I signed up for the free two weeks...basically five bux a month for
unlimited music...can't beat that with a stick.
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
Why has every attempt to date at selling such a subscription service
been a flop
You might mention
Anyone ever rented records, CDs, ... Ever wanted to?
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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I am humbled...
http://gizmodo.com/5256174/new-zune-ad-obliterated-because-you-know-its
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So, I guess the cons/neocons don't say Better dead than Red! anymore?
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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I may have mixed up my colors, ...
Yeah, I do that too. It's the exact opposite of what you'd expect as
far as the colors' symbolism. Blue is liberal and red is
It appears that this model is not very strong:
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/05/the-new-new-napster-intros-5m
onth-streaming-5-downloads.ars
Ars reports that Napster, now part of Best Buy, is selling similar
(streaming) for $5/month, with 5 DRM-free d/l. They give it a yawn...
Thank
Anyone ever rented records, CDs, ... Ever wanted to?
Anyone ever paid for XM/Sirius? What's the difference? (Well, other than
that with Zune Pass you get to pick the music, you get to keep some of it
permanently, and you don't have to buy special equipment to do it.)
Or how about Rhapsody? It's
No, I just never liked the idea of renting, unless I really did want to
leave the rental behind after a short period of time. No XM/Sirius for
me, either and I don't pay for TV. I save most of my salary, spend only
after careful consideration. I am mostly conservative with my money and
avoid
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
If you still think Like Mac = Liberal then you have not been paying
attention on this forum.
Well, if this were actually true, MS's 90% market share (or whatever it is)
would mean that ~90% of the electorate is
No, I just never liked the idea of renting, unless I
really did want to leave the rental behind after a
short period of time. No XM/Sirius for me, either
and I don't pay for TV.
That's fine, Mark, but it's a far cry from Anyone ever rented records, CDs,
... Ever wanted to?, isn't it?
Anyone ever notice how every so often a DTV channel assignment will
shift from displaying the channel number to displaying the channel
frequency instead? For instance, yesterday DTV Channel 4 in the
Washington DC metro area would not come up as Channel 4, but rather as
Channel 48, which is
Wait just a minute. A huge percentage of computers sold with the
Windows OS installed are in business and government offices. It is
quite possible that most Windows machines are not owned by
individuals.
Well, I don't know about that. The vast majority of people I know use PCs at
home. My
The old channel numbers are now just a label. That label will stick with
the stations; although, the transmission channel used may be something
else. 4 is in the low section of the VHF band and will not be used for
Digital TV after July. The actual transmission channels will be 7 and
above.
I think Chris is correct on this. I have met many conservatives who use
Macs, liberals who use PCs and vice-versa.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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All I'm getting at is that I don't believe we can say Liberals use Macs
and conservatives use PCs. That perception may be a side
Not to me, Chris; I think of both as wasting money. No rented music for
me, thank you.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
-Original Message-
No, I just never liked the idea of renting, unless I really did want
to leave the rental behind after a short period of time. No XM/Sirius
for me,
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
All I'm getting at is that I don't believe we can say Liberals use Macs and
conservatives use PCs. That perception may be a side effect of the image
created by Apple's marketing (cool people are always liberal, of course),
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:21 AM, John Duncan Yoyo
johnduncany...@gmail.com wrote:
The old channel numbers are now just a label. That label will stick with
the stations; although, the transmission channel used may be something
else. 4 is in the low section of the VHF band and will not be used
Are you guys really trying to say that this is a bad deal? If so, can you
come up with any rational reason to say that other than it's an MS service?
I recall that in the past this company has launched subscrption services
and then withdrawn them, leaving subscribers high and dry. Is that why
I would be humbled, too, if I had read your little cartoon and didn't notice
that it was lying.
You didn't get the joke.
Actually I'm a bit surprised at the generally hostile press/blogosphere
reaction to this ad. I think the false notes struck by the Laptop Hunters
ads has poisoned the well
At 7:50 AM -0400 5/19/09, Chris Dunford wrote:
...
Or how about Rhapsody? It's about the same price as ZP but you don't get to
keep ANY of the music.
Unless you happen to have a copy of AudioHijackPro. ;-)
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Roger
Lovettsville, VA
And the proposition that somebody would spend
$10,000s filling their iPod is so ridiculous.
Sure, but how DO you fill a 120GB music device legally without spending a
whole bunch of money?
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Similiar? The zune pass isn't streaming.
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote:
It appears that this model is not very strong:
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/05/the-new-new-napster-intros-5m
Every year we buy a 'pass' to a local wild life zoo...I see the subscription
based music services similiar to that.
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
mark.sny...@ngc.com wrote:
Not to me, Chris; I think of both as wasting money. No rented music for
me, thank you.
The CD I'm playing at the moment was purchased about
10 years ago. Checking online I see the list price
for this boxed set is $71. I probably paid a bit less,
I don't remember. It has 54 tracks, so I guess the
Zune price is $81. So the Zune cost is higher by at
least $10. At 10 tracks
You don't. Tom is walking around with his zune and one cd he bought ten
years ago
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
And the proposition that somebody would spend
$10,000s filling their iPod is so ridiculous.
Sure, but how DO you fill a 120GB music
Do you buy (or rent) software to fill your computer's disk drive?
Surely you don't, and I do not try to fill my iPod, either.
That misses the point. I buy music that pleases me. Music I will want
to hear again. Not just to fill up a storage device.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
-Original
That misses the point. I buy music that pleases me. Music I will want
to hear again. Not just to fill up a storage device.
My iPod's drive was too small to hold all the music I had accumulated
over the years. Then I had to go back and delete stuff to make room for
the free podcasts. Then I
Sure, but how DO you fill a 120GB music device legally without spending a
whole bunch of money?
It is not a music device. It is a media device. I can fill it with
music videos, video podcasts, movies, etc. New TVs come with iPod docks
so I can play all this content on their big screens.
The CD I'm playing at the moment was purchased about 10 years ago.
Checking online I see the list price for this boxed set is $71. I
probably paid a bit less, I don't remember.
Amazon says my $71 boxed set is out of print, but lists a thrid-party
seller willing to sell one to me for $142.
I saw my first passenger reading on a Kindle today on the Metro.
Will this be a trend?
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This makes no sense. If you wanted the whole thing, and right away, you'd
just buy the tracks. And the price per track isn't $1.50, it's 99c, so it
would cost $53.46, not $81. That's $17.54 less than the CD list price.
Would the $53.46 get credited against the $15/month or would I still have to
Would the $53.46 get credited against the $15/month or would I still
have to pay that additionally? $53.46 + $15 = $68.46.
No. You can't add the $15 to the price because that pays for your 10 OTHER
free tracks plus access to the entire library. Or get 10 of the tracks for
nothing and only buy
On Tue, 19 May 2009, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:21 AM, John Duncan Yoyo johnduncany...@gmail.com
wrote:
The old channel numbers are now just a label. That label will stick with
the stations; although, the transmission channel used may be something
else. 4 is in the
Pardon my ignorance,but what is a Kindle?
Tom Piwowar wrote:
I saw my first passenger reading on a Kindle today on the Metro.
Will this be a trend?
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A friend of ours loves it and won't do without it. We prefer
non-electronic books ourselves. Easier to read and they don't break
when you fall asleep reading and drop them : ))
Richard P.
I saw my first passenger reading on a Kindle today on the Metro.
Will this be a trend?
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Michael Drabick m.drab...@hdhcci.comwrote:
Pardon my ignorance,but what is a Kindle?
Amazon's eBook reader. A great looking gadget with a price about 3X too
much.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00154JDAI/?tag=googhydr-20hvadid=ref=pd_sl_177pa6cuyf_e
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John
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Richard P. richs...@gmail.com wrote:
A friend of ours loves it and won't do without it. We prefer
non-electronic books ourselves. Easier to read and they don't break
when you fall asleep reading and drop them : ))
I think the real boon will be the Kindle DX
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
And the proposition that somebody would spend
$10,000s filling their iPod is so ridiculous.
Sure, but how DO you fill a 120GB music device legally without spending a
whole bunch of money?
I converted my CD
AVG found Touchstone Software driveragent_488.exe during today's scan.
It found it in a junk file where I put all of the programs that came
with the computer that I don't intend on using. It also found it in an
Application Data folder. AVG says it is a Trojan horse SHeur2.AGFP
Does anyone know if
AVG found Touchstone Software driveragent_488.exe during today's scan.
It found it in a junk file where I put all of the programs that came
with the computer that I don't intend on using. It also found it in an
Application Data folder. AVG says it is a Trojan horse SHeur2.AGFP
Does anyone
I can see that would be a great use for them, especially if the
electronic books would allow the updating of technical error
corrections.
Richard P.
A friend of ours loves it and won't do without it. We prefer
non-electronic books ourselves. Easier to read and they don't break
when you fall
Thanks for the feedback. To my knowledge, I've never used it either.
It is a comfort to know that it is not going to take over my machine
in the middle of the night and make life a living .
Richard P.
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
AVG found
I've been doing a lot of traveling lately. I've been using many
airports and ferries. I've also been paying attention to the laptops
people are using. While I know the Mac market share is approaching
10% I found it strange the about 50% of the laptops I saw where Macs.
Could be Mac users
I work at a community college. Well over half the laptops I see
students sitting around with are Macs. ISTR reading a year ago that
Macs dominated the market for college age student/family purchased (as
opposed to college issued - there are some that do) laptops were Macs.
In my social
I fill my iPod with primarily Podcasts (they are FREE). I don't think
I've spent $50 in the last 4 years on music from the iTunes store. All
my music is legal downloads or from CD/cassettes/LPs that I own.
Steve
Chris Dunford wrote:
And the proposition that somebody would spend
$10,000s
I think it goes to show that everyone has their own likes. I have no
problem with that. I just visited Victoria Canada and would buy a
years pass to the Buchart Gardens. On the other hand I probably own
30 music CDs. I have friends who own hundreds. I own maybe 5 movies
on DVD. My mother
In an early post talk about comparing services. I think it should be
noted that Zune Pass lets you keep 10 downloads a month, iTunes offers
free downloads each week (mind, you can only download what they are
offering for free).
Chris,
I may not be a doctor, but take a chill pill. I see the
discussion as to the differences between service and which service is
right for you. To do this fairly you need to look at all the costs of
each service. Somebody mentioned a service similar to Zune Pass but
only $5 a
As I understand it, the label is a piece of data carried inside the
digital TV signal. If your TV sees this label data, it will display it.
Presumably, the data may have been missing or corrupted at times, and
so your TV just displayed the channel number that would normally be at
that frequency
It would be a better deal for some, but the 5 dollar deal is only streaming
music...no device support, nothing kept local.
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Stephen Brownfield
steveei...@verizon.netwrote:
Chris,
I may not be a doctor, but take a chill pill. I see the discussion
as to
While I know the Mac market share is approaching
10% I found it strange the about 50% of the laptops I saw where Macs.
Could be Mac users just like to travel more?
Mac fans have said for many years that market share figures are slanted
in favor of Windows because surverys measure the wrong
No, they don't roll over.
Not good. There goes M$ again, cramming things down our throats even when
we don't want them. Haven't they seen those clever ads about rollover
minutes?
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When I right click on a link that turns out to be dead...
and tell it to open in a new tab, it opens up a Can't find this page
message... on every open window I have.
I do have this happen from time to time, especially when I click on a
string of news links from a news site. I have these open in
Well anyone that would find it hard to buy ten songs a month...who bought
into a service because they love getting new music, must have other issues
we can't cover here without multiple therapists
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
No, they don't roll over.
Not
I may not be a doctor, but take a chill pill. I see the
discussion as to the differences between service and which service is
right for you. To do this fairly you need to look at all the costs of
each service.
Sorry. I couldn't agree more with deciding which service is right for you,
and
Well anyone that would find it hard to buy ten songs a month...who bought
into a service because they love getting new music, must have other issues
we can't cover here without multiple therapists
Some months I can easily contemplate not hearing 10 new songs worth
keeping. M$ tends to be a
And where are your surveys that they stay in service for twice as long?
Please provide irrefutable evidence of your existence.
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I AM.
Therefore I exist.
Stewart
At 07:30 PM 5/19/2009, you wrote:
And where are your surveys that they stay in service for twice as long?
Please provide irrefutable evidence of your existence.
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On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
How are you seeing this? When I press 4 on my DTV converter's remote I
get NBC in DC. Do you have to press 48 to see NBC? When you press the
next and previus channel buttons do you not get the stations in the usual
order?
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Vicky Staubly vi...@steeds.com wrote:
As I understand it, the label is a piece of data carried inside the
digital TV signal. If your TV sees this label data, it will display it.
Presumably, the data may have been missing or corrupted at times, and
so your TV
A friend of ours loves it and won't do without it. We prefer
non-electronic books ourselves. Easier to read and they don't break
when you fall asleep reading and drop them : ))
Paperbacks don't break when they get wet either, or when they get sand
or dirt inside. I like to read books, then
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
popoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
I AM.
Therefore I exist.
I think therefore I am, I think.
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