http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/technology/personaltech/17pogue.html?8dpc
Zune’s reputation as the player for weirdos and losers. Among the
under-25 set, “Zune” is a punch line
Wow!
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/technology/personaltech/17pogue.html?8dpc
Zune's reputation as the player for weirdos and losers. Among the
under-25 set, Zune is a punch line
Wow!
Boy, you really had to hunt for something negative in that review, didn't you?
How strange that you didn't
Tom,
I have seen these hype charts from Gartner for many years, and monitored
them when I did technology change management for a DoD project, for a
little over 15 years.
They are just two-dimensional; plain x-y axis: just expectations mapped
over time to wide-spread adoption. They did not
Chris,
I think Tom's point is that mighty M$ has a major marketing failure on
their hands. David Pogue also said: All right, then: so why sympathy?
Because, after three years, hundreds of millions of dollars in
advertising, and, yes, a lot of real innovation, the Zune has managed to
claim a
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:15:22 -0400, t.piwowar wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/technology/personaltech/17pogue.html?8dpc
Zunes reputation as the player for weirdos and losers. Among the
under-25 set, Zune is a punch line
Wow!
Wow! is right. You pick out the single most damning
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:46 AM, John Duncan Yoyo
johnduncany...@gmail.com wrote:
It is insane to think that a faceless
corporate bureaucrat is better than a faceless federal bureaucrat.
Unless, of course, you are a 100% pure and unadulterated capitalist,
closed minded to any alternative.
On Sep 17, 2009, at 6:13 AM, phartz...@gmail.com
phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
The plundering, the Bernie Madoff's, the ongoing banking and
financial debacle, Wall Street crimes and misdeeds, etc., etc., etc.
Steve
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sep 17, 2009, at 6:13 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.com
wrote:
The plundering, the Bernie Madoff's, the ongoing banking and
financial debacle, Wall Street crimes and misdeeds, etc., etc., etc.
Steve
Yes, I did
No, I accidentally hit the send button on my iPod touch.
What I do find is that one side only mentions the problems with the other
side. For every Madoff there is a government bureaucrat like Geithner
ripping us off. For every wall street banker there are guys like Ted
Stevens or Charlie
US Chamber of Commerce cites #19 rank, wants tougher IP laws
http://tinyurl.com/lkcdsh
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:30 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
No, I accidentally hit the send button on my iPod touch.
What I do find is that one side only mentions the problems with the other
side. For every Madoff there is a government bureaucrat like Geithner
ripping us off. For every
US Chamber of Commerce cites #19 rank, wants tougher IP laws
http://tinyurl.com/lkcdsh
I hope they know more about intellectual property law than they do about
science. They recently advocated using a courtroom to decide whether or not
scientists are right about global warming.
Ummm.. Equating thousands to billions?
--- On Thu, 9/17/09, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
From: mike xha...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 10 Sep 2009 - Special issue
(#2009-870)
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 10:30 AM
No, I
You need to read more. Geithner is monetizing our debt and Obama and team
want to raise our debt ceiling again, this has been done several times by
both parties. This isn't about some hated neocon vs liberal wackos, this is
both parties ripping us off. The fed which can print money on command
Well we don't want that after what happened to Al Gore in the UK.
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
US Chamber of Commerce cites #19 rank, wants tougher IP laws
http://tinyurl.com/lkcdsh
I hope they know more about intellectual property law than they
What I do find is that one side only mentions the problems with the other
side. For every Madoff there is a government bureaucrat like Geithner
ripping us off. For every wall street banker there are guys like Ted
Stevens or Charlie Rangel.
Actually, what I think is that each side either
Guess I deserve this, you have previously exhibited little brake to your
posturing, why should I expect anything else. OK, grant you all points.
Wasn't your comparison relatively small infractions vs others that flung the
economy in the ditch? I like your researched polemic, but doesn't
This goes across party lines to the fact that Congress listens to and
acts in the best interests of lobbyists and no longer the local guy
who elected him.
I just got finished listening to a program on NPR (Diane Rheems show)
where she interviewed an author who traced the problems with
Since you address me in this section I'll assume you missed the part of this
thread where a dozen others were having their spitting matches? If you
don't like the thread, don't open it, while this is a computer list we do
get into other topics but they usually are fairly well marked as non
What makes you think I believe it's a golden devil? iPod touch = the cool.
Also on a related note of sorts. I emailed the list about choices in cell
phones and service, and the comments were all helpful. I had almost decided
for sure I was going to get the new mytouch from Tmobile. I had
QED
--- On Thu, 9/17/09, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
From: mike xha...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 10 Sep 2009 - Special issue
(#2009-870)
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 1:38 PM
Since you address me in this section I'll
At 02:46 AM 9/17/2009, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
It is insane to think that a faceless
corporate bureaucrat is better than a faceless federal bureaucrat.
If one doesn't like what the faceless corporate bureaucrat decides, one can
drop the insurance and go with someone else. With government,
Thanks for this, valuable insight.
--- On Thu, 9/17/09, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
From: mike xha...@gmail.com
Subject: [CGUYS] ipod touch not the golden devil was: Re: [CGUYS]
COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 10 Sep 2009 - Special issue (#2009-870)
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@listserv.aol.com
Date: Thursday,
For Mac users who may occasionally receive one of those bonkers
winmail.dat attachments periodically, usually the result of an
Outlook user sending a RTF file assuming all the while that, 1)
Everyone uses Windows, and 2) Everyone uses Outlook, that old Jack of
All Trades app, Graphic Converter,
I doubt the bulk of windows users who do this even know they are until they
are told. I'd suggest sending users who are sending .dat files to go to:
http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jbenson/resource/winmail.htm
This resource will show them how to fix the problem and make their email
more accessible.
Fred Holmes wrote:
At 02:46 AM 9/17/2009, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
It is insane to think that a faceless
corporate bureaucrat is better than a faceless federal bureaucrat.
If one doesn't like what the faceless corporate bureaucrat decides, one can
drop the insurance and go with
If one doesn't like what the faceless corporate bureaucrat decides, one can
drop the insurance and go
with someone else. With government, there is no choice -- no place to escape
to.
And there's no other insurance company to escape to if you have a preexisting
condition. You'd just better
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:54 PM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
I doubt the bulk of windows users who do this even know they are until they
are told. I'd suggest sending users who are sending .dat files to go to:
http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jbenson/resource/winmail.htm
This resource will show
Some interesting things are heard about the Zune in this week's
MacBreak Weekly Podcast #158: They Don't Have That in the US. The
comments begin around 00:40 in and go for about 10-15 minutes.
YMMV
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No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them
deliberately.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/technology/personaltech/17pogue.html?8dpc
Zune's reputation as the player for weirdos and losers.
Among the under-25 set, Zune is a punch line
Wow!
Boy, you really had to hunt for something negative in that
review, didn't you? How strange
XP had the unfortunate habit of setting the read-only flag of files
copied to CDs. Copying such files back to the hard drive left the
read-only flag set. I had to go to Properties to uncheck the read-
only box before I could edit the files.
Today I did same with Vista. Again the problem
On Sep 17, 2009, at 6:42 AM Sep 17, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote:
I think Tom's point is that mighty M$ has a major marketing failure on
their hands. David Pogue also said: All right, then: so why
sympathy?
Thank you Mark, that is precisely my point.
Equally remarkable is the inability of
On Sep 17, 2009, at 6:27 AM Sep 17, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote:
They are just two-dimensional; plain x-y axis: just expectations
mapped
over time to wide-spread adoption. They did not prove to be very
useful
and I always took these charts with a large grain of salt.
I was quite
On Sep 17, 2009, at 3:21 PM Sep 17, Fred Holmes wrote:
If one doesn't like what the faceless corporate bureaucrat decides,
one can drop the insurance and go with someone else. With
government, there is no choice -- no place to escape to.
I can think of lots of places. Have you been denied
What makes you think I believe it's a golden devil? iPod touch = the cool.
Also on a related note of sorts. I emailed the list about choices in cell
phones and service, and the comments were all helpful. I had almost decided
for sure I was going to get the new mytouch from Tmobile. I had
Could be a permissions problem?
My other thought was...you are still using cds?
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:50 PM, TPiwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
XP had the unfortunate habit of setting the read-only flag of files copied
to CDs. Copying such files back to the hard drive left the read-only flag
From:Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com
Wow! is right. You pick out the single most damning line in a
generally positive review and hold it up as proof that the Zune
Sucks.
The only thing wrong with this statement is that the review isn't
generally positive, it's overwhelmingly positive.
You're doing *something* wrong, because I just tried it here and I get
no flags set but the a. I assume that's 'archived'? No trouble at all
editing the file after it's copied back to the hard drive.
I used the freeware CDBurnerXP, a BD-RE disk, and a plain .txt file.
Lest you think it's a bd-re
HTC has been selling phones under the big carriers for quite awhile. An
unlocked Hero would run 750 to 1000 dollars, it's 180 with the 2 year
contract discount. I stayed away from verizon because of what you mention
with providers turning off features. Verizon locks down the GPS in every
phone
Today I did same with Vista. Again the problem with the read-only
flag. Except this time after I uncheck the read-only box (and press
Apply etc), I find that the files continues to be read only. When I
reopen Properties I find the read-only box has been rechecked. I go
round and round several
Or zip them.
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
Today I did same with Vista. Again the problem with the read-only
flag. Except this time after I uncheck the read-only box (and press
Apply etc), I find that the files continues to be read only. When I
HTC has been selling phones under the big carriers for quite awhile. An
unlocked Hero would run 750 to 1000 dollars, it's 180 with the 2 year
contract discount.
HTC Hero US phones start around $500--$350 for a Euro model with 3G that
doesn't work on US frequencies. You'll be paying a lot
Not sure where you are seeing 350 unless you mean 350 euros.
I don't care about the contract, and sprint's contract ends up being a
better price then tmobile/att/verizon. Again I have no need for a
worldwide phone.
I've got experience putting custom roms on unsupported phones and I really
don't
On Sep 17, 2009, at 10:14 PM, mike wrote:
My other thought was...you are still using cds?
Vista won't read any of our HFS formatted thumb drives and we had a
pile of CDs handy.
Thanks for the other ideas. Zipping the directory looks most
promising. Zipping is built into Mac OS. I guess I
On Sep 17, 2009, at 10:18 PM, David K Watson wrote:
Myself, I'd say generally positive is a better description. By most
objective standards, to be considered overwhelmingly positive a
review would have to be very strong on its positives and contain
a very small number of very minor negatives.
On Sep 17, 2009, at 12:04 PM, mike wrote:
You need to read more. Geithner is monetizing our debt and Obama
and team
want to raise our debt ceiling again, this has been done several
times by
both parties. This isn't about some hated neocon vs liberal wackos,
this is
both parties ripping us
There is a free one built into windows also...not sure how good/bad it is, I
always install winrar first thing on new windows installs.
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:53 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Sep 17, 2009, at 10:14 PM, mike wrote:
My other thought was...you are still using cds?
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