The Apple way would be to spit out the USB connection when you drag the icon to the Trash. Failing that, just make sure it's unmounted when you physically remove the drive—which is something PCs never did, as far as I know.
No doubt we've come a long way since SCSI. Still, it's inconvenient to have to hit Eject before you unplug. You mounted the thing by plugging it in; shouldn't you unmount it by unplugging it?
You know, one of the biggest reasons Wikipedia makes me cringe is the excessive linking, since one editor or another invariably doubts we're intelligent enough to understand words like "meter" or "January."
The surprising thing to me is that it took so long for this to happen. What's the use of plug-and-play devices if you still have to manually dismount them before you go?
No kidding. I'm surprised to see this on Slashdot and yours is the first comment I've read in this entire discussion to state what I thought should have been obvious.
Then again, Gawker's flagship properties don't exactly cater to the type of person who reads Slashdot, so maybe this crowd's cluelessness was inevitable.
Forgive me for piggybacking on the top comment, but speaking of Bill Gates and TV, Gates is scheduled to be the guest on tomorrow night's Daily Show. Don't forget to set your TiVos or whatnot.
Well, we Westerners like to believe that our values are better, because of course they just are. Did you know that Google helps South Koreans find tasty kittens for dinner? Where's the outrage? Where's the boycott?
Yes, and my point was that Baidu engages in such censorship too, only without the compunction and without the helpful notices. So I repeat: if not for Google, what better alternative would Chinese citizens have?
Then you'll be glad to know Google provides many of the most helpful tools for Chinese political activists to collaborate and spread their message. What do you think they use instead, Baidu?
They were out of regular HDTV boxes in NYC when I went to swap out my old cable box two weeks ago, or at least so they claimed. They gave me a hi-def DVR instead and informed me our first month together would be free. I figured they were just trying to make me come to depend on it, but who knows.
What belongs in the trash is the automobile, along with federal policies that encourage sprawl along highways and single-family homeownership—sprawl can be pleasant if controlled, but dispersal economies, not to mention long-established social patterns of human settlement, make it almost impossible to plan for efficient growth if current suburban automobile habits are to be retained.
London's rocketing ahead of New York as the financial metropole of the West; the congestion charge is supposed to be a major factor in having made London more attractive to talent and less expensive in which to commute. Imagining Manhattan with the streets given back to pedestrians is almost as appealing, to me, as imagining this fucktard being sent to Gitmo for sabotaging the party line on energy independence.
Yet it's the states on the socialized, collectivist end of the spectrum which are the more prosperous and attractive places to live here in the Union. Indeed, the Scandinavian countries tend to rank highly in those quality-of-life lists that consistently place the U.S. roughly between Canada and continental Europe. I wonder if it's a matter of taste—i.e., would you, in particular, rather live in Mississippi than in California? Would the requirement to subsidize your fellow citizens' healthcare detract so significantly from the freedoms thereby gained, such as a slight gain in your putative freedom from communicable disease, so as to completely negate their advantage?
Jefferson was a fucktard. His so-called architectural style was the ugliest ever inflicted by man on mankind. And the farming. Always with the fucking farming. We get it, Tom, you resent the urbanists for being smarter and better-dressed than you. Your loss.
Hamilton's my man and I stand by him still. He'd have stood up for intellectual property rights, I guarantee you that.
Well, hell, if the Mach 3 Turbo is really such an innovation in razor design that you find you can't live without it, then perhaps Gillette does deserve some compensation for R&D after all. I mean, revolutionizing the world of men's grooming can't be cheap.
On the other hand, if you decide it's not worth the cost, why not just use a straight blade and soap the way any skilled barber will tell you? You know, the professionals.
If it's the attachment mechanism that's patented rather than the existence of additional blades themselves—and I can't imagine how even the laziest examiner would approve a patent on the latter—then I'd expect to see a generic mechanism emerge over the next few years. I have to wonder why none seems to be forthcoming.
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The Apple way would be to spit out the USB connection when you drag the icon to the Trash. Failing that, just make sure it's unmounted when you physically remove the drive—which is something PCs never did, as far as I know.
No doubt we've come a long way since SCSI. Still, it's inconvenient to have to hit Eject before you unplug. You mounted the thing by plugging it in; shouldn't you unmount it by unplugging it?
Anything else would be, just... un-Apple.
Literalism kills artistry.
When did "tautology" become a big word?
You know, one of the biggest reasons Wikipedia makes me cringe is the excessive linking, since one editor or another invariably doubts we're intelligent enough to understand words like "meter" or "January."
Word is Apple's cooking up a solution for that:
AppleInsider | Apple working on hot unpluggable iPods
The surprising thing to me is that it took so long for this to happen. What's the use of plug-and-play devices if you still have to manually dismount them before you go?
Later in the email he spells it "MAC." Nobody like that could ever be a Mac user.
No kidding. I'm surprised to see this on Slashdot and yours is the first comment I've read in this entire discussion to state what I thought should have been obvious.
Then again, Gawker's flagship properties don't exactly cater to the type of person who reads Slashdot, so maybe this crowd's cluelessness was inevitable.
Forgive me for piggybacking on the top comment, but speaking of Bill Gates and TV, Gates is scheduled to be the guest on tomorrow night's Daily Show. Don't forget to set your TiVos or whatnot.
Wow, that's sweet! Worked for me after about a dozen tries. Thanks!
Product placement is ubiquitous, and not always even that obvious (the soundtrack, for instance).
But personally, I don't have a problem with the practice as long as it's done well and doesn't clobber you over the head.
Well, we Westerners like to believe that our values are better, because of course they just are. Did you know that Google helps South Koreans find tasty kittens for dinner? Where's the outrage? Where's the boycott?
Yes, and my point was that Baidu engages in such censorship too, only without the compunction and without the helpful notices. So I repeat: if not for Google, what better alternative would Chinese citizens have?
Then you'll be glad to know Google provides many of the most helpful tools for Chinese political activists to collaborate and spread their message. What do you think they use instead, Baidu?
Learn irony.
Anything can be done, but sometimes you really don't want to step pixel by pixel through the entire image and edit RGB values individually.
It means that candy bar is going to cost ten cents less to begin with, thanks to the practical cost savings of your retailer abandoning the penny.
(Cash drawers can be simplified. Less time spent checking out. Et cetera.)
They were out of regular HDTV boxes in NYC when I went to swap out my old cable box two weeks ago, or at least so they claimed. They gave me a hi-def DVR instead and informed me our first month together would be free. I figured they were just trying to make me come to depend on it, but who knows.
Go back to Uncyclopedia.
What belongs in the trash is the automobile, along with federal policies that encourage sprawl along highways and single-family homeownership—sprawl can be pleasant if controlled, but dispersal economies, not to mention long-established social patterns of human settlement, make it almost impossible to plan for efficient growth if current suburban automobile habits are to be retained.
London's rocketing ahead of New York as the financial metropole of the West; the congestion charge is supposed to be a major factor in having made London more attractive to talent and less expensive in which to commute. Imagining Manhattan with the streets given back to pedestrians is almost as appealing, to me, as imagining this fucktard being sent to Gitmo for sabotaging the party line on energy independence.
Let English be English. Fuck the hyperlogical, I say. Round 'em all up and send them on trains to Lojbanistan.
Yet it's the states on the socialized, collectivist end of the spectrum which are the more prosperous and attractive places to live here in the Union. Indeed, the Scandinavian countries tend to rank highly in those quality-of-life lists that consistently place the U.S. roughly between Canada and continental Europe. I wonder if it's a matter of taste—i.e., would you, in particular, rather live in Mississippi than in California? Would the requirement to subsidize your fellow citizens' healthcare detract so significantly from the freedoms thereby gained, such as a slight gain in your putative freedom from communicable disease, so as to completely negate their advantage?
Jefferson was a fucktard. His so-called architectural style was the ugliest ever inflicted by man on mankind. And the farming. Always with the fucking farming. We get it, Tom, you resent the urbanists for being smarter and better-dressed than you. Your loss.
Hamilton's my man and I stand by him still. He'd have stood up for intellectual property rights, I guarantee you that.
Well, hell, if the Mach 3 Turbo is really such an innovation in razor design that you find you can't live without it, then perhaps Gillette does deserve some compensation for R&D after all. I mean, revolutionizing the world of men's grooming can't be cheap.
On the other hand, if you decide it's not worth the cost, why not just use a straight blade and soap the way any skilled barber will tell you? You know, the professionals.
If it's the attachment mechanism that's patented rather than the existence of additional blades themselves—and I can't imagine how even the laziest examiner would approve a patent on the latter—then I'd expect to see a generic mechanism emerge over the next few years. I have to wonder why none seems to be forthcoming.
Move Los Angeles to the South Pole. Everyone wins, except the penguins.