10 cents is to listen to it an unlimited number of times. If you already own the song, upload it and listen to it for free as well, it costs you nothing. The only time you pay for the song is when you don't already own it and when you want to listen to it more than once.
The first listen is free.
If you want to download a 256kbps VBR MP3, that's an option too. If you want to buy the CD, that's also available.
The person who wrote the article summary was a little off. You could view it as rental, but infinite rental (as long as the company is around). The first listen is actually free, then after that you need it in your collection.
There are people who will pay for music and those who won't. For those who will, some will like the Rhapsody model better, some will find lala's model better, some want Pandora instead.
It's a new model and/. is not the target demographic.
Surely even 'analysts' can see that. Yes, they can. It was known that some people will copy music without paying, but if it convenient enough for most people to pay a small amount, will they?
Your 10 cents is paying for convenience. Once you have it in your online collection you can stream it. You can tell me that you'll just download the music for free and set things up to stream it yourself. Go for it. And when you are out and about and want to hear a song, what will you do? If you felt like it, you could go to lala and stream it right away (first time free). Then you could add it for 10 cents or connect to your script at home and download it. Whatever. Most people won't have your level of sophistication.
They are already not counting on getting your money.
So, it's a lot like Amazon MP3 but with a "trial version" feature, except you have to pay for the trial. The first listen is free, after that it drops to 30-second samples unless you pay 10 cents.
A few years ago I used iTunes to buy some music. I stopped once I couldn't remove the DRM. But since then I've purchased a few videos just because it was cheap enough and easy enough for a high-enough quality. I accepted that I was paying for the convenience, not for the bits. For music it wasn't the same way for me. I wanted the bits and I didn't want the DRM.
I think we just value our time differently. I know that I could find the stuff for free, but I'd rather spend my time doing something else. Just like I used to enjoy building my own computers. I gave up on that to do other things, but that doesn't mean that people who like to build their own boxes are stupid, just different values.
I think it really depends on how you listen to your music. A lot of people like to listen to a rolling window of the same 100 songs. It grows and changes over time, but you get hooked on a new band or a new album, and you want to hear that for a while. You pay 10 cents (or upload your own) and then you're set. This isn't for everyone, that's for sure.
You build your online music collection by uploading your own music or by paying 10 cents to add music you don't already own. Once in your collection, stream as much as you want for no additional cost.
If you want to get the MP3, you pay 89 cents to download a high quality version.
Streams are 10 cents, but you can also pay 89 cents to download high-quality MP3s.
When you have your collection online and a data plan/wireless connection most places, 10 cents to stream is enough.
Because something is based on faith, does not mean it is irrational.
Agreed. It doesn't mean it is rational, either. Blind faith exists absent of reason, but that doesn't mean that the belief itself is wrong. My problem is with the process.
... quantum physics [rests on blind faith].
As another responder has pointed out, there is a difference between blind faith and faith based on a level of certainty through observation and testable claims. The theories of quantum physics have been arrived at over time. There have been some wild ideas tossed in there, too, but they are actively being tested to determine if they are accurate or how accurate they are.
... our society also needs kindness, and the two are not exclusive.
Agreed, faith in religion and kindness are not exclusive.
Now, if God does not exist, what the worst that can happen? People are nicer to each other?
No, that is one of the positive consequences of religion (aberrant people and groups aside). My personal problem with a major aspect of religion, belief in God, is that it rests on blind faith. If it weren't faith then we would call it reason. So religion encourages acceptance of beliefs based not on reason and logic (which can tell you that being nice to others is a great way to live), but rather on faith. Reason is discounted. Our society needs more reason, not less.
So the worst that could happen is that people hold, encourage, and propogate ideas that are irrational and not based on fact, ideas that logic and reason cannot easily dent.
Firebug is the tool you need. As a web developer, I spend about 98% of my time in Firebug, and 2% looking at the output to View Source. Firebug gives you the view to the rendered page, so dynamic changes to the page are visible and malleable.
The lesson for vendors: a format victory does not guarantee profitability. Neither side in this fight committed a strategic error. Each hardware vendor lined up a large coalition, launched a sophisticated campaign, and fully funded their marketing efforts. Such sophistication led to large sunk expenses. That put both sides in a position to lose money unless the war settled quickly. It did not. HD-DVD had its best chance when it came to market earlier than Blu-ray. HD-DVD did not win because it did not build enough early sales to slow its competitor's later sales, which went well enough to nearly tip the market.
This eerily parallels the Democratic primaries. Just replace HD-DVD with Hillary, and Blu-ray with Barack. Adjust a few words here and there:
The lesson for candidates: a nomination does not guarantee electability. Neither side in this fight committed a strategic error. Each candidate lined up a large coalition, launched a sophisticated campaign, and fully funded their marketing efforts. Such sophistication led to large sunk expenses. That put both sides in a position to lose general election votes unless the war settled quickly. It did not. Hillary had her best chance when she came to market earlier than Barack. Hillary did not win because she did not build enough early sales to slow her competitor's later wins, which went well enough to nearly tip the market.
Is it illegal for americans to import their own unlocked cellphone from abroad?
No, it is not illegal, and you can buy lots of phones unlocked, but you'll have to pay full price. Some people are willing to save $100-300 in exchange for signing up for a multi-year contract. Lose your subsidized phone? That sucks, you'd better buy a new one or you're monthly cell-phone bill is being paid for nothing.
I am very happy with my iPhone. It's the best phone I've ever had, by far. There's also a long list of problems with it that I would like to see fixed, but that doesn't mean I'd like to switch to a different phone at this point.
As for the "new ball-game" and getting screwed over and over, I'm not getting screwed. I knew the cost of the service, I did the math and accepted the increased monthly cost to get a service with more features. I wish the internet connection was faster, but I knew it wasn't 3G when I bought it. The slow speed it one of the drawbacks, but it still isn't making me want to switch.
It sounds a little different to me. In my mind, the patent is describing how, when grabbing something to be drag-n-dropped, other elements reveal themselves differently immediately. That is different than the spring loaded folders in that all you have to do is grab something. You don't need to know already that a folder is a target. Instead, folders might tell you that they are valid drop targets so you don't have to guess what is possible.
"in response to selection and movement of the first interface object in the user interface" just means that a drag has been initiated. The movement doesn't need to be over anything in particular.
"Mr. Scoble was kicked off of Facebook because he used a preview version of a Plaxo service that logged onto his Facebook account to download the names and e-mail addresses of his friends."
There is a line in the movie (comedy) where someone is freaking out about getting caught committing a crime and getting sent to a "pound-me-in-the-ass" prison. It is funny in context, but like most non-boring comedy it can be taken out of context and reduced to cruelty, hate, or idiocy.
From my perspective as an American, 2 or 3 month notice sounds crazy. As an employee, sure, give me 3 months notice, I'll take it. As an employer, that is a pretty tough requirement. At least for jobs that require skilled employees, employers are not keen to churn employees. There are startup costs to getting a new hire, and it usually equates to around 2-3 months before a new hire is not costing the business extra. And there are laws that regulate what reasons are valid for employee termination (race, gender, age, etc., are not valid reasons to fire somebody), although an employee can just quite whenever they want to.
I think you have to experience the American system to appreciate it. I won't promise that you'll like it better, though.
I grew up on Macs, then went off to college and got my first Windows machine. After that one I started to build my own. I could save money and create the computer I wanted. After a couple years I got tired of having to fix my computer. I had too much computer crap around and wanted to get rid of it all. So I got a Mac again and sold off my computer hardware. It's nice to just have my laptop.
You might never get tired of the customizations as I did, but it could happen. I don't play computer games, either, so that made it even easier to switch.
DVDs and CDs are very very cheap. We're talking about the physical media, not discs with content that you are paying for. As many around here complain, CDs are super cheap to produce. The cost of an audio CD is not linked to the price to physically produce.
The same will hold true of any new storage media. If it is indeed 1/10 the price, expect it to indeed be around 1/10 the price once manufacturing volumes ramp up.
If you are only making $45k you should find a new job, someplace that will appreciate your skills. The job market is pretty good in the SF Bay Area for web design. You should be earning at least $60k.
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10 cents is to listen to it an unlimited number of times. If you already own the song, upload it and listen to it for free as well, it costs you nothing. The only time you pay for the song is when you don't already own it and when you want to listen to it more than once.
The first listen is free.
If you want to download a 256kbps VBR MP3, that's an option too. If you want to buy the CD, that's also available.
Actually, I work at lala so I think I know what it's about. :)
The person who wrote the article summary was a little off. You could view it as rental, but infinite rental (as long as the company is around). The first listen is actually free, then after that you need it in your collection.
/. is not the target demographic.
There are people who will pay for music and those who won't. For those who will, some will like the Rhapsody model better, some will find lala's model better, some want Pandora instead.
It's a new model and
Your 10 cents is paying for convenience. Once you have it in your online collection you can stream it. You can tell me that you'll just download the music for free and set things up to stream it yourself. Go for it. And when you are out and about and want to hear a song, what will you do? If you felt like it, you could go to lala and stream it right away (first time free). Then you could add it for 10 cents or connect to your script at home and download it. Whatever. Most people won't have your level of sophistication.
They are already not counting on getting your money.
Sure, but you are paying with your own time.
A few years ago I used iTunes to buy some music. I stopped once I couldn't remove the DRM. But since then I've purchased a few videos just because it was cheap enough and easy enough for a high-enough quality. I accepted that I was paying for the convenience, not for the bits. For music it wasn't the same way for me. I wanted the bits and I didn't want the DRM.
I think we just value our time differently. I know that I could find the stuff for free, but I'd rather spend my time doing something else. Just like I used to enjoy building my own computers. I gave up on that to do other things, but that doesn't mean that people who like to build their own boxes are stupid, just different values.
I think it really depends on how you listen to your music. A lot of people like to listen to a rolling window of the same 100 songs. It grows and changes over time, but you get hooked on a new band or a new album, and you want to hear that for a while. You pay 10 cents (or upload your own) and then you're set. This isn't for everyone, that's for sure.
It is a small but growing market. For people with data plans on their cell phones you can have new music for 10 cents instead of 89 or 99 cents.
If you don't pay for your music, then you aren't the target audience.
The quality of streams is mostly 128kbps stereo.
Downloads are mostly 256kbps stereo VBR MP3.
You build your online music collection by uploading your own music or by paying 10 cents to add music you don't already own. Once in your collection, stream as much as you want for no additional cost.
If you want to get the MP3, you pay 89 cents to download a high quality version.
Streams are 10 cents, but you can also pay 89 cents to download high-quality MP3s. When you have your collection online and a data plan/wireless connection most places, 10 cents to stream is enough.
As another responder has pointed out, there is a difference between blind faith and faith based on a level of certainty through observation and testable claims. The theories of quantum physics have been arrived at over time. There have been some wild ideas tossed in there, too, but they are actively being tested to determine if they are accurate or how accurate they are.
Agreed, faith in religion and kindness are not exclusive.
So the worst that could happen is that people hold, encourage, and propogate ideas that are irrational and not based on fact, ideas that logic and reason cannot easily dent.
Firebug is the tool you need. As a web developer, I spend about 98% of my time in Firebug, and 2% looking at the output to View Source. Firebug gives you the view to the rendered page, so dynamic changes to the page are visible and malleable.
From the article:
This eerily parallels the Democratic primaries. Just replace HD-DVD with Hillary, and Blu-ray with Barack. Adjust a few words here and there:
No, it is not illegal, and you can buy lots of phones unlocked, but you'll have to pay full price. Some people are willing to save $100-300 in exchange for signing up for a multi-year contract. Lose your subsidized phone? That sucks, you'd better buy a new one or you're monthly cell-phone bill is being paid for nothing.
I am very happy with my iPhone. It's the best phone I've ever had, by far. There's also a long list of problems with it that I would like to see fixed, but that doesn't mean I'd like to switch to a different phone at this point.
As for the "new ball-game" and getting screwed over and over, I'm not getting screwed. I knew the cost of the service, I did the math and accepted the increased monthly cost to get a service with more features. I wish the internet connection was faster, but I knew it wasn't 3G when I bought it. The slow speed it one of the drawbacks, but it still isn't making me want to switch.
It sounds a little different to me. In my mind, the patent is describing how, when grabbing something to be drag-n-dropped, other elements reveal themselves differently immediately. That is different than the spring loaded folders in that all you have to do is grab something. You don't need to know already that a folder is a target. Instead, folders might tell you that they are valid drop targets so you don't have to guess what is possible.
"in response to selection and movement of the first interface object in the user interface" just means that a drag has been initiated. The movement doesn't need to be over anything in particular.
Here's his wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scoble
"Scoble is best known for his popular blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at Microsoft."
According to a blog on the NYTimes:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/facebook-robert-scoble-and-free-love/
"Mr. Scoble was kicked off of Facebook because he used a preview version of a Plaxo service that logged onto his Facebook account to download the names and e-mail addresses of his friends."
In the man's own words from his blog:
http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/ive-been-kicked-off-of-facebook/
"My account has been "disabled" for breaking Facebook's Terms of Use. I was running a script that got them to keep me from accessing my account."
I didn't know who he was until looking him up, either. The summary could have been a lot clearer.
There is a line in the movie (comedy) where someone is freaking out about getting caught committing a crime and getting sent to a "pound-me-in-the-ass" prison. It is funny in context, but like most non-boring comedy it can be taken out of context and reduced to cruelty, hate, or idiocy.
From my perspective as an American, 2 or 3 month notice sounds crazy. As an employee, sure, give me 3 months notice, I'll take it. As an employer, that is a pretty tough requirement. At least for jobs that require skilled employees, employers are not keen to churn employees. There are startup costs to getting a new hire, and it usually equates to around 2-3 months before a new hire is not costing the business extra. And there are laws that regulate what reasons are valid for employee termination (race, gender, age, etc., are not valid reasons to fire somebody), although an employee can just quite whenever they want to.
I think you have to experience the American system to appreciate it. I won't promise that you'll like it better, though.
In this case I think it is Pringles.
I grew up on Macs, then went off to college and got my first Windows machine. After that one I started to build my own. I could save money and create the computer I wanted. After a couple years I got tired of having to fix my computer. I had too much computer crap around and wanted to get rid of it all. So I got a Mac again and sold off my computer hardware. It's nice to just have my laptop.
You might never get tired of the customizations as I did, but it could happen. I don't play computer games, either, so that made it even easier to switch.
DVDs and CDs are very very cheap. We're talking about the physical media, not discs with content that you are paying for. As many around here complain, CDs are super cheap to produce. The cost of an audio CD is not linked to the price to physically produce.
The same will hold true of any new storage media. If it is indeed 1/10 the price, expect it to indeed be around 1/10 the price once manufacturing volumes ramp up.
If you are only making $45k you should find a new job, someplace that will appreciate your skills. The job market is pretty good in the SF Bay Area for web design. You should be earning at least $60k.
She is guilty, but the law needs fixing.