He's overreacting just a _little_ bit. Is he gullible enough to believe that even with the slightest remote chance of the recording industry actually adopting this stupid technology, that that would be the -only- way to listen to your own bought-and-paid-for music? (Long sentence whew..) So in a nutshell, it took him 3 paragraphs when saying, "No, that sucks" would've done the same job. Moderators, moderate this sideways please.
Same happened here when I tried to create a new account, _but_ another computer on my network (behind firewall... same IP) still worked! I'm thinking it either places some kind of flag in your registry, or it takes some data from your machine to distinguish that particular machine from another. Probably the former.. Blizzard was sued for something similar to the latter, where they not?
Ok, now this is really wierd... I logged in on a different machine behind the firewall (same IP) with a different username and it worked! So somehow after removing napster, and reinstalling it it still knows my machine was the one that was banned. I searched the registry for something hidden, but couldn't come up with anything.
I can still use it on a different machine with the same IP. Wierd..
After being banned, I decided to try and create another account. First, I tried ogre_2112 a variation of my nick. Still banned. Then, figuring it would ban all _variations_ of my nick, I tried a new one: AmigoLoco. Still banned. Hmm, maybe it banned my email address? So I changed that to another address I use and another new nick. _Still_ banned. I guess they banned my IP. My IP only changes about once a month, so I guess I'm out of luck for a while.
And I own EVERY Metallica CD ever recorded. The funny thing is, I usually don't share any of my MP3's except my Rush albums. (All of which I own) I've only shared metallica songs on TWO separate days. And they were _months_ ago.
Just the opposite in my case.. I've had 4 WD's and 2 Seagate's and both the Seagate's ended up dying. One was a 107M, one an 850M. The 107 I lost a _pile_ of data (for the time..). Luckily the 850 I was able to retrieve the data 2 days before total failure. Not to mention the Seagate's sound like grinding disc brakes.
A lot of manufacturers require you to pay shipping for an RMA. If you find yourself buying 30-50 pieces of any product often, it would probably make sense for you to review their warranty details first.
"The longest sustained period of growth the US economy has ever seen" also coincides with the internet/technology boom. How much did Clinton play a part in this? NONE. He just happened to be there.
From my perspective, AMD is giving Intel a very good fight. I work for a small OEM builder in Cary, NC (minutes from Redhat, and Epic if anyone cares;). Less then 6 months ago, when the choices were limited to the Celeron, P2.350-P3.550, and the K6-2.350-K6-3.450, our sales totaled in at around 10% Celeron, 50% Pentium, and 40% AMD. AMD won the "low-end", and Intel took most of the high-end sales. And the Celeron was limited to people that wanted low end but would only buy Intel, or were planning on overclocking. When word got around of the Athlon chip, sales actually dropped for all chips--everyone was waiting for the Athlon to come out. There was tremendous word of mouth. Some were waiting to purchase it, and others were waiting for benchmarks to come out so they could compare first. When it finally did come out, sales skyrocketed with AMD shooting well in the lead. Our sales now are around 5% Celeron, 30% Pentium, 25% K6-2/3 and 40% Athlon. AMD is well in the lead, and sales are not showing any signs of falling. Well there still are plenty of Intel.Nuts(tm) out there, many of them large business owners that are looking to Intel for stability, there are just as many followers of AMD nowadays.
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Monitor (15") $129
Motherboard (Cheapo) $99
$327, just under the price of your "Full blown
computer". Where do you shop? You must get
some great deals.
Sense that is. LOL!
That made absolutely no since, but thanks for the effort AC.
You smoke a lot of weed, don't you? :*)
Kidding aside, I'd say you've got to be awfully close.
Oh come on.. One, it was a JOKE. Get it?
Two, you mean to tell me you've never fired up Word, and cursed the day that damned paperclip was born?
Just my 0.02. Hey, so I'm cheap.
He's overreacting just a _little_ bit. Is he gullible enough to believe that even with the slightest remote chance of the recording industry actually adopting this stupid technology, that that would be the -only- way to listen to your own bought-and-paid-for music? (Long sentence whew..)
So in a nutshell, it took him 3 paragraphs when saying, "No, that sucks" would've done the same job.
Moderators, moderate this sideways please.
She's gone from SUCK to BLOW! God(tm) I love that movie.
That should've been "their", not "they're". Dang I'm tired. ;)
It's they're company, they can do what they want.
When I have friends over, I tell them not to drink my beer. That doesn't mean I can't have any.
Same happened here when I tried to create a new account, _but_ another computer on my network (behind firewall... same IP) still worked! I'm thinking it either places some kind of flag in your registry, or it takes some data from your machine to distinguish that particular machine from another. Probably the former.. Blizzard was sued for something similar to the latter, where they not?
Ok, now this is really wierd... I logged in on a different machine behind the firewall (same IP) with a different username and it worked! So somehow after removing napster, and reinstalling it it still knows my machine was the one that was banned. I searched the registry for something hidden, but couldn't come up with anything.
I can still use it on a different machine with the same IP. Wierd..
Well, I do own every record, but I was still breaking the law by having them available for others (who don't own them) to download.
After being banned, I decided to try and create another account. First, I tried ogre_2112 a variation of my nick. Still banned. Then, figuring it would ban all _variations_ of my nick, I tried a new one: AmigoLoco. Still banned. Hmm, maybe it banned my email address? So I changed that to another address I use and another new nick. _Still_ banned. I guess they banned my IP. My IP only changes about once a month, so I guess I'm out of luck for a while.
And I own EVERY Metallica CD ever recorded. The funny thing is, I usually don't share any of my MP3's except my Rush albums. (All of which I own)
I've only shared metallica songs on TWO separate days. And they were _months_ ago.
Just the opposite in my case.. I've had 4 WD's and 2 Seagate's and both the Seagate's ended up dying. One was a 107M, one an 850M. The 107 I lost a _pile_ of data (for the time..). Luckily the 850 I was able to retrieve the data 2 days before total failure. Not to mention the Seagate's sound like grinding disc brakes.
But we won't tell if you share some.
I wish, maybe I'd make more money. :) Markup on SCSI adapters is _slightly_ higher than most other pc parts. No more than 3-4% higher usually.
Mine uses 6% utilization as well, with a 27GB WD Expert HDD, Promise 66 controller and a P2-233.
A lot of manufacturers require you to pay shipping for an RMA. If you find yourself buying 30-50 pieces of any product often, it would probably make sense for you to review their warranty details first.
Let's all give a round of applause for the (trumpets blaring) QUANTUM BIGFOOT! Hey, Compaq loves them, so they MUST be good! lol
"The longest sustained period of growth the US economy has ever seen" also coincides with the internet/technology boom. How much did Clinton play a part in this? NONE. He just happened to be there.
From my perspective, AMD is giving Intel a very good fight. I work for a small OEM builder in Cary, NC (minutes from Redhat, and Epic if anyone cares ;). Less then 6 months ago, when the choices were limited to the Celeron, P2.350-P3.550, and the K6-2.350-K6-3.450, our sales totaled in at around 10% Celeron, 50% Pentium, and 40% AMD. AMD won the "low-end", and Intel took most of the high-end sales. And the Celeron was limited to people that wanted low end but would only buy Intel, or were planning on overclocking. When word got around of the Athlon chip, sales actually dropped for all chips--everyone was waiting for the Athlon to come out. There was tremendous word of mouth. Some were waiting to purchase it, and others were waiting for benchmarks to come out so they could compare first. When it finally did come out, sales skyrocketed with AMD shooting well in the lead. Our sales now are around 5% Celeron, 30% Pentium, 25% K6-2/3 and 40% Athlon. AMD is well in the lead, and sales are not showing any signs of falling. Well there still are plenty of Intel.Nuts(tm) out there, many of them large business owners that are looking to Intel for stability, there are just as many followers of AMD nowadays.