Wasn't the PS2 supposed to do this? i remember Kaz Harai saying it would be like the matrix.. today! I guess i will have to wait for the Ps3 super computer..
Good god that is an awful site. If you dont want your eyes to bleed as you try to read a small dark grey font over a black background. here is the article text. ====
The iPod has dominated the MP3 player (and portable video player) market so far. It began the ultimate revolution in how we listen to our music. Competitors have come and gone, while the iPod stood strong, but really, will the iPod ever die? Well there are a few points that say NO and some that say YES.
NO! It will not die! (at the bottom of the article we look at the possibility of it actually dying, but for now the NO points outweigh the YES) 1. Its just too cool
The iPod has become so much of a cool factor today that teens prefer it over any other MP3 player. They don't care much about functionality, but how cool it looks. That's where Apple's ingenious design wins them over, and as long as the whole social group has iPods, it's going to stay that way. People just don't consider the Rio players or Zune cool looking: as the Apple sleek white design is just so much simpler. And Apple is getting better every day, with the recent introduction of colors (which we all love) and at even tinier (way cooler) iPod shuffle. So the driving force behind the iPod's success is it is the coolest thing to have, to use, to show off, to carry around; and it will stay that way at the pace that Apple is making it cooler every season.
2. Its known
When we think of MP3 players we think Pod. That was not true a few years ago, MP3 player could mean Sony or Philips or any other brand, but today the word that first pops into our head is iPod. The iPod is now global, even here in India we see the white ear buds walking the streets. You can get an iPod probably anywhere in the world.
3. Price
Apple always has very competitive pricing for iPods, especially with the iPod shuffle. That's one of the main factors teens look at, and combine that with the fact it's just so cool, hey, how can we resist?
4. Competitors aren't getting it.
Competitors like Creative and recently Microsoft (although the Zune does have a lot of potential) don't know what the current generation is and what they want. We want simply stuff, which looks good and works. While competitors focus more on functionality which not many will use, Apple focuses on pushing the limits of creative design: which many people appreciate more. Would you rather have a tiny glossy iPod which plays MP3s only or a bigger bulkier competitor's product which plays all known formats? Exactly. Apple made sense of it all giving us only what we will need, and sometimes more.
5. Accessories in all directions
We all love to personalize our stuff. Apple lets you do that with the countless number of accessories. It's like pimping your car with rims: iSkins for iPods, headphones with glowing wires, lanyards, stick ons and what not. No company in the near future can create so much personalization to match up with what the iPod already has in its large accessory market.
6. We don't like to change.
Once an iPod user, probably always an iPod user. If the iPod was your first MP3 player, you will probably never change if it's worked well for you. When you plan to upgrade you will go for the newest iPod, not the Zune.
7. Getting better.
The iPod is getting better every season. With smaller sizes, bigger drives, better functions etc. So far no company has been able to match with the pace that Apple has set in introducing new iPods which keep us anticipated to what they will do next.
8. Personal Touch
Mentally we are fixed that Microsoft is a big company with no taste and no 'coolness'. We see Apple as a bunch of fun loving guys which brings them closer to you than Microsoft or Creative. Their fun Ads on TV or their quiet sense of humor sometimes allows us to connect with the brand easier.
9. Killing the PC
As Apple converts even more people to Macs (and businesses) and as Macs get cheaper and more compatible with Window
i saw ico at EB many times and never picked it up becasue it looks like a kids game. Had i seen the japanese cover or known what it was i probably would have bought it. To this day i am still pissed about that.
nature has a way of dealing with runaway popultions like this. Its called disease. Aids, avian flu, ebola and probably worse in the future will go a long way yo controlling the poulation in the world. That and there is are 9 other planets and tons of moons in the solar system...
" I told Emily Dickinson practically the same thing: "Shut up with that emo shit. It's not paying the bills, and they're looking for a girl to do needlepoint in the village.""
Clearly you have not read Emily Dickinson. Shudder.. cringe..
"Each american produces about 2.3 kg of trash a day"
Smart move. Use a unit that almost no one in america is familair with. Next you can talk about the gas "mileage" of american cars in meters. Yeah, say bob gets 16,093 meters off a gallon of gas. 16 fucking 093 meters, thats some eco-friendly car bob has isnt it?
zanga or zango. The blurb above says zanga ( xanga is a blog site) and the linked article says zango. Is the author and the editor accusing xanga of attacking myspace?
Cingular. if you were like me and signed up for the spider man promotion back in 2002 and get grandfathered into you 29.99 contract every year. free roaming free long distance free web unlimited nights and weekends. and a free phone every year when i resign.
they have been trying to get me on a different contract for years he he.
i watched the entire world cup (all the major games) on it live from at work. It is free to verizon customers, so if you put &customer=verizon in the URL it would let you in as if you logged in. After the world cup they removed the security hole and i discovered TVUplayer.
They were found guilty of contributory infringement. Torrent trackers may also be sued for contributory infringement, but to claim that they are infringing copyright demonstrates a lack of understanding of how bit-torrent works."
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Wasn't the PS2 supposed to do this? i remember Kaz Harai saying it would be like the matrix.. today! I guess i will have to wait for the Ps3 super computer..
as opposed to podcasting to plants and animals. this is really the year of the linux desktop.
Ada nuff said.
i know, americanium, the nerve of them. Too bad the europeans cam out with Europium in the 19th century. Go home euro-weenie.
Good god that is an awful site. If you dont want your eyes to bleed as you try to read a small dark grey font over a black background. here is the article text.
====
The iPod has dominated the MP3 player (and portable video player) market so far. It began the ultimate revolution in how we listen to our music. Competitors have come and gone, while the iPod stood strong, but really, will the iPod ever die? Well there are a few points that say NO and some that say YES.
NO! It will not die! (at the bottom of the article we look at the possibility of it actually dying, but for now the NO points outweigh the YES)
1. Its just too cool
The iPod has become so much of a cool factor today that teens prefer it over any other MP3 player. They don't care much about functionality, but how cool it looks. That's where Apple's ingenious design wins them over, and as long as the whole social group has iPods, it's going to stay that way. People just don't consider the Rio players or Zune cool looking: as the Apple sleek white design is just so much simpler. And Apple is getting better every day, with the recent introduction of colors (which we all love) and at even tinier (way cooler) iPod shuffle. So the driving force behind the iPod's success is it is the coolest thing to have, to use, to show off, to carry around; and it will stay that way at the pace that Apple is making it cooler every season.
2. Its known
When we think of MP3 players we think Pod. That was not true a few years ago, MP3 player could mean Sony or Philips or any other brand, but today the word that first pops into our head is iPod. The iPod is now global, even here in India we see the white ear buds walking the streets. You can get an iPod probably anywhere in the world.
3. Price
Apple always has very competitive pricing for iPods, especially with the iPod shuffle. That's one of the main factors teens look at, and combine that with the fact it's just so cool, hey, how can we resist?
4. Competitors aren't getting it.
Competitors like Creative and recently Microsoft (although the Zune does have a lot of potential) don't know what the current generation is and what they want. We want simply stuff, which looks good and works. While competitors focus more on functionality which not many will use, Apple focuses on pushing the limits of creative design: which many people appreciate more. Would you rather have a tiny glossy iPod which plays MP3s only or a bigger bulkier competitor's product which plays all known formats? Exactly. Apple made sense of it all giving us only what we will need, and sometimes more.
5. Accessories in all directions
We all love to personalize our stuff. Apple lets you do that with the countless number of accessories. It's like pimping your car with rims: iSkins for iPods, headphones with glowing wires, lanyards, stick ons and what not. No company in the near future can create so much personalization to match up with what the iPod already has in its large accessory market.
6. We don't like to change.
Once an iPod user, probably always an iPod user. If the iPod was your first MP3 player, you will probably never change if it's worked well for you. When you plan to upgrade you will go for the newest iPod, not the Zune.
7. Getting better.
The iPod is getting better every season. With smaller sizes, bigger drives, better functions etc. So far no company has been able to match with the pace that Apple has set in introducing new iPods which keep us anticipated to what they will do next.
8. Personal Touch
Mentally we are fixed that Microsoft is a big company with no taste and no 'coolness'. We see Apple as a bunch of fun loving guys which brings them closer to you than Microsoft or Creative. Their fun Ads on TV or their quiet sense of humor sometimes allows us to connect with the brand easier.
9. Killing the PC
As Apple converts even more people to Macs (and businesses) and as Macs get cheaper and more compatible with Window
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Let me guess you live in a muslim country..
Tikibar tv podcast. nuff said.
i figured our british cousins still used the gallon.
i saw ico at EB many times and never picked it up becasue it looks like a kids game. Had i seen the japanese cover or known what it was i probably would have bought it. To this day i am still pissed about that.
wow with a GTA killer like Colors you would think gizmondo would do great.
nature has a way of dealing with runaway popultions like this. Its called disease. Aids, avian flu, ebola and probably worse in the future will go a long way yo controlling the poulation in the world. That and there is are 9 other planets and tons of moons in the solar system...
funny i wonder how i got that number in meters.
" I told Emily Dickinson practically the same thing: "Shut up with that emo shit. It's not paying the bills, and they're looking for a girl to do needlepoint in the village.""
Clearly you have not read Emily Dickinson. Shudder.. cringe..
"Each american produces about 2.3 kg of trash a day"
Smart move. Use a unit that almost no one in america is familair with. Next you can talk about the gas "mileage" of american cars in meters. Yeah, say bob gets 16,093 meters off a gallon of gas. 16 fucking 093 meters, thats some eco-friendly car bob has isnt it?
zanga or zango. The blurb above says zanga ( xanga is a blog site) and the linked article says zango. Is the author and the editor accusing xanga of attacking myspace?
as long as they have burger time im happy.
actually, worse, they are communists
just listen to what the founder said about greenpeace's opposition to nukes in the 70. Such wonderful foresight has been a great boon to the environment.
thanks lenovo! :-p
"Which phone companies provide free web access?"
Cingular. if you were like me and signed up for the spider man promotion back in 2002 and get grandfathered into you 29.99 contract every year.
free roaming
free long distance
free web
unlimited nights and weekends.
and a free phone every year when i resign.
they have been trying to get me on a different contract for years he he.
i watched the entire world cup (all the major games) on it live from at work. It is free to verizon customers, so if you put &customer=verizon in the URL it would let you in as if you logged in. After the world cup they removed the security hole and i discovered TVUplayer.
"It reminds of that manuscript recently dug up from the 14th century."
careful, the pope did that once and almost got killed for it.
SSL VPN? is this some new web 2.0 thing? VPN using an ajaxified we page and SSL! are you trying to say encrypted vpn?
They were found guilty of contributory infringement. Torrent trackers may also be sued for contributory infringement, but to claim that they are infringing copyright demonstrates a lack of understanding of how bit-torrent works."
Do you see where your logic fails?
what do these sites do that kazza does/did not do?