5 years ago (2003) I would buy maybe 1-2 CDs per month. Definitely less than what I bought in 2000.
Now, I can't remember the last time I bought a CD. Definitely none this year so far. I don't think I bought any in '07 or '06 either.
Partially it's because of the whole stigmata and the ease of getting things off of P2P and (to a lesser extent) usenet.
A lot more is because I just don't see much good stuff out there, and my collection of the classics is pretty much complete.
I'm also a bit wary about newer releases of older albums having less dynamic range due to remastering (see: loudness wars), but truthfully it doesn't matter to me since my collection is somewhat complete.
Or 3 movies from the Walmart $5 bin. (The movies in the bin are often 5 years old. For new movies, the Walmart price is ~$15.)
Or an unlimited number of movies "rented" from the local library for one week each. (Okay, I'm only allowed 3 movies at a time. That's still enough to get me through a weekend.) I've watched the complete Sopranos from my local library and will start on Deadwood next.
I know that when I need to get rid of some of the DVDs in my collection, they'll end up in the library for others to enjoy.
The technology exists. It's out of the bag. It doesn't matter if Google does it -- if they don't, someone else will.
Actually, I can't wait until this technology becomes ubiquitous. Tagging my photo database takes too long at this time. With facial recognition, it's something that I could reasonably do.
Except, you do have to pay sales tax if you buy something out of state.
It's just that if you buy something out of state, the store isn't obligated to collect the sales tax. The purchaser is supposed to declare the item and pay it later to their state.
As a guy, I really could use another guy in my marriage. If nothing else, it will dilute some of the nagging I get from my wife. I really doubt my wife would want to deal with another guy, though.
Group marriages (multiple husbands and wives) may fare better. Are there any group marriage cultures to look at for advice?
My brother made the mistake of ordering a steak "well done" at Peter Luger (probably the preeminent steakhouse in Brooklyn, NY). The waiter looked at him in disgust, and delayed the order 30 minutes. When they finally brought all the food out, the waiter said, "Sorry for the delay but we had to spoil a perfectly good piece of meat for this one." as they put the steak in front of my brother.
If you ever get a chance to order multiple steaks in a steakhouse, I advise ordering one rare and one medium-rare. That will give you a good idea of the difference in texture and flavor the extra cooking does. As for well done... Let's just say you shouldn't order it in front of people you want to impress.
That being said, a 98% accuracy sounds like it's as good as the gold standard (Gold standards are almost never 100% accurate). I find that hard to believe, and therefore find the results suspect.
I'm in the target demographic as well. I've got the 1080p TV, 5.1 surround sound, make enough to buy several DVDs a month.
I wont buy a bluray player at the current price points. Give me a call when they are ~$100 and can play DIVX.avi files like my $35 DVD player does.
Also, a $5 premium on discs is acceptable. The problem is, at the local walmart DVDs run from $13 for popular stuff thats pretty new and $5 for stuff a few years older (yes, they also have shelves of $20 DVDs, but why bother?).
I am not paying $30+ for bluray discs. Especially since I can't back them up in any reasonable way.
CNR is a nice concept. Hopefully it can be merged into the Add/Remove Applications app. Having a central repository for commercial and FOSS apps is a definite win.
Of course, apps would have to be well tagged to say if they are commercial, crippleware, shareware, or free. Hopefully crippleware will be completely excluded since it gives a bad experience to the whole system.
If the federal government decides that it is immune from copyright, why do they bother buying software at all? Can't they just get it from warez sites?
rsync is definitely your friend. Check out the man pages and look up some examples on the net. (The command line options I use are rsync -avurtpogL --progress --delete, but YMMV.)
Yeah. I'm not sure what legal leg google can stand on here.
In fact, it seems to be a clear case of trespassing.
(That being said, I'm not really sure about the damages, except to make it a point to others to not do it even if you are a multi-billion dollar corporation.)
Slashdot Mirror
How about:
Fast scroll when a page has a fixed background image.
Even Al Bundy cared for his wife, deep down. (Admittedly, you had to dig pretty deep.)
The characters on Seinfeld routinely sell each other out for practically nothing.
5 years ago (2003) I would buy maybe 1-2 CDs per month. Definitely less than what I bought in 2000.
Now, I can't remember the last time I bought a CD. Definitely none this year so far. I don't think I bought any in '07 or '06 either.
Partially it's because of the whole stigmata and the ease of getting things off of P2P and (to a lesser extent) usenet.
A lot more is because I just don't see much good stuff out there, and my collection of the classics is pretty much complete.
I'm also a bit wary about newer releases of older albums having less dynamic range due to remastering (see: loudness wars), but truthfully it doesn't matter to me since my collection is somewhat complete.
The add made little sense. It didn't mention computers at all until the last 10 seconds.
It was kinda funny, but not even typical Seinfeld humor.
I think Microsoft should get a refund from the ad agency.
Or 3 movies from the Walmart $5 bin. (The movies in the bin are often 5 years old. For new movies, the Walmart price is ~$15.)
Or an unlimited number of movies "rented" from the local library for one week each. (Okay, I'm only allowed 3 movies at a time. That's still enough to get me through a weekend.) I've watched the complete Sopranos from my local library and will start on Deadwood next.
I know that when I need to get rid of some of the DVDs in my collection, they'll end up in the library for others to enjoy.
Don't ask for a hybrid truck.
What you want is a truck with a "green" diesel engine. Quiet and fuel efficient and still able to generate a lot of torque.
The technology exists. It's out of the bag. It doesn't matter if Google does it -- if they don't, someone else will.
Actually, I can't wait until this technology becomes ubiquitous. Tagging my photo database takes too long at this time. With facial recognition, it's something that I could reasonably do.
DigiKam developers, get with the program!
How does the worm know what username to try to break into prior to escalating to 'root'?
Except, you do have to pay sales tax if you buy something out of state.
It's just that if you buy something out of state, the store isn't obligated to collect the sales tax. The purchaser is supposed to declare the item and pay it later to their state.
The problem is, anything in excess can be a health concern. Even oxygen. (Don't believe me? See: ozone.)
As a guy, I really could use another guy in my marriage. If nothing else, it will dilute some of the nagging I get from my wife. I really doubt my wife would want to deal with another guy, though.
Group marriages (multiple husbands and wives) may fare better. Are there any group marriage cultures to look at for advice?
Heck, she doesn't even look as real as Celine Dion, let alone a real person.
Last I checked, the NBC website wouldn't work under linux, anyways. I never checked back and lost interest in watching it on TV 8 years ago.
I'm just waiting for a FOSS, net-aware multiplayer
M.U.L.E.
My brother made the mistake of ordering a steak "well done" at Peter Luger (probably the preeminent steakhouse in Brooklyn, NY). The waiter looked at him in disgust, and delayed the order 30 minutes. When they finally brought all the food out, the waiter said, "Sorry for the delay but we had to spoil a perfectly good piece of meat for this one." as they put the steak in front of my brother.
If you ever get a chance to order multiple steaks in a steakhouse, I advise ordering one rare and one medium-rare. That will give you a good idea of the difference in texture and flavor the extra cooking does. As for well done... Let's just say you shouldn't order it in front of people you want to impress.
Perhaps the cup holder can be positioned over the CPU heat sink? That way it can double as a warmer or to brew tea.
I have not read the article.
That being said, a 98% accuracy sounds like it's as good as the gold standard (Gold standards are almost never 100% accurate). I find that hard to believe, and therefore find the results suspect.
Dell went from selling Windows XP systems 6 months ago to now selling Windows Vista with downgrade to Windows XP.
Guess it counts for a Vista sale and not an XP sale, but it's still pretty shitty.
Not sure where I should buy my next WindowsXP laptop from.
I'm in the target demographic as well. I've got the 1080p TV, 5.1 surround sound, make enough to buy several DVDs a month.
I wont buy a bluray player at the current price points. Give me a call when they are ~$100 and can play DIVX .avi files like my $35 DVD player does.
Also, a $5 premium on discs is acceptable. The problem is, at the local walmart DVDs run from $13 for popular stuff thats pretty new and $5 for stuff a few years older (yes, they also have shelves of $20 DVDs, but why bother?).
I am not paying $30+ for bluray discs. Especially since I can't back them up in any reasonable way.
CNR is a nice concept. Hopefully it can be merged into the Add/Remove Applications app. Having a central repository for commercial and FOSS apps is a definite win.
Of course, apps would have to be well tagged to say if they are commercial, crippleware, shareware, or free. Hopefully crippleware will be completely excluded since it gives a bad experience to the whole system.
If the federal government decides that it is immune from copyright, why do they bother buying software at all? Can't they just get it from warez sites?
rsync is definitely your friend. Check out the man pages and look up some examples on the net. (The command line options I use are rsync -avurtpogL --progress --delete, but YMMV.)
That includes BRAINS!
Yeah. I'm not sure what legal leg google can stand on here.
In fact, it seems to be a clear case of trespassing.
(That being said, I'm not really sure about the damages, except to make it a point to others to not do it even if you are a multi-billion dollar corporation.)
Be on the front page of /. every week, boosting their add impressions.