On a slightly related note, my Sunday newspaper included a paper advertisement for Amazon.com. I found it interesting that Amazon, the "first" big "online-only" retailer was paying for paper ads in the newspaper.
I'd pay up to $24 per year for this service. I host my projects on sourceforge and think it's easily worth $2 per month.
For what it's worth, I make no money on any of these projects... I would just look at it like I look at paying for DSL or web hosting or anything else.
No, no, no. You need to reread the books. The first two books (the first volume, i.e. -- The Fellowship of the Ring) *IS* largely captured by the "bigger people". It's not until the 3rd-6th books that we see the valiance, stamina and strenghts of Hobbits in full-force. You're right in saying that Hobbits are center-stage. You're just wrong about FOTR.
I felt like the whole thing was on fast-forward. Don't get me wrong, I LOVED the movie, but the whole thing was compressed.
The first 45 minutes were especially compressed. No Bombadil, no Barrow Wights / Barrow Downs, c'mon!
Still as an avid Tolkien fan (I've read LOTR 18 times, The Hobbit 6 times and the Silmarillion 2 times), I was both impressed and satisfied. I'm going to see it again today, in fact.:-)
It will be a lot harder for Microsoft if lawsuits arise in several states. Rather than having to fight one legal battle (by bribing DoJ or White House officials), they'll have to instead bribe the attornies general of the several states.
Although these "Internet Appliances" may seem like a great idea, I think that everyone is missing the real market for NETWORK appliances. These companies seem so focused on creating a device to surf the internet, that they're not making devices people really want.
For example, I'll bet there's a market for a networked digital music player that is MUCH larger than the market for a degenerate computer designed for web surfing. Or what about a VCR/DVD player that let's you "broadcast" the video you're watching to the rest of the networked televisions in your home?
There are some companies marketing these types of things, but it doesn't seem that the main "home entertainment players" (like Sony) are...
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On a slightly related note, my Sunday newspaper included a paper advertisement for Amazon.com. I found it interesting that Amazon, the "first" big "online-only" retailer was paying for paper ads in the newspaper.
Go figure ...
I'd pay up to $24 per year for this service. I host my projects on sourceforge and think it's easily worth $2 per month.
For what it's worth, I make no money on any of these projects ... I would just look at it like I look at paying for DSL or web hosting or anything else.
No, no, no. You need to reread the books. The first two books (the first volume, i.e. -- The Fellowship of the Ring) *IS* largely captured by the "bigger people". It's not until the 3rd-6th books that we see the valiance, stamina and strenghts of Hobbits in full-force. You're right in saying that Hobbits are center-stage. You're just wrong about FOTR.
The first 45 minutes were especially compressed. No Bombadil, no Barrow Wights / Barrow Downs, c'mon!
Still as an avid Tolkien fan (I've read LOTR 18 times, The Hobbit 6 times and the Silmarillion 2 times), I was both impressed and satisfied. I'm going to see it again today, in fact. :-)
Errr. I mean you CANNOT skip through a song. Damn. I even hit Preview this time.
Still, though, it's the closest thing to what I want that exists so far, so I make do.
It will be a lot harder for Microsoft if lawsuits arise in several states. Rather than having to fight one legal battle (by bribing DoJ or White House officials), they'll have to instead bribe the attornies general of the several states.
No, I'm not being sarcastic.
Anyone who hasn't already should check out JBoss -- my vote for the next-generation web services platform.
Although these "Internet Appliances" may seem like a great idea, I think that everyone is missing the real market for NETWORK appliances. These companies seem so focused on creating a device to surf the internet, that they're not making devices people really want.
For example, I'll bet there's a market for a networked digital music player that is MUCH larger than the market for a degenerate computer designed for web surfing. Or what about a VCR/DVD player that let's you "broadcast" the video you're watching to the rest of the networked televisions in your home?
There are some companies marketing these types of things, but it doesn't seem that the main "home entertainment players" (like Sony) are ...
I'm posting this using Konqueror. After reading several stories in the past few weeks regarding Konqueror, I decided to give it a try:
I have to say, I'm quite impressed. It blows mozilla away in terms of speed (at least on my setup). Good job, Konqueror team!apt-get update
apt-get install konqueror