It must be a very slippery slope to go from "knowing where your kids are" to "coddling them" into misfits.
I think this poster had a point... it's good to know where your kids are, and to be interested and concerned in their lives. That proves to make better children than just ignoring them and/or letting them do whatever their hearts desire.
I think this device is a great idea... after all, unless the kid is paying for his or her own car/insurance/gas, then the parents have every right to know what the kid is doing with their (the parents') money.
As ridiculous as I think the whole issue between Apple Corps. and Apple Computer is, I'd just like to ask why on earth Apple thinks they have the right to get upset of this?
As an FYI (not being a smart alleck), the Gran Turismo games are infinitely better with touch sensitive buttons. Still, going along with your post, they were not required.
Exactly my point... most CDs are just over half the capacity of the CD, so one argument I saw stating that the DVD format will hold more is a moot point!
The only CDs I purchase that actually reach the limit of a CD's capacity are live CDs. I don't think artists (or the RIAA) will take advantage of the size here.
Seriously, minus the limited storage capacity (although for audio, 74 minutes seems to be TOO much for most artists these days), what's wrong with the CD? The quality is great, I can rip it to my PC (uh oh, there's a problem), and it's inexpensive (again, uh oh).
This new format will probably be $20 or more, and that's just not gonna fly. Not to mention, I need to upgrade my car stereo.
Just because the largest portion of MySpace users seem to have hideous pages doesn't mean that those running MySpace are complete morons and can't manage their system.
My fiance plays Sudoku on my DS (that she bought for me). I try to get her to do the Brain Age stuff, but she got an 80 due to the "blue" bug (for lack of a better term) and has since been turned off by it. Too bad about that, but she does love the Sudoku on the DS.
This reminds me of Amazon.com reviews where someone buys something, they are the 1 in a 1000 person who gets a bad one, and say that the product is horrible and nobody should ever buy said product again.
With Netflix you just say "add this to my queue" and you choose which order they come in... I have several at the bottom of my list that I may move up to the next one sent... depending on my mood. If you don't put anything in your queue, you don't get anything.
As far as "park", I think that is akin to Netflix's "Not Interested" rating. The users browse through recommendations and if they see something they don't like they can rate it "Hated it", "Didn't Like It", etc... or just say "not interested".
Dupes--meaning 1 account on each service with the same e-mail address.... did they simply merge them, confirm anything. They have to do something with those if that can happen.
Yahoo! is probably counting all of the bots on their network... although the math still doesn't seem right. Bots would probably put the total over 1 billion...
Yes... everyone knows about GAIM. However, you cannot talk to an MSN user from a Yahoo! account. That's what this merger means. Nobody is saying GAIM (or Trillian, or others) didn't allow you to connect to multiple networks simultaneously before this announcement.
This is like the 6th post I've seen saying "What about GAIM?". What about it?
On a more serious note, I wonder what rules they used to deal with dupes (AFAIK, you can register for MSN with any e-mail... what about yahoo accounts? maybe I'm misinformed)
After reading the article, I specifically wanted to comment about that sentence. It's clearly is the dumbest idea ever. There's no connection at all.
They do go on to explain that the Mac Mini could be a console, but why? They would have the Wii already, and it's much cheaper (probably, even though no price is "officially" released for US market).
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Excellent post. I commend you on your concern for your kid as well.
It must be a very slippery slope to go from "knowing where your kids are" to "coddling them" into misfits.
I think this poster had a point... it's good to know where your kids are, and to be interested and concerned in their lives. That proves to make better children than just ignoring them and/or letting them do whatever their hearts desire.
I think this device is a great idea... after all, unless the kid is paying for his or her own car/insurance/gas, then the parents have every right to know what the kid is doing with their (the parents') money.
As ridiculous as I think the whole issue between Apple Corps. and Apple Computer is, I'd just like to ask why on earth Apple thinks they have the right to get upset of this?
As an FYI (not being a smart alleck), the Gran Turismo games are infinitely better with touch sensitive buttons. Still, going along with your post, they were not required.
Just an FYI, you don't need others' friend codes to play online. You can play random people.
If you want to play a friend, then you need to put them into your friend code list... think "Buddy List".
From the article: "The data includes personal names, addresses, social security numbers and everything else someone might type into a search box."
Who puts their SNN into a search box? Don't give me that "These are AOL users" crap either...
Exactly my point... most CDs are just over half the capacity of the CD, so one argument I saw stating that the DVD format will hold more is a moot point!
Thanks for the support info!
12 songs * 4 minutes = 48 minutes.
The only CDs I purchase that actually reach the limit of a CD's capacity are live CDs. I don't think artists (or the RIAA) will take advantage of the size here.
Oh yeah, it doesn't have DRM...
Seriously, minus the limited storage capacity (although for audio, 74 minutes seems to be TOO much for most artists these days), what's wrong with the CD? The quality is great, I can rip it to my PC (uh oh, there's a problem), and it's inexpensive (again, uh oh).
This new format will probably be $20 or more, and that's just not gonna fly. Not to mention, I need to upgrade my car stereo.
Agreed.
Just because the largest portion of MySpace users seem to have hideous pages doesn't mean that those running MySpace are complete morons and can't manage their system.
My fiance plays Sudoku on my DS (that she bought for me). I try to get her to do the Brain Age stuff, but she got an 80 due to the "blue" bug (for lack of a better term) and has since been turned off by it. Too bad about that, but she does love the Sudoku on the DS.
The difference is about 10 years, that's all. MySpace's timing was better. Not geocities fault.
You know, the /. crowd will always be this way. Your post is dead-on.
DRM IS TEH EVIL! OH NOES!
Oh, they released this crappy song without DRM? SCAM!
The elitism here sometimes makes me sick to my stomach. Jessica Simpson isn't my cup of tea, but to some it is... it's DRM-less music nonetheless.
The real story here is that this is a well known artist and the music is sold without any restriction.
This reminds me of Amazon.com reviews where someone buys something, they are the 1 in a 1000 person who gets a bad one, and say that the product is horrible and nobody should ever buy said product again.
With Netflix you just say "add this to my queue" and you choose which order they come in... I have several at the bottom of my list that I may move up to the next one sent... depending on my mood. If you don't put anything in your queue, you don't get anything.
As far as "park", I think that is akin to Netflix's "Not Interested" rating. The users browse through recommendations and if they see something they don't like they can rate it "Hated it", "Didn't Like It", etc... or just say "not interested".
Dupes--meaning 1 account on each service with the same e-mail address.... did they simply merge them, confirm anything. They have to do something with those if that can happen.
Yahoo! is probably counting all of the bots on their network... although the math still doesn't seem right. Bots would probably put the total over 1 billion...
Yes... everyone knows about GAIM. However, you cannot talk to an MSN user from a Yahoo! account. That's what this merger means. Nobody is saying GAIM (or Trillian, or others) didn't allow you to connect to multiple networks simultaneously before this announcement.
This is like the 6th post I've seen saying "What about GAIM?". What about it?
How many of those are bots? ha!
On a more serious note, I wonder what rules they used to deal with dupes (AFAIK, you can register for MSN with any e-mail... what about yahoo accounts? maybe I'm misinformed)
That number might be higher (for /. users), but some may do a bit of viewing while at work. Some employers do not allow Firefox for some reason.
Watching video on an iPod or PSP is tolerable at best. I still don't understand the appeal (besides the "BLING" factor) of watching videos on a phone.
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After reading the article, I specifically wanted to comment about that sentence. It's clearly is the dumbest idea ever. There's no connection at all.
They do go on to explain that the Mac Mini could be a console, but why? They would have the Wii already, and it's much cheaper (probably, even though no price is "officially" released for US market).
Isn't MGS exclusively Playstation? What does Sony have to say about this? I would think all characters from those games are exclusive as well...
Is Solid Snake the character from "Metal Gear" on NES? Maybe that's it, but it still seems odd...