They are equally likely to charge you off-peak rates during peak periods.
Maybe. This bug would cause some evening off-peak calls to be treated as peak calls (a 9:01 PM off-peak call is treated as an 8:01 PM peak call). On the other end, it would also cause some morning peak calls to be treated as off-peak calls (an 8:59 AM peak call is treated as an 7:59 AM off-peak call). I'd bet that more people are making evening calls than morning calls.
I don't think anyone is going to "buy" Vista. At least, not in a fundamental sense.
When a company or consumer buys a new PC with Vista preinstalled, part of the purchase price is for the OS. Just because they're not buying a boxed upgrade version doesn't mean they're not buying Vista. This is how Microsoft sold the vast majority of XP, so there's not much of a change here.
This is an important point. If dozens of awful games were suddenly were released for the PS2 (or any other current gen system), would this somehow diminish the great games that were released for that console? Of course not.
Sorry, but I'm caling bullshit on this one. $500AUD/hr is about $384USD/hr. I know a fair amount of electricians and with a great contract and overtime, they might make $384 in a day. But let's assume these people you know work 35 hours a week and 46 weeks a year (I'm being generous with the vacation time). That means they make over $600,000/yr! No freakin way.
Especially since Sony will likely keep the price of blu-ray players artificially inflated b/c they're, you know, Sony.
In cases of monopoly this might make sense, but Sony is trying to lauch a new format here. Keeping the prices inflated (for any reason) is going to drive consumers towards HD-DVD.
Are you seriously implying that all Wikipedia editors have multiple PhDs? I think you'd be in for quite a shock when you realize how many editors are still in high school.
...720p is not much of a step up from SD (particularly when compared to PAL).
I have a DLP HDTV (native resolution of 720p). The picture quality is a huge step up from SD. Perhaps not as huge asthe jump from VHS to DVD, but still quite an difference.
The definition of the "average consumer" will change as HD becomes mainstream. The prices of HDTVs have dropped dramatically in the past few years and this trend will continue until stores no longer sell standard def TVs. Sure, it will take a number of years, but 480i will eventually be seen as barely acceptable.
Interesting idea, but I can't see it working. Movies are usually made to work as a whole, not split up into parts. Songs on an album rarely tie together as tightly.
Low price will always beat high fidelity. Sure, you'll have a certain percentage of people willing to pay a premium for 24 bit quality, but the vast majority of consumers think that MP3 is CD quality.
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I know several people that spend so much time finding movies and burning DVDs that they never have time to actually watch them. Pick a random DVD out of their collection and it's almost a sure bet that they've never seen it. It's really rather sad.
OK, I agree that my property tax should support local services. However, why should the tax be based on the value of my house and land? If I spend a lot of time and money improving my home, am I somehow consuming more community services? Why should a family with a small house and 8 kids in public schools pay less in property taxes than a family with one child and a larger home?
The value of a person's home often doesn't correspond with their ability to pay property tax. For example, here in Massachusetts, homeowners have seen the value of their property rise dramatically over the past decade. My parents are both retired teachers and their rather small house is valued at over $450K. The increase in property tax has really been a strain on their financial situation. They don't consume any more services than they did ten years ago, but they pay far more for them.
It certainly seems like they're paying an annual fee simply to maintain ownership of the house.
In the US, property taxes are usually a substantial amount, often several thousand dollars for a modest house. You must pay them every year and they rise at least as fast as property values rise.
Actually, I heard this term used at least 15 years ago. I believe it was in reference to several games Nintendo developed in-house. I do think it's a bit overused now, implying that any game that's not AAA is crap.
In the US, the winner always has a majority of the electoral votes. If you're talking about popular votes, even Clinton never got a majority (only a plurality).
It's been a few years, but from what I remember, in order to shop at Sam's Club you must be a member. The membership agreement states that you will allow the door checker to inspect your receipt. This is a different situation than at Best Buy, where you have no such agreement.
I completely agree. I was just pointing out the most likely reason for the obvious bias in this list. Three different laptops ranked above the telephone? Absurd.
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They are equally likely to charge you off-peak rates during peak periods.
Maybe. This bug would cause some evening off-peak calls to be treated as peak calls (a 9:01 PM off-peak call is treated as an 8:01 PM peak call). On the other end, it would also cause some morning peak calls to be treated as off-peak calls (an 8:59 AM peak call is treated as an 7:59 AM off-peak call). I'd bet that more people are making evening calls than morning calls.
I don't think anyone is going to "buy" Vista. At least, not in a fundamental sense.
When a company or consumer buys a new PC with Vista preinstalled, part of the purchase price is for the OS. Just because they're not buying a boxed upgrade version doesn't mean they're not buying Vista. This is how Microsoft sold the vast majority of XP, so there's not much of a change here.
Yeah, OK. Now, does anyone have a reasonable solution?
This is an important point. If dozens of awful games were suddenly were released for the PS2 (or any other current gen system), would this somehow diminish the great games that were released for that console? Of course not.
Sorry, but I'm caling bullshit on this one. $500AUD/hr is about $384USD/hr. I know a fair amount of electricians and with a great contract and overtime, they might make $384 in a day. But let's assume these people you know work 35 hours a week and 46 weeks a year (I'm being generous with the vacation time). That means they make over $600,000/yr! No freakin way.
In cases of monopoly this might make sense, but Sony is trying to lauch a new format here. Keeping the prices inflated (for any reason) is going to drive consumers towards HD-DVD.
Are you seriously implying that all Wikipedia editors have multiple PhDs? I think you'd be in for quite a shock when you realize how many editors are still in high school.
...720p is not much of a step up from SD (particularly when compared to PAL).
I have a DLP HDTV (native resolution of 720p). The picture quality is a huge step up from SD. Perhaps not as huge asthe jump from VHS to DVD, but still quite an difference.
The definition of the "average consumer" will change as HD becomes mainstream. The prices of HDTVs have dropped dramatically in the past few years and this trend will continue until stores no longer sell standard def TVs. Sure, it will take a number of years, but 480i will eventually be seen as barely acceptable.
Even though we do have a lot of people on the planet; I seem to recall that the population on the planet actually declined in the last 10 years.
Where the heck did you get that information? We've added 750 million people in the last 10 years.
Take a look here http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/worldpop.html/
1995 5,694,418,460
2005 6,451,058,790
Yeah, who needs planes when you could travel at 6.8 miles per hour?
(600 ft/min * 60 min/hr) / 5280 ft/mile = 6.818 miles/hr
Yeah, I don't think we'll be downloading a whole lot of HD video in the near future. Even broadband chokes on that.
Informative? WTF... Where's my mod points when I need them?
Interesting idea, but I can't see it working. Movies are usually made to work as a whole, not split up into parts. Songs on an album rarely tie together as tightly.
Low price will always beat high fidelity. Sure, you'll have a certain percentage of people willing to pay a premium for 24 bit quality, but the vast majority of consumers think that MP3 is CD quality.
I know several people that spend so much time finding movies and burning DVDs that they never have time to actually watch them. Pick a random DVD out of their collection and it's almost a sure bet that they've never seen it. It's really rather sad.
You are probably not Movielink's target consumer. The average consumer does use IE and likely doesn't know that there are alternatives.
True, but the bandwidth needed for compressed music is far less the badnwidth needed for video.
OK, I agree that my property tax should support local services. However, why should the tax be based on the value of my house and land? If I spend a lot of time and money improving my home, am I somehow consuming more community services? Why should a family with a small house and 8 kids in public schools pay less in property taxes than a family with one child and a larger home?
The value of a person's home often doesn't correspond with their ability to pay property tax. For example, here in Massachusetts, homeowners have seen the value of their property rise dramatically over the past decade. My parents are both retired teachers and their rather small house is valued at over $450K. The increase in property tax has really been a strain on their financial situation. They don't consume any more services than they did ten years ago, but they pay far more for them.
It certainly seems like they're paying an annual fee simply to maintain ownership of the house.
In the US, property taxes are usually a substantial amount, often several thousand dollars for a modest house. You must pay them every year and they rise at least as fast as property values rise.
Actually, I heard this term used at least 15 years ago. I believe it was in reference to several games Nintendo developed in-house. I do think it's a bit overused now, implying that any game that's not AAA is crap.
In the US, the winner always has a majority of the electoral votes. If you're talking about popular votes, even Clinton never got a majority (only a plurality).
It's been a few years, but from what I remember, in order to shop at Sam's Club you must be a member. The membership agreement states that you will allow the door checker to inspect your receipt. This is a different situation than at Best Buy, where you have no such agreement.
I completely agree. I was just pointing out the most likely reason for the obvious bias in this list. Three different laptops ranked above the telephone? Absurd.
It would also seem sensible to rank the telephone above the ipod.