I'm typing this my 2015 MacBook Pro that I've been nursing along. I have a long list of things Apple could do to get me to buy a new MacBook, but it all starts with one thing:
Make it thicker!
Once you've done that, now there's room for -A real keyboard with real key travel -USB 3 ports -An ethernet port -Several kinds of video ports -A really, really big battery -A heat management system that doesn't have to throttle the processor -A reliable hinge that doesn't pinch the video cables -Great speakers -Magsafe!
Please make this happen, Apple. I never asked you for a laptop that was so thin I could shave with it.
I'm currently reading Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series for the first time.
I'm also writing my own science fiction series, it's a cheerful post-apocalyptic hard sci-fi adventure. With explosions. The first book is free here: fixerbook.net
Doug Morris: Steve, I think we should get $1 for every iPod you sell. Steve Jobs: No. Doug Morris: We asked Microsoft for $1 for each Zune sold, and they said "Yes". Steve Jobs: They were desperate. We're not. By the way, how has the Zune deal been working out for you? Doug Morris: So far, we've gotten $52.
since1968.com claims Omniture is a marketing firm. This is not true, Omniture is a web analytics (web tracking) firm. That is, companies like Apple contract with Omniture to track web clicks for them. Apple might be using that data for marketing, but Omniture does not.
For an avowed athiest, you've done a remarkable job of summarizing the fundamentalist Protestant view (also the Catholic view) of the fall and the redemption, and how it requires a belief in a literal creation.
In fact, you've done a better job than most of us Christians were doing in this thread.
iTunes Man To the tune of "Piano Man" by Billy Joel Filk by Scott Taylor
It's nine o' clock at the iTunes store, A phenomenal crowd's logging on, There's an old man on AOL Finding music from ages bygone.
He says, "Steve can you play me a memory?" "I'm not really sure how it goes" "But I typed in a track and got album names back!" "And I'm not even wearing my clothes!"
Oh la da da diddy da da, la da diddy da da da. Sell us a song, you're the iTunes man, Sell us a song tonight. Well, we're all in the mood for a melody, And you've got the pricing just right.
Now Claude at Vivendi's a friend of mine And his business is selling CDs. And knows the solution for store distribution, But he's worried about MP3s. He says "Steve I believe this is killing us" "All these pirates don't pay us a dime." "Well I'm sure that you could be a billionaire" "If you could sell music online."
Oh la da da diddy da da, la da diddy da da da. Sell us a song, you're the iTunes man, Sell us a song tonight. Well, we're all in the mood for a melody, And you've got the pricing just right.
Now Paul is an iPod enthusiast Who listens to Jazz with his wife And he's chatting with Maxine, who's still in the rap scene And probably will be for life. And the waitress is downloading Dixie Chicks As the dial-up man slowly gets Stones Yes they're sharing the bandwidth from Akamai But it's better than P2P clones.
Sell us a song, you're the iTunes man, Sell us a song tonight. Well, we're all in the mood for a melody, And you've got the pricing just right.
Its a pretty good crowd for just Macintosh And the PC guys give me a smile Cause they know that iTunes will be Windows-bound soon If they just can hold out for a while.
And the AAC sounds like originals And rights management isn't a pain, And they sit at the screens of their iTunes machines And say "Man, this is worse than cocaine!"
Sell us a song, you're the iTunes man, Sell us a song tonight. Well, we're all in the mood for a melody, And you've got the pricing just right.
I really, really want to see a product like this make it to market, but I see a few hurtles.
Will the movie industry support this? What if directors and movie studios don't like the idea of someone editing their movie? What if someone creates an "edit file" that makes your movie into something you never intended, like making "Battlefield Earth" into a 30 minute slapstick comedy? Movie Mask's FAQ says:
"What copyright issues are involved here?
A: This really isnt a question of copyright, it is just a new idea on an old concept-- that is, if I buy something I own it. Just because I use a product perhaps in a way not intended by the originator doesnt mean I dont have my own individual rights. For instance, I have the right to mark in or rip out pages of a book that I purchase."
Well, sort of. To use the same analogy, a third party can't mark up a book, rip pages out of it, and sell it to you, because that constitutes creation of a "derived work". But what if the third party doesn't actually sell you the book, what if you buy the book, give it to the third party, they rip it up for you for a fee, and then hand it back to you? That's a bit fuzzier. Actually that's exactly what several companies in Utah are doing, they will (physically) edit your video tapes for you to cut out the nude scenes, but you have to own the tape first. So far they have not been dragged into court, but they are not a huge operation. I believe that an "edit file" player IS legal, but I can't see the software making it into the market without a court battle to establish its legality.
Does Movie Mask plan on being a licensed DVD player? Would other companies that oppose the edit file idea try to block them? If they don't license the player, are they a circumvention device?
What happens if the player does make it to market, all legal issues are resolved, and then someone reverse engineers the edit file format and starts a web site providing unapproved edit files? It looks like MovieMask is planning on using product placement as a source of income, so if other people are creating edit files with no annoying product links, it cuts down on their revenue. I'd be surprised if Movie Mask didn't see this problem coming, and try to incorporate some sort of authentication or encryption mechanism into their edit files.
Before the TV show "Seven Days" premiered, I found a web site (long since taken down) that appeared to be a fan site, complete with enthusiastic ravings about how cool the show was going to be, and video previews that "a friend" who worked for the studio had allegedly smuggled out. My first clue that it was not a legitimate fan site was that there was not a misspelled word to be found. My second clue was when "whois" informed me that the owner of the domain was actually Paramount.
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I'm typing this my 2015 MacBook Pro that I've been nursing along. I have a long list of things Apple could do to get me to buy a new MacBook, but it all starts with one thing:
Make it thicker!
Once you've done that, now there's room for
-A real keyboard with real key travel
-USB 3 ports
-An ethernet port
-Several kinds of video ports
-A really, really big battery
-A heat management system that doesn't have to throttle the processor
-A reliable hinge that doesn't pinch the video cables
-Great speakers
-Magsafe!
Please make this happen, Apple. I never asked you for a laptop that was so thin I could shave with it.
I'm currently reading Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series for the first time.
I'm also writing my own science fiction series, it's a cheerful post-apocalyptic hard sci-fi adventure. With explosions.
The first book is free here: fixerbook.net
Doug Morris: Steve, I think we should get $1 for every iPod you sell.
Steve Jobs: No.
Doug Morris: We asked Microsoft for $1 for each Zune sold, and they said "Yes".
Steve Jobs: They were desperate. We're not. By the way, how has the Zune deal been working out for you?
Doug Morris: So far, we've gotten $52.
...it will become known as "The sole that times men's tries".
(sorry)
since1968.com claims Omniture is a marketing firm. This is not true, Omniture is a web analytics (web tracking) firm. That is, companies like Apple contract with Omniture to track web clicks for them. Apple might be using that data for marketing, but Omniture does not.
...RIAA automatically deletes you!
In fact, you've done a better job than most of us Christians were doing in this thread.
Feel free to steal it!
No link is necessary, but please leave my name in.
iTunes Man
To the tune of "Piano Man" by Billy Joel
Filk by Scott Taylor
It's nine o' clock at the iTunes store,
A phenomenal crowd's logging on,
There's an old man on AOL
Finding music from ages bygone.
He says, "Steve can you play me a memory?"
"I'm not really sure how it goes"
"But I typed in a track and got album names back!"
"And I'm not even wearing my clothes!"
Oh la da da diddy da da, la da diddy da da da.
Sell us a song, you're the iTunes man,
Sell us a song tonight.
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody,
And you've got the pricing just right.
Now Claude at Vivendi's a friend of mine
And his business is selling CDs.
And knows the solution for store distribution,
But he's worried about MP3s.
He says "Steve I believe this is killing us"
"All these pirates don't pay us a dime."
"Well I'm sure that you could be a billionaire"
"If you could sell music online."
Oh la da da diddy da da, la da diddy da da da.
Sell us a song, you're the iTunes man,
Sell us a song tonight.
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody,
And you've got the pricing just right.
Now Paul is an iPod enthusiast
Who listens to Jazz with his wife
And he's chatting with Maxine, who's still in the rap scene
And probably will be for life.
And the waitress is downloading Dixie Chicks
As the dial-up man slowly gets Stones
Yes they're sharing the bandwidth from Akamai
But it's better than P2P clones.
Sell us a song, you're the iTunes man,
Sell us a song tonight.
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody,
And you've got the pricing just right.
Its a pretty good crowd for just Macintosh
And the PC guys give me a smile
Cause they know that iTunes will be Windows-bound soon
If they just can hold out for a while.
And the AAC sounds like originals
And rights management isn't a pain,
And they sit at the screens of their iTunes machines
And say "Man, this is worse than cocaine!"
Sell us a song, you're the iTunes man,
Sell us a song tonight.
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody,
And you've got the pricing just right.
I really, really want to see a product like this make it to market, but I see a few hurtles.
Will the movie industry support this? What if directors and movie studios don't like the idea of someone editing their movie? What if someone creates an "edit file" that makes your movie into something you never intended, like making "Battlefield Earth" into a 30 minute slapstick comedy? Movie Mask's FAQ says:
"What copyright issues are involved here?
A: This really isnt a question of copyright, it is just a new idea on an old concept-- that is, if I buy something I own it. Just because I use a product perhaps in a way not intended by the originator doesnt mean I dont have my own individual rights. For instance, I have the right to mark in or rip out pages of a book that I purchase."
Well, sort of. To use the same analogy, a third party can't mark up a book, rip pages out of it, and sell it to you, because that constitutes creation of a "derived work". But what if the third party doesn't actually sell you the book, what if you buy the book, give it to the third party, they rip it up for you for a fee, and then hand it back to you? That's a bit fuzzier. Actually that's exactly what several companies in Utah are doing, they will (physically) edit your video tapes for you to cut out the nude scenes, but you have to own the tape first. So far they have not been dragged into court, but they are not a huge operation. I believe that an "edit file" player IS legal, but I can't see the software making it into the market without a court battle to establish its legality.
Does Movie Mask plan on being a licensed DVD player? Would other companies that oppose the edit file idea try to block them? If they don't license the player, are they a circumvention device?
What happens if the player does make it to market, all legal issues are resolved, and then someone reverse engineers the edit file format and starts a web site providing unapproved edit files? It looks like MovieMask is planning on using product placement as a source of income, so if other people are creating edit files with no annoying product links, it cuts down on their revenue. I'd be surprised if Movie Mask didn't see this problem coming, and try to incorporate some sort of authentication or encryption mechanism into their edit files.
Before the TV show "Seven Days" premiered, I found a web site (long since taken down) that appeared to be a fan site, complete with enthusiastic ravings about how cool the show was going to be, and video previews that "a friend" who worked for the studio had allegedly smuggled out. My first clue that it was not a legitimate fan site was that there was not a misspelled word to be found. My second clue was when "whois" informed me that the owner of the domain was actually Paramount.