The majority of users that will watch the trailer use Windows, and the market share of QuickTime & iTunes is growing rapidly. It makes sense from a business/marketing standpoint.
And by the way, use Mozilla in Linux and download the Flash Player, it's not that difficult. Same on the Mac.
Where the hell does one find 12x DVD media, anyway? By the time the media of that speed is available, the price of the 12x drive itself will have been cut significantly. Most DVD+R media is available in the 4x variety, with a few at 8x.
HDTV is extremely overrated, just another ploy by the entertainment & TV industry to increase sales by plugging something that isn't even going to be mainstream for another 5-10 years. There's maybe 3 or 4 high definition channels available right now. Is that really worth the extra cost?
And the senators that know nothing about computer security won't even know what hit them once we get the geek types trying to hack into government computers. When the tech people do find out though, they haven't got a huge radius to search to deliver a subpoena for the geeks' laptops.
Anyone read Digital Fortress by Dan Brown? I can only imagine what the government could do about these hacker types operating on the government home turf.
Anyone want to make a bet on how long it will take for Apple to issue a Cease & Desist order against this one? Reverse engineering has got to be against their TOS...
It's not illegal, but it removes the iTunes interface that Apple has been working so hard to promote.
You do realize that once Google goes IPO (you know it will happen, sooner or later), the focus of the developers will be less on providing useful content, and more on turning it into another Yahoo or MSN, and satisfying the shareholders. Profit is everything in a situation like this. Right now, Google is in a great position, and I'd hate to see a great search engine system crumble due to the whims of these shareholders.
And then the new kernel fixes old bugs, and implements new features, which will have bugs, which the next patch will fix, which will implement new features, which will have bugs, which the next patch will fix, which will implement new features, which will have bugs, which the next patch will fix, which will implement new features, which will have bugs, which the next patch will fix, which will implement new features, which will have bugs, which the next patch will fix, which will implement new features, which will still have bugs.
Damn. Maybe I should switch to Windows. Oh.. wait..
You do realize that when you run a search, your results are the same as what you would get at Google, but with that god-awful interface and Amazon ads? Don't mean to be a troll, but there's absolutely no compelling reason to use a9 over Google.
Besides, Google's toolbar lets you save your recent searches anyway, that's nothing new, and it saves you the five seconds that it would take to type "google.com" or "a9.com/..." for you lazy people out there.
The only reason Amazon did this is because they want more people to shop at Amazon and use their search engine (obviously). It's been tried a thousand times before. Google won the preference of millions because the ads aren't obtrusive and they weren't in the business to try to get you to shop somewhere, or join a pay service, or any of that crap that Yahoo and MSN does.
I was comparing it to the 15GB iPod, you fool. In mass production, of course it's much cheaper than $250 to produce. Go into a store and ask for a 4GB microdrive, they'll charge you $500. Go to the manufacturer directly and request 100,000 of them, they'll cut you a deal.
In my opinion, Apple was in too much of a hurry to release the Mini. The regular iPod is a significantly better value. This is just another reason not to buy the Mini.
On iPodLounge, someone took apart their Mini unit, and basically all it was is a small LCD screen, a 4GB compact flash card of some kind (which can't be formatted, people have tried), and the parts to make the scroll wheel work.
I live in the U.S. and I sell gift certificates to the iTunes Music Store at a small premium. Please e-mail me at sales at rossonwebs dot com if you're interested. Most of my sales come from European countries, and the gift certificates work like a charm on iTunes. It's not a TOS violation either, believe me, I have checked and rechecked.
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I, for one, welcome our new Venus overlords. Oh, wait..
How exactly? I challenge you to find a frame distributor that sells frames that big for less than $170. You won't find any. It's very custom.
I, for one, welcome our new 1.8" overlords.
And by the way, use Mozilla in Linux and download the Flash Player, it's not that difficult. Same on the Mac.
My guess is.. not for long, if Windows 98 is any indication.
Where the hell does one find 12x DVD media, anyway? By the time the media of that speed is available, the price of the 12x drive itself will have been cut significantly. Most DVD+R media is available in the 4x variety, with a few at 8x.
Will they allow "classic" PS1/PS2 games to be downloaded in the same way?
HDTV is extremely overrated, just another ploy by the entertainment & TV industry to increase sales by plugging something that isn't even going to be mainstream for another 5-10 years. There's maybe 3 or 4 high definition channels available right now. Is that really worth the extra cost?
And the senators that know nothing about computer security won't even know what hit them once we get the geek types trying to hack into government computers. When the tech people do find out though, they haven't got a huge radius to search to deliver a subpoena for the geeks' laptops. Anyone read Digital Fortress by Dan Brown? I can only imagine what the government could do about these hacker types operating on the government home turf.
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wtf?
Ok, who the hell modded me flamebait for posting a mirror on my server? ;)
I'm swimming in bandwidth.. download it if you haven't already. =)
Anyone want to make a bet on how long it will take for Apple to issue a Cease & Desist order against this one? Reverse engineering has got to be against their TOS... It's not illegal, but it removes the iTunes interface that Apple has been working so hard to promote.
You do realize that once Google goes IPO (you know it will happen, sooner or later), the focus of the developers will be less on providing useful content, and more on turning it into another Yahoo or MSN, and satisfying the shareholders. Profit is everything in a situation like this. Right now, Google is in a great position, and I'd hate to see a great search engine system crumble due to the whims of these shareholders.
So? It's still accurate and realistic. In fact, besides the Windows comment, I was 100% serious. I just went a bit crazy on the copy-paste thing.
Damn. Maybe I should switch to Windows. Oh.. wait..
Besides, Google's toolbar lets you save your recent searches anyway, that's nothing new, and it saves you the five seconds that it would take to type "google.com" or "a9.com/..." for you lazy people out there.
The only reason Amazon did this is because they want more people to shop at Amazon and use their search engine (obviously). It's been tried a thousand times before. Google won the preference of millions because the ads aren't obtrusive and they weren't in the business to try to get you to shop somewhere, or join a pay service, or any of that crap that Yahoo and MSN does.
I'd say Google wins. :)
I was comparing it to the 15GB iPod, you fool. In mass production, of course it's much cheaper than $250 to produce. Go into a store and ask for a 4GB microdrive, they'll charge you $500. Go to the manufacturer directly and request 100,000 of them, they'll cut you a deal.
In my opinion, Apple was in too much of a hurry to release the Mini. The regular iPod is a significantly better value. This is just another reason not to buy the Mini.
On iPodLounge, someone took apart their Mini unit, and basically all it was is a small LCD screen, a 4GB compact flash card of some kind (which can't be formatted, people have tried), and the parts to make the scroll wheel work.
Barely worth $250.
I'm feeling generous today so I uploaded the file to my server. Same as the above file. You know, just in case it gets slashdotted.
http:// www . tcgwebs . com / playfair . tgz
Fair use is fair use.
http://RecallVerisign.com Let's blame VeriSlime. Everyone sign the petition! :P
I live in the U.S. and I sell gift certificates to the iTunes Music Store at a small premium. Please e-mail me at sales at rossonwebs dot com if you're interested. Most of my sales come from European countries, and the gift certificates work like a charm on iTunes. It's not a TOS violation either, believe me, I have checked and rechecked.
I use DVR with Time Warner Cable, which has always been just great for me. It has an 80GB HD and most features that you'd find in a Tivo.
TuneRecycler used the word "Super Bowl" on their site. *gasp*