While I understand the geek lust for such a device, my two Replays (refubs bought from the Replay site with lifetime subscriptions included) and a DVD player covers all of my entertainment purposes flawlessly. The Replays are networked and can stream video from my PC. The DVD player can play DVDs, CDs, and MP3s. I rarely need to play anyother type of media, which I can already play on regular PC hooked up to my stereo system. It seems unecessary (and maybe more expensive and time consuming) to replace these devices that do their job very well, with a PC that can do it all.
Every six months or so a charge from Real appears on my credit card. I did at one time agree to pay Real for its service, but I canceled it. After a period of not being billed the charges reappeared on my credit card bill. I called them up and complained. They removed the charges. This month, guess what reappeared on my CC bill, a $9.95 charge from real!!!!
Not only do airports not want you sucking up their power, but they don't want people sprawled about the airport with their laptops and other gadgets out taking up space. Have you ever noticed how at airports many people are oblivious to the throngs of other people around them? People will plop down by an outlet so they can charge their laptop, eventhough there are hundreds of people trying to get around them.
Another example of this, and I see it all the time, is when a group of people come to the end of a moving sidewalk and they stop just after they get off, oblivious to the fact that there are a lot of people on the sidewalk behind them who would also like to get off.
There are several classic arcade machines being made today in "anniversary editions" They usually contain more than one classic game. There is a Pacman-Ms. Pacman-Galga cabinet. There is a Centipede-Millipede-Missle Command cabinet.
Also, there are Multigame Cabinets that include dozens of classic arcade games, like the Ultracade and the new Arcade Legends.
Also you can buy cabinets that use the old CPUs but are in new cabinets with new monitors. They also can come with several games in one.
A dealer who I have good experiences with has a page that shows all of these machines.
While it is nice to skip through commercials with my Replay, I do not always do it. I am usually puttering around the house while watching t.v., so I don't always seek out the remote when a commerical break comes up and just suffer through the banality.
Given the amount of toxic substances in computers, I always thought it was stupid to get your jollies destroying them. Whenever I see Patrick Norton on the screen saver sledghammer a PC or snap a CD-R into many pieces I cringe. FYI, CDRs contain cyanide. Don't release it by destroying them.
I was ten when episode VI came out. The Jedi Knights and "The Force" were to me the most interesting part of "The Saga."
If any spiritual belief system ever appealed to me it was "The Force". The idea that there is a Force that runs through all life and the universe itself is very attractive to me.
However, when I found out in Episode One that "The Force" is a bunch of bugs in your blood......I knew then and there that there is no god!!!
A factor that those who have debunked the idea of Microsoft buying 25% of Apple have forgotten, is that the $150 mil. investment Microsoft made in Apple was part of a deal to settle a lawsuit(s) between the two companies.
I've had a few Palm devices. My favorite for gaming is the Handspring Visor Prism.
I play mostly old-school games like "Galaga", "Spy Hunter", "Defender" and "Frogger". For these games the Prism is great. It has a good, 8-bit color screen and a decent key layout. I know the operating system is on the old side and it doesn't have Bluetooth.
If the target audience is people in their thirties who like to play games, there is fair chance that the games they want to play are retro games like "Defender", which the Prism is totally sufficient for. It is a great PDA in many other respects too.
Handspring is selling refurbished Prisms at their web site for $169.
Yes, you can copy it on to as many iPods as you like. I believe that you cannot copy it off of those iPods, at least not with the iTunes software. The songs will not play on an unauthorized Mac, again, at least not with iTunes
It means that you can only burn an exact copy of a mix cd 10 times. If you change the playlist a little you can burn it another ten times. You can burn any song as many times as you want. They don't want you burning 1000 copies of the same mix cd.
>>At least offer full 44.1 CD-quality tracks at the price you're charging - that's something worth buying.
They do offer that, its called a CD. Also available, SACD and Audio DVD.
I haven't heard more than a few ACC files, but it does seem to offer significant quality improvement over MP3s.
TheiTunes Music store is mostly for people who want tunes to put on thier iPod. I don't think that most people expect the utmost in high fidelity sound when listening to their iPod.
There have always been people who have said they don't have a TV. Well, those people are now saying that they don't have 'net access.
While I respect their freedom to make those choices, I never understood it. There is good TV and bad TV. There is good stuff on the 'net and bad stuff on the net. I think I would be very ignorant of the world beyond my horizons if I didn't have a TV or 'Net access.
Both a computer and a TV have off switches and one can use them as much or as little one wishes. They don't control you, forcing you to watch reality TV or the Hampster Dance 24/7.
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While I understand the geek lust for such a device, my two Replays (refubs bought from the Replay site with lifetime subscriptions included) and a DVD player covers all of my entertainment purposes flawlessly. The Replays are networked and can stream video from my PC. The DVD player can play DVDs, CDs, and MP3s. I rarely need to play anyother type of media, which I can already play on regular PC hooked up to my stereo system. It seems unecessary (and maybe more expensive and time consuming) to replace these devices that do their job very well, with a PC that can do it all.
Every six months or so a charge from Real appears on my credit card. I did at one time agree to pay Real for its service, but I canceled it. After a period of not being billed the charges reappeared on my credit card bill. I called them up and complained. They removed the charges. This month, guess what reappeared on my CC bill, a $9.95 charge from real!!!!
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Not only do airports not want you sucking up their power, but they don't want people sprawled about the airport with their laptops and other gadgets out taking up space. Have you ever noticed how at airports many people are oblivious to the throngs of other people around them? People will plop down by an outlet so they can charge their laptop, eventhough there are hundreds of people trying to get around them.
Another example of this, and I see it all the time, is when a group of people come to the end of a moving sidewalk and they stop just after they get off, oblivious to the fact that there are a lot of people on the sidewalk behind them who would also like to get off.
Replay is not dead. Replay was bought by a Japanese company that also owns Denon.
I have a couple Replays and the service has continued uninterupted. They are still making and selling Replays.
In short, Replay is not dead.
There are several classic arcade machines being made today in "anniversary editions" They usually contain more than one classic game. There is a Pacman-Ms. Pacman-Galga cabinet. There is a Centipede-Millipede-Missle Command cabinet.
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Also, there are Multigame Cabinets that include dozens of classic arcade games, like the Ultracade and the new Arcade Legends.
Also you can buy cabinets that use the old CPUs but are in new cabinets with new monitors. They also can come with several games in one.
A dealer who I have good experiences with has a page that shows all of these machines.
http://www.homegameroom.com/catalog/newvideo.ht
While it is nice to skip through commercials with my Replay, I do not always do it. I am usually puttering around the house while watching t.v., so I don't always seek out the remote when a commerical break comes up and just suffer through the banality.
Wish I had moderation points right now. I'd give you a "Funny"
All I want from a pen is that it never leaks all over my clothes. Any suggestions?
Given the amount of toxic substances in computers, I always thought it was stupid to get your jollies destroying them. Whenever I see Patrick Norton on the screen saver sledghammer a PC or snap a CD-R into many pieces I cringe. FYI, CDRs contain cyanide. Don't release it by destroying them.
Yes trb,
Babar has been a nickname of mine since I was a little kid.
Sharing a name with a dufus ex-congressman is a pain in the ass, but I have to give him credit for fighting the Neo-McCarthyism.
Bob Barr
...don't they remember what happened on Sept 13, 1999!?!
I was ten when episode VI came out. The Jedi Knights and "The Force" were to me the most interesting part of "The Saga."
...I knew then and there that there is no god!!!
If any spiritual belief system ever appealed to me it was "The Force". The idea that there is a Force that runs through all life and the universe itself is very attractive to me.
However, when I found out in Episode One that "The Force" is a bunch of bugs in your blood...
A factor that those who have debunked the idea of Microsoft buying 25% of Apple have forgotten, is that the $150 mil. investment Microsoft made in Apple was part of a deal to settle a lawsuit(s) between the two companies.
I've had a few Palm devices. My favorite for gaming is the Handspring Visor Prism.
I play mostly old-school games like "Galaga", "Spy Hunter", "Defender" and "Frogger". For these games the Prism is great. It has a good, 8-bit color screen and a decent key layout. I know the operating system is on the old side and it doesn't have Bluetooth.
If the target audience is people in their thirties who like to play games, there is fair chance that the games they want to play are retro games like "Defender", which the Prism is totally sufficient for. It is a great PDA in many other respects too.
Handspring is selling refurbished Prisms at their web site for $169.
Yes, you can copy it on to as many iPods as you like. I believe that you cannot copy it off of those iPods, at least not with the iTunes software. The songs will not play on an unauthorized Mac, again, at least not with iTunes
It means that you can only burn an exact copy of a mix cd 10 times. If you change the playlist a little you can burn it another ten times. You can burn any song as many times as you want. They don't want you burning 1000 copies of the same mix cd.
heh, now that i read your post with my sarcasm glasses on i get it.
Do yourself a favor, get off the junk.
If you were paying attention, you would have learned that a Windows version will be available by years end.
And if you bitch and moan about that, then as a Mac user, I will laugh a self-satisfied laugh.
>>At least offer full 44.1 CD-quality tracks at the price you're charging - that's something worth buying.
They do offer that, its called a CD. Also available, SACD and Audio DVD.
I haven't heard more than a few ACC files, but it does seem to offer significant quality improvement over MP3s.
TheiTunes Music store is mostly for people who want tunes to put on thier iPod. I don't think that most people expect the utmost in high fidelity sound when listening to their iPod.
When it doesn't cost anything extra to release products globally and simultaneously.
Yes, one iPod, two platforms. Three, if you linux monkies get to work.
There have always been people who have said they don't have a TV. Well, those people are now saying that they don't have 'net access.
While I respect their freedom to make those choices, I never understood it. There is good TV and bad TV. There is good stuff on the 'net and bad stuff on the net. I think I would be very ignorant of the world beyond my horizons if I didn't have a TV or 'Net access.
Both a computer and a TV have off switches and one can use them as much or as little one wishes. They don't control you, forcing you to watch reality TV or the Hampster Dance 24/7.