Most teens who exclusively use Facebook are familiar with and have an opinion about MySpace. These teens are very aware of MySpace and they often have a negative opinion about it. They see it as gaudy, immature, and "so middle school." They prefer the "clean" look of Facebook, noting that it is more mature and that MySpace is "so lame."
I never understood the whole appeal of MySpace, other than it's a free blogging site. I also have the same feeling. I had an account once, but if felt more like a place for kids to have fun, than an adult. It was more geared toward "Would you ever kiss X, Y, Z" rather than topics more adult oriented like politics, technology, etc.
They both seem to fit a niche, so more power to them both. Just not my cup of tea.
If the big 3 US car manufacturers *have* fuel efficient cars they might as well release them. Who cares about SUV sales if they can sell more fuel efficient cars. Besides if they don't Honda, Kia, and other manufacturers are going to destroy their sales.
Just look at SUV sales this past year, since gas has gone from $2 to $3+. I've seen more Kia's this past year than the rest of my life combined.
Pretty close considering in Vista even some MS software get's complaints "Are you sure you want to run this untrusted application" warning.
"Do you wish to run?" that's just one step from "Sorry this program hasn't paid MS for a trusted computing license key, not able to load"
I'm guessing they were just in the the design phase and not in full production. I can't imagine ANY company going through R&D, prototyping, full development, testing, and have a product at production quality then stop right before the software get's pressed.
That would be like an automotive company spending 100million to develop a new car, have the parts done and the factory with the ON switch just waiting to be pressed and then throwing in the towel. That kind of stuff doesn't happen, and as a shareholder I'm sure someone is going to be upset with them for this.
the people who bought 802.11n networks at bestbuy and using them at home or business now? Perhaps the title should have been first college to set one up? No idea, but I have seen n around a couple of months at local stores so there has to be someone out there using it.
Seems everything now adays that is considered "property" whether physical or intellectual has many different stages of licensing.
Look at the yahoo deal with the singer. They licensed the right to use it for X and Y, but used it for Z. So he sued.
When you license something to someone, it takes an attorney to figure out what you really received. You just can't assume, hey I paid him for that picture to put it on a shirt, but now I want to put it on coffee mugs, posters, etc.
What is GSM and why can't other providers use it? Some kind of proprietary protocol? Thought all cell providers used the same protocol since you can use their towers for roaming.
So... will we be able to use the iPhone with other carriers? Verizon, etc? What matters how cool it is, if I'm stuck in a 2 year contract elsewhere. Noone is going to ditch their contract and pay $500 for a phone + $400 for breaking a contract just because it's cool, unless they have disposable income they dont care about.
If you can you use it with Verizon or other providers then woohoo.
Yeah, say you want to upload all of the pics from a family trip to Disneyland but no web space to store it. Upload give your friends family the link, voila.
Well said. I wasn't looking at it from the perspective of making copies of one DVD to another blank DVD, but transcoding a DVD to another format that could be played on another device like a media center, iPod, PSP, Nintendo DS, etc.
agree, never saw smoking aces but rented Pan's Labrynth didnt like it either. Epic movie just looked to cheesy even for me, so never rented. Figured it would be as bad as "Date Movie".
With Blu-ray and HDDVD out, is DVD a dying technology? Granted I still like DVD and see no reason to dump it. I'm guessing there will be a time when you go to the store or blockbuster and all they have is Blu-Ray with a few DVD's in the bargain bin. Just like DVD's are to VHS now.
My biggest concern is how long till this will happen. With DVD's VHS was obsoleted quickly. But with Blu-Ray/HDDVD it really doesn't negate DVD as a good media.
So maybe this is just a way for them to try and squeeze even more dollars before DVD's go away.
If the drive is physically able to read each bit, then no matter what you tell the vendors making the drives, it's pointless.
Plus this does go against fair use. All it's going to do is hurt the people who are lawful and have a media center. The people pirating , or mass selling DVDs, wont be hurt by this.
Also how will this relate to products like the PSP and iPod? Where people can convert there DVD to a mpeg stream for viewing on the go?
Was it a Laserjet III? We had one of those at one of the labs, and had the same problem. Even with heavy printing we could go almost 3-4 days just taking the cartridge out shaking it a bit and pushing it back in once a day.
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I never understood the whole appeal of MySpace, other than it's a free blogging site. I also have the same feeling. I had an account once, but if felt more like a place for kids to have fun, than an adult. It was more geared toward "Would you ever kiss X, Y, Z" rather than topics more adult oriented like politics, technology, etc.
They both seem to fit a niche, so more power to them both. Just not my cup of tea.
Just look at SUV sales this past year, since gas has gone from $2 to $3+. I've seen more Kia's this past year than the rest of my life combined.
Pretty close considering in Vista even some MS software get's complaints "Are you sure you want to run this untrusted application" warning. "Do you wish to run?" that's just one step from "Sorry this program hasn't paid MS for a trusted computing license key, not able to load"
That would be like an automotive company spending 100million to develop a new car, have the parts done and the factory with the ON switch just waiting to be pressed and then throwing in the towel. That kind of stuff doesn't happen, and as a shareholder I'm sure someone is going to be upset with them for this.
No the south, the deep south.
... thought it was a bit cold outside, did hell REALLY freeze over?
BTW what is the advantage over G? Still 2.4ghz?
Seems everything now adays that is considered "property" whether physical or intellectual has many different stages of licensing. Look at the yahoo deal with the singer. They licensed the right to use it for X and Y, but used it for Z. So he sued. When you license something to someone, it takes an attorney to figure out what you really received. You just can't assume, hey I paid him for that picture to put it on a shirt, but now I want to put it on coffee mugs, posters, etc.
A low power transmitter is A LOT cheaper than bandwidth.
What is GSM and why can't other providers use it? Some kind of proprietary protocol? Thought all cell providers used the same protocol since you can use their towers for roaming.
If you can you use it with Verizon or other providers then woohoo.
Unfortunately it may end up being Chinese or Indian. But I shouldn't be sad. I dont care who get's their first as long as we get there.
since when does the government write using HTML or XML. :)
till this site is banned from China. I give it 1 week, if not already.
Yeah, say you want to upload all of the pics from a family trip to Disneyland but no web space to store it. Upload give your friends family the link, voila.
End user being average joe sixpack sitting at home typing an email. Perhaps there's a better term for that.
Well said. I wasn't looking at it from the perspective of making copies of one DVD to another blank DVD, but transcoding a DVD to another format that could be played on another device like a media center, iPod, PSP, Nintendo DS, etc.
agree, never saw smoking aces but rented Pan's Labrynth didnt like it either. Epic movie just looked to cheesy even for me, so never rented. Figured it would be as bad as "Date Movie".
My biggest concern is how long till this will happen. With DVD's VHS was obsoleted quickly. But with Blu-Ray/HDDVD it really doesn't negate DVD as a good media.
So maybe this is just a way for them to try and squeeze even more dollars before DVD's go away.
You must have rented Gigli or Episode 1 right?
Also how will this relate to products like the PSP and iPod? Where people can convert there DVD to a mpeg stream for viewing on the go?
Little confused over your question, but the #1 item on the list was Azureus which is a open source P2P application.
Would be nice to see a top 10 user geared list.
Was it a Laserjet III? We had one of those at one of the labs, and had the same problem. Even with heavy printing we could go almost 3-4 days just taking the cartridge out shaking it a bit and pushing it back in once a day.