Oh, I thought they were talking about the Asgard (shameless bastards).
This is one thing I never understood. Why do advanced races no longer need clothing in out shows? Would that mean people in nudist camps are onto something?:D
The problem with cell phones in a plane is two fold:
- distance from tower
- rate of movement of plane
For the first point, because the cell phone is so far from the tower it is actually boosting its signal output to maximum. As for the second point, the plane is moving so fast that they phone is consistently trying to shift to different towers. The solutions for in flight phone usage, I believe, work on the basis of having an in-plane base-station and then the plane communicating with a satellite. This reduces cell phone signal output to something controlable and also ensures a fixed communication point.
While there is the possibility that airlines don't want using cell phones, so they can charge you extra for their phones, there is another possibility: Airliners use IFR (instrument flight rule), and anything that could be disruptive to the instruments needs to be eliminiated. No airline wants to be responsible for an aeroplane going down because of a cell phone, even if there is a 1 in 1000 probability. Unless there is guarantee the risk is less than 0.0001%, then no airline is likely to want to risk profits or reputation.
Except I don't think it was an issue of them being jerks. I had been there a few days before to replace an item, and they couldn't have been more helpful. The same guy was there and he was very nice, still, but wouldn't even let me pre-preorder.
Sorry, I didn't mean to indicate that he was a jerk. I should have just said 'you mileage might vary', since what I meant is that you aren't always going to get the same service in each store. Sometimes the initiative, or lack, of one person can make a big difference.
Two weeks ago I asked them if they would do exactly this for me (have a pre-preorder list and call me when it's available) and they wouldn't:-(
Don't forget these stores are franchises and thus policy will vary slightly between stores. You can also have one store where they are jerks and another where they will do everything to give the best service.
There is a problem with the term 'terrorist' that is thrown around. It is the label that is applied to any entity that the people in power aren't happy with. If Hitler was in power today, then the French resistence would probably be terrorists. Heck the allies could even be called terrorist during the second world war, since they were upseting the German power. The CIA could be called terrorists for setting in place revolutions and destabilising governments in certain south Americain countries. I could go on, but hopefully you get the idea.
Sure some of the people who are unhappy with the world today do come countries where their main religion is Islam, but people do things in the name of the religion, but not necessarily for reasons of the religion. I would also doubt they are the only people unhappy and wanting to make themselves heard, yet they are the one group which is getting labelled and ignored. Do you see any attempts for real diplomacy from either side. Calling a group terrorist is the best way to ignore them and not have to work with them.
Sometimes you look at the security measures in place at airports and you have wonder whether it is just for show? Look at when foot and mouth desiese what going on the UK, they got you to walk on antiseptic carpets, though the shoes you used on them farm would probably be in you suitcase. Not taking books on, not taking water on (a PH test would identify the substance quickly), all sounds over reaction and just something to please the people who don't want to think.
You wouldn't want to be stereotyped, you wouldn't want people to judge you on the choices of your government, so don't stereotype entire groups of people. Judge each person for who they are. There are crazy people the world over, there are sane people the world over, there are nasty people the world over and there are kind people the world over. Don't fall into the trap that propagenda forces you into.
Breaking news: After the decided inability of current detection technology to differ between amonium and water, and any other substance, it has been decided that you are no longer allowed to wear any clothing or take any luggage on board. You will also be required to be freeze fried for the duration of the journey.
When asked, airlines felt this was a little incovenient, but helped save on staffing and reduce the need to provide food to the passengers and also would save on providing other expensive forms of inflight entertainment.
When random sheep, uh person, was asked what they thought of this, they answered "If this is what it takes to provide a safe flight, and this is recommended by our leaders, then this is good and we should accept this willingly. After all you don't want the terrorists to win". When asked whether these measures indicated that the terrorists had won, the person answered "I don't understand the question".
The theory is sound, but if the practice screws up then they could end up dumping excess radiation on to the Earth's surface. Sure the Satellites would be protected, but given the resulting state of people on the planet, is it really worth it. Surely building in better protection into the satellites in the first place would be the better solution.
The other crazy thing, is that their copy protection is so dranconian and limiting that it gives more people a reason to want to break it.
For myself DVD provides the right balance of advantages, it is cracked today and you can buy $50 multi-region DVD players. So nothing really is appealing to me in these new formats.
It must be good! Have you seen the size of the fan on that thing;)
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YouTube and Google videos are example of the right sort of usage of Flash. Other web sites which have 4 Flash adverts on the page or have the whole site in Flash advets aren't. I'm happy that that I have a P4, otherwise on my P3 based portable I see my CPU usage at near 90%. I use Flashblock in Firefox, not to block adverts but to block Flash, therefore a word to advertisers: PNG/GIF/JPEG/text adverts have more chance of capturing eyeballs than Flash.
The other thing worth mentioning, is that while Apple could be coming up with cool new box designs, doing so when the whole hardware internals are changing is the wrong time. It is the wrong time, since the processor change is already a selling point and the hardware team is still trying to deal with how the processor change effects everything. I am sure when Apple is settled into the new processor architecture we will see more cosmetic changes to the cases that can be shown off to the public.
Though when you see what Apple has done to the internal design of the MacPro, it is already much to talked about, unless your focus is only on the outside styling.
I am a big supporter of open source, but I don't see open source as a right and I don't expect everything for free. Unfortunately many do think a program being open source is a right and do expect everything to be free. Someone needs to spend time and energy developing software, so unless they are doing it as a part time job then they need some sort of compensation, and usually the best is money - you still have to pay for food and rent, of course the hardware to develop the software on. The danger of opening up too much is that your closed sourced competitors can take advantage of your work and you also reduce your income. Therefore what you open up needs to work to your advantage, otherwise why bother being in business?
When a company like Apple or Sun opens up their otherwise closed source software we should be grateful, rather than thinking 'about time'. These companies are there to make money and if everyone is trying to have a free copy of their software, then revenue goes down, and if no one buys the hardware, then the revenues goes down even further. If revenue is zero, then you can imagine how good that looks.
Be happy with what you have, be happy with what you can get, or provide constructive value to the process.
If you want to add to the Microsoft bashing then:
- issue is with DRM: 100% probability they will fix it
- issue is with security: 50% probability they will fix it
Of course this is said tongue in cheek, and only the final product will show whether Microsoft has changed its attitude.
I've gotta say I love the idea of Time Machine. I'm glad they put that in there. Considering how little hard drive space the average person uses compared to how much space is in new computers, this is an excellent feature. Now I don't have to use some stupid 3rd party program any more. I question the interface a little though.
Isn't this something that was announced for MS Windows Vista and got shot to pieces for fear of not being able to turn it off? If I remember there was fear that the company could see everything you've ever deleted.
Next you will have these automated gates and the immigration people saying that it was amazing that the president came through the airport ten times in the last hour. He must have been very dicrete since no one noticed him.
"...Apple's copy-protection technology makes media companies into its servants..."...and Apple would have a problem with this why? Don't they want EVERYONE to be their servent?
The irony is that it was the media companies who gave Apple this power, by mandating DRM.
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Oh, I thought they were talking about the Asgard (shameless bastards).
:D
This is one thing I never understood. Why do advanced races no longer need clothing in out shows? Would that mean people in nudist camps are onto something?
This already exists, but in people it is known as dual personalities :)
Too late.
http://www.macboy.com/cartoons/ballmer/
What? No chairs?
The problem with cell phones in a plane is two fold:
- distance from tower
- rate of movement of plane
For the first point, because the cell phone is so far from the tower it is actually boosting its signal output to maximum. As for the second point, the plane is moving so fast that they phone is consistently trying to shift to different towers. The solutions for in flight phone usage, I believe, work on the basis of having an in-plane base-station and then the plane communicating with a satellite. This reduces cell phone signal output to something controlable and also ensures a fixed communication point.
While there is the possibility that airlines don't want using cell phones, so they can charge you extra for their phones, there is another possibility: Airliners use IFR (instrument flight rule), and anything that could be disruptive to the instruments needs to be eliminiated. No airline wants to be responsible for an aeroplane going down because of a cell phone, even if there is a 1 in 1000 probability. Unless there is guarantee the risk is less than 0.0001%, then no airline is likely to want to risk profits or reputation.
Except I don't think it was an issue of them being jerks. I had been there a few days before to replace an item, and they couldn't have been more helpful. The same guy was there and he was very nice, still, but wouldn't even let me pre-preorder.
Sorry, I didn't mean to indicate that he was a jerk. I should have just said 'you mileage might vary', since what I meant is that you aren't always going to get the same service in each store. Sometimes the initiative, or lack, of one person can make a big difference.
Two weeks ago I asked them if they would do exactly this for me (have a pre-preorder list and call me when it's available) and they wouldn't :-(
Don't forget these stores are franchises and thus policy will vary slightly between stores. You can also have one store where they are jerks and another where they will do everything to give the best service.
Surely until there is an official price tag, taking pre-orders will be a little tough?
There is a problem with the term 'terrorist' that is thrown around. It is the label that is applied to any entity that the people in power aren't happy with. If Hitler was in power today, then the French resistence would probably be terrorists. Heck the allies could even be called terrorist during the second world war, since they were upseting the German power. The CIA could be called terrorists for setting in place revolutions and destabilising governments in certain south Americain countries. I could go on, but hopefully you get the idea.
Sure some of the people who are unhappy with the world today do come countries where their main religion is Islam, but people do things in the name of the religion, but not necessarily for reasons of the religion. I would also doubt they are the only people unhappy and wanting to make themselves heard, yet they are the one group which is getting labelled and ignored. Do you see any attempts for real diplomacy from either side. Calling a group terrorist is the best way to ignore them and not have to work with them.
Sometimes you look at the security measures in place at airports and you have wonder whether it is just for show? Look at when foot and mouth desiese what going on the UK, they got you to walk on antiseptic carpets, though the shoes you used on them farm would probably be in you suitcase. Not taking books on, not taking water on (a PH test would identify the substance quickly), all sounds over reaction and just something to please the people who don't want to think.
You wouldn't want to be stereotyped, you wouldn't want people to judge you on the choices of your government, so don't stereotype entire groups of people. Judge each person for who they are. There are crazy people the world over, there are sane people the world over, there are nasty people the world over and there are kind people the world over. Don't fall into the trap that propagenda forces you into.
If Vista supports EFI, then Boot Camp is not needed. The reason Boot Camp is needed is because Windows XP needs BIOS to boot.
Tell you the truth, I would be very surprised if Vista does not support EFI, since this is clearly the direction Intel wants new hardware going.
Breaking news: After the decided inability of current detection technology to differ between amonium and water, and any other substance, it has been decided that you are no longer allowed to wear any clothing or take any luggage on board. You will also be required to be freeze fried for the duration of the journey.
When asked, airlines felt this was a little incovenient, but helped save on staffing and reduce the need to provide food to the passengers and also would save on providing other expensive forms of inflight entertainment.
When random sheep, uh person, was asked what they thought of this, they answered "If this is what it takes to provide a safe flight, and this is recommended by our leaders, then this is good and we should accept this willingly. After all you don't want the terrorists to win". When asked whether these measures indicated that the terrorists had won, the person answered "I don't understand the question".
The theory is sound, but if the practice screws up then they could end up dumping excess radiation on to the Earth's surface. Sure the Satellites would be protected, but given the resulting state of people on the planet, is it really worth it. Surely building in better protection into the satellites in the first place would be the better solution.
The other crazy thing, is that their copy protection is so dranconian and limiting that it gives more people a reason to want to break it.
For myself DVD provides the right balance of advantages, it is cracked today and you can buy $50 multi-region DVD players. So nothing really is appealing to me in these new formats.
"If you don't patch Windows, the terrorists win!"
Go straight to Guantanamo Bay. Your rights mean nothing to us.
It must be good! Have you seen the size of the fan on that thing ;)
YouTube and Google videos are example of the right sort of usage of Flash. Other web sites which have 4 Flash adverts on the page or have the whole site in Flash advets aren't. I'm happy that that I have a P4, otherwise on my P3 based portable I see my CPU usage at near 90%. I use Flashblock in Firefox, not to block adverts but to block Flash, therefore a word to advertisers: PNG/GIF/JPEG/text adverts have more chance of capturing eyeballs than Flash.
The other thing worth mentioning, is that while Apple could be coming up with cool new box designs, doing so when the whole hardware internals are changing is the wrong time. It is the wrong time, since the processor change is already a selling point and the hardware team is still trying to deal with how the processor change effects everything. I am sure when Apple is settled into the new processor architecture we will see more cosmetic changes to the cases that can be shown off to the public.
Though when you see what Apple has done to the internal design of the MacPro, it is already much to talked about, unless your focus is only on the outside styling.
I am a big supporter of open source, but I don't see open source as a right and I don't expect everything for free. Unfortunately many do think a program being open source is a right and do expect everything to be free. Someone needs to spend time and energy developing software, so unless they are doing it as a part time job then they need some sort of compensation, and usually the best is money - you still have to pay for food and rent, of course the hardware to develop the software on. The danger of opening up too much is that your closed sourced competitors can take advantage of your work and you also reduce your income. Therefore what you open up needs to work to your advantage, otherwise why bother being in business?
When a company like Apple or Sun opens up their otherwise closed source software we should be grateful, rather than thinking 'about time'. These companies are there to make money and if everyone is trying to have a free copy of their software, then revenue goes down, and if no one buys the hardware, then the revenues goes down even further. If revenue is zero, then you can imagine how good that looks.
Be happy with what you have, be happy with what you can get, or provide constructive value to the process.
If you want to add to the Microsoft bashing then:
- issue is with DRM: 100% probability they will fix it
- issue is with security: 50% probability they will fix it
Of course this is said tongue in cheek, and only the final product will show whether Microsoft has changed its attitude.
I'm really disappointed. What the heck am I going to have to do to get VB viruses running on Mac now? ;)
I've gotta say I love the idea of Time Machine. I'm glad they put that in there. Considering how little hard drive space the average person uses compared to how much space is in new computers, this is an excellent feature. Now I don't have to use some stupid 3rd party program any more. I question the interface a little though.
Isn't this something that was announced for MS Windows Vista and got shot to pieces for fear of not being able to turn it off? If I remember there was fear that the company could see everything you've ever deleted.
I am starting to imagine walking through a high-res virtual world and being attacked by high-res blocky characters. Now that would be scary.
And in the background we hear 1000 Mac users screaming in horror...
;)
There we also the other 1000 shaking their head in disbelief, thinking it was sponsored by Microsoft
Don't worry I'm a Mac user, but am well aware that any security is penetrable, given the time and the right resources.
Next you will have these automated gates and the immigration people saying that it was amazing that the president came through the airport ten times in the last hour. He must have been very dicrete since no one noticed him.
"...Apple's copy-protection technology makes media companies into its servants..." ...and Apple would have a problem with this why? Don't they want EVERYONE to be their servent?
The irony is that it was the media companies who gave Apple this power, by mandating DRM.
These children have nothing to hide. They should not be afraid of DNA tests, or being interviewed by police.
Welcome to the British Inquisition.