If you have an iPod, ask yourself why. Because you compared it and you actually found it REALLY superior to the other products in that market sector, or because someone told you it's cool and that you should have it? You needn't answer. Just ask yourself and try to be honest with yourself.
Great user interface. Not perfect, but good. Responsive. Doesn't crash.
No DRM if you know what you're doing.
The densest solid-state player I could find. (8GB iPod nano.) The metal, virtually scratch-proof shell is nice, too.
Great third-party support due to large market share. Write this off ass hipness if you want.
Just an FYI -- do not do this in front of a cop. In Pennsylvania, "Failure to yield to oncoming driver when making left turn" is a fine, plus 3 points on your license.
The sliders you are thinking about may be the ones on MSN (now search.live.com). They appear when you click "Advanced" on a search results page and then switch to the "Results ranking" page. The three sliders are labeled Updated recently vs. Static, Very popular vs. Less popular, and Approximate match vs. Exact match.
As technology gets more advanced, less understanding of it is required to be able to use it. My mom doesn't know how to change the oil in her car, but she can still drive it.
Quality and reliability: These products may cost you less in the long run. I couldn't begin to say how many hours I've wasted tracking down stupid issues in every Microsoft environment I've ever used, from Visual Basic 3 to today's Visual Studio.NET
Support: I would guess that most of these licenses come with some kind of support contract.
Relative obscurity: If you have hundreds of thousands of customers, you can afford to spread the load between them. When you only have a few thousands, you need more money per customer to support the same level of development.
Of course, these are all hypothetical and general. YMMV.
This would be great if it truly was an impulse buy. Put money into vending machine, get phone, start using it; Refill as necessary.
But this is no different than the packaged cell phones they sell at Target and other stores -- you still need to go through the hassle of signing up for a rate plan, etc. The only difference is that now you have to pay for the phone instead of getting it free of charge for signing a contract.
(My computer is not cheap-ass, it's just a small laptop that doesn't have room for a CD-ROM drive.)
There are two differences between your examples and this situation with the music. A) When one stealsan object, the original owner loses this object. B) There is no reason other than short-sightedness that the music industry cannot provide me with the level of service -- much better service, even -- than I get from the P2P program. Technology has advanced, and it is now possible to deliver music electronically to my house, yet the big record labels insist on living in the past.
Let's say I just heard a song I really liked. I liked it so much that I want a copy of it to listen to again. Maybe even the whole album. Ok, what are my options?
I can buy a CD from a store or order it from Amazon. This means I have to either put on some pants or wait for days. And my computer doesn't have a CD-ROM drive. And this is really inconvenient.
I can sign on to iTunes or similar and buy the song. Except it's DRMed so I can't get an MP3. And that album was released by a label that doesn't participate in iTunes.
I can buy the MP3s from a grey market place online such as allofmp3.com. This is pretty much illegal, I have to pay for it, and the artist still doesn't get jack. Oh, and their selection is better than most stores but still sucks.
Finally, I can log on to my P2P network of choice and more than likely download whatever I want, in decent quality, pretty much instantly.
Now, should I support a corrupt, backwards, outdated industry that is working overtime to make my life a pain in the ass by lobbying for all kinds of crazy laws and filing lawsuits left and right, even if this is less convenient to me?
Emigrant Direct recently implemented a two-step logon process, where you first supply your username, followed by your password and answeres to two random security questions. Unfortunately, you're supposed to type the two answers into regular textboxes instead of masked password boxes, exposing your information to any shoulder surfers.
You did not vote in your boss. The CEO takes the money that you earn and gives most of it to himself. The corporation is not a democracy. It's a dictatorship.
I did too vote for my boss. I voted for him by accepting the job offer, and I continue to vote for him by coming in to work every day.
I'm not surprised that such a technically low-quality site has gotten so popular. Myspace has done some brilliant marketing, including throwing parties. They have also provided a level of flexibility other sites haven't. This explains why they managed to become popular despite being late to the game.
I'm not surprised that Fox has paid so much money to own Myspace. It makes sense that they try to break into the "new media".
I am suprised that, having spent this much on the site, Fox has not spent a little more on replacing the original Myspace technical team with a competent one.
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Just an FYI -- do not do this in front of a cop. In Pennsylvania, "Failure to yield to oncoming driver when making left turn" is a fine, plus 3 points on your license.
Congratulations, PGP! Now legal in Bulgaria, France, Monaco, and Thailand.
Oh, and I almost forgot Poland!
This is why I use the RIAA Radar
Isn't there some kind of immunity for authors of large open source projects?
The sliders you are thinking about may be the ones on MSN (now search.live.com). They appear when you click "Advanced" on a search results page and then switch to the "Results ranking" page. The three sliders are labeled Updated recently vs. Static, Very popular vs. Less popular, and Approximate match vs. Exact match.
She has no idea what OBDII is either.
CDDB and FreeDB are old news. MusicBrainz is by far superior. It accounts for different release years, different formats, multiple artists, compilation albums, etc. "Why would I need to use your site? What's wrong with FreeDB?".
I'm not affiliated, just another happy user.
As technology gets more advanced, less understanding of it is required to be able to use it. My mom doesn't know how to change the oil in her car, but she can still drive it.
Three reasons come to mind:
Of course, these are all hypothetical and general. YMMV.
This would be great if it truly was an impulse buy. Put money into vending machine, get phone, start using it; Refill as necessary.
But this is no different than the packaged cell phones they sell at Target and other stores -- you still need to go through the hassle of signing up for a rate plan, etc. The only difference is that now you have to pay for the phone instead of getting it free of charge for signing a contract.
(My computer is not cheap-ass, it's just a small laptop that doesn't have room for a CD-ROM drive.)
There are two differences between your examples and this situation with the music. A) When one stealsan object, the original owner loses this object. B) There is no reason other than short-sightedness that the music industry cannot provide me with the level of service -- much better service, even -- than I get from the P2P program. Technology has advanced, and it is now possible to deliver music electronically to my house, yet the big record labels insist on living in the past.
Let's say I just heard a song I really liked. I liked it so much that I want a copy of it to listen to again. Maybe even the whole album. Ok, what are my options?
I can buy a CD from a store or order it from Amazon. This means I have to either put on some pants or wait for days. And my computer doesn't have a CD-ROM drive. And this is really inconvenient.
I can sign on to iTunes or similar and buy the song. Except it's DRMed so I can't get an MP3. And that album was released by a label that doesn't participate in iTunes.
I can buy the MP3s from a grey market place online such as allofmp3.com. This is pretty much illegal, I have to pay for it, and the artist still doesn't get jack. Oh, and their selection is better than most stores but still sucks.
Finally, I can log on to my P2P network of choice and more than likely download whatever I want, in decent quality, pretty much instantly.
Now, should I support a corrupt, backwards, outdated industry that is working overtime to make my life a pain in the ass by lobbying for all kinds of crazy laws and filing lawsuits left and right, even if this is less convenient to me?
Emigrant Direct recently implemented a two-step logon process, where you first supply your username, followed by your password and answeres to two random security questions. Unfortunately, you're supposed to type the two answers into regular textboxes instead of masked password boxes, exposing your information to any shoulder surfers.
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<chernobyl> flash isn't going down. flash is putting java out of business
<chernobyl> how long has XML been around, and no one's moving to it
I predict that any bill that makes things through Congress will only change the system for the worse.
My ThinkPad already detects the pitch, yaw, and roll.
Here is a handy pamphlet called The Photographer's Right that provides some advice for dealing with a situation like this.
As long as nobody finds out that my mother's maiden name is Asduyff43rfasdhf14351243qwe9yfakshdfadfh...
Emotional Trap: The belief that you can make important decisions when you're feeling strong emotions.
I'm not surprised that such a technically low-quality site has gotten so popular. Myspace has done some brilliant marketing, including throwing parties. They have also provided a level of flexibility other sites haven't. This explains why they managed to become popular despite being late to the game.
I'm not surprised that Fox has paid so much money to own Myspace. It makes sense that they try to break into the "new media".
I am suprised that, having spent this much on the site, Fox has not spent a little more on replacing the original Myspace technical team with a competent one.
I read the title as Einstein-Husband, a joint last name. It should use an m-dash, or at least a double-hyphen, and a comma before "and":
Einstein — Husband, Lover, and Father
-or-
Einstein -- Husband, Lover, and Father
There is a flaw in your argument: school officials don't care about your kids nearly as much as you do.