Comment Re:"as opposed with their entire list of contacts" (Score 4, Insightful) 163
Then just post to all your circles or go twitter style and post public.
Then just post to all your circles or go twitter style and post public.
Other MP3 players: you connect them to your computer. You drag your music onto them. Done.
iPod: You connect it to your computer. Oops, but first you need to install iTunes. So do that. A half-hour later, you find out that first you have to drag your music INTO ITUNES. An hour or so after that, you discover you can't say what music iTunes should copy unless the iPod is already connected. So you connect it, and wait a few HOURS for iTunes to copy whatever it wants to over, and only THEN can you tell iTunes which music you REALLY wanted over. So then you get to wait a couple of hours again.
Not to interrupt your rant, but playlists are a much easier way to manage music rather than copying files all over the place. You can make lots of playlists in iTunes [1], plug in your ipod tell it to sync those lists and you're done. Even a very large ipod doesn't take hours to sync. Best part is that you can manage those playlists (ignoring files...ugh) and the next time you plug in your ipod it will sync again. iOS5 is bringing OTA syncing so you won't even need to plug it into the computer, just a power source.
[1] Other music management software I assume now does it the same way with playlists.
Exactly. The other thing Apple seems to do is fine new tech that is coming, but not quite there yet. Then they go ahead and buy a huge amount of said tech up front and help pay to finish the tech/design/fabs. For the risk that Apple takes they get a good price for a certain number of units and exclusive rights for a period of time simply because the factory is working to fill the pre-order that Apple made.
It's a great business move by Apple and a smart way to leverage their cash reserves. It also requires a very strong long term vision from the top, and I wonder if Apple will be able to keep that up when SJ leaves.
years ago they fought over advertising and even now limit what can be said
Keep in mind that fight was not just about competition. Many good lawyers were mad at being seen in a bad light by the endless commercials for 'the strong arm' or whatever those late night clowns like to call themselves. The end result was that advertising is fine, but don't make a mockery of the profession while doing it.
That's why the person you responded to said "standard" car. Of course if you're buying rare collectible items that is a completely different scenario.
He didn't make anything until he could sell the BTC. Saying something is worth $500k and selling it for $500k are very different things. Every kid used to learn this lesson with baseball cards
Um, because AAC is superior to MP3 and any modern portable player/phone/device will play non DRMed AACs (like you find in in ITMS or the new iCloud) just fine. From wiki (other portable players):
Archos
Creative Zen Portable
Microsoft Zune
SanDisk Sansa (some models)
Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) with firmware 2.0 or greater
Sony Walkman
Nintendo DSi
Any portable player that fully supports the Rockbox third party firmware
Yes, that makes complete sense for Apple to kill iCould day 1.
Great conspiracy and all, but just not going to happen. Apple has paid the labels in order to do the matching. I'm guessing the contract with the labels has some terms that specifically prevents the labels from attempting to use any of this data to go after people. Think about it. If Apple lets the labels go after users then their iCloud is dead hours after the first lawsuit.
This isn't about Apple being altruistic, it's about Apple wanting to do whatever it takes to move people into the iCloud (and of course start those 24.99/year fees).
0$ of which goes to the artists.
Just like if you bought a CD. Apple has paid most (all?) the labels in order to provide this service. If the labels refuse to pay their musicians that's not Apple's problem.
First, this isn't about Apple (they can charge whatever they want for all I care). It's about the cell telcos.
I'm a huge free market person, but the problem here is a classic case where the free market simply doesn't work. The cell telcos require access to a finite public resource to even go into business (and that business is protected by the gov - trying putting up your own cell tower at typical cell freq and see how long it takes for you to be shut down). Part of giving/leasing the telco a public resource means the public can put requirements on them to operate in certain ways.
Denver has has quite a few police scandals with officers beating people up and being caught on film. A new chief is trying to change perceptions by equipping every officer with a small camera that hangs on their shirt and records anytime the shutter is slid open. Hopefully it goes through and gets more use by other departments.
It's not the only slipper slope argument an idiot would make (and it's even not much of a slipper slope) because the 'war on terror' is quickly taking us down that direction. If you're for giving up basic rights to use a public resource, then you don't have much of an argument against removing those basic rights for using all public resources.
Your saying that we don't have the right to be left alone while in public, to which I disagree with as does the 4th amendment and at least some of SCOTUS.
Do you think that when the constitution was drafted that the founding fathers would have considered riding a horse you own a right? Saying it's a contract or a privilege is simply trying to frame the argument in a away that removes inherent rights.
Does a person not have the right to use a device they own on public land that has been specifically been created for that purpose? It's a valid question and not one that can be hand waved away with it's a contract or privilege.
Loss is a horrible thing.
But, you have to remember that rights are more important than a single life. I don't want another terrorist attack, so should I agree to fly naked and have a cavity search before boarding a flight?
There is also the question of effectiveness of check points. If it takes 20 officers to run a check point and they catch 1-2 people who might not even be impaired but simply blew over the magical
The cost of feathers has risen, even down is up!
