How cool would it to be to have an iPod sized DVD player that plugs into a TV?
It wouldn't be a iPod sized DVD player if it plays UMD, not DVD:) I doubt that many would rush to replace their DVD players with smaller UMD units just based on form factor - you not only lose whatever software investment you've made in DVD media, but UMD doesn't likely have the capacity to store additional audio tracks like DD5.1 or DTS. It would be a downgrade.
Everyone? Not quite, you're assuming a lot. Forget the vast price point difference - you'd be hard pressed to find a laptop that fits in a pocket or guitar case. Harder yet to find one in that form factor with optical input. Minidisc is extremely convenient.
Agreed. I'm sure the main reason for the numbers favouring Sony over Microsoft is the fact that non-techies don't understand the phrase "rootkit", but they do understand the phrase "fuck, it broke".
You can be a customer of Sony Electronics, without ever touching a Sony Music product. Which means there are a lot of non-techies who have no reason to have heard of a rootkit, because it didn't come on their Trinitron.
On the other hand, a non-techie would be hard pressed to buy a PC without Windows (Mac notwithstanding.)
The original Xbox is, on paper, much more powerful than the GameCube...
No, it isn't. Most people don't know how to interpret what's on paper - they apply PC think to everything else. More Mhz and more RAM is always better. And that simply is not the case.
Other culture are definitely inferior. I'm sorry, but the culture of violence, anti-intellectualism and mysogynism practiced by certain members of the rap community is inferior and utter crap.
This has never happened in your "culture"? Considering the rap community is a sub-culture, what influences do you think formed this mindset?
Should I respect certain Muslim countries when the suppress women?
When was it again, in North America, that women won the right to vote? Weren't women expect to have the house clean and hot food ready for the husband upon his return not that long ago?
Should I respect certain other cultures that practice child slavery?
Should you respect the culture that buys products made from slave labour? Should you respect the culture that opens factories in other coutries to take advantage of cheap labour? The culture that wants everything cheaper, no matter the price to others?
Should I respect certain African cultures that practice female circumcision?
Or other cultures that circumcise males?
Not all cultures are morally equivalent.
Some feel the need to push their morality and philosphies on others. Some practice tolerance.
Actually, I'm not sure you're exactly correct. Ever caught a ball somebody threw to you? That's some hardcore calculus right there.
I think you mean that complex math is used to *simulate* catching a ball thrown at someone. Ever calulate the surface area of a potatoe? That's calculus too... but it doesn't mean the potatoe used caclulus to know how to grow to its final state.
You appear to intend permanently depriving the copyright holder of the payment that they would expect to receive for their services.
If an individual downloads a copyrighted work that they would otherwise not buy, explain how that has deprived the copyright holder of income? Likewise, one individual's act of downloading a song or other work does not in any way hinder the copyright holder's ability to collect revenue from others, does it?
Theft removes the property from the owner, preventing them from enjoying ANY revenue. Starting to see a distinction?
From a moral perspective this is plain theft. You know you are taking something that does not belong to you.
In Canada, we PAY for the right to personal copies in the form of exise taxes. It is not an illegal act. If I were to download music, I'd be exercising a right. Your moral perspective is likely different than someone living in Canada, or Sweden for that matter.
But you don't want to call it theft because you don't want to think of yourself as a theif. So you call it other things, you insist on calling it 'copyright infringement'.
I don't call downloading theft or copyright infringement, it's not even a crime. The 'copyright infringment' that would have shut down the pirate's bay, and has shut down other similar sites, is providing content. I suppose that you'd call that fencing though wouldn't you? At any rate, you seem to be trying to accuse of a) the wrong crime and b) something that isn't even a crime, without even a shred of proof. Do you work for the RIAA?
That is exactly the type of thinking that led the Bush administration to Abu Graihb. They didn't want to think of themselves as torturers so they had a corrupt lawyer provide them with a convenient definition of torture.
Without that information it would not be possible for people to steal the content. The information is made available in that form for the express purpose and with the express intent of facilitating theft.
From Wikipedia theft is defined as "...the dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it". Everyone's entitled to an opinion, but do have any idea what crime is allegedly being commited?
Context switching causes a performance hit for computers and humans. Gone are the days when shutting your office door gave you a semblance of privacy.
Ringer volume or DND on a phone. "Do not Disturb" or "Exit" in an IM client. Plain old leaving email until there is time... All of these emulate the closed office door. Not to say that these can always be used, but if you make yourself look busy, people tend to leave you to it. If you never let a call go to voicemail, leave your IM client Available and assign yourself a priority to respond directly to incoming email, rest assured you will be bothered.
As well you shouldn't, you have the right to make personal copies. They take issue with those who provide the content, the uploaders. And as much fun as p2p apps are for distribution, they make everyone who downloads music an uploader too...
Why isn't "go" an option on the table? To me, its a no-brainer
Likely the shareholders wouldn't support that view. It's all well and good to support the ethical choice, until it affects profits and market value.
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Well, duh...the body will behave as it always has: under the assumption that while food might be plentiful now, it's not likely to be plentiful for long, so better stock up now while it can.
And thus, obesity.
And the reason obesity is so difficult to deal with, and why sustained weight loss has such a lousy track record (95%+ failure rate), is simple: to fight obesity, you have to fight your own body's instinctive drive to "save up for a rainy day".
Consumption is not the reason for obesity. It's a factor. There's plenty of food for everyone in North America. Why isn't every single person, based on your theory, obese? The answer is hardly as simple as you say it is. I'm sure it's comfort to those struggling with their weight to know that their condition is the result of evolution, but it certainly won't help them lose the weight.
Sustained weight loss has a 95% failure rate? Bold, and likely untrue, but assuming for a moment that it's valid, that's 95% of who? Obese people? People who diet? Of the earth's population? There are many, many people who do not need to lose weight, and yet live in these lands of plenty. How do you explain them? Surely this insurmounable instinct has a hold on them too?
The answer is no where near as simple as you make it out to be. Obesety exists for a variety of reasons - but the most prevalent one, the one that strikes the majority of people is gluttony, paired with laziness.
Microsoft probably told investors they expect to lose money with Xbox until they reach a goal of 'n' units. Microsoft demonstates to shareholders that sales are good (+1 unit sold thanks to you!). Shareholders forgive the losses and allow microsoft to proceed.
All because you wanted a cheap linux box. Way to stick it to the man.
"People switch their operating system because they heard of an MP3 player?"
Uhm. Mac isn't an OS. OS X is the operating system. It makes perfect sense that a consumer who, being more than satisfied with their purchase of an Apple iPod would purchase other products from the same company, once they discover that Apple also makes quality desktop systems. Or that the average consumer who sees the flashy iPod commercials does some research, discovers that Apple makes computers and purchase one based on their research.
If you haven't looked at yahoo in 5 years, you're hardly in a position to form a valid comparison. Besides you seem to be comparing Yahoo's search engine to Google's.
Google chat's user base is dwarfed by Yahoo. There is likely an order of magnitude more Yahoo mail users than gmail. And I believe that Yahoo's index is larger than Google's.
It's all fine and dandy to be a google fanboy though I suppose.
P.S. If google is all that, why the hotmail address?
Which has the potential to produce the better print? Hands down, the mini lab printer.
Which _will_ produce the better print?
The important question is, where is the printer, and who is operating it? You wager on the mini-lab printer in Wal-Mart, run by a minimum wage employee who transfered over from sporting good last week?
I'd wager, speaking from experience, that a photographer that does more than snap family photos, understands all aspects of photography from exposure to print, envisions his end result and adjust his equipment accordingly and uses a decent quality photo printer will get far, far better results.
"...isn't letting a minor buy a sex-rape-killathon style video game over the counter the same as letting a minor walk into a dirty sex video shop and buy the equliviant video off the shelf?"
Minors are not allowed to enter a dirty sex video shop, you (usually) have to be an adult to even enter the premisis. Likewise you have to (usually) enter an age restricted room in a video store to see their adult movie collection.
Video games on the other hand, are all placed together. GTA could be right beside Spongebob. Might be sensible to mandate that games with similar ESRB ratings be placed together, and those with high ESRB ratings be placed in a section where store staff can grant or deny access based on age.
Skype is an instant messenger featuring voice chat, that also allows text messenging and PSTN gateway services. It's closest pier is VoIP buster, although for stricktly peer to peer voice chat, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, Yahoo and others fit the bill.
On the other hand, Stanaphone, iconnecthere and packet8 are all VoIP providers, not instant messengers.
"VOIP is reliable enough for me. Are you really that frightened not being able to dial 911?"
Having personally lived through the Ice Storm in 1998 and more recently the massive blackout, i was thankful for a reliable means of communcation, even if it weren't to contact 911. It was also nice to have a reliable method of being reached.
Even just a normal power outage is not all that uncommon in winter. Following your suggestion, we'd cross our fingers and hope that in an emergency a)The ISP is up, b)The VoIP provider is in a similar state and c) You actually have power to run your end of the VoIP equipment. Brilliant plan.
Maybe you don't need a landline, but you'll be thankful your neighbour has one when it counts.
"NonStop used to be called "Tandem". IIRC, DEC bought Tandem, Compaq bought DEC, and HP bought Compaq, which is how it ended up in HP's hands."
Almost right, Compaq bought Tandem, then Digital.
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It wouldn't be a iPod sized DVD player if it plays UMD, not DVD :) I doubt that many would rush to replace their DVD players with smaller UMD units just based on form factor - you not only lose whatever software investment you've made in DVD media, but UMD doesn't likely have the capacity to store additional audio tracks like DD5.1 or DTS. It would be a downgrade.
Everyone? Not quite, you're assuming a lot. Forget the vast price point difference - you'd be hard pressed to find a laptop that fits in a pocket or guitar case. Harder yet to find one in that form factor with optical input. Minidisc is extremely convenient.
Agreed. I'm sure the main reason for the numbers favouring Sony over Microsoft is the fact that non-techies don't understand the phrase "rootkit", but they do understand the phrase "fuck, it broke".
You can be a customer of Sony Electronics, without ever touching a Sony Music product. Which means there are a lot of non-techies who have no reason to have heard of a rootkit, because it didn't come on their Trinitron.
On the other hand, a non-techie would be hard pressed to buy a PC without Windows (Mac notwithstanding.)
Not many years after System Shock II!
No, it isn't. Most people don't know how to interpret what's on paper - they apply PC think to everything else. More Mhz and more RAM is always better. And that simply is not the case.
This has never happened in your "culture"? Considering the rap community is a sub-culture, what influences do you think formed this mindset?
Should I respect certain Muslim countries when the suppress women?When was it again, in North America, that women won the right to vote? Weren't women expect to have the house clean and hot food ready for the husband upon his return not that long ago?
Should I respect certain other cultures that practice child slavery?Should you respect the culture that buys products made from slave labour? Should you respect the culture that opens factories in other coutries to take advantage of cheap labour? The culture that wants everything cheaper, no matter the price to others?
Should I respect certain African cultures that practice female circumcision?Or other cultures that circumcise males?
Not all cultures are morally equivalent.Some feel the need to push their morality and philosphies on others. Some practice tolerance.
I think you mean that complex math is used to *simulate* catching a ball thrown at someone. Ever calulate the surface area of a potatoe? That's calculus too... but it doesn't mean the potatoe used caclulus to know how to grow to its final state.
I believe the first ammendment prevents the government from abridging free speech, not lesbians nor campuses.
You appear to intend permanently depriving the copyright holder of the payment that they would expect to receive for their services.
If an individual downloads a copyrighted work that they would otherwise not buy, explain how that has deprived the copyright holder of income? Likewise, one individual's act of downloading a song or other work does not in any way hinder the copyright holder's ability to collect revenue from others, does it?
Theft removes the property from the owner, preventing them from enjoying ANY revenue. Starting to see a distinction?
From a moral perspective this is plain theft. You know you are taking something that does not belong to you.
In Canada, we PAY for the right to personal copies in the form of exise taxes. It is not an illegal act. If I were to download music, I'd be exercising a right. Your moral perspective is likely different than someone living in Canada, or Sweden for that matter.
But you don't want to call it theft because you don't want to think of yourself as a theif. So you call it other things, you insist on calling it 'copyright infringement'.
I don't call downloading theft or copyright infringement, it's not even a crime. The 'copyright infringment' that would have shut down the pirate's bay, and has shut down other similar sites, is providing content. I suppose that you'd call that fencing though wouldn't you? At any rate, you seem to be trying to accuse of a) the wrong crime and b) something that isn't even a crime, without even a shred of proof. Do you work for the RIAA?
That is exactly the type of thinking that led the Bush administration to Abu Graihb. They didn't want to think of themselves as torturers so they had a corrupt lawyer provide them with a convenient definition of torture.
You're the one redefining theft.
Without that information it would not be possible for people to steal the content. The information is made available in that form for the express purpose and with the express intent of facilitating theft.
From Wikipedia theft is defined as "...the dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it". Everyone's entitled to an opinion, but do have any idea what crime is allegedly being commited?
I think a little more dilligence in your research is in order.
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Ringer volume or DND on a phone. "Do not Disturb" or "Exit" in an IM client. Plain old leaving email until there is time... All of these emulate the closed office door. Not to say that these can always be used, but if you make yourself look busy, people tend to leave you to it. If you never let a call go to voicemail, leave your IM client Available and assign yourself a priority to respond directly to incoming email, rest assured you will be bothered.
As well you shouldn't, you have the right to make personal copies. They take issue with those who provide the content, the uploaders. And as much fun as p2p apps are for distribution, they make everyone who downloads music an uploader too...
Likely the shareholders wouldn't support that view. It's all well and good to support the ethical choice, until it affects profits and market value.
Well, duh...the body will behave as it always has: under the assumption that while food might be plentiful now, it's not likely to be plentiful for long, so better stock up now while it can.
And thus, obesity.
And the reason obesity is so difficult to deal with, and why sustained weight loss has such a lousy track record (95%+ failure rate), is simple: to fight obesity, you have to fight your own body's instinctive drive to "save up for a rainy day".
Consumption is not the reason for obesity. It's a factor. There's plenty of food for everyone in North America. Why isn't every single person, based on your theory, obese? The answer is hardly as simple as you say it is. I'm sure it's comfort to those struggling with their weight to know that their condition is the result of evolution, but it certainly won't help them lose the weight.
Sustained weight loss has a 95% failure rate? Bold, and likely untrue, but assuming for a moment that it's valid, that's 95% of who? Obese people? People who diet? Of the earth's population? There are many, many people who do not need to lose weight, and yet live in these lands of plenty. How do you explain them? Surely this insurmounable instinct has a hold on them too?
The answer is no where near as simple as you make it out to be. Obesety exists for a variety of reasons - but the most prevalent one, the one that strikes the majority of people is gluttony, paired with laziness.
Microsoft probably told investors they expect to lose money with Xbox until they reach a goal of 'n' units. Microsoft demonstates to shareholders that sales are good (+1 unit sold thanks to you!). Shareholders forgive the losses and allow microsoft to proceed.
All because you wanted a cheap linux box. Way to stick it to the man.
"People switch their operating system because they heard of an MP3 player?"
:)
Uhm. Mac isn't an OS. OS X is the operating system. It makes perfect sense that a consumer who, being more than satisfied with their purchase of an Apple iPod would purchase other products from the same company, once they discover that Apple also makes quality desktop systems. Or that the average consumer who sees the flashy iPod commercials does some research, discovers that Apple makes computers and purchase one based on their research.
What's there to not understand?
Apple. It's not just for the artsy anymore
If you haven't looked at yahoo in 5 years, you're hardly in a position to form a valid comparison. Besides you seem to be comparing Yahoo's search engine to Google's.
Google chat's user base is dwarfed by Yahoo. There is likely an order of magnitude more Yahoo mail users than gmail. And I believe that Yahoo's index is larger than Google's.
It's all fine and dandy to be a google fanboy though I suppose.
P.S. If google is all that, why the hotmail address?
Which has the potential to produce the better print? Hands down, the mini lab printer.
Which _will_ produce the better print?
The important question is, where is the printer, and who is operating it? You wager on the mini-lab printer in Wal-Mart, run by a minimum wage employee who transfered over from sporting good last week?
I'd wager, speaking from experience, that a photographer that does more than snap family photos, understands all aspects of photography from exposure to print, envisions his end result and adjust his equipment accordingly and uses a decent quality photo printer will get far, far better results.
Cheaper is not always better.
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"Which begs the question..."
No, it raises the question.
"...isn't letting a minor buy a sex-rape-killathon style video game over the counter the same as letting a minor walk into a dirty sex video shop and buy the equliviant video off the shelf?"
Minors are not allowed to enter a dirty sex video shop, you (usually) have to be an adult to even enter the premisis. Likewise you have to (usually) enter an age restricted room in a video store to see their adult movie collection.
Video games on the other hand, are all placed together. GTA could be right beside Spongebob. Might be sensible to mandate that games with similar ESRB ratings be placed together, and those with high ESRB ratings be placed in a section where store staff can grant or deny access based on age.
Or, parents could just do their damn job.
Heed your own advice.
Skype is an instant messenger featuring voice chat, that also allows text messenging and PSTN gateway services. It's closest pier is VoIP buster, although for stricktly peer to peer voice chat, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, Yahoo and others fit the bill.
On the other hand, Stanaphone, iconnecthere and packet8 are all VoIP providers, not instant messengers.
"VOIP is reliable enough for me. Are you really that frightened not being able to dial 911?"
Having personally lived through the Ice Storm in 1998 and more recently the massive blackout, i was thankful for a reliable means of communcation, even if it weren't to contact 911. It was also nice to have a reliable method of being reached.
Even just a normal power outage is not all that uncommon in winter. Following your suggestion, we'd cross our fingers and hope that in an emergency a)The ISP is up, b)The VoIP provider is in a similar state and c) You actually have power to run your end of the VoIP equipment. Brilliant plan.
Maybe you don't need a landline, but you'll be thankful your neighbour has one when it counts.
"Then again, Apple borrowed Fast User Switching from Windows, so fair is fair..." I'm pretty sure su has been around longer than Windows has.
"NonStop used to be called "Tandem". IIRC, DEC bought Tandem, Compaq bought DEC, and HP bought Compaq, which is how it ended up in HP's hands." Almost right, Compaq bought Tandem, then Digital.