Get Panther, do a clean install. Then, once you've got it installed take your Restore CD and copy over the disk images from the restore disc. They are usually in a hidden directory called.images.
If you've no idea about the Terminal just do this.
cd/Volumes/Restore CD/.images ls cp nameOfImage.dmg ~/Desktop
the disk image will be on your Desktop and then you can just mount and install. Its terribly easy.
Ok. Do they have an option for putting the music on an mp3 player, iPod or what have you? That's what I do. I buy my songs put them on my iPod and then lisen to them all the time.
Different strokes for different folks I just don't see the subscription idea being as attractive. Not for me that is.
Not being a jackass Mac zealot (normally I am), but am I misinformed regarding listen.com policy that if you end your subscription you won't be able to listen to that music you've paid for? I could be right or wrong, I seek clarification.
There are companies out there that will deal to Apple on your behalf. I think they do it flat rate versus percentage. I, of course, can't think of them now but search some of the Apple news sites like Macnn and I'm sure you'll find the original story.
Oh, it would also be nice to be able to remove cover art once you've added it. The way it is now, if you make a mistake, you're stuck with the wrong cover art.
There is a compact mode that I hope you've found out by now. In fact, on the Mac, and I'm sure PC the compact mode has three different views. Also, give smart playslists a try. It will change how you listen to music. No shit. An example playlist? List all songs not played in last three months with a rating of less than two stars that begin with the letter J. That is choice. That's Apple.
What would you like them to have installed on them in the store? The two Apple stores I've been to and my nearby CompUSA have quite a few apps installed already. Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Games, Music in the iTunes Library etc...
I've also not experienced the hovering of sales people you speak of. Perhaps you've just had a bad experience at your stores.
Also, the kids section at any Apple store is precisely so even the little people can spend time with an Apple. some folks bring their kids in and let them go at it for hours at a time.
Lastly, saying its just safer there in the PC world is kinda sad. I think we all know here that staying on a Windows PC is not terribly safe considering the avalanche of virii that we hear about on the Windows platform.
As for the loaner idea, I think you're right. Tell Steve Jobs. If the car manufacturers can do it so can Apple.
granted. I wasn't thinking of Linux folk and should have made myself clear. I personally used Linux for years. Just those poor windows bastards don't know what they're missing.:)
But who really cares about boot times? My sister hasn't turned off her iMac in months. My iBook is always on and instantly wakes from sleep. You don't reboot a Mac nearly as often as you would a PC.
Well, I think this appeals to everyone not just the geek. I think the concept of buying the best you can for the money you have at the time you make your purchase is pretty common wisdom. Also, try an Apple. You will like it. Don't give it ten minutes at CompUSA, spend some time with one. I used to be just like you. Then I took the plunge. My PC is now a paper-weight.
Quote me the so-called unsubstantiated comment. I'll determine if I want to agree to that.
Now you're bringing in the Vietnam War? What brought that on? There are similarities between the American Revolution and a great many other conflicts in history. That's no revelation. It's certainly not startling. Hell, they even started in the same place, Boston.
for one, not once have I tried to insult you, with the exception of using the same insult you used against me. There's no reason to insult.
Now, I have to go all the way back to my first comment in this thread. OK, just re-read it. You're right I may have implied in my original comment that America was first. I should have used more explicit wording. Obviously you were waiting for an opportunity to get into this argument. I said that the present form had "only really been around for the life of the United States".
I never said that the United States invented these ideas or that we were exclusive in having them. Try re-reading the comment a few times. The key phrase is "life of". I was using the birth of the United States as a simple point on a timeline. Please don't argue with me that the birth of the United States was not the culmination of the Enlightenment ideals of the Founders. And, that the Enlightenment dealt greatly with capitalism and democracy. Can we at least agree on that?
Two last points.
One, I wish you weren't writing all of this anonymously. not cause I think you're a coward. There are a million reasons not to put an identity to your words. What bugs me is that I don't know if you're always seeing my replies.
Two, stop using that fucked up term "USians". What the hell is that? I know you desperately are trying to avoid calling me an American and having Canadians jump in your shit. That's fine. But, if you want to give me a title use one that is technically correct. You're obviously going for technicality. I am a United States citizen. But, technically, I am primarily a citizen of Virginia. So, in future correspondence you may refer to me as a Virginian. Thank-you.
See how easy it is to hold a conversation without calling someone a "blinkered fuck" or an "ignorant boy".
Also, we can debate the merits of the French and their affect on US independence till the cows return. For every historian that says we couldn't have won without them there is another that says we could. Personally, just to refute your insinuation, I believe we would have had a hell of a time of it without the French. I never said that we would have won without them.
totally off topic but this really is beginning to bug me now.
this article was the most confusing read I've ever seen. the entire thing is in italics but only a third of it is relevant. the other 2 thirds is opinion of the submitter.
CmdrTaco, what the hell is going on? in the last year things on slashdot have really gone to hell. Normally I would shout down someone making a post like this but its gone too far.
We've seen numerous re-posts and even re-re-posts. the stories at times have been utterly out of touch with their hype. headlines don't reflect the reality of linked articles that obviously the/. editors don't even look at.
Taco, I love slashdot. I really do. But, man, seriously you need to do something. Crack the whip on your boys. Care again. If not you will lose eyeballs. This isn't an idle possibility.
With the prevalence of RSS feeds more and more slashdotters are getting the info first hand days before/. posts it. less and less am I even hitting/.s front page.
the quality of slashdot is dropping. We've seen a swift decline in the last year. Games.slashdot and a new navigation sidebar is not going to change things. Content, we all know, is king.
I... I can't even conjure a proper response to that. I'll try.
Firstly, Thomas Paine was a twit who only wrote one piece worth mentioning, Common Sense, after which he was an utter waste.
Capitalism, in its present form, wasn't really codified until Wealth of Nations. I'm quite aware, written by a Brit.
Freedom may have been around forever, as a concept, but the United States made it happen. All those theories and concepts that everyone was coming up with, not just the Brits, were actually implemented in the United States.
As for being a "blinkered fucking USian patriot" you might in the future consider not being such a blinkered fucking anti-american. There's 300 million of us. Do you honestly believe that all of us share the same mind on all matters?
As for Bush. It is my opinion that Bush is the greatest threat to freedom, democracy and capitalism in the history of my country. It's my fear that my people will be condemned to decades trying to reverse many of the policies that Bush has implemented.
Something that I don't understand and that I think a great many Americans don't understand is why so many of you hate us. We don't hate you. We make jokes about Canadian speech patterns, British food, French snobbery but we don't hate you. We don't go to sleep at night dreaming of the downfall of Chretien. Most of us don't even know who he is. Not because we're stupid. Because we don't care. Americans care about raising their kids, getting a nice house, seeing a good movie. In the back of our minds we consider that somewhere someone is suffering so that we can have all our luxuries. We, at times, feel bad about it.
Why don't we do anything? If we feel so bad for the people in sweat shops why don't we stop that practice? Why don't the people in the sweat shops rise up on their own? Why do they need our help? Americans may not have many hard fast beliefs but I believe we all trust in self-determination and self-reliance. Those are the values my nation was built on. No one helped us win the Revolution until the French late in the game (for that I honor the French and Lafayette).
So, in the future, get your head out of your ass. Meet some real Americans. Get a different view on the world than the one you cling to in which the United States is now the Evil Empire. Visit us. Spend some time with some of us. Get to know us. Come see a movie.
what I'm saying is that Rome's conquest was, too them, complete, and lasted centuries longer then we've been around. When Democratic-Republic/Capitalism has been around longer then the Roman Empire or the Persian Empire or any other empire that pretty much thought they had this whole conquest thing sewn up then I'll get cocky. In the meantime some economist/poli-sci student is out there inventing the new world and preparing for the revolution.
everyone keeps saying that Apple needs to incorporate a method for reselling songs in iTunes. Why? Despite what you might think that would cost Apple money. They'd have to hack something together, pay bandwidth, server costs, etc.
Isn't that like saying the grocery store needs to build a second grocery store so you can have a place to sell the canned food you've decided you don't like?
Slashdot Mirror
Get Panther, do a clean install. Then, once you've got it installed take your Restore CD and copy over the disk images from the restore disc. They are usually in a hidden directory called .images.
/Volumes/Restore CD/.images
If you've no idea about the Terminal just do this.
cd
ls
cp nameOfImage.dmg ~/Desktop
the disk image will be on your Desktop and then you can just mount and install. Its terribly easy.
Ok. Do they have an option for putting the music on an mp3 player, iPod or what have you? That's what I do. I buy my songs put them on my iPod and then lisen to them all the time.
Different strokes for different folks I just don't see the subscription idea being as attractive. Not for me that is.
Not being a jackass Mac zealot (normally I am), but am I misinformed regarding listen.com policy that if you end your subscription you won't be able to listen to that music you've paid for? I could be right or wrong, I seek clarification.
There are companies out there that will deal to Apple on your behalf. I think they do it flat rate versus percentage. I, of course, can't think of them now but search some of the Apple news sites like Macnn and I'm sure you'll find the original story.
Steve Jobs made that announcement at the event. You can watch the quicktime movie of the event at apple.com.
Shut the fuck up! I'm so fucking tired of hearing death of this, death of that. Fucking fuckety fuck.
Ok. Sorry. Continue.
Oh, it would also be nice to be able to remove cover art once you've added it. The way it is now, if you make a mistake, you're stuck with the wrong cover art.
hit delete.
There is a compact mode that I hope you've found out by now. In fact, on the Mac, and I'm sure PC the compact mode has three different views. Also, give smart playslists a try. It will change how you listen to music. No shit. An example playlist? List all songs not played in last three months with a rating of less than two stars that begin with the letter J. That is choice. That's Apple.
The indie lables are coming. Rounder Records and Matador Records already have their catalog available on iTunes.
What would you like them to have installed on them in the store? The two Apple stores I've been to and my nearby CompUSA have quite a few apps installed already. Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Games, Music in the iTunes Library etc...
I've also not experienced the hovering of sales people you speak of. Perhaps you've just had a bad experience at your stores.
Also, the kids section at any Apple store is precisely so even the little people can spend time with an Apple. some folks bring their kids in and let them go at it for hours at a time.
Lastly, saying its just safer there in the PC world is kinda sad. I think we all know here that staying on a Windows PC is not terribly safe considering the avalanche of virii that we hear about on the Windows platform.
As for the loaner idea, I think you're right. Tell Steve Jobs. If the car manufacturers can do it so can Apple.
granted. I wasn't thinking of Linux folk and should have made myself clear. I personally used Linux for years. Just those poor windows bastards don't know what they're missing. :)
But who really cares about boot times? My sister hasn't turned off her iMac in months. My iBook is always on and instantly wakes from sleep. You don't reboot a Mac nearly as often as you would a PC.
Well, I think this appeals to everyone not just the geek. I think the concept of buying the best you can for the money you have at the time you make your purchase is pretty common wisdom. Also, try an Apple. You will like it. Don't give it ten minutes at CompUSA, spend some time with one. I used to be just like you. Then I took the plunge. My PC is now a paper-weight.
and on your cue... :)
in the Mac world there is AudioHijack. Does this all quite well. Takes any audio and routes it through AudioHijack which spits out an AIFF.
you're still posting anonymously.
"USian" is moronic and still not correct.
Quote me the so-called unsubstantiated comment. I'll determine if I want to agree to that.
Now you're bringing in the Vietnam War? What brought that on? There are similarities between the American Revolution and a great many other conflicts in history. That's no revelation. It's certainly not startling. Hell, they even started in the same place, Boston.
:)
:)
I was trying to be nice.
dear god this won't ever end.
for one, not once have I tried to insult you, with the exception of using the same insult you used against me. There's no reason to insult.
Now, I have to go all the way back to my first comment in this thread. OK, just re-read it. You're right I may have implied in my original comment that America was first. I should have used more explicit wording. Obviously you were waiting for an opportunity to get into this argument. I said that the present form had "only really been around for the life of the United States".
I never said that the United States invented these ideas or that we were exclusive in having them. Try re-reading the comment a few times. The key phrase is "life of". I was using the birth of the United States as a simple point on a timeline. Please don't argue with me that the birth of the United States was not the culmination of the Enlightenment ideals of the Founders. And, that the Enlightenment dealt greatly with capitalism and democracy. Can we at least agree on that?
Two last points.
One, I wish you weren't writing all of this anonymously. not cause I think you're a coward. There are a million reasons not to put an identity to your words. What bugs me is that I don't know if you're always seeing my replies.
Two, stop using that fucked up term "USians". What the hell is that? I know you desperately are trying to avoid calling me an American and having Canadians jump in your shit. That's fine. But, if you want to give me a title use one that is technically correct. You're obviously going for technicality. I am a United States citizen. But, technically, I am primarily a citizen of Virginia. So, in future correspondence you may refer to me as a Virginian. Thank-you.
See how easy it is to hold a conversation without calling someone a "blinkered fuck" or an "ignorant boy".
Also, we can debate the merits of the French and their affect on US independence till the cows return. For every historian that says we couldn't have won without them there is another that says we could. Personally, just to refute your insinuation, I believe we would have had a hell of a time of it without the French. I never said that we would have won without them.
I so look forward to our next exchange.
totally off topic but this really is beginning to bug me now.
/. editors don't even look at.
/. posts it. less and less am I even hitting /.s front page.
this article was the most confusing read I've ever seen. the entire thing is in italics but only a third of it is relevant. the other 2 thirds is opinion of the submitter.
CmdrTaco, what the hell is going on? in the last year things on slashdot have really gone to hell. Normally I would shout down someone making a post like this but its gone too far.
We've seen numerous re-posts and even re-re-posts. the stories at times have been utterly out of touch with their hype. headlines don't reflect the reality of linked articles that obviously the
Taco, I love slashdot. I really do. But, man, seriously you need to do something. Crack the whip on your boys. Care again. If not you will lose eyeballs. This isn't an idle possibility.
With the prevalence of RSS feeds more and more slashdotters are getting the info first hand days before
the quality of slashdot is dropping. We've seen a swift decline in the last year. Games.slashdot and a new navigation sidebar is not going to change things. Content, we all know, is king.
I... I can't even conjure a proper response to that. I'll try.
Firstly, Thomas Paine was a twit who only wrote one piece worth mentioning, Common Sense, after which he was an utter waste.
Capitalism, in its present form, wasn't really codified until Wealth of Nations. I'm quite aware, written by a Brit.
Freedom may have been around forever, as a concept, but the United States made it happen. All those theories and concepts that everyone was coming up with, not just the Brits, were actually implemented in the United States.
As for being a "blinkered fucking USian patriot" you might in the future consider not being such a blinkered fucking anti-american. There's 300 million of us. Do you honestly believe that all of us share the same mind on all matters?
As for Bush. It is my opinion that Bush is the greatest threat to freedom, democracy and capitalism in the history of my country. It's my fear that my people will be condemned to decades trying to reverse many of the policies that Bush has implemented.
Something that I don't understand and that I think a great many Americans don't understand is why so many of you hate us. We don't hate you. We make jokes about Canadian speech patterns, British food, French snobbery but we don't hate you. We don't go to sleep at night dreaming of the downfall of Chretien. Most of us don't even know who he is. Not because we're stupid. Because we don't care. Americans care about raising their kids, getting a nice house, seeing a good movie. In the back of our minds we consider that somewhere someone is suffering so that we can have all our luxuries. We, at times, feel bad about it.
Why don't we do anything? If we feel so bad for the people in sweat shops why don't we stop that practice? Why don't the people in the sweat shops rise up on their own? Why do they need our help? Americans may not have many hard fast beliefs but I believe we all trust in self-determination and self-reliance. Those are the values my nation was built on. No one helped us win the Revolution until the French late in the game (for that I honor the French and Lafayette).
So, in the future, get your head out of your ass. Meet some real Americans. Get a different view on the world than the one you cling to in which the United States is now the Evil Empire. Visit us. Spend some time with some of us. Get to know us. Come see a movie.
what I'm saying is that Rome's conquest was, too them, complete, and lasted centuries longer then we've been around. When Democratic-Republic/Capitalism has been around longer then the Roman Empire or the Persian Empire or any other empire that pretty much thought they had this whole conquest thing sewn up then I'll get cocky. In the meantime some economist/poli-sci student is out there inventing the new world and preparing for the revolution.
democracy and capitalism, in its present form, have only really been around for the life of the United States. That's only a couple hundred+ years.
The Roman Empire was around much longer and they thought that the Roman way had conquered the world too.
hell, we've been saying the state of slashdot has been deteriorating for years.
my most humble apologies on behalf of all Americans. A great many of us, sadly, are twits.
We're also responsible for labels on hair dryers warning that you not use them in the shower.
alright, at least you have an idea. Now go convince Jobs.
everyone keeps saying that Apple needs to incorporate a method for reselling songs in iTunes. Why? Despite what you might think that would cost Apple money. They'd have to hack something together, pay bandwidth, server costs, etc.
Isn't that like saying the grocery store needs to build a second grocery store so you can have a place to sell the canned food you've decided you don't like?