Speaking of fuckwads, I think a mirror is in order for you. If you actually think that the US Constitution applies to everyone in the World, then you need to find a new country.
stopped reading when you said that only U.S. citizens have a right to Habeas Corpus. Sorry, but the Constitution was not written with the word "citizen" used often. The Constitution applies to the U.S. Federal government, and how it interacts with ALL people EVERYWHERE.
OMFG, you have to be f'in joking, right? Please tell me you are just intellectually devoid and not the World's Largest Troll?
So how exactly does the United States enforce the supposed "inherent right for all humans" to have Habeas Corpus when you hippy types get your panties all in a wad anytime the United States tries to implement US policies anywhere outside our borders? Are we "occupying" Iraq, perhaps to institute your mythical view of the US Constitution? If not, should we? If we should, then why do you and your ilk complain so loudly when we do?
As usual, the vote tally isn't actually about the topic at hand. Instead, we get this from one partisan, " [we politicians] faced a decision either to cast a vote in favor of helping to restore America's reputation in the world, or to help dig deeper the hole of utter disrespect for the rule of law that the Bush Administration has created."
What a totally loaded statement. No wonder it got voted down. Hidden agendas should always be outed.
Oh my lord, we are all going to die! A (somewhat) insignificant country (big picture) cracked codes using 20+ year old cryptography techniques. So in another 20 years they'll be able to crack today's encryption? I don't get this article at all, other than another lame attempt to make the US look bad.
Well, my college charges $95/class for eBooks. I haven't spent $1 on a physical book. That sucks. I'd rather spend a few hundred bucks and have the print version. Not that undergrad textbooks are ever worth a damn, but I'm in Grad School, and my classes actually mean something to me.
The store has the right to not let people write down their prices. The customer has the right not to shop there. I've heard of this practice in other industries (computer mega-marts), and when it is true, I just cross that store of my list of potential business.
Not to mention, with NBC hosting their shows with iTMS, APPLE is paying for all the costs associated with file serving, accounting, etc, NOT NBC. NBC will quickly go into the red if more than 5 people decide to give this a try. Then once the 6th guy can't get his content, because NBC hasn't spent enough money to be able to deliver the content over the 'net, the 7th guy doesn't even try and launches his favorite bit torrent software instead.
Are you suggesting that $1.99 is too much for one episode? What about the $34.99 price or whatever it is for a full season? My only gripe with the iTMS pricing is the quality of the video isn't very good. The price is good enough for the convenience of watching the show, but it is too expensive for those who want high-quality, replayability. I download about 3 or 4 shows (all seasons) but I'll never use them to get the most out of my home theater system (in excess of $10,000 worth of schtuff).
Excellent point about the overseas bit. I lived in the UK for the past two years, and if it weren't for iTMS, I would have had no legal avenue to watch the US version of the Office (and a few other shows). As a matter of fact, my viewing habits are such now, that we don't watch tv. We download the shows we like, and then watch them at our leisure. I like the id of HIGH quality playback that NBC is promising, and I wouldn't even mind commercials, as long as it was HD quality (not almost, not compressed, not proprietary NBC/MS crap, but HD content, no matter how large the file size), but the "self-destructs-in-7-days" bit is stupid. I have a very fast internet where I live and 500mb files (as on post claims Lost episodes are) wouldn't take very long. So, why not offer max quality shows, at a premium? I don't own an HD dvd player, so buying the standard quality dvd's is not really an option for me, since I've seen Heroes is coming out in HD DVD. I also don't want to play the stupid format wars, so I guess I'll go with whichever download service offers HD shows (are you listening Steve Jobs?).
The problem is, you have to watch it within a week of it being aired, according to another post in this thread. That doesn't really sound like giving me the content WHEN I want it. Sounds like I have to jump online sometime within the week of initial airing. That way, NBC gets all their pretty little advertising dollars. Lame.
Oh, my bad. Even worse though! I haven't seen the last have of Season 3 of the Office. I'm sure it's been more than a week. So I will be out of luck then, eh? This is lamer than an iPod being lamer than a Nomad.
Well we know NBC's model won't be better than iTunes just from the description, and iTunes can only be as good as the content available to it. So NBC can't win because they've built a poor model based on antiquated advertising schemes, and Apple can't win without NBC content. In this case, it is a lose-lose situation for the consumer. Gee, thanks NBC.
Yes, because I WANT to wait seven days after a show airs. So why can NBC post a show the ONE day after it airs on iTunes, but with their new model, that they control, you'd have to wait a week? Burn in hell...
No, you don't understand. By making you wait a week, by imbedding commercials, by making it Windows-only, and by making the file disappear after one week, they are giving you MORE options. I particularly like the option that I can't use it on my Mac and the fact I get free commercials too! That's giving me some sweet control. I hope this crashes and burns faster than a Zune, and the idiot executive that came up with this gets canned.
Ahh, but see, I do (genearally speaking). This is why I actually l prefer Macs to Windows, because the overwhelming majority of 3rd party stuff for PCs is trash-ware. At least the 3rd party Mac stuff is mostly harmless if it isn't good...just drag it to the trash and chalk up another app I'll never try again. The MAIN reason PCs suck so hard, is because they are held hostage to the lack-of-standards-havin' third party who's only interest seems to infect your computer with every type of porn-bot possible. So this isn't a complaint that I hold against phones only, because PCs are what opened my eyes to this problematic phenomena in the first place.
Jobs hit on the best approach to preventing unlocking the iPhone (IN THE UK MARKET). By making a deal with O2 that allows for a flat-rate plan, there is little incentive to unlock to the phone for another service. The only thing I'd be leery of is the out-of-country fees. Most phones in the UK let you swap out sims for a suitable sim for the country you are going to, which obviously won't be possible with an iPhone.
More realistically, what happens when thousands of developers start making awful applications for the iPhone and potential customers see how crappy apps crash and ruin the iPhone's functionality? Combatting this sort of free-for-all development mentality is what has made Macs superior to Windows but at the expense of market share. As an iPhone customer, I bought my phone knowing it works, and works well, and I don't ever want it to be screwed up by a loosely controlled bunch of hack third party mal-ware developers. I can just see it know: I have 252 new visual voice-mails, all of them offering Viagra, P*rn and Free stock quotes. Gee, thanks.
You lost me at, "it does everything the iPhone does, except calls." I bought my iPhone to make phone calls...it's a PHONE...iPHONE...used to make PHONE calls. Get it?
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Speaking of fuckwads, I think a mirror is in order for you. If you actually think that the US Constitution applies to everyone in the World, then you need to find a new country.
And exactly under which Army or Country do these militants fall so as to be extended Genevea Convention rights again?
So how exactly does the United States enforce the supposed "inherent right for all humans" to have Habeas Corpus when you hippy types get your panties all in a wad anytime the United States tries to implement US policies anywhere outside our borders? Are we "occupying" Iraq, perhaps to institute your mythical view of the US Constitution? If not, should we? If we should, then why do you and your ilk complain so loudly when we do?
What a totally loaded statement. No wonder it got voted down. Hidden agendas should always be outed.
Oh my lord, we are all going to die! A (somewhat) insignificant country (big picture) cracked codes using 20+ year old cryptography techniques. So in another 20 years they'll be able to crack today's encryption? I don't get this article at all, other than another lame attempt to make the US look bad.
In other news, Apple stock soared on the account that Canadians only spend their dollars on Macs!
Well, my college charges $95/class for eBooks. I haven't spent $1 on a physical book. That sucks. I'd rather spend a few hundred bucks and have the print version. Not that undergrad textbooks are ever worth a damn, but I'm in Grad School, and my classes actually mean something to me.
The store has the right to not let people write down their prices. The customer has the right not to shop there. I've heard of this practice in other industries (computer mega-marts), and when it is true, I just cross that store of my list of potential business.
Not to mention, with NBC hosting their shows with iTMS, APPLE is paying for all the costs associated with file serving, accounting, etc, NOT NBC. NBC will quickly go into the red if more than 5 people decide to give this a try. Then once the 6th guy can't get his content, because NBC hasn't spent enough money to be able to deliver the content over the 'net, the 7th guy doesn't even try and launches his favorite bit torrent software instead.
Are you suggesting that $1.99 is too much for one episode? What about the $34.99 price or whatever it is for a full season? My only gripe with the iTMS pricing is the quality of the video isn't very good. The price is good enough for the convenience of watching the show, but it is too expensive for those who want high-quality, replayability. I download about 3 or 4 shows (all seasons) but I'll never use them to get the most out of my home theater system (in excess of $10,000 worth of schtuff).
Excellent point about the overseas bit. I lived in the UK for the past two years, and if it weren't for iTMS, I would have had no legal avenue to watch the US version of the Office (and a few other shows). As a matter of fact, my viewing habits are such now, that we don't watch tv. We download the shows we like, and then watch them at our leisure. I like the id of HIGH quality playback that NBC is promising, and I wouldn't even mind commercials, as long as it was HD quality (not almost, not compressed, not proprietary NBC/MS crap, but HD content, no matter how large the file size), but the "self-destructs-in-7-days" bit is stupid. I have a very fast internet where I live and 500mb files (as on post claims Lost episodes are) wouldn't take very long. So, why not offer max quality shows, at a premium? I don't own an HD dvd player, so buying the standard quality dvd's is not really an option for me, since I've seen Heroes is coming out in HD DVD. I also don't want to play the stupid format wars, so I guess I'll go with whichever download service offers HD shows (are you listening Steve Jobs?).
The problem is, you have to watch it within a week of it being aired, according to another post in this thread. That doesn't really sound like giving me the content WHEN I want it. Sounds like I have to jump online sometime within the week of initial airing. That way, NBC gets all their pretty little advertising dollars. Lame.
Oh, my bad. Even worse though! I haven't seen the last have of Season 3 of the Office. I'm sure it's been more than a week. So I will be out of luck then, eh? This is lamer than an iPod being lamer than a Nomad.
Well we know NBC's model won't be better than iTunes just from the description, and iTunes can only be as good as the content available to it. So NBC can't win because they've built a poor model based on antiquated advertising schemes, and Apple can't win without NBC content. In this case, it is a lose-lose situation for the consumer. Gee, thanks NBC.
Yes, because I WANT to wait seven days after a show airs. So why can NBC post a show the ONE day after it airs on iTunes, but with their new model, that they control, you'd have to wait a week? Burn in hell...
No, you don't understand. By making you wait a week, by imbedding commercials, by making it Windows-only, and by making the file disappear after one week, they are giving you MORE options. I particularly like the option that I can't use it on my Mac and the fact I get free commercials too! That's giving me some sweet control. I hope this crashes and burns faster than a Zune, and the idiot executive that came up with this gets canned.
Why would you want to skip the commercials? That's part of the "higher quality video experience".
Ahh, but see, I do (genearally speaking). This is why I actually l prefer Macs to Windows, because the overwhelming majority of 3rd party stuff for PCs is trash-ware. At least the 3rd party Mac stuff is mostly harmless if it isn't good...just drag it to the trash and chalk up another app I'll never try again. The MAIN reason PCs suck so hard, is because they are held hostage to the lack-of-standards-havin' third party who's only interest seems to infect your computer with every type of porn-bot possible. So this isn't a complaint that I hold against phones only, because PCs are what opened my eyes to this problematic phenomena in the first place.
They didn't buy them IN Brazil FROM Apple. So I thought.
Jobs hit on the best approach to preventing unlocking the iPhone (IN THE UK MARKET). By making a deal with O2 that allows for a flat-rate plan, there is little incentive to unlock to the phone for another service. The only thing I'd be leery of is the out-of-country fees. Most phones in the UK let you swap out sims for a suitable sim for the country you are going to, which obviously won't be possible with an iPhone.
Not to mention that this article is about iPhones, not iPods, and iPhones are only sold in the US at the moment.
More realistically, what happens when thousands of developers start making awful applications for the iPhone and potential customers see how crappy apps crash and ruin the iPhone's functionality? Combatting this sort of free-for-all development mentality is what has made Macs superior to Windows but at the expense of market share. As an iPhone customer, I bought my phone knowing it works, and works well, and I don't ever want it to be screwed up by a loosely controlled bunch of hack third party mal-ware developers. I can just see it know: I have 252 new visual voice-mails, all of them offering Viagra, P*rn and Free stock quotes. Gee, thanks.
Again, he was talking about the O2 contract, and this has NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH AT&T.
You lost me at, "it does everything the iPhone does, except calls." I bought my iPhone to make phone calls...it's a PHONE...iPHONE...used to make PHONE calls. Get it?
"Umm", this article is about the terms and conditions of the O2 network in England, and has nothing to do with the US AT&T arrangement.