This is why I use a ReplayTV http://www.replaytv.com/ and DVArchive http://www.dvarchive.org/ (running on a PC). This combo lets me get the shows off the ReplayTV and burn them how ever I want, using my PC.
But as soon as that stock stops rising, the investor funds will slow to a trickle, and Microsoft will be forced to survive solely on the profits from its software and the actual cash it has in the bank. Is that enough by itself?
If you check out their stock price, it has been flat and/or in decline for the last 4 years. Apparently their gorgeous balance sheet (billions in profit every quarter) is enough.
In any case I want to see Microsoft put up - where the hell are the managed C++ or C# version of Office? Exchange? SQL Server? IIS? I mean, so many benefits to be had... why aren't they taking advantage of it themselves?
I've heard it from a few developers that if it wasn't for the stock options, they would quit their jobs in a heartbeat.
We will see soon enough. MS doesn't issue stock options anymore to the regular (non executive) employees. Instead, they give stock grants, which don't have as much profit potential. Of course, there are still unexpired stock options floating around, but most/all are underwater.
I don't use hotmail, I use yahoo and/or gmail. So while I don't fit your exact statement, it should be close.
I use webmail because it is just easier to register my own domain, and have a theoretically permanent address me@myname.com.
Comcast is a sore issue for me - they are my ISP and I have been very happy. Except, during the changeover from AT&T Broadband to Comcast. During that time, I also bought a house and moved, and due to various account handling methods, they had to close my previous account to open another. Hence, all my email at attbi was killed suddenly overnight. Yes, I just left it on the server. No, I'm not crazy. I travel "often" and just like having one place to access my mail. I quit downloading my mail via POP years ago.
So to sum up, I like webmail, and Comcast once hosed me with their webmail.
Just in case anybody is curious about this... one of the ways to say 4 in Japanese is "shi". The verb "to die" is "shinu". Thus, the number 4 can sound like the verb "to die".
I run my Windows box as a non-admin. It is a bit more inconvenient switching over to the admin account or using run as, but the fact is, not everything works properly anyway.
For example, I have a few ebooks in Microsoft Reader format. Thanks to some activation screwup, one group of books in only readable from the administrator account. Trying to activate from my regular account fails... with the mysterious and false "can't access network" message. Translation: our code is hosed and we have a spurious message, or we can't install the needed bits due to permission screw ups.
Anyway, the whole thing has made me lose confidence in Microsoft DRM.
That makes sense. It boils down to whether HP can recoup the cost of their additional development by the savings of going with linux. For the volume that these entertainment pc's are going to sell... probably not.
For example, as recently as 10/28/04, they released a patch for Diablo II, which was first released 6/29/00
Damn they are good. 10/28/04 is 6 days in the future!
I can agree with some of what you are saying... but fundamentally, this is NOT a POLICE matter. All these folks in this "rich" neighborhood need to adopt a Liberterian attitude - if they are too incompetent to configure their equipment, pay somebody who can do it for them.
And, if MSFT stock options become less attractive, will they be able to retain their programmers for the same cash wages?
We'll see... MSFT stopped stock options and replaced them with stock grants, last year. And the recent options grants, back to '99 or so, are all underwater. MSFT brought in another company (Goldman Sachs I believe) to offer a buyout plan for underwater options - pennies per option.
Why should it be any different for football and basketball players?
Professional sports leagues shouldn't use our university system as their minor leagues. They should establish universities that grant degrees in football, basketball, whatever. Sort of like a trade school. You would attend, and work on your degree in football. Get your B.S.football or B.S.basketball, and enter the league. No taking up space at a university praying to be drafted before you graduate.
I have a theory that most people have only used one type of mp3 player (e.g. just an iPod).
I used an iRiver before I bought an iPod. At least 80% of why I bought the iPod is because the iRiver was too damn hard to use. The little remote thing, each jog dial has 4 positions: twist left, twist right, push briefly, push and hold. Basically, I need the manual just to navigate the thing. And that makes me angry when I use it. I felt like I had to drill with flashcards every day just to maintain my competence operating it, since I don't listen to music every day and didn't develop the flippin' muscle memory that thing required.
With the iPod - no problems. I want to listen to a playlist shuffled? - easy for me to find. And so forth.
No I haven't tried the Rio, but I also don't have $250 bucks to spend over and over looking for the ultimate player.
Put out an actual new Windows release, rather than just a point update.
Then people would gripe they put out crappy software, and charge for fixing its problems. If XP has as many problems as it seems, they still need to do something about it now as not everyone with XP will buy a new Windows release.
I'm no Microsoft apologist, but the fact is this is the correct call to make.
Well, that's one solution, but many people really need to be reached when they are away from home or work (two common locations for land lines).
I take it you don't have kids? Neither do I but I see families I'm friends with constantly need to shuttle the kids around and stay in touch.
As for me, I like outdoors stuff (running, volleyball, hiking, etc.) This generally requires meeting people away from land-lines to engage in said activities. Meeting up with friends has become far easier since I got a cell-phone. This is true just getting to night clubs for drinks or shows.
Anyway, I salute your resistance to cell-phones, but they are very handy devices for most people.
Heh, the University should say they only found out about the problem on the last day, and that they decided to award an honorary degree to the service he used, and a F to the student.
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The thing is, according to the article, Disney didn't bring much to the table, except co-financing and distribution of the movies.
Sounds a bit like... the recording industry's relationship to its artists, doesn't it? To make an stretched analogy, pretend Pixar is some starving young band, and Disney is the dreaded RIAA member copmany. It is all about how much money comes back to the originator - sure they might be more succesfull with Disney, but then 25% of the pie might be less than 100% of a smaller pie. Pixar feels it is getting screwed out of money and would rather finance itself and then pay for distribution...
Of course nobody stays on top forever. The important thing is profit - 5 movies that have grossed 2.5 billion. They don't have to hit grand slams all the time to succeed. Plus, without Disney they get all of the money for associated marketing tie-ins like toys.
Sure, dumping Disney is a bold move, but that's how you get rich: take some risks.
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Hey! You seem to know a lot about audiophiles... are you sure you aren't one?? ;)
This is why I use a ReplayTV http://www.replaytv.com/ and DVArchive http://www.dvarchive.org/ (running on a PC). This combo lets me get the shows off the ReplayTV and burn them how ever I want, using my PC.
That's not a great example - the 22nd Amendment didn't come about until the 1950's. Basically for nearly 200 years no limits worked fine.
Wouldn't it be funnier to use MSN Search instead? ;)
But as soon as that stock stops rising, the investor funds will slow to a trickle, and Microsoft will be forced to survive solely on the profits from its software and the actual cash it has in the bank. Is that enough by itself?
If you check out their stock price, it has been flat and/or in decline for the last 4 years. Apparently their gorgeous balance sheet (billions in profit every quarter) is enough.
Did you mean managed C++, or C#?
In any case I want to see Microsoft put up - where the hell are the managed C++ or C# version of Office? Exchange? SQL Server? IIS? I mean, so many benefits to be had... why aren't they taking advantage of it themselves?
We will see soon enough. MS doesn't issue stock options anymore to the regular (non executive) employees. Instead, they give stock grants, which don't have as much profit potential. Of course, there are still unexpired stock options floating around, but most/all are underwater.
I don't use hotmail, I use yahoo and/or gmail. So while I don't fit your exact statement, it should be close.
I use webmail because it is just easier to register my own domain, and have a theoretically permanent address me@myname.com.
Comcast is a sore issue for me - they are my ISP and I have been very happy. Except, during the changeover from AT&T Broadband to Comcast. During that time, I also bought a house and moved, and due to various account handling methods, they had to close my previous account to open another. Hence, all my email at attbi was killed suddenly overnight. Yes, I just left it on the server. No, I'm not crazy. I travel "often" and just like having one place to access my mail. I quit downloading my mail via POP years ago.
So to sum up, I like webmail, and Comcast once hosed me with their webmail.
Well, that's superstition for you!
Hehe, true. Not much confidence... more of a small benefit of the doubt. ;)
I run my Windows box as a non-admin. It is a bit more inconvenient switching over to the admin account or using run as, but the fact is, not everything works properly anyway.
For example, I have a few ebooks in Microsoft Reader format. Thanks to some activation screwup, one group of books in only readable from the administrator account. Trying to activate from my regular account fails... with the mysterious and false "can't access network" message. Translation: our code is hosed and we have a spurious message, or we can't install the needed bits due to permission screw ups.
Anyway, the whole thing has made me lose confidence in Microsoft DRM.
That makes sense. It boils down to whether HP can recoup the cost of their additional development by the savings of going with linux. For the volume that these entertainment pc's are going to sell... probably not.
For example, as recently as 10/28/04, they released a patch for Diablo II, which was first released 6/29/00 Damn they are good. 10/28/04 is 6 days in the future!
I can agree with some of what you are saying... but fundamentally, this is NOT a POLICE matter. All these folks in this "rich" neighborhood need to adopt a Liberterian attitude - if they are too incompetent to configure their equipment, pay somebody who can do it for them.
Whew, I thought MOAB was "Mother of All Bombs".
Ah, too bad I can't edit.
What I meant to say, Microsoft could make a tutorial, but the people who need to see it the most, wouldn't watch it.
Nobody would watch it.
Parent deserves an even higher score!! Too bad it is maxed. :)
And, if MSFT stock options become less attractive, will they be able to retain their programmers for the same cash wages?
We'll see... MSFT stopped stock options and replaced them with stock grants, last year. And the recent options grants, back to '99 or so, are all underwater. MSFT brought in another company (Goldman Sachs I believe) to offer a buyout plan for underwater options - pennies per option.
Why should it be any different for football and basketball players?
Professional sports leagues shouldn't use our university system as their minor leagues. They should establish universities that grant degrees in football, basketball, whatever. Sort of like a trade school. You would attend, and work on your degree in football. Get your B.S.football or B.S.basketball, and enter the league. No taking up space at a university praying to be drafted before you graduate.
I used an iRiver before I bought an iPod. At least 80% of why I bought the iPod is because the iRiver was too damn hard to use. The little remote thing, each jog dial has 4 positions: twist left, twist right, push briefly, push and hold. Basically, I need the manual just to navigate the thing. And that makes me angry when I use it. I felt like I had to drill with flashcards every day just to maintain my competence operating it, since I don't listen to music every day and didn't develop the flippin' muscle memory that thing required.
With the iPod - no problems. I want to listen to a playlist shuffled? - easy for me to find. And so forth. No I haven't tried the Rio, but I also don't have $250 bucks to spend over and over looking for the ultimate player.
Then people would gripe they put out crappy software, and charge for fixing its problems. If XP has as many problems as it seems, they still need to do something about it now as not everyone with XP will buy a new Windows release.
I'm no Microsoft apologist, but the fact is this is the correct call to make.
Well, that's one solution, but many people really need to be reached when they are away from home or work (two common locations for land lines).
I take it you don't have kids? Neither do I but I see families I'm friends with constantly need to shuttle the kids around and stay in touch.
As for me, I like outdoors stuff (running, volleyball, hiking, etc.) This generally requires meeting people away from land-lines to engage in said activities. Meeting up with friends has become far easier since I got a cell-phone. This is true just getting to night clubs for drinks or shows.
Anyway, I salute your resistance to cell-phones, but they are very handy devices for most people.
Heh, the University should say they only found out about the problem on the last day, and that they decided to award an honorary degree to the service he used, and a F to the student.
The thing is, according to the article, Disney didn't bring much to the table, except co-financing and distribution of the movies.
Sounds a bit like... the recording industry's relationship to its artists, doesn't it? To make an stretched analogy, pretend Pixar is some starving young band, and Disney is the dreaded RIAA member copmany. It is all about how much money comes back to the originator - sure they might be more succesfull with Disney, but then 25% of the pie might be less than 100% of a smaller pie. Pixar feels it is getting screwed out of money and would rather finance itself and then pay for distribution...
Of course nobody stays on top forever. The important thing is profit - 5 movies that have grossed 2.5 billion. They don't have to hit grand slams all the time to succeed. Plus, without Disney they get all of the money for associated marketing tie-ins like toys.
Sure, dumping Disney is a bold move, but that's how you get rich: take some risks.