I agree. So my Zune is going to go feet up for 24 hours every 4 years, who the frakk cares.
When it bricked this time, it was the first time I've ever had a problem with it, and I discovered the fix on my own before MS published it. Besides I actually like Bill Gates.
You Apple fanboys can moan and piss about your iPhones bricking and it doesn't cause as much fuss as this did.
Jim,
I'm a gadget lover too, but that's not my main reason to get one. I hate dead trees. I have purchased from Fictionwise 1540 full lenght books and short stories since 2000. Before that I used Peanut Press (don't remember how many). I also use Fictionwise's lending library, get free books from Baen Publishing (almost done with the whole catalogue, thank the gods they keep publishing more), Gutenberg,I think you get the picture. Where would keep all those books? Why they're on a HDD.
General Motors was founded in 1918 as a "Holding Company" by William Durant see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_motors]. It came into existence by acquiring many smaller independent auto companies.
There are many new car manufactures now coming in to being which are producing cars with technical advances that the larger companies can not compete with because of being in their old mind set. The Aptera [http://www.aptera.com/] and the Tesla [http://www.teslamotors.com/] come to mind. Although I can't remember the source I recently (within the past few days) read of a new super capacitor that has been developed which might boost energy storage capabilities far beyond that available by even the best battery technology today.
If the auto companies are to survive, they have to look to their history and realize that innovation was the key to their success.
"SUVs were popular because of their versatility, perceived sturdiness"
That would also be perceived versatility, as most SUV's are never driven off road, but are used by soccer moms everywhere,some of whom can actually reach the pedals.
I'm a little groggy since just woke up, but isn't this the same chemical as in a "carbide cannon" that ignites when water is added and a spark is produced?
On the discounted books issue mentioned that, I agree with you wholeheartedly. Maybe I'm just picky. I've been reading on various Palm and Windows Mobile devices since about '95 and people always ask "Isn't the screen too small?" I'm used to it and it doesn't bother me at all. I'm also waiting for 2.0 and also the new Plastic Logic device which looks schweeeet.
This what is known as responsibility. The US can request a story not be published and it is up to the editorial staff to decide whether to publish it or not. For info on this and other stories check out investigative reporting, or just go ask Woodward and Bernstein.
It is old you are.
It is even older am I.
In '78 sitting in a theater watching as the word scrolled up the screen I was prepared, I thought, to be fascinated. When the ship screamed from the upper portion of the screen fleeing something (?) I was impressed. When the impressive, gigantic, enormous battle cruiser filled the screen chasing what you thought was a pretty big ship, I was awed, and I was a frakkin adult.
This is something which has been answered on radio. For a long time pundits have said that radio would not be relevant to listeners if content wasn't local. Howard Stern, while probably not the first (as he himself postulates) is an example why that assumption is false. Most radio personalities, if popular locally, get syndicated nationally, and succeed. Rush, O & A, even Bubba the Love Sponge have proved that time and again. Just the existence of Sirius satellite proves it.
"The amount they can charge for advertising is based on numbers collected for the 'Audit Bureau of Circulation' (ABC); the 'Nelson Rating' of newspaper circulation. The most important numbers are ones reflecting 'paid circulation' as it is assumed those who pay for a newspaper actually read it. The higher the ABC number for paid subscriptions, the more a newspaper can charge for advertising... just like T.V.."
That hits the nail right on the head. Why is Super Bowl advertising a bazillion dollars a minute? Because they know that around 6 billion viewers have their asses glued to seats watching it.
"The editor in chief of one of the large Dutch newspapers (de Volkskrant) told me recently that this is actually shifting: as the demographics are changing (ie newspaper readers are becoming older) they are less interesting for advertisers and more able/willing to pay subscription fees. The ratio is now >50% subscription fees."
Why is that 18-34 demographic so important? I'm older that dirt and spend at least as much.
A long time ago in a galaxy far away, there were lots of NY newspapers, and multiple printings or editions of same. You would get the NY Daily News, The NY Mirror, and The Gray Lady in the morning and perhaps the Herald Tribune or The Post (Pre-Murdock) afternoon editions. There were also local neighborhood papers that we got like Newsday and LI City Tribune. What happened? TV, WINS, et al cut into that.
Now something else is curtailing their relevancy. There is nothing new under the sun. I don't need a print paper that gives me something I read about in a Times e-mail last night. I don't need to read an op-ed that I can see on the web, and I don't need a columnist giving an opinion when that's available in his on line blog.
For everything else there's YouTube.
Slashdot Mirror
I agree. So my Zune is going to go feet up for 24 hours every 4 years, who the frakk cares. When it bricked this time, it was the first time I've ever had a problem with it, and I discovered the fix on my own before MS published it. Besides I actually like Bill Gates. You Apple fanboys can moan and piss about your iPhones bricking and it doesn't cause as much fuss as this did.
Mine ate the gun barrel 12/31/2008. May it be in hell an hour before St. Peter even knows it's gone.
Switch the Kindle to a pre-paid debit card and put her allowance on it. Spend it all, get no more/.
I'm not a code monkey and I'll be damned if I'm going to use MS Office and not OO.O From the why buy the cow department
Jim, I'm a gadget lover too, but that's not my main reason to get one. I hate dead trees. I have purchased from Fictionwise 1540 full lenght books and short stories since 2000. Before that I used Peanut Press (don't remember how many). I also use Fictionwise's lending library, get free books from Baen Publishing (almost done with the whole catalogue, thank the gods they keep publishing more), Gutenberg,I think you get the picture. Where would keep all those books? Why they're on a HDD.
General Motors was founded in 1918 as a "Holding Company" by William Durant see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_motors]. It came into existence by acquiring many smaller independent auto companies. There are many new car manufactures now coming in to being which are producing cars with technical advances that the larger companies can not compete with because of being in their old mind set. The Aptera [http://www.aptera.com/] and the Tesla [http://www.teslamotors.com/] come to mind. Although I can't remember the source I recently (within the past few days) read of a new super capacitor that has been developed which might boost energy storage capabilities far beyond that available by even the best battery technology today. If the auto companies are to survive, they have to look to their history and realize that innovation was the key to their success.
"SUVs were popular because of their versatility, perceived sturdiness" That would also be perceived versatility, as most SUV's are never driven off road, but are used by soccer moms everywhere,some of whom can actually reach the pedals.
You sir are a pedantic idiot.
I'm a little groggy since just woke up, but isn't this the same chemical as in a "carbide cannon" that ignites when water is added and a spark is produced?
On the discounted books issue mentioned that, I agree with you wholeheartedly. Maybe I'm just picky. I've been reading on various Palm and Windows Mobile devices since about '95 and people always ask "Isn't the screen too small?" I'm used to it and it doesn't bother me at all. I'm also waiting for 2.0 and also the new Plastic Logic device which looks schweeeet.
If expensive items stimulate our mnds much more than junk, Wynona Ryder must be stimulated as hell.
This what is known as responsibility. The US can request a story not be published and it is up to the editorial staff to decide whether to publish it or not. For info on this and other stories check out investigative reporting, or just go ask Woodward and Bernstein.
When the government controls blogs, only the intelligent will have them.
It is old you are. It is even older am I. In '78 sitting in a theater watching as the word scrolled up the screen I was prepared, I thought, to be fascinated. When the ship screamed from the upper portion of the screen fleeing something (?) I was impressed. When the impressive, gigantic, enormous battle cruiser filled the screen chasing what you thought was a pretty big ship, I was awed, and I was a frakkin adult.
This is something which has been answered on radio. For a long time pundits have said that radio would not be relevant to listeners if content wasn't local. Howard Stern, while probably not the first (as he himself postulates) is an example why that assumption is false. Most radio personalities, if popular locally, get syndicated nationally, and succeed. Rush, O & A, even Bubba the Love Sponge have proved that time and again. Just the existence of Sirius satellite proves it.
You're being humorous of course, but that is more of a problem than you might think.
"The amount they can charge for advertising is based on numbers collected for the 'Audit Bureau of Circulation' (ABC); the 'Nelson Rating' of newspaper circulation. The most important numbers are ones reflecting 'paid circulation' as it is assumed those who pay for a newspaper actually read it. The higher the ABC number for paid subscriptions, the more a newspaper can charge for advertising... just like T.V.." That hits the nail right on the head. Why is Super Bowl advertising a bazillion dollars a minute? Because they know that around 6 billion viewers have their asses glued to seats watching it.
"The editor in chief of one of the large Dutch newspapers (de Volkskrant) told me recently that this is actually shifting: as the demographics are changing (ie newspaper readers are becoming older) they are less interesting for advertisers and more able/willing to pay subscription fees. The ratio is now >50% subscription fees." Why is that 18-34 demographic so important? I'm older that dirt and spend at least as much.
A long time ago in a galaxy far away, there were lots of NY newspapers, and multiple printings or editions of same. You would get the NY Daily News, The NY Mirror, and The Gray Lady in the morning and perhaps the Herald Tribune or The Post (Pre-Murdock) afternoon editions. There were also local neighborhood papers that we got like Newsday and LI City Tribune. What happened? TV, WINS, et al cut into that. Now something else is curtailing their relevancy. There is nothing new under the sun. I don't need a print paper that gives me something I read about in a Times e-mail last night. I don't need to read an op-ed that I can see on the web, and I don't need a columnist giving an opinion when that's available in his on line blog. For everything else there's YouTube.
"Button design is; it's too easy to turn pages by accident. " that's what I mean. Plus, it's too heavy
That's because NOW is when the revenue stream is in the crapper and they've got to get a little sumthin' sumthin'.
And now for the rest of the story
At lest not Quantas'
We will settle all the family's business on the day of my godson's christening.
Do we cut the blue wire or the red?