My father would love to have a good blue-ray collection but he has terrible internet service where he is so half the features blue-ray players offer, like streaming Netflix and Pandora aren't viable for him. My mother can't tell the difference between Blue-ray and DVD either so he doesn't bother to spend the 30$ for the discs.
To make matters even more complex, he has around 400 DVD's already. He's not going to re-buy all those on Blue-ray so his DVD player works just fine for him.
I own two Blue-ray players and would love to own more Blue-ray discs but truthfully, when new releases are coming out at 30$ it's easier for me to just download it from The Pirate Bay.
Furthermore, it's been a while since something came out I cared enough about to actual own. Maybe I'm getting old, but movies coming out these days just don't appeal to me. I think a lot of people feel the same right now, especially when money is tight in a down economy.
If you're hit by a car tomorrow and die you want someone else to be able to pick up the work and go forward. Once upon a time I had a VP I worked for at an ISP put me and the other head of the IT department on a plane with him to LA. The three of us were the only ones with access to the entire companies systems. I mentioned to him, if the plane went down, the company would probably be dead within a week. He just laughed it off.
That said, your IT department are the best ones to handle this. I doubt the hospital is paying you to play tech nerd, I'm sure you have other work you should be doing. The IT guys are PAID to do this and are screened carefully (at least I hope so) by management to be trustworthy in doing it.
It sounds to me more like you're looking for job security by being the only one with keys to the castle.
It's strange you mention this. I actually spent a couple weeks looking for services I COULD pay for as replacements for Facebook/Gmail, etc. I couldn't find one. Sure I found paid for email services but not one single service was anywhere near as stable, reliable and/or feature complete as Gmail. Neither could I find a "social" network of any meaningful type for whcich I could give money in exchange for some basic privacy.
It's as if the whole industry just gave up and stopped competing in any way. I seriously doubt I am the only person who would love a paid gmail account minus ads and privacy issues. The whole tech industry is now ad driven. No one even wants my money. They just want my personal information, which appears to be much more profitable for them.
Advertising has alway existed, but it's never existed on this scale. We're seeing a type of advertising now that dwarfs even the insane propoganda put out during rival governments during war time. You can't go anywhere, do anything without ads everywhere. In movies, buses, signs, TV, radio. Hell even my place of employment covers the walls with ads for products because they get kick backs from the vendors. I walk down a hallway every day with coca cola and apple plastered over the walls.
To say it's always existed is like saying viruses always existed while everyone around you is dying of AIDS. At no other time in history have we been so over come with bullshit. That is the point.
100 million people will die in 5 years if you don't give me 10 billion dollars right now to fix it. If they don't die, don't complain that you gave me 10 billion I squandered on hookers and cocaine, be happy they didn't die. 5 years from now I'll need another 10 billion.................
You would be hard pressed to find anything in life "fair" let alone something as inherently corrupt as "gambling" By all means though, continue beating the drum and giving your money away to people for no reason at all. If you think Vegas or any casino is "fair" you clearly don't know what gambling is.
Apple was "right" in removing choice? It isn't even an option on iOS. I can "choose" to remove it from android if I want, just like on my desktop. If people don't want it, they can remove it. Removing CHOICE is ignorant, arrogant, and truly the Apple way.
Now, lawyers will have a field day with it, but there is plenty of case law on the subject. Don't promise something to someone and then not deliver or purposely mislead them. There can be hell to pay.
I agree. I bought one a few years ago, the old 2nd gen with 3g. I've always been an avid reader but my girlfriend not so much. I got her the new wifi version when it first came out and she's done nothing but read on it since. We don't even watch movies anymore, a lot of nights we "go to bed early" just so we can read. It's truly a great device in every way. I just can't grasp all the whining about it. I think it simply has to be people who've never used or owned one.
Science is absolutely about competition. The "Space Race" was the single greatest time in scientific advancement in history. Being the first to do something great is a fantastic motivator. It is also very rewarding and drives people to do their best work as well as drives people to question the results.
I can't think of anything more scientific than competition. The desire to be better, to do better, to create and innovate are all competitive.
You can download the first chapter of almost every ebook for free to decide if you like it. You can even keep it indefinitely. Try ripping the first chapter out of a paperback at your local book store and walking out with it. There is your difference.
It's only libel if it is false and the person saying it knows that it is false. He has every right to say what he did, this is exactly why we have the 1st amendment. Whistleblowers like him are a good thing.
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My father would love to have a good blue-ray collection but he has terrible internet service where he is so half the features blue-ray players offer, like streaming Netflix and Pandora aren't viable for him. My mother can't tell the difference between Blue-ray and DVD either so he doesn't bother to spend the 30$ for the discs.
To make matters even more complex, he has around 400 DVD's already. He's not going to re-buy all those on Blue-ray so his DVD player works just fine for him.
I own two Blue-ray players and would love to own more Blue-ray discs but truthfully, when new releases are coming out at 30$ it's easier for me to just download it from The Pirate Bay.
Furthermore, it's been a while since something came out I cared enough about to actual own. Maybe I'm getting old, but movies coming out these days just don't appeal to me. I think a lot of people feel the same right now, especially when money is tight in a down economy.
DVD's have DRM also. Your argument doesn't hold any water.
If you're hit by a car tomorrow and die you want someone else to be able to pick up the work and go forward. Once upon a time I had a VP I worked for at an ISP put me and the other head of the IT department on a plane with him to LA. The three of us were the only ones with access to the entire companies systems. I mentioned to him, if the plane went down, the company would probably be dead within a week. He just laughed it off.
That said, your IT department are the best ones to handle this. I doubt the hospital is paying you to play tech nerd, I'm sure you have other work you should be doing. The IT guys are PAID to do this and are screened carefully (at least I hope so) by management to be trustworthy in doing it.
It sounds to me more like you're looking for job security by being the only one with keys to the castle.
It's strange you mention this. I actually spent a couple weeks looking for services I COULD pay for as replacements for Facebook/Gmail, etc. I couldn't find one. Sure I found paid for email services but not one single service was anywhere near as stable, reliable and/or feature complete as Gmail. Neither could I find a "social" network of any meaningful type for whcich I could give money in exchange for some basic privacy.
It's as if the whole industry just gave up and stopped competing in any way. I seriously doubt I am the only person who would love a paid gmail account minus ads and privacy issues. The whole tech industry is now ad driven. No one even wants my money. They just want my personal information, which appears to be much more profitable for them.
Advertising has alway existed, but it's never existed on this scale. We're seeing a type of advertising now that dwarfs even the insane propoganda put out during rival governments during war time. You can't go anywhere, do anything without ads everywhere. In movies, buses, signs, TV, radio. Hell even my place of employment covers the walls with ads for products because they get kick backs from the vendors. I walk down a hallway every day with coca cola and apple plastered over the walls.
To say it's always existed is like saying viruses always existed while everyone around you is dying of AIDS. At no other time in history have we been so over come with bullshit. That is the point.
100 million people will die in 5 years if you don't give me 10 billion dollars right now to fix it. If they don't die, don't complain that you gave me 10 billion I squandered on hookers and cocaine, be happy they didn't die. 5 years from now I'll need another 10 billion.................
What makes you think Microsoft, Google and Apple would behave any better?
You would be hard pressed to find anything in life "fair" let alone something as inherently corrupt as "gambling" By all means though, continue beating the drum and giving your money away to people for no reason at all. If you think Vegas or any casino is "fair" you clearly don't know what gambling is.
So don't play? It's not rocket science.
Apple was "right" in removing choice? It isn't even an option on iOS. I can "choose" to remove it from android if I want, just like on my desktop. If people don't want it, they can remove it. Removing CHOICE is ignorant, arrogant, and truly the Apple way.
Unless you're on an iPad
Verbal contracts are still legally binding: http://biztaxlaw.about.com/b/2009/04/02/are-verbal-contracts-legal.htm
Now, lawyers will have a field day with it, but there is plenty of case law on the subject. Don't promise something to someone and then not deliver or purposely mislead them. There can be hell to pay.
I agree. I bought one a few years ago, the old 2nd gen with 3g. I've always been an avid reader but my girlfriend not so much. I got her the new wifi version when it first came out and she's done nothing but read on it since. We don't even watch movies anymore, a lot of nights we "go to bed early" just so we can read. It's truly a great device in every way. I just can't grasp all the whining about it. I think it simply has to be people who've never used or owned one.
Science is absolutely about competition. The "Space Race" was the single greatest time in scientific advancement in history. Being the first to do something great is a fantastic motivator. It is also very rewarding and drives people to do their best work as well as drives people to question the results.
I can't think of anything more scientific than competition. The desire to be better, to do better, to create and innovate are all competitive.
I think the argument is that the warrant requires "just cause." They don't believe any crime was committed, thus, a warrant is not just.
He's talking about John Gosling, from John and Kate Plus 8
Banking is overseen by the Feds, not the states
Because cops just love seeing all the dead, mutilated bodies drunk drivers leave behind right? How the hell did you get modded up for this ignorance?
You can download the first chapter of almost every ebook for free to decide if you like it. You can even keep it indefinitely. Try ripping the first chapter out of a paperback at your local book store and walking out with it. There is your difference.
You mean like the 16 UN resolutions Saddam ignored? Like the UN inspectors he kicked out of the country? Like when he gassed his own people?
http://bu.mp/
There is your answer
We the citizens make those decisions. Perhaps the USSR was more to your liking? I hear North Korea is nice this time of year.
It's only libel if it is false and the person saying it knows that it is false. He has every right to say what he did, this is exactly why we have the 1st amendment. Whistleblowers like him are a good thing.
Is it suddenly slashdots job to sell you on IE and Win7?
"which is expected to be the final version of Firefox as well."
What the hell is with the summaries lately?