If Time Warner instructs people to watch the TV content over the Internet, and if that activity makes them go over their unpublicized bandwidth caps, aren't they just directing customers from one problem to another?
My household uses Macs, an Airport Express, iPods and an iPhone.
The DRM on music doesn't bother me because, if a track isn't a DRM-free iTunes Plus track, I can simply burn an Audio CD (using a CD-RW) and rip the CD to MP3s. I'm not an audiophile, so any "loss" due to the conversion isn't something I notice. The day Apple announces a date for their iTunes authentication server to go down, I'll burn some CDs.
The DRM on videos doesn't bother us because we simply don't buy them. We simply rip our DVDs. We do rent videos from iTunes, but the DRM works in our favor because it removes the video files after viewing. The price for rentals is cheaper than what my TV provider is charging for PPV, so its fine with me.
The advertised burger is Photoshopped... and likely not even a burger at all.
Many food pictures are done by advertising firms who use a model made of non-perishable, non-food materials like putty and plastic and then airbrushed to hell to look like food from the perspective of a camera lens.
They then take a chillion photos with various angles and lighting over several hours for the perfect shot.
You think any food (burger, ice cream, etc) would look mouth watering & fresh, with the cheese melted perfectly, etc. after sitting on a table for several hours being photographed?
I never liked the proper "home position" method of typing. I grew up hunting and pecking and, over the course of my career, evolved a unique typing method that allows me to type just fine.
So an article about typing words using only the "left handed" characters is a bit of a non sequitor to me.
I'm all about having a real web browser, email, maps, and such on the road with you. It's what made me get an iPhone after so many years of watching Windows Mobile devices do everything so crappy.
The only thing missing with the iPhone is a nice external keyboard to use when occasions arise on-the-go, where I might be at a table and have the ease of use of a keyboard for rapid typing.
Perhaps Netbooks will fill in this niche. Hell, throw in a few remote access clients and it could be a sysadmin's dream.
From a support perspective, I'd rather have a cell plan for data for a device of this type than just a cell phone that gets the somethings-on-fire call to you while you're in a restaurant or camping where there is a signal.
The person who reports the crime is often the first suspect or person of interest.
Or simply, "Who ever smelt it, dealt it."
Forget that this kid was doing a service to report the flaw, they are more concerned with why the kid was trying to access the site in the first place.
I own a Wii, and pretty much it just sits there unused unless a good game comes out that I'm interested in. For me that was Super Mario Galaxy and Mario Kart.
Most of the rest of the titles I see in stores are gimmick/exploitware games that aren't even worth $10, let alone $49.
Much of the WiiWare games seem like mediocre crap that look like ports of flash games -- I've only picked up Mega Man 9 from the crop for its retro appeal (though I think they went a little too heavy on the difficulty.. the older games were not this difficult).
The Virtual Console started off strong with big name releases and now it seems like we get weak releases more often than good ones.
In fact, i'll likely not even power on my Wii again unless Mega Man 3 comes out on the VC.
- It's slow(duh, connecting to the internet and such)
I was just thinking, an OS in the clouds would actually make hitting that bandwidth cap a possible threat for people accessing their work networks from home or their home network from work.
Puts those new bandwidth caps down to a level that threatens even non-torrent-using Internet users.
when using any laptop as a desktop, the first thing you should get is a powered USB hub to plug everything into that stays at your desk (keyboard, mouse, ext. hdds, tablets, etc.) and then plug in the ONE upstream cable from the hub to your laptop. When the occasional thumbdrive need hits you always have the second port free.
...a Mac laptop with decent NVidia graphics card capable of playing most popular PC games and MMOs like WoW, EQ2, etc when booted into Windows via Bootcamp... and priced in the $800-$1400 range.
The things would sell like hotcakes.
The currently Macbook Pros underwhelm with their graphics cards at the prices they're listed at.
I like Verizon's network (i.e. I seem to get a great signal everywhere I travel), but I hate their locked down phones.
I love the iPhone, but AT&T's network is less plentiful in my area, in fact, I work/travel in mostly an Edge-capable area it seems and rarely see 3G coverage.
In the end, I really wanted the iPhone for the batman belt of things it was replacing and ditched Verizon for the iPhone3G.
The bundling of iPhone & AT&T made me an AT&T customer. The moment I can use my iPhone (i.e. the same functions and everything) on Verizon's network, I'll leave AT&T in a heartbeat.
I've read nothing official, but I would assume there is more on-board memory in the DSi.
Not only would this memory serve as browser storage, but also more memory for the new processes running in the background for all the new features, both passive and active.
I think Nintendo is marketing the DSi as the "On-The-Go" DS that you don't monkey with peripherals, just throw it in your manpurse/laptop bag/purse and off you go, ready to whip it out for light gaming and to social network with your friends, etc., and replace your mp3 player and cell phone camera.
The Lite & original DS will be the "At-Home" DS where you can attach the menagerie of peripherals and such, and play with your huge library of DS and GBA games handy.
I still have the original model NDS, as I saw the Lite as not compelling enough to "upgrade". The loss of the GBA slot in the DSi is pretty much a deal killer for me.
When the GBA Micro came out, I avoided getting one because I still have quite a library of Gameboy (Mono, Super, & Color) games that I still play form time to time. My GBA SP is still in my arsenal.
The International market has superior,interchangeable-carrier phones, open plans, and phones that aren't locked down or restricted in any non-fair use way. And they have case law to keep things fair.
For some US customers, pressing a button can result in opening an Internet application that charges a terrible data rate or something else that's both costly and unintentional. So some US users opt to just not try to poke around much beyond phone functionality and camera use.
In my original post, I meant that the "over the air" hold outs using converter boxes and getting crappy or no reception (depending on their area - like in the article).
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If Time Warner instructs people to watch the TV content over the Internet, and if that activity makes them go over their unpublicized bandwidth caps, aren't they just directing customers from one problem to another?
My household uses Macs, an Airport Express, iPods and an iPhone.
The DRM on music doesn't bother me because, if a track isn't a DRM-free iTunes Plus track, I can simply burn an Audio CD (using a CD-RW) and rip the CD to MP3s. I'm not an audiophile, so any "loss" due to the conversion isn't something I notice. The day Apple announces a date for their iTunes authentication server to go down, I'll burn some CDs.
The DRM on videos doesn't bother us because we simply don't buy them. We simply rip our DVDs. We do rent videos from iTunes, but the DRM works in our favor because it removes the video files after viewing. The price for rentals is cheaper than what my TV provider is charging for PPV, so its fine with me.
The advertised burger is Photoshopped... and likely not even a burger at all.
Many food pictures are done by advertising firms who use a model made of non-perishable, non-food materials like putty and plastic and then airbrushed to hell to look like food from the perspective of a camera lens.
They then take a chillion photos with various angles and lighting over several hours for the perfect shot.
You think any food (burger, ice cream, etc) would look mouth watering & fresh, with the cheese melted perfectly, etc. after sitting on a table for several hours being photographed?
I never liked the proper "home position" method of typing. I grew up hunting and pecking and, over the course of my career, evolved a unique typing method that allows me to type just fine.
So an article about typing words using only the "left handed" characters is a bit of a non sequitor to me.
In the 23rd century, it will be known as an entity named "P'NIX" whose new role is to return to Earth to unite with its Creator.
Here's why!
Microsoft Signs MSN Toolbar Deal With Sun
Google caught wind of a Microsoft/Sun deal.
The original AO had a great storyline & setting and had plenty to worth with for a sequel.
Also, Sci-Fi boobies are just as appealing as medieval ones.
I'm all about having a real web browser, email, maps, and such on the road with you. It's what made me get an iPhone after so many years of watching Windows Mobile devices do everything so crappy.
The only thing missing with the iPhone is a nice external keyboard to use when occasions arise on-the-go, where I might be at a table and have the ease of use of a keyboard for rapid typing.
Perhaps Netbooks will fill in this niche. Hell, throw in a few remote access clients and it could be a sysadmin's dream.
From a support perspective, I'd rather have a cell plan for data for a device of this type than just a cell phone that gets the somethings-on-fire call to you while you're in a restaurant or camping where there is a signal.
The person who reports the crime is often the first suspect or person of interest.
Or simply, "Who ever smelt it, dealt it."
Forget that this kid was doing a service to report the flaw, they are more concerned with why the kid was trying to access the site in the first place.
I own a Wii, and pretty much it just sits there unused unless a good game comes out that I'm interested in. For me that was Super Mario Galaxy and Mario Kart.
Most of the rest of the titles I see in stores are gimmick/exploitware games that aren't even worth $10, let alone $49.
Much of the WiiWare games seem like mediocre crap that look like ports of flash games -- I've only picked up Mega Man 9 from the crop for its retro appeal (though I think they went a little too heavy on the difficulty.. the older games were not this difficult).
The Virtual Console started off strong with big name releases and now it seems like we get weak releases more often than good ones.
In fact, i'll likely not even power on my Wii again unless Mega Man 3 comes out on the VC.
- It's slow(duh, connecting to the internet and such)
I was just thinking, an OS in the clouds would actually make hitting that bandwidth cap a possible threat for people accessing their work networks from home or their home network from work.
Puts those new bandwidth caps down to a level that threatens even non-torrent-using Internet users.
(No, really. If something melts down during your 30mins/1hr break, make them page/call you. Life will not end if your desk is unmanned for lunch.)
Take your lunch:
Need entertainment during the desk-less break?
Let us not forget such wonderful 3rd party augments as Teeth grills (a dog/wolf teeth replacement/overlay for the front grill of a tractor trailer)
And a "truck nuts" scrotum made of metal or ceramic hanging off a tow ball on the back of pickups, jeeps, etc.
when using any laptop as a desktop, the first thing you should get is a powered USB hub to plug everything into that stays at your desk (keyboard, mouse, ext. hdds, tablets, etc.) and then plug in the ONE upstream cable from the hub to your laptop. When the occasional thumbdrive need hits you always have the second port free.
iPods used to be FireWire only until just after iTunes became available for Windows.
...a Mac laptop with decent NVidia graphics card capable of playing most popular PC games and MMOs like WoW, EQ2, etc when booted into Windows via Bootcamp... and priced in the $800-$1400 range.
The things would sell like hotcakes.
The currently Macbook Pros underwhelm with their graphics cards at the prices they're listed at.
I like Verizon's network (i.e. I seem to get a great signal everywhere I travel), but I hate their locked down phones.
I love the iPhone, but AT&T's network is less plentiful in my area, in fact, I work/travel in mostly an Edge-capable area it seems and rarely see 3G coverage.
In the end, I really wanted the iPhone for the batman belt of things it was replacing and ditched Verizon for the iPhone3G.
The bundling of iPhone & AT&T made me an AT&T customer. The moment I can use my iPhone (i.e. the same functions and everything) on Verizon's network, I'll leave AT&T in a heartbeat.
I've read nothing official, but I would assume there is more on-board memory in the DSi.
Not only would this memory serve as browser storage, but also more memory for the new processes running in the background for all the new features, both passive and active.
I think Nintendo is marketing the DSi as the "On-The-Go" DS that you don't monkey with peripherals, just throw it in your manpurse/laptop bag/purse and off you go, ready to whip it out for light gaming and to social network with your friends, etc., and replace your mp3 player and cell phone camera.
The Lite & original DS will be the "At-Home" DS where you can attach the menagerie of peripherals and such, and play with your huge library of DS and GBA games handy.
Agreed.
I still have the original model NDS, as I saw the Lite as not compelling enough to "upgrade". The loss of the GBA slot in the DSi is pretty much a deal killer for me.
When the GBA Micro came out, I avoided getting one because I still have quite a library of Gameboy (Mono, Super, & Color) games that I still play form time to time. My GBA SP is still in my arsenal.
...the lack of Flash support in Mobile Safari is now a security feature!
The International market has superior,interchangeable-carrier phones, open plans, and phones that aren't locked down or restricted in any non-fair use way. And they have case law to keep things fair.
For some US customers, pressing a button can result in opening an Internet application that charges a terrible data rate or something else that's both costly and unintentional. So some US users opt to just not try to poke around much beyond phone functionality and camera use.
...then perhaps he should spend that paperwork-writing time doing something to raise revenue. Hell, even collecting deposit bottles adds up.
In my original post, I meant that the "over the air" hold outs using converter boxes and getting crappy or no reception (depending on their area - like in the article).