Microsoft has shown a willingness (albeit a somewhat reluctant one) to allow interoperability with third-party clients using the MSN protocol (Gaim, Trillian, etc.), and as more and more people starting using GMail, there will be greater demand from existing Hotmail subscribers to ensure that the service remains useful.
I had an invite sent to my Hotmail address yesterday, and it arrived safely in my inbox within seconds. However, a message I sent from my Gmail account to somebody else's Hotmail went into their 'Junk Mail' folder.
Either way, I'm sure Microsoft will rectify this situation, or risk losing customers.
It's possible that I am wrong, but I believe I remember reading that most of the narrative which became the Lord of the Rings trilogy was set out by Tolkien long before The Hobbit was ever released, so it would be innaccurate to say that LOTR is commercially conceived.
Or at least certain parts of it. The 'Fall of Gondolin' in particular has big potential for a visual adaptation (dozens of Balrogs, drakes, and wyrms, lots of fire).
It looks like they have replaced the role of Glorfindel (the elf from Rivendell who protects the hobbits at the river crossing) with Arwen, in order to make her role more prominent.
The thing is, I don't like the idea of being charged for every link clicked on, page refreshed, pop-up encountered, etc. I am one of the many many people out there who has become very accustomed to the web being free (as in beer), and so the only way I can see myself paying for web content is a reasonable flat-rate monthly or annual fee. This could be accomplished most easily by grouping together like-minded sites (eg. OSDN), and charging a subscription fee to access all the sites under the larger umbrella. This would also help solve the problem of transaction fees outweighing income.
Thank you for the link. I didn't intend to be so inflammatory with the original comment. My personal definition of "fair use" might just be a bit different than that of the RIAA. For me (and hopefully many others), having a friend make me a tape of something does not mean I won't go out and purchase my own "legitimate" copy. In fact, it will probably make me more likely to do so.
I would gladly pay a reasonable (~$5.00/month or so...) for use of Google's search engine without ads.
Seriously? I heartily agree that Google is far and away the best search engine around, and wouldn't mind paying a nominal fee if required, but do you really find the current (text)advertisements intrusive enough to warrant $5/month? I honestly don't even notice them.
This might allow people determined to get in (who would be that desperate?), but the vast majority of users will assume incorrectly that they must "upgrade" even when no such upgrading is necessary.
I would think that the "vast majority" of people using Mozilla would be of the type who don't generally trust what Microsoft has to say.
So basically this is just a remote control for Winamp. What else could this possibly add to any software mp3 player? Who cares if it hooks up between your computer and stereo. You can just use a moderately-priced sound card to do that.
For one computer, perhaps you are right, but this thing would be great for say... setting up in the common room on a dorm floor and connecting to the stereo, so that the MP3s of everybody on the LAN can be accessed from that point.
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First the MSN merger, then the Usenet removal, now this.
This must have set the gold armour industry back centuries.
it's kinda weird how people in these positions still don't realize that's not going to happen.
solution: hire me!
I find my iPod Mini to be extremely resistant to scratches.
ok to be fair i haven't used flash all that much, but is that at all practical?
it's looking more and more likely that, for the first time in my life, i am going to choose nintendo.
... and it still hasn't moved out of it's parents' basement!
I wonder if the D20 system will last that long.
Microsoft has shown a willingness (albeit a somewhat reluctant one) to allow interoperability with third-party clients using the MSN protocol (Gaim, Trillian, etc.), and as more and more people starting using GMail, there will be greater demand from existing Hotmail subscribers to ensure that the service remains useful.
I had an invite sent to my Hotmail address yesterday, and it arrived safely in my inbox within seconds. However, a message I sent from my Gmail account to somebody else's Hotmail went into their 'Junk Mail' folder.
Either way, I'm sure Microsoft will rectify this situation, or risk losing customers.
It's possible that I am wrong, but I believe I remember reading that most of the narrative which became the Lord of the Rings trilogy was set out by Tolkien long before The Hobbit was ever released, so it would be innaccurate to say that LOTR is commercially conceived.
Or at least certain parts of it. The 'Fall of Gondolin' in particular has big potential for a visual adaptation (dozens of Balrogs, drakes, and wyrms, lots of fire).
It looks like they have replaced the role of Glorfindel (the elf from Rivendell who protects the hobbits at the river crossing) with Arwen, in order to make her role more prominent.
Now if you could only get Steve Jobs to back you up on that...
This has profound implications for new ventures into the wonderful world of hallucinations.
The thing is, I don't like the idea of being charged for every link clicked on, page refreshed, pop-up encountered, etc. I am one of the many many people out there who has become very accustomed to the web being free (as in beer), and so the only way I can see myself paying for web content is a reasonable flat-rate monthly or annual fee. This could be accomplished most easily by grouping together like-minded sites (eg. OSDN), and charging a subscription fee to access all the sites under the larger umbrella. This would also help solve the problem of transaction fees outweighing income.
Thank you for the link. I didn't intend to be so inflammatory with the original comment. My personal definition of "fair use" might just be a bit different than that of the RIAA. For me (and hopefully many others), having a friend make me a tape of something does not mean I won't go out and purchase my own "legitimate" copy. In fact, it will probably make me more likely to do so.
Making a tape for a friend is not fair use.
I would gladly pay a reasonable (~$5.00/month or so ...) for use of Google's search engine without ads.
Seriously? I heartily agree that Google is far and away the best search engine around, and wouldn't mind paying a nominal fee if required, but do you really find the current (text)advertisements intrusive enough to warrant $5/month? I honestly don't even notice them.
I would think that the "vast majority" of people using Mozilla would be of the type who don't generally trust what Microsoft has to say.
So basically this is just a remote control for Winamp. What else could this possibly add to any software mp3 player? Who cares if it hooks up between your computer and stereo. You can just use a moderately-priced sound card to do that.
For one computer, perhaps you are right, but this thing would be great for say... setting up in the common room on a dorm floor and connecting to the stereo, so that the MP3s of everybody on the LAN can be accessed from that point.
Everything is biased, but: Indymedia and Z Magazine are better than some.
What's the problem here? Even in a room of one million, there's always a chance (however tiny) that one of them has a unique birthday.