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RE: Mac Rumors: QTFairUse - iTunes Digital Rights Management (DRM) Circumvented? |
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2:22 am EST, Nov 30, 2003 |
Rattle wrote:
] Jeremy wrote:
] ] If ever you find yourself inclined to try QTFairUse, just ask:
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] Troll! :) I certainly made it seem that way, but actually, no. I was thinking more along the lines of what I quoted from his recent Wired interview: "I try to work on things that won't happen unless I do them. My goal is to do great things." If you have time, and if you have talent, you can do anything. Why waste both on trivial things that anyone could do? RE: Mac Rumors: QTFairUse - iTunes Digital Rights Management (DRM) Circumvented? |
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| Topic: Business |
1:57 pm EST, Nov 29, 2003 |
Wal-Mart is so powerful that it moves the economies of entire countries, bringing profit and pain. The prices can't be beat, but the wages can. Wal-Mart, once a believer in buying American, extracts ever lower prices from 10,000 suppliers worldwide. Workers struggle to keep pace. Wal-Mart plans to open 40 of its nonunion Supercenters in California. Labor is fighting the expected onslaught, but the big retailer rarely concedes defeat. As Wal-Mart sets the stage for a wholesale invasion of California, the Los Angeles Times has published this three-part series. I can see this becoming a campaign issue. The Wal-Mart Effect |
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Apartment Glut Forces Owners to Cut Rents in Much of US |
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12:02 pm EST, Nov 29, 2003 |
In many cities on the coasts, where new construction is more difficult and where an influx of highly educated people over the last two decades has driven up home prices, rents have held up better. The average rent in both Los Angeles and New York has risen about 4 percent since last year, according to Torto Wheaton Research. Rents in Boston and Washington have declined only slightly. That has widened the growing gap between the cost of living in the Northeast or parts of California and the cost of living almost anywhere else. Three years ago, for example, a typical 800-square-foot one-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles cost the same as a 1,480-square-foot two-bedroom in Charlotte, NC; today, the Los Angeles apartment costs almost as much as 1,900 square feet in Charlotte, according to Economy.com. Grrr .... Apartment Glut Forces Owners to Cut Rents in Much of US |
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Borders Getting in the Holiday Spirit |
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11:03 am EST, Nov 29, 2003 |
"It's the original thought that counts." -- a holiday advertisement for Borders Books, heard on the radio. |
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| Topic: Military |
12:50 am EST, Nov 29, 2003 |
You should be in the press corps. -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, responding to a "two-fold" question during a November 21 town hall meeting with military personnel at the Pentagon. Asking multiple questions at once has become Rumsfeld's oft-expressed pet peeve. |
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Strategy and the Idea of Freedom |
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12:29 am EST, Nov 29, 2003 |
In 1997, the neo-cons and the paleo-cons made common cause in an alliance of the profoundest type, anchored in philosophical principles, which has helped change our country and the world. Abroad, the makers of the Reagan Revolution with the Heritage Foundation as a key node in the network elevated the status of ideas as weapons in the arsenal of democracy. As we develop and execute our strategy today in the Global War on Terrorism, there is much to be learned from the Reagan era about the power of ideas. I believe that, twenty years from now, President Bushs strategy will appear excellent, inevitable and perhaps even obvious. We'll look back at them with pride and satisfaction, knowing that the United States rose to the challenge with skill, moral clarity, determination -- and success. Douglas Feith, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, gave the Heritage Lecture on November 24. Read the full text here. Strategy and the Idea of Freedom |
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RE: Mac Rumors: QTFairUse - iTunes Digital Rights Management (DRM) Circumvented? |
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12:06 am EST, Nov 29, 2003 |
Rattle wrote:
] Jon Johansen (of DeCSS fame) has released code
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] It will be interesting to see how Apple reacts. Umm ... I read this news earlier and didn't post about it. My reaction was: so what? I suspect Apple's will be the same. Why does this matter? Aside from perhaps being needlessly clever, what is new here? You can already burn a CD full of iTunes and then rip it right back. Voila. You don't even have to leave iTunes to do this. This seems pointless. Please, please, let's not bicker and argue about the finer points of concatenated codecs. If you are content with playing AAC from your PowerBook, then you are not an audiophile. Jon Johansen and Bruce Schneier should have lunch. Maybe they could start a project. I'll leave it to Bill Joy to make them stop it. If ever you find yourself inclined to try QTFairUse, just ask: What Would Bill Joy Do? RE: Mac Rumors: QTFairUse - iTunes Digital Rights Management (DRM) Circumvented? |
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| Topic: Movies |
11:16 pm EST, Nov 28, 2003 |
An epic set in Japan during the 1870s which centers on Captain Nathan Algren, an American who is being requested to carry out a very special mission. Captain Algren, a respected colonial military officer, is hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the Emperor attempts to eradicate the ancient Imperial Samurai warriors, in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed and influenced by his encounters with the Samurai. This tension places the colonial officer at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him. You can see a sneak preview of The Last Samurai on Saturday night. Buy your tickets online; there is only one showing. The Last Samurai |
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| Topic: War on Terrorism |
11:08 pm EST, Nov 28, 2003 |
In the November 24, 2003, Weekly Standard, Stephen F. Hayes summarized and quoted at length a recent, secret Pentagon memo to the Senate Intelligence Committee. The memo laid out -- in 50 bullet points, over 16 pages -- the relationship between Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. Much of the intelligence in the memo was detailed and appeared to be well-sourced and well-corroborated. The story generated lots of discussion on talk radio and on the Internet, but the establishment media did their best to take a pass. As we went to press, the memo had received nary a mention on the major broadcast networks. The Pentagon statement [following publication] criticized "news reports" about the memo as "inaccurate." It specified neither any reports nor any alleged errors. In fact, the Pentagon's statement itself contained several mistakes. We at The Weekly Standard have long believed that the war in Iraq was, indeed, central to the broader war on terror. This argument never depended on particular connections of Saddam and al Qaeda, but such connections are certainly relevant. Based on all the evidence we have seen, we believe that such connections existed. Does the Bush administration agree, or doesn't it? Follow the bouncing ball ... About That Memo ... |
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11:02 pm EST, Nov 28, 2003 |
The NIE of October 2002 concerning Iraq's WMD has been dissected like no other product in the history of the US intelligence community. We have reexamined every phrase, line, sentence, judgment and alternative view in this 90-page document and have traced their genesis completely. I believed at the time the estimate was approved for publication and still believe now that we were on solid ground in reaching the judgments we did. ... A number of myths have been created that seem to have gained traction with the public. A hard look at the facts of the NIE should dispel these popular myths. The author of the infamous pre-war NIE on Iraq speaks out. With all this back and forth in the newspapers, I'm starting to lose track. These people need blogs ... Myths About Intelligence |
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