I only by (sic) CD from the artist at the concerts I see them at. If we all do this we'll be supporting the artist and treating them the way they deserve to be treated.
All well and good, but you do realize that the artists purchase those CDs from the label at wholesale cost? (Sometimes the label will "give" the band the records for the tour, but of course will deduct the wholesale cost as an advance against royalties.) In other words, the artist doesn't get the full $15 you pay for the CD.
Interesting aside: when bands sell CDs at shows, a venue representative has to sign (to certify as correct) a Soundscan sheet that indicates how many discs were sold. This way, the labels and The Industry can get an accurate count of what's actually selling.
I borrowed my friends S2000 for a few hours. The HP is there and it was pretty fun to drive but it felt like I was riding a crotch rocket. If you are under 6000 rpm, there is not much there.
What's your friend's car's model year? As I noted above, in 2004 the engine was changed from 2.0l to 2.2l. The redline was dropped from 9k to 8k and the torque curve smoothed out, so it's better at lower RPMs. (That's my impression from also driving a 2003.)
On flat roads it was fun but on long hills at decent speed, the low torque stood out. Its close range gearbox ratios can overcome the torque but you will be in a gear or two lower then I would like for general driving. Maybe if I drove it more or moved away to flatter country, I would get used to it.
I'm in southern Arizona; not too many long hills here! I don't see what you mean by being in a gear or two LOWER than you'd like. I've noticed that the car likes to cruise at around 3k to 3500 rpm, which gives a decent amount of oomph if I step on the gas, but to really move (and this is true with basically ANY car), downshift a gear or two and it takes off. Really.
That's because your S2000 roadster (a great car, in my opinion) has an insanely high-compression engine. That 2000 stands for the engine size of 2000 cubic centimeters, or 2 liters.
Actually, starting with the 2004 models, the engine size has been bumped up to 2.2 litres, and the redline dropped from 9000 to 8000. The torque curve was smoothed out, too, for better low-end response. Yer right, though, high compression.
I suppose either one of us could google for Ferrari engine specs, but...
And, just to clarify, yes I would put regular in a Ferrari. Unless you have a high-compression ratio in your motor, regular gas will perform *exactly* as well as premium. It always amazes me how much the marketplace relies on ignorance for profit.
While my Honda S2000 is no Ferrari (it's a convertible and an order of magnitude less expensive), Honda requires that you use at least 91 octane fuel. People who've put regular into it (in emergencies, like being in bumfuck nowhere and all that's available is regular no-lead) report that the car knocks like fuck and the loss of power is obvious.
If your car doesn't require premium, like our Corolla, then there's no advantage to using it. But cars that need it -- need it.
Just as a side note... Can someone stick a fork or 20 into whomever invented the damn flash crap that they use for ads and stuff on the frickin CNN site? That damn flipping of pictures was making me insane and wanting to move on to other pages.
Well, let's be a little fair here. Yes, the autobahn is way better than the interstate system. But the U.S. has a lot more ground to cover. There's no excuse for not having better driver education and intelligent traffic laws (and enforcement), though.
"Here is what I'd like to buy: a laptop, but without the keyboard, monitor, touchpad, speakers, and optical drive. Basically a little brick I could carry back and forth between work/home and drop into a docking station that's hooked up to a full-size keyboard, mouse and 21" LCD monitor. If you ditch all the human I/O devices (keyboard, touchpad, monitor, speakers) and commit to using an external optical drive, the thing shouldn't be much bigger/heavier than a portable hard drive."
OK, so it's got an optical drive, but otherwise fits your bill: Mac mini.
It's stupid to say "no one died in a nulear power program". People die working for the garbage company. Shit happens. I'm sure people have died in coal powered power plants but I bet they have.
It's worse than that--people die mining coal, either in accidents, or slowly, from black-lung disease.
Creative is used to having a hold on their market and killing off competition (ie, SoundStorm) by buying out companies or technologies they depend on. The result is them making sub-quality products and incremental upgrades that are *just* good enough for people to bother, and selling them for top dollar. And then shafting the customer with bad support on all but their latest product line.
I remember when Ensoniq was eating Creative's lunch in the soundcard biz. Ensoniq's PCI soundcard was available waaay before Creative did theirs, and Gateway (remember them?) was buying truckloads of Ensoniq cards. Of course, after Ensoniq's "internal issues" weakened the company, Creative was able to come in and buy the company, just to shut it down and remove a competitor. (Ensoniq's music synthesizer line competed directly with Creative's EMU line, too.)
yes, of course apple beats pcs... the same way in that surfing on pr0n sites beats programming... its (sic) fun, its (sic) easy, less frustrating, but it keeps you stupid - you learn nothing about how anything works...
If you took your head out of your ass for a minute, and actually spoke to someone who's not a homebound geek, you'd realize that the average person has a task to accomplish, and they use computers to help them accomplish those tasks. They don't need to understand how the computer does what it does.
Most people who drive cars don't have any idea how the internal combustion engine works. All they care about is that the engine starts when they turn the key and that it moves forward when the lever's in Drive and they step on the right-hand pedal.
Most people who use cellular phones don't have any idea how the system transfers calls from cell to cell without dropping the calls.
Computers, like cars and cell phones are tools--means to an end. Get over yourself.
thats (sic) apples (sic) ultimate goal - keeping people stupid, because stupid people are easy to controll (sic)...
Methinks Apple's goal is to make money for their shareholders. Control over stupid people? That's Dubya's ultimate goal.
I've been running sophos anti virus software on my mac since, well, since they became available. Thing is, apart from updating itself once in a while I haven't had ONE virus showing up. Every now and then I even scan my system. Just for kicks (I'm easily excited).
So, exactly what viruses are this software looking for ?
anyways, despite the claim, there are a suprizingly high number of people on macs who have no fuckin' idea how to use a computer. I'm the only one in my class of like 100, in one of the top architecture colleges in the country, who even knows the basics of HTML, FTP, etc.
Jeez, you're full of yourself. Ya know, people buy computers to run the applications that interest them. You know, obvious things like word processing, accounting, e-mail, web browsing, design circuits, laying out PC boards, playing games. None of these tasks require the user to know how to use ftp or write HTML.
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All well and good, but you do realize that the artists purchase those CDs from the label at wholesale cost? (Sometimes the label will "give" the band the records for the tour, but of course will deduct the wholesale cost as an advance against royalties.) In other words, the artist doesn't get the full $15 you pay for the CD.
Interesting aside: when bands sell CDs at shows, a venue representative has to sign (to certify as correct) a Soundscan sheet that indicates how many discs were sold. This way, the labels and The Industry can get an accurate count of what's actually selling.
What's your friend's car's model year? As I noted above, in 2004 the engine was changed from 2.0l to 2.2l. The redline was dropped from 9k to 8k and the torque curve smoothed out, so it's better at lower RPMs. (That's my impression from also driving a 2003.)
I'm in southern Arizona; not too many long hills here! I don't see what you mean by being in a gear or two LOWER than you'd like. I've noticed that the car likes to cruise at around 3k to 3500 rpm, which gives a decent amount of oomph if I step on the gas, but to really move (and this is true with basically ANY car), downshift a gear or two and it takes off. Really.
I suppose either one of us could google for Ferrari engine specs, but ...
Full Speed USB is 12 Mbps and still technically USB 2.0. So just because something says USB 2.0 it doesn't mean it's capable of doing more than 12Mbps
Yes, yes, YES! Mod parent UP.And, just to clarify, yes I would put regular in a Ferrari. Unless you have a high-compression ratio in your motor, regular gas will perform *exactly* as well as premium. It always amazes me how much the marketplace relies on ignorance for profit.
While my Honda S2000 is no Ferrari (it's a convertible and an order of magnitude less expensive), Honda requires that you use at least 91 octane fuel. People who've put regular into it (in emergencies, like being in bumfuck nowhere and all that's available is regular no-lead) report that the car knocks like fuck and the loss of power is obvious.
If your car doesn't require premium, like our Corolla, then there's no advantage to using it. But cars that need it -- need it.
So, will Dear Leader El Presidente Bush attend the funeral?
Will Dear Leader El Presidente Bush pardon the fucker post-humously?
But saying that Mac's are more secure then PC's is incorrect, period!
Less incorrect than your misuse of the apostrophe.I for one rewelcome our HST overlord."
Hunter S. Thompson?Just as a side note... Can someone stick a fork or 20 into whomever invented the damn flash crap that they use for ads and stuff on the frickin CNN site? That damn flipping of pictures was making me insane and wanting to move on to other pages.
What? You've never heard of FlashBlock???NO ... what's being mandated is a change to digital TV broadcast. Digital TV != HDTV.
Well, let's be a little fair here. Yes, the autobahn is way better than the interstate system. But the U.S. has a lot more ground to cover. There's no excuse for not having better driver education and intelligent traffic laws (and enforcement), though.
I'd be happy if we had intelligent drivers.
OK, so it's got an optical drive, but otherwise fits your bill: Mac mini.
You mean "lose-lose-lose."
It's stupid to say "no one died in a nulear power program". People die working for the garbage company. Shit happens. I'm sure people have died in coal powered power plants but I bet they have.
It's worse than that--people die mining coal, either in accidents, or slowly, from black-lung disease.
There's a monster truck in town with two stickers in the rear window.
One is a Bush/Cheney '04 sticker.
The other says, "Don't Steal. The Government Doesn't Like Competition.
The irony is so thick it's blocking the guy's view out the back of his truck.
I remember when Ensoniq was eating Creative's lunch in the soundcard biz. Ensoniq's PCI soundcard was available waaay before Creative did theirs, and Gateway (remember them?) was buying truckloads of Ensoniq cards. Of course, after Ensoniq's "internal issues" weakened the company, Creative was able to come in and buy the company, just to shut it down and remove a competitor. (Ensoniq's music synthesizer line competed directly with Creative's EMU line, too.)
If you took your head out of your ass for a minute, and actually spoke to someone who's not a homebound geek, you'd realize that the average person has a task to accomplish, and they use computers to help them accomplish those tasks. They don't need to understand how the computer does what it does.
Most people who drive cars don't have any idea how the internal combustion engine works. All they care about is that the engine starts when they turn the key and that it moves forward when the lever's in Drive and they step on the right-hand pedal.
Most people who use cellular phones don't have any idea how the system transfers calls from cell to cell without dropping the calls.
Computers, like cars and cell phones are tools--means to an end. Get over yourself.
thats (sic) apples (sic) ultimate goal - keeping people stupid, because stupid people are easy to controll (sic) ...
Methinks Apple's goal is to make money for their shareholders. Control over stupid people? That's Dubya's ultimate goal.
Scientologists eat placentas. EVERYBODY knows that.
Betcha they won't make a new version of Irwin Allen's other big disaster film, The Towering Inferno (or, as Mad Magazine put it, The Towering Sterno).
Oh, wait, Oliver Stone is doing World Trade Center. Never mind.
So, exactly what viruses are this software looking for ?
Jeez, you're full of yourself. Ya know, people buy computers to run the applications that interest them. You know, obvious things like word processing, accounting, e-mail, web browsing, design circuits, laying out PC boards, playing games. None of these tasks require the user to know how to use ftp or write HTML.
No.