the flaw in your prediction is that there's no such thing as a "bojillion" dollars... if you had predicted a "bajillion", then you're back in the realm of reality
my favorite part about napster is their TV ad that reads in big letters:
"Own Nothing, " something else.... i forget the second part, but it's to the effect of own nothing, access everything.
i'm sorry... but i'm not ok with paying money in order to own nothing.
they already cost significantly less.... buying a CD for the current hot song will cost you 18 bucks. buying the same song on itunes will cost you a buck.
what's that? like 18 times less? and so what do u do with your saved $17? maybe buy music that doesn't suck...
geez....44% difference. they're quick to blame the iTMS, but why don't they look at themselves for the steady stream of crappy overproduced overhyped music they've been pushing at us for the last 5 years?
if the music industry has been saying that music sales has been going down because of all the pirates... then how can they legitimately project a huge increase? what kind of dice are they rolling?
ok, so then apple lets songs for the ipod playable on any hardware, and now the RIAA will cry foul because they're helping to spread piracy... do we see how circular this argument is?
cd's are easier to steal, but think of it this way: if you have 100 cd's being passed around and one gets stolen, will you be more or less likely to notice it than if you're missing an ipod?
What I'm wondering is, assuming all we see, feel, smell, and touch, was created by one almighty being, why we still define the process and the creator under very human terms and very human qualities. Intelligent Design? Does that mean there's also an unintelligent design? Or is there a less optimal good enough design? What is the metric for intelligence and to what degree would you say that one's intelligence is either finite or infinite? To me, intelligence in the human context is a measure for one's ability to assess, evaluate, and make decisions. If one (or more) creator(s) created all the universe, then what was there to assess, evaluate, or to make decisions on? And why would said creator(s) even have to to begin with, unless they possess human qualities, which would in turn make this creator(s) less infinite in their wisdom.
I personally think that this means IBM and Apple were working on dual cores for awhile, and Apple seriously wanted dual cores, and Apple had IBM keep it secret. But, now that Apple's switched to Intel, nothing's keeping IBM from announcing their dual core chips.
the way i see it, napster's like leasing your music.... you pay and pay and pay but in the end, u end up having to give the thing back (unless you wanna pay some more to purchase)
buying cd's is like purchasing a paperweight with an integrated pen holder, LCD tv tuner, and an alarm clock... sure, all of them are nice, but in the end, you're paying 10 times as much when all you needed to do was keep your papers from blowing away
and then pay per music services like iTMS is like buying just the parts you need for your PC or buying just the replacement bulb for your car's taillight without having to buy an entirely new car.
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the flaw in your prediction is that there's no such thing as a "bojillion" dollars... if you had predicted a "bajillion", then you're back in the realm of reality
my favorite part about napster is their TV ad that reads in big letters: "Own Nothing, " something else.... i forget the second part, but it's to the effect of own nothing, access everything. i'm sorry... but i'm not ok with paying money in order to own nothing.
they already cost significantly less.... buying a CD for the current hot song will cost you 18 bucks. buying the same song on itunes will cost you a buck. what's that? like 18 times less? and so what do u do with your saved $17? maybe buy music that doesn't suck... geez... .44% difference. they're quick to blame the iTMS, but why don't they look at themselves for the steady stream of crappy overproduced overhyped music they've been pushing at us for the last 5 years?
if the music industry has been saying that music sales has been going down because of all the pirates... then how can they legitimately project a huge increase? what kind of dice are they rolling?
ok, so then apple lets songs for the ipod playable on any hardware, and now the RIAA will cry foul because they're helping to spread piracy... do we see how circular this argument is?
cd's are easier to steal, but think of it this way: if you have 100 cd's being passed around and one gets stolen, will you be more or less likely to notice it than if you're missing an ipod?
What I'm wondering is, assuming all we see, feel, smell, and touch, was created by one almighty being, why we still define the process and the creator under very human terms and very human qualities. Intelligent Design? Does that mean there's also an unintelligent design? Or is there a less optimal good enough design? What is the metric for intelligence and to what degree would you say that one's intelligence is either finite or infinite? To me, intelligence in the human context is a measure for one's ability to assess, evaluate, and make decisions. If one (or more) creator(s) created all the universe, then what was there to assess, evaluate, or to make decisions on? And why would said creator(s) even have to to begin with, unless they possess human qualities, which would in turn make this creator(s) less infinite in their wisdom.
ya, radiation might kill you while you're on mars, but so will other things like running out of food
I personally think that this means IBM and Apple were working on dual cores for awhile, and Apple seriously wanted dual cores, and Apple had IBM keep it secret. But, now that Apple's switched to Intel, nothing's keeping IBM from announcing their dual core chips.
the way i see it, napster's like leasing your music. ... you pay and pay and pay but in the end, u end up having to give the thing back (unless you wanna pay some more to purchase)
buying cd's is like purchasing a paperweight with an integrated pen holder, LCD tv tuner, and an alarm clock... sure, all of them are nice, but in the end, you're paying 10 times as much when all you needed to do was keep your papers from blowing away
and then pay per music services like iTMS is like buying just the parts you need for your PC or buying just the replacement bulb for your car's taillight without having to buy an entirely new car.