If you've been reading Slashdot for more than a few months, you have to take it for granted that that reason why is because the big record companies mandated DRM across the board, even for free/public domain/indie material. I hope you're right, though, that that changes in the future!
Another way of looking at this is that, perhaps, Apple has grown in prominence to the point that new hardware (or even the rumor of such) is considered newsworthy nowadays.
(Alternately, it could just be that Money/CNN has one major Mac fanatic and/or it was a slow news day.)
I've upgraded from a 4200 to a 5400 RPM drive on a laptop and noticed a serious speedup, and from a 5400 to a 7200 on an aging iMac, and it almost felt like I'd dropped in a CPU upgrade.
But you don't address the issue of heat. Any idea of how much extra heat a 7200 RPM drive adds, and any idea whether the mini, which apparently lacks a fan, can dissipate that heat effectively? That'd be my main concern.
You're not in or affiliated with a college currently, are you? Napster's back in a big way. Basically, it (and some other music services) is getting in bed with universities left and right by offering a music service for the kids in the dorms and the promise (for the administration) of holding off on RIAA lawsuits.
"These are sure some nice students. It'd be a shame if someone came along and sued them so they couldn't go to your pretty little school. Yep, that'd be a major shame, but I can help make sure that doesn't happen...."
I was going to chime in to point out that people should read the Vint Cerf link from that snopes article, only it's a dead link. This one (http://www.politechbot.com/p-01394.html), while formatted badly, shows how Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn give Gore credit for what he actually said.
Now, that said, Gore did have a tendency to talk about Internet "rooters." That didn't help him any!
If you haven't seen "The Rocketeer," it may be as close to the pulps as you can hope for (well, there's always "Raiders of the Lost Ark"). Relatively non-campy in a way that "The Shadow" "Doc Savage," and "The Phantom" weren't (although the Phantom was played fairly straight, too, IIRC). If you *have* seen it, see it again--I can guarantee that it's been too long since you've gazed upon the beauteous Jennifer Connelly!
--Kimota, who is almost as excited about seeing "Sky Captain" as he was at 13, when seeing trailers for Raiders....
I would like to ask what would happen if, one day, Steve Jobs wasn't there for Apple anymore, will it still be as innovative as before? (not that I wish anything bad happens to him)
I'd say it would be a matter of perception. Jobs wasn't at Apple for, what, about a decade?, and Apple kept innovating without him, although admittedly they weren't hitting too many balls out of the park. Still, they maintained the whole 'cult of the Mac' thing.
With Steve, you not only have the charisma of Apple and the Mac, but also a legendary, visionary "strong man" figure (and something of the trickster archetype, too, I'd say) to personify Apple and the Mac.
If Jobs were to die or leave the company suddenly, I think you'd have several years of fans' worrying about the future and columnists' saying that the company was rudderless and lacking vision, as though everything Apple had done right with Steve at the helm had been solely his idea. Real innovations would be cast in the media as mis-steps, actual mistakes would be seen as the death knell of Apple, that sort of thing... Actually, it'd be a lot like now, only without the gloss and drama of Jobs as wunder-CEO.
To completely derail the thread (for which I will apologize in adavnce), do any of the prose or comics works set in the Romero zombieverse explain the thermodynamics of zombieism (I mean that's a lot of energy expended to consume only brains, right? Or was the brains-only thing in the other guy's zombieverse?) Or what about kuru and zombies?
--Kimota!, gets most of his science fiction from talking with his friends rather than reading it....
What's the "good enough" point for bandwidth?
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It seems to me that that at least with certain technologies, there's a "good enough" point, such as
a. billions of colors at 80+ Hz on a 21" monitor. There are special needs (or desires) for larger monitors or faster refresh rates, but while we might need better color accuracy, we don't need to worry about going for trillions of colors.
b. CD quality audio (or whatever makes the audiophiles happy. No, wait, *can* you make audiophiles happy?)
So is there a good enough point for bandwidth, a point at which pretty much all imaginable (or practical) datasets are transferred nigh-instantaneously?
I have a feeling the answer will involve the words "holodeck" or "matrix...."
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If you've been reading Slashdot for more than a few months, you have to take it for granted that that reason why is because the big record companies mandated DRM across the board, even for free/public domain/indie material. I hope you're right, though, that that changes in the future!
All right, Fonzie, jump over that shark, but if it bites your legs off, don't come running to me!
When's the last time a code name was also used for the retail product?
Do Sherlock, Panther, and Tiger count?
Another way of looking at this is that, perhaps, Apple has grown in prominence to the point that new hardware (or even the rumor of such) is considered newsworthy nowadays.
(Alternately, it could just be that Money/CNN has one major Mac fanatic and/or it was a slow news day.)
Yep, and "Latin" as used in the sig requires a capital L and "i.e." can also stand for "in exemplum."
>how big is the market for a niche product from a niche computer manufacturer?
You mean like the iPod? Pretty big, I'd say, depending on the application.
Steve Jobs has made comments about the iPod not lending itself to being a decent video player due to its tiny display. A tablet, on the other hand....
And because we know someone will ask, yes, it supports 2(+) button mice! And that's not even a new feature!
--Kimota!
A two-button mouse, perhaps?
Um....
Oh, you all think you're so (in)Taligent!
--Kimota!
Am I the only one who thought of The F-Sharp Bell?
--Kimota!
I've upgraded from a 4200 to a 5400 RPM drive on a laptop and noticed a serious speedup, and from a 5400 to a 7200 on an aging iMac, and it almost felt like I'd dropped in a CPU upgrade.
But you don't address the issue of heat. Any idea of how much extra heat a 7200 RPM drive adds, and any idea whether the mini, which apparently lacks a fan, can dissipate that heat effectively? That'd be my main concern.
--Kimota!
"arboring"? Terrorists grow in orchards? I guess that would explain a lot....
--Kimota!
You're not in or affiliated with a college currently, are you? Napster's back in a big way. Basically, it (and some other music services) is getting in bed with universities left and right by offering a music service for the kids in the dorms and the promise (for the administration) of holding off on RIAA lawsuits.
"These are sure some nice students. It'd be a shame if someone came along and sued them so they couldn't go to your pretty little school. Yep, that'd be a major shame, but I can help make sure that doesn't happen...."
Are you sure that little gem wasn't "There are 2 kinds of people: those who back up and those who've never lost data"?
That's the way I'm used to hearing it, anyway....
--Kimota!
I was going to chime in to point out that people should read the Vint Cerf link from that snopes article, only it's a dead link. This one (http://www.politechbot.com/p-01394.html), while formatted badly, shows how Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn give Gore credit for what he actually said.
Now, that said, Gore did have a tendency to talk about Internet "rooters." That didn't help him any!
--Kimota!
Along similar lines, my favorite equation is best expressed as a question and answer:
Q: What's the square root of 69?
A: 8 something.
Heh.
--Kimota!
Well, I think if this 'myth' does spread, it'll likely take the form of "Thomas Dolby invented the iPod, thereby BLINDING us with SCIENCE!"
--Kimota!
If you haven't seen "The Rocketeer," it may be as close to the pulps as you can hope for (well, there's always "Raiders of the Lost Ark"). Relatively non-campy in a way that "The Shadow" "Doc Savage," and "The Phantom" weren't (although the Phantom was played fairly straight, too, IIRC). If you *have* seen it, see it again--I can guarantee that it's been too long since you've gazed upon the beauteous Jennifer Connelly!
--Kimota, who is almost as excited about seeing "Sky Captain" as he was at 13, when seeing trailers for Raiders....
And just to add insult to injury, you won't be able to sell back the math book you have!
--Kimota!
please answer a couple of basic questions for this non-Linux head, namely:
What's the origin of the name "Yellow Dog Linux"? Is it tied to the old song "Yellow Dog Blues"? If so, what exactly is the connection?
For that matter, what's the origin of "Red Hat"?
(At least I know Debian's story.)
--Kimota!, did a cursory google search once upon a time, but came up with nothin'
I'd say it would be a matter of perception. Jobs wasn't at Apple for, what, about a decade?, and Apple kept innovating without him, although admittedly they weren't hitting too many balls out of the park. Still, they maintained the whole 'cult of the Mac' thing.
With Steve, you not only have the charisma of Apple and the Mac, but also a legendary, visionary "strong man" figure (and something of the trickster archetype, too, I'd say) to personify Apple and the Mac.
If Jobs were to die or leave the company suddenly, I think you'd have several years of fans' worrying about the future and columnists' saying that the company was rudderless and lacking vision, as though everything Apple had done right with Steve at the helm had been solely his idea. Real innovations would be cast in the media as mis-steps, actual mistakes would be seen as the death knell of Apple, that sort of thing... Actually, it'd be a lot like now, only without the gloss and drama of Jobs as wunder-CEO.
--Kimota!
To completely derail the thread (for which I will apologize in adavnce), do any of the prose or comics works set in the Romero zombieverse explain the thermodynamics of zombieism (I mean that's a lot of energy expended to consume only brains, right? Or was the brains-only thing in the other guy's zombieverse?) Or what about kuru and zombies?
--Kimota!, gets most of his science fiction from talking with his friends rather than reading it....
It seems to me that that at least with certain technologies, there's a "good enough" point, such as
a. billions of colors at 80+ Hz on a 21" monitor. There are special needs (or desires) for larger monitors or faster refresh rates, but while we might need better color accuracy, we don't need to worry about going for trillions of colors.
b. CD quality audio (or whatever makes the audiophiles happy. No, wait, *can* you make audiophiles happy?)
So is there a good enough point for bandwidth, a point at which pretty much all imaginable (or practical) datasets are transferred nigh-instantaneously?
I have a feeling the answer will involve the words "holodeck" or "matrix...."
--Kimota!
>Having this much bandwidth would change the way we design. >What would you do with this much bandwidth?"
How long before we have viruses that target gigabit NICs on PCI-X machines for DDoSing?
--Kimota!
I for one welcome our new bipedal macaque overlords, if only because I'm looking forward to finding a hot mute girl named "Nova!"
--Kimota!