Like the slow realization that all of their income was just sent to David Boies and now there's nothing left to pay the temps that put together the filing for the SEC?
Or the CPAs or the Attorneys. So what happens if they come up cash short and they can't pay the legal-eagles representing them against IBM ? Do they qualify for court appointed pro-bono representation ? I would certainly think not. Sounds a bit like chapter-11 or perhaps chapter-7.
Total long term value of Napster $0 Total long term value of iTunes $360
Note that this isn't all that different from XM or Sirius that Steve just put the kabosh on. Listen thru them and you own (or have rights to) nothing.
I'm not all that sure I agree with the long term value of $360 (like can you sell/transfer it to someone else ?), but it should have some intrinsic value to you. With the Napster plan it has none.
Now, someone remind me.. didn't Janus have two faces ?
Currently, trees which are too closely aligned genetically, are having problems with pest attacks. As an example, google for 'southern pine beetle'. Slash pines, a staple of the southern pine industry, as greatly suseptible to the SPB. Slash pines have been genetically bred (not exactly GM, but heading in that direction) for maximum production and guess what happens ? You get a spicies of beetle that just loves that particular tree and threatens to destroy whole plantings.
OTOH, other species of pines (longleaf, loblolly, etc) are sufficiently diverse (genetically speaking) that a beetle might find one tree it likes, but have to skip the next 10 or 20. Biodiversity works. Lets not screw with something that works just fine. A given planting of longleaf (I should know, I can see them right outside my window) may have a higher initial mortality rate than a similar planting of slash, but in the long run they will produce more and better timber.
1. Battery life 2. Reception in tunnels and steel buildings 3. Size of unit and antenna 4. It changes the music/programming provider 5. It won't work worldwide 6. Battery life
I don't buy that for one second. They may not own the cow... but they own the milking machine, the dairy processing plant, the delivery trucks, the sillage fields and almost everything *but* the cow. As one wag pointed out recently, GarageBand could well be the launching point for new musicians and for a new theory in music distribution (ala iTMS).
Once you have sufficient market share in distribution, why not sign a few up and coming artists ?
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Oh J.C.!
My first DP job was console operator on a Univac 9400 (IBM 360/30 clone). One night something went fubar on one of the channel adapters. I called for service and a sleepy-assed tech showed up about 2am. He loaded up his usual diagnostic tape and tried to boot the box (big iron, flashing lights and push-buttons all over the front). No dice. The channel was so fucked up he could not ever get his tape to boot. So, we kinda stared at each other for a few mins. I went into the other office and grabbed the Univac processor reference and started scribbling instructions and hex on a pad of paper. After a while, I went back in and started loading them via the push buttons on the front. Not all that much mind you, just enough to get the box to initiate an IO and store a CSW somewhere so we could see what kind of error the channel was returning. Strange night, but it actually worked. And he was able to diagnose the problem. They never did see fit to hire me as a programmer there... oh well;)
The electronic payments within the US (possibly CA also) are handled via a system called ACH (automated clearing house). With ACH they could indeed hit your account such as that. But the ability to inject ACH debits usually requires a cooperating bank in the US (who recognizes the organization generating the electronic debits). Typical examples are mortgage payments, insurance companies and PayPal.
For foreign transfers (such as the one talked about here), this most likely happened via SWIFT-wire. With SWIFT-wire I do not believe it is possible to pull money (i.e. via an electronic debit). The transfer has to be pushed from the sender. So my guess would be that the cybercrook here gained access to the computer (owned by the person who lost the 90K) and faked an online transfer request. Maybe the guy has always on DSL or cable and leaves his system powered up 24/7.
At least thats my perception of what happened here. In the case of ACH fraud, I think the FBI could come down hard on the receiving bank, and who ever generated the fraudulant debits. With SWIFT-wire, its a whole different set of rules when crossing national boundries.
Yessiree bob... old diesel engines are wonderful. I have a '58 Ford farm tractor (4-cyl diesel). No electronics. A 12v battery, starter and alternator. You can usually tell if anythings amiss by watching the color of the exhaust. very low tech, but very reliable.
Imagine what would happen if Apple sold OS-X for the wintel platform, but you could get it for $499 in a small diminutive box with an Apple logo, a wintel class processor (AMD or whomever) and is marketed as BYODKM... now that would be interesting. Something that primarily booted OS-X, but could also dual boot Windows and/or linux. It would very cleanly nuke Dell and MS in one swoop.
Your point is extrmemly well taken. If there were laws (god help us, I don't want to see these exist) that regulated the safety factor of an OS like the laws regulate the safety factor of both cars and drivers, then Windows would either be fixed or history. Linux would be labeled an expirimental vehicle and OS-X (and the various unices) would be the Chevy's and Ford's of today.
One day I was having a lengthy chat with a geeky type guy driving one of the big telco trucks (he was waiting for the hole digging contractor to show) and he told me about this little dongle device that he uses to control access to the software back at the CO.
The way I understood it, the gadget was about the size of one of the old common pocket pagers and, I think, had some access to cell signals (possibly for time signal announcements). When he clicked on the button, it dynamically generated a password that was good for 6 seconds. If you didn't use it within the time window, it was useless. I have no idea who makes this, but it sounded like one of the more secure methods I've ever heard about.
... perhaps a new entry in the hosting market. After all, they do have a deep understanding of distributing content around the world. It also makes it somewhat easier for them to crawl the content of said servers.
Rumor has it that many of Steve's early demos were staged...
The original Mac 128K intro was supposidly really an early proto 512K in disguise.
The original MacII intro (playing Applachain Spring, et al) I was told was running off of a super-fast external hard drive behind the curtain under the demo table.
Both of those were told to me at MacHack by then Apple employees during the non-Steve era (about '91), so they had no fear of retribution at that time.
BTW, since we are dredging up old Steve material, does anyone have the VHS tape of the Knowledge Navigator Apple concept ? I'm sure I saved it, but darned if I know where it is now. It contained some cool concept ideas for a (pre Newton IIRC) hand gesture recognition navigator interface. I'm still waiting for that to bubble up in one of those "Oh! I have one more thing to announce..." LOL
Keep in mind that for $350 you are getting one 1GB DIMM (with a one year warranty from Apple).
For $226.99 you are getting two DIMMs, one 256MB DIMM (with an Apple one year warranty) and one 1GB DIMM (with whatever warranty Crucial supplies)... not to mention the fun and games required to remove one and replace the other.
"They've got themselves 15 square miles down in Texas,"
No, thats 15 miles square. 15 square miles would be 9,600 acres. 16 miles square is 256 square miles, or 163,840 acres (close enough for this article).
Dark fiber usually isn't sold by the telecoms. Usually you'll have to get it from companys such as the railway and sewer owners - the guys who oversee the cables themselves, not the higher level services.
OK, so like 4-5 years ago some contractors were laying a L-3 fiber run a few miles over from me. Being curious and such, I watched and asked a bunch of questions. They were trenching 12/1.25" I.D. conduits in the ground (each was HDPE black with a color-coded stripe down the side). I was told that they were initially only going to pull (or blow) fibre thru 3-5 of the 12 pipes.
Are those empty pipes considered dark-fibre ? They probably don't have fibre in all of them yet, but I'm sure its more than the initial installation.
Every 35 miles , there is a group of repeater huts (tall fences, barbed wire, diesel gen-set off in one corner). If someone lights dark-fibre, won't the purchaser also need light-regen equip in each of those huts ?
Uhhh.. no. Actually, the satellite feed went forward just like normal. No scrambling, in the clear on C-band (and Ku most likely as well). Apple just didn't preannounce the satellite and transponder (like they usually do). Took me all of 5 mins to find it. I think this was more hype-building than anything else.
Nice to have a front row seat, while sitting out here in the middle-of-nowhere (go look that up on your Newton).
I think thats the whole point here. In order to identify the parties actually in violation , they had to first identify Mr dePlume. Then force him to reveal his sources (if they can). Seeing as how he is a student at Harvard, I would not be the least bit surprised if someone there takes up his case. Pro Bono most likely.
Ahh yes.. Mac the Knife... and his lesser known cohort The Mouseketeer.
Once upon a time (gather round kiddies) Mr Mouseketeer used to publish a hardcopy newsletter. It would appear infrequently, mailed from various locations, and usually poke fun at Apple during the days of King Steve I... Then one day I get this fat envelop from MrMouse. Inside was the usual newsletter along with a yamalka, a small piece of black plastic, some felt and the instructions on how to cut and glue this all together to make your very own Mouseketeer Cap.
How long will it take someone (Apple ?) to bundle a cheap flat screen, a white keyboard and a mouse in similar packaging ? I bet the prototypes are being done even as we speak.
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Or the CPAs or the Attorneys. So what happens if they come up cash short and they can't pay the legal-eagles representing them against IBM ? Do they qualify for court appointed pro-bono representation ? I would certainly think not. Sounds a bit like chapter-11 or perhaps chapter-7.
Going down ....
Total long term value of iTunes $360
Note that this isn't all that different from XM or Sirius that Steve just put the kabosh on. Listen thru them and you own (or have rights to) nothing.
I'm not all that sure I agree with the long term value of $360 (like can you sell/transfer it to someone else ?), but it should have some intrinsic value to you. With the Napster plan it has none.
Now, someone remind me.. didn't Janus have two faces ?
IMHO, this would be a very dangerous idea...
Currently, trees which are too closely aligned genetically, are having problems with pest attacks. As an example, google for 'southern pine beetle'. Slash pines, a staple of the southern pine industry, as greatly suseptible to the SPB. Slash pines have been genetically bred (not exactly GM, but heading in that direction) for maximum production and guess what happens ? You get a spicies of beetle that just loves that particular tree and threatens to destroy whole plantings.
OTOH, other species of pines (longleaf, loblolly, etc) are sufficiently diverse (genetically speaking) that a beetle might find one tree it likes, but have to skip the next 10 or 20. Biodiversity works. Lets not screw with something that works just fine. A given planting of longleaf (I should know, I can see them right outside my window) may have a higher initial mortality rate than a similar planting of slash, but in the long run they will produce more and better timber.
Reasons why I think this is a bad idea...
1. Battery life
2. Reception in tunnels and steel buildings
3. Size of unit and antenna
4. It changes the music/programming provider
5. It won't work worldwide
6. Battery life
I don't buy that for one second. They may not own the cow... but they own the milking machine, the dairy processing plant, the delivery trucks, the sillage fields and almost everything *but* the cow. As one wag pointed out recently, GarageBand could well be the launching point for new musicians and for a new theory in music distribution (ala iTMS).
Once you have sufficient market share in distribution, why not sign a few up and coming artists ?
Oh J.C.!
;)
My first DP job was console operator on a Univac 9400 (IBM 360/30 clone). One night something went fubar on one of the channel adapters. I called for service and a sleepy-assed tech showed up about 2am. He loaded up his usual diagnostic tape and tried to boot the box (big iron, flashing lights and push-buttons all over the front). No dice. The channel was so fucked up he could not ever get his tape to boot. So, we kinda stared at each other for a few mins. I went into the other office and grabbed the Univac processor reference and started scribbling instructions and hex on a pad of paper. After a while, I went back in and started loading them via the push buttons on the front. Not all that much mind you, just enough to get the box to initiate an IO and store a CSW somewhere so we could see what kind of error the channel was returning. Strange night, but it actually worked. And he was able to diagnose the problem. They never did see fit to hire me as a programmer there... oh well
Ummm... I have two words for you.. tape sort !
AIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
The electronic payments within the US (possibly CA also) are handled via a system called ACH (automated clearing house). With ACH they could indeed hit your account such as that. But the ability to inject ACH debits usually requires a cooperating bank in the US (who recognizes the organization generating the electronic debits). Typical examples are mortgage payments, insurance companies and PayPal.
For foreign transfers (such as the one talked about here), this most likely happened via SWIFT-wire. With SWIFT-wire I do not believe it is possible to pull money (i.e. via an electronic debit). The transfer has to be pushed from the sender. So my guess would be that the cybercrook here gained access to the computer (owned by the person who lost the 90K) and faked an online transfer request. Maybe the guy has always on DSL or cable and leaves his system powered up 24/7.
At least thats my perception of what happened here. In the case of ACH fraud, I think the FBI could come down hard on the receiving bank, and who ever generated the fraudulant debits. With SWIFT-wire, its a whole different set of rules when crossing national boundries.
Yessiree bob... old diesel engines are wonderful. I have a '58 Ford farm tractor (4-cyl diesel). No electronics. A 12v battery, starter and alternator. You can usually tell if anythings amiss by watching the color of the exhaust. very low tech, but very reliable.
Imagine what would happen if Apple sold OS-X for the wintel platform, but you could get it for $499 in a small diminutive box with an Apple logo, a wintel class processor (AMD or whomever) and is marketed as BYODKM ... now that would be interesting. Something that primarily booted OS-X, but could also dual boot Windows and/or linux. It would very cleanly nuke Dell and MS in one swoop.
Your point is extrmemly well taken. If there were laws (god help us, I don't want to see these exist) that regulated the safety factor of an OS like the laws regulate the safety factor of both cars and drivers, then Windows would either be fixed or history. Linux would be labeled an expirimental vehicle and OS-X (and the various unices) would be the Chevy's and Ford's of today.
The way I understood it, the gadget was about the size of one of the old common pocket pagers and, I think, had some access to cell signals (possibly for time signal announcements). When he clicked on the button, it dynamically generated a password that was good for 6 seconds. If you didn't use it within the time window, it was useless. I have no idea who makes this, but it sounded like one of the more secure methods I've ever heard about.
The case may be diminutive, but I want to see neon colors dancing around the case !
o Serial HD-20 (that was Steve's last project before his banishment to the pointless-forest)
o closed architecture on the original Mac's (the Cuisinart Mac concept)
o killing the Newton
Things which Steve got right...
o the iMac
o OS-X
o the iPod
o iTMS
nuff said
... perhaps a new entry in the hosting market. After all, they do have a deep understanding of distributing content around the world. It also makes it somewhat easier for them to crawl the content of said servers.
The original Mac 128K intro was supposidly really an early proto 512K in disguise.
The original MacII intro (playing Applachain Spring, et al) I was told was running off of a super-fast external hard drive behind the curtain under the demo table.
Both of those were told to me at MacHack by then Apple employees during the non-Steve era (about '91), so they had no fear of retribution at that time.
BTW, since we are dredging up old Steve material, does anyone have the VHS tape of the Knowledge Navigator Apple concept ? I'm sure I saved it, but darned if I know where it is now. It contained some cool concept ideas for a (pre Newton IIRC) hand gesture recognition navigator interface. I'm still waiting for that to bubble up in one of those "Oh! I have one more thing to announce..." LOL
For $226.99 you are getting two DIMMs, one 256MB DIMM (with an Apple one year warranty) and one 1GB DIMM (with whatever warranty Crucial supplies)... not to mention the fun and games required to remove one and replace the other.
The latter sounds to me like the better deal.
Maximum supply current climbs from 119 ampere to 125 ampere.
Are those 'Cold Cranking Amps' or what ?
envisions a Die-Hard and #4 jumper cables for every laptop
No, thats 15 miles square. 15 square miles would be 9,600 acres. 16 miles square is 256 square miles, or 163,840 acres (close enough for this article).
OK, so like 4-5 years ago some contractors were laying a L-3 fiber run a few miles over from me. Being curious and such, I watched and asked a bunch of questions. They were trenching 12/1.25" I.D. conduits in the ground (each was HDPE black with a color-coded stripe down the side). I was told that they were initially only going to pull (or blow) fibre thru 3-5 of the 12 pipes.
Are those empty pipes considered dark-fibre ? They probably don't have fibre in all of them yet, but I'm sure its more than the initial installation.
Every 35 miles , there is a group of repeater huts (tall fences, barbed wire, diesel gen-set off in one corner). If someone lights dark-fibre, won't the purchaser also need light-regen equip in each of those huts ?
Inquiring minds, etc.
Uhhh.. no. Actually, the satellite feed went forward just like normal. No scrambling, in the clear on C-band (and Ku most likely as well). Apple just didn't preannounce the satellite and transponder (like they usually do). Took me all of 5 mins to find it. I think this was more hype-building than anything else.
Nice to have a front row seat, while sitting out here in the middle-of-nowhere (go look that up on your Newton).
I think thats the whole point here. In order to identify the parties actually in violation , they had to first identify Mr dePlume. Then force him to reveal his sources (if they can). Seeing as how he is a student at Harvard, I would not be the least bit surprised if someone there takes up his case. Pro Bono most likely.
Ahh yes.. Mac the Knife... and his lesser known cohort The Mouseketeer.
Once upon a time (gather round kiddies) Mr Mouseketeer used to publish a hardcopy newsletter. It would appear infrequently, mailed from various locations, and usually poke fun at Apple during the days of King Steve I... Then one day I get this fat envelop from MrMouse. Inside was the usual newsletter along with a yamalka, a small piece of black plastic, some felt and the instructions on how to cut and glue this all together to make your very own Mouseketeer Cap.
Ahhh.. those were the days of big time fun !
How long will it take someone (Apple ?) to bundle a cheap flat screen, a white keyboard and a mouse in similar packaging ? I bet the prototypes are being done even as we speak.
I like the mac mini, but...
Can I put more RAM in it ? That is the question most on my mind now. The HD is more than sufficient, but I would LOVE to have 1GB of ram in it.
The other thing is that price point almost makes it a WalMart/KMart/Target/BestBuy kind of device. Now wouldn't that be interesting.