Unless, of course, they're doing what they're doing right now with the 15" TiBooks. What are they doing? They dropped the price so that they could get rid of them. I highly doubt Apple would drop the price on a product they're end-of-lifing, then not ship it to you so that you could instead get the new 15" AlBook.
Maybe any orders that come in after the Ti's are all sold will get the Al instead.
I guess the lesson here is to read the fine print. The important thing to look for here is when the "dishonest employee" commits their dishonesty. From a logical standpoint, any malicious acts committed through the back-door should be covered by the insurance, merely because the back-door only existed because of dishonesty. But I'm sure the insurance company tried to argue, and support with the fine print, that the actual exploitation was the dishonest act, and occurred only after the employee was fired.
Here's something to make you think: what would happen if the dishonest employee created the backdoor, quit, and someone else from outside the company exploited the back door? Then who would have won? I'd love to examine the actual insurance policy to find out.
Just one problem: every song created takes longer to play/record than a month. I have a lot of mp3s. How many? Right now iTunes says 8529 songs, totaling 39.29 GB. If I were to play this collection non-stop, 24x7, it would take 24 days, 3 hours, 8 minutes, and 14 seconds.
As much as I'd like to believe the contrary, I don't have nearly as much music as the iTMS or Pressplay. But my collection proves the "$10 dollars for every song created" idea flawed. Discounting download time, it would take much too long to play/record this much music. Additionally, the bitrate of my music is, on average, higher than that of Pressplay. Therefore, I'm guessing for a user to get 40 gigs of music they're going to be playing/recording for 2 full months. Plus, don't forget, download time!
All in all, you're going to be signed up with Pressplay (or theoretically Microsoft) for several months before you can successfully elude the membership-requiring DRM.
Plus, as Steve Jobs would say, "Don't mess with mother-f*#king karma".
To me, it's not a matter of owning. It's a matter of feeling a sense of freedom. Any time I'm forced to make a long term monetary commitment (a loan, gym membership, etc.) I'm reluctant to do so. This is because there's always that shred of doubt regarding the future. What if something happens and I'm unable to pay this monthly fee?
With a gym membership it's easy: stop going to the gym. With a car loan it's different. You're going to get your car repossessed. Obviously this is not ideal, because you've invested time and energy into this automobile and you'd be losing this.
Getting your music repossessed is the same concept. I've put time and money into this collection, and I'll be damned if some company takes it back if I fail to make a payment. Because the future is unpredictable (especially for me, a poor college student), I'm going to stick with owning my music.
Also, I just want to point out, only singles on the iTMS are 99 cents. Albums are usually 10 dollars, and often contain WAY more than 10 songs.
True. So let's average MOSR's prediction (January) and the common sense prediction (April?) and get something around February or March for 970 PowerBooks.
Steve Jobs announced the 17" 'Book in January, but released it in February/March. I wouldn't be surprised if something similar happens again.
Last I checked Pentiums were still hotter and used more power. Apple just puts their chips in sexier enclosures and assumes that the user won't operate the machine while sitting on insulation. I've been using Apple laptops for a long time and have never had this happen.
Just because a computer can be used by stupid people doesn't mean you should rate its worth based on the tribulations of stupid users.
In Apple's next-generation systems, there will be a chip called the Apple Processor Interconnect which will allow G4 or 970 processors to be used, probably due to the significant lifespan G4 processors will have in the Powerbook, iMac, eMac, and perhaps also iBook model families for more than a year after the 970 premieres.
Higher up on the page:
[the 970] may show up in Powerbooks a lot sooner than once thought. There's still a chance it might take a little longer than the PowerMacs and Xserves, but the Powerbook will not only move to PowerPC 970 processors very quickly....it may even employ dual PPC 970 processors as well as an impressively updated system architecture in the 17-inch Powerbook as soon as next January.
See! First they say it'll take a long time, then they say "it might be as soon as January" (which is still a long time). Even under the best circumstances, this chip isn't going to be in portables any time soon (not that it matters. PowerBooks are still competitive without the chip).
First, as another reader pointed out, the PowerBook line was very recently updated. Apple wouldn't change things that quickly.
Secondly, the chips will be much too hot for PowerBooks for quite a while. Even if Apple wanted to update the PowerBooks with a newer IBM chip, they couldn't keep power usage and heat output low enough. Don't expect these chips to move beyond the desktop market in the near future.
True that, and I don't blame you for doing what you did. Personally, I see it differently. When they fix the thing, I'm going to want one. Because I know they're going to fix it, I might as well buy it now and get some free use out of the thing. Sure, the free use isn't perfect, but it's free.
Did Brett think that the glitches would be fixed by a software update? I'd be happy to postpone buying the iPod, but if things will be fixed by firmware, I might as well buy it now.
I think some people are missing the point. The author doesn't contend that computer gaming in itself increases productivity, but rather that gaming "has the greatest chance to hone skills useful for productivity in the workplace."
This, however, also doesn't make sense. How often does your boss require you to run around the office killing demons? When have you been in a business meeting and missed the opportunity to be productive because you didn't know the correct way to man the gunner position on a Halo warthog?
Games also don't teach employees to be more efficient/harder workers. Think about it. The best way for a game to make you work harder would be for it to crash, forcing the gamer back into the real world where bills need to be paid, and jobs need to get done.
I don't want to get off topic (which is why I'm forgoing my karma bonus), but why did you return your iPod? Just the click in between tracks? Or did you discover other glitches?
I have an order placed, but because it's backordered I can cancel it if I act quickly. I'd be interested to hear your opinion on what I should do.
I spent a whole day in Venice without getting on a boat. I haven't read the article, but I assume the mentioned benefits of Venice are not it's waterways and structural integrity.
Look at it this way: why didn't I need a boat or car? Because everything was within a short walk. Why was everything within a short walk? Because of the way the city is zoned and built: tall buildings with multiple stories. Shops on bottom floors, residences on higher levels. Noisy parts of town are separated from quiet parts (normal people don't live above a bar or disco, but rather above a flower shop or post office). Smaller cities mean you can walk or bike anywhere you need to go.
Another way to plan a city is to split land more effectively. Los Angeles is a jumble of residential and commercial areas. If a city planner were to sit down, zone two different areas for residential and commercial construction, then there could be large busses or trains transporting people from one zone to the other.
I think getting rid of city traffic really just boils down to better city planning.
Dude. My point was not to advocate circular logic (if we get more market share we'll become more mainstream, which means we'll get more market share). My point was to show that the principles of capitalism can benefit people of our disposition regarding DRM.
Who cares if Microsoft sees a piece of tax software salvaging its customer base by removing DRM? If they do, they'll keep some customers. If they don't, the customers will discover operating systems that you and I would rather everyone use.
True, but less likely. There are a lot more people (reviewers, nerds, security firms) eyeing Windows than people eyeing tax software. I think if Microsoft did something this sneaky (or more sneaky), traces of it would have been found.
MS also didn't use such dramatic methods of DRM. I remember Intuit actually wrote blocks to areas outside of the filesystem. Unless I'm mistaken (always a possibility), MS isn't that sneaky about it.
I disagree with the idea of automatically discounting the consideration of thrift when buying Apple hardware. Just because Macs are expensive does not mean all Apple customers care nothing for comparing prices. The truth is that we don't believe Apple hardware to be comparable to PC hardware, and thus buy the more expensive stuff from Apple. In other words, when we are comparing apples to oranges, we'll pay the Apple tax to have the better system.
But in this case, we're comparing apples to apples. A customer is no longer willing to pay more for a Macintosh, because they're both Macintoshes. This is why I don't buy your "Apple customers follow a different set of rules" argument. We follow the same rules as everyone else, as long as we feel we're choosing between comparative products. Therefore, I argue that this product will be neglected for cheaper/faster machines from Apple.
As a web host AND web designer, I can say that larger web pages aren't the fault of poor design. Page sizes are simply larger these days. Take for example loading this thread at +2 or +3. It would take minutes to load on a 14.4. Is that the fault of large images? Of inefficient code? Nope.
I have a feeling if you saw pages designed for 14.4 today, you'd be deeply disappointed.
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Although it's a general statement, I have to agree. Lo'pital's rule, for example, isn't very logical at all. I don't know why anyone would look at an integral where infinity was being divided by infinity, or 0 divided by 0, and on a whim take the derivative of numerator and denominator.
Audigy/Extigy aren't the only two audio devices I hoped they'd support. I've been bugging Apple for awhile now about adding Edirol USB support. I don't understand it. The products aren't new, and they worked under OS 9. But with OS X they crackle every time audio starts/stops.
I read the list of changes for 10.2.5 beta, and "improved audio support" was mentioned. Now 10.2.5 is final, and they took it out. Maybe it's been postponed.
If I had one, I'd program it to recognize my friends. Then if one of them said something mean about my girlfriend, I'd tell my robot, "Say hello to [name].
The robot would then proceed to the violating friend, begin humping his leg, shouting, "I LOVE YOU ORGANIC MASTER!"
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Unless, of course, they're doing what they're doing right now with the 15" TiBooks. What are they doing? They dropped the price so that they could get rid of them. I highly doubt Apple would drop the price on a product they're end-of-lifing, then not ship it to you so that you could instead get the new 15" AlBook.
Maybe any orders that come in after the Ti's are all sold will get the Al instead.
I guess the lesson here is to read the fine print. The important thing to look for here is when the "dishonest employee" commits their dishonesty. From a logical standpoint, any malicious acts committed through the back-door should be covered by the insurance, merely because the back-door only existed because of dishonesty. But I'm sure the insurance company tried to argue, and support with the fine print, that the actual exploitation was the dishonest act, and occurred only after the employee was fired.
Here's something to make you think: what would happen if the dishonest employee created the backdoor, quit, and someone else from outside the company exploited the back door? Then who would have won? I'd love to examine the actual insurance policy to find out.
Just one problem: every song created takes longer to play/record than a month. I have a lot of mp3s. How many? Right now iTunes says 8529 songs, totaling 39.29 GB. If I were to play this collection non-stop, 24x7, it would take 24 days, 3 hours, 8 minutes, and 14 seconds.
As much as I'd like to believe the contrary, I don't have nearly as much music as the iTMS or Pressplay. But my collection proves the "$10 dollars for every song created" idea flawed. Discounting download time, it would take much too long to play/record this much music. Additionally, the bitrate of my music is, on average, higher than that of Pressplay. Therefore, I'm guessing for a user to get 40 gigs of music they're going to be playing/recording for 2 full months. Plus, don't forget, download time!
All in all, you're going to be signed up with Pressplay (or theoretically Microsoft) for several months before you can successfully elude the membership-requiring DRM.
Plus, as Steve Jobs would say, "Don't mess with mother-f*#king karma".
To me, it's not a matter of owning. It's a matter of feeling a sense of freedom. Any time I'm forced to make a long term monetary commitment (a loan, gym membership, etc.) I'm reluctant to do so. This is because there's always that shred of doubt regarding the future. What if something happens and I'm unable to pay this monthly fee?
With a gym membership it's easy: stop going to the gym. With a car loan it's different. You're going to get your car repossessed. Obviously this is not ideal, because you've invested time and energy into this automobile and you'd be losing this.
Getting your music repossessed is the same concept. I've put time and money into this collection, and I'll be damned if some company takes it back if I fail to make a payment. Because the future is unpredictable (especially for me, a poor college student), I'm going to stick with owning my music.
Also, I just want to point out, only singles on the iTMS are 99 cents. Albums are usually 10 dollars, and often contain WAY more than 10 songs.
True. So let's average MOSR's prediction (January) and the common sense prediction (April?) and get something around February or March for 970 PowerBooks.
Steve Jobs announced the 17" 'Book in January, but released it in February/March. I wouldn't be surprised if something similar happens again.
Last I checked Pentiums were still hotter and used more power. Apple just puts their chips in sexier enclosures and assumes that the user won't operate the machine while sitting on insulation. I've been using Apple laptops for a long time and have never had this happen.
Just because a computer can be used by stupid people doesn't mean you should rate its worth based on the tribulations of stupid users.
Higher up on the page:
See! First they say it'll take a long time, then they say "it might be as soon as January" (which is still a long time). Even under the best circumstances, this chip isn't going to be in portables any time soon (not that it matters. PowerBooks are still competitive without the chip).
First, as another reader pointed out, the PowerBook line was very recently updated. Apple wouldn't change things that quickly.
Secondly, the chips will be much too hot for PowerBooks for quite a while. Even if Apple wanted to update the PowerBooks with a newer IBM chip, they couldn't keep power usage and heat output low enough. Don't expect these chips to move beyond the desktop market in the near future.
True that, and I don't blame you for doing what you did. Personally, I see it differently. When they fix the thing, I'm going to want one. Because I know they're going to fix it, I might as well buy it now and get some free use out of the thing. Sure, the free use isn't perfect, but it's free.
I guess it's the "glass is half full" mentality.
Did Brett think that the glitches would be fixed by a software update? I'd be happy to postpone buying the iPod, but if things will be fixed by firmware, I might as well buy it now.
I think some people are missing the point. The author doesn't contend that computer gaming in itself increases productivity, but rather that gaming "has the greatest chance to hone skills useful for productivity in the workplace."
This, however, also doesn't make sense. How often does your boss require you to run around the office killing demons? When have you been in a business meeting and missed the opportunity to be productive because you didn't know the correct way to man the gunner position on a Halo warthog?
Games also don't teach employees to be more efficient/harder workers. Think about it. The best way for a game to make you work harder would be for it to crash, forcing the gamer back into the real world where bills need to be paid, and jobs need to get done.
Maybe the motor skills help atheletes...
I don't want to get off topic (which is why I'm forgoing my karma bonus), but why did you return your iPod? Just the click in between tracks? Or did you discover other glitches?
I have an order placed, but because it's backordered I can cancel it if I act quickly. I'd be interested to hear your opinion on what I should do.
I spent a whole day in Venice without getting on a boat. I haven't read the article, but I assume the mentioned benefits of Venice are not it's waterways and structural integrity.
Look at it this way: why didn't I need a boat or car? Because everything was within a short walk. Why was everything within a short walk? Because of the way the city is zoned and built: tall buildings with multiple stories. Shops on bottom floors, residences on higher levels. Noisy parts of town are separated from quiet parts (normal people don't live above a bar or disco, but rather above a flower shop or post office). Smaller cities mean you can walk or bike anywhere you need to go.
Another way to plan a city is to split land more effectively. Los Angeles is a jumble of residential and commercial areas. If a city planner were to sit down, zone two different areas for residential and commercial construction, then there could be large busses or trains transporting people from one zone to the other.
I think getting rid of city traffic really just boils down to better city planning.
Dude. My point was not to advocate circular logic (if we get more market share we'll become more mainstream, which means we'll get more market share). My point was to show that the principles of capitalism can benefit people of our disposition regarding DRM.
Who cares if Microsoft sees a piece of tax software salvaging its customer base by removing DRM? If they do, they'll keep some customers. If they don't, the customers will discover operating systems that you and I would rather everyone use.
True, but less likely. There are a lot more people (reviewers, nerds, security firms) eyeing Windows than people eyeing tax software. I think if Microsoft did something this sneaky (or more sneaky), traces of it would have been found.
MS also didn't use such dramatic methods of DRM. I remember Intuit actually wrote blocks to areas outside of the filesystem. Unless I'm mistaken (always a possibility), MS isn't that sneaky about it.
Exactly why this would be a great time for Apple, Linux, and *BSD to steal some market share.
Then it'll be a win-win situation: open source grows or Microsoft removes some elements of DRM.
I disagree with the idea of automatically discounting the consideration of thrift when buying Apple hardware. Just because Macs are expensive does not mean all Apple customers care nothing for comparing prices. The truth is that we don't believe Apple hardware to be comparable to PC hardware, and thus buy the more expensive stuff from Apple. In other words, when we are comparing apples to oranges, we'll pay the Apple tax to have the better system.
But in this case, we're comparing apples to apples. A customer is no longer willing to pay more for a Macintosh, because they're both Macintoshes. This is why I don't buy your "Apple customers follow a different set of rules" argument. We follow the same rules as everyone else, as long as we feel we're choosing between comparative products. Therefore, I argue that this product will be neglected for cheaper/faster machines from Apple.
As a web host AND web designer, I can say that larger web pages aren't the fault of poor design. Page sizes are simply larger these days. Take for example loading this thread at +2 or +3. It would take minutes to load on a 14.4. Is that the fault of large images? Of inefficient code? Nope.
I have a feeling if you saw pages designed for 14.4 today, you'd be deeply disappointed.
Although it's a general statement, I have to agree. Lo'pital's rule, for example, isn't very logical at all. I don't know why anyone would look at an integral where infinity was being divided by infinity, or 0 divided by 0, and on a whim take the derivative of numerator and denominator.
Doesn't make sense, but it works.
Audigy/Extigy aren't the only two audio devices I hoped they'd support. I've been bugging Apple for awhile now about adding Edirol USB support. I don't understand it. The products aren't new, and they worked under OS 9. But with OS X they crackle every time audio starts/stops.
I read the list of changes for 10.2.5 beta, and "improved audio support" was mentioned. Now 10.2.5 is final, and they took it out. Maybe it's been postponed.
You have a 12" TiBook? Jesus, I didn't know they made those. I was under the impression that Apple only made 12" Aluminum PowerBooks.
I put the "personal" in my PC with Spice Girls background pictures, Britney Spears MP3s, and a mouse cursor shaped like Ricky Martin.
Ooooo, shake your bon bon Ricky!
If I had one, I'd program it to recognize my friends. Then if one of them said something mean about my girlfriend, I'd tell my robot, "Say hello to [name].
The robot would then proceed to the violating friend, begin humping his leg, shouting, "I LOVE YOU ORGANIC MASTER!"
But that's just me...
Actually you're not. You're running MacOS X.II.iv.
What you said was that you're running MacOS Twelve point four.
But I realize you weren't posting to be factually accurate, rather to be funny (which I believe you accomplished well).