Safari incorrectly renders lots of sites. Firefox seems to be better about most sites.
Yup, Safari definetly has its share of problems in this regards. If you get the lates WebKit nightly (WebKit being the engine used by Safari and Opera on the Mac), you will see much in the way of improvements: http://www.webkit.org/
Some blokes were in jail for a long time without ever hearing why. It is through their court action that it got struck down.
Canadians seem to be much more concerned that their human rights are being defended, than their neighbour. Canada seems to try its best to be a place where all people can feel safe living there, though it does not always find it easy between defending what it is being Canadian, and taking into account the needs of the various sub-cultures that make up Canada.
When I mentioned wireless, I was not thinking phones. I was thinking of Apple's Airport range of wireless products. Remember these are all rebranded with the Apple name and packaged in the Apple look. If Cisco could get Apple as a customer for these, then its an extra revenue stream for them - this is worth more than any money Apple would give them in a single settlement.
One thing they may have wanted from Apple, is for Apple to use Cisco/Linksys wireless technology in their systems. If Apple agreed to this then Cisco gets a lot from the deal. Looks like we will need to keep an eye out to what wireless hardware will be used in upcoming hardware.
The acid test of "who won" is quite simple: in a year who will ever remember that Cisco once made a product called iPhone?
Not necessarily. Cisco may have planned for this, and by relabelling one of their products an iPhone, were probably in a better position to get a better settlement. For them the iPhone name was just an easy way to get something out of Apple.
Well, maybe. They claim that they've ramped manufacturing up to a million a month. They've left the PS3 in the dust and they're shipping units faster than Microsoft was at the same point. They are also experiencing shortages with DS's. These are selling at three times the rate as the Wii. The company's last quarterly earnings announcement could be summarized as "We're printing money". Game makers are changing their plans to include Wii releases.
I am not sure anyone really expected the Wii to be selling at the rate it is, especially when its described as "a minor upgrade over the PS2 and a reinvented light pen". I wouldn't be surprised if most games companies banked on the high graphic consoles taking the market and therefore never really included the Wii in their plans. With the way its selling, I am sure there are many companies that are revaluating their plans.
What we learn from the Wii, IMHO, is that if you get the price point right and the right kind of innovation, then people will buy. While Sony will continue to sell consoles, their price point is wrong and they have the wrong kind of innovation. What I mean by the wrong sort of innovation, is that high quality graphics is already being catered for by the Xbox 360 and BluRay is a passable extra. Sony gets more points deducted for a difficult to develop for games platform, where Nintendo makes it easy by keeping it simple. Sony will probably be seeing the great games that really take advantage of the console eventually, but the graphics engines need to get there first, since few programmers truely master highly multithread develpment.
If Canada doesn't dictate US policy, so too should the US not concern themselves with Canadian policies.
My cynical self says the US government spends too much time trying to concern themselves with the policies of other countries. Every time we don't act the way they want then we are against them, even though we weren't thinking about them in the first place.
Is a modern copyright regime meant to be the same thing as 'all your base belong to us, enjoy getting rear ended' system that is taking over the USA? Yes, I am cynical.
The problem with these of "taxes" is that it encourages people to copy, even if they were buying previously. The other problem is that the artists are even less likely to get anything. The only people who stand to gain are the record companies, since they were making losses. The artists lose because their albums stop getting bought, and the record companies point to the sales figures and says in a Nelson type voice 'haha', while continuing to screw the public from behind.
Change if you want, stay if you want. I work on a Mac at home, an MS-Windows based PC at work and Linux my website. I like my Mac, but in a properly managed environment Windows does a good job too. I don't like the "I'm better than you attitude" coming from either side, use what you like and recognise each has its issue - like a significant other, you need decide what attracts you and which issues you can live with.
If I had to choose a new computer tomorrow it would be a Mac, but that's my preference and my choice.
-- If you use the Mac, my choice of apps: Adium, Delicious Library, Disco, TextWrangler, Transmit, Darwin Ports, Handbrake
The difference is that movies try to make thier money back on the theatrical release prior to being sold for home viewing on DVD.
The musical analog of theater release for a movie is a concert tour by the performer. While the money from a movies' release goes to the studio, money from a concert tour goes mainly to the performers.
That explains regular music, but not film music which is sold at the same price. I don't believe that the music was given to the film companies for free, so the film must have covered all the expenses of the music and the artists involved probably get some cut on the movies being sold. I remember being astounded to see that when Star Wars was release in box set, the CDs cost more than the movie in HMV.
What is amazing to me is that Jobs/Apple have a near monopoly on digital music downloads/players that would only be hurt by a lack of DRM lock-in and yet Jobs is still advocating for the change. Would any other company or CEO do this?
Yes. Steve knows that he is between a rock and hard place ( anti-DRM on one side targeted at Apple and the record industry on the other), and he knows there is going to be intense pressure on both sides. It would make more sense to get the record industry sorted out, so that Steve can get his business sorted out.
The petroleum industry in the USA recently asked for clear environmental legislation. It might sound odd coming from an industry that is recognised as being not very environmentally friendly, but when you consider that they know that this is coming, they are more likely to ask for a framework which they can plan their future business on.
So, in conclusion, companies will ask for something that is likely to hurt them, if it means being spared worse damage.
What were the ad guys thinking when they made this ad? In a country/world full of fears you just don't place boxes with lights in a city. That is asking for troubles...
Nah, their mistake was putting duct tape on the electronics, but now only amateurs will use duct tape, while terrorists use nice shiny boxes from circuit city.
There is one thing reacting to terrorist threat, it is another being able to make proper analysis of the situation.
Am I the only one who really wants to leave a video camera running a car to catch all the inner workings of the garage? Watching your car whirl around above masses of others would be like porn to me.
With everything I have read, I would tend to believe they have ported the system. After all the core of MacOS X: Darwin, wouldn't take much more porting effort than Linux to an ARM architecture (assuming there was no hardware support previously). Once the core OS has been ported, it doesn't take much more effort to port the essential frameworks. There are probably a large number of features of OS X that have been left out, but does this make it any less "OS X", than Windows CE is Windows? Maybe they exclusion of the 'Mac' in the "OS X" reference was a reference to the UI design, much in the way Microsoft differentiates Windows CE and Windows XP? (supersition on my part)
I believe keeping the phone a closed platform, at least in the short term, ensures that the phone is stable and people get used to the design philosphy. Heck, if you read the article you will see how some of the other phone companies are very careful of who they let write software for their systems. I have a friend who had a Palm based phone and it would crash once in a while during a conversation. Sure he had installed extra software, but the point is the average user does not make the difference between the phone crashing, or third-party software causing the phone to crash.
Will they insist on controlling the access to third-party developers in the future? Maybe. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if they take the same approach as game console developers, where you have to get certified by them. You might be able to go under the radar and install uncertified stuff, but they won't support it. Though I will hope that they at least allow Java to be installed on the phones.
I suppose one way for an ISP to reduce traffic outside of its network, would be to create a cache which hosts the more popular ligit downloads, which would adjust according to the varying demand. The only question: how to tell the difference between legitimate content and illigitimate content?
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Safari incorrectly renders lots of sites. Firefox seems to be better about most sites.
Yup, Safari definetly has its share of problems in this regards. If you get the lates WebKit
nightly (WebKit being the engine used by Safari and Opera on the Mac), you will see much in
the way of improvements: http://www.webkit.org/
Some blokes were in jail for a long time without ever hearing why. It is through their court action that it got struck down.
Canadians seem to be much more concerned that their human rights are being defended, than their neighbour. Canada seems to try its best to be a place where all people can feel safe living there, though it does not always find it easy between defending what it is being Canadian, and taking into account the needs of the various sub-cultures that make up Canada.
When I mentioned wireless, I was not thinking phones. I was thinking of Apple's Airport range of wireless products. Remember these are all rebranded with the Apple name and packaged in the Apple look. If Cisco could get Apple as a customer for these, then its an extra revenue stream for them - this is worth more than any money Apple would give them in a single settlement.
One thing they may have wanted from Apple, is for Apple to use Cisco/Linksys wireless technology in their systems. If Apple agreed to this then Cisco gets a lot from the deal. Looks like we will need to keep an eye out to what wireless hardware will be used in upcoming hardware.
The acid test of "who won" is quite simple: in a year who will ever remember that Cisco once made a product called iPhone?
Not necessarily. Cisco may have planned for this, and by relabelling one of their products an iPhone, were probably in a better position to get a better settlement. For them the iPhone name was just an easy way to get something out of Apple.
Well, maybe. They claim that they've ramped manufacturing up to a million a month. They've left the PS3 in the dust and they're shipping units faster than Microsoft was at the same point. They are also experiencing shortages with DS's. These are selling at three times the rate as the Wii. The company's last quarterly earnings announcement could be summarized as "We're printing money". Game makers are changing their plans to include Wii releases.
I am not sure anyone really expected the Wii to be selling at the rate it is, especially when its described as "a minor upgrade over the PS2 and a reinvented light pen". I wouldn't be surprised if most games companies banked on the high graphic consoles taking the market and therefore never really included the Wii in their plans. With the way its selling, I am sure there are many companies that are revaluating their plans.
What we learn from the Wii, IMHO, is that if you get the price point right and the right kind of innovation, then people will buy. While Sony will continue to sell consoles, their price point is wrong and they have the wrong kind of innovation. What I mean by the wrong sort of innovation, is that high quality graphics is already being catered for by the Xbox 360 and BluRay is a passable extra. Sony gets more points deducted for a difficult to develop for games platform, where Nintendo makes it easy by keeping it simple. Sony will probably be seeing the great games that really take advantage of the console eventually, but the graphics engines need to get there first, since few programmers truely master highly multithread develpment.
If Canada doesn't dictate US policy, so too should the US not concern themselves with Canadian policies.
My cynical self says the US government spends too much time trying to concern themselves with the policies of other countries. Every time we don't act the way they want then we are against them, even though we weren't thinking about them in the first place.
Is a modern copyright regime meant to be the same thing as 'all your base belong to us, enjoy getting rear ended' system that is taking over the USA? Yes, I am cynical.
If they were truely evil, then when you searched for content in Belgium you would get:
"Nothing to see here. Try another country instead"
The problem with these of "taxes" is that it encourages people to copy, even if they were buying previously. The other problem is that the artists are even less likely to get anything. The only people who stand to gain are the record companies, since they were making losses. The artists lose because their albums stop getting bought, and the record companies point to the sales figures and says in a Nelson type voice 'haha', while continuing to screw the public from behind.
Change if you want, stay if you want. I work on a Mac at home, an MS-Windows based PC at work and Linux my website. I like my Mac, but in a properly managed environment Windows does a good job too. I don't like the "I'm better than you attitude" coming from either side, use what you like and recognise each has its issue - like a significant other, you need decide what attracts you and which issues you can live with.
If I had to choose a new computer tomorrow it would be a Mac, but that's my preference and my choice.
--
If you use the Mac, my choice of apps: Adium, Delicious Library, Disco, TextWrangler, Transmit, Darwin Ports, Handbrake
I have no idea if they are any good, but here is a list of alternatives: http://circle.ch/wiki/AlternativesToItunes
Head asplodes...
Implodes or Explodes, but there is not such word as asplode, unless this has something to do with getting shifted to where the light does not shine?
The difference is that movies try to make thier money back on the theatrical release prior to being sold for home viewing on DVD.
The musical analog of theater release for a movie is a concert tour by the performer. While the money from a movies' release goes to the studio, money from a concert tour goes mainly to the performers.
That explains regular music, but not film music which is sold at the same price. I don't believe that the music was given to the film companies for free, so the film must have covered all the expenses of the music and the artists involved probably get some cut on the movies being sold. I remember being astounded to see that when Star Wars was release in box set, the CDs cost more than the movie in HMV.
What is amazing to me is that Jobs/Apple have a near monopoly on digital music downloads/players that would only be hurt by a lack of DRM lock-in and yet Jobs is still advocating for the change. Would any other company or CEO do this?
Yes. Steve knows that he is between a rock and hard place ( anti-DRM on one side targeted at Apple and the record industry on the other), and he knows there is going to be intense pressure on both sides. It would make more sense to get the record industry sorted out, so that Steve can get his business sorted out.
The petroleum industry in the USA recently asked for clear environmental legislation. It might sound odd coming from an industry that is recognised as being not very environmentally friendly, but when you consider that they know that this is coming, they are more likely to ask for a framework which they can plan their future business on.
So, in conclusion, companies will ask for something that is likely to hurt them, if it means being spared worse damage.
911? I'd like to report a bomb at the White House, which happens to look exactly like President Bush.
We checked it out and the white house is safe, though we are not sure about the surrounding territory.
What were the ad guys thinking when they made this ad? In a country/world full of fears you just don't place boxes with lights in a city. That is asking for troubles...
Nah, their mistake was putting duct tape on the electronics, but now only amateurs will use duct tape, while terrorists use nice shiny boxes from circuit city.
There is one thing reacting to terrorist threat, it is another being able to make proper analysis of the situation.
Am I the only one who really wants to leave a video camera running a car to catch all the inner workings of the garage? Watching your car whirl around above masses of others would be like porn to me.
Here is a link: AutoMotion Parking Systems Video
"we'll gradually crack that nut"
;)
That phrase is just throbbing for a good Wii joke!
Damn, you: wii'll gradually crack that wii nut.
It could even be an e-book released under Creative Commons license.
:D
If you want to imitate the church of Scientology, then I think that is a little to liberal
I would suggest writing a book first, and then convincing your new followers that its the holy book.
With everything I have read, I would tend to believe they have ported the system. After all the core of MacOS X: Darwin, wouldn't take much more porting effort than Linux to an ARM architecture (assuming there was no hardware support previously). Once the core OS has been ported, it doesn't take much more effort to port the essential frameworks. There are probably a large number of features of OS X that have been left out, but does this make it any less "OS X", than Windows CE is Windows? Maybe they exclusion of the 'Mac' in the "OS X" reference was a reference to the UI design, much in the way Microsoft differentiates Windows CE and Windows XP? (supersition on my part)
I believe keeping the phone a closed platform, at least in the short term, ensures that the phone is stable and people get used to the design philosphy. Heck, if you read the article you will see how some of the other phone companies are very careful of who they let write software for their systems. I have a friend who had a Palm based phone and it would crash once in a while during a conversation. Sure he had installed extra software, but the point is the average user does not make the difference between the phone crashing, or third-party software causing the phone to crash.
Will they insist on controlling the access to third-party developers in the future? Maybe. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if they take the same approach as game console developers, where you have to get certified by them. You might be able to go under the radar and install uncertified stuff, but they won't support it. Though I will hope that they at least allow Java to be installed on the phones.
This gaves a whole new meaning to a Scott saying you are going to do a 'wii bit of exercise".
I suppose one way for an ISP to reduce traffic outside of its network, would be to create a cache which hosts the more popular ligit downloads, which would adjust according to the varying demand. The only question: how to tell the difference between legitimate content and illigitimate content?
For the uninformed: http://www.userfriendly.org/