They dominate one market, mp3 players, and with that leverage they have dominated the online music market (don't tell me iTunes has 90% because it's just that good).
In my experience, the iTunes Music Store really is that good. The iPod has certainly played a part in its success, but there are many people downloading songs who don't own an iPod. The service is easy to use, the selection is good, and the iTMS is the only major store that isn't Windows-only.
In short, I stand for creativitiy and originality, not mindless theft of other peoples' work. I'd like to see more of the former, less of the latter.
We used to have the best of both worlds. For example, Walt Disney's derivative works (Snow White, Pinocchio, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book to name a few) were popular at least in part because they breathed new life into old stories--using old ideas to create something new. Some of history's most creative works began with a borrowed idea. Remember, Romeo and Juliet was based on a previous story. If anything, crippling the public domain is stifling creativity.
In short: the fingers on my mouse hand can do so much more than just pushing a plastic shell shell around and pressing one button. Would be a shame to intentionally leave 4 of 5 mousehand fingers unused. I have 5 fingers on every hand, so I might as well use them all.
Actually, the reason I love the Apple mouse is because I don't need to use any fingers to click it. I can rest my hand on it and click with my palm--it gives my poor, overworked fingers a much needed break. Thankfully, the Mighty Mouse looks like it won't be as hard on fingers as other multi-button mice are.
I use spotlight as an app launcher and it works very well. Type in a few characters of the app name and then hit command+enter. Command pops the selection down to the top hit, which is always the app for me.
It doesn't work as well as Quicksilver in my experience... primarily because I don't need to use Command with QS. The top hit is automatically selected. The QS algorithm is also much better at finding abbreviations across words. For example, it figures out that "mx" means "Microsoft Excel" faster than Spotlight does.
That being said, I love Spotlight. I use Quicksilver as my app launcher and Spotlight as my file launcher.
You could just shuffle the smart playlist on your iPod. You'll still need to connect to iTunes to update it, but you don't have to listen to it in the same order.
I'm with you. Unlike the PSP and the DS, the GBA SP is actually portable. It fits in your pocket, it has a lot of great games, and the battery life is outstanding. I don't see how any handheld that's bigger and has a shorter battery life can claim it's an improvement. Unfortunately, Sony and Nintendo are going the wrong direction.
There are plenty of us who never use the radio. I appreciate not having an extra, unwanted feature on a simple player like this. Those of you who want a radio should buy something other than an iPod.
Speak for yourself. Chopping the price for 2K5 to $20 increased sales, but the game still isn't as good as Madden. Sega got closer than ever before, but it didn't quite bridge the gap.
Not sure what you meant by do yourself a favor and buy the nes
He said he owned every Nintendo system since the SNES. Personally, I think it's a crying shame there are console gamers who've never played/owned the NES. So yes, I like your idea. Unfortunately for Nintendo, it would probably undercut GCN sales. FWIW, you can probably find a used NES pretty easily.
Let me get this straight: Transformers, some of the coolest toys ever made, are (A) lumped in with Zoids and (B) ranked all the way down at #92? Give me a break! I can't even be bothered to finish the list after seeing that.
The very first thing the Democrats need to do is find a way to win at least one Southern state. Seriously, it's always going to be hard to win if you're conceding the entire South. If we can't find a charismatic Southerner in the next couple of years, it's going to be rough again. I've heard rumblings about the governor of my state (Mark Warner), but that's not encouraging when I sincerely doubt he (or any Democrat) could carry Virginia. I agree with you, though -- particularly about family values. I'm mystified how a belief in "morality" became synonymous with Bush.
[quote]Naturally, I'm not a Democratic party decision maker, but it'll be interesting to see if they implement any of the things that I think that they should do to win: A) Get focused, and don't be afraid of being angry. I think the Dems need more Dean and less Kerry, even if some folks get their feelings hurt. B) Learn how to communicate the Democratic belief in values. We have a belief in family values; we don't define it the same way, is all. We need to be able to communicate what that value is. Democrats love their children too.[/quote]
The very first thing the Democrats need to do is find a way to win at least one Southern state. Seriously, it's always going to be hard to win if you're conceding the entire South. I agree with you, though -- particularly about family values. I'm mystified how a belief in "morality" became synonymous with Bush.
Just 12 years ago, the Republicans were the ones without the Presidency, and with minorities in the House and Senate. When democracy wasn't going their way, they didn't waste time bitching and moaning about the liberals in power and the people who voted for them.
You don't honestly believe that, do you? You must've been out of the country when all the bitching and moaning was going on back then. I hate to break it to you, but the losing side always bitches and moans -- it's tradition.
I'm talking about how iTunes doesn't let me just drag music from the iPod into the iTunes library.
Sorry, I misunderstood. Anyway, you can do this as long as you have enough space on your iPod. When I had wanted to move some purchased music to another computer, I just dragged the files to the iPod, hooked it up to the second computer, and dragged them into iTunes. Yes, it means having two copies of the songs on your iPod (temporarily), but that shouldn't be a big deal for most people. If it is for you, well... it just doesn't work the way you'd like. It's a sacrifice many people are willing to make.
Okay, that's just crazy talk. I don't care whether it's advertised or not; it's something that a machine I paid hundreds of dollars for should be able to do.
It can. Furthermore, it has always been possible.
One thing I use my iPod for is to shuffle music back and forth between my computer at home and my computer at work. This is music I own: I've burned it from CDs I own, or I've purchased it from the iTunes Music Store. It should be painless and easy to copy from the iPod to my iTunes library, but it's not. Copying an album or two doesn't take that much time; copying anything more than that is a pain in the ass. I'm sick of measures to prevent piracy keeping me from doing things that are a legitimate use of music I own.
You're confusing the issues. The time it takes to copy more than two albums has nothing to do with "piracy" prevention and everything to do with the speed of Firewire or USB. Remember, patience is a virtue.
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Sadly, I'm impressed he knows the difference between "its" and "it's."
The GameCube was in second place until some time in 2004.
Sorry. I like touching the keyboard. :)
You can scroll in a variety of other ways: click on the scroll arrows, the arrow keys, the spacebar, page down, etc.
Thanks, but I already knew that. QS does this without any extra work.
You could just shuffle the smart playlist on your iPod. You'll still need to connect to iTunes to update it, but you don't have to listen to it in the same order.
I'm with you. Unlike the PSP and the DS, the GBA SP is actually portable. It fits in your pocket, it has a lot of great games, and the battery life is outstanding. I don't see how any handheld that's bigger and has a shorter battery life can claim it's an improvement. Unfortunately, Sony and Nintendo are going the wrong direction.
There are plenty of us who never use the radio. I appreciate not having an extra, unwanted feature on a simple player like this. Those of you who want a radio should buy something other than an iPod.
The keyboard is so nice on my 15" PowerBook that I bought the Macally IceKey, which has similar keys. I can't recommend it enough.
Speak for yourself. Chopping the price for 2K5 to $20 increased sales, but the game still isn't as good as Madden. Sega got closer than ever before, but it didn't quite bridge the gap.
He said he owned every Nintendo system since the SNES. Personally, I think it's a crying shame there are console gamers who've never played/owned the NES. So yes, I like your idea. Unfortunately for Nintendo, it would probably undercut GCN sales. FWIW, you can probably find a used NES pretty easily.
AFAIC, neither system is as good as the GBA SP. It has a great game library, excellent battery life, and it's extremely portable.
BTW, you really need to do yourself a favor and buy the NES.
Let me get this straight: Transformers, some of the coolest toys ever made, are (A) lumped in with Zoids and (B) ranked all the way down at #92? Give me a break! I can't even be bothered to finish the list after seeing that.
The very first thing the Democrats need to do is find a way to win at least one Southern state. Seriously, it's always going to be hard to win if you're conceding the entire South. If we can't find a charismatic Southerner in the next couple of years, it's going to be rough again. I've heard rumblings about the governor of my state (Mark Warner), but that's not encouraging when I sincerely doubt he (or any Democrat) could carry Virginia. I agree with you, though -- particularly about family values. I'm mystified how a belief in "morality" became synonymous with Bush.
[quote]Naturally, I'm not a Democratic party decision maker, but it'll be interesting to see if they implement any of the things that I think that they should do to win: A) Get focused, and don't be afraid of being angry. I think the Dems need more Dean and less Kerry, even if some folks get their feelings hurt. B) Learn how to communicate the Democratic belief in values. We have a belief in family values; we don't define it the same way, is all. We need to be able to communicate what that value is. Democrats love their children too.[/quote] The very first thing the Democrats need to do is find a way to win at least one Southern state. Seriously, it's always going to be hard to win if you're conceding the entire South. I agree with you, though -- particularly about family values. I'm mystified how a belief in "morality" became synonymous with Bush.