Block em all. What difference does it make to MySpace - none at all. You may be bothered, but who cares what you think? Go use another site, if you aren't happy. We don't have to let you upload anything.
Don't mistake me for being defensive, I don't own an iPod, and unless someone buys me one, I never will. I also don't work at Apple, hold any shares in Apple, or own any products by Apple. I do admire what the ipod has done.
Personally I think it's ugly, underspecced and overpriced.
Why is this worth mentioning. You are not the market for the ipod, the whole world is the market for the ipod. What you think doesn't really matter.
Thus its success to me must be because of its marketing, and its excellent integration with iTunes.
What a little world you live in. Don't let the facts stop you from deciding this.
What really matters is what the rest of the world thinks, and the rest of the world does not agree with you. Ipod users are proud of their little machine, think it stylish (and it is, most over mp3 players are not), priced right and does everything they want it to do. ie Play Music.
Forgive me for looking objectively at a product and not joining the fashionable trend of the moment.
You aren't looking at it objectively, you clearly dislike the ipod. Good for you, but don't feel that you have to make up reasons to justify your decision.
Apple wasn't the first out of the block, over companies had a lead, and didn't create a good enough product, you can blame this on marketing, but it just makes you look like a fool. Not everything can be marketing, there has to be something good there.
Nice little insult - "primarily marketing" - which goes to show your obvious inability of undertanding why products are successful. The Ipod is winning because it is a well designed device, a lot easier to use than the other devices out there. It is also stylish. And it is well priced. These, together with marketing, helped the ipod become number 1.
Not in Europe. Maybe parking fees are used badly in the US, but Europe would stand still without parking fees, since there are far too many cars, and not enough parks.
Speeding fines are necessary everywhere, only a fool would think overwise. I have no wish to be killed by some maniac who can't control his/her car.
I hate to defend the DMCA, but all laws have grey areas, which is why we have courts. You could say that about somebody who was fined for speeding and given parking tickets, while taking there wife to the hospital to have a baby. Should this invalidate speeding and parking laws?
Lawyers are like traffic, nobody really thought about them when designing the sytem, but they are inherent because of the way the system was designed. Unlike traffic, they have a lobby group fighting for their survival (the Bar).
Try growing a moe (handle bars is best). Some of my friends started the http://www.movember.org/movember movement, where you grow a moe in November.
Most of the time you forget you have it, but when people start looking at your weird, especially in the supermarket for some reason, you remember. Pretty funny. I have never had that problem with a beard though? Maybe you are doing something wrong.
One of the reasons for apple success, is that they don't give you a 1000 choices of laptops, or ipods. You get 3 or 4 choices, which actually makes things easier for the customer. If Apple were to do this, it would needlessly complicate the choices for a lot of people. I can see why they only wanted to choose one company.
You, and many people are completely missing the point of HD - the zoom factor. Haven't you ever watched a movie, and wished you could zoom up on...ahem... certain parts. We all have, and now we have the technology. Yeah, baby. Next step in the technology is the ability to move objects out of the way.. can't wait for that one.
Probably shouldn't have clicked on the link to this story then. And shouldn't have even have bothered posting.
Some people do care, and this article is made for them. I care more about the business side of things, than I do game specifics. I don't like playing computer games anymore, but I am interested in the business side of things. I like reading about this stuff.
It is funny how people who supposedly don't care about something, really need you to believe that they don't care. All the people who really don't care moved on and read a different article.
They are gerneraly only the same people if you lump everyone is trying to tell you what to do into the same bracket. Overwise, they are probably different people.
OK, everybody else doesn't want to be google, I will be google.
This is what happens with every slightly complex issue, there are always two sides to an issue. Governments get this all the time. Reducing taxes is good and bad. Invading Iraq is good and bad (ok, mainly bad). Even at a personal level - buying a new car is good and bad, having a baby is good and bad. We all need to weigh up the benefits, and you will probably be critised no matter you do.
I guess your hardware is too new. Linux versions are updated more frequently, which has advantages and disadvantages. Windows XP can't have the drivers that didn't exist when it was created. You might as well blame the hardware manufacturers for deviate from standards so much, or not have drivers accessable from the hardware.
It is easy to blame microsoft in this situation, but I have installed XP on about 30 different IBM laptops without a problem, so I am quite happy with it.
Surely trying to match people with cartoons or puppets is never going to work - what do they really expect. They sort of facial clues you get from a real person and very different to what you could get from a cartoon.
But, this does scare me - I invisage a future wear the government knows where you are at any time, if not by picking up your face on the streets, to embedding some sort of chip. This is the way we are heading (sure, not for a while, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't think 20 year ahead)
OK, have you ever lived anywhere else? The whole world is like this, these are normal problems that exists in some form of very country. Try living somewhere really crap for a while, like the UK.
I think it is a new game, a new super troll, where you try to get an article submitted, with the most incorrect summary possible. At this point, I would say the trolls are winning.
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Block em all. What difference does it make to MySpace - none at all. You may be bothered, but who cares what you think? Go use another site, if you aren't happy. We don't have to let you upload anything.
The more microsoft closes its grip, the more users slip through its fingers.
Give it some time, it takes a while for this to have an effect.
Of course, the law needs to be passed in more countries.
Don't mistake me for being defensive, I don't own an iPod, and unless someone buys me one, I never will. I also don't work at Apple, hold any shares in Apple, or own any products by Apple. I do admire what the ipod has done.
Personally I think it's ugly, underspecced and overpriced.
Why is this worth mentioning. You are not the market for the ipod, the whole world is the market for the ipod. What you think doesn't really matter.
Thus its success to me must be because of its marketing, and its excellent integration with iTunes.
What a little world you live in. Don't let the facts stop you from deciding this.
What really matters is what the rest of the world thinks, and the rest of the world does not agree with you. Ipod users are proud of their little machine, think it stylish (and it is, most over mp3 players are not), priced right and does everything they want it to do. ie Play Music.
Forgive me for looking objectively at a product and not joining the fashionable trend of the moment.
You aren't looking at it objectively, you clearly dislike the ipod. Good for you, but don't feel that you have to make up reasons to justify your decision.
Apple wasn't the first out of the block, over companies had a lead, and didn't create a good enough product, you can blame this on marketing, but it just makes you look like a fool. Not everything can be marketing, there has to be something good there.
A sad reflection on society? At least there is still a huge market for books.
Nice little insult - "primarily marketing" - which goes to show your obvious inability of undertanding why products are successful. The Ipod is winning because it is a well designed device, a lot easier to use than the other devices out there. It is also stylish. And it is well priced. These, together with marketing, helped the ipod become number 1.
Not in Europe. Maybe parking fees are used badly in the US, but Europe would stand still without parking fees, since there are far too many cars, and not enough parks.
Speeding fines are necessary everywhere, only a fool would think overwise. I have no wish to be killed by some maniac who can't control his/her car.
I hate to defend the DMCA, but all laws have grey areas, which is why we have courts. You could say that about somebody who was fined for speeding and given parking tickets, while taking there wife to the hospital to have a baby. Should this invalidate speeding and parking laws?
No, you were the only one!
Lawyers are like traffic, nobody really thought about them when designing the sytem, but they are inherent because of the way the system was designed. Unlike traffic, they have a lobby group fighting for their survival (the Bar).
Try growing a moe (handle bars is best). Some of my friends started the http://www.movember.org/movember movement, where you grow a moe in November.
Most of the time you forget you have it, but when people start looking at your weird, especially in the supermarket for some reason, you remember. Pretty funny. I have never had that problem with a beard though? Maybe you are doing something wrong.
One of the reasons for apple success, is that they don't give you a 1000 choices of laptops, or ipods. You get 3 or 4 choices, which actually makes things easier for the customer. If Apple were to do this, it would needlessly complicate the choices for a lot of people. I can see why they only wanted to choose one company.
Well, another way to think about it is that they can fit more people on the screen at the same resolution. That can't be a bad thing.
You, and many people are completely missing the point of HD - the zoom factor. Haven't you ever watched a movie, and wished you could zoom up on ...ahem... certain parts. We all have, and now we have the technology. Yeah, baby. Next step in the technology is the ability to move objects out of the way.. can't wait for that one.
Probably shouldn't have clicked on the link to this story then. And shouldn't have even have bothered posting.
Some people do care, and this article is made for them. I care more about the business side of things, than I do game specifics. I don't like playing computer games anymore, but I am interested in the business side of things. I like reading about this stuff.
It is funny how people who supposedly don't care about something, really need you to believe that they don't care. All the people who really don't care moved on and read a different article.
I heard it as "In the room was the last man on Earth. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door."
And it was more about showing the inherent sexism in people.
They are gerneraly only the same people if you lump everyone is trying to tell you what to do into the same bracket. Overwise, they are probably different people.
Morally?? What other sense is there any evil? Are you evil if you break the law? What about speeding? What about shop lifting?
Evil is all about morals. How can it be any different.
Are we supposed to have any idea what this cryptic comment means?
OK, everybody else doesn't want to be google, I will be google.
This is what happens with every slightly complex issue, there are always two sides to an issue. Governments get this all the time. Reducing taxes is good and bad. Invading Iraq is good and bad (ok, mainly bad). Even at a personal level - buying a new car is good and bad, having a baby is good and bad. We all need to weigh up the benefits, and you will probably be critised no matter you do.
Yeah, but what about Susie in HR. She is a bit of a knock-out. Can you at least forward her emails onto me?
I guess your hardware is too new. Linux versions are updated more frequently, which has advantages and disadvantages. Windows XP can't have the drivers that didn't exist when it was created. You might as well blame the hardware manufacturers for deviate from standards so much, or not have drivers accessable from the hardware.
It is easy to blame microsoft in this situation, but I have installed XP on about 30 different IBM laptops without a problem, so I am quite happy with it.
The ps2 mouse and keyboard problem is weird!
Surely trying to match people with cartoons or puppets is never going to work - what do they really expect. They sort of facial clues you get from a real person and very different to what you could get from a cartoon.
But, this does scare me - I invisage a future wear the government knows where you are at any time, if not by picking up your face on the streets, to embedding some sort of chip. This is the way we are heading (sure, not for a while, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't think 20 year ahead)
OK, have you ever lived anywhere else? The whole world is like this, these are normal problems that exists in some form of very country. Try living somewhere really crap for a while, like the UK.
I think it is a new game, a new super troll, where you try to get an article submitted, with the most incorrect summary possible. At this point, I would say the trolls are winning.