In my mind I see the secretaries at the Austrian police station behind their typewriters, listening hard and trying to make sense of what exactly is being said on those strange tapes...
...notebooks sold between April 2004 and July 18, 2006
Even if 99% of people who Dell laptop during that period hears about the recall and actually exchanges their batteries (highly unlikely) there will still be 41000 unsafe Dell laptops out there. Expect to read more about Dell laptops exploding in the months to come...
In order to be fair, this ultimatum should be only *after* we have stopped our meddling in the Middle East. All troops should first be unilaterally withdrawn and all aid to Israel should cease.
I'm impressed, you managed to put into one sentence exactly what the US could do to make the muslim world stop hating them. Maybe someone should pitch that line to Bush Jr... ^_^
If you're suffering from dry eyes, headaches, back aches, erratic sleep patterns, it may be more than just your average hangover: according to Dr. Maressa Orzack, you could be suffering from video and computer game addiction.
The only way to have long-term generational success is to ensure we make sure everyone has the opportunity for good health, good education, good standards, and good safety.
I don't download music I haven't paid for (pr0n is a different story, of course).
Actually I don't get the of course. Making both requires performers, technicians and producers who need to be paid.brPlease explain why it is OK to illegally copy one and not the other.
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So, what is so specific about Taiwan that causes this?
My guess would be that by most countries it is not considered a "real" country (due to pressure by mainland China).
is that when you win an auction is practically a binding contract; you can't just flippantly decide that you don't want the thing anymore or that you found a better price somewhere else.
Oh really? Guess you haven't tried actually selling stuff on eBay then. Zero feedback bidders couldn't care less about feedback or unpaid item strikes. And if they receive any they'll just create a new account.
It's not about being better, it's about market penetration.
Microsoft may not have the best OS or browser out there, but it understands market penetration like no other IT company does.
This is why MS-Dos became so big, why most people don't download Firefox (they already have a browser, thank you very much), and why the president of China is having dinner at Bill Gates' place instead of at the White House.
...Windows software amazes you? I want to build a list of unique, elegant, can't-do-without apps
Very interesting that most of the software recommended so far is anti-virus and anti-spyware software (yes, of course these are unique to Windows) and open source software which is also available to Mac...
The only reason a Mac user should have to run XP would be for the games.
No way man. The solution to poverty is never a free handout as you've clearly pointed out. The solution is to make it unatractive to be homeless in San Francisco. This can be done without being cruel.
Just cut off all free WiFi access. This will make the homeless take their stolen laptops and go to another city!
No. If Apple would make their OS available for any PC they could become market leader. Which they don't want to become, even though their OS is better than anything M$ can produce. Apple is happy enough with their little zealot niche, thank you very much!
Here is what we know: music and video are going entirely digital. It won't be long before CDs and DVDs are obsolete as storage.
As if CDs and DVDs are not entirely digital...
The free file-swapping sites that started with Napster (which the courts shut down) and continued with Limewire and the various Bit-torrent sites, are still seeing plenty of pirate traffic, but a growing number of people are queasy about that.
No mention of eDonkey? And last I heard P2P usage was up, not down.
Also, the free files are often mangled and it is hard to find what you want.
Oh really? What software is Kohler using? Kazaa?
And then this:
With iPods and iTunes, Steve Jobs and his team at Apple have created a beautifully functional closed system for selling and consuming digital music and video that looks to be heading for total dominance.
...
In fact there is a good chance the whole thing will end up like the Macintosh computer: early dominance through its beautifully designed integrated package of hardware and operating system, but later obliterated by Microsoft Windows, which was licensed to any manufacturer.
It looks to be heading for total dominance AND there is a good chance it'll end up like the Mac? Which one is it?
You can buy a cable that connects your iPod to your TV set, or a cradle that allows the iPod to sit on top of it; the quality of both sound and vision is fine.
Guess Kohler's never seen properly encoded DivX or Xvid with AC3 audio played on a proper system...
Americans don't need to have a computer in the lounge room to buy one-off TV shows and play them on their plasma -- they just carry them in the iPod.
If they don't mind watching Lego on their plasmas...
I tried to buy a TV show on the US iTunes site, but a message told me I wasn't allowed to because I live in Australia.
In other words, Kohler has not had the chance to even see the image quality of videos bought on iTunes, be it played back on an iPod or on a TV.
I might be wrong, but it seems to me the ability to easily buy a single, new episode of a TV show (and repeats), as well as single songs, albums, movies and music videos in a form that is easy to watch or listen, will change everything.
Actually he's totally right on this one. He's just totally wrong that it'll be Apple who will dominate the market. iTunes will only work with Apple MP3 players. The rest of us who own different brands will buy their music and video somewhere else.
The key is the device -- the beautiful iPod -- and the simplicity of buying stuff through iTunes, which is why Apple is becoming such a powerful retailer.
I really doubt Kohler has even tried other online music stores than iTunes.
This year they will start releasing phones with the same storage as iPods -- up to 30 gigabytes. iPods themselves will have to become phones.
Or digital cameras... or PDAs... or microwave ovens... or how about just a no-nonsense portable music player?
Microsoft's software will power the new generation of phone/music players, and the business of selling digital songs and TV shows will open up. Google will probably run the most popular online store, but there will be thousands.
Didn't he write that Apple was heading for total dominance just a little bit earlier?
The iPod/iTunes system will move into a niche with Macintosh computers because Steve Jobs has again stuck with closed architecture and total control.
I would have thought that the beautiful iPod and the simplicity of buying stuff through iTunes would outweigh that!
It is quite a thrilling time to be alive.
It must be if you're as senile as Kohler.
We will witness the creation and destruction of a market dominance in the time it used to take to work up a business plan.
I bet he felt really cool and in-the-know while writing that last line.
The UK has warned Microsoft that it will cancel its £12bn order for Windows Vista if it does not hand over full access to the computer software code that controls the operating system.
You forget to mention that there was no slowdown only if it ran in 2-bit color on a standard Amiga or if the system had a seperate video card, which was only possible on systems with Zorro slots like the A4000...
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In my mind I see the secretaries at the Austrian police station behind their typewriters, listening hard and trying to make sense of what exactly is being said on those strange tapes...
You mean other than eBay? ^_^
Where's "Hello World"?
...notebooks sold between April 2004 and July 18, 2006
Even if 99% of people who Dell laptop during that period hears about the recall and actually exchanges their batteries (highly unlikely) there will still be 41000 unsafe Dell laptops out there.
Expect to read more about Dell laptops exploding in the months to come...
In order to be fair, this ultimatum should be only *after* we have stopped our meddling in the Middle East. All troops should first be unilaterally withdrawn and all aid to Israel should cease.
I'm impressed, you managed to put into one sentence exactly what the US could do to make the muslim world stop hating them. Maybe someone should pitch that line to Bush Jr... ^_^
If you're suffering from dry eyes, headaches, back aches, erratic sleep patterns, it may be more than just your average hangover: according to Dr. Maressa Orzack, you could be suffering from video and computer game addiction.
Or perhaps you're just in need of a new monitor?
The only way to have long-term generational success is to ensure we make sure everyone has the opportunity for good health, good education, good standards, and good safety.
Welcome to Europe!
I don't download music I haven't paid for (pr0n is a different story, of course).
Actually I don't get the of course. Making both requires performers, technicians and producers who need to be paid.brPlease explain why it is OK to illegally copy one and not the other.
"Private Folder 1.0 was designed as a benefit for customers running genuine Windows," Microsoft said in a statement to CNET News.com on Friday.
As in: once we decide that we think you're running a pirated version of Windows, we're going to erase all of your passwords and important files.
Even as a geek, all I have to say is:
Yawn.
So, what is so specific about Taiwan that causes this? My guess would be that by most countries it is not considered a "real" country (due to pressure by mainland China).
Ack... beaten to it by a couple of seconds... *sulk*
WGA phone home!
Maybe it's best to keep some things shrouded in mystery. "Enterprise", anyone?
When can I get it at home?
Oh really? Guess you haven't tried actually selling stuff on eBay then.
Zero feedback bidders couldn't care less about feedback or unpaid item strikes. And if they receive any they'll just create a new account.
That's probably what they said about the mouse when the first one was made...
It's not about being better, it's about market penetration.
Microsoft may not have the best OS or browser out there, but it understands market penetration like no other IT company does.
This is why MS-Dos became so big, why most people don't download Firefox (they already have a browser, thank you very much), and why the president of China is having dinner at Bill Gates' place instead of at the White House.
Very interesting that most of the software recommended so far is anti-virus and anti-spyware software (yes, of course these are unique to Windows) and open source software which is also available to Mac...
The only reason a Mac user should have to run XP would be for the games.
No way man. The solution to poverty is never a free handout as you've clearly pointed out. The solution is to make it unatractive to be homeless in San Francisco. This can be done without being cruel. Just cut off all free WiFi access. This will make the homeless take their stolen laptops and go to another city!
No. If Apple would make their OS available for any PC they could become market leader. Which they don't want to become, even though their OS is better than anything M$ can produce. Apple is happy enough with their little zealot niche, thank you very much!
Here is what we know: music and video are going entirely digital. It won't be long before CDs and DVDs are obsolete as storage.
As if CDs and DVDs are not entirely digital...
The free file-swapping sites that started with Napster (which the courts shut down) and continued with Limewire and the various Bit-torrent sites, are still seeing plenty of pirate traffic, but a growing number of people are queasy about that.
No mention of eDonkey? And last I heard P2P usage was up, not down.
Also, the free files are often mangled and it is hard to find what you want.
Oh really? What software is Kohler using? Kazaa?
And then this:
With iPods and iTunes, Steve Jobs and his team at Apple have created a beautifully functional closed system for selling and consuming digital music and video that looks to be heading for total dominance.
...
In fact there is a good chance the whole thing will end up like the Macintosh computer: early dominance through its beautifully designed integrated package of hardware and operating system, but later obliterated by Microsoft Windows, which was licensed to any manufacturer.
It looks to be heading for total dominance AND there is a good chance it'll end up like the Mac? Which one is it?
You can buy a cable that connects your iPod to your TV set, or a cradle that allows the iPod to sit on top of it; the quality of both sound and vision is fine.
Guess Kohler's never seen properly encoded DivX or Xvid with AC3 audio played on a proper system...
Americans don't need to have a computer in the lounge room to buy one-off TV shows and play them on their plasma -- they just carry them in the iPod.
If they don't mind watching Lego on their plasmas...
I tried to buy a TV show on the US iTunes site, but a message told me I wasn't allowed to because I live in Australia.
In other words, Kohler has not had the chance to even see the image quality of videos bought on iTunes, be it played back on an iPod or on a TV.
I might be wrong, but it seems to me the ability to easily buy a single, new episode of a TV show (and repeats), as well as single songs, albums, movies and music videos in a form that is easy to watch or listen, will change everything.
Actually he's totally right on this one. He's just totally wrong that it'll be Apple who will dominate the market. iTunes will only work with Apple MP3 players. The rest of us who own different brands will buy their music and video somewhere else.
The key is the device -- the beautiful iPod -- and the simplicity of buying stuff through iTunes, which is why Apple is becoming such a powerful retailer.
I really doubt Kohler has even tried other online music stores than iTunes.
This year they will start releasing phones with the same storage as iPods -- up to 30 gigabytes. iPods themselves will have to become phones.
Or digital cameras... or PDAs... or microwave ovens... or how about just a no-nonsense portable music player?
Microsoft's software will power the new generation of phone/music players, and the business of selling digital songs and TV shows will open up. Google will probably run the most popular online store, but there will be thousands.
Didn't he write that Apple was heading for total dominance just a little bit earlier?
The iPod/iTunes system will move into a niche with Macintosh computers because Steve Jobs has again stuck with closed architecture and total control.
I would have thought that the beautiful iPod and the simplicity of buying stuff through iTunes would outweigh that!
It is quite a thrilling time to be alive.
It must be if you're as senile as Kohler.
We will witness the creation and destruction of a market dominance in the time it used to take to work up a business plan.
I bet he felt really cool and in-the-know while writing that last line.
The UK has warned Microsoft that it will cancel its £12bn order for Windows Vista if it does not hand over full access to the computer software code that controls the operating system.
Photoshop-killer? Maybe they should try to make a Gimp-killer first before taking on Adobe ^_^
You forget to mention that there was no slowdown only if it ran in 2-bit color on a standard Amiga or if the system had a seperate video card, which was only possible on systems with Zorro slots like the A4000...
Still, it was pretty cool indeed ^_^