My Dad, Grandfather, youger brother, friends, roomates, girlfriends all own iPods for one simple reason. They don't have to think to use it. Although PDA's do a lot more, the general public does not need that much. I benefit from wi-fi and email access in a PDA, but most people, who would have a hard time explaining what a POP server is, just don't care. All they want is one button to push to hear their music. Living on the edge, although has it's advantages, is not for the general population.
I see this as a much different problem than that of illegal music downloading.
When I purchase/download music, I plan on listening to it more than once, and continually throught my life. When I buy/download a movie, I watch it once, maybe twice. I don't have enough HD space to hold on to it, so I eventually delete it. Most people download movies because they just aren't that interested in spending $$ on a crappy movie and that the quality isn't much of an issue. How many people download music at extremely low quality? It wouldn't be worth it. But movies, nobody cares as much, they aren't going to get attached to it in the first place. I go see movies in theaters and buy DVD's of movies that I like, usually after I've seen the movie. People end up downloading movies that they would not be going to see in theaters anyway so there's not much of loss of revenue. If anything, if someones actually likes the movie they just watched after downloading it, they'd be more willing to pick up the DVD. So in actuallity, movie downloading is probably helping the industry by increasing sales.
I was watching a news broadcast about this last night on CBC. They were mentioning that an American company was going to be responsible for maintaining, tracking, and updating medical records in the BC area. What they found out was that if this goes through, those same records, although they are pertaining to canadian patients, are subjected to the same scrutiny as an american's would be under the Patriot Act.
I'm sure all you Tivo lovers in the US are aware that we don't get it here in Canada, but one glaring omission is starrring me right in the eyes.
If I take any TV and just plug it into a wall outlet and fire it up, I'll get free TV. Granted, it's not cable, but it's free. If I Tivo'd these shows, shouldn't I be able to distribut them to anyone else who's just bought a TV and plugged it in also?
How would anybody lose money from this? Wouldn't I just be propogating the show itself and getting it to more users on their behalf?
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I propose that once a year we shut of the power on a friday afternoon and head to the closest barbque equipped patio.
I rather enjoyed the day, but a great realization accured, I am a geek. I was worried for my machine. Nuts. I thought the girls stayed away from me because I was too damn good looking!
A few years ago I had major problems with a G4 tower I had purchased. I sent it back through aplpe care and they fixed it, supposedly. The machine kept giving me problems. After about 8 months of dealing with apple and with my apple seller, I was getting nowhere. I had a machine that wouldn't work. By chance I happened to read a very small blurb on the back of one of the apple booklets that came with my tower and it stated that if I wasn't happy with the machine I could return it for a new one or get my money back. My apple seller called apple right away and told them I wanted my money back. Apple then offered me a free upgrade to the top of the line machine. I cannot remember on what piece of paper this was written on, all I know is that it was one one of the original documents that came with my tower. There is hope my son.
Think how much you spend a month on prOn, booze, NyQuil, ink, coffee, paper clips and post-it's and you can't even part with a little cash for apps that are quite remarkable?
I really don't see any news here, there must be something better to talk about. That romote controled monkey idea sounds great.
A $100 minipod is definately a possibility either with a Flash a HD based system but my money is on a HD system with more or less the same look and feel as the original iPod. Apple isn't going to bring to market a product that lacks in design, usability, and ease of use. That's just not Apple.
This might be a historacle moment for Apple, releasing something price competitive. I think Steve took a business course this summer and realised that they have such a good product on their hand that HE even knows he has to play the game.
A 1" 2-4 G cheap HD seems very likely, it's already being done, and I am sure that Steve could convince some company to let them go at a good price because of the demand that exists for the iPods. He's got a lot of barganing chips and he'll use them. Remember, this is a guy who convinced the stingy money-sucking music whores to get on board with his idea and now look what happend. Coke and Walmart music stores? C'mon, what's next, a Staples or Home Depot online store?
I think people are going to fall in line with Mr. Steve, he's proven time and time again that he can change the world of digital media wether it be through computers, software, or peripherals. Apple is always the first ones on the field ready to play, they might not make the most money, but they start the game. Why wouldn't a company take a chance and be the first to market with them, best price, best product, and dominate, all for a little price break on HD's?
People believe in him now, and his reality distortion field.
Hi mom.
Our Canadian government passed a law in '97 that see's a tax attached to all recordable media sold that is sent to the record industry and film and television that gets dispursed to the artists. So in Canada we are legally allowed to download music and movies, we pay for it everytime we buy recordable storage media. I cannot see the US infringing on Canadian legeislation.
Safari handles it well but with OmniWeb there is a huge speed improvement. I'm assuming it's running at 30fps in Omni and it's very noticeable. You have to see the 2 side by side and then you will see a big difference.
I've been only testing it for about 5 minutes now and it's decent. The biggest thing I noticed was it's ability to handle Flash. My own site is very Flash intensive and neither Camino or Safari vs.71 can handle it all without stuttering, but the new OmniWeb sure does it well. If anybody wants to test it out (feel free to use my my site because not many other sites will be this prominent) and test it with Safari/Camino first and then OmniWeb. A HUGE difference.
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My Dad, Grandfather, youger brother, friends, roomates, girlfriends all own iPods for one simple reason. They don't have to think to use it. Although PDA's do a lot more, the general public does not need that much. I benefit from wi-fi and email access in a PDA, but most people, who would have a hard time explaining what a POP server is, just don't care. All they want is one button to push to hear their music. Living on the edge, although has it's advantages, is not for the general population.
I see this as a much different problem than that of illegal music downloading. When I purchase/download music, I plan on listening to it more than once, and continually throught my life. When I buy/download a movie, I watch it once, maybe twice. I don't have enough HD space to hold on to it, so I eventually delete it. Most people download movies because they just aren't that interested in spending $$ on a crappy movie and that the quality isn't much of an issue. How many people download music at extremely low quality? It wouldn't be worth it. But movies, nobody cares as much, they aren't going to get attached to it in the first place. I go see movies in theaters and buy DVD's of movies that I like, usually after I've seen the movie. People end up downloading movies that they would not be going to see in theaters anyway so there's not much of loss of revenue. If anything, if someones actually likes the movie they just watched after downloading it, they'd be more willing to pick up the DVD. So in actuallity, movie downloading is probably helping the industry by increasing sales.
I was watching a news broadcast about this last night on CBC. They were mentioning that an American company was going to be responsible for maintaining, tracking, and updating medical records in the BC area. What they found out was that if this goes through, those same records, although they are pertaining to canadian patients, are subjected to the same scrutiny as an american's would be under the Patriot Act.
I hope my mom doesn't read this, I told her that all the porn on my machine was downloaded by Windows.
Buy a new house. You wouldn't use a 5 year old computer for email yet you'll use a 100 year old house to sustain life? A D M
I'm sure all you Tivo lovers in the US are aware that we don't get it here in Canada, but one glaring omission is starrring me right in the eyes. If I take any TV and just plug it into a wall outlet and fire it up, I'll get free TV. Granted, it's not cable, but it's free. If I Tivo'd these shows, shouldn't I be able to distribut them to anyone else who's just bought a TV and plugged it in also? How would anybody lose money from this? Wouldn't I just be propogating the show itself and getting it to more users on their behalf? A D M
Sorry to hear about that. My thoughts will be with you.
I propose that once a year we shut of the power on a friday afternoon and head to the closest barbque equipped patio. I rather enjoyed the day, but a great realization accured, I am a geek. I was worried for my machine. Nuts. I thought the girls stayed away from me because I was too damn good looking!
A few years ago I had major problems with a G4 tower I had purchased. I sent it back through aplpe care and they fixed it, supposedly. The machine kept giving me problems. After about 8 months of dealing with apple and with my apple seller, I was getting nowhere. I had a machine that wouldn't work. By chance I happened to read a very small blurb on the back of one of the apple booklets that came with my tower and it stated that if I wasn't happy with the machine I could return it for a new one or get my money back. My apple seller called apple right away and told them I wanted my money back. Apple then offered me a free upgrade to the top of the line machine. I cannot remember on what piece of paper this was written on, all I know is that it was one one of the original documents that came with my tower. There is hope my son.
Think how much you spend a month on prOn, booze, NyQuil, ink, coffee, paper clips and post-it's and you can't even part with a little cash for apps that are quite remarkable? I really don't see any news here, there must be something better to talk about. That romote controled monkey idea sounds great.
A $100 minipod is definately a possibility either with a Flash a HD based system but my money is on a HD system with more or less the same look and feel as the original iPod. Apple isn't going to bring to market a product that lacks in design, usability, and ease of use. That's just not Apple. This might be a historacle moment for Apple, releasing something price competitive. I think Steve took a business course this summer and realised that they have such a good product on their hand that HE even knows he has to play the game. A 1" 2-4 G cheap HD seems very likely, it's already being done, and I am sure that Steve could convince some company to let them go at a good price because of the demand that exists for the iPods. He's got a lot of barganing chips and he'll use them. Remember, this is a guy who convinced the stingy money-sucking music whores to get on board with his idea and now look what happend. Coke and Walmart music stores? C'mon, what's next, a Staples or Home Depot online store? I think people are going to fall in line with Mr. Steve, he's proven time and time again that he can change the world of digital media wether it be through computers, software, or peripherals. Apple is always the first ones on the field ready to play, they might not make the most money, but they start the game. Why wouldn't a company take a chance and be the first to market with them, best price, best product, and dominate, all for a little price break on HD's? People believe in him now, and his reality distortion field. Hi mom.
Our Canadian government passed a law in '97 that see's a tax attached to all recordable media sold that is sent to the record industry and film and television that gets dispursed to the artists. So in Canada we are legally allowed to download music and movies, we pay for it everytime we buy recordable storage media. I cannot see the US infringing on Canadian legeislation.
Safari handles it well but with OmniWeb there is a huge speed improvement. I'm assuming it's running at 30fps in Omni and it's very noticeable. You have to see the 2 side by side and then you will see a big difference.
I've been only testing it for about 5 minutes now and it's decent. The biggest thing I noticed was it's ability to handle Flash. My own site is very Flash intensive and neither Camino or Safari vs.71 can handle it all without stuttering, but the new OmniWeb sure does it well. If anybody wants to test it out (feel free to use my my site because not many other sites will be this prominent) and test it with Safari/Camino first and then OmniWeb. A HUGE difference.
What the hell is this? Am I reading this correctly? Get rid of this please.