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Burnt Coffee and Burnt CDs
senzafine writes "Cnet reports that HP and Starbucks are jointly working on Storefront Coffeeshops which will allow people to browse and listen to music from a digital library...and have selected songs burned to cd. Sounds really cool...wonder how long before Starbucks and HP get John Doe lawsuits in the mail. --- But does this seem like an idea that would work?"
...as saying "All your coffee are belong to us." during a raid of a local Starbucks while seizing 20 computers, 400lbs of coffee beans, and a 12 year old Indian girl with one leg.
Coffee - and coasters to put the mugs on, too! It just doesn't get better than that... :)
will they also label the CD-R as hot as they do with coffe cups in America?
Sure, they'll make big bucks with just Britney, Justin and Limp Bizkit available. Cause everyone knows people who drink coffee at Starbucks don't have taste.
HP can pay back the Canadian DND in songs and coffee. $160 million...now that is a lot of beans.
Either that or the military will fly a Sea King helicopter over their headquarters (Canadians will find that last bit funny).
Which is why it will work. Know your demographic. If you're silly enough to pay too much for bad coffee, you'll more than likely pay too much for bad music....
to charge my lowfat half-caf triple venti latte and a settecento CD (pronounced "chi dee") for $30.
It's a grande scheme to make CD pricing look reasonable.
I don't normally bother to correct people's spelling but I'm in a bad mood. Forgive me.
Am I in a minority of people now who know how to spell the word LOSE?
It's LOSE not LOOSE. LOOSE means slack and RHYMES WITH NOOSE as in rope to kill yourself with.
LOSE RHYMES WITH BOOZE.
LOOSER is what something is when it is made not quite so tight.
LOSER is probably the name people are now going to throw in my general direction. Screw my karma rating. Learn to fricking spell people, you're (that's "you're" with an apostrophe because it's ("it's" with an apostrophe because it's short for "it is") short for "you are" and not "your" because it belongs to you) supposed to be educated.
Hehe, at least you made me smile ;-)
I don't mind being corrected anyway - it annoys me no end when people can't use apostrophe's properly.
loser.
"Derp de derp."
Snippet from the article:
Those living near one of the closed Starbucks outlets have reported strange glowing mists, howling and/or cowering on the part of dogs that pass by, and electromagnetic effects that cause haunting, unearthly images to appear on TV and computer screens within a one-mile radius. Experts have few theories as to what may be causing the low-frequency rumblings, half-glimpsed flashes of light, and periodic electronic beeps emanating from the once-busy shops.
it annoys me no end when people can't use apostrophe's properly.
Oh, the irony , it burns!
I suggest you look at what Bob has to say about apostrophes.
At first I was doubtful that someone would be able to work a Linux comment into this discussion. Thank you for restoring my faith in the community.
I want it beamed straight to my iPod, or I'm not interseted.
There exists no way of exchanging information without making judgments. --Bene Gesserit Axiom
It's a lot like the gun and candy etc. that you see in the check out lines at grocery stores
Well, that's what you get for doing your grocery shopping at the WalMart near Charlton Heston's house ;-)
"If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for everyone else."
Muzak announces the "Muzak burner", coming to an elevator near you:
"Can't get enough of that cool version of 'One Note Samba' while riding your way to the 20th floor? Press the [Muzak-burn] button, swipe your credit card, and VOILA... your CD is ready by the time the doors open."
there's no place like ~
I would not like to loose out on a lossless original. If I don't have a lossless hard copy then I'll end up loosing files
Don't you mean a looseless hard copy?
Ironically, the word ironically is often used incorrectly.
I guess the Digital Revolution In Music we've been hearing about for so long is finally starting to arrive. What would kids who saw the birth of rock'n'roll make of it? In the 50s you had to physically travel to the record shop, listen to the latest releases in a booth, and buy them on little 7" plastic discs if you wanted to take them home. How things have changed! Nowadays you can just go down to Starbuck's, listen to the latest releases on your headphones, and buy them on little 5" plastic discs if you want to take them home. And for 3 quid you can buy a cup of coffee as well! Somebody grab my arm, the pace of social change is making me dizzy.