Just to piss off Jack Valenti? Imagine sitting next to him on the plane, and firing up your iPAQ with some movie you ripped off DVD. (Maybe L.I.E. when it is released that way.) The smoke coming out of his ears would make it all worthwhile!
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Okay, so they get great Infoworld articles. But does Joe User (Not Mr. Big PHB, who just got his budget cut this year anyway) bu based on this? I tend to think not.
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However, it is funny to see the price continue to rise.
They gotta pay their antitrust lawyers somehow.
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Huh? I don't get it. MHz matters not on an organizer. What matters are ease of use, battery life, and cost. What's clobbering Palm is the fact that people are still happy with the Palms they bought 2-3 years ago and see no need to upgrade - not a wholesale shift to Pocket PC.
Is this the Palm killer? Not if the battery life is still measured in hours, not days or weeks (Palm V series and subsequent models); not if there's still massive overhead from all those Windows apps that get in the way of what you normally use a PDA for; and not if you're forced to listen to Windows Media (barf) instead of MP3, which has been supported on Handspring for about 2 years now.
According to this page (view with scripting turned off) they changed the spelling so Americans would know how to pronounce it. Not sure if that's the real story, but it's better than any other I can think of.
We never had it! Certainly not from the Bush administration. They were just looking for an excuse to give their donors what they wanted, and now they have found such an excuse.
Is this a troll?
Obviously wireless and wireline are different environments, with totally different technical constraints, business models, and usage patterns.
No.
I'm simply explaining my buying patterns - patterns that have been repeatedly and conclusively shown to be the only ones that work in the internet business. Customers simply HATE, HATE, HATE metered charges (particularly per-megabyte charges!) for internet access - and so they won't buy the service.
I certainly understand the economics behind the charges that exist for cellular wireless data. My message is simply that unless these economics can be changed, cellphone-based mobile wireless will never be a viable mainstream internet access method. 802.11 freenets and paynets (e.g. those being tested at Starbucks now) are much, much more likely to succeed.
They don't have to be new. The lesson of code red and nimda is that many, many servers aren't properly maintained. Sometimes a refresher course on the basics is just what the doctor ordered.
Not so... if there's no EULA then you can very reasonably claim that you are exercising customary rights by ripping to MP3 or playing on your PC. If there's a EULA, you've been warned, don't buy!
Pricing for data on this service is just too goddamn high, no matter how you slice it. 1000+ minute rate plans for voice are fine (AT&T Digital One Rate is great), but for any reasonable use of data these prices will bankrupt you. FLAT RATE OR NOTHING for data, I say: it's worked on landline connections, it should work for wireless.
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Is this for real, or is it just a sop by Hollings to the corporate donors who have lined his pockets for years?
You can see hot pix of Saddam Hussein at the Iraqi Mission to the UN, so at least that part is correct.
Just to piss off Jack Valenti? Imagine sitting next to him on the plane, and firing up your iPAQ with some movie you ripped off DVD. (Maybe L.I.E. when it is released that way.) The smoke coming out of his ears would make it all worthwhile!
Okay, so they get great Infoworld articles. But does Joe User (Not Mr. Big PHB, who just got his budget cut this year anyway) bu based on this? I tend to think not.
They gotta pay their antitrust lawyers somehow.
Huh? I don't get it. MHz matters not on an organizer. What matters are ease of use, battery life, and cost. What's clobbering Palm is the fact that people are still happy with the Palms they bought 2-3 years ago and see no need to upgrade - not a wholesale shift to Pocket PC.
Is this the Palm killer? Not if the battery life is still measured in hours, not days or weeks (Palm V series and subsequent models); not if there's still massive overhead from all those Windows apps that get in the way of what you normally use a PDA for; and not if you're forced to listen to Windows Media (barf) instead of MP3, which has been supported on Handspring for about 2 years now.
Sounds like they couldn't make enough $ to make it work. Too bad.
Ask yourself: would you ever use it? With Ashcroft (or Janet Reno) as AG? Neither of these two have a strong record in favor of liberty or privacy.
No more anonymous IPs or email addresses. It sounds like just another personal firewall - I'm happy with ZoneAlarm and probably won't switch. Too bad.
According to this page (view with scripting turned off) they changed the spelling so Americans would know how to pronounce it. Not sure if that's the real story, but it's better than any other I can think of.
Seriously. That's a great piece on security from Schneier. Not quite on topic but should be at 5 anyway.
We never had it! Certainly not from the Bush administration. They were just looking for an excuse to give their donors what they wanted, and now they have found such an excuse.
that would go over like a lead zeppelin
No.
I'm simply explaining my buying patterns - patterns that have been repeatedly and conclusively shown to be the only ones that work in the internet business. Customers simply HATE, HATE, HATE metered charges (particularly per-megabyte charges!) for internet access - and so they won't buy the service.
I certainly understand the economics behind the charges that exist for cellular wireless data. My message is simply that unless these economics can be changed, cellphone-based mobile wireless will never be a viable mainstream internet access method. 802.11 freenets and paynets (e.g. those being tested at Starbucks now) are much, much more likely to succeed.
They don't have to be new. The lesson of code red and nimda is that many, many servers aren't properly maintained. Sometimes a refresher course on the basics is just what the doctor ordered.
Nice WTC pix, by the way.
Not so... if there's no EULA then you can very reasonably claim that you are exercising customary rights by ripping to MP3 or playing on your PC. If there's a EULA, you've been warned, don't buy!
no, used CD stores let you buy CDs without paying the publisher any more bux. (Someone already did.) So it's a better way to buy.
Pricing for data on this service is just too goddamn high, no matter how you slice it. 1000+ minute rate plans for voice are fine (AT&T Digital One Rate is great), but for any reasonable use of data these prices will bankrupt you. FLAT RATE OR NOTHING for data, I say: it's worked on landline connections, it should work for wireless.
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October 2001: 330 comments - and it's only 10/2/01.
Keep those cards and letters coming!
Any relation to Anne?
You really think John "You Have No Rights, Get Over It" Ashcroft will do anything to promote consumer choice?