Have any idea how to get active directory to stop hanging our macs for 5-15 seconds every 5 minutes or so? Really tired of the beachball and having to retype thing that the keyboard buffer didn't catch.
Like the other replies below, I find your theory fairly credible, actually. Their government has lost enough face over the poor showing by TEPCO that they probably want to take good care of the shred of a cheek they have left.
A government that actually did its job in this instance (protect the citizens' rights). Good for them.
More like this. Japan's government takes some positive unilateral actions without consulting business on occasion, but on average they're not a lot better than ours in the US.
I hate those machines. I travel a lot, and I'm worried that (1) the radiation levels are higher than the manufacturer claims, and (2) it does nothing to protect us from terrorism.
If I were you, I'd stop worrying. I'd bet pretty heavily those are both facts.
In the case of 1, I am of the oipinion that the dose is probably still safe, at least compared to in flight radiation, but I am reasonably sure their BS handwaving arguments understate the effective dose at skin level, and that at risk people should be exempted from it (as should everyone else for your second point).
How can Congress be "trying?" Either only some of Congress is trying, and some is resisting, or they are doing it. Congress as a whole does as Yoda says.
Sure you would, in any scene where you have vertical edges in motion. 3:2 pulldown gives motion artifacts that pretty much anyone can see once they are pointed out.
I won't even get into all the stupid frame interpolation these new sets do, because I think it's hideous. But someone must like it, it's everywhere now.
Yes, but a well engineered cable will cost several dollars more.
So, no the ridiculously priced high margin crap is unnecessary, but a decent quality sweep tested cable at $50-70 for a 25 foot cable is going to perform reliably, where a $30 one might not.
Under 10 feet, virtually anything wil probably work.
I'm not actually worried about external hacking, our corporate IT isn't totally incompetent. I am just less than pleased that my employer themselves can potentially listen to me through my phone even when I am not using it.
Regular old audio enthusiasts despise them though, for the simple fact their performance is well below their price point. The basic small cube speaker that most of their recent systems are built around is literally about $4 in cheap parts, including a single type of fill range driver with no high end, and its only real claim to quality is that it is probably better than the speakers in your TV.
Most people who despise Bose would probably admit that if their stuff were priced at about 25% of what they charge, it would be a fair deal. They have packaged their systems in ways that are attractive and unobtrusive and therefore appealing to those who don't want the audio stuff on display. Their performance shortcomings are, as noted, no necessarily objectionable to the mass market.
What they have then done is what so many people accuse Apple of, spent incredible amounts of money on marketing these low end products as being the top of the market. They also play the retail game very well, establishing very strict rules about displaying their systems, and not allowing them to be demonstrated side by side with competitors. Additionally, in the live demos with presenters, they often back up their components with absurdly high end components to wring the last bit of performance out of them, stuff that no one purchasing their equipment is likely to ever even consider purchasing.
The comments you refer to above are in fact both true. You can see in the graphs at this link http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html that the crossover point between their "subwoofer" (a bass module that doesn't actually reach even reach anywhere near the bottom of the audible range) and the satellite drivers leaves a gap in coverage. The sat speakers also roll off in the low teens, below where even most middle aged people's hearing has begun to attenuate.
So there are no highs, no lows, and there is also a big hole in their midrange as well.
Same here. Been on SBC nee ATT DSL and now Uverse for about 8 years, same situation with my DSL router dying, and never used any ATT software. In fact, at this point, I have bypassed their stupid gateway for DNS lookups as it was sitting in them for up to 1-2 minutes and causing errors for wifi access, going directly to ATT's main DNS machines and everything works really smoothly.
Trade dress is like trademark, intended to protect consumers from product confusion, not to protect companies, so this suit is crap.
But if you think Apple is desperate about anything, you're deluded. Jobs is pissed because he thinks the industry is copying him. It's about ego, not desperation.
No, that's the tradeoff involved in installing them as revenue generators. If you lengthen the yellow light when you install the camera, rear-ends would probably not increase.
My city shortened all the yellows from where they were to the legal minimum when they installed the cameras. Gee, I wonder why.
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Have any idea how to get active directory to stop hanging our macs for 5-15 seconds every 5 minutes or so? Really tired of the beachball and having to retype thing that the keyboard buffer didn't catch.
Not anymore:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3775
Only works through the thunderbolt port, not through minidisplayport. And currently that means only with a new mac.
The Thunderbolt name is actually trademarked by Intel, so they're probably going to promote it heavily.
Will be shortly. Evidently, Apple filed for the trademark, and is in the process of transferring it to intel.
Not believing in god is not the same thing a believing there is not a god. Atheists include the former.
Except unlike scientology, Apple doesn't try and get as much money out of you as ... er wait
That a man was questioned over a crime
The issue is he was ARRESTED for something that was not a crime, as opposed to your characterization.
"reveals that the writer of the letter comes from a ham."
I would pay big bucks to watch a ham bear a child. Even more for it to spawn a grown adult.
Somewhat less for slashdot to have good editors.
Like the other replies below, I find your theory fairly credible, actually. Their government has lost enough face over the poor showing by TEPCO that they probably want to take good care of the shred of a cheek they have left.
A government that actually did its job in this instance (protect the citizens' rights). Good for them.
More like this. Japan's government takes some positive unilateral actions without consulting business on occasion, but on average they're not a lot better than ours in the US.
I hate those machines. I travel a lot, and I'm worried that (1) the radiation levels are higher than the manufacturer claims, and (2) it does nothing to protect us from terrorism.
If I were you, I'd stop worrying. I'd bet pretty heavily those are both facts.
In the case of 1, I am of the oipinion that the dose is probably still safe, at least compared to in flight radiation, but I am reasonably sure their BS handwaving arguments understate the effective dose at skin level, and that at risk people should be exempted from it (as should everyone else for your second point).
How can Congress be "trying?" Either only some of Congress is trying, and some is resisting, or they are doing it. Congress as a whole does as Yoda says.
Sure you would, in any scene where you have vertical edges in motion. 3:2 pulldown gives motion artifacts that pretty much anyone can see once they are pointed out.
I won't even get into all the stupid frame interpolation these new sets do, because I think it's hideous. But someone must like it, it's everywhere now.
Yes, but a well engineered cable will cost several dollars more.
So, no the ridiculously priced high margin crap is unnecessary, but a decent quality sweep tested cable at $50-70 for a 25 foot cable is going to perform reliably, where a $30 one might not.
Under 10 feet, virtually anything wil probably work.
Iirc, Disney owns The Muppets now...
Only as of a couple of years ago. It was a licensing agreement with Henson Assoc. before that.
I'm not actually worried about external hacking, our corporate IT isn't totally incompetent. I am just less than pleased that my employer themselves can potentially listen to me through my phone even when I am not using it.
There's a phone just like the one in that pic on my desk.
I'd throw out the poo. Disciplined poo is still poo.
Did the patent, and/or the licensing agreement, extend until 1993? I would think not.
Audiophiles don't even discuss Bose.
Regular old audio enthusiasts despise them though, for the simple fact their performance is well below their price point. The basic small cube speaker that most of their recent systems are built around is literally about $4 in cheap parts, including a single type of fill range driver with no high end, and its only real claim to quality is that it is probably better than the speakers in your TV.
Most people who despise Bose would probably admit that if their stuff were priced at about 25% of what they charge, it would be a fair deal. They have packaged their systems in ways that are attractive and unobtrusive and therefore appealing to those who don't want the audio stuff on display. Their performance shortcomings are, as noted, no necessarily objectionable to the mass market.
What they have then done is what so many people accuse Apple of, spent incredible amounts of money on marketing these low end products as being the top of the market. They also play the retail game very well, establishing very strict rules about displaying their systems, and not allowing them to be demonstrated side by side with competitors. Additionally, in the live demos with presenters, they often back up their components with absurdly high end components to wring the last bit of performance out of them, stuff that no one purchasing their equipment is likely to ever even consider purchasing.
The comments you refer to above are in fact both true. You can see in the graphs at this link http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html that the crossover point between their "subwoofer" (a bass module that doesn't actually reach even reach anywhere near the bottom of the audible range) and the satellite drivers leaves a gap in coverage. The sat speakers also roll off in the low teens, below where even most middle aged people's hearing has begun to attenuate.
So there are no highs, no lows, and there is also a big hole in their midrange as well.
Same here. Been on SBC nee ATT DSL and now Uverse for about 8 years, same situation with my DSL router dying, and never used any ATT software. In fact, at this point, I have bypassed their stupid gateway for DNS lookups as it was sitting in them for up to 1-2 minutes and causing errors for wifi access, going directly to ATT's main DNS machines and everything works really smoothly.
Insightful, but I have no points to mod you so.
Trade dress is like trademark, intended to protect consumers from product confusion, not to protect companies, so this suit is crap.
But if you think Apple is desperate about anything, you're deluded. Jobs is pissed because he thinks the industry is copying him. It's about ego, not desperation.
Really, you are publicly saying a stock you are shorting is a bad investment, and people should sell it.
I find your ideas intriguing and would, wait, no I don't.
No, that's the tradeoff involved in installing them as revenue generators. If you lengthen the yellow light when you install the camera, rear-ends would probably not increase.
My city shortened all the yellows from where they were to the legal minimum when they installed the cameras. Gee, I wonder why.
"the guy was a REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER in California according to TSA records.
Which category can include such heinous offenses as urinating in public, public displays of nudity, consensual teenage sex, etc.
Got any more than that?