Just because you have all the cool, fast and latest hardware doesn't mean you don't have to still pay for all the bits that flows through that hardware. The latest hardware not only gives you more possible bandwidth but you can squeeze many more connections within that pipe. If you were running an ISP or university would you rather have 1 person with 50 connections eating up all your bandwidth or 100 people with a few connections each using up the same bandwidth?
You can block web ads easier than spam. The majority of web ads all come from the same places. Using any good browser you can block via site. You never download it unlike spam filters in which you have to download it just to see what it is. With the web site you only have to grab the page source and the parser then determines what images it will download.
Also web ads are usually for actual products or services unlike spam which, for the most part, is nothing but one con after another.
I'd say reliability of ones high speed internet connection is the major problem. With a normal phone you know its always going to work. Whens the last time you've had a phone problem with the line coming into your house. You can even use the phone when the power is out. But with voip, power outage or your provider going down takes out your phone too. Until they get reliability up on par with a normal phone line I'm staying away from it.
Anyone who even barely follows dvd releases will know that a super box set is already in the works. Even if you don't follow the information you could have made an educated guess. Personally I don't care. The extended editions are fine for me.
Isn't it still melting through the concrete casing they put over it? I thought I read a while ago that they need to go in and repair it soon or else it will be completely through the casing they poured over the reactor.
The reason for my reply was because everytime there is a topic about tv or tv shows there is always someone who feels it is the duty to chime in and proudly proclaim that they don't watch tv. Every single time. You see the point is no one cares that you don't watch tv. And yet you non-tv people seem to always post that they "don't watch tv and haven't for many years" in all the tv threads. Now why is that? Why would non-tv watchers seem to think that anyone cares if they don't watch tv? Why do they think they need to state that fact? Makes you wonder who has the real problem and is searching for some kind of justification or something.
Obviously you care enough to think that we give a damn that you don't watch tv.
Ok, fine, you don't watch tv. Well good for you. Doesn't make you any better than anyone else. Just means your electricity bill is a few cents lower than everyone else.
"Look at some DVDs. You already can't skip some commercials on those"
Actually when the studios first started putting trailers and stuff before the movies on dvd's they fixed it so you couldn't get around them. Especially the warning pages. But every new dvd I've rented over the past few months has allowed me to hit chapter forward to skip past them. Even the FBI warnings. It shows up but chapter forward decreases the time you have to sit there watching. You still can't just hit menu sometimes to jump past the trailers but you can skip them. Obviously not ideal but better than it used to be.
"Yes, but Zed, the point is that the WB would have the money for Angel if they'd cut out funding sure-fire losers such as these two planned remakes."
Making assumptions on how well a show would do before it is even on film yet? If that were the case the amount of shows on tv would be so low we'd be watching test bars.
Lost in Space wasn't a complete failure. Yeah many people hated it but it made 70 million domestic 66 international. And I know for a fact when it came out on dvd it was a top seller.
I don't think Angel should have been cancelled but I also don't think anything will be able to bring it back. Shows come and go. They can't stay around forever. I'd prefer Angel to go out after a good season instead of trying to crank out another one that may or may not be any good.
Thats a copout. Thats like saying I'm going to review cars but I'm only going to review cars that I think I might like instead of a good sampling of everything. The bias of this "article" is so very clear, waste of web space.
Actually a teen version of dark shadows would be pretty cool. As might a new Lost in Space. But I think there is also room on that network to keep Angel. Now whether they have the money to keep Angel is another question.
This is not trolling, this is truth. If the thing was anything more than a boring mess it would have succeeded. But it was a major snoozer right out of the gate. Usually shows try to get better as the episodes are aired, but this one didn't it was as dry after the last episode aired as it was when the first episode aired. I so wanted to like it but I refuse to like something just because of who does it. It has to be actually, oh I don't know, good?
Ok, so its got a 17" screen, those aren't that heavy. 7200rpm drive, again not that heavy. Is all the weight in the cooling mechanisms for the prescott chip then? Heatsinks, aluminum casing, etc?
Average Dimensions and Weights 14.9" (378.0mm) W x 12.6" (320.0mm) D x 1.9" front - 2.2" rear (47.0mm - 55.0mm) H / 14.1 lb. (6.4kg) with combo drive, 15.7 lb. (7.1kg) with combo drive and battery
Uhhh...unless you are a lawyer wanting to offer free advice. Stay out of it. They don't want to hear from you and you shouldn't be trying to help them.
"What we resent is the fact that the government or a corporation can track our 'cash'. Credit purchases and check purchases have been tracked for years, but cash was not traceble until now..."
Even if it were true, so what? No one knows what $20 bill came from what individual. This so call "story" is just as bad as the one from last week about bud doing inventory tracking on its beer. More proof that a lot of slashdot people are so paranoid that they have exceeded idiot status.
Bah, this is nothing new. Every console gives this excuse. It doesn't really mean they'll have more launch titles. I bet it still only launches with 10 or so games.
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Just because you have all the cool, fast and latest hardware doesn't mean you don't have to still pay for all the bits that flows through that hardware. The latest hardware not only gives you more possible bandwidth but you can squeeze many more connections within that pipe. If you were running an ISP or university would you rather have 1 person with 50 connections eating up all your bandwidth or 100 people with a few connections each using up the same bandwidth?
You can block web ads easier than spam. The majority of web ads all come from the same places. Using any good browser you can block via site. You never download it unlike spam filters in which you have to download it just to see what it is. With the web site you only have to grab the page source and the parser then determines what images it will download.
Also web ads are usually for actual products or services unlike spam which, for the most part, is nothing but one con after another.
I'd say reliability of ones high speed internet connection is the major problem. With a normal phone you know its always going to work. Whens the last time you've had a phone problem with the line coming into your house. You can even use the phone when the power is out. But with voip, power outage or your provider going down takes out your phone too. Until they get reliability up on par with a normal phone line I'm staying away from it.
And if neither side backs off then its nothing but the customer that will be losing out. Hence the desire of people to switch.
Gee, how original. Another tv thread and yet another person who seems to think that we care that they don't watch tv.
Ok, fine. You don't watch tv? Well I don't go around killing people. Its about as relevent to this thread as your post.
Anyone who even barely follows dvd releases will know that a super box set is already in the works. Even if you don't follow the information you could have made an educated guess. Personally I don't care. The extended editions are fine for me.
Isn't it still melting through the concrete casing they put over it? I thought I read a while ago that they need to go in and repair it soon or else it will be completely through the casing they poured over the reactor.
The reason for my reply was because everytime there is a topic about tv or tv shows there is always someone who feels it is the duty to chime in and proudly proclaim that they don't watch tv. Every single time. You see the point is no one cares that you don't watch tv. And yet you non-tv people seem to always post that they "don't watch tv and haven't for many years" in all the tv threads. Now why is that? Why would non-tv watchers seem to think that anyone cares if they don't watch tv? Why do they think they need to state that fact? Makes you wonder who has the real problem and is searching for some kind of justification or something.
Well the company is named after him afterall. Of course he should still receive a paycheck.
Obviously you care enough to think that we give a damn that you don't watch tv.
Ok, fine, you don't watch tv. Well good for you. Doesn't make you any better than anyone else. Just means your electricity bill is a few cents lower than everyone else.
"Look at some DVDs. You already can't skip some commercials on those"
Actually when the studios first started putting trailers and stuff before the movies on dvd's they fixed it so you couldn't get around them. Especially the warning pages. But every new dvd I've rented over the past few months has allowed me to hit chapter forward to skip past them. Even the FBI warnings. It shows up but chapter forward decreases the time you have to sit there watching. You still can't just hit menu sometimes to jump past the trailers but you can skip them. Obviously not ideal but better than it used to be.
"Yes, but Zed, the point is that the WB would have the money for Angel if they'd cut out funding sure-fire losers such as these two planned remakes."
Making assumptions on how well a show would do before it is even on film yet? If that were the case the amount of shows on tv would be so low we'd be watching test bars.
Lost in Space wasn't a complete failure. Yeah many people hated it but it made 70 million domestic 66 international. And I know for a fact when it came out on dvd it was a top seller.
I don't think Angel should have been cancelled but I also don't think anything will be able to bring it back. Shows come and go. They can't stay around forever. I'd prefer Angel to go out after a good season instead of trying to crank out another one that may or may not be any good.
Thats a copout. Thats like saying I'm going to review cars but I'm only going to review cars that I think I might like instead of a good sampling of everything. The bias of this "article" is so very clear, waste of web space.
Actually a teen version of dark shadows would be pretty cool. As might a new Lost in Space. But I think there is also room on that network to keep Angel. Now whether they have the money to keep Angel is another question.
This is not trolling, this is truth. If the thing was anything more than a boring mess it would have succeeded. But it was a major snoozer right out of the gate. Usually shows try to get better as the episodes are aired, but this one didn't it was as dry after the last episode aired as it was when the first episode aired. I so wanted to like it but I refuse to like something just because of who does it. It has to be actually, oh I don't know, good?
Oh ok, so without buying memory from apple its $2900. Big diff.
I replied first dammit! Everyone else was within seconds of mine :) Oh who cares.
Ok, so its got a 17" screen, those aren't that heavy. 7200rpm drive, again not that heavy. Is all the weight in the cooling mechanisms for the prescott chip then? Heatsinks, aluminum casing, etc?
And with a gig of memory its $3200. I don't think the apple is worth $1700 more.
Scroll down on that page...which line is right is anyones guess. Under 7lbs or 13-15lbs...???
Yet further down it says:
Average Dimensions and Weights
14.9" (378.0mm) W x 12.6" (320.0mm) D x 1.9" front - 2.2" rear (47.0mm - 55.0mm) H / 14.1 lb. (6.4kg) with combo drive, 15.7 lb. (7.1kg) with combo drive and battery
Uhhh...unless you are a lawyer wanting to offer free advice. Stay out of it. They don't want to hear from you and you shouldn't be trying to help them.
"What we resent is the fact that the government or a corporation can track our 'cash'. Credit purchases and check purchases have been tracked for years, but cash was not traceble until now..."
Even if it were true, so what? No one knows what $20 bill came from what individual. This so call "story" is just as bad as the one from last week about bud doing inventory tracking on its beer. More proof that a lot of slashdot people are so paranoid that they have exceeded idiot status.
Why don't you just say PS2 sucks, xbox rulez, dude.
Its basically the same thing as you said.
Get over it. Exclusives rule the console world. Don't like it? Buy all the consoles and you can play whatever you want.
Bah, this is nothing new. Every console gives this excuse. It doesn't really mean they'll have more launch titles. I bet it still only launches with 10 or so games.