There's no fun in visiting white castles or ikea stores, since common people can do that as well.
And 'common' people can't visit lat/long intersections?
The real difference is that WC or IKEA visits have a purpose, while visiting a coordinate in West Bumfuck, Indiana yields..well..not a whole hell of a lot. *camera click* Yay.
Just last weekend, and took a busted TV into a repair shop. I'd like it to work, but I don't need it. The guy said $50-70 to repair (not even close to worth it for me) and $30 to dispose of. I didn't call our municipal waste disposal group (I'm sure it'd be cheaper) but this will at least save me 30 bones.
Part of the success of the iPod is the marketing, and it's not about brute force dollar spending. This is an amazingly well crafted brand. Unlike what I would call Sony's portables...is there even a brand there? Oh yeah...some alien who pulls mad tail. Neat.
There are still millions of people who know "Sony Walkman" as the only way to listen to portable music, and its their money that counts.
Boy, I'd defer to the market on that one. As for me, you say "Walkman" and I think of being 8 and listening to a Footloose soundtrack cassette on a 'portable' brick that defied physics with it's belt-loop creaking weight.
C'mon, people. Why waste time with this shit? It's too late. The Segway is going to revolutionize the way we build cities and it's already here! Did you hear me? The way we build cities!
Not sure of the implementations for Linux and Windows, but all of the Rendezvous stuff that I use can be turned off, app by app.
iChat can be set to not look for Rendezvous clients, iTunes can be set to not look for playlists (or broadcast them), Safari can be set to not seek other bookmarks, printing can be set to not seek printers, or the whole protocol can be shut down. I personally only use it for iChat at work, and it never gets in the way or is annoying with anything else.
At least for me, if I type it into stickies or something, I'll ignore/forget about it. I hate alarm based things, because they're always going off when I can't drop everything to switch tasks.
I have a todo pad on my desk and I write down everything. Then, I rewrite it the next morning, with updated info. I find that rewriting everything each day, as opposed to saving it on some computer document, forces me to not let things with far-out deadlines creep up on me.
I still get to surf quite a bit, and I did rabidly while in college. For me at least, the whole purpose of surfing is to get away from life and enjoy the beauty and serenity of the ocean while still giving the adrenals a little workout.
To me, an internet surfboard is completely antithetical to the whole sport. I have a hard time believing that if these collaborators were indeed a "pro" and a legit shaper, they would have nothing to do with this.
Good point. And therein lies the fallacy in mine and any argument that thinks these funds should be used for something else. The fact is that it's not Robin Hood shit we're dealing with here. The budgets for space gizmos and school supplies start way up high were things aren't easily diverted to something else instead.
I know your opinion will be a popular one in a pro-tech, largely childless arena like/., but we also can't create the next generation of engineers and scientists when there's not even enough textbooks for the kids.
In our districts, the kids have to take turns checking out, and studying from, the horrendously outdated textbooks the school does have.
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What an honor! I'd like to send to a congratulations gift. What's your email?
And 'common' people can't visit lat/long intersections?
The real difference is that WC or IKEA visits have a purpose, while visiting a coordinate in West Bumfuck, Indiana yields..well..not a whole hell of a lot. *camera click* Yay.
Why here u ask?
Well, you could try your horrible spelling and punctuation.
You're new here, aren't you?
Just last weekend, and took a busted TV into a repair shop. I'd like it to work, but I don't need it. The guy said $50-70 to repair (not even close to worth it for me) and $30 to dispose of. I didn't call our municipal waste disposal group (I'm sure it'd be cheaper) but this will at least save me 30 bones.
True, but the original poster said he had a flatscreen iMac (screen-stick-blob). Was a non-DVD reading drive ever an option for that family?
Um. It' s been quite awhile since Apple shipped a drive that won't read DVDs. Even if you can't burn them, you can install with them.
Somewhere on line, you should be able to find a download of the SNL skit with Will Ferrall about the Blue Oyster Cult. "I gotta have more cowbell."
That was the basis of the jokes here.
I'd be doing myself and this thread a disservice if I didn't moderate the hell outta this post!
Hmm. I don't recall the last Sony campaign to get a Grand Kelly, kick ass at the Clio's, and win big at Cannes all in one year, but maybe I just missed it.
Part of the success of the iPod is the marketing, and it's not about brute force dollar spending. This is an amazingly well crafted brand. Unlike what I would call Sony's portables...is there even a brand there? Oh yeah...some alien who pulls mad tail. Neat.
Boy, I'd defer to the market on that one. As for me, you say "Walkman" and I think of being 8 and listening to a Footloose soundtrack cassette on a 'portable' brick that defied physics with it's belt-loop creaking weight.
C'mon, people. Why waste time with this shit? It's too late. The Segway is going to revolutionize the way we build cities and it's already here! Did you hear me? The way we build cities!
iChat can be set to not look for Rendezvous clients, iTunes can be set to not look for playlists (or broadcast them), Safari can be set to not seek other bookmarks, printing can be set to not seek printers, or the whole protocol can be shut down. I personally only use it for iChat at work, and it never gets in the way or is annoying with anything else.
They set us up the dirty bomb!
And Slashdot is hyperbole proof.
Oops. I guess we're both wrong.
No, not the middle of nowhere, the middle of Texa... oh, wait.
(Easy, longhorns...I lived there...)
I have a todo pad on my desk and I write down everything. Then, I rewrite it the next morning, with updated info. I find that rewriting everything each day, as opposed to saving it on some computer document, forces me to not let things with far-out deadlines creep up on me.
I still get to surf quite a bit, and I did rabidly while in college. For me at least, the whole purpose of surfing is to get away from life and enjoy the beauty and serenity of the ocean while still giving the adrenals a little workout.
To me, an internet surfboard is completely antithetical to the whole sport. I have a hard time believing that if these collaborators were indeed a "pro" and a legit shaper, they would have nothing to do with this.
Sigh. What can one do? Oh, that's right. Vote.
In our districts, the kids have to take turns checking out, and studying from, the horrendously outdated textbooks the school does have.
A textbook. You just can buy that.
And you should try to get a cd in the slot loading drive on the side. Talk about threading the needle!
And diamonds!
Whoops!
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As well as the smallest.
And since when do skaters equate to hicks? Most of the most raging liberals I know are people in the skate/snow crowd.