Remember when certain vocal entities claimed that WORD would inventory your system and phone home to Redmond?
How can anyone be surprised when the topic of profiling via PC usage comes up?
Worrying about it gives offending parties too much cred. I doubt there is any real efficiency in how the data (if collected) is used, much less harvested.
What was that saying about Editors? They're the ones that come down off the hill, after the battle, and shoot the wounded...
Your point about adjusting for inflation is well taken. All the more reason for fan-consumers to ignore the hype, since that is all any of the chatter is any more.
I claim the original comparison is too broad, and only works when defined. A majority can't exist as a class without allegiance/resistance to something. Just being able to go from A to B doesn't define someone as a generic car owner. It only defines them as a commuter...they can be using trains, taxis or bicycles...furthering a breakdown of definition...cars, then, become less of a point to your argument.
So how comparative are enthusiast OS's vs. Windows?
Can we see J & J Desktop Windows users rising up in rancourous vervor if Redmond said that support for all things Windows would end as the new year begins? Doubtful...they would simply wait for a substitute to fill the (perceived) gap. Would Apple users howl if Cupertino said support would end for...oh wait... OS 9.x support will continue, won't it...
The car thing only works for me if it is bland vs. enthusiast....not cars in general.
He said "driving a car"...not driving a bland or generic car. I can claim references to what he was or was not saying as easy as you (and we would both be speculating.)
The analogy as presented was loose and weak. Your attempt to prop it up is only an attempt to rationalize his original error. That error still stands.
What...you never talked to a Corvette owner? Porsche? BMW? Saturn? Check the web right now for Mustang fans...you need to do a reality check on this particular analogy.
Don't get me wrong...windows users are not united as a fan base, that's for sure (compared to Apple users, as an example). But using cars as an example of your point is way off, sorry.:)
Try something like "...any more than coughing up blood makes drunks united."
Only Windows iPod owners use stands......might as well make a cardboard sign that says "I own the most expensive mp3 player on the market!!! - Look at me!!
I own one, but I don't slog it around like a piece of jewelry...
I've found more than a dozen films on DVD in China, for less than US$2.00 each in the last 9 months, that were available before the movie on screen and/or on DVD.
Sometimes the quality is of a handheld DV camera...sometimes the subtitles are from another movie. Sometimes they are tagged as pre-release evals. They are always at least worth the $2.00.
The prices are higher in Beijing...Tianjin is best for price. They are off-street in Bejing. Not at all hard to find in Tianjin...try any of the music stores near the colleges.
Seems to me the studios should hook up with these guys and find a way so that the consumer can get releases sooner and for a better price:)...oh, and these are most always region free
...I grew tired of the constant barrage of Real Player updates long ago. It seems they only provide and use thier products as customer info gathering/profiling tools.
I avoid the use of any 'Real' audio components, both client and server related. There are always other choices.
I was....am. My kids are border. My wife teaches elementary school and visits this issue on a routine basis.
Two things...first, learn exactly what true ADHD is. Read up until you are sick of it. You need to be able to tell others with confidence how to distinguish true ADHD from other problems. This is never easy, unless you've suffered yourself. Also learn about dyslexia.
Second, remember your goal. This is to support your child. Not to defend yourself as a parent...not to cave in to a doctor or teacher without enough time to help your child. This is the hard part.
I think you're confusing marketing and mass production with the ability of a single individual. Don Henley can't sit in his studio and burn CD's by the millions, now can he? But he can put up a website, with 10 or 20 MP3's, and let me use PayPal to download the ones that interest me. Can Don make money this way? Depends on his overhead and success with his fans. Can he get stinking rich? Not until the corporate stench leaves the room, no.
The major houses have no qualms about taking advantage of any artist they sign. None.
Anyone that imagines I can cause pain to a recording artist by duplicating his/her CD at home needs to study the economics of the recording industry just a bit closer. I worked in that industry just long enough to decide there was nothing glamorous about the way signed artists are treated.
My point is this...the houses make a profit any way they can. I make a statement any way I can. One of us can sleep at night.
And every time I buy a painting from an artist or a song directly from a musician I'm telling them I appreciate what they do.
MS makes a tasty 480% profit on their software.... EMI gets more than 80% of the profit from each CD. It really isn't that hard to detect the bad guys in this create/buy/sell/profit/pirate game. clue---the consumer is down on the list.
My ADSL was converted to VDSL last month. I live in Korea, and this county doesn't have the issues that consumers in the US are forced to endure. The telco's in the US are still trying to squeeze pennies out of legacy communications infrastructure...I don't see any change coming soon.
ACs...where would we find joy and enlightenment without them?
And lest we all miss the meaning behind such razor sharp prescience, let it be known that in this case, someone has been given the gift of education for the upcoming Christmas holiday. Let us all hope this quick witted AC unwraps it before his/her next post.
OO has a 'load during system startup' option (QuickStarter) that makes working from scratch much more tolerable. I can have a new text file, spreadsheet, etc., open on demand...a new drawing makes me wait a whole three seconds. If you run SO when you boot, and leave it running, you'll find it much easier to create new documents. Think of SO as an alternate desktop.
I think Sony considered liscensing, support, packaging, compatibility etc. on the backend and decided to play it safe...for now. The target is Europe, so there may be some specific considerations in play that led them to pick one over the other.
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Remember when certain vocal entities claimed that WORD would inventory your system and phone home to Redmond?
How can anyone be surprised when the topic of profiling via PC usage comes up?
Worrying about it gives offending parties too much cred. I doubt there is any real efficiency in how the data (if collected) is used, much less harvested.
...you do it on company time.
What was that saying about Editors? They're the ones that come down off the hill, after the battle, and shoot the wounded...
Your point about adjusting for inflation is well taken. All the more reason for fan-consumers to ignore the hype, since that is all any of the chatter is any more.
...and what was that industry claim, again, about how pirate DVD's are hurting the industry...and why anyone should care?
Or does the USD$4bil include estimates of perceived gain as well (as opposed to projected loses)?
The user that I contested agreed with me - my 2 points should stand - please consider throttling this (8%) moderator back for being unfair, thanks.
:)
I claim the original comparison is too broad, and only works when defined. A majority can't exist as a class without allegiance/resistance to something. Just being able to go from A to B doesn't define someone as a generic car owner. It only defines them as a commuter...they can be using trains, taxis or bicycles...furthering a breakdown of definition...cars, then, become less of a point to your argument.
So how comparative are enthusiast OS's vs. Windows?
Can we see J & J Desktop Windows users rising up in rancourous vervor if Redmond said that support for all things Windows would end as the new year begins? Doubtful...they would simply wait for a substitute to fill the (perceived) gap. Would Apple users howl if Cupertino said support would end for...oh wait... OS 9.x support will continue, won't it...
The car thing only works for me if it is bland vs. enthusiast....not cars in general.
He said "driving a car"...not driving a bland or generic car. I can claim references to what he was or was not saying as easy as you (and we would both be speculating.)
The analogy as presented was loose and weak. Your attempt to prop it up is only an attempt to rationalize his original error. That error still stands.
What...you never talked to a Corvette owner? Porsche? BMW? Saturn? Check the web right now for Mustang fans...you need to do a reality check on this particular analogy.
:)
Don't get me wrong...windows users are not united as a fan base, that's for sure (compared to Apple users, as an example). But using cars as an example of your point is way off, sorry.
Try something like "...any more than coughing up blood makes drunks united."
iPod--->shirt pocket...duh!
Only Windows iPod owners use stands......might as well make a cardboard sign that says "I own the most expensive mp3 player on the market!!! - Look at me!!
I own one, but I don't slog it around like a piece of jewelry...
I haven't seen anything like this on MacInTouch...is this just some cooked rumor? Not that I care either way :)
Yep, and the two of us will be able to take down an entire industry all on our own. Imagine....not.
...this is the place (silk market)....down the alley, on the right. Would have bought more, but the inventory was down when we were there...
Troll? Must be a Real fan that can't handle the truth...tight ass :)
I've found more than a dozen films on DVD in China, for less than US$2.00 each in the last 9 months, that were available before the movie on screen and/or on DVD.
:) ...oh, and these are most always region free
Sometimes the quality is of a handheld DV camera...sometimes the subtitles are from another movie. Sometimes they are tagged as pre-release evals. They are always at least worth the $2.00.
The prices are higher in Beijing...Tianjin is best for price. They are off-street in Bejing. Not at all hard to find in Tianjin...try any of the music stores near the colleges.
Seems to me the studios should hook up with these guys and find a way so that the consumer can get releases sooner and for a better price
...I grew tired of the constant barrage of Real Player updates long ago. It seems they only provide and use thier products as customer info gathering/profiling tools.
I avoid the use of any 'Real' audio components, both client and server related. There are always other choices.
I was....am. My kids are border. My wife teaches elementary school and visits this issue on a routine basis.
Two things...first, learn exactly what true ADHD is. Read up until you are sick of it. You need to be able to tell others with confidence how to distinguish true ADHD from other problems. This is never easy, unless you've suffered yourself. Also learn about dyslexia.
Second, remember your goal. This is to support your child. Not to defend yourself as a parent...not to cave in to a doctor or teacher without enough time to help your child. This is the hard part.
Good luck....
Yes, that perhaps reads better, thanks.
I think you're confusing marketing and mass production with the ability of a single individual. Don Henley can't sit in his studio and burn CD's by the millions, now can he? But he can put up a website, with 10 or 20 MP3's, and let me use PayPal to download the ones that interest me. Can Don make money this way? Depends on his overhead and success with his fans. Can he get stinking rich? Not until the corporate stench leaves the room, no.
The major houses have no qualms about taking advantage of any artist they sign. None.
Anyone that imagines I can cause pain to a recording artist by duplicating his/her CD at home needs to study the economics of the recording industry just a bit closer. I worked in that industry just long enough to decide there was nothing glamorous about the way signed artists are treated.
My point is this...the houses make a profit any way they can. I make a statement any way I can. One of us can sleep at night.
And every time I buy a painting from an artist or a song directly from a musician I'm telling them I appreciate what they do.
MS makes a tasty 480% profit on their software.... EMI gets more than 80% of the profit from each CD. It really isn't that hard to detect the bad guys in this create/buy/sell/profit/pirate game. clue---the consumer is down on the list.
Every time you pay $12.98 for a music CD you tell them you approve of the way they act.
How do you get the attention of a Hollywood media mogul?
Waiter!!!
VDSL holds a bit more promise, I think.
My ADSL was converted to VDSL last month. I live in Korea, and this county doesn't have the issues that consumers in the US are forced to endure. The telco's in the US are still trying to squeeze pennies out of legacy communications infrastructure...I don't see any change coming soon.
ACs...where would we find joy and enlightenment without them?
And lest we all miss the meaning behind such razor sharp prescience, let it be known that in this case, someone has been given the gift of education for the upcoming Christmas holiday. Let us all hope this quick witted AC unwraps it before his/her next post.
Happy Holidays!!!
OO has a 'load during system startup' option (QuickStarter) that makes working from scratch much more tolerable. I can have a new text file, spreadsheet, etc., open on demand...a new drawing makes me wait a whole three seconds. If you run SO when you boot, and leave it running, you'll find it much easier to create new documents. Think of SO as an alternate desktop.
I think Sony considered liscensing, support, packaging, compatibility etc. on the backend and decided to play it safe...for now. The target is Europe, so there may be some specific considerations in play that led them to pick one over the other.