actually, i have a 5-button+scroll mouse plugged into my ibook
the button i use the *least* is the right button! almost never use it!
i have the others mapped to far more useful functions - change safari tabs, close window, check mail, paste, etc etc
i agree that if they made 2 button mice developers would get lazy and whack in bloated contextual menus - maybe if they brought out a 4 button mouse with two side buttons, a scroll wheel and NO right button????:)
we had a unit that was basically a scam to make you buy the lecturer's (crapass and expensive) book
in very few of my undergrad courses did you even need to buy the book (library copies or not at all usually surficed), but in this unit you were *required* - come on!
i changed out of that unit but still had to listen to my friend's complaints
then again, i had another unit where the lectuer co-write the book because there were no decent books on the subject and it was really good and useful (and also cheap)
Competition is the only thing that drives true capitalism. If we allow competition to be taken away (such as with Apple not licensing their protected AAC), then we end up with broken capitalism and more monopolies like MS.
capitalism is based on the desire to become a bullshit monopoly like MS, and make as much money as possible
IIRC in australia anything original you do is automatically copyrighted- you dont have to file for anything.
from http://www.copyright.org.au/page12.htm
There is no government registration system for copyright protection in Australia. You do not need to publish your work, put a copyright notice on it, or to do anything else to be covered by copyright -- the protection is free and automatic. There are no forms to fill in, and there are no fees to be paid. You do not have to lodge your work with a government agency or anwhere else.
If something is covered by the Copyright Act, it is protected automatically from the time it is first written down or recorded in some way, provided it has resulted from its creator's skill and effort and is not simply copied from another work. For example, as soon as a poem is written, or a song is recorded, it is protected.
so if someone copy and pastes your news article or blog entry you can demand their isp to remove it i guess
hmmm interesting - i wonder if copying the copyright page is violation enough:P
Safari is pretty good at blocking popups - my banking site has a link to my credit card rewards program. if i have popups blocked I can't even get to the rewards site
though i'm now a bit concerned if i have to get to the (secure) site by turning off popups!
"0. Don't waste your time explainig to them what the problem is because they don't have the patience to listen to the entire explanation you are more than willing to give to them."
so true... but I wonder on the side if telling them they might lose all their data to repair is a good or bad thing....
good: they are prepared for the worst. if you cant be fucekd fixing it properly, you can format/reinstall with no worries. if you can fix it easily, or even take your time, they will think you are the best.
bad: they get stressed out. they worry it will happen all the time. when you do fix it, they get confused and think they have lost everything anyway. if they cant find something, its your fault. you may have to start doing their backups.
I agree with the OS X updates thing - none of my family will install them (doesnt help that they are on dialup either) so I now put them all on a cd/ipod and bring it over ever so often
that said, the last time my mum *did* leave her computer doing a software update it froze/went to sleep/black screen that wouldnt respond , so she rebooted and *BAM* so more startup disk and three hours of diskwarrior/reinstall panther later it was fixed but URG!
i think i shall now suggest no updating by themselves... its safer, easier and one less thing to teach them... and like you said, its unlikely to make a huge difference anyway
Linux doesn't cut it, for a lot of uses that a lot of people find important. Until there's a full WYSIWYG PDF editor like Adobe Acrobat (no, 'print to PDF' and 'PDF viewer' doesn't do it), until there's a powerful Sound editor like Cool Edit, it won't suffice for me. And those are just two instances.
i still think its crazy to want to edit pdf documents directly. pdf lets ppl share documents that are easily readable, printable, fast and free of virii. if you want someone to *edit* your work, send a text file or word doc, or latex source
If you're out one day, and the Vanilla Ice CD suddenly sounds like a great idea, you can always load it up next time you're at the computer.
I like to carry my entire music collection around *precisely* for this reason - if I suddenly think "ooh! i really feel like listening to *blah*" then I want to listen to it *NOW*!! thats the whole point!
yes, this happens all the time, and i love that fact that i dont have sync with the computer 24/7 - in fact, that only time I even sync my ipod is when the battery goes dead
iphoto integrates into the os already pretty well... ilife, desktop backgrounds/screen savers etc... tho i agree its weird
however the major point noone seems to have touched on is : iphoto craps itself with more than a couple gigs of photos! if you use a library manager your syncing is going to be a pain
im serious here... there is nothing worse than a colour screen with unchangable hideous screen-stealing icons! (my nokia mobile is the worst.. ugg.. gimme text only)
i have faith in apple tho... their interfaces are usually nice and clean... i hope the colour menus are too
exactly- they have to sell ipods (and ipodphotos) to win users if they want to make a bundle
what i was hoping for though was syncing in iphoto *as well* if you have a mac... though maybe this would just be more complex. given how well iphoto integrates with the rest of os x i suppose integrating it with itunes isnt such a big deal!
one thing tho: iphoto is a beast with more than a gig of photos - if it doesnt crash or will even let u import more photos - 60gb in one iphoto library?? GET REAL!! i use iphotolibrary manager, which is great - but i can see syncing being a bitch when i have to change libraries all the time!
sure u can set the whole directory... but will this use your albums from multiple libraries?
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they arent powered and they are USB 1
thats why you dont need the extra buttons
:)
actually, i have a 5-button+scroll mouse plugged into my ibook
the button i use the *least* is the right button! almost never use it!
i have the others mapped to far more useful functions - change safari tabs, close window, check mail, paste, etc etc
i agree that if they made 2 button mice developers would get lazy and whack in bloated contextual menus - maybe if they brought out a 4 button mouse with two side buttons, a scroll wheel and NO right button????
parents choose to have their kids. this "sacrificed" business is bullshit - if you have kids, you put them first.
there is nothing worse than parents making their kids feel guilty for being kids and expecting their parents to look after them!
we had a unit that was basically a scam to make you buy the lecturer's (crapass and expensive) book
in very few of my undergrad courses did you even need to buy the book (library copies or not at all usually surficed), but in this unit you were *required* - come on!
i changed out of that unit but still had to listen to my friend's complaints
then again, i had another unit where the lectuer co-write the book because there were no decent books on the subject and it was really good and useful (and also cheap)
the cinema display panels are *not* the same as those in the g5 imac, otherwise your argument would hold
the quality of the cinema displays is far greater
though the rumours are the emac will be bumped up to a g5
if the emac doesnt increase (which it really cant) then the g4 headless will have to be much (at least 100-200$USD) cheaper
no, it doesnt.
all the info about the song present in an mp3 file is *still there* when you expand it out to burn to cd.
you can't fill in the blanks of the info you lost when converting *to* mp3, but you dont *degrade* anything in the other direction.
sheesh!
Competition is the only thing that drives true capitalism. If we allow competition to be taken away (such as with Apple not licensing their protected AAC), then we end up with broken capitalism and more monopolies like MS.
capitalism is based on the desire to become a bullshit monopoly like MS, and make as much money as possible
its not some perfect ideal system
since everyone else has mentioned using macs or mac cases, i would say colorware deserves a mention
though they aren't apple-only anyway
Also try correct commas in lists, lists and more lists.
ahh ok, makes sense
thanks for the info
IIRC in australia anything original you do is automatically copyrighted- you dont have to file for anything.
:P
from http://www.copyright.org.au/page12.htm
There is no government registration system for copyright protection in Australia. You do not need to publish your work, put a copyright notice on it, or to do anything else to be covered by copyright -- the protection is free and automatic. There are no forms to fill in, and there are no fees to be paid. You do not have to lodge your work with a government agency or anwhere else.
If something is covered by the Copyright Act, it is protected automatically from the time it is first written down or recorded in some way, provided it has resulted from its creator's skill and effort and is not simply copied from another work. For example, as soon as a poem is written, or a song is recorded, it is protected.
so if someone copy and pastes your news article or blog entry you can demand their isp to remove it i guess
hmmm interesting - i wonder if copying the copyright page is violation enough
but yeah, fucked overall.
Safari is pretty good at blocking popups - my banking site has a link to my credit card rewards program. if i have popups blocked I can't even get to the rewards site
though i'm now a bit concerned if i have to get to the (secure) site by turning off popups!
I swear the universe makes these trades happen
case in point: saturday night. hidelously drunken. need lift home, no cabs. call mum. drives to party, takes me home to my house (not same as hers).
sunday night. mum's computer goes bam. me drive over. need cds from friends house where party was. drive there, drive back. fix puter. go home.
so basically calling my mum up at 1am to pick me up ended up with me driving the same distances the next night to fix computer.
bloody universe!!!
"0. Don't waste your time explainig to them what the problem is because they don't have the patience to listen to the entire explanation you are more than willing to give to them."
so true... but I wonder on the side if telling them they might lose all their data to repair is a good or bad thing....
good: they are prepared for the worst. if you cant be fucekd fixing it properly, you can format/reinstall with no worries. if you can fix it easily, or even take your time, they will think you are the best.
bad: they get stressed out. they worry it will happen all the time. when you do fix it, they get confused and think they have lost everything anyway. if they cant find something, its your fault. you may have to start doing their backups.
hmm... the dilemma.
I agree with the OS X updates thing - none of my family will install them (doesnt help that they are on dialup either) so I now put them all on a cd/ipod and bring it over ever so often
that said, the last time my mum *did* leave her computer doing a software update it froze/went to sleep/black screen that wouldnt respond , so she rebooted and *BAM* so more startup disk and three hours of diskwarrior/reinstall panther later it was fixed but URG!
i think i shall now suggest no updating by themselves... its safer, easier and one less thing to teach them... and like you said, its unlikely to make a huge difference anyway
I have convinced my mum, brother and sister to all get macs
at least now when I have to "fix" them, its a (reasonably) pleasant experience
i told them all if they got XP and it went to shit, I wouldn't help
dont underestimate the power of withholding tech support!
Agreed.
my dad's internet banking just wont run properly under firefox, so he needs IE as well
I just have to keep prodding him everything time opens IE for non-internet banking related web browsing!
haha! i was so going to post that
i love the follow up lines tho
Oz: What's that? Pause it.
Xander: Guys! It's just a normal VCR. It doesn't... Oh wait, uh, it can do pause.
i still think its crazy to want to edit pdf documents directly. pdf lets ppl share documents that are easily readable, printable, fast and free of virii. if you want someone to *edit* your work, send a text file or word doc, or latex source
I like to carry my entire music collection around *precisely* for this reason - if I suddenly think "ooh! i really feel like listening to *blah*" then I want to listen to it *NOW*!! thats the whole point!
yes, this happens all the time, and i love that fact that i dont have sync with the computer 24/7 - in fact, that only time I even sync my ipod is when the battery goes dead
iphoto integrates into the os already pretty well... ilife, desktop backgrounds/screen savers etc... tho i agree its weird
however the major point noone seems to have touched on is : iphoto craps itself with more than a couple gigs of photos! if you use a library manager your syncing is going to be a pain
anyone else see this as a prob?
im serious here... there is nothing worse than a colour screen with unchangable hideous screen-stealing icons! (my nokia mobile is the worst.. ugg.. gimme text only)
i have faith in apple tho... their interfaces are usually nice and clean... i hope the colour menus are too
exactly- they have to sell ipods (and ipodphotos) to win users if they want to make a bundle
what i was hoping for though was syncing in iphoto *as well* if you have a mac... though maybe this would just be more complex. given how well iphoto integrates with the rest of os x i suppose integrating it with itunes isnt such a big deal!
one thing tho: iphoto is a beast with more than a gig of photos - if it doesnt crash or will even let u import more photos - 60gb in one iphoto library?? GET REAL!! i use iphotolibrary manager, which is great - but i can see syncing being a bitch when i have to change libraries all the time!
sure u can set the whole directory... but will this use your albums from multiple libraries?
well the 40GB ipodphoto is 799$AUD
the gmini400 is 749$AUD
i know which id buy (esp with a student apple discount on top... though the 40gb price isnt appearing on the student site atm)
perhaps in the US its difference, but over here we have to pay a sh*t load anyway