Which post are you referring to? I was thinking your language may have gotten you modded as a troll.
I took a look at your comments for the past year or so, and I didn't see one like you mentioned. Either you posted a long time ago (in which case I wouldn't expect the crowd to be that consistent), or your comment never existed in the first place.
In any case, it can be both ways--Steve Jobs could have good influence within the company to make small changes, but not have the power to make wide sweeping changes necessary to completely get rid of DRM. This scenario is highly debatable, but possible.
The article missed a major point--all of the DRM services except for iTunes only work with Windows. If you want to move or listen to music that you've purchased on your Windows machine on your Mac (or vice versa), or switch from one platform to the other, the iTunes Music store is the only DRM service that could support doing it.
I'd like to at least check out the other DRM music services, but their web pages all say that they don't support the Mac and won't even let me in to see their catalogs--which is a huge negative IMHO.
Yeah, and at the time it was only 5GB, so the real benefits (massive amounts of space to store ALL your music, and the power of the scroll wheel) weren't there yet.
The original 5 GB iPod had a scroll wheel. I still have mine and use it all of the time. I'm still amazed it works after having it for almost 3 years...I haven't even changed the battery.
It wasn't until the interface was polished and the space went up that the iPod took off,
The iPod's interface has stayed relatively unchanged for music access. Have you ever even used the original iPod?
1. Jamie and Adam were unable to use static electricity to ignite a high concentration of fuel, even more than what you'd see in real life; they failed miserably.
2. The fire department demonstrated quite effectively what static electricity can do when filling your tank (explosion and fire).
Hmm...did I not say that the Mythbusters' experiment wasn't conclusive? It appears they should test again but this time more carefully, including looking at many factors which could have been affecting their experiment the first time. They should at least get the normal amount of static electricity to ignite the vapor!
A few things that the Mythbusters didn't try with the cellphone that I think they should have:
- They only let the phone ring, they didn't answer it or try to place calls from it--and answering the phone would at least require the phone to use much more power.
- They never pressed any of the buttons on the phone. This should have been tested.
- The phone rang, but didn't vibrate. It would have been interesting to see if a vibrating phone would make a difference.
- The phone they used wasn't a flip-phone, it was one of those Nokias. It would be interesting to see if a flip phone would cause a small spark when it opens.
It seems to me that this Mythbusters experiment didn't really show much of anything conclusive.
Now that Leo's leaving, I have a feeling most of the stuff they talk about is going to be inaccurate, especially when it comes to UNIX/Linux and Mac stuff. Already they say a few incorrect things every day, and hardly ever mention (better) Linux or Mac alternatives to Windows software packages that they cover.
We'll probably see more really bad Windows tips (who cares about IE?). And more of Patrick Norton, ugh. I think the show jumped the shark when he became a full-time host. While he knows standard Windows programs, he's really lacking in his Linux and Mac knowledge, and he's certainly not very entertaining to watch.
World Trade Center... Built from April 2000 to Feb 2001. Destroyed accidentially by a friend in April 2001. Reconstruction started again in Oct 2001, but has been halted due to space constraints in my apartment.
When I was a young kid, I built a small racetrack for electric cars on the floor. A friend of mine came over to have a look, and immediately proceeded to trip and fall directly onto the track (didn't even bother to catch himself with his hands), smashing it to bits.
Why is it that so many great things are destroyed by idiots? Not that I'm bitter or anything.:)
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride closed on September 7, 1998, according to the Save Mr. Toad's Wild Ride site. It was a fantastic ride; too bad Disney closed it.:(
It's likely that you have some corrupted mp3s which are causing it to crash. A brief look at Apple's Discussion forum, in the iTunes for Windows forum seems to point to this as the problem.
Unless, of course, you ever want to do something with them outside of iTunes. Then it becomes a major pain in the ass.
I'm not sure what else you'd need to do outside of iTunes, but since you can go right to the song file, it's actually pretty easy to get to your songs. There's a menu option and shortcut key in iTunes which will show the location of the song file you've selected. You can then do whatever you want with the files--copy them to a different hard disk, etc.
You don't have to reorganize your mp3s. Really. The iTunes interface gives you access to your files, by Artist, Album, Genre, etc. And you can sort/search for them every which-way. So there's no need to manually keep them in organized folders yourself--although you can do that if you really want to.
Installing the OS and then playing with the Administrative Tools is hardly a test. I suspect your box hasn't been used much because there's no way it would be able to take even a moderate amount of load (load that should occur during a more extensive test).
I think you've overlooked the fact that Windows isn't very secure, and is less secure than other operating systems. There are fewer security problems on other platforms because they were designed with security in mind; with Windows, security was added in as an afterthought.
Check out this New York Times article (free reg required) which talks about why there are fewer viruses and worms for Linux and Mac OS X.
ATMs with Windows crashing is happening now
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Will running Linux on this router allow you to use iptables? If so, then perhaps this could be used as a 'real' firewall with stateful packet inspection, rather than just NAT.
Of course, I'd prefer that this Linux OS be changed so it accepts a root password, but other than that, this could be a a great alternative to the default Linksys software.
You may also not want to recommend people use a web server benchmarking tool (such as Apache Benchmark, which comes on Mac OS X and most Linux distros, probably available for Windows):
ab -c 60 -n 50000 http://www.thebulkclub.com/benefits.asp
Running this will send 60 requests at a time for 50000 times. Since the benchmarking tool is used for testing the performance of web servers, it really taxes them; doing this can really slow down a web server, so I wouldn't recommend doing it. I also wouldn't recommend making either of those numbers larger.
It's pretty obvious that the results on MSN are biased. Do a search for open source on MSN. You get back a bunch of results that don't really apply. That is, except for the first result, which is an article on Infoworld about how SCO is hurting the open source movement.
Now do the same search on Google--the results are _much_ more appropriate.
I went to a.NET workshop a few weeks ago, and the Microsoft guy mentioned that the next version of Office will use the.NET framework. Of course the people attending the workshop immediately asked him if this meant Office would run on other platforms, since.NET is being ported to other platforms.
And unfortunately no, the.NET version of Office will only run on Windows; it uses parts of the Windows API that aren't part of the.NET framework. (Of course there are programs like Wine or VirtualPC that can allow you to run these Windows programs, but I'm talking about running Office natively with only the.NET framework installed).
The movie Spider-Man appears to have inspired the scientists in investigating how a gecko's feet work.
The movie Spider-Man was directed by Sam Raimi.
The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 were also directed by Sam Raimi. Without these cult classics, Spider-Man may have never been filmed, or it may not have been as good as it was.
In other words, we can thank the movie Evil Dead 2 for the discovery of how Gecko's feet work!:)
His fans are more tech-savvy (and perhaps more intelligent?) than other groups' (groups with better-selling albums) fans.
Only tech-savvy fans will copy music and won't buy the album in stores
His latest album is really good and a lot of people like it.
Some of these points could be true, but he can't really back up anything he says. He tries to give examples of other groups to explain his so-called "Pearl Jam Effect", but his examples do a poor job of explaining his own poor album sales.
Pearl Jam is an entirely different band. Pearl Jam decided to stop promoting themselves in the traditional way in order to keep from being too corporate (by not making music videos anymore, very little marketing, etc.). They also flooded the market with 72 official bootlegs. Some also say the quality of PJ's music has also been questionable recently. In any case, there is little evidence that Pearl Jam's reduction in albums sales has been solely due to people copying their music.
Weezer's poor sales of their recent album may not be due to people copying it. I bought Weezer's "Green Album", and it's a little over 29 minutes in length. There were a few decent songs, but I felt a bit ripped-off. I'm waiting until I find out more about their latest album "Maladroit"--especially since it's only been a year since the "Green Album" was released. It almost seems like they're trying to pull off a 1-album-for-the-price-of-2.
I wonder what Moby's next excuse will be about why his album "18" isn't selling well?
It's important to note that AbiWord won't work on a stock installation of Mac OS X; you have to have XDarwin and XFree86 installed. It would be nice if they could come out with a version of AbiWord that could work natively in Aqua for those of us that don't want to install and run an X server.:\
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I don't think you understood what I was saying. I'm sorry; I'll try to be more clear.
I wasn't saying that sites that have error messages and won't "'load up'" hurt the reputation of the owners of the website, and annoys potential viewers of the site. I didn't feel the need to say this, because it's perfectly obvious.
The point I was trying to make was that just because a site has errors, does not necessarily mean the writers don't know what they're talking about (unless, of course they're supposed to be talking about making a web site without errors). It may mean the writers (or the webmaster) don't know to set up a link to have people tell them their site's not working. In other words, if you can't read content on a site to judge that site when that site can't deliver the content you're supposed to judge, then don't judge the validity of its articles.
in plain english (or whatever native language you understand)
I didn't realize "cluefullness" was a word in the English Language.
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So, you're basing a website's content on how well it loads up? In that case, sites like slashdot.org must have pretty poor content!
That's not to say that MacOSRumors has good content, but if you're going to judge a site's content, READ THE CONTENT, don't make lame assumptions about the writers.
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Which post are you referring to? I was thinking your language may have gotten you modded as a troll.
I took a look at your comments for the past year or so, and I didn't see one like you mentioned. Either you posted a long time ago (in which case I wouldn't expect the crowd to be that consistent), or your comment never existed in the first place.
In any case, it can be both ways--Steve Jobs could have good influence within the company to make small changes, but not have the power to make wide sweeping changes necessary to completely get rid of DRM. This scenario is highly debatable, but possible.
...because you can easily sell it on ebay.
The article missed a major point--all of the DRM services except for iTunes only work with Windows. If you want to move or listen to music that you've purchased on your Windows machine on your Mac (or vice versa), or switch from one platform to the other, the iTunes Music store is the only DRM service that could support doing it.
I'd like to at least check out the other DRM music services, but their web pages all say that they don't support the Mac and won't even let me in to see their catalogs--which is a huge negative IMHO.
Yeah, and at the time it was only 5GB, so the real benefits (massive amounts of space to store ALL your music, and the power of the scroll wheel) weren't there yet.
The original 5 GB iPod had a scroll wheel. I still have mine and use it all of the time. I'm still amazed it works after having it for almost 3 years...I haven't even changed the battery.
It wasn't until the interface was polished and the space went up that the iPod took off,
The iPod's interface has stayed relatively unchanged for music access. Have you ever even used the original iPod?
FYI, the Mac OS X firewall can also limit IP ranges through the GUI.
So, you're saying that:
1. Jamie and Adam were unable to use static electricity to ignite a high concentration of fuel, even more than what you'd see in real life; they failed miserably.
2. The fire department demonstrated quite effectively what static electricity can do when filling your tank (explosion and fire).
Hmm...did I not say that the Mythbusters' experiment wasn't conclusive? It appears they should test again but this time more carefully, including looking at many factors which could have been affecting their experiment the first time. They should at least get the normal amount of static electricity to ignite the vapor!
A few things that the Mythbusters didn't try with the cellphone that I think they should have:
- They only let the phone ring, they didn't answer it or try to place calls from it--and answering the phone would at least require the phone to use much more power.
- They never pressed any of the buttons on the phone. This should have been tested.
- The phone rang, but didn't vibrate. It would have been interesting to see if a vibrating phone would make a difference.
- The phone they used wasn't a flip-phone, it was one of those Nokias. It would be interesting to see if a flip phone would cause a small spark when it opens.
It seems to me that this Mythbusters experiment didn't really show much of anything conclusive.
Now that Leo's leaving, I have a feeling most of the stuff they talk about is going to be inaccurate, especially when it comes to UNIX/Linux and Mac stuff. Already they say a few incorrect things every day, and hardly ever mention (better) Linux or Mac alternatives to Windows software packages that they cover.
We'll probably see more really bad Windows tips (who cares about IE?). And more of Patrick Norton, ugh. I think the show jumped the shark when he became a full-time host. While he knows standard Windows programs, he's really lacking in his Linux and Mac knowledge, and he's certainly not very entertaining to watch.
I wonder what happened:
World Trade Center... Built from April 2000 to Feb 2001. Destroyed accidentially by a friend in April 2001. Reconstruction started again in Oct 2001, but has been halted due to space constraints in my apartment.
When I was a young kid, I built a small racetrack for electric cars on the floor. A friend of mine came over to have a look, and immediately proceeded to trip and fall directly onto the track (didn't even bother to catch himself with his hands), smashing it to bits.
Why is it that so many great things are destroyed by idiots? Not that I'm bitter or anything. :)
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride closed on September 7, 1998, according to the Save Mr. Toad's Wild Ride site. It was a fantastic ride; too bad Disney closed it. :(
Btw Itunes crashed on my 'import' of 1000+ mp3s.
It's likely that you have some corrupted mp3s which are causing it to crash. A brief look at Apple's Discussion forum, in the iTunes for Windows forum seems to point to this as the problem.
Unless, of course, you ever want to do something with them outside of iTunes. Then it becomes a major pain in the ass.
I'm not sure what else you'd need to do outside of iTunes, but since you can go right to the song file, it's actually pretty easy to get to your songs. There's a menu option and shortcut key in iTunes which will show the location of the song file you've selected. You can then do whatever you want with the files--copy them to a different hard disk, etc.
You don't have to reorganize your mp3s. Really. The iTunes interface gives you access to your files, by Artist, Album, Genre, etc. And you can sort/search for them every which-way. So there's no need to manually keep them in organized folders yourself--although you can do that if you really want to.
Installing the OS and then playing with the Administrative Tools is hardly a test. I suspect your box hasn't been used much because there's no way it would be able to take even a moderate amount of load (load that should occur during a more extensive test).
I think you've overlooked the fact that Windows isn't very secure, and is less secure than other operating systems. There are fewer security problems on other platforms because they were designed with security in mind; with Windows, security was added in as an afterthought.
Check out this New York Times article (free reg required) which talks about why there are fewer viruses and worms for Linux and Mac OS X.
Here's a pic of an ATM with a BSOD. This guy claims to have been able to get to a Windows desktop on an ATM.
Will running Linux on this router allow you to use iptables? If so, then perhaps this could be used as a 'real' firewall with stateful packet inspection, rather than just NAT.
Of course, I'd prefer that this Linux OS be changed so it accepts a root password, but other than that, this could be a a great alternative to the default Linksys software.
It's pretty obvious that the results on MSN are biased. Do a search for open source on MSN. You get back a bunch of results that don't really apply. That is, except for the first result, which is an article on Infoworld about how SCO is hurting the open source movement. Now do the same search on Google--the results are _much_ more appropriate.
I went to a .NET workshop a few weeks ago, and the Microsoft guy mentioned that the next version of Office will use the .NET framework. Of course the people attending the workshop immediately asked him if this meant Office would run on other platforms, since .NET is being ported to other platforms.
.NET version of Office will only run on Windows; it uses parts of the Windows API that aren't part of the .NET framework. (Of course there are programs like Wine or VirtualPC that can allow you to run these Windows programs, but I'm talking about running Office natively with only the .NET framework installed).
And unfortunately no, the
The movie Spider-Man appears to have inspired the scientists in investigating how a gecko's feet work.
:)
The movie Spider-Man was directed by Sam Raimi.
The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 were also directed by Sam Raimi. Without these cult classics, Spider-Man may have never been filmed, or it may not have been as good as it was.
In other words, we can thank the movie Evil Dead 2 for the discovery of how Gecko's feet work!
Moby assumes a few different things:
Some of these points could be true, but he can't really back up anything he says. He tries to give examples of other groups to explain his so-called "Pearl Jam Effect", but his examples do a poor job of explaining his own poor album sales.
Pearl Jam is an entirely different band. Pearl Jam decided to stop promoting themselves in the traditional way in order to keep from being too corporate (by not making music videos anymore, very little marketing, etc.). They also flooded the market with 72 official bootlegs. Some also say the quality of PJ's music has also been questionable recently. In any case, there is little evidence that Pearl Jam's reduction in albums sales has been solely due to people copying their music.
Weezer's poor sales of their recent album may not be due to people copying it. I bought Weezer's "Green Album", and it's a little over 29 minutes in length. There were a few decent songs, but I felt a bit ripped-off. I'm waiting until I find out more about their latest album "Maladroit"--especially since it's only been a year since the "Green Album" was released. It almost seems like they're trying to pull off a 1-album-for-the-price-of-2.
I wonder what Moby's next excuse will be about why his album "18" isn't selling well?
It's important to note that AbiWord won't work on a stock installation of Mac OS X; you have to have XDarwin and XFree86 installed. It would be nice if they could come out with a version of AbiWord that could work natively in Aqua for those of us that don't want to install and run an X server. :\
I wasn't saying that sites that have error messages and won't "'load up'" hurt the reputation of the owners of the website, and annoys potential viewers of the site. I didn't feel the need to say this, because it's perfectly obvious.
The point I was trying to make was that just because a site has errors, does not necessarily mean the writers don't know what they're talking about (unless, of course they're supposed to be talking about making a web site without errors). It may mean the writers (or the webmaster) don't know to set up a link to have people tell them their site's not working. In other words, if you can't read content on a site to judge that site when that site can't deliver the content you're supposed to judge, then don't judge the validity of its articles.
I didn't realize "cluefullness" was a word in the English Language.So, you're basing a website's content on how well it loads up? In that case, sites like slashdot.org must have pretty poor content!
That's not to say that MacOSRumors has good content, but if you're going to judge a site's content, READ THE CONTENT, don't make lame assumptions about the writers.