As broadband becomes more prevalent the tech I.Q. of the average user drops. I really hate to blame the BOFFs (wait, no I don't!) but sometimes a little common sense and a little reading go a long way.
Most folks don't read web pages anymore. They look at the bright and shiny widget graphics and click away, click click click until they are "Somewhere They Don't Want to Be" TM or can't figure out where they missed the boat. As it sits now, hit up real.com and you are literally two clicks away from downloading the free player. I think I installed it a few days ago before this news item hit, and believe it was three or four, but still no big deal. Now, had I not read the links I was clicking, or clicked blazing MEDIA PLAYER graphics that were on display I'm sure I would have gone down a more difficult path, and cause me many more clicks to get the free one.
Remember, it's Real's right to sell their premium player. We don't have to like it, and we don't have to buy it. Frankly, I'm surprised they even still offer a free version. They can set their site up however they want to encourage downloaders to buy the premium player as opposed to the freebie. I've visited sites that offer free applications and have done a much better job of hiding the goodies behind the curtain than real.com.
And to say they shouldn't sell their application at all and just subsidize it's expense off the greenbacks of the server side applications is just crazy. Even the free player is more than a simple "viewer" that other companies give away (Adobe, Crystal Reports, Microsoft). It's an actual full blown application. The premium player also offers content that costs money.
See. Was it the marketing department that picked this name out? Do you think that it will be called Longhorn when it's sitting on the shelf at the brick 'n' mortar down the road?
Or was it the development team working on the project?
Why are you guessing that Longhorn isn't as new of an OS as you've been led to think? Because of the 3rd party WinXP looking skin that appears on a beta (or alpha) test version a full two years before the real product hits? Or because cows are difficult to transport?
Bitch about security, bitch about stability, but don't bitch about a codename or what it was or was not based on. that doesn't even make sense.
NEW eXtreme Programming Refactored, Take 2 Now with a side dose of Ritalin for those times when even you cannot control your code slinging madness. Take 2 and try again in four to six hours.
but there are a lot of bands i like that are on the *warning* list.
if i just stop buying their albums won't the RIAA assume that others (or me) are just stealing them anyway, and use their lost sales as statistics to why more, tougher draconian laws must be passed?
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In my experience, I see TiVo as glowing testament and proof-of-concept to/of the feasibility of user firendly, linux powered consumer devices.
I don't know if you got a lemon, or what, but I do know that your experience is *not* the norm given the (many) people I've talked to that absolutely love their TiVo.
Yes. I'd like to second that thought. I've had a series 2 for a year and a half now with hardly any problems whatsoever. I think I've had to reboot twice in those eighteen months, which to me is entirely acceptable. The only other problems that would come to mind have been at the faults of networks changing their programming schedules so that shows overlap. If one show is scheduled to tape from 9pm-10pm, and another from 10pm-11pm on a different channel there are issues if the 1st network changes the slot of the 1st show, to say 9pm-10:01pm. The 2nd show won't tape. That's my only complaint, and that's not even TiVo's fault (but i think they should allow me to start taping a show late, automatically.)
I disagree. If the gameboy had never been released in the 80s i think nintendo would still be around today. now they use their early penetration to the handheld market as a tool. other better systems were released later but they couldn't outlast the good ole GB. the GB had already established trust, inexpensive platform, and everybody's had one, or know someone to have one. Now gameboy advance and advance sp are tremendous money makers for nintendo and they've got little to no real competition. But did the Gameboy save Nintendo? Nah, the Super Mario Bros. franchise did.
Yeah - i think this is much ado about nothing. I wouldn't write Apple off at the moment. Using stats w/ declining computer sales is a little suspect. Couldn't we say the same about Dell, HP/Compaq, Gateway, and IBM? The iPod, if nothing else is advertisement for Apple Technology. The G5 running Panther OS seems like a very strong combination of hardware/software. And i might wager than PC owning consumers buying iPods just might consider a Mac the next time around the block.
I wonder if the iPod could actually save Apple. It's not that I think Apple needs saving, but more so, question whether or not a $300 mp3 player could revitalize a company. Did Sony need saving when they released their Walkman? Did Nintendo need the Gameboy the rescue them form extinction? Nope. These companies used these products to become even more powerful than they already were.
I wouldnt want 'em making that decision for me either. I'd format the hard drive out of the box. Who cares about OS media not being shipped? I've got copies of every version of Windows and the cd key is going to be attached to the PC anyway.
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Yes, I could appreciate her portrayal of S.A.
Jessica Alba!
Very nice! I like it!
"The movie will center on the origins of the game's female protagonist, sexy bounty hunter Samus Aran,"
But I'm afraid it would be like Tomb Raider in outer space... Who else would capture our, uhm, hearts better than Ms. Jolie?
As broadband becomes more prevalent the tech I.Q. of the average user drops. I really hate to blame the BOFFs (wait, no I don't!) but sometimes a little common sense and a little reading go a long way.
Most folks don't read web pages anymore. They look at the bright and shiny widget graphics and click away, click click click until they are "Somewhere They Don't Want to Be" TM or can't figure out where they missed the boat. As it sits now, hit up real.com and you are literally two clicks away from downloading the free player. I think I installed it a few days ago before this news item hit, and believe it was three or four, but still no big deal. Now, had I not read the links I was clicking, or clicked blazing MEDIA PLAYER graphics that were on display I'm sure I would have gone down a more difficult path, and cause me many more clicks to get the free one.
Remember, it's Real's right to sell their premium player. We don't have to like it, and we don't have to buy it. Frankly, I'm surprised they even still offer a free version. They can set their site up however they want to encourage downloaders to buy the premium player as opposed to the freebie. I've visited sites that offer free applications and have done a much better job of hiding the goodies behind the curtain than real.com.
And to say they shouldn't sell their application at all and just subsidize it's expense off the greenbacks of the server side applications is just crazy. Even the free player is more than a simple "viewer" that other companies give away (Adobe, Crystal Reports, Microsoft). It's an actual full blown application. The premium player also offers content that costs money.
See. Was it the marketing department that picked this name out? Do you think that it will be called Longhorn when it's sitting on the shelf at the brick 'n' mortar down the road?
Or was it the development team working on the project?
Why are you guessing that Longhorn isn't as new of an OS as you've been led to think? Because of the 3rd party WinXP looking skin that appears on a beta (or alpha) test version a full two years before the real product hits? Or because cows are difficult to transport?
Bitch about security, bitch about stability, but don't bitch about a codename or what it was or was not based on. that doesn't even make sense.
that's what i thought. either putting one on, or taking one off.
agreed. and more. i think i paid $69.99 for my copy of SF2 Turbo. i played that for thousands of hours.
Court Ruling Points Way To Broadband Regulation
'The rejection could pave the way for municipalities to force cable companies to share their broadband Internet lines with third parties.'
Wouldn't that be deregulation?
I think I may just swing by my local Gateway Country store and see if there any 'open box' values to be had. I suggest you do the same!
That's why there's "pre-game", man.
You get roasted drunk before the game and sip your beers to keep the buzz going.
"Sowhere'diputmydamnPeeDeeAaa.... burp"
A whopping one CD per 5,000 files downloaded.
I'd say that sounds about accurate, for me at least. i probably buy one CD for every 5,000 files i download.
Your comment wasn't idiotic. I meant to quote 'They got a million from sending email? I can send email!' .
And again, you're not the idiot. But somewhere there is one, saying the same thing, about to post a get rick quick(tm) scheme on some bb.
sorry, not an attack on you, but on those folks that think that same thing, and then don't think it through.
it was meant as a joke, but was too vague to be funny, and really not all that amusing after explanation.
there's a bulletin board somewhere looking for it's idiot.
NEW eXtreme Programming Refactored, Take 2 Now with a side dose of Ritalin for those times when even you cannot control your code slinging madness. Take 2 and try again in four to six hours.
but there are a lot of bands i like that are on the *warning* list.
if i just stop buying their albums won't the RIAA assume that others (or me) are just stealing them anyway, and use their lost sales as statistics to why more, tougher draconian laws must be passed?
catch 22
NASA Finds Hidden Shuttle Danger Same story, different article, in case the posted one gets /.'ed.
In my experience, I see TiVo as glowing testament and proof-of-concept to/of the feasibility of user firendly, linux powered consumer devices.
I don't know if you got a lemon, or what, but I do know that your experience is *not* the norm given the (many) people I've talked to that absolutely love their TiVo.
Yes. I'd like to second that thought. I've had a series 2 for a year and a half now with hardly any problems whatsoever. I think I've had to reboot twice in those eighteen months, which to me is entirely acceptable. The only other problems that would come to mind have been at the faults of networks changing their programming schedules so that shows overlap. If one show is scheduled to tape from 9pm-10pm, and another from 10pm-11pm on a different channel there are issues if the 1st network changes the slot of the 1st show, to say 9pm-10:01pm. The 2nd show won't tape. That's my only complaint, and that's not even TiVo's fault (but i think they should allow me to start taping a show late, automatically.)
I disagree. If the gameboy had never been released in the 80s i think nintendo would still be around today. now they use their early penetration to the handheld market as a tool. other better systems were released later but they couldn't outlast the good ole GB. the GB had already established trust, inexpensive platform, and everybody's had one, or know someone to have one. Now gameboy advance and advance sp are tremendous money makers for nintendo and they've got little to no real competition. But did the Gameboy save Nintendo? Nah, the Super Mario Bros. franchise did.
Yeah - i think this is much ado about nothing. I wouldn't write Apple off at the moment. Using stats w/ declining computer sales is a little suspect. Couldn't we say the same about Dell, HP/Compaq, Gateway, and IBM? The iPod, if nothing else is advertisement for Apple Technology. The G5 running Panther OS seems like a very strong combination of hardware/software. And i might wager than PC owning consumers buying iPods just might consider a Mac the next time around the block.
I wonder if the iPod could actually save Apple. It's not that I think Apple needs saving, but more so, question whether or not a $300 mp3 player could revitalize a company. Did Sony need saving when they released their Walkman? Did Nintendo need the Gameboy the rescue them form extinction? Nope. These companies used these products to become even more powerful than they already were.
a few hundred megabytes, max.
I wouldnt want 'em making that decision for me either. I'd format the hard drive out of the box. Who cares about OS media not being shipped? I've got copies of every version of Windows and the cd key is going to be attached to the PC anyway.
Screw CPU fans... Are they doing anything for SCSII drives? My wife won't let me bring my Dell PowerEdge into the bedroom because it's too loud.
That sounds sick. But it's true! Something about it being too noisy for her to get to sleep or something.
How the crap did i get redundant off of that?!?
NO!
not ever.
And all he had to do was copy and paste the text into a new .doc and everything would have gone through with out any further attention.
I'm now sending all my important memos, demands, etc in wordpad.
$395 here
includes combo drive.
thanks, pricewatch!