Microsoft has created a no-win situation for themselves...
1. Create a subscription security service, and people complain they shouldn't have to pay. Someone call the class-action lawsuit attourneys! 2. Distribute it freely, and face anti-trust lawsuits from security software makers, and possibly the DOJ, depending on who's in the White House (Who! The guy in the White House. Who? Yes.).
It's no secret that Bungie has world-domination plans (check their website). Being "bought by Microsoft" was the first step... How better to begin the second phase of world-domination than to get access to a company who products are used world-wide?
I'm sure that time travel was involved, no doubt through an un-patched Windows exploit.
Ok... maybe "geared toward downloaders" was the wrong thing to say.
Basically, we would (and this is my best guess) send out a survey to say, 500,000 (random) people asking if they bought or downloaded any music in the past X months. If they have, then we ask them specifics on how they aquired their music.
It's not like we troll the P2P servers looking for people to take a survey.
Because NPD is a market research company (that I work for). Basically it works like this:
We ask people for some personal, demographic information. Once that is collected, we ask them questions. We collect the data, and give the RIAA a report on what we find. We do not (and can not) give the RIAA any of the personal information.
Also, the survey is geared toward the *downloaders*, not the distributors.
Maybe she's innocent by way of being uninformed, and her parents are guilty of not properly teaching her of the whole action / rest-of-your-life consequence.
It's not really just to put a blanket statement to cover all senarios.
See, you miss the point. First off, this is not the Apple standard mouse that ships with all Macs. This is Apple (finally) addressing the need of non-consumer users. But, they did it in a way so that, if there's some basic consumer who follows the "if it costs more, it must be better" philosophy, they don't have to realize that they have a multi-button mouse.
Hey... the ball looks interesting too. I've always hated stuff getting stuck in my scrollwheel, and how after awhile the "clicks" of the wheel just wear out. I wonder if this fixes both issues.
1. Work requires it, and I'm not going to change my job for the sake of argument.
2. Games
3. Other Platform's Software (same reason I'd want to run OS X on a PC)
Yes, and I have a Mac Mini. It's nice and all, but for the same price point I (personally) could build a superior powered PC.
I speced out a mid-range G5 (dual 2.3's) with features similar to my desktop machine, and the price came out to just shy of $4000. To be fair, I also speced out a Dell Dimension 9100 with similar features, and it came out to $2700. Figuring that MAYBE, JUST MAYBE I underpowered the dell, I then configured a XPS Gen 5, and it came out to $3300. Now, I'm not going to nit-pick about "Oh, buy this one part from here, and that other part from there, and you can save money."
Even as an Apple guy, I'm sick of the "Apple's aren't as expensive" crap. Ok, they're not as expensive as Apple's used to be, but stop trying to compare a Mac Mini with a high-end PC.
I'd love to run OS X on my "cheap" PC. And, when I'm rich, I'd love to run windows on some sweet Apple hardware.
I spent quite a bit of money on my PC... raid drives, lots of ram, great video, etc... but still almost as cheap as a low-end G5. I'd love to run OS X on it for a couple hundred dollars.
I get your point, but 4 years is a stretch... My mini runs circles around my 3 year old PC with it's 3 year old burner and 3 year old DVD burning software (when it comes to burning DVD's, if you hadn't guessed).
I would definately agree that a Dell for the same price point as a Mini would overpower the mini by a bit.
The 888 number is just an automated line. $5 says they just collect the numbers from that line, and add them to more lists.
The suff on the side that is illegible is actually what my fax machine attaches to the fax, not thiers. It's just the date, their Fax ID ("travel"), number of pages, and my fax number. Maybe I should have blurred that out:)
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Microsoft has created a no-win situation for themselves...
1. Create a subscription security service, and people complain they shouldn't have to pay. Someone call the class-action lawsuit attourneys!
2. Distribute it freely, and face anti-trust lawsuits from security software makers, and possibly the DOJ, depending on who's in the White House (Who! The guy in the White House. Who? Yes.).
Look, ma... Duplicate comments for a duplicate post! :)
First time I think I've seen the same story on the homepage twice.
Yeah, the difference being Bush has to have everything written for him, but Clinton could spin the BS on the fly.
I'm indifferent on the matter
It's no secret that Bungie has world-domination plans (check their website). Being "bought by Microsoft" was the first step... How better to begin the second phase of world-domination than to get access to a company who products are used world-wide?
I'm sure that time travel was involved, no doubt through an un-patched Windows exploit.
The ever-coveted and oh-so-useless FP!
(fifth post, that is)
Ok... maybe "geared toward downloaders" was the wrong thing to say. Basically, we would (and this is my best guess) send out a survey to say, 500,000 (random) people asking if they bought or downloaded any music in the past X months. If they have, then we ask them specifics on how they aquired their music. It's not like we troll the P2P servers looking for people to take a survey.
We ask you, the consumer, how you get your music.
Seriously. We send the survey out to a large group of people, and (basically) tally it up.
Yes, I work for NPD. No, I have nothing to do with this particular survey (I don't even work for that industry group)
Because NPD is a market research company (that I work for). Basically it works like this:
We ask people for some personal, demographic information. Once that is collected, we ask them questions. We collect the data, and give the RIAA a report on what we find. We do not (and can not) give the RIAA any of the personal information.
Also, the survey is geared toward the *downloaders*, not the distributors.
I'm sure everyone who replied with the oh-so-constructive "get back in the kitchen" responses are mature individuals who are worth listening to.
Oh, wait... they're all score 0, and you were modded "Insightful".
Maybe she's innocent by way of being uninformed, and her parents are guilty of not properly teaching her of the whole action / rest-of-your-life consequence.
It's not really just to put a blanket statement to cover all senarios.
See, you miss the point. First off, this is not the Apple standard mouse that ships with all Macs. This is Apple (finally) addressing the need of non-consumer users. But, they did it in a way so that, if there's some basic consumer who follows the "if it costs more, it must be better" philosophy, they don't have to realize that they have a multi-button mouse.
Hey... the ball looks interesting too. I've always hated stuff getting stuck in my scrollwheel, and how after awhile the "clicks" of the wheel just wear out. I wonder if this fixes both issues.
1. Work requires it, and I'm not going to change my job for the sake of argument. 2. Games 3. Other Platform's Software (same reason I'd want to run OS X on a PC)
Yes, and I have a Mac Mini. It's nice and all, but for the same price point I (personally) could build a superior powered PC. I speced out a mid-range G5 (dual 2.3's) with features similar to my desktop machine, and the price came out to just shy of $4000. To be fair, I also speced out a Dell Dimension 9100 with similar features, and it came out to $2700. Figuring that MAYBE, JUST MAYBE I underpowered the dell, I then configured a XPS Gen 5, and it came out to $3300. Now, I'm not going to nit-pick about "Oh, buy this one part from here, and that other part from there, and you can save money." Even as an Apple guy, I'm sick of the "Apple's aren't as expensive" crap. Ok, they're not as expensive as Apple's used to be, but stop trying to compare a Mac Mini with a high-end PC.
I'd love to run OS X on my "cheap" PC. And, when I'm rich, I'd love to run windows on some sweet Apple hardware.
I spent quite a bit of money on my PC... raid drives, lots of ram, great video, etc... but still almost as cheap as a low-end G5. I'd love to run OS X on it for a couple hundred dollars.
I get your point, but 4 years is a stretch... My mini runs circles around my 3 year old PC with it's 3 year old burner and 3 year old DVD burning software (when it comes to burning DVD's, if you hadn't guessed). I would definately agree that a Dell for the same price point as a Mini would overpower the mini by a bit.
I see you missed my implications... How many people here actually *believe* Microsoft's estimated ship dates for Longhorn anymore? :D
Not to mention, OS X 10.5 and 10.6 will probably beat longintooth... I mean Longhorn... out the door. :D
The original fax is at http://www.iotashan.com/spamfax.gif. Ask them about the Disney Vacation for $99.
The 888 number is just an automated line. $5 says they just collect the numbers from that line, and add them to more lists. The suff on the side that is illegible is actually what my fax machine attaches to the fax, not thiers. It's just the date, their Fax ID ("travel"), number of pages, and my fax number. Maybe I should have blurred that out :)
Well, here's the original fax, but I suppose you could say that I just Photochopped it. http://www.iotashan.com/spamfax.gif
No, they really are spammers. Original fax: http://www.iotashan.com/spamfax.gif
Well, gosh-darn. I wish I realized that posting the number to ./ would make everyone call them. I wouldn't want the company to suffer any.
Yeah, except my state's AG (Wisconsin) only has mail and phone as options for filing complaints :)
I suppose I can call them tomorrow. :)