Kind of. Don't forget, though, that eliminating the electoral college would also presumably eliminate the "all or nothing" nature of most states' electoral votes. Sure if you won 100% of the vote in CA, TX, NY, and IL you would be in good shape, but more like the best any one candidate could hope for would be 55-60%.
If this was Microsoft they would be getting reamed a new one by how evil they are for using their patents aggressively (even though they have no real history of doing so). Since it's Tivo, the geeks wet dream, it's OK though.
No great science expertise here, but the article mentions that they have to deal with discrepancies between the atomic clock and the earths orbit around the sun by using leap seconds.
Out of curiousity, how do they know for sure that the atomic clock doesn't change over time, as opposed to the earth's orbit? Isn't it possible for the cesium decay (or whatever it is they use) to fluctuate a little bit?
Wow you're so close, except that the number you cite is a monthly number and has no particular attachment to China (it's the overall US trade deficit).
Nice try through, and thanks for pointing out (via the contents of the article) that the 2003 numbers will actually be much higher than the 2002 number I gave.
Yeah, how many Chinese households own multiple TVs, VCRs, and DVD players, as the *average* U.S. household does?
No way in hell they don't notice if we stop buying stuff. Our trade deficit with China was 108 *billion* dollars . That's not even the total amount we bought from them, because presumably they buy at least some US exports (although not as much as everyone would like to believe). I'm pretty sure in any company/government/economy $100billion/year does not just slip through the cracks.
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"At my companies" everyone is also a millionaire stock optionee, and they are all married to Morgan Fairchild.
Geez, may want to think about asking Nurse Ratchet to dial down your dosage.
If you ever looked at the application, you'd know it's not confusing at all which songs you can buy for $0.99. Uh, those the be the ones that have a button which says "Buy for 99 cents" right next to them in the song listings.
Pretty difficult, yeah.
If that's all the music you're interested in, just don't pay the $10 subscription. Otherwise, let's not fault them for making the most music available they can under whatever licensing agreements the labels will make with them.
Well, damn it's a good thing they made it an option to subscribe then, huh?
Napster is providing a superset of the music listening options provided by iTunes.
- $0.99 tracks - yep
- $10.00 bundled albums - yep
- Subscription available for unlimited streams, PC-based downloads, etc - yep
How does the great and powerful iTMS do that last one? Oh, that's right it doesn't.
No one is forcing you to pay a subscription fee. Buy a clue.
It sounds like a crappy idea any way you slice it, but from reading the article it looks like they are talking about taxing the purchase of the LAN equipment, rather than taxing/metering of usage itself.
What I don't understand is why this would be treated differently than buying desktop organizers or office chairs.
I worked about 160 hours a week for a few weeks in January.
Uh, 160 hr/week? You do realize there are only 168 hours in a week right? So you slept/ate/showered for 1.15 hr/day for a few weeks in a row? I think not.
If you're going to lie about your hours, at least do it convincingly.
digital cable uses RF, thus I have all video wired through the TV
Dude, you must have the only digital cable system in the world that does not require it's own tuner (which BTW would have A/V outputs that would be happily run through the aforementioned receiver switch).
That was my point. It's mandatory in some places, not all. I'm a SoCal native, so unfortunately I'm aware of the fact that you must provide proof of insurance to even pay the tax on (ahem, I mean register) a car.
b) Auto insurance is mandated by law, resulting in near infinite elasticity.
Two points. First, I'm sure auto insurance isn't mandatory everywhere in the world (or even the U.S.A.).
Second, I assume by "infinite elasticity" you are referring to the price elasticity of demand. In this case however the demand is very inelastic, since many people will be obligated to purchase policies regardless of price.
Whoever wrote that article has obviously never bothered to even read the PressPlay FAQ when they say that you lose all your downloaded music after 30 days. Look here if you doubt this.
My experience with the service makes me think it is a step in the right direction. I would definitely prefer more than 10 "burnable" tracks per month, and it sucks not having access to the label's entire music libraries. However, it costs less than 1 album purchase/month. Plus I at least know I'm getting a reasonably high-fidelity.wma file from a nice, fat pipe that has no trouble reaching the 1.5Mbps cap on my DSL line.
Comments like the one in the article just further the perception that people who listen to MP3s are just a bunch of jerks who want to steal music.
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Raymond is only funny if you live in a similar situation.
Fortunately for them there are quite a number of TV viewers with small children and annoying in-laws.
Where did you get the info that you would be able to pick up a $99 HD-DVR if you are not already a subscriber?
Kind of. Don't forget, though, that eliminating the electoral college would also presumably eliminate the "all or nothing" nature of most states' electoral votes. Sure if you won 100% of the vote in CA, TX, NY, and IL you would be in good shape, but more like the best any one candidate could hope for would be 55-60%.
If this was Microsoft they would be getting reamed a new one by how evil they are for using their patents aggressively (even though they have no real history of doing so). Since it's Tivo, the geeks wet dream, it's OK though.
Cool. Thanks for the explanation.
No great science expertise here, but the article mentions that they have to deal with discrepancies between the atomic clock and the earths orbit around the sun by using leap seconds.
Out of curiousity, how do they know for sure that the atomic clock doesn't change over time, as opposed to the earth's orbit? Isn't it possible for the cesium decay (or whatever it is they use) to fluctuate a little bit?
C'mon, someone mode the parent up.
Facts trump opinion
Wow you're so close, except that the number you cite is a monthly number and has no particular attachment to China (it's the overall US trade deficit).
Nice try through, and thanks for pointing out (via the contents of the article) that the 2003 numbers will actually be much higher than the 2002 number I gave.
Yeah, how many Chinese households own multiple TVs, VCRs, and DVD players, as the *average* U.S. household does?
No way in hell they don't notice if we stop buying stuff. Our trade deficit with China was 108 *billion* dollars . That's not even the total amount we bought from them, because presumably they buy at least some US exports (although not as much as everyone would like to believe). I'm pretty sure in any company/government/economy $100billion/year does not just slip through the cracks.
"At my companies" everyone is also a millionaire stock optionee, and they are all married to Morgan Fairchild.
Geez, may want to think about asking Nurse Ratchet to dial down your dosage.
Wow you are so amazingly funny when referring to a typo that has already been corrected in a previous reply (at least by the time you posted).
Oh, and give me a break. I'm sure the Wachowskis know lots about vapors in fabrication plants. Maybe you inhaled too many?
make that "have" to do
What, pray tell, does the term "copper top" half to do with computational power?
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Return of the King (it doesn't suck).
If you ever looked at the application, you'd know it's not confusing at all which songs you can buy for $0.99. Uh, those the be the ones that have a button which says "Buy for 99 cents" right next to them in the song listings.
Pretty difficult, yeah.
If that's all the music you're interested in, just don't pay the $10 subscription. Otherwise, let's not fault them for making the most music available they can under whatever licensing agreements the labels will make with them.
Well, damn it's a good thing they made it an option to subscribe then, huh?
Napster is providing a superset of the music listening options provided by iTunes.
- $0.99 tracks - yep
- $10.00 bundled albums - yep
- Subscription available for unlimited streams, PC-based downloads, etc - yep
How does the great and powerful iTMS do that last one? Oh, that's right it doesn't.
No one is forcing you to pay a subscription fee. Buy a clue.
Hmm, after a little further digging, it looks like rule the are referring to governs taxes on operating costs, not purchase.
There's a nice blurb at DSLReports about it.
It sounds like a crappy idea any way you slice it, but from reading the article it looks like they are talking about taxing the purchase of the LAN equipment, rather than taxing/metering of usage itself.
What I don't understand is why this would be treated differently than buying desktop organizers or office chairs.
Morons.
Did you read the friggin letter? How nice do you want them to be?
Do they have to say, "Pretty please, would you consider potentially editing your reference to our trademark?"
I worked about 160 hours a week for a few weeks in January.
Uh, 160 hr/week? You do realize there are only 168 hours in a week right? So you slept/ate/showered for 1.15 hr/day for a few weeks in a row? I think not.
If you're going to lie about your hours, at least do it convincingly.
BTW, as an optometrist, he was offered Lasiks for free, for himself, but didn't take it for these reasons.
BTW, he may also have just a bit of a conflict of interest in discouraging a surgery that could potentially keep you from ever coming back to him.
digital cable uses RF, thus I have all video wired through the TV
Dude, you must have the only digital cable system in the world that does not require it's own tuner (which BTW would have A/V outputs that would be happily run through the aforementioned receiver switch).
That was my point. It's mandatory in some places, not all. I'm a SoCal native, so unfortunately I'm aware of the fact that you must provide proof of insurance to even pay the tax on (ahem, I mean register) a car.
b) Auto insurance is mandated by law, resulting in near infinite elasticity.
Two points. First, I'm sure auto insurance isn't mandatory everywhere in the world (or even the U.S.A.).
Second, I assume by "infinite elasticity" you are referring to the price elasticity of demand. In this case however the demand is very inelastic, since many people will be obligated to purchase policies regardless of price.
Whoever wrote that article has obviously never bothered to even read the PressPlay FAQ when they say that you lose all your downloaded music after 30 days. Look here if you doubt this.
.wma file from a nice, fat pipe that has no trouble reaching the 1.5Mbps cap on my DSL line.
My experience with the service makes me think it is a step in the right direction. I would definitely prefer more than 10 "burnable" tracks per month, and it sucks not having access to the label's entire music libraries. However, it costs less than 1 album purchase/month. Plus I at least know I'm getting a reasonably high-fidelity
Comments like the one in the article just further the perception that people who listen to MP3s are just a bunch of jerks who want to steal music.