If DRM itself were illegal then everything would play on everything.
Imagine that, then the companies would have to find ways to make you want to buy their product. You know, a level of service and price that makes stealing the product less desirable.
I think this time is a great time for the indies and represents a leveling of the playing field. Go and check out emusic.com. They have a great catalogue and very reasonable pricing structure. The music is DRM-Free as well.
Expand your musical horizons and lose the shackles as well.
The online-community has a great opportunity to vote for artistic integrity and digital music the way we like it.
Was anyone else astounded to read that DRM gets added AFTER the download? This is a bit like encrypting passwords on an end-system but transmitting them in the clear. This is in-effect a man-in-the-middle vulnerability. Apple are very clever, I can't believe they overlooked this.
I'm looking forward to the day when we can get rid of our token foreign head of state and replace her with a genuine president elected by the people. The U.S. people that is.
xserve + xraid + 1 more power supply and this DOES fit in an enterprise data centre. When you are IO-bound like file servers are then 2 * G5 processors is more than enough.
The original poster said that the only thing keeping xserve out of his data centre is lack of dual power supplies. I see this mentality a lot.
In regards to the size of the xserve there are other ways of providing redundant power like external DC type arrangements. Wouldn't significantly impact the size of the xserve. I'm sure Apple are capable of thinking different to get that redundant power option.
Actually the really interesting thing about this is that the PPC clock-rate lag meant that Apple HAD to go multiprocessor. They do it well. We now seem to be approaching the clock-cycle wall - or at least the rate of increase is slowing a LOT. Apple's skill with multiprocessing machines and OSes will be of great benefit as multiprocessor becomes the ONLY way to significantly increase CPU horsepower from generation to generation.
Whether by design or necessity their approach is turning out to be the correct one.
Like it or not the perception and for some people the reality is that enterprise class servers should have dual power supplies. Apple would do itself a favor in this market if they offered it.
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If DRM itself were illegal then everything would play on everything.
Imagine that, then the companies would have to find ways to make you want to buy their product. You know, a level of service and price that makes stealing the product less desirable.
Well most people's mothers might be able to do that with automator but the time she would need to understand that script could not be estimated...
Replace "hit the snooze" to "Jump out of bed a kick the living sh*t out of it"
Good thing for Microsoft-based services that they have such a tiny market share otherwise these hackers would be going after them.
The Apple near-monopoly market share are making them vulnerable...
Wow, it's like an episode of "Sliders"...
Apple dies and then Linux takes desktop share away from a slowly dying Windows...
What happened? Everything was going to plan two years ago?
Damn you iPod! Damn you and your white plastic earbuds!
"Maybe i'm out of touch living in Ottawa Canada"
Apparently...
I think this time is a great time for the indies and represents a leveling of the playing field. Go and check out emusic.com. They have a great catalogue and very reasonable pricing structure. The music is DRM-Free as well.
Expand your musical horizons and lose the shackles as well.
The online-community has a great opportunity to vote for artistic integrity and digital music the way we like it.
Was anyone else astounded to read that DRM gets added AFTER the download? This is a bit like encrypting passwords on an end-system but transmitting them in the clear. This is in-effect a man-in-the-middle vulnerability. Apple are very clever, I can't believe they overlooked this.
Single button mice don't make sense!
Multi Button Mice don't make sense
"I wonder if you're a woman, Wonder Woman"
Yes Patronizing is what the whole concept is.
This is intended to combat piracy in those countries where it is rife.
It goes something like this:
Users - "We would like to buy your software but since you are charging the equivalent of a year's wages for it, it's difficult for us"
MS - "Ahh we understand completely, have this knobbled version for only HALF a year's wages, no piracy excuses now"
Users-"Hmmm, I think I saw a full copy for $5 down the street somewhere..."
Don't forget you need 104+the original mouse button...or 106 depending on your rodent religion
I'm looking forward to the day when we can get rid of our token foreign head of state and replace her with a genuine president elected by the people. The U.S. people that is.
Well I must admit that I was skeptical about the value of this agreement until I heard this...
Correct. Apples get 1.33 GigaYums and oranges exceed this with 2 GigaJuicys according to manufacturers own benchmarks.
Now the only thing requiring our imagination are the hot RPG-playing girls that will be dying to have a go with this rig...
Yes, it should be CRISC - Complex Reduced Instruction Set Chip, it only doesn't make sense if you try and think about it...
If you put the camera inside the right piece of clothing you can not only get the pictures but increase your chances of picking up at the same time.
Quick sign him up now - with a "no dying" clause.
xserve + xraid + 1 more power supply and this DOES fit in an enterprise data centre. When you are IO-bound like file servers are then 2 * G5 processors is more than enough.
The original poster said that the only thing keeping xserve out of his data centre is lack of dual power supplies. I see this mentality a lot.
In regards to the size of the xserve there are other ways of providing redundant power like external DC type arrangements. Wouldn't significantly impact the size of the xserve. I'm sure Apple are capable of thinking different to get that redundant power option.
Good point - at that time I imagine Jobs would have said something like "ugly piece of shit, do you get a free pepsi with that?"
Actually the really interesting thing about this is that the PPC clock-rate lag meant that Apple HAD to go multiprocessor. They do it well. We now seem to be approaching the clock-cycle wall - or at least the rate of increase is slowing a LOT. Apple's skill with multiprocessing machines and OSes will be of great benefit as multiprocessor becomes the ONLY way to significantly increase CPU horsepower from generation to generation.
Whether by design or necessity their approach is turning out to be the correct one.
Or a dialog box with the grayed out option to "engage warp core"
Like it or not the perception and for some people the reality is that enterprise class servers should have dual power supplies. Apple would do itself a favor in this market if they offered it.