The side buttons are kind of worthless though, given how much force it takes to activate.
A group here purchased 3 or 4 G5's and they all came with the Mighty Mouse, so far I've only gotten my hands on two of them but the side buttons react *very* differently. One you really have to squeeze to get an action and the other you can trigger by accident. It's actually pretty annoying it's so sensitive.
As of yet, I've seen no way to adjust it.
Maybe they just have low production standards?;-)
"Many pharmaceutical studies for instance are done on less than 100 patients."
Oh wonderful.
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I had trouble with it too.
I tried various RSS readers but they all seemed like a pain. But what turned me around was this http://inforss.mozdev.org/ extention for Firefox.
It's like a News Ticker in your browser. Something catches your eye? Mouse over it for a more detailed discription (when available) or just click on it for the page to be loaded in a new tab!
I love it! It should come as part of the default installation!
What Linux on the desktop needs most is for those building/using Linux to understand that if someone wants a program/device/setting/etc to work or be modified a laundry list of cryptic commands is neither easy, simple or appropriate.
Time and time again I will see someone point out a issue they are having with Linux and someone will respond with talk of editing (by hand of course) a number of config files and end it with "It's easy."
Let me stand up for the beating I so richly deserve.
I will submit that there has been one good Video Game movie. And that movie is:
(deep breath)
Mortal Kombat.
Think about it, every charater is introduced in like the first 15 min's with a nice clipped explination of who they are and why they're there. The story fills you in on everything you need to know as to what is actually going on. And it's fun.:) Plus, there is *one* drop of blood in a movie based off of Mortal Kombat! That's pretty funny.
The fights are energetic and the "super moves" aren't stupid.
It's simply the high water mark in VG movies. Tho' I can't say it doesn't need to be surpassed.;)
I also could have given the first Resident Evil movie, but I never played the game so I don't know just how faithful it stays.
Now, if you excuse me, I'm just going to curl up in the fetal posistion over here and await my abuse...:)
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Unfortunately, there's always a difference between inventing and popularizing.
Sure Xerox invented the GUI, but Apple gets the credit for giving it to the people....
I fail to see the problem. Perhaps someone can make it more clear.
But couldn't the UN simply setup their own DNS masters and the countries that don't want US control use that? dot com, edu, org, etc... (no, etc isn't one.... tho maybe it should be...:) could just be copied from the current DNS masters.
US keeps it's "control", UN get's it's "control".
Everyone feels that they are in the right and the other is in the wrong.
Just how international politics is suppose to work.:)
Jobs unveiled it by pulling it out of his pocket. Plus, I believe the press release before the event said something along the lines of "We started this with 1000 songs in your pocket. Time to do it again."
I think both of those are pretty big endorsements of putting it in your pocket.
While that is a good point... After hearing about just how much thought apple is suppose to put in their products, I find it hard to accept that a music player that's suppose to go in your pocket isn't designed to withstand a pocket.
I'd just like to add to what the other poster responded.
You can use an ipod like a portable hard drive/flash disk as you can enable "Disk Mode" through iTunes. All your music is stored under a hidden folder called "iPod_Control". (At least on a shuffle which is what I have.) And the files are given random names for the software to handle, the screen display on a ipod is pulled from ID3 tags/iTunes database.
And I know it sounds like I've drank the Grape Kool-Aid, but you can't really understand how well the iPod/iTunes combination is until you try iTunes. iTunes is where the real power is. While I love my shuffle, I could easilly drop it for something better if it had a software package like iTunes behind it.
I have a lot of Mp3's which I've ripped myself. (I don't download, don't like the quality you get.) Many thousands of songs which I've collected over the years. I am *NOT* going to go through that and drag&drop onto a mp3 player.:-)
It's just so obvious and simple I can't understand why a real competitor to iTunes has popped up. Sure there's Windows Media Player, but it's far too "Jack-Of-All-Trades" to be refined enough.
The voice recorder you might have a point on(that and they disabled it on the mini for no other reason then to keep it a feature of the full iPods), but I don't believe the radio part. Flip a switch on the back (maybe get rid of that "non-random" mode) and you have 5 buttons to work with. Volume up & down, scan up & down - and you still have the centre button to flip between AM & FM. Tho I think most devices like that only support FM. So make it a "favorite" station, hold it down for 3 seconds to set, then just tap it to return to your fav channel.
That's 30 seconds thought from me, what should apple be able to do when it's their job??
As for the screen, I don't think the shuffle really needs one (I actually have a shuffle.), but I would like it to be able to see/set song ratings. 5 led's going down the body under the controls that can shine through the plastic like the charging light. And just squeeze the top or bottom to increase/decrese the rating.
I listen to most of my music through the shuffle now and I would hold Steve Job's illegitimate daughter ransom for that feature.
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Reality has a well-known liberal bias.
I looked up agitprop on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agitprop
*Groan*
Phantasy Star (All 4 of the originals, yes even number 3)
Total Annihilation
Virtua Fighter 2
And I'm more then sure there are a few others...
As an apartment dweller in Ontario, and thus a possible neighbor, what flammable substances are you storing??
Thanks, but I'll wait for Rocket Jockey.
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=2094
Doesn't upend 10,000 years of human habitation patterns. Yet!
:)
We're working on it.
What I'm talking about is that unless I buy the lowest end Mac available, I still couldn't use the $129 copy of Tiger.
Was it really that unclear?
So what you're saying is that it also costs $499, or more.
A ppleStore/
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/
(Of course, that could change by the end of today...)
As of yet, I've seen no way to adjust it.
Maybe they just have low production standards?
I had trouble with it too.
I tried various RSS readers but they all seemed like a pain. But what turned me around was this http://inforss.mozdev.org/ extention for Firefox.
It's like a News Ticker in your browser. Something catches your eye? Mouse over it for a more detailed discription (when available) or just click on it for the page to be loaded in a new tab!
I love it! It should come as part of the default installation!
What Linux on the desktop needs most is for those building/using Linux to understand that if someone wants a program/device/setting/etc to work or be modified a laundry list of cryptic commands is neither easy, simple or appropriate.
Time and time again I will see someone point out a issue they are having with Linux and someone will respond with talk of editing (by hand of course) a number of config files and end it with "It's easy."
But of course, that's just my opinion.
Am I reading that wrong or are they storing personal medical data on .MAC????
Shouldn't there be a whole host of privacy issues (and no doubt laws) with this?
I'd still prefer @mail.google.com.....
But I don't know why...
Let me stand up for the beating I so richly deserve.
:) Plus, there is *one* drop of blood in a movie based off of Mortal Kombat! That's pretty funny.
;)
:)
I will submit that there has been one good Video Game movie. And that movie is:
(deep breath)
Mortal Kombat.
Think about it, every charater is introduced in like the first 15 min's with a nice clipped explination of who they are and why they're there. The story fills you in on everything you need to know as to what is actually going on. And it's fun.
The fights are energetic and the "super moves" aren't stupid.
It's simply the high water mark in VG movies. Tho' I can't say it doesn't need to be surpassed.
I also could have given the first Resident Evil movie, but I never played the game so I don't know just how faithful it stays.
Now, if you excuse me, I'm just going to curl up in the fetal posistion over here and await my abuse...
Unfortunately, there's always a difference between inventing and popularizing.
Sure Xerox invented the GUI, but Apple gets the credit for giving it to the people....
I fail to see the problem. Perhaps someone can make it more clear.
:) could just be copied from the current DNS masters.
:)
But couldn't the UN simply setup their own DNS masters and the countries that don't want US control use that? dot com, edu, org, etc... (no, etc isn't one.... tho maybe it should be...
US keeps it's "control", UN get's it's "control".
Everyone feels that they are in the right and the other is in the wrong.
Just how international politics is suppose to work.
I'm sorry, but I can't agree with your argument.
Jobs unveiled it by pulling it out of his pocket. Plus, I believe the press release before the event said something along the lines of "We started this with 1000 songs in your pocket. Time to do it again."
I think both of those are pretty big endorsements of putting it in your pocket.
While that is a good point... After hearing about just how much thought apple is suppose to put in their products, I find it hard to accept that a music player that's suppose to go in your pocket isn't designed to withstand a pocket.
Very true, but only for non-protected files. I stick with MP3 'cause nothing is as universal.
:)
And I hate, read: *HATE* the term "ogg". If the was ever a example of why there are Marketing Departments in businesses.
I mean really... Is there anyone who *actually* thought OGG was a good idea?
Bah... if I don't stop now I'll end up on my "Touched by an Angel" rant...
I'd just like to add to what the other poster responded.
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:-)
You can use an ipod like a portable hard drive/flash disk as you can enable "Disk Mode" through iTunes. All your music is stored under a hidden folder called "iPod_Control". (At least on a shuffle which is what I have.) And the files are given random names for the software to handle, the screen display on a ipod is pulled from ID3 tags/iTunes database.
A small file listing from my iPod shows:
Directory of B:\iPod_Control\Music\F00
12/06/2005 11:25 PM <DIR>
12/06/2005 11:25 PM <DIR>
05/03/2005 12:21 PM 7,757,787 HXLI.mp3
09/05/2005 09:37 PM 3,803,783 QUQK.mp3
(List shortened because Slashdot is lame.)
And I know it sounds like I've drank the Grape Kool-Aid, but you can't really understand how well the iPod/iTunes combination is until you try iTunes. iTunes is where the real power is. While I love my shuffle, I could easilly drop it for something better if it had a software package like iTunes behind it.
I have a lot of Mp3's which I've ripped myself. (I don't download, don't like the quality you get.) Many thousands of songs which I've collected over the years. I am *NOT* going to go through that and drag&drop onto a mp3 player.
It's just so obvious and simple I can't understand why a real competitor to iTunes has popped up. Sure there's Windows Media Player, but it's far too "Jack-Of-All-Trades" to be refined enough.
The voice recorder you might have a point on(that and they disabled it on the mini for no other reason then to keep it a feature of the full iPods), but I don't believe the radio part. Flip a switch on the back (maybe get rid of that "non-random" mode) and you have 5 buttons to work with. Volume up & down, scan up & down - and you still have the centre button to flip between AM & FM. Tho I think most devices like that only support FM. So make it a "favorite" station, hold it down for 3 seconds to set, then just tap it to return to your fav channel.
That's 30 seconds thought from me, what should apple be able to do when it's their job??
As for the screen, I don't think the shuffle really needs one (I actually have a shuffle.), but I would like it to be able to see/set song ratings. 5 led's going down the body under the controls that can shine through the plastic like the charging light. And just squeeze the top or bottom to increase/decrese the rating.
I listen to most of my music through the shuffle now and I would hold Steve Job's illegitimate daughter ransom for that feature.
But that's just me talking....
Now... I know you meant to be funny.... but...