Comments on: iPod Touch, Part IV: Apple Screws Linux Users Again http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2008/08/15/ipod-touch-part-iv-apple-screws-linux-users-again/ Miscellaneous ramblings on miscellaneous topics Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:51:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ploni Almoni http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2008/08/15/ipod-touch-part-iv-apple-screws-linux-users-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1897 Ploni Almoni Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:54:04 +0000 http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/?p=637#comment-1897 <p>No, that's "In-Spamity-Claus"</p> No, that’s “In-Spamity-Claus”

]]> By: Head Geek http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2008/08/15/ipod-touch-part-iv-apple-screws-linux-users-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1889 Head Geek Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:53:27 +0000 http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/?p=637#comment-1889 <p>I wonder if I could get Spam Karma 2 to eat bad puns as well?</p> I wonder if I could get Spam Karma 2 to eat bad puns as well?

]]> By: Ploni Almoni http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2008/08/15/ipod-touch-part-iv-apple-screws-linux-users-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1884 Ploni Almoni Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:02:44 +0000 http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/?p=637#comment-1884 <p>I don't like a contractual clause, I prefer an insanity clause. Speaking of which, In-Sanity Claus is something similar, he's the guy who brings people presents, but only if they make bad puns.</p> I don’t like a contractual clause, I prefer an insanity clause. Speaking of which, In-Sanity Claus is something similar, he’s the guy who brings people presents, but only if they make bad puns.

]]> By: Head Geek http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2008/08/15/ipod-touch-part-iv-apple-screws-linux-users-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1879 Head Geek Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:59:19 +0000 http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/?p=637#comment-1879 <p>Hm... yes, it might be required by some contractual clause. That's about the only thing that makes any amount of sense, so far.</p> Hm… yes, it might be required by some contractual clause. That’s about the only thing that makes any amount of sense, so far.

]]> By: Ploni Almoni http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/2008/08/15/ipod-touch-part-iv-apple-screws-linux-users-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1877 Ploni Almoni Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:02:35 +0000 http://geekblog.oakcircle.com/?p=637#comment-1877 <p>Not only that, iTunes in Windows is a pig and an app that doesn't fit well interface-wise really to the operating system. (It's only slightly better in OS X, though I think QuicktimeX in Snow Leopard will improve it. (Quicktime optimized because of the iPhone/iTouch, on a Mac and maybe PC, ftw! Finally minus the legacy cruft and with codecs that perform well.)) I can see why you want to avoid it, not even counting wanting to be in Linux. </p> <p>I can't figure out why they change the hash either, Apple must have some <em>real</em> control-freak policies. I'm sure they know most people are simply going to load MP3s on it anyway. Maybe the RIAA is putting them up to it, it wouldn't be the first time.</p> Not only that, iTunes in Windows is a pig and an app that doesn’t fit well interface-wise really to the operating system. (It’s only slightly better in OS X, though I think QuicktimeX in Snow Leopard will improve it. (Quicktime optimized because of the iPhone/iTouch, on a Mac and maybe PC, ftw! Finally minus the legacy cruft and with codecs that perform well.)) I can see why you want to avoid it, not even counting wanting to be in Linux.

I can’t figure out why they change the hash either, Apple must have some real control-freak policies. I’m sure they know most people are simply going to load MP3s on it anyway. Maybe the RIAA is putting them up to it, it wouldn’t be the first time.

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