Well, considering how there's hats with "42" on them, sweatshirts, and regular shirts.. It's not much of a secret. Everyone who sees my hat knows what the 42 means, except my boss who was slightly confused and more confused after I explained it.
I used to get the mag but I stopped once I realized.. it was full of crap. His two pages are always covered in the random ranting of someone who thinks he's an expert. He tends to bait flame more often than not. Mostly full of one-two line comments about how Linux is better, but next month he's all about Windows.. He's just trying to latch onto whatever's cool at the moment.
So if I spend a few thousand on some fancy audio setup I may notice something? Well, crap. I guess I'll only buy vinyl!
See, I'm like.. just about everybody else who uses iTMS. I like listening to music. As long as it's not all hissy and poppy, it's fine. I need background music while I work. I don't use solid gold connectors that cost $500/ea. I pipe my computer music through an Aiwa stereo. I can hear it. It sounds fine to me. It's good enough.
Considering how 48kb/s with AAC is slightly less than CD Quality (Groove Salad for example) I don't see what the problem is with the quality. I've spent over $300 at the iTMS and every album sounds just as good as actual CDs.
Linear notes or information? Do you want music or a biography?
I will give you the last one as a point. I've never resold a CD I purchased so I wouldn't have thought of that.
So authorize up to 5 other computers. And if you don't like the DRM, do what the guys at iTunes say to do: Burn them to a CD (Or create a virtual image) and rip the music using Winamp or something. You'll get mp3s without DRM.
So you're complaining about iTunes? 9.99 for an entire album compared to ~20 at Best Buy or some other store? If the CD you purchased for ~20 breaks, does the store let you get a free copy of the album? Nope.
Why not drag a power/control cable behind it? The battery wouldn't be a limitation and if it gets stuck, give the cable a light tug. Also, you would lose a lot of weight from the battery. You could upgrade the motor to the gun turret allowing a greater range than "down" and "slightly less down"
I read a story about exploring small tunnels in the pyramids using things like this (not toys, but the same idea) and the people doing it were finding lots of neet stuff.
Loki was hosted in texas and the owner lived in Maine.
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Definitions of theft on the Web:
larceny: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
If I download a movie what have I taken? Profit? They never would have gotten it in the first place. I don't go out to movies, but I buy them on DVD if they're good (as judged by the file I downloaded)
So if I purchase their product on DVD (Where most of their profit is actually made) who am I forcing to sell their child into slavery? The stars who make $xxMillion per movie? The crew who was paid before the movie was released to theaters? Or the already rich management bastards at the movie company?
They had raides $45,000, which the site owner said should be enough for almost two months legal defence. As it turns out, he gave the MPAA the site, the server logs and $5-10k and walked away with a PROFIT.
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When will it be "Parents irresponsible with how they raised their child leads to deaths"?
When will the blame be placed where it belongs, with the people who's job is to raise this child until he is old enough to support himself?
What the hell happened to being responsible for your own actions?
If I ever rob someone at an ATM I'll sue NBC because I saw someone on Law & Order do it once.
What the FUCK is wrong with this country?
Well, considering how there's hats with "42" on them, sweatshirts, and regular shirts.. It's not much of a secret. Everyone who sees my hat knows what the 42 means, except my boss who was slightly confused and more confused after I explained it.
We aren't? That's news to most of our beloved elected (and appointed) officals. What with the warmongering and all.
Did you buy the Brak DVD? If it sells well they may bring it back. It's worked before..
I used to get the mag but I stopped once I realized.. it was full of crap. His two pages are always covered in the random ranting of someone who thinks he's an expert. He tends to bait flame more often than not. Mostly full of one-two line comments about how Linux is better, but next month he's all about Windows.. He's just trying to latch onto whatever's cool at the moment.
Whats turned down low? I never said that. And my decent car stereo sounds very nice with my iTMS purchased music.
Is it still "cool" to pretend to be drunk and/or high while talking online?
So if I spend a few thousand on some fancy audio setup I may notice something? Well, crap. I guess I'll only buy vinyl!
See, I'm like.. just about everybody else who uses iTMS. I like listening to music. As long as it's not all hissy and poppy, it's fine. I need background music while I work. I don't use solid gold connectors that cost $500/ea. I pipe my computer music through an Aiwa stereo. I can hear it. It sounds fine to me. It's good enough.
Considering how 48kb/s with AAC is slightly less than CD Quality (Groove Salad for example) I don't see what the problem is with the quality. I've spent over $300 at the iTMS and every album sounds just as good as actual CDs.
Linear notes or information? Do you want music or a biography?
I will give you the last one as a point. I've never resold a CD I purchased so I wouldn't have thought of that.
So authorize up to 5 other computers. And if you don't like the DRM, do what the guys at iTunes say to do: Burn them to a CD (Or create a virtual image) and rip the music using Winamp or something. You'll get mp3s without DRM.
So what was your point again?
So you're complaining about iTunes? 9.99 for an entire album compared to ~20 at Best Buy or some other store? If the CD you purchased for ~20 breaks, does the store let you get a free copy of the album? Nope.
And after you put the fires out?
Why not drag a power/control cable behind it? The battery wouldn't be a limitation and if it gets stuck, give the cable a light tug. Also, you would lose a lot of weight from the battery. You could upgrade the motor to the gun turret allowing a greater range than "down" and "slightly less down"
I read a story about exploring small tunnels in the pyramids using things like this (not toys, but the same idea) and the people doing it were finding lots of neet stuff.
The word we use for the movies that nobody sees or buys on DVDs is "BAD"
Or should I go out and buy a copy of Gigli because I downloaded "Alone in the Dark"?
In Monopolist Redmond?
He claimed he was "testing the waters" to see what lokitorrent was worth.
I'm sorry, what? Movies don't make money? Are you an idiot?
Movies are making HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS! I said I buy the DVD. The movie companies tend to break even in theaters and make all their profit from DVDs.
I noticed they were down right before TheReg had the story, and my submission linked not only to them, but to Netcraft and Lokitorrent.
Oops, I forgot one.
Really?
Loki was hosted in texas and the owner lived in Maine.
Definitions of theft on the Web:
larceny: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
If I download a movie what have I taken? Profit? They never would have gotten it in the first place. I don't go out to movies, but I buy them on DVD if they're good (as judged by the file I downloaded)
So if I purchase their product on DVD (Where most of their profit is actually made) who am I forcing to sell their child into slavery? The stars who make $xxMillion per movie? The crew who was paid before the movie was released to theaters? Or the already rich management bastards at the movie company?
No, because eXeem is bad software that is only based on the "IDEA" of bittorrent.
Closed source and spyware? Sign me up.
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And don't forget MiniNova, Myspleen, Torrentleech, and even more important: The ones we don't know about yet.
They had raides $45,000, which the site owner said should be enough for almost two months legal defence. As it turns out, he gave the MPAA the site, the server logs and $5-10k and walked away with a PROFIT.