My wife made some similar comments on one of her lists recently.
Basically, children are taught to respect elders, obey police, teachers and pretty much everyone else... and only beware of strangers which aren't any of the above.
By the time one is encouraged to think for yourself, you're in college (and you still often get better marks for thinking the same as professors.
Are we surprised that questioning authority is generally considered a bad thing when we've been training our youth not to do just that throughout most of their earliest and most suseptable years?
Hardly surprising. Down at the bottom of the page there's a note that says the application can only be used 30 times per day... and it's linked to slashdot.:)
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That's what lawyers are actually for (rather than sueing everything that moves). A quick trademark search in the exact industry isn't enough these days and anyone who gets an off the shelf company planning to be the next big thing should perhaps budget in some good trademark lawyers in there formation plans. There are words, combinations of words, and made up words out there. Creativity may be needed but checking definately is.
I agree with the origional comment. Three years back he formed a company called "apple xxxxxx" working in an area quite closely bound to hardware and software developement/sales. Cry me a river.
"This creates undue waste and probably could create hazards for people who try to nagivate over the sidewalk appliqués in wheelchairs."
It's not just the wheelchairs, but trying to navigate over anything shiny and plastic when you're on a walking stick or crutches is a nightmare. Especially true if it's been raining or there's a morning dew.
Although it sounds horribly manipulative and i'd not wish it one anyone, If someone disabled were to slip on one of those and break something then it would cost MS a great deal more than the $50 graffiti fine.
Many of us here are happy to criticise IT Journalists in general for inaccuracy or biased opinion. You've managed to build a reputation for yourself without attracting much of that bad karma.
What/where/who do you read/research/ask to stay abreast of the many technical aspects you need to report on (to keep technical accuracy) without simply taking various companies words for granted (and thus loosing your unbiased approach)?
It should also be noted that in many companies IT Depts. (like mine) you need to keep spending a required amount each year to get that amount the next year. Perhaps the company in question had 10,000 left over in this years budget and needed to have it spent before they loose it for next year.
Don't ask me to explain the management rational behind this, all i know is that it's a commonplace issue in my company (and not just in IT) and in companies many friends work in.
Their contact e-mail is webadministrator@omnicare.com
So now the poor webadmin is going to be deluged with pointless flames about something he has no control over. When has it been common practice for MD's and legal persons to actually read complaints sent to the webmaster NOT about the website? I'm sure there's exceptions, but it's certainly not the best approach for contacting people.
If you're going to supply contact details, at least do the research to supply the correct ones... and that doesn't mean scanning the website for a "contact us" link.
Whether this will have an enormous impact on whichever is ultimately commonly accepted is another matter.
I should be noted, however, that many of their other choices of things to ship with before anyone else (CD booting, built-in networking, USB) have become pretty much standard for most non apple hardware now.
True, it doesn't ban them from the show. In fact on one of the sites they mentioned that many of the reporters will get a normal pass rather than a press pass purely so that people on the Apple stands will be allowed to talk to them without a member of the apple marketing machine present.
What is the issue here is the princible of the thing (a sadly overused phrase here). Why should sites which are legitimately reporting on Mac events not get in free to do their reporting and others do simply because they happened not to report something that apple didn't like? Keeping in mind here that many of the 'rumours' reported are gained through legitimate investagative reporting rather than leaks from apple.
Slashdot Mirror
Heal thy-self!
Dammit Jim! i'm a computer not a doctor!
Just imagine the micromanaging possibilities. It's a dilbertian managerial utopia!
My wife made some similar comments on one of her lists recently.
Basically, children are taught to respect elders, obey police, teachers and pretty much everyone else... and only beware of strangers which aren't any of the above.
By the time one is encouraged to think for yourself, you're in college (and you still often get better marks for thinking the same as professors.
Are we surprised that questioning authority is generally considered a bad thing when we've been training our youth not to do just that throughout most of their earliest and most suseptable years?
Hardly surprising. Down at the bottom of the page there's a note that says the application can only be used 30 times per day... and it's linked to slashdot. :)
Why do you think the DMCA exists?
To piss off slashdot?
That's what lawyers are actually for (rather than sueing everything that moves). A quick trademark search in the exact industry isn't enough these days and anyone who gets an off the shelf company planning to be the next big thing should perhaps budget in some good trademark lawyers in there formation plans. There are words, combinations of words, and made up words out there. Creativity may be needed but checking definately is.
I agree with the origional comment. Three years back he formed a company called "apple xxxxxx" working in an area quite closely bound to hardware and software developement/sales. Cry me a river.
"This creates undue waste and probably could create hazards for people who try to nagivate over the sidewalk appliqués in wheelchairs."
It's not just the wheelchairs, but trying to navigate over anything shiny and plastic when you're on a walking stick or crutches is a nightmare. Especially true if it's been raining or there's a morning dew.
Although it sounds horribly manipulative and i'd not wish it one anyone, If someone disabled were to slip on one of those and break something then it would cost MS a great deal more than the $50 graffiti fine.
Many of us here are happy to criticise IT Journalists in general for inaccuracy or biased opinion. You've managed to build a reputation for yourself without attracting much of that bad karma.
What/where/who do you read/research/ask to stay abreast of the many technical aspects you need to report on (to keep technical accuracy) without simply taking various companies words for granted (and thus loosing your unbiased approach)?
It should also be noted that in many companies IT Depts. (like mine) you need to keep spending a required amount each year to get that amount the next year. Perhaps the company in question had 10,000 left over in this years budget and needed to have it spent before they loose it for next year.
Don't ask me to explain the management rational behind this, all i know is that it's a commonplace issue in my company (and not just in IT) and in companies many friends work in.
Their contact e-mail is
webadministrator@omnicare.com
So now the poor webadmin is going to be deluged with pointless flames about something he has no control over. When has it been common practice for MD's and legal persons to actually read complaints sent to the webmaster NOT about the website? I'm sure there's exceptions, but it's certainly not the best approach for contacting people.
If you're going to supply contact details, at least do the research to supply the correct ones... and that doesn't mean scanning the website for a "contact us" link.
Whether this will have an enormous impact on whichever is ultimately commonly accepted is another matter.
I should be noted, however, that many of their other choices of things to ship with before anyone else (CD booting, built-in networking, USB) have become pretty much standard for most non apple hardware now.
True, it doesn't ban them from the show. In fact on one of the sites they mentioned that many of the reporters will get a normal pass rather than a press pass purely so that people on the Apple stands will be allowed to talk to them without a member of the apple marketing machine present.
What is the issue here is the princible of the thing (a sadly overused phrase here). Why should sites which are legitimately reporting on Mac events not get in free to do their reporting and others do simply because they happened not to report something that apple didn't like? Keeping in mind here that many of the 'rumours' reported are gained through legitimate investagative reporting rather than leaks from apple.