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Quote: Originally Posted by VernK This bit about there being more trucks than cars in the early years of the automobile industry has popped up again. It's simply not true, but let's not let facts get in the way of a good metaphor. Yours Vern …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider According to the report, differences of opinion between the teams working on Shake and Motion regarding an ideal unified interface for the suite "hamstrung" part of the project, causing several features to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ecphorizer Heh. As an american my personal favorite from the UK is the use of the name "Tannoy" as a generic term for a public paging system. "Mr. Smith? Just a moment, let me tannoy him." Had me rolling on the flo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism As for Windows, Word and Office I don?t see how those are equivalent examples. It?s like saying Apple is a generic term, but it can?t be confused with any other computer product at the time so it?s unique in …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Narcogen No, it is a specific term that refers to a specific public network. That's why you capitalize it when you talk about the Internet. Combining a specific and a generic can yield a trademarkable name. Inte…
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Internet Explorer. Internet is a generic term referring to the connections around the world of computers. Explorer is a generic term for someone who goes around seeking out things. Word... Office... Seems like about the only words Microsof…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sprockkets Rather have flash and homestarrunner.com plus less battery life than nothing at all. Besides, it isn't as if video viewing drains the battery quick anyhow. Benchmarks have proved this time and time again.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Pennywse This made me chuckle ... it's soooo freakin' true! I stayed in a 5 star hotel once (just once) that I payed a pretty penny for, it didn't come with WiFi. But you can bet the Motel 6 down the way had fast W…
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Quote: Originally Posted by cameronj Ah... here's a brainstorm - if Verizon keeps the unlimited plan, ATT announces that with 30 days notice, and no ETF, it is cancelling the grandfathered unlimited data plans. Anyone who objects to this materia…
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Here I was thinking maybe it was time to upgrade my 3G. Until I saw the "gift card" part. I don't want a gift card, let alone one to Radio Shack. Sure, I could probably use it eventually, but my out of pocket cost didn't go down. I guess I'll …
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Quote: Originally Posted by bdkennedy1 With headphones on, I can't tell the difference. In my car with an Infinity sound system, I can completely tell the difference. This I don't understand. People complain about Sirius/XM sound quality. I…
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Anyone who says the Beatles were overrated or that either Lennon or McCartney were overrated doesn't have a clue. They were miles ahead of anyone in terms of technological achievements. There's a lot of music today that is around because of what…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Ed isn't up on his bands... he believes that Gino Vannelli is the lead singer for the Beatles. He just wanted to STOP... and tell you what he thinks about it... (Lyric connection, to anyone who does…
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I REALLY hate to bring in wikipedia, but regardless... Mindbender, please explain this: Those vertical lines are where digital samples. Between those lines, digital does NOT record. It interpolates what is there. Analog does not inter…
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Quote: Originally Posted by minderbinder Seriously, PLEASE get a good book on sampling theory. To anyone who actually understands it you sound like the guy who said the internet is a series of tubes. Digital and analog both have limitations o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by minderbinder No, no, no. Right there, you just showed a profound misunderstanding of how digital recording works. People just think it's like a digital photo where there are little samples/pixels that are small enoug…
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Quote: Originally Posted by minderbinder I hate when people make these kinds of stupid statements, it's just a way people use to try and make a personal preference sound like a fact. Digital audio isn't "lossy" compared to analog, if anything AN…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody That's a beautiful song and one of my all-time favourites, but I think this suggestion really makes no sense. "Another Day" is a song about a depressed young woman and evokes feelings of suicide or d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by stevetim I think Beetles angle its pretty strong. Paul M. Sings a song called "Just Another Day". In Help album cover he's pointing at 3:00 London time. Similar to the London time in this tease. All the other times ar…
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Quote: Originally Posted by alandail I really don't see the Beatles being a big enough announcement to warrant a teaser like this on Apple's home page and the iTunes home page as most people won't really care. I disagree. A Beatles announceme…