Bad luck? Hardly. Anyone could see the writing on the wall, as far as 10 years ago! I have to question the judgment of anyone who would purchase such a ridiculous vehicle in the first place, regardless of the current gas prices.
Whatever man. If you think $200-$500 is a big pile of cash, you probably aren't in the market for an iPhone (or any decent phone, for that matter).
Funny that you mention meeting my needs, since the iPhone 1.0 does that and more. This is why this whole conversation about "early adopters" feeling stupid is really, well, stupid.
I'm not sure I understand your question, but do you mean which 50 bands in Austin are better than Radiohead? If that's the question, then I'd just say go out any Friday or Saturday night and pick a venue.
Only the cheapest/most desperate folks out there will pawn their current iPhone on eBay for a new one. The rest of us will just go buy a new iPhone and add it to the collection. Apple, Inc. wins.
And, if you have an iPhone 1.0, how stupid do feel now? Oh yeah, I feel SOOOO stupid for having used this very good phone for the past 10 months (and will continue to do so for another few years). Meanwhile, I'll be buying a new iPhone for my wife and maybe another for myself, and give my 12-year old son the old one.
Here's a hint. If you keep holding out for the next-great thing, you'll never have anything to show for your efforts.
No kidding. I have so many roll-over minutes, I don't think I'd ever use them in a lifetime. I guess if I had a 16 year-old daughter things would be different.
Actually, I support them in this move. I was just trying to point out that others have posted the overt lack of integrity by doing something they say they wouldn't do. In any case, as a musician myself, I'm glad they see the light and realize that making money as musicians is 99% public relations and 1% talent. There are probably 50 bands here in Austin, TX that are better than Radiohead that'll never get the breaks because they haven't done the self-promotion thing correctly.
on the other hand if I rip a cd and lose the physical disk I am screwed when it comes to proof of ownership. Ah yes, I've been asked to prove ownership of my music collection so many times in my life. Seriously, what?
Um so your basically saying that simply by selling their albums on iTunes they have no integrity...So cmon why must selling something be considered a lack of integrity? I think the "integrity" question comes about because Radiohead said they would NEVER sell their music on iTunes (or something to that effect) but now are doing so. Maybe "hypocrisy" is a better term for them?
Actually, no I'm not too late for albums. I prefer them to the sad sad "liner" notes that CDs generally offer (especially modern-day..mostly worthless PR pieces with modeling-agency quality photography...whoopdy doo!).
My gripe with CDs is that it is an outdated medium, yet we treat it like the holy-grail that it was in 1984. I've no problem with CD quality, as some of my LP-snooty friends do, just the poor quality and poor longevity of the medium on which they are sold. With iTunes tunes, I can make my own CDs, and when the scratch, break, become lost, stop playing for whatever reason, I just burn another one (even though I have to admit, I've had CD-burners on my computers standard for over 10 years now, but rarely actually burn anything.
I do like the concept of "displaying" the jewel case of the album I'm playing, but Apple's Front Row software hooked up to my 50" plasma has taken over that role.
I agree on the books. Another gripe of mine with CD jewel cases is that they really don't display much when stacked in a shelf. All the (mostly) broken and yellowed plastic just looks tacky. Mine actually sit in boxes now days anyways.
A half book shelf... I don't need a plastic cd case to know I own something either. I'm pretty sure you are a dying breed of people who prefer physical media, which is fine--just stop acting like it is so weird for anyone to actually download a song (or two thousand) when it appears most people prefer that now.
While your opinion is, well, your opinion, I'm sure there are thousands of us on here that will answer your question of "who buys files" with, "I do". I haven't bought a CD in probably 8 years or so, thanks to "files". Now lets just hope digital video moves in the same direction. I'm tired of devoting half a book shelf to stupid shiny discs.
My point is that Linux and/or MacOSX distros are less likely to go with the crapware marketing model that Microsoft thrives on because those like-minded groups of people tend to have different cultures than Microsoft. Some people/organizations/corporations actually have other goals other than the bottom-line.
It looks to me like a poor choice of phrasing by a politician trying, as politicians do, make as big a deal as possible out of something positive he legitimately did. I don't see that we disagree. So much so that you may have noticed that I said this:
He would have been better off saying, "I was a lead proponent on using the Internet to its fullest potential" or "I lead the charge in getting Government to use the Internet". But that's ok, pick and choose what you want to argue about, because from what I can tell, we really have no argument, as we've both come to the same conclusion. Al Gore never said "invented" (nor did I ever claim he did) and that his statement "I took the initiative in creating the Internet" is a political exaggeration. Full-stop. Period. That's it. Why am I an idiot again?
Hillary's "recollection" is most damning if you quote her exact words with as much context as possible. She clearly claimed to remember something that never happened, with plenty of false supporting detail. Again, I couldn't agree more, and that's the entire reason I added that line.
--The Idiot Stewbacca
I doubt they stop supporting PowerPC. This would make no sense, it is probably 90% of the actual running Mac OS X hardware. Not according to a post further up. He/she claims that Intel Macs now outnumber PowerPC Macs. I'm not sure who is right, but I'm not apt to believe your 90% figure either.
I have plenty of things that are older than three years old. I don't, however, expect them to be supported in any way/shape/form. Why should a computer be any different?
There have not been 5? 6? versions of OSX that required purchasing. I don't remember exactly but I think I paid for 10.0 to 10.1 ($20 because I was a beta tester), then once in the 10.1 to 10.4 range, now again with 10.5. Whoopty-friggin'-do!
If not apple should have a desktop mid-tower... I love this line of thinking. As if the current lineup of Macs is indicative of the previous 24 years of Macs.
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Bad luck? Hardly. Anyone could see the writing on the wall, as far as 10 years ago! I have to question the judgment of anyone who would purchase such a ridiculous vehicle in the first place, regardless of the current gas prices.
Less space than a Nomad?
Funny that you mention meeting my needs, since the iPhone 1.0 does that and more. This is why this whole conversation about "early adopters" feeling stupid is really, well, stupid.
I'm not sure I understand your question, but do you mean which 50 bands in Austin are better than Radiohead? If that's the question, then I'd just say go out any Friday or Saturday night and pick a venue.
I thought you had to activate it when you got it home, regardless. (If you wanted to use it as a phone, that is).
Only the cheapest/most desperate folks out there will pawn their current iPhone on eBay for a new one. The rest of us will just go buy a new iPhone and add it to the collection. Apple, Inc. wins.
Here's a hint. If you keep holding out for the next-great thing, you'll never have anything to show for your efforts.
No kidding. I have so many roll-over minutes, I don't think I'd ever use them in a lifetime. I guess if I had a 16 year-old daughter things would be different.
Technically you don't have to ever register your phone with AT&T if you want to just use it as a video iPod.
Actually, I support them in this move. I was just trying to point out that others have posted the overt lack of integrity by doing something they say they wouldn't do. In any case, as a musician myself, I'm glad they see the light and realize that making money as musicians is 99% public relations and 1% talent. There are probably 50 bands here in Austin, TX that are better than Radiohead that'll never get the breaks because they haven't done the self-promotion thing correctly.
My gripe with CDs is that it is an outdated medium, yet we treat it like the holy-grail that it was in 1984. I've no problem with CD quality, as some of my LP-snooty friends do, just the poor quality and poor longevity of the medium on which they are sold. With iTunes tunes, I can make my own CDs, and when the scratch, break, become lost, stop playing for whatever reason, I just burn another one (even though I have to admit, I've had CD-burners on my computers standard for over 10 years now, but rarely actually burn anything.
I do like the concept of "displaying" the jewel case of the album I'm playing, but Apple's Front Row software hooked up to my 50" plasma has taken over that role.
I agree on the books. Another gripe of mine with CD jewel cases is that they really don't display much when stacked in a shelf. All the (mostly) broken and yellowed plastic just looks tacky. Mine actually sit in boxes now days anyways.
A half book shelf... I don't need a plastic cd case to know I own something either. I'm pretty sure you are a dying breed of people who prefer physical media, which is fine--just stop acting like it is so weird for anyone to actually download a song (or two thousand) when it appears most people prefer that now.
While your opinion is, well, your opinion, I'm sure there are thousands of us on here that will answer your question of "who buys files" with, "I do". I haven't bought a CD in probably 8 years or so, thanks to "files". Now lets just hope digital video moves in the same direction. I'm tired of devoting half a book shelf to stupid shiny discs.
Way too fair. They have that one good song.
Or maybe, as an artist, you want your work exposed to as many people as possible and iTunes is the #1 music distributor in the world.
My point is that Linux and/or MacOSX distros are less likely to go with the crapware marketing model that Microsoft thrives on because those like-minded groups of people tend to have different cultures than Microsoft. Some people/organizations/corporations actually have other goals other than the bottom-line.
I have plenty of things that are older than three years old. I don't, however, expect them to be supported in any way/shape/form. Why should a computer be any different?
You should have leased it all in the first place, like most Education Technologists (cough, like me, cough) would tell you.
There have not been 5? 6? versions of OSX that required purchasing. I don't remember exactly but I think I paid for 10.0 to 10.1 ($20 because I was a beta tester), then once in the 10.1 to 10.4 range, now again with 10.5. Whoopty-friggin'-do!