Instead of $199 for people that will buy it, lets make it: - For Children in (um, africa? india? as long as it's not Gadget Geeks...) - Bright green (or uglier if possible! Think Big!) - Delayed by 4 years - Cost Twice as much!
I know, we're the converted, but think about how Gizmodo and Engadget have changed how "Tech News" is reported.
Slashdot used to be the ONLY good place to get tech news. I remember telling someone "Slashdot is like the 'What's New' of Popular Mechanics, but free!"
I wouldn't even mention slashdot now. I'm not leaving, but I don't see any reason to convert others...
"It is also distributing stickers that businesses post in their windows and passers-by can scan with cellphones to get coupons or information about the business. "
The business could just do free wifi w/the info on the "accept" page.
It's not like I'm going to have a signal anyway, regardless of what A morbidly obese Luke Wilson tells me.
Tivo lists show transferring is a big feature but...
EVERYTHING worth watching on cable is DRM'd. EVERYTHING.
It bugs me that they advertise this as a feature.
Blame Time Warner, Cox, Comcast, whoever you want, but the TIVO does not transfer anything but your fox, nbc, and cbs channels.
Analogy: - Ford makes a car that can't drive over speed bumps - Ford advertises the car jumping speed bumps - After buying the car, Ford tells you to drive on limited roads or YOU can call your local town hall to fix every speed bump in town. Ford has no responsibility, and will not assist in any way.
Only 2 months left on my contract, and I'm done with this scam.
This is similar to the Propane Tank business model.
The BIG problem I see here is that with a propane tank, you always get the same amount of propane in return. I see potential for old batteries to float through the system, getting less charges.
Now that I think about it, I bet this will be like buying "premium" gas.
I don't have a place, I have music and caffeine. If I hear old Crystal Method or Orbital, I immediately think of late nights in the zone with Mountain Dew and Code.
The only enemy of "The Zone" were morning birds.
If I heard birds chirping, I knew I didn't have much time left before my mind would go.
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I have an awesome idea!
Instead of $199 for people that will buy it, lets make it:
- For Children in (um, africa? india? as long as it's not Gadget Geeks...)
- Bright green (or uglier if possible! Think Big!)
- Delayed by 4 years
- Cost Twice as much!
THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!
48,000,000 for i hate t-mobile
1,660,000 for i hate verizon
1,330,000 for i hate at&t
361,000 for i hate vodafone
Looks like they picked a winner to start with...
(Bonus: 1,590,000 for i hate sprint)
Supergroups:
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Metallica
The Rolling Stones
U2
So far, only one of these is largely despised, an outcast, and will never be respected again.
So far...
How about Slashdot?
I know, we're the converted, but think about how Gizmodo and Engadget have changed how "Tech News" is reported.
Slashdot used to be the ONLY good place to get tech news. I remember telling someone "Slashdot is like the 'What's New' of Popular Mechanics, but free!"
I wouldn't even mention slashdot now. I'm not leaving, but I don't see any reason to convert others...
"It is also distributing stickers that businesses post in their windows and passers-by can scan with cellphones to get coupons or information about the business. "
The business could just do free wifi w/the info on the "accept" page.
It's not like I'm going to have a signal anyway, regardless of what A morbidly obese Luke Wilson tells me.
+1 Insightful
A HUGE warning about the Tivo:
Tivo lists show transferring is a big feature but...
EVERYTHING worth watching on cable is DRM'd. EVERYTHING.
It bugs me that they advertise this as a feature.
Blame Time Warner, Cox, Comcast, whoever you want, but the TIVO does not transfer anything but your fox, nbc, and cbs channels.
Analogy:
- Ford makes a car that can't drive over speed bumps
- Ford advertises the car jumping speed bumps
- After buying the car, Ford tells you to drive on limited roads or YOU can call your local town hall to fix every speed bump in town. Ford has no responsibility, and will not assist in any way.
Only 2 months left on my contract, and I'm done with this scam.
I program games. I'm coding right now in fact.
In less than 6 hours, I will be going to the office to program insurance software.
If you want to program games, do it for fun.
If you want to eat, bone up on your Insert/Update/Select/Deletes.
Wolf3D was "too violent" for these guys.
Now when I play Mario Kart or the new COD, I get the same violence warning (to skip).
To their credit, I was warned about the slaughtering of all those Green Shell, Red Shell, and the rare Blue Shelled turtles.
"Many wonder why Microsoft doesn't offer nightly builds of Internet Explorer."
Whoever "Many" is, they seem to always be interviewed by Ars and FoxNews.
If the OS can't be downloaded, it's attached to the hardware 1-to-1.
The hardware can't cost a penny more than a netbook ($250-300) or we'd just get a netbook.
Removing the harddrive, or putting a small 4gb SD drive, will put it around $200.
$200: Meh.
$150: I'd rush the doors like a Walmart on Black Friday.
Q: "Why does Bill get a freaki'n big screen TV?!"
A: "Because Bill doesn't bother the IT guy with stupid questions like this one."
I wrote something earlier this week to do the same thing with the hashtags in the Twitter API and my music DB.
If you're bored, check it out. The recommendations are pretty close (bottom left). Metallica or Weezer
I found this one interesting Beatles because it finds the singers names.
WTF! Didn't they see my gif saying my site was under construction!
I'm still deciding if I should go X2 or K56Flex and now you drop this on me!?
Do I get a Firefox prize in the mail if they hit 72%?
This is the nerd equivalent of celebrity gossip.
No change for NYC (At lease where you'd want to live...)
You're still stuck with Time Warner for cable.
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This is similar to the Propane Tank business model.
The BIG problem I see here is that with a propane tank, you always get the same amount of propane in return. I see potential for old batteries to float through the system, getting less charges.
Now that I think about it, I bet this will be like buying "premium" gas.
Premium = Batteries 2yrs old, etc. /rambling
For good measure:
Their Photo vs.
Rihanna's photo
How it works:
"Attributor scans billions of web sites, blogs and social networks on a continuous basis to find copies of your content across the web."
Another example:
Just like when attributor copies another site's design and embeds a remote site's image.
I don't have a place, I have music and caffeine. If I hear old Crystal Method or Orbital, I immediately think of late nights in the zone with Mountain Dew and Code.
The only enemy of "The Zone" were morning birds.
If I heard birds chirping, I knew I didn't have much time left before my mind would go.
The only big highspeed I know of is the Acela, which goes from NYC to Boston or D.C.
The price: $90 each way, no wifi.
Or you can take a bus for $20 that has Wifi.
I hear the Acela is nice, but I'd rather buy a DS for my bus ride, and i'd still save money.
I'm pretty sure the laptop i'm using right now could do a better job. Plus, I don't have to worry about my children's future.