Well, it could have something to do with a small apple conferece that a few people reportedly attended this week. Or maybe it's a conspiracy between scuttlemonkey, beatles-beatles and Dick Cheney.
Keep in mind that this comes from CU Boulder. The same school that rioted for several nights because underage drinkers were kicked out of bars. They burned cars and rolled flaming dumpsters at riot police three nights in a row.
How is this different than any of the recommendations made by Amazon or any other online retailer? The only real difference is that one tracks through your web browser, the other through your use of iTMS.
And calling it "malware" is extreme. I'm guessing the submitter meant spyware, as I don't see how this harms your computer.
I know that there are pleanty of jobs if you're willing to move OUT of the larger metro areas. I work for a company in Chattanooga, and we're always looking for qualified applicants to fill tech positions. I used to live in Denver, and you couldn't buy a job there with all the laid off programmers, the influx of tech workers from California and Texas, plus the large quantity of new grads from several local universities.
Just imagine if you replaced your current kitchen trashcan with one that is twice as large. You might think "I'll never need this large of a trashcan!", but how much you want to bet that a week later it's just as full as the old one, and you're saving time by only having to go to the curb half as often. Granted, the new trashbags cost more, and it gets smelly, and strange things start growing in the trashcan that you can't readily identify, but how is that really any different from an always-on broadband connection?
So because the broadcast featured guests that were considered racists, then it's okay to censor it? How is this different from any other case of "we don't like your views so we're not going to allow you to express them"? Just because it's the Left that is doing the censoring doesn't make it right.
Actually, proper typing isn't so hard if you just practice. I always thought it was horrible to try and get my fingers to move in such strange directions, but after taking a typing class in highschool, it became quite natural. I would actually compare it to playing classical, jazz or fingerstyle guitar. The first time you try to play some chords, it is so unnatural that it takes 30 seconds just to get all the right stings pressed/open/muted, but after playing that chord for a few weeks, you can form it instantly without thinking about it.
We are offering a limited number of Stress Test Event slots as an exclusive to FilePlanet members. Stress Test Event access will be offered on a first-come first-served basis until the total number of Stress Test Event accounts has run out.
Let me get this straight. They're LIMITING the number of people that will take part in the STRESS TEST. Does this make sense? Wouldn't you want to test what ACTUAL demand would be like? I realize that you don't want to just dump a ton of users on your servers all at once, but this sounds like the load would never come close to real world levels.
It's not like this is anything new. I rememeber when I was a kid they had a movie tie-in promo at one of the chains where you got an episode of a story based on the Gremlins movie when you got a happy meal or something like that. I think they came on cassette tapes or something. I don't rememeber the details of the promo, but it came in like 4 or 5 parts if memory serves.
Now I feel really old. Having to reference promotional media that came on *cassette tapes*. It could be worse, though. Could be vinyl.
It sounds to me more like you're upset that you've become an adult. No offense, but my young relatives that see these kinds of movies have a suspension of disbelief that makes me remember the first time I saw Star Wars. I'm more apt to blame a lack of storytelling in modern film.
My last "scared for the characters" moment was Signs. Very little use of special effects, but a TON of suspense, and it kept me on edge the whole film.
Theoretically, that should mean that the songs could be free, except that the creation of the media has fixed up-front costs. That means that after a fixed amount of revenue is generated by a song, all additional revenue is going to be 100% profit.
Not to nitpick, but this isn't exactly true. There are many costs associated with a service like ITMS that you probably don't think about. Hosting, bandwidth, marketing, maintenance/labor, electronic security, lawyers, accountants, credit card processing fees, etc. Not to mention all the taxes that have to be paid just to be in business. Add in the costs that are unique to ITMS, like DRM R&D, iTunes development and so on. Frankly, I'm still surprised that pricing has remained at only 99 cents per song.
Oakley recently unveiled a new product, the Razrwire, that is derivative of their thump glasses. These feature a bluetooth earpiece that can integrate with a bluetooth phone. Hopefully they're more comfortable than I've heard the thumps are.
I can assure you that if a bunch of 40-somethings were hanging out in convenience store parking lots, harassing customers, the store owners would call the cops a LOT sooner than they do for teenagers.
Say what you want about "universal access to information", but government-funded free wifi isn't necessarily a good thing. Keep in mind that this could severely hurt ISP that were already devastated by the hurricane. If you can get wifi for free, then why pay for a service that is offered by company X? Having a bandwidth limitation seems to me a good solution, as people who can't afford access can still get it, but just not at the speeds they could if they paid for it. To take your library analogy to the next level, the library only lets you have n number of books at a time, and you have to return them. You have to pay a bookstore to have books at a "higher bandwidth", which in turn helps the economy.
"10 free iPods, a gold 10,000-song gift card, and 10 additional 50-song gift cards for the iPods. To top it off, the winner gets 4 first row Coldplay tickets with back-stage passes."
All the iPods and iTunes in the world are not enough to make me willing to sit front row for Coldplay. I would be forced to stab out my eardrums out with an ice pick, rendering me unable to make use of the good prizes.
The original story that I submitted was from FoxNews.com, but whoever approved the story (Zonk) modified the link to point to gamespot or whatever. Blame the editor. Here's the link to the story that I submitted: Foxnews.com
Okay, call me naive, but who the hell leaves the country without their freakin' passport?!?!?! I'm assuming that there will be some sort of provision where if you're stuck outside the country w/o your possport, then you can get documents at the nearest embasy that will get you across the border, but WHO THE HELL LEAVES THE COUNTRY WITHOUT THEIR FREAKIN' PASSPORT?!?!?!?!?! I was dumbfounded when I came back from Mexico without needing to show a passport. They didn't even make me take my motorcycle helmet all the way off to cross the border (just flipped the visor up to show the guard I was white and I was on my way...). All they asked was if I had any fruit! If you ask me, our border could use a little tightening! If you're dumb enough to leave the country without your passport, then you deserve the headache of filling out paperwork at the embasy to get back. (yes, I realize that people do lose their passports or other circumstances could arise, but really, come on, WHAT THE HELL, THIS MAKES SENSE!!! NO PASSPORT, NO PASSING THE DAMN PORT OF ENTRY!!!).
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Well, it could have something to do with a small apple conferece that a few people reportedly attended this week. Or maybe it's a conspiracy between scuttlemonkey, beatles-beatles and Dick Cheney.
Keep in mind that this comes from CU Boulder. The same school that rioted for several nights because underage drinkers were kicked out of bars. They burned cars and rolled flaming dumpsters at riot police three nights in a row.
How is this different than any of the recommendations made by Amazon or any other online retailer? The only real difference is that one tracks through your web browser, the other through your use of iTMS.
And calling it "malware" is extreme. I'm guessing the submitter meant spyware, as I don't see how this harms your computer.
Our commitment is to protect all customers in all languages on all supported products at the same time, so it becomes a huge undertaking.
So in other words, we won't release a cure for cancer until we have cures for all other diseases as well.
I haven't seen any of these. But I have had to re-enter all my financial info into paypal about a hundred times this year.
Maybe the administration is trying to teach the students not to get caught.
I know that there are pleanty of jobs if you're willing to move OUT of the larger metro areas. I work for a company in Chattanooga, and we're always looking for qualified applicants to fill tech positions. I used to live in Denver, and you couldn't buy a job there with all the laid off programmers, the influx of tech workers from California and Texas, plus the large quantity of new grads from several local universities.
Hey, I'm cool with it as long as they aren't teaming up with the Germans...
I say we use the stem cells to clone a new Shakey's Pizza!
I was able to get the same result from a power line I strung up to the town hall's clock tower.
Just imagine if you replaced your current kitchen trashcan with one that is twice as large. You might think "I'll never need this large of a trashcan!", but how much you want to bet that a week later it's just as full as the old one, and you're saving time by only having to go to the curb half as often. Granted, the new trashbags cost more, and it gets smelly, and strange things start growing in the trashcan that you can't readily identify, but how is that really any different from an always-on broadband connection?
So because the broadcast featured guests that were considered racists, then it's okay to censor it? How is this different from any other case of "we don't like your views so we're not going to allow you to express them"? Just because it's the Left that is doing the censoring doesn't make it right.
Actually, proper typing isn't so hard if you just practice. I always thought it was horrible to try and get my fingers to move in such strange directions, but after taking a typing class in highschool, it became quite natural. I would actually compare it to playing classical, jazz or fingerstyle guitar. The first time you try to play some chords, it is so unnatural that it takes 30 seconds just to get all the right stings pressed/open/muted, but after playing that chord for a few weeks, you can form it instantly without thinking about it.
We are offering a limited number of Stress Test Event slots as an exclusive to FilePlanet members. Stress Test Event access will be offered on a first-come first-served basis until the total number of Stress Test Event accounts has run out.
Let me get this straight. They're LIMITING the number of people that will take part in the STRESS TEST. Does this make sense? Wouldn't you want to test what ACTUAL demand would be like? I realize that you don't want to just dump a ton of users on your servers all at once, but this sounds like the load would never come close to real world levels.
Lewis Black put it best:
"MTV is to music what KFC is to chicken."
It's not like this is anything new. I rememeber when I was a kid they had a movie tie-in promo at one of the chains where you got an episode of a story based on the Gremlins movie when you got a happy meal or something like that. I think they came on cassette tapes or something. I don't rememeber the details of the promo, but it came in like 4 or 5 parts if memory serves.
Now I feel really old. Having to reference promotional media that came on *cassette tapes*. It could be worse, though. Could be vinyl.
It sounds to me more like you're upset that you've become an adult. No offense, but my young relatives that see these kinds of movies have a suspension of disbelief that makes me remember the first time I saw Star Wars. I'm more apt to blame a lack of storytelling in modern film.
My last "scared for the characters" moment was Signs. Very little use of special effects, but a TON of suspense, and it kept me on edge the whole film.
Theoretically, that should mean that the songs could be free, except that the creation of the media has fixed up-front costs. That means that after a fixed amount of revenue is generated by a song, all additional revenue is going to be 100% profit.
Not to nitpick, but this isn't exactly true. There are many costs associated with a service like ITMS that you probably don't think about. Hosting, bandwidth, marketing, maintenance/labor, electronic security, lawyers, accountants, credit card processing fees, etc. Not to mention all the taxes that have to be paid just to be in business. Add in the costs that are unique to ITMS, like DRM R&D, iTunes development and so on. Frankly, I'm still surprised that pricing has remained at only 99 cents per song.
Oakley recently unveiled a new product, the Razrwire, that is derivative of their thump glasses. These feature a bluetooth earpiece that can integrate with a bluetooth phone. Hopefully they're more comfortable than I've heard the thumps are.
I can assure you that if a bunch of 40-somethings were hanging out in convenience store parking lots, harassing customers, the store owners would call the cops a LOT sooner than they do for teenagers.
Say what you want about "universal access to information", but government-funded free wifi isn't necessarily a good thing. Keep in mind that this could severely hurt ISP that were already devastated by the hurricane. If you can get wifi for free, then why pay for a service that is offered by company X? Having a bandwidth limitation seems to me a good solution, as people who can't afford access can still get it, but just not at the speeds they could if they paid for it. To take your library analogy to the next level, the library only lets you have n number of books at a time, and you have to return them. You have to pay a bookstore to have books at a "higher bandwidth", which in turn helps the economy.
All the iPods and iTunes in the world are not enough to make me willing to sit front row for Coldplay. I would be forced to stab out my eardrums out with an ice pick, rendering me unable to make use of the good prizes.
Just be careful. You might also say goodbye to your house.
The original story that I submitted was from FoxNews.com, but whoever approved the story (Zonk) modified the link to point to gamespot or whatever. Blame the editor. Here's the link to the story that I submitted: Foxnews.com
Okay, call me naive, but who the hell leaves the country without their freakin' passport?!?!?! I'm assuming that there will be some sort of provision where if you're stuck outside the country w/o your possport, then you can get documents at the nearest embasy that will get you across the border, but WHO THE HELL LEAVES THE COUNTRY WITHOUT THEIR FREAKIN' PASSPORT?!?!?!?!?! I was dumbfounded when I came back from Mexico without needing to show a passport. They didn't even make me take my motorcycle helmet all the way off to cross the border (just flipped the visor up to show the guard I was white and I was on my way...). All they asked was if I had any fruit! If you ask me, our border could use a little tightening! If you're dumb enough to leave the country without your passport, then you deserve the headache of filling out paperwork at the embasy to get back. (yes, I realize that people do lose their passports or other circumstances could arise, but really, come on, WHAT THE HELL, THIS MAKES SENSE!!! NO PASSPORT, NO PASSING THE DAMN PORT OF ENTRY!!!).