"With two sensors, you are ignoring one of them every time you take a picture. Use both!"
There's where I think the problem would be. Adding a 2nd sensor would increase the price, and most people wouldn't justify the extra cost over a similar model with one sensor.
Who knows though, Now that I've said that, they'll probably introduce a dual-sensor camera within the year.
Don't believe me if you don't want to...I don't care. But it's the truth.
Oh, and by the way, I have three laptops, One personal dell, one personal alienware, and one dell provided to me by work. Guess which one I've had to get a warranty replacement for. The alienware. And good thing it was under warranty, because they flat out won't sell the part that was dead if your warranty has expired, so if my video module dies again after my warranty expires, I'll have a $2,400.00 paperweight. Alienware's own support forums are full of very ticked off people over this issue...so much for customer service.
Funny...We've bought a couple thousand over the last five years, and I don't think I've made over 10 warranty calls. (I've repaired plenty, but most repairs are from things caused by the users.. Spyware, physically broken things, etc. Stuff you can't blame the manufacturer for.)
As far as I'm concerned, that's a pretty acceptable failure rate.
I'd never buy one for myself instead of custom building, but for an average user, they work just fine, and they're inexpensive.
As for alienware, saying they're a little more expensive is like saying Bill Gates has a little more money than me.
Maybe...but not if you ask me. Or (I bet) if you ask websidestory.
I would consider usage stats to be stats gathered from counts of page hits, having nothing to do with how many times something has been downloaded.
Between all my different computers, all the computers I work on, and the many different versions of firefox I've installed over the past year or so, I've probably downloaded the thing 80 times. But that doesn't mean anything when it comes to useage.
If someone is trying to compare number of times downloaded to any type of market share, they're wasting their time.
I agree that we've made enough progress on the technical side to do it. Problem is that for some users attaching a file to an email is not the simplest thing in the world. (That, and people are getting pretty paranoid about opening email attachments, as they probably should be.)
And as for sending to an ftp server... For some teachers I work with you might as well ask them to perform brain surgery.
While floppy disks are simple (and familiar)... Drag the file to the disk, just like with a usb drive. I believe that's why they're a much more likely candidate for the eventual replacement of floppy disks than email, samba, or ftp will ever be.
$14.95/mo for 1.5mbit is better than a heck of a deal..that's just about unheard of.
Someone from your DSL company needs to talk to someone from mine about pricing.
Ok...so even some parts of less-than-rural America are way behind the times too...
All while we keep hearing stories of people in some Asian Countries with 90% penetration of 10Mbit+ broadband.
Start dealing with that many DVD's/CD's/Tapes/whatever and it's obviously a major hastle.
However 500 gigs of hard disk right now costs roughtly $250.. So I'd say if that 300GB of data of yours is worth more than $250 to you, then you have your answer.
As for me, I have 40 or 50 gigs of pictures that (to me anyway) are worth that $250 price tag many times over. (Really they're irreplaceable, and I'd bet much of your stuff is too.)
But hey, if you want to tempt fate just for the sake of saving a couple hundred dollars, that's up to you.
"which lets you skip them your are liable for a DMCA violation."
Just curious...If I plug my ears and close my eyes while it's playing do I go to jail? After all, doing that would allow me to skip watching it. (I'm sure the MPAA would like to say yes.)
When I think of DRM I (and I bet most people) think of something designed prevents copying.. (To manage the studio's digital rights.) not something that forces me to watch something.
In the case of that lady who has a dead kid now, I bet she would have been happy to tell them where she was... the point is that she couldn't even make the call. I'm sure she would have been happy to tell someone where she was. (unless she was choking at the same time her kid was dying.)
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There's where I think the problem would be. Adding a 2nd sensor would increase the price, and most people wouldn't justify the extra cost over a similar model with one sensor.
Who knows though, Now that I've said that, they'll probably introduce a dual-sensor camera within the year.
You call the time it takes the SLR's mirror to flip a "significant" delay? How fast does it have to be before it's not significant?
Oh, and by the way, I have three laptops, One personal dell, one personal alienware, and one dell provided to me by work. Guess which one I've had to get a warranty replacement for. The alienware. And good thing it was under warranty, because they flat out won't sell the part that was dead if your warranty has expired, so if my video module dies again after my warranty expires, I'll have a $2,400.00 paperweight. Alienware's own support forums are full of very ticked off people over this issue...so much for customer service.
As far as I'm concerned, that's a pretty acceptable failure rate.
I'd never buy one for myself instead of custom building, but for an average user, they work just fine, and they're inexpensive.
As for alienware, saying they're a little more expensive is like saying Bill Gates has a little more money than me.
Good point.
I thought by definition the word "goddess" denoted "female"...
Mine plays back a recorded show just fine, even with both tuners recording something else.
What versions of windows included Word? The closest thing to any wordprocessor I remember getting with Windows is Wordpad.
Maybe...but not if you ask me. Or (I bet) if you ask websidestory. I would consider usage stats to be stats gathered from counts of page hits, having nothing to do with how many times something has been downloaded. Between all my different computers, all the computers I work on, and the many different versions of firefox I've installed over the past year or so, I've probably downloaded the thing 80 times. But that doesn't mean anything when it comes to useage. If someone is trying to compare number of times downloaded to any type of market share, they're wasting their time.
I was under the impression that websidestory was counting usage statistics, not downloads of the program.
That actually doesn't sound all that bad... I might do the same :)
On behalf of the rest of us, welcome. ;)
Ok...I'm not trying to take sides here, but I thought the definition of a sig was something that appeared at the end of every one of your posts.
And as for sending to an ftp server... For some teachers I work with you might as well ask them to perform brain surgery.
While floppy disks are simple (and familiar)... Drag the file to the disk, just like with a usb drive. I believe that's why they're a much more likely candidate for the eventual replacement of floppy disks than email, samba, or ftp will ever be.
USB drives are getting there, and I'll be happy when they do. But for now, if I hand someone my usb drive, I'll be wanting it back very soon.
When you can get a 700MB usb drive for 7 cents.
I wasn't "bitching', I said "I wish"... I'm glad for what I do have. Get your facts straight.
$14.95/mo for 1.5mbit is better than a heck of a deal..that's just about unheard of. Someone from your DSL company needs to talk to someone from mine about pricing.
Ok...so even some parts of less-than-rural America are way behind the times too... All while we keep hearing stories of people in some Asian Countries with 90% penetration of 10Mbit+ broadband.
Rural America is fun fun fun.
Start dealing with that many DVD's/CD's/Tapes/whatever and it's obviously a major hastle. However 500 gigs of hard disk right now costs roughtly $250.. So I'd say if that 300GB of data of yours is worth more than $250 to you, then you have your answer. As for me, I have 40 or 50 gigs of pictures that (to me anyway) are worth that $250 price tag many times over. (Really they're irreplaceable, and I'd bet much of your stuff is too.) But hey, if you want to tempt fate just for the sake of saving a couple hundred dollars, that's up to you.
"which lets you skip them your are liable for a DMCA violation." Just curious...If I plug my ears and close my eyes while it's playing do I go to jail? After all, doing that would allow me to skip watching it. (I'm sure the MPAA would like to say yes.) When I think of DRM I (and I bet most people) think of something designed prevents copying.. (To manage the studio's digital rights.) not something that forces me to watch something.
In the case of that lady who has a dead kid now, I bet she would have been happy to tell them where she was... the point is that she couldn't even make the call. I'm sure she would have been happy to tell someone where she was. (unless she was choking at the same time her kid was dying.)
Maybe they could ask you if you're home?
I wouldn't consider that DRM though.