If you can't afford an ipod, you probbaly can't afford to buy music online either. The ipod is in the highest bracket of the market, they sell their product to people who can afford the best product and who can afford to buy music. The cheap knock off mp3 players are generally only used by people who pirate all their music, so I don't see the point in opening up the Itunes market to them anyway....
Also, people who don't use ipods generally don't have as much love for music as ipod users. Basically, buying a stripped down no-name mp3 player is doing a disrespect to the music you listen to. I for one am I big U2 fan, so I bought the U2 ipod to listen to U2 and show my love for this talented Irish Group.
How come WE aren't the number one manufacturer of laptops. Perhaps it's time we became less dependant on asian countries and started building our own computers with our own technology! Who would trust chinese made computers anyway? Communist governments are known for using backdoors and spying. Is our data really safe ?
With the internet giving worldwide communication and stable voice transmission at your fingertips, why would anyone use ham radio? I think sacrificing the use of an old and tired medium is worth it to bring broadband to more people.
And don't say ham radio would be useful in some sort of natural disaster, seeing as the internet WAS designed to withstand a nuclear attack!
They should not, but they do. As much as I hate amateur websites, I would not neglect a site that had useful information just because it was designed bad.. because that would be a little... insane.
Look, someone who is a loner and is into guns and bombs and anti-government rhetoric IS A RISK. Everyone but the naive knows it, some of you don't want to admit it. McVey, the unibomber, the columbine kids, and most other psychos exactly fit the profile of this person in question.
Sure most of the time those people are guilty of nothing but being weird but you never hear about people who are involved with their community, go to church, and participate in sports going on a killing rampage.
If you hate the government, fight it the right way. Organize peaceful protests, write your representatives, get involved somehow. Going on about guns and bombs at the same time as you go on about hating the government is a very stupid thing to do. There is the right to freedom of speech but people also have the right to FEEL SAFE. Especially in these crazy, crazy times.
I remember there were some kids who advocated killing their classmates and were into bomb making and guns ect... If we threw them in jail it could have prevented a tragedy, and maybe one was prevented in this case.
I remember when I was in Japan I was impressed by their vastly superior cell phone technology. 3g phones which double as pdas and have video capability. And the size, very impressive. More people use cell phones in Japan than traditional copper wire service, which cost a lot there as it is.
I'm hoping one day we will catch up to the Japanese in cell phone technology but that is unlikely as they are far far ahead of America in almost every department. While our students are lazy and self centered individuals, the Japanese youth know the value of conformity and hard work. Ever hear of crime or poverty in Japan ? There isn't much. Gun control along with a generally more polite attitude keeps crime there very low. We Americans could learn a lot from the Japanese, although we are still the best damn country in the world our technology is slightly lacking!
I think the real loser here is IBM/Apple... are they part of the 1.8% minority that includes transmeta also ?
I mean the numbers speak for themselves anyway.. Intel obviously has the best technology going for them right now.. You can buy a p4 that is way above 3ghz while apple only recently started selling 1ghz+ (g4,g5 based) systems. Athlon seems to not be able to clock above 2.2ghz (although their formulated and faulty pr rating attempts to inflate this). The opteron doesn't look too good either, clocking in at only 1.6ghz and losing out on most tests against the p4, xeon, and even athlon! Although amd has come a long way in recent years my money is on intel!
The heatsink that comes with the chip is more than adequate to cool it down. Using any other heatsink or thermal compound is a waste of time. I have been running my AMD system for well over a year with no problems using the retail fan + heatsink.
The only reason you would want to use another brand is if you overclock, which voids the warrenty anyway!
Why did they choose to use java and not the faster and more modern C# ? Seeing the legal issues associated with using java these days (Microsoft was a victim of sun's harh contracts), as well as it's lackluster performance, this looks like a foolish idea for IBM indeed.
A class action lawsuit directed at MS on behalf of all the ISP's who have been flooded with viruses and lost money due to security holes in MS's products.
Why not order or buy a box copy of your favorite linux distro? Maybe people should actually be supporting the linux distro companies. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than buying windows XP.
I'm sure if some people actually supported Mandrake by buying their product they wouldn't be going out of business now.
That most rock bands make most of their money from playing shows. A concert that is sold out and has lots of merchandise sales could mean big profit for the band itself. As an added bonus, the band also meets many groupies eager to have sex with them all night. That's something you DON'T get from being a sys admin!
If anyone is dumb enough to use AOL's overpriced, slow, and extremely flaky system, they almost DESERVE to have their credit card number stolen. Live and learn.
The screenshots from the two towers bootleg are illegal for two reasons:
a) They are not authorized pictures from the movie and could possibly spoil the movie for someone who hasn't seen it and that can result in lost sales
b) Showing pictures of a "bootleg" of a movie could potentially promote the art of bootlegging (which already is responsible for millions in lost/stolen sales)
Aol/Time Warner is within their rights and has a duty to protect their copywritten work. Sorry folks.
First of all, one gig a day is very reasonable. Many providers limit people to 10 gigs of download A MONTH.
Secondly, there is no way a person could legally download more than 1 gig in a day. Are people complaining that they cannot download pirated game iso's, divx's of movies, or tons of mp3 everyday? I mean come on.
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If you can't afford an ipod, you probbaly can't afford to buy music online either. The ipod is in the highest bracket of the market, they sell their product to people who can afford the best product and who can afford to buy music. The cheap knock off mp3 players are generally only used by people who pirate all their music, so I don't see the point in opening up the Itunes market to them anyway....
Also, people who don't use ipods generally don't have as much love for music as ipod users. Basically, buying a stripped down no-name mp3 player is doing a disrespect to the music you listen to. I for one am I big U2 fan, so I bought the U2 ipod to listen to U2 and show my love for this talented Irish Group.
Your version is more boring though, there is more to journalism than condensing information into the least amount of lines.
Just remember though, we would never have television without commercials. Sometimes advertising is necessary.
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How come WE aren't the number one manufacturer of laptops. Perhaps it's time we became less dependant on asian countries and started building our own computers with our own technology! Who would trust chinese made computers anyway? Communist governments are known for using backdoors and spying. Is our data really safe ?
With the internet giving worldwide communication and stable voice transmission at your fingertips, why would anyone use ham radio? I think sacrificing the use of an old and tired medium is worth it to bring broadband to more people.
And don't say ham radio would be useful in some sort of natural disaster, seeing as the internet WAS designed to withstand a nuclear attack!
They should not, but they do. As much as I hate amateur websites, I would not neglect a site that had useful information just because it was designed bad.. because that would be a little... insane.
Look, someone who is a loner and is into guns and bombs and anti-government rhetoric IS A RISK. Everyone but the naive knows it, some of you don't want to admit it. McVey, the unibomber, the columbine kids, and most other psychos exactly fit the profile of this person in question.
Sure most of the time those people are guilty of nothing but being weird but you never hear about people who are involved with their community, go to church, and participate in sports going on a killing rampage.
If you hate the government, fight it the right way. Organize peaceful protests, write your representatives, get involved somehow. Going on about guns and bombs at the same time as you go on about hating the government is a very stupid thing to do. There is the right to freedom of speech but people also have the right to FEEL SAFE. Especially in these crazy, crazy times.
I remember there were some kids who advocated killing their classmates and were into bomb making and guns ect... If we threw them in jail it could have prevented a tragedy, and maybe one was prevented in this case.
I remember when I was in Japan I was impressed by their vastly superior cell phone technology. 3g phones which double as pdas and have video capability. And the size, very impressive. More people use cell phones in Japan than traditional copper wire service, which cost a lot there as it is.
I'm hoping one day we will catch up to the Japanese in cell phone technology but that is unlikely as they are far far ahead of America in almost every department. While our students are lazy and self centered individuals, the Japanese youth know the value of conformity and hard work. Ever hear of crime or poverty in Japan ? There isn't much. Gun control along with a generally more polite attitude keeps crime there very low. We Americans could learn a lot from the Japanese, although we are still the best damn country in the world our technology is slightly lacking!
I think the real loser here is IBM/Apple... are they part of the 1.8% minority that includes transmeta also ?
I mean the numbers speak for themselves anyway.. Intel obviously has the best technology going for them right now.. You can buy a p4 that is way above 3ghz while apple only recently started selling 1ghz+ (g4,g5 based) systems. Athlon seems to not be able to clock above 2.2ghz (although their formulated and faulty pr rating attempts to inflate this). The opteron doesn't look too good either, clocking in at only 1.6ghz and losing out on most tests against the p4, xeon, and even athlon! Although amd has come a long way in recent years my money is on intel!
The heatsink that comes with the chip is more than adequate to cool it down. Using any other heatsink or thermal compound is a waste of time. I have been running my AMD system for well over a year with no problems using the retail fan + heatsink.
The only reason you would want to use another brand is if you overclock, which voids the warrenty anyway!
Why did they choose to use java and not the faster and more modern C# ? Seeing the legal issues associated with using java these days (Microsoft was a victim of sun's harh contracts), as well as it's lackluster performance, this looks like a foolish idea for IBM indeed.
Homer Simpson was right!
Ironic that they would call a "tracking system" the "Liberty Project". If anything this REMOVES personal liberty.
Identity information basically means "government tracking".
How long will it be before the USA uses this to fry innocent children in Iraq (oh wait they are just 'casualties' of the OIL war)
The best part is since internet2 is a private network, no mainstream users are going to benefit from it's incredible speed. Hooray!
A class action lawsuit directed at MS on behalf of all the ISP's who have been flooded with viruses and lost money due to security holes in MS's products.
Why not order or buy a box copy of your favorite linux distro? Maybe people should actually be supporting the linux distro companies. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than buying windows XP.
I'm sure if some people actually supported Mandrake by buying their product they wouldn't be going out of business now.
yeah agreed, especially with things such as Gnu HURD being something like.. 20 years late ?
That most rock bands make most of their money from playing shows. A concert that is sold out and has lots of merchandise sales could mean big profit for the band itself. As an added bonus, the band also meets many groupies eager to have sex with them all night. That's something you DON'T get from being a sys admin!
If anyone is dumb enough to use AOL's overpriced, slow, and extremely flaky system, they almost DESERVE to have their credit card number stolen. Live and learn.
Considering how blatently overpriced most apple systems are, I would assume they are making a HUGE markup on hardware sales.
Or maybe not. Maybe the public is realizing you can get a very formidible windows based computer for half the price of a cheap mac.
I am a mac user btw, and although I love OS X, buying this system really hurt my wallet.
The screenshots from the two towers bootleg are illegal for two reasons:
a) They are not authorized pictures from the movie and could possibly spoil the movie for someone who hasn't seen it and that can result in lost sales
b) Showing pictures of a "bootleg" of a movie could potentially promote the art of bootlegging (which already is responsible for millions in lost/stolen sales)
Aol/Time Warner is within their rights and has a duty to protect their copywritten work. Sorry folks.
First of all, one gig a day is very reasonable. Many providers limit people to 10 gigs of download A MONTH.
Secondly, there is no way a person could legally download more than 1 gig in a day. Are people complaining that they cannot download pirated game iso's, divx's of movies, or tons of mp3 everyday? I mean come on.