Apple computers may have great hardware. Other computers also have great hardware. Back in "the day" Apple may have had a corner on the market for desktop PC quality. I don't believe that this is the case today.
I think the Win/Mac argument boils down to taste. Some people like Pepsi. Others like Coca Cola. Is one OS superior to the other? Probably not. Is one corporation superior to the other? Probably not. Apple can play the bully just like M$.
Are Apple's expensive? Yes. Are they too expensive? That depends on your budget. If you're willing to shell out the $$$ for an Apple, feel free. If it suits your needs and your budget, go right ahead. I won't be joining you though.
Ever ride in a Lamborghini Countach? It's the most uncomfortable vehicle I've ever been in. It's not cheap either.
As for the 'novice' remark... I just repeated it from an earlier post and I happen to agree. The MacOS is easier for a novice to deal with than WinX. This doesn't mean that the MacOS is unsuitable for an expert.
Okay... so the finder is wonderful. Excellent software doesn't justify the high cost of Apple hardware.
After making the switch from Apple to the evil empire, it seems to me that there is just one reason why the Mac OS is simpler to deal with than Win. Limited variables.
Like you said, Apple is great for the novice. I have two that I keep for my children to use.
In the Wired article it states, "The number of surfers who click on ad banners has already dwindled to an average of about two-tenths of 1 percent. If readers don't even look at graphics on a Web site, that number might not go up anytime soon."
If this is true, maybe we'll see a decrease in the use of banners.
Keep in mind, the study focused on internet NEWS readers. I would assume that you can take some of this and apply it to the behavior of the average web-surfer. My guess is that there will be more studies with other types of webpages.
...after an exhaustive two year study, The Stanford Pointer Project has concluded that the average/. reader doesn't see the banner nor does he/she notice the various subject-specific icons. Study also concluded that attention of the average reader fixated on stories about Natalie Portman. Interesting note: The average reader experienced difficulties focusing on posts by a user named OOG.
It's a waste of time. The musicians will be no more successful at protecting their music than DirecTV is at keeping pirates from decrypting their satellite broadcasts.
But... the cost will be high and will in turn be used to justify an $18 CD.
De path of de righteous Gungan is beset on all sides by de inequities of de selfish and de tyranny of evil men. Blessed is hesa, whosa in de name of charity and gooda will, shepherds de weak through de valley of darkness, for hesa is truly hisa brother's keeper and de finder of lost children. And my will strike down upon yousa with maxibig vengeance and cawazy anger dosen who would attempt to crunch mesa brothers. And yousa will know mesa name is the Lord whensa my lay mesa vengeance upon yousa.
The last elitist pig statement was meant as sarcasm.
Here's my point... statements such as "These homepages lack any worthwhile content..." and the like ring as elitist and/or corporate to me.
Certainly, the internet was created for the transfer of information. Now that it has become open to the unwashed masses, it has become a forum for expression, some good, some bad some ugly.
Is all web content worthwhile? Maybe, maybe not. Go ahead and post pictures of your pets, pr0n, and poetry. I'm not one to judge and I distrust anyone who thinks they can.
IMHO, personal pages (however worthy) are the only thing that keeps the internet from becoming one huge marketing tool like television.
These homepages lack any worthwhile content and thus spoil the signal to noise ratio of the internet, making it almost impossible to use a search engine to track down useful information.
yadda yadda
...weed out people with a Geocities homepage mentality.
Bullshit. Believe it or not, there are quite a few pages on Geocities worth reading, IMHO.
Now, if we could just find a way to silence the elitist pigs, we could increase the signal to noise ratio considerably.
As long as there are idiots, we'll have lawyers. In the article, AOL states, "AOL makes it very easy for its subscribers to turn off pop-ups, so that they don't receive them.".
My guess is that these people come from the same shallow end of the gene-pool as those that haven't learned how to turn the caps lock off.
Of course, it's AOL. What did you expect? Rocket scientists?
I can walk into my neighborhood coffee shop and pick up a newspaper and read it with my coffee in the morning... without paying a cent.
This is off the topic, but I find it interesting that if you changed the media, say from "newspaper" to "music CD", you would be violating someone's fair use policy.
I don't know what state you're from but the reason that there are no lines at the California DMV has nothing to do with the internet. It's because CA DMV conducts most business by mail. They do not want to see you in the office. Dealing with people in person is considered a waste of time, I guess.
IMHO, she should go after the company that performed the investigation. I could be wrong, but I doubt that her application provided protection for the investigative service. If the investigator missed such easy details as date of birth and SSN, how thorough can they be? Sue them for negligence and recoup the lost wages. Unless her company performed the check themselves, it's none of their business and they shouldn't be offended.
She could try contacting the ACLU maybe they have experience with this sort of thing.
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That's entirely your prerogative. Name one business that makes everyone (I mean absolutely EVERYONE) happy.
I believe Deja can do whatever they want with their archive. Keep it. Delete it. Anything.
Justification is hardly necessary.
As a PBEM Diplomacy player, I find the show interesting. That's what this game is after all. Diplomacy.
Yes.
Apple computers may have great hardware. Other computers also have great hardware. Back in "the day" Apple may have had a corner on the market for desktop PC quality. I don't believe that this is the case today.
I think the Win/Mac argument boils down to taste. Some people like Pepsi. Others like Coca Cola. Is one OS superior to the other? Probably not. Is one corporation superior to the other? Probably not. Apple can play the bully just like M$.
Are Apple's expensive? Yes. Are they too expensive? That depends on your budget. If you're willing to shell out the $$$ for an Apple, feel free. If it suits your needs and your budget, go right ahead. I won't be joining you though.
Ever ride in a Lamborghini Countach? It's the most uncomfortable vehicle I've ever been in. It's not cheap either.
As for the 'novice' remark... I just repeated it from an earlier post and I happen to agree. The MacOS is easier for a novice to deal with than WinX. This doesn't mean that the MacOS is unsuitable for an expert.
Okay... so the finder is wonderful. Excellent software doesn't justify the high cost of Apple hardware.
After making the switch from Apple to the evil empire, it seems to me that there is just one reason why the Mac OS is simpler to deal with than Win. Limited variables.
Like you said, Apple is great for the novice. I have two that I keep for my children to use.
Well said...
Joe Brancatelli says much the same in Apple's Driven Me To Wintel.
The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy. But these are new. They look human. Sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot.
Oh yeah... it's perfect alright. $25 for the full-up round is a bit steep, IMHO. Once the 30-day demo runs out, it's gone.
I'm hoping this discussion degenerates to a FITALY vs. QWERTY and DVORJAK flame war. [vbg].
Damn 120 character limit...
Man... I need to pay more attention to AlertBox. Nielsen's abridged version is much easier to read than mucking through the Poynter page.
Wired also has a good article on the study.
In the Wired article it states, "The number of surfers who click on ad banners has already dwindled to an average of about two-tenths of 1 percent. If readers don't even look at graphics on a Web site, that number might not go up anytime soon."
If this is true, maybe we'll see a decrease in the use of banners.
Keep in mind, the study focused on internet NEWS readers. I would assume that you can take some of this and apply it to the behavior of the average web-surfer. My guess is that there will be more studies with other types of webpages.
It's a waste of time. The musicians will be no more successful at protecting their music than DirecTV is at keeping pirates from decrypting their satellite broadcasts.
But... the cost will be high and will in turn be used to justify an $18 CD.
Absolutely. There's a guide posted at http://www.geocitie s.com/Hollywood/Land/8346/gungan_dialect.htm.
Can you see Jar Jar as Jules?
De path of de righteous Gungan is beset on all sides by de inequities of de selfish and de tyranny of evil men. Blessed is hesa, whosa in de name of charity and gooda will, shepherds de weak through de valley of darkness, for hesa is truly hisa brother's keeper and de finder of lost children. And my will strike down upon yousa with maxibig vengeance and cawazy anger dosen who would attempt to crunch mesa brothers. And yousa will know mesa name is the Lord whensa my lay mesa vengeance upon yousa.
The last elitist pig statement was meant as sarcasm.
Here's my point... statements such as "These homepages lack any worthwhile content..." and the like ring as elitist and/or corporate to me.
Certainly, the internet was created for the transfer of information. Now that it has become open to the unwashed masses, it has become a forum for expression, some good, some bad some ugly.
Is all web content worthwhile? Maybe, maybe not. Go ahead and post pictures of your pets, pr0n, and poetry. I'm not one to judge and I distrust anyone who thinks they can.
IMHO, personal pages (however worthy) are the only thing that keeps the internet from becoming one huge marketing tool like television.
These homepages lack any worthwhile content and thus spoil the signal to noise ratio of the internet, making it almost impossible to use a search engine to track down useful information.
yadda yadda
Bullshit. Believe it or not, there are quite a few pages on Geocities worth reading, IMHO.
Now, if we could just find a way to silence the elitist pigs, we could increase the signal to noise ratio considerably.
As long as there are idiots, we'll have lawyers. In the article, AOL states, "AOL makes it very easy for its subscribers to turn off pop-ups, so that they don't receive them.".
My guess is that these people come from the same shallow end of the gene-pool as those that haven't learned how to turn the caps lock off.
Of course, it's AOL. What did you expect? Rocket scientists?
I can walk into my neighborhood coffee shop and pick up a newspaper and read it with my coffee in the morning... without paying a cent.
This is off the topic, but I find it interesting that if you changed the media, say from "newspaper" to "music CD", you would be violating someone's fair use policy.
...but not the U.S. Government. I still have to stand in line to VOTE.
I don't know what state you're from but the reason that there are no lines at the California DMV has nothing to do with the internet. It's because CA DMV conducts most business by mail. They do not want to see you in the office. Dealing with people in person is considered a waste of time, I guess.
California is also doing some good things. The transportation department provides information on road conditions online.
IMHO, she should go after the company that performed the investigation. I could be wrong, but I doubt that her application provided protection for the investigative service. If the investigator missed such easy details as date of birth and SSN, how thorough can they be? Sue them for negligence and recoup the lost wages. Unless her company performed the check themselves, it's none of their business and they shouldn't be offended.
She could try contacting the ACLU maybe they have experience with this sort of thing.
Bummer man... you had a really funny thought running and then you had to bait the Evangelistas with the "inbred Mackintosh rejects" comment.
Maybe next time. HAND.