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oldschooltaper
14y ago
Precisely. Apple is all about hoop jumping. Remember your first iPod? Chances are you were forced to use something called iTunes. Now people do not think twice about iTunes. But back then there was just no sensible reason, from the user's
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oldschooltaper
14y ago
The "problem" is that the problem that top tier education raises -- the one this topic is focused on -- is not really a problem for graduates of those institutions, namely: Getting accepted is the biggest hurdle. Once you are in all you re
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oldschooltaper
14y ago
What would he say to the idea of selling Apple hardware without tying it to an OS? In other words, you can buy the great Apple form factor and design, but you don't have to deal with the restrictions of the OS. You could install your own O
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oldschooltaper
14y ago
Perhaps the internet will lead to musicians who are in it only for the music, the self-expression and the ego boost, not for the money. Maybe the truth is that it has always been this way. Maybe musicians didn't ask to be paid for doing wh
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oldschooltaper
14y ago
Well, if he is serious about changing the system, wouldn't it be comparitively easy for him to start with his own companies and lead by example? Thiel is, first and foremost, advancing his own interests by enouraging students to drop out a
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oldschooltaper
14y ago
If OSX is anything like other OS's, you have to turn down the volume through OSX, not mplayer. mplayer's volume control is a way to "fine tune" the system volume. It sounds like your system volume is set high to begin with. Lower it. Th
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oldschooltaper
14y ago
There was a time in history, when radio was first introduced, when publishers of newspapers sued radio stations for reading the news over the airwaves. It seems rather short-sighted now, doesn't it?
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14y ago
I think some commenters are missing the point. For Duritz, who admits he collects bootlegs[1], bittorrent is being envisioned here as a promotional tool, not a distribution tool. Radio used to be the main promotional tool. Disc jockeys (o