What bullshit. If I'm planning on making a stink or trying to kill the president or something, I'm going to do like John Malkovich in 'In the line of fire'. You donate money, you pretend to be a supporter, precisely because you know the protocol that if you are a 'protester' you can't get anywhere close.
Well, i think I'd change your.sig to read 'neocon', since there are still some farmer types who call themselves republicans. Individuals who are really 'conservative' and so don't identify with the progressive politics of the Democrats and the left, but who don't realize that their party has been stolen by the big-corporation-handout government we've got today...
Hmmm... I wonder what a comment like "Wow, you're _not_ an asshole, and neither is the head of the TSA. Nor are these policies stupid!" would get you?
Those comments are 'negative' as in the logical 'negate', so you should get arrested, right? Besides, I doubt I'd be able to keep the sarcasm out of my voice...
So, would I have grounds for false arrest? Under WTF valid law would they be able to charge me? Or is this just the 'we can hold you indefinitely until we figure out you're not a terrorist' sort of arrest?
The current government (all three branches) have done more to destroy this country than the terrorists could ever do. And the press isn't helping with all the fear-mongering they do to sell ad-buys. But I guess the real people I should blame are the sheep who can't wrap their heads around the fact that their chance of an early is raised more by their daily trip to McDonalds than the terrorists, and that wearing their seatbelt is a much more effective way to protect themselves than encouraging their representatives to vote away their 'rights'.
I think the best way to 'win' against the "terrorists" is to not be terrorized, to adjust our foreign policy so there is less support among the rational middle-ground for the practice, and to live the free lives we used to have and deal with the risks that come along with the freedoms.
I can write a security patch for GPL'd software and release it under any license I like. I can make it as restrictive or permissive as I like, as I control it via copyright law. Since it's GPL software I couldn't distribute the patched result, but the patch itself is mine to control.
So, your point about BSD is true, but no more true than GPL code, and once the BSD developers release the resulting, patched code as BSD licensed code, anyone can redistribute it.
Yeah, when I was first dating my wife, we ran out and I ran to the store and bought 2 12-packs and a couple of bottles of seltzer water (gotta stay hydrated!) and the clerk's response was, "You must be doing pretty well!" And I replied, "based on what I'm buying or the shit-eating grin on my face?"
Yeah, I've got two copies of each song, the Apple Lossless and the 128K AAC. I wish that iTunes was better at managing multiple copies of songs. It should be able to recognize that two files are different encodings of the same performance. Further it'd be nice if iTunes could recognize (or be told) that two songs are two different performances of the same song, though that would be less useful. In the former case then setting a 1-5 star rating on a song would affect all the encodings, and playlists could be setup once for the song, and then the user could set an 'encoding affinity' for each device and then iTunes would play/load the right file for the device.
My wife and I got to use my dong on a flight to Hawaii before we were married. Of course that was before all the heightened security. Now I think you have to use the restroom one at a time...
The point you're missing (though I'm not sure this is accurate, I just got it from the article) is that an 'admin user' on OS-X is basically the same as someone who's in the sudoers list or in the wheel group on Unix. You _may_ access root, but not everything you do is as root. This is like the ability to run 'su' or 'sudo' and not type your password to become root. If that were true on linux, then any untrusted program you ran as 'joeuser' could become root without the user's knowledge, just by invoking 'su' or 'sudo' in a child process.
But I'm more pissed they didn't throw out more baby with the OS9 bathwater...resource forks need to die! Inconsistent text-box behavior is a bitch... etc. etc etc.
No external libraries? Like including libc? Hell, I have to implement the syscall interface in C++? For what architecture/OS? WTF? I'd take that as a "we're idiots, you don't want to work here flag".
I'm aware of generational loss issues. However that's not what my post was addressing. My post was addressing the _FLEXIBILITY_ of the format. Also, if you _read_ my post you'll see that I addressed the loss issue and the size issue.
CD's are no more flexible than music purchased from the iTunes Media Store.
That's right no more flexible!
That's because you can create a CD from music purchased from the iTMS. What's different is cost and quality. I can buy a used CD that will rip just fine, often for less than the $10 for the album on iTunes. And the CD I can create from iTMS music is already lossfully compressed, so the quality is lower. However, it's still a 'redbook' CD and can be ripped and compressed. Alternatively, you can look at the DRM'd music as just having a size penalty. I can convert the DRM'd iTMS music to losslessly compressed (flac or ALE) format without DRM, and without _additional_ loss in quality.
Seems to be false. At least, I don't seem to be able to order an 8GB in Pink for my wife. She's going to have to settle for the 4GB (since I think she's rather have that than black...
There's no input suitable to make it a DVR. At least that's what I'm seeing. I guess the connections could switch-hit, but hookups would be a bitch. I guess it _does_ have USB, so you could hookup an EyeTV and an external HD, but I doubt it... More likely, you'd use another box to digitize & store your content and send it to the box over the net.
If you think the Tivo is like the 'Homer', then what must you think of the Transporter, at only $1999?
Hey, there's a market for these things. People have money to spend. Lots of people have _lots_ of money to spend. You can make a good living catering to them.
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Yeah, but according to his cat, it's just the worst of times. After all, regardless of whether he's alive or not, he's still stuck in the damn box!
If you're that paranoid about tinyurl, just turn on the preview feature at tinyurl.
Nope, they're just like gallons of gasoline, they're 98.9 cents/song...
Yeah, and the TSA agent who feels up your wife during the search...just let that go. After all, you don't want to be late for your flight.
Wow, with spines like that, I can see why we're in this handbasket and why it's getting warmer and warmer.
What bullshit. If I'm planning on making a stink or trying to kill the president or something, I'm going to do like John Malkovich in 'In the line of fire'. You donate money, you pretend to be a supporter, precisely because you know the protocol that if you are a 'protester' you can't get anywhere close.
Well, i think I'd change your .sig to read 'neocon', since there are still some farmer types who call themselves republicans. Individuals who are really 'conservative' and so don't identify with the progressive politics of the Democrats and the left, but who don't realize that their party has been stolen by the big-corporation-handout government we've got today...
Hmmm... I wonder what a comment like "Wow, you're _not_ an asshole, and neither is the head of the TSA. Nor are these policies stupid!" would get you?
Those comments are 'negative' as in the logical 'negate', so you should get arrested, right? Besides, I doubt I'd be able to keep the sarcasm out of my voice...
So, would I have grounds for false arrest? Under WTF valid law would they be able to charge me? Or is this just the 'we can hold you indefinitely until we figure out you're not a terrorist' sort of arrest?
The current government (all three branches) have done more to destroy this country than the terrorists could ever do. And the press isn't helping with all the fear-mongering they do to sell ad-buys. But I guess the real people I should blame are the sheep who can't wrap their heads around the fact that their chance of an early is raised more by their daily trip to McDonalds than the terrorists, and that wearing their seatbelt is a much more effective way to protect themselves than encouraging their representatives to vote away their 'rights'.
I think the best way to 'win' against the "terrorists" is to not be terrorized, to adjust our foreign policy so there is less support among the rational middle-ground for the practice, and to live the free lives we used to have and deal with the risks that come along with the freedoms.
God damn it! Every time the neighbors hover by in their new car my internet connection goes out!
I can write a security patch for GPL'd software and release it under any license I like. I can make it as restrictive or permissive as I like, as I control it via copyright law. Since it's GPL software I couldn't distribute the patched result, but the patch itself is mine to control.
So, your point about BSD is true, but no more true than GPL code, and once the BSD developers release the resulting, patched code as BSD licensed code, anyone can redistribute it.
Innocent until proven guilty, right?
Wow, a post from the past!
Sigh...
LOL.
Sorry, not intended literally...
Yeah, when I was first dating my wife, we ran out and I ran to the store and bought 2 12-packs and a couple of bottles of seltzer water (gotta stay hydrated!) and the clerk's response was, "You must be doing pretty well!" And I replied, "based on what I'm buying or the shit-eating grin on my face?"
Yeah, I've got two copies of each song, the Apple Lossless and the 128K AAC. I wish that iTunes was better at managing multiple copies of songs. It should be able to recognize that two files are different encodings of the same performance. Further it'd be nice if iTunes could recognize (or be told) that two songs are two different performances of the same song, though that would be less useful.
In the former case then setting a 1-5 star rating on a song would affect all the encodings, and playlists could be setup once for the song, and then the user could set an 'encoding affinity' for each device and then iTunes would play/load the right file for the device.
My wife and I got to use my dong on a flight to Hawaii before we were married. Of course that was before all the heightened security. Now I think you have to use the restroom one at a time...
The point you're missing (though I'm not sure this is accurate, I just got it from the article) is that an 'admin user' on OS-X is basically the same as someone who's in the sudoers list or in the wheel group on Unix. You _may_ access root, but not everything you do is as root. This is like the ability to run 'su' or 'sudo' and not type your password to become root. If that were true on linux, then any untrusted program you ran as 'joeuser' could become root without the user's knowledge, just by invoking 'su' or 'sudo' in a child process.
Hey _I'm_ still mad about that!
But I'm more pissed they didn't throw out more baby with the OS9 bathwater...resource forks need to die! Inconsistent text-box behavior is a bitch... etc. etc etc.
Why not? Anti-DRM? Price? Style? Hate Steve Job's haircut? They turn you down for a job?
Inquiring minds want to know...
No external libraries? Like including libc? Hell, I have to implement the syscall interface in C++? For what architecture/OS? WTF? I'd take that as a "we're idiots, you don't want to work here flag".
I'm aware of generational loss issues. However that's not what my post was addressing. My post was addressing the _FLEXIBILITY_ of the format. Also, if you _read_ my post you'll see that I addressed the loss issue and the size issue.
CD's are no more flexible than music purchased from the iTunes Media Store.
That's right no more flexible!
That's because you can create a CD from music purchased from the iTMS. What's different is cost and quality. I can buy a used CD that will rip just fine, often for less than the $10 for the album on iTunes. And the CD I can create from iTMS music is already lossfully compressed, so the quality is lower. However, it's still a 'redbook' CD and can be ripped and compressed.
Alternatively, you can look at the DRM'd music as just having a size penalty. I can convert the DRM'd iTMS music to losslessly compressed (flac or ALE) format without DRM, and without _additional_ loss in quality.
10:16 am iLounge: 8GB is $249 in all colors
Seems to be false. At least, I don't seem to be able to order an 8GB in Pink for my wife. She's going to have to settle for the 4GB (since I think she's rather have that than black...
Big deal, my toothbrush does that.
Still have to get too close.
There's no input suitable to make it a DVR. At least that's what I'm seeing. I guess the connections could switch-hit, but hookups would be a bitch. I guess it _does_ have USB, so you could hookup an EyeTV and an external HD, but I doubt it...
More likely, you'd use another box to digitize & store your content and send it to the box over the net.
I'm pretty sure you can put 99 songs on a CD. No more than that in RedBook format anyway.e ring/redbookspecs.html
http://www.commonerarecords.com/doubledisc/cdmast
If you think the Tivo is like the 'Homer', then what must you think of the Transporter, at only $1999?
Hey, there's a market for these things. People have money to spend. Lots of people have _lots_ of money to spend. You can make a good living catering to them.