imagine how spam is going to be dealt with. Some spam that gets through the filter has some sort of marketing. Add GMail's search related ads to the side that's chosen by analyzing your email, then you'd have double the ads for penis enlargement and debt consolidation.
I'm assuming that a certain percentage of Windows installs are pirated, what would happen if a majority of those people were infected. It's not as if there's any specific virus/worm out there that'll work only on legit copies of Windows.
PDA phones make a lot more sense. Now when they can only improve battery life and include a more efficient input method (don't forget price), then I'm getting one.
so a $700-$800 device is going to kill the sales of the Ipods? How exactly will that work out? Personally, I'd rather spend the least amount of money on the most effective device. Portable video is pretty useless right now considering all you get is a small screen that would only kill your eyesight. Considering what kind of battery life you'd get from this thing, I think this will flop. (I sure as hell won't lug around any "portable" media player that weights 10x more than my phone)
You should look for a good warranty that will replace your Ipod when the batteries start going down the crapper. Best Buy has a good product replacement service.
I bought my Ipod for $225 at Amazon a few months back, they had a sale on it and $50 Amazon Gift Card. Dell used to have good deals, but shipment dates were usually weeks after your order.
Credit/Debit Card fraud is one reason some people stick to personal checks.
One problem with check cards is that once they're stolen, it's harder than credit cards to deal with fraud. When somebody has access to your debit, they can completely empty your bank account (depending on your bank's security). Credit card companies have more protections since they've been around longer. I've gone through check card fraud so I know it really is a biatch to deal with. My advice is to use your check cards sparingly online.
Now does the FCC expect most of the people in the country to discard the televisions they have now? I'm guessing most people have more than 1 television and having them buy new ones to replace their old ones can get pretty expensive. The only people that benefit from this are the TV companies...yay! Maybe digital tuners can be a cheaper solution for those who don't want to buy new TV's to replace them all.
Who would want to buy a Tablet PC. It's like carrying a laptop in 1 hand like a PDA. If they really want to make a good Tablet PC, it should be roughly 4 times the size of a PDA yet half the size of a laptop. That's the only way I think it can sell.
Oh yeah, that Google Hacks book from O'Reilly is pretty stupid. You can already learn how to do that for free w/ Google.
Of course you can disable it, but that just kills the legitimate uses of it. If somebody were to start sending you spam, do you want to be the one to change your number and tell your friends and family each time you get spammed?
Some cell phone companies don't care if you get spammed. If you do, you'd probably be told to just choose a new number, probably with a fee along with it.
I remember when I first spam via SMS on T-Mobile. I was told that they couldn't do anything about it and that I should get a new number. I love their service and all, but this was just ridiculous. If they can monitor what time I send or receive messages (they've told me before when I asked them regarding something else) they should be able to do something about this too. What if somebody does something worse, like send death threats? Would they be able to protect you, or just say "It's not our problem."
This is a stupid idea. You can't guarantee that the workers for the company will not try to steal your identity and use your information. Like what other people have mentioned, your info now has the ability to be stolen in huge numbers now. People who throw their bills and important info w/o shredding them thoroughly just get what they deserve.
If everything is nice and dandy in the end, then why would there be an online game to further the story? I'm guessing the humans and AI would need each other to survive.
Giving someone a fine for inadvertantly spreading a virus sounds nice in theory, but what should happen if there's something that cannot be prevented via normal means. What if the OS has some flaw that'll let some virus writer control your system? Should the computer owner be fined? The only ones that should be responsible are the software engineers that allow these types of situations to occur in the first place. Find the virii coders and give them the worst sentence possible.
Songs aren't necessarily rearranged. The TOC is just adjusted and a new play order is made. So if you have a really bad arrangement, it'll take more time to go from song to song.
NetMD sucks the big one. Try using their OpenMG software and tell me that you've never had it crash. The upload and download restrictions totally killed the chance for NetMD to become big. Especially when the program crashes and you have 1 less checkout because of that, NetMD seems like a piece of trash compared to an Ipod.
If it had better software and did not have any upload or download restrictions, NetMD would have killed the memory based MP3 players.
Anyone remembers those radio and tv ads that referred to a NetMD as an MP3 player?
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Then again, if that person buys the Dell over the Apple and just keeps Windows, then Apple makes no money whatsoever.
Finally, the UC system can have an excuse to lower tuition, but you know, the damn economy...
I met Adam and Morgan and they're genuinely nice people. I'm happy to hear that their show is safe and I hope they'll stay around.
imagine how spam is going to be dealt with. Some spam that gets through the filter has some sort of marketing. Add GMail's search related ads to the side that's chosen by analyzing your email, then you'd have double the ads for penis enlargement and debt consolidation.
I'm assuming that a certain percentage of Windows installs are pirated, what would happen if a majority of those people were infected. It's not as if there's any specific virus/worm out there that'll work only on legit copies of Windows.
Isn't it nice to see that the piracy problem takes precedent over the terrorist threats.
PDA phones make a lot more sense. Now when they can only improve battery life and include a more efficient input method (don't forget price), then I'm getting one.
so a $700-$800 device is going to kill the sales of the Ipods? How exactly will that work out? Personally, I'd rather spend the least amount of money on the most effective device. Portable video is pretty useless right now considering all you get is a small screen that would only kill your eyesight. Considering what kind of battery life you'd get from this thing, I think this will flop. (I sure as hell won't lug around any "portable" media player that weights 10x more than my phone)
It's even funnier that Gizmodo's site is undergoing a Slashdot effect. Hopefully Slashdot can take off some day. HAHA
Isn't this kind of tax paid for by the consumer?
linky That's the website with some info about the upgrade.
You should look for a good warranty that will replace your Ipod when the batteries start going down the crapper. Best Buy has a good product replacement service. I bought my Ipod for $225 at Amazon a few months back, they had a sale on it and $50 Amazon Gift Card. Dell used to have good deals, but shipment dates were usually weeks after your order.
Credit/Debit Card fraud is one reason some people stick to personal checks. One problem with check cards is that once they're stolen, it's harder than credit cards to deal with fraud. When somebody has access to your debit, they can completely empty your bank account (depending on your bank's security). Credit card companies have more protections since they've been around longer. I've gone through check card fraud so I know it really is a biatch to deal with. My advice is to use your check cards sparingly online.
Vanilla Ice is in the movie. BTW, the movie looks like crap.
Now does the FCC expect most of the people in the country to discard the televisions they have now? I'm guessing most people have more than 1 television and having them buy new ones to replace their old ones can get pretty expensive. The only people that benefit from this are the TV companies...yay! Maybe digital tuners can be a cheaper solution for those who don't want to buy new TV's to replace them all.
Libraries too contain information on how to access illegal things, does that make them liable too? Use your imagination before you dispute my claim.
Who would want to buy a Tablet PC. It's like carrying a laptop in 1 hand like a PDA. If they really want to make a good Tablet PC, it should be roughly 4 times the size of a PDA yet half the size of a laptop. That's the only way I think it can sell. Oh yeah, that Google Hacks book from O'Reilly is pretty stupid. You can already learn how to do that for free w/ Google.
Of course you can disable it, but that just kills the legitimate uses of it. If somebody were to start sending you spam, do you want to be the one to change your number and tell your friends and family each time you get spammed?
Some cell phone companies don't care if you get spammed. If you do, you'd probably be told to just choose a new number, probably with a fee along with it. I remember when I first spam via SMS on T-Mobile. I was told that they couldn't do anything about it and that I should get a new number. I love their service and all, but this was just ridiculous. If they can monitor what time I send or receive messages (they've told me before when I asked them regarding something else) they should be able to do something about this too. What if somebody does something worse, like send death threats? Would they be able to protect you, or just say "It's not our problem."
This is a stupid idea. You can't guarantee that the workers for the company will not try to steal your identity and use your information. Like what other people have mentioned, your info now has the ability to be stolen in huge numbers now. People who throw their bills and important info w/o shredding them thoroughly just get what they deserve.
If everything is nice and dandy in the end, then why would there be an online game to further the story? I'm guessing the humans and AI would need each other to survive.
so do spammers that live out of the country pay the tax too?
Giving someone a fine for inadvertantly spreading a virus sounds nice in theory, but what should happen if there's something that cannot be prevented via normal means. What if the OS has some flaw that'll let some virus writer control your system? Should the computer owner be fined? The only ones that should be responsible are the software engineers that allow these types of situations to occur in the first place. Find the virii coders and give them the worst sentence possible.
Songs aren't necessarily rearranged. The TOC is just adjusted and a new play order is made. So if you have a really bad arrangement, it'll take more time to go from song to song.
NetMD sucks the big one. Try using their OpenMG software and tell me that you've never had it crash. The upload and download restrictions totally killed the chance for NetMD to become big. Especially when the program crashes and you have 1 less checkout because of that, NetMD seems like a piece of trash compared to an Ipod. If it had better software and did not have any upload or download restrictions, NetMD would have killed the memory based MP3 players. Anyone remembers those radio and tv ads that referred to a NetMD as an MP3 player?