As a long time resident of Rochester and Kodak watcher I offer the following tidbit: The company has always been a tool of the Mormon Church. The board is seeded with and run by Mormons. The company has bailed out fellow Mormons in the past (eg. the purchase/bailout of Sterling Drug in the 80's).
I have no axe to grind with the church. But there is no doubt an agenda beyond what we see so far.
I have roughly 40GB of music and audio-books. The breakdown is as follows:
1) Roughly what percent of your music collection is unauthorized files from P2P like Kazaa, FTP, etc.?
10% and falling - have not added any in 2 years! All acquired before iTunes/iPod
2) Roughly what percent of your music collection comes from sources like iTunes Music Store, eMusic, etc?
less than 5% and growing
3) Roughly what percent of your music collection comes from shareable sources like Creative Commons-licensed music?
0%
4) Roughly what percent of your music collection comes from rips of your own CDs?
65%
5) Roughly what percent of your music collection comes from rips of friends' CDs?
20%
Sure I RIP anything I can get from friends but most of the music is not what I really like or play. Once you get over the initial feeding frenzy and your iPod gets full you tend to loose the gluttony aspect and go for quality. Seems the only place I can find it is with iTunes at this time.
Nothing is forever and the market will shift away from whoever has a monopoly - both Steves know this is true.
"By the way, if you're going to spend $500ish anyway, why not pick up a Tektronix 2445 or 2465 on EBay? The 2465 has 350MHz bandwidth and is, IMHO, one of the nicest all-around scopes out there."
This is the best idea of the lot. In real life they will use a stand alone scope 90% of the time. The instruments on eBay are dirt cheap! When the break - and they will - trash them. Any of the 2000 series from Tek will do the job.
The added benefit is that you get a REAL instrument not just a simulation or another piece of software that clogs up your DOS machines.
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As a long time resident of Rochester and Kodak watcher I offer the following tidbit: The company has always been a tool of the Mormon Church. The board is seeded with and run by Mormons. The company has bailed out fellow Mormons in the past (eg. the purchase/bailout of Sterling Drug in the 80's).
I have no axe to grind with the church. But there is no doubt an agenda beyond what we see so far.
I have roughly 40GB of music and audio-books. The breakdown is as follows: 1) Roughly what percent of your music collection is unauthorized files from P2P like Kazaa, FTP, etc.? 10% and falling - have not added any in 2 years! All acquired before iTunes/iPod 2) Roughly what percent of your music collection comes from sources like iTunes Music Store, eMusic, etc? less than 5% and growing 3) Roughly what percent of your music collection comes from shareable sources like Creative Commons-licensed music? 0% 4) Roughly what percent of your music collection comes from rips of your own CDs? 65% 5) Roughly what percent of your music collection comes from rips of friends' CDs? 20% Sure I RIP anything I can get from friends but most of the music is not what I really like or play. Once you get over the initial feeding frenzy and your iPod gets full you tend to loose the gluttony aspect and go for quality. Seems the only place I can find it is with iTunes at this time. Nothing is forever and the market will shift away from whoever has a monopoly - both Steves know this is true.
"By the way, if you're going to spend $500ish anyway, why not pick up a Tektronix 2445 or 2465 on EBay? The 2465 has 350MHz bandwidth and is, IMHO, one of the nicest all-around scopes out there." This is the best idea of the lot. In real life they will use a stand alone scope 90% of the time. The instruments on eBay are dirt cheap! When the break - and they will - trash them. Any of the 2000 series from Tek will do the job. The added benefit is that you get a REAL instrument not just a simulation or another piece of software that clogs up your DOS machines.