My favorite example of this came early on after 9/11, when word broke that the Pentagon had developed a new program to disseminate lies and misinformation among the public in order to throw the terrorists off or something. There was a large uproar, so the Pentagon quickly came forth to say the program was canceled. Now that's smooth.
Actually, a lot of labels are putting music videos on YouTube as partners already. They wouldn't be any more likely to do it through MTV than they already are.
There's no one out there that advertises to the 18-25 intelligent male segment. In terms of real, live, people-watching-TV-numbers, it just doesn't exist.
Of course not--intelligent people between the ages of 18 and 25 don't watch television. Hell, even stupid people from the ages of 18 and 25 have turned to the internet half the time. Where do you think YouTube comments come from?
Which will of course occur, but Microsoft has the largest marketshare there and stands the most to gain - they can buy all the other providers as they wish.
Given that Apple and Sony both stand in a position to enter this market, I doubt it.
That will be true the day the average home user cannot easily exceed the bandwidth of a home internet connection with a station wagon or FedEx envelope. I give it another decade yet, given that the maximum possible speed for a consumer home network connection has actually declined for me in the last decade.
This is only true because American internet connectivity uses even more antiquated technologies. Sure, 50 gigs is a lot of bandwidth to suck down, but the longer the format war continues the more likely it'll become technically feasible, American failure to implement that technology being a separate problem. Either way, if Blu-ray or HD-DVD wins, it'll likely be the last physical media format.
Pretty simple, if consumers are confused about which format to buy they are more likley just to download HD content from the only provider currently sellign HD content online. That provider is Microsoft...
Sounds like the only problem is we need more providers selling HD content online. Plastic read-only discs are an antiquated form of data transfer.
Okay, you have me there--it should decompose better. And you have a point about the Javascript. D2 actually crashes Safari on me sometimes, but since I'm using the Safari 3 beta, I'm not quite sure who to blame.
Yeah, but he didn't mention Opera in his post. I wish he did--then it would be an even sillier misspelling. Somewhat like, "Your TV station only supports Magnavox, Sony, Panasonic, JVC, and RCA TV sets...not Toshiba!". Except TV sets actually abide by standards.
What if I move to a new state after the registration deadline?
I guess it's unfair to people who do move to a new state after the registration deadline. Whether that's better or worse than being unfair to people who aren't multinational corporations is another question.
What if I don't want to get selected for jury duty?
Then disqualify yourself during jury selection. It's not hard.
We all heard this same crap back when RISC seemed cool and innovative. The DEC Alpha, IBM/Motorola PowerPC, and others were all invented and were all going to make radical changes--until Intel "somehow" kept competitive with all these magical new technologies and x86 just kept going. There's a place for innovation, but the general PC market is not it, not now.
Its pretty common usage to just use America to mean USA.
Does that mean we're allowed to consider common usage when we consider what you meant earlier? I'm still not sure when we are or aren't allowed to interpret what people meant instead of just "taking them at their word" (which I assume to mean "interpreting everything literally"). Or, to put it more directly--handwaving over language issues won't make them go away.
Wireless telegraph? I'm starting to get a mental image of some spoiled teenage girl sending this to her boyfriend, tapping maniacally on her phone in Morse code:
HI STOP DO YOU WANT TO MEET AT THE MALL QUERY K THX STOP
What you need to understand is the Japanese culture. They always start kind of "world domination" plans. Where is the 5gen computer? Forget it. Japanese are good in making plans, plans that are absolutely tough and a bit over the top.
Like what, starting a naval war with the United States?
I agree. I drove all the way here yesterday on an interstate highway and it sucked. No, wait, actually, that was the other drivers, not communism, that made it suck.
Hey, that would solve things quick. Eventually someone would hit Ballmer in the head. Of course, most likely they would assign an intern to handle all the duels. Or a lawyer.
My comments were made in the context of what I was replying to--if you wanted to go off on a tangent from that point on that's fine, but rather beside the point I was making.
I never claimed that God existed, much less that there was enough evidence to scientifically prove that he exists. But just because you can't scientifically prove the existence of God doesn't close the door entirely on the question, not without completely glossing over a whole host of questions. It just places God outside the realm of scientific inquiry.
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My favorite example of this came early on after 9/11, when word broke that the Pentagon had developed a new program to disseminate lies and misinformation among the public in order to throw the terrorists off or something. There was a large uproar, so the Pentagon quickly came forth to say the program was canceled. Now that's smooth.
Actually, a lot of labels are putting music videos on YouTube as partners already. They wouldn't be any more likely to do it through MTV than they already are.
Of course not--intelligent people between the ages of 18 and 25 don't watch television. Hell, even stupid people from the ages of 18 and 25 have turned to the internet half the time. Where do you think YouTube comments come from?
You seem to have confused Microsoft with NORML.
Given that Apple and Sony both stand in a position to enter this market, I doubt it.
That will be true the day the average home user cannot easily exceed the bandwidth of a home internet connection with a station wagon or FedEx envelope. I give it another decade yet, given that the maximum possible speed for a consumer home network connection has actually declined for me in the last decade.This is only true because American internet connectivity uses even more antiquated technologies. Sure, 50 gigs is a lot of bandwidth to suck down, but the longer the format war continues the more likely it'll become technically feasible, American failure to implement that technology being a separate problem. Either way, if Blu-ray or HD-DVD wins, it'll likely be the last physical media format.
That's a lot to presume, but in the interest of assuming good faith, perhaps we should do that in the absence of evidence.
The original word was "sucker", not "fool". They have different meanings. Case in point.
Sounds like the only problem is we need more providers selling HD content online. Plastic read-only discs are an antiquated form of data transfer.
And if Verizon or AT&T decides to shape the traffic on the lines you're reselling, you're hosed.
Okay, you have me there--it should decompose better. And you have a point about the Javascript. D2 actually crashes Safari on me sometimes, but since I'm using the Safari 3 beta, I'm not quite sure who to blame.
Yeah, but he didn't mention Opera in his post. I wish he did--then it would be an even sillier misspelling. Somewhat like, "Your TV station only supports Magnavox, Sony, Panasonic, JVC, and RCA TV sets...not Toshiba!". Except TV sets actually abide by standards.
I guess it's unfair to people who do move to a new state after the registration deadline. Whether that's better or worse than being unfair to people who aren't multinational corporations is another question.
What if I don't want to get selected for jury duty?Then disqualify yourself during jury selection. It's not hard.
We all heard this same crap back when RISC seemed cool and innovative. The DEC Alpha, IBM/Motorola PowerPC, and others were all invented and were all going to make radical changes--until Intel "somehow" kept competitive with all these magical new technologies and x86 just kept going. There's a place for innovation, but the general PC market is not it, not now.
Does that mean we're allowed to consider common usage when we consider what you meant earlier? I'm still not sure when we are or aren't allowed to interpret what people meant instead of just "taking them at their word" (which I assume to mean "interpreting everything literally"). Or, to put it more directly--handwaving over language issues won't make them go away.
Wow, you're an awful speller. You misspelled "standards" as "Gecko, Webkit, or KHTML".
Wireless telegraph? I'm starting to get a mental image of some spoiled teenage girl sending this to her boyfriend, tapping maniacally on her phone in Morse code:
Like what, starting a naval war with the United States?
Well, us and the hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis. Also, the living Iraqis.
I agree. I drove all the way here yesterday on an interstate highway and it sucked. No, wait, actually, that was the other drivers, not communism, that made it suck.
Speak for yourself!
Here's a little secret: you can register to vote and then not vote.
Hey, that would solve things quick. Eventually someone would hit Ballmer in the head. Of course, most likely they would assign an intern to handle all the duels. Or a lawyer.
My comments were made in the context of what I was replying to--if you wanted to go off on a tangent from that point on that's fine, but rather beside the point I was making.
I never claimed that God existed, much less that there was enough evidence to scientifically prove that he exists. But just because you can't scientifically prove the existence of God doesn't close the door entirely on the question, not without completely glossing over a whole host of questions. It just places God outside the realm of scientific inquiry.
Okay, you win, I'm an atheist. I was to begin with. I'm not sure why you're pursuing this.