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It's not the same as stealing a coat.
No, it's probably even less personal, because your leather jacket, the one that you've spent years getting used to, is a lot harder to duplicate than a fucking iPod. You buy a new iPod, and download the songs again from your computer. Cry me a river.
Or what Jon said.
Thank you, ND. I love you.
On the other hand, Monster Cable for computer stuff? Dumb dumb dumb. It's an error-correcting protocol, peeps.
Thanks for the recs, you guys. I just subscribed to Bloglines and so far it serves my purposes quite well.
Jon, my boyfriend says you and FAQ Girl are insanely cute together.
See, if someone stole my iPod I'd be pissed because I'd need to buy a new one (and my renter's insurance deductible is high). But if they stole my iPod AND my computer? Then I'd be really upset.
Monster Cable just bugs me because there is so much "used car salesmanship" to their stuff. Any well built audio cable will work in most installations, and for the completely out of control prices they charge you are typically just getting ripped off. It is then combined with retailers that ONLY stock the way overpriced cables to people are just getting ripped off. I don't like that.
I also have issues with most Bose products. "Better sound through marketing" should be their slogan. They do make a few great products. Good clock radios, some really nice noise cancelling headphones. But most of their gear? Just way overpriced crap that doesn't perform.
I generally agree about Monster Cable. That said, I did buy a few instrument cables from them for performance use because they look really rugged.
Whee! I just noticed Apple now has their Tiger Up To Date program in place.
I'm buying a Powerbook!
So, apparently, Tiger will come with a Dictionary widget, allowing you to look up words without going online.
The dictionary is The New Oxford American Dictionary, which means that every copy of Tiger will come bundled with erinaceous! How cool is that?
Does that mean it will hem my circle skirts for me?