It doesn't look that way from my point of view. I bought a Mac Mini a couple of weeks before OS X Tiger's release date was announced, and got stuck with 1.3. I now have to pay $150 (canadian) to get the upgrade, and I just can't bring myself to do it. When posting about this on Slashdot when it happened, I was told "You knew like everybody else that Tiger was soon to come, all you had to do was wait a bit more, like everybody else, and you would have it now.".
So, their "get the hardware now anyway" technique really didn't work in my case.
I *still* feel cheated to this day, and don't think I will ever buy another Apple computer at a time when a new OS version is clearly on the horizon.
Don't forget the other aspect of the new Yahoo! Music stuff: Their player lets you buy music for $0.99 per track even if you aren't subscribed.
This competes directly with iTunes Music Store... but Apple's overall "solution" is nicer. And on one of their employees blogs (which is completely faked and scripted in my opinion) they pretty much say that if you have a Mac, you're just a loser... (that's the way I read it). What an attitude...
Well, you're right, I didn't think it was "that big a deal" to postpone purchasing my first Mac until some unknown future date when Tiger is released.
Now that I just got my Mac Mini (a couple weeks ago) they announce the date and want $129.
Where I work, we give customers a 60 day upgrade protection policy. I'm one of the people who put this policy in place. Makes for a lot less customer frustration...
I bought a DVD-Audio disc (Best of R.E.M.), and while the sound quality is utterly fantastic, it is frustrating that I can't access the bloody music on PCs with most sound cards, iPod, MP3 players, nowhere except the bloody DVD-Audio player. They did include regular DVD tracks but that doesn't really help.
Its almost worse than DRM! Why couldn't they just have included some high-bitrate MP3 on the DVD-Audio disc so I can access this stuff elsewhere...
All in all, not sure if I will buy any more DVD-Audios, despite the awesome sound quality when played on a competent sound system.
I think that the visualizing of the numbers has little to do with it. His brain multiplies the numbers thanks to ihis brain being optimized for this type of operation, and gives him the answer. All the while, he is visualizing each number in the process. However, any shape or pattern or color can be assigned to each number and it would'nt change anything...
To send the sequence of port knocks there will have to be a slight delay between each one in order to make sure the packets arive in the right sequence.
Which means that there is ample enough time for someone to "ruin" this sequence of knocks... thus preventing an authorized communication from taking place.
This is a new trend in the high-end audio world... The idea is that these higher frequencies (say, between 20 to 100Khz) while not directly audible to humans, supposedly affect the lower (audible) frequencies. Now that we have the digital mediums (SACD and DVD-Audio) that can store these higher frequencies, some loudspeaker manufacturers are producing speakers which can reproduct them.
I think you are greatly mistaken. The whole Web service model may help you figure it out. That WILL work, IMO. For many reasons, software renting schemes will become the norm, and Microsoft will profit from this. They aren't crazy. Heck, I'm paying to rent software right now... Look forwards too sometime. Today: Cable TV, Music, Games on my cell phone, Games on the Net (Asheron's call, Unltima online, etc.), Games on the cell phone, etc. Tomorrow: Games on my AOL-enabled PlayStation 2, Web services, etc.
The people at http://www.timelesstech.com have obviously ripped off http://www.turbopower.com 's web site... I seriously doubt it is the other way around, seeing as TurboPower updates their site often...
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It doesn't look that way from my point of view. I bought a Mac Mini a couple of weeks before OS X Tiger's release date was announced, and got stuck with 1.3. I now have to pay $150 (canadian) to get the upgrade, and I just can't bring myself to do it. When posting about this on Slashdot when it happened, I was told "You knew like everybody else that Tiger was soon to come, all you had to do was wait a bit more, like everybody else, and you would have it now.".
So, their "get the hardware now anyway" technique really didn't work in my case.
I *still* feel cheated to this day, and don't think I will ever buy another Apple computer at a time when a new OS version is clearly on the horizon.
That's in fact a great idea.
Don't forget the other aspect of the new Yahoo! Music stuff: Their player lets you buy music for $0.99 per track even if you aren't subscribed.
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This competes directly with iTunes Music Store... but Apple's overall "solution" is nicer. And on one of their employees blogs (which is completely faked and scripted in my opinion) they pretty much say that if you have a Mac, you're just a loser... (that's the way I read it). What an attitude...
The blog: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-FDuiCSg4eqinB8z.GG
I suppose you are right. Next time I buy an Apple product, I will have to examine their web site carefully so I know every little detail...
Well, you're right, I didn't think it was "that big a deal" to postpone purchasing my first Mac until some unknown future date when Tiger is released.
Now that I just got my Mac Mini (a couple weeks ago) they announce the date and want $129.
Where I work, we give customers a 60 day upgrade protection policy. I'm one of the people who put this policy in place. Makes for a lot less customer frustration...
Well, I can. I just received my Mac Mini a couple weeks ago (but ordered it 1.5 months ago) and am not happy to have to pay $129...
I should get this as a free upgrade.
Wouldn't it be great if Lucasfilm surprised everyone in these month-long lineups, by arriving with a truckful of expensive gifts for them?
Kind of like Oprah when she gave a brand new car to each member of her audience one day. (right?)
These folks are obviously helping the momentum of the movies...
Although your dream of this stuff running on a Pentium II is just that, A dream.
Enjoy your boring old bitmap-based interface...
Microsoft is already cutting the bloat out of the OS. I'm under NDA so I can't say more, but maybe you should look more into Avalon, Blackcomb, etc.
I bought a DVD-Audio disc (Best of R.E.M.), and while the sound quality is utterly fantastic, it is frustrating that I can't access the bloody music on PCs with most sound cards, iPod, MP3 players, nowhere except the bloody DVD-Audio player. They did include regular DVD tracks but that doesn't really help.
Its almost worse than DRM! Why couldn't they just have included some high-bitrate MP3 on the DVD-Audio disc so I can access this stuff elsewhere...
All in all, not sure if I will buy any more DVD-Audios, despite the awesome sound quality when played on a competent sound system.
I think that the visualizing of the numbers has little to do with it. His brain multiplies the numbers thanks to ihis brain being optimized for this type of operation, and gives him the answer. All the while, he is visualizing each number in the process. However, any shape or pattern or color can be assigned to each number and it would'nt change anything...
Theories...
Anybody know what the "88-bit kernel" is in Hare?
To send the sequence of port knocks there will have to be a slight delay between each one in order to make sure the packets arive in the right sequence.
Which means that there is ample enough time for someone to "ruin" this sequence of knocks... thus preventing an authorized communication from taking place.
No?
I believe that the only reason this stupid subject would make it on slashdot as a real article is that Slashdot is getting paid to showcase the movie.
This is a new trend in the high-end audio world... The idea is that these higher frequencies (say, between 20 to 100Khz) while not directly audible to humans, supposedly affect the lower (audible) frequencies. Now that we have the digital mediums (SACD and DVD-Audio) that can store these higher frequencies, some loudspeaker manufacturers are producing speakers which can reproduct them.
I'm just the messenger...
I think you are greatly mistaken. The whole Web service model may help you figure it out. That WILL work, IMO. For many reasons, software renting schemes will become the norm, and Microsoft will profit from this. They aren't crazy. Heck, I'm paying to rent software right now... Look forwards too sometime. Today: Cable TV, Music, Games on my cell phone, Games on the Net (Asheron's call, Unltima online, etc.), Games on the cell phone, etc. Tomorrow: Games on my AOL-enabled PlayStation 2, Web services, etc.
The people at http://www.timelesstech.com have obviously ripped off http://www.turbopower.com 's web site... I seriously doubt it is the other way around, seeing as TurboPower updates their site often...