Exactly, at that point, you've lost the debate. Better luck next time.
Works both ways. BTW, calling people troll here is an insult which is against the rules.
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Exactly, at that point, you've lost the debate. Better luck next time.
Works both ways. BTW, calling people troll here is an insult which is against the rules.
Actually in a few prior posts, I've given him credit & acknowledged his accomplishments. For as most of us know, they are many.
That said, as one who has followed Apple & it's founders since the companies inception, it's a bit disappointing to see who this man has morphed into.
Cheers...
What A Joke!
Ahead of Apple's planned announcement scheduled for about half an hour from now that has been expected to see content from The Beatles finally come to the iTunes Store, that content has already gone live. The offerings are headed by The Beatles Box Set, offering a total of 256 songs and other items, including iTunes LP mini-documentary features and a video of the band's first U.S. concert, all for $149.00.
Individual albums are also available, with the majority of them priced at $12.99 and a few others including "The White Album" and several greatest hits collections available for $19.99. Songs are generally also available on a per-track basis priced at $1.29 each.
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Just glad that people will be able to make Yoko more wealthy. She really was the fifth Beatle.
Pointless
I like The Beatles but this grand announcement is pointless. -- Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn
I like The Beatles but this grand announcement is pointless. -- Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn
You are diverting the debate to him trolling which has nothing to do with points being made. Take another look bub.
I'm well aware of the rules. My observation wasn't a personal insult, particularly in comparison to the ACTUAL personal insults that have been lobbed my way all day today.
uh, yeah buddy. TMBG owes more to the beatles than youll ever realize. if you asked them they would tell you about it, tho.
Not so. I've been on topic and continue to be. Evidently you want to take this into a discussion of who is or isn't a troll, so I suggest that you're engaged in calling a kettle black.
I hear that next year they will get this up and coming band all the kids are into called Led Zeppelin, and some kid who's setting the world on fire, Jimmi Hendrix. Also something about Mozart finally coming to iTunes.
I'm not a huge Beatles fan and I already have the 2009 USB 24-bit FLACs, and the older pre-2009 CDs, and the red and blue compilations. Anyone who's even heard of the Beatles can't possibly be this excited about it. I guess if you're 8 now you can download it for the first time, but really? It's a triumph for Apple business-wise, but how is it earth-shattering to any consumer?
I'm not a huge Beatles fan and I already have the 2009 USB 24-bit FLACs, and the older pre-2009 CDs, and the red and blue compilations. Anyone who's even heard of the Beatles can't possibly be this excited about it. I guess if you're 8 now you can download it for the first time, but really? It's a triumph for Apple business-wise, but how is it earth-shattering to any consumer?
Wait a dag-burn minute, but isn't that the white iPhone rising from behind the Apple logo?
OK, so let me be the first to express my disappointment with Apple for failing to deliver on the PROMISED white iPhone in 2007, which clearly is implied in that photo!!
And that's what this thread boils down to: people who don't know the difference between the words 'inferred' and 'implied'.
Yes, for me, I am not a Beatles fan nor do I hate The Beatles. But what I want is Apple to broaden the selections for Dance/Electronic music on iTunes since I am mostly into that, what I really mean is when I want something like Chillout it is really hard to find any chillout album I want, all I can find are generic versions by some other artist and not only that but they really need to add more to the Genre since there is so much more but I am assuming since all Dance/Electronic Music that are released on iTunes are only put out by U.S. Record Labels there are limitations and since iTunes does not have an import section.
I would tend to disagree; I feel that my point was rather concise. That said, using an economic example like that with such variance present was probably not a good choice for comparison, in fact an economic model in general isn't good for the argument at hand. That said though, the mere presence of higher-grade consumer and professional hardware (albeit some is overhyped) should be indication enough that there is a difference between the two. We don't seem to disagree on this-- I think the point really comes down to what hardware it's used on, as you seem to blanket coat your assumptions towards any hardware and any person.
As per the ABX test... it's inherently flawed. Let's go for a simple hypothesis test. Your sample used for that is not random, and certainly isn't indicative of the overall population. Furthermore hardware differences and media choice skew the results entirely-- you could say they're confounding variables. There's too many variances present even in the source material (ex original quality differences, times re-encoded, encoded with what, etc)... how can you draw a conclusion about the population from that? Find me a definitive study from a random sample with all of the confounding variables controlled; then we'll talk. Doing a living-room test with friends has no statistical significance-- the results mean nothing.
For example, while re-encoding my library, I did an informal ABX test with my friends that wasn't double blind and guess what; they all said that the lossless sounded better, and I agree. This was on lower end audio equipment (DAC 707 + Klipsch Promedia 2.1). Does it mean anything statistically? No. Much like you I have no true statistical evidence to base my opinions on, only anecdotal and/or flawed studies. My evidence and experience suggests the opposite of yours, so who is right? Technically no one, however if we were to bank on anecdotal evidence alone then probably myself.
Unless you have concrete proof that applies to the population its he said she said, with me saying that I CAN hear the difference on non-audiophile grade equipment.
What do you mean timing. The add new content to the iTunes on Tuesdays. Today is Tuesday.
Adding Beatle content the week before a big travel holiday....
If that's not good timing, I don't know what is.
As far as Apple product roadmap. There is no mystery there. IO products (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Apple TV) and iPods are all up to date. Laptops, iMacs and Mac Pros, all up to date.
Next version of IO due out in November. There won't be a big announcement for it.
Next iMac due out in January.
Next iPad due in March.
OS X 10.7 due in Summer 2011.
Next iPhone June/July 2011.
Need I go on.
I wouldn't be surprised to see an App store for Apple TV before the new year, but that's about it.
Is that all?
Shut down your home page for a Beatles announcement? That's it?
I'm switching to Windows 7 because it was my idea.
Shut down your home page for a Beatles announcement? That's it?
I'm switching to Windows 7 because it was my idea.
Aww what? I thought they were going to do something great like cloud iTunes. This ain't going to change my life forever. OVERKILL!!!