Forgot to mention: apparently you can access a lot (most?) of the Carbon libs this way. The article builds a simple app to show QuickTime movies on the iPod. (Though why anyone would want to view them in such a tiny screen is beyond me.)
The latest issue of MacTech (don't remember the cover date so I'm not sure if it's on the stands yet; it's not the "latest issue" at mactech.com, though) has an article on writing programs for the iPod.
IIRC, it's a dialect of SNOBOL called SNOJOB with ROT13 applied to the code afterwards. I haven't read the entire article yet, though.
Not at all. It's not saying the music is free, just that once you have the music, you don't have to pay extra to burn it to a CD. That's why it says "Free burning and decoding" and "no extra fees" (my emphasis)
is those annoying logo "bugs". Especially when there are subtitles or other text on the screen and they get obscured by the damn station logo!
The other thing that really pisses me off is when the station scrunches the credits to one side to show a commercial at the end of the show, usually a "what's coming up next" type of thing. I'm one of those people who actually WANTS to read the credits!
Consider:
keyboard basically == typewriter, which people have been using oh, for probably close to, if not more than, 100 years.
mouse == not exactly a natural interface by any means
It is so much more likely that someone would be confused a by a mouse (whether one-, two-, or three-button) than by a keyboard. So, logically, if a little thing you grip in your hand, roll around on the desk and which has button(s) you push to do stuff on the screen is confusing, isn't it less confusing to have fewer buttons?
Um, except that while some may have indeed referred to the subcontinent as "Hindustan", the name India has been used by Europeans since the ancient Greeks.
And that whole "in Dios" thing smacks too much of folk etymology.
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This is a perfect example of why the M$ case elicits such spirited defense of the company in the general public. Apart from those of us here or who check out other tech-savvy newssites, most people don't have the faintest clue exactly what all the fuss is about. They use Office at work, surf with Explorer, send their emails (and get viruses) with Outlook Express, and are told by their IT folks that M$ is the best. To them, Mac users are fanatics who use toy computers, Linux users are geeks, and there are no other OSes. That is, if they even know about Linux at all. Due to years of brainwashing by marketing types and IT know-it-alls, the average consumer thinks it's Windows (Office, etc.) or nothing.
We are kind of sheltered here and somehow expect the public at large to understand the issues in the same way that we do. I'm sure we all know people who fit the preceeding description and they just don't get it! Never will, either. That's unfortunate.
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Forgot to mention: apparently you can access a lot (most?) of the Carbon libs this way. The article builds a simple app to show QuickTime movies on the iPod. (Though why anyone would want to view them in such a tiny screen is beyond me.)
The latest issue of MacTech (don't remember the cover date so I'm not sure if it's on the stands yet; it's not the "latest issue" at mactech.com, though) has an article on writing programs for the iPod.
IIRC, it's a dialect of SNOBOL called SNOJOB with ROT13 applied to the code afterwards. I haven't read the entire article yet, though.
That is some funny shit.
IIRC, Ice's comparison is this:
Queen -- ding-ding-ding-dinga-ding-ding ding-ding-ding-dinga-ding-dinga
VI -- ding-ding-ding-dinga-ding-ding ding ding-ding-ding-dinga-ding-dinga
i.e. he throws a tiny little beat in there between the two sets of ding-dings.
Still, no matter how he tries to spin it, he's full of shit.
Is it just me or do Allen and Gates look like a creepy old guy and his young boytoy in the picture on that page?
Paging NAMBLA...
Not at all. It's not saying the music is free, just that once you have the music, you don't have to pay extra to burn it to a CD. That's why it says "Free burning and decoding" and "no extra fees" (my emphasis)
Duh.
Yeah, mine came with those when I bought it back in mid October. (Just a few weeks before Apple released SuperDrive-equipped PowerBooks. Grrr!)
is those annoying logo "bugs". Especially when there are subtitles or other text on the screen and they get obscured by the damn station logo!
The other thing that really pisses me off is when the station scrunches the credits to one side to show a commercial at the end of the show, usually a "what's coming up next" type of thing. I'm one of those people who actually WANTS to read the credits!
Logical conclusion? I think not.
Consider:
keyboard basically == typewriter, which people have been using oh, for probably close to, if not more than, 100 years.
mouse == not exactly a natural interface by any means
It is so much more likely that someone would be confused a by a mouse (whether one-, two-, or three-button) than by a keyboard. So, logically, if a little thing you grip in your hand, roll around on the desk and which has button(s) you push to do stuff on the screen is confusing, isn't it less confusing to have fewer buttons?
Eh, Memento had ONE thing going for it: the gimmick.
And when your gimmick interferes with clear, intelligent storytelling, it becomes a distraction rather than a benefit.
Um, except that while some may have indeed referred to the subcontinent as "Hindustan", the name India has been used by Europeans since the ancient Greeks.
And that whole "in Dios" thing smacks too much of folk etymology.
This is a perfect example of why the M$ case elicits such spirited defense of the company in the general public. Apart from those of us here or who check out other tech-savvy newssites, most people don't have the faintest clue exactly what all the fuss is about. They use Office at work, surf with Explorer, send their emails (and get viruses) with Outlook Express, and are told by their IT folks that M$ is the best. To them, Mac users are fanatics who use toy computers, Linux users are geeks, and there are no other OSes. That is, if they even know about Linux at all. Due to years of brainwashing by marketing types and IT know-it-alls, the average consumer thinks it's Windows (Office, etc.) or nothing.
We are kind of sheltered here and somehow expect the public at large to understand the issues in the same way that we do. I'm sure we all know people who fit the preceeding description and they just don't get it! Never will, either. That's unfortunate.