Except that the emblems of the Red Cross have special status in international law. Their main purpose is to indicate buildings, vehicles and personal [sic] which are used solely for treating the injured and may not be attacked.
Well damn, this case better roll into the Red Cross's favour, for I would hate to be in a position where I mistook a box of Johnson-and-Johnson band-aids for a hospital or ambulance!
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So what's the point, other than to cash in on the franchise?
In the film industry, sequels get created precisely for that purpose: to cash in on the franchise.
Executive producers greenlight these types of films because they're virtually guaranteed a certain audience.
Sure, you would own the master recording of your particular performance. But you wouldn't own the song, and it's doubtful that anyone would rather license your recording under onerous terms than simply re-record it themselves.
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Re:Limited SMS vs. "unlimited" network access?
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I think we are misunderstanding each other.
The limit on the iPhone plans is the number of outgoing messages. My point is that to circumvent this, all one need to is visit the recipient's provider's web site, and send them the message that way. The recipient is still free to send a regular SMS back to the iPhone.
-ben
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Yeah, and virtually every cell service provides a form on their web site for sending an SMS message to any of their subscribers.
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Limited SMS vs. "unlimited" network access?
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My understanding is that the various service plans include a ceiling on text messaging, but "unlimited" internet usage. Given that an SMS message takes a mere handful of bytes, where is the logic in this? What will prevent people from using a web- (or applet-) based alternative for communicating text in a less-restricted and more-versatile manner?
I have been wondering this since the pricing announcement, but I haven't seen it addressed anywhere.
The Software Update app clearly asks you, once the install is finished, whether you wish to shut down or restart your computer. You must actively make a choice before anything happens. If you ignore the dialog (e.g. if it sits in the background), the computer will not spontaneously reboot. She probably hit it by mistake.
At first I thought the same thing as you and almost didn't bother to click on this story, thinking that it was just another troll ("organization X calls for new domain Y"). Then it occurred to me that maybe the gag is that ".safe" refers to the big thing they keep money and gold coins in, and I figured "heh, maybe f-secure is trying to make a facetious joke.":p
Can you give some more detail on this? I am really keen to know how the 120GB 5400rpm vs. 160GB 5400rpm vs. 100GB 7200rpm drives compare in the MacBookPro. Particularly I am trying to determine what the actual drives are, and it is not clear to me.
It sounds like the 100GB 7200rpm is clearly a Seagate Momentus 7200.1. I thought then the 160GB 5400rpm might be a Momentus 5400.3, but that only appears to be made in ATA/100 (not SATA). Any ideas?
Particularly I would like to set my mind at ease that your statement "the 160gb drive has almost identical performance as the old 100gb 7200 drive" is correct. Indeed I'd been planning to order a 15" MBP this week for video work, and was dismayed to find the 7200rpm option gone.
Indeed. This is especially true when you consider how many people rely on Macs for creative (sound/graphics/video) work that deals with huge files, and in many cases seeky workloads that stand to benefit the most from faster drives. It's difficult for me to understand the reasoning behind this decision.
As somebody who is about to go to school for digital film production, I am somewhat concerned with this change, too. We had been recommended to get the 7200rpm upgrade to (yesterday's) MacBookPros, but I was holding off ordering my computer, knowing that a refresh was imminent.
Is this something I should be concerned about? Would having a 5400rpm drive provide a noticeable detriment to performance, to such an extent that I'd be better off trying to quickly find some remaining stock of yesterday's older MBPs? Or will the enhanced capabilities of the new machine (faster proc, etc) help to offset this difference?
Somewhere else, somebody mentioned that the 160GB drives use a different (more dense) magnetic encoding, such that their read capacity might actually be higher than before (although the seek time would remain the same). Might upgrading to the larger drive make a compromise?
Thanks for your (and anyone's else) insight and advice!
Wait, what? Steve Jobs is talking about _girls_? And he works at _Apple_?/me ducks
I don't understand how this joke is meant to be funny. I guess if it were Microsoft instead of Apple, it might be. But Apple embodies an image of being sexy and in touch with art and technology for every-day people.
If it's meant to be amusing that somebody at a computer company talks about girls, Apple is probably the last choice to use as a punchline.
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The summary was wrong, it's either 18 test case or 35 test case, depending of the section you're looking at...
:)
Well, the average of 18 and 35 *is* 25 (within about 6%).
Except that the emblems of the Red Cross have special status in international law. Their main purpose is to indicate buildings, vehicles and personal [sic] which are used solely for treating the injured and may not be attacked.
Well damn, this case better roll into the Red Cross's favour, for I would hate to be in a position where I mistook a box of Johnson-and-Johnson band-aids for a hospital or ambulance!
-b
So what's the point, other than to cash in on the franchise?
In the film industry, sequels get created precisely for that purpose: to cash in on the franchise.
Executive producers greenlight these types of films because they're virtually guaranteed a certain audience.
-ben
(BCIT Film)
Sure, you would own the master recording of your particular performance. But you wouldn't own the song, and it's doubtful that anyone would rather license your recording under onerous terms than simply re-record it themselves.
-b
I think we are misunderstanding each other.
The limit on the iPhone plans is the number of outgoing messages. My point is that to circumvent this, all one need to is visit the recipient's provider's web site, and send them the message that way. The recipient is still free to send a regular SMS back to the iPhone.
-ben
Yeah, and virtually every cell service provides a form on their web site for sending an SMS message to any of their subscribers.
-b
My understanding is that the various service plans include a ceiling on text messaging, but "unlimited" internet usage. Given that an SMS message takes a mere handful of bytes, where is the logic in this? What will prevent people from using a web- (or applet-) based alternative for communicating text in a less-restricted and more-versatile manner?
I have been wondering this since the pricing announcement, but I haven't seen it addressed anywhere.
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You misspelled "grammar".
:)
But I do fully agree with the essence of your argument.
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I agree. I'm not sure what the poster intended to achieve by sharing it with the community.
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Do you understand the difference between DNS/WHOIS and HTTP?
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The Software Update app clearly asks you, once the install is finished, whether you wish to shut down or restart your computer. You must actively make a choice before anything happens. If you ignore the dialog (e.g. if it sits in the background), the computer will not spontaneously reboot. She probably hit it by mistake.
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Hey dude.
m ance but this URL is simply redirected to the root of Macupdate.
What does your signature refer to? It links to http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18261,perfor
thanks,
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They sell fingers?
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Right now, you can find 10 year old newsgroup postings from myself when searching Google.
No. You can find such postings from yourself. I, on the other hand, can find postings from you.
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And "lables"? What the hell is a lable?
Salsdhot: Folklore edtied by ilitterates.
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My name is Harmonious Botch and I'm a chocoholic. A fucking serious chocoholic.
Do you have a problem with chocohol?
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What the hell kind of word is that? How about "launching", "offering", even "unveiling"?
I detest stupid made-up marketing words. Literacy amongst the masses is bad enough as it is.
-b
At first I thought the same thing as you and almost didn't bother to click on this story, thinking that it was just another troll ("organization X calls for new domain Y"). Then it occurred to me that maybe the gag is that ".safe" refers to the big thing they keep money and gold coins in, and I figured "heh, maybe f-secure is trying to make a facetious joke." :p
instead it looked like standard-definition (i.e. digital) broadcast
Standard definition is not digital.
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Actually, a rating of 94/100 is 22% better than one of 77/100.
(94 - 77) / 77 = 0.22
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Yeah, or how about Canada...?!
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Hey dude,
Can you give some more detail on this? I am really keen to know how the 120GB 5400rpm vs. 160GB 5400rpm vs. 100GB 7200rpm drives compare in the MacBookPro. Particularly I am trying to determine what the actual drives are, and it is not clear to me.
It sounds like the 100GB 7200rpm is clearly a Seagate Momentus 7200.1. I thought then the 160GB 5400rpm might be a Momentus 5400.3, but that only appears to be made in ATA/100 (not SATA). Any ideas?
Particularly I would like to set my mind at ease that your statement "the 160gb drive has almost identical performance as the old 100gb 7200 drive" is correct. Indeed I'd been planning to order a 15" MBP this week for video work, and was dismayed to find the 7200rpm option gone.
-ben
Indeed. This is especially true when you consider how many people rely on Macs for creative (sound/graphics/video) work that deals with huge files, and in many cases seeky workloads that stand to benefit the most from faster drives. It's difficult for me to understand the reasoning behind this decision.
As somebody who is about to go to school for digital film production, I am somewhat concerned with this change, too. We had been recommended to get the 7200rpm upgrade to (yesterday's) MacBookPros, but I was holding off ordering my computer, knowing that a refresh was imminent.
Is this something I should be concerned about? Would having a 5400rpm drive provide a noticeable detriment to performance, to such an extent that I'd be better off trying to quickly find some remaining stock of yesterday's older MBPs? Or will the enhanced capabilities of the new machine (faster proc, etc) help to offset this difference?
Somewhere else, somebody mentioned that the 160GB drives use a different (more dense) magnetic encoding, such that their read capacity might actually be higher than before (although the seek time would remain the same). Might upgrading to the larger drive make a compromise?
Thanks for your (and anyone's else) insight and advice!
-ben
Wait, what? Steve Jobs is talking about _girls_? And he works at _Apple_? /me ducks
I don't understand how this joke is meant to be funny. I guess if it were Microsoft instead of Apple, it might be. But Apple embodies an image of being sexy and in touch with art and technology for every-day people.
If it's meant to be amusing that somebody at a computer company talks about girls, Apple is probably the last choice to use as a punchline.
-b
the Chinese military just attacked the US military while the US military was in international waters.
I think you mean "airspace"...
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