Comments on: Apple’s new video iPod

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 09:59:12 +0000

I’ve got a Samsung, it is AWESOME, no DRM, plays just about everything, including GPL codecs.

It plays XviD, DivX, MPEG4, ogg, png, jpg, mp3, etc, etc, etc

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 09:51:33 +0000

While parent poster may appear “insensitive”, he does make valid (and correct) points. Don’t get me wrong. Apple, Microsoft, RIAA/ MPAA, they are all “businesses” after all.

One time I remember hearing some older ‘blue-collar’ gentlemen sitting in McDonalds talking. And they talked about the typical things guys talking about, such as sports, politics, new technology… and then they talked about “corporations.”

And here’s the gist. They ‘believed’ that ‘management’s’ main duties are to “increase share-holder value….”

Well, that’s a bunch of baloney, just as “capitalism increases the wealth of every citizen.”…….

Now why is that?!!! Simply, it’s a ‘fairy-tale’ “adults” tell “children.” There are quite a number of INTELLIGENT readers who visit this site, so I won’t bother explaining the details. But, I’ll do this much…. I’ve done my best (like the owner of p2pnet) to EDUCATE the masses. Sometime’s I ask myself is it worth the trouble, since they keep on making the same mistakes over and over again.

It’ is like having a drunk father. His drinking is ruining his family. Yet he simply refuses to listen to you or anyone else, even though it is destroying him inside. Now what do you do? If it was someone else’s father, you can simply turn a blind eye and ignore it. But, when it’s your father it’s a different story.

So, Apple disagrees with the RIAA / MPAA (and now the 5 movie associations….) over their greedy tactics. I don’t have a problem with people running a business, actually I applaud the guts to have entreprenuership.

What is a problem is they over-step their boundaries, and start to racket, intimate, sue, libel, and abuse the people. And as explained many times before, NOTHING is being “stolen” from the RIAA / MPAA since they NEVER OWNED it in the first place. They hijacked the creative and cultural HERITAGE of ALL the people and claimed it as their own. Now that is theft. What catnap simply did was point out the errors and sillyness of people blindly loyal to something not worth they loyalty. That is all.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 03:22:39 +0000

Touché !

At least the displays on most portable eBook readers are about the same size as their non-electronic counterpart.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 02:00:50 +0000

*looks at eBook*

Heh.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:58:03 +0000

Catflap! Now don’t go rattlin’ the fanboy cages…
People can spend their money however they want and we’re all entitled to our opinions, even you. I’m not saying you need to turn into some wimpy poster, but you could word things so they don’t sound like personal attacks. Folks might be a bit more inclined to hear what you are trying to say.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:36:19 +0000

so where are all you appleheaded podlovers? nothing to say in defense of this great new invention? hmmm?

oh, i see…you’re still waiting online at Radio Shack to return your cracked nanos in exchange for this rubbish?

or perhaps Radio Shack refused to refund your cash and told you to fill out a bunch of papers to be sent to apple?

maybe you’ll get your refund before your replacement ipod batteries (because earlier ones were faulty and dangerous) arrive.

good luck. enjoy quicktime and drm!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:31:45 +0000

I’m not going to slag on Apple or iPod. To each his own. I just can’t get that excited about watching video on such a tiny screen. Same with video on cell phone displays. Now out in public people will not only have in-ear headphones on, they’ll also be staring at a little plastic box too? Read a book.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:03:13 +0000

This iPod is also crippled compared to previous versions. It is USB2 only! No Firewire!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:05:00 +0000

WHAT IF YOU COULD BUILD YOUR OWN IPOD ?

http://colossalstorage.net/display/display_n_stor.htm