*YOU* are doomed. Headlines like this are a pathetic attempt at remaining relevant in a world that is simply no longer interested in you. You are a muckraker and nothing more. And hey, that reminds me, what ever happened to that "Apple Computer" that you said was going out of business? Oh thats right, their stock is up like 500%.
Do us all a favor and retire. Or maybe just shut the fuck up. The internet has moved on, old-timer.
The digital watch is established and has a niche that, as various pendulums swing, will grow and shrink. Show me charts and stats and benchmarks that prove a quartz movement is superior to a mechanical timepiece in every measure and I'll not argue with you. But no matter how much money and dedication is poured into digital watches, it will never put a dent in mechanical timepiece mind share or market share because digital watches are only watches, a way -- and probably the best way -- to tell time. But you can't turn a digital watch into a platform even if you brand it, box it, and put a pricey sticker on it.
i carry my machine with 24/7 and although i try to be carefull i have droped it more than once. with applecare its a no brainer. call or goto an apple store and say "IT NO WORKIE" they take it from there and make it all better.
Back in the old days... 1995 Yahoo had an ad free service and there were countless attempts made by content sites to charge a subscription for their services. Slate.com is one that comes to mind.
With very few exceptions they failed. In fact, the only one that I can think of that has had any lasting success it the Wall Street Journal.
I think the reason that they all failed is that they were ahead of their time. The Net was new and the greater population didn't see the any benefit to paying for content that they had near free access to already.
Today of course, the Net is indispensable. And I think it may be time to reconsider a subscription system as an alternative to shitty ass banners on our pages.
You ask if I would pay $12.95 a year for slashdot without ads? The answer is yes.
actually, i am. im using a dual 604e running in a powercomputing power-tower-pro. its got yellowdog champion server 1.1 and the uptime is going on 165 days.
i have never had a problem with my this box since i configured it.
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Dear Mr. Dvorak,
*YOU* are doomed. Headlines like this are a pathetic attempt at remaining relevant in a world that is simply no longer interested in you. You are a muckraker and nothing more. And hey, that reminds me, what ever happened to that "Apple Computer" that you said was going out of business? Oh thats right, their stock is up like 500%.
Do us all a favor and retire. Or maybe just shut the fuck up. The internet has moved on, old-timer.
Paypal already has http://x.com/ , im not sure how, but theyve had it for years....
The digital watch is established and has a niche that, as various pendulums swing, will grow and shrink. Show me charts and stats and benchmarks that prove a quartz movement is superior to a mechanical timepiece in every measure and I'll not argue with you. But no matter how much money and dedication is poured into digital watches , it will never put a dent in mechanical timepiece mind share or market share because digital watches are only watches , a way -- and probably the best way -- to tell time . But you can't turn a digital watch into a platform even if you brand it, box it, and put a pricey sticker on it.
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i carry my machine with 24/7 and although i try to be carefull i have droped it more than once. with applecare its a no brainer. call or goto an apple store and say "IT NO WORKIE" they take it from there and make it all better.
Back in the old days... 1995 Yahoo had an ad free service and there were countless attempts made by content sites to charge a subscription for their services. Slate.com is one that comes to mind.
With very few exceptions they failed. In fact, the only one that I can think of that has had any lasting success it the Wall Street Journal.
I think the reason that they all failed is that they were ahead of their time. The Net was new and the greater population didn't see the any benefit to paying for content that they had near free access to already.
Today of course, the Net is indispensable. And I think it may be time to reconsider a subscription system as an alternative to shitty ass banners on our pages.
You ask if I would pay $12.95 a year for slashdot without ads? The answer is yes.
actually, i am. im using a dual 604e running in a powercomputing power-tower-pro. its got yellowdog champion server 1.1 and the uptime is going on 165 days.
i have never had a problem with my this box since i configured it.
das