While I agree that most music on the radio blows, there's a lot of great music out there. Back when Napster was around, whenever I'd hear of an artist that I've never heard music from, I'd download a few of their songs. Sometimes the artist sucked and sometimes it was absolutely great. I'd go out an buy the cd of the great artist. I bought WAY more cds when I was using Napster because I could verify that I'd like the music I'd buy.
Nothing sucks more than to buy a cd of a band whose only song from the radio is great but whose album's crap. That's why these days, I'm not listening to any new music. I'm not buying new music at all.
If Napster were still around in its former incarnation, I'd buy up to 20 cds more per year, easy.
Plus, I'm not going to spend $18-20 on a cd that might blow. Who has that kind of money? Now if it were $12 per cd, I'd be more likely to take a chance on it.
The big music companies need to adapt quickly or they're going to be bankrupt in a few years.
"...Canadians are one of the world's most connected societies (mainly due to cheap high speed Internet access) and may reflect the direction the Internet is headed."
Doesn't it follow that if they're more connected, they're going to order from online sources as well? Maybe that doesn't account for 7%, but I'd be willing to say that it accounts for a good number of cds sold. Amazon.com and CdNow.com should be banned if Napster's gonna be banned.
So if I have a directory called Metallica on my computer and I use it to store all my mp3s, I'll still be banned even if I don't have any Metallica songs. Metallica/TMBG - Famous Polka.mp3 Metallica/Ricky Martin - I'm too sexy.mp3 will both be listed as Metallica files, right?
Real is working on RealPlayer 7 for Linux. It's in beta form still but my Microsoft team got ahold of a copy for a demo that Bill was shown on how well Realplayer 7 works in the background on a Linux box.
What remains to be stated is that for all the dot-com layoffs and all the dot-com busts and failures, the unemployment is fairly steady AND for every failed startup, a new startup pops up in its place.
The media portrays the dot-com era slowing or even ending. Why? Because they're easier to point to than the brick & morter stores closing.
Snorp, the anti-snoring drug is one of the worst names I've heard. I don't know what it is about nasal products, but Nasalcrom is another terrible name for a anti-snoring (or something like that) agent.
Do I need to get a license for window shopping? for walking down the street? rollerblading? There are surely more dangerous things than 'surfing the net'.
The only computer magazine that I completely loved was "INFO". The coverage shifted from Commodore 64 to the Amiga in the mid-eighties. It's the only computer magazine that I have read with as much heart and soul. It was entirely produced on the Amiga and by the authors themselves, instead of by a corporation. I don't think anyone cares about these faceless PC magazines because their coverage is just plain bland. When was the last time an article in PC World was interested, the last time an author was passionate about the technology?
USB is already being skipped over for Firewire by most of the higher end video cameras. For a short time maybe you'll see these USB-only boards, but it's not going to be long before we have USB & Firewire boards. Now if I could just get a toaster to plug into a USB, I'd be set.
Nothing too exciting is going to come out of this whole Microsoft monopoly decision. Most likely, the government will tell them to stop doing certain practices. What real impact will come out of this? Not too much. People aren't going to flock to Linux or the G4 or any other kind of OS. Windows 2000 will still come out late and the average consumer will still buy it. Why? Because it's still the easiest product for the end user to operate.
While Yankees.com has some good features, everyone should check out mariners.org. They've got many great features, including a webcam of the baseball stadium, a constantly updated scoreboard where you can watch the balls and strikes live, and other cool features. It's much cleaner and less cluttered than the Yankees.com site. http://www.mariners.org
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> Until the .jp2 format doesn't require a plugin for 99% of the browsers out there, it won't be widely used, IMHO.
Flash is widely used, it's a plug-in, and near 98% of people using browsers have it installed.
While I agree that most music on the radio blows, there's a lot of great music out there. Back when Napster was around, whenever I'd hear of an artist that I've never heard music from, I'd download a few of their songs. Sometimes the artist sucked and sometimes it was absolutely great. I'd go out an buy the cd of the great artist. I bought WAY more cds when I was using Napster because I could verify that I'd like the music I'd buy.
Nothing sucks more than to buy a cd of a band whose only song from the radio is great but whose album's crap. That's why these days, I'm not listening to any new music. I'm not buying new music at all.
If Napster were still around in its former incarnation, I'd buy up to 20 cds more per year, easy.
Plus, I'm not going to spend $18-20 on a cd that might blow. Who has that kind of money? Now if it were $12 per cd, I'd be more likely to take a chance on it.
The big music companies need to adapt quickly or they're going to be bankrupt in a few years.
"...Canadians are one of the world's most connected societies (mainly due to cheap high speed Internet access) and may reflect the direction the Internet is headed." Doesn't it follow that if they're more connected, they're going to order from online sources as well? Maybe that doesn't account for 7%, but I'd be willing to say that it accounts for a good number of cds sold. Amazon.com and CdNow.com should be banned if Napster's gonna be banned.
So if I have a directory called Metallica on my computer and I use it to store all my mp3s, I'll still be banned even if I don't have any Metallica songs. Metallica/TMBG - Famous Polka.mp3 Metallica/Ricky Martin - I'm too sexy.mp3 will both be listed as Metallica files, right?
Real is working on RealPlayer 7 for Linux. It's in beta form still but my Microsoft team got ahold of a copy for a demo that Bill was shown on how well Realplayer 7 works in the background on a Linux box.
What remains to be stated is that for all the dot-com layoffs and all the dot-com busts and failures, the unemployment is fairly steady AND for every failed startup, a new startup pops up in its place. The media portrays the dot-com era slowing or even ending. Why? Because they're easier to point to than the brick & morter stores closing.
Snorp, the anti-snoring drug is one of the worst names I've heard. I don't know what it is about nasal products, but Nasalcrom is another terrible name for a anti-snoring (or something like that) agent.
Do I need to get a license for window shopping? for walking down the street? rollerblading? There are surely more dangerous things than 'surfing the net'.
The only computer magazine that I completely loved was "INFO". The coverage shifted from Commodore 64 to the Amiga in the mid-eighties. It's the only computer magazine that I have read with as much heart and soul. It was entirely produced on the Amiga and by the authors themselves, instead of by a corporation. I don't think anyone cares about these faceless PC magazines because their coverage is just plain bland. When was the last time an article in PC World was interested, the last time an author was passionate about the technology?
USB is already being skipped over for Firewire by most of the higher end video cameras. For a short time maybe you'll see these USB-only boards, but it's not going to be long before we have USB & Firewire boards. Now if I could just get a toaster to plug into a USB, I'd be set.
Nothing too exciting is going to come out of this whole Microsoft monopoly decision. Most likely, the government will tell them to stop doing certain practices. What real impact will come out of this? Not too much. People aren't going to flock to Linux or the G4 or any other kind of OS. Windows 2000 will still come out late and the average consumer will still buy it. Why? Because it's still the easiest product for the end user to operate.
While Yankees.com has some good features, everyone should check out mariners.org. They've got many great features, including a webcam of the baseball stadium, a constantly updated scoreboard where you can watch the balls and strikes live, and other cool features. It's much cleaner and less cluttered than the Yankees.com site.
http://www.mariners.org