One minor thing that's been overlooked: Icons on the dock represent both Documents and Applications. I personally don't store Document aliases on the right side of the dock as many people do, but when you have a document that is open on the dock and you try to drag it off the Dock, what happens? It bounces right back. Unless you have finished with the document, it stays right there. The same applies to running Applications. It won't go away if it's open.
The dock is not much more than a launcher to me. It does what it needs to, and not much more. As for the moving trash icon, I honestly can't remember the last time I dragged an icon to the trash. Ever since Apple added the Command-Delete key combo, dragging just seems too slow. That was back in OS 9, by the way. It's been many years.
I can't help but feel that Tog is watching his baby grow up, and isn't ready to let go, which I can certainly understand. The Classic Mac OS was fairly innovative (Please no Xerox/Windows/Mac debate, that horse is dead) and I would certainly be hestitant to let go of a project I worked that long and hard on. Although I wouldn't be hesitant to ditch that dial-up connection you're using, Tog, unless you're somewhere rural that doesn't get broadband. I've done 4 OS X 10.3 installs this week alone and none has taken over three hours, far from the seven you saw....
You think THAT was the statement that ruins the review?!? What about:
"When you use Mac OS X, you feel like sodomy; when you use Windows, you feel as though you're using someone else's toys, and Mrs. Microsoft keeps peeking in on you."
Don't get me wrong, it has nice features, looks good, more memory is always a plus, but frankly I don't need or want a camera in my phone. And since I work somewhere that cameras are specifically NOT allowed (a rule that is enforced by many men with BIG guns), the camera makes this completely useless.
Why can't a cell phone company make something with all the features of say a SE P800 or 900, or even this one without a camera? At this rate, I'm going to be stuck with my T68i for years to come, and when it dies, I'll be SOL.
You should look again. ALL G5 owners get it. This is from http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/
Customers who purchase a qualifying new Power Mac G5 (M9020LL/A, M9031LL/A, M9032LL/A) regardless of purchase date that does not have Mac OS X Panther v10.3 included can upgrade to Mac OS X Panther.
Actually, I work as a sysadmin for the Navy, and in my department, we use mainly Mac OS X and Yellow Dog Linux. There are only two Windows machines in the office that are shared by everyone, yet not many people use them.
This is probably why I have time to post messages on/.
Why "Savings" aren't passed on to the consumer.
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These savings aren't passed on to the consumer simply because the consumer has never paid these costs to begin with. Most standard recording give the artist an advance to produce their album, varying in amount based on the artist, the label, etc. This money is recoupable, paid back by the artist in full to the record label. If the label advances $50,000, the first $50,000 in sales (should the artist ever hit that point) goes to the record label. Only at that point does the artist begin to see profit.
As for ProTools being the cause of all music's woes, it is only a tool. Handing a chimp a paintbrush certainly won't make him Rembrandt. Over-compression is simply a bad production value, compounded by radio compression, or MP3 compression in some cases. ProTools is certainly capable of dynamics. Voice pitch correction? This isn't included in ProTools, when I last looked. There are other companies that provide pitch correcting plugins, but if you rely on those, you shouldn't be singing. Overdubs have been happening for years, since the advent of multi-track recording (Thanks, Les Paul!).
And Frankly, if a full featured ProTools system could be had for $15k, I'd own one by now.
Tivo doesn't quite have a monopoly. There's always WinXP Media Center. I personally think this is the scarier monopolistic company, trying to get their hands in every market.
Of course, there's Freevo on linux as well, but it would cost more in parts to build a usable PC for Freevo than to get a Tivo. Not to mention the usability and setup factor.
Personally, I'd rather buy a Tivo than either of those options.
Hmm... Impending Ice Age vs. Superheating of the Earth from the Sun's Corona...
I think we have a draw! At least that's the theory I'm going with...
And why don't we just call in Superman, anyway? I mean, he can reverse our rotation by just flying around us, right?
"And are you aware that almost every piece of music in Western history employs one of a few different modal or tonal progressions? If tonal, it will nearly always be some variation on a tonic-subdominant-dominant progression; if modal, it will involve one of two or three patterns."
Absolutely I am aware of this. Actually, I have a degree in it . But the key word in your statment is Variation . Musically, you can vary with tempo, dynamics, melody, lyrics, etc. Obviously, when sticking with tonal and modal music, there is a finite limit to the variations.
As it relates to Apple, looking at the themes in question, please bear in mind that musically when a composer writes variations of a theme, he is admitting up front that there is a common thread going through all of the pieces. Varied or otherwise, everything is based on one common piece. Therefore when the "author" of this visual stardock "Aqua-like" theme created his work, he implies that it is based soley on Aqua, which is Apple's intellectual property.
Admittedly, this is mostly harmless. I'm sure Stardock has generated more traffic from this Slashdot link than they have had in recent memory. I don't believe the theme author has intended any harm, but it is conceivable that a theme closely enough mimicking the real thing, could sway a consumer towards another platform, rather than OS X. (Conceivable, I say. Believeable, not terribly). And say a convincing Aqua theme is loaded on an unstable Windows95 machine. A consumer seeing crashes or having difficulty could believe this was the fault of Apple. I still believe they are well within thier rights and it is to thier own benefit that they pursue this.
"If Apple can sue for something that resembles its OS, then can musicians sue other musicians something that they think sounds like their music?"
Silly question. The answer: Yes. Copyright law as it refers to music is well defined. Perhaps you've forgotten (thankfully) Vanilla Ice "borrowing" the bass line from Queen/David Bowie's "Under Pressure". Mr. Ice claimed there was a sixteenth note difference. Mr. Ice lost his shirt.
So the concept of a cheap knockoff undermining the original isn't new, nor is legal action against it. To make a short story long, Apple has every right to defend it's intellectual property, and there's not a thing wrong with it.
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One minor thing that's been overlooked: Icons on the dock represent both Documents and Applications. I personally don't store Document aliases on the right side of the dock as many people do, but when you have a document that is open on the dock and you try to drag it off the Dock, what happens? It bounces right back. Unless you have finished with the document, it stays right there. The same applies to running Applications. It won't go away if it's open.
The dock is not much more than a launcher to me. It does what it needs to, and not much more. As for the moving trash icon, I honestly can't remember the last time I dragged an icon to the trash. Ever since Apple added the Command-Delete key combo, dragging just seems too slow. That was back in OS 9, by the way. It's been many years.
I can't help but feel that Tog is watching his baby grow up, and isn't ready to let go, which I can certainly understand. The Classic Mac OS was fairly innovative (Please no Xerox/Windows/Mac debate, that horse is dead) and I would certainly be hestitant to let go of a project I worked that long and hard on. Although I wouldn't be hesitant to ditch that dial-up connection you're using, Tog, unless you're somewhere rural that doesn't get broadband. I've done 4 OS X 10.3 installs this week alone and none has taken over three hours, far from the seven you saw....
Microsoft wants everyone to use their WMA technology, obviously developed by Microsoft.
Apple wants us to use AAC, developed by Dolby.
Last time I looked my stereo, TV, DVD player, Car Stereo, etc etc etc all carry the Dolby logo, not the Microsoft logo.
It's a simple choice.
You think THAT was the statement that ruins the review?!? What about:
"When you use Mac OS X, you feel like sodomy; when you use Windows, you feel as though you're using someone else's toys, and Mrs. Microsoft keeps peeking in on you."
Wtf does THAT mean?!?
Don't get me wrong, it has nice features, looks good, more memory is always a plus, but frankly I don't need or want a camera in my phone. And since I work somewhere that cameras are specifically NOT allowed (a rule that is enforced by many men with BIG guns), the camera makes this completely useless.
Why can't a cell phone company make something with all the features of say a SE P800 or 900, or even this one without a camera? At this rate, I'm going to be stuck with my T68i for years to come, and when it dies, I'll be SOL.
As long as the new admins keep the Bastards at Verisign from using wildcards...
You should look again. ALL G5 owners get it. This is from http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/
Customers who purchase a qualifying new Power Mac G5 (M9020LL/A, M9031LL/A, M9032LL/A) regardless of purchase date that does not have Mac OS X Panther v10.3 included can upgrade to Mac OS X Panther.
Check your facts before complaining.
I say Spam Hunters should have baseball bats and frequent flier miles to go with their traditional tools...
Actually, I work as a sysadmin for the Navy, and in my department, we use mainly Mac OS X and Yellow Dog Linux. There are only two Windows machines in the office that are shared by everyone, yet not many people use them.
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This is probably why I have time to post messages on
These savings aren't passed on to the consumer simply because the consumer has never paid these costs to begin with. Most standard recording give the artist an advance to produce their album, varying in amount based on the artist, the label, etc. This money is recoupable, paid back by the artist in full to the record label. If the label advances $50,000, the first $50,000 in sales (should the artist ever hit that point) goes to the record label. Only at that point does the artist begin to see profit.
As for ProTools being the cause of all music's woes, it is only a tool. Handing a chimp a paintbrush certainly won't make him Rembrandt. Over-compression is simply a bad production value, compounded by radio compression, or MP3 compression in some cases. ProTools is certainly capable of dynamics. Voice pitch correction? This isn't included in ProTools, when I last looked. There are other companies that provide pitch correcting plugins, but if you rely on those, you shouldn't be singing. Overdubs have been happening for years, since the advent of multi-track recording (Thanks, Les Paul!).
And Frankly, if a full featured ProTools system could be had for $15k, I'd own one by now.
Tivo doesn't quite have a monopoly. There's always WinXP Media Center. I personally think this is the scarier monopolistic company, trying to get their hands in every market.
Of course, there's Freevo on linux as well, but it would cost more in parts to build a usable PC for Freevo than to get a Tivo. Not to mention the usability and setup factor.
Personally, I'd rather buy a Tivo than either of those options.
Hmm... Impending Ice Age vs. Superheating of the Earth from the Sun's Corona... I think we have a draw! At least that's the theory I'm going with... And why don't we just call in Superman, anyway? I mean, he can reverse our rotation by just flying around us, right?
"And are you aware that almost every piece of music in Western history employs one of a few different modal or tonal progressions? If tonal, it will nearly always be some variation on a tonic-subdominant-dominant progression; if modal, it will involve one of two or three patterns."
Absolutely I am aware of this. Actually, I have a degree in it . But the key word in your statment is Variation . Musically, you can vary with tempo, dynamics, melody, lyrics, etc. Obviously, when sticking with tonal and modal music, there is a finite limit to the variations.
As it relates to Apple, looking at the themes in question, please bear in mind that musically when a composer writes variations of a theme, he is admitting up front that there is a common thread going through all of the pieces. Varied or otherwise, everything is based on one common piece. Therefore when the "author" of this visual stardock "Aqua-like" theme created his work, he implies that it is based soley on Aqua, which is Apple's intellectual property.
Admittedly, this is mostly harmless. I'm sure Stardock has generated more traffic from this Slashdot link than they have had in recent memory. I don't believe the theme author has intended any harm, but it is conceivable that a theme closely enough mimicking the real thing, could sway a consumer towards another platform, rather than OS X. (Conceivable, I say. Believeable, not terribly). And say a convincing Aqua theme is loaded on an unstable Windows95 machine. A consumer seeing crashes or having difficulty could believe this was the fault of Apple. I still believe they are well within thier rights and it is to thier own benefit that they pursue this.
"If Apple can sue for something that resembles its OS, then can musicians sue other musicians something that they think sounds like their music?"
Silly question. The answer: Yes. Copyright law as it refers to music is well defined. Perhaps you've forgotten (thankfully) Vanilla Ice "borrowing" the bass line from Queen/David Bowie's "Under Pressure". Mr. Ice claimed there was a sixteenth note difference. Mr. Ice lost his shirt.
So the concept of a cheap knockoff undermining the original isn't new, nor is legal action against it. To make a short story long, Apple has every right to defend it's intellectual property, and there's not a thing wrong with it.