Like the mythical half-horse…
Apparently the road version just wasn’t nerdy enough, now they have the Centaur:
That dipshit from Real
What would you do if the next version of Quicktime could play .rm files, even ones with DRM? Suppose that they respect the DRM, and only play on authorized computers. Suppose Quicktime Pro were capable of creating .rm files with DRM.
Why shouldn’t Apple do this?
Glaser: (CEO of Real)
We would be happy to cross-license our DRM and formats to Apple to enable exactly the kind of interoperability you propose.
Unbelievable.
The question is if Apple did it without Reals permission (hence no licensing involved) what would he think of that… he double speaks around it and basically says, yeah I wish they would buy our format from us.
Fucking hypocrite.
iShtuff
With the never ending waves of companies trying to capitalize on the iPods success some stuff is rather cool, and some stuff is simply not cool.
iTunes Ads
So, you’ll notice that there are iTunes ads on our site now. Yeah, I know, but the thing is, I can customize them so that you don’t see the Kelly Clarkson and LL Cool J ads. So hey, if you were gonna buy that Exclusive Interpol Pre-Release Track anyway, why not do it through us? We get a shiny nickel every time you do.
TeenPC
Last year, Digital Lifestyles’ CEO Kent Savage got his son Cameron, 16, and seven of the boy’s friends together and polled them about how they interacted with computers and the Internet.
One brand name that resonated was Apple Computer Inc., which has struck gold with its iPod music players and iTunes download service. But the teens said their parents resisted buying Apple computers because they don’t run Windows, the platform most people are familiar with.
So Savage decided to “Apple-ize the PC industry.
How does adding pink fur around the keyboard make it like a Mac? iPods are ‘gold” because the experience is flawless and unlike anything else. Stick pink fur or leopard print on a PC and it’s still a weaksauce PC. And don’t even get me started on a “professionally-written” piece ending a sentence with “with.” Grrr.
But the quintessential point in the article is the following:
Later the prototype went to focus groups nationwide, and now the hip-e is ready for release in November. Orders are being taken now, including at displays in malls where pop star Ashlee Simpson is performing.
Ah.. that’s it. Fans of Britney Spears copycat Jessica Simpson’s SISTER are the target audience; an audience clearly lacking in the headspace department. If they like Ashlee Simpson because she’s a copy of a copy then maybe they will buy a psuedo-copy of a Mac.
Desire is the source of all suffering
Why living in a rich society makes us feel poor.
Put the question another way, however, and we seem a little less certain. Consider a choice between these two worlds:
World A: You earn $110,000 per year, others earn $200,000.
World B: You earn $100,000 per year, others earn $85,000.
The income figures represent real purchasing power. Your income in World A would command a house 10 percent larger than the one you could afford in World B, 10 percent more restaurant dinners and so on. By choosing World B, you’d give up a small amount of absolute income in return for a large increase in relative income.
So which would you pick? A majority of Americans, it turns out, choose World B.
Don’t forget to vote in the newest Alternate.org survey, answer #3 submitted by Phil. Via Kottke.
Feed them death
From “Let Them Eat War” on Bad Religion’s new album, The Enemy Strikes First”:
…
from the force to the union shops
the war economy is making new jobs
but the people who benefit most
are breaking bread with their benevolent hosts
you never stole from the rich to give to the poor
all they ever gave to them was a war
and a foreign enemy to deplore
…
we’ve got to kill ’em in the end
before they reach for their checks
squeeze some blue collars
let them bleed from their necks
seize a few dollars from the people who sweat
cause it’s freedom or death and they won’t question it
Uhhh…. yeah.
A Memphis woman was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after she bludgeoned her boyfriend to death with an iPod.