It's still worse than that: the new smart fabric is bullet proof so you can't even shoot the guy win the lime green swimming paisley sweater. *shudder*
They are $80 each. For me that is not what I consider "sane." Perhaps for a business with a bunch of flood lights on 24/7 this would be okay, but I just don't see it for residential. Plus it says they can't go in recessed "can" fixtures (i.e. most residential flood lights) and they are not dimmable. Still, it's good to see LED light "bulbs" start to hit the market.
I largely agree with what you say, but $0.99 is still too high for one song. Look, I know $0.99 is not a lot of money in and of itself, but that still works out to $15 - $20 an album (nevermind the whole, "Only one good song on a normal album" arguement). Personally, I do indeed see value in a method for reliably getting a quality song with all the proper tag information and I would be more than willing to pay for it. Just not $0.99. $0.50, sure, $0.25 and I would spend at least an hour a night getting as many songs as I could. So, do I download songs? No. There is a cost there to, my free time, and it isn't worth the hassle of getting the song, checking the song, renaming, tagging, organizing,... (you get the idea).
Bottom line, I like good music. I am willing to pay for good music. Right now, most music is overpriced for what it is.
I grew up in a rural area, now I live in an urban area. I drove WAY more miles in a rural area. 20 miles to get gas, 60 to a mall of any sort. I don't see how, on average*, milage tax would be better for rural areas.
* I know, Iknow, someone will say, "I live in LA and I drive 75 miles each way to work every day!" Well, I drive 10, some people walk, thus a v e r a g e
This eerily reminds me of a popular moral question:
For a million dollars would you push a button and a kill person on the other side of the world whom you have never met if you knew you could never get caught?
Theorem: In any/. discussion about Gentoo someone will make a comment (comment A) about how hard Gentoo is to install. Comment A will be followed by a comment (comment B) about a one or two line command to show how simple Gentoo really is. Then, following comment B, there will be 2 dozen or more short comments about a few little tweaks that really need to be done for the 'simple' stuff to work in comment B.
Disclaimer: I Have Gentoo installed and I a very big fan of Gentoo.
I have had a GMail account for a few months now and I actually have all my other pop email forwareded TO GMail. I do not find the GMail ads intrusive at all and I really like their interface and organization. The ONLY reason I like to have POP access is for the notification without having to open a browser. GNotify solves this for me. Plus it is easy to check my email from anywhere and it is not a pain like Yahoo! and hotmail. Moreover, GMail has decent spam protection that I assume will stay updated so I don't have to worry about setting that up either. I would actually prefer that they offer POP features to access other email servers so I don't have to set up forwarding.
My wife does pretty much the same thing (haggle them down) and it usually does work out pretty well. I used to almost be embarrassed when she did it, but recently I have had a change of heart. Now I pretty much think of it this way: I want product X so I go to Best Buy and say, "will you sell me this product X for $yyy since that is what I can get it for elsewhere?" Sales guy says, "No." I say, "Thank you, have a nice day." and go home and order the same thing for the cheaper price. How is it bad that I gave them a chance to sell me a product?
On a side note, I think I will definately dress as "poor" as I can next time I go to Best Buy. I hate being hounded by comissioned sales people.
True, but aren't several other religions represented in the US military in Iraq? No doubt including "many" muslims, athiests, jews, etc? Also, the motives of the leaders may be questionable, however, I doubt individual soldiers are looking down the sights of a gun and thinking, "I'm gonna kill this guy because I want his oil." Personally(now risking this to be modded troll), I think it would be better to fight over something with indisputable value, such as oil, than it would to be fighting over religious ideals. Moreover, although I am not a practicing Christian by any means, what does believing in Christianity have to do with ones desire for oil?
The protests began after a newspaper suggested that the Prophet Mohammed would have probably chosen to marry one of the Miss World contestants if he had witnessed the beauty pageant...
I doubt that suggesting Mohammed was from Utah would be a good thing.
The best part is that it really _helps_ Microsoft, because it brings about wider adoption.
I couldn't agree more. I have always wondered why Windows XP pro and, even more so, Office XP pro are so damn expensive. Sure, there was a lot of work behind them, but the cost is simply too much for me to bear. Therefore, when I built a new computer, I was "forced" to dive into Linux and Open Office and am getting used to the free alternatives. What does that mean? Well, there is talk of switching to a Linux desktop where I work. I will be able to make that transition easier now. People will resist change if they have never used anything but Windows, but if they are driven to alternatives they will begin to see the light.
Am I the only one that cringes when I see stuff like AOSmell, Internet Exploder, Microsux, Windoze, etc. ? I may not like these products, but these words completely and utterly lack any hint of even a remote sense of any form of humor.
I pay $26.95 for a 3Mbit down / 256 Kbit up over cable. I remember in the early 90's when I was first exposed to a locak dialup and I literally said outloud, "Well then, why does anyone need AOL anymore?" I thought AOL's days were numberd but I never knew that number was in the thousands.
Life lesson => Never underestimate the ignorance of pretty much everyone.
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It's still worse than that: the new smart fabric is bullet proof so you can't even shoot the guy win the lime green swimming paisley sweater. *shudder*
Sort of like a giant whoopie cushion filled with rocket fuel? Sweeeet.
They are $80 each. For me that is not what I consider "sane." Perhaps for a business with a bunch of flood lights on 24/7 this would be okay, but I just don't see it for residential. Plus it says they can't go in recessed "can" fixtures (i.e. most residential flood lights) and they are not dimmable. Still, it's good to see LED light "bulbs" start to hit the market.
You must be good at Balderdash
I largely agree with what you say, but $0.99 is still too high for one song. Look, I know $0.99 is not a lot of money in and of itself, but that still works out to $15 - $20 an album (nevermind the whole, "Only one good song on a normal album" arguement). Personally, I do indeed see value in a method for reliably getting a quality song with all the proper tag information and I would be more than willing to pay for it. Just not $0.99. $0.50, sure, $0.25 and I would spend at least an hour a night getting as many songs as I could. So, do I download songs? No. There is a cost there to, my free time, and it isn't worth the hassle of getting the song, checking the song, renaming, tagging, organizing, ... (you get the idea).
Bottom line, I like good music. I am willing to pay for good music. Right now, most music is overpriced for what it is.
Da comrade!
I grew up in a rural area, now I live in an urban area. I drove WAY more miles in a rural area. 20 miles to get gas, 60 to a mall of any sort. I don't see how, on average*, milage tax would be better for rural areas.
* I know, Iknow, someone will say, "I live in LA and I drive 75 miles each way to work every day!" Well, I drive 10, some people walk, thus a v e r a g e
This eerily reminds me of a popular moral question:
For a million dollars would you push a button and a kill person on the other side of the world whom you have never met if you knew you could never get caught?
Oooohkaaaayyy. That, um, makes perfect sense now. I think.
So, which can be traced directly to more hard facts, Wikipedia or the Bible.
**ducks**
helpful Clippy is to Oxymoron as
e^(pi*i)-1 = 0 is to Math
Theorem: /. discussion about Gentoo someone will make a comment (comment A) about how hard Gentoo is to install. Comment A will be followed by a comment (comment B) about a one or two line command to show how simple Gentoo really is. Then, following comment B, there will be 2 dozen or more short comments about a few little tweaks that really need to be done for the 'simple' stuff to work in comment B.
In any
Disclaimer: I Have Gentoo installed and I a very big fan of Gentoo.
Oh come on, that idea up there with the Pet Rock.
The man made a million dollars!
I have had a GMail account for a few months now and I actually have all my other pop email forwareded TO GMail. I do not find the GMail ads intrusive at all and I really like their interface and organization. The ONLY reason I like to have POP access is for the notification without having to open a browser. GNotify solves this for me. Plus it is easy to check my email from anywhere and it is not a pain like Yahoo! and hotmail. Moreover, GMail has decent spam protection that I assume will stay updated so I don't have to worry about setting that up either. I would actually prefer that they offer POP features to access other email servers so I don't have to set up forwarding.
death by 280 million paper cuts ... Or by being forced to eat 280 million servings of SPAM (TM).
... Firefox would be an inseparable part of the users operating system desktop? And would be deliverd as part of an OEM system?
What a novel idea.
My wife does pretty much the same thing (haggle them down) and it usually does work out pretty well. I used to almost be embarrassed when she did it, but recently I have had a change of heart. Now I pretty much think of it this way: I want product X so I go to Best Buy and say, "will you sell me this product X for $yyy since that is what I can get it for elsewhere?" Sales guy says, "No." I say, "Thank you, have a nice day." and go home and order the same thing for the cheaper price. How is it bad that I gave them a chance to sell me a product?
On a side note, I think I will definately dress as "poor" as I can next time I go to Best Buy. I hate being hounded by comissioned sales people.
... rape our natural resources and leave the wilderness ravaged ... (Score:5, Insightful)
But support a statement such as RIAA lost $xxx last year due to file sharers and you will get slammed on Slashdot.
Both statements are based on biased information (note that I didn't say incorrect information).
Thank you for making my point.
So let me get this straight, on Slashdot:
Corporate FUD => Bad.
Political FUD => Insightful.
True, but aren't several other religions represented in the US military in Iraq? No doubt including "many" muslims, athiests, jews, etc? Also, the motives of the leaders may be questionable, however, I doubt individual soldiers are looking down the sights of a gun and thinking, "I'm gonna kill this guy because I want his oil." Personally(now risking this to be modded troll), I think it would be better to fight over something with indisputable value, such as oil, than it would to be fighting over religious ideals. Moreover, although I am not a practicing Christian by any means, what does believing in Christianity have to do with ones desire for oil?
Considering how some people took this suggestion:
...
The protests began after a newspaper suggested that the Prophet Mohammed would have probably chosen to marry one of the Miss World contestants if he had witnessed the beauty pageant
I doubt that suggesting Mohammed was from Utah would be a good thing.
How about intentionally trying an incorrect password first? If it is your real bank you will get an error. If it is a scam it will look successful.
The best part is that it really _helps_ Microsoft, because it brings about wider adoption.
I couldn't agree more. I have always wondered why Windows XP pro and, even more so, Office XP pro are so damn expensive. Sure, there was a lot of work behind them, but the cost is simply too much for me to bear. Therefore, when I built a new computer, I was "forced" to dive into Linux and Open Office and am getting used to the free alternatives. What does that mean? Well, there is talk of switching to a Linux desktop where I work. I will be able to make that transition easier now. People will resist change if they have never used anything but Windows, but if they are driven to alternatives they will begin to see the light.
Just a thought.
Am I the only one that cringes when I see stuff like AOSmell, Internet Exploder, Microsux, Windoze, etc. ? I may not like these products, but these words completely and utterly lack any hint of even a remote sense of any form of humor.
I pay $26.95 for a 3Mbit down / 256 Kbit up over cable. I remember in the early 90's when I was first exposed to a locak dialup and I literally said outloud, "Well then, why does anyone need AOL anymore?" I thought AOL's days were numberd but I never knew that number was in the thousands.
Life lesson => Never underestimate the ignorance of pretty much everyone.