I read the article this morning, and sent to some friends. I have multiple problems with it.
1) I don't want to "rent" my music. I want to buy.
2) I don't want my music in crappy WMA format.
3) The tinfoil hat wearer in me sees this as a way for the music/software industries to indoctrinate the next generation of consumers with the idea that you don't "own" anything.
As the sidebar in the article says "If fans of iPod-like devices can be convinced to drop the idea of owning song files, they could shift to paying a subscription fee for ongoing access..."
I'm in ATL, not Pittsburg, but yeah, Comcast is groping me for $60/mo. because I refuse to get cable tv. There are DSL providers in my area, but I am far enough from the CO that speed would be iffy.
Gordon Freeman is on a Black Mesa Tram going nowhere, and the G-Man offers him a job. If Gordon takes it, credits roll. If he doesn't, he gets teleported into the middle of a pack of Xen-ites, with no weapons.
*buzzzzzz!* "Thanks for playing! Try again later."
The purpose is not to discover life on the Moon, it is to verify the presence of water. With known supplies of water-ice on the moon, semi-permanent, and permanent bases can be set-up without having to ship really expensive water and air to the moon.
It wouldn't be to bring it to Earth. Finding water on the Moon would mean we don't need to ship any of it there. Any kind of lunar base would require water and oxygen, things more cheaply refined on location than shipped.
Huh?! Last I checked, NASA had been launching and landing shuttles for about 20 years, and only lost two of them. To me, for such a dangerous - yet absolutely worthwhile - endeavor, that is a pretty damned good track record.
*duh* I DIDN'T install it. It happily installed itself, and no, I didn't just mindlessly click through everything that popped up on my screen. It hijacked IE, and I couldn't kill it until I installed Spybot.
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I read the article this morning, and sent to some friends. I have multiple problems with it.
..."
1) I don't want to "rent" my music. I want to buy.
2) I don't want my music in crappy WMA format.
3) The tinfoil hat wearer in me sees this as a way for the music/software industries to indoctrinate the next generation of consumers with the idea that you don't "own" anything.
As the sidebar in the article says "If fans of iPod-like devices can be convinced to drop the idea of owning song files, they could shift to paying a subscription fee for ongoing access
Pass.
I rememeber that story from 7th Grade English, but couldn't rememeber who wrote it. Thanks!
Okay then, how about the words "chainsaw penis"?
Would anyone believe that I actually saw that movie in the theater?
I'm in ATL, not Pittsburg, but yeah, Comcast is groping me for $60/mo. because I refuse to get cable tv. There are DSL providers in my area, but I am far enough from the CO that speed would be iffy.
Gordon Freeman is on a Black Mesa Tram going nowhere, and the G-Man offers him a job. If Gordon takes it, credits roll. If he doesn't, he gets teleported into the middle of a pack of Xen-ites, with no weapons.
Not if you're Chun.
*buzzzzzz!* "Thanks for playing! Try again later." The purpose is not to discover life on the Moon, it is to verify the presence of water. With known supplies of water-ice on the moon, semi-permanent, and permanent bases can be set-up without having to ship really expensive water and air to the moon.
It wouldn't be to bring it to Earth. Finding water on the Moon would mean we don't need to ship any of it there. Any kind of lunar base would require water and oxygen, things more cheaply refined on location than shipped.
If Burt Rutan designed it, then it will work as designed. The man is a genius when it comes to breaking the aerospace mold.
Would you prefer an endless procession of Soviet Russia and beowulf cluster jokes?
Huh?! Last I checked, NASA had been launching and landing shuttles for about 20 years, and only lost two of them. To me, for such a dangerous - yet absolutely worthwhile - endeavor, that is a pretty damned good track record.
*duh* I DIDN'T install it. It happily installed itself, and no, I didn't just mindlessly click through everything that popped up on my screen. It hijacked IE, and I couldn't kill it until I installed Spybot.