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Could you give me a source on this, please?

While this is already 2 weeks old[1], being german this still drives me nuts. It's not only their refusal to explain why exactly they feel the need to increase these charges, it's their complete ignorance as to the actual use of these storage mediums. I really hope that Bitkom finds a way to fight back.

But the real Problem here is (as almost always when it comes to digital rights) the GEMA. They are the reason why Youtube is almost not usable in Germany (unless you are using some sort of proxying), and that's just the tip of the iceberg as far as I am concerned. Being a former musician myself, I can guarantee that any dealing with the GEMA is nothing short of a PITA. Not only for musicians, but for event managers, shop owners and so on. Their fees are ridiculously high and getting worse each year while their payout to musicians is nothing short of a joke.

Their methods resolve to scaremongering and FUD. They are right up there with the german GEZ, but don't even get me started on those guys.

[1] http://www.heise.de/resale/meldung/ZPUe-erhoeht-Abgaben-auf-... [GERMAN]

Oh, right, you got me, I totally didn't remember that, only the fact, that it was really small and I dug the fact that he put it inside the header.

how about 45 bytes...

http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/teensy.htm...

Maybe they use the location information to improve their service (i'm really just imagining here). You hear a song somewhere, a club, a bus, wherever and Soundhound is able to identify it. Somebody near you hears the same sound, but Soundhound can't identify it, maybe it is to noisy, the sound to low, for whatever reason they can't tell you what song it is, but they have the good recognition from somebody close to you, so they might be able to narrow it down... Again, just hypothetical, that's just what i would do from an engineer's perspective, i'm almost sure, they are not doing anything fancy like this.

His visualization reminds me A LOT about gapminder (http://www.gapminder.org/world/), if anyone wants to play with this kind of data with this kind of visualization.

entertainment aside, i just really wonder, what comes next, as i am afraid there will be only one true loser, us, the user.

well, this is not really a solution to his problem, but instead intended as an informational bit. i am actually using a dvorak(-programmers) layout. then the Q and W keys are quite far apart, with the Q key right above the left ⌘ key, and W right above the right ⌘ key, a really handy addition to an (already) awesome layout.

Isn't it rather: Do it REPEATEDLY. KEEP doing it, even if you're bad at first. LEARN TO LOVE doing it. Do it GREAT.

So yeah, i have to admit, in the end it all boils down to: Do it.

Apple should have said: "Since AT&T has such a crappy reception in most places, we now give you the illusion of having an improved connection!" instead of "We are also making bars 1, 2 and 3 a bit taller so they will be easier to see."

downloadable...completely free???

----> This video is not available in your country.

COME ON, i thought they were over this kind if stuff after splitting from EMI a couple of month ago (must have been US only, don't know their deal in europe)

so here we go again...

PS: luckily there are other sites out there, funny video though, i wonder how much they paid that goose in the end scene...

just plain INTERESTING what a simple google search can tell you: www.cubeofm.com/todo/TodoListMaxKlein.pdf

PS: rather funny codename though

"They often spend more on launch advertising than on actual development-- for example, Modern Warfare 2 spent $50 million on development, and $150 million on launch advertising"

i wish it would have been the other way around...