I haven't seen a movie that didn't suck come out of hollywood in 5 or 6 years. When you buy popcorn at the movies, you have to start by filling out a loan application. Then, you have to watch ads before the movie, and generally they have a retarded ape as a projectionist. Geez, its a real wonder why hollywood is losing money.
Where I live, many of the bicyclists ignore traffic laws (for example, running red lights). Then they complain when one of them gets run over and call for new legislation because people "don't respect bicycles".
I agree. I have a Vespa GT which gets 75 MPG which is very nice gas mileage. It is fun to ride. There's even a relatively large amount of room on the bike for cargo. Still, when its raining, I would prefer to take my car. And yes, the tires are expensive and so is the maintenance. OTOH, the insurance is much less than a car.
No. In the case of "Big name artists", who cares about their new Albums? You only care about their back catalog (i.e. albums they have already recorded.)
By definition every single record that comes out is a crap shoot. So, let's say Apple could sign, let's say Paul McCartney. That won't help them with Beatles music, Wings, or McCartney's solo albums from the 80s. The best you could hope for is signing an established artist who is making hit albums currently.
These people either already have gone independent, or else they are probably already in the pocket of the record companies. I don't see this plan working for any established artists.
For new artists, sure they way to go seems like being independent and marketing yourself via the web and via iTMS. I'm not sure how this gets you any radio play, or on MTV, but it probably beats the extremely bad deal that most people get from record labels. Again, I'm not sure what Apple would have to gain by being "their record company". Why not just let independent labels sell via ITMS? Otherwise, Apple would end up funding marketing efforts for thousands of flop albums.
Again, the problem is the existing back catalog that the labels own.
Can you imagine what the lawsuit would be like when some user says "Software X deleted some file" and the software company says "No, it didn't." How would you go about proving this either way? Or in the case where perhaps a virus or something performs an attack on your software like perhaps a buffer overrun attack and causes the file to be deleted? OMG this would be messy for both sides. I can't imagine trying to make a jury understand the issues involved! I think they would end up picking a winner rather arbitrarily based on the personality of the lawyers and witnesses.
No, if we had won in Vietnam, the refugees would have stayed in vietnam instead of coming here. Instead of them coming here and taking our jobs, American companies would have just moved our jobs to vietnam. So, the main benefit of losing the war is that it is much easier to find a good vietnamese restaurant in the US - for which I am greatful to the vietcong.
1905? Horse & buggy... yup, know how that works... Coal fired boiler... yup, know how that works... Gas stove, yup... Kerosene Lamp, yup... Pen & inkwell, yup... Water pump, yup......
I seriously doubt you could describe, in detail, how a fountain pen or a steam engine works without doing any research. Also, fountain pens at that time were often made of hard rubber. The average fountain pen user in 1905 would not understand how to make hard rubber from a rubber tree. And neither do you (or me - and vintage fountain pens are a hobby of mine).
How do you know that the stack error wasn't ultimately caused by a failure of the hard disk? Perhaps he had more to go on than merely the stack error. For example, hard disk makes strange sounds, something that normally succeeds now results in a "stack error" message.
Software is complicated and errors bubble up in ways that are sometimes surprising to the people who wrote the program.
Mind you, I get involved in this sort of thread all the time, with respect to gun use. Guns are designed to hurl a piece of metal through the air at high speeds. But there is a huge market for that without needing, say, murderers to be the primary buyers. eDonkey, on the other hand, knew exactly who their primary audience was.
That makes very little sense. The only purpose of a gun is to kill someone. P2P could be used, for example, by teachers to share "open source lesson plans".
For me, the rule is "don't buy a Mac with a rev A motherboard."
Case in point, I bought a PowerMac 7100/80 the week after it was discontinued and the PCI line had just come out. I ended up taking a job where my computer was a 7200/90 which is a very similar machine, except that it had a PCI slot instead of NuBus. They had bought the very first week it came out.
The 7100 was rock solid reliable. The 7200 crashed randomly all the time. Later, I had them replace it with a Mac clone from PowerComputing. The new machine was based on the 7200 motherboard design, but the design had been modified many times to fix minor hardware problems. This machine too was rock solid.
I have had many other similar experiences that lead me to believe it is wise not to be the first guy in line waiting to buy a new product.
I cared more for the data than the phone itself. I don't think you can say the same thing for the nano.
I don't know about you, but my music collection as a whole is more important to me than my iPod.
Also, to the person who made the comment about "dodgy batteries", Newer Technology has a replacement battery kit that costs like $30. I found it very easy to do on my 2nd gen iPod (which has tiny scratches that do not interfere with my enjoyment of the device). The original batteries in my iPod lasted longer than I expected them to.
I don't have a nano (mostly because I can't justify buying a nano when I already have a perfectly good 20GB iPod), but I have been 100% satisfied with the iPod I have and would not hesitate to buy another one.
If they were in America, though, you would totally be getting money out of the deal.
Its not like telemarketers will actually give you their address once they start cussing. And they always seem to use caller ID spoofing to hide their tracks. Also, someone else posted that there have been something like 14 fines and 1 million claims. I'd have better luck with roulette.
Yes, most of these people are scammers and don't care about the law. If they did, they would probably be respecting the DNC list.
We're planning to move soon and we hope that our new place will have cell coverage. If it does, then we can get rid of the phone. The only reason we keep it is for 911 service in case an emergency happens. We should be able to get an old cell phone and have that in case of an emergency for 911 coverage. That way, we won't have to have a phone.
imagine if some asshat steals my mail and cashes that check - I'm on the hook for $50,000 until its all sorted out.
What do you mean "until its all sorted out"?? Are you trying to weasel out of repaying the loan you signed up for? You are obviously one of the those lazy crooks that Congress has cracked down on with the new bankruptcy laws. Don't you know that FOOBAR Loans has rights too?
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Right - because there are autopilot programs that can land an airliner.
You sound like you have something to hide. Please report to the nearest re-education center for your own safety.
I haven't seen a movie that didn't suck come out of hollywood in 5 or 6 years. When you buy popcorn at the movies, you have to start by filling out a loan application. Then, you have to watch ads before the movie, and generally they have a retarded ape as a projectionist. Geez, its a real wonder why hollywood is losing money.
Where I live, many of the bicyclists ignore traffic laws (for example, running red lights). Then they complain when one of them gets run over and call for new legislation because people "don't respect bicycles".
I agree. I have a Vespa GT which gets 75 MPG which is very nice gas mileage. It is fun to ride. There's even a relatively large amount of room on the bike for cargo. Still, when its raining, I would prefer to take my car. And yes, the tires are expensive and so is the maintenance. OTOH, the insurance is much less than a car.
No. In the case of "Big name artists", who cares about their new Albums? You only care about their back catalog (i.e. albums they have already recorded.)
By definition every single record that comes out is a crap shoot. So, let's say Apple could sign, let's say Paul McCartney. That won't help them with Beatles music, Wings, or McCartney's solo albums from the 80s. The best you could hope for is signing an established artist who is making hit albums currently.
These people either already have gone independent, or else they are probably already in the pocket of the record companies. I don't see this plan working for any established artists.
For new artists, sure they way to go seems like being independent and marketing yourself via the web and via iTMS. I'm not sure how this gets you any radio play, or on MTV, but it probably beats the extremely bad deal that most people get from record labels. Again, I'm not sure what Apple would have to gain by being "their record company". Why not just let independent labels sell via ITMS? Otherwise, Apple would end up funding marketing efforts for thousands of flop albums.
Again, the problem is the existing back catalog that the labels own.
Or perhaps Maytag will give some of their profits to Tide.
Can you imagine what the lawsuit would be like when some user says "Software X deleted some file" and the software company says "No, it didn't." How would you go about proving this either way? Or in the case where perhaps a virus or something performs an attack on your software like perhaps a buffer overrun attack and causes the file to be deleted? OMG this would be messy for both sides. I can't imagine trying to make a jury understand the issues involved! I think they would end up picking a winner rather arbitrarily based on the personality of the lawyers and witnesses.
Yeah, I just screwed Apple by going onto P2P and downloading a new iPod nano.
No, if we had won in Vietnam, the refugees would have stayed in vietnam instead of coming here. Instead of them coming here and taking our jobs, American companies would have just moved our jobs to vietnam. So, the main benefit of losing the war is that it is much easier to find a good vietnamese restaurant in the US - for which I am greatful to the vietcong.
A stranger's home movies are more appealing.
Irritating Yoda is. Backwards talking I hate. Sucks the movie does.
I live in an apartment with one Betta fish.
Well, OK, you can use a gun to kill animals too. I personally like animals and don't want to have anything to do with killing them.
1905? Horse & buggy... yup, know how that works... Coal fired boiler... yup, know how that works... Gas stove, yup... Kerosene Lamp, yup... Pen & inkwell, yup... Water pump, yup... ...
I seriously doubt you could describe, in detail, how a fountain pen or a steam engine works without doing any research. Also, fountain pens at that time were often made of hard rubber. The average fountain pen user in 1905 would not understand how to make hard rubber from a rubber tree. And neither do you (or me - and vintage fountain pens are a hobby of mine).
How do you know that the stack error wasn't ultimately caused by a failure of the hard disk? Perhaps he had more to go on than merely the stack error. For example, hard disk makes strange sounds, something that normally succeeds now results in a "stack error" message.
Software is complicated and errors bubble up in ways that are sometimes surprising to the people who wrote the program.
Yes, muggings, etc. Good thing we have a lot of these on the street, otherwise the police would be out of work.
Mind you, I get involved in this sort of thread all the time, with respect to gun use. Guns are designed to hurl a piece of metal through the air at high speeds. But there is a huge market for that without needing, say, murderers to be the primary buyers. eDonkey, on the other hand, knew exactly who their primary audience was.
That makes very little sense. The only purpose of a gun is to kill someone. P2P could be used, for example, by teachers to share "open source lesson plans".
For me, the rule is "don't buy a Mac with a rev A motherboard."
Case in point, I bought a PowerMac 7100/80 the week after it was discontinued and the PCI line had just come out. I ended up taking a job where my computer was a 7200/90 which is a very similar machine, except that it had a PCI slot instead of NuBus. They had bought the very first week it came out.
The 7100 was rock solid reliable. The 7200 crashed randomly all the time. Later, I had them replace it with a Mac clone from PowerComputing. The new machine was based on the 7200 motherboard design, but the design had been modified many times to fix minor hardware problems. This machine too was rock solid.
I have had many other similar experiences that lead me to believe it is wise not to be the first guy in line waiting to buy a new product.
Now if I can do something about the drivers around here and the fact they seem to all like driving 60 on city streets.
You must live in Boston.
I cared more for the data than the phone itself. I don't think you can say the same thing for the nano.
I don't know about you, but my music collection as a whole is more important to me than my iPod.
Also, to the person who made the comment about "dodgy batteries", Newer Technology has a replacement battery kit that costs like $30. I found it very easy to do on my 2nd gen iPod (which has tiny scratches that do not interfere with my enjoyment of the device). The original batteries in my iPod lasted longer than I expected them to.
I don't have a nano (mostly because I can't justify buying a nano when I already have a perfectly good 20GB iPod), but I have been 100% satisfied with the iPod I have and would not hesitate to buy another one.
If they were in America, though, you would totally be getting money out of the deal.
Its not like telemarketers will actually give you their address once they start cussing. And they always seem to use caller ID spoofing to hide their tracks. Also, someone else posted that there have been something like 14 fines and 1 million claims. I'd have better luck with roulette.
Yes, most of these people are scammers and don't care about the law. If they did, they would probably be respecting the DNC list.
We're planning to move soon and we hope that our new place will have cell coverage. If it does, then we can get rid of the phone. The only reason we keep it is for 911 service in case an emergency happens. We should be able to get an old cell phone and have that in case of an emergency for 911 coverage. That way, we won't have to have a phone.
imagine if some asshat steals my mail and cashes that check - I'm on the hook for $50,000 until its all sorted out.
What do you mean "until its all sorted out"?? Are you trying to weasel out of repaying the loan you signed up for? You are obviously one of the those lazy crooks that Congress has cracked down on with the new bankruptcy laws. Don't you know that FOOBAR Loans has rights too?
The times I have bought or sold real estate, I end up using the fax machine a lot to fax contracts back and forth.
I don't think this is the reason people sign up for DNC. I think it is often simply because they don't want the calls.