I hope there is still some kind of non-subscription content, or that the price of the media drops drastically. At $1.99 per episode, that's only about 4 weekly shows that I could download for the same price I pay monthly for 130 cable channels. When I'm sitting up at 3AM, I don't want to have to pay by the hour for what is basically noise filler.
On the other side, maybe this will help Americans step away from the all-you-can-eat buffet-style TV watching. I definitely eat less when I'm buying my sushi one piece at a time. Maybe I'll watch less with this model.
But reading and replying to dozens of employee messages each day takes time that could be spent doing something else.
Yes, and I'd be glad to hear that my CEO was returning email instead of (or at least while) taking place in the latest pro-am or attending other "promotional" company-paid vacations.
Skeptics say the practice distracts CEOs from more-pressing work -- and extends already long workdays.'
Again, I would expect nothing less from a competent CEO. I work 10-12 hour days, and at 50-100 times my salary, I would expect the same from them.
I've lived in Seattle and Chicago. I've lived near the Seattle monorail, the Chicago el, and a regular set of train tracks. First, I don't see how you can call the monorail a "surface transit" system. Second, I'd much rather move back under the whoosh of the monorail than the clankety-clack of the el or train tracks. Following the battle back in Seattle between the monorail and light rail folks (in the Stranger), I'm not surprised at all to see light rail evangelists spreading FUD.
"The market should decide, not a single retailer... "
The market has decided that they want to make $0.99 the price they will pay for their music. They could even go cheaper through WalMart, Yahoo, etc, but they have decided not to. If they decide to make more popular songs more expensive, I'd imagine that would shift a lot of demand to the lower priced songs on iTunes, or to the other lower priced providers, which would still provide an average revenue of $0.99/song, the only difference being the new Christina Spears song will not sell as well.
I don't know if I'd lump Cingular in with Verizon in this case. Unlike Verizon, Cingular doesn't cripple Bluetooth, and (until the merger) did unlock phones after a contract was up. You still can have them unlock one if you get a nice enough phone rep.
I'm sure if they and Apple could work out a revenue sharing agreement, they would be glad to have the extra data revenue from a few million iTunes downloads added to thir ARPU.
2GB iPod Nano: $199
Motorola RAZR: $199
With this package, I get a cool phone, a cool mp3 player, good resolution on both screens, etc. for ~$400.
OR
Motorola ROCKR: $249
With this package, I get a Nokia-esque phone, low-res screen, 100 song limit, etc.
I'd rather get a cool case for my RAZR that has a little pocket that would let me slip the Nano into. Or maybe just hotglue them together. It't probably still be slimmer than the ROCKR.
Anyone know what the performance of these "perpendicular" drives will be like compared to today's accepted methods?
When I had a perpendicular drive installed in my current mp3 player (at significant expense I might add), I immediately noticed it produced a richer, warmer tone with better bass response and aural clarity. There was some fading off in the midrange, but overall a very satisfactory listening expierence.
Yes, yes. Everyone complains about the convergence of ID devices. Every time this is brought up, I think about my current wallet. If it was stolen, I'd have to call at least four different credit card companies, my bank, my grocery store, and the library. I'd also have to drive around town to get a new driver's license, healthcare card, warehouse membership card, etc. All of which could take me weeks to complete. If all my information was managed with one device, and implemented properly, one call to Cingular (or whoever managed the information) would have a replacement device overnighted to the address of my choice, and I'd be good to go by the next day.
This is not like the fingerprint-as-ID idea that is trotted out every six months or so where there is no chance of creating a new hash/ID/standard without super-gluing my fingertips; this could actually reduce the amount of time it took to get my life back up and running again.
Of course the operative phrase is implemented properly. Can someone please get working on that? Google, hello?
What does Lucas do anyway, just wake up every now and then and think "in what new ways can I rape the fond memories of a younger generation"?...PLEASE GEORGE JUST STOP...Please.... please stop hurting us.
Don't go see the movie; don't support it with your money. It's very simple. If you don't go see the movie, you can't complain about how your fond childhood memories have been ruined, and the financial incentive to keep throwing new Star Wars iterations out there decreases. I bet 99% of the Star Wars purists who complained about the bastardization of the franchise went and saw every re-released version anyway (then bought the DVDs), just to have something to complain about.
If you want to watch Star Wars but are worried about damage to your psyche, just get yourself the laserdisc copies of the original, unblemeshed, perfect in every way, can't be improved upon ever no matter how much Lucas thinks it can versions. Pull them off of P2P and write a check for $80 to Lucas c/o Skywalker ranch if your consience dictates it.
I know you meant that as a joke, but TMobile, being the only carrier on a network that isn't tied to a landline or LD provider, could very well sell this and not face the wrath of their parents. It would be a very effective end-around of the traditional landline carriers. Verizon, Cingular and Virigin are all beholden to Verizon, SBC/BellSouth and Sprint, respectively.
I wonder what this will do with their plans to start a MVNO with Sprint? Cingular was supposed to give up the right to the AT&T Wireless name in a few months so T could start AT&T Mobile (or whatever). But if this goes through, there really wouldn't be a point, would there? What would be really interesting would be for T to launch their wireless brand, and then be purchased by SBC.
On another topic, I was with AT&T Wireless when it was spun off in 2001; God was I glad to be away from those LD people. At the time, AT&T was still a somewhat prestigeous place to work, and we were just the peon division. As long as they were still selling their multi-million dollar business service contracts, they had very little vision for what wireless was about to do to their customer base.
I was a little leary when SBC and BLS bought out AT&T Wireless; but there hasn't been much of a change (yet).
Now I'm getting a kick out of being a part of the (probably) acquiring company; it's probably a little childish, but I can't wait for all the high-and-mighty T people to start sweating about their positions.
I hate bulky wallets, so I keep my few cards and bills in my pocket secured with a wide rubber band. It's cheap, functional, and the mailman brings me a new wallet almost every day!
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I hope there is still some kind of non-subscription content, or that the price of the media drops drastically. At $1.99 per episode, that's only about 4 weekly shows that I could download for the same price I pay monthly for 130 cable channels. When I'm sitting up at 3AM, I don't want to have to pay by the hour for what is basically noise filler.
On the other side, maybe this will help Americans step away from the all-you-can-eat buffet-style TV watching. I definitely eat less when I'm buying my sushi one piece at a time. Maybe I'll watch less with this model.
Yes, and I'd be glad to hear that my CEO was returning email instead of (or at least while) taking place in the latest pro-am or attending other "promotional" company-paid vacations.
Again, I would expect nothing less from a competent CEO. I work 10-12 hour days, and at 50-100 times my salary, I would expect the same from them.
I've lived in Seattle and Chicago. I've lived near the Seattle monorail, the Chicago el, and a regular set of train tracks. First, I don't see how you can call the monorail a "surface transit" system. Second, I'd much rather move back under the whoosh of the monorail than the clankety-clack of the el or train tracks. Following the battle back in Seattle between the monorail and light rail folks (in the Stranger), I'm not surprised at all to see light rail evangelists spreading FUD.
The market has decided that they want to make $0.99 the price they will pay for their music. They could even go cheaper through WalMart, Yahoo, etc, but they have decided not to. If they decide to make more popular songs more expensive, I'd imagine that would shift a lot of demand to the lower priced songs on iTunes, or to the other lower priced providers, which would still provide an average revenue of $0.99/song, the only difference being the new Christina Spears song will not sell as well.
I don't know if I'd lump Cingular in with Verizon in this case. Unlike Verizon, Cingular doesn't cripple Bluetooth, and (until the merger) did unlock phones after a contract was up. You still can have them unlock one if you get a nice enough phone rep.
I'm sure if they and Apple could work out a revenue sharing agreement, they would be glad to have the extra data revenue from a few million iTunes downloads added to thir ARPU.
2GB iPod Nano: $199
Motorola RAZR: $199
With this package, I get a cool phone, a cool mp3 player, good resolution on both screens, etc. for ~$400.
OR
Motorola ROCKR: $249
With this package, I get a Nokia-esque phone, low-res screen, 100 song limit, etc.
I'd rather get a cool case for my RAZR that has a little pocket that would let me slip the Nano into. Or maybe just hotglue them together. It't probably still be slimmer than the ROCKR.
All of you 30-somethings may remember a little super hero named THE BLUE BEETLE!
I miss The Electric Company. And Morgan Freeman as Easy Reader? Fergeddaboudit.
Oh, wait...
Now we can look forward to FARK Gene Manipulation contests. How will they link the NSFW entries?
Yes, yes. Everyone complains about the convergence of ID devices. Every time this is brought up, I think about my current wallet. If it was stolen, I'd have to call at least four different credit card companies, my bank, my grocery store, and the library. I'd also have to drive around town to get a new driver's license, healthcare card, warehouse membership card, etc. All of which could take me weeks to complete. If all my information was managed with one device, and implemented properly, one call to Cingular (or whoever managed the information) would have a replacement device overnighted to the address of my choice, and I'd be good to go by the next day.
This is not like the fingerprint-as-ID idea that is trotted out every six months or so where there is no chance of creating a new hash/ID/standard without super-gluing my fingertips; this could actually reduce the amount of time it took to get my life back up and running again.
Of course the operative phrase is implemented properly. Can someone please get working on that? Google, hello?
AT&T Wireless (now Cingular)has offered this since April of last year.
Don't go see the movie; don't support it with your money. It's very simple. If you don't go see the movie, you can't complain about how your fond childhood memories have been ruined, and the financial incentive to keep throwing new Star Wars iterations out there decreases. I bet 99% of the Star Wars purists who complained about the bastardization of the franchise went and saw every re-released version anyway (then bought the DVDs), just to have something to complain about.
If you want to watch Star Wars but are worried about damage to your psyche, just get yourself the laserdisc copies of the original, unblemeshed, perfect in every way, can't be improved upon ever no matter how much Lucas thinks it can versions. Pull them off of P2P and write a check for $80 to Lucas c/o Skywalker ranch if your consience dictates it.
I just hope my smartcard/token/key is large enough for me to write my pin/password/passphrase on with a Sharpie/whiteout brush/engraver.
Ah yes, America, the WalMart of international trade. (Or is that WalMart, the America of international trade?)
I know you meant that as a joke, but TMobile, being the only carrier on a network that isn't tied to a landline or LD provider, could very well sell this and not face the wrath of their parents. It would be a very effective end-around of the traditional landline carriers. Verizon, Cingular and Virigin are all beholden to Verizon, SBC/BellSouth and Sprint, respectively.
I wonder what this will do with their plans to start a MVNO with Sprint? Cingular was supposed to give up the right to the AT&T Wireless name in a few months so T could start AT&T Mobile (or whatever). But if this goes through, there really wouldn't be a point, would there? What would be really interesting would be for T to launch their wireless brand, and then be purchased by SBC.
On another topic, I was with AT&T Wireless when it was spun off in 2001; God was I glad to be away from those LD people. At the time, AT&T was still a somewhat prestigeous place to work, and we were just the peon division. As long as they were still selling their multi-million dollar business service contracts, they had very little vision for what wireless was about to do to their customer base.
I was a little leary when SBC and BLS bought out AT&T Wireless; but there hasn't been much of a change (yet).
Now I'm getting a kick out of being a part of the (probably) acquiring company; it's probably a little childish, but I can't wait for all the high-and-mighty T people to start sweating about their positions.
I'm not interested in what Bill O'Reilley has to say.
"The official name is: Family Entertainment and Copyright Act"
So you're saying this is Family Entertainment and Copyright Act Legislation? Sounds about right to me.
offered to pay for the first half of the trip. Paying for the half that would bring me back down to Earth safely is my responsibility.
And where's the concluding link to Roland Piquepaille's Blog?
It's the giant flies we should be worrying about!!
(OT) Any way someone could get a desktop-sized rendering of that?
I hate bulky wallets, so I keep my few cards and bills in my pocket secured with a wide rubber band. It's cheap, functional, and the mailman brings me a new wallet almost every day!
That's quite a long jump, 1974 (Fankenstein) to 2001 (Producers).
Isn't it more fair to say that he's had his hits and misses over his 65+ year career?
Too bad most of my friends are fans. I guess I can look forward to receiving 4 copies of the ROTK extended edition for Christmas.
('Cause that's how many friends I have.)