I don't think anyone is upset that streaming audio and video are blocked. I think the problem is that it's A-OK to head over to Rush Limbaugh's website and read his Oxycontin-induced ramblings, yet you are not allowed to go to Wonkette's website and read her tequila-induced ramblings.
One of the main members of the traditional "OMG Bloggorz!" media which hires editors for the sole purpose of making sure they deleted the "For Immediate Release - Office of the Press Secretary" off of every story.
Actually, if you're really in a hair splitting mood today, the "X billion served" number actually refers to hamburger patties, not to burgers and not to people, and was not a terribly scientific number to begin with.
But if you order a hamburger, you count as one. If you order two hamburgers, you count as two. If you order 3 hamburgers, 8 Big Macs (2 all-beef patties each), and 2 triple-cheeseburgers, you will count as 25 served (right before your coronary), even though you're only 1 person ordering 13 sandwiches.
On the other hand, if a busload of 25 people run into McDonalds and each one of them gets a large fry, a medium chocolate shake, two apple pies, an order of ten Chicken McNuggets, a Filet-o-Fish sandwich, and of course a salad and Diet Coke to wash it all down, they will each count as zero served.
In any event, in the mid-90s I think McDonalds stopped counting and most of their signs just say something like, "Billions served".
That's the same argument my mom used on me when I tried to convince her to switch from AOL to a real ISP. She said that she doesn't need all that fancy stuff, she just wants "to be able to look at the online". And she prefers to be able to do everything with the little Playskool icons - "Let's see here... Do I click on the mailbox to go into my mail, or do I click on the mailbox to make new mail? Or is it the envelope? And what does this yellow running dude do again?"
Personally, I could live without the voice recorder if I had to, but it's a great convenience and has come in handy several times. The line-in recording is fantastic because with one simple cable, I can record cassettes and records (remember those?) or even streaming internet audio, et cetera -- you name it -- into MP3 format.
And sometimes you want to listen to live FM radio -- catch some NPR news or a live baseball game or just some different music -- and you can do that, too. If that wasn't an in-demand feature, then nobody would be producing FM Adapters for iPods... but there they are.
Now, I can't imagine that every user will use every feature -- for example, I've never needed to record FM radio -- but the features are there in case you ever need/want to use them. The user interface is drag/drop, and supports MP3, WMA, and even WAV files. And I can listen to any of my songs whether they are ripped from CDs, recorded straight from streaming audio, downloaded from Musicmatch or ITunes or Kazaa, and I never get a hassle about it.
All for the same price as an IPod Shuffle, which holds the same amount of songs and... well, that's it, I guess.
Well, damn. Here I was, foolishly going about my life, listening to MP3s, Podcasts, FM radio, recording meetings and lectures, and transferring files... but because the device doesn't have a picture of a fruit on it, I was ripped off without even knowing it.
Thank you, Anonymous Coward, for showing me the error of my ways.
Regular archiving is encouraged but users are supposed to archive to their data directory on the server since that is backed up nightly.
We have some users who take up a lot of space (particularly in legal and accounting, which have to keep pretty much everything for up to seven or more years).
However, most of the users with massive amounts of email stored are housing emails with subject lines like "CHECK OUT THE 75 CUTEST KITTEN PICTURES EVER!!!!"
I've got a little 1 GB, $100 Creative MP3 player, with FM radio, FM recording, line-in recording, and a voice recorder.
For the same price, I could have gotten a 1GB IPod Shuffle with no FM radio, no recording, no backlit screen, et cetera... but I could have gotten a pretty-colored case for it! Maybe something in Fuscia or Mauve.
A year ago Firefox developer Blake Ross encouraged the FF community to file comments [and positive votes] on the feedback section of CNET's Download.com website. This allowed Firefox to rise to first place on CNET's list of most popular software. Ballot stuffing, anyone?
I fail to see why that would be considered ballot stuffing any more than, say, a politician going out and telling his supporters, "Vote for me, and tell your friends!"
Now, if he had said, "Vote for Firefox, clear your cache, vote for us again, clear your cache, vote for us again...", then THAT would be ballot-stuffing. But merely asking people who enjoy your product to share their opinions with the community at large is hardly controversial.
And then the question becomes... Is McDonald's more immature for advertising how many billions they've served (obviously meaning burgers, not people), or for having a clown for a spokesman?
And lets not even get started on sequels that should've never been made! (Anything that makes over 200m these days is just about guaranteed a sequel, whether is should have one or not)
I know! I'm still trying to get over that god-awful sequel -- Titanic 2: The Return of Jack.
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I don't think anyone is upset that streaming audio and video are blocked. I think the problem is that it's A-OK to head over to Rush Limbaugh's website and read his Oxycontin-induced ramblings, yet you are not allowed to go to Wonkette's website and read her tequila-induced ramblings.
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One of the main members of the traditional "OMG Bloggorz!" media which hires editors for the sole purpose of making sure they deleted the "For Immediate Release - Office of the Press Secretary" off of every story.
Actually, if you're really in a hair splitting mood today, the "X billion served" number actually refers to hamburger patties, not to burgers and not to people, and was not a terribly scientific number to begin with.
But if you order a hamburger, you count as one. If you order two hamburgers, you count as two. If you order 3 hamburgers, 8 Big Macs (2 all-beef patties each), and 2 triple-cheeseburgers, you will count as 25 served (right before your coronary), even though you're only 1 person ordering 13 sandwiches.
On the other hand, if a busload of 25 people run into McDonalds and each one of them gets a large fry, a medium chocolate shake, two apple pies, an order of ten Chicken McNuggets, a Filet-o-Fish sandwich, and of course a salad and Diet Coke to wash it all down, they will each count as zero served.
In any event, in the mid-90s I think McDonalds stopped counting and most of their signs just say something like, "Billions served".
Consider your hair split.
That's the same argument my mom used on me when I tried to convince her to switch from AOL to a real ISP. She said that she doesn't need all that fancy stuff, she just wants "to be able to look at the online". And she prefers to be able to do everything with the little Playskool icons - "Let's see here... Do I click on the mailbox to go into my mail, or do I click on the mailbox to make new mail? Or is it the envelope? And what does this yellow running dude do again?"
Personally, I could live without the voice recorder if I had to, but it's a great convenience and has come in handy several times. The line-in recording is fantastic because with one simple cable, I can record cassettes and records (remember those?) or even streaming internet audio, et cetera -- you name it -- into MP3 format.
And sometimes you want to listen to live FM radio -- catch some NPR news or a live baseball game or just some different music -- and you can do that, too. If that wasn't an in-demand feature, then nobody would be producing FM Adapters for iPods... but there they are.
Now, I can't imagine that every user will use every feature -- for example, I've never needed to record FM radio -- but the features are there in case you ever need/want to use them. The user interface is drag/drop, and supports MP3, WMA, and even WAV files. And I can listen to any of my songs whether they are ripped from CDs, recorded straight from streaming audio, downloaded from Musicmatch or ITunes or Kazaa, and I never get a hassle about it.
All for the same price as an IPod Shuffle, which holds the same amount of songs and... well, that's it, I guess.
Well, damn. Here I was, foolishly going about my life, listening to MP3s, Podcasts, FM radio, recording meetings and lectures, and transferring files... but because the device doesn't have a picture of a fruit on it, I was ripped off without even knowing it. Thank you, Anonymous Coward, for showing me the error of my ways.
If homeless people do not have a wireless connection, then how the heck are they supposed to check on their 401(k) plans? Dialup?
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Regular archiving is encouraged but users are supposed to archive to their data directory on the server since that is backed up nightly.
We have some users who take up a lot of space (particularly in legal and accounting, which have to keep pretty much everything for up to seven or more years).
However, most of the users with massive amounts of email stored are housing emails with subject lines like "CHECK OUT THE 75 CUTEST KITTEN PICTURES EVER!!!!"
I've got a little 1 GB, $100 Creative MP3 player, with FM radio, FM recording, line-in recording, and a voice recorder. For the same price, I could have gotten a 1GB IPod Shuffle with no FM radio, no recording, no backlit screen, et cetera... but I could have gotten a pretty-colored case for it! Maybe something in Fuscia or Mauve.
A year ago Firefox developer Blake Ross encouraged the FF community to file comments [and positive votes] on the feedback section of CNET's Download.com website. This allowed Firefox to rise to first place on CNET's list of most popular software. Ballot stuffing, anyone?
I fail to see why that would be considered ballot stuffing any more than, say, a politician going out and telling his supporters, "Vote for me, and tell your friends!"
Now, if he had said, "Vote for Firefox, clear your cache, vote for us again, clear your cache, vote for us again...", then THAT would be ballot-stuffing. But merely asking people who enjoy your product to share their opinions with the community at large is hardly controversial.
The burgers are people!
And with 175 Billion served, they have done us a wonderful population-control service.
And then the question becomes... Is McDonald's more immature for advertising how many billions they've served (obviously meaning burgers, not people), or for having a clown for a spokesman?
And lets not even get started on sequels that should've never been made! (Anything that makes over 200m these days is just about guaranteed a sequel, whether is should have one or not) I know! I'm still trying to get over that god-awful sequel -- Titanic 2: The Return of Jack.