Although the.co TDL is owned by Colombia, it's being administered by a private company. Let's hope some of the money earned by the sale of these.co domains is reinvested in Colombia. My country needs it.
Come to Colombia and you will find the same $60 titles for COP $200.000. That's USD $100. Minimum wage here is USD $230. That's is one of the reasons why piracy is so common here. PS2 games for USD $2.5
That means that there will be more children who will loose their arms and legs here in Colombia because of the mines. And there are people still thinking that the FARC are heroes and want to free Colombia.
Rio Karma volume could go to 30 in their scale. But if when you turn it off the volume was above 23, when turned on, the volume starts at 23 which I think is still pretty high.
It seem like in USA (not America. America is a whole continent), people likes to blame someone else for their irresponsabilities. A way to get easy money. You cannot sue somebody else because of your stupidity.
I got this impressive email yesterday from a coworker (I removed the name):
"To my fellow Professions Community members, please pardon my use of this forum. The situation in New Orleans is desperate and a few moments of your time could make a significant impact.
To those of you based in the United States, I ask you to please immediately contact your US Senator and US Representative (http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/) and implore them to lobby for an immediate mass security effort in New Orleans.
New Orleans needs the National Guard and the Military. I just returned from New Orleans this morning bringing supplies of gasoline, ammunition and food to my neighbors who are bunkered in their homes. Neighbors have joined to create pseudo-militia to protect the neighborhoods. Local small-town mayors have asked heads of households to return to provide a presence to deter against AK-47 armed gangs who roam the streets.
Tell your Senator and rep that the security situation on the street is more dire than they are hearing from the National FEMA director. The search and rescue is hampered by the lack of security. Thousands of good people are still in their homes in the 20% of New Orleans that did not go under water. They are under constant threat.
Thank you for your time. --Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Resident of New Orleans"
I was hoping that they were giving away registration codes for the Windows Smartphone version. Clearly Opera is better than IE. But 20 bucks is a bit pricey for a phone browser.
I bought my Rio Karma 18 months ago, and I love it. The scroll wheel broke and I fixed it. The LCD broke and I got a broken Karma from ebay, and replaced the LCD. I bought another one for my wife and she loved it. The main reasons I bought a Karma instead of an ipod were: longer battery duration, Ogg Vorbis, and price. Besides ipod scroll wheel, I don't really like the design of the iPod. It looks like a box of Tampax.
I bought mine almost six months ago. Have not had a lockup in 4 months. Battery life is excellent, 12 hours playing music opposed to some players that have battery duration of 12 hours starting from the moment you remove it from the charger. The shape is great because it allows you to use it with one hand. Plays several formats including Ogg Vorbis. Rio DJ allows me to select predifined playlists based on:
* Entertain Me!: Generates playlist from most frequently played music. Mix can last 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 8 hours.
* Play All: Play everything and automatically sort by album, artist, genre, or year.
* Top Tunes: Play the most frequently played tracks. You can choose from the top 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 100, or 250 songs.
* New Music: Play the most recently imported tracks. Choose from music imported in the last 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 6 months, or 1 year.
* Memory Lane: Play tracks that haven't been played in a while. Choose from music not played in the last 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 6 months, or 1 year.
* Sounds Of...: Play tracks from the 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, or newer than 2000
* Forgotten Gems: Play old favorites that haven't been played in the last 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 6 months, or 1 year.
* Déjà Vu: Play tracks that have been played in the last 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 6 months, or 1 year.
* Random Mix: Generate a random list lasting 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 8 hours.
Check out these reviews for Rio Karma on CNET and IGN. They also review a lot of other MP3 players. That's what made me buy a Rio Karma. Still waiting for it, because it has to be delivered to Colombia.
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This was too funny and I did not see it coming. Thanks a lot for fixing my monday!
Although the .co TDL is owned by Colombia, it's being administered by a private company. Let's hope some of the money earned by the sale of these .co domains is reinvested in Colombia. My country needs it.
Come to Colombia and you will find the same $60 titles for COP $200.000. That's USD $100. Minimum wage here is USD $230. That's is one of the reasons why piracy is so common here. PS2 games for USD $2.5
I agree with you.
A fellow HP employee
Here in Colombia, Liberal Party is linked to corruption, and an expresident who built a minimum security prison for Pablo Escobar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Gaviria, and another who was accused of being funded by Cali's cartel and absolved by his own party at the congress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto_Samper_Pizano .
They are swinging the sword in their house...
The world should sue California for all the idiots Hollywood have created.
Why California is not suing Hyundai or Kia? There are cars of those automakers there. Also Renault, Yugo, etc.
Very well said, Nostradamus
Ahh, so that's the reason The Inquirer only writes bad news about HP.
Here are some creative jokes on Microsoft involvement in Formula 1:
p hp?fes_art_id=28614
http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.
That means that there will be more children who will loose their arms and legs here in Colombia because of the mines. And there are people still thinking that the FARC are heroes and want to free Colombia.
http://www.colombiasinminas.org/
I also live IN AMERICA in a country where you only pay for your calls. Why should I pay for somebody else calls? What if is a wrong number?
For example like USA that always wins the WORLD Series of Baseball, right?
Rio Karma volume could go to 30 in their scale. But if when you turn it off the volume was above 23, when turned on, the volume starts at 23 which I think is still pretty high.
It seem like in USA (not America. America is a whole continent), people likes to blame someone else for their irresponsabilities. A way to get easy money. You cannot sue somebody else because of your stupidity.
I got this impressive email yesterday from a coworker (I removed the name):
"To my fellow Professions Community members, please pardon my use of this forum. The situation in New Orleans is desperate and a few moments of your time could make a significant impact.
To those of you based in the United States, I ask you to please immediately contact your US Senator and US Representative (http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/) and implore them to lobby for an immediate mass security effort in New Orleans.
New Orleans needs the National Guard and the Military. I just returned from New Orleans this morning bringing supplies of gasoline, ammunition and food to my neighbors who are bunkered in their homes. Neighbors have joined to create pseudo-militia to protect the neighborhoods. Local small-town mayors have asked heads of households to return to provide a presence to deter against AK-47 armed gangs who roam the streets.
Tell your Senator and rep that the security situation on the street is more dire than they are hearing from the National FEMA director. The search and rescue is hampered by the lack of security. Thousands of good people are still in their homes in the 20% of New Orleans that did not go under water. They are under constant threat.
Thank you for your time.
--Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Resident of New Orleans"
Popular Science had an article about it last April: http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/22040b4511b84 010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
It's sad when these tragedies are announced and still happen.
I was hoping that they were giving away registration codes for the Windows Smartphone version. Clearly Opera is better than IE. But 20 bucks is a bit pricey for a phone browser.
I bought my Rio Karma 18 months ago, and I love it. The scroll wheel broke and I fixed it. The LCD broke and I got a broken Karma from ebay, and replaced the LCD. I bought another one for my wife and she loved it.
The main reasons I bought a Karma instead of an ipod were: longer battery duration, Ogg Vorbis, and price. Besides ipod scroll wheel, I don't really like the design of the iPod. It looks like a box of Tampax.
"gmail invites are now available to anyone with an american cellphone."
This is not true. It is only available to anyone with an US Cellphone. It is not available to the rest of the countries of America.
" They're expecting us to take 5 days away from gaming each year?"
Yes, because 5 days is what you will be spending each year rebooting the new XBox
I bought mine almost six months ago. Have not had a lockup in 4 months.
Battery life is excellent, 12 hours playing music opposed to some players that have battery duration of 12 hours starting from the moment you remove it from the charger.
The shape is great because it allows you to use it with one hand.
Plays several formats including Ogg Vorbis.
Rio DJ allows me to select predifined playlists based on:
* Entertain Me!: Generates playlist from most frequently played music. Mix can last 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 8 hours.
* Play All: Play everything and automatically sort by album, artist, genre, or year.
* Top Tunes: Play the most frequently played tracks. You can choose from the top 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 100, or 250 songs.
* New Music: Play the most recently imported tracks. Choose from music imported in the last 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 6 months, or 1 year.
* Memory Lane: Play tracks that haven't been played in a while. Choose from music not played in the last 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 6 months, or 1 year.
* Sounds Of...: Play tracks from the 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, or newer than 2000
* Forgotten Gems: Play old favorites that haven't been played in the last 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 6 months, or 1 year.
* Déjà Vu: Play tracks that have been played in the last 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 6 months, or 1 year.
* Random Mix: Generate a random list lasting 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 8 hours.
There is very detailed review at:
http://gear.ign.com/articles/458/458401p1.html
Two months ago I bought a second Karma for my wife. I can say the karma is the best gadget I have bought in a long time.
Ogg Vorbis.
Yo were not the only one.
Check out these reviews for Rio Karma on CNET and IGN. They also review a lot of other MP3 players. That's what made me buy a Rio Karma. Still waiting for it, because it has to be delivered to Colombia.