What does XM stand for?
03-01-2005, 02:33 PM
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What does XM stand for?
A little OT, and possibly a dumb question....but does anyone know what the letters "XM" stand for in XM Satellite Radio? 
03-03-2005, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by wastedpuppy
FM = Frequency Modulator
AM = Altitude Modulator
XM = Extreme Modulator?
i'm guessing.
AM = Altitude Modulator
XM = Extreme Modulator?
i'm guessing.
FM = Frequency Modulation
AM = Amplitude Modulation
XM = ??? (i dont think it stands for anything)
03-07-2005, 11:37 PM
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"Beyond AM. Beyond FM. It's XM - Radio to the Power of X." -- http://www.xmradio.com/corporate_inf...acts_cons.html
It's just a catchy term that means nothing, just like the initialism DVD.
Just learned that as of May 2004, Honda owned 13% of XM. Guess that explains why Sirius isn't an option! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM_Satellite_Radio
Cheers,
Jason
It's just a catchy term that means nothing, just like the initialism DVD.
Just learned that as of May 2004, Honda owned 13% of XM. Guess that explains why Sirius isn't an option! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM_Satellite_Radio
Cheers,
Jason
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Originally Posted by ThePianoMan
A little OT, and possibly a dumb question....but does anyone know what the letters "XM" stand for in XM Satellite Radio?
03-08-2005, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by JoganJani
DVD is for Digital Versatile Disk. It does have a meaning. Can have data for video and audio as well.
03-11-2005, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ThePianoMan
A little OT, and possibly a dumb question....but does anyone know what the letters "XM" stand for in XM Satellite Radio?
XM-No Modulation (satellite radio)
04-14-2005, 02:26 PM
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According to http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-quer...act&Acronym=XM it's XM No Modulation (satellite radio)
although I think the extra money one is right on target...
although I think the extra money one is right on target...
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Originally Posted by JackSprat01
No kidding...like $120/year wasn't enough for them...rapists.
Companies can charge whatever they want for whatever they want. It's what's called capitalism. If you don't like it, you have the absolute freedom to not pay for it. The difference between $100/ year and $130/year is so irrelevant, I cannot begin to describe it. I'm paying $3.00/gallon for Premium gas in my TL, and that's substantially more annoying to me.
Oh, by the way, a rapist is someone who commits a violent crime against women. You can complain about that type of person.
04-16-2005, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeMarlin
So, you're one of those people who think everything should be given to them for free. And why do you deserve this particular gift? Because you're a nice person?
Companies can charge whatever they want for whatever they want. It's what's called capitalism. If you don't like it, you have the absolute freedom to not pay for it. The difference between $100/ year and $130/year is so irrelevant, I cannot begin to describe it. I'm paying $3.00/gallon for Premium gas in my TL, and that's substantially more annoying to me.
Oh, by the way, a rapist is someone who commits a violent crime against women. You can complain about that type of person.
Companies can charge whatever they want for whatever they want. It's what's called capitalism. If you don't like it, you have the absolute freedom to not pay for it. The difference between $100/ year and $130/year is so irrelevant, I cannot begin to describe it. I'm paying $3.00/gallon for Premium gas in my TL, and that's substantially more annoying to me.
Oh, by the way, a rapist is someone who commits a violent crime against women. You can complain about that type of person.
04-16-2005, 08:59 PM
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Actually, rape has multiple definitions (and "committing violent crimes against women" is not one of them):
Main Entry: rape
Function: noun
1 : an act or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a person by force
2 : unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent
3 : an outrageous violation
Main Entry: rape
Function: noun
1 : an act or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a person by force
2 : unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent
3 : an outrageous violation
Originally Posted by OrangeMarlin
So, you're one of those people who think everything should be given to them for free. And why do you deserve this particular gift? Because you're a nice person?
Companies can charge whatever they want for whatever they want. It's what's called capitalism. If you don't like it, you have the absolute freedom to not pay for it. The difference between $100/ year and $130/year is so irrelevant, I cannot begin to describe it. I'm paying $3.00/gallon for Premium gas in my TL, and that's substantially more annoying to me.
Oh, by the way, a rapist is someone who commits a violent crime against women. You can complain about that type of person.
Companies can charge whatever they want for whatever they want. It's what's called capitalism. If you don't like it, you have the absolute freedom to not pay for it. The difference between $100/ year and $130/year is so irrelevant, I cannot begin to describe it. I'm paying $3.00/gallon for Premium gas in my TL, and that's substantially more annoying to me.
Oh, by the way, a rapist is someone who commits a violent crime against women. You can complain about that type of person.
04-17-2005, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by JasonH
Actually, rape has multiple definitions (and "committing violent crimes against women" is not one of them):
Main Entry: rape
Function: noun
1 : an act or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a person by force
2 : unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent
3 : an outrageous violation
Main Entry: rape
Function: noun
1 : an act or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a person by force
2 : unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent
3 : an outrageous violation
Exactly. I think outrageous violation is in order here since we can't freely change between Sirius and XM. Some peckerwoods have no clue what they are talking about anyway.
04-18-2005, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by JackSprat01
Do you work for XM or just blindly enjoy getting porked? It's not the amount of money, it's the value.
And once again, the cost is not that high. I have been using XM radio since 2001, and I don't believe there have been any cost increases until this one. It's tiny, and I still believe I'm getting a GREAT value. Getting MLB, any game, cannot be valued properly by me. ESPN Radio, Air America, an Uncensored Comedy Channel, all allow me to pass the time on long commutes or being stuck in LA traffic.
Sirius costs the same as XM, so it becomes a matter of taste. If you hate baseball and love football. If you want the original NPR. If you like lower bit rates. Those are the reasons to want Sirius.
I know people who think the Sirius music channels are better. You can go to the XM boards and find people who strongly prefer the XM music.
The point is you value Sirius more for the same price as XM. I prefer XM, although to be honest, if Acura only had Sirius, it wouldn't have mattered at all to me.
I just don't think calling XM a bunch of rapists is very productive, since by your definition, I think Sirius is over priced. But I don't. I find the difference between the two as being very very slight.
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