WORE is Java, not Javascript -- though I'm guessing you knew that. There's actually a platform-independent Java software out there. It's just that people have become too cynical about Java hype to care.
This is a news site, guys. That means you're supposed to know how to write headlines. "No Scroll Wheel" makes it sound like they just left it off. Try "Cordless Notebook Mouse with 4-way scroll panel."
Also, consider editing submissions that make silly whines about cost. $70 is not that much for a cordless mouse. There are cheaper onces, but not with this feature set.
I seem to recall that Amiga was originally a separate company. Commodore took them over before their first product release, but they always kept their operations separate.
They still are the ONLY computer maker that produces the entire gadget - the hardware and the software. This is one of the main reasons Apple has been and always will be superior to any of the the "other" alternatives.
Not quite correct: high-end computers from companies like Sun, SGI, and IBM are still designed and sold as "the entire gadget". But of course you meant computers that ordinary people actually see and buy -- and in that market you're correct.
Even so, I'd put it another way: Apple is the only remaining producer of the entire gadget. Back when Apple was founded, almost all computers were made that way. But ever since 1981, when IBM accidentally invented the commodity computer, there has been strong economic reasons not to sell desktop computers that way. Apple is the only company in a big field (Commodore, Atari, Amiga, Texas Instruments, Convergent Technologies...) to have survived this trend.
You're right, it's not fair to exempt Internet businesses from any tax that B&M businesses have to pay. But this decision isn't going to change much. There's still the fundamental consitutional rule that says that states can't collect taxes from out-of-state businesses. Which means that Internet businesses can continue to avoid collecting sales taxes in states where they have no B&M presence.
It's just that Borders wasn't able to have it both ways: operate stores in California, and also have a "pure internet" business that sold books there tax free.
... a dead tree-version of something that will soon be obsolete....
You're assuming that HTML will continue to be totally re-invented at regular intervals, the way it has in the past. But that's something that has to change, and Molly Holzschlag happens to be one of the people trying to change it. I haven't seen this book (though I have to say that I've been disappointed by some of her previous books) but I think its safe to say that anything MH writes will be standards-driven, and thus unlikely to be obsolete soon.
QNX is a niche product now, but they didn't start out that way. Back in the mid 80s, they sold themselves as general-purpose OS. And compared to MS-DOS, they were a very good one. If they had somehow achieved serious market penetration, they'd now be an important alternative to Windows. Instead, they label themselves a "real time OS" not because that's what they set out to be, but because it's a market they can hold on to.
You see that sort of labelling a lot with general-purpose software that needs to identify with some particular market they happen to do well in. Like Interbase, which is really a good general-purpose RDBMS engine. But the only way they can compete with better-known engines is to emphasize their small footprint and ease of maintenance. So officially, they're an "embedded" database! Not exactly what they set out to be.
Basically, you're saying that even if nobody buys Apple hardware, Apple can survive selling OS X. But that just makes them another Microsoft competitor. Maybe they can make that work, especially if Microsoft continues to produce software that's less secure than a soggy cardboard box. Then again, the marketplace is littered with unsuccessful alternatives to desktop Windows: BeOS, Solaris x86, QNX, and (might as well admit it) Linux. Apple will think twice before refighting that particular battle! And in any case, they' think more than twice before walking away from the hardware market, which still accounts for most of their profits.
The idea of Disney learning from Miyazaki is absurd. Disney views independent studios as interchangable providers of product, nothing more. That's why their (extremely profitable) relationship with Pixar fell apart. They certainly don't understand why Miyazaki is a great film-maker and storyteller. Look at the way the pile on extra sound effects and additional (very lame) dialog when they create the English-language soundtracks. Plus the dubbing actors are chosen for the star power, not their voice acting ability. Fortunately, the DVDs come with the original Japanese soundtracks and English subtitles that retain the flavor of the original dialog.
Anyway, Disney lost its soul a long time ago, with it watered-down adaptations of children's literature and corny, shallow cartoons. Consider their biggest contribution to the English language: Mickey Mouse. Nobody who has seen the castrated satyrs in Fantasia can truely believe that Disney has a soul.
He's a Prima Donna... And is throwing his toys out of the pram because he's just not getting everything his way.
Which reminds me of the resource files you had to edit to make early versions of Netscape run they way you wanted on your particular Unix/Linux box. You'd read the comments, hoping for guidance. Instead you got rants from JWZ about how screwed up everybody else's keyboard software was. Really used to piss me off.
But if Jamie acts like he's smarter than anybody else, it's probably because he is, judging from some of the projects he's been involved in. Every project has its prima donnas -- good project management is very much about their care and feeding. Pity Netscape didn't have better project managment.
As I've gotten older and more flaky, I've developed this irritating habit of writing the wrong homonym. What really pisses me off is that the distinction between "to", "two", and "too" is the very first bit of formal English I remember learning, and I've never been confused as to which to use. Now I have to carefully read everything I write. Especially on Slashdot, where there are Language Nazis hiding behind every tree. Get a life, people!
Sure, being a good employee and co-worker creates positives that offsets the negative you get by having an unusual appearance. Doesn't mean that the negative aren't there. Plus, there are always going to be stupid, bigoted people who go by appearances.
If the world were a fair place, you'd be judged by what you do, not by how you look. But the world isn't that way, and if you insist on ignoring the fact, you're gonna pay a price.
Sorry, you're fan-boy status is in jeopardy. (Fortunately, your Grammar Nazi standing is still secure!) Judging from the manual, the iAUDIO5 series compares feature-for-feature with the iFP series, and comes off better in almost every respect. Pity I'm broke....
Overall, the interface is very fast and responsive.
Score: 6 / 6
Wait until the joystick springs have worn down a little. If it's like other iRiver "ultra portables" the joystick doubles as a menu button. That's a really nasty kludge, because once its had a little wear, the menu becomes very tricky to access.
Using the iRiver Music Manager you can rearrange your files, and they will appear in that specific order on the player.
The current version of the MM gets all flaky if you have more than a dozen or so files in one directory. "Extra" files disappear from the list -- you can still play them, but since you can't see them in the MM, you can't change their play order.
Also if you record a file, them move it to the main directory (all recorded files appear in subdirectories), it may disappear! This appears to be a bug in the firmware, which seems to get confused by empty slots in directories. Downloading more files can make the missing file re-appear.
UMS and iTunes Music Manager support are mutually exclusive, and UMS seems to be a little slower.
Also, the UMS firmware seems to have sound quality issues. Plus you lose the ability to rearrange the play order. I use the UMS firmware anyway, because it's the only way to get around the Music Manager's bugs -- and the fact that the MM won't allow you to upload MP3 files!
All above comments are based on my iFP-390 -- but most or all surely apply to the iFP-899. Too bad, because it's a reasonable price for a play with that feature set.
I own an iRiver 390T. Basically, not too bad a gadget, though the 5-way joystick was a really bad idea (gets confused about what's a long press and what's a short one). But I'll absolutely never buy anything from this company again.
First their software is buggy. Between them, the firmware and the Music Manager get all confused if there's more than a dozen files in the main directory. (Files aren't accessible from the Music Manager listing, or even disappear entirely.) You can get around that by using the UMS firmware, which makes the player look like a thumb drive, but then you lose any simple way to arrange the play order.
Second, they have no notion of support. Their U.S. support site doesn't have the latest software, and doesn't respond to support requests. Fortunately, the U.K. site is somewhat better, and does have the latest U.S. software. But hey, it's the attitude....
For my next MP3 player, I need one that has a resume-where-you-left-off feature (required, I listen to a lot of spoken word stuff) and preferrably has a bookmark feature. You'd think these would be standard in this podcast era. Any suggestions?
Anything about you that sets you apart works against. We like to talk about looking past surface appearances, but in practice nobody does. If you're going to be creative about your appearance, you have to do so a way that seems to enhance your appearance of competance -- or just accept that your self-expression is making you less employable.
I have an appearance issue that I'm sure makes me less employable: I walk funny. Not a big deal, just a minor neurological problem. I'm sure people look at me and ask themselves "Is that guy on drugs or what?" I've thought of carrying a cane, even though I don't even know how to use one, just to emphasize that it's a minor medical disability, not an effect of a debauched lifestyle. But I'm sure it'd come off as a pose. So I just live with it. Life is often unfair, and it's not productive to get self-righteous about it.
Has IT Marketing learned it's history lesson, or will it forever doomed to repeat it?
Which less is that? That you won't get rich with lame ideas? Everybody already knows that one. But when you're looking for that "outside the box" idea that's supposed to make you rich, your lameness meter tends to go on the fritz.
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WORE is Java, not Javascript -- though I'm guessing you knew that. There's actually a platform-independent Java software out there. It's just that people have become too cynical about Java hype to care.
Good point. I wonder when he last ran a spyware scan?
Also, consider editing submissions that make silly whines about cost. $70 is not that much for a cordless mouse. There are cheaper onces, but not with this feature set.
I seem to recall that Amiga was originally a separate company. Commodore took them over before their first product release, but they always kept their operations separate.
Even so, I'd put it another way: Apple is the only remaining producer of the entire gadget. Back when Apple was founded, almost all computers were made that way. But ever since 1981, when IBM accidentally invented the commodity computer, there has been strong economic reasons not to sell desktop computers that way. Apple is the only company in a big field (Commodore, Atari, Amiga, Texas Instruments, Convergent Technologies...) to have survived this trend.
You're right, it's not fair to exempt Internet businesses from any tax that B&M businesses have to pay. But this decision isn't going to change much. There's still the fundamental consitutional rule that says that states can't collect taxes from out-of-state businesses. Which means that Internet businesses can continue to avoid collecting sales taxes in states where they have no B&M presence. It's just that Borders wasn't able to have it both ways: operate stores in California, and also have a "pure internet" business that sold books there tax free.
You see that sort of labelling a lot with general-purpose software that needs to identify with some particular market they happen to do well in. Like Interbase, which is really a good general-purpose RDBMS engine. But the only way they can compete with better-known engines is to emphasize their small footprint and ease of maintenance. So officially, they're an "embedded" database! Not exactly what they set out to be.
Duh! I should have thought of NeXT.
Basically, you're saying that even if nobody buys Apple hardware, Apple can survive selling OS X. But that just makes them another Microsoft competitor. Maybe they can make that work, especially if Microsoft continues to produce software that's less secure than a soggy cardboard box. Then again, the marketplace is littered with unsuccessful alternatives to desktop Windows: BeOS, Solaris x86, QNX, and (might as well admit it) Linux. Apple will think twice before refighting that particular battle! And in any case, they' think more than twice before walking away from the hardware market, which still accounts for most of their profits.
Problem is, I'm not really handicapped, don't need a cane, and don't know how to use one. So I'd end up just carrying it. And that would feel phony.
Anyway, Disney lost its soul a long time ago, with it watered-down adaptations of children's literature and corny, shallow cartoons. Consider their biggest contribution to the English language: Mickey Mouse. Nobody who has seen the castrated satyrs in Fantasia can truely believe that Disney has a soul.
But if Jamie acts like he's smarter than anybody else, it's probably because he is, judging from some of the projects he's been involved in. Every project has its prima donnas -- good project management is very much about their care and feeding. Pity Netscape didn't have better project managment.
The Audio U2 has all that, some good features of its own, is much less fragile, and has the same list price.
As I've gotten older and more flaky, I've developed this irritating habit of writing the wrong homonym. What really pisses me off is that the distinction between "to", "two", and "too" is the very first bit of formal English I remember learning, and I've never been confused as to which to use. Now I have to carefully read everything I write. Especially on Slashdot, where there are Language Nazis hiding behind every tree. Get a life, people!
If the world were a fair place, you'd be judged by what you do, not by how you look. But the world isn't that way, and if you insist on ignoring the fact, you're gonna pay a price.
Sorry, you're fan-boy status is in jeopardy. (Fortunately, your Grammar Nazi standing is still secure!) Judging from the manual, the iAUDIO5 series compares feature-for-feature with the iFP series, and comes off better in almost every respect. Pity I'm broke....
Also if you record a file, them move it to the main directory (all recorded files appear in subdirectories), it may disappear! This appears to be a bug in the firmware, which seems to get confused by empty slots in directories. Downloading more files can make the missing file re-appear.
Also, the UMS firmware seems to have sound quality issues. Plus you lose the ability to rearrange the play order. I use the UMS firmware anyway, because it's the only way to get around the Music Manager's bugs -- and the fact that the MM won't allow you to upload MP3 files!All above comments are based on my iFP-390 -- but most or all surely apply to the iFP-899. Too bad, because it's a reasonable price for a play with that feature set.
First their software is buggy. Between them, the firmware and the Music Manager get all confused if there's more than a dozen files in the main directory. (Files aren't accessible from the Music Manager listing, or even disappear entirely.) You can get around that by using the UMS firmware, which makes the player look like a thumb drive, but then you lose any simple way to arrange the play order.
Second, they have no notion of support. Their U.S. support site doesn't have the latest software, and doesn't respond to support requests. Fortunately, the U.K. site is somewhat better, and does have the latest U.S. software. But hey, it's the attitude....
For my next MP3 player, I need one that has a resume-where-you-left-off feature (required, I listen to a lot of spoken word stuff) and preferrably has a bookmark feature. You'd think these would be standard in this podcast era. Any suggestions?
I have an appearance issue that I'm sure makes me less employable: I walk funny. Not a big deal, just a minor neurological problem. I'm sure people look at me and ask themselves "Is that guy on drugs or what?" I've thought of carrying a cane, even though I don't even know how to use one, just to emphasize that it's a minor medical disability, not an effect of a debauched lifestyle. But I'm sure it'd come off as a pose. So I just live with it. Life is often unfair, and it's not productive to get self-righteous about it.
That "number of the beast" thing is obviously a reference to barcodes. Probably stapled to your forehead, like in that bank commercial.
Satan uses non-hackable barcode readers.