For most people the question isn't DRM-free its "playable on my iPod".
Exactly. So many people here are concerned about the implications of DRM and about how "evil" it is. And, I for one agree that DRM is a pain in the ass. But, as MosesJones pointed out, most people's concerns are not our concerns. Usability, playability, etc are what the "average Joe" is concerned about. Unless DRM actually stops that person from playing his or her music, there will never be a second thought about DRM.
The only real way to get rid of DRM is to just STOP BUYING CRAP MUSIC.
Yes, because I'm sure ALL the music you buy is the panacea of excellent music.
[end sarcasm]
Seriously, shut up. Get off your high-horse and drop the elitist attitude. Yeah, there is a lot of crap on the radio and coming from record companies, but there are also some excellent artists who are also part of a record label. Indie does not necessarily mean good, and being part of a label does not mean you suck. Everybody has varied tastes.
But then that was the only way to stop it years ago and you people still dont get it through your skull to stop supporting any artist on a major label.
"Us people" will buy music that we like. Even with respect to the "crap artists" - nobody is forcing anybody to buy them. People WANT to buy music from these artists and (as others have pointed out), nobody really cares about DRM. Again...high horse. Down from it.
I definitely understand what you are talking about with respect to the "crud work." Of course everybody has that job. (I doubt there's a mechanic who really loves changing oil.)
However, the fact that you spend time out of work working on similar things that you'd be doing at work shows your true love for the field which is what I am looking for and what I'm talking about.
That's kind of sad, in my opinion. I work in the computer industry and my own computers and network are, at the very least, up-to-date and maintained well. (I don't claim to be a security expert...but there are some basic things that you can do.)
Same with any doctor I visit (he better look like he's in good health, at least), my mechanic I use (he's fanatical about how he takes care of his car), etc.
People who just have a "job" won't want to continue doing their job after they are finished for the day. People who love what they do, will continue what they do, even after they are finished with their hours at the end of the day. Those are the people you won't working for you and providing services.
512GB hard drive in an iPod?! At the risk of (mis)paraphrasing Bill Gates, who needs that kind of space on an iPod? Even if you ripped your songs at an extremely high quality, that's a lot of music. (Yes, I realize you can put other things besides music on iPods...)
It's easy to say that, but when you take Apples "Less functional" product and set it next to a "More functional" product you can really see a difference.
You're absolutely right. Apple products are not *always* the best product. However, something many techies and "nerds" don't understand is this - most people don't care.
My mom didn't ask me for any MP3 player for Christmas. She asked me for the iPod. Why? Because it has such a huge market saturation, it looks good, it's "cool" and, at it does what she needs it to do (and somewhat easily, I might add).
Apple focuses on making their products an experience for their users. They build an image for their product. Image is *extremely* important to most people (yes...even/.ers are typically concerned about their image). Image is why Apple wins and this is something Steve Jobs understands and follows through on. It's why he's so freaken nitty-gritty about the tiniest little details of his hardware.
Yes. I love the "paperless" route. I wish I never saw a piece of "real" mail (other than computer parts) or anything else like that in my entire life. It's such a waste of time, landfill space, the killing of trees, etc, etc, etc. Paper is not a necessity except in a few (and becoming fewer) cases.
Now, of course, try convincing people who haven't worked on a computer their whole life of that fact.
To be fair, sales tax is lower by 2%. Of course I live in the city, so pay an additional 3 or 4% income tax and 4% sales tax - but the situation was similar in Philly.
Except, if you live OR work within the Philadelphia city limits, you pay a 4.x% wage tax. Not fun, and pretty stupid as the city still doesn't have a real budget to work with.
As for why she got third degree burns, it was due to the fact that she sat in the coffee for 90 seconds while it scalded her skin. Ummm...WTF? I would have been ripping off those pants as quick as possible.
Of course, in all fairness, she hadn't actually had her coffee that morning, so her brain was probably moving a little slower and she didn't realize that it was hot.:: end sarcasm::
It might inspire some to continue education and work harder, but, quite honestly, most of the students won't even care. They will think (in typical human thought patterns), "I'm different. I *do* deserve to get paid more than all those other schmucks." Or, in a typical (irresponsible) pattern of your average high school student, they'll think, "Meh. It doesn't matter. I'll be fine. It always works out."
Either way, I don't think your idea will work as well as it would appear at first glance.
What's happened to the code? It literally is sitting on physical media gathering cobwebs.
I think you need to look up the definition of literally.
While it may be sitting (which, one could argue the term sitting, but I know what you mean) on physical media, it definitely is not "literally" gathering cobwebs.
Ahhh...now I feel better that I've had my grammar fix for the day.
One is that old rules of thumb like "use swap equal to your physical RAM" need to go.
I tend to agree with you, but when I setup my Gentoo installation awhile back, one of the instructions said that swap needs to be equal to or greater than physical RAM so, when hibernating, all the information in the RAM could be written out to the swap space.
I did this awhile ago, so I may not have everything correct, but it was something along those lines.
Is it still possible to "hibernate" w/out a large enough swap space?
i wonder what ever made them create such stupid laptops (and what made my father buy one -_-)
I actually have to admit that I've wondered about this as well.
For my power needs, I have a desktop. Dual Core, lots of RAM, high-end graphics card, etc, etc. That's where I do my "power" stuff (compiling, gaming, etc).
However, for most of my needs, I use my laptop. It's a small (less than 3 pounds, beautiful 12.1 inch screen) Fujitsu laptop that is designed *extremely* well. I use it for surfing the web, reading e-mail, typing up documents, etc. It runs very cool and the battery lasts for freaken ever.
Personally, if I have a laptop, I want it to be a laptop - not a desktop replacement.
Abble is Apple's ignored younger brother. He never gets the attention he craves and he is constantly looking for ways to undermine is older brother's reputation.
Hell I could pick 30 minutes of clips from 300 to make it look like a promising film but when you watch the whole film it's pretty boring. My guess is this is going to be the same deal.
Did you watch the same 300 that I did?
Granted, it wasn't factually accurate (I *really* wish that had told the true story of the traitor...way cooler than what they showed) and it definitely had a bit of fantasy to it, but I'm not sure I'd call 300 "boring."
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Obviously you haven't yet heard of Natalie Portman.
Otherwise, yeah, you're right.
For most people the question isn't DRM-free its "playable on my iPod".
Exactly. So many people here are concerned about the implications of DRM and about how "evil" it is. And, I for one agree that DRM is a pain in the ass. But, as MosesJones pointed out, most people's concerns are not our concerns. Usability, playability, etc are what the "average Joe" is concerned about. Unless DRM actually stops that person from playing his or her music, there will never be a second thought about DRM.
The only real way to get rid of DRM is to just STOP BUYING CRAP MUSIC.
Yes, because I'm sure ALL the music you buy is the panacea of excellent music.
[end sarcasm]
Seriously, shut up. Get off your high-horse and drop the elitist attitude. Yeah, there is a lot of crap on the radio and coming from record companies, but there are also some excellent artists who are also part of a record label. Indie does not necessarily mean good, and being part of a label does not mean you suck. Everybody has varied tastes.
But then that was the only way to stop it years ago and you people still dont get it through your skull to stop supporting any artist on a major label.
"Us people" will buy music that we like. Even with respect to the "crap artists" - nobody is forcing anybody to buy them. People WANT to buy music from these artists and (as others have pointed out), nobody really cares about DRM. Again...high horse. Down from it.
I definitely understand what you are talking about with respect to the "crud work." Of course everybody has that job. (I doubt there's a mechanic who really loves changing oil.)
However, the fact that you spend time out of work working on similar things that you'd be doing at work shows your true love for the field which is what I am looking for and what I'm talking about.
That's kind of sad, in my opinion. I work in the computer industry and my own computers and network are, at the very least, up-to-date and maintained well. (I don't claim to be a security expert...but there are some basic things that you can do.)
Same with any doctor I visit (he better look like he's in good health, at least), my mechanic I use (he's fanatical about how he takes care of his car), etc.
People who just have a "job" won't want to continue doing their job after they are finished for the day. People who love what they do, will continue what they do, even after they are finished with their hours at the end of the day. Those are the people you won't working for you and providing services.
That image compositing software is extremely awesome. If you'd like to learn more about it, check out this article.
512GB hard drive in an iPod?! At the risk of (mis)paraphrasing Bill Gates, who needs that kind of space on an iPod? Even if you ripped your songs at an extremely high quality, that's a lot of music. (Yes, I realize you can put other things besides music on iPods...)
It's easy to say that, but when you take Apples "Less functional" product and set it next to a "More functional" product you can really see a difference.
You're absolutely right. Apple products are not *always* the best product. However, something many techies and "nerds" don't understand is this - most people don't care.
My mom didn't ask me for any MP3 player for Christmas. She asked me for the iPod. Why? Because it has such a huge market saturation, it looks good, it's "cool" and, at it does what she needs it to do (and somewhat easily, I might add).
Apple focuses on making their products an experience for their users. They build an image for their product. Image is *extremely* important to most people (yes...even /.ers are typically concerned about their image). Image is why Apple wins and this is something Steve Jobs understands and follows through on. It's why he's so freaken nitty-gritty about the tiniest little details of his hardware.
You were modded funny, but I bet if I told certain people this, they would believe me...
Yes. I love the "paperless" route. I wish I never saw a piece of "real" mail (other than computer parts) or anything else like that in my entire life. It's such a waste of time, landfill space, the killing of trees, etc, etc, etc. Paper is not a necessity except in a few (and becoming fewer) cases.
Now, of course, try convincing people who haven't worked on a computer their whole life of that fact.
As far as a company is concerned - the ink is a bigger problem. It costs a whole lot more.
then before you know it they drill to deep and there's a balrog running the streets.
I preferred Blanka. Or Sagat. Balrog was just an old, washed-up boxer who was easy to beat if you knew to keep your attacks below his belt.
To be fair, sales tax is lower by 2%. Of course I live in the city, so pay an additional 3 or 4% income tax and 4% sales tax - but the situation was similar in Philly.
Except, if you live OR work within the Philadelphia city limits, you pay a 4.x% wage tax. Not fun, and pretty stupid as the city still doesn't have a real budget to work with.
Uh. Yes. Coffee is hot.
As for why she got third degree burns, it was due to the fact that she sat in the coffee for 90 seconds while it scalded her skin. Ummm...WTF? I would have been ripping off those pants as quick as possible.
Of course, in all fairness, she hadn't actually had her coffee that morning, so her brain was probably moving a little slower and she didn't realize that it was hot. :: end sarcasm ::
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I hate hearing that little trill that the hyenas do when you gain aggro.
It might inspire some to continue education and work harder, but, quite honestly, most of the students won't even care. They will think (in typical human thought patterns), "I'm different. I *do* deserve to get paid more than all those other schmucks." Or, in a typical (irresponsible) pattern of your average high school student, they'll think, "Meh. It doesn't matter. I'll be fine. It always works out."
Either way, I don't think your idea will work as well as it would appear at first glance.
Specifically, excessive attempts to elminate germs can, in addition to creating super-bugs, cause our immune system to malfunction.
Sounds like a convenient excuse for picking one's nose. "Don't be grossed out guys - I'm only improving my immune system! No. Seriously!"
What's happened to the code? It literally is sitting on physical media gathering cobwebs.
I think you need to look up the definition of literally.
While it may be sitting (which, one could argue the term sitting, but I know what you mean) on physical media, it definitely is not "literally" gathering cobwebs.
Ahhh...now I feel better that I've had my grammar fix for the day.
So, in true CS fashion, I will be lazy and refrain from duplicating effort ;)
In true CS fashion, you wouldn't have posted in the first place. ;-)
One is that old rules of thumb like "use swap equal to your physical RAM" need to go.
I tend to agree with you, but when I setup my Gentoo installation awhile back, one of the instructions said that swap needs to be equal to or greater than physical RAM so, when hibernating, all the information in the RAM could be written out to the swap space.
I did this awhile ago, so I may not have everything correct, but it was something along those lines.
Is it still possible to "hibernate" w/out a large enough swap space?
Don't mind him. He's just being a rAbble rouser.
i wonder what ever made them create such stupid laptops (and what made my father buy one -_-)
I actually have to admit that I've wondered about this as well.
For my power needs, I have a desktop. Dual Core, lots of RAM, high-end graphics card, etc, etc. That's where I do my "power" stuff (compiling, gaming, etc).
However, for most of my needs, I use my laptop. It's a small (less than 3 pounds, beautiful 12.1 inch screen) Fujitsu laptop that is designed *extremely* well. I use it for surfing the web, reading e-mail, typing up documents, etc. It runs very cool and the battery lasts for freaken ever.
Personally, if I have a laptop, I want it to be a laptop - not a desktop replacement.
Abble is Apple's ignored younger brother. He never gets the attention he craves and he is constantly looking for ways to undermine is older brother's reputation.
I don't need a lot of power for my daily routine and neither do most people.
And 640kB of memory is good enough for anybody.
Hell I could pick 30 minutes of clips from 300 to make it look like a promising film but when you watch the whole film it's pretty boring. My guess is this is going to be the same deal.
Did you watch the same 300 that I did?
Granted, it wasn't factually accurate (I *really* wish that had told the true story of the traitor...way cooler than what they showed) and it definitely had a bit of fantasy to it, but I'm not sure I'd call 300 "boring."