Just to clue you in, you can hang just about any USB device off the Macs, intel or otherwise. I'm currently running a USB DVI KVM that hooks to both the MBP and a PC. For my keyboard and mouse, I'm using a Logitech DiNovo Media Desktop which uses a USB Bluetooth hub. The bluetooth keyboard and mouse pair with the hub and then are shared between the PC and MBP.
It was like pulling (blue)teeth to get the PC to function correctly. Both my original Mini and the MBP... just worked. No drivers.
So, no "special hardware" required.
The truth is that SGI software blew. They had the hardware right, just not the software.
I spend so much less time now maintaining the hardware (let alone worrying about maintaing the hardware) it isn't even funny. Do I run Disk Utility after major updates? Absolutely. I still do maintenance, just not as much as before. I am not sure I really need to do it but it's hard to stop cold-turkey.
I think you're missing the mark with regard to what makes for the "it just works" experience. it is not just OS X. It is the blend of the two -- which is only possible because Apple controls both ends. The MacBook Pro has an integrated iSight. From a hardware perspective, lots of systems have built-in cameras. But the integration with OSX is so tight and straightforward it makes using it seamless with virtually every app I've tried. Could they do it as easily if they had to rely on some industry "standard" instead of knowing the hardware from all sides? I doubt it. The light-activated (dark-activated?) backlit keyboard is right in line with the way Apple thinks. Just when things are getting dark (and I'd be thinking of tilting my screen forward to see the keys with my old laptop) the backlight comes on. It doesn't just flick on, it fades up. It's smooth. There are so many things that are like that on this laptop. The two-finger scrolling thing on the trackpad. The slot-load drive. The reliable sleep mode. The discrete eject button. The pulsing light that indicates sleep mode on the case button.
OS X and the hardware it runs on are simply reflections of how Apple does things. It isn't just the software. The reliability of OS X would approximate Windows pretty quickly if they had to support all the different hardware Windows does. We'll see where this goes, but were I Dell, I'd be offering extravagant discounts to educational institutions about now. Apple will crush the competition in Education when Leopard comes out.
iMac (lowest model) = $1,299.00 + Windows XP Home (not OEM or upgrade, if you want to do it legally... retail license) $199 = $1,498.00...... Dell XPS 400 - $1259 + MacOSX $129 = $1,388
If you're going to get sticky about that whole "legal" thing, I guess you'd have to consider that it isn't legal to run OS X on anything except a Mac. So you're argument is pretty much done right there.
One fact the dude in the article missed completely is that by ADDING windows to the machine you can still get work done when Windows inevitably craps out. What can I do with my MacBook Pro that I couldn't with my AMD Laptop? Get things done. Does that count? The glaring difference between the amount of time I spend trying to make sure the MBP runs effectively and smoothly versus the amount of time the AMD took has got to be saving me at least three hours a week. Hell, just the fact I don't feel I have to save my work in 15 minute increments (because that BSOD is always just around the corner) is a timesaver.
For the AMD laptop, I used Norton for AV and Ad-Aware for spyware. I switched to Avast, then to the Onecare beta. I kept my drivers updated. I did the virus scan every week. I sent the laptop back twice for hardware replacement (which was always a hassle.) I wasn't just sitting back trolling for malware -- I actively worked at keeping the machine functioning well. Now, I'm simply more productive. When I want to deinstall a program, I just throw it away.... and it's GONE! No more Registry Bloat. No more crap from installed and then partially uninstalled apps. AND I have unix at my fingertips!
What made me consider the MBP was the fact that I got a Mini for testing. And it just worked. No hassles. I've had the MBP for awhile now and I can say that the amount of hassle this machne has been vs. the hassle the AMD was in the first few months is FAR less.
I love the Tom Tom software. I installed it on my iPAQ and use a bluetooth GPS.
That being said, I hate the database. I think TOMTOM is much more euro-centric that they would lead you to believe. The online traffic stuff (last time I checked) was England-only. I went on a trip up to northern Wisconsin in the U.S. and it lost track of the major roads about halfway up the state.
Major cities in US seem to be fine, however. Denver, LA, Minneapolis, all tested fine. However, it almost didn't even have Chandler (growing suburb of Phoenix) in the database at all!
For contrast, we had gone to the same Wisconsin location on a previous trip and took my 2001-Navi Acura (this was 2004 when we went) with a fixed DVD for data and the map data was spot-on. I think Acura uses Navteq, not sure who TOMTOM uses. I'm sure someone else here can fill in that blank.
I had a great chance for a comparison. I just switched from my POS PC laptop (Hypersonic--they blow for doing real work) to a MacIntel. I researched the move for quite awhile before going over. I had called both Adobe and Macromedia about six months ago and was told that "cross-grading" (moving from one platform to another) was possible for $5.
So. I called Adobe to cross-grade my Creative Suite 2 to the Mac. I spoke to someone who spoke american english and the transaction went through without a hitch. Maybe took 10 minutes at most. The Adobe person told me that they hadn't fully integrated Macromedia's store/customer service into Adobe and that I had to call them seperately.
So my call to the Macromedia store went quite differently. The woman I spoke with spoke english, but with an indian accent. When I explained my desire to "cross-grade" Sudio 8, she didn't appear to know what I was talking about. She kept misunderstanding what I was trying to do, always prefacing her answer with the same practiced apology, "I'm sorry for your frustration sir, but..." That really starts to gnaw on you after you've heard it five times or so. When I went into my explanation, I was interrupted several times by her (with the apology preface, of course) until I finally asked for a manager. I was told that I would get the same answer from her manager. I insisted and she finally said she would talk to the manager herself if I would hold (and she was sorry for my frustration, of course)
After being on hold for awhile, she came back and told me they would do this on a special, one-time basis. I got the cross-grade but it was like pulling teeth. I had called earlier and talked to someone at Macromedia and was assured I could do this. Even the woman at Adobe said that it wouldn't be a problem doing it through Macromedia. I'll tell you, when Adobe finally DOES merge the Customer Service departments, they'd better stick with the Adobe personnel or they'll lose a lot of customers.
Hell, one of the reasons I switched from the PC was my experience with Hypersonic. After the laptop crashing within the first week, the CD-ROM missing a screw and 2 of the 4 USB ports not working, they had me send it back. Two motherboards and three reloads later, they refused to take the machine back. I paid $3500. Because I couldn't afford to replace it, I've lived with blue-screens and outright shutdowns at least once a week for the last two years. When XP x64 came out, I went to get the drivers for the machine (it was an AMD 64 bit laptop I had purchased to run XP x64), they said "it won't run 64-bit XP" and that was it. While the gang there was courteous and tried to be helpful, the policy that wouldn't let me return such an obvious lemon--that wouldn't do what had been promised--soured me on them.
Contrast that with my experience with the Mini I bought for testing with Safari. I experienced a power outage in the middle of installing OS X. I tried to recover but couldn't. (Finder kept just flashing at me, even after a reinstall.) I called AppleCare and the woman patiently walked me through cleaning the thing up. Took over an hour. During the lulls while things were loading, she explained what she thought was wrong, the steps we were taking and why we were taking them. We even talked about Slashdot some and it was probably the best customer service experience I ever had. The FIRST PERSON I TALKED TO was knowledgable enough to diagnose and fix my problem. The woman had training and it showed. So when it came time to replace the Hypersonic dog, I did some research and figured I could go for the MacIntel.
If Visual PC comes out with a Universal Binary (or the Q/QEMU effort succeeds), my world will be complete. I still go to one of my desktop XP machines (via the Windows RDC for OS X) to do Visio, Captivate and some of the other Windows-Only apps.
Indeed. Imagine MY surprise after buying two 6620s. I made the same assumption. The guy at SecuritySpy told me he wasn't going to support them -- although he did refund my purchase.
So, I'm stuck with the crappy ActiveX control and access only from the PCs. But like I said, the hardware seems excellent. I wish I had the time to write my own...
Actually, the 6620Gs have a great low-light picture and a 10x optical zoom. Pan/Tilt, and two-way audio along with being wireless and supporting WPA2 encryption. Hardware wise, it's really pretty good. The firmware blows (as do most Dlink products)
I've heard really bad things about the Toshibas and mediocre things about the Sonys. The Dlink seemed to be the best value at the time.
Axis and Panasonic are supposedly really good -- plus a few others that aren't well-know outside of the surveillance industry.
The idiots at Dlink used proprietary streams for video/audio (they do also support MJPEG, but video-only) and built an ActiveX control to connect to it. Had they used Java, it would have been cross-platform. Or had they used a standard protocol for the streams, other clients could use it.
Also -- most of the IP cameras have their own software, access (and control) via a webserver built into the camera, or a client utility that allows multiple views (at least the D-link does, and I was led to believe that both Toshiba and Panasonic do as well).
There are some serious industrial IP cameras out there. Check out AXIS and I think Panasonic has some heavy-duty cameras as well.
I'll bet if you looked closer, you'd see that the idiots who "lose concentration" don't really know how to use the system. The nice thing about a map is that everyone understands how to use it. It's still massively dangerous. If you know how to use your nav system, it's easier than a map. The article should read:
"Study Finds Stupid People More Likely to Kill Others When Driving"
And this gem:
Nearly one in eight did not even bother to check out a route they were unfamiliar with and simply relied on the technology to get them to their destination.
Heavens! Relying on Technology! Burn them at the stake!
It would certainly be an amazing twist. Jobs "Steved" us Newton users by stopping the spinoff of Newton, Inc. and then killing the platform by reassigning most of the engineering team back to Apple -- several of whom quit and went to work for Palm as they were ramping up for the first real Palm handheld.
So. If Steve is truly ready to acquire Palm, I guess he's forgiven John Sculley (Newton was Sculley's 'Next Big Thing').
I'd love to dust of my old NewtonScript manuals. Bring on the Soup!
I think you introduced confusion because you state the massively obvious when you (in essence) say, "You can't use a laptop to directly display output from another system." Also applies to anything with an integrated display (iMac.) VNC notwithstanding.
I bought my laptop so I basically had my workstation with me on the road, so portability was a factor. However, when I am in my home office, I have a second monitor hooked to my KVM that is shared between the laptops' secondary display output and my headless Mac Mini. This gives me loads of flexibility when coding in addition to a full second display which anyone will tell you is a HUGE plus for most tasks. So while the portability/form factor were a consideration, the addition of a KVM simply provides additional functionality. I'm willing to bet the number of people getting the iMacs or MacBooks who simply value the desk space alone is VERY small.
You can get a 17" monitor for ~$60 (if you don't have one already) Saw a 4-port PS2/USB KVM (non-DVI, the Macs come with a DVI->VGA converter, though) go for $35 on Ebay.
Maybe I've lost perspective when I say that an extra $100 for the capability is still cheap, but I don't think so.
KVM isn't an option on a Mac? Unless you're referring to a KVM that means something other than Keyboard Video Mouse, you're totally uninformed.
I am currently running my AMD laptop and my Mac Mini thru a Belkin DVI/USB two-banger KVM, using a Logitech bluetooth DiNovo keyboard, no less. USB Sound, too.
Before that, I had my G4 Cube hooked in along with two other Servers, using the Belkin PS2/USB four-banger and a PS/2 Keyboard with a cordless (non-bluetooth) mouse.
Before I moved it to a NOC, we had our G5 XServe hooked in as well. My MacBook is on order and I have no question it will work just as well as the others.
And the really amazing thing is that Apple could have had the entire market (PDAs) to themselves.
The last generation Newton had reliable HWR and an interface that wasn't just Teeny-Windows. It was an interface created from the ground-up to be on a PDA. Flick (power), Tap. Start writing your note. Plus the outliner was fantastic for note-taking.
They had Palm-sized prototypes in the pipeline as well. They had a five year head-start.
Too bad Steve had it in for Scully. Think of where they could have been by now.
Had that happened, the iPod would just have been another cool app in the Soup.
Well, since this seems to be one of the first times we've gone out of our way to really put the wood to something not from Earth, let's hope Tempel 1 isn't some sort of cometary offspring whose mother will take offense and pulverize us.
BS. My female friends all say the same thing. They liked being with the jerks because they WERE jerks. Jerks to everyone else except them (until it didn't suit the jerk, of course) and it made them feel special.
I can't tell you how many times I heard, "Well, he can be REALLY nice when he wants to!"
But really, the whole thing is a female conspiracy to train us to be lap dogs. We're subjected to the humiliation and abuse of our adolescent/early adulthood to condition us to crave even the slightest attention from a pretty woman.
By the time we've completed our conditioning, we're happy to give whatever it takes, as long as they deign to give us attention--even if it's only long enough to ask for something.
"You are not Morg. You are not EyeMorg. What you are I do not understand!"
I'm a big fan of the Danger SideKick. It has the best form factor for text of all the typable phone/pdas. You can get one for a song if you sign up with the right provider. Me I signed up for a year and I paid -$35 (via rebates) for the unit.
I am tired of the aspect ratio of the screen going AWAY from vertically-focused tasks (lists, lines of code) toward the horizontally-focused who just want to watch and/or edit movies.
They need to make a feature on a laptop similar to what I can do with my Dell 20.1" -- allow for 90 degree rotation. You can't beat it for long listings.
How would this work? I don't know -- it's a hardware problem.
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Did they run the competitions' OS as well?
Just to clue you in, you can hang just about any USB device off the Macs, intel or otherwise. I'm currently running a USB DVI KVM that hooks to both the MBP and a PC. For my keyboard and mouse, I'm using a Logitech DiNovo Media Desktop which uses a USB Bluetooth hub. The bluetooth keyboard and mouse pair with the hub and then are shared between the PC and MBP.
It was like pulling (blue)teeth to get the PC to function correctly. Both my original Mini and the MBP... just worked. No drivers.
So, no "special hardware" required.
The truth is that SGI software blew. They had the hardware right, just not the software.
I spend so much less time now maintaining the hardware (let alone worrying about maintaing the hardware) it isn't even funny. Do I run Disk Utility after major updates? Absolutely. I still do maintenance, just not as much as before. I am not sure I really need to do it but it's hard to stop cold-turkey.
I think you're missing the mark with regard to what makes for the "it just works" experience. it is not just OS X. It is the blend of the two -- which is only possible because Apple controls both ends. The MacBook Pro has an integrated iSight. From a hardware perspective, lots of systems have built-in cameras. But the integration with OSX is so tight and straightforward it makes using it seamless with virtually every app I've tried. Could they do it as easily if they had to rely on some industry "standard" instead of knowing the hardware from all sides? I doubt it. The light-activated (dark-activated?) backlit keyboard is right in line with the way Apple thinks. Just when things are getting dark (and I'd be thinking of tilting my screen forward to see the keys with my old laptop) the backlight comes on. It doesn't just flick on, it fades up. It's smooth. There are so many things that are like that on this laptop. The two-finger scrolling thing on the trackpad. The slot-load drive. The reliable sleep mode. The discrete eject button. The pulsing light that indicates sleep mode on the case button.
OS X and the hardware it runs on are simply reflections of how Apple does things. It isn't just the software. The reliability of OS X would approximate Windows pretty quickly if they had to support all the different hardware Windows does. We'll see where this goes, but were I Dell, I'd be offering extravagant discounts to educational institutions about now. Apple will crush the competition in Education when Leopard comes out.
If you're going to get sticky about that whole "legal" thing, I guess you'd have to consider that it isn't legal to run OS X on anything except a Mac. So you're argument is pretty much done right there.
One fact the dude in the article missed completely is that by ADDING windows to the machine you can still get work done when Windows inevitably craps out. What can I do with my MacBook Pro that I couldn't with my AMD Laptop? Get things done. Does that count? The glaring difference between the amount of time I spend trying to make sure the MBP runs effectively and smoothly versus the amount of time the AMD took has got to be saving me at least three hours a week. Hell, just the fact I don't feel I have to save my work in 15 minute increments (because that BSOD is always just around the corner) is a timesaver.
For the AMD laptop, I used Norton for AV and Ad-Aware for spyware. I switched to Avast, then to the Onecare beta. I kept my drivers updated. I did the virus scan every week. I sent the laptop back twice for hardware replacement (which was always a hassle.) I wasn't just sitting back trolling for malware -- I actively worked at keeping the machine functioning well. Now, I'm simply more productive. When I want to deinstall a program, I just throw it away.... and it's GONE! No more Registry Bloat. No more crap from installed and then partially uninstalled apps. AND I have unix at my fingertips!
What made me consider the MBP was the fact that I got a Mini for testing. And it just worked. No hassles. I've had the MBP for awhile now and I can say that the amount of hassle this machne has been vs. the hassle the AMD was in the first few months is FAR less.
I love the Tom Tom software. I installed it on my iPAQ and use a bluetooth GPS.
That being said, I hate the database. I think TOMTOM is much more euro-centric that they would lead you to believe. The online traffic stuff (last time I checked) was England-only. I went on a trip up to northern Wisconsin in the U.S. and it lost track of the major roads about halfway up the state.
Major cities in US seem to be fine, however. Denver, LA, Minneapolis, all tested fine. However, it almost didn't even have Chandler (growing suburb of Phoenix) in the database at all!
For contrast, we had gone to the same Wisconsin location on a previous trip and took my 2001-Navi Acura (this was 2004 when we went) with a fixed DVD for data and the map data was spot-on. I think Acura uses Navteq, not sure who TOMTOM uses. I'm sure someone else here can fill in that blank.
... You have thirty seconds to comply..."
"...He'd better get those mushdroids up to the south range by midday or there'll be hell to pay."
I had a great chance for a comparison. I just switched from my POS PC laptop (Hypersonic--they blow for doing real work) to a MacIntel. I researched the move for quite awhile before going over. I had called both Adobe and Macromedia about six months ago and was told that "cross-grading" (moving from one platform to another) was possible for $5.
So. I called Adobe to cross-grade my Creative Suite 2 to the Mac. I spoke to someone who spoke american english and the transaction went through without a hitch. Maybe took 10 minutes at most. The Adobe person told me that they hadn't fully integrated Macromedia's store/customer service into Adobe and that I had to call them seperately.
So my call to the Macromedia store went quite differently. The woman I spoke with spoke english, but with an indian accent. When I explained my desire to "cross-grade" Sudio 8, she didn't appear to know what I was talking about. She kept misunderstanding what I was trying to do, always prefacing her answer with the same practiced apology, "I'm sorry for your frustration sir, but..." That really starts to gnaw on you after you've heard it five times or so. When I went into my explanation, I was interrupted several times by her (with the apology preface, of course) until I finally asked for a manager. I was told that I would get the same answer from her manager. I insisted and she finally said she would talk to the manager herself if I would hold (and she was sorry for my frustration, of course)
After being on hold for awhile, she came back and told me they would do this on a special, one-time basis. I got the cross-grade but it was like pulling teeth. I had called earlier and talked to someone at Macromedia and was assured I could do this. Even the woman at Adobe said that it wouldn't be a problem doing it through Macromedia. I'll tell you, when Adobe finally DOES merge the Customer Service departments, they'd better stick with the Adobe personnel or they'll lose a lot of customers.
Hell, one of the reasons I switched from the PC was my experience with Hypersonic. After the laptop crashing within the first week, the CD-ROM missing a screw and 2 of the 4 USB ports not working, they had me send it back. Two motherboards and three reloads later, they refused to take the machine back. I paid $3500. Because I couldn't afford to replace it, I've lived with blue-screens and outright shutdowns at least once a week for the last two years. When XP x64 came out, I went to get the drivers for the machine (it was an AMD 64 bit laptop I had purchased to run XP x64), they said "it won't run 64-bit XP" and that was it. While the gang there was courteous and tried to be helpful, the policy that wouldn't let me return such an obvious lemon--that wouldn't do what had been promised--soured me on them.
Contrast that with my experience with the Mini I bought for testing with Safari. I experienced a power outage in the middle of installing OS X. I tried to recover but couldn't. (Finder kept just flashing at me, even after a reinstall.) I called AppleCare and the woman patiently walked me through cleaning the thing up. Took over an hour. During the lulls while things were loading, she explained what she thought was wrong, the steps we were taking and why we were taking them. We even talked about Slashdot some and it was probably the best customer service experience I ever had. The FIRST PERSON I TALKED TO was knowledgable enough to diagnose and fix my problem. The woman had training and it showed. So when it came time to replace the Hypersonic dog, I did some research and figured I could go for the MacIntel.
If Visual PC comes out with a Universal Binary (or the Q/QEMU effort succeeds), my world will be complete. I still go to one of my desktop XP machines (via the Windows RDC for OS X) to do Visio, Captivate and some of the other Windows-Only apps.
Indeed. Imagine MY surprise after buying two 6620s. I made the same assumption. The guy at SecuritySpy told me he wasn't going to support them -- although he did refund my purchase.
So, I'm stuck with the crappy ActiveX control and access only from the PCs. But like I said, the hardware seems excellent. I wish I had the time to write my own...
Actually, the 6620Gs have a great low-light picture and a 10x optical zoom. Pan/Tilt, and two-way audio along with being wireless and supporting WPA2 encryption. Hardware wise, it's really pretty good. The firmware blows (as do most Dlink products)
I've heard really bad things about the Toshibas and mediocre things about the Sonys. The Dlink seemed to be the best value at the time.
Axis and Panasonic are supposedly really good -- plus a few others that aren't well-know outside of the surveillance industry.
The idiots at Dlink used proprietary streams for video/audio (they do also support MJPEG, but video-only) and built an ActiveX control to connect to it. Had they used Java, it would have been cross-platform. Or had they used a standard protocol for the streams, other clients could use it.
Sad to say, SecuritySpy isn't even close to "industrial". They won't even support one of the newer D-Link cameras, the 6620G.
I have two D-Link 6620G cameras and have been looking for *any* solution, industrial or not, that would let me access my cameras via my Mac.
I am by no means an industry expert, I can tell you that the IP Camera solution is indeed viable. Several of them out there -- check out:
http://www.ipcamerademos.com/
and
http://www.ipcameraforums.com/
Also -- most of the IP cameras have their own software, access (and control) via a webserver built into the camera, or a client utility that allows multiple views (at least the D-link does, and I was led to believe that both Toshiba and Panasonic do as well).
There are some serious industrial IP cameras out there. Check out AXIS and I think Panasonic has some heavy-duty cameras as well.
*sigh* In a perfect world, yes. Not mine. Have you met my wife?
"Study Finds Stupid People More Likely to Kill Others When Driving"
And this gem:
Heavens! Relying on Technology! Burn them at the stake!
Ye, Gods.
It would certainly be an amazing twist. Jobs "Steved" us Newton users by stopping the spinoff of Newton, Inc. and then killing the platform by reassigning most of the engineering team back to Apple -- several of whom quit and went to work for Palm as they were ramping up for the first real Palm handheld.
So. If Steve is truly ready to acquire Palm, I guess he's forgiven John Sculley (Newton was Sculley's 'Next Big Thing').
I'd love to dust of my old NewtonScript manuals. Bring on the Soup!
I think you introduced confusion because you state the massively obvious when you (in essence) say, "You can't use a laptop to directly display output from another system." Also applies to anything with an integrated display (iMac.) VNC notwithstanding.
I bought my laptop so I basically had my workstation with me on the road, so portability was a factor. However, when I am in my home office, I have a second monitor hooked to my KVM that is shared between the laptops' secondary display output and my headless Mac Mini. This gives me loads of flexibility when coding in addition to a full second display which anyone will tell you is a HUGE plus for most tasks. So while the portability/form factor were a consideration, the addition of a KVM simply provides additional functionality. I'm willing to bet the number of people getting the iMacs or MacBooks who simply value the desk space alone is VERY small.
You can get a 17" monitor for ~$60 (if you don't have one already)
Saw a 4-port PS2/USB KVM (non-DVI, the Macs come with a DVI->VGA converter, though) go for $35 on Ebay.
Maybe I've lost perspective when I say that an extra $100 for the capability is still cheap, but I don't think so.
KVM isn't an option on a Mac? Unless you're referring to a KVM that means something other than Keyboard Video Mouse, you're totally uninformed.
I am currently running my AMD laptop and my Mac Mini thru a Belkin DVI/USB two-banger KVM, using a Logitech bluetooth DiNovo keyboard, no less. USB Sound, too.
Before that, I had my G4 Cube hooked in along with two other Servers, using the Belkin PS2/USB four-banger and a PS/2 Keyboard with a cordless (non-bluetooth) mouse.
Before I moved it to a NOC, we had our G5 XServe hooked in as well. My MacBook is on order and I have no question it will work just as well as the others.
And the really amazing thing is that Apple could have had the entire market (PDAs) to themselves.
The last generation Newton had reliable HWR and an interface that wasn't just Teeny-Windows. It was an interface created from the ground-up to be on a PDA. Flick (power), Tap. Start writing your note. Plus the outliner was fantastic for note-taking.
They had Palm-sized prototypes in the pipeline as well. They had a five year head-start.
Too bad Steve had it in for Scully. Think of where they could have been by now.
Had that happened, the iPod would just have been another cool app in the Soup.
Ah. Try selling ANY recording made via ANY medium on ebay to see if it's legal, dumbass.
The point is that you can LEGALLY burn a copy of a song you buy on iTunes to CD.
Try that with a subscription service.
Well, since this seems to be one of the first times we've gone out of our way to really put the wood to something not from Earth, let's hope Tempel 1 isn't some sort of cometary offspring whose mother will take offense and pulverize us.
Just a thought.
I'll be honest here. I'll have to lose a lot more weight before I can fit into those nano-pants.
Puh-leese.
If you can't place James Cromwell as Zefram Cochrane (with apologies to Glenn Corbett), you're just poser.
Nerd, indeed.
BS. My female friends all say the same thing. They liked being with the jerks because they WERE jerks. Jerks to everyone else except them (until it didn't suit the jerk, of course) and it made them feel special.
I can't tell you how many times I heard, "Well, he can be REALLY nice when he wants to!"
But really, the whole thing is a female conspiracy to train us to be lap dogs. We're subjected to the humiliation and abuse of our adolescent/early adulthood to condition us to crave even the slightest attention from a pretty woman.
By the time we've completed our conditioning, we're happy to give whatever it takes, as long as they deign to give us attention--even if it's only long enough to ask for something.
"You are not Morg. You are not EyeMorg. What you are I do not understand!"
Yes.
There is contact/calendar sync for both Wintel and Mac.
Also -- while Paris Hilton might have issues, I love the fact that my data simply sits on a server and my phone just replicates as necessary.
I'm a big fan of the Danger SideKick. It has the best form factor for text of all the typable phone/pdas. You can get one for a song if you sign up with the right provider. Me I signed up for a year and I paid -$35 (via rebates) for the unit.
Plus, I love posting first.
P.S. infeasable?
I am tired of the aspect ratio of the screen going AWAY from vertically-focused tasks (lists, lines of code) toward the horizontally-focused who just want to watch and/or edit movies.
They need to make a feature on a laptop similar to what I can do with my Dell 20.1" -- allow for 90 degree rotation. You can't beat it for long listings.
How would this work? I don't know -- it's a hardware problem.
Ya gotta love those gutzy libbers. He has such an impressive .sig for an AC.