I hate Internet Explorer. I always have, before I used firefox, I used netscape, never IE. With firefox dominating the "geek" community, why hasn't it spread out into the rest of the "not-geek" world? There are only 2 major reasons.
1. It is bundled. If IE wasn't bundled with Windows, I think that Netscape would still be the main browser. IE7 is nothing more than the crapware that is usually bundled with Windows.
2. People don't know any better. Why do people still use AOL? Because they don't know there is something better. Same with IE. If other users would just use Firefox then we would be better off. There are several reasons for this. First of all there would be less viruses/botnets. Firefox is way more secure and the "non-geek" internet users are the ones who are most likely to have botnet software and viruses. If these were cut off at the source then the self-replicating viruses would have a harder time getting from computer to computer.
What can we do about this?
Just spread firefox. The less people that use IE the better off everyone else is.
Someone reading this must be wondering why the hell someone would buy a Zune 30 now of all times. Out looking for a new ipod nano I came across the Zune 30 for 100 bucks. In brown. I figured what the hell 30gb is enough to hold every podcast and song I have. I bought the Zune 30 and here is a basic review.
Pros:
- Storage. What might not be enough for you is more than enough for me. If you still want a Zune but need more space check out the Zune 80.
- Screen. The screen is huge, 3 inches, and it looks great in most lighting conditions. like most LCDs it has problems in direct sunlight.
- Support. It supports WMA, mp3, ACC, WMV, H.264
- Sound quality is good not the best I have heard but it is pretty good.
- Wireless syncing and sharing.
- Must transcode for some video formats. No .ogg support.
- No Mac OS X support.
- Wireless syncing is somewhat buggy. Doesn't always work.
- It is huge in width.
- Battery life is not on par with iPod.
Good bang for the buck. You can buy it in some places for 90 dollars.
