Unfortunately, in most US communities there is no choice of cable service providers. In college, the small cable provider kept promising cable modem service but never delivered ("next quarter...we promise"), while in the next town over, a different cable company was starting to roll it out. Here in Houston, cable companies seem to have their "turf". If I could choose my cable company, I definately would switch since Optel's service sucks. My cable has been out for a lil' over a week and I haven't been able to get through to a human for an answer. I finally got through Friday (one week out) but by the time someone will get to my apartment (Friday cause I can't take off for a whole day any other time), it will have been two weeks. Grrr. Do we really want the people responsible for our cable service which tends to go out or fade or get interference during any decent amount of rain responsible for our lifelines to the 'net?
For that to occur, we will have to see dramatic increases in the amount of bandwidth being delievered to the homes of general populace. while it is fairly trivial to download one 3 MB file for the song that you like, is America (and the rest of the world for our non-USA-centric readers) going to invest time downloading all of the rest of the albumn? I doubt it, especially for artists that they haven't grown to love anyway. For certain artists that I love and have cds of at the moment, yes, I probably would make the investment of time but for some fresh-faced band or singer of which i have only heard one song, probably not. This means that as the distribution gets more and more digital and the older bands that I have grown to love stop producing, we will only be left with bands that began after the transition period. Bands without histories. Bands that with one hit.
As the online distribution of music proliferates, I, unfortunately, see more and more artists becoming "one-hit wonders". There will be few incentives to generate the other music which is often just considered filler on the cd anyway. Personally, some of my favorite songs are the ones that never received airtime and would never be considered hits. But in a distribution method where people pick and choose what they want, all the other tunes will be lost by the wayside. There won't be these decisions how to arrange songs together. There won't be a 70 minute concept record. Only individual songs without connection to each other.
Well when ordering the product, there was a list of states in which they had presences in, where customers would be charged the tax. Texas was another one.
I got mine quickly and it works just as advertised. Easy to install. Unfortunately, I have a small apartment with a rolling chair and everything is in easy reach. This was nothing more than a cheap gimmick for me although YMMV. I have my lava lamp connected to it as well as a lamp that I can dim from my computer. Still neat.
So when does that contract expire, if you don't mind a fan asking? Is it possible for Andover.net to sell Slashdot to someone after this contract ends, someone who might mess up the great thing you and Rob have created?
PS: You named the beast from Redmond. Emblazoned upon its forhead in fiery, cryptic symbols, I see "W2K"
It could happen. I am trying not to think about it but what if a certain company (call not its name lest it will hear) drives a dumptruck full of money up to Andover.net and said, "sign here."
there wasn't this trial, if these companies that are now creating web appliances based on other operating systems than Windows CE such as the iToaster and whatever AOL is cookin' up, would have had the wherewithall to avoid toeing the MS partyline. With MS wrapped up in the trial, the cat is away and the mice will play.
Is there any identifiable proof to Metacreations porting Bryce 4 to BeOS? If so, I will go buy the program and the BeOS.
I'd still like to see better hardware support of video cards along with quake 3 and tribes 2, not to mention PhotoShop and Illustrator. But if Bryce 4 was ported to BeOS, I will go buy both.
With all of the talk of this show, I want to see the Revenge of the Nerds mini-series on PBS again. It was very well done, interesting, and makes me want to buy it. Too bad it's not on DVD.
I've often thought of using the "encryption as a munition and protected by the 2nd amendment" defense before and wish I had posted it up here before you did. But i'm sure there is some law somewhere defining the legal difference between "arms" and "munitions"
...he did say distribute but when he mentioned fortune and spell checker in the same sentence and coupled with some of his earlier errors, I wrongly assumed that was what he was thinking. Besides, no one would think that giving away a spell checker and then providing service for it would generate a "fortune" , would they? heheheheh. How much service does a spell checker need?
...that he said that could make a fortune by selling a Linux-compatible spell checker. Wait a sec? Sell a spell-checker in the land of free software? Naaaaa......
some of the Adobe products such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and ImageReady, I'd run out and buy BeOS today. I played with it a little bit when a coworker bought it but there was little for me to run on it. This may seem short sighted to people who are used to porting apps but oh well.
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...that Huia birds taste like chicken. I can see it now....Kentucky Fried Huia! Extra crispy! Yum!
Unfortunately, in most US communities there is no choice of cable service providers. In college, the small cable provider kept promising cable modem service but never delivered ("next quarter...we promise"), while in the next town over, a different cable company was starting to roll it out. Here in Houston, cable companies seem to have their "turf". If I could choose my cable company, I definately would switch since Optel's service sucks. My cable has been out for a lil' over a week and I haven't been able to get through to a human for an answer. I finally got through Friday (one week out) but by the time someone will get to my apartment (Friday cause I can't take off for a whole day any other time), it will have been two weeks. Grrr. Do we really want the people responsible for our cable service which tends to go out or fade or get interference during any decent amount of rain responsible for our lifelines to the 'net?
...we all know the Feds will be using M$-designed surveillance software...
"Um boss" "Yes?"
"We can't scan his machine." "Why not?"
"Our tools won't run on his machine! They require a Pentium III! He's got a 386!"
"Sneaky Bastard!"
Don't forget xDSL and cable modems.
For that to occur, we will have to see dramatic increases in the amount of bandwidth being delievered to the homes of general populace. while it is fairly trivial to download one 3 MB file for the song that you like, is America (and the rest of the world for our non-USA-centric readers) going to invest time downloading all of the rest of the albumn? I doubt it, especially for artists that they haven't grown to love anyway. For certain artists that I love and have cds of at the moment, yes, I probably would make the investment of time but for some fresh-faced band or singer of which i have only heard one song, probably not. This means that as the distribution gets more and more digital and the older bands that I have grown to love stop producing, we will only be left with bands that began after the transition period. Bands without histories. Bands that with one hit.
As the online distribution of music proliferates, I, unfortunately, see more and more artists becoming "one-hit wonders". There will be few incentives to generate the other music which is often just considered filler on the cd anyway. Personally, some of my favorite songs are the ones that never received airtime and would never be considered hits. But in a distribution method where people pick and choose what they want, all the other tunes will be lost by the wayside. There won't be these decisions how to arrange songs together. There won't be a 70 minute concept record. Only individual songs without connection to each other.
Anyone have an open source copy of the MegaMovieHype Perl script?
Hmm...i'd like it if my monitor turned into a microwave as well...:)
don't forget the other planets when we inhabit them;)
Anyone know?
Well when ordering the product, there was a list of states in which they had presences in, where customers would be charged the tax. Texas was another one.
I got mine quickly and it works just as advertised. Easy to install. Unfortunately, I have a small apartment with a rolling chair and everything is in easy reach. This was nothing more than a cheap gimmick for me although YMMV. I have my lava lamp connected to it as well as a lamp that I can dim from my computer. Still neat.
So when does that contract expire, if you don't mind a fan asking? Is it possible for Andover.net to sell Slashdot to someone after this contract ends, someone who might mess up the great thing you and Rob have created?
PS: You named the beast from Redmond. Emblazoned upon its forhead in fiery, cryptic symbols, I see "W2K"
It could happen. I am trying not to think about it but what if a certain company (call not its name lest it will hear) drives a dumptruck full of money up to Andover.net and said, "sign here."
there wasn't this trial, if these companies that are now creating web appliances based on other operating systems than Windows CE such as the iToaster and whatever AOL is cookin' up, would have had the wherewithall to avoid toeing the MS partyline. With MS wrapped up in the trial, the cat is away and the mice will play.
Is there any identifiable proof to Metacreations porting Bryce 4 to BeOS? If so, I will go buy the program and the BeOS.
I'd still like to see better hardware support of video cards along with quake 3 and tribes 2, not to mention PhotoShop and Illustrator. But if Bryce 4 was ported to BeOS, I will go buy both.
I meant Triumph of the Nerds
With all of the talk of this show, I want to see the Revenge of the Nerds mini-series on PBS again. It was very well done, interesting, and makes me want to buy it. Too bad it's not on DVD.
*All Hail DIVX is Dead!*
I've often thought of using the "encryption as a munition and protected by the 2nd amendment" defense before and wish I had posted it up here before you did. But i'm sure there is some law somewhere defining the legal difference between "arms" and "munitions"
...if people with supposed "photographic memory" or really good memory have enlarged hypothaluses or just very active ones with lots of connections.
Since hurting yourself is a crime in some instances or even thought of as a mental illness, you (or all of you,rather) might be locked up.
...he did say distribute but when he mentioned fortune and spell checker in the same sentence and coupled with some of his earlier errors, I wrongly assumed that was what he was thinking. Besides, no one would think that giving away a spell checker and then providing service for it would generate a "fortune" , would they? heheheheh. How much service does a spell checker need?
...that he said that could make a fortune by selling a Linux-compatible spell checker. Wait a sec? Sell a spell-checker in the land of free software? Naaaaa......
some of the Adobe products such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and ImageReady, I'd run out and buy BeOS today. I played with it a little bit when a coworker bought it but there was little for me to run on it. This may seem short sighted to people who are used to porting apps but oh well.
...it's a dry heat. Houston is so humid! This is the beginning of my first summer in Texas and I happen to live in Houston. What was I thinking? :)