No, the problem is as trivial as he said; it's just that the original plan seems to have been much more grandiose. Come to think of it, if they *had* gotten the funding to send a DVD to every school in the country, wouldn't we be getting a story long the lines of "Congress Doesn't Know Internet Exists!!!"
Those headlines would be as cluelessly inflammatory as a typical kdawson post.
Making something available to everyone != Delivering it to everyone. One approach results in a much, much higher rate of adoption.
the fact that they can't ship out the disk-copy to those 3 schools that have computers but no internet.
Although TFA is somewhat vague on the point, it seems the problem is not quite that trivial.
Cool School was planned to be shared throughout every US elementary schools until its funding was slashed by Congress. The game is now being digitally distributed, and its spread through the country's school systems is much slower than originally intended.
Ironically, Woz also relates how his comments on Apple may get taken out of context:
[Jobs] calls me and he says he doesn't like something that I was reputed to have said. But he gets it out of context. A reporter's seized on a comment and strung along with that. I'm very positive on Apple, but I'll also point out things that could be better, or aren't the way I'd like them to be.
To that point, several journalists have picked up this story with a very negative slant:
Lest anyone think this demonstrates that Road Runner is intentionally blocking Google, the trick here is that you can arbitrarily edit the string after ?origURL= to produce a page describing any website couldn't be found.
I was about to surmise that metric is popular in many scientific and engineering applications simply because a length-time-mass system, but it seems my perception of the Imperial system as using length-time-weight fundamentals is outdated. [wikipedia.org - 3d paragraph]
Over the years, the Internet and its resulting commercialization have lead to some truly awful buzzwords and mangling of the language (may the person who first coined "blog" rot in hell)... --
Insisting on "correct" English is like saying that there is only one, definitive recipe for chili.
Funny, your post and your sig seem to be at odds with each other.
Yes, lots of devices from numerous makers will play AAC. The myth stems from the fact that only iTunes and iPods can play DRM'd AACs purchased from iTMS.
Since there was (for most consumers) no practical distinction prior to iTunes Plus, the media and half-clueful consumers both have tended to conflate the format with the DRM.
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Those headlines would be as cluelessly inflammatory as a typical kdawson post.
Making something available to everyone != Delivering it to everyone. One approach results in a much, much higher rate of adoption.
Apple is now apparently denying that there is a done deal for the Beatles' catalog.
And there is currently no mention of the Rachel Marsden or spending issues. Seems there was an edit war going on.
Works in Guantanamo!
Lest anyone think this demonstrates that Road Runner is intentionally blocking Google, the trick here is that you can arbitrarily edit the string after ?origURL= to produce a page describing any website couldn't be found.
... is the most excellent euphemistic allusion to a metaphor that I've seen in a while.
I was about to surmise that metric is popular in many scientific and engineering applications simply because a length-time-mass system, but it seems my perception of the Imperial system as using length-time-weight fundamentals is outdated. [wikipedia.org - 3d paragraph]
standard != monopoly
competition != format war
You mean besides the prospect of a fraud trial that would have been open and shut on the merits (and implicated their fundamental business model)?
(IANAL)
Actually, I think this post is another example of Nihonglish: English speakers with just enough elementary Japanese to get it wrong.
. o O ( Oh, in Japanese it would be fainaru no fantashi, huh? So the meaning would be "Fantasy of Finality!" I'm so smart... )
I nominate "Lego bricked" or just "Legoed," because you can build on it.
Yes, lots of devices from numerous makers will play AAC. The myth stems from the fact that only iTunes and iPods can play DRM'd AACs purchased from iTMS.
Since there was (for most consumers) no practical distinction prior to iTunes Plus, the media and half-clueful consumers both have tended to conflate the format with the DRM.