Your analogy of property covenants is a bit off target, because covenants usually restrict what you do to the outside of your property, as it affects the community. What you do INSIDE of your property, at least in America, is still your own business.
It isn't inferiority complexes, it is simply seen as an OBVIOUS attempt by Microsoft to slow down the potential migration to Macs. What is to keep someone who is interested in a Mac, knowing it can run Windows natively, from jumping ship? Oh, prohibitive OS pricing by Microsoft is a good start. Mac switchers are a much bigger problem to MS right now than any fear of Linux jumpers (those people have cut their ties long ago). I run Win XP and OS X on my Intel iMac and that's my take, anyway.
Yea, and we shouldn't rip that sticker off the mattress either.
Actually, the tag on linens and bedding stuff states clearly that the tag cannot be removed before it is sold. There is no restriction once someone takes a pillow or bed home. Just a small pet peeve of mine over the past 25 years or so. Life is in the details, my friends:-)
people have to make money, and you guys have to spend it to get all the features.
As evident by all the different flavors of OS X you can buy? Oh yeah, I guess not. (Another philosophical difference between Mac and PC users brought to light via Slashdot.)
I'm consistently amazed at how fast slashdotters will rip you for violating EULAs, as they spool up another terrabyte of bittorrent or Usenet music files or while they are watching any one of their 1000 blockbuster movies. The moral issue for me with this would be to buy the cheaper Vista version, take it home, and install it on my Mac. Ok, so I bought it for my pc and with the intention of putting it on my pc...oops I guess something happened between the front door and my PC. Seriously, until they make it NOT WORK, I could care less what the EULA says (for home use). My concern, as a consumer, would be taking the cheaper version home, only to find it doesn't work during the "activation" phase, because I'm violating the EULA. In this case, caveat emptor, mia culpa.
Not much of a geek? I would like to put Vista on my Mac, if only to keep up with the industry (I'm in computer education, most schools will be using Vista soon). Another benefit of the dual-boot is it allows me to dispell stupid claims on slashdot, such as "such-and-such feature is so slow on OS X versus Win XP!".
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So THAT'S what the creepy math teacher at my school does with all those old computer parts he hoardes.
Frankly, I don't get the collector (cough, mental illness hoarding, cough) mentality. I suppose I'll sit back and watch this thread for awhile and feed my 30 cats.
I agree that computer games are stupid and pointless (with the exception of typing tutors). Certain people in my field love to talk about intrinsic motivation with computer games, especially in the younger grades. What a bunch of hooey. In younger grades, kids are just distracted by the fun, and in older grades, kids go out of their way to have fun and away from learning. If we could figure out a way to incoroporate SAT skills into an FPS or Myspace, then maybe we would be on to something. Computer Education (my field) is rapidly changing from "kids need to know how to program computers", to "kids need to engage their higher order thinking skills through the implementation of technology into Subject X." It is a great concept except for the fact that 95% of teachers are teachers because they aren't good at anything else...to include using computers!
The concept of buying textbooks to match curriculum is in responce to the standards-frenzy that we are in since the (reinvigoration) of the No Child Left Behind Act. Although the NCLB is not a new law, in typical political fashion, it has sort have been thust to the forefront. School administration is notorious for knee-jerk reactions, which is what the mass textbook review is all about. Yes, it is a big waste of money, because a good teacher can teach with nothing other than a piece of paper and a pencil. However, "good" and "teacher" are commonly becoming oxymorons.
Interestingly enough, one of the few teachers that I admire at the school I work at is the 3D Animation teacher. Seems like you were on to something with your 3D and programming skills. Our school teachers are so lame, we don't even have a programming class. The students can take Java via distance education. Man, my school is the perfect microcosm of everything wrong with modern education.
This article (and many of the responses) highlight the fundamental difference between those people who accept shoddy Microsoft products and those who demand better. The whole Windows vs. Mac debate comes immediately to mind. Many of the posts here show exactly why Microsoft is the dominant market force, because you guys simply accept crashing programs as a "feature". When I get a random OS X crash (rare), it still infuriates me. I investigate the cause, and usually stop using the offending software. For example, I used to use Firefox 100% of the time and just kind of shrugged off the crashes (the most frequent crasher, in my experience), because the recover was pretty seamless. I've since started using Camino, and it hasn't crashed in months, so I'll probably never use Firefox again, even if it dishes out $10 bills every 5 minutes from my cd slot.
Thankfully, I've never lost data, and never had to accept a dialogue box that says, "we are sorry for the inconvenience..you may have lost your data..." Why do people accept this? I guess I'll just never understand the geek-n-tweak crowd.
Why not cite the citations in Wikipedia? I mean, if the Wiki editor has done a good job, there will be all kinds of valid references. For my grad work I used wikipedia as my starting point and then started following the references. Even if the Wiki content is 100% accurate, you can always shut the critic up by just going one or two reference levels deep, and they'll never know your content is from Wikipedia.
Yikes. A tad cynical, but pretty accurate. To be fair to schools, most of the textbook purchases are based on a newer text that more closely aligns with the curriculum standards. Smart schools will run down their curriculum standards and course objectives and find the textbooks that best fit. Unfortunately, some schools actually listen to the salesmen, instead of figuring out which texts are good for their own schools.
I am wrapping up my grad thesis and I have even a more cynical view than this being fiscal. Instead, I propose that teachers see technology in general (and sites like Wikipedia) as a threat due to the fact they don't understand it. In the school I work at, our youngest teacher is 40 years old and was certified long before the Internet was mainstream. It is no wonder that NONE of our teachers have a clue when it comes to making decisions about using Wikipedia or not.
I wasn't claiming the Apple story was a fake, I was merely stating that there are a lot of phishing scams that give the appearance of a legitimate link.
I completely disagree with your assessment. The overwhelming majority of real people have no idea of how to rip a DVD. Most people don't have the patience to locate, download, and figure out how to use illicit DVD ripping software. I consider myself to be tech savvy, with a Master's in Computer Education and 5 computers at home, and I still haven't found a very well designed, easy to use product that rips copy-protected DVDs.
First time Mac buyers don't know enough to care about any upcoming changes. If they are considering a Mac now, it is based on the current build of the OS, not some future "might-have" functions.
it would only refresh every couple of seconds or so.
And this is inferior to having to manually refresh list views in by hitting the F5 key in Windows XP? I don't recall the issue back in 10.2, and in anycase, it is no longer an issue now.
Would anyone else care to ellaborate on what is so BAD about the finder? I know everytime my wife closes the lid on our MacBook, the finder on my iMac craps out for 20 seconds as the MacBook dives off the network. Other than that, though, the FINDER is what makes a Mac so much better than XP.
If the product is ready, it makes NO SENSE at all to delay its release. What company sits on something for a quarter when it could be making money for them the entire time? A lot of you despise Apple's success, and are simply overanalyzing the situation. The product isn't ready yet, because Apple has too many projects and not enough employees. It is that simple.
Phishing is not hacking a site. Anyone can post a fake version of a website, if they can get you to type in or click THEIR URL instead of the real one.
No Child Left Behind is not Bush's baby, it is merely an extension of an early 1970s act that was re-ratified under Clinton, then re-ratified with yet another new name under Bush. It has been a lame law for over 30 years, but people like to think the government is doing something about something...even if the problem really doesn't exist.
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Your analogy of property covenants is a bit off target, because covenants usually restrict what you do to the outside of your property, as it affects the community. What you do INSIDE of your property, at least in America, is still your own business.
It isn't inferiority complexes, it is simply seen as an OBVIOUS attempt by Microsoft to slow down the potential migration to Macs. What is to keep someone who is interested in a Mac, knowing it can run Windows natively, from jumping ship? Oh, prohibitive OS pricing by Microsoft is a good start. Mac switchers are a much bigger problem to MS right now than any fear of Linux jumpers (those people have cut their ties long ago). I run Win XP and OS X on my Intel iMac and that's my take, anyway.
The difference being Apple doesn't offer to sell you a copy of OS X for your PC, so at least they aren't being hypocrites.
I'm consistently amazed at how fast slashdotters will rip you for violating EULAs, as they spool up another terrabyte of bittorrent or Usenet music files or while they are watching any one of their 1000 blockbuster movies. The moral issue for me with this would be to buy the cheaper Vista version, take it home, and install it on my Mac. Ok, so I bought it for my pc and with the intention of putting it on my pc...oops I guess something happened between the front door and my PC. Seriously, until they make it NOT WORK, I could care less what the EULA says (for home use). My concern, as a consumer, would be taking the cheaper version home, only to find it doesn't work during the "activation" phase, because I'm violating the EULA. In this case, caveat emptor, mia culpa.
Not much of a geek? I would like to put Vista on my Mac, if only to keep up with the industry (I'm in computer education, most schools will be using Vista soon). Another benefit of the dual-boot is it allows me to dispell stupid claims on slashdot, such as "such-and-such feature is so slow on OS X versus Win XP!". "
Frankly, I don't get the collector (cough, mental illness hoarding, cough) mentality. I suppose I'll sit back and watch this thread for awhile and feed my 30 cats.
The concept of buying textbooks to match curriculum is in responce to the standards-frenzy that we are in since the (reinvigoration) of the No Child Left Behind Act. Although the NCLB is not a new law, in typical political fashion, it has sort have been thust to the forefront. School administration is notorious for knee-jerk reactions, which is what the mass textbook review is all about. Yes, it is a big waste of money, because a good teacher can teach with nothing other than a piece of paper and a pencil. However, "good" and "teacher" are commonly becoming oxymorons.
Interestingly enough, one of the few teachers that I admire at the school I work at is the 3D Animation teacher. Seems like you were on to something with your 3D and programming skills. Our school teachers are so lame, we don't even have a programming class. The students can take Java via distance education. Man, my school is the perfect microcosm of everything wrong with modern education.
Thankfully, I've never lost data, and never had to accept a dialogue box that says, "we are sorry for the inconvenience..you may have lost your data..." Why do people accept this? I guess I'll just never understand the geek-n-tweak crowd.
Why not cite the citations in Wikipedia? I mean, if the Wiki editor has done a good job, there will be all kinds of valid references. For my grad work I used wikipedia as my starting point and then started following the references. Even if the Wiki content is 100% accurate, you can always shut the critic up by just going one or two reference levels deep, and they'll never know your content is from Wikipedia.
I am wrapping up my grad thesis and I have even a more cynical view than this being fiscal. Instead, I propose that teachers see technology in general (and sites like Wikipedia) as a threat due to the fact they don't understand it. In the school I work at, our youngest teacher is 40 years old and was certified long before the Internet was mainstream. It is no wonder that NONE of our teachers have a clue when it comes to making decisions about using Wikipedia or not.
I wasn't claiming the Apple story was a fake, I was merely stating that there are a lot of phishing scams that give the appearance of a legitimate link.
I completely disagree with your assessment. The overwhelming majority of real people have no idea of how to rip a DVD. Most people don't have the patience to locate, download, and figure out how to use illicit DVD ripping software. I consider myself to be tech savvy, with a Master's in Computer Education and 5 computers at home, and I still haven't found a very well designed, easy to use product that rips copy-protected DVDs.
First time Mac buyers don't know enough to care about any upcoming changes. If they are considering a Mac now, it is based on the current build of the OS, not some future "might-have" functions.
Would anyone else care to ellaborate on what is so BAD about the finder? I know everytime my wife closes the lid on our MacBook, the finder on my iMac craps out for 20 seconds as the MacBook dives off the network. Other than that, though, the FINDER is what makes a Mac so much better than XP.
If the product is ready, it makes NO SENSE at all to delay its release. What company sits on something for a quarter when it could be making money for them the entire time? A lot of you despise Apple's success, and are simply overanalyzing the situation. The product isn't ready yet, because Apple has too many projects and not enough employees. It is that simple.
Phishing is not hacking a site. Anyone can post a fake version of a website, if they can get you to type in or click THEIR URL instead of the real one.
Sigh. I've never seen such concise ignorance before. Congratulations.
Considering I don't really see any comments like the ones you give as examples, I would think perhaps YOU are the zealot.
No Child Left Behind is not Bush's baby, it is merely an extension of an early 1970s act that was re-ratified under Clinton, then re-ratified with yet another new name under Bush. It has been a lame law for over 30 years, but people like to think the government is doing something about something...even if the problem really doesn't exist.