How many people who keep saying "it can't possibly be a superior product, trendy people like it, therefore it's GOT to be 100% marketing" have actually tried it? Tried it and it's competitors? The whole "try": Getting tracks on it, using it, charging it?
I used a 4G iPod for a week or two before going back to my iRiver player. I can see what people like about it, but it certainly didn't fit with the way I wanted to use it. I'm not really a playlist user, for one. The fact that I used Linux was probably a bit of a factor as well. -And I liked doing the organization (directory layout) myself.
Which exposes the elitist behavior of (some? many? nearly all?) linux programmers.
What it really comes down to is that some people want their opinions to count more in the development than the developers'.
What you are speaking of isn't elitism, it's pragmatism. Things get done when someone wants it bad enough to do it themselves or to pay someone else to it.
At the other end of the spectrum, Runing Man, the movie, was better than Runing Man, the book by Richard Baghman (aka Stephen King.)
That is the first time I have ever heard that statement. Running Man the short story was almost perfect; RM the movie had: "Where were you keeping that gun?" "You don't want to know."
Ohh, it works perfectly and makes you smile. That's why there's no iPod killer yet:)
I recently bought a Mac+iPod, and after a few weeks switched back to using my iH120. I didn't like certain things, like having to keep copies of the music on my computer and on the device, or the playlist-centric interface. The iRiver also got way more use out of it's battery, and I it's easier to use it to cart around other data files.
Allyssa's sister does go into the Quick Stop in Clerks- and ends up leaving with Rick Derris, after Dante is accused of selling cigarettes to 6 year olds. So there is a connection there.
(Holy crap I remember way too much of those movies.)
Not because I think he is such a good president, but because I think Americans need to be punished.
I disagree with how specific you are getting. "America" is just a so called "country" on Earth- but they're all basically the same (I'm sure). Just punish the planet.
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I just assumed from the article that we weren't talking about a 'voice' at all- just messages appearing on a screen near the phone.
Yes-> #ifdef NEKKID
No-> if (nekkid) {
No. If it's a cvs repository, I must use cvs to access it, if it's subversion, I must use subversion... etc.
Beating it to death is a tradition. ./ is the 4/1 aggregator.
What you are speaking of isn't elitism, it's pragmatism. Things get done when someone wants it bad enough to do it themselves or to pay someone else to it.
alias ls='ls -G'
Nah, that's what an overlay is for.
I am fairly sure you can use the DataDirect service with it as well.
I wonder how much effort is going into a space elevator.
Ah, that helps. Thanks!
So iTunes isn't perfect for everyone.
I thought I read this was being released to theatres subtitled only
Reminds me of a line from "Quiz Show". Paraphrased: People don't tune in to watch you answer difficult questions, they tune in to watch the money.
- I just met her!
Allyssa's sister does go into the Quick Stop in Clerks- and ends up leaving with Rick Derris, after Dante is accused of selling cigarettes to 6 year olds. So there is a connection there.
(Holy crap I remember way too much of those movies.)
Wasn't Scorpius their prisoner? He was a much of crew member as Hannibal Lecter was an FBI agent.
They should have brought back the Big Purple Pulsating N.
Ahhh! Slashdot is being invaded by Multics users!