Re:This goes back to the early days of Apple
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Beatles Bite Apple
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Right you are. Chicago is still one of the default choices for system font though. (And they look pretty similar.)
apple.com/music is now apple.com/itunes
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The Fox News article quotes a "Beatles legal insider" citing the 'AppleMusic.com' advertisements as being particularly brazen violations of the contract. Makes sense. As an earlier poster pointed out, that was dumb (unless AAPL predicted the lawsuit and just don't care).
But for the past few weeks/months the applemusic.com and apple.com/music URLs both take you to apple.com/itunes. The dedicated 'music' section, which advertised the ipod, itunes, and the iTMS, is now gone. I wonder if this move had anything to do with the impending lawsuit?
(Though the ALT tag for the 'iTunes' tab is still 'Music.')
Re:This goes back to the early days of Apple
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Also interesting: the 'font face' tag specified by that page's code is "chicago," the Mac's default system font (pre-OS X).
According to macfixit.com, the screen saver bug re. long passwords is fixed, but the other bug remains: the one which allows programs to be quit while the screen saver is on, as long as 'keyboard access' to the dock is turned on.
Of course (and this might not have been clearly explained in the movie), all the barbaric rituals, weird food, etc., were supposed to reflect the Kali cult, not Indian traditions. I guess that would be lost on most viewers anyway.
I love 'Temple of Doom' almost as much as 'Raiders,' due to its audaciousness and how it goes completely over-the-top in its frantic action sequences. It starts with a bang and keeps upping the ante. I was disappointed when 'Last Crusade,' my least favourite of the three, warmed over so many elements of 'Raiders.'
Bad example! I am a Roger Moore fan, but unfortunately he was past his sell-by date by the time he made A View To a Kill (1985, not '87). Which is one of the reasons why that one is arguably the worst of the series -- definitely in the bottom two. Did you know that Moore is older than Connery? (You'd think they'd have replaced Connery with a younger Bond actor huh?)
But Ford will be fine in the role. Can't wait for this!
Both the Cinescape and Raider.net articles are from June of 2002. And the IndianaJones.com DVD announcement is also old -- from May 6, 2003, as covered in this Slashdot thread at the time.
On the upside, some of those Cinescape search results are relatively new, though they contain minor information.
But Microshit would never, ever screw its customers by discontinuing this service....
'Episode 2 - Attack ON the Clones'
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iBox Episode 2
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Begun, this Clone War has....
Re:Reality By Consensus: Humans as Ontology Engine
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Review: Matrix: Reloaded
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Excellent. Thanks for the most insightful comments re. the movie that I've read on here, or anywhere (so far). You've definitely "got it," IMHO. (Not "got it" as in you totally understand the plot -- e.g. I'm not convinced that "the real world is another Matrix, a la the 13th floor" -- but that you got what the Bros. were trying to emphasize.) Someone mod this guy to 5.
When you said:
"Humans create this Matrix through their beliefs; the Machine's power to control the Matrix may thus directly be tied to how humans think the Matrix may work,"
I was reminded of the bit in the first movie when Smith tells Morpheus about how the first iteration of the Matrix, the pre-lapsarian 'perfect' state, didn't gel because it didn't match people's expectations of how the world should work. Due to our imperfect nature, our inherent striving, we expect the world to be imperfect as well. Of course machines didn't understand this aspect of human nature straight away.
Your observation is also bolstered by the repeated allusions to the *interdependence* of man and machine. (Perhaps both Smith and Neo have broken free of this interdependence, each in their own way(?).)
The idea of 'people's expectations dictating their reality' serves as such a rich launching symbol/analogy for so many kinds of philosophical explorations (assumptions about the self, free will, knowledge, the nature of existence). Decreasing deception, Plato's Cave Myth, etc. And of course the religious overtones of enlightenment, etc. No wonder people get so much out of it.
My main criticism of Reloaded is the same as my main criticism of the first flick: at-times very clunky storytelling that obscures when it should clarify things -- except it's worse this time around. Not just the dialogue/exposition, but the narrative of the overall film structure. So much happens during the last 'act' -- particularly starting with the attack on the 'mainframe' -- which is only briefly alluded to, the audience is trying to fill in the blanks, and is distracted at the very time it should be able to concentrate on all the crazy stuff that 'Architect' is throwing at it. The poor pacing and editing here really undercuts the power of the story. But overall, I thought the film was excellent, and most of the criticisms I have read are really rather superficial.
Still, it looks a hell of a lot like the default OS X desktop image. Their choice to use that particular desktop image, esp. in conjunction with the iMac rip-off, is I am sure not an accident.
Not ahead-of-the-curve enough to be groundbreaking, too trend-spotting for Joe Average. Articles about web sites/pop culture trends everyone in their target demographic had already known about for six months previously. Writers that were too fascinated with their own opinions. Not a lot of depth/analysis. Pretentious layout and cover design. Its death was inevitable, and long overdue. I hope the folks responsible are able to find success doing something more worthwhile, and that actually serves a purpose.
(And I cant believe this warrants a Slashdot article, since I didn't think anyone outside of Canada had ever heard of the magazine!)
Canada's "Bravo!" station (note the '!') does indeed show 'Actors Studio,' but according to their web site they won't be showing the episode with the Simpsons cast this month. Maybe we're on a delayed schedule up here, and we'll get this episode later. I don't know what relationship, if any, there is between the two station.
A consideration I haven't yet seen mentioned on here: negative pre-release Internet reviews, combined with geek word-of-mouth.
There were several very negative reviews of the flick on AICN before it came out -- and for all I know other fan sites as well --, and I'm sure word of that travelled quickly among the on-line community. Those reviews were a decisive factor in my own case (I haven't seen Nemesis, and have no plans to do so).
This, combined with the plethora of other geek-friendly movies in theatres at the time, took a huge, huge chunk out of that opening weekend.
This just in: the RIAA has reached a "compromise deal" with "Silicon Valley."
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Under the terms of the compromise, tech groups the Business Software Alliance and the Computer Systems Policy Project will not support mounting legislative efforts to reaffirm a consumer's "fair use" right to copy entertainment fare in the digital age.
In return, the RIAA will back down on its own support for legislation that would make embedded copy-protection technologies standard operating equipment on many high-tech products, sources close to the situation said.
Addendum: actually, upon re-reading the submission, I see that the quote in question is not from the wire service article, but is editorial comment by the submitter. Still, it is not indicative of Slashdot 'bias,' unless you posit that all Slashdotters participate in a monolithic hive mind.
That quote -- "...-or- even better a Tablet Mac which may run into direct competition with Microsoft's similar product..." -- was not put there by the submitter or editor, but is a direct quote from the wire service article. So it does not reflect any Slasdot 'bias.'
As for booting a Mac from an external USB volume, according to an Apple TIL article I read once, it should work if your Mac model has 'dual channel' USB. My own model (rev. B iMac) was one of the last to only have 'single channel' USB, so I can't boot from an external volume.
Elm was not y2k-compliant, so it was 'end-of-lifed' before 2000. If I recall correctly, the Elm development team officially recommended Mutt to their users.
I always hated Pine. A few good features, but missing many more, and it had a bad, awkward interface. Going through and changing the default settings helped a lot, but not enough. I always used Elm, and then Mutt. (Oh, and Eudora for GUI.)
As for Apple's anti-DRM stance, there's an interesting piece right now on macosrumors.com suggesting that DRM-type features may be built-in to OS X soon, at the system level. Considering the source, you may want to apply a great deal of NaCl, but it's something to have on your radar.
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Right you are. Chicago is still one of the default choices for system font though. (And they look pretty similar.)
The Fox News article quotes a "Beatles legal insider" citing the 'AppleMusic.com' advertisements as being particularly brazen violations of the contract. Makes sense. As an earlier poster pointed out, that was dumb (unless AAPL predicted the lawsuit and just don't care).
But for the past few weeks/months the applemusic.com and apple.com/music URLs both take you to apple.com/itunes. The dedicated 'music' section, which advertised the ipod, itunes, and the iTMS, is now gone. I wonder if this move had anything to do with the impending lawsuit?
(Though the ALT tag for the 'iTunes' tab is still 'Music.')
Also interesting: the 'font face' tag specified by that page's code is "chicago," the Mac's default system font (pre-OS X).
In light of this comment, it's interesting to note that the World Trade Centre is prominently featured in 'Trading Places.'
According to macfixit.com, the screen saver bug re. long passwords is fixed, but the other bug remains: the one which allows programs to be quit while the screen saver is on, as long as 'keyboard access' to the dock is turned on.
Yes I remember reading on a Mac site that Panther dev preview is faster than Jaguar on a Bondi iMac.
Unlike the case of Jar Jar -- when Liam Neeson expresses confidence in Jar Jar, you're left scratching your head.
Of course (and this might not have been clearly explained in the movie), all the barbaric rituals, weird food, etc., were supposed to reflect the Kali cult, not Indian traditions. I guess that would be lost on most viewers anyway.
I love 'Temple of Doom' almost as much as 'Raiders,' due to its audaciousness and how it goes completely over-the-top in its frantic action sequences. It starts with a bang and keeps upping the ante. I was disappointed when 'Last Crusade,' my least favourite of the three, warmed over so many elements of 'Raiders.'
Bad example! I am a Roger Moore fan, but unfortunately he was past his sell-by date by the time he made A View To a Kill (1985, not '87). Which is one of the reasons why that one is arguably the worst of the series -- definitely in the bottom two. Did you know that Moore is older than Connery? (You'd think they'd have replaced Connery with a younger Bond actor huh?)
But Ford will be fine in the role. Can't wait for this!
Both the Cinescape and Raider.net articles are from June of 2002. And the IndianaJones.com DVD announcement is also old -- from May 6, 2003, as covered in this Slashdot thread at the time.
On the upside, some of those Cinescape search results are relatively new, though they contain minor information.
But Microshit would never, ever screw its customers by discontinuing this service....
Begun, this Clone War has....
Excellent. Thanks for the most insightful comments re. the movie that I've read on here, or anywhere (so far). You've definitely "got it," IMHO. (Not "got it" as in you totally understand the plot -- e.g. I'm not convinced that "the real world is another Matrix, a la the 13th floor" -- but that you got what the Bros. were trying to emphasize.) Someone mod this guy to 5.
When you said:
"Humans create this Matrix through their beliefs; the Machine's power to control the Matrix may thus directly be tied to how humans think the Matrix may work,"
I was reminded of the bit in the first movie when Smith tells Morpheus about how the first iteration of the Matrix, the pre-lapsarian 'perfect' state, didn't gel because it didn't match people's expectations of how the world should work. Due to our imperfect nature, our inherent striving, we expect the world to be imperfect as well. Of course machines didn't understand this aspect of human nature straight away.
Your observation is also bolstered by the repeated allusions to the *interdependence* of man and machine. (Perhaps both Smith and Neo have broken free of this interdependence, each in their own way(?).)
The idea of 'people's expectations dictating their reality' serves as such a rich launching symbol/analogy for so many kinds of philosophical explorations (assumptions about the self, free will, knowledge, the nature of existence). Decreasing deception, Plato's Cave Myth, etc. And of course the religious overtones of enlightenment, etc. No wonder people get so much out of it.
My main criticism of Reloaded is the same as my main criticism of the first flick: at-times very clunky storytelling that obscures when it should clarify things -- except it's worse this time around. Not just the dialogue/exposition, but the narrative of the overall film structure. So much happens during the last 'act' -- particularly starting with the attack on the 'mainframe' -- which is only briefly alluded to, the audience is trying to fill in the blanks, and is distracted at the very time it should be able to concentrate on all the crazy stuff that 'Architect' is throwing at it. The poor pacing and editing here really undercuts the power of the story. But overall, I thought the film was excellent, and most of the criticisms I have read are really rather superficial.
Still, it looks a hell of a lot like the default OS X desktop image. Their choice to use that particular desktop image, esp. in conjunction with the iMac rip-off, is I am sure not an accident.
Here's the link to the MacEdition report this guy's talking about:
http://www.macedition.com/nmr/nmr_20021112.php
Not ahead-of-the-curve enough to be groundbreaking, too trend-spotting for Joe Average. Articles about web sites/pop culture trends everyone in their target demographic had already known about for six months previously. Writers that were too fascinated with their own opinions. Not a lot of depth/analysis. Pretentious layout and cover design. Its death was inevitable, and long overdue. I hope the folks responsible are able to find success doing something more worthwhile, and that actually serves a purpose.
(And I cant believe this warrants a Slashdot article, since I didn't think anyone outside of Canada had ever heard of the magazine!)
Canada's "Bravo!" station (note the '!') does indeed show 'Actors Studio,' but according to their web site they won't be showing the episode with the Simpsons cast this month. Maybe we're on a delayed schedule up here, and we'll get this episode later. I don't know what relationship, if any, there is between the two station.
A consideration I haven't yet seen mentioned on here: negative pre-release Internet reviews, combined with geek word-of-mouth.
There were several very negative reviews of the flick on AICN before it came out -- and for all I know other fan sites as well --, and I'm sure word of that travelled quickly among the on-line community. Those reviews were a decisive factor in my own case (I haven't seen Nemesis, and have no plans to do so).
This, combined with the plethora of other geek-friendly movies in theatres at the time, took a huge, huge chunk out of that opening weekend.
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Make what you will of this article.Species don't 'appear' on the scene very frequently. Not noticeable in human-scale time frames.
Addendum: actually, upon re-reading the submission, I see that the quote in question is not from the wire service article, but is editorial comment by the submitter. Still, it is not indicative of Slashdot 'bias,' unless you posit that all Slashdotters participate in a monolithic hive mind.
That quote -- "...-or- even better a Tablet Mac which may run into direct competition with Microsoft's similar product..." -- was not put there by the submitter or editor, but is a direct quote from the wire service article. So it does not reflect any Slasdot 'bias.'
As for booting a Mac from an external USB volume, according to an Apple TIL article I read once, it should work if your Mac model has 'dual channel' USB. My own model (rev. B iMac) was one of the last to only have 'single channel' USB, so I can't boot from an external volume.
Elm was not y2k-compliant, so it was 'end-of-lifed' before 2000. If I recall correctly, the Elm development team officially recommended Mutt to their users.
I always hated Pine. A few good features, but missing many more, and it had a bad, awkward interface. Going through and changing the default settings helped a lot, but not enough. I always used Elm, and then Mutt. (Oh, and Eudora for GUI.)
As for Apple's anti-DRM stance, there's an interesting piece right now on macosrumors.com suggesting that DRM-type features may be built-in to OS X soon, at the system level. Considering the source, you may want to apply a great deal of NaCl, but it's something to have on your radar.