You have to look at the motivation of people like the pope when they say these things. They're smart enough to realize that evolution is an incontrovertible fact, but they don't want to give up their religion.
Please, please, please do not lump the Pope (and by extension the Church) in with the group that holds on to creationistic thinking as a religious ideal. The Church teaches that the Bible, no matter which translation you read, is devinely inspired, not devinely dictated. Thus, the text contained therein has to be viewed within the context it was written, and to whom it was written. Did the original author of Genesis have any concept of evolution? Absolutely not. Was it more effective to convey the concept that humans (and all of nature) were created* by a loving God via a story where the development of the universe is condensed into seven days? Definitely, when you consider who was writing to whom.
While the Church has had a rocky history with the science community (see Gallileo), as humanity as a whole has become more enlightened, the Vatican has taken a more "hands-off" approach to science, reasoning that God also created* science and human curiosity, not as a diversion for the inherently wicked, but as an avenue for humanity to better itself. Nothing God created* is evil (ergo, humans are not predestined to a certain fate), it is what you do with that creation* (e.g., terrible medical research on living people) that may be evil.
While this has turned into a much longer defense of the Catholic Church than I initially intended, the short of it is this: The Church does not take a 'Creationist' line. The Church (now a days) leaves the science to the scientists, and only holds court on that which is moral and spiritual. How things happen is science. That they happened at all is a matter of faith.
* I use 'create' here as a catch-all word implying that, through the process of willing the universe into being, these things came about. The way in which these things developed is (as seen here) the subject of intense debate and research.
When I wanted to see what Java was all about, I wrote a little ROT13 converter. It was straightforward (simple algorithm), but somewhat useful in that I did not have a converter on my Windows machine at the time. As a bonus, I think I was trying to convert someone's sig on/.
The nice thing about something like this is that you can extend the project as you learn more aspects of the language. For example, your first try might open an input file and dump the results, with the next version adding code for the program to print the results in a window.
My little Java converter eventually had two text boxes where I could copy/paste input and output, buttons to start the conversion, an icon in the jar file so it would look like a Windows program in the task bar, and other little things that I wanted to know how to do. A lot of what I did was relatively trivial, but when trying to learn a new language, it helps if you learn what you want to learn.
The thing that could really work with this though would be skill.
Imagine, if you will, some sort of showdown 'mini-game' (I hate to use that phrase here, because it implies something a little lame to hardcore gamers), where you get better and better over time. Not just because you have the best equipment, etc., but because you (i.e., you as a person, not your in-game persona) are better at the game. You could even have some sort of reputation rank that is attached to your player, based on how many shoot-outs you've won. If you die, you're still good at shoot-outs. You could even have your reputation stick to your new persona (perhaps reduced a little because you died).
You could even have a random element in the shoot-outs because, hey, sometimes, the newbie gets lucky. Include factors such as equipment (new guns don't jam as often, old guns have to be cleaned, rifles are more accurate but no good in showdowns, etc.), and you've got yourself quite a game.
In essence, this makes the personas disposable, but you could limit how many active (i.e., alive) characters a player can log in with. Pair this with a costume creation utility (no shirt stops a bullet, make it look like you want). Eventually, a character becomes such a bad-ass that every newbie wants to gun him down for the reputation boost, and you can't even walk five steps without a challenge. At this point, the gunman can become a lawman (how many times have we seen that movie), there would be limits on challenging a sheriff, and you take on a new character class. Hell, you could even go back to being a gunman at some point (if you live that long).
Throw in booze, poker, stage coach and train robberies, cattle rustling, hookers, farmers and other NPCs, and you've got yourself a game! Maybe I should get started on it...
"And I don't really see much beyond novelty - ala E-reader or power glove - for the stylus."
One thing to keep in mind, however, is that each of the two peripherals you mentioned (and the GC-GBA connection later in your comment) were add-ons that a developer could not be guaranteed consumers would purchase and/or have, thus, no game to take advantage of it. If, on the other hand, everyone had an e-reader buit into their GBA, I wager that you would be able to pick up freebie demo levels and packs of add-on cards at every game retailer in the world.
The fact that the touch-screen is integrated means that almost every game developed for the DS will use it, even if they do so poorly.
Actually, not quite. For example, When I ask for a pint and get a glass with a bulge it is (usually) an Imperial pint (i.e., 20 fluid ounces). A a stright-walled glass is a U.S. pint (or English), and is, sadly, only 16 fluid ounces.
Distinctions are made between the 'English' (or U.S.) and 'Imperial' systems of measure, it's just that most people do not often run into the Imperial system except at bars, and debating the differences between measurement systems is no way to pick up chics.
In Louisiana, it is quite the opposite of Quebec, actually. Up until this generation, the use of French was strongly discouraged.
I have an Aunt who grew up in Acadiana (cajun country). She got her knuckles rapped with a ruler if she spoke French in school. The term 'cajun' was also a perjorative (somewhat akin to 'redneck' or 'hick', but with more venom). Only recently has it been seized upon as a way to market what makes this state (I live in New Orleans) unique.
Take a listen at WWOZ out of New Orleans. They play a wide variety of old and new Jazz. It's mostly local programming that is pretty unique.
If you're interested in some of the modern Brass Band Jazz that New Orleans produces copious amounts of, check out Rebirth Brass Band (you can listen to some of their songs there). They are one of the best known of the Brass Jazz bands, but there are many others.
Kermit Ruffins and the Barbeque Swingers, Los Hombres Calientes (heavy latin flavor), Irvin Mayfield, and Jason Marsalis (all on Basin Street Records) are also all very good, and very popular locally.
If you are ever in New Orleans, be sure to venture out of the French Quarter to see some of these guys. Kermit Ruffins plays every Wednesday for free at a place uptown called Le Bon Temps Roule, and most of the other bands I listed play regularly, usually for a very moderate cover price (especially if you are used to D.C., New York, or LA covers).
I have a 'Matchbox' version of the ship from that show.
Never knew it was from any show; I liked it so much when I was at a flea market that my parents bought it for me. I must've been about four or five then.
No, no, no. I have plenty of albums to enjoy. They just don't sound anything like Pearl Jam anymore.
I used to love Pearl Jam. I got my hands on anything they put out around the time, including the European release of "Ten" (which had two extra songs on it), and the soundtrack to film "Singles". In the time between "Ten" and "vs.", I started to listen to other bands and styles. Thus, when "vs." came out and I bought it immediately, I was dissapointed. I have continued to listen to new Pearl Jam since (as it is released), but I never quite find that the other albums speak to me quite like "Ten" did, and I tend to not buy them. I grew up, and Pearl Jam didn't go the same direction I did. I also abhorred Eddie Vedder's political whinings on and off stage. That was probably one of the biggest deal breakers for me.
In the end, I think that the musical tastes of the public animal tend to shift wildly, and that sometimes the time between one album and the next is too long, and you lose the beast's attention. I think that is a good distillation of the point I made in the first place.
I'm replying to this because I want to voice a similar sentiment, and speak to Moby's invocation of "The Pearl Jam Effect" The reason everyone and their brother bought "Play" and Pearl Jam's "Ten" is that they were the right kind of album at the right time. "Play" came along just as everyone wanted to hear what this whole electronica thing was about, and, thus, sold well. "Ten" also sold well because people wanted to hear good old fashioned rock-n-roll after 80's new wave became old wave.
Subsequent albums by Pearl Jam (and here, Mr. Moby, is what the real "Pearl Jam Effect" is) were exactly the same as "Ten", except not so good. They sold poorly because the public's taste had changed, the music did not change in the same way, and nobody wanted to hear Eddie Vedder's political vitriol.
What "18" has shown us is that Moby is likely interested in only making albums that are almost like "Play" but not quite as good. Thus, our study of history teaches us that we are seeing the beginnings of another "The Pearl Jam Effect", and that no future Moby album will be good, or relevant.
Before you start railing against me because I bash Pearl Jam and Moby, note this; this whole reply is purely my opinion. I think that both "Ten" and "Play" are two of the more influential and well-crafted albums of my day. I own both, and I still listen to both. I've heard "18" and all I thought was "ho-hum". That is the exact same thing I thought after I purchased Pearl Jam's "vs.", which is one of the albums that taught me to make damn sure I like it before I drop my hard-earned cash on it.
I must have missed something, because now a growing list of stuff won't compile...
Yeah, I ran into a snag like this. I ran out of disk space while bootstrapping after an 'emerge rsync' (I'm working with a small partition, figuring things out, making sure the essential stuff works, etc. before I make the big switch from Win98). Now all the libraries are MIA, and I can't even log in. Thank God I saved all the config files that FINALLY (after about 5 distros) got my dial-up working.
You're correct that the plastic will not shield the outside world from the PC internals, but I have a feeling that a larger concern is that there is no shielding protecting the PC from everything else.
I believe (in the States at least) that most consumer grade electronics devices must be certified to produce very little, and to "accept" any dangerous interference (read the FCC/CE declaration that comes with just about anything electronic, e.g., handheld, MP3 player, etc.).
Having said all of that, I don't know that there are any rules that require a home consumer to guarantee that anything they toy around with meets the same rigorous requirements that commercial companies have to follow. Even if there are laws, I doubt that the FCC has the manpower to trawl through neighboorhoods looking for offenders (not to mention that they would likely have to some within about ten feet to get any measurement).
If I had a plexi case, I would just make sure I kept the PC away from the monitor by a couple of feet or so (so you don't get funny colors, and/or data corruption), and you probably would not be able to listen to a radio that is sitting on top of the case due the fields the MoBo would put out.
I've decided that the next batch of machines I have to name will all be named after Kentucky Derby winners (in 25 year increments). There are 127 so far, and if you need more, you can use place and show horses as well (in the same tables).
The plusses? Thouroughbred breeders go to a lot of trouble to pick unique names, why waste their effort? You can even have some measure of "sub-theming" if you track heredity, since offspring of successful horses often have something similar about their names (e.g., the naval theme of Man 'o War's offspring; he was the sire of Gunboat, Flagship, and Flotilla (all not so famous), and the very famous War Admiral). You can also get some really cool login pictures / wallpapers of the winning horses if you nose around on the web long enough.
The minuses? Well, I guess typing in 'telnet long-ass-horse-name' could get old, and also the fact that there is a lot of punctuation in some of those names. I also guess that on occasion, it would get frustrating to see all those fast ponies running so damn slow.
I guess it's nostalgia, since I grew up in Kentucky and went to college in Louisville. I guess if I ever ran out of horse names, I could always start naming machines after bourbon brands.
I was always under the impression (not certain here, I didn't study CompSci in undergrad), that Alpha state implied that functionality / API / interface, etc., were all in a state of flux, in addition to (sometimes complete) instability.
I always took Beta to mean that functions, etc., were frozen, and that the bugs and performance issues were being ironed out. Hence the need for rigorous testing to insure that all possible use cases were accounted for.
What better a way to do that in an opensource environment than to release it to the public?
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Either way, keep the competition going, choice is a great thing, hell, lets get a third project started here!
There already is one. It's called Enlightenment. That's the new one I'm waitin' for.
You don't need it (unless you use the color matching, etc. that it enables), and you can get to most of the options it pops up elsewhere.
'course, that's the first thing I do when I get anywhere near a new PC that I'm going to have to use a lot. Right after I take almost everything else out of the Run reg key, and delete everything from the StartUp directory in the Start menu. Windows runs real nice when I'm finished with it.
Just FYI, people play around with "explosive hydrogen gas" for lots of reasons in lots of places. You'll find people playing with hydrogen in every plant which manufactures...
Also, every coal-fired power plant that I know of in the US maintains an ass-load of H2 gas right next to the turbine. It's used to cool the generator. Gets nasty when there is a leak and fire; you've gotta walk around with a broom in front of you so you don't get crispy (hydrogen fires are colorless).
Hell, that's exactly how I feel about some of my slashdot posts. Sometimes, I read them and think, "damn, I sound like I know what the hell I'm talking about." Scary feeling, that.
When will we get some decent wireless data service?? Japan has color, video, IM, web, games, and just plain awesome looking phones, and we get a cell/palm hybrid. yeah...
One thing you fail to realize, I (and others in the US, thus, partially, the lack of the option) don't want super-integrated, ultra-bitchin', mega-color, web-surfin' on a screen that is 2" by 2". What I really want is an easy way to hook my computer (whether that be a handheld, laptop, whatever) into my cell phone so that I can dial into any service I want, not just the distilled pablum that the cell-phone companies try to shove down my throat because someone paid them an ass-load of cash. I've seen the 'wireless web', and it's just ugly. I didn't even use it during the free trial period. God knows I'm not going to pay for it.
I don't want integrated everything because something always gets left out in the process. Whether it's ease of use, ability to expand, ability to use it on a plane ("sir, you'll have to turn off your phone," what then?), easy to find batteries, what have you.
Damn, where did all that vitreol come from. That was a little more brutal than I intended. The message is, however, clear. I don't care about having ready access to movies and audio and internet on my cell phone because I have much better means of accessing it already available virtually everywhere.
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I think you missed the part where I said I was running Windows.
Plus, I wanted to learn some Java.
While the Church has had a rocky history with the science community (see Gallileo), as humanity as a whole has become more enlightened, the Vatican has taken a more "hands-off" approach to science, reasoning that God also created* science and human curiosity, not as a diversion for the inherently wicked, but as an avenue for humanity to better itself. Nothing God created* is evil (ergo, humans are not predestined to a certain fate), it is what you do with that creation* (e.g., terrible medical research on living people) that may be evil.
While this has turned into a much longer defense of the Catholic Church than I initially intended, the short of it is this: The Church does not take a 'Creationist' line. The Church (now a days) leaves the science to the scientists, and only holds court on that which is moral and spiritual. How things happen is science. That they happened at all is a matter of faith.
* I use 'create' here as a catch-all word implying that, through the process of willing the universe into being, these things came about. The way in which these things developed is (as seen here) the subject of intense debate and research.
When I wanted to see what Java was all about, I wrote a little ROT13 converter. It was straightforward (simple algorithm), but somewhat useful in that I did not have a converter on my Windows machine at the time. As a bonus, I think I was trying to convert someone's sig on /.
The nice thing about something like this is that you can extend the project as you learn more aspects of the language. For example, your first try might open an input file and dump the results, with the next version adding code for the program to print the results in a window.
My little Java converter eventually had two text boxes where I could copy/paste input and output, buttons to start the conversion, an icon in the jar file so it would look like a Windows program in the task bar, and other little things that I wanted to know how to do. A lot of what I did was relatively trivial, but when trying to learn a new language, it helps if you learn what you want to learn.
The thing that could really work with this though would be skill.
Imagine, if you will, some sort of showdown 'mini-game' (I hate to use that phrase here, because it implies something a little lame to hardcore gamers), where you get better and better over time. Not just because you have the best equipment, etc., but because you (i.e., you as a person, not your in-game persona) are better at the game. You could even have some sort of reputation rank that is attached to your player, based on how many shoot-outs you've won. If you die, you're still good at shoot-outs. You could even have your reputation stick to your new persona (perhaps reduced a little because you died).
You could even have a random element in the shoot-outs because, hey, sometimes, the newbie gets lucky. Include factors such as equipment (new guns don't jam as often, old guns have to be cleaned, rifles are more accurate but no good in showdowns, etc.), and you've got yourself quite a game.
In essence, this makes the personas disposable, but you could limit how many active (i.e., alive) characters a player can log in with. Pair this with a costume creation utility (no shirt stops a bullet, make it look like you want). Eventually, a character becomes such a bad-ass that every newbie wants to gun him down for the reputation boost, and you can't even walk five steps without a challenge. At this point, the gunman can become a lawman (how many times have we seen that movie), there would be limits on challenging a sheriff, and you take on a new character class. Hell, you could even go back to being a gunman at some point (if you live that long).
Throw in booze, poker, stage coach and train robberies, cattle rustling, hookers, farmers and other NPCs, and you've got yourself a game! Maybe I should get started on it...
Oh, give it up boys and buy a damn purse already. :)
"And I don't really see much beyond novelty - ala E-reader or power glove - for the stylus."
One thing to keep in mind, however, is that each of the two peripherals you mentioned (and the GC-GBA connection later in your comment) were add-ons that a developer could not be guaranteed consumers would purchase and/or have, thus, no game to take advantage of it. If, on the other hand, everyone had an e-reader buit into their GBA, I wager that you would be able to pick up freebie demo levels and packs of add-on cards at every game retailer in the world.
The fact that the touch-screen is integrated means that almost every game developed for the DS will use it, even if they do so poorly.
Actually, not quite. For example, When I ask for a pint and get a glass with a bulge it is (usually) an Imperial pint (i.e., 20 fluid ounces). A a stright-walled glass is a U.S. pint (or English), and is, sadly, only 16 fluid ounces.
Distinctions are made between the 'English' (or U.S.) and 'Imperial' systems of measure, it's just that most people do not often run into the Imperial system except at bars, and debating the differences between measurement systems is no way to pick up chics.
In Louisiana, it is quite the opposite of Quebec, actually. Up until this generation, the use of French was strongly discouraged.
I have an Aunt who grew up in Acadiana (cajun country). She got her knuckles rapped with a ruler if she spoke French in school. The term 'cajun' was also a perjorative (somewhat akin to 'redneck' or 'hick', but with more venom). Only recently has it been seized upon as a way to market what makes this state (I live in New Orleans) unique.
If you're interested in some of the modern Brass Band Jazz that New Orleans produces copious amounts of, check out Rebirth Brass Band (you can listen to some of their songs there). They are one of the best known of the Brass Jazz bands, but there are many others. Kermit Ruffins and the Barbeque Swingers, Los Hombres Calientes (heavy latin flavor), Irvin Mayfield, and Jason Marsalis (all on Basin Street Records) are also all very good, and very popular locally.
If you are ever in New Orleans, be sure to venture out of the French Quarter to see some of these guys. Kermit Ruffins plays every Wednesday for free at a place uptown called Le Bon Temps Roule, and most of the other bands I listed play regularly, usually for a very moderate cover price (especially if you are used to D.C., New York, or LA covers).
Holy Cow!
I have a 'Matchbox' version of the ship from that show.
Never knew it was from any show; I liked it so much when I was at a flea market that my parents bought it for me. I must've been about four or five then.
I used to love Pearl Jam. I got my hands on anything they put out around the time, including the European release of "Ten" (which had two extra songs on it), and the soundtrack to film "Singles". In the time between "Ten" and "vs.", I started to listen to other bands and styles. Thus, when "vs." came out and I bought it immediately, I was dissapointed. I have continued to listen to new Pearl Jam since (as it is released), but I never quite find that the other albums speak to me quite like "Ten" did, and I tend to not buy them. I grew up, and Pearl Jam didn't go the same direction I did. I also abhorred Eddie Vedder's political whinings on and off stage. That was probably one of the biggest deal breakers for me.
In the end, I think that the musical tastes of the public animal tend to shift wildly, and that sometimes the time between one album and the next is too long, and you lose the beast's attention. I think that is a good distillation of the point I made in the first place.
I'm replying to this because I want to voice a similar sentiment, and speak to Moby's invocation of "The Pearl Jam Effect" The reason everyone and their brother bought "Play" and Pearl Jam's "Ten" is that they were the right kind of album at the right time. "Play" came along just as everyone wanted to hear what this whole electronica thing was about, and, thus, sold well. "Ten" also sold well because people wanted to hear good old fashioned rock-n-roll after 80's new wave became old wave.
Subsequent albums by Pearl Jam (and here, Mr. Moby, is what the real "Pearl Jam Effect" is) were exactly the same as "Ten", except not so good. They sold poorly because the public's taste had changed, the music did not change in the same way, and nobody wanted to hear Eddie Vedder's political vitriol.
What "18" has shown us is that Moby is likely interested in only making albums that are almost like "Play" but not quite as good. Thus, our study of history teaches us that we are seeing the beginnings of another "The Pearl Jam Effect", and that no future Moby album will be good, or relevant.
Before you start railing against me because I bash Pearl Jam and Moby, note this; this whole reply is purely my opinion. I think that both "Ten" and "Play" are two of the more influential and well-crafted albums of my day. I own both, and I still listen to both. I've heard "18" and all I thought was "ho-hum". That is the exact same thing I thought after I purchased Pearl Jam's "vs.", which is one of the albums that taught me to make damn sure I like it before I drop my hard-earned cash on it.
Yeah, I ran into a snag like this. I ran out of disk space while bootstrapping after an 'emerge rsync' (I'm working with a small partition, figuring things out, making sure the essential stuff works, etc. before I make the big switch from Win98). Now all the libraries are MIA, and I can't even log in. Thank God I saved all the config files that FINALLY (after about 5 distros) got my dial-up working.
You're correct that the plastic will not shield the outside world from the PC internals, but I have a feeling that a larger concern is that there is no shielding protecting the PC from everything else.
I believe (in the States at least) that most consumer grade electronics devices must be certified to produce very little, and to "accept" any dangerous interference (read the FCC/CE declaration that comes with just about anything electronic, e.g., handheld, MP3 player, etc.).
Having said all of that, I don't know that there are any rules that require a home consumer to guarantee that anything they toy around with meets the same rigorous requirements that commercial companies have to follow. Even if there are laws, I doubt that the FCC has the manpower to trawl through neighboorhoods looking for offenders (not to mention that they would likely have to some within about ten feet to get any measurement).
If I had a plexi case, I would just make sure I kept the PC away from the monitor by a couple of feet or so (so you don't get funny colors, and/or data corruption), and you probably would not be able to listen to a radio that is sitting on top of the case due the fields the MoBo would put out.
The plusses? Thouroughbred breeders go to a lot of trouble to pick unique names, why waste their effort? You can even have some measure of "sub-theming" if you track heredity, since offspring of successful horses often have something similar about their names (e.g., the naval theme of Man 'o War's offspring; he was the sire of Gunboat, Flagship, and Flotilla (all not so famous), and the very famous War Admiral). You can also get some really cool login pictures / wallpapers of the winning horses if you nose around on the web long enough.
The minuses? Well, I guess typing in 'telnet long-ass-horse-name' could get old, and also the fact that there is a lot of punctuation in some of those names. I also guess that on occasion, it would get frustrating to see all those fast ponies running so damn slow.
I guess it's nostalgia, since I grew up in Kentucky and went to college in Louisville. I guess if I ever ran out of horse names, I could always start naming machines after bourbon brands.
I was always under the impression (not certain here, I didn't study CompSci in undergrad), that Alpha state implied that functionality / API / interface, etc., were all in a state of flux, in addition to (sometimes complete) instability.
I always took Beta to mean that functions, etc., were frozen, and that the bugs and performance issues were being ironed out. Hence the need for rigorous testing to insure that all possible use cases were accounted for.
What better a way to do that in an opensource environment than to release it to the public?
There already is one. It's called Enlightenment. That's the new one I'm waitin' for.
I just remove ALL of the ATI crap from the registry in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
You don't need it (unless you use the color matching, etc. that it enables), and you can get to most of the options it pops up elsewhere.
'course, that's the first thing I do when I get anywhere near a new PC that I'm going to have to use a lot. Right after I take almost everything else out of the Run reg key, and delete everything from the StartUp directory in the Start menu. Windows runs real nice when I'm finished with it.
Survivor V: MIR
It's happinin', even as we speak.
Princess Garnet
No, no, no...
She changes her name to Dagger, remember, in that one scene, where she asks...
Oh, wait... Now I'm the sad one.
All Right... Enough.
I'm calling bullshit on this one until I see some references. Real references. Not "my buddy Joe's webpage" either.
It's one thing to dislike a company or their products. It's an entirely different matter to make stuff up becuse "it's right"
Hell, that's exactly how I feel about some of my slashdot posts. Sometimes, I read them and think, "damn, I sound like I know what the hell I'm talking about." Scary feeling, that.
Heh... Then we could call them 'SlingBlades'
You know, sling, over your shoulder, then...
Oh, nevermind.
One thing you fail to realize, I (and others in the US, thus, partially, the lack of the option) don't want super-integrated, ultra-bitchin', mega-color, web-surfin' on a screen that is 2" by 2". What I really want is an easy way to hook my computer (whether that be a handheld, laptop, whatever) into my cell phone so that I can dial into any service I want, not just the distilled pablum that the cell-phone companies try to shove down my throat because someone paid them an ass-load of cash. I've seen the 'wireless web', and it's just ugly. I didn't even use it during the free trial period. God knows I'm not going to pay for it.
I don't want integrated everything because something always gets left out in the process. Whether it's ease of use, ability to expand, ability to use it on a plane ("sir, you'll have to turn off your phone," what then?), easy to find batteries, what have you.
Damn, where did all that vitreol come from. That was a little more brutal than I intended. The message is, however, clear. I don't care about having ready access to movies and audio and internet on my cell phone because I have much better means of accessing it already available virtually everywhere.