Easily understandable. And I am sure people that can fork out $500 for a music player would not be put off by a $99 battery replacement. Which in fact does not sound like that bad of deal....the main reason being that iPods are pretty much entrenched enough in the marketplace now that we can be sure a replacement strategy will be in place for a while...much different than most devices that you buy with a proprietary battery that drop off the face of the earth so fast that even the parent companies don't support them anymore. Lucky for me...I have my archos for now, and about a 3 month window until my next "$500 of disposable income" to see if something smaller that still uses AA or AAA NIMH batteries.
The thing is, products that work are fine for dull. boring people like us, but special people need to have an apple product to reassure them that they are special and unique.
These are the same people that popularized paying $1.75 for 16 ounces of water "bottled" from a tap in Michigan.
Well I have a matchbox that is a lot smaller than an iPod...and just about as useful as an 18 month old iPod. We should demand the same lifespan from ipod type devices that we expect from VCR's...DVD;s...CD Players...etc.
My Archos Recorder works great with NiMH. 4 AA's and I am good. And when they go bad after about 500 charges...I can pony up another 6 bucks and be good to go.
Bottom line: ANYTHING with un-attachable/proprietory batteries is a BAD thing and should be boycotted. Look at the difference between most Ipaq's and the Dell Axims. You can pay 700 clams for an Ipaq with a battery that is not really that easily replacable...Or you can buy an Axim that has an easily detachible battery. Buy a couple extra and don't worry about running out of juice.
This stuff is not desposible razor priced...we are talking electronics between $300 - $900 dollars...the consumer deserves better.
Yea -- and I bet you wonder why people buy new tennis shoes every year....When you in comparison have had the same pair for 10 years...because you only where them 7 1/2 minutes a day -- and always inside.
Slashdot is the only society I've ever known in which, when someone does something that everyone in the community likes, they are attacked and called a "whore".
Na...thats just the internet...the same thing happens to music, movies, and just about anything that spurns passion and can be discussed by thousands of desk jockey experts....Sad really.
If they are going to have Up & Download limits...they should be forced to provide an up to date status of where you stand each day. I have yet to see a message on here where someone got axed or scolded and they actually had details of usage other than....oops you went over the limit.
Your exactlly right -- yet it does not explain why 2 of the most powerful Jedi ever -- Obiwon and Yoda don't make a stand -- yet retreat in defeat for 20+ years without even really confronting the Emporer or Vader....(The last part is assuming that they know Anakin has become Vader....which the script telling does not mention...) I guess the last remaining question is to why Vader and the Emporer never hunt down Kenobi.
Why a Jedi Master as great as Yoda shows all the decision making skills and insight of a being with Jar Jar's brain throughout the films -- and then cowers away in hiding at the end. In eps 4-6 I always attributed it to his age....But he seems to be pretty much in his prime in eps 1-3...Yet still is a dunce in matters that really matter.
You are correct...However I do have a comment to add as to why 1 Hacked *nux Server looks just as bad (in some cases) than 100,000 hacked Windows boxes...And that is because you can assume that a majority of the Windows boxes are administered by "point and click, next and back button" type administrators OR even end users of desktop systems that have services turned on. In the case of a *nix box getting cracked that is used to distribute something as "comlex" as a whole *nix distribution -- one can maybe assume the box is adminstered by a solid Admin who knows what he is doing....and yet the OS was still vulnurable.....(VS. many of the MS exploits being "explained away" because of lackluster or no admin.)
Talk about working without a net. I mean, why call it a file server -- sure it will serve files...But it will not do anything about redundency or recovery. Thus it is just a Desktop with lots of standalone drive space. The whole file server moniker should be reserved for machines that not only collect and serve your data -- but also protect and back-up your data. No raid, no mirrors, no tape backups -- no nothin. And some good the 3d graphics card or MTBF will do you when one of the drives goes south taking your data with it.....(Well at least you may be able to replace it under warrenty with a new EMPTY hard drive and play a mean game of Unreal Tournament or something....:)
1. Multiple outlets no more. I know when Grandma calls it is nice to have a few of us able to listen in at the same time.
2. TiVo/DSL/BBS's.
3. Emergency Calls. Would suck to not have service/coverage during an emergency.
4. Battery life. (I can choose to not go wireless with a jack or two in the house to ensure dead batteries and misplaced handsets don't ruin the chances of contacting me)
On the plus side: I am sure the companies that build and sell aftermarket replacement batteries for cell phones love this ruling. At $29 - $59+ a pop -- and a life span of less than a year (of being able to hold a full charge)that equals some big cash.
If I were a manager at a big computer company (like Dell, HP, etc) and the verdict had been passed that 20% of all new desktop machines will ship with a Primary Linux OS, my problems would be much different than if the verdict had been passed 6 years ago (hardware support, DVD play, Multimedia, Clean familiar desktops, etc..) But in a way the main 2003 problems would be just as complexing as the 1997 problems.
1. Which distro to include? Sounds like an easy question -- but in today's climate with most commercial distros begging for cash just to stay afloat 1 more quarter OR going the Enterprise route and kicking the "price the box $75 cheaper and go with Linux NO OS tax" in the pants with services that cost just as much or more than the competition....(RHEL RHAS) OR I could include "user supported OS's" that do not share all the "rounded edges" of some of the distros that are either going enterprise or hanging on by a thread. Tough Question.
2. Support. Whatever distro you choose will have to include some sort of telephone support for the end user.
Now that M$oft is finally catching on to one of the top three concepts or ideas that the "competition" has had for awhile now....(and believe it or not -- the single reason why I have got a few people around me to switch to a real OS....People that were not "in tune" enough to realize that yes you could install Opera/Mozilla on Windows....But were in tune enough to realize that a few rough edges in a desktop experience was a small price to pay to get rid of pop ups)
Now I guess it is time to dig deeper into trying to INVENT rather than RE-INVENT. It is a lot easier to sell cool never done before features rather than playing second fiddle to ideosyncrosies that have been in place in MS Land since 3.11.
Next year, West Coast dockworkers will earn an average of $112,000 for handling cargo, according to the Pacific Maritime Association, their employer. Office clerks who log shipping records into computers will earn $136,000. And unionized foremen who oversee the rank-and-file will pull down an average $177,000.
I have heard a lot of compelling arguments from you wedding photographers, airline pilots and ortho's out there...Any of you office clerks on the docks doing data entry for $136K a year want to churn in? I betcha those are jobs that people have killed for. (Or jobs that Rocko and Jimmy the Knife reserve for der' sisters...as spoils for the family....)
Is that 10% before internal costs (Bandwidth, Web Design, Packaging DRM - Encode, Advertising, Server Admin, etc.) That 10% could quickly become 2-3%. If you believe apple then it is a loss leader....Which means in a few years it could be called FedoraTunes. (When apple decides it costs more money than it is making or it is worth.)
Ya -- They can catch me if I try to sneak a coke and a taco in from Taco Bell but they can't catch someone with a tripod and camcorder? Where's the justice.
Apple will give up on the loss leader iTunes and it will be called FedoraTunes. This will free up apple to figure out how to charge more for there walkmans...errrr..ipods.
Good for them. I have seen these ads -- and as someone who just paid $8 to get in the show, and another $10 on popcorn and a coke, I felt really insulted that they would preach to me like that about about movie pirates. Note to Hollywood: The audiences sitting in the theateres to watch your drivel are your meal ticket not the enemy.
Not trying to say this is better than that OR mine is longer than yours...or anything like that...But I have owned a Archos Jukebox recorder for over a year and it is rock solid. Uses regular batteries...so no special internal battery to replace...if the double A's stop holding a good charge, I go buy another set for $10 or so, and I am in good shape. The recorder works as advertised. And the best of all -- open source (ok reverse engineered) firmaware "Rockbox".
Just wonder why when people talk about the Ipod they talk about it like it is the first and only (of which it is neither) hard drive based mp3 player.
1. Fix bugs in IE CSS support 2. Develop a hack proof Web Server 3. Kill Linux 4. Purchase OS X machines 5. Fire guy that photos our loading docks 6. Register all htomail domains 7. Breakfast at tiffanies 8. Laundry 9. Supplies computers to 3rd world countries that don't even have electricity. 10. Sleep
We have done all of our Christmas shopping online since 1999. I purchase all of my music online. My wife has outfitted 3 children with clothes purchased online. I get all of my digital prints processed through a company online. We order our fucking pizza and groceries online. I spend more and more money online every year.....and guess what -- I have NEVER ever ever clicked on an anoyying banner add.
If you don't have a product to market -- and want to get online to share your content -- chances are, you are going to have costs. Looking for a solution as simple as placing annoying and ugly banner ads on your page may seem a simple solution...but it is plain ugly and akin to the same SPAM that flows into your mailbox and frustrates you.
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Easily understandable. And I am sure people that can fork out $500 for a music player would not be put off by a $99 battery replacement. Which in fact does not sound like that bad of deal....the main reason being that iPods are pretty much entrenched enough in the marketplace now that we can be sure a replacement strategy will be in place for a while...much different than most devices that you buy with a proprietary battery that drop off the face of the earth so fast that even the parent companies don't support them anymore. Lucky for me...I have my archos for now, and about a 3 month window until my next "$500 of disposable income" to see if something smaller that still uses AA or AAA NIMH batteries.
The thing is, products that work are fine for dull. boring people like us, but special people need to have an apple product to reassure them that they are special and unique.
These are the same people that popularized paying $1.75 for 16 ounces of water "bottled" from a tap in Michigan.
Well I have a matchbox that is a lot smaller than an iPod...and just about as useful as an 18 month old iPod. We should demand the same lifespan from ipod type devices that we expect from VCR's...DVD;s...CD Players...etc.
My Archos Recorder works great with NiMH. 4 AA's and I am good. And when they go bad after about 500 charges...I can pony up another 6 bucks and be good to go.
Bottom line: ANYTHING with un-attachable/proprietory batteries is a BAD thing and should be boycotted. Look at the difference between most Ipaq's and the Dell Axims. You can pay 700 clams for an Ipaq with a battery that is not really that easily replacable...Or you can buy an Axim that has an easily detachible battery. Buy a couple extra and don't worry about running out of juice.
This stuff is not desposible razor priced...we are talking electronics between $300 - $900 dollars...the consumer deserves better.
Yea -- and I bet you wonder why people buy new tennis shoes every year....When you in comparison have had the same pair for 10 years...because you only where them 7 1/2 minutes a day -- and always inside.
Slashdot is the only society I've ever known in which, when someone does something that everyone in the community likes, they are attacked and called a "whore".
Na...thats just the internet...the same thing happens to music, movies, and just about anything that spurns passion and can be discussed by thousands of desk jockey experts....Sad really.
If they are going to have Up & Download limits...they should be forced to provide an up to date status of where you stand each day. I have yet to see a message on here where someone got axed or scolded and they actually had details of usage other than....oops you went over the limit.
Your exactlly right -- yet it does not explain why 2 of the most powerful Jedi ever -- Obiwon and Yoda don't make a stand -- yet retreat in defeat for 20+ years without even really confronting the Emporer or Vader....(The last part is assuming that they know Anakin has become Vader....which the script telling does not mention...) I guess the last remaining question is to why Vader and the Emporer never hunt down Kenobi.
Why a Jedi Master as great as Yoda shows all the decision making skills and insight of a being with Jar Jar's brain throughout the films -- and then cowers away in hiding at the end. In eps 4-6 I always attributed it to his age....But he seems to be pretty much in his prime in eps 1-3...Yet still is a dunce in matters that really matter.
Microsof~1 needs a little bit of extra cash going into the upcomi~1 holida~1 season. Maybe now all of these smalli~1 devices will get a decent FS.
You are correct...However I do have a comment to add as to why 1 Hacked *nux Server looks just as bad (in some cases) than 100,000 hacked Windows boxes...And that is because you can assume that a majority of the Windows boxes are administered by "point and click, next and back button" type administrators OR even end users of desktop systems that have services turned on. In the case of a *nix box getting cracked that is used to distribute something as "comlex" as a whole *nix distribution -- one can maybe assume the box is adminstered by a solid Admin who knows what he is doing....and yet the OS was still vulnurable.....(VS. many of the MS exploits being "explained away" because of lackluster or no admin.)
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Talk about working without a net. I mean, why call it a file server -- sure it will serve files...But it will not do anything about redundency or recovery. Thus it is just a Desktop with lots of standalone drive space. The whole file server moniker should be reserved for machines that not only collect and serve your data -- but also protect and back-up your data. No raid, no mirrors, no tape backups -- no nothin. And some good the 3d graphics card or MTBF will do you when one of the drives goes south taking your data with it.....(Well at least you may be able to replace it under warrenty with a new EMPTY hard drive and play a mean game of Unreal Tournament or something....:)
Of ditching the land line:
1.
Multiple outlets no more. I know when Grandma calls it is nice to have a few of us able to listen in at the same time.
2.
TiVo/DSL/BBS's.
3.
Emergency Calls. Would suck to not have service/coverage during an emergency.
4.
Battery life. (I can choose to not go wireless with a jack or two in the house to ensure dead batteries and misplaced handsets don't ruin the chances of contacting me)
On the plus side: I am sure the companies that build and sell aftermarket replacement batteries for cell phones love this ruling. At $29 - $59+ a pop -- and a life span of less than a year (of being able to hold a full charge)that equals some big cash.
If I were a manager at a big computer company (like Dell, HP, etc) and the verdict had been passed that 20% of all new desktop machines will ship with a Primary Linux OS, my problems would be much different than if the verdict had been passed 6 years ago (hardware support, DVD play, Multimedia, Clean familiar desktops, etc..) But in a way the main 2003 problems would be just as complexing as the 1997 problems.
1. Which distro to include? Sounds like an easy question -- but in today's climate with most commercial distros begging for cash just to stay afloat 1 more quarter OR going the Enterprise route and kicking the "price the box $75 cheaper and go with Linux NO OS tax" in the pants with services that cost just as much or more than the competition....(RHEL RHAS) OR I could include "user supported OS's" that do not share all the "rounded edges" of some of the distros that are either going enterprise or hanging on by a thread. Tough Question.
2. Support. Whatever distro you choose will have to include some sort of telephone support for the end user.
Now that M$oft is finally catching on to one of the top three concepts or ideas that the "competition" has had for awhile now....(and believe it or not -- the single reason why I have got a few people around me to switch to a real OS....People that were not "in tune" enough to realize that yes you could install Opera/Mozilla on Windows....But were in tune enough to realize that a few rough edges in a desktop experience was a small price to pay to get rid of pop ups)
Now I guess it is time to dig deeper into trying to INVENT rather than RE-INVENT. It is a lot easier to sell cool never done before features rather than playing second fiddle to ideosyncrosies that have been in place in MS Land since 3.11.
Next year, West Coast dockworkers will earn an average of $112,000 for handling cargo, according to the Pacific Maritime Association, their employer. Office clerks who log shipping records into computers will earn $136,000. And unionized foremen who oversee the rank-and-file will pull down an average $177,000.
I have heard a lot of compelling arguments from you wedding photographers, airline pilots and ortho's out there...Any of you office clerks on the docks doing data entry for $136K a year want to churn in? I betcha those are jobs that people have killed for. (Or jobs that Rocko and Jimmy the Knife reserve for der' sisters...as spoils for the family....)
Is that 10% before internal costs (Bandwidth, Web Design, Packaging DRM - Encode, Advertising, Server Admin, etc.) That 10% could quickly become 2-3%. If you believe apple then it is a loss leader....Which means in a few years it could be called FedoraTunes. (When apple decides it costs more money than it is making or it is worth.)
Ya -- They can catch me if I try to sneak a coke and a taco in from Taco Bell but they can't catch someone with a tripod and camcorder? Where's the justice.
Apple will give up on the loss leader iTunes and it will be called FedoraTunes. This will free up apple to figure out how to charge more for there walkmans...errrr..ipods.
Good for them. I have seen these ads -- and as someone who just paid $8 to get in the show, and another $10 on popcorn and a coke, I felt really insulted that they would preach to me like that about about movie pirates. Note to Hollywood: The audiences sitting in the theateres to watch your drivel are your meal ticket not the enemy.
Not trying to say this is better than that OR mine is longer than yours...or anything like that...But I have owned a Archos Jukebox recorder for over a year and it is rock solid. Uses regular batteries...so no special internal battery to replace...if the double A's stop holding a good charge, I go buy another set for $10 or so, and I am in good shape. The recorder works as advertised. And the best of all -- open source (ok reverse engineered) firmaware "Rockbox".
Just wonder why when people talk about the Ipod they talk about it like it is the first and only (of which it is neither) hard drive based mp3 player.
Miscrosoft todo list:
1. Fix bugs in IE CSS support
2. Develop a hack proof Web Server
3. Kill Linux
4. Purchase OS X machines
5. Fire guy that photos our loading docks
6. Register all htomail domains
7. Breakfast at tiffanies
8. Laundry
9. Supplies computers to 3rd world countries that don't even have electricity.
10. Sleep
We have done all of our Christmas shopping online since 1999. I purchase all of my music online. My wife has outfitted 3 children with clothes purchased online. I get all of my digital prints processed through a company online. We order our fucking pizza and groceries online. I spend more and more money online every year.....and guess what -- I have NEVER ever ever clicked on an anoyying banner add.
If you don't have a product to market -- and want to get online to share your content -- chances are, you are going to have costs. Looking for a solution as simple as placing annoying and ugly banner ads on your page may seem a simple solution...but it is plain ugly and akin to the same SPAM that flows into your mailbox and frustrates you.