Nick

Member since: Jun 30th, 2007

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Enter to win a copy of the Sparrow email client for Mac (TUAW.com)

Feb 9th 2011 7:51PM Want!

Cricket's new tiered data plans seem like a model for the industry to us (Engadget)

Aug 3rd 2010 7:01PM This is nothing more than a slightly less offensive version of data capping. How about not molesting my data usage at all and just charging me a flat rate per megabyte or gigabyte, and then providing me with an easy method to monitor my usage? That paradigm seems to work fine for water, electricity, and natural gas. Why not data?

Honestly, all this experimentation with caps and throttling is just over complicating things. Then ISPs can tune the price-per-bit dial until demand is at a level they can supply. That rewards ISPs that operate efficiently and allows the market to find a natural balance.

Cricket's new tiered data plans seem like a model for the industry to us (Engadget)

Aug 3rd 2010 6:50PM @NKTizzle

That's making the assumption that there are two options for broadband pricing: free or what it currently costs. What about something in between? Wanting prices cheaper than the status quo does not have to mean mean free, but perhaps significantly less than what we typically pay now.

iSuppli pegs iPad component costs at as little as $259.60 (Engadget)

Apr 7th 2010 7:34PM Just for fun, let's use iSuppli's logic for other popular products:
* Apple's entire music catalog would be valued at $0.
* Every app in the app store would be worth $0.
* Every book ever written isn't worth more than the paper they're printed on.
* Every copy of Windows is worth $0.05.
* Steam's entire game catalog is valued at $0.

... yep, the rest is just pure profit... [facepalm]

Stupid and unjustified App Store rejection letter of the day (TUAW.com)

Sep 2nd 2009 12:23PM Actually, if I remember correctly, part of the SDK aggreement addresses this specifically. Apple allows the use of these icons only when used in the original UI elements supplied by Apple. Once they are extracted/modified for other purposes, it is no longer allowed.

Not agreeing with this, because disallowing this type of use really doesn't help anyone (and arguably hurts Apple), but that's how they've got it set up at the moment.

Stupid and unjustified App Store rejection letter of the day (TUAW.com)

Sep 2nd 2009 12:11PM Eh... just one more nail in the abandoning-the-iphone-SDK coffin for me. Not quite there yet, but each one of these fiascos is bringing me closer to it...

Play classic Sierra games online at Sarien.net - Time Waster (Download Squad)

May 7th 2009 4:53PM Nice! Now my online avatar can momentarily be relevant again!

Ecobee debuts energy-saving, WiFi-connected Smart Thermostat (Engadget)

Oct 15th 2008 4:23PM Holy crap you could buy a freakin' smartphone for less than that.

Fox Business blasts Jim Cramer in commercial: Must see! (BloggingStocks)

Oct 13th 2008 3:31PM Wow, it looks like smear campaigns are no longer limited to political candidates. Usually unsolicited smears like this are an act of desperation when promoting positives isn't yielding results.

While I'm not a fan of any iteration of Fox News, even when business-oriented, I also think competition is extremely important. To me this is a sign that Fox Business is having trouble competing and that's bad news for CNBC and Fox viewers alike.

John McCain, losing ground, goes for broke tonight (BloggingStocks)

Oct 7th 2008 8:03PM @camille

Considering we are now experiencing the results of 8 years of conservative leadership in the executive branch, that's going to be a tough argument to sell.

Speculating that a pro-regulatory administration will bankrupt this country while a more conservative leadership is proving that it has been driving us in that direction by leaps and bounds is certainly not a platform I'd want to stand on.

I'm not saying you're right or wrong, just that you have your work cut out for you ;-)