Good analogy, Mercedes went from being #1 in terms of reliability in 1990 to the bottom of list in 2000. In a ten year stretch the company went from releasing cars when the engineer said they are ready to releasing on a deadline and sacrificing reliability.
Add to this the fact they are trying to push more electronic gadgets in their cars, this adds to the common breakdowns in their top model cars..02
Its only win-win if they decide to make the item cheaper. Most likely what happens is that they see bittorrent as a way to maximize profits by utilizing less of their own network.
Its not as if they will have two links one http and one torrent with the torrent link being X% cheaper.
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I don't think those are actual html tags, you'd better check with w3c.
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Good analogy, Mercedes went from being #1 in terms of reliability in 1990 to the bottom of list in 2000. In a ten year stretch the company went from releasing cars when the engineer said they are ready to releasing on a deadline and sacrificing reliability.
Add to this the fact they are trying to push more electronic gadgets in their cars, this adds to the common breakdowns in their top model cars.
It should have some html to make it look a little more original. Thanks for the reply too!
You don't know me then, got rid of my first and only powerbook. I'm going back to a thinkpad and not looking back.
Wouldn't that be 25 Terra bytes?
I know I'm a moron for replying
:)
Actually more of a moron for replying to the wrong post?
Scientists have recently downloaded Paris Htilton's brain to Commodore 64.
Ok Ok, not original so sue me.
Really high values of 2?
Honestly, do you do this? Or do you just post this suggestion here hoping the billions of
If you do, kudos, I just don't see it happening.
No ads, better technology, similiar prices.
What's the confusion?
Hard Drives are like types of hard liquor. Everyone has at least one that they had a horrible experience with and now avoid like the plague.
That is a great analogy... Damn you Goldschlager!!!!
I bet you've been waiting 8 years for a Slashdot article that allows you to post that image, how does it finally feel?
Its only win-win if they decide to make the item cheaper. Most likely what happens is that they see bittorrent as a way to maximize profits by utilizing less of their own network.
Its not as if they will have two links one http and one torrent with the torrent link being X% cheaper.
Me Too!
Bad example, haven't you heard the term "driving is not a right, its a privilege?"
its a shame that more people don't vote for someone who will give more rights to us, instead of telling us more and more things we can not do.
Those people do not exist... Politicians that give people more rights.
Do you mean you use it as a glorified VCR? Or can you download the guide and schedule something in advanced?
I thought the guide data was the subscription.
You just described my car alarm in college, although I found out later they make blinking leds
Try linblock
http://freshmeat.net/projects/linblock/
probably not for most
*ducks*
nonexistent jobs do not count...
I do realize this is supposed to be a joke, but you do know that there is a USB 2.0 spec that doesn't transfer at the 480Mbs.
USB 2.0 has three speeds, if it doesn't say hi-speed (ultra-fast) then it is going to transfer at the lower rate.
go ahead, mod me +1 no-sense-of-humor
You have numbers to back that up? NYC is becoming the safest large city in the world.
Or you could just save $192/mo starting now and buy whatever that has yielded in two years.
That is if you pay for their expensive contracts as well, if you don't pay for the 24x7x4r contract then it doesn't do much good either.