I think it was Whirlpool who made a middle of the road washer and dryer set. They didn't sell very well, so they upped the price over 1 grand each and they sold like crazy.
I think this is the same phenomenon we are seeing with Starbucks coffee, and the proliferation of legion's of coffee related drinks ending with chino or latte.
It was perfectly stable for me, then it started to crap out every couple of days. I hassled with them time and time again until they decided it must be my old router they sent me originally. They gave me a new modem and I got a new router and it has worked flawlessly since. I don't believe that my router was borked, but the new setup works good.
I will say that SBC customer service is perhaps the WORST customer service I have ever had the displeasure of working with. We're talking hours of phone time, mostly on hold, useless suggestions like deleting my cookies, and constant disconnections.
I bought an XBox because I was tired of upgrading my computer and fiddeling with drivers all the damn time. When I built my computer, I bought the best hardware available. A year later, I couldn't play any of the latest games without turning down the quality and expecting some choppyness. A year and a half later I need to buy a new video card, and that makes my CPU the bottleneck, so a new CPU is necessary, and that means a new MB which supports different RAM, and so on and so on.
Finally I said, "screw it." and bought an XBox, where the games all work well and I can concerntrate on actually playing the game rather than making the games playable.
It just seems futile, the record companies could care less how much we complain. Regardless of the consumer's feelings, they will continue to spend millions of dollars creating these wacky DRM schemes that some teenage Norweedishacanopean will crack on his 486 in the time it takes to down a can of Mountain Dew.
Let's stop complaining about it because seriously, let's face it, we'll always be able to make as many copies of our CDs and DVDs as we want.
I took my Camecorder into the theater to record my daughter seeing her first movie. The light came on automatically because it was too dark and I blinded the people behind us (which completly distracted them from one of the more intense scenes in "Home on the Range"). When I turned the light off, all I got was a black screen because it was too dark.
Anyway, all 10 seconds of this footage got leaked to Kazaa.
I'm interested, how do they figure out who is downloading music from Kazza and Gnutella? I mean, do they just get IPs? How would they know who was using the computer at the time etc?
Seems like this might be able to do a good job grading the quality of the writing (i.e. correct grammer, punctuation, spelling, etc) But it seems like a human reader would have to evaulate the quantative value of the essay. Does it contain the correct information? Did the writer stray into different topics?
I'm a software engineer who works in an industry where everyone carries expensive devices that replicate the functions of cheaper, more reliable "old-fashioned" methods, (aka: pencil and a notebook).
All you really need to do is look at your watch, jot the time down, start writing.
Sometimes, technology for technologies sake is a bad idea. You'll find yourself along the side of the rode with no batteries in your portable typing device and you'll end up scratching a description out on some bark with a rock or something.
You don't want to be the guy who can't change the channel without the remote control dude. I don't mean this as a flame, just a bit of practical advice.
I agree that boycotting the RIAA is a perfectly valid way to protest what is going on. But when you steal the music anyway, it seriously invalidates your cause. I mean, personally, I wouldn't expect that you would change your habits if the prices came down since your stealing it for free anyway. So stop stealing it and start boycotting it.
I agree, but this is not Apple's business and it will dilute the quality of their more specialized business. I can see them spawning a new and seperate music label to handle just that however. An internet only lable would seriously piss off the conventional record store labels. It would sure be nice to have someone like that to route for, and the Job's Apple is just the type of company that would support such an endeavour.
Haha, you fools! It amuses me to read about how you have to pay for new updates with new features! I laugh when I read about expose and X11 integration and performance improvements! Dance puppets dance!
You couldn't pay me 7 dollars to watch a whole movie taped in a theater with a camecorder. No thanks.
Seems like a lot of money spent to prevent something that nobody wants to watch anyway. The real problem is the people who work at the theater and the people who copy DVD screeners or pre-release copies.
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Someone needs to set up a huge server room that accepts only incoming packets so the spammers can seed the servers. Then no spam is sent out, but you still get paid. Make spam more costly that the revenue it generates... (Yea I know server rooms are expensive... just a thought)
That's a great idea, it would kill Tivo and Replay, and they couldn;t market prime time ad slots anymore , since anyone could watch their shows at any time, but I personally would appriciate that.
It'll happen one day, but by that time, all we'll want to watch is "Wheel of Fortune" anyway.
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I think it was Whirlpool who made a middle of the road washer and dryer set. They didn't sell very well, so they upped the price over 1 grand each and they sold like crazy.
I think this is the same phenomenon we are seeing with Starbucks coffee, and the proliferation of legion's of coffee related drinks ending with chino or latte.
It was perfectly stable for me, then it started to crap out every couple of days. I hassled with them time and time again until they decided it must be my old router they sent me originally. They gave me a new modem and I got a new router and it has worked flawlessly since. I don't believe that my router was borked, but the new setup works good.
I will say that SBC customer service is perhaps the WORST customer service I have ever had the displeasure of working with. We're talking hours of phone time, mostly on hold, useless suggestions like deleting my cookies, and constant disconnections.
-t
It also should be said that piracy hurts movies that girlfriends and wives don't like.
There should be a "mod +1 SCARY" option.
I bought an XBox because I was tired of upgrading my computer and fiddeling with drivers all the damn time. When I built my computer, I bought the best hardware available. A year later, I couldn't play any of the latest games without turning down the quality and expecting some choppyness. A year and a half later I need to buy a new video card, and that makes my CPU the bottleneck, so a new CPU is necessary, and that means a new MB which supports different RAM, and so on and so on.
Finally I said, "screw it." and bought an XBox, where the games all work well and I can concerntrate on actually playing the game rather than making the games playable.
-troy
It just seems futile, the record companies could care less how much we complain. Regardless of the consumer's feelings, they will continue to spend millions of dollars creating these wacky DRM schemes that some teenage Norweedishacanopean will crack on his 486 in the time it takes to down a can of Mountain Dew.
Let's stop complaining about it because seriously, let's face it, we'll always be able to make as many copies of our CDs and DVDs as we want.
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I took my Camecorder into the theater to record my daughter seeing her first movie. The light came on automatically because it was too dark and I blinded the people behind us (which completly distracted them from one of the more intense scenes in "Home on the Range"). When I turned the light off, all I got was a black screen because it was too dark.
Anyway, all 10 seconds of this footage got leaked to Kazaa.
Interesting, thanks!
So this all hinges on how tough your ISP is then? What happened to the SBC suit against the RIAA?
I'm interested, how do they figure out who is downloading music from Kazza and Gnutella? I mean, do they just get IPs? How would they know who was using the computer at the time etc?
-t
Seems like this might be able to do a good job grading the quality of the writing (i.e. correct grammer, punctuation, spelling, etc) But it seems like a human reader would have to evaulate the quantative value of the essay. Does it contain the correct information? Did the writer stray into different topics?
I'm a software engineer who works in an industry where everyone carries expensive devices that replicate the functions of cheaper, more reliable "old-fashioned" methods, (aka: pencil and a notebook).
All you really need to do is look at your watch, jot the time down, start writing.
Sometimes, technology for technologies sake is a bad idea. You'll find yourself along the side of the rode with no batteries in your portable typing device and you'll end up scratching a description out on some bark with a rock or something.
You don't want to be the guy who can't change the channel without the remote control dude. I don't mean this as a flame, just a bit of practical advice.
-troy
I agree that boycotting the RIAA is a perfectly valid way to protest what is going on. But when you steal the music anyway, it seriously invalidates your cause. I mean, personally, I wouldn't expect that you would change your habits if the prices came down since your stealing it for free anyway. So stop stealing it and start boycotting it.
I agree, but this is not Apple's business and it will dilute the quality of their more specialized business. I can see them spawning a new and seperate music label to handle just that however. An internet only lable would seriously piss off the conventional record store labels. It would sure be nice to have someone like that to route for, and the Job's Apple is just the type of company that would support such an endeavour.
It's kind of ironic that you lose points in a Computer Science AP Exam for reusing code.
Moderators don't understand sarcasm today I guess.
Haha, you fools! It amuses me to read about how you have to pay for new updates with new features! I laugh when I read about expose and X11 integration and performance improvements! Dance puppets dance!
(Can I join?)
Okay, fixed. Thanks for your suggestions.
The stupid kid made the calls from his own cell phone? If only terrorists were this stupid :(
I'd like to see a technical comparison. I know it's a bit early, but is there anything out there yet?
You couldn't pay me 7 dollars to watch a whole movie taped in a theater with a camecorder. No thanks.
Seems like a lot of money spent to prevent something that nobody wants to watch anyway. The real problem is the people who work at the theater and the people who copy DVD screeners or pre-release copies.
Someone needs to set up a huge server room that accepts only incoming packets so the spammers can seed the servers. Then no spam is sent out, but you still get paid. Make spam more costly that the revenue it generates... (Yea I know server rooms are expensive... just a thought)
That's a great idea, it would kill Tivo and Replay, and they couldn;t market prime time ad slots anymore , since anyone could watch their shows at any time, but I personally would appriciate that.
It'll happen one day, but by that time, all we'll want to watch is "Wheel of Fortune" anyway.
Do what makes you happy. If you choose stability over happyness, you'll regret it later.