Idiot. It's just because NPR is generally on the lower uncrowded side of the spectrum. Couple this with the fact that FM retransmitters use that area too. Now imagine that the tiny amount of power that the FCC allowed to these retransmitters was increased by a factor of 5. Forty or fifty feet and a crystal clear signal, instead of right next to the antenna as intended. NPR isn't the only one getting trampled by XMs desire to integrate with the FM band...many other stations are too.
XM is entirely in the fault here, by not adhering to FCC regulations regarding power levels. NPR is just an interested party.
According to that eMusic link, InGrooves handles your e-distribution for a small chunk of the profit. A very common practice for small indie labels. IODA is another big one. With those services, you sign an agreement and they just start the juggernaut moving - you would have to specifically opt-out of individual sites.
As an aside, there is no album art on the eMusic link. Might want to have a chat with your interns.
Exactly. In this case, it's 10% of a complete product at 10% the cost. Why couldn't they just make us wait so we can pay the whole thing at one time, in November of 2007?
Episodic entertainment like TV shows and some of the great movie trilogies of the past should have been released all at once, on DVD, at a cost of $199. Why should I enjoy part of an incomplete product?
For a law to succeed there has to be some resulting benefit desireable by the majority of the population.
Nobody is clamoring for copyright reform because the majority of Americans don't want to see Mickey Mouse (legally) plastered on a crack pipe. They have framed the debate and defined the benefits.
Strange, I had a similar experience. The only people I've seen with PSPs in public were two gangbangers with them hanging around their necks while walking down the street. The new bling.
There's a place for the realism of Forza/Gran Tourismo, and there's a place for fun. I've had many more hours of fun shooting shells at my buds in Mario Kart for the Cube than I have gathering kudos in Project Gotham or unlocking my fiftieth Ford Escort upgrade in Gran Tourismo.
While gaming addicts surely do exist, I think more likely this "classic addiction" is only talking to your friends and family about things that interest you both. I assume you aren't constantly chatting with friends and family about the inane observations and obscure topics on Slashdot.
This is part of a larger Sony initiative. Lower expectations across the board, with all demographics. Once expectations have hit rock bottom, it's easy to exceed them! Imagine if Sony were to drop the price by $50 or increase clock speed by 5%.
Oh, I agree with all of those things. I'm willing to sit through an episode of the Simpsons with a little static on the TV because it's funny and I enjoy it enough to ignore the lack of fidelity.
I'm not saying the earbud users aren't enjoying their entire collection of tunes, or are unsatisfied with the sound quality. I'm just saying that if _I_ were to buy a cutting-edge $3k HDTV it would be silly of me to sit around watching distant broadcast signals with rabbit ears when an HD Tivo adds only ten percent to the cost. I'd do it for the content I love, but given the choice why not get the full modern experience?
I prefer the term bright white "I just bought a $300 music player and I'm listening to my shitty 128kb MP3s with the free shitty $5 earbuds that came with it."
Quite a schizophrenic comment to have been modded Insightful:
"I have nothing but sympathy for our soldiers..."
"...I'd rather have them flying back with nightmares that haunt them for the rest of their lives."
These aren't dogs nuzzling at a porcupine in curiosity. How can it seem ethical to you for human beings to nuzzle the porcupine of war and return with quills of "nightmares that haunt them for the rest of their lives" - just to teach "us" a lesson?
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Idiot. It's just because NPR is generally on the lower uncrowded side of the spectrum. Couple this with the fact that FM retransmitters use that area too. Now imagine that the tiny amount of power that the FCC allowed to these retransmitters was increased by a factor of 5. Forty or fifty feet and a crystal clear signal, instead of right next to the antenna as intended. NPR isn't the only one getting trampled by XMs desire to integrate with the FM band...many other stations are too.
XM is entirely in the fault here, by not adhering to FCC regulations regarding power levels. NPR is just an interested party.
According to that eMusic link, InGrooves handles your e-distribution for a small chunk of the profit. A very common practice for small indie labels. IODA is another big one. With those services, you sign an agreement and they just start the juggernaut moving - you would have to specifically opt-out of individual sites. As an aside, there is no album art on the eMusic link. Might want to have a chat with your interns.
Cost is not the only way potential customers determine value.
The only musicians with a tip jar are sitting on street corners with a coffee can in front of them. Not a _good_ living, but a living I guess.
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Exactly. In this case, it's 10% of a complete product at 10% the cost. Why couldn't they just make us wait so we can pay the whole thing at one time, in November of 2007?
Episodic entertainment like TV shows and some of the great movie trilogies of the past should have been released all at once, on DVD, at a cost of $199. Why should I enjoy part of an incomplete product?
Indeed...or _change your password after giving it to a gold farmer_. Hilarious that the guy would just leave it.
For me it's not a matter of resolution, but seating comfort. My sofa trumps my desk chair.
They just want to put this guy out of business. Great poster.
Nobody is clamoring for copyright reform because the majority of Americans don't want to see Mickey Mouse (legally) plastered on a crack pipe. They have framed the debate and defined the benefits.
The example shown in videos is adding tilt to a flying game.
The "port" is included, but the cable will not be included. (#6)
How could you play GUITAR HEROES without a GUITAR? Sounds like you may have never played the game.
Trade it in! I did the launch day of DS and haven't looked back. You can get the DS and some games in exchange for a PSP and some games.
Strange, I had a similar experience. The only people I've seen with PSPs in public were two gangbangers with them hanging around their necks while walking down the street. The new bling.
There's a place for the realism of Forza/Gran Tourismo, and there's a place for fun. I've had many more hours of fun shooting shells at my buds in Mario Kart for the Cube than I have gathering kudos in Project Gotham or unlocking my fiftieth Ford Escort upgrade in Gran Tourismo.
While gaming addicts surely do exist, I think more likely this "classic addiction" is only talking to your friends and family about things that interest you both. I assume you aren't constantly chatting with friends and family about the inane observations and obscure topics on Slashdot.
Here's a good example of procedurally-generated content. A basic fps in 96k.
Says the AC on TLAP day.
Tetris is a must-have (mobile Tetrinet), and Trauma Center (an experience that you're unlikely to have elsewhere.)
This is part of a larger Sony initiative. Lower expectations across the board, with all demographics. Once expectations have hit rock bottom, it's easy to exceed them! Imagine if Sony were to drop the price by $50 or increase clock speed by 5%.
The original headphone argument is valid despite your straw men.
Substitute over-the-air HD signal with a subscription-free DVR. Does the analogy now make sense?
Oh, I agree with all of those things. I'm willing to sit through an episode of the Simpsons with a little static on the TV because it's funny and I enjoy it enough to ignore the lack of fidelity. I'm not saying the earbud users aren't enjoying their entire collection of tunes, or are unsatisfied with the sound quality. I'm just saying that if _I_ were to buy a cutting-edge $3k HDTV it would be silly of me to sit around watching distant broadcast signals with rabbit ears when an HD Tivo adds only ten percent to the cost. I'd do it for the content I love, but given the choice why not get the full modern experience?
I prefer the term bright white "I just bought a $300 music player and I'm listening to my shitty 128kb MP3s with the free shitty $5 earbuds that came with it."
"I have nothing but sympathy for our soldiers..."
"...I'd rather have them flying back with nightmares that haunt them for the rest of their lives."
These aren't dogs nuzzling at a porcupine in curiosity. How can it seem ethical to you for human beings to nuzzle the porcupine of war and return with quills of "nightmares that haunt them for the rest of their lives" - just to teach "us" a lesson?