I think the biggest factor here is money. It doesn't cost anything to participate in the flurry of internet hype surrounding the movie, and it's still fun. However, actually going to see the movie does cost money. And a relatively large amount at that.
Nothing sourced from an iPod, mp3, aac, or ogg, is ever going to sound Hi-Fi. We must remember that these audio formats are highly compressed. The frequency range just isn't there. If you plug an iPod into a $10,000 audio system, it's still going to sound like an iPod. Personal audio players are for convenience and portability. They are great at that. They are not reference systems. Want background music at a party? Sure, plug in your iPod, it will be great. Want a real listening experience? Pick up a SACD or DVD-A. It just really seems that we're missing the point here.
I've never used Outlook Express or Thunderbird. I used Eudora before I switched to Gmail, so I can't speak to this issue at all. However, I'm confident that Thunderbird is superior to OE in terms of security, features, etc. I just have that much confidence in Mozilla and the whole open source idea.
Girmann,
I know I should e-mail you this personally, but I can't figure out how...anyway:
Your sig, "Nietzsche is dead. --God," made me laugh out loud.
Is this thing not chock full of adware, spyware, malware, and all those other wares that make me wary? From the makers of Kazaa? Come on, I don' trust Kazaa as far as I can throw it!
I would be interested in seeing how my university's spam filters treat an invitation to Gmail. I'll also send some messages from the Gmail account to my university account to see if the filters pick out anything in there. The university's mail server assigns a number to every e-mail I get according to it's "spammyness" and I also use a filter in Eudora. Neither of them will prevent me from getting the e-mail, but I would like to see what the two analyses of the e-mail turn up. Perhaps the invite is inherently "spammy" looking. So, if anyone out there has an extra invitation they wouldn't mind contributing to my curiousity, I would greatly appreciate it. I'll post the output from the filters. Thanks!
caseyh atnospam clemson dot edu
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So why does this not mean that light is traveling faster than c through a material with a refractive index less than zero?
I imagine that the answer lies in the difference between the phase velocity in the group velocity, but I'm just not very familiar with those concepts.
I think the biggest factor here is money. It doesn't cost anything to participate in the flurry of internet hype surrounding the movie, and it's still fun. However, actually going to see the movie does cost money. And a relatively large amount at that.
Nothing sourced from an iPod, mp3, aac, or ogg, is ever going to sound Hi-Fi. We must remember that these audio formats are highly compressed. The frequency range just isn't there. If you plug an iPod into a $10,000 audio system, it's still going to sound like an iPod. Personal audio players are for convenience and portability. They are great at that. They are not reference systems. Want background music at a party? Sure, plug in your iPod, it will be great. Want a real listening experience? Pick up a SACD or DVD-A. It just really seems that we're missing the point here.
Shame on AOL and Yahoo for thinking up a way to make money for nothing rather than improving the user experience by investing in anti-spam efforts.
What black theme are you talking about?
Does anybody remember the Discovery Channel show "Beyond 2000?" Does anybody have a flyin car yet?
Does anybody remember the Discovery Channel show "Beyond 2000?" Does anybody have a flying car?
Sounds to me like people just need not twist/turn their PSPs like they are trying to wring the crunk juice out of them. Why would you do that anyway?
I've never used Outlook Express or Thunderbird. I used Eudora before I switched to Gmail, so I can't speak to this issue at all. However, I'm confident that Thunderbird is superior to OE in terms of security, features, etc. I just have that much confidence in Mozilla and the whole open source idea.
But the work's not over yet...
Girmann, I know I should e-mail you this personally, but I can't figure out how...anyway: Your sig, "Nietzsche is dead. --God," made me laugh out loud.
Is this thing not chock full of adware, spyware, malware, and all those other wares that make me wary? From the makers of Kazaa? Come on, I don' trust Kazaa as far as I can throw it!
I would love to have one of these Gmail invites you speak of. I guess I don't have that many friends now that I think of it. What's your cat's e-mail address? Anyway, if anyone out there would be so kind, I would love it if you'd send an invite to caseyh atnospam clemson dot edu. See my other post http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=111775&thresho ld=-1&commentsort=0&tid=217&mode=thread&cid=949167 3
I would be interested in seeing how my university's spam filters treat an invitation to Gmail. I'll also send some messages from the Gmail account to my university account to see if the filters pick out anything in there. The university's mail server assigns a number to every e-mail I get according to it's "spammyness" and I also use a filter in Eudora. Neither of them will prevent me from getting the e-mail, but I would like to see what the two analyses of the e-mail turn up. Perhaps the invite is inherently "spammy" looking. So, if anyone out there has an extra invitation they wouldn't mind contributing to my curiousity, I would greatly appreciate it. I'll post the output from the filters. Thanks! caseyh atnospam clemson dot edu