Your point doesn't make sense considering that iTunes on Mac is the same mess that it is on Windows. It's iOS sync and buy* central with the added ability of playing music or watching a video from the same app.
After the iOS5 update split the iPod app into the Music and Video apps I kind of assumed Apple planned on doing the same thing on the desktop, but so far they haven't delivered.
Sure we can, we've just got to cut all of those pesky social programs and eliminate all of the federal agencies (except DOD, of course) and then we'll have plenty of money to defend ourselves from the terrorists that hate us for our freedoms and save the job creators. Then we can all bask in the glorious stream of money that comes trickling down upon us.
Not really, although possibly, depending on the recordings. The difference between 24-bit and 16-bit audio is the dynamic range, with 24-bit having a much wider range between the quietest possible sound and the loudest possible sound. This is something that can definitely be heard, even on lower end equipment.
Today's music, however, is so compressed (as in audio-compression, not data-compression) in the quest to "make it louder" that it doesn't even get close to reaching the possible dynamic range of 16-bit, which effectively makes an upgrade to 24-bit completely worthless.
Google "Loudness Wars" if you want more information on that.
I'm not sure any company would want to invest the money in that just to have to deal with Apple's spotty app store approval process. All that money could go down the drain with the waive of a finger in Cupertino.
Second, it does not offer higher frame rates. In fact, the reason that it offers "better motion depiction" is due to its lower frame rate. Blu-rays can do 24 frames a second which is the same frame rate as film. DVDs do 30 frames a second (after being de-interlaced), so the film's 24 fps needs to be converted to 30 fps (actually, 29.97 fps).
See the wikipedia article on Telecine to learn about the conversion process.
Somebody has to do it but first, the music "sharing" (pronounced "stealing") problem still needs to be solved or EMI will be very broke, very fast
How do you figure? They've been making quite a profit selling CDs which are easily transferable to mp3, so why would also selling mp3s hurt that profit? If anything it'd help.
Well, it turned out to be fine. I showed up at 9:04, was 5th in line (with eight available pre-orders). The 6th guy didn't show up until 9:50, the 7th at 10:00. And by the time I left at 10:30 an 8th guy still hadn't shown up.
So, I guess it really depends on which store you go to.
I'm actually about to leave in a minute to go wait in front of Gamestop just to make sure I get one. Hopefully an hour early is enough. I'm sure it will be, but you never know.
"We've got GREAT prices on keyboards, yeah, just $3 apiece.... OH!!!!!!!! You needed the VOWEL keys to work too! Oh yeah, we can enable that for $47 apiece."
The only spam I get on GMail is in Japanese. I really have no idea what the emails are about as I can't read a word of Japanese (and only speak about 20 of them), but apparently they're all different enough to not be able to train GMail that I don't want Japanese email.
I only get about two of those a week though, so it's not bad.
There is a great deal that has been created in software which has never had a patent application filled out and sent in because the creator or writter of the work didn't want it patented
And they wonder why consumers want to block all ads. Its because of illegal virus ads like this.
Not at all. I imagine that most of us around here who install AdBlock and FlashBlock do so because of the bandwidth and processor power that ad-laden pages take. People on non-Windows platforms hardly have to fear WMF exploits.
While others, like me, just simply find ads annoying as hell and block them for that reason.
Yeah, I didn't really mean that all nintendo fanboys would buy only nintendo products, just some of them. But I can understand how what I wrote could be interpreted as my having meant that.
I think Game Informer had it right in this month's magazine.
if the more affordable Wii ends up being the second sstem of every PS3 or 360 owner, it's possible that it could make a run at the top spot in terms of installed base
Not that every 360 or PS3 owner will also purchase a Wii, but many probably will. Not to mention the die-hard nintendo fanbase that will buy only the Wii. Also if nintendo's plan for how they intend to market the Wii works out then many non-gamers will be converted by the Wii which adds many additional sales.
But honestly, I don't really care. I'm buying a Wii day one because it's going to kick ass. I probably won't ever buy a 360, but I may buy a PS3 in a few years when the price becomes reasonable.
They download music, it plays on their computer and it plays on their IPod so what do they care.
Not to mention that they can burn it to CD.
The only people that lose out with Apple's DRM is non OS X and Windows users. But, they can always burn it and re-encode it as FLAC or just strip the DRM, so it's no big loss.
All in all, I'd say it's a pretty fair DRM system.
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Damn, I just finally got used to writing 2013 on everything too.
File a complaint against AT&T here: http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
Your point doesn't make sense considering that iTunes on Mac is the same mess that it is on Windows. It's iOS sync and buy* central with the added ability of playing music or watching a video from the same app.
After the iOS5 update split the iPod app into the Music and Video apps I kind of assumed Apple planned on doing the same thing on the desktop, but so far they haven't delivered.
*iBooks not included
I'm getting the blackout page for any link to Wikipedia, except for links to the articles on SOPA and PIPA.
You have to pay $99 a year to run any of your code on an iOS device though.
not sure the US can afford both...
Sure we can, we've just got to cut all of those pesky social programs and eliminate all of the federal agencies (except DOD, of course) and then we'll have plenty of money to defend ourselves from the terrorists that hate us for our freedoms and save the job creators. Then we can all bask in the glorious stream of money that comes trickling down upon us.
What's it for? No surprise, domestic spying.
I think you mean "protecting your freedoms, fellow patriot."
Not really, although possibly, depending on the recordings. The difference between 24-bit and 16-bit audio is the dynamic range, with 24-bit having a much wider range between the quietest possible sound and the loudest possible sound. This is something that can definitely be heard, even on lower end equipment.
Today's music, however, is so compressed (as in audio-compression, not data-compression) in the quest to "make it louder" that it doesn't even get close to reaching the possible dynamic range of 16-bit, which effectively makes an upgrade to 24-bit completely worthless.
Google "Loudness Wars" if you want more information on that.
Are you seriously suggesting that most consumers shouldn't factor the possibility of fire/theft/etc. into their backup solution?
That doesn't sound like Autotune to me. It sounds like a vocoder.
I'm not sure any company would want to invest the money in that just to have to deal with Apple's spotty app store approval process. All that money could go down the drain with the waive of a finger in Cupertino.
First of all, it's Blu-ray, not Blue-ray.
Second, it does not offer higher frame rates. In fact, the reason that it offers "better motion depiction" is due to its lower frame rate. Blu-rays can do 24 frames a second which is the same frame rate as film. DVDs do 30 frames a second (after being de-interlaced), so the film's 24 fps needs to be converted to 30 fps (actually, 29.97 fps).
See the wikipedia article on Telecine to learn about the conversion process.
I downloaded it for free, and didn't like it. So I didn't go back and pay for it.
If I had liked it I would've downloaded it again and paid.
Is that greed?
So you're saying theres a chance?!
Somebody has to do it but first, the music "sharing" (pronounced "stealing") problem still needs to be solved or EMI will be very broke, very fast
How do you figure? They've been making quite a profit selling CDs which are easily transferable to mp3, so why would also selling mp3s hurt that profit? If anything it'd help.
You have to quit the game to get to the browser.
Well, it turned out to be fine. I showed up at 9:04, was 5th in line (with eight available pre-orders). The 6th guy didn't show up until 9:50, the 7th at 10:00. And by the time I left at 10:30 an 8th guy still hadn't shown up.
So, I guess it really depends on which store you go to.
Well, Friday is today, not tomorrow.
I'm actually about to leave in a minute to go wait in front of Gamestop just to make sure I get one. Hopefully an hour early is enough. I'm sure it will be, but you never know.
"We've got GREAT prices on keyboards, yeah, just $3 apiece. ... OH!!!!!!!! You needed the VOWEL keys to work too! Oh yeah, we can enable that for $47 apiece."
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The only spam I get on GMail is in Japanese. I really have no idea what the emails are about as I can't read a word of Japanese (and only speak about 20 of them), but apparently they're all different enough to not be able to train GMail that I don't want Japanese email.
I only get about two of those a week though, so it's not bad.
There is a great deal that has been created in software which has never had a patent application filled out and sent in because the creator or writter of the work didn't want it patented
I call dibs on the bubble sort!
And they wonder why consumers want to block all ads. Its because of illegal virus ads like this.
Not at all. I imagine that most of us around here who install AdBlock and FlashBlock do so because of the bandwidth and processor power that ad-laden pages take. People on non-Windows platforms hardly have to fear WMF exploits.
While others, like me, just simply find ads annoying as hell and block them for that reason.
Yeah, I didn't really mean that all nintendo fanboys would buy only nintendo products, just some of them. But I can understand how what I wrote could be interpreted as my having meant that.
I think Game Informer had it right in this month's magazine.
if the more affordable Wii ends up being the second sstem of every PS3 or 360 owner, it's possible that it could make a run at the top spot in terms of installed base
Not that every 360 or PS3 owner will also purchase a Wii, but many probably will. Not to mention the die-hard nintendo fanbase that will buy only the Wii. Also if nintendo's plan for how they intend to market the Wii works out then many non-gamers will be converted by the Wii which adds many additional sales.
But honestly, I don't really care. I'm buying a Wii day one because it's going to kick ass. I probably won't ever buy a 360, but I may buy a PS3 in a few years when the price becomes reasonable.
They download music, it plays on their computer and it plays on their IPod so what do they care.
Not to mention that they can burn it to CD.
The only people that lose out with Apple's DRM is non OS X and Windows users. But, they can always burn it and re-encode it as FLAC or just strip the DRM, so it's no big loss.
All in all, I'd say it's a pretty fair DRM system.