I think it depends on the use of the laptop. I just got a new rig with a 17" screen and while it does weigh in at 9lbs. it fits my usage. I needed a good machine that I could stare at for long periods but once a month or so I could toss it in the car and go on-site. People just need to realize that these aren't for the salesman who spends 340+ days a year on the road and they're not for the data entry temp's cube.
Of course knowing that didn't stop me from cursing about how heavy my bag was while lugging it around the subway on the way to the clients!
It's an exercise in marketing to congress: piracy is rampant and nothing the music industry tries will ever stop it, so the law should be make even tougher.
I think you're correct about the final outcome but I can't see the middle managers putting an online store like this into production with the sole purpose of having it fall flat on its face so the record execs can go before congress to get more anti-piracy legislation.
I think it's just plain old record exec big wigs totally out of touch with their customers needs and wants. The sad thing is that even if someone does come up with a great idea that will make most pirates buy their songs legitmately the record companies will refuse to licence a large segment of their catalogs for fear of taking away business from their own flawed online stores.
Hmmm.... so I can either watch ads and download music in a proprietary format that expires after time OR I can pay for a subscription and all of the songs I download are only good for as long as I keep paying each month?!?!?!
FTA:The premium subscription service tier uses Microsoft's Janus DRM technology, which allows consumers to pay a monthly fee for unlimited access to music in the Qtrax network. Subscribers will also have the ability to transfer content to Windows Media enabled portable devices for as long as the subscription stays active.
Services like this will never work. Their formats aren't compatible with iPODs and their proprietary formats and 'listen as long as you subscribe' business models are just plain stupid.
How about a service where it's fifty cents to download a song, you can choose what format you want it in and it doesn't expire. How about letting me download it and listen to it first to see if I like it. If I don't pony up the two quarters it expires in a week. How about making an online store that doesn't require iTunes, Windows Media Player or any of the other bloatware mp3 players out there. How about putting together an online music store that people will actually use, until then me and everybody else I know of is just going to keep pirating.
All of the services have EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) units. The EOD unit attached to us in Iraq was Air Force. They were outside the wire more than all of the Army mechanics, postal clerks and other assorted rear area soldiers.
I was in OIF 3 and we did a lot of 'escort the EOD guys' missions. I wouldn't say that we developed an attachment to their robots but I know that without them those EOD guys would've been hating life.
And yes, we did name them.... The big one was Johnny 5, the little one was Johnny 2 1/2.
Totally agree with The Fountainhead. Here's 2 more for ya....
Starship Troopers. How about actually following the book and not trying to turn it into a comedy. Windtalkers. Try to remake it without having Nicolas Cage win the war single handedly.
My gf took her machine there to get a virus removed. She came back to pick up the machine and they couldn't find it. She had to spend two hours talking to every floor manager and finally had to threaten to call a cop.
To top it off they wiped her HD without backing it up and then restored it with the wrong version of windows.
Of course this is the same store that tried to sell my parents a $3,000 gamer's dream rig for sending email and browsing the web.
If the system works as it should, the most you should get in return is an angry look.
Depends, ask a general and you'll get a fatherly look of disappointment.
Ask a LT and you'll get a bubbling teenage argument on why you're wrong.
Ask an NCO and he'll probably just walk away in disgust.
Ask me and I'll tell you about the Christmas I spent building sandbag bunkers for 14 hours.
Ask some of the guys I served with and you would get knocked on your ass.
And how does something like that help us fight an enemy that puts up a roadside bomb?
It could be very useful if they could shrink the size and make it more of a tactical weapon instead of a strategic one.
We get hit by mortars / 107mm rockets A LOT and they do cause casualties. Also, we find MOST of the IED's & mines, but then you have to send someone (or a robot) out to defuse / plant C4 to on it. A point and click laser to remove an IED would be very welcome.
My girlfriend isn't a gamer at all but Tetris Worlds for the PS2 is one that she'll play. It also autobalances so the better you are the more lines you have to clear to win. You might also want to look into the Sims. My buddy and his wife have been addicted to it for years.
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Of course knowing that didn't stop me from cursing about how heavy my bag was while lugging it around the subway on the way to the clients!
I think you're correct about the final outcome but I can't see the middle managers putting an online store like this into production with the sole purpose of having it fall flat on its face so the record execs can go before congress to get more anti-piracy legislation.
I think it's just plain old record exec big wigs totally out of touch with their customers needs and wants. The sad thing is that even if someone does come up with a great idea that will make most pirates buy their songs legitmately the record companies will refuse to licence a large segment of their catalogs for fear of taking away business from their own flawed online stores.
FTA:The premium subscription service tier uses Microsoft's Janus DRM technology, which allows consumers to pay a monthly fee for unlimited access to music in the Qtrax network. Subscribers will also have the ability to transfer content to Windows Media enabled portable devices for as long as the subscription stays active.
Services like this will never work. Their formats aren't compatible with iPODs and their proprietary formats and 'listen as long as you subscribe' business models are just plain stupid.
How about a service where it's fifty cents to download a song, you can choose what format you want it in and it doesn't expire.
How about letting me download it and listen to it first to see if I like it. If I don't pony up the two quarters it expires in a week.
How about making an online store that doesn't require iTunes, Windows Media Player or any of the other bloatware mp3 players out there.
How about putting together an online music store that people will actually use, until then me and everybody else I know of is just going to keep pirating.
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All of the services have EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) units. The EOD unit attached to us in Iraq was Air Force. They were outside the wire more than all of the Army mechanics, postal clerks and other assorted rear area soldiers.
And yes, we did name them.... The big one was Johnny 5, the little one was Johnny 2 1/2.
D'oh! Looks like I won't be getting 12 hour battery life on my laptop anytime soon!
Do you really want the gov't to decide what results Google or any of the other engines can return?
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It sounds good and all but there's a direct correlation between the deadline and how bullet proof the code is.
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Starship Troopers. How about actually following the book and not trying to turn it into a comedy.
Windtalkers. Try to remake it without having Nicolas Cage win the war single handedly.
That's the first thing I thought of too when I saw the title.
To top it off they wiped her HD without backing it up and then restored it with the wrong version of windows.
Of course this is the same store that tried to sell my parents a $3,000 gamer's dream rig for sending email and browsing the web.
Depends, ask a general and you'll get a fatherly look of disappointment.
Ask a LT and you'll get a bubbling teenage argument on why you're wrong.
Ask an NCO and he'll probably just walk away in disgust.
Ask me and I'll tell you about the Christmas I spent building sandbag bunkers for 14 hours.
Ask some of the guys I served with and you would get knocked on your ass.
How about....
Why are local nationals allowed on base?
Why are they not being searched thoroughly enough when they leave?
It could be very useful if they could shrink the size and make it more of a tactical weapon instead of a strategic one.
We get hit by mortars / 107mm rockets A LOT and they do cause casualties. Also, we find MOST of the IED's & mines, but then you have to send someone (or a robot) out to defuse / plant C4 to on it. A point and click laser to remove an IED would be very welcome.
My girlfriend isn't a gamer at all but Tetris Worlds for the PS2 is one that she'll play. It also autobalances so the better you are the more lines you have to clear to win. You might also want to look into the Sims. My buddy and his wife have been addicted to it for years.