Kinda the point of a wallet. It has several virtues that these new "mobile" wallets don't.
1. The things I have in the wallet are separable.
2. I can put non-digital information in it.
3. I can store untraceable currency in it.
4. It doesn't use batteries.
5. It is completely non-volatile.
6. It is completely secured from hacking.
7. I don't have to trust any third party with the contents of my wallet, ever.
8. The importance of 6 and 7 cannot be overstated.
and (9) my wages, earning, savings, etc... cannot be garnished at will by governing/crediting/banking parties as they see fit.
Mr. Anderson, we here at Microsoft would like to hire you. But, your purchasing history indicates you buy exclusively Apple products. We just don't see a place in the company for someone who supports the competition.
Bone-shattering force is still applied to victim/target. The shirt may become rigid, but something has to absorb the force applied. Kind of like an extreme concussion to the head i'm thinking... your skull is fine but your brain is mush. Bullets purpose still achieves goal, now just less mess.
My future plan is to avoid the power grid and use solar to power items around the house that don't need the grid. Say an AC window unit that could run during the day on solar to supplement my central AC unit, etc... Stuff like this can be achieved as a DIY project.
By temperament and voter registration, I'm a Republican; however, I voted for (and hope for) an Obama win because the path the government has taken over the last 7-8 years has saddened and disgusted me. I'm glad he won. Sadly, the only way to reverse the path the government has taken the last 7-8 years is to somehow go back and erase 9/11. The economy artificially ran smoothly after the hit for so long. It had to eventually stumble. Now that we have Obama (D), the economy can crumble until it hits Carter period lows. Give him another year and it will be there.
I think you missed my point. There were excellent groups throughout the 90's. There are excellent groups today and there will be tomorrow.
I'm directly talking about the RIAA group of crap. The stuff you immediately hear when you turn on your radio** going to/coming from work, etc... You hear one good song and an hour later you have heard the same song at least four times. I remember a time (not all that long ago) when the stuff you heard on the radio was just a teaser to the really good stuff on an album/CD. It made you want to give the CD a try and when you heard the CD, you definitely wanted to go to the concert. The reverse is true at present... you hear a song on the radio, and it is basically the only song on the album/CD and the rest is complete crap/filler.
One hears a song 3-4 times an hour on the radio for a couple days and having been burned many times before actually buying the CD, opt out completely from the cycle... A) you aviod buying the CD and move on, B) you pirate a copy on the outside chance some of it may be good, C)you listen to other samples (at your favorite online music store)and just buy the songs that sound like they might be worth it. From the article, most folks seem to at least be taking option C, keeping the RIAA afloat for now. I choose D) checking out the local and internet scene for new, independent music... supporting them (the actual artist) where I can, etc...
radio side note: my 1-hour daily commute is entertained by CD music mostly and some talk radio. I do have a radio playing in the lab at work (hence my comments on hearing the same songs 4-times an hour)
"The industry should have been the first out the gate with mp3's, giving the customers what they wanted and not what the record industry wanted to sell them."
What the industry should have done in the first place is provide music customers actually wanted to buy. I have continued to buy CDs over the years, just not RIAA crap. (How many CD's did you buy in the late 90's that was complete crap besides the one song they played on the radio 3-times an hour?)
I buy non-DRM independent label stuff from the "local" artist scene around the U.S. and World. I can listen to their stuff live or on the net, heck sometimes even download the entire album... If it is good, I'll buy the actual CD quality hardcopy. Or at least support them by grabbing a t-shirt or other item off their site, etc...
How long before the RIAA want's a piece of the bailout too? (had to stick that in there. )
i was thinking just the same thing. Grandma wants to check email... $1 a month, not the standard $20-30. The proposed business model does not make sense.
Is the UK government and authorities completely without morales? Or are they this > close to being destroyed by some threat? Or are they incompetent? Or all of the above?
spot on. mod points... mod points.
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Sony has not been able to convince people that their DVD players are "broken" (obsolete, etc...)
This falls into the same category as satellite radio -- XM/Sirius have not been able to convince radio listeners their radio is "broken" and needs replacement, upgrade, etc...
Both are just novelties and will never go beyond just that, a new toy.
DVDs/CDs fixed something that was "broken" stretched/worn-out/broken media tape. Ah the hiss of a worn-out cassette, and remember the cassette that you tried to play that sat in a 120f vehicle all day --- strrreeetch! Or the one you tried to play before the interior of your car warmed-up in the midst of winter --- snnnaaapp! etc... DVDs/CDs "fixed" these problems, not to mention quality... folks said, "I have to get one of these!"
With Blue-Ray... folks think it is "neat", but are perfectly content with their current digital media and they still remember how bad those analog tapes were in comparison. And in the case of satallite radio the feeling is mutual, "my favorite radio station still comes in loud-and-clear... why should I pay for something that is free?"
[apologies in advance for the satellite radio tangent, but it is somewhat relevant]
An email sent to say 20 folks in the morning... half hit "reply" and the other half hit "reply all". By the afternoon my inbox is filled with all types of conversation, etc... on the topic. I then spend/waste my time trying to get everyone back on the same "page". More time is wasted following emails all over the place than actually working on the topic the email originally addressed.
Everyone I've spoken to agrees with the frustrations and wasted time, but nothing is done to correct it because one or two big-wigs think that that is the best way for them to be kept informed of what is going on. (?)
My only solution thus far is to call actual person-to-person meetings, make actual office visits, etc... This is increasingly becoming more efficient as To/CC box address lists become even larger. Maybe I should just send all my emails as "global".:)
Ever seen what a Grill Guard on a pickup does to a lonely shopping cart (especially a red plastic Target one) at three in the morning in a vacant parking lot at about 90-mph? hehehe (evil grin).
I thought Self-Checkout lanes were ridiculous... now this. The grocery store I mostly shop at has I think six Self-Checkout lanes. Very few folks use them. The "traffic monitors" are always trying to urge folks to go there, as there is no line.
I might try one if I got a discount for it (passing the savings along to customers for not having staff, etc...), but what is the point as there is no discount or incentive?
I'm a bit old fashioned I guess I want to be taken care of as a customer and fully use the services the store is providing for my convenience, not theirs!
Yes indeed. a fellow complained about it at work today. The control of the lizard is like a drunk uncle or more likely perhaps to turn the poor chap into a drunk uncle. Frustrating as hell he said trying to steer the dang thing.
He said the graphics were great but reminded him more of a bunch of cut-scenes put together to make you think you were playing. I mentioned the old game Dragon's Lair, and he said, "Yes, exactly like that".
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Kinda the point of a wallet. It has several virtues that these new "mobile" wallets don't.
1. The things I have in the wallet are separable. 2. I can put non-digital information in it. 3. I can store untraceable currency in it. 4. It doesn't use batteries. 5. It is completely non-volatile. 6. It is completely secured from hacking. 7. I don't have to trust any third party with the contents of my wallet, ever. 8. The importance of 6 and 7 cannot be overstated.
and (9) my wages, earning, savings, etc... cannot be garnished at will by governing/crediting/banking parties as they see fit.
Mr. Anderson, we here at Microsoft would like to hire you. But, your purchasing history indicates you buy exclusively Apple products. We just don't see a place in the company for someone who supports the competition.
wonder what the surcharge charge/penalty fee is for overriding the setting?
Bone-shattering force is still applied to victim/target. The shirt may become rigid, but something has to absorb the force applied. Kind of like an extreme concussion to the head i'm thinking... your skull is fine but your brain is mush. Bullets purpose still achieves goal, now just less mess.
Except when your wife keeps wondering why your computer gets nothing but porn ads whenever she borrows it!
My future plan is to avoid the power grid and use solar to power items around the house that don't need the grid. Say an AC window unit that could run during the day on solar to supplement my central AC unit, etc... Stuff like this can be achieved as a DIY project.
By temperament and voter registration, I'm a Republican; however, I voted for (and hope for) an Obama win because the path the government has taken over the last 7-8 years has saddened and disgusted me. I'm glad he won.
Sadly, the only way to reverse the path the government has taken the last 7-8 years is to somehow go back and erase 9/11. The economy artificially ran smoothly after the hit for so long. It had to eventually stumble. Now that we have Obama (D), the economy can crumble until it hits Carter period lows. Give him another year and it will be there.
I think you missed my point. There were excellent groups throughout the 90's. There are excellent groups today and there will be tomorrow.
I'm directly talking about the RIAA group of crap. The stuff you immediately hear when you turn on your radio** going to/coming from work, etc... You hear one good song and an hour later you have heard the same song at least four times. I remember a time (not all that long ago) when the stuff you heard on the radio was just a teaser to the really good stuff on an album/CD. It made you want to give the CD a try and when you heard the CD, you definitely wanted to go to the concert. The reverse is true at present... you hear a song on the radio, and it is basically the only song on the album/CD and the rest is complete crap/filler.
One hears a song 3-4 times an hour on the radio for a couple days and having been burned many times before actually buying the CD, opt out completely from the cycle... A) you aviod buying the CD and move on, B) you pirate a copy on the outside chance some of it may be good, C)you listen to other samples (at your favorite online music store)and just buy the songs that sound like they might be worth it. From the article, most folks seem to at least be taking option C, keeping the RIAA afloat for now. I choose D) checking out the local and internet scene for new, independent music... supporting them (the actual artist) where I can, etc...
radio side note: my 1-hour daily commute is entertained by CD music mostly and some talk radio. I do have a radio playing in the lab at work (hence my comments on hearing the same songs 4-times an hour)
"The industry should have been the first out the gate with mp3's, giving the customers what they wanted and not what the record industry wanted to sell them."
What the industry should have done in the first place is provide music customers actually wanted to buy. I have continued to buy CDs over the years, just not RIAA crap. (How many CD's did you buy in the late 90's that was complete crap besides the one song they played on the radio 3-times an hour?)
I buy non-DRM independent label stuff from the "local" artist scene around the U.S. and World. I can listen to their stuff live or on the net, heck sometimes even download the entire album... If it is good, I'll buy the actual CD quality hardcopy. Or at least support them by grabbing a t-shirt or other item off their site, etc...
How long before the RIAA want's a piece of the bailout too? (had to stick that in there. )
i was thinking just the same thing. Grandma wants to check email ... $1 a month, not the standard $20-30. The proposed business model does not make sense.
kind of like actions against guns...
Is the UK government and authorities completely without morales? Or are they this > close to being destroyed by some threat? Or are they incompetent? Or all of the above?
spot on. mod points... mod points.
Sony has not been able to convince people that their DVD players are "broken" (obsolete, etc...)
This falls into the same category as satellite radio -- XM/Sirius have not been able to convince radio listeners their radio is "broken" and needs replacement, upgrade, etc...
Both are just novelties and will never go beyond just that, a new toy. DVDs/CDs fixed something that was "broken" stretched/worn-out/broken media tape. Ah the hiss of a worn-out cassette, and remember the cassette that you tried to play that sat in a 120f vehicle all day --- strrreeetch! Or the one you tried to play before the interior of your car warmed-up in the midst of winter --- snnnaaapp! etc... DVDs/CDs "fixed" these problems, not to mention quality... folks said, "I have to get one of these!"
With Blue-Ray... folks think it is "neat", but are perfectly content with their current digital media and they still remember how bad those analog tapes were in comparison. And in the case of satallite radio the feeling is mutual, "my favorite radio station still comes in loud-and-clear... why should I pay for something that is free?"
[apologies in advance for the satellite radio tangent, but it is somewhat relevant]
picturing a 10-lb log of ground beef found at the grocery store... his stomach has got some serious room.
well said!
These guys rock! Free life-time license, etc... Small footprint and easy to use. http://www.comodo.com/
a meteorite that landed in Australia...
landed you say? fascinating indeed.
An email sent to say 20 folks in the morning... half hit "reply" and the other half hit "reply all". By the afternoon my inbox is filled with all types of conversation, etc... on the topic. I then spend/waste my time trying to get everyone back on the same "page". More time is wasted following emails all over the place than actually working on the topic the email originally addressed. Everyone I've spoken to agrees with the frustrations and wasted time, but nothing is done to correct it because one or two big-wigs think that that is the best way for them to be kept informed of what is going on. (?) My only solution thus far is to call actual person-to-person meetings, make actual office visits, etc... This is increasingly becoming more efficient as To/CC box address lists become even larger. Maybe I should just send all my emails as "global". :)
Ever seen what a Grill Guard on a pickup does to a lonely shopping cart (especially a red plastic Target one) at three in the morning in a vacant parking lot at about 90-mph? hehehe (evil grin).
I wish I had mod points to mod you up. :)
I thought Self-Checkout lanes were ridiculous... now this. The grocery store I mostly shop at has I think six Self-Checkout lanes. Very few folks use them. The "traffic monitors" are always trying to urge folks to go there, as there is no line. I might try one if I got a discount for it (passing the savings along to customers for not having staff, etc...), but what is the point as there is no discount or incentive? I'm a bit old fashioned I guess I want to be taken care of as a customer and fully use the services the store is providing for my convenience, not theirs!
Confucius says.....
"man with one watch always know exactly what time it is....man with two watches never quite sure."
The Answer is 42.
Agree 100%. Dx9 appears to be more realistic, Dx10 is very "cartoonish" looking.
Yes indeed. a fellow complained about it at work today. The control of the lizard is like a drunk uncle or more likely perhaps to turn the poor chap into a drunk uncle. Frustrating as hell he said trying to steer the dang thing. He said the graphics were great but reminded him more of a bunch of cut-scenes put together to make you think you were playing. I mentioned the old game Dragon's Lair, and he said, "Yes, exactly like that".