Im sorry, you must have meant 4 series. Sometimes I wake up at night thinking there was a horrible 5th series, but it must have been some awful nightmare.
Thats pretty much what I said...
It gets used that way because there is no convenient substitute. It *is* controvercial and pedants will still correct you on it.
This is exactly why English needs a gender non specific personal pronoun. People chafe against using "it" for people as its perceived as being only for "things." People often use "they" incorrectly as stop gap. I figure in a hundred years singular "they" will be accepted usage.
You know after years of buying brokne, barely compatible games I heartily agree with you.
If MS announced tomorrow they could cure cancer, people would lambaste them for contributing to wreckless population growth.
You found knobs at radio Shack? Last time I needed a knob for a pot, I had to steal it off of of a junked piece of equipment. Same as your Fry's story - RS had pots but no knobs.
Of course youre right. Its suicidal to make a player that doesnt play mp3s. But my point is that OV doesnt see wide adoption because it isnt a major player feature and vice versa.
Most people arent going to hamstring their player choice just to support a new format.
As a side note I always found it amusing that Sony named their crappy proprietary audio format ATRAC - which is phonetically very similar to 8-track. Try it, say it fast. =)
I may admire Volvo's dedication to automotive safetly, but that doesnt mean I want to drive a boxy, ugly car.
Liking the benefits of an open standard doesnt help that most of us have hundreds of mp3 files that need to be supported by whatever device we choose.
Unfortunately its a chicken and egg scenario - not many people will have very many ogg vorbis files as long as there are few players. Companies dont want to make a player that supports a format with limited consumer interest.
I agree with Radon, did you just make that up? I've had a Sprint Treo for years and have had no trouble running anything I want with out asking Sprints permission.
I submit that any one who was an early adopter and bought a tunerless HDTV bought a "very high-end TV that you don't want to replace any time soon"
Prices are coming down now, but I certainly wouldnt want to replace my $1200 Sony any time soon. And I didnt jump on the HD bandwagon as early (or as expensively) as some folks.
Unless hes trying to watch on a SD or ED tv, in which case you're exactly right.
Oh so Apple gets a pass when the RIAA demands DRM huh? The DRM in Vista is there for exactly the same reason - In order to play high def content (like HDDVD and Bluray) MS had to protect the data path. Apple will have to insitute a similar scheme if they ever want to introduce similar features.
Why is it the *IAA's fault in Apple's case but MS's fault in the other?
The real problem is the drop in Sony quality. I agree that the concensus is that Panasonic has improved in recent years (they had nowhere to go but up), but Sony is not what it used to be either.
With that attitude, if youre the "computer expert" your freinds turn to when they need help, I suggest they start shopping for new friends.
Most folks who dont understand the above argument are going to have a tough time with Linux. And they arent going to understand were their Word went or how OOo is an acceptable substitute. The kind of user you describe likes what he knows.
When "the shit hits the fan" the last thing folks need is an arrogant 'nix avodcate telling them I told you so.
Thats a specious argument and you cant have it both ways. Why would a user incapable of rolling his own hardware be buying a system with no OS in the 1st place?
Can we stop with the completely baseless "Vista's adoption rate will be nil" predictions?
We heard all the same anti MS propaganda when XP came out. Its not really an upgrade. Theres no reason to switch to xp. Its just 2k with the Fisher Price interface.
This will be the same thing. Most people will get Vista becasue it came with their computer. In 5 years (maybe 6 or 7 at this rate) most folks will have Vista, and the same people will be complaining that Win 2012 isnt a real upgrade.
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Im sorry, you must have meant 4 series. Sometimes I wake up at night thinking there was a horrible 5th series, but it must have been some awful nightmare.
Of course it doesnt. Its techically incorrect, but thats what people use without a suitable pronoun. Thats been the point of this whole thread.
Doesn't always work though:
"I know you have a sibling, but I dont know what gender one is"
Assume your short comment implies that "thee" is the word I think English is lacking?
Thee is 2nd person. A third person, gender-nonspecific pronoun is what I was talking about.
Thats pretty much what I said... It gets used that way because there is no convenient substitute. It *is* controvercial and pedants will still correct you on it.
This is exactly why English needs a gender non specific personal pronoun. People chafe against using "it" for people as its perceived as being only for "things." People often use "they" incorrectly as stop gap. I figure in a hundred years singular "they" will be accepted usage.
Same year as the forthcoming alien invasion. Coincidence? I think not.
You know after years of buying brokne, barely compatible games I heartily agree with you. If MS announced tomorrow they could cure cancer, people would lambaste them for contributing to wreckless population growth.
Tell me their data center is on the 13th Floor. =)
You found knobs at radio Shack? Last time I needed a knob for a pot, I had to steal it off of of a junked piece of equipment. Same as your Fry's story - RS had pots but no knobs.
Of course youre right. Its suicidal to make a player that doesnt play mp3s. But my point is that OV doesnt see wide adoption because it isnt a major player feature and vice versa.
Most people arent going to hamstring their player choice just to support a new format.
As a side note I always found it amusing that Sony named their crappy proprietary audio format ATRAC - which is phonetically very similar to 8-track. Try it, say it fast. =)
I second that. I used to have an encoder that would produce a 128k mp3 that was superior to many people's 192k. You cant beat good encoding.
I may admire Volvo's dedication to automotive safetly, but that doesnt mean I want to drive a boxy, ugly car.
Liking the benefits of an open standard doesnt help that most of us have hundreds of mp3 files that need to be supported by whatever device we choose.
Unfortunately its a chicken and egg scenario - not many people will have very many ogg vorbis files as long as there are few players. Companies dont want to make a player that supports a format with limited consumer interest.
I agree with Radon, did you just make that up? I've had a Sprint Treo for years and have had no trouble running anything I want with out asking Sprints permission.
I submit that any one who was an early adopter and bought a tunerless HDTV bought a "very high-end TV that you don't want to replace any time soon"
Prices are coming down now, but I certainly wouldnt want to replace my $1200 Sony any time soon. And I didnt jump on the HD bandwagon as early (or as expensively) as some folks.
Unless hes trying to watch on a SD or ED tv, in which case you're exactly right.
I would also like to point out that Federal taxes also help pay for awesome stuff like
Interstate highways
Space programs
NSF Grants
Higher Education loans
Public Broadcasting
Disaster relief (Katrina mismanagement debacle notwithstanding)
The war funding may be an unfortunate outcome, but the other side of that coin is billions of dollars per year in foreign aid.
Oh so Apple gets a pass when the RIAA demands DRM huh? The DRM in Vista is there for exactly the same reason - In order to play high def content (like HDDVD and Bluray) MS had to protect the data path. Apple will have to insitute a similar scheme if they ever want to introduce similar features.
Why is it the *IAA's fault in Apple's case but MS's fault in the other?
The RIAA doesnt have to be bothered with pesky things like facts and evidence....why should the gp worry about it? =)
Yeah everyone likes to talk shit about Lawyers...until you need one to represent *your* interests.
In the new utopia there will be no apostrophe.
The real problem is the drop in Sony quality. I agree that the concensus is that Panasonic has improved in recent years (they had nowhere to go but up), but Sony is not what it used to be either.
Goldeneye was groundbreaking in a particular way: it was a movie game that didnt suck. Even today those are very rare.
Not that that has anything to do with multiplayer....
With that attitude, if youre the "computer expert" your freinds turn to when they need help, I suggest they start shopping for new friends.
Most folks who dont understand the above argument are going to have a tough time with Linux. And they arent going to understand were their Word went or how OOo is an acceptable substitute. The kind of user you describe likes what he knows.
When "the shit hits the fan" the last thing folks need is an arrogant 'nix avodcate telling them I told you so.
Thats a specious argument and you cant have it both ways. Why would a user incapable of rolling his own hardware be buying a system with no OS in the 1st place?
Can we stop with the completely baseless "Vista's adoption rate will be nil" predictions? We heard all the same anti MS propaganda when XP came out. Its not really an upgrade. Theres no reason to switch to xp. Its just 2k with the Fisher Price interface. This will be the same thing. Most people will get Vista becasue it came with their computer. In 5 years (maybe 6 or 7 at this rate) most folks will have Vista, and the same people will be complaining that Win 2012 isnt a real upgrade.