This clearly suggests that iPhone apps can make use of Apple trademarks, if they comply with the terms of Apple’s guidelines. I’ve read that document, too, and see no clause therein which would suggest that what Airfoil Speakers Touch was doing was in violation of the guidelines.
... and...
the Airfoil Speakers Touch iPhone app does not contain any of these images. It contains no pictures of Apple computers. It contains no icons of Apple applications. It displays these images after they are sent across the network by Airfoil for Mac. Airfoil for Mac reads these images using public official Mac OS X APIs. I.e. Airfoil Speakers Touch can only show a picture of the Mac it is connected to because the image is sent from the Mac it is connected to.
Maybe your phone rings long enough for this to be of any use to YOU, but I can't make mine ring long enough to both
I couldn't find the completely appropriate "IT Crowd" clip to suit this comment (the one with the modified mobile phone) but this will make a decent substitute.
Sounds like the best of both worlds so far, being able to operate with just the phone half, or even use the keyboard half like a bluetooth headset.
Weird. I would have thought that a keyboard doesn't give very good audio output when using it like a bluetooth headset. Also, it wouldn't fit very well in most people's ears.
I think this post finally proves to me that you're a nut-case. Not that it wasn't already fairly clear from your previous posts. People who obsess over "naughty words" and "protecting the children" have a screw loose. What you are advocating is much more offensive that 1,000 "fucks" in a movie. And that you are so naive to think that this guy/business is doing it as a public service, and not for profit, just pushes the insanity over the edge.
It's a real shame, too. Commodore 64s are awesome, and you're sullying their good name with your ramblings.
There used to be a company that purchased perfectly-legal DVDs of movies, removed the objectionable scenes, and then sold the DVD (plus $10 to cover the service) to families. That company got sued, and the directors argued if familes want clean versions, they will provide them.
I agree with the objection to not providing copies for visually impaired people, but how can you defend this shit? Those companies are butchering someone else's work for profit (and $10 is more than the original creator is making from each sale).
Also,, from memory, the situation was not "if families wanted clean versions, we will provide them," it was "we may or may not provide clean versions, but probably not" because the creators wanted to maintain artistic integrity.
A "perfectly legal" DVD to buy for private screening does not grant one the right to modify and redistribute said material for profit.
People *love* to listen to doomsayers, far more than people who tell you that things are going to be fine.
Really? What about the global financial collapse, where the doomsayers were ignored or ridiculed, and everybody wanted to hear about how great things are financially? Or the dot-com bubble, where everybody was listening to the market bulls who said we had a "new economy" that was just going to keep on growing and growing - while the bears and those who predicted a burstijng bubble were ignored?
I think you've got this one backwards. most people want to hear everything's fine, and don't want to hear negatives. That's why there's such a culture of yes-men in business. You tell the boss what s/he wants to hear if you want to keep your job (unless you have a more enlightened boss).
Why is Slashdot so obsessed with reporting about speeding tickets and other moving violations? It doesn't seem to fit particularly well with the stated intention of the site.
But your definition of "balanced" would be a bad thing. Just having the same number of quotes from opposing sides, regardless of merit or interest, would be poor journalism. But if that is what you meant, yes, I agree. "Balanced" reporting is not good journalism.
I think the biggest problem is that we no longer have 'art', we have 'content'.
The two are synonymous. I don't see how that can be the biggest problem, unless you are under some delusions of a "golden age of art" or that things were once less crap than they are today.
Think about it, the cost to download the content is the same whether you purchase it or rent it. The file would be the same one either way, basically. However, with rental, the price comes down because there's some sort of agreement or enforcement to make your copy expire in some fashion.
How does that not make sense? If you rent it, and the customer likes it, they might rent it again, or purchase it, producing double (or more) revenue.
And if you consider it that way, it actually costs the retailer MORE for rental properties, as they now have to spend money on some kind of DRM scheme to enforce the time-based part of the contract.
They are also spending money on DRM schemes for the non-rental sales, so how is the cost any different?
Separation of the market into rental and purchase *doesn't make any sense* in the digital realm.
Huh?
When you have actual physical product to transfer around, sure, that works.
How does it work any better in the physical world, where I can simply rip the Netflix DVD I just rented? If anything, rental works better in the digital realm (in a world with strong DRM) than it does in the physical.
What exactly are the media giants selling, is it art... then why have I bought the same song in LP, Cassette, CD and now mp3s.
I have no idea, because that's extremely baffling. The LP is of higher quality than the cassette, so why did you buy the cassette if you already owned an LP? The CD is of higher quality than the MP3, so why did you buy the MP3 if you already owned a CD?
But if the source isn't visible they aren't claiming your source is theirs, just that the product is theirs. Microsoft claims Windows is theirs despite the theoretical heritage of the FTP client, for example.
So, how is licensing under the GPL going to stop dishonest pricks from being dishonest pricks? Douchey people are going to do that anyway, regardless of what license you choose (if any). But the point is that most humans regard plagiarism as a much more serious offense than mere copyright infringement. Most people see copying something to use for yourself as a more-or-less acceptable desire. But lying and claiming credit for something that somebody else did, is a pretty serious sin.
Powerpoint is great for showing concepts through demonstration.
I disagree. It's not Powerpoint that is great for showing concepts through demonstration, but the material which the lecturer shows that performs this task.
Videos and animations can greatly enhance the student learning process
Absolutely, then can. But Powerpoint is absolutely terrible when it comes to displaying videos and animation. So how is Powerpoint good at this task?
The interesting thing for me is I am old enough to remember when students complain that some professors actually still writes on the board instead of using powerpoint!
No, the interesting thing is that you think that being old enough to remember that makes you old. That is a very recent development, so that makes you quite young.
Why force people to buy a new monitor and a new projector just because they got a new laptop/PC?
What? There's no need to buy a new monitor or projector. DVI/DisplayPort will drive a VGA device without any problems at all. But the reverse is not true. It really is bizarre that they still make laptops with just VGA output, when the digital alternatives offer VGA and more, with smaller connectors.
Well, OK. As long as it's Siberian. Do you have your import papers in order for that item? Of course, the court acknowledges that's it's *a* Siberian ice dildo, not *your* Siberian ice dildo.
Because Obama personally ordered this? If you knew anything about the US system of governance, you'd know that the Judiciary is separate from the Executive.
Multi-channel support. With DisplayPort, you can daisy-chain multiple displays on the one bus. It can also be used to transmit data signals of various types (which HDMI can do, but in a much more limited fashion). And the DisplayPort connectors are much better than the HDMI ones. It's just a thoroughly more modern standard.
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The idea that Anthropogenic CO2 is the sole cause of any warming is where the debate is.
What. The. Fuck? That's a completely meaningless and irrelevant issue that nobody is seriously arguing. Why would/should that be where the debate is?
Just the other day I was in a board meeting when my CEO turned to me and whispered in my ear "Do you know how heavy the internet is?"
He's not the internet, he's my brother.
Use of Apple trademarked images were always disallowed,
Not true.
If You make reference to any Apple products or technology or use Apple’s trademarks, You agree to comply with the published guidelines at http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/guidelinesfor3rdparties.html, as modified by Apple from time to time.
This clearly suggests that iPhone apps can make use of Apple trademarks, if they comply with the terms of Apple’s guidelines. I’ve read that document, too, and see no clause therein which would suggest that what Airfoil Speakers Touch was doing was in violation of the guidelines.
... and...
the Airfoil Speakers Touch iPhone app does not contain any of these images. It contains no pictures of Apple computers. It contains no icons of Apple applications. It displays these images after they are sent across the network by Airfoil for Mac. Airfoil for Mac reads these images using public official Mac OS X APIs. I.e. Airfoil Speakers Touch can only show a picture of the Mac it is connected to because the image is sent from the Mac it is connected to.
So, you don't have any problem with lying?
7-zip is a free alternative that actually works better, and will save the company $30,000 the new time those licenses need to be renewed.
But they never bought licenses in the first place, so how are they saving $30,000?
OpenOffice comes with free PDF export functionality, which saves the $500 Acrobat license.
Except that you don't need OpenOffice to get free PDF export functionality. There are plenty of tools that allow PDF export from MS Office for free.
Maybe your phone rings long enough for this to be of any use to YOU, but I can't make mine ring long enough to both
I couldn't find the completely appropriate "IT Crowd" clip to suit this comment (the one with the modified mobile phone) but this will make a decent substitute.
Sounds like the best of both worlds so far, being able to operate with just the phone half, or even use the keyboard half like a bluetooth headset.
Weird. I would have thought that a keyboard doesn't give very good audio output when using it like a bluetooth headset. Also, it wouldn't fit very well in most people's ears.
I think you're confusing not knowing the truth with knowing it but still trying to exploit it.
But that's not "most people," is it? The vast majority want to be told everything is OK, not that bad stuff is about to happen.
I think this post finally proves to me that you're a nut-case. Not that it wasn't already fairly clear from your previous posts. People who obsess over "naughty words" and "protecting the children" have a screw loose. What you are advocating is much more offensive that 1,000 "fucks" in a movie. And that you are so naive to think that this guy/business is doing it as a public service, and not for profit, just pushes the insanity over the edge.
It's a real shame, too. Commodore 64s are awesome, and you're sullying their good name with your ramblings.
There used to be a company that purchased perfectly-legal DVDs of movies, removed the objectionable scenes, and then sold the DVD (plus $10 to cover the service) to families. That company got sued, and the directors argued if familes want clean versions, they will provide them.
I agree with the objection to not providing copies for visually impaired people, but how can you defend this shit? Those companies are butchering someone else's work for profit (and $10 is more than the original creator is making from each sale).
Also,, from memory, the situation was not "if families wanted clean versions, we will provide them," it was "we may or may not provide clean versions, but probably not" because the creators wanted to maintain artistic integrity.
A "perfectly legal" DVD to buy for private screening does not grant one the right to modify and redistribute said material for profit.
People *love* to listen to doomsayers, far more than people who tell you that things are going to be fine.
Really? What about the global financial collapse, where the doomsayers were ignored or ridiculed, and everybody wanted to hear about how great things are financially? Or the dot-com bubble, where everybody was listening to the market bulls who said we had a "new economy" that was just going to keep on growing and growing - while the bears and those who predicted a burstijng bubble were ignored?
I think you've got this one backwards. most people want to hear everything's fine, and don't want to hear negatives. That's why there's such a culture of yes-men in business. You tell the boss what s/he wants to hear if you want to keep your job (unless you have a more enlightened boss).
If you wanted to play music in your car (and didn't want that to be from the radio) you might need to buy a cassette,
Why can't you just make a copy of the LP to a cassette with your own cassette recorder and a blank tape?
The Walkman also made it possible to take music with you on the go, but again if you had the LP you'd need to "buy the White Album again" on cassette.
Why can't you just make a copy of the LP to a cassette with your own cassette recorder and a blank tape?
Why is Slashdot so obsessed with reporting about speeding tickets and other moving violations? It doesn't seem to fit particularly well with the stated intention of the site.
and format shifting is potentially illegal (at least in some places).
What places might those be? And what's the excuse for buying a cassette when you already own an LP?
Which would...not be balanced.
But your definition of "balanced" would be a bad thing. Just having the same number of quotes from opposing sides, regardless of merit or interest, would be poor journalism. But if that is what you meant, yes, I agree. "Balanced" reporting is not good journalism.
I think the biggest problem is that we no longer have 'art', we have 'content'.
The two are synonymous. I don't see how that can be the biggest problem, unless you are under some delusions of a "golden age of art" or that things were once less crap than they are today.
Think about it, the cost to download the content is the same whether you purchase it or rent it. The file would be the same one either way, basically. However, with rental, the price comes down because there's some sort of agreement or enforcement to make your copy expire in some fashion.
How does that not make sense? If you rent it, and the customer likes it, they might rent it again, or purchase it, producing double (or more) revenue.
And if you consider it that way, it actually costs the retailer MORE for rental properties, as they now have to spend money on some kind of DRM scheme to enforce the time-based part of the contract.
They are also spending money on DRM schemes for the non-rental sales, so how is the cost any different?
Separation of the market into rental and purchase *doesn't make any sense* in the digital realm.
Huh?
When you have actual physical product to transfer around, sure, that works.
How does it work any better in the physical world, where I can simply rip the Netflix DVD I just rented? If anything, rental works better in the digital realm (in a world with strong DRM) than it does in the physical.
What exactly are the media giants selling, is it art... then why have I bought the same song in LP, Cassette, CD and now mp3s.
I have no idea, because that's extremely baffling. The LP is of higher quality than the cassette, so why did you buy the cassette if you already owned an LP? The CD is of higher quality than the MP3, so why did you buy the MP3 if you already owned a CD?
But if the source isn't visible they aren't claiming your source is theirs, just that the product is theirs. Microsoft claims Windows is theirs despite the theoretical heritage of the FTP client, for example.
So, how is licensing under the GPL going to stop dishonest pricks from being dishonest pricks? Douchey people are going to do that anyway, regardless of what license you choose (if any). But the point is that most humans regard plagiarism as a much more serious offense than mere copyright infringement. Most people see copying something to use for yourself as a more-or-less acceptable desire. But lying and claiming credit for something that somebody else did, is a pretty serious sin.
Powerpoint is great for showing concepts through demonstration.
I disagree. It's not Powerpoint that is great for showing concepts through demonstration, but the material which the lecturer shows that performs this task.
Videos and animations can greatly enhance the student learning process
Absolutely, then can. But Powerpoint is absolutely terrible when it comes to displaying videos and animation. So how is Powerpoint good at this task?
The interesting thing for me is I am old enough to remember when students complain that some professors actually still writes on the board instead of using powerpoint!
No, the interesting thing is that you think that being old enough to remember that makes you old. That is a very recent development, so that makes you quite young.
And how many laptops actually ship with DVI-D only connections? Close to none, I would think.
Why force people to buy a new monitor and a new projector just because they got a new laptop/PC?
What? There's no need to buy a new monitor or projector. DVI/DisplayPort will drive a VGA device without any problems at all. But the reverse is not true. It really is bizarre that they still make laptops with just VGA output, when the digital alternatives offer VGA and more, with smaller connectors.
With a Siberian ice dildo.
Well, OK. As long as it's Siberian. Do you have your import papers in order for that item? Of course, the court acknowledges that's it's *a* Siberian ice dildo, not *your* Siberian ice dildo.
Because Obama personally ordered this? If you knew anything about the US system of governance, you'd know that the Judiciary is separate from the Executive.
Multi-channel support. With DisplayPort, you can daisy-chain multiple displays on the one bus. It can also be used to transmit data signals of various types (which HDMI can do, but in a much more limited fashion). And the DisplayPort connectors are much better than the HDMI ones. It's just a thoroughly more modern standard.