Isn't this kind of like saying the police shouldn't pull anyone over for speeding because the only reason anyone would speed is an emergency, therefore all speeders should be assumed to be having emergencies?
No, it's more like putting a device in the car that prevents you from speeding under any circumstances.
Jeepers! Over 24 steps, with screenshots to do something that should just be as simple as dragging & dropping some music from your ipod to your desktop?
Thanks Apple! That Just Works (tm)!
I have never heard of this bidirectional sync "optional plug-in" the original poster was referring to.
The original poster was actually just referring to two way copying. Not that hard a concept to understand.
Copy the directory to your HD, run itunes and tell it to add it to your library (you have to have itunes set to copy the files). Itunes will then, aside from copy the files, also make directories with artist name, album name, and rename the mp3s to the song name. So this one command not only renames your mp3s, but it also organizes them.
Wow! Thanks for the tip! That's so much easier & more intuitive than just syncing!
Tell me, how is iTunes supposed to tell an mp3 you've created from one downloaded from the internet?
1) Itunes has no way of telling freely shareable material from copyrighted material - that's why it has no business being the gatekeeper.
2) An mp3 you've downloaded off the internet is not necessarily in breach of copyright.
Besides, how exactly do you create a recording on an iPod? I wasn't aware of that functionality.
I didn't say it was created on the iPod, you could have created it anywhere, dropped it into itunes, synced to your iPod, expecting you'd be able to get it off anywhere easily. After all, its your music.
Having my friend walk over with his 160GB iPod and give me his entire music collection, facilitated by Apple themselves? Yeah, I can see some issues with that.
As Apple have no idea whether the songs are still under copyright & what license they're under, I don't see what business Apple have in preventing you copying your data around.
The only reason Apple impose this artificial limitation on customers is at the behest of their real customers - the RIAA, et al.
Well, it depends on your motivation. If you want your designs used as widely as possible, go with Public Domain or a BSD style license.
However, this allows others to take your work & extend it without releasing the improvements back to the community (a good example of this is Apple's treatment of Darwin)
If you want to ensure that any improvements to your hardware design remain open, go with the GPL.
For permanent digital downloads, NMPA is proposing a rate of 15 cents per track because the costs involved are much less than for physical products. The RIAA has proposed the outrageous rate of approximately 5 - 5.5 cents per track, and DiMA is proposing even less.
I know you think Apple can do no wrong, but they're a company & by definition, quite ammoral.
I'm sorry but what does RFID have to do with the "perception of security"?
RFIDs have bugger all to do with security, but plenty of people are trying to push the perception that they can. Read this alarmist article. Check out its opening sentence:
An associate of Osama bin Laden crawls into a container -- along with some new luxury cars -- in a shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. The goal -- shipping himself to the United States and evading the Department of Homeland Security,
If you find something like this, you sit on it until after release. Now, Apple will probably update the release version of the SDK with a tighter authorisation system.
Regardless, it's fruitless for Apple to try & stop free third party apps. If enough people are interested, there will always be someone able & willing to crack Apple's DRM.
And there is a reason. Commidity hardware uses the traditional PC BIOS. Apple hardware does not. Hence, you can't just slap a RETAIL OS-X disk in a commidity PC, even if it ignored the TPM module.
In the last post I wrote, I said "meets the technical requirements". Many commodity PCs now use EFI. Other people in this thread have pointed that out. Like I said, please read the thread you're replying to.
The fact that somebody's developed a work-around isn't relevant. In fact, it's exactly what I was saying.
No, it's not relevant. I linked to the OSX86 site because they had info on Apple's DRM.
More to the point, a TPM module is not DRM. It has nothing to do with controlling access to your media.
Wrong again fanboy. OS X itself is the media that's being controlled - in this case by preventing you from running it on hardware that it's techinically capable of running on.
Was the comment about hunter killer robots not enough to show I wasn't being serious?
So, when you asked the question: "Outside of iTunes, what is there in Mac OS X that's DRMed?", you weren't being serious? You knew all along that Apple loves DRM & use it wherever they can?
I can't imagine what tedious, drab and humorless bores some people around here will be when they grow up.
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Isn't this kind of like saying the police shouldn't pull anyone over for speeding because the only reason anyone would speed is an emergency, therefore all speeders should be assumed to be having emergencies?
No, it's more like putting a device in the car that prevents you from speeding under any circumstances.
Do you think that would be a good idea?
Directions from Apple. With screenshots.
Jeepers! Over 24 steps, with screenshots to do something that should just be as simple as dragging & dropping some music from your ipod to your desktop?
Thanks Apple! That Just Works (tm)!
I have never heard of this bidirectional sync "optional plug-in" the original poster was referring to.
The original poster was actually just referring to two way copying. Not that hard a concept to understand.
*fingers crossed*
Incorrect, lets look I said:So. Have Apple extended the freebsd source without releasing all the improvements to the community?
There's the source.
But not the source for the iPhone extensions
You lose.
No. You do. Dumbass.
Copy the directory to your HD, run itunes and tell it to add it to your library (you have to have itunes set to copy the files).
Itunes will then, aside from copy the files, also make directories with artist name, album name, and rename the mp3s to the song name. So this one command not only renames your mp3s, but it also organizes them.
Wow! Thanks for the tip! That's so much easier & more intuitive than just syncing!
Thanks Apple for making this Just Work (tm)
Geez, Apple makes it "non-trivial" to copy your music back and people complain.
Awesome, a directory full of unintelligible hashes that I have to spend some time using an id3 editor to make usable!
That's intuitive. That "just works". Thanks Apple!
Apple doesn't want to make it too easy to copy music off the iPod, otherwise they'd get sued
Bullshit. None of the other mp3 player makers haven't added these sorts of stupid artificial restrictions without being sued.
Apple doesn't want to make it too easy to copy music off the iPod because they're in bed with RIAA.
Tell me, how is iTunes supposed to tell an mp3 you've created from one downloaded from the internet?
1) Itunes has no way of telling freely shareable material from copyrighted material - that's why it has no business being the gatekeeper.
2) An mp3 you've downloaded off the internet is not necessarily in breach of copyright.
Besides, how exactly do you create a recording on an iPod? I wasn't aware of that functionality.
I didn't say it was created on the iPod, you could have created it anywhere, dropped it into itunes, synced to your iPod, expecting you'd be able to get it off anywhere easily. After all, its your music.
You can however sync purchased songs in both directions since if music is purchased
Great - so I can sync music if I buy it from Apple* but I can't sync music I've recorded myself. Thanks Apple - that's intuitive!
* but not play it on a generic mp3 player
Having my friend walk over with his 160GB iPod and give me his entire music collection, facilitated by Apple themselves? Yeah, I can see some issues with that.
As Apple have no idea whether the songs are still under copyright & what license they're under, I don't see what business Apple have in preventing you copying your data around.
The only reason Apple impose this artificial limitation on customers is at the behest of their real customers - the RIAA, et al.
Here's the Darwin source: http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/ You are free to use it as you wish,
I don't see the iPhone Darwin source there.
Public Domain.
Well, it depends on your motivation. If you want your designs used as widely as possible, go with Public Domain or a BSD style license.
However, this allows others to take your work & extend it without releasing the improvements back to the community (a good example of this is Apple's treatment of Darwin)
If you want to ensure that any improvements to your hardware design remain open, go with the GPL.
pick any four.
*ahem* Pick any three...
Rugged, light, cheap:
Like the eeePC?
I think it should go:
Rugged, light, cheap, powerful, pick any four.
Incorrect. Apple doesn't want to pay anything For streaming music. The 4% is for permanent digital downloads. Greedy Assholes.
Have a read of this article for more:I know you think Apple can do no wrong, but they're a company & by definition, quite ammoral.
Check out this article.
These guys would NEVER have been convicted without CCTV.
Absolute PROOF that CCTV works.
RFIDs have bugger all to do with security, but plenty of people are trying to push the perception that they can. Read this alarmist article. Check out its opening sentence:Lucky all terrorists are RFID-tagged!
Forgive me if I misunderstand you, but where does it say that Apple is not going to allow free app downloads?
It's not that Apple not going to allow free app downloads - the issue is how much Apple will charge to sign your app.
If the charge is anything other than $0, it becomes impractical for third party developers to offer their apps for free.
If you find something like this, you sit on it until after release. Now, Apple will probably update the release version of the SDK with a tighter authorisation system.
Regardless, it's fruitless for Apple to try & stop free third party apps. If enough people are interested, there will always be someone able & willing to crack Apple's DRM.
Oh, and here's a special message for any Apple Fanboi's in the house. (not my site)
I'm afraid to say that I've never seen anyone on slashdot whooped quite so badly as the GP whooped you.
Perhaps you should go & lie in darkened room & wait for the large red welts on your ass to subside before attempting to comment again.
WTF? A DDOS is a flash mob?
Bottom line is that Mosquito larvae are extremely beneficial to ecosystems (as food). Read this for a quick overview. Contains the quote:If you want to read something a little more specific to the south, try this Mosquito Virtues article.
That sounds suspiciously like an urban legend.
Hint: How the fuck are you supposed to breed lovebugs & mosquitoes? (Give them tiny little Jacuzzis and Play Barry White at them?)
And there is a reason. Commidity hardware uses the traditional PC BIOS. Apple hardware does not. Hence, you can't just slap a RETAIL OS-X disk in a commidity PC, even if it ignored the TPM module.
In the last post I wrote, I said "meets the technical requirements". Many commodity PCs now use EFI. Other people in this thread have pointed that out. Like I said, please read the thread you're replying to.
The fact that somebody's developed a work-around isn't relevant. In fact, it's exactly what I was saying.
No, it's not relevant. I linked to the OSX86 site because they had info on Apple's DRM.
More to the point, a TPM module is not DRM. It has nothing to do with controlling access to your media.
Wrong again fanboy. OS X itself is the media that's being controlled - in this case by preventing you from running it on hardware that it's techinically capable of running on.
the 1980s called. They want their "fanboi" term back.
The 90's called - they want their xxxx year called joke back.
OK, I'm done with you, wanker.
God, let's hope so. Maybe you should check if the nick "Whiney Mac Fanboi" is taken? Describes you perfectly.
Was the comment about hunter killer robots not enough to show I wasn't being serious?
So, when you asked the question: "Outside of iTunes, what is there in Mac OS X that's DRMed?", you weren't being serious? You knew all along that Apple loves DRM & use it wherever they can?
I can't imagine what tedious, drab and humorless bores some people around here will be when they grow up.
That describes you already fanboi.