I read that it was going to cost them close to a billion to change the name to AT&T, on a par with what it cost to change the name from SBC to AT&T in the first place.
And I myself will be wearing pink taffeta as chenille would not go with my complexion.
Giles ,'Touched'
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§ ita § - Jan 13, 2007 3:05:07 pm PST #220 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Pix - Jan 13, 2007 3:10:39 pm PST #221 of 25496
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
It will. But the guy on NPR last night said that that money will be compensated for by the amount they'll save when marketing bundled services.
sarameg - Jan 13, 2007 5:00:15 pm PST #222 of 25496
OK, humor someone allergic to actually buying her own hardware herself ( I usually inherit or let someone else do ALL the work) : $100 for 160 GB external hard drive is ok? I've googled, it seems like it. I think. Only reason I prefer buying from a store rather than online is that delivery is a royal bitch for me.
Liese S. - Jan 13, 2007 5:00:44 pm PST #223 of 25496
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Wow. This world is wrong when numbers like that make sense.
Jessica - Jan 13, 2007 5:06:22 pm PST #224 of 25496
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Best Buy had 250GB external hard drives (Western Digital MyBooks) for $99 the last time I was there, but I think it was a sale price.
sarameg - Jan 13, 2007 5:15:51 pm PST #225 of 25496
Thanks, Jessica, I'll check them out tomorrow. I don't really need that much space but needed a reality check (I'm just trying to expand to use my new 30GB ipod and do backup on my enormous 10 gb iBook laptop from who knows when! Heh.)
bon bon - Jan 13, 2007 7:05:17 pm PST #226 of 25496
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
You know, I've been sorta ignoring all the complaints about iPods until...my iPod broke! Is it seriously the case that for most users, it'll just crap out on you after two years and you'll have to buy a new one? I can't believe that service costs the same as a new frickin iPod!
JohnSweden - Jan 13, 2007 9:09:11 pm PST #227 of 25496
I can't even.
Yeah, what they are really selling you is a delivery system subscription service. You load up all your stuff into iTunes and you pay them 200-500$ every couple of years by buying a new player so you can listen to it. It's evil genius, but that doesn't make it any less genius. (on iPod #3 here)
bon bon - Jan 13, 2007 9:18:59 pm PST #228 of 25496
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
That actually makes me feel a bit better, since it's about what I'd pay for something like Netflix and wouldn't use for over an hour a day.
NoiseDesign - Jan 13, 2007 9:19:09 pm PST #229 of 25496
Our wings are not tired
Yeah, I find that after about 2 to 3 years they may die, but I guess it doesn't surprise me that much, I've got a 3.5 year old laptop that is in pretty rough shape, my cell phones tend to be in pretty rough shape after 12-18 months, when I used portable CD players I rarely expected them to last more than about 2 years before the motor in them would start to die. I suppose I just accept that a lot of technology doesn't last forever.