1) $30+ for tickets for family 2) 15 minutes of commercials prior to film 3) Sticky, crunchy stuff on theatre floor 4) Sound system TOO LOUD 5) Film sometimes out of focus 6) People talking, cell phones ringing during film 7) 50% chance that film will suck
Don't go to the theatre much anymore, though I do buy / rent DVD's.
Be interesting to see if they use BitTorrent or some other P2P swarming technology. If not, I doubt even Amazon has the bandwidth to handle large volumes of video downloads.
People say they will take action all the time. How many actually do?
I'm currently avoiding Sony products (due to 'rootkit' discussed ad nauseum in Slashdot). Just bought an LCD TV - didn't even look at Sony. I wouldn't buy anything from SCO either - assuming that I actually wanted anything they produced.
ErichTheRed wrote: The real hidden cost of outsourcing is the loss of a talent pool. If and when I have a kid, I'll encourage it to be smart and study, but I think I'll encourage it to be a lawyer or an MBA.
My daughter (currently in High School) was interested in studying Comp Sci in college (like her mom and dad). We talked her out of it. She's also had people (usually current or ex-software developers) come into her school for 'career' days and tell her class that there's no future in IT, it's all going overseas. Interest in IT as a career among her peers is fairly minimal.
Generation Y is not stupid. They see what's happening to their parents and friends of their parents. And they're adjusting accordingly.
When the Apple store opened in Tokyo - the pre-opening line ran for miles!! The Japanese love gadgets; particularly those gadgets that combine style with functionality. Apple does a good job with this, but has done exceptionally well with Ipod. It's not surprising that this has really taken off in Japan. And just wait till the special Ipod Nano Hello Kitty edition is released!
And the obvious conclusion is that election workers own VCR's that flash '12:00'. Even if we get voting machines that produce an auditable paper trail there's still the problem of election workers who are not properly trained (or incapable) of operating the machines.
Using a soft keyboard is feasible but fairly slow and tedious (I've got a WiFi enabled PDA with both a soft and a chiclet keyboard). Also a lot of sites don't scale well to a low-res screen. I enjoyed the novelty of WiFi browsing on a PDA, but don't use it that much any more.
It could be handy for quick (read) access to Web mail, sports, weather, etc. Not a Blackberry replacement though.:-)
My choice would have been the millions of Iraqi's who despite death threats from terrorists voted three times this year - for a provisional government, a new constitution, and a parliament. But the story wasn't particularly well covered, so I can understand how the editors of Time could have missed it.
MS Flunkie: Mr Gates, the new Xbox power supply is overheating when placed in customers living rooms. Gates: Strange!! The beta unit worked perfectly in my platinum / gold tiled media room.
All this will be moot once the UN takes over the Internet. No doubt the Committee on Internet governance will include representatives from China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea, and other such beacons of freedom and demoncracy.
I reached the same conclusion about three years ago. I've not bought any CD's since. I did try out iTunes and bought a few tracks on-line. The trouble with iTunes, is that it was a hassle to move the music to my MP3 player or to create mix CD's for my car. Possible yes - but ultimately too much trouble. So, I cancelled my iTunes account.
I think with the Sony Rootkit and the publicity it's been getting, that we're reaching a tipping point. Music sales are down. People are already frustrated that they can't use music that they paid for, in devices that they paid for. Now they have to wonder - is this going to damage my PC? Expose it to malware and possible attack? The industry shot themselves in the foot years ago. They are continuing to do so, and have switched to heavy caliber weapons. It will be interesting to see how well music sells this holiday season.
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My normal theatre experience:
1) $30+ for tickets for family
2) 15 minutes of commercials prior to film
3) Sticky, crunchy stuff on theatre floor
4) Sound system TOO LOUD
5) Film sometimes out of focus
6) People talking, cell phones ringing during film
7) 50% chance that film will suck
Don't go to the theatre much anymore, though I do buy / rent DVD's.
Be interesting to see if they use BitTorrent or some other P2P swarming technology. If not, I doubt even Amazon has the bandwidth to handle large volumes of video downloads.
People say they will take action all the time. How many actually do?
I'm currently avoiding Sony products (due to 'rootkit' discussed ad nauseum in Slashdot). Just bought an LCD TV - didn't even look at Sony. I wouldn't buy anything from SCO either - assuming that I actually wanted anything they produced.
ErichTheRed wrote: The real hidden cost of outsourcing is the loss of a talent pool. If and when I have a kid, I'll encourage it to be smart and study, but I think I'll encourage it to be a lawyer or an MBA.
My daughter (currently in High School) was interested in studying Comp Sci in college (like her mom and dad). We talked her out of it. She's also had people (usually current or ex-software developers) come into her school for 'career' days and tell her class that there's no future in IT, it's all going overseas. Interest in IT as a career among her peers is fairly minimal.
Generation Y is not stupid. They see what's happening to their parents and friends of their parents. And they're adjusting accordingly.
When the Apple store opened in Tokyo - the pre-opening line ran for miles!! The Japanese love gadgets; particularly those gadgets that combine style with functionality. Apple does a good job with this, but has done exceptionally well with Ipod. It's not surprising that this has really taken off in Japan. And just wait till the special Ipod Nano Hello Kitty edition is released!
Well, I guess we found Saddam's WMD's ...
And the obvious conclusion is that election workers own VCR's that flash '12:00'. Even if we get voting machines that produce an auditable paper trail there's still the problem of election workers who are not properly trained (or incapable) of operating the machines.
Yeah, but with technologies like cell phones, laptops, broadband, Blackberrys - we can take the work we didn't finish and do it at home. Oh, wait ...
Fortunately, the Cartoon Network is educating the next generation about the evils of piracy - One Piece.
It means that it's coming out some time before Duke Nukem Forever ships.
So I guess Sony is the new official Slashdot punching bag ... till the PS/3 comes out.
Ingolfke wrote: I've been working on perfecting my algorithm for 1-bit compression ...
Sorry, beat you to it. Check this out: '0'. Pretty impressive, isnt' it?
Using a soft keyboard is feasible but fairly slow and tedious (I've got a WiFi enabled PDA with both a soft and a chiclet keyboard). Also a lot of sites don't scale well to a low-res screen. I enjoyed the novelty of WiFi browsing on a PDA, but don't use it that much any more.
:-)
It could be handy for quick (read) access to Web mail, sports, weather, etc. Not a Blackberry replacement though.
In my daughter's peer group the female science-oriented teens view the character of Samantha Carter as a role model.
I suspect the use of emoticons in UseNet predates the existence of Cingular.
femto wrote: Does anyone else find the similarity between a mag-lev elevator and a rail gun just slightly disturbing?
So how many points of damage does a mag-lev elevator do?
"You'se got a nice looking Web site there. Shame if somethin happened to it. Know what I mean?"
Don't forget 240x320. That way your site will be accessible to WiFi connected PDA users.
My choice would have been the millions of Iraqi's who despite death threats from terrorists voted three times this year - for a provisional government, a new constitution, and a parliament. But the story wasn't particularly well covered, so I can understand how the editors of Time could have missed it.
MS Flunkie: Mr Gates, the new Xbox power supply is overheating when placed in customers living rooms.
Gates: Strange!! The beta unit worked perfectly in my platinum / gold tiled media room.
All this will be moot once the UN takes over the Internet. No doubt the Committee on Internet governance will include representatives from China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea, and other such beacons of freedom and demoncracy.
/Sarcasm
I reached the same conclusion about three years ago. I've not bought any CD's since. I did try out iTunes and bought a few tracks on-line. The trouble with iTunes, is that it was a hassle to move the music to my MP3 player or to create mix CD's for my car. Possible yes - but ultimately too much trouble. So, I cancelled my iTunes account.
I think with the Sony Rootkit and the publicity it's been getting, that we're reaching a tipping point. Music sales are down. People are already frustrated that they can't use music that they paid for, in devices that they paid for. Now they have to wonder - is this going to damage my PC? Expose it to malware and possible attack? The industry shot themselves in the foot years ago. They are continuing to do so, and have switched to heavy caliber weapons. It will be interesting to see how well music sells this holiday season.
Don't sign up for cruises on the 'Grand Line'.
It's a dead/alive hampster in a box, on a little wheel attached to a little generator...
Nope, it's a dead/alive cat - belongs to some guy named Schrödinger.
The Economist is already online. You mean there's others??