Color Kinetics has a long history of overly broad patent schemes. Some were so bad that a their competitors in the LED lighting field were forced to form an alliance to combat the CK's over-reaching patent strategies.
I also remember it with that atrocious trackball, a 9" screen, and terrible battery life.
The thinkpad had at 10.something inch COLOR screen, and the 'eraser tip' mouse control.
I remember the Powerbook 100 coming out a year before the thinkpad. I also remember that the 100 was the entry-level model, yet the 1992 thinkpad was the "flagship" of IBM's laptop models.
Oh, and that thinkpad clit-mouse is worse than any trackball.
It's proof that cheap, DRM-free online distribution can work.
Works for whom? The musicians and the songwriters aren't seeing a penny of what you are paying.
I suppose it works for people who want everything to be free (as in beer.) Personally, I don't mind paying people for their efforts, just as I would be paid for mine.
no you cannot "steal" information because information does not have the required physical attributes to be "stolen".
Physical attributes are not required.
Definition: v. stole, (stl) stolen, (stln) stealing, steals
v. tr.
1. To take (the property of another) without right or permission.
Information (or in this case, a work of art) is property. It is a creation. Contracts define its ownership. Artists are paid to make it.
Anime is not "service" either because service requires a physical action to be performed for you by someone.
Someone created it. Someone spent their time, energy, and money to produce it for my enjoyment.
And by using the word "theft" in this context you merely showed yourself to be a propagandist for people who believe one can "own thoughts and ideas".
Someday, when you have thoughts of your own, you will understand the concept of 'ownership.' Thoughts of your own, get it?
In other words you have no clue what you are talking about but you do have a knee jerk reaction that clearly identifies you as a worshipper of greed.
One day you'll have kids (or maybe at least a hamster) to feed and clothe and you'll understand what work is. I'm not greedy, I just like to eat, and sleep inside. Hot showers are nice, too. One day your parents will stop supplying all of that for you.
Historically the studios have turned a blind eye towards the work of the fansubbers, and the assumption has always been they they secretly approve since the fans work is amazing market research.
No, historically, honest fansubbers have discontinued work and pulled masters on series that have been commercially released in the language the fansubbers were subbing to.
Whether it's theft of service, or theft of property, it's still theft.
In other words the members of the RIAA have conspired to abuse their monopoly power and exclude any legal non-DRM market.
In other words the members of the RIAA own the product. If they don't want to sell it to you, they have that right. It has nothing to do with "monopoly power." Do you even know what that means?
Apple wanted to sell MP3s. Apple doubtless still wants to sell MP3s.
Apple wanted to sell music. Apple found a way to do it that satisfied all of the parties involved.
If it weren't for Apple's DRM on the music sold through the iTMS, there would be no iTMS. No way to buy that one track you like. No way to support the artists that deserve the support. None at all.
People are even connecting the environment to the tsunamis, which have nothing to do with the environment, and everything to do with Earthquakes that are going to happen anyway.
This may be simplistic, but: Wouldn't a rise in the ocean levels--due to the contributions of glaciers (etc.) melting from global warming--cause load shifts on the tectonic plates, thus causing the plates themselves to shift?
Assuming you put some time in, you're also not tied to particular formats.
Yes, because some days MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Music Store, M4A, M4B, M4P), Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4) and WAV ain't enough.
Okay, so with your link you have proven my point... look at how many projects Apple *takes from* and look at how many they *maintain or contribute to*. How useful are their OSS projects to non-OS X users?
Ok, so where's your list of projects you "maintain or contribute to", and how much shorter is that than the list of OSS projects you simply use?
I don't know why so many Slashdotters like Apple; they do not support or sell Free Software and they do little to contribute to the FS/OSS community. For as much as they take from FreeBSD, they give nothing back. And if you start going on about Darwin being open-source, keep in mind that Darwin has no practical use beyond its basis for OS X.
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(Come to think of it, it really doesn't work with my current sig, does it.)
Color Kinetics has a long history of overly broad patent schemes. Some were so bad that a their competitors in the LED lighting field were forced to form an alliance to combat the CK's over-reaching patent strategies.
Oh, and that thinkpad clit-mouse is worse than any trackball.
I suppose it works for people who want everything to be free (as in beer.) Personally, I don't mind paying people for their efforts, just as I would be paid for mine.
What you probably are is someone who doesn't know the difference between data rates and sampling rates.
Whether it's theft of service, or theft of property, it's still theft.
If it weren't for Apple's DRM on the music sold through the iTMS, there would be no iTMS. No way to buy that one track you like. No way to support the artists that deserve the support. None at all.
Your turn.
That's just the list for the Shuffle. The real iPod does more.