The limiting factor in this technology is battery power. I have vastly different levels of concern for battery life on my cell phone vs my music player. Keeping them seperate means I will use my music player a lot more, if I kill the battery, no big deal. If it is tied to my cell phone I will be much less eager to use it and risk killing the battery of something important.
Dude, you need a solar-powered iPod. All the hep cats here at the U have them - you just pop a solar film hoodie on your pack and wire it into a recharger for the iPod.
Low tech - the only way to go, provided you've got music.
I think the article reflects Bill G's sour grapes over missing out on providing s/w for the iPod, a device that he gets 0.00 percent cut on from Apple, as compared to all the other Apple products which ship with MSFT s/w inside and are a profit point.
The revolution already happened - iPod, iListen, iLive, iNotMSFT.
So Europeans really find it funny when someone accidentally chews on their cellphone, they yell as loud as possible, or their head falls off? Based on my experience watching quite a bit of British comedy, it tends to be more sophisticated than American comedy (see Shaun of the Dead compared to Viva La Bam for an example).
I see you missed half the jokes in Shaun of the Dead then. That's ok, it was funny even from an American perspective, but half of brit comedy is about the quiet desparation and all that.
There's also this Register piece, which has a different take on things.
As a shareholder, I found the Register article pretty disturbing, in that the profit for the home division was described as a "one-off" for Halo, and not likely to re-occur.
Basically, if MSFT hadn't drastically cut R and D by half, they would have lost money. Maybe that's why Bill was asking for no caps on H1-B visas - they can't afford to pay real salaries.
Paramount has announced they will do a radio version of the HHGTTG that is available only in mono (not stereo) and in which all of the jokes have been made unfunny.
The series will be cancelled six weeks into its 13-week series due to Lack of Interest by listeners.
but don't count on us fixing bugs until we feel like it.
However, you can pay us now.
Ignore the Man with the Diet Orange Crush...
Seriously, it's bad enough getting beta quality in shipped software, but one has to wonder if MSFT is admitting it's beta quality, can it be even more untested?
And what kind of support can one expect for such a "beta" version? Will they say "Come back in one year and we'll think about maybe fixing the bug"?
When corporations see things happening that they don't like, they call the congressmen that they've bought and paid for and tell them to fix it. Look at the bankruptcy bill.
Sad, but true.
The reason it's a media issue is that the media corporations can't steal more money from us if the cities provide cheap broadband.
In point of fact, it's very American to have a municipality provide cheap broadband - cities and townships were created expressly to provide common services like water, electricity, libraries - and now broadband.
This is how the Propaganda Machine works. The media tell you what you should think, then they conduct polls using questions based on false premises with answer sets designed to exclude dissenting opinions.
Exactly. If you actually read the question, it reveals that most Americans don't want ANYONE publishing their personal information on ANYTHING, especially a corporate site of any type.
Hey... all that "scientific research" stuff has been doing is going and making them liberals not believe in deific creation. Why should THAT get my money? Oh yeah, and support our troops! Buy Chevy!
How is sending money down a rathole in Saudi Arabia helping our troops?
I'd rather the money go into scientific research with NASA than financing terrorists in the Middle East. At least Japan is smart enough to finance scientific research...
What's even more frightening is that the US got the EU to go along with the deal, despite Wolfowitz's horrible record.
Gotcha! April Fools! We only pretended to approve Wolfie!
signed, the EU
p.s. we still won't help with Iraq, at least until you stop exporting WMD...
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The EU is where all the gay people live! And we all know which computers THEY prefer!
Um, PCs?
Guess someone should tell Gannon and Rove that - maybe they'll move.
And we thought it was because they have patents
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But right now, even though it's not covered in the news, the EU and Canada have slapped export tariffs on the US over our agricultural subsidies - in real life - so maybe they got confused and thought we were exporting real Apples - and bio-engineered ones at that.
After all, some of the Gx series glow in the dark...
Water on Mars? Sorry. my bad. I was on my way home from a conference on Yuggoth. I really had to pee bad. I stopped off and used the martian desert as my personal lavatory.
And i thought that i was the only person to do that.
No wonder we have a problem.
Guess we'd better pass a law against doing that. Either that or build a rest stop with water recycling no-flow toilets.
In terms of what's best for your feet, moccasins beat sandals, but not by much. Both offer protection against sharp objects and stubbing one's toes, without working against the natural shape and movement of your feet, but moccasins give you a better feel for the ground.
True, and that's useful in mountain climbing and in hilly areas, but for most modern city and suburban dwellers, it really isn't that important, so sandals are still a better choice.
Just don't get those platform sandals, the strappy kind - they deform the feet and cause a lot of ankle injuries.
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The limiting factor in this technology is battery power. I have vastly different levels of concern for battery life on my cell phone vs my music player. Keeping them seperate means I will use my music player a lot more, if I kill the battery, no big deal. If it is tied to my cell phone I will be much less eager to use it and risk killing the battery of something important.
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Dude, you need a solar-powered iPod. All the hep cats here at the U have them - you just pop a solar film hoodie on your pack and wire it into a recharger for the iPod.
I think they covered them a few weeks back on
and only have iPods.
Low tech - the only way to go, provided you've got music.
I think the article reflects Bill G's sour grapes over missing out on providing s/w for the iPod, a device that he gets 0.00 percent cut on from Apple, as compared to all the other Apple products which ship with MSFT s/w inside and are a profit point.
The revolution already happened - iPod, iListen, iLive, iNotMSFT.
So Europeans really find it funny when someone accidentally chews on their cellphone, they yell as loud as possible, or their head falls off? Based on my experience watching quite a bit of British comedy, it tends to be more sophisticated than American comedy (see Shaun of the Dead compared to Viva La Bam for an example).
I see you missed half the jokes in Shaun of the Dead then. That's ok, it was funny even from an American perspective, but half of brit comedy is about the quiet desparation and all that.
when noone would speak up against obviously unconstitutional things because they were all scared of someone who distorted things for personal gain.
Same time, same fear, same response.
You're either sheep or you're being fleeced. Wake up and smell the sheep dip.
Because MSFT has never overestimated profits, only underestimated.
Sadly, it's more a commentary on the market, than it is on MSFT.
[caveat - I own MSFT shares - and RHAT too]
There's also this Register piece, which has a different take on things.
As a shareholder, I found the Register article pretty disturbing, in that the profit for the home division was described as a "one-off" for Halo, and not likely to re-occur.
Basically, if MSFT hadn't drastically cut R and D by half, they would have lost money. Maybe that's why Bill was asking for no caps on H1-B visas - they can't afford to pay real salaries.
cancelled and relocated to film production in Canada, where they brew it dark and hot.
Paramount has announced they will do a radio version of the HHGTTG that is available only in mono (not stereo) and in which all of the jokes have been made unfunny.
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The series will be cancelled six weeks into its 13-week series due to Lack of Interest by listeners.
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Well, I wouldn't put it past them
but don't count on us fixing bugs until we feel like it.
...
However, you can pay us now.
Ignore the Man with the Diet Orange Crush
Seriously, it's bad enough getting beta quality in shipped software, but one has to wonder if MSFT is admitting it's beta quality, can it be even more untested?
And what kind of support can one expect for such a "beta" version? Will they say "Come back in one year and we'll think about maybe fixing the bug"?
When corporations see things happening that they don't like, they call the congressmen that they've bought and paid for and tell them to fix it.
Look at the bankruptcy bill.
Sad, but true.
The reason it's a media issue is that the media corporations can't steal more money from us if the cities provide cheap broadband.
In point of fact, it's very American to have a municipality provide cheap broadband - cities and townships were created expressly to provide common services like water, electricity, libraries - and now broadband.
This is how the Propaganda Machine works. The media tell you what you should think, then they conduct polls using questions based on false premises with answer sets designed to exclude dissenting opinions.
Exactly. If you actually read the question, it reveals that most Americans don't want ANYONE publishing their personal information on ANYTHING, especially a corporate site of any type.
Thing is, Firefox defaults to the Firefox website!
And where do you think IE defaults to?
It sure as heck ain't the Firefox site.
Um, you do know that The West Wing is fiction, right?
And you probably think most space shuttle flights are civilian, right?
Wrong.
Well, it's like the red commie Bushies want, anything to sell out America for the Red Party Elites.
If an election were held today I believe Bush/Cheney would lose.
What, don't you like the Bush Tax on the Middle Class at the gas pump?
Hey... all that "scientific research" stuff has been doing is going and making them liberals not believe in deific creation. Why should THAT get my money? Oh yeah, and support our troops! Buy Chevy!
...
How is sending money down a rathole in Saudi Arabia helping our troops?
I'd rather the money go into scientific research with NASA than financing terrorists in the Middle East. At least Japan is smart enough to finance scientific research
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The solution: a revote.
For the ENTIRE USA!
Without diebold machines.
by their DNA.
So they stopped.
The fact that you have a right to say something doesn't mean that it's right to say that thing. There's such a thing as restraint, you know?
Jawohl, mein Herr!
Das ist Gut von Mir und die Vaterland!
What's even more frightening is that the US got the EU to go along with the deal, despite Wolfowitz's horrible record.
...
Gotcha! April Fools! We only pretended to approve Wolfie!
signed, the EU
p.s. we still won't help with Iraq, at least until you stop exporting WMD
The EU is where all the gay people live! And we all know which computers THEY prefer!
Um, PCs?
Guess someone should tell Gannon and Rove that - maybe they'll move.
But right now, even though it's not covered in the news, the EU and Canada have slapped export tariffs on the US over our agricultural subsidies - in real life - so maybe they got confused and thought we were exporting real Apples - and bio-engineered ones at that.
...
After all, some of the Gx series glow in the dark
Water on Mars? Sorry. my bad. I was on my way home from a conference on Yuggoth. I really had to pee bad. I stopped off and used the martian desert as my personal lavatory.
And i thought that i was the only person to do that.
No wonder we have a problem.
Guess we'd better pass a law against doing that. Either that or build a rest stop with water recycling no-flow toilets.
In terms of what's best for your feet, moccasins beat sandals, but not by much. Both offer protection against sharp objects and stubbing one's toes, without working against the natural shape and movement of your feet, but moccasins give you a better feel for the ground.
True, and that's useful in mountain climbing and in hilly areas, but for most modern city and suburban dwellers, it really isn't that important, so sandals are still a better choice.
Just don't get those platform sandals, the strappy kind - they deform the feet and cause a lot of ankle injuries.
Just think, one of the astronauts had a cold at one point.
Before the moon will be destroyed from the bacteria, the virii will destroy it.
Now where will extragalactic species hide when they're observing us?