Actually, I hear that every 50th page served by their website shows two young men in suites carrying the Book of Mormon and asking if you like to discuss your religion with a virtual representative...
Of course, I shall be watching closely as my three wives are competing in the synchronized swimming competition.
If we head down this road =) , would an Apple IIe have the horsepower to decode mp3's in realtime? I'm tending not to think so.
Has anyone tried this? =)
.. is that the people constructing these tracks don't have a large enough supply of "curved" sections of track, and always have plenty of "straight" sections of track. Thus, they keep having to go back to Toys R Us to buy more "curvy" tracks...
that's why we have other programs like Nero out there. So what if Joe-Schmoe uses Easy CD Creator and has to pay a small fee. Your average computer geeks will still be using Nero or some 'other' program out there.
Really, when you get down to it, this could be a big mistake. Nothing could drive more people to a different product than creating some sort of burn-payment scheme. Nero and others like it should be happy.
Come on, this survey was awful. Take the time to read the story and understand the questions posed in the survey. The survey in no way showed that CD sales were "spurred" by downloading MP3's. People were merely asked whether or not they would buy music after downloading it. And if you read on to the end of the story, you'll see that the guy writing the story has no idea what he's talking about...
a quote from the story - "Seriously, how many people are prepared to spend several days - because that's how long it wil take on 33 speed modem - downloading a whole album and then listening to inferior sound quality; additionally, how many people have hard drives with the hundreds of gigabytes of memory required to store more than a few dozen CDs? About 10-12 CDs worth will completely use up the memory of a 3GB hard drive." I think that says it all right there... 3GB for 10 albums in MP3 format? I don't think so.
I support Napster, free downloading, etc... but this "Scientific Survery" was garbage.
Crazy, but cool. Really the first thing they'll have to do is make the name more appealing - I don't think that too many people would be willing to orbit the world in a "Budget Suites" Tin Can... well, maybe I would.
Really, this is nothing new. The retail term for what we're talking about is "Zone-Based Pricing." It's the same thing as when I go to McDonald's in Boston and pay $4.35 for the double cheeseburger combo, and in Nebraska I pay $3.25. It's just that there is a cost-of-living difference that retail chains will definately take advantage of.
Case in point, Staples.com. Nobody mentions it much, but Staples has zone-based pricing, not only in the stores, but now it has been implemented on their website. Didn't you ever wonder why they ask you for your zip code before you can browse their selections? It's because they will charge you different prices based upon your living area.
You are forgetting who "owns" DVD technology in the first place. Let's go through some steps here:
1. The MPAA basically owns the DVD technology
2. To use DVD technology, you have to be licensed. ie - DVD players need to have a key to unlock the DVD contents.
3. The MPAA wouldn't like Panasonic (or any other company) very much if they sold a product that could mass-produce DVDs.
4. Panasonic probably was threatened into dicontinuing anything of that nature. ie - don't produce that drive or we won't give you anymore keys to make DVD RAM drives with.
But, back to reality for a second... Are DVDs really the wave of the future?? I really don't think so. In 5 years, DVD's are going to be replaced by something that has quality. You see, I was in a Bang & Olufsen store yesterday and saw Waterworld (hah!) and Austin Powers running on one of their HDTV's. Let me say that these TVs are simply amazing, and if I could afford one I would surely buy it. BUT these TVs were showing DVD movies and the TVs were so clear that they MPEG compression could easily be seen on the screen. It was pretty horrible to have such a clear picture, and yet be able to see the MPEG compression-effects. This tells me that people are going to demand something better pretty soon. But then again, I'm not an expert, just a guy who likes movies.
with all this talk of the FCC and how it regulates the airwaves...
Well, aren't we all just made of particles that move around? I mean, aren't we all oscillating on some frequency? How come the FCC doesn't regulate that? Now, I'm not not "technically" a "scientist" (seen those hotel ads?), but isn't one of the ways that light travels a wave?
Perhaps someday the FCC will regulate the color Blue? Or maybe Verizon will buy the rights to Red at auction.
Well, if you are in Eastern Indiana, the best place to shop for this sort of thing is at Purdue, in West Lafayette.
There are plenty of people there involved in this discussion, and I'm sure there are a few professors in the CS department who would be willing to participate.
Perhaps you could get an all-star team together: Gene Spafford for security aspect =) Doug Comer on P2P...
Honestly, the profs up there have PLENTY of time on their hands (trust me here). All you have to do is ask.
I mean really, how many people do you think are actually going to take advantage of the recall to send their batteries back to Dell... and wait a few weeks to get a new one.
That's like sending your gas tank back to your car manufacturer and waiting while they UPS you a new one =) well, kinda.
..this may be a bit off-topic, but don't forget that the newest 'pay' phones due out soon are disposable =) Have you seen the disposable cell phone? Sounds crazy, but there is a company (help me out here) who is creating cell phones that you can throw away after using a pre-paid amount of minutes. Of course, I think part of the phone stays with you and you just replace certain components at the local gas station. But it's still a cool idea.
Phone booths themselves? Well I haven't seen one of those around in ages. I guess they were replaced by those little pods that people huddle in.
On a side note, I'm not sure what would happen to the people down in the trailer park if they took the neighborhood phone away. =)
I don't discount this, but words are *funny*. And so are your sentences.
I totally agree, though, about people sitting down and hammering out codes through WW2. Amazing, really. In this sense human computers does describe it best.
In Back Bay near Beacon Hill in Boston, you can pick up this sort of thing. This area is the location of a couple wireless ISP service. I can't remember the names, but basically you call them, subscribe to the service and they'll ship you the wireless receiver. The high point of this, is that setup is simple. You simply plug in the receiver and go. No technicians. No month-long provisioning problems.
This article begins with "Halfway through the Net Revolution...". Pardon me, but how on earth would you know that we are halfway through anything?? Much like a recession, the only way to know if you've reached the halfway point (or the bottom of a decline) is by looking in your rear-view mirror.
...FOX Broadcasting has just filed in court an injunction again xMach for infringing on their trademark "X-Files" TV show. When asked to comment, the lawyers for FOX said, "we think that popcorn manufacturers need to learn that they can't name their kernels after TV shows and not expect legal action."
Again, I think you missed the point here that this bill really has no chance of passing. Computer manufacturers have no desire to do this, and Dell being the biggest company outside of Austin, there isn't much chance this will pass.
Really, all that Dell needs to do is send a couple of 1Ghz laptops to the representatives, and this bill will be out the door. Remember, everything's bigger in Texas.
This is great. First they say, "The Moderators are simply looking for material that breaks the House Rules, because it is important that h2g2 doesn't end up publishing material that is unlawful, obscene, racist, homophobic or other types of material that break the House Rules."
Then, after you've forgotten what you just read, it reads "What moderation is not is a censorship system that's designed to prevent people from saying what they want to say..."
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... NASA will discover the caulking isle.
Actually, I hear that every 50th page served by their website shows two young men in suites carrying the Book of Mormon and asking if you like to discuss your religion with a virtual representative...
Of course, I shall be watching closely as my three wives are competing in the synchronized swimming competition.
If we head down this road =) , would an Apple IIe have the horsepower to decode mp3's in realtime? I'm tending not to think so.
Has anyone tried this? =)
.. is that the people constructing these tracks don't have a large enough supply of "curved" sections of track, and always have plenty of "straight" sections of track. Thus, they keep having to go back to Toys R Us to buy more "curvy" tracks...
that's why we have other programs like Nero out there. So what if Joe-Schmoe uses Easy CD Creator and has to pay a small fee. Your average computer geeks will still be using Nero or some 'other' program out there.
Really, when you get down to it, this could be a big mistake. Nothing could drive more people to a different product than creating some sort of burn-payment scheme. Nero and others like it should be happy.
Microsoft is going to be pouring through the new BSD code, and should be sending out a new Windows update anytime now... =)
Come on, this survey was awful. Take the time to read the story and understand the questions posed in the survey. The survey in no way showed that CD sales were "spurred" by downloading MP3's. People were merely asked whether or not they would buy music after downloading it.
And if you read on to the end of the story, you'll see that the guy writing the story has no idea what he's talking about...
a quote from the story - "Seriously, how many people are prepared to spend several days - because that's how long it wil take on 33 speed modem - downloading a whole album and then listening to inferior sound quality; additionally, how many people have hard drives with the hundreds of gigabytes of memory required to store more than a few dozen CDs? About 10-12 CDs worth will completely use up the memory of a 3GB hard drive."
I think that says it all right there... 3GB for 10 albums in MP3 format? I don't think so.
I support Napster, free downloading, etc... but this "Scientific Survery" was garbage.
Crazy, but cool. Really the first thing they'll have to do is make the name more appealing - I don't think that too many people would be willing to orbit the world in a "Budget Suites" Tin Can... well, maybe I would.
Really, this is nothing new. The retail term for what we're talking about is "Zone-Based Pricing." It's the same thing as when I go to McDonald's in Boston and pay $4.35 for the double cheeseburger combo, and in Nebraska I pay $3.25. It's just that there is a cost-of-living difference that retail chains will definately take advantage of.
Case in point, Staples.com. Nobody mentions it much, but Staples has zone-based pricing, not only in the stores, but now it has been implemented on their website. Didn't you ever wonder why they ask you for your zip code before you can browse their selections? It's because they will charge you different prices based upon your living area.
capitalism, capitalism.
You are forgetting who "owns" DVD technology in the first place. Let's go through some steps here:
1. The MPAA basically owns the DVD technology
2. To use DVD technology, you have to be licensed. ie - DVD players need to have a key to unlock the DVD contents.
3. The MPAA wouldn't like Panasonic (or any other company) very much if they sold a product that could mass-produce DVDs.
4. Panasonic probably was threatened into dicontinuing anything of that nature. ie - don't produce that drive or we won't give you anymore keys to make DVD RAM drives with.
But, back to reality for a second... Are DVDs really the wave of the future?? I really don't think so. In 5 years, DVD's are going to be replaced by something that has quality.
You see, I was in a Bang & Olufsen store yesterday and saw Waterworld (hah!) and Austin Powers running on one of their HDTV's. Let me say that these TVs are simply amazing, and if I could afford one I would surely buy it. BUT these TVs were showing DVD movies and the TVs were so clear that they MPEG compression could easily be seen on the screen. It was pretty horrible to have such a clear picture, and yet be able to see the MPEG compression-effects.
This tells me that people are going to demand something better pretty soon. But then again, I'm not an expert, just a guy who likes movies.
with all this talk of the FCC and how it regulates the airwaves...
Well, aren't we all just made of particles that move around? I mean, aren't we all oscillating on some frequency? How come the FCC doesn't regulate that? Now, I'm not not "technically" a "scientist" (seen those hotel ads?), but isn't one of the ways that light travels a wave?
Perhaps someday the FCC will regulate the color Blue? Or maybe Verizon will buy the rights to Red at auction.
hehe I'm sorry I couldn't help it.
Well, if you are in Eastern Indiana, the best place to shop for this sort of thing is at Purdue, in West Lafayette.
There are plenty of people there involved in this discussion, and I'm sure there are a few professors in the CS department who would be willing to participate.
Perhaps you could get an all-star team together: Gene Spafford for security aspect =) Doug Comer on P2P...
Honestly, the profs up there have PLENTY of time on their hands (trust me here). All you have to do is ask.
I mean really, how many people do you think are actually going to take advantage of the recall to send their batteries back to Dell... and wait a few weeks to get a new one.
That's like sending your gas tank back to your car manufacturer and waiting while they UPS you a new one =) well, kinda.
..this may be a bit off-topic, but don't forget that the newest 'pay' phones due out soon are disposable =) Have you seen the disposable cell phone? Sounds crazy, but there is a company (help me out here) who is creating cell phones that you can throw away after using a pre-paid amount of minutes.
Of course, I think part of the phone stays with you and you just replace certain components at the local gas station. But it's still a cool idea.
Phone booths themselves? Well I haven't seen one of those around in ages. I guess they were replaced by those little pods that people huddle in.
On a side note, I'm not sure what would happen to the people down in the trailer park if they took the neighborhood phone away. =)
i suggest you buy one and listen to some books-on-tape MP3's. Then possibly you'll stop making non-sense such as this.
This does bring into life some possible new characters that you might see roaming around DisneyLand...
Packet Man - Character is separated into 10 different pieces that roam around the park, only to meet up at closing time
Streaming Sam - Playful fellow who hugs kids, has a quick picture taken, only to relieve himself on the nearest bonzai tree
'NIC' the Neurologically Insane Chimp - Runs around the park, grabbing the nearest Packet Man he sees, and runs up a tree sucking his thumb.
I don't discount this, but words are *funny*. And so are your sentences.
I totally agree, though, about people sitting down and hammering out codes through WW2. Amazing, really. In this sense human computers does describe it best.
.."I was amazed to find out that the Mandelbrot Set was discovered by a 13th century monk -- way, way before the advent of non-human computers".
as compared to those pesky human computers. Smartasses is what we call them suckers.
In Back Bay near Beacon Hill in Boston, you can pick up this sort of thing. This area is the location of a couple wireless ISP service. I can't remember the names, but basically you call them, subscribe to the service and they'll ship you the wireless receiver.
The high point of this, is that setup is simple. You simply plug in the receiver and go. No technicians. No month-long provisioning problems.
has anyone used his service?
I don't think that harness can carry my 22-inch monitor.
Interesting product, though.
This article begins with "Halfway through the Net Revolution...". Pardon me, but how on earth would you know that we are halfway through anything?? Much like a recession, the only way to know if you've reached the halfway point (or the bottom of a decline) is by looking in your rear-view mirror.
If you read past the first paragraph, it says "the layers can reduce the local temperature on a silicon chip by up to 7 degrees Celsius".
I'm sorry, but that's not going to keep your CPU from turning into bubbly goo.
...FOX Broadcasting has just filed in court an injunction again xMach for infringing on their trademark "X-Files" TV show. When asked to comment, the lawyers for FOX said, "we think that popcorn manufacturers need to learn that they can't name their kernels after TV shows and not expect legal action."
Come on.. It could happen.
Again, I think you missed the point here that this bill really has no chance of passing. Computer manufacturers have no desire to do this, and Dell being the biggest company outside of Austin, there isn't much chance this will pass.
Really, all that Dell needs to do is send a couple of 1Ghz laptops to the representatives, and this bill will be out the door.
Remember, everything's bigger in Texas.
This is great. First they say, "The Moderators are simply looking for material that breaks the House Rules, because it is important that h2g2 doesn't end up publishing material that is unlawful, obscene, racist, homophobic or other types of material that break the House Rules."
Then, after you've forgotten what you just read, it reads "What moderation is not is a censorship system that's designed to prevent people from saying what they want to say..."
Almost got me there.