Apple @ MacWorld Tokyo

rschroeder writes "Apple updated several products at MacWorld Tokyo tonight (or tomorrow morning). A $499 10-gig iPod, with, get this, custom laser engraving on the back, ($49 extra) and vCard support. They also announced a $49 USB bluetooth module, shipping in April, with beta drivers availble today. Among other tricks, Jobs synced a Clie with a mac via bluetooth. Also a new 23" (1920x1200 )Cinema Display. Jobs also said they're raising the price of the iMac due to LCD and RAM cost increases. All this courtesy MacMinute.com's live coverage." Maccentral has several stories about Jobs' keynote at the convention.

Comments

I heard

[Anonymous Coward]

I heard trollaxor uses a mac. Is this true? If so does it make him a faggot communist like all mac users?

Re:I heard

[Anonymous Coward]

does the fact that you take baseball bats all the way up your ass, for a living, make you literally a dumbfuck?

damn ps2 mice

[Anonymous Coward]

fucking screwed up my system, i had to reboot just cuz i hotswapped my mice, fucking ps2, i wanna kell all who designed it, fux0000rz, fuckin hell g0d damnit, i just wanna rap3 them

how about

[Anonymous Coward]

you just fuck off you dick cock phallus penis wanker sucker. i really mean it. you and tac0 really get my juices flowing, almost enough to really bend my wookie to disproportionate proportions, you reptile bather, how about you clean my ears, and my urns, i will arise in the morning to the sweet smell of your burning flesh oh fleshy one, and the smell of pancakes, pancakes are nifty.

Re:yes, trollaxor is a commie

[Anonymous Coward]

>he needs to figure out the true meaning of software.

which would be....????

Apple Needs to Re-Design all Laptop Motherboards

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple must redesign all of their laptop motherboards

This is because all of Apple's laptop motherboards use built-in ADB legacy keyboards. These keyboards have a significant problem that make them unusable by unix old-timers.

Apple Laptop Keyboards are Unacceptable to Unix Users

Apple designs horrible keyboards. ADB keyboards (which are still used on all of Apple's laptops) are unusable to unix users who need a Ctrl key to the left of the 'A'.

Proper Keyboard Design

• When a key is pressed, the keyboard sends a keyPress event.
• When a key is released, the keyboard sends a keyRelease event.
• Each key is assigned a different keycode.

Nothing more, nothing less.

ADB Keyboard Mis-design

• When the key to the left of the 'A' (CapsLock) is pressed, the ADB keyboard sends both a keyPress event and a keyRelease event.
• When the CapsLock key is then released, the ADB keyboard sends NO events.
• When the CapsLock key is next pressed, the ADB keyboard sends NO events.
• When the CapsLock key is then released, the ADB keyboard sends both a keyPress event and a keyRelease event.
• The above cycle repeats over and over.

This is WRONG ! Apple's ADB keyboards are broken by design.

Unix Users Cannot Use Apple's ADB Keyboards

What this means is that unix users who need the key to the left of the 'A' to be a Ctrl key cannot use Apple ADB keyboards. You can easily reprogram the CapsLock key to be a Ctrl key and get rid of the badness of the CapsLock key, but you can't get the required goodness of the Ctrl key to the left of the 'A'.

Apple Loses Sales to Unix Users

All Apple laptops have the horrible broken-by-design ADB keyboards which are unusable to unix users. I want to buy an Apple laptop, but I cannot and will not until Apple builds input devices usable by unix users.

Sad day ... Stephen King dead at 54

[Anonymous Coward]

I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

Slashcode's HTML vs. Microsoft HTML

[Anonymous Coward]

Introduction

Recently there has been some controversy over Slashdot's apparent disregard for browsers other than Konqueror or Netscape (*cough* IE *cough) ability to render the page, and some unfortunate crapfloods which would appear differently in different browsers.

The "editors" (I use the term loosely) of Slashdot appear to believe that Slashcode generates perfect HTML which any browser should render correctly, else the browser must be "buggy".

Slashcode's HTML Output

Just curious, I tried running the front page of Slashdot through the W3 validator to test this claim. The results were shocking.

Lets stick to the facts and drill down into the numbers. The W3 validator found HUNDREDS of errors on the very first page of Slashdot that you view every day. It terminated with the simple line Sorry, this document does not validate as HTML 3.2..

So, what is broken? Is it IE? Or is it the amateur garage-style open source code which is at fault? You be the judge.

Apparently, Slashcode follows the open source coding and testing ethic of "it worked for me". It's just too much to ask them to try to test their code for conformance and compliance, or even just try it on a variety of platforms.

Microsoft's HTML Output

Still curious, I tried running msn.com and microsoft.com through the validator. I was totally taken aback when the validator reported ZERO ERRORS in *either* of these pages.

Conculsion

1. It may benefit the coders to attempt to adapt to some kind of acceptable process for designing, writing, and testing their own code. Perhaps some professional experience would be beneficial here. Certainly an accountability for certain quality standards must be implemented.

2. Perhaps Slashdot should consider switching to IIS 5.0 or .NET server and rewriting their code using a stable, reliable platform like Visual C++ or .NET. Perhaps only then will the browser compatbility issues will be resolved.

These are just suggestions. I am here to help.

Clie & Bluetooth

[xirtam_work]

one thing I sure that no one has mentioned yet is that Sony haven't released the Bluetooth memorystick for the Clie yet. That was one of the reasons I got rid of mine. Moving over to the Palm m515 with a bluetooth card is much easier than hanging around having to use the IR modem on my Ericsson T39 and the Clie.

Moving in the right direction

[RageEar]

Thank God Jobs got off of his megalomaniacal pedestal for long enough to point the company in the right direction.

I've always loved Apple, being raised on them as a child. Only when I entered college and wanted to play the latest games did switch from a Mac to a Wintel platform. But I always had hope that Apple would somehow turn themselves around.

And, lo and behold, the seemingly permanent "interim" CEO has made leaps and bounds with the company.

With the influx of the various digital media into society, I find myself wanting a Mac more and more each day. With a new Mac equipped with FireWire, USB, and wireless (and a BSD-style kernel) I would be a very happy geek.

Anyone have a cool $2000 laying around that I could use to buy myself an iMac or iBook? ;)

Your coolness factor could drop a lot...

[niftyeric]

if you actually did more than talk about your cool new iPod and showed your friends your "cool" new iPod. ;)