Where, in the 1st Amendment, does it say that a corporation must accept your money in return for advertising time? I don't see it...
Unfortunately, while I agree with your premise, I disagree with the fact that money has become the primary need for campaigns... and it's predominately needed simply to get television commercials on the air.
Remove that entire chunk of the political process, and I firmly believe we would all be much better off.
I think we'd be much better off if television stations were absolutely prohibited from airing any political (read: vote for/against this person) advertisements. This goes for the DNC, RNC, and 527 organizations.
Obviously biased, coming from Real... but many of the points contained within are true. However, the question still stands... why hasn't the industry moved to a single format, be it MPEG-4 or anything else...?
When Apple finally settled the issues surrounding MPEG-4 licensing and pricing for Quicktime... I wholeheartedly believed that soon thereafter... the vast majority of people would switch away from closed formats such as Windows Media Video and Real Video. I thought it was going to ultimately usher in a world where only one codec would be needed to watch or edit streaming video for the web.
That never happened.
Still to this day, with 2005 fast approaching, many websites demand either Real, Quicktime, or Windows Media Player.
What's stopping content providers from adopting a single video codec everyone can rally behind so that we aren't forced to download different players for different websites?
I originally hoped pride would succumb to ease-of-use for customers in this matter, but at this rate, I'd just like to know why we're still in the situation we're in and what can be done to get out of it.
I'm trying to hook a few friends up with an account but no one I know has any invites left... if I could get a few people to help me (and them) I'd really appreciate it!
I just wanted to point out the obvious (but apparently not so obvious for many) that almost all of the mobile providers offer phones without some degree of features such as cameras, MP3 players, and the kitchen sink. It makes me wonder if anyone's actively looking for one...
OK - now perhaps you're one of those who feels that color screens are over the top for mobile phones... so what to do? Why not look around on eBay?
With that said, I wholeheartedly appreciate the trend of adding features to phones.
Rotary phones "just worked." Why did they even bother adding that newfangled touchtone button dialing or even eliminate operator-connected calling? They always "just worked." The reason: progress.
I love Caller ID and SMS... they're infinitely useful and convenient. Sure... features like Push-to-talk and loud ringtones are annoying... but only when they're blantantly misused or inappropriate... like for personal conversations and in classrooms, respectively.
I just had to say this because I really dislike comments like "just give me a phone that works" because if telephone tech never evolved and never incorporated any new features, we'd all be using AMPS. We've come a long way from the days of car phones. And I, for one, LOVE being able to check my eMail on my 3650. Granted, network reliability should be paramount, but I've never had any lingering issues with my T-Mo service.
I guess I'm less spiteful of the industry than I used to be.
When I had a problem with a major company attempting to overcharge my account, they quickly cancelled the card and sent me a new one. I figured it was standard procedure...
There's an obvious demand for movies currently playing in theaters to be offered at home. HBO was originally founded on this notion, IIRC.
Solution: offer movies-on-demand at the same time they play in theaters.
Why miss out on profits from those that download these bootleg movies or buy them off the street? They could offer the movies for $4 a pop and people would buy.
Something's missing... track listings on the head unit. They should have hacked something together that pipes CD TEXT info out to the receiver and shows what's currently playing. Then again, do iPods with dock connectors have the ability to send track information down through their connection?
Here's the thing... amature radio... emergency response... two entirely different things. Police, fire, and EMT have their own set of frequencies and they should use them.
The arguement for ham being useful in the event of an emergency is a flimsy one, IMHO.
I guess what I'm getting at is the use of public airwaves as a playground for a very small number of people when many people could benefit from greater broadband access. How much of a chunk of the spectrum is used for hams?
And thank you for answering me. I apparently ruffled some feathers with some touchy mods.
Why are amature radio bands so special? I hope I don't piss any hams off, but what's the point in trying to fling your voice clear across the world when you could use the 'Net? Why can't we have another competitor to cable/DSL?
Please, someone help me out on this one. I really want to know the modern reasoning and necessity of the amature radio band.
Is there a market for a device like this? Am I the only one that thinks that voice over IP/WiFi is complete crap right now? I tried Vonage for a week. Hated it.
Why? Because there were gaps and pits in conversations... awkward silences due to missed packets... missed incoming calls... et cetera. Don't get me wrong... I think the tech has promise, but as it stands right now, VoIP is not ready for primetime.
Furthermore, the broadband providers need to get their shit together, too. DOCSIS nor xDSL are very reliable and I use a relatively respectable provider (RR). It seems that the move to VoIP is being based more on trying to save a quick buck, for customers and providers alike, and less about QoS, rock-solid reliability, and future practicality.
I mean REALLY... what good is side-stepping the CLECs in the name of lower costs when they're the ones we ultimately have to route calls through to call POTS lines from time to time?
Look... I know there are some of you out there who really love VoIP, but I'm worried that five years down the road, the teleco infrastructure will be worse off. Economics are slowly encouraging people to move to an ad-hoc network which was not originally designed to do what we're asking it to do... handing telephone calls. This same network is polluted with worms and viruses. Do you think customers want to lose their dialtone because some asshat decides to release a Windows exploit?
But then you could use the GSM signal as backup! Right. Now what about the people living in rural areas? They count just as much as the rest of the country.
I could go deeper, but I'll stop unless someone encourages me to add more.
It's apparently something Bush Sr. did say... search the web for it. I found quite a few websites which support the quote... but... I wasn't there when the speech was made so I'm not sure if that's the exact wording or not. Wouldn't surprise me, though, either way.
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Where, in the 1st Amendment, does it say that a corporation must accept your money in return for advertising time? I don't see it...
Unfortunately, while I agree with your premise, I disagree with the fact that money has become the primary need for campaigns... and it's predominately needed simply to get television commercials on the air.
Remove that entire chunk of the political process, and I firmly believe we would all be much better off.
That isn't bribing... that's people within the news organization rallying for their own personally preferred candidate/party...
I think we'd be much better off if television stations were absolutely prohibited from airing any political (read: vote for/against this person) advertisements. This goes for the DNC, RNC, and 527 organizations.
What about this?
Obviously biased, coming from Real... but many of the points contained within are true. However, the question still stands... why hasn't the industry moved to a single format, be it MPEG-4 or anything else...?
When Apple finally settled the issues surrounding MPEG-4 licensing and pricing for Quicktime... I wholeheartedly believed that soon thereafter... the vast majority of people would switch away from closed formats such as Windows Media Video and Real Video. I thought it was going to ultimately usher in a world where only one codec would be needed to watch or edit streaming video for the web.
That never happened.
Still to this day, with 2005 fast approaching, many websites demand either Real, Quicktime, or Windows Media Player.
What's stopping content providers from adopting a single video codec everyone can rally behind so that we aren't forced to download different players for different websites?
I originally hoped pride would succumb to ease-of-use for customers in this matter, but at this rate, I'd just like to know why we're still in the situation we're in and what can be done to get out of it.
I have one question... lets pretend that this does happen... are there any issues in terms of scale? If so, what are they?
I've been wondering... does anyone make an after-market stereo with Bluetooth speaker muting? Anything close??
Thank you so much! I've been looking for something like this for quite some time now... :)
I'm trying to hook a few friends up with an account but no one I know has any invites left... if I could get a few people to help me (and them) I'd really appreciate it!
This is great and all, but I think the stat we *really* want to know is... how many Library of Congress' will this thing hold?
I just wanted to point out the obvious (but apparently not so obvious for many) that almost all of the mobile providers offer phones without some degree of features such as cameras, MP3 players, and the kitchen sink. It makes me wonder if anyone's actively looking for one...
T-Mobile - Nokia 6010
Cingular - Nokia 3595
AT&T Wireless - Nokia 2260
Alltel - Nokia 3585i
Verizon Wireless - Nokia 3589i
OK - now perhaps you're one of those who feels that color screens are over the top for mobile phones... so what to do? Why not look around on eBay?
With that said, I wholeheartedly appreciate the trend of adding features to phones.
Rotary phones "just worked." Why did they even bother adding that newfangled touchtone button dialing or even eliminate operator-connected calling? They always "just worked." The reason: progress.
I love Caller ID and SMS... they're infinitely useful and convenient. Sure... features like Push-to-talk and loud ringtones are annoying... but only when they're blantantly misused or inappropriate... like for personal conversations and in classrooms, respectively.
I just had to say this because I really dislike comments like "just give me a phone that works" because if telephone tech never evolved and never incorporated any new features, we'd all be using AMPS. We've come a long way from the days of car phones. And I, for one, LOVE being able to check my eMail on my 3650. Granted, network reliability should be paramount, but I've never had any lingering issues with my T-Mo service.
I guess I'm less spiteful of the industry than I used to be.
And leave it up to clueless reporters to mis-report (not report?) the whole story...
When I had a problem with a major company attempting to overcharge my account, they quickly cancelled the card and sent me a new one. I figured it was standard procedure...
And you didn't tell your credit card company to stop payment (for FREE) because?
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There's an obvious demand for movies currently playing in theaters to be offered at home. HBO was originally founded on this notion, IIRC.
Solution: offer movies-on-demand at the same time they play in theaters.
Why miss out on profits from those that download these bootleg movies or buy them off the street? They could offer the movies for $4 a pop and people would buy.
I can't wait for an iTunes for movies.
I know firsthand how RACES has been activated to participate in local State emergencies
Like how?
Something's missing... track listings on the head unit. They should have hacked something together that pipes CD TEXT info out to the receiver and shows what's currently playing. Then again, do iPods with dock connectors have the ability to send track information down through their connection?
Here's the thing... amature radio... emergency response... two entirely different things. Police, fire, and EMT have their own set of frequencies and they should use them.
The arguement for ham being useful in the event of an emergency is a flimsy one, IMHO.
I guess what I'm getting at is the use of public airwaves as a playground for a very small number of people when many people could benefit from greater broadband access. How much of a chunk of the spectrum is used for hams?
And thank you for answering me. I apparently ruffled some feathers with some touchy mods.
Why are amature radio bands so special? I hope I don't piss any hams off, but what's the point in trying to fling your voice clear across the world when you could use the 'Net? Why can't we have another competitor to cable/DSL?
Please, someone help me out on this one. I really want to know the modern reasoning and necessity of the amature radio band.
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Show me one. There are none.
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Is there a market for a device like this? Am I the only one that thinks that voice over IP/WiFi is complete crap right now? I tried Vonage for a week. Hated it.
Why? Because there were gaps and pits in conversations... awkward silences due to missed packets... missed incoming calls... et cetera. Don't get me wrong... I think the tech has promise, but as it stands right now, VoIP is not ready for primetime.
Furthermore, the broadband providers need to get their shit together, too. DOCSIS nor xDSL are very reliable and I use a relatively respectable provider (RR). It seems that the move to VoIP is being based more on trying to save a quick buck, for customers and providers alike, and less about QoS, rock-solid reliability, and future practicality.
I mean REALLY... what good is side-stepping the CLECs in the name of lower costs when they're the ones we ultimately have to route calls through to call POTS lines from time to time?
Look... I know there are some of you out there who really love VoIP, but I'm worried that five years down the road, the teleco infrastructure will be worse off. Economics are slowly encouraging people to move to an ad-hoc network which was not originally designed to do what we're asking it to do... handing telephone calls. This same network is polluted with worms and viruses. Do you think customers want to lose their dialtone because some asshat decides to release a Windows exploit?
But then you could use the GSM signal as backup! Right. Now what about the people living in rural areas? They count just as much as the rest of the country.
I could go deeper, but I'll stop unless someone encourages me to add more.
It's apparently something Bush Sr. did say... search the web for it. I found quite a few websites which support the quote... but... I wasn't there when the speech was made so I'm not sure if that's the exact wording or not. Wouldn't surprise me, though, either way.
But your iTMS account name still remains coded in the hymn-altered file.