"In the Z4 2.5i with manual shift, this unit delivers 0 to 60 mph in 7.1 sec. and achieves the amazing top speed of 146 mph. Its projected EPA mileage ratings are impressive too: 21-mpg city/28-mpg highway with the optional automatic transmission, 20/28 with the 5-speed manual." - http://www.bmwworld.com/models/z4/engines.htm
"The top speed of 111mph is achieved courtesy of the 96bhp developed by this power unit. This too is better than most other 1.4-litre engines in this sector that typically average 75 to 80bhp." - http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/car-reviews/car-and-drivi ng/kia-rio-1.4-16v-range-1004915.html
Um, who cares? In the US, the max speed limit you're likely to find (AFAIR) is 85mph; Kia's can go 85 as well. Then you start throwing in other stats, which are irrelevent as well. An internet connection has exactly two features anyone cares about; reliablity and speed. Well three, if you count price.
Just because your speed is limited by laws in your locality has nothing to do with the capabilities of the technology, any nerd should know that.
This is why your analogy sucks; ALL cars are restricted to maxium speeds by law, so that fact that it COULD go faster is more or less irrelevent.
And again, I'll say that a BMW is a more reliable vehicle than a Kia any day, this is a personal bias but I'd like to see you prove me wrong with details regarding the lifespans of vehicles from both manufacturers.
People that I know whom own BMW's don't tell you how reliable they are. Honda and Acura owners will. BMW's have alot of known problems, some of which they know about and haven't (last I heard) fixed. Such as the power window motors burning out after 2-3 years on the 3 series. At any rate if you really wish to compare, just go to Edmunds and research yourself.
I say my analogy stands, and you're just a troll.
I say your analogy blows, because cars aren't really that similar at all to an network of computers. You may think I'm a troll if you wish, but troll's don't usually have Excellent karma (I know, you can't check unless you pay for/.).
There's nothing wrong with forcing parents to take responsiblitly in screening what their children watch. There is something wrong with forcing the stores and game companies to do the parents job.
Stop with stupid anologies! You don't "rent" bandwidth at all. Ugh.
ISPs aren't 'close' to monopolies, they ARE monopolies. Sure you can get SpeakEasy, but at some point they will HAVE to connect to an ISP which is one of the big telcos which want a tiered internet.
"According to Blue Security, a renegade Russian language speaking spammer known as PharmaMaster succeeded in bribing a top-tier ISP's staff member into black holing Blue Security's former IP address (194.90.8.20) at internet backbone routers. This rendered Blue's main website inaccessible outside Israel."
This part at least is bull. I was able to get to BS and download the client a few days after the story first hit/. On ISP in russia doesn't make a lot of difference.
Yes, I am exactly right, if you read what I wrote. I don't pretend to know why anyone subscribed. I did say that, post-Stern, the number of subscribers has gone from 600,000 to 4,000,000 plus. That's in the space of, oh...including people (like me) who picked up Sirius before Jan 9 in anticipation of Stern, a 6 month period (Dec - May).
I did read what you wrote, and you were implying that ALL of those members joined for Stern, which is simply false. Before christmas, I noticed Sirius had quite a bit of advertising, and (finally) got some car manufactorers to include the radio in their cars.. which is probably one of the smartest moves a sat. radio company can do.
O&A have been on XM considerably longer, so talking straight numbers, I'm sure they did. What I'd be interested in knowing, is how many XM subscribers paid that extra dollar to get their channel.
From what I understand, quite a few did, as they were one of the top channels even then. I would have, but I didn't know they were back until after they moved to the regular platform.
I retract my O&A failure on XM statement. Quite simply, all I know is that they're back on regular radio. I assumed, right or wrong, for better or worse, that meant they failed on XM. Fact is, I don't care if O&A succeed or fail. I'm simply not a listener.
Ok.. its just amazing how many people claim they failed. They are indeed back on FM channels from 6-9, and then have an XM exclusive portion of the show from 9-11 (although they've been staying on until 11:30-12 most days since the deal). But I still hear the 6-9 portion on XM, without any bleeps that you'd hear listening on FM.
Heh...no, you don't see. You apparently can't see beyond your apparent dislike of Stern.
Actually I used to be a huge Stern fan; then in the late 90s, I noticed his show started mainly being him blaming the FCC for not being able to do anything interesting, complaining how everyone was just a rip off of him, and claiming he invented everything. The fact is that he was boring; O&A started broadcasting in Philly where I heard them for the first time, and that really hit home on how boring he had become. He claimed that he's been doing subpar radio for 10-15 years because of the FCC; yet O&A made their fame in that same time.
"All his lies"? Fact is, he talked about it a couple times, and the bottom line, he says he doesn't care what they do.
He talked about it almost daily the week after O&A started back on FM. I know because they played the tapes of him talking about him. He says he doesn't care, but if he didn't, why would he mention them at all?
And why would he care? It doesn't affect him anymore. I'm not "one of those" anything...this isn't about me, and despite your best efforts, never has been.
He'd care because they are the competition now. Both shows are on at the same time. By being on FM again, some people that were thinking of Sirrius may not anymore.
Sorry for classifying you too quickly; just seems that everyone that says O&A are failures are rabbid Stern fans that refuse to see the facts.
I subscribe to Sirius, I think the Stern show is the funniest show out there, and I don't care if anyone else agrees or not.
Can't fault you there, to each his own. Again, usually the 'O&A failed and Stern brought 3+ million to Sirrius' people are so out there they refuse to see the facts and / or attempt to distort them. Sorry for lumping you into that group, shouldn't have jumped to conclusions so fast.
Just because it's a comment on Slashdot doesn't make it personal.
An ipod you can download the exact songs you want when you want them. Satellite radio you'd have to wait for the song to come up again to record it. Since satellite radio doesn't even cycle the same songs around again as quickly as broadcast radio, if you really want to sit there waiting to grab a particular song off satellite, you'll have to wait longer than you would to record it off broadcast.
You probably don't have to sit there. My unit doesn't record, but i can tell it to watch for a song to play and alert me. I would hope the recordable units would have a 'find this and record it option', like Tivo.
The only thing stopping me from getting an Inno is the fact that there aren't any repeaters in Vermont, so I don't know how good the signal would be while on foot.
I haven't heard why they didn't move those stations into that category; could be CC, or maybe they just haven't done it yet.
At any rate, there's still plenty of commerical free channels, more than Sirrius has at the moment. I'm very happy with XM, I can't listen to FM or AM anymore.
No, they should be able to ask the FBI, since they were located in the US. While I don't have much faith in Russian enforcement, if the US leans on them, they probably would help.
Sirius is over 4 million subscribers now, from about 600,000 pre-Stern. Plus all the new advertising, on the non-music channels, which is still a fraction of the commercials I sat through when Stern was on regular radio. Well, you do the math.
Of course you're right. Every single one of them joined for Howard. Do the same math since O&A joined XM, and they brought more subscribers to XM than Stern did to Sirius.
Opie & Anthony are fairly successful on regular radio, but failed miserably on XM.
How have they failed? They're one of the highest rated channels on the platform. DirectTV put them back even after they only wanted music channels after DirectTV subscribers were very vocal about losing O&A. If they fail on XM, they'll be booted off.
Stern was extremely successful on regular radio, and after a strong start, is becoming more successful every day on Sirius (pretty sure the Sirius subscriber numbers are still going up). Everything I hear on the news lately about XM is bad.
Subscribers to both are going up. Sirius hasn't been doing too well, and it has only recently been upgraded from 'sell' to 'neutral' in the stock market.
Finally, listening to the Stern show daily, he doesn't give a rats ass about O&A, how they're doing, or where they are broadcasting from. His show uncensored is the funniest it's ever been.
I see, you're one of those 'think as I do' listeners. Go ahead, believe all his lies. Fact is, O&A are heard alot more places than Stern is now and have a much larger audience. He's slowly fading to obscurity and everyone but you and him seem to know it.
Nope, not all markets. NY, Philly, West Palm Beach, Pittsburg and some others. More in the works.
If you're refering to the Catholic League, they've worked out their differences, and Bill O'Reily (the head of the CL) actually wishes them well. Roth did replace Stern, and was quickly fired. O&A are now broadcasting in his place from 6-9.
I never listen to FM anymore; it doesn't play anything I like. All the stations in my city are crap (and there aren't that many).
Funny, I think it sounds great. I guess it depends on how you connect the receiver to your stereo and how you setup your antenna.
Last I heard, XM was doing well financially; it was Sirrus that's in trouble.
It is interesting that they aren't going after Sirrus; Sirrus has units that can record too.. although they are more of a pain in the ass, and you can't record a live signal.
Evian doesn't produce your tapwater. By pulling water out of the tap, you haven't removed a product from Evian.
No, they distribute it. And they have local water works distributing it as well. If you pull from the local waterworks, you've denied the oppurtunity for Evian to distribute water to you.
His argument makes much more sense then you seem to think.
Not only that, they launched some new stations, some of which seem to be directly competing with the CM ones.
actually I just checked; the music stations (I think they are 'hit' channels only) are still in the Hits category; I thought they were going to throw them into the new category as well.
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"In the Z4 2.5i with manual shift, this unit delivers 0 to 60 mph in 7.1 sec. and achieves the amazing top speed of 146 mph. Its projected EPA mileage ratings are impressive too: 21-mpg city/28-mpg highway with the optional automatic transmission, 20/28 with the 5-speed manual." - http://www.bmwworld.com/models/z4/engines.htm
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"The top speed of 111mph is achieved courtesy of the 96bhp developed by this power unit. This too is better than most other 1.4-litre engines in this sector that typically average 75 to 80bhp." - http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/car-reviews/car-and-driv
Um, who cares? In the US, the max speed limit you're likely to find (AFAIR) is 85mph; Kia's can go 85 as well. Then you start throwing in other stats, which are irrelevent as well. An internet connection has exactly two features anyone cares about; reliablity and speed. Well three, if you count price.
Just because your speed is limited by laws in your locality has nothing to do with the capabilities of the technology, any nerd should know that.
This is why your analogy sucks; ALL cars are restricted to maxium speeds by law, so that fact that it COULD go faster is more or less irrelevent.
And again, I'll say that a BMW is a more reliable vehicle than a Kia any day, this is a personal bias but I'd like to see you prove me wrong with details regarding the lifespans of vehicles from both manufacturers.
People that I know whom own BMW's don't tell you how reliable they are. Honda and Acura owners will. BMW's have alot of known problems, some of which they know about and haven't (last I heard) fixed. Such as the power window motors burning out after 2-3 years on the 3 series. At any rate if you really wish to compare, just go to Edmunds and research yourself.
I say my analogy stands, and you're just a troll.
I say your analogy blows, because cars aren't really that similar at all to an network of computers. You may think I'm a troll if you wish, but troll's don't usually have Excellent karma (I know, you can't check unless you pay for
There's nothing wrong with forcing parents to take responsiblitly in screening what their children watch. There is something wrong with forcing the stores and game companies to do the parents job.
Stop with stupid anologies! You don't "rent" bandwidth at all. Ugh.
ISPs aren't 'close' to monopolies, they ARE monopolies. Sure you can get SpeakEasy, but at some point they will HAVE to connect to an ISP which is one of the big telcos which want a tiered internet.
Your analogy sucks.
BMWs are nicer to sit in than a Kia, but both will get you to where you want to go at the same speeds.
With an internet connection, the only factors are relablity and speed. Nothing else matters.
Market forces will do aboslutely shit.
The few big telcos there are will collude and we will lose net neutrality.
Customers will end up paying more for the internet or will not be able to access the sites they want to at the speed they are paying for.
The hardware companies are for this because to implement a tiered internet, those same big telcos will have to buy new hardware. What a suprise.
"According to Blue Security, a renegade Russian language speaking spammer known as PharmaMaster succeeded in bribing a top-tier ISP's staff member into black holing Blue Security's former IP address (194.90.8.20) at internet backbone routers. This rendered Blue's main website inaccessible outside Israel."
/. On ISP in russia doesn't make a lot of difference.
This part at least is bull. I was able to get to BS and download the client a few days after the story first hit
Yes, I am exactly right, if you read what I wrote. I don't pretend to know why anyone subscribed. I did say that, post-Stern, the number of subscribers has gone from 600,000 to 4,000,000 plus. That's in the space of, oh...including people (like me) who picked up Sirius before Jan 9 in anticipation of Stern, a 6 month period (Dec - May).
I did read what you wrote, and you were implying that ALL of those members joined for Stern, which is simply false. Before christmas, I noticed Sirius had quite a bit of advertising, and (finally) got some car manufactorers to include the radio in their cars.. which is probably one of the smartest moves a sat. radio company can do.
O&A have been on XM considerably longer, so talking straight numbers, I'm sure they did. What I'd be interested in knowing, is how many XM subscribers paid that extra dollar to get their channel.
From what I understand, quite a few did, as they were one of the top channels even then. I would have, but I didn't know they were back until after they moved to the regular platform.
I retract my O&A failure on XM statement. Quite simply, all I know is that they're back on regular radio. I assumed, right or wrong, for better or worse, that meant they failed on XM. Fact is, I don't care if O&A succeed or fail. I'm simply not a listener.
Ok.. its just amazing how many people claim they failed. They are indeed back on FM channels from 6-9, and then have an XM exclusive portion of the show from 9-11 (although they've been staying on until 11:30-12 most days since the deal). But I still hear the 6-9 portion on XM, without any bleeps that you'd hear listening on FM.
Heh...no, you don't see. You apparently can't see beyond your apparent dislike of Stern.
Actually I used to be a huge Stern fan; then in the late 90s, I noticed his show started mainly being him blaming the FCC for not being able to do anything interesting, complaining how everyone was just a rip off of him, and claiming he invented everything. The fact is that he was boring; O&A started broadcasting in Philly where I heard them for the first time, and that really hit home on how boring he had become. He claimed that he's been doing subpar radio for 10-15 years because of the FCC; yet O&A made their fame in that same time.
"All his lies"? Fact is, he talked about it a couple times, and the bottom line, he says he doesn't care what they do.
He talked about it almost daily the week after O&A started back on FM. I know because they played the tapes of him talking about him. He says he doesn't care, but if he didn't, why would he mention them at all?
And why would he care? It doesn't affect him anymore. I'm not "one of those" anything...this isn't about me, and despite your best efforts, never has been.
He'd care because they are the competition now. Both shows are on at the same time. By being on FM again, some people that were thinking of Sirrius may not anymore.
Sorry for classifying you too quickly; just seems that everyone that says O&A are failures are rabbid Stern fans that refuse to see the facts.
I subscribe to Sirius, I think the Stern show is the funniest show out there, and I don't care if anyone else agrees or not.
Can't fault you there, to each his own. Again, usually the 'O&A failed and Stern brought 3+ million to Sirrius' people are so out there they refuse to see the facts and / or attempt to distort them. Sorry for lumping you into that group, shouldn't have jumped to conclusions so fast.
Just because it's a comment on Slashdot doesn't make it personal.
Agreed.
An ipod you can download the exact songs you want when you want them. Satellite radio you'd have to wait for the song to come up again to record it. Since satellite radio doesn't even cycle the same songs around again as quickly as broadcast radio, if you really want to sit there waiting to grab a particular song off satellite, you'll have to wait longer than you would to record it off broadcast.
You probably don't have to sit there. My unit doesn't record, but i can tell it to watch for a song to play and alert me. I would hope the recordable units would have a 'find this and record it option', like Tivo.
The only thing stopping me from getting an Inno is the fact that there aren't any repeaters in Vermont, so I don't know how good the signal would be while on foot.
You should. You won't go back to FM / AM radio every again.
No, the RIAA represents the labels, not the artists.
XM doesn't sell the radios; they are made by various companies and you can pick up a radio anywhere (eg, BestBuy).
So I'm not sure why XM would be soley responsbile.
The ISP should then direct the customer to a list of businesses which you will pay to remove said spyware.
WSIX is located in Kentucky.
I haven't heard why they didn't move those stations into that category; could be CC, or maybe they just haven't done it yet.
At any rate, there's still plenty of commerical free channels, more than Sirrius has at the moment. I'm very happy with XM, I can't listen to FM or AM anymore.
No, they should be able to ask the FBI, since they were located in the US. While I don't have much faith in Russian enforcement, if the US leans on them, they probably would help.
Sirius is over 4 million subscribers now, from about 600,000 pre-Stern. Plus all the new advertising, on the non-music channels, which is still a fraction of the commercials I sat through when Stern was on regular radio. Well, you do the math.
Of course you're right. Every single one of them joined for Howard. Do the same math since O&A joined XM, and they brought more subscribers to XM than Stern did to Sirius.
Opie & Anthony are fairly successful on regular radio, but failed miserably on XM.
How have they failed? They're one of the highest rated channels on the platform. DirectTV put them back even after they only wanted music channels after DirectTV subscribers were very vocal about losing O&A. If they fail on XM, they'll be booted off.
Stern was extremely successful on regular radio, and after a strong start, is becoming more successful every day on Sirius (pretty sure the Sirius subscriber numbers are still going up). Everything I hear on the news lately about XM is bad.
Subscribers to both are going up. Sirius hasn't been doing too well, and it has only recently been upgraded from 'sell' to 'neutral' in the stock market.
Finally, listening to the Stern show daily, he doesn't give a rats ass about O&A, how they're doing, or where they are broadcasting from. His show uncensored is the funniest it's ever been.
I see, you're one of those 'think as I do' listeners. Go ahead, believe all his lies. Fact is, O&A are heard alot more places than Stern is now and have a much larger audience. He's slowly fading to obscurity and everyone but you and him seem to know it.
Nope, not all markets. NY, Philly, West Palm Beach, Pittsburg and some others. More in the works.
If you're refering to the Catholic League, they've worked out their differences, and Bill O'Reily (the head of the CL) actually wishes them well. Roth did replace Stern, and was quickly fired. O&A are now broadcasting in his place from 6-9.
I never listen to FM anymore; it doesn't play anything I like. All the stations in my city are crap (and there aren't that many).
Um, since the labels make up the members of the RIAA, I'd say it has alot to do with them.
Funny, I think it sounds great. I guess it depends on how you connect the receiver to your stereo and how you setup your antenna.
Last I heard, XM was doing well financially; it was Sirrus that's in trouble.
It is interesting that they aren't going after Sirrus; Sirrus has units that can record too.. although they are more of a pain in the ass, and you can't record a live signal.
Evian doesn't produce your tapwater. By pulling water out of the tap, you haven't removed a product from Evian.
No, they distribute it. And they have local water works distributing it as well. If you pull from the local waterworks, you've denied the oppurtunity for Evian to distribute water to you.
His argument makes much more sense then you seem to think.
Except you're not stealing (unless you're taking a physical CD or tape). You are infringing a copyright.
Oh, and no one i know was ever taught that taping something from the radio or TV was wrong. They infact make several devices explicitly to do so.
the fact that the copies are now digital doesn't change anything; its not suddenly immoral to tape a digital signal, where taping an analog is moral.
Not only that, they launched some new stations, some of which seem to be directly competing with the CM ones.
actually I just checked; the music stations (I think they are 'hit' channels only) are still in the Hits category; I thought they were going to throw them into the new category as well.
I've got an S50 where I can store several hours worth of music streams (though I usually use it for NPR broadcasts).
Wow, hopefully it comes with discounts to correct back problems after hauling that around for any bit of time.
Why do you welcome something that will turn you into a criminal if its passed?
The attack was probably large, but then why wouldn't they seek out help from law enforcement?
The app sending an opt out email on behalf of the user is not illegal; DDOSing a site is.
Ahh sorry, yes I missed it. Hard to tell tone with just one word :-) Sorry for jumping on your statement.