could they split up the review into a few more pages for me? I mean I know that, personally, I like to have to hit "next page" every 5 sentences. It gives the review a nice flow. 29 pages? I think 40 pages is an accepted minimum. What are these guys thinking?!
*roll eyes*
bret
When I bought my camera (Nikon 5700, $1000 retail at the time) back in January 2004 I dealt with seriously 14 different online camera companies just like this one, almost exclusively in New York (I used to have the list, heck if I can find it now). Same thing, order it, they call you or you have to call them, act like you're gonna get the overpriced stuff, and it's in stock. Say no, it's suddenly out of stock. Got yelled at, did some yelling. All fun. Put me in a pretty pissed mood for a couple days.
Anyways finally I wound up buying a 5 year extended warranty on the camera, with plans to get the camera and return it. Turned out I couldn't return warranties. I was pissed.
I'm a little less pissed today, though, as the camera mysteriously broke 5 days ago *peers suspiciously at roomates* and I just sent it for service. Currently being fixed. Haven't gotten the full story about what's broken just yet but I'm thinking it's the CCD chip (but even if it's something less tragically expensive at least it's getting fixed without a hassle). Luckily I'm not paying a dime (except the $3.95 priority mail shipping-in-a-well-padded-shoebox to get it to Miami Beach).
Maybe I'm wrong, but since VoIP is tranmitted like data is, if they get authority to tap what's being transferred via VoIP what's going to stop them from, say, tapping what I may be downloading/uploading at the time. If they're limited to just the junctions where VoIP meets the regular phone systems, like someone mentioned above, then I guess that's ok. But I see this as being a way for them to start peering in on what people are donwloading otherwise. I don't do secret service work but at the same time I don't want Deputy Doughnut to be able to see everything I'm doing, even if I were to be under suspicion that would allow a phone tap but not, say, search warrant (since I think that would be analagous).
It's just too bad they can't do it at a better price, or they'd be a frightening corporation...
They can do it at a better price but then we wouldn't have the lovely, I'm sure quite costly, commercials to look at, the wall of advertisement posters in NYC subways, and the very chic, modernized (another word for overpriced but looks good) retail locations.
If R&D for the iPods isn't paid for now, then they grossly overspent. Sometimes I think the prices they put on their stuff is just arbitrary (coming from someone who works at a retail store that sells Apple).
That said, I'll probably still be buying one (an iPod, not a PDA) in the next couple months. I'm just bandwagon like that.
how much would you charge for these clickers because I feel that the $30 is bull$hit. not to mention I've had to buy now three different ones because of the university changing policy 3 of the 5 semesters I've been here. I hope something universal like you have in mind gets adopted because we sure as hell need it.
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could they split up the review into a few more pages for me? I mean I know that, personally, I like to have to hit "next page" every 5 sentences. It gives the review a nice flow. 29 pages? I think 40 pages is an accepted minimum. What are these guys thinking?! *roll eyes* bret
that'd be about as ridiculous as this: http://www.wrzeszcz.net/~skun/Fotki/Ad83.jpg
bret
PBR and SunEdison will develop a total of 36 MWs of PV projects in Nevada, enough energy to power 36,000 homes.
Or two casinos for 6 months! Come on, who are they kidding. Vegas is in Clark County. This power is going right to them!
I am a holographic engineer.
aaah yes, the 3rd most exported profession, I hear.
To China, no less.
When I bought my camera (Nikon 5700, $1000 retail at the time) back in January 2004 I dealt with seriously 14 different online camera companies just like this one, almost exclusively in New York (I used to have the list, heck if I can find it now). Same thing, order it, they call you or you have to call them, act like you're gonna get the overpriced stuff, and it's in stock. Say no, it's suddenly out of stock. Got yelled at, did some yelling. All fun. Put me in a pretty pissed mood for a couple days.
Anyways finally I wound up buying a 5 year extended warranty on the camera, with plans to get the camera and return it. Turned out I couldn't return warranties. I was pissed.
I'm a little less pissed today, though, as the camera mysteriously broke 5 days ago *peers suspiciously at roomates* and I just sent it for service. Currently being fixed. Haven't gotten the full story about what's broken just yet but I'm thinking it's the CCD chip (but even if it's something less tragically expensive at least it's getting fixed without a hassle). Luckily I'm not paying a dime (except the $3.95 priority mail shipping-in-a-well-padded-shoebox to get it to Miami Beach).
bret
Maybe I'm wrong, but since VoIP is tranmitted like data is, if they get authority to tap what's being transferred via VoIP what's going to stop them from, say, tapping what I may be downloading/uploading at the time. If they're limited to just the junctions where VoIP meets the regular phone systems, like someone mentioned above, then I guess that's ok. But I see this as being a way for them to start peering in on what people are donwloading otherwise. I don't do secret service work but at the same time I don't want Deputy Doughnut to be able to see everything I'm doing, even if I were to be under suspicion that would allow a phone tap but not, say, search warrant (since I think that would be analagous).
my $.02
It's just too bad they can't do it at a better price, or they'd be a frightening corporation...
They can do it at a better price but then we wouldn't have the lovely, I'm sure quite costly, commercials to look at, the wall of advertisement posters in NYC subways, and the very chic, modernized (another word for overpriced but looks good) retail locations.
If R&D for the iPods isn't paid for now, then they grossly overspent. Sometimes I think the prices they put on their stuff is just arbitrary (coming from someone who works at a retail store that sells Apple).
That said, I'll probably still be buying one (an iPod, not a PDA) in the next couple months. I'm just bandwagon like that.
can of worms indeed
how much would you charge for these clickers because I feel that the $30 is bull$hit. not to mention I've had to buy now three different ones because of the university changing policy 3 of the 5 semesters I've been here. I hope something universal like you have in mind gets adopted because we sure as hell need it.