Great. Pretty soon Apple will disable this option and I will not be able to use iTunes simple zero-conf mp3 sharing. I loved opening my iTunes from another computer and listen to my songs. The loser: Me.
In the meanwhile all the kiddies will keep using Kazaa to get their songs.
I'm glad I'm not the only one wondering about this. I thought I was going crazy.
I'm a spamcop member but I realized that whenever I reported spam, I'd start getting more emails a few days later. I stopped reporting them and the number of messages went down a few weeks later.
A couple weeks ago I thought I was just being paranoid, so I started reporting them again. Same thing happened.
Overall they are doing a great service. But somehow (random letters, or reports being sent to the wrong people), my address keeps getting flagged as a valid one. So I'm done with them.
Would you then say the same about all the other sites that eliminate ads if you pay? Salon.com, dictionary.com, wunderground.com, etc. I doubt any of their advertisers get a cut from membership fees.
Having said that, I'd also be willing to pay a small yearly fee ($20-$40) if Google got rid of the ads and gave me an extra feature or two.
I've come across that situation a couple of times. They have an address for that type of complains. I let them know both times and a human got back to me within 48 hours and said that they would look at the issue. Sure enough, a week later it was taken care of.
My dad's ISP was blocked by spamcop but for valid reasons (his ISP had a bad spammer that then got kicked out)
It was inconvenient for a couple days, since my dad's emails to me were bounced back to him (he ended up calling me up) but that's a small inconvenience, in my eyes, considering the large amount of spam that gets blocked by spamcop's blacklist. I keep a very close eye on the mail logs (some would say that I'm anal about it) and I see the addresses of the messages blocked by spamcop. Other than a couple of my dad's emails that one time, I have yet to recognize a single valid address (ie. an address I want to receive email from)
Among other places where this scheme is legally questionable, the rules explicitly prevent radio stations from doing things like allowing listeners to democratically select which songs to play
Actually that's what this XM station is all about. People vote for their favorite songs (online or on the phone) and the top 20 are played. Then the votes are counted again and a new playlist is generated.
There is a waterfall at Disney's Epcot where water flows up. They simply use water jets that shoot water up from underneath the lake all the way to the top of the waterfall. Simple but effective (and not as cool as this story's fountain)
I can see it now. We'll be able to buy these 48 hr movies for a few dollars but we'll have to wait a few months to be able to purchase the standard always-lasting DVD.
I know that's how VHS works, but I've been spoiled by DVD and I don't want to go back to that. For me DVD purchases are impulse buys. If I rent a movie first, I'm much less likely to buy it later on. If I'm forced to buy a 48-hr movie instead of buying the unlimited disc, I'll buy considerably less movies in the long run.
I read them and click on them. Not to support Google, but because they are always relevant to my search and many times I find them useful.
With Yahoo, on the other hand, the ads are not relevant, plus my eyes are trained to ignore most pictures and moving graphics on webpages. For example, I cannot tell you what ads I saw on Slashdot today because, simply enough, I didn't look at them.
I called AOL and asked them to take me off their mailing list. They thought it was an odd request, and the agent didn't know what to do at first. After being put on hold for a couple of minutes they got down my information and told me that they'd take me off their list.
To this day I have yet to receive an AOL CD in my mailbox.
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Great. Pretty soon Apple will disable this option and I will not be able to use iTunes simple zero-conf mp3 sharing. I loved opening my iTunes from another computer and listen to my songs. The loser: Me.
In the meanwhile all the kiddies will keep using Kazaa to get their songs.
According to this article, McDonald's is denying the rumor by saying "There are no agreements to announce, so anything else is pure speculation."
I'm glad I'm not the only one wondering about this. I thought I was going crazy.
I'm a spamcop member but I realized that whenever I reported spam, I'd start getting more emails a few days later. I stopped reporting them and the number of messages went down a few weeks later.
A couple weeks ago I thought I was just being paranoid, so I started reporting them again. Same thing happened.
Overall they are doing a great service. But somehow (random letters, or reports being sent to the wrong people), my address keeps getting flagged as a valid one. So I'm done with them.
I'm glad that they are not even being considered. Horrible restrictions, and even worse customer service.
Now it all makes sense! Thanks.
Then a paid ad-free Google wouldn't affect your revenue. If I went to your site, I'd still see those ads.
I can't find a current page, but I can find the cached page
It's an amusing read.
Doesn't google charge you by the number of views anyway? So it's not like you are out of money.
Would you then say the same about all the other sites that eliminate ads if you pay? Salon.com, dictionary.com, wunderground.com, etc. I doubt any of their advertisers get a cut from membership fees.
Having said that, I'd also be willing to pay a small yearly fee ($20-$40) if Google got rid of the ads and gave me an extra feature or two.
They've been calling me for years, therefore I'd like to think that we have a business relationship.
That's good enough for me to call them and say hi and sell them some of my programming services.
I've come across that situation a couple of times. They have an address for that type of complains. I let them know both times and a human got back to me within 48 hours and said that they would look at the issue. Sure enough, a week later it was taken care of.
My dad's ISP was blocked by spamcop but for valid reasons (his ISP had a bad spammer that then got kicked out)
It was inconvenient for a couple days, since my dad's emails to me were bounced back to him (he ended up calling me up) but that's a small inconvenience, in my eyes, considering the large amount of spam that gets blocked by spamcop's blacklist. I keep a very close eye on the mail logs (some would say that I'm anal about it) and I see the addresses of the messages blocked by spamcop. Other than a couple of my dad's emails that one time, I have yet to recognize a single valid address (ie. an address I want to receive email from)
Gossip Folks by Missy Elliott for $1.79.
Actually that's what this XM station is all about. People vote for their favorite songs (online or on the phone) and the top 20 are played. Then the votes are counted again and a new playlist is generated.
And don't forget about Google's API which works with several programing languages and gives the developer a lot of functionality.
.NET only feature.
I bet that MS would not offer that, or maybe a
Google is more than just a search engine.
There is a waterfall at Disney's Epcot where water flows up. They simply use water jets that shoot water up from underneath the lake all the way to the top of the waterfall. Simple but effective (and not as cool as this story's fountain)
I can see it now. We'll be able to buy these 48 hr movies for a few dollars but we'll have to wait a few months to be able to purchase the standard always-lasting DVD.
I know that's how VHS works, but I've been spoiled by DVD and I don't want to go back to that. For me DVD purchases are impulse buys. If I rent a movie first, I'm much less likely to buy it later on. If I'm forced to buy a 48-hr movie instead of buying the unlimited disc, I'll buy considerably less movies in the long run.
I've been a customer of theirs for years (I signed up as soon as they openned shop) and many of my movies also have very long waits.
So this is bad enough for me to leave. Are there any other alternatives like Netflix but who value their customers more?
I read them and click on them. Not to support Google, but because they are always relevant to my search and many times I find them useful.
With Yahoo, on the other hand, the ads are not relevant, plus my eyes are trained to ignore most pictures and moving graphics on webpages. For example, I cannot tell you what ads I saw on Slashdot today because, simply enough, I didn't look at them.
I am so tired of monthly fees for everything. I pay $20 here, $9 there, $40 for tha tother thing.
I'll pay $1 a song, but I will not subscribe to any more services. It adds up quickly.
... have already won.
No, for real. Now we live in fear, now we are taking liberties away.
Would people before 9/11 have run out of a club screaming and freaking out because someone used mace? Nope.
Not true. Sirius' music channels do not have commercials, all the other channels (talk, news, sports, etc) do have commercials.
I called AOL and asked them to take me off their mailing list. They thought it was an odd request, and the agent didn't know what to do at first. After being put on hold for a couple of minutes they got down my information and told me that they'd take me off their list.
To this day I have yet to receive an AOL CD in my mailbox.
How is this different from the water screens that you see at the theme parks such as Disneyworld? (other than the fact that you do not need a lake)
I just received this:
Greetings from Amazon.com.
You recently received an e-mail from us regarding the Segway Human
Transporter (also known as "Ginger" or "IT"). This e-mail was sent
accidentally by an automated system and the information in it is
incorrect.
In fact, there is no new information on Segway's
availability. Consumer versions of Segway Human Transporters are
currently being piloted in various communities throughout the U.S.
The Segway HT is expected to be released to the general consumer
market in 2003.
We apologize for the confusion. We will keep your e-mail address on
our list of customers who wish to be notified about this item.