the RIAA, the appearance is that OGG = Openness, and Openness = Piracy, therefore OGG = Piracy. Could very well be.
btw, I feel I have to hassle Apple to adopt new formats, because God knows nobody else has the balls.
1) Apple likes to make money. They don't make money if one person downloads a song and gives it to hundreds of friends in whatever format they want, especially if the format is freely changable thereby allowing them to put the files on non-iPod music players
It's not like they're preventing that as it is. I know "people" who've done ALL OF THAT.
2) RIAA would sue them into the next century if they tried to do otherwise.
Doesn't Apple own their own software and hardware anymore? They can still sell AAC on iTMS, but they can also allow iPods to play OGG and it won't hurt anybody. And the costs to implement OGG support are very low.
Yeah, like when Apple came out with GRAPHICS, or THE FLOPPY DISK or THE CD-ROM or BLUETOOTH.
Yeah, just like that.
Yet OGG isn't "Where it's at" business-wise right now.
.99 cents a song, what can they move in their favour next? And WHEN will they be satisfied with their profits and level of control?
OGG isn't "where it's at" because everybody is too afraid to "innovate" and blaze a new path by taking a chance on an unknown, even a higher-quality, less expensive one. You'd think Apple would try this, but they are heading towards DRM, rather than away from it. But there's no reason iTunes and the iPod can't support BOTH. You can have DRM for songs you buy from iTMS, and no DRM on your own CDs you burn.
Watch for "DRM Creep", just like the rumored RIAA "Price Creep" that claims that iTMS will be selling tracks for $2.99 soon.... the sky's the limit, if the market will accept it.
Once the Pandora's Box of DRM is open, it can't be shut again -- and it can only go one way. I know you all love Apple, but it's going to happen. Because if I was in power, *I'D* certainly do it, and I'm not nearly as cutthroat as the RIAA. They've already started complaining about the
Once you realize you're a frog in a pot of water and the government and the big corporations have their hand on the temperature knob, the better off you'll be able to protect your own rights.
That's an understatement. The editors seem to have an agenda they're not telling us about. And I thought I was a paranoid conspiracy theorist before!