Tasunke's Random Ramblings

So, I went and saw the new Transformers movie yesterday. It was freaking SWEET! My exact quote when it finished was, “That was 50 shades of awesome dipped in awesome sauce!”
There was so much awesome that I was giddy the entire movie. The way they did the transformations of the robots, the seemingly chaotic way in which the parts shifted around as they transformed was great and The way they were represented in robot form seemed much more realistic and plausible than the straight-lined forms from the animated versions, which is what I’d expect from a live-action version, and greatly aided the suspension of disbelief.  (Spoilers follow the cut.)

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Just yesterday, Steve Jobs posted an article to Apple’s website entitled “Thoughts on Music” which addresses DRM and why it is currently necessary for the iTunes music store. That being that the big four music companies insisted on it being used and effective (meaning that Apple must patch any holes that show up in it), or they will pull their music libraries from the iTunes store. He also addresses the issue of it being kept proprietary, and why that is a necessity. My intent is to briefly explain some of the arguments presented in that article and give my own commentary on such. (more…)