The weird thing about this mouse is the side buttons. My Apple Wireless mouse has the same design (little semicircles of plastic on the side), although obviously they don't do anything on my mouse.
Were those put there as a specific design element that could be used later for this mouse, or was that a total coincidence? I always thought that design was weird.
I'm not an expert, but my understanding was that the hard drive is not suitable for the near-continuous usage video playback would require. Also the battery would presumably need to be juiced up.
The more I think about it, though, I realize my guess is not based on what's technically possible. It just doesn't seem like Apple to require hooking up to a third-party device to get useful functionality. (Showing photos on a small screen is useful, like showing off wallet-sized photos. Watching video on one is not useful, aside from the use case of mass-transit commuters.)
Right, but photos/hooking up to a TV are not the primary purpose of the iPod Photo. My guess is that adding video to an iPod would add sufficient cost that it wouldn't just be a "bonus feature" but rather a primary feature.
I don't see it. Sounds like an inelegant solution; it's not like Apple to require you to hook up to a third-party device (TV) -- especially with a cable -- to use the basic functionality of their product.
What I could see would be the video equivalent of the AirPort Express. Hook it up to your TV, and watch video content from your Mac.
"Wal-Mart...could very well launch an MNVO," says Current Analysis analyst Weston Henderek. "A Wal-Mart offering would most likely be targeted at value-oriented and credit-challenged prepaid customers looking for the best price."
"What do you need to make MacCharlie work? Nothing more than a Macintosh personal computer. It doesn't matter whether your Macintosh has 128 KB or 512 KB of memory; either will work equally well."
He was intrigued with the idea of scrapping the keyboard. The fact that most computers used a QWERTY keyboard was a mere fluke, he thought. Steve thought that a more natural method of input would take hold, like handwriting or speech.
Handwriting: vastly slower than typing, even for crummy typists like me.
Speech: unusable except in private.
Does anyone see anything replacing keyboards anytime soon?
What's the worst that a malicious widget can do? Presumably it has access to the network, so it could be a DDOS client (as someone mentioned above). What can widgets do locally?
I'm looking foward to getting a Mac Mini and seing how good Safari is.
I just got my mini this week.
Safari is good, but I have switched back to Firefox because of two things: Adblock, and find-as-you-type. (I am aware of PithHelmet, but I don't like it as much.)
Anyone here have a strong preference for Safari over Firefox?
Yes, and there are multiple levels of "dumb". Not only is it installed automatically, but there is no way to uninstall in the GUI. All in all, this is the weakest thing I've seen from Apple in a while.
I ordered my Mini yesterday, and I'm looking forward to checking out launchd, but I use cron for a ton of stuff and I didn't want to convert everything right away.
Sorry for the plug, but if you are on OS X, you might like my project (in sig), which is currently for OS X/iTunes only. I started it because I liked iRATE, but wanted better integration into iTunes.
In TFA, he claims that the project is helping to push vendors in that direction:
"The short-term effect of Bastille here was that possibly a hundred thousand Linux DNS servers couldn't be compromised. The long-term effect was that Linux distribution makers gained both familiarity with a couple more hardening steps and confidence that those steps would be palatable to users. Additionally, Linux users came to expect tighter configurations from their distribution vendors."
I agree it would be better for the vendors to do it without prompting, though, but this can help to standardize best practices.
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Agreed. I, and probably many others, have solved this problem by scripting streamripper.
If you are interested in doing this, see my page about it.
I have used this mainly to time-shift Fresh Air and The Writer's Almanac.
I'm holding out for the Femto.
iPod Femto: the first MP3 player to be injected directly into your bloodstream!
A suit made completely of iPods? That's $15 Million right there!
Neat! So much for that conspiracy theory.
The weird thing about this mouse is the side buttons. My Apple Wireless mouse has the same design (little semicircles of plastic on the side), although obviously they don't do anything on my mouse.
Were those put there as a specific design element that could be used later for this mouse, or was that a total coincidence? I always thought that design was weird.
Assuming a video iSomething is coming, what is the most likely form factor?
1. current iPod
2. portable DVD player
3. iBook
4. a screenless gadget you attach to your TV to manage video content from your Mac
Only 2 and 4 seem plausible to me.
I'm not an expert, but my understanding was that the hard drive is not suitable for the near-continuous usage video playback would require. Also the battery would presumably need to be juiced up.
The more I think about it, though, I realize my guess is not based on what's technically possible. It just doesn't seem like Apple to require hooking up to a third-party device to get useful functionality. (Showing photos on a small screen is useful, like showing off wallet-sized photos. Watching video on one is not useful, aside from the use case of mass-transit commuters.)
Right, but photos/hooking up to a TV are not the primary purpose of the iPod Photo. My guess is that adding video to an iPod would add sufficient cost that it wouldn't just be a "bonus feature" but rather a primary feature.
I don't see it. Sounds like an inelegant solution; it's not like Apple to require you to hook up to a third-party device (TV) -- especially with a cable -- to use the basic functionality of their product.
What I could see would be the video equivalent of the AirPort Express. Hook it up to your TV, and watch video content from your Mac.
"Wal-Mart...could very well launch an MNVO," says Current Analysis analyst Weston Henderek. "A Wal-Mart offering would most likely be targeted at value-oriented and credit-challenged prepaid customers looking for the best price."
Cringely called it, sort of.
Still waiting for my McDonalds phone.
Neat -- I hadn't heard of this.
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Here's a link (top hit from Google):
http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/charlie.htm
"What do you need to make MacCharlie work? Nothing more than a Macintosh personal computer. It doesn't matter whether your Macintosh has 128 KB or 512 KB of memory; either will work equally well."
It has absolutely no IBM PC/MS-DOS compatibility, and it would appear Apple plans none.
And 21 short years later, it turns out they planned it all along!
I suspect the Unabomber figured out the same thing, which is why he used the expression "eat your cake and have it too" (which is how he was caught).
Windows still has the remaining 384%.
He was intrigued with the idea of scrapping the keyboard. The fact that most computers used a QWERTY keyboard was a mere fluke, he thought. Steve thought that a more natural method of input would take hold, like handwriting or speech.
Handwriting: vastly slower than typing, even for crummy typists like me.
Speech: unusable except in private.
Does anyone see anything replacing keyboards anytime soon?
What's the worst that a malicious widget can do? Presumably it has access to the network, so it could be a DDOS client (as someone mentioned above). What can widgets do locally?
I just got my mini this week. Safari is good, but I have switched back to Firefox because of two things: Adblock, and find-as-you-type. (I am aware of PithHelmet, but I don't like it as much.)
Anyone here have a strong preference for Safari over Firefox?
I remember word processing at the time. Lots of punctuation.
Yes, and there are multiple levels of "dumb". Not only is it installed automatically, but there is no way to uninstall in the GUI. All in all, this is the weakest thing I've seen from Apple in a while.
All right, I've waited long enough -- time to get off my ass and install Tiger.
Does cron still work?
I ordered my Mini yesterday, and I'm looking forward to checking out launchd, but I use cron for a ton of stuff and I didn't want to convert everything right away.
Sorry for the plug, but if you are on OS X, you might like my project (in sig), which is currently for OS X/iTunes only. I started it because I liked iRATE, but wanted better integration into iTunes.
In TFA, he claims that the project is helping to push vendors in that direction:
"The short-term effect of Bastille here was that possibly a hundred thousand Linux DNS servers couldn't be compromised. The long-term effect was that Linux distribution makers gained both familiarity with a couple more hardening steps and confidence that those steps would be palatable to users. Additionally, Linux users came to expect tighter configurations from their distribution vendors."
I agree it would be better for the vendors to do it without prompting, though, but this can help to standardize best practices.
640 nodes should be enough for anybody.
I hope this isn't interfering with more pressing issues, like the hearing on Major League Baseball!