but two years later she writes this piece? there is a ulterior motive here. the recording industry wants to raise the prices of online music and apple is a major roadblock.
just eyeballing it i'd say 50% are in the US. so my point is still valid. no way it's just going to be handed over to the UN because some guy from China wants to regulate the internet.
Much of the structure of the internet is run and governed from the US. What about the main DNS servers? They're all in California. Are we just going to hand them over to the UN? Get real. I'm not losing any sleep.
adobe has the poorest support for it's own PDF format.
After using Preview in OSX, nothing compares. On my windows boxes I regularly kill Adobe because it's so slow, although the author did say this one is faster...
Unless OSX's Preview has been ported to linux, then this a big *yawn*
"would you like to download this untrusted file from an unknown source?'
user> yes i would
"you have no idea what this file does, would you like to run it?"
user> absolutely!
"your internet explorer has just been infected"
user> that goddamn microsoft! all these security holes in windows! i'm so sick of it!
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I agree, she is definitely a mouthpiece for microsoft, or maybe a conglomerate of iPod/iTMS competitors.
a nit with your post:
However, if walmart.com wanted to sell AAC files, those AAC files would play on the iPod just fine.
That's true, but Apple has consistently refused to license the AAC/Fairplay format, so walmart.com can't sell music with that DRM.
yeah she could have got a replacement.
but two years later she writes this piece? there is a ulterior motive here. the recording industry wants to raise the prices of online music and apple is a major roadblock.
my parent post is interesting and people should read it...
Oh, and check out this quote from the article (on page 3):
"Hilary Rosen would prefer it if the world's youth didn't think she was hopelessly uncool. She has an iPod."
Interesting to note the article where she has an iPod is from February 2003, but her recent article (from TODAY) says she just got an iPod!!!!:
"The new iPod my girlfriend gave me is a trap."
Hillary, you have been dismissed as a non-credible witness. and a moron.
Hillary using an iPod
haha. what a lameass.
A much more interesting question is how can we improve and speed up human input into a computer?
- Use a mouse that follows eye movement. It's already used by disabled people but it's certainly not mainstream.
- Use brain pattern recognition for input. For example, look at the X to close a window and think about closing it - then it would happen.
These suggestions are just that - suggestions, and I'm sure others could think of more clever and useful ones. Any other ideas?My mistake, they aren't "all in california" like i said.
BUT, take a look at this page
just eyeballing it i'd say 50% are in the US. so my point is still valid. no way it's just going to be handed over to the UN because some guy from China wants to regulate the internet.
Much of the structure of the internet is run and governed from the US. What about the main DNS servers? They're all in California. Are we just going to hand them over to the UN? Get real. I'm not losing any sleep.
adobe has the poorest support for it's own PDF format.
After using Preview in OSX, nothing compares. On my windows boxes I regularly kill Adobe because it's so slow, although the author did say this one is faster...
Unless OSX's Preview has been ported to linux, then this a big *yawn*
because this is epidemic of our society in america.
we lose out on interesting ideas and concepts because they may offend someone. it happens in all levels of education, in business, everywhere.
this is sad but not suprising.
"would you like to download this untrusted file from an unknown source?' user> yes i would "you have no idea what this file does, would you like to run it?" user> absolutely! "your internet explorer has just been infected" user> that goddamn microsoft! all these security holes in windows! i'm so sick of it!
parent should be modded +10 interesting/insightful. i think that's the most insightful post i've read. excellent mental imagery. kudos.
20/20 ...
*ducks a tomato*
i'll be here all week
what's your frags per minute?
whoopdey do..what does it all mean?