And is it something done on the caller's end, or is it something in the system? I'm wondering because I've been getting some odd calls w/r/t Caller ID and I wonder if a friend is having me on... .
Yeah, well... I'm sure it's not happy news at the C-level in Redmond, but note that it's still "One MS OS is still selling a hell of a lot, and the newer one is selling, though not as much as we'd have liked."
It's still people buying MS's main product, though, so it's all money flowing that way.
Yeah, I admit I cannot find a link to the trailer within the two minutes of patience I had for the site navigation and design. If this is the future, it'll be a dim one indeed. After all, imagine how difficult the light switches would be to find.
...how many of them were started or at least propogated -- as news -- by the editors of CNET? The "Apple will be out of business" one that was mentioned by/.ers but elided over by TFA, was certainly an example.
If it means a break in the Clear Channel et al stranglehold on the traditional radio marketplace, I can't cry all that much. However, if it leads to another auctioning off of the public radio spectrum and endagerment of things like college radio stations, it's not so great. On the third hand, it's exactly some of those smaller concerns who are finding not competition, but new opportunities in these alternative distribution methods. Check out what KCRW (www.kcrw.org) has got going on: they stream music and news and simulcast, and have used this to break into a national market so that they can promote events across North America. (Though, I should note, KCRW is one of the behemoths of public radio.)
Though I disagree with your view of that debate, it's clear that John Stewart bitchslapped Hitchens when the latter appeared on the Daily Show. So Stewart advances to the next round and faces off against the winner of Will v. Juan Cole.
FWIW, some more analysts weigh in at an article in eWEEK. They agree that one problem would be that ripping a DVD would be illegal. Still, they kind of say that there's no reason Apple could, but what's the angle?
Of course, none of us could figure out the angle before Jobs introduced the iPod -- and then it was all clear. That's why he earns the big buck ($1/yr).
... it helps to go to a reliable source. I've found Microsoft Watch to be a good check on both flamers and fanboyz -- a good example in this case would be the article about this whole topic. Hype-free, it's like the anti-CNET.
She kids because she loves -- but seriously, Mary Jo Foley has usually been one of the best sources for MS info (though not a cheerleader for MS). For example, she has a good overview of what's what in Vista and IE 7.0.
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And is it something done on the caller's end, or is it something in the system? I'm wondering because I've been getting some odd calls w/r/t Caller ID and I wonder if a friend is having me on... .
Yeah, well... I'm sure it's not happy news at the C-level in Redmond, but note that it's still "One MS OS is still selling a hell of a lot, and the newer one is selling, though not as much as we'd have liked." It's still people buying MS's main product, though, so it's all money flowing that way.
Yeah, I admit I cannot find a link to the trailer within the two minutes of patience I had for the site navigation and design. If this is the future, it'll be a dim one indeed. After all, imagine how difficult the light switches would be to find.
...how many of them were started or at least propogated -- as news -- by the editors of CNET? The "Apple will be out of business" one that was mentioned by /.ers but elided over by TFA, was certainly an example.
If it means a break in the Clear Channel et al stranglehold on the traditional radio marketplace, I can't cry all that much. However, if it leads to another auctioning off of the public radio spectrum and endagerment of things like college radio stations, it's not so great. On the third hand, it's exactly some of those smaller concerns who are finding not competition, but new opportunities in these alternative distribution methods. Check out what KCRW (www.kcrw.org) has got going on: they stream music and news and simulcast, and have used this to break into a national market so that they can promote events across North America. (Though, I should note, KCRW is one of the behemoths of public radio.)
Though I disagree with your view of that debate, it's clear that John Stewart bitchslapped Hitchens when the latter appeared on the Daily Show. So Stewart advances to the next round and faces off against the winner of Will v. Juan Cole.
FWIW, some more analysts weigh in at an article in eWEEK. They agree that one problem would be that ripping a DVD would be illegal. Still, they kind of say that there's no reason Apple could, but what's the angle? Of course, none of us could figure out the angle before Jobs introduced the iPod -- and then it was all clear. That's why he earns the big buck ($1/yr).
... it helps to go to a reliable source. I've found Microsoft Watch to be a good check on both flamers and fanboyz -- a good example in this case would be the article about this whole topic. Hype-free, it's like the anti-CNET.
She kids because she loves -- but seriously, Mary Jo Foley has usually been one of the best sources for MS info (though not a cheerleader for MS). For example, she has a good overview of what's what in Vista and IE 7.0.