Two Laptops Per Child?

My huess is that the prior iPods don't have the "know-how" to implement time-senstive restrictions for rented material. I recall reading that Apple's aversion to rental music programs led to them even excluding the capability to implement drm-time restriction schemes from the iPods.

Given that they were moving towards a movie-rental platform, my speculation would be that Apple included this technology in the current gen iPods.

Or I could have no idea what I'm typing about.

Cupajo:

Defending and Prosecuting are two seperate things. The Prosecution (in this case, lawyers representing the RIAA) brings charges against a person (the defendant), the defendant then hires an attorney who defends them in court.

Nelay stated he defends filesharing lawsuits, making me think that he would be one of your good guys.

In other news, the latest version of iTunes obliges with my request to open video files in a seperate window, as opposed to always viewing them in the 640x640 box in the lower left pane.

Also, since selecting Tom Petty Greatest Hits ($7.99) to my Shopping Cart this morning, I haven't been able to access my shopping cart to actually purchase the item.

So, for me, the latest update has one positive and one negative effect.

Apple Fanboys??? In this thread.

Disliking Microsoft is not a trait reserved only for 'Apple Fanboys.' There are five "Lowest Ranked" comments in this thread that all knock Microsoft for wasting the time to develop this ad. Then, there are thirty "Highest Ranked" comments aimed at insulting those five commentors as being Apple Fanboys.

I don't understand how the seventh and eigth comments of a thread can be "I always love the emo comments by Mac addicts..." when there was no direct mention of Apple previous to that in any comments, and only one indirect mention of the iphone.

My thought is that word of this video spread through the Microsoft Development community like wildfire and, in droves, they flocked to this thread to loose their venom on any Microsoft detractor.

I have to agree with the people that think this video was a waste of time. Microsoft is at a juncture when the value of the products they produce is, at best, steady. They NEED to continue to add value, which is something they are truly having difficulty with. Microsoft is losing mindshare and it hurts. If I were a prospective employee interviewing with the company, this ad would turn me off. They have no sense of urgency.

Why do I see this ad, and not a TV ad featuring SideShow? That is a serious game-changing feature and you expect me to believe they don't have the power to leverage that? Microsoft have lost direction and discipline. If their current mindset continues, their balloon will lose all of its air.

As for Apple; it's said that they've made their share of mistakes, which is true. But can you truly beleaguer a company that has created and maintained the amount of buzz they have? They have been able to sell a product, inferior to competition, at a price, higher than the competition, that has made every CEO of every type of business green with envy. Now they are transferring that over to the iphone.

If you truly value your career, you would benefit greatly by observing and contrasting Apple's vs. Microsoft's choices.

With HP, the people involved were just business people who had no real influence on the past, present, or future of computers, technology, etc.

With Steve Jobs, you have one of the most influential people in the personal computing business, responsible for the birth of a billion dollar company, the resurgence of that company, some beautiful products (love em or hate em, the iPod, iMac, and OSX are wonderful products; you have to at least respect their influence).

HP with out Linda Dunn (or whomever it was) is still good ol' HP.

Apple without Steve Jobs is not Apple. Steve is a power player.

You suck at photoshop

Bill Gates is not closely tied to the future success of Microsoft.

Steve Jobs is closely tied to the future success of Apple.

That difference highlights why this story has become so inflamed. This Apple story transcends 'the fanboi' and makes it to the main pages of Wall Street's best/worst.

Unfortunately, if this investigation results in Steve Jobs dismissal from Apple, it won't be Apple's doing. Rather it would be from the ruling of the SEC.

Right now, the SEC is only keeping an eye on this investigation and is not involved (at least as I read). The recent reports (which are rehashed accounts from throughout this year) imply that the SEC could quickly step in and take over the investigation. If that happens, then the SEC could find Steve Jobs liable for Apple's trangressions and punish him/Apple.

This would indirectly hurt the stakeholders of Apple (shareholders/gadget-lovers/apple-fanbois/etc). The benefit would be that the SEC proves to all companies that they are serious about options-backdating problems.

It seems however, related to that last point, that the SEC would not need to make an example out of Apple, because so many companies are being open and proactive and correcting their backdating "errors"

How about option 3:


You withdraw $20 from your account.
The bank fails to credit your account for this $20.
You notice this two years later.
You contact to bank to make them aware of this past mistake.
You make certain the bank addresses the problem and you give back the interest accrued on that extra $20.
You change banks because you expect better accounting practices.
You contact the IRS to see if there are any adjustments you would need to make as a result of this error.

There...that's a closer analogy.