If they're smart about it, EA would use the free game to get non-traditional gamers who play Rock Band into one of their new franchises...it could be a great way to get gamers to branch into new things.

The numbers for iPod sales (100 million) is total iPods over models and generations. That's six years worth of sales and five generations of HD based iPods.

That doesn't mean there are 100 million people walking around with iPods -- just that there are that many sold in total whether it be to new customers or as replacements for old ones.

The number 100 million does not determine current market share in the same way that my old Tandy with Windows 3.1 from ten years ago doesn't determine the current Windows market share.

"Seriously folks, just because we CAN use technology doesn't mean we always SHOULD."

I agree. I just came out of overseeing my third student election on a campus of 9,000+ students, which happened to be the second major election in which we tallied the votes electronically (using the multiple-choice exam method of bubble-sheets). The consensus at the end of this election was to do away with the technological option and go back to hand-counting, as it turned out to be more accurate and we wouldn't have to worry about the mechanical errors that ended up slowing the process down every time.

I understand that a federal election counts a lot more votes than we did, but if a little more time were spent ensuring quality instead of going the instant gratification route, there would be less for people to complain about in the process and they could spend their time finding other things to complain about.

I agree! The album should be dead! Now I'm going to head over to the used CD store to buy a new....album? Oh wait...