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"Death of the iPot"

I'm hoping that this is tongue-in-cheek (never been too good with recognizing this on forums).

Thanks for this. I've never seen this and it's still "timely" if you know what I mean - always, apparently. Tonight, on the "Decades" channel, the Cavett show from 1986 with Miles (and Nicolas Cage making a fool of himself) airs.

Happy Birthday to a fellow early Octoberer.

Using Postimage: After you've uploaded your image, highlight the second choice down: "Direct Link" and paste it in your post: and you should get, for instance, this: I'm in Chrome, so it may work differently for another browser.

Yes, you're right!

The first non-profit record label in the US.

Yeah. To be exact, it's actually 1.2 stars from 60 reviews and 835 complaints, so less "reviews" than I had said, but lots o' complaints. (I suppose complaints can be a special kind of non-rated "review").

MagicJack is kinda one of those things that you'd expect to get from an infomercial-styled product. I remember reading about it 5 or 6 years ago, then looking at the display at Fry's and wondering why 2 or 3 out of every 5 packages had been opened and resealed (Fry's reseals returns and puts them back on the shelf). When I came home and looked online, it was cRaZy how many bad reviews there were. Apparently, they tried to improve on it and came out with MagicJack Plus and I think MagicJack Go(?), but there's something like 800+ reviews to a consumer affairs org that "averages" to a one-star rating(!), plus over 2500 complaints to "pissed consumer," a 2.6 star rating from nearly 200 reviews at VOIP-Review and over 1200 complaints to the BBB - and that's just by doing a cursory search. I wish you luck with it.

Have had this since the mid-'70s. The cover text continues on all four sides of the cover:

Curtis got "Amen" after watching Lilies of the Field. "Amen" is basically a traditional gospel tune that was made famous in the late 40's by Wings Over Jordan which was an a cappella group that had a radio show on CBS beginning in the late 30's - one of the first to feature a black choir broadcasting nationally. The drummer of the "break," BTW, was Gregory Sylvester Coleman who died 10 years ago. I believe you can find his take on the sudden rush of interest in the "Amen Break" online. He actually drummed with The Impressions for a while [and even with Brick (!)] and died as a homeless man in Atlanta.

I had no idea about this (well, how could I?), Chuck. My Ukrainian grandmother (on my father's side) had a similar, possibly more severe, take on all jazz musicians as drug addicts. Much of this stemming from visits to the house and her intense dislike of Gene Krupa. Very weird woman.

closer inspection

Irrelephant?

Opposing change, for me, is when it appears to go backwards. Even sideways is OK.

software updating can be adjusted too: Daily/Weekly/Monthly - or even...never.

My current iTunes software is over 6 years old. I haven't updated my OS for a long time too, but when I do, I always know what I'm "actually going to get [from] them" (This one is rather minor, so not much is said for this one):

It's only different in that it doesn't say "yes" or "no" - which, as I pointed out is actually not natural when it comes to man/machine language communication. "Yes" or "No" interaction is good for machine-to-machine communication tho.

Two (or three) glorious choices: Simple deletion: I haven't checked the box, because I like to be reminded just in case I'm getting ready to do something I really didn't want, BUT, there's still the option to check it. a more advanced deletion: I've used both of the options on the right.

I think we could've had a couple less pages of this discussion if we had known that Joel actual does have audio player software (Windows Media Player), tho he seemed to not know this himself. As for the "getting under the hood" idea, yes, it's true, but the thing that you're getting under the hood to do is usually to fix something that a PC should do naturally or to fix some software prob that sometimes has been left up to the user to beta test. While the PC guy is trying to get his piano delivered thru the front door of the performance space, the Mac guy not only has his piano waiting for him, but it's been tuned and calibrated to room acoustics and tried out with a full version of Klavierstück X! I prefer to be that guy - the guy who is all ready and set to get on with the performance - or even to "get under the hood" even further - a personalization of his sound maybe thru "preparing" his piano for the "Sonatas and Interludes..." for instance. American Motors Corporation (like PCs and their fondness for multi-corp "parts" i.e. software) had the Hornet which you could certainly spend some time "under-the-hood" ... and then there's a Prius, for example, which you have the option of spending time "under-the-hood." Deleting stuff: when you delete a tune or more, yes, you have the choice of removing or changing your mind. This is done the very first time you ever try to delete something - it's a courtesy, not a nefarious plot or an attempt at insult. There's a click-box: "Do not ask me again" if you never want to be asked again. Done. Earlier, I mentioned variations on "delete." This is even more helpful for more deep-down possibilities if they're needed. iTunes, for instance, makes it possible to completely delete that song for good by putting it in the trash...or you can remove it from your library while still keeping it on your hard drive. Choice! Glorious choice! One I'm needing and liking right now because I have three-quarters of a million tunes in iTunes now. Being "different" in the case of a lack of "yes" or "no" choice is based, not on ego, but rather the real experience of dealing with something that is not human, and a consideration of human foibles. When presented with "yes" or "no" in machine language, there is no such thing as it being "counter-intuitive to the way human beings think," because there is no standard template for that. A human could just as easily get impatient and think "No" as in: "no, I don't want that song anymore" and hit "No" and get frustrated that the song wasn't deleted. I see variations of this kind of thing on online forums often. It's like the guy who wants to go up on the elevator, but presses the "down" button to bring the elevator down to his floor. You have to "think different" sometimes when dealing with something that is second-guessing what people - of all kinds - will think and interpret. The idea of slogging off a complete system because of a semantic dislike is something I can safely say I've yet to encounter - until now.

Yeah, it was this that was (and still is) confusing me about Joel's statements, but I haven't had to deal with all the excessiveness of a PC since the last century that I'm assuming that apparently there are very few basic things that come with them now and so I'm believing that Joel really doesn't have any audio software and that he's just gonna play his tunes by clicking on individual files. Maybe? I have no idea what MG is talking about. A computer is not going to spontaneously ask you if you want to delete something and therefore you say (or press) "yes." You have to want to do this for some reason and so you press your "delete" key. What's extra great about that simple act is that you can even have options or variations on that "delete" if you choose. As for Apple support, every year for many, many years, Consumer Report's annual rating of these companies that produce computers has always rated Apple support with their highest ratings - always the highest you can get - based on their annual survey of customers. Apple have their problems, but it appears that "support" is something that many agree is fantastic.