They could tie in a lot of things like: legal online music sales, expanding SkypeOut and SkypeIn and banner ads in the software.
I am a loyal Skype user. It has kept my girlfriend and me in contact despite being on two separate continents for a year. However, I would drop Skype in a heartbeat if there were banner ads.
There is nothing to support it if it fails to show a profit.
On the contrary -- they own the majority of the Seattle Mariners, a portion of the company that makes American and Canadian Idol, manufacture playing cards, and own retail stores. The company is over 110 years old. Don't tell me they just make video games.
I don't know about in America, but in Japan, it's actually cheaper to send messages over cellphone. I think, in my year here, I have received three phone calls to my cell phone -- all outgoing calls in this country cost, including land-land calls. Thus, people are disinclined to make phone calls.
Moreover, IM on cell phone is, I think, better thought of as email on cell phone -- it's asynchronous (should be easier and cheaper than voice mail, as less packets are used) and nonobtrusive (doesn't require voices used in the middle of meetings).
Oh come on. That's like saying a phone call is less personal than receiving a postcard. IM is digital chatting. Email is digital post. They are different tools for different tasks.
Why would you write an email to someone saying "hey be there at 3" when you can send them an IM that says that, and be assured that they see it right away.
Amen! I listen to ridiculous amounts of Japanese music, and there is about to be an iTunes Japan. The thing is, I think only people with Japanese credit cards will be able to buy music from it. You don't need to live in the country, just have a credit card from that country. For instance, I live in Japan, but my CCs are from the US. Therefore, I can still use iTunes to buy my American music.
Well, I have four options for getting Japanese music: 1. I can use an online service like iTunes, but this is out of the question, as the services are/will be only available to people with Japanese credit cards. 2. I can buy it from an online retailer at around 40-50 USD for a CD, which is around a 100% increase in price over what I pay in Japan, so this is absolutely unacceptable, and ethics be damned, I'd rather pirate than pay this, and there is no way to make me feel guilty about it. Ever. 3. I can choose not to listen, which is also unacceptable 4. I can pirate. I am left with this choice. If I could download this music via iTunes, I would. I buy my American music via iTunes. I haven't infringed any American music in 6 months because I've used iTunes instead.
Should Al gets -3 Flamebait for: I'm down will Bill Gates I call him "Money" for short I call him up at home And make him do my tech support
I have to admit, one of the best rhymes I've ever heard was Hey I bet you're still living in your parents cellar Downloading pictures of Sarah Michelle Gellar And posting, "Me too!" like some braindead AOLer I should do the world a favor and cap you like Old Yeller You're just about as useless as JPEGs to Helen Keller
*sigh* The last great album of Al. He got married and then released Poodle Hat, which licks chocolate salty balls. I can't figure out how Party at the Leper Colony is supposed to be anywhere near "funny". And with Genius in France, was he trying to capitalize on the US "hatred" of France? Because it sure isn't a funny song.
I'll admit that Hardware Store was an impressive song (but no fun to sing along with;) and Angry White Boy Polka was excellent (as all his polkas are), but aside from that...it was just...bleh.
This is the first Weird Al CD that I refused to buy, it was so horrible. I hope he bounces back and creates an excellent 12th (including UHF soundtrack) album.
Let's hope for some gangsta polka. Would this double as nerdcore?
That's excellent, considering I just succeeded in posting an ASCII tubgirl just about three posts above yours. Most likely because I used "adkasd;lfkaadf" for the projectile diarrhea
d-_-b/me shrugs listens to music and Microsoft's attempted patent makes me:
Yoda Ate My Balls was always my favorite. Shit, I had to be in fifth grade or younger when those were popular. I remember my friend on ISDN showing me the sites while I sat on a 2400 baud modem at home.
Re:For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10:
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Does anyone else remember The Macaroni? It was a screensaver with Macarena-esque music with a bunch of macaroni noodles dancing.
I used to get people in college with Lemon Party (three elderly males fellating each other). I notice the domain is up for sale. I wonder who would buy such a thing?
I will have to agree with this. My interest has finally been piqued enough -- to see what the fuss is about, I found a torrent of the Firefly series. I downloaded the first four episodes, watched them, and loved it.
I will now be ordering the DVDs. Thanks, Bit Torrent and/.!
Well, MS instant messenger is used by 100% of the Japanese, Chinese and Korean people I have met the year I've been here in Japan.
When I meet people, I get asked two things: Keitaibangou wo oshietekurenai? MSN wa? (Please teach me your cell phone number. What about your MSN?)
It reminds me of how, in the US, many people say "I'm going to google it", using "google" as a verb meaning "to search". I would suspect it's because international character support is spotty in AIM (not to mention that the A in AIM is for "America"). I haven't used the official client in 6 months because Gaim handles the Japanese fine, while the official client failed it.
That scares me that she can access this information from home. What strong crypto is in place to prevent someone from packet-sniffing the password and gaining access to the medical history of each patient?
Well, if telemarketers are calling from one state to another, then that is exactly what the Feds are supposed to do (that pesky "regulate interstate commerce" clause).
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They could tie in a lot of things like: legal online music sales, expanding SkypeOut and SkypeIn and banner ads in the software.
I am a loyal Skype user. It has kept my girlfriend and me in contact despite being on two separate continents for a year. However, I would drop Skype in a heartbeat if there were banner ads.
Violation of license agreements and DMCA infractions (reverse engineering for non-compatibility purposes).
It's so difficult to determine this one, as it seems people don't agree on whether "try and" is merely colloquial or not.
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Here's some information:
http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxtryand.ht
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000253.htm
There is nothing to support it if it fails to show a profit.
On the contrary -- they own the majority of the Seattle Mariners, a portion of the company that makes American and Canadian Idol, manufacture playing cards, and own retail stores. The company is over 110 years old. Don't tell me they just make video games.
I don't know about in America, but in Japan, it's actually cheaper to send messages over cellphone. I think, in my year here, I have received three phone calls to my cell phone -- all outgoing calls in this country cost, including land-land calls. Thus, people are disinclined to make phone calls.
Moreover, IM on cell phone is, I think, better thought of as email on cell phone -- it's asynchronous (should be easier and cheaper than voice mail, as less packets are used) and nonobtrusive (doesn't require voices used in the middle of meetings).
Oh come on. That's like saying a phone call is less personal than receiving a postcard. IM is digital chatting. Email is digital post. They are different tools for different tasks.
Why would you write an email to someone saying "hey be there at 3" when you can send them an IM that says that, and be assured that they see it right away.
Joo Puburicu
;)
I think you meant "Joo Paburikku"
When you can buy a CD at a record store and only pay for the songs you want from that particular album, get back to me.
:)
They're called singles
For the humor impaired: yes I realize that not all tracks are available as singles.
Amen! I listen to ridiculous amounts of Japanese music, and there is about to be an iTunes Japan. The thing is, I think only people with Japanese credit cards will be able to buy music from it. You don't need to live in the country, just have a credit card from that country. For instance, I live in Japan, but my CCs are from the US. Therefore, I can still use iTunes to buy my American music.
Well, I have four options for getting Japanese music:
1. I can use an online service like iTunes, but this is out of the question, as the services are/will be only available to people with Japanese credit cards.
2. I can buy it from an online retailer at around 40-50 USD for a CD, which is around a 100% increase in price over what I pay in Japan, so this is absolutely unacceptable, and ethics be damned, I'd rather pirate than pay this, and there is no way to make me feel guilty about it. Ever.
3. I can choose not to listen, which is also unacceptable
4. I can pirate. I am left with this choice. If I could download this music via iTunes, I would. I buy my American music via iTunes. I haven't infringed any American music in 6 months because I've used iTunes instead.
Should Al gets -3 Flamebait for:
I'm down will Bill Gates
I call him "Money" for short
I call him up at home
And make him do my tech support
I have to admit, one of the best rhymes I've ever heard was
Hey I bet you're still living in your parents cellar
Downloading pictures of Sarah Michelle Gellar
And posting, "Me too!" like some braindead AOLer
I should do the world a favor and cap you like Old Yeller
You're just about as useless as JPEGs to Helen Keller
*sigh* The last great album of Al. He got married and then released Poodle Hat, which licks chocolate salty balls. I can't figure out how Party at the Leper Colony is supposed to be anywhere near "funny". And with Genius in France, was he trying to capitalize on the US "hatred" of France? Because it sure isn't a funny song.
;) and Angry White Boy Polka was excellent (as all his polkas are), but aside from that...it was just...bleh.
I'll admit that Hardware Store was an impressive song (but no fun to sing along with
This is the first Weird Al CD that I refused to buy, it was so horrible. I hope he bounces back and creates an excellent 12th (including UHF soundtrack) album.
Let's hope for some gangsta polka. Would this double as nerdcore?
Ugh. Can you imagine the Freedom Association of Poland?
FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP
That's excellent, considering I just succeeded in posting an ASCII tubgirl just about three posts above yours. Most likely because I used "adkasd;lfkaadf" for the projectile diarrhea
/me shrugs listens to music
d-_-b
and Microsoft's attempted patent makes me:
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Points for anyone who knows the meaning.
Tubgirl version:
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/ / \ \ asdkfjaldkfjalkdfjalkdjflak
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adlfjaiefalkdaljhfa..asd.ifaegkjacdkva.
I can't believe links were not included in the top 10.
Mahir is at http://www.ikissyou.org/
Is that a reference to Killer Instinct I smell? I remember trying to get to see "Orchid's booby flash" at my friend's house when I was younger.
Yoda Ate My Balls was always my favorite. Shit, I had to be in fifth grade or younger when those were popular. I remember my friend on ISDN showing me the sites while I sat on a 2400 baud modem at home.
Does anyone else remember The Macaroni? It was a screensaver with Macarena-esque music with a bunch of macaroni noodles dancing.
I used to get people in college with Lemon Party (three elderly males fellating each other). I notice the domain is up for sale. I wonder who would buy such a thing?
And this one time, at band camp, ...
I will have to agree with this. My interest has finally been piqued enough -- to see what the fuss is about, I found a torrent of the Firefly series. I downloaded the first four episodes, watched them, and loved it.
/.!
I will now be ordering the DVDs. Thanks, Bit Torrent and
Well, MS instant messenger is used by 100% of the Japanese, Chinese and Korean people I have met the year I've been here in Japan.
When I meet people, I get asked two things:
Keitaibangou wo oshietekurenai? MSN wa? (Please teach me your cell phone number. What about your MSN?)
It reminds me of how, in the US, many people say "I'm going to google it", using "google" as a verb meaning "to search". I would suspect it's because international character support is spotty in AIM (not to mention that the A in AIM is for "America"). I haven't used the official client in 6 months because Gaim handles the Japanese fine, while the official client failed it.
Have things changed?
That scares me that she can access this information from home. What strong crypto is in place to prevent someone from packet-sniffing the password and gaining access to the medical history of each patient?
I'm curious: if this is your first post, why did you register such a long time ago?
Well, if telemarketers are calling from one state to another, then that is exactly what the Feds are supposed to do (that pesky "regulate interstate commerce" clause).