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Monday, September 18, 2006
![[Item Permalink]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/images/ur_bullet.gif){kind=small} Buying music or not? -- Comment()
Most iPod users don't pay for music, says research: "More than 80% of iPod owners do not pay for digital music, according to research." [Guardian Unlimited] Rather pointedly titled article, but there is some truth in the matter. Actually, the point seems to be that iPod users are reading existing CDs into AAC or mp3 format to be used on iPods. There is nothing wrong with this. I have almost 400 CDs worth of music on my iPod (20 GB version). Of those tracks about one tenth were bought from the iTunes store. The rest I read from CDs. In fact, I hardly listen to CDs any more. Although I still buy CDs (when they are cheaper the iTunes Store or not available there), I read them right away to the iPod. Lst weeked I converted the tracks which were in mp3 format to AAC format to conserve disk space. About 7 GB worth of music got converted, which resulted in savings of about 2 GB. So now I can fit more music to the iPod, as there is free space for about 50 albums or so.
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The end of medicine -- Comment()
My column on the future of medicine appeared today (in Finnish, Kuka tarvitsee lääkäriä?). Why health care costs more all the time, and the results don't improve much? The column was inspired by the book The End of Medicine: How Silicon Valley (and Naked Mice) Will Reboot Your Doctor by Andy Kessler. A provocative book with interesting analysis of how healthcare could develop dramatically.
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