Nintendo too had a problem at launch with defective units of the DS. The difference is they acknowledged their problem and promised to make it right if people were unhappy with their units.
Sony on the other hand tried to stiff arm customers into accepting units that the customers found to be unacceptable.
I don't own either unit, but I can guarantee you that the customer support of each company will way heavily on my decision on which to pick up and which I advise my friends on getting.
As mentioned by temples, Songpro is a cart capable of playing mp3s that accepts SD cards (2). It can support up to a total capacity of 512 MB. As far as I know however it only works in the GBA, not the GB. I own one and it has worked quite well for myself.
Of Course he can't trust Firefox, its trying to take his job away. Does a Ford Engineer trust Chevy trucks? Well maybe, but you sure as hell won't see a Ford engineer driving one...
You can't claim the the movie industry is doing great despite file sharing. Box office sales are not the same thing as CD sales. One item (CD's)is something you bring home with you, its virtually the same if buy it or download it. Going to a movie is more then the movie itself, it is an experience. So while in fact file swaping may be hurting CD sales, it's going to have a minimal effect on people going to the movies.
If you choose to compare DVD to CD sales you have a much more fair picture. Something to consider however, is the technology behind each product. While CD's have remained relatively the same over the last 10 years, DVD's offer many new features driving consumer interest.
The average joe knows at this point they can download the latest music cd intact, but most don't know how to get ahold of a limited edition Stars Wars DVD with all it's extra content, 6.1 sound, etc. and how to make it work in their home player.
Finally you must consider the proliferation of CDRW vs. DVD Burners...
The problem with patents rears its ugly head again...
I have a friend who recently graduated and got a job at a Patent lawyer at a large corporation. His whole job is looking over old patents and "checking" to see if there are any modern infringments, ie: who can we sue that has mad money off of something we couldn't.
sigh...
Sorry guys, I didn't realize there was so many people using 3" CD's today.
My point being, I think most of us know a normal CD is 650-700mb, a floppy is 1.44mb, a 256mb usb drive is 256mb... It has been my experience people tend to think in file sizes first and then apply it to the media format of their choosing.
So while saying it fits on a 3" CD may be more useful to the people that actually use them, the rest of us that use more standard storage are left wondering if it will fit in the remaining 40mb of free space we have on our jump drive.
Just my thoughts.
Would it not be easier to simply say the size of distro rather "the Live Linux CD, and is small enough to fit on a 3" (80mm) miniCD."
Let us determine what media it will fit, I think most of us have had basic math.
I goto Purdue and they already have 12 projectors working together, not sure why this is so special. They arn't used in such large display as their purpose is resolution, but as some already pointed out thats just basic optics limiting.
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Nintendo too had a problem at launch with defective units of the DS. The difference is they acknowledged their problem and promised to make it right if people were unhappy with their units. Sony on the other hand tried to stiff arm customers into accepting units that the customers found to be unacceptable. I don't own either unit, but I can guarantee you that the customer support of each company will way heavily on my decision on which to pick up and which I advise my friends on getting.
Yes, thank you, I will be sure to do so in the future. I realized this myself about 0.2453 seconds after hitting submit. ;)
Where do you see the Mozilla foundation in 5 years?
What types of new projects are the Foundation considering?
Why should the average consumer use Mozilla software over Microsoft's offerings?
What is Mozilla's greatest challenge in getting the average PC user to utilize their software?
As mentioned by temples, Songpro is a cart capable of playing mp3s that accepts SD cards (2). It can support up to a total capacity of 512 MB. As far as I know however it only works in the GBA, not the GB. I own one and it has worked quite well for myself.
I'm backing up onto my CDR now so I don't lose it. I advise the same to everyone else.
Of Course he can't trust Firefox, its trying to take his job away. Does a Ford Engineer trust Chevy trucks? Well maybe, but you sure as hell won't see a Ford engineer driving one...
Thanks for the reply, however it fails to answer the question, which is what IF you could only get ONE? :)
1) Halo 2 2) GTA:SA 3) Metroid Echos What game would you buy if you could only buy one?
You can't claim the the movie industry is doing great despite file sharing. Box office sales are not the same thing as CD sales. One item (CD's)is something you bring home with you, its virtually the same if buy it or download it. Going to a movie is more then the movie itself, it is an experience. So while in fact file swaping may be hurting CD sales, it's going to have a minimal effect on people going to the movies. If you choose to compare DVD to CD sales you have a much more fair picture. Something to consider however, is the technology behind each product. While CD's have remained relatively the same over the last 10 years, DVD's offer many new features driving consumer interest. The average joe knows at this point they can download the latest music cd intact, but most don't know how to get ahold of a limited edition Stars Wars DVD with all it's extra content, 6.1 sound, etc. and how to make it work in their home player. Finally you must consider the proliferation of CDRW vs. DVD Burners...
This is a perfect reason why you can't trust sales numbers of consoles. Half the xboxes sold were to alreay existant owners!
(Bonus tidbit: I can attest to the xbox being faulty, had two go bad)
The problem with patents rears its ugly head again... I have a friend who recently graduated and got a job at a Patent lawyer at a large corporation. His whole job is looking over old patents and "checking" to see if there are any modern infringments, ie: who can we sue that has mad money off of something we couldn't. sigh...
Sorry guys, I didn't realize there was so many people using 3" CD's today. My point being, I think most of us know a normal CD is 650-700mb, a floppy is 1.44mb, a 256mb usb drive is 256mb... It has been my experience people tend to think in file sizes first and then apply it to the media format of their choosing. So while saying it fits on a 3" CD may be more useful to the people that actually use them, the rest of us that use more standard storage are left wondering if it will fit in the remaining 40mb of free space we have on our jump drive. Just my thoughts.
Would it not be easier to simply say the size of distro rather "the Live Linux CD, and is small enough to fit on a 3" (80mm) miniCD." Let us determine what media it will fit, I think most of us have had basic math.
I've had both:
sirius>xm
One of the reasons is the "free" online listening I've had for over a year now. I also find Sirius plays better tunes IMO.
I goto Purdue and they already have 12 projectors working together, not sure why this is so special. They arn't used in such large display as their purpose is resolution, but as some already pointed out thats just basic optics limiting.
2001 Ford Focus zx3 automatic 2.0L Zetec (DOHC) 130hp/135ft-lb 30mpg city, 35mpg highway. It tends to go even higher during the summer.
Is Nokia just stubborn? There is no way there little thing stands a chance, even with this "revision". It's time to cut their losses.