Also, there are lots of people buying the Shuffle or Nano to go jogging (or similar activities), i don't imagine they'd do that with a cumbersome phone attached to their arm.
Same here, me and a couple of friends just shared our music a few weeks ago, so we now each have 160gb of music to listen to. I did some little maths, and concluded that if i listen to 2 new albums a day from what i got from them, i should have enough for more than 2 years. God bless external HD.
Now we have to wait for portable Mp3 players to catch up with the capacity:)
If you really need billboards to find that a place is not dull it means that the advertiser's plan has work amazingly well. If this was a scene from 1984, you'd probably be one to feel uncomfortable without a telescreen in the room.
If the car business is so much more profitable than oil, how is it that a majority of the richest people on the planet are oil tycoon? Where are the rich automotive guys?
As someone else pointed out, the biggest profit ever was registered by Exxon. Here are some other profits numbers for 2005 for comparison:
GM: Loss of $10bn
Chevron: $14bn
Ford: $2bn.
To make calculations for these 2 industries like they both make 10% in profits is ridiculous.
Well, for starters, how about being ridiculed by your whole neighbourhood for the next couple of years and not being able to live a normal life?
Heck, even if i felt pity for the poor guy, i couldn't help but laugh my ass off, and i'm not sure how i'd react if i saw him or anyone ressembling him in person. I know i wouldn't want to be in his place, no matter if he made a million out of it or not.
Considering the fact that there are just over 1 billion people connected to the internet, that means an average of more than 32 emails per person per day. Considering that half of that 1 billion people uses the internet only occasionally (yeah i'm pulling this number out of my...), that means that those who use it regularly have an average of 64 emails/day.
Am I the only one who thinks that these numbers can't even be close to reality and are just bogus?
I don't really need to listen to music all the time, but i don't particularly dig ambient sounds from the city, so if i can be listening to music instead, the choice is simple. Time seems to fly by much faster if you're walking while listening to music. Ditto for the car. I don't particularly like driving to begin with, and radio is pure crap to me, so if i can have my music to pass the time in a more pleasing way then why not?
I'd like to have that information as well (and no, i'm not being sarcastic). I only have an iPod because i got it from freeipod.com, otherwise i would've most probably looked for a player from another vendor.
The propensity of the masses for being docile. It would take too much effort for people to revolt against something like that. And even if half the masses do revolt, the other half will be enough to ensure that the media moguls pursue their goals, and the dissidents will eventually fall back in line.
Simple answer. I know it's cliché to say this, but to me it's very true.
Not everyone in a suit is an arrogant asshole, not is everyone wearing casual clothes is trustable.
If you consider that a women wearing a suit is automatically a lying hypocrite than you are no better than the suit guy who doesn't trust you because you're not wearing a suit. Perhaps the girl in a suit dresses like that because she likes it. Who knows? I sure don't assume to know her motives for dressing that way.
The survey results also suggest female gamers outnumber male gamers in the 25-34 age category. This result stems from high rates of play of online games, many of which are free of charge (i.e. Yahoo! Games), among female gamers. The 25-34 age group also comprises the largest concentration among overall female gamers (29 percent).
Ok perhaps it would've been a good idea to define the term "Gamer". As far as i can tell, their definition emcompasses anyone who plays any type of game, including solitaire, online poker, bejewled, chess and whatnot. Not that there's anything wrong with this definition, but i'm sure it's not the definition that most people here would give for "Gamer". It still makes me wonder where they took these stats, because i have a hard time believing that there are more female gamers than male gamers in the 25-34 age bracket. Of all the males of that age that i know, there is a vast majority playing videogames. Of that the girls i know, only a handful do play videogames. Perhaps my empirical evidence is atypical, but i'd like to be proved otherwise. And if i look that people 35 and older (which means, most people i work with), i would be surprised if more than 10-15% played videogames.
The big answer is: it depends. It depends on what type of work you do, what type of company you work for, and if you do contract or permanent work. One question you have to ask yourself: am i learning new things in my current work, and if not, how will that affect my future career path. I consider that when i stop learning new stuff (and provided that nothing new is on the way if i stay there), it's time to look for something else, otherwise it means that i'll stagnate and will be getting behind technologically. Which means that in a few years when i want to look for something else, it will be harder to find something better. For me, that time usually comes after about 2 years. But then again, i'm doing web-related work, so it might be different from more "traditional" IT fields.
Generally speaking, i would say that unless you're working for a big company where there is potential for advancement, staying more than 4-5 years is probably bad for your career. Simply put, when you switch company you learn more and get way more chances for advancement (both in terms of position and salary). But as you say, be careful not to switch too often.
Perhaps you can use a bike, i'm pretty sure it would take a whole lot less than 45 min to do the 5 miles, and as an added bonus, would give you your daily exercise dosage.
So how do you explain that other countries like Canada, which is bigger than the US and has not even 1/10th the population, still has a much higher broadband penetration rate?
If i am naked in my house with the blinds open and you (a stranger) walk by and see me, does that mean that my house stops being private?
Just food for thoughts...
Perhaps they should force him to listen to black or death metal or gabber music(*) on an iPod with the volume turned all the way up, so at least he would have a real reason to complain about hearing loss.
(*)Disclaimer: I do like these genres of music, they're merely a suggestion to attain the proposed objective:)
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Also, there are lots of people buying the Shuffle or Nano to go jogging (or similar activities), i don't imagine they'd do that with a cumbersome phone attached to their arm.
Same here, me and a couple of friends just shared our music a few weeks ago, so we now each have 160gb of music to listen to. I did some little maths, and concluded that if i listen to 2 new albums a day from what i got from them, i should have enough for more than 2 years. God bless external HD. Now we have to wait for portable Mp3 players to catch up with the capacity :)
oops, that should have read: Canada is IN America
Last I checked, Canada was America.
When you can just go to the beach and everyone is topless!
You can be sure that they can afford good enough accountants and lawyers as to make sure not to pay that much to IRS.
If you really need billboards to find that a place is not dull it means that the advertiser's plan has work amazingly well. If this was a scene from 1984, you'd probably be one to feel uncomfortable without a telescreen in the room.
If the car business is so much more profitable than oil, how is it that a majority of the richest people on the planet are oil tycoon? Where are the rich automotive guys?
As someone else pointed out, the biggest profit ever was registered by Exxon. Here are some other profits numbers for 2005 for comparison:
GM: Loss of $10bn
Chevron: $14bn
Ford: $2bn.
To make calculations for these 2 industries like they both make 10% in profits is ridiculous.
Well, for starters, how about being ridiculed by your whole neighbourhood for the next couple of years and not being able to live a normal life?
Heck, even if i felt pity for the poor guy, i couldn't help but laugh my ass off, and i'm not sure how i'd react if i saw him or anyone ressembling him in person. I know i wouldn't want to be in his place, no matter if he made a million out of it or not.
his days seem as boring as any typical office worker's day??
Considering the fact that there are just over 1 billion people connected to the internet, that means an average of more than 32 emails per person per day. Considering that half of that 1 billion people uses the internet only occasionally (yeah i'm pulling this number out of my ...), that means that those who use it regularly have an average of 64 emails/day.
Am I the only one who thinks that these numbers can't even be close to reality and are just bogus?
Honest answer: It's called instant gratification.
I don't really need to listen to music all the time, but i don't particularly dig ambient sounds from the city, so if i can be listening to music instead, the choice is simple. Time seems to fly by much faster if you're walking while listening to music. Ditto for the car. I don't particularly like driving to begin with, and radio is pure crap to me, so if i can have my music to pass the time in a more pleasing way then why not?
I'd like to have that information as well (and no, i'm not being sarcastic). I only have an iPod because i got it from freeipod.com, otherwise i would've most probably looked for a player from another vendor.
The propensity of the masses for being docile. It would take too much effort for people to revolt against something like that. And even if half the masses do revolt, the other half will be enough to ensure that the media moguls pursue their goals, and the dissidents will eventually fall back in line.
Simple answer. I know it's cliché to say this, but to me it's very true.
Not everyone in a suit is an arrogant asshole, not is everyone wearing casual clothes is trustable.
If you consider that a women wearing a suit is automatically a lying hypocrite than you are no better than the suit guy who doesn't trust you because you're not wearing a suit. Perhaps the girl in a suit dresses like that because she likes it. Who knows? I sure don't assume to know her motives for dressing that way.
The big answer is: it depends. It depends on what type of work you do, what type of company you work for, and if you do contract or permanent work. One question you have to ask yourself: am i learning new things in my current work, and if not, how will that affect my future career path. I consider that when i stop learning new stuff (and provided that nothing new is on the way if i stay there), it's time to look for something else, otherwise it means that i'll stagnate and will be getting behind technologically. Which means that in a few years when i want to look for something else, it will be harder to find something better. For me, that time usually comes after about 2 years. But then again, i'm doing web-related work, so it might be different from more "traditional" IT fields.
Generally speaking, i would say that unless you're working for a big company where there is potential for advancement, staying more than 4-5 years is probably bad for your career. Simply put, when you switch company you learn more and get way more chances for advancement (both in terms of position and salary). But as you say, be careful not to switch too often.
Perhaps you can use a bike, i'm pretty sure it would take a whole lot less than 45 min to do the 5 miles, and as an added bonus, would give you your daily exercise dosage.
Thanks Capt'n Obvious :)
The fact that all portable music players are called "Mp3" player, and not an AAC player, or Ogg player, is enough to make it the de facto standard.
So how do you explain that other countries like Canada, which is bigger than the US and has not even 1/10th the population, still has a much higher broadband penetration rate?
If i am naked in my house with the blinds open and you (a stranger) walk by and see me, does that mean that my house stops being private? Just food for thoughts...
to the Age of Empires series?
Perhaps they should force him to listen to black or death metal or gabber music(*) on an iPod with the volume turned all the way up, so at least he would have a real reason to complain about hearing loss. (*)Disclaimer: I do like these genres of music, they're merely a suggestion to attain the proposed objective :)
Gives a whole new meaning to the word "Intern"...