well considering the fact that most PCs that shipped w/ Win95 can run XP just fine(from M$ own website, they suggest at least a 300mhz to run the PRO version), I don't se how this is comparable. these specs are MUCH higher. plus, I remember the hubub surrounding XP coming out(98 & 95 too)... I don't remember "Them" saying Linux would do better because of that. maybe some comments about it shipping w/ security holes and opinions that you'd be better off w/ Linux but I don't think anybody said "Hey, a much better version of Windows came out... Yay Linux!"
It is EVIL to help somebody get away from a lunatic boss that throws things at them? I hope you are a peon and not a boss, because at the very least you seem dangerously confused as to what is EVIL...
Oh, OK... the advantage is you can upgrade. See, I thought you said the advantage was that it was "the cheapest mp3 player available". So at $270 as a bare minimum for 4gb of cards + $20 for the device it seemed more like "one of the most expensive mp3 players available". I guess you should have written something like "Although quite a bit more expensive than the nano, my unit is more versatile in my opinion" instead.
It's this simple... like probably less than 2% of iPod owners use FW instead of USB, so they didn't add to the bulkiness and price to appease these inconsequential whiners. Thanks Apple!!!
Am I missing something...? You have just slightly under 4gb of tunes that you all love but DON'T think nano is a better fit for you than shuffle? Ummm... OK. Sounds like you are blinded by the love of your shuffle purchase, not seriously/objectively looking at this. You wouldn't have to fill it at random all the time and shuffle, because your whole library will fit. Sounds like nano would simplify things for you nicely and if I'm catching your drift it sounds like that's what you prefer.
aaah... trying to get modded funny I see! I am a semi-regular eBay user (about 6 1/2 years of buying - total rating 280). I saved on a sony memory card for my PSP on ebay, I often buy clothing off of ebay, etc, etc. I just like a good bargain. To my knowledge I have NEVER purchased a stolen item, have never felt uncomfortable about the wording, etc. If I do, I steer clear... happens like less than 2% of auctions I look at. Usually it's just a little "AS-IS" clause in the end that turns me off. I suggest giving it another try. If you choose not to that's fine. I just hope you get over the misnomer that "most" or even "a significant percentage" of auction are not legit.
"I have one buyer who in mid shipment I messaged him telling him I sent him the wrong item. He didn't reply till 2 weeks after receiving the shipment"
OK... so do you think that if ebay bought skype this wouldn't happen? This guy would be uber-responsible, his skpe would be running, you'd connect, and we would no longer be an idiot? I don't get your point. My point is: Only a minute percentage of ebay users would use this, so it is a pointless waste of cash.
Sounds cool... but worthless. In my experience, perhaps 95% of eBay sellers are individuals that do it eiter as a side job/supplemental income or of those that do have it as their carreer it is to free them from the shackles of "real work". So.... who is going to be sitting around to take your Skype call and answer your questions 24/7? It is preposterous to think that this would ever become a valuable tool on ebay over emailing a question and waiting for a timely reply.
Sounds TERRIBLE! I would have to put every # of every associate of mine in a directory? What if they call from work? Mom's house? A pay phone desperately needing a ride? I pay almost $90/mo for my family's phones. What a bitch it would be if they were rendered this useless! Thanks for the suggestion though...
I would find it FRIGHTENING and INTIMIDATING if I told my boss I quit and he starting throwing shit around the room. Probably the dude thought - "Holy shit, this guy could probably murder me, bury my body and get away with it, oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck, please dear God let me live!". Of course the parent poster feels we should all live w/ this kind of abuse and stress because it's only "human" to degrade and abuse your employees... Ithink he forgot the words "at Microsoft to the end of that phrase".
Yup! That's EXACTLY the same thing. I mean, he probably has to go to the store and try to remember which DVDs he owned and re-buy them all at once which probably stretches his budget to the extreme whenever somebody d/l LOTR off of Bit Torrent. Thank you for the clever and insightful analogy.
Plus... Lord of the Rings made NO money because of the fucking pirates so no wonder he's pissed. I mean it's not like he made more money than you and I EVER will put together for the rest of our lives in like an 18 month period... oh and the actors didn't get paid ungodly sums of money like we won't ever see unless we start working at a bank...
Wait... where was I going with this.
Yeah... last time I read about this (maybe 18 months ago?) it seems like the theory was they were going to offer free telephony and put Ma Bell outta biz. The truth is: these articles are scarcely more than conspiracy theories... we'll know their intentions when they annouce them.
I have been having the same discussion all along. Somehow I didn't make myself clear. ??? I actually dig webcomics quite a bit. Pretty mainstream stuff like homestar runner & megatokyo mostly, I'm not one who digs and digs for more although I am aware that there are literally tens of thousands of webcomics out there, the more underground/unknown ones I found are too pretentious and quirky for my taste. The article did seem to state that comic books and comic strips in print will soon vanish and only exist on the web. I have only said that while comic strips may move from newspapers also to the web, in my opinion comic books will NEVER do well as web offerings. For the record: I stand by my predictions, they seem rooted in reality and even like conclusions you've come to yourself.
I challenge you to download a few full comics books, say scanned in perfect quality and using CBR comic book reader to view. I'm talking 24-32 page comics, not just a one page strip. If you don't find it a miserable experience as I do, even w/ my 22" trinitron monitor... congrats - you fall square into the target market for if they ever do decide to try to sell "click-a-page" comic strips. I can't imagine anyone actually paying to read comics in this way. Even though comics are available via torrents I spend around $50 monthly purchasing the real deal. The product format(I believe) is driven by consumer demand therefore I don't have to worry about supply as long as I and many others continue to demand this product/format. Also, I believe they have a heftier profit margin w/ my $50 per month as they certainly couldn't sell the online version for anything but a sliver of the retail price.
Without further ado - my prediction: PRINT COMIC BOOKS REMAIN ENORMOUSLY POPULAR FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE AND FAIL MISERABLE IF THEY TRY TO GO TO PAR PER VIEW ONLINE. WEB COMICS REMAIN POPULAR AND ONLINE IN THE MANNER WHICH THEY ARE BEST SUITED.
Now, just the waiting to see if I'm right...;)
That's cool and I'm happy for those guys... but I'm sure they were web comics and not web comic books. The point I've been deperately trying to convey is that while web comics (strips) may do very well, web comic books (identical to print versions) would fail miserably. It's one of those ideas that sounds good in theory but...
Everybody that I know that reads comic books enjoys going down to the local shop, browsing new titles, talking comics news, etc. While we may read online comic strips as well, it would hardly be the same rewarding visceral and social experience.
Wow good (albeit obscure) example. I agree w/ you 100% that web comics aren't in danger of disappearing, however this is irrelevant. The article seems to insinuate that comic books (Marvel/DC) are going to be going web... which I don't see as likely. You've probably noticed that most successful web comics are in strip format not book format. There is a good reason for that! Strips work well on a monitor... books do not. Noticed that the 6th potter leaked to web as pdf hasn't hurt sales? That's because nobody can stand reading novels on their PC. Same concept in comic books. BTW, print comic books are in NO danger of disappearing. Heard of the movies Fantastic Four, Hulk, Daredevil, Elektra, Constantine, Sin City, Hellboy, Batman, Spider-man, X-Men, etc? These were not based off of web comics! Right now is the best time ever to be reading print comics - there are some uber talented writers like Brian Michael Bendis, J. Michael Stracynski(sp?), Mike Carey, and David Mack (to name a few) that are absolutely ripping it up! The days of 70's cheese is gone. These guys are coming up w/ stories that blow my mind... month after month after month. Although I like the occasional 4-8 panel online web chuckle, those comics can't come close to competing w/ the aforementioned comics. If you don't believe me pick up a copy of a Kabuki TPB from your local library and talk to me in a week...
I just don't think people will pay for webcomics that have PREVIOUSLY been free, not in general. My point w/ Marvel and DC is that they are the biggies. If their products online are free crap as industry leaders this doesn't bode well for the chance of pay per view online distrobution of quality and popular comic books in the near future.
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Even my gaming rig has only 512mb RAM. 5 yr. old PCs do NOT have 512mb RAM.
well considering the fact that most PCs that shipped w/ Win95 can run XP just fine(from M$ own website, they suggest at least a 300mhz to run the PRO version), I don't se how this is comparable. these specs are MUCH higher. plus, I remember the hubub surrounding XP coming out(98 & 95 too)... I don't remember "Them" saying Linux would do better because of that. maybe some comments about it shipping w/ security holes and opinions that you'd be better off w/ Linux but I don't think anybody said "Hey, a much better version of Windows came out... Yay Linux!"
It is EVIL to help somebody get away from a lunatic boss that throws things at them? I hope you are a peon and not a boss, because at the very least you seem dangerously confused as to what is EVIL...
more importantly... how the fuck does an HR guy get tech secrets?
Oh, OK... the advantage is you can upgrade. See, I thought you said the advantage was that it was "the cheapest mp3 player available". So at $270 as a bare minimum for 4gb of cards + $20 for the device it seemed more like "one of the most expensive mp3 players available". I guess you should have written something like "Although quite a bit more expensive than the nano, my unit is more versatile in my opinion" instead.
Since the cheapest 2gb SD card on ebay is $135, how is this cheaper than an ipod nano you genius?!
It's this simple... like probably less than 2% of iPod owners use FW instead of USB, so they didn't add to the bulkiness and price to appease these inconsequential whiners. Thanks Apple!!!
Am I missing something...? You have just slightly under 4gb of tunes that you all love but DON'T think nano is a better fit for you than shuffle? Ummm... OK. Sounds like you are blinded by the love of your shuffle purchase, not seriously/objectively looking at this. You wouldn't have to fill it at random all the time and shuffle, because your whole library will fit. Sounds like nano would simplify things for you nicely and if I'm catching your drift it sounds like that's what you prefer.
This is what they'll use to print out PATRIOT ACT3. 1,000s of pages nobody will read!
aaah... trying to get modded funny I see! I am a semi-regular eBay user (about 6 1/2 years of buying - total rating 280). I saved on a sony memory card for my PSP on ebay, I often buy clothing off of ebay, etc, etc. I just like a good bargain. To my knowledge I have NEVER purchased a stolen item, have never felt uncomfortable about the wording, etc. If I do, I steer clear... happens like less than 2% of auctions I look at. Usually it's just a little "AS-IS" clause in the end that turns me off. I suggest giving it another try. If you choose not to that's fine. I just hope you get over the misnomer that "most" or even "a significant percentage" of auction are not legit.
"I have one buyer who in mid shipment I messaged him telling him I sent him the wrong item. He didn't reply till 2 weeks after receiving the shipment" OK... so do you think that if ebay bought skype this wouldn't happen? This guy would be uber-responsible, his skpe would be running, you'd connect, and we would no longer be an idiot? I don't get your point. My point is: Only a minute percentage of ebay users would use this, so it is a pointless waste of cash.
exaggeration is an art form you have yet to master
Sounds cool... but worthless. In my experience, perhaps 95% of eBay sellers are individuals that do it eiter as a side job/supplemental income or of those that do have it as their carreer it is to free them from the shackles of "real work". So.... who is going to be sitting around to take your Skype call and answer your questions 24/7? It is preposterous to think that this would ever become a valuable tool on ebay over emailing a question and waiting for a timely reply.
Sounds TERRIBLE! I would have to put every # of every associate of mine in a directory? What if they call from work? Mom's house? A pay phone desperately needing a ride? I pay almost $90/mo for my family's phones. What a bitch it would be if they were rendered this useless! Thanks for the suggestion though...
I would find it FRIGHTENING and INTIMIDATING if I told my boss I quit and he starting throwing shit around the room. Probably the dude thought - "Holy shit, this guy could probably murder me, bury my body and get away with it, oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck, please dear God let me live!". Of course the parent poster feels we should all live w/ this kind of abuse and stress because it's only "human" to degrade and abuse your employees... Ithink he forgot the words "at Microsoft to the end of that phrase".
Yup! That's EXACTLY the same thing. I mean, he probably has to go to the store and try to remember which DVDs he owned and re-buy them all at once which probably stretches his budget to the extreme whenever somebody d/l LOTR off of Bit Torrent. Thank you for the clever and insightful analogy.
Plus... Lord of the Rings made NO money because of the fucking pirates so no wonder he's pissed. I mean it's not like he made more money than you and I EVER will put together for the rest of our lives in like an 18 month period... oh and the actors didn't get paid ungodly sums of money like we won't ever see unless we start working at a bank... Wait... where was I going with this.
Yeah... last time I read about this (maybe 18 months ago?) it seems like the theory was they were going to offer free telephony and put Ma Bell outta biz. The truth is: these articles are scarcely more than conspiracy theories... we'll know their intentions when they annouce them.
Yeah.... and ummm.... Civics are better than Maseratis because they sell more right? What was your sarcastic point here?
...and still no games for you to play!!!
I have been having the same discussion all along. Somehow I didn't make myself clear. ??? I actually dig webcomics quite a bit. Pretty mainstream stuff like homestar runner & megatokyo mostly, I'm not one who digs and digs for more although I am aware that there are literally tens of thousands of webcomics out there, the more underground/unknown ones I found are too pretentious and quirky for my taste. The article did seem to state that comic books and comic strips in print will soon vanish and only exist on the web. I have only said that while comic strips may move from newspapers also to the web, in my opinion comic books will NEVER do well as web offerings. For the record: I stand by my predictions, they seem rooted in reality and even like conclusions you've come to yourself.
I challenge you to download a few full comics books, say scanned in perfect quality and using CBR comic book reader to view. I'm talking 24-32 page comics, not just a one page strip. If you don't find it a miserable experience as I do, even w/ my 22" trinitron monitor... congrats - you fall square into the target market for if they ever do decide to try to sell "click-a-page" comic strips. I can't imagine anyone actually paying to read comics in this way. Even though comics are available via torrents I spend around $50 monthly purchasing the real deal. The product format(I believe) is driven by consumer demand therefore I don't have to worry about supply as long as I and many others continue to demand this product/format. Also, I believe they have a heftier profit margin w/ my $50 per month as they certainly couldn't sell the online version for anything but a sliver of the retail price. Without further ado - my prediction: PRINT COMIC BOOKS REMAIN ENORMOUSLY POPULAR FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE AND FAIL MISERABLE IF THEY TRY TO GO TO PAR PER VIEW ONLINE. WEB COMICS REMAIN POPULAR AND ONLINE IN THE MANNER WHICH THEY ARE BEST SUITED. Now, just the waiting to see if I'm right... ;)
That's cool and I'm happy for those guys... but I'm sure they were web comics and not web comic books. The point I've been deperately trying to convey is that while web comics (strips) may do very well, web comic books (identical to print versions) would fail miserably. It's one of those ideas that sounds good in theory but... Everybody that I know that reads comic books enjoys going down to the local shop, browsing new titles, talking comics news, etc. While we may read online comic strips as well, it would hardly be the same rewarding visceral and social experience.
Wow good (albeit obscure) example. I agree w/ you 100% that web comics aren't in danger of disappearing, however this is irrelevant. The article seems to insinuate that comic books (Marvel/DC) are going to be going web... which I don't see as likely. You've probably noticed that most successful web comics are in strip format not book format. There is a good reason for that! Strips work well on a monitor... books do not. Noticed that the 6th potter leaked to web as pdf hasn't hurt sales? That's because nobody can stand reading novels on their PC. Same concept in comic books. BTW, print comic books are in NO danger of disappearing. Heard of the movies Fantastic Four, Hulk, Daredevil, Elektra, Constantine, Sin City, Hellboy, Batman, Spider-man, X-Men, etc? These were not based off of web comics! Right now is the best time ever to be reading print comics - there are some uber talented writers like Brian Michael Bendis, J. Michael Stracynski(sp?), Mike Carey, and David Mack (to name a few) that are absolutely ripping it up! The days of 70's cheese is gone. These guys are coming up w/ stories that blow my mind... month after month after month. Although I like the occasional 4-8 panel online web chuckle, those comics can't come close to competing w/ the aforementioned comics. If you don't believe me pick up a copy of a Kabuki TPB from your local library and talk to me in a week...
I just don't think people will pay for webcomics that have PREVIOUSLY been free, not in general. My point w/ Marvel and DC is that they are the biggies. If their products online are free crap as industry leaders this doesn't bode well for the chance of pay per view online distrobution of quality and popular comic books in the near future.