Just another thought, anyone who liked matrix already has the DVD box set or something like that. Why buy a new version when we have the DVD set already, rather spend my cash on something I don't have. And relay a DVD vs BlueRay/HD-dvd, ya there is a difference but not near enough for me to re buy my entire DVd collection. And like any smart person I am letting others figure the format war crap out and getting the winner later when its a decent price.
Slower I will agree there, but unlike the DRM laden winamp that denies me my own content, Winamp just works. Winamp is like that old truck out back, it an't the best looking on the block, its not the fastest of toughest, but guess what, its still gets the job done while the newer toys are in the shop.
Not me, I have moved to using winamp for a media player. I found with Microsoft's newest media player, 1/2 my files including videos I made myself all of a sudden will not play as they violate some copyright or some bs like that. Great they fixed the Mozilla link, joy I still an't using software that will not play my own videos I made myself.
Ok my experience is a little old but still useful. They advertised as unlimited internet, and trust me I tested the limit. I started hitting the limit and got banned tell I called in to see whats up. They allowed me back on after talking to them. But they could not give me a actual number I had hit, what they where doing is saying ok top 5% or 10% this month are over users, so block them. UM ok next month even if numbers go down they still hit top % range. Hit the cap to much and you where off there service. Now I have heard they have a published max Gigs per month so at least you can figure it out .
Ok I am a Canadian working in the US on a TN visa (1 year visa specific for Canadians and Mexicans), my company was applying for a H-1B Visa for me, but now I have to wonder if I even have a snow ball chance of getting it because of this. I actually never looked for a job in the US, this company literally called me up, the interview was a few questions and they wanted me down within 1 week. I have been working ever since on a TN visa. The TN can be renewed every year, usually not a big issue, but all it takes is one time for homeland security to say no and I am screwed. I am asked by a company to work here which to me shows they have a hard time finding people to fill my shoes state side. Yet the government dose not understand this and looks like I may not get a H-1B this year and hell its a crap shoot for next.
As sad as this sounds, I am actully rooting for Billy Gates lobbying for more H-1B visa's, and I am no ware near a supporter for Gates in general. I will agree if the skilled people to fill my shoes are state side, then great let them work my position, I do agree with putting your countryman first, but if you can't fill some positions why make it so its near imposable to get someone else ware to fill it. Say I was from England, then I can't get TN visa status leaving my only hope in the H-1B and thats a 1 year event thats like concert tickets to the most popular band around.
Some how I see something like Battlefield 2 at 30,000 feet as a bad thing.
Everyone settled down on the 5 hr trip watching the bad in flight movie, but you with a laptop who just spent 10 min going WAY outside the map to get to that one sniper spot. and pop you get the kill and you well out "Ya bitch I shot you" Um ok now the plane is diverted to the closest airfield where everyone gets a strip sarch
When do most smart people use bit torrents. Well if you are like me you do not sit there and watch a linux iso, video game you bought, or whatever download for 3 hours. you either let it run in the background or you start it before going to bed. So hoe effective is this if any of us would start the download and go play a game, watch tv or surf the net.
To be honest, eh whatever, I have seen so many adds that they relay do not affect me much at all. Really I can't think of 1 occurrence when a add made me want to go with a specific product or anything. I literally ignore adds as they have become non effective because of the MASS overdose of adds we all see on a daily basses. When I go to buy something I spend my time doing research, do I buy this brand or that, well I look up the info, O look this has 5 year warranty this one 1 year, guess what I get. And as for things as simple as even milk or smiler items which re still advertised, I see 3 brands of milk for example, I try all 3 and get the one after that I enjoyed the best. I honestly believe adds have lost the majority of there effectiveness these days and its the fault of the people who are spamming us with adds, they have gotten the public to the point that we can just ignore them and move on.
But thats just it, make it so Grand Ma and such can use Linux instead of Windows. If I get a Dell Linux box I am sure I will be changing the config FAST. but for a desktop machine, make it so anyone can grab it and just use it for e mail, text editing and such. that way more people would buy a Linux based system, save the cash, and with Dell backing it (assume 1 distro only) they can get help with the system. I see this more as a move for people to start getting Linux better prepared for General Desk Top use then anything else.
Is this someone I relay should be concerned with telling me to settle down. Um considering Dell is actually moving towards putting Linux on desk tops, why should we settle down as it seams to be working and people are lisining. If we all sit back and just do nothing and Settle Down, then company's like Dell will not do this and we don't get linux on desk tops. Hell because of this, I may be looking at Dell for a low to medium end Linux system to replace my aging Linux system for testing and programing use. But if thye don't add linux on the system, I an't going dell, end of story.
If you can't tell me how many of these actualy sold then I am not interested. Was it 40 DVD's for #1 and 10 for #8 which means very little in the end. Or was it 10,000 for #1 and 8000 for number #8 spot. Knowing a standing in a chart means extreamly little unless you can give me the actual numbers sold.
also would like to point out that Blue Ray DVD's are much harder to find compared to standard DVD's that are even for sale in the local 7-11 including Casino Royale. This point could explain why it was bought more on amazon, as I can get the standard DVD any ware, but the blue ray and HD-DVD for that matter, are harder to find so would increase sales on things like amazon easily.
and yes this has been beaten to death point, but again more people have blue ray for the simple fact that its stock in PS3, not because a lot of people have bought specific players. From the numbers there is more stock HD-DVD players sold over stock Blue-Ray players. I just hope Sony realizes they need to avoid the fate of there Beta and actulay allow others to make Blue-Ray players, then they are in a position to actully win out.
Yes and you never did any other research on it did you. I have seen other articles, some on slashdot that bring ALL those numbers under question. These losses I keep hearing about just don't make any sense anyway, O look that movie mad 1 Billion dollars and this one and this one. Yep they are losing so much cash. then who are all these people in Canada and the Us going to see movies and buying the DVD's ???.
Ok please anyone who knows who to call in Canadian Parlement to tell them that no US Canadians DO NOT want the complete screwup is the DMCA in the US. Considering its done nothing but screw up people lives in the US, why on gods green earth would Canada even think about getting it. so come on who do I call, mail, run up and speak to ??
black market of light bulbs, ok what is a cheep bulds worth, is it relay worth the risk of someone sneaking them into the country to sell. To be honest, I do not see how. I am already running mostly energy efficient bulbs, not having to change them for 5 years and such is a great thing to me. The price of the energy efficient ones in general is not that high, so why would anyone relay go out of there way to find cheaper standard bulbs. I know you said prohibition doesn't work, but lets be honest here, the prohibition you are thinking of is on liquor, and darn right there thats one thats not going to work. but in thta case, there is cash to be made, but with light bulbs, how many would you need to sell to make a profit, and a great enough one to make it worth while. I just don't see black market in these things being a HUGE issue.
If every house hold in the world moved to energy efficient bulbs, imagine the savings in fuels burnt, it would be massive AND would drive the price of the new style bulbs way down. Now I know you did state a recycling concern, well again how many people recycle canes of coke, LOTS. This could become the same thing to be honest, So I believe it could be a non issue.
They don't have the control in Canada they do in the US, and they want it. In all honesty THAT IS IT. Its all a control issue, we want this and this and bla bla bla. I have seen several articles debunking that dumb Canada is 50% of the pirate markets. So I see this going noware fast
Ok I never even looked for a job State side, a US company contacted me and offered. I was invited to come here, why would I want to come to a country tho that wishes to track what I do in my private life. Maybe when you go to Canada you should be branded with the date of eatery and such, the US government would have a complete FIT with with Canada. Telling us its not fair, well same goes the other way, shy should we be taged going into your country. Neadless to say its against anyones right even if you are not form that country. and when all outsiders are basically branded, then whats to stop all Us citizens to get the chip, as again security reasons. Remember some attacks on US soil where by US citizens.
So I state this again, this EVER gts implemented I would be leaving the US FAST, I could not care about the contracts I am under, or whatever, I am out of here.
if they tried to put one of those in me. I am a Canadian, and am working under contract in the US. but lets say they make it so all workers like me in a few years are required to have these flags, I can tell you now I would be going back to Canada fast. to me its a complete violation of my rights, and I well not stand for it and no one else should. Where I am is my business, and no one else's.
Because removing water from the air in the dead of winter when its already dry as a bone well make cities that use the tech all over even dryer for the amount of water they would need to pull out for the air for the purpose of use in buildings.
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Just another thought, anyone who liked matrix already has the DVD box set or something like that. Why buy a new version when we have the DVD set already, rather spend my cash on something I don't have. And relay a DVD vs BlueRay/HD-dvd, ya there is a difference but not near enough for me to re buy my entire DVd collection. And like any smart person I am letting others figure the format war crap out and getting the winner later when its a decent price.
Or just like a PlayBoy, just looked at the pictures
Slower I will agree there, but unlike the DRM laden winamp that denies me my own content, Winamp just works. Winamp is like that old truck out back, it an't the best looking on the block, its not the fastest of toughest, but guess what, its still gets the job done while the newer toys are in the shop.
Not me, I have moved to using winamp for a media player. I found with Microsoft's newest media player, 1/2 my files including videos I made myself all of a sudden will not play as they violate some copyright or some bs like that. Great they fixed the Mozilla link, joy I still an't using software that will not play my own videos I made myself.
Ok my experience is a little old but still useful. They advertised as unlimited internet, and trust me I tested the limit. I started hitting the limit and got banned tell I called in to see whats up. They allowed me back on after talking to them. But they could not give me a actual number I had hit, what they where doing is saying ok top 5% or 10% this month are over users, so block them. UM ok next month even if numbers go down they still hit top % range. Hit the cap to much and you where off there service. Now I have heard they have a published max Gigs per month so at least you can figure it out .
Ok I am a Canadian working in the US on a TN visa (1 year visa specific for Canadians and Mexicans), my company was applying for a H-1B Visa for me, but now I have to wonder if I even have a snow ball chance of getting it because of this. I actually never looked for a job in the US, this company literally called me up, the interview was a few questions and they wanted me down within 1 week. I have been working ever since on a TN visa. The TN can be renewed every year, usually not a big issue, but all it takes is one time for homeland security to say no and I am screwed. I am asked by a company to work here which to me shows they have a hard time finding people to fill my shoes state side. Yet the government dose not understand this and looks like I may not get a H-1B this year and hell its a crap shoot for next.
As sad as this sounds, I am actully rooting for Billy Gates lobbying for more H-1B visa's, and I am no ware near a supporter for Gates in general. I will agree if the skilled people to fill my shoes are state side, then great let them work my position, I do agree with putting your countryman first, but if you can't fill some positions why make it so its near imposable to get someone else ware to fill it. Say I was from England, then I can't get TN visa status leaving my only hope in the H-1B and thats a 1 year event thats like concert tickets to the most popular band around.
Some how I see something like Battlefield 2 at 30,000 feet as a bad thing.
Everyone settled down on the 5 hr trip watching the bad in flight movie, but you with a laptop who just spent 10 min going WAY outside the map to get to that one sniper spot. and pop you get the kill and you well out "Ya bitch I shot you" Um ok now the plane is diverted to the closest airfield where everyone gets a strip sarch
When do most smart people use bit torrents. Well if you are like me you do not sit there and watch a linux iso, video game you bought, or whatever download for 3 hours. you either let it run in the background or you start it before going to bed. So hoe effective is this if any of us would start the download and go play a game, watch tv or surf the net.
To be honest, eh whatever, I have seen so many adds that they relay do not affect me much at all. Really I can't think of 1 occurrence when a add made me want to go with a specific product or anything. I literally ignore adds as they have become non effective because of the MASS overdose of adds we all see on a daily basses. When I go to buy something I spend my time doing research, do I buy this brand or that, well I look up the info, O look this has 5 year warranty this one 1 year, guess what I get. And as for things as simple as even milk or smiler items which re still advertised, I see 3 brands of milk for example, I try all 3 and get the one after that I enjoyed the best. I honestly believe adds have lost the majority of there effectiveness these days and its the fault of the people who are spamming us with adds, they have gotten the public to the point that we can just ignore them and move on.
But thats just it, make it so Grand Ma and such can use Linux instead of Windows. If I get a Dell Linux box I am sure I will be changing the config FAST. but for a desktop machine, make it so anyone can grab it and just use it for e mail, text editing and such. that way more people would buy a Linux based system, save the cash, and with Dell backing it (assume 1 distro only) they can get help with the system. I see this more as a move for people to start getting Linux better prepared for General Desk Top use then anything else.
I just want to know who marked this Redundant considering its getting level 2 comments which I have to admit bring up some great points.
Is this someone I relay should be concerned with telling me to settle down. Um considering Dell is actually moving towards putting Linux on desk tops, why should we settle down as it seams to be working and people are lisining. If we all sit back and just do nothing and Settle Down, then company's like Dell will not do this and we don't get linux on desk tops. Hell because of this, I may be looking at Dell for a low to medium end Linux system to replace my aging Linux system for testing and programing use. But if thye don't add linux on the system, I an't going dell, end of story.
If you can't tell me how many of these actualy sold then I am not interested. Was it 40 DVD's for #1 and 10 for #8 which means very little in the end. Or was it 10,000 for #1 and 8000 for number #8 spot. Knowing a standing in a chart means extreamly little unless you can give me the actual numbers sold.
also would like to point out that Blue Ray DVD's are much harder to find compared to standard DVD's that are even for sale in the local 7-11 including Casino Royale. This point could explain why it was bought more on amazon, as I can get the standard DVD any ware, but the blue ray and HD-DVD for that matter, are harder to find so would increase sales on things like amazon easily.
and yes this has been beaten to death point, but again more people have blue ray for the simple fact that its stock in PS3, not because a lot of people have bought specific players. From the numbers there is more stock HD-DVD players sold over stock Blue-Ray players. I just hope Sony realizes they need to avoid the fate of there Beta and actulay allow others to make Blue-Ray players, then they are in a position to actully win out.
set your in foil hats to maxumen people
Yes and you never did any other research on it did you. I have seen other articles, some on slashdot that bring ALL those numbers under question. These losses I keep hearing about just don't make any sense anyway, O look that movie mad 1 Billion dollars and this one and this one. Yep they are losing so much cash. then who are all these people in Canada and the Us going to see movies and buying the DVD's ???.
Ok please anyone who knows who to call in Canadian Parlement to tell them that no US Canadians DO NOT want the complete screwup is the DMCA in the US. Considering its done nothing but screw up people lives in the US, why on gods green earth would Canada even think about getting it. so come on who do I call, mail, run up and speak to ??
Reminds me of a UserFriendly comic
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20050130
black market of light bulbs, ok what is a cheep bulds worth, is it relay worth the risk of someone sneaking them into the country to sell. To be honest, I do not see how. I am already running mostly energy efficient bulbs, not having to change them for 5 years and such is a great thing to me. The price of the energy efficient ones in general is not that high, so why would anyone relay go out of there way to find cheaper standard bulbs. I know you said prohibition doesn't work, but lets be honest here, the prohibition you are thinking of is on liquor, and darn right there thats one thats not going to work. but in thta case, there is cash to be made, but with light bulbs, how many would you need to sell to make a profit, and a great enough one to make it worth while. I just don't see black market in these things being a HUGE issue.
If every house hold in the world moved to energy efficient bulbs, imagine the savings in fuels burnt, it would be massive AND would drive the price of the new style bulbs way down. Now I know you did state a recycling concern, well again how many people recycle canes of coke, LOTS. This could become the same thing to be honest, So I believe it could be a non issue.
They don't have the control in Canada they do in the US, and they want it. In all honesty THAT IS IT. Its all a control issue, we want this and this and bla bla bla. I have seen several articles debunking that dumb Canada is 50% of the pirate markets. So I see this going noware fast
Ok I never even looked for a job State side, a US company contacted me and offered. I was invited to come here, why would I want to come to a country tho that wishes to track what I do in my private life. Maybe when you go to Canada you should be branded with the date of eatery and such, the US government would have a complete FIT with with Canada. Telling us its not fair, well same goes the other way, shy should we be taged going into your country. Neadless to say its against anyones right even if you are not form that country. and when all outsiders are basically branded, then whats to stop all Us citizens to get the chip, as again security reasons. Remember some attacks on US soil where by US citizens.
So I state this again, this EVER gts implemented I would be leaving the US FAST, I could not care about the contracts I am under, or whatever, I am out of here.
if they tried to put one of those in me. I am a Canadian, and am working under contract in the US. but lets say they make it so all workers like me in a few years are required to have these flags, I can tell you now I would be going back to Canada fast. to me its a complete violation of my rights, and I well not stand for it and no one else should. Where I am is my business, and no one else's.
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Because removing water from the air in the dead of winter when its already dry as a bone well make cities that use the tech all over even dryer for the amount of water they would need to pull out for the air for the purpose of use in buildings.