It's all iTunes fault? Are you serious? Why don't you settle down and come to the realization that YOU did everything wrong.
- YOU used an unsupported OS to run iTunes. No DRM involved and the fault was yours. - YOU used the wrong case. No DRM involved and the fault was yours.
Take some responsibility for your own actions and stop blaming iTunes.
"that to equate your "suffering" with those that have truly suffered at the hands of a police state is obscene, and you belittle them all."
- Please don't waste everyone's time with that old "I'm outraged" scam. The poster's statement didn't belittle any of the people you're trying to prostitute for your arguement. The only person who should be ashamed is you, because you had to resort to prostituting others in your attempt to justify your position.
I took one for a job once. A convenience store chain I worked at (thankfully long ago when I was young) used these whenever they had inventory problems at any of their stores. It was an infuriating experience because you worry about it for days before the test and they don't just ask you about whether you stole anything (I hadn't), they expand the questions far beyond the original scope. They also tend to repeat questions if they have a questionable answer that they'd like to investigate. To make a long story short, one of the questions they asked me was whether I had ever lied to a supervisor and I lied on the test and said no. Obviously I had lied to a supervisor (called in sick to go out and party instead, etc.) but they never asked the question again. They also told me I passed the test later. That's when I realized the lie detector's true purpose. It is to get you so paranoid about being "caught in a lie" that you admit to something voluntarily instead. Dumb logic I know, but I have no fear of them if I encounter them again. It's an intimidation technique at best, and as long as you stick with your story and realize they can't KNOW that you're lying then you will relax and do fine.
>Odd... I would have thought your "let's build a wall" (of security posts around our borders) would have been another chunk of that "losing important freedoms".
Odd, he didn't say anything about security posts around our borders. You're doing some pretty heaving paraphrasing in order to insult him.
Not to the demo version, I have that, but to the serial numbers. It's all just to verify your post of course! Yep, all in the name of science. . . . nothing to investigate here Mr. Prosecutor. . . .
It's your money, buy what you like. If you're satisfied with a Yugo then buy one. I'm not so my money will go for Apple products because the experience has been far superior to the one I had with WinBlows. While not always true, the maxim, "You get what you pay for" has some merit.
By your standards there is no such thing as innovation. No other company has done any better have they? It IS the sum of the parts. I can take a stack of transistors and resistors that have been invented long ago, but if i put them together in a new "innovative" way that creates a great product and experience for the user then that IS innovation.
While I agree with your point to some degree, at some point we have to say enough. Just because the American public is stupid and re-elected the criminal does not mean we have to just keep quiet about it. If we're ever going to stop this abuse of power then we have to start holding people accountable and if there ever seemed like a good time for a witch hunt, this is it. Unlike most witch hunts, this one obviously (except to the most partisan right wing supporter) deserves to be carried out.
"Things that cost more in general have a greater carbon footprint (there are exceptions to this rule, but it often holds true). So the footprint of manufacturing a new stove is roughly proportional to how much the stove costs"
- I would disagree with that statement, even as a generalization. Let's say the stove is more expensive and the footprint is more to simply manufacture it. But on the other side of the equation the stove is more advanced and much more efficient, thus having a far lower footprint over it's lifetime.
Not to be disrespectful, but I don't think this theory holds water at all.
The labels are the ones mandating DRM, not Apple. The reason they allow Amazon and others to have DRM free tracks is they are attempting to break iTunes lock on the digital media market. iTunes insistence on 99 cent pricing, consistent pricing, resisting $1.00+ pricing for popular tracks, etc. has frustrated the labels and they'd actually like to see iTunes get knocked down a notch so the labels will have total control again. Hence, they have conspired to offer DRM free tracks to some vendors (Amazon, etc.) and not to iTunes in the hope that Amazon would take a significant chunk of the market and force Apple to bend to the labels wishes.
Luckily Apple knows their customers and has stood their ground. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of the media cartels and Apple and others will be allowed to provide content in a consumer friendly offering once the back of the media cartels is broken.
"Now if Apple had no DRM" -Don't blame Apple, blame the content providers who mandate the DRM.
"weren't so strongly supported by people who mainly buy their products for the image" -A small minority buy their products for the image. Most people buy them because they work well and have the highest customer satisfaction ratings. Please try to unlearn this piece of misinformation because it is simply not true.
Apple doesn't mandate the DRM in iTunes, the music labels do. Apple knows full well what's wrong with DRM and that is why Steve Jobs issued a public statement in early 2007 (BEFORE Amazon's music was released) to eliminate DRM in digital media. The music/movie labels are the ones pushing DRM because they don't understand (or care about) what their customers want, they just want to control all distribution as they were able to do in the good old days.
I think people need to understand that the DRM on Apple's music is NOT put there at Apple's insistence. The music labels are the ones who mandate this DRM on iTunes, so boycotting iTunes does NOTHING to change this situation. Apple was the first company to call for an end to DRM in a public letter issues by Steve Jobs. It's not Apple that doesn't get it, it's the music industry.
I'm surprised anyone cares about this test. One OS is bloated, overpriced and useless, the other is free. . . and useless. Based on the news I've been hearing over the last year it doesn't appear the public is particularly excited about using either one.
I tried to follow your comment for as long as I could, but then I got hungry for a snack and had an overwhelming desire to start a forest fire. . ..Oh well, you can lead me to water . . .
My guess about why you're so wrong is your comment sounds like a lot of other short sighted haters who look simply at feature list items one by one and assume that tells the whole story. It's the package as a whole, user interface, user experience, product design, etc. These are all intangibles that add up to far more than the feature list and tech specs.
Simply put. . . forest or trees? You're looking at the trees.
Show me one Nokie phone that is as easy and fun to use as the iPhone? Just one? They didn't invent the touchscreen, or camera phone, etc. but they made it consumer friendly and fun to use for the first time. If you really think the experience is the same then you obviously can't see the forest for the trees.
If you think iPhones or iPods only sell due to marketing, thus negating the entire ease of use and user experience, then you're either a hater or have your head stuck in the sand. You must be a high level product manager?
1. The federal government has real power, but unfortunately it is unchecked power that has far exceeded its' constitutional mandate.
2. The government is NOT directly accountable to the people. It hasn't been for decades.
Various forms of government will work fine assuming one thing, honest and moral people must be running it. Unfortunately the people who are likely to go into government and debase themselves to win an election are only concerned with ego, power and money, so NO government works well.
Actually I have thought it through, and your question reveals my plan. Using my conditions I'd never have to hear from someone whining about using vi again!
I'm not sure I get your point. You're boasting that you still have an old notebook that you've had to replace virtually everything on? For the money you spent on all those replacements you could have bought a new machine.
It only weights 2.4 lbs sans battery? Since the battery is a significant portion of the weight it seems like something odd to boast about? On a related note, my car is relatively light sans engine and frame. . . .
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It's all iTunes fault? Are you serious? Why don't you settle down and come to the realization that YOU did everything wrong.
- YOU used an unsupported OS to run iTunes. No DRM involved and the fault was yours.
- YOU used the wrong case. No DRM involved and the fault was yours.
Take some responsibility for your own actions and stop blaming iTunes.
"that to equate your "suffering" with those that have truly suffered at the hands of a police state is obscene, and you belittle them all."
- Please don't waste everyone's time with that old "I'm outraged" scam. The poster's statement didn't belittle any of the people you're trying to prostitute for your arguement. The only person who should be ashamed is you, because you had to resort to prostituting others in your attempt to justify your position.
I took one for a job once. A convenience store chain I worked at (thankfully long ago when I was young) used these whenever they had inventory problems at any of their stores. It was an infuriating experience because you worry about it for days before the test and they don't just ask you about whether you stole anything (I hadn't), they expand the questions far beyond the original scope. They also tend to repeat questions if they have a questionable answer that they'd like to investigate. To make a long story short, one of the questions they asked me was whether I had ever lied to a supervisor and I lied on the test and said no. Obviously I had lied to a supervisor (called in sick to go out and party instead, etc.) but they never asked the question again. They also told me I passed the test later. That's when I realized the lie detector's true purpose. It is to get you so paranoid about being "caught in a lie" that you admit to something voluntarily instead. Dumb logic I know, but I have no fear of them if I encounter them again. It's an intimidation technique at best, and as long as you stick with your story and realize they can't KNOW that you're lying then you will relax and do fine.
>Odd... I would have thought your "let's build a wall" (of security posts around our borders) would have been another chunk of that "losing important freedoms". Odd, he didn't say anything about security posts around our borders. You're doing some pretty heaving paraphrasing in order to insult him.
Link please?
Not to the demo version, I have that, but to the serial numbers. It's all just to verify your post of course! Yep, all in the name of science. . . . nothing to investigate here Mr. Prosecutor. . . .
It's your money, buy what you like. If you're satisfied with a Yugo then buy one. I'm not so my money will go for Apple products because the experience has been far superior to the one I had with WinBlows. While not always true, the maxim, "You get what you pay for" has some merit.
By your standards there is no such thing as innovation. No other company has done any better have they? It IS the sum of the parts. I can take a stack of transistors and resistors that have been invented long ago, but if i put them together in a new "innovative" way that creates a great product and experience for the user then that IS innovation.
While I agree with your point to some degree, at some point we have to say enough. Just because the American public is stupid and re-elected the criminal does not mean we have to just keep quiet about it. If we're ever going to stop this abuse of power then we have to start holding people accountable and if there ever seemed like a good time for a witch hunt, this is it. Unlike most witch hunts, this one obviously (except to the most partisan right wing supporter) deserves to be carried out.
"Things that cost more in general have a greater carbon footprint (there are exceptions to this rule, but it often holds true). So the footprint of manufacturing a new stove is roughly proportional to how much the stove costs"
- I would disagree with that statement, even as a generalization. Let's say the stove is more expensive and the footprint is more to simply manufacture it. But on the other side of the equation the stove is more advanced and much more efficient, thus having a far lower footprint over it's lifetime.
Not to be disrespectful, but I don't think this theory holds water at all.
The labels are the ones mandating DRM, not Apple. The reason they allow Amazon and others to have DRM free tracks is they are attempting to break iTunes lock on the digital media market. iTunes insistence on 99 cent pricing, consistent pricing, resisting $1.00+ pricing for popular tracks, etc. has frustrated the labels and they'd actually like to see iTunes get knocked down a notch so the labels will have total control again. Hence, they have conspired to offer DRM free tracks to some vendors (Amazon, etc.) and not to iTunes in the hope that Amazon would take a significant chunk of the market and force Apple to bend to the labels wishes.
Luckily Apple knows their customers and has stood their ground. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of the media cartels and Apple and others will be allowed to provide content in a consumer friendly offering once the back of the media cartels is broken.
"Now if Apple had no DRM"
-Don't blame Apple, blame the content providers who mandate the DRM.
"weren't so strongly supported by people who mainly buy their products for the image"
-A small minority buy their products for the image. Most people buy them because they work well and have the highest customer satisfaction ratings. Please try to unlearn this piece of misinformation because it is simply not true.
Apple doesn't mandate the DRM in iTunes, the music labels do. Apple knows full well what's wrong with DRM and that is why Steve Jobs issued a public statement in early 2007 (BEFORE Amazon's music was released) to eliminate DRM in digital media. The music/movie labels are the ones pushing DRM because they don't understand (or care about) what their customers want, they just want to control all distribution as they were able to do in the good old days.
I think people need to understand that the DRM on Apple's music is NOT put there at Apple's insistence. The music labels are the ones who mandate this DRM on iTunes, so boycotting iTunes does NOTHING to change this situation. Apple was the first company to call for an end to DRM in a public letter issues by Steve Jobs. It's not Apple that doesn't get it, it's the music industry.
I'm surprised anyone cares about this test. One OS is bloated, overpriced and useless, the other is free. . . and useless. Based on the news I've been hearing over the last year it doesn't appear the public is particularly excited about using either one.
He's a new breed. He's both.
I tried to follow your comment for as long as I could, but then I got hungry for a snack and had an overwhelming desire to start a forest fire. . . .Oh well, you can lead me to water . . .
Right, it's just marketing. People are just brainwashed into buying their products.
Or maybe you've just been brainwashed into hating their products because you don't understand their success?
My guess about why you're so wrong is your comment sounds like a lot of other short sighted haters who look simply at feature list items one by one and assume that tells the whole story. It's the package as a whole, user interface, user experience, product design, etc. These are all intangibles that add up to far more than the feature list and tech specs. Simply put. . . forest or trees? You're looking at the trees.
Show me one Nokie phone that is as easy and fun to use as the iPhone? Just one? They didn't invent the touchscreen, or camera phone, etc. but they made it consumer friendly and fun to use for the first time. If you really think the experience is the same then you obviously can't see the forest for the trees.
If you think iPhones or iPods only sell due to marketing, thus negating the entire ease of use and user experience, then you're either a hater or have your head stuck in the sand. You must be a high level product manager?
And quit discussing Linux as though it's ready for the mainstream public.
Both points you make are complete BS.
1. The federal government has real power, but unfortunately it is unchecked power that has far exceeded its' constitutional mandate.
2. The government is NOT directly accountable to the people. It hasn't been for decades.
Various forms of government will work fine assuming one thing, honest and moral people must be running it. Unfortunately the people who are likely to go into government and debase themselves to win an election are only concerned with ego, power and money, so NO government works well.
As often as I replace the screen or hard drive in a laptop.
Actually I have thought it through, and your question reveals my plan. Using my conditions I'd never have to hear from someone whining about using vi again!
Kudos to you for your insight.
I'm not sure I get your point. You're boasting that you still have an old notebook that you've had to replace virtually everything on? For the money you spent on all those replacements you could have bought a new machine.
It only weights 2.4 lbs sans battery? Since the battery is a significant portion of the weight it seems like something odd to boast about? On a related note, my car is relatively light sans engine and frame. . . .