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i missed this because i was flying!?

Microsoft's Zune media player, due for retail release next week, will have the support of Vivendi Universal in an unusual contract form. For every $249 Zune player sold, Universal will get $1 (subscription required) to make up for the "unauthorized content" the company expects will make its way onto the device.

T'hell?

Look, regardless of how stupid this is,

a)how the heck did Universal strong arm this one?
b)How long before Sony/BMG, CBS, Disney, and the other hundreds of media companies start wanting their pound of flesh dollars?

You know, i was starting to think that the Zune was a bad idea, but reading something like this makes me realize that Oh My God, is the Zune a bad idea. Apparently others are thinking the same thing.

i always have the best of intentions whenever i fly.

i prepare stuff to work on, documents to read, languages to learn, but inevitably it's always the same.

i spend the first half hour flipping through Skymall (and yes, Skymall Theater will be coming up once i get back), and spend the rest of the trip either sleeping or staring blankly at anything, usually fighting a headache. We land, and i realize that everything i wanted to do, i didn't and i've wasted another four hours.

i hate flying.