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The term "Killer App" has gotten brutally watered down. And y'all aren't helping. From Wikipedia: "a killer app is an application so compelling that someone

by sanj 19y ago

The term "Killer App" has gotten brutally watered down. And y'all aren't helping. From Wikipedia: "a killer app is an application so compelling that someone will buy the hardware or software components necessary to run it" Sorry, DropBox (while very, very well done) doesn't even come close to cutting it. It doesn't hold a candle to Visicalc. Or email. Or Photoshop.

omouse 19y ago
Or video games.
- delano 19y ago
  Or Winamp.
  - Xichekolas 19y ago
    Or (dare I say it out loud)... Porn.
    - sanj 19y ago
      Again, would you BUY a computer to view porn?
      - Xichekolas 19y ago
        Maybe not a computer, but I have it on good authority that a LOT of young males got internet access for porn, especially broadband internet access. The porn industry was streaming video on the net way before YouTube.
      - sanj 19y ago
        Interesting. I wonder why this is downmodded. It seem remarkably apropos to the discussion.
    - pstuart 19y ago
      Worked for VCRs....
  - deleted 19y ago
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  - sanj 19y ago
    Would you buy a computer to use Winamp? Or, perhaps more fair today: would you switch OSs to use it?
    - raganwald 19y ago
      I bought an iPod a few years back just because it has, in firmware, a program just like WinAMp that let me play CDs I ripped to my hard drive as well as stuff I could download from the Internet. Is that close enough?
    - baha_man 19y ago
      No way. I use Amarok at home and love it. At work I have to use Windows, and used to be happy with iTunes - until I started having to update it every week (60MB download, no I don't want Safari, no I don't want to see the Quicktime icon, I'll check the box asking not to be propmted when there's a new version - oh, you're going to tell me anyway). Anyway, I thought I'd try Winamp again (I used it about seven years ago and liked it) - it doesn't seem capable of playing a CD without crashing. If anyone can recommend a free and/or open source media player for Windows I'd be grateful.
      - delano 19y ago
        What version of Winamp did you use? There is a golden version: 2.91. Everything above is a perversion. http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=winamp http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=winamp
    - delano 19y ago
      No, but I do run a Windows machine just for Winamp. I have friends that do the same and I've also seen a number of restaurants in Vancouver (Rugby Club), Montreal (Bières et Compagnie), and Haifa (Stella's?) that use it too (among other places).

by sanj 19y ago

omouse 19y ago

Or video games.

delano 19y ago
Or Winamp.
- Xichekolas 19y ago
  Or (dare I say it out loud)... Porn.
  - sanj 19y ago
    Again, would you BUY a computer to view porn?
    - Xichekolas 19y ago
      Maybe not a computer, but I have it on good authority that a LOT of young males got internet access for porn, especially broadband internet access. The porn industry was streaming video on the net way before YouTube.
    - sanj 19y ago
      Interesting. I wonder why this is downmodded. It seem remarkably apropos to the discussion.
  - pstuart 19y ago
    Worked for VCRs....
- deleted 19y ago
  [deleted]
- sanj 19y ago
  Would you buy a computer to use Winamp? Or, perhaps more fair today: would you switch OSs to use it?
  - raganwald 19y ago
    I bought an iPod a few years back just because it has, in firmware, a program just like WinAMp that let me play CDs I ripped to my hard drive as well as stuff I could download from the Internet. Is that close enough?
  - baha_man 19y ago
    No way. I use Amarok at home and love it. At work I have to use Windows, and used to be happy with iTunes - until I started having to update it every week (60MB download, no I don't want Safari, no I don't want to see the Quicktime icon, I'll check the box asking not to be propmted when there's a new version - oh, you're going to tell me anyway). Anyway, I thought I'd try Winamp again (I used it about seven years ago and liked it) - it doesn't seem capable of playing a CD without crashing. If anyone can recommend a free and/or open source media player for Windows I'd be grateful.
    - delano 19y ago
      What version of Winamp did you use? There is a golden version: 2.91. Everything above is a perversion. http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=winamp http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=winamp
  - delano 19y ago
    No, but I do run a Windows machine just for Winamp. I have friends that do the same and I've also seen a number of restaurants in Vancouver (Rugby Club), Montreal (Bières et Compagnie), and Haifa (Stella's?) that use it too (among other places).