Not in my experience. Hardback books in Kindle format nearly always cost $9.99. Paperback books in Kindle format usually cost about $1-$1.50 less than physical. I bought my Kindle 1.0 in August and have already more than paid for it with the savings in book prices, not to mention I'm reading books sooner because I'm willing to buy them when they're in their hardcover window. Admittedly I read a lot (and fast), but I'm very happy with the Kindle economics.
Not true, actually. They stopped requiring passenger-bag matching in US airports awhile back. Jetblue still does it, but it's a voluntary thing.
I heard an interesting lecture about airline safety, and one of the topics was the various things the airline industry has _stopped_ doing that helped safety...
This was also tried 5 years ago...
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...by a startup called Arepa in Boston that's no longer around (not sure when they went away or if they got bought, etc.)
Two articles that discuss the technology:
As the article mentions, there are a number of charities that will accept used cellphone donations. One of the largest is the "Donate a Phone CALL to PROTECT" program that Motorola runs (they accept any model of phone, not just Motorolas). Phones are either refurbished and then distributed to domestic violence victims, or sold, and the proceeds go to domestic violence prevention programs.
More information is available at:
http://www.wirelessfoundation.org/12give/index2.cf m
I work for one of the online photofinishers, and can assure you that you can now get silver halide prints from digital images at a very affordable price ($0.49 for a 4x6, $0.99 for a 5x7, $2.99 for an 8x10). It's a lot less hassle than printing at home on an inkjet, and the results aren't near-photo-quality, they are photo-quality (resolution, of course, is up to you).
I personally have a 2 megapixel digital camera. With a few exceptions for special lighting conditions, my 4x6 and 5x7 prints are indistinguishable from film prints (unless you're an imaging expert:), and my 8x10s are damn good. 3 megapixel cameras are good enough that the general viewer can't tell they're from digital.
Obviously for professionals or serious artists (who may be professionals), higher resolution is important. But for consumers, we're quickly approaching the point where more pixels are just going to mean fewer images per storage card and longer upload times.
You could get different things to appear on the flag by holding down different keys. I don't remember what all the speical things were, but I know you could get a plain red flag, and I remember there were others...
Another very cool pocket tool is the Swiss-Tech Microtechnician (or other tools) available at: http://www.swisstechtools.com/ They latch onto your key chain, include a flathead and a phillips head screw driver, pliers, a wirecutter and a shear. Very cool.
Of course, if the RIAA _loses_ this battle, then the war is over. As many people have said, most of the mp3s on the 'net are currently pirated -- if napster can't be held liable for helping to infringe on copyrights, it'll be nearly impossible to do anything other than go after individuals, which I can't imagine the RIAA doing. So it's very very important to the RIAA that they win.
Priceline actually patented its business model over a year ago (August 1998). You can read the details (which are actually quite interesting and amusing) at http://www.uspto.gov/ -- the patent number is #5,794,207.
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Not in my experience. Hardback books in Kindle format nearly always cost $9.99. Paperback books in Kindle format usually cost about $1-$1.50 less than physical. I bought my Kindle 1.0 in August and have already more than paid for it with the savings in book prices, not to mention I'm reading books sooner because I'm willing to buy them when they're in their hardcover window. Admittedly I read a lot (and fast), but I'm very happy with the Kindle economics.
This would be indeed cause if it's true....
Not true, actually. They stopped requiring passenger-bag matching in US airports awhile back. Jetblue still does it, but it's a voluntary thing.
I heard an interesting lecture about airline safety, and one of the topics was the various things the airline industry has _stopped_ doing that helped safety...
Article 1
Article 2
As the article mentions, there are a number of charities that will accept used cellphone donations. One of the largest is the "Donate a Phone CALL to PROTECT" program that Motorola runs (they accept any model of phone, not just Motorolas). Phones are either refurbished and then distributed to domestic violence victims, or sold, and the proceeds go to domestic violence prevention programs. More information is available at: http://www.wirelessfoundation.org/12give/index2.cf m
Janis Ian actually wrote two excellent articles specifically addressing the argument (from the RIAA) that free downloads are hurting the artists.
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http://www.janisian.com/article-internet_debacl
http://www.janisian.com/article-fallout.html
I think this is just coincidence. I've been running ICQ and AIM concurrently for at least a year now, and I've never had this happen.
I work for one of the online photofinishers, and can assure you that you can now get silver halide prints from digital images at a very affordable price ($0.49 for a 4x6, $0.99 for a 5x7, $2.99 for an 8x10). It's a lot less hassle than printing at home on an inkjet, and the results aren't near-photo-quality, they are photo-quality (resolution, of course, is up to you). I personally have a 2 megapixel digital camera. With a few exceptions for special lighting conditions, my 4x6 and 5x7 prints are indistinguishable from film prints (unless you're an imaging expert :), and my 8x10s are damn good. 3 megapixel cameras are good enough that the general viewer can't tell they're from digital.
Obviously for professionals or serious artists (who may be professionals), higher resolution is important. But for consumers, we're quickly approaching the point where more pixels are just going to mean fewer images per storage card and longer upload times.
You could get different things to appear on the flag by holding down different keys. I don't remember what all the speical things were, but I know you could get a plain red flag, and I remember there were others...
Another very cool pocket tool is the Swiss-Tech Microtechnician (or other tools) available at: http://www.swisstechtools.com/ They latch onto your key chain, include a flathead and a phillips head screw driver, pliers, a wirecutter and a shear. Very cool.
Of course, if the RIAA _loses_ this battle, then the war is over. As many people have said, most of the mp3s on the 'net are currently pirated -- if napster can't be held liable for helping to infringe on copyrights, it'll be nearly impossible to do anything other than go after individuals, which I can't imagine the RIAA doing. So it's very very important to the RIAA that they win.
Priceline actually patented its business model over a year ago (August 1998). You can read the details (which are actually quite interesting and amusing) at http://www.uspto.gov/ -- the patent number is #5,794,207.