"We won't know until the NDA is replaced, I guess. The statement is so vague that it could mean anything. I have to believe they've given in to at least some of our demands, but we just won't know until the full text is released." - Luke Hatcher
It scrobbles what you're playing from the last.fm app but not from the iPod because it can't run as a background app. - Mike Doeff
Thanks Mike. That is what I figured. Mobile Scrobbler on the jailbroken iPhone FTW! - Darrell Bell
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its great. only two things are needed - background playback and iPod scrobbling. but its a good start. - Jamie
too bad about the US only thing...The Norwegian app store hasn't been updated since launch, and there seems to be many apps missing... - Kenneth Sundby
I'll be standing at line outside the Rogers because according to my friend who works there, they'll only receive eight 16GB Iphone 3G's and the rest will be 8GB....weird. - Jeremy
I agree with you Leo, that;s just wrong. Even Microsoft wouldn't do that. - Tony C. Hall
Wow, if that's right, then that's really wrong. - will killian
Tiger is a little harsh... But as a general rule, how far should they go back? OS9? Win 3.1? A little extreme I know but I know at least 3 people with iPods who still run legacy OS. - Johnny Worthington
That's ridiculous. I highly doubt it has anything to do with compatibility with the software. Sound more like a Microsoft move. - Matt K.
That sounds like an "Apple expert" who just wanted the problem to go away. - Stuart Forsyth
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Requires 10.4.9 or later. Even though Tiger runs iTunes 7 just fine. There is absolutely no excuse for this. - Leo Laporte
That's about the dumbest thing ever. When did Apple become like Microsoft? - Margaret Kerr
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I'm not so sure Leo. The tech spec pages all indicate iPods work with the latest update of 10.4. Might want to check up on this. - Luke Hatcher
Capitialism is a bitch. Apple is in the business to make money and that is their bottom line. I don't see them rolling out an iPhone or iPod with removable storage (which wouldn't allow such large costs of upgrades to their customers). How easily we forget these companies are not nonprofit. - rykos
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"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind." - MG Siegler
10.4.9 is Tiger, isn't it? So no need to buy Leopard. - Luke Hatcher
If your neighbor was told this it was by an ignorant "genius" because it is completely untrue. - aka Taylor
yes, it is a tad outrageous; however, it does ensure the stability of the software...one of the many pitfalls of microsoft: supporting legacy software. - steve
That is just horrible! And to think that Apple had a heart! - Michael Forian
having just purchased my first Mac, a MacBook Pro...go for it! - Ryan
I use a mac, but I would NEVER ever accuse Apple of having a heart - Deepak
Sorry - I misspoke - she has Panther! - Leo Laporte
Just one of the reasons that I don't like Apple as a company. - xero
Absolutely - what is the technical reason it won't work with Panther? Panther runs iTunes 7 just fine. Is there some feature of 10.4-10.5 that the iPod requires? - Leo Laporte
I'll bet it's a DRM issue. Something in fairplay requires a certain version level. - Adam Turetzky
Is Quicktime still updated for Panther? On the other hand, I don't really see the greed there. It's not like Microsoft is still pushing Win2k or Win Meh ;-) - Horst Gutmann
Same problem with down rev version of Windows. Bought a new iPod Nano 3G when they came out last year. Would not work on one of my old PC's running Win2K as Apple stopped supporting iTunes for the old MS OS. Had to use a WinXP machine to talk to the Nano. - Jeff P. Henderson
I think Apple are getting a little too big for there boots. This is utter greed and just makes no sense. I hope they don't become like Microsoft. - Michael McGimpsey
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And why is this a surprise? If you are going to buy Apple products, you know damn well that you're entering a vertical market... - Jonathan Beckett
yeah well, as the man said: it's a closed system. a bit like in the early days of industrialisation, when the owner of the factory also happened to own the only shop around.... so once you get in, there's no getting out. - Günther Mulder
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@bradfidler this is what people refer to when they say we have a systemic problem in america. it is ego, covers greed and power - Gregory Lent
Have your friend get a Windows PC. That'll run the iPod. Hehe - Adam Hechler
That's how Apple gets it money: screwing the consumer - Outsanity
That is Pathetic....Apple is starting to act like Microsoft - Matt Rider
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My 3g ipod works well with leopard, a shame that they are pulling those strings. - Terry M. Powell
This is also a problem...I can't stop checking sometimes :) - Justin Korn
@Justin LOL. Imagine what will happen when 6 billion people are all connected! Much better than 3 channels of TV... - Mitchell Tsai
@Mitchell - Just following Scoble keeps me busy enough with all of his friends. I'm only subscribed to 18 people so far. I can't even imagine what will happen as that grows. - Justin Korn
@Justin That's my problem too. I sit down at 9PM and suddenly it's 1AM. - Kevin Shannon
Try unsubscribing to Robert Scoble, and reading him directly on his page & his discussion page. RAPatton is one of the heaviest users here, and he only subscribes to 22 people http://friendfeed.com/pattonro... RAPatton's discussion http://friendfeed.com/pattonro... Some people post nothing on their feed, and do all their interacting in the Discussion area with comments/likes. Other people comment/like almost nothing, and just post stuff. - Mitchell Tsai
I have a FF question: My bookmarklet doesn't have the 'post image' option. Is it only compatible with FF3? - Mona N.
I subscribe to 388 people, but only a small faction post anything other than there tweets. - Russellreno
I would never subscribe to that Scoble guy. :-) - Robert Scoble
@Russellreno - that sounds boring (no offense to you or your subscriptions). Thing is, as more non-techies get on here, that's mostly what they will do as well. I'm very interested to see how FF grows beyond Techie Ville (if it does). - Justin Korn
@Robert - maybe you just convinced me to unsubscribe from him :-) - Justin Korn
Justin - No offense taken. Unsubscribe to every one but me and you will find a very vibrant non techie community. Better yet, subscribe only to edythe. Follow her for a week, subscribing to her non-techie friends and you will discover there is life beyond Techieville. - Russellreno
@Mona N What are you running - PC or Mac? I'm on Safari. If you hover over a picture, a "share picture" option should appear. - Mitchell Tsai
@Mitch. HOVER DUH.. see? my circle is ALL sorts of wrong HA - Mona N.
@Mona The fact that "anyone" has trouble finding a feature means that the User Interface could be better. A lot of people like Flickr, but it's taken me 2 weeks to find 2 basic features - "show larger picture" and "connect with personX". On Google Picasa, I had no trouble. - Mitchell Tsai
Russellreno: Wow 388 people! I'm subscribed to 40 and it's plenty to be able to have constantly updated content. - Eric Florenzano
But it irritates me that I didn't figure it out... FF bookmarklet =/= all other bookmarklets... think outside the box (bookmarklet?), Mona - Mona N.
Flickr's "Show All Sizes" sits right above the picture, but I didn't see it for 2 weeks. I hope you aren't feeling too badly. :-( As I tell my non-tech friends, I only appear to know a few things because I've made millions of mistakes already. - Mitchell Tsai
Jason: That's cool! I hadn't heard of Leechblock before, but it's a brilliant idea. - Eric Florenzano
"Jython has its place though. I use it in OS X when dealing with ODBC in python. JDBC drivers are fairly common, whereas ODBC drivers and python interfaces to ODBC are quite expensive." - Luke Hatcher
"Jython has its place though. I use it in OS X when dealing with ODBC in python. JDBC drivers are fairly common, whereas ODBC drivers and python interfaces to ODBC are quite expensive." - Luke Hatcher
"Jython has its place though. I use it in OS X when dealing with ODBC in python. JDBC drivers are fairly common, whereas ODBC drivers and python interfaces to ODBC are quite expensive." - Luke Hatcher
"Jython has its place though. I use it in OS X when dealing with ODBC in python. JDBC drivers are fairly common, whereas ODBC drivers and python interfaces to ODBC are quite expensive." - Luke Hatcher
"My thoughts exactly. This line of thinking would only apply to companies like Microsoft, who feel the need, for better or worse, to run everything on their in-house tech. Even so, acquisitions are usually made based on the talents and ideas of the team, not the inner workings of the product." - Luke Hatcher
"My thoughts exactly. This line of thinking would only apply to companies like Microsoft, who feel the need, for better or worse, to run everything on their in-house tech. Even so, acquisitions are usually made based on the talents and ideas of the team, not the inner workings of the product." - Luke Hatcher
"My thoughts exactly. This line of thinking would only apply to companies like Microsoft, who feel the need, for better or worse, to run everything on their in-house tech. Even so, acquisitions are usually made based on the talents and ideas of the team, not the inner workings of the product." - Luke Hatcher
"My thoughts exactly. This line of thinking would only apply to companies like Microsoft, who feel the need, for better or worse, to run everything on their in-house tech. Even so, acquisitions are usually made based on the talents and ideas of the team, not the inner workings of the product." - Luke Hatcher
"One of the more interesting things in this interview (to me) was the licensing discussion. It was news to me that putting something in the public domain doesn't really mean much to some countries/corporations. Also, good to hear some info on using SQLite in production. I've never understood the stigma that you can't run a smallish site with SQLite." - Luke Hatcher
