It's informed speculation, backed by non-representative data from the likes of Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, who received huge amounts of free advertising from the press both because they were already established, and because they were trying something new.
What they did worked for them, but the numbers they saw wouldn't be sustainable in a market where their business model was the norm.
That's a pretty ignorant interpretation of their policies. The digital entertainment industry in its current form might depend on copyright, but abolishing copyright would result in a new digital entertainment industry that separates producing content (their job) from making copies (not their job).
If this is sustainable, then why don't we see it now? There is nothing to prevent this 'new industry' from existing today, except maybe competition from the 'old' industry. But if the old industry has a competitive advantage, why would any music maker eschew it in favour of the 'old' industry?
Or is there another reason that the two can not coexist?
By default, UK phones are usually set up to get their internet access through a WAP gateway, and anything other than WAP or port 80 HTTP will struggle to get through. It's not what I'd call 'unrestricted'. Internet APNs are usually available, but may have to be set up manually.
The cost shouldn't be ignored either - the costs can start to mount up if you use your data connection regularly and most contracts still don't include a data allowance.
PAYG accounts usually have a 15MB allowance for a fixed daily fee, and are extortionate if you exceed the allowance, although O2 is a notable exception and is extortionate from the get-go.
The cheapest iPod Touch is $229, or $179 refurbished.
Besides, it's up to the parent to decide what to buy their child, what they should be allowed to do, and what kind of environment they should be brought up in.
Actually, I'd rather see parents have the ability to block apps than Apple, which ends up blocking them for all of us.
Which is why ratings are coming in 3.0 next week. Clearly the current situation is as undesirable for Apple as it is for the rest of us.
The bigger question should be: "Why would you buy a child an iPhone?" Don't they have special phones for parents who don't trust or spend any time with their children?
We're talking about iPod Touches too, remember. The lack of a contract alone makes them much more child-friendly than an iPhone. And as for 'special' phones where internet access is restricted or prohibitively expensive, try just about every non-'smartphone' on the market.
But you can block Safari, if you're a parent and you want control over what your child does with their iPhone. It's under Settings > General > Restrictions.
What you can't do, however, is allow/block each and every application that your child might download from the App Store. You can block the installation of applications altogether, but it's rather obvious that Apple doesn't want you to do that - it cuts off a potential revenue stream for them.
I'd say it's more like comparing a Lotus Exige with a big American muscle car that's had its controls replaced with those out of a Model T. Sure, the Exige has a comparatively tiny engine, only takes one passenger and doesn't have much boot space, but it's controllable and will go round a corner when you ask it to.
I've used a BlackBerry 7290, BlackBerry Bold, Nokia E61 and a Nokia E71 (all QWERTY), and I've always gone back to my iPhone. The E71 is the only keyboard that even comes close, but you can't type with a feather touch like you can on an iPhone, and you can't type fast without worrying about missing keys like you can on an iPhone.
I tried the G1 in a T-Mobile shop once, and I wasn't impressed. On the face of it the keyboard was easier to type on than the BBs and Nokias, but it was awkward to hold as the lip was in the way, and it was impossible to use one-handed. With the iPhone you at least have the option.
I was quite interested in the Palm Pre until I realised that it used a slide-out keyboard, and after reading an early review of the handset in which they slated the keyboard, I'm not even considering buying one.
Considering web access and webmail are going to be the most used features when borrowing a laptop, why not use a browser with a kiosk mode? Opera has one, and then you have the added benefit that the same settings will work on Windows, Linux and OS X.
Haha, they did that at my uni too, right up until the police appeared in one of my classes one day. Apparently one of the students had been reported missing, and there was an awkward moment when they consulted the class attendance sheet and then asked for that person to come forward.
Are you tapping to explicitly ignore the suggestions? The iPhone should be learning words where you ignore suggestions, so it should be less of a problem the more you type.
More localised pollution isn't necessarily a bad thing, if it means that the biggest offenders are the most affected by their pollution. The US is the biggest emitter in the world and I'd be all for containing that pollution within the country's borders if it were possible.
I imagine an air intake just below the windshield that was used to ventilate the cabin would have the potential to keep the passengers cool without the aerodynamic losses open windows produce.
Well yeah... my car doesn't have AC and I have my vents on all the time. They only work if the outside ambient air is cool enough, and even then they won't do much to cool a car that's been sitting in the sun.
What I find is that to get the vents working well, you have to have a window slightly open somewhere to let air escape. I usually use the sunroof, as it lets the hot air escape out the roof. Running the vents with the windows closed means that it's more difficult for fresh air to enter the car.
on what highways are you liable to encounter a car going the other way in your lane of traffic?
Here's one example, I could find more with a bit more Googling. This one involved a foreign driver who was most likely accustomed to driving on the opposite side of the road, but others have also involved the drunk and the elderly.
Still, the only way to ensure that you're not going to be paste on the dashboard in such a crash is to drive a vehicle significantly bigger than everyone else on the road. A 140mph-combined-speed head-on between two Hummers will produce much the same result as a head-on between two Smart cars.
IIRC they compared driving with the AC on to driving with the windows open.
Driving at in-town speeds, the AC affected MPG to a greater degree than having the windows open, but at out-of-town speeds the AC was more efficient. This makes sense to me, as the energy required by the AC is constant, whereas the additional drag due to the open windows would increase with speed.
I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, as it's teaching your kids how to follow instructions. I'll admit to despairing when the kid from next door to my parents brought his Lego X-Wing over, which clearly hadn't been built properly and was almost falling apart.
What your kids are doing is exactly what I used to do, and I think it works in a way because with model kits, you get a larger variety of pieces, which allows you to be more imaginative in what you build. I always found the variety of pieces available in brick boxes to be far too limiting.
In general you would add water in order to bring the alcohol level down to a drinkable level. Whisky is usually diluted before bottling to bring the alcohol level down to 40-46% (depending on the whisky) - at that strength it's drinkable, but some (including me) find that the alcohol overwhelms the flavour.
If you're drinking cask-strength whisky, which may not be diluted to the same degree if at all, then you'll have to add water in order to make the whisky drinkable.
Connoisseurs will recommend that you use water sourced from close to the distillery. This is usually not practical - I usually try to use Scottish bottled water, but distilled water is probably the best option if you live on the wrong side of the Atlantic.
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It's informed speculation, backed by non-representative data from the likes of Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, who received huge amounts of free advertising from the press both because they were already established, and because they were trying something new.
What they did worked for them, but the numbers they saw wouldn't be sustainable in a market where their business model was the norm.
That should be, "why would any music maker eschew it in favour of the 'new' industry".
Eschewing the preview button for typos since 1999.
If this is sustainable, then why don't we see it now? There is nothing to prevent this 'new industry' from existing today, except maybe competition from the 'old' industry. But if the old industry has a competitive advantage, why would any music maker eschew it in favour of the 'old' industry?
Or is there another reason that the two can not coexist?
By default, UK phones are usually set up to get their internet access through a WAP gateway, and anything other than WAP or port 80 HTTP will struggle to get through. It's not what I'd call 'unrestricted'. Internet APNs are usually available, but may have to be set up manually.
The cost shouldn't be ignored either - the costs can start to mount up if you use your data connection regularly and most contracts still don't include a data allowance.
PAYG accounts usually have a 15MB allowance for a fixed daily fee, and are extortionate if you exceed the allowance, although O2 is a notable exception and is extortionate from the get-go.
The cheapest iPod Touch is $229, or $179 refurbished.
Besides, it's up to the parent to decide what to buy their child, what they should be allowed to do, and what kind of environment they should be brought up in.
Which is why ratings are coming in 3.0 next week. Clearly the current situation is as undesirable for Apple as it is for the rest of us.
We're talking about iPod Touches too, remember. The lack of a contract alone makes them much more child-friendly than an iPhone. And as for 'special' phones where internet access is restricted or prohibitively expensive, try just about every non-'smartphone' on the market.
But you can block Safari, if you're a parent and you want control over what your child does with their iPhone. It's under Settings > General > Restrictions.
What you can't do, however, is allow/block each and every application that your child might download from the App Store. You can block the installation of applications altogether, but it's rather obvious that Apple doesn't want you to do that - it cuts off a potential revenue stream for them.
I was wondering how the Chinese had the foresight to block Twitter back in 1989.
I'd say it's more like comparing a Lotus Exige with a big American muscle car that's had its controls replaced with those out of a Model T. Sure, the Exige has a comparatively tiny engine, only takes one passenger and doesn't have much boot space, but it's controllable and will go round a corner when you ask it to.
I've used a BlackBerry 7290, BlackBerry Bold, Nokia E61 and a Nokia E71 (all QWERTY), and I've always gone back to my iPhone. The E71 is the only keyboard that even comes close, but you can't type with a feather touch like you can on an iPhone, and you can't type fast without worrying about missing keys like you can on an iPhone.
I tried the G1 in a T-Mobile shop once, and I wasn't impressed. On the face of it the keyboard was easier to type on than the BBs and Nokias, but it was awkward to hold as the lip was in the way, and it was impossible to use one-handed. With the iPhone you at least have the option.
I was quite interested in the Palm Pre until I realised that it used a slide-out keyboard, and after reading an early review of the handset in which they slated the keyboard, I'm not even considering buying one.
Considering web access and webmail are going to be the most used features when borrowing a laptop, why not use a browser with a kiosk mode? Opera has one, and then you have the added benefit that the same settings will work on Windows, Linux and OS X.
Haha, they did that at my uni too, right up until the police appeared in one of my classes one day. Apparently one of the students had been reported missing, and there was an awkward moment when they consulted the class attendance sheet and then asked for that person to come forward.
Are you tapping to explicitly ignore the suggestions? The iPhone should be learning words where you ignore suggestions, so it should be less of a problem the more you type.
More localised pollution isn't necessarily a bad thing, if it means that the biggest offenders are the most affected by their pollution. The US is the biggest emitter in the world and I'd be all for containing that pollution within the country's borders if it were possible.
Well yeah... my car doesn't have AC and I have my vents on all the time. They only work if the outside ambient air is cool enough, and even then they won't do much to cool a car that's been sitting in the sun.
What I find is that to get the vents working well, you have to have a window slightly open somewhere to let air escape. I usually use the sunroof, as it lets the hot air escape out the roof. Running the vents with the windows closed means that it's more difficult for fresh air to enter the car.
Here's one example, I could find more with a bit more Googling. This one involved a foreign driver who was most likely accustomed to driving on the opposite side of the road, but others have also involved the drunk and the elderly.
Still, the only way to ensure that you're not going to be paste on the dashboard in such a crash is to drive a vehicle significantly bigger than everyone else on the road. A 140mph-combined-speed head-on between two Hummers will produce much the same result as a head-on between two Smart cars.
IIRC they compared driving with the AC on to driving with the windows open.
Driving at in-town speeds, the AC affected MPG to a greater degree than having the windows open, but at out-of-town speeds the AC was more efficient. This makes sense to me, as the energy required by the AC is constant, whereas the additional drag due to the open windows would increase with speed.
I take it you don't have 'experts exchange' in Denmark?
I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, as it's teaching your kids how to follow instructions. I'll admit to despairing when the kid from next door to my parents brought his Lego X-Wing over, which clearly hadn't been built properly and was almost falling apart.
What your kids are doing is exactly what I used to do, and I think it works in a way because with model kits, you get a larger variety of pieces, which allows you to be more imaginative in what you build. I always found the variety of pieces available in brick boxes to be far too limiting.
Do they refer to an individual brick as "a lego"? That just sounds wrong to me.
Sort of like referring to a single water molecule as "a water", and then referring to a collection of water molecules, say a glassful, as "waters".
Tony Blair and George Bush had a special relationship. I guess the relationship between Gordon Brown and Barack Obama will be a saviour relationship.
Really, with all the world-saving being done by our world leaders, Google can afford to take it easy for a bit.
Like this?
Well Scotland is part of Britain, and England and Wales also have whisky distilleries now (one apiece I think). So technically correct.
If it's Scottish, Canadian or Japanese it's spelled 'whisky'. If it's Irish or American it's spelled 'whiskey'.
In general you would add water in order to bring the alcohol level down to a drinkable level. Whisky is usually diluted before bottling to bring the alcohol level down to 40-46% (depending on the whisky) - at that strength it's drinkable, but some (including me) find that the alcohol overwhelms the flavour.
If you're drinking cask-strength whisky, which may not be diluted to the same degree if at all, then you'll have to add water in order to make the whisky drinkable.
Connoisseurs will recommend that you use water sourced from close to the distillery. This is usually not practical - I usually try to use Scottish bottled water, but distilled water is probably the best option if you live on the wrong side of the Atlantic.