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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 ba…

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…

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 wi…

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 t…

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, advan…

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 yo…

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-sighte…

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. R…