OK, so if you don't want to be a customer of Apple's, why don't you, uh, not be a customer of Apple's?
What's the problem here? Are there not dozens of other music players, and many other music stores? Just because the iPod and iTunes are popular doesn't mean they need to be nationalized.
(Which, of course, isn't even the meat of this story, but whatever).
"I don't care about that. I just want it to work."
If that's the case, why are you ranting against the GPL? Does the GPL make things not "just work"? Seems like making something "just work" is up to the individual developers, who are the ONLY ones who get to set the licensing agreements for their work.
So what exactly are you railing about? Each developer is Free to license their software on their own terms. What's wrong?
Some schools build the Microsoft Tax into your tuition, so you get software for basically $5 per CD. That was the case at the University of Texas at Arlington.
No no no, you're being silly. They LOOK like black holes, they BEHAVE like black holes, they are in all ways indistinguishable from black holes, but they're really cosmic space ducks.
80 kph. That's, what? 45 mph? I think I'm glad you're not in power.
The Law exists to serve The People, not the other way around. When The Law is wrong, it needs to be either changed or broadly disobeyed. (See the Civil Rights Movement).
Code has to be tested more thoroughly than data (that doesn't change nearly as often during the development process).
Just as a f'rinstance, more than 5/6 of the bits in Wing Commander IV were movies. Sure, you have to check and make sure all the movies work, but those data files basically didn't change throuhgout the testing phase. That's an example from my personal experience.
I confess: I don't know anything specific about the ins and outs of DV editing. I know that Avid took their trucks and went home from the Mac market, because Apple released Final Cut Pro (which, according to the few people I do know who do that sort of thing, is pretty darn good stuff). You're alleging that a $10,000 SCSI DV array isn't compatible with modern Mac hardware, and that's just silly.
There are all kinds of reasons to switch platforms one way or the other. Not wanting to buy a $300 PCI card isn't one of them.
I don't trust the feds to be honest about their motives, their investigative targets, or their methods. They're detaining people without warrants, without due process, and I think that stinks. The FBI does NOT have an even remotely good record of respecting civil rights and liberties, and I DO think they should be reined in hard.
I thought Americans were supposed to value freedom. I'm continually being proven wrong.
It's hard for me to imagine that a niche player (albeit a successful one!) is going to attach a niche market (like tablet computers). This is an idea that's been tried several times over the last ten years, and it's never been very successful.
Now, I think Apple's Inkwell software is probably still state-of-the-art, and I think they could make a really great tablet. I just wonder if that's the best way for them to spend their R&D bucks.
On the third hand, it might be a really good way to revitalize the portable line if they can't get a G5 out the door soon...
hmm. Interesting. I've never been big into tablets, because my handwriting is absolutely dreadful, and I can type fast enough to capture my stream of consciousness, but I do understand the appeal if properly implemented.
I don't care if people disagree with me. I do care if they can throw me in jail if they disagree with me.
Social contracts absolutely should be based on ideals. The right to free speech should indeed be absolute, except in the most explicit cases (telling somebody to kill somebody else is bad.)
(How do you sort email into virtual folders like in Evolution? How do you manage multiple WiFi connections with a click or two?)
Just FYI:
For virtual folders, you buy Tiger next month. I'm sure there are other ways to do it, but it's going to be a core feature of the next release of mail.app.
Manage multiple WiFi connections? Well, for whatever "management" you need to do (most of the time, it Just Works) you can use the Locations feature, which is pretty robust.
"Using the phase shift to calculate distance works... but only to fractions of the wavelength of light... which for a HeNe would be less than a micron"
Wow. Because it's very important to have sub-micron positioning in an undersea ROV, right? These kids from Arizona apparently came up with an elegant, functional hack, and all you can do is dog on 'em because they should have done it YOUR way. Whatever, dude.
"Look, I don't mean to detract from what these guys did"
So don't.
"But, from what I've read, they must have had outside help", because there's no way four Mexicans could have possibly beaten the team from MIT fairly. Uh huh. Sour grapes much?
The "subjective" categories were part of the design specification. If you do not satisfy the design specification, you do not get the contract. These guys satisfied the design specification better than the MIT team.
By any metric, the accomplishment of ANY high-school team that can go toe-to-toe with the elite technical universities and win is an impressive achievement. Seeing the situation these students are in, makes it MORE impressive, not less.
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OK, so if you don't want to be a customer of Apple's, why don't you, uh, not be a customer of Apple's?
What's the problem here? Are there not dozens of other music players, and many other music stores? Just because the iPod and iTunes are popular doesn't mean they need to be nationalized.
(Which, of course, isn't even the meat of this story, but whatever).
My ripped CDs work just fine on my iPod.
Cool. Send me one of those computers, and I'll try to get you a date.
I kid, I kid!
This assclown works for Sun, therefore he tells developing countries that they shouldn't use licenses that Sun doesn't offer.
His motivations are blisteringly obvious. I just feel sorry for anybody who falls for his line.
"I don't care about that. I just want it to work."
If that's the case, why are you ranting against the GPL? Does the GPL make things not "just work"? Seems like making something "just work" is up to the individual developers, who are the ONLY ones who get to set the licensing agreements for their work.
So what exactly are you railing about? Each developer is Free to license their software on their own terms. What's wrong?
Touche!
(ow.)
So where does that leave the conservative slashdot fanboys with their heads up their asses?
Uh huh. How do you run a vacuum cleaner in a vacuum?
You're absolutely right. You better commit suicide now. Can I have your computer?
Some schools build the Microsoft Tax into your tuition, so you get software for basically $5 per CD. That was the case at the University of Texas at Arlington.
No no no, you're being silly. They LOOK like black holes, they BEHAVE like black holes, they are in all ways indistinguishable from black holes, but they're really cosmic space ducks.
Silly Buttons.
80 kph. That's, what? 45 mph? I think I'm glad you're not in power.
The Law exists to serve The People, not the other way around. When The Law is wrong, it needs to be either changed or broadly disobeyed. (See the Civil Rights Movement).
Because speed limits are about revenue generation, not traffic safety?
Uh, four blocks share one corner, Math Whiz. On average, you have as many corners as you have blocks.
I suppose you also support shortening the yellow lights on intersections that have red light cameras installed?
What a great idea, huh? Happens all the time.
Code has to be tested more thoroughly than data (that doesn't change nearly as often during the development process).
Just as a f'rinstance, more than 5/6 of the bits in Wing Commander IV were movies. Sure, you have to check and make sure all the movies work, but those data files basically didn't change throuhgout the testing phase. That's an example from my personal experience.
My personal data is my property.
I confess: I don't know anything specific about the ins and outs of DV editing. I know that Avid took their trucks and went home from the Mac market, because Apple released Final Cut Pro (which, according to the few people I do know who do that sort of thing, is pretty darn good stuff). You're alleging that a $10,000 SCSI DV array isn't compatible with modern Mac hardware, and that's just silly.
There are all kinds of reasons to switch platforms one way or the other. Not wanting to buy a $300 PCI card isn't one of them.
I don't trust the feds to be honest about their motives, their investigative targets, or their methods. They're detaining people without warrants, without due process, and I think that stinks. The FBI does NOT have an even remotely good record of respecting civil rights and liberties, and I DO think they should be reined in hard.
I thought Americans were supposed to value freedom. I'm continually being proven wrong.
Ah! My bad. I misunderstood.
It's hard for me to imagine that a niche player (albeit a successful one!) is going to attach a niche market (like tablet computers). This is an idea that's been tried several times over the last ten years, and it's never been very successful.
Now, I think Apple's Inkwell software is probably still state-of-the-art, and I think they could make a really great tablet. I just wonder if that's the best way for them to spend their R&D bucks.
On the third hand, it might be a really good way to revitalize the portable line if they can't get a G5 out the door soon...
hmm. Interesting. I've never been big into tablets, because my handwriting is absolutely dreadful, and I can type fast enough to capture my stream of consciousness, but I do understand the appeal if properly implemented.
The Wacom bluetooth tablet is pretty nifty, btw.
What are you talking about? Tablets work beautifully on Macs, and always have.
I don't care if people disagree with me. I do care if they can throw me in jail if they disagree with me.
Social contracts absolutely should be based on ideals. The right to free speech should indeed be absolute, except in the most explicit cases (telling somebody to kill somebody else is bad.)
Where'd you get that idea?
EVERYBODY should be able to speak their minds without ANYBODY breathing down their necks.
(How do you sort email into virtual folders like in Evolution? How do you manage multiple WiFi connections with a click or two?)
Just FYI:
For virtual folders, you buy Tiger next month. I'm sure there are other ways to do it, but it's going to be a core feature of the next release of mail.app.
Manage multiple WiFi connections? Well, for whatever "management" you need to do (most of the time, it Just Works) you can use the Locations feature, which is pretty robust.
"Using the phase shift to calculate distance works... but only to fractions of the wavelength of light... which for a HeNe would be less than a micron"
Wow. Because it's very important to have sub-micron positioning in an undersea ROV, right? These kids from Arizona apparently came up with an elegant, functional hack, and all you can do is dog on 'em because they should have done it YOUR way. Whatever, dude.
"Look, I don't mean to detract from what these guys did"
So don't.
"But, from what I've read, they must have had outside help", because there's no way four Mexicans could have possibly beaten the team from MIT fairly. Uh huh. Sour grapes much?
The "subjective" categories were part of the design specification. If you do not satisfy the design specification, you do not get the contract. These guys satisfied the design specification better than the MIT team.
By any metric, the accomplishment of ANY high-school team that can go toe-to-toe with the elite technical universities and win is an impressive achievement. Seeing the situation these students are in, makes it MORE impressive, not less.