I can get the same specs from almost any vendor for the same price. From HP, for the same price, I could have everything you mentioned, plus a more efficient processor (Pentium-M) and a bigger hard drive.
Site is slashdotted so I have no idea what it says about grandchildren. However, if you live in a major metropolitan area in the US, HDTV is available to you RIGHT NOW. Either over the air (stations were required to broadcast digitally and most decided to also broadcast HD signals also), via satellite (DirecTV et al.), and via cable. Go here to find out where your closest HD signal is.
DLP projection also doesn't suffer from burn-in. Also, most respectable sites state that, while burn-in CAN be a problem with CRT, that problem is minimized if your TV is properly calibrated first.
More variety depends on the genre you're looking for. I went to a local record store and saw the biggest electronica section I've ever seen. Much bigger than the single rack most Best Buys have for electronica.
Judge's comments at oral arguments are generally irrelevant to what the judge's final decision is. In fact, the judges usually question both sides pretty thoroughly. It is possible that this article merely didn't include the questioning of the other side.
The author is pointing to niche products and saying they are still surviving. Reel-to-reel may be around, but try finding one at Circuit City. Same with vacuum tube amplifiers, which are the domain of "high-end" audio.
As for faxes, they have one important feature, signatures. Sure, a PGP signature is more likely to be correct, but for paper contracts, a signature is a good indication that someone read and accepted it (which is why real estate and attorneys use them).
Pagers? Cops can't use cell phones, but do have room for pagers. Phones are about as wide as pagers.
Radio is still going on because watching TV while driving may be a little dangerous.
Typewriters are used for filling out forms. That's about it.
Analog watches simply look better than digital watches. Watches are jewelry after all.
The PS2 game Manhunt has an interesting use of the headset. In the game, you play a person on death row who was not really killed, but instead is being hunted by others.
In the game, regular sounds come from the TV, but a tormentor speaks to you through your headset (if you are so equipped). Also, stealth is an important part of the game, and people who are trying to kill you hear your voice in the microphone. You can use the tactic to distract others.
If you're a big NFL fan, there really is no choice. DirecTV is the EXCLUSIVE proivder of NFL Sunday Ticket (where you can watch every regular season game) and the NFL network. Not just for NFL junkies, it's also for fans of out of state teams. E.g., you live in Illinois, but want to see all the Falcons games. With network or Cable, you're stuck with whatever the networks decide to play. With DirecTV, you can watch any game you want (unless it's blacked out in your local area).
I don't have an iPod, but I have had CD based MP3 players. The biggest reason I want an iPod instead of the CD based MP3 is the convenience. I'd have to burn 57 MP3 CDs to equal the capacity of a 40 GB iPod. Even then, I won't have the ability to easily switch between songs that are on separate CDs. Plus no auto sync of the player with your computer. Is the convenience worth the extra $400. That's up to you to decide.
If you've already decided to go to law school, there is no need to learn about the law before you attend. You'll have plenty of opportunity to learn the law after you start law school.
It's called a typo. He said "second half", but he meant to say "second quarter". You can see that his next paragraph talks about the beginning of the second half.
Lawyers just do the bidding of their clients. The lawyers for SCO include David Boies. I bet a lot of slashdotters loved him when he was fighting against George Bush, against Microsoft, or for Napster. But he gets another client and he becomes an "evil lawyer".
/. loves IBM's attorneys now, but
bothfirms on IBM's side are large (300+ attorneys) firms that will possibly, someday, be on the side that you don't approve of. Then, they will become "evil".
Trademarks are not "granted". Trademark registrations are granted, but you earn a trademark through use of the word in a trademark sense. To argue that people do not associate the term Windows with Microsfot is beyond absurd. "Windows" is probably one of the strongest trademarks in the entire world, in the sense of being able to identify a manufacturer from the name of the product.
In my opinion, companies should be able to use generic words as their trademarks. It is incredibly rare for such a usage to be successful, but if a company does have enough marketing prowess (it has nothing to do with lawyers, but with marketing) to pull it off, let them.
Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola have a whole word in common in their brand names.
Which is why they are commonly known as Coke and Pepsi.
The presence of a single common word in a brand name is meaningless. Otherwise American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines would all be confusingly similar. You look at the mark as a whole.
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I don't think there are any sub $1k 3 chip cameras.
I can get the same specs from almost any vendor for the same price. From HP, for the same price, I could have everything you mentioned, plus a more efficient processor (Pentium-M) and a bigger hard drive.
Site is slashdotted so I have no idea what it says about grandchildren. However, if you live in a major metropolitan area in the US, HDTV is available to you RIGHT NOW. Either over the air (stations were required to broadcast digitally and most decided to also broadcast HD signals also), via satellite (DirecTV et al.), and via cable. Go here to find out where your closest HD signal is.
Many lay people use the term "flat screen" to refer to LCD monitors (because the screen surface is flat and the monitor itself takes up little space).
DLP projection also doesn't suffer from burn-in. Also, most respectable sites state that, while burn-in CAN be a problem with CRT, that problem is minimized if your TV is properly calibrated first.
Every review I've ever seen about plasma says that plasma has the worst black level performance of any major technology.
I'm pretty sure that Nike would be considered a "famous" mark, meaning that it would fall under the fairly new Trademark Dilution statute.
More variety depends on the genre you're looking for. I went to a local record store and saw the biggest electronica section I've ever seen. Much bigger than the single rack most Best Buys have for electronica.
Judge's comments at oral arguments are generally irrelevant to what the judge's final decision is. In fact, the judges usually question both sides pretty thoroughly. It is possible that this article merely didn't include the questioning of the other side.
As for faxes, they have one important feature, signatures. Sure, a PGP signature is more likely to be correct, but for paper contracts, a signature is a good indication that someone read and accepted it (which is why real estate and attorneys use them).
Pagers? Cops can't use cell phones, but do have room for pagers. Phones are about as wide as pagers.
Radio is still going on because watching TV while driving may be a little dangerous.
Typewriters are used for filling out forms. That's about it.
Analog watches simply look better than digital watches. Watches are jewelry after all.
Dot matrix is used for multi-part forms.
Agreed. Starcraft is still the best RTS game I've ever played.
If you're that cheap, buy an XBox 1 when the Xbox 2 comes out. It will be a lot cheaper than a brand new XBox 2.
In the game, regular sounds come from the TV, but a tormentor speaks to you through your headset (if you are so equipped). Also, stealth is an important part of the game, and people who are trying to kill you hear your voice in the microphone. You can use the tactic to distract others.
Intel already knows that processor speeds don't necessarily mean performance. See, e.g., Centrino.
If you're a big NFL fan, there really is no choice. DirecTV is the EXCLUSIVE proivder of NFL Sunday Ticket (where you can watch every regular season game) and the NFL network. Not just for NFL junkies, it's also for fans of out of state teams. E.g., you live in Illinois, but want to see all the Falcons games. With network or Cable, you're stuck with whatever the networks decide to play. With DirecTV, you can watch any game you want (unless it's blacked out in your local area).
Huh? MS is publicly traded. What are you talking about?
I don't have an iPod, but I have had CD based MP3 players. The biggest reason I want an iPod instead of the CD based MP3 is the convenience. I'd have to burn 57 MP3 CDs to equal the capacity of a 40 GB iPod. Even then, I won't have the ability to easily switch between songs that are on separate CDs. Plus no auto sync of the player with your computer. Is the convenience worth the extra $400. That's up to you to decide.
If you've already decided to go to law school, there is no need to learn about the law before you attend. You'll have plenty of opportunity to learn the law after you start law school.
That was a great article. But it is about the sponsored game, between players of the Pats and Panthers. Not the game 1up was talking about.
It's called a typo. He said "second half", but he meant to say "second quarter". You can see that his next paragraph talks about the beginning of the second half.
/. loves IBM's attorneys now, but both firms on IBM's side are large (300+ attorneys) firms that will possibly, someday, be on the side that you don't approve of. Then, they will become "evil".
I remember some spoofing based on this before, using paypa1 instead of paypal.
In my opinion, companies should be able to use generic words as their trademarks. It is incredibly rare for such a usage to be successful, but if a company does have enough marketing prowess (it has nothing to do with lawyers, but with marketing) to pull it off, let them.
MS has trademark registrations for both Microsoft Windows and Windows.
Which is why they are commonly known as Coke and Pepsi.
The presence of a single common word in a brand name is meaningless. Otherwise American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines would all be confusingly similar. You look at the mark as a whole.