I agree on the easier to warm up bit -- our environment is pretty casual though. I'm typing this while wearing a t-shirt (with my lamp roasting my belly).
If I wore a jacket or a sweater or two, it'd be less comfortable to type all day.
They specifically didn't mention being able to bring in mp3s from an external system. I'm fearing that customers will actually have to sit down and have the machine rip each of their CDs.
This would make it more difficult to pirate music, though it'd never really stop it.
Nope, my comment wasn't meant to be sarcasm. As darthwader points out, there are a wide variety of options open if you want more satisfying news.
A few weekends ago I was visiting my parents' house, and sat down to watch the local TV news. I found myself disgusted, and surprised. Digusted because all of the stories seemed to be "so and so was shot and killed today... how do you feel about that?" "I'm pretty sad." "Back to you Tim!" My surprise came from realizing that I had become a news snob.
I'm used to pulling open a browser grabbing the news from my favorite spots. It's analytical, informative, and not filled with "how does this make you feel" stories.
The interesting thing is that even these sources are out to make money. They just do it by catering to a different audience. That audience could very well be you, but it certainly isn't the lowest common denomator. As such, its harder for such sources to effectively advertise... meaning you have to seek them out and THEN they get to sell your eyeballs to their advertisers.
If you're dissatisfied with the quality of the product you're being served, find a different store. Or station. Or website.
I agree when you mention the media latching on to a particular story and sucking it for all of the money that it's worth. JonKatz's little ditty leads to that point most of the time; and there isn't a problem with it.
Too many people see the media (TV/newspapers/internet/radio) as an entity that exists for the purpose of informing people about current events. They become outraged when capitalism "rears its ugly head" from time to time. After all, we're entitled to the news! For free!
The media makes their money by grabbing your ears, eyeballs, or heartstrings. They sell this real estate to advertisers. Don't EVER think they have anything else as their goal (i.e. "fair, unbiased coverage", "local issues").
I'm a die hard maximizing economist, and so are the media companies. It's just the way it is. If you don't like it, turn that dial to NPR or PBS and rock out.
It was great... watching coverage on TV of the earthquake that hit us Seattle kids today, they have footage of a Microsoft presenter getting his world rocked. I couldn't stop laughing.
Someone mentioned bundling all of the protocols (AIM, MSN, etc) into one client... this is shortsighted.
Imagine the multitude of messaging protocols out there... AIM, MSN, YahooPager, ICQ to name the most popular. As more capability is added, all that is required is additional server modules. No client upgrade is necessary. Since it is all XML based, it has total flexibility.
Jabber isn't limited to just instant messaging either... the architecture allows for expanding into pretty much anywhere. Cell-phones may become Jabber-enabled in the future... who knows? Anyway, check it out at jabber.org
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I've always described it as I once saw in a comment on another post:
It's what Star Wars would have been without the Jedi, the Force, or Aliens, and if it was all about Han Solo.
I agree on the easier to warm up bit -- our environment is pretty casual though. I'm typing this while wearing a t-shirt (with my lamp roasting my belly).
;-)
If I wore a jacket or a sweater or two, it'd be less comfortable to type all day.
I suppose we're at an impasse.
My office is too cold, and I don't have access to any sort of controls on it. I end up using my desklamp as a heat source.
I find that the cold makes me think less about work and more about how damn cold I am.
They specifically didn't mention being able to bring in mp3s from an external system. I'm fearing that customers will actually have to sit down and have the machine rip each of their CDs.
This would make it more difficult to pirate music, though it'd never really stop it.
Nope, my comment wasn't meant to be sarcasm. As darthwader points out, there are a wide variety of options open if you want more satisfying news.
A few weekends ago I was visiting my parents' house, and sat down to watch the local TV news. I found myself disgusted, and surprised. Digusted because all of the stories seemed to be "so and so was shot and killed today... how do you feel about that?" "I'm pretty sad." "Back to you Tim!" My surprise came from realizing that I had become a news snob.
I'm used to pulling open a browser grabbing the news from my favorite spots. It's analytical, informative, and not filled with "how does this make you feel" stories.
The interesting thing is that even these sources are out to make money. They just do it by catering to a different audience. That audience could very well be you, but it certainly isn't the lowest common denomator. As such, its harder for such sources to effectively advertise... meaning you have to seek them out and THEN they get to sell your eyeballs to their advertisers.
If you're dissatisfied with the quality of the product you're being served, find a different store. Or station. Or website.
That's what makes freedom rule.
-Tom
I agree when you mention the media latching on to a particular story and sucking it for all of the money that it's worth. JonKatz's little ditty leads to that point most of the time; and there isn't a problem with it.
Too many people see the media (TV/newspapers/internet/radio) as an entity that exists for the purpose of informing people about current events. They become outraged when capitalism "rears its ugly head" from time to time. After all, we're entitled to the news! For free!
The media makes their money by grabbing your ears, eyeballs, or heartstrings. They sell this real estate to advertisers. Don't EVER think they have anything else as their goal (i.e. "fair, unbiased coverage", "local issues").
I'm a die hard maximizing economist, and so are the media companies. It's just the way it is. If you don't like it, turn that dial to NPR or PBS and rock out.
-Tom
It was great... watching coverage on TV of the earthquake that hit us Seattle kids today, they have footage of a Microsoft presenter getting his world rocked. I couldn't stop laughing.
Someone mentioned bundling all of the protocols (AIM, MSN, etc) into one client... this is shortsighted.
Imagine the multitude of messaging protocols out there... AIM, MSN, YahooPager, ICQ to name the most popular. As more capability is added, all that is required is additional server modules. No client upgrade is necessary. Since it is all XML based, it has total flexibility.
Jabber isn't limited to just instant messaging either... the architecture allows for expanding into pretty much anywhere. Cell-phones may become Jabber-enabled in the future... who knows? Anyway, check it out at jabber.org