Dell has a history of providing a whole host of coupons, especially at their small business store, that bring monitor prices way down. Their 24" displays have fallen below $1000 many times. I'd expect many people to buy a Dell 30" monitor for far less than $2200.
Or someone could release an open-source software platform that matches Skype in ease of use and low-cost calling to landline phones, with no need to set up a dedicated PBX or read through complicated half-finished documentation.
No IMAP, though, so I can't put all my gigabytes of mail into folders. (Labels are not folders; Evolution doesn't read Gmail labels.) AIM Mail offers IMAP access and 2 GB of storage, and it's free too.
Avast! looks horrible. Just like Winamp, iTunes, Windows Media Player, and all so-called "media" applications, the Avast! developers decided to make a window look like something other than a window. What the hell does an anti-virus program need an eject button for? Can I click on "Scan local drives," etc., or do I have to click on the options themselves? In the Quick Scan drawer, which is selected -- 1 or 2? How do I choose another option in that drawer or close it?
AVG may be unimpressive visually, but almost all the time I simply see a tray icon. The rest of the time it looks like a Windows application, albeit one developed by people who spent a little too much time using Lotus Notes.
"An executive involved in the talks said Time Warner asked Microsoft to give AOL similar preferred placement in advertising and in its Web index and that Microsoft refused, calling the request unethical."
When the game ends and you lose control of Park Place, you can write it off as a loss and count it against your income. Most businesses depreciate their assets over time for this reason.
* Not sure about the conversion factor of Monopoly dollars to US dollars
The article implies that widgets on the desktop were the only things being announced today, but Yahoo! also announced an interface that lets you navigate through web services on a TV using a Windows XP computer. Basically they've created a "10-foot user interface" that lets you view photos, listen to music, etc., using a TV as the center of attention and the Internet to retrieve extra content.
Unfortunately it's not available yet, but I'm sure commenters can assure me that MythTV and FrontRow are superior to it.
The reason why players only spend 4 hours per day on Second Life? Simple -- they spend the other 20 hours discussing the hypoanthemics of paradimensional economies in the blogosphere.
Fire up BitTorrent client with download and upload rates set to 0
Record each IP address willing to send you pieces of the copyrighted material in question. If the IP address is to an American ISP, file subpoena to retrieve customer data.
Sports schedulers remember The Heidi Game and plan accordingly. Not enough people would watch X hours of post-game blather on the main network (that stuff gets shunted to ESPN/FSN) but football is still much more lucrative than most prime-time shows.
Fox at least had "The OT" this season to pad out games to the nearest half-hour, though they didn't always air it.
No. You noted that you use your cell phone to share files; I noted that if you're jumping from computer to computer to computer, that's not a very easy process. I also wouldn't want to drain my cell phone battery while using it as a flash drive; when I use a flash drive as a flash drive, it requires no battery power on its own and simply feeds off the USB port.
Maybe I don't travel enough, but I just don't see myself using a cell phone to transfer work documents with other cell phones when everyone has laptops anyway.
"Bug-free launch"? Every software product I've ever seen -- Microsoft, Apple, most open-source stuff -- has a patch or a hotfix available within a month of launch. Everyone's going to find bugs with software intended to run on thousands of different configurations. I seem to recall UT 2004 having a patch available the day I took it home from the store, and that wasn't long after it was "done."
I can't substantiate the parent's ad hominem attack on the Weblogs Inc co-founder, but the air of pretension is exactly the reason I stopped reading sites like Engadget. Everything is treated like a gossip item. Imagine if an item on Slashdot were presented with impeccable spelling and grammar but treated like a bunch of valley girls were reporting it.
Slashdot: Google annonced its new calendar service today. Google Calendar ingrats with Outlook and iCal and is the most advanced calendar service available for free as in beer
Engadget: OMG, like Google announced its new calendar service. All you other guys can just like F off because this is the shizzle. Google Calendar lets you get your meeting on from your web browser and it totally has all the Outlook and iCal integration goodness we know you're just spooging your Victoria's Secret underwear about. Get your invite today, dog!
If you had a video iPod (5G), that may have been because there was an unusual relaxation of Apple's return policy for that model alone. If you didn't, could you tell me what Apple store this was that was so gracious, and could you check if they're as lenient on PowerBook replacements?:)
I don't doubt the quality of Mac products here, but I doubt their breadth. I agree that Microsoft "forces you to live by their standards," but Apple does too. I bought an Airport Express with the understanding that I could only use it with iTunes*. To use an iPod with any other music store's DRM is impossible unless that music store lets you burn and rerip. The same can be said of the iTunes Music Store, which works with no other devices besides the iPod unless you burn and rerip your tracks. Apple locks you in pretty hard once you've bought in. Just look at Mac OS X: short end-of-life times mean that a Mac OS X version is effectively unsupported in three years whereas Windows 2000 and Windows XP (which went on sale in 2001) are still supported as we head into 2006.
I bought a PowerBook because I had read good reviews of Apple's support, but after long lines at the Genius Bar and a three-week repair turnaround to replace a hard drive this past January, I've been less than impressed with Apple's ability to support their products. I'm glad I bought AppleCare at the outset because I don't trust this machine to withstand three years of daily use on its own.
* Or Airfoil, but that's $25 shareware that I didn't feel was worth the cost
I can buy thousands of computers that run Windows. I can buy, what, eight models that run Mac OS X?
I can buy thousands of MP3 players that play the 50,000 songs I rent for $5 per month or the 50 songs I bought for 79 cents each. I can buy three MP3 players that play Apple's music and video downloads.
How exactly is Apple more consumer friendly?
(Before you start calling me a shill, I own a PowerBook and an iPod. I'm just curious about how you say Apple is any nicer toward the consumer than Micro dollar sign oft.)
The Pittsburgh (Shadyside) Apple store has helped me out exactly once in person, when I asked for a replacement rubber foot for my PowerBook. All other times they've merely acted as a conduit between me and Apple support centers, often with a wait of 30-60 minutes.
Reportedly you get better service if you buy "ProCare," which is $100 on top of the $350 Apple charges for AppleCare to begin with. "Good" service doesn't come cheap I guess.
There already is a football channel that never shows entire football games. It's called NFL Network. Almost all its programming is highlights and recaps of NFL games. I don't think it ever shows current regular-season NFL games as the league sold the TV rights to ABC/CBS/ESPN/Fox/(NBC next year).
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Dell has a history of providing a whole host of coupons, especially at their small business store, that bring monitor prices way down. Their 24" displays have fallen below $1000 many times. I'd expect many people to buy a Dell 30" monitor for far less than $2200.
Or someone could release an open-source software platform that matches Skype in ease of use and low-cost calling to landline phones, with no need to set up a dedicated PBX or read through complicated half-finished documentation.
*crickets*
No IMAP, though, so I can't put all my gigabytes of mail into folders. (Labels are not folders; Evolution doesn't read Gmail labels.) AIM Mail offers IMAP access and 2 GB of storage, and it's free too.
Avast! looks horrible. Just like Winamp, iTunes, Windows Media Player, and all so-called "media" applications, the Avast! developers decided to make a window look like something other than a window. What the hell does an anti-virus program need an eject button for? Can I click on "Scan local drives," etc., or do I have to click on the options themselves? In the Quick Scan drawer, which is selected -- 1 or 2? How do I choose another option in that drawer or close it?
AVG may be unimpressive visually, but almost all the time I simply see a tray icon. The rest of the time it looks like a Windows application, albeit one developed by people who spent a little too much time using Lotus Notes.
Tell me about it. Google recently signed a billion-dollar deal with AOL that Microsoft wouldn't sign for ethical reasons.
"An executive involved in the talks said Time Warner asked Microsoft to give AOL similar preferred placement in advertising and in its Web index and that Microsoft refused, calling the request unethical."
http://free.grisoft.com/
They still offer and support the free version.
Okay, Mister Sarcasmpants. Screw Google. Which search engine actually serves valid HTML pages to me?
(Give up? It's MSN! MSN's search page, search.msn.com, is valid HTML! The results pages are too. Time for you to switch.)
I think I'd rather have Five 9-disc "Definitive Edition" sets of the Twilight Zone on DVD with no "new form of DRM" or Internet connection needed to view them.
(Don't know what the effective price per ep is, but man that's a lot of media.)
When the game ends and you lose control of Park Place, you can write it off as a loss and count it against your income. Most businesses depreciate their assets over time for this reason.
* Not sure about the conversion factor of Monopoly dollars to US dollars
The article implies that widgets on the desktop were the only things being announced today, but Yahoo! also announced an interface that lets you navigate through web services on a TV using a Windows XP computer. Basically they've created a "10-foot user interface" that lets you view photos, listen to music, etc., using a TV as the center of attention and the Internet to retrieve extra content.
Unfortunately it's not available yet, but I'm sure commenters can assure me that MythTV and FrontRow are superior to it.
The reason why players only spend 4 hours per day on Second Life? Simple -- they spend the other 20 hours discussing the hypoanthemics of paradimensional economies in the blogosphere.
Sports schedulers remember The Heidi Game and plan accordingly. Not enough people would watch X hours of post-game blather on the main network (that stuff gets shunted to ESPN/FSN) but football is still much more lucrative than most prime-time shows.
Fox at least had "The OT" this season to pad out games to the nearest half-hour, though they didn't always air it.
What other network would have picked up Futurama to begin with? The show's not exactly cheap to make, and Groening already had an in with Fox.
No. You noted that you use your cell phone to share files; I noted that if you're jumping from computer to computer to computer, that's not a very easy process. I also wouldn't want to drain my cell phone battery while using it as a flash drive; when I use a flash drive as a flash drive, it requires no battery power on its own and simply feeds off the USB port.
Maybe I don't travel enough, but I just don't see myself using a cell phone to transfer work documents with other cell phones when everyone has laptops anyway.
Sorry, my mistake. Why plug in a device that works with every computer built since 1999 when I could:
- Plug in Bluetooth dongle to random PC running Windows 2000 or Linux that doesn't have Bluetooth
- Wait
- Install driver*
- Wait
- Open BlueTooth Easy Pairing Assistant (TM)
- Make phone discoverable
- Choose "Scan for devices"
- Wait
- Choose phone on PC
- Enter pairing code on phone
- Wait
- Transfer!
* Requires kernel module in LinuxSafety level? People can play indecent words like "lez" on television! Think of the children!!
"Bug-free launch"? Every software product I've ever seen -- Microsoft, Apple, most open-source stuff -- has a patch or a hotfix available within a month of launch. Everyone's going to find bugs with software intended to run on thousands of different configurations. I seem to recall UT 2004 having a patch available the day I took it home from the store, and that wasn't long after it was "done."
I can't substantiate the parent's ad hominem attack on the Weblogs Inc co-founder, but the air of pretension is exactly the reason I stopped reading sites like Engadget. Everything is treated like a gossip item. Imagine if an item on Slashdot were presented with impeccable spelling and grammar but treated like a bunch of valley girls were reporting it.
Slashdot: Google annonced its new calendar service today. Google Calendar ingrats with Outlook and iCal and is the most advanced calendar service available for free as in beer
Engadget: OMG, like Google announced its new calendar service. All you other guys can just like F off because this is the shizzle. Google Calendar lets you get your meeting on from your web browser and it totally has all the Outlook and iCal integration goodness we know you're just spooging your Victoria's Secret underwear about. Get your invite today, dog!
If you had a video iPod (5G), that may have been because there was an unusual relaxation of Apple's return policy for that model alone. If you didn't, could you tell me what Apple store this was that was so gracious, and could you check if they're as lenient on PowerBook replacements? :)
I don't doubt the quality of Mac products here, but I doubt their breadth. I agree that Microsoft "forces you to live by their standards," but Apple does too. I bought an Airport Express with the understanding that I could only use it with iTunes*. To use an iPod with any other music store's DRM is impossible unless that music store lets you burn and rerip. The same can be said of the iTunes Music Store, which works with no other devices besides the iPod unless you burn and rerip your tracks. Apple locks you in pretty hard once you've bought in. Just look at Mac OS X: short end-of-life times mean that a Mac OS X version is effectively unsupported in three years whereas Windows 2000 and Windows XP (which went on sale in 2001) are still supported as we head into 2006.
I bought a PowerBook because I had read good reviews of Apple's support, but after long lines at the Genius Bar and a three-week repair turnaround to replace a hard drive this past January, I've been less than impressed with Apple's ability to support their products. I'm glad I bought AppleCare at the outset because I don't trust this machine to withstand three years of daily use on its own.
* Or Airfoil, but that's $25 shareware that I didn't feel was worth the cost
I can buy thousands of computers that run Windows. I can buy, what, eight models that run Mac OS X?
I can buy thousands of MP3 players that play the 50,000 songs I rent for $5 per month or the 50 songs I bought for 79 cents each. I can buy three MP3 players that play Apple's music and video downloads.
How exactly is Apple more consumer friendly?
(Before you start calling me a shill, I own a PowerBook and an iPod. I'm just curious about how you say Apple is any nicer toward the consumer than Micro dollar sign oft.)
The Pittsburgh (Shadyside) Apple store has helped me out exactly once in person, when I asked for a replacement rubber foot for my PowerBook. All other times they've merely acted as a conduit between me and Apple support centers, often with a wait of 30-60 minutes.
Reportedly you get better service if you buy "ProCare," which is $100 on top of the $350 Apple charges for AppleCare to begin with. "Good" service doesn't come cheap I guess.
There already is a football channel that never shows entire football games. It's called NFL Network. Almost all its programming is highlights and recaps of NFL games. I don't think it ever shows current regular-season NFL games as the league sold the TV rights to ABC/CBS/ESPN/Fox/(NBC next year).
The M stands for Marketing. MTV sells a lifestyle and they're really good at it. Come to think of it, Slashdot's parent company sells a lifestyle too.