Wow, way to get frustrated without doing any homework whatsoever. Are you really a nerd?
Once you have exhausted your 5 computers, you can send a form into Apple to reset all your keys. Next time you start iTunes you'll have to reenter your login, but that's it. Do that on all the machines you want to reauthorize.
It's not nearly as draconian as a lot of/.ers say it is. And still miles better than the Zune store.
1000 would be borderline statistically insignificant. If you read the post, he actually admitted that out of those, he only really used 181. Less than two hundred users out of 6 million!? And he has the nerve to blame everyone else for "misreporting" his findings?
Saying you had any significant findings in a pool that ridiculously small, without any research into those customers' other possible methods for puchasing, is ridiculous.
I should add that both of these devices are really tiny -- The Adtec Edje 2000 is about the size of an average firewire hard drive, while the VBricks aren't much bigger (despite having a huge power brick). The Edje 2100 is about the size of a DVD player. When I read what your setup entails, I was shocked -- any of these devices will easily fit into a laptop bag.
Unfortunately, h.264 based encoders are still ridiculously expensive, so I didn't bother to research them further. When it comes to video devices that use patented codecs like the MPEG series, you are never going to get a completely open platform. Just so ya know...
There are two devices I recommend for this:
The first one is the Edje series encoders, made by http://www.adtecinc.com/Adtec. They offer good quality, and use MPEG-2 streams. If you're going the cheap route, I believe it's under $500 these days.
The second is the http://www.vbrick.com/VBrick series of streaming encoders. I've only tested their MPEG2 models, but they have a wide range of MPEG4 available as well. These can also record locally to a HD. They're a bit more expensive than the Adtecs, but quite reliable.
While I wouldn't really call either of these machines "open" per se, I am under the impression they both use linux kernels under the hood. They can be controlled either by RS-232 or ethernet with their simple client software (Adtec lets you play directly with the settings in a terminal too.) VBricks also include a remote control.
Hope this helps.
Oh, they exist, and have done for at least a decade. They're known as "ime-kura" short for "image club" -- which is a very very very nice way of saying "role-playing brothel". Most of them, in an effort to skirt under the law, don't allow "SEX" but allow everything but... meaning, no outright penetration, but anything else goes. Even "labiel" sex.
Most imekura stick to normal fettishes like nurses and airline stewardesses, but many take on anime and video game characters as well.
I'd love to know where THAT "information" came from.
I personally knew and was friends with no less than three kids between my third and fifth grade years that were being sexually molested. And I knew MAYBE 60 kids total during those years. One of these kids was being molested by his father. (I didn't figure out what was going on exactly until years later, by which time it was pretty obvious.)
None of them were killed, but being a sexual predator and a murderer are completely different. And even if they weren't, their lives were definitely affected.
FUD like that is damaging, because it tries to convice us these things don't exist. They do. A lot. Not that any police state is the answer, but some ideas, rather than denial of the problem, would be nice.
I do almost everything on both Mac (home) and PC (work). And I don't game on computers. Heck, I barely game on my XBox.
Unfortately, almost every GOOD piece of software that most people have already pointed out has a Mac version or equivalent that is as good or better.
The one piece of Windows software that I can't live without, however, is Virtual Dub. While QuickTime Pro can do some things that VDub can do, VDub is more elegant and flexible than anything I'd expect on Windows.
I also recommend Microsoft Visio. That's about it. Ugh. Go back to the Mac. Nothing to see here unless you're a gamer.
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Once you have exhausted your 5 computers, you can send a form into Apple to reset all your keys. Next time you start iTunes you'll have to reenter your login, but that's it. Do that on all the machines you want to reauthorize.
It's not nearly as draconian as a lot of /.ers say it is. And still miles better than the Zune store.
1000 would be borderline statistically insignificant. If you read the post, he actually admitted that out of those, he only really used 181. Less than two hundred users out of 6 million!? And he has the nerve to blame everyone else for "misreporting" his findings? Saying you had any significant findings in a pool that ridiculously small, without any research into those customers' other possible methods for puchasing, is ridiculous.
Unfortunately, h.264 based encoders are still ridiculously expensive, so I didn't bother to research them further. When it comes to video devices that use patented codecs like the MPEG series, you are never going to get a completely open platform. Just so ya know...
There are two devices I recommend for this: The first one is the Edje series encoders, made by http://www.adtecinc.com/Adtec. They offer good quality, and use MPEG-2 streams. If you're going the cheap route, I believe it's under $500 these days. The second is the http://www.vbrick.com/VBrick series of streaming encoders. I've only tested their MPEG2 models, but they have a wide range of MPEG4 available as well. These can also record locally to a HD. They're a bit more expensive than the Adtecs, but quite reliable. While I wouldn't really call either of these machines "open" per se, I am under the impression they both use linux kernels under the hood. They can be controlled either by RS-232 or ethernet with their simple client software (Adtec lets you play directly with the settings in a terminal too.) VBricks also include a remote control. Hope this helps.
Oh, they exist, and have done for at least a decade. They're known as "ime-kura" short for "image club" -- which is a very very very nice way of saying "role-playing brothel". Most of them, in an effort to skirt under the law, don't allow "SEX" but allow everything but... meaning, no outright penetration, but anything else goes. Even "labiel" sex. Most imekura stick to normal fettishes like nurses and airline stewardesses, but many take on anime and video game characters as well.
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I'd love to know where THAT "information" came from. I personally knew and was friends with no less than three kids between my third and fifth grade years that were being sexually molested. And I knew MAYBE 60 kids total during those years. One of these kids was being molested by his father. (I didn't figure out what was going on exactly until years later, by which time it was pretty obvious.) None of them were killed, but being a sexual predator and a murderer are completely different. And even if they weren't, their lives were definitely affected. FUD like that is damaging, because it tries to convice us these things don't exist. They do. A lot. Not that any police state is the answer, but some ideas, rather than denial of the problem, would be nice.
I do almost everything on both Mac (home) and PC (work). And I don't game on computers. Heck, I barely game on my XBox.
Unfortately, almost every GOOD piece of software that most people have already pointed out has a Mac version or equivalent that is as good or better.
The one piece of Windows software that I can't live without, however, is Virtual Dub. While QuickTime Pro can do some things that VDub can do, VDub is more elegant and flexible than anything I'd expect on Windows.
I also recommend Microsoft Visio. That's about it. Ugh. Go back to the Mac. Nothing to see here unless you're a gamer.