The US mobile phone market is crap. There is far too much vendor lock-in. The European markets are much more sophisticated than that in the US, because of the competition that was prevalent there. Hell, everyone I knew when I lived in the UK and Germany had had phones for years, and I left in 2001. Since arriving in North America I have yet to get a phone, becuae the plans are ridiculously restrictive and the services available are only now equivalent to what I had in Europe.
There is focus in the North American markets now on adding music. I am skeptical that it will have much impact. The plan outlined in this article is not really free music anyway. Its just another sort of sucscription model. Such that, if the consumer switches companies, he loses his music. Companies seem to think that people are openly willing to lock in. I think people do it grudgingly. Adding another aspect to be lost in the case of switching, in my opinion, makes the deal worse. If you want or need to switch now, you need to buy out the contract (unless you wait for it to run its course), buy a new phone, and re-buy your music.
I am unsure of the status of music on phones in Europe, it was not wide-spread when I was there, anyone have any insight?
As for the Apple iPhone, it may be a success, not because of the benefits or music on your phone, but merely because of Apple brand power. People like Apple, and like how they look when using Apple products. ((This is not to say that Apple make bad products, I think quite the opposite))
Connect to Urgue (or iTunes Store when the WiFi iPod comes out). Sharing songs is a good feature but the daft three play limit makes the whole thing feel controlled. Like the shop assistant is watching that you don't read the whole comic in the store.
I video iPod with WiFi that had a mobile web browser in it would also be cool.
Does the question even need to be posed? Recall Ted Stevens' absurd "It's not a truck, its a series of tubes" nonsense.
Or more recently, Bush admitting he sometimes uses 'The Google'.
IT is a speaciality, it is not a layman's field. Of course politicians know little about it. Unless they happen to be hobbyists, it really ought to be expected of politicians. In the same vein, I would not expect a doctor, welder or forest ranger to know much about IT.
I have been doing some research since posting, and I think you are right. The iMac is a Merom and not a Conroe as I had though previously. This leads me to belive that there is no Conroe in a Macbook Pro.
It makes sense, the iMac is a small enclosure and a mobile chip lends itself well to that design.
Are you certain? I wondered ther same thing, however the Conroe was fit into the iMacs which are pretty small enclosures. Does anyone have a difinitive answer? Merom or Conroe?
While I revile MS for their draconian business practices, Mcafee is not much better. The problemm with security is that everyone have (roughly) the same system. There is no variation in the computers on the 'net. A windows box with Mcafee (or Norton, to me they are all the same) is as vulnerable as anyother equivalently equpipped box. So a virus will spread quickly. Imagine every person ob earth had an equivalent immune system. Every mutated bug would render the entire population out for the count.
For Mcafee to raise the alarm that MS was playing fast and loose with security by freezing out security software is just crap. Its FUD just like the crap MS spouts. Although it seems to have worked in this case.
I think what you say is true, and it sheds light on just how empty the threats by Target et al. are. They need to stock DVDs just as much as the studios need them too. By threatening to reduce 'shelf space' without a better deal is just bullshit posturing. The consumers don't really care who sells them DVD, they just want the content. If they have to get it online, well, so be it. And, as you say, this will hurt Target rather than the studio, since they won't be picking up other items in the store.
I am becoming increasingly frustrated with big companies whining when technology renders their business model obsolete. If Wal-Mart and Target want to retail movies, then do it in the manner that consumers want. Whining that a competitor is better at it is just sad.
Good companies evolve and move to where the markets are, they don't cry about how they are so hard done by because a competitor has them beat.
I'm frankly surprised that the credit card lobby didn't kick up a bigger fuss on this. They stand to lose millions in user fees and interest. While I think anyone that gambles on credit is a fool, the credit companies were happy to enable such behaviour.
The presence of lots of blood is already a problem. It tends to pool, obstucting the surgeons view. That's why they have suction mechanisms. Suction is still valid in micro-gravity.
I don't expect space operating theatres to look anything like Star Trek VI, with blood drops drifting about aimlessly.
I have a long standing bet with a friend of mine that this has been tried already on a shuttle mission, but kept quiet. We agree that there is not evidence for or against it at present. ((I bet that it has happned, he bets it hasn't))
It seems to me that this guys has missed the point of university. Yes, his feat is just short of miraculous and he is clearly a smart guys, but it sounds like he was there merely for the credential. Simply to get the degree. University is supposed to give someone a chance to explore the universes, or the parts that seem interesting. To experiment and experience things. Not to simply vacuum up credits. In a way, I am sorry for him.
While I agree with everything you said, I speculate that the Israelis made public thier knowledge of the snoops first. Once the 'cat was oout of the bag' the Hezbollah officials are using it for bragging rights.
I assume you mean eye safe? If so, then the answer is yes. These lasers are on the chip! And are designed to transmit between two points on the chip. Just as there is almost no danger of electrocution from a contemporary chip, these will post no danger of blinding anyone.
Many advantages. Reduced ohmic losses will make chips run cooler. Or they can run faster for the same TDP. Also, the switching speeds tend to be faster for optical transmissions compared to silicon transistors. Fibre optic networks can carry higher bit rates than twisted pairs or coax.
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She is pretty hot, even after Michael Douglas dirtied her up.
The US mobile phone market is crap. There is far too much vendor lock-in. The European markets are much more sophisticated than that in the US, because of the competition that was prevalent there. Hell, everyone I knew when I lived in the UK and Germany had had phones for years, and I left in 2001. Since arriving in North America I have yet to get a phone, becuae the plans are ridiculously restrictive and the services available are only now equivalent to what I had in Europe.
There is focus in the North American markets now on adding music. I am skeptical that it will have much impact. The plan outlined in this article is not really free music anyway. Its just another sort of sucscription model. Such that, if the consumer switches companies, he loses his music. Companies seem to think that people are openly willing to lock in. I think people do it grudgingly. Adding another aspect to be lost in the case of switching, in my opinion, makes the deal worse. If you want or need to switch now, you need to buy out the contract (unless you wait for it to run its course), buy a new phone, and re-buy your music.
I am unsure of the status of music on phones in Europe, it was not wide-spread when I was there, anyone have any insight?
As for the Apple iPhone, it may be a success, not because of the benefits or music on your phone, but merely because of Apple brand power. People like Apple, and like how they look when using Apple products. ((This is not to say that Apple make bad products, I think quite the opposite))
Connect to Urgue (or iTunes Store when the WiFi iPod comes out). Sharing songs is a good feature but the daft three play limit makes the whole thing feel controlled. Like the shop assistant is watching that you don't read the whole comic in the store.
I video iPod with WiFi that had a mobile web browser in it would also be cool.
They should have put up a page about the horrors of diamonds and how they are obtained
That store in the mall isn't so bad. Why so angry?
Your grandparents would be in the category of 'hobbyists' that I mentioned. As you say, the are web junkies, and not casual or incedental users.
Politicians Have Poor Grasp of Technology?
Does the question even need to be posed? Recall Ted Stevens' absurd "It's not a truck, its a series of tubes" nonsense.
Or more recently, Bush admitting he sometimes uses 'The Google'.
IT is a speaciality, it is not a layman's field. Of course politicians know little about it. Unless they happen to be hobbyists, it really ought to be expected of politicians. In the same vein, I would not expect a doctor, welder or forest ranger to know much about IT.
In 2010, will your razor have more blades that your CPU has cores, or vice versa?
I never played SWG. Was its cstomization better than City or Heroes? I found the CoH customization to be pretty damned robust.
I have been doing some research since posting, and I think you are right. The iMac is a Merom and not a Conroe as I had though previously. This leads me to belive that there is no Conroe in a Macbook Pro.
It makes sense, the iMac is a small enclosure and a mobile chip lends itself well to that design.
Are you certain? I wondered ther same thing, however the Conroe was fit into the iMacs which are pretty small enclosures. Does anyone have a difinitive answer? Merom or Conroe?
While I revile MS for their draconian business practices, Mcafee is not much better. The problemm with security is that everyone have (roughly) the same system. There is no variation in the computers on the 'net. A windows box with Mcafee (or Norton, to me they are all the same) is as vulnerable as anyother equivalently equpipped box. So a virus will spread quickly. Imagine every person ob earth had an equivalent immune system. Every mutated bug would render the entire population out for the count.
For Mcafee to raise the alarm that MS was playing fast and loose with security by freezing out security software is just crap. Its FUD just like the crap MS spouts. Although it seems to have worked in this case.
I think what you say is true, and it sheds light on just how empty the threats by Target et al. are. They need to stock DVDs just as much as the studios need them too. By threatening to reduce 'shelf space' without a better deal is just bullshit posturing. The consumers don't really care who sells them DVD, they just want the content. If they have to get it online, well, so be it. And, as you say, this will hurt Target rather than the studio, since they won't be picking up other items in the store.
I am becoming increasingly frustrated with big companies whining when technology renders their business model obsolete. If Wal-Mart and Target want to retail movies, then do it in the manner that consumers want. Whining that a competitor is better at it is just sad.
Good companies evolve and move to where the markets are, they don't cry about how they are so hard done by because a competitor has them beat.
I'm frankly surprised that the credit card lobby didn't kick up a bigger fuss on this. They stand to lose millions in user fees and interest. While I think anyone that gambles on credit is a fool, the credit companies were happy to enable such behaviour.
The presence of lots of blood is already a problem. It tends to pool, obstucting the surgeons view. That's why they have suction mechanisms. Suction is still valid in micro-gravity.
I don't expect space operating theatres to look anything like Star Trek VI, with blood drops drifting about aimlessly.
I have a long standing bet with a friend of mine that this has been tried already on a shuttle mission, but kept quiet. We agree that there is not evidence for or against it at present. ((I bet that it has happned, he bets it hasn't))
Am I correct is assuming that your point is that corruption and influence peddling is acceptable since it's universal?
It seems to me that this guys has missed the point of university. Yes, his feat is just short of miraculous and he is clearly a smart guys, but it sounds like he was there merely for the credential. Simply to get the degree. University is supposed to give someone a chance to explore the universes, or the parts that seem interesting. To experiment and experience things. Not to simply vacuum up credits. In a way, I am sorry for him.
While I agree with everything you said, I speculate that the Israelis made public thier knowledge of the snoops first. Once the 'cat was oout of the bag' the Hezbollah officials are using it for bragging rights.
And...Beware the dangers of Second-Hand Computing.
They will have to reinstitute smoking sections on aircraft.
"Will you be flying in fumes or non-fumes, sir?"
I assume you mean eye safe? If so, then the answer is yes. These lasers are on the chip! And are designed to transmit between two points on the chip. Just as there is almost no danger of electrocution from a contemporary chip, these will post no danger of blinding anyone.
Many advantages. Reduced ohmic losses will make chips run cooler. Or they can run faster for the same TDP. Also, the switching speeds tend to be faster for optical transmissions compared to silicon transistors. Fibre optic networks can carry higher bit rates than twisted pairs or coax.
From news story to butt joke in only two steps. Well done.