Some guy in another thread insinuated that PS3 purchasers were acting like sheep. Proclaining the Wii as "superior" without haveing every played it is absolutely no better
It is a little better. The people who are twirly eyed over the PS3 do so based on three characters: P S 3. The people who are twirly eyed over the Wii have been following the tech news on the various consoles, read probably multiple articles and even hands on reviews on the subject.
Also, I suspect that it will hard to buy either a PS3 OR a Wii this Winter Shopping Orgy (Christmas). Both companies will be able to sell everything they can bring to market, although perhaps the scalping on the Wii will only be 50% as bad as on the PS3.
As much as we would like that, the PS3 is a very hot item and the supply is very limited. Those who are lucky enough to grab several are bound to make lots of profit.
I wouldn't assume that I got a good deal from Cingular (or that they have lowered their prices), I would just assume I probably had a bad deal with AT&T.
I completely agree with your ideas expressed in your post. If I had my way, NASA would be shut down completely. Let someone else innovate. NASA does a LOT to keep private industry from working on space technology.
Um, historically Apple has done a very bad job of forecasting its numbers. That's why they got stuck with tons of low end performas that no one wanted and at the same time had a huge shortage on high end Power Macs (circa 1996). This caused them to lose almost a billion dollars.
More recently, they were accused of channel stuffing to pump up their numbers.
Forecasting is hard and Apple has not always done it well.
Really? I had an AT&T plan until recently. The problem I had with it was that it was way too expensive. Switching to a Cingular plan saved me a lot of money. The thing that was holding me back was that I had purchased a Treo 600 just before AT&T was sold and CIngular told me I couldn't use it on a Cingular plan.
If you want to talk useless features - the file sharing on the Zune is pretty worthless from what I have read. (The songs only last 3 days or 3 plays and it isn't even easy to use.) The good thing about the features you are mentioning on the iPod is that you don't have to use them. You can even remove them out of the top levels of the UI - so you don't have to see them at all (in fact, I think by default the contacts aren't visible unless you have some on your iPod). So, these features don't cost you anything in terms of consuming other resources or adding to the price of the unit - unlike the Wifi radio on the Zune that uses batteries and adds to the price of the player.
go ahead, agree with people that think glassblowing with it in my back pocket is unkind treatment
I would think that would be OK since your body is shielding the phone from the heat of the furnace. And if it isn't hot enough to hurt you, it shouldn't be hot enough to hurt the phone.
And also, you do glass blowing - I have to tell you that is totally cool!
There has been DRM associated wtih playing DVDs for some time now. Back under MacOS 8, you couldn't play a DVD if you had booted the computer with MacsBug loaded for example. Also, they disabled taking screen shots while DVDs are playing.
trash pickup has to be tax-based, because otherwise people would find some other way to dump
I used to live in Washington state. We did not have tax-based trash pickup. You either had to pay a private trash hauler, or else take it to the dump yourself (and pay at the dump to get rid of it.) Now, I live in New York and we have tax based pick up. There was not a big problem with illegal dumping in Washington, but after living in New York, I think you are probably correct regaring what people would do here. But it is a very different culture.
Accoding to the article it is not as wasteful as you are implying. It uses energy if there is a device capable of receiving the electricity. Otherwise, the energy isn't used.
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The entire GDP of Nigeria is fourteen hundred dollars?
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I guess there are always those with the fetish towards the very small.
Some guy in another thread insinuated that PS3 purchasers were acting like sheep. Proclaining the Wii as "superior" without haveing every played it is absolutely no better
It is a little better. The people who are twirly eyed over the PS3 do so based on three characters: P S 3. The people who are twirly eyed over the Wii have been following the tech news on the various consoles, read probably multiple articles and even hands on reviews on the subject.
Also, I suspect that it will hard to buy either a PS3 OR a Wii this Winter Shopping Orgy (Christmas). Both companies will be able to sell everything they can bring to market, although perhaps the scalping on the Wii will only be 50% as bad as on the PS3.
As much as we would like that, the PS3 is a very hot item and the supply is very limited. Those who are lucky enough to grab several are bound to make lots of profit.
That is completely ridiculous. I will never buy a PSP.
I wouldn't assume that I got a good deal from Cingular (or that they have lowered their prices), I would just assume I probably had a bad deal with AT&T.
I completely agree with your ideas expressed in your post. If I had my way, NASA would be shut down completely. Let someone else innovate. NASA does a LOT to keep private industry from working on space technology.
It was a huge waste of money - like pretty much everything NASA does.
The iPod battery is replaceable. It is not soldered on. When mine wore out, I replaced it in five minutes.
Um, historically Apple has done a very bad job of forecasting its numbers. That's why they got stuck with tons of low end performas that no one wanted and at the same time had a huge shortage on high end Power Macs (circa 1996). This caused them to lose almost a billion dollars.
More recently, they were accused of channel stuffing to pump up their numbers.
Forecasting is hard and Apple has not always done it well.
And don't forget how everytime you use your iStuff it makes someone in Tiawan smile.
The Zune, on the other hand, is manufactured in the United States.
Really? I had an AT&T plan until recently. The problem I had with it was that it was way too expensive. Switching to a Cingular plan saved me a lot of money. The thing that was holding me back was that I had purchased a Treo 600 just before AT&T was sold and CIngular told me I couldn't use it on a Cingular plan.
Do they need special software for the Mac? I've had several blue tooth phones that worked really well with iSync (Sony T68i, Moto RAZR).
If you want to talk useless features - the file sharing on the Zune is pretty worthless from what I have read. (The songs only last 3 days or 3 plays and it isn't even easy to use.) The good thing about the features you are mentioning on the iPod is that you don't have to use them. You can even remove them out of the top levels of the UI - so you don't have to see them at all (in fact, I think by default the contacts aren't visible unless you have some on your iPod). So, these features don't cost you anything in terms of consuming other resources or adding to the price of the unit - unlike the Wifi radio on the Zune that uses batteries and adds to the price of the player.
go ahead, agree with people that think glassblowing with it in my back pocket is unkind treatment
I would think that would be OK since your body is shielding the phone from the heat of the furnace. And if it isn't hot enough to hurt you, it shouldn't be hot enough to hurt the phone.
And also, you do glass blowing - I have to tell you that is totally cool!
I keep trying to do it, but something always happens that keeps me from being able to accomplish step 5.
What happens to the GPL when the copyright on open source software expires? As soon as linus dies, then the 95 year clock starts ticking...
There has been DRM associated wtih playing DVDs for some time now. Back under MacOS 8, you couldn't play a DVD if you had booted the computer with MacsBug loaded for example. Also, they disabled taking screen shots while DVDs are playing.
News flash - they make Word for Mac.
How the hell do you "heckle" a movie? What? The movie gets flustered somehow? Is that the goal?
trash pickup has to be tax-based, because otherwise people would find some other way to dump
I used to live in Washington state. We did not have tax-based trash pickup. You either had to pay a private trash hauler, or else take it to the dump yourself (and pay at the dump to get rid of it.) Now, I live in New York and we have tax based pick up. There was not a big problem with illegal dumping in Washington, but after living in New York, I think you are probably correct regaring what people would do here. But it is a very different culture.
In short, companies are a scam and stealing from them is SELF DEFENSE!
Vandalizing their equipment is also self defense. So is killing their employees.
Accoding to the article it is not as wasteful as you are implying. It uses energy if there is a device capable of receiving the electricity. Otherwise, the energy isn't used.
Anyone that doesn't attend his church.