Not in Australia, maybe, but here in the US, it was the decade of Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Tracy Ullman, Howie Mandel, Sam Kinison, Rodney Dangerfield, Steve Martin and countless others. Hell, even The Simpsons started in 1989.
Having actually lived through the 80s, I'd have to say humor was one of the few good things they actually are known for.
It would be a different story if I purchased a track and the DRM on the file required connection to a back-end server that didn't exist in the future (like Google video). In that case, if I purchased a track, and if I am denied future access to it then I should get a full refund. I agree with you if you're saying that purchasing a track with the potential of being denied access to it later should be avoided.
Unfortunately, this is the case with Yahoo Music, at least in my experience. I purchased tracks from them, then tried playing those tracks on a different computer, but found I had to connect to Yahoo Music again to make them playable there.
So what happens when, years from now, I buy a new computer and can no longer play those tracks? From whom exactly should I demand a refund, since with the way things seem to be heading, Yahoo in its entirety may no longer exist?
Yeah, I clicked on the link for the article without closely reading the title with visions of "Davey and Goliath vs. Gumby and Pokey", or some such thing, dancing in my head.
Imagine my disappointment when I discovered what it was really about!
These prices are why just yesterday, I replaced Xandros 2.0 Standard on my workstation at home with Ubuntu 4.10.
I think I bought Xandros 1.0 Standard for something like $40 through some sort of special offer. When Xandros 2.0 Standard came out, I think I paid an upgrade price of $40 to download it. Recently, I received an email stating that I could buy Xandros 3.0 Standard for an upgrade price of $45, if I emailed Xandros support for a coupon code.
I guess $40 is my threshold. That and the fact that Xandros was requiring users to subscribe to a "Premium Membership" in order to download certain packages (Gimp 2.0, for example). I don't mind supporting companies that make products I like, but I suppose it was beginning to feel like Xandros was changing their terms (in their favor) with every upgrade cycle.
It turns out, for my purposes, Ubuntu is wonderful. Initially, I balked at its lack of KDE because my experiences with Gnome a couple of years back had not been positive. Then I realized that at least a couple of the applications I use on a regular basis (pan, Evolution) are better suited to Gnome than KDE. I never got Evolution's support for Palm devices working correctly under Xandros, since it seemed that I was going to have to install most of Gnome to get it to work properly. Now I find the native Palm support is even more than I hoped it would be! Also, it seems that my system is more stable and is running faster.
Installing Ubuntu actually went much more smoothly than did the install for Xandros 2.0. With Xandros, I had to force the installer to use an alternate scheme (APM instead of ACPI) and then discovered some bug that prevented me from installing OpenOffice from the Xandros CD. On the other hand, with Ubuntu, the only special thing I had to do was specify a host name so that my DHCP server would provide an address, and that option was plainly available. The rest of the installation was smooth as silk and I was especially impressed with the option to install security updates during the initial install process. As far as post-installation is concerned, I've had to do more futzing with Ubuntu than I did (initially, at least) with Xandros, but the "Unofficial" Ubuntu support page is fantastic and spelled out everything I needed to know, explicitly. (For example, now I don't have that annoying NVIDIA splash popping up every time I restart!)
YMMV, certainly. For my out-of-date hardware, specific needs, and level of experience (more extensive than the average user, admittedly), Ubuntu was the better (and more inexpensive) solution.
There's a period of twenty months between "1" and "2" (but only about twenty minutes between "2" and "snip").
No embryos on ice, either. After three, we're through!
By the way, since our twins are now five, I just want to let you know that it is possible to get that far without incurring any loss of life. You'll be reassured (I was going to say "happy") to know that in a little while.
What I'd like to see is for someone to come up with a box that converts DTMF to something a cell phone can understand, assuming that something like that is actually possible. Not only would that allow me to use a Mickey Mouse phone in my car, for example (also assuming the cell could send ring signals in the other direction, too), but I could buy a payphone from any one of the sites already mentioned, get unlimited local service ($35 per month from Metro PCS, here in Atlanta), and drive around with the whole setup bolted to the back of my van. Anytime I went to a music festival or the like, I could probably make a few bucks.
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Thank you. The only reason I clicked on this story was to look for references to FriendFace.
Not in Australia, maybe, but here in the US, it was the decade of Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Tracy Ullman, Howie Mandel, Sam Kinison, Rodney Dangerfield, Steve Martin and countless others. Hell, even The Simpsons started in 1989.
Having actually lived through the 80s, I'd have to say humor was one of the few good things they actually are known for.
Or were you just trying to be funny?
It would be a different story if I purchased a track and the DRM on the file required connection to a back-end server that didn't exist in the future (like Google video). In that case, if I purchased a track, and if I am denied future access to it then I should get a full refund. I agree with you if you're saying that purchasing a track with the potential of being denied access to it later should be avoided.
Unfortunately, this is the case with Yahoo Music, at least in my experience. I purchased tracks from them, then tried playing those tracks on a different computer, but found I had to connect to Yahoo Music again to make them playable there.
So what happens when, years from now, I buy a new computer and can no longer play those tracks? From whom exactly should I demand a refund, since with the way things seem to be heading, Yahoo in its entirety may no longer exist?
Hey, I don't need your abuse, I'm quite capable of abusing myself!
Yeah, I clicked on the link for the article without closely reading the title with visions of "Davey and Goliath vs. Gumby and Pokey", or some such thing, dancing in my head.
Imagine my disappointment when I discovered what it was really about!
And then you'd have Rhesus Fetus!
Oh yeah!
These prices are why just yesterday, I replaced Xandros 2.0 Standard on my workstation at home with Ubuntu 4.10.
I think I bought Xandros 1.0 Standard for something like $40 through some sort of special offer. When Xandros 2.0 Standard came out, I think I paid an upgrade price of $40 to download it. Recently, I received an email stating that I could buy Xandros 3.0 Standard for an upgrade price of $45, if I emailed Xandros support for a coupon code.
I guess $40 is my threshold. That and the fact that Xandros was requiring users to subscribe to a "Premium Membership" in order to download certain packages (Gimp 2.0, for example). I don't mind supporting companies that make products I like, but I suppose it was beginning to feel like Xandros was changing their terms (in their favor) with every upgrade cycle.
It turns out, for my purposes, Ubuntu is wonderful. Initially, I balked at its lack of KDE because my experiences with Gnome a couple of years back had not been positive. Then I realized that at least a couple of the applications I use on a regular basis (pan, Evolution) are better suited to Gnome than KDE. I never got Evolution's support for Palm devices working correctly under Xandros, since it seemed that I was going to have to install most of Gnome to get it to work properly. Now I find the native Palm support is even more than I hoped it would be! Also, it seems that my system is more stable and is running faster.
Installing Ubuntu actually went much more smoothly than did the install for Xandros 2.0. With Xandros, I had to force the installer to use an alternate scheme (APM instead of ACPI) and then discovered some bug that prevented me from installing OpenOffice from the Xandros CD. On the other hand, with Ubuntu, the only special thing I had to do was specify a host name so that my DHCP server would provide an address, and that option was plainly available. The rest of the installation was smooth as silk and I was especially impressed with the option to install security updates during the initial install process. As far as post-installation is concerned, I've had to do more futzing with Ubuntu than I did (initially, at least) with Xandros, but the "Unofficial" Ubuntu support page is fantastic and spelled out everything I needed to know, explicitly. (For example, now I don't have that annoying NVIDIA splash popping up every time I restart!)
YMMV, certainly. For my out-of-date hardware, specific needs, and level of experience (more extensive than the average user, admittedly), Ubuntu was the better (and more inexpensive) solution.
You've got us beat:
1, 2, *snip*
There's a period of twenty months between "1" and "2" (but only about twenty minutes between "2" and "snip").
No embryos on ice, either. After three, we're through!
By the way, since our twins are now five, I just want to let you know that it is possible to get that far without incurring any loss of life. You'll be reassured (I was going to say "happy") to know that in a little while.
Good luck!
What I'd like to see is for someone to come up with a box that converts DTMF to something a cell phone can understand, assuming that something like that is actually possible. Not only would that allow me to use a Mickey Mouse phone in my car, for example (also assuming the cell could send ring signals in the other direction, too), but I could buy a payphone from any one of the sites already mentioned, get unlimited local service ($35 per month from Metro PCS, here in Atlanta), and drive around with the whole setup bolted to the back of my van. Anytime I went to a music festival or the like, I could probably make a few bucks.
Hey! She was a year ahead of me at Stanford!
It took me a while to realize this, but when she says "fingered", I believe she means "fingered".