Comments on: Waaaaaah! http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/ Full of sound and furry Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:20:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter G. http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2031 Peter G. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:31:44 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2031 You missed that the idiot refers to "128-bit" files when he means 128 kbits/sec. If you're gonna Fisk someone, Fisk for the gusto! . png You missed that the idiot refers to “128-bit” files when he means 128 kbits/sec. If you’re gonna Fisk someone, Fisk for the gusto!

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]]> By: huxley http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2030 huxley Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:24:36 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2030 This pony is TOO big and shiny, in fact, its bigness fools you into thinking that you are getting shininess for free when they are charging you 30 cents for a shiny pony that was always rightfully yours!!!! Heck, I could get an even cheaper used draft horse that is just as shiny and four times bigger! PS I am not a kook This pony is TOO big and shiny, in fact, its bigness fools you into thinking that you are getting shininess for free when they are charging you 30 cents for a shiny pony that was always rightfully yours!!!! Heck, I could get an even cheaper used draft horse that is just as shiny and four times bigger!

PS I am not a kook

]]> By: CmdNotCtrl » Blog Archive » Reaction To That Apple-EMI Deal http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2029 CmdNotCtrl » Blog Archive » Reaction To That Apple-EMI Deal Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:47:11 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2029 [...] Ryan Block in Engadget wrote a long whinge on the subject, stating that it didn’t go far enough. Suffering Jesus, it’s a start, isn’t it? Hopefully, it will lead to greater things and the rest of the Big Four will follow suit, consigning DRM in music to history. I won’t go through the whole article, but The Macalope’s filleting of it is worth a read, particularly this quote: [From Ryan Block] So why not make 99-cent 128-bit AAC tracks DRM free as well? [...] [...] Ryan Block in Engadget wrote a long whinge on the subject, stating that it didn’t go far enough. Suffering Jesus, it’s a start, isn’t it? Hopefully, it will lead to greater things and the rest of the Big Four will follow suit, consigning DRM in music to history. I won’t go through the whole article, but The Macalope’s filleting of it is worth a read, particularly this quote: [From Ryan Block] So why not make 99-cent 128-bit AAC tracks DRM free as well? [...]

]]> By: Tales of Being TJ » Blog Archive » Let Me http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2028 Tales of Being TJ » Blog Archive » Let Me Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:53:12 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2028 [...] This is the PR version of “These are not the droids you’re looking for” but some apparently agree with Steve’s assessment: The Macalope has said this time and time again. He does not agree with disconnect between music and video, but they are treated differently because the industry managed to get their hooks in the DVD specs. The landscape is totally different and you simply cannot argue both at the same time. Well, you can try, but you’re only going to waste your time and look like a jackass in the process. (Macalope.com [...] [...] This is the PR version of “These are not the droids you’re looking for” but some apparently agree with Steve’s assessment: The Macalope has said this time and time again. He does not agree with disconnect between music and video, but they are treated differently because the industry managed to get their hooks in the DVD specs. The landscape is totally different and you simply cannot argue both at the same time. Well, you can try, but you’re only going to waste your time and look like a jackass in the process. (Macalope.com [...]

]]> By: this cracked me up http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2027 this cracked me up Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:15:14 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2027 [...] The Macalope » Blog Archive » Waaaaaah! Why not give Ryan Block a pony?! Because he’d only bitch that he wanted a bigger, shinier pony. [...] [...] The Macalope » Blog Archive » Waaaaaah! Why not give Ryan Block a pony?! Because he’d only bitch that he wanted a bigger, shinier pony. [...]

]]> By: MrMikey http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2026 MrMikey Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:23:56 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2026 If memory serves, when Pixar bought Disney and all the stories about it came out, I remember the figure of 7% as the percentage of Disney stock that The Steve owns. The largest single shareholder, in this case, is by no means a majority shareholder. If memory serves, when Pixar bought Disney and all the stories about it came out, I remember the figure of 7% as the percentage of Disney stock that The Steve owns. The largest single shareholder, in this case, is by no means a majority shareholder.

]]> By: Scopi http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2025 Scopi Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:17:17 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2025 It is funny how certain people seem to think Steve Jobs is in control of Disney now. He's one the board. He's not even CEO or Chairman. Being the largest stockholder makes his equal vote on the board a little more equal from a purely psychological point of view, but he isn't the boss of them. Yet. It is funny how certain people seem to think Steve Jobs is in control of Disney now. He’s one the board. He’s not even CEO or Chairman. Being the largest stockholder makes his equal vote on the board a little more equal from a purely psychological point of view, but he isn’t the boss of them.

Yet.

]]> By: bab http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2024 bab Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:29:43 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2024 @Dave-- "According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange commission, Mr. Jobs traded in 60 million shares of Pixar for 138 million shares Disney, making him the entertainment conglomerates largest shareholder with 6.3 percent of Disney's outstanding stock. --from AppleInsider 5/9/06 @Dave–
“According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange commission, Mr. Jobs traded in 60 million shares of Pixar for 138 million shares Disney, making him the entertainment conglomerates largest shareholder with 6.3 percent of Disney’s outstanding stock.

–from AppleInsider 5/9/06

]]> By: Toyneedle http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2023 Toyneedle Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:07:08 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2023 My iTunes Purchased playlist has over 2000 tracks, so--perhaps needless to say--I'm rather an iTunes Store junky. It never occurs to me to consider the price of my download purchases. Heck, I just click and buy. Why not? The store is right on my desktop! (Similarly, I don't shop around for the lowest CD price either; who has time for an obsession like that?) I won't even notice the price increase when I start downloading all them yummy DRM-Free 256k tracks. Looks like I'll also have to increase my daughter's iTunes allowance. Big whoop. Life would be so much more pleasant without the shills. But I guess it's the only way unscrupulous writers can make a buck. My iTunes Purchased playlist has over 2000 tracks, so–perhaps needless to say–I’m rather an iTunes Store junky. It never occurs to me to consider the price of my download purchases. Heck, I just click and buy. Why not? The store is right on my desktop! (Similarly, I don’t shop around for the lowest CD price either; who has time for an obsession like that?) I won’t even notice the price increase when I start downloading all them yummy DRM-Free 256k tracks. Looks like I’ll also have to increase my daughter’s iTunes allowance. Big whoop.

Life would be so much more pleasant without the shills. But I guess it’s the only way unscrupulous writers can make a buck.

]]> By: dave http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2022 dave Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:18:15 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/2007/04/03/waaaaaah/#comment-2022 Could someone do the research and find out what percentage of Disney Jobs actually owns? I'm sick of all this 'largest shareholder' nonsense, as if owning 10% of a company lets you dictate to the 16 people who each own 5% Could someone do the research and find out what percentage of Disney Jobs actually owns? I’m sick of all this ‘largest shareholder’ nonsense, as if owning 10% of a company lets you dictate to the 16 people who each own 5%

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