Uh huh. And you're typing your missive on a personal computer which only does one thing, right?
Devices that can display text should let me display whatever text I want. You think Apple R&D spent ANY time on this?
Why? Why NOT? It's a zero-cost option. Doesn't cost you anything that I might find it useful.
PDA (and phone) cameras are useful for one reason: Ubiquity. Nobody thinks they're really good cameras, but they are FUN to have around to use to blackmail your friends.
If you think it's a "dilution of purpose", please don't install it. Leave the people who find it useful (if there are any) alone.
So, they should stop serving the needs of high population density areas, which are profitable, and they should start running expensive cable out to the boonies, where it will be used by one person (you).
This is a dumb business model. It's unfortunate that you have chosen to live where you live, but it's one of the prices you pay for the rural lifestyle.
So as long as your needs are being met, the rest of us can go fuck off?
I would rather have airlines that have to compete in a marketplace, evolving their business models to the most efficient ones possible. That's what a free market is for.
Airlines aren't de-regulated. You're not allowed to fly from Love Field on Southwest to a state not contiguous with Texas, because of a thirty year old law against healthy airline competition.
I say if American Airlines is in such bad financial straits, let Southwest take them over and run them profitably.
Okay. With that sentence, I can firmly place this in the set of "Things I don't need to know about since I am a happy MacOS X user". I appreciate the clarification. : )
No, I judge a piece of hardware based on its overall design, appearance being only one facet of that design. The interface on the Neuros looks totally hideous. As far as "funtional"ity (sic), I don't care how "funtional" it is if I have to have a luggage cart to schlep it around. It's enormous and heavy, and poorly designed.
You want one? Grand. It's got a great feature set, if you only go by the bullet points. Some of the features they promise to add someday look really nifty. Me? I'll take a well-engineered, small, light iPod.
But by all means, buy what makes you happy. Or don't.
Since Apple can sell all the hardware they can make at the higher price, they would be STUPID to drop the price.
Want something cheap? Go buy one of Apple's competitors' devices.
Oh, you want it to have good design as well? I see. Then you get to pay for it. Get used to the notion that quality engineering costs money. Zero of Apple's competitors have quality engineered hardware.
Yes, including that Neuros lunchbox. Boy, that's a dumb looking piece of hardware.
Took me exactly one google search to find this. Sure it's designed for the 3G ipod, but since the screen is the same size. Or go buy a Vaja case that's beautiful and sturdy.
Or do what I do and put some clear contact paper on your screen. (Mine is a PDA screen, but the same idea applies to iPods...)
Just because you're acting on behalf of a business does not make an immoral act (deceiving, defrauding, murdering somebody) an amoral act.
Corporations are made up of humans, and they are not self aware. Every human in that organization is responsible for their own behavior, and I feel justified in criticizing them when that behavior is immoral, unethical, unjust, or illegal. (None of those four items have 1:1 and onto relationships with each other)
The Fastows were permitted to arrange their prison sentences so that one of them could be "at home with their children".
Must be nice. If a husband and wife team had, say, broken into the Fastow's house and stolen 1/10000 of the dollar value that the Enron flacks DESTROYED (not stole), that couple would be thrown in the darkest hole the court could find them, and their kids would be lucky if they got into foster care.
When was the last time Apple catered to the "average person"? They cater to people who appreciate good design and utility. Those people are certainly not "average".
And the 3G iPod makes your 2G iPod inferior, how? It still solves the problem you bought it to solve.
This is the computer industry. Get used to seeing betterfastercheaper weeks after you make a purchase. As it was in the beginning, it now and ever shall be.
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Uh huh. And you're typing your missive on a personal computer which only does one thing, right?
Devices that can display text should let me display whatever text I want. You think Apple R&D spent ANY time on this?
Why? Why NOT? It's a zero-cost option. Doesn't cost you anything that I might find it useful.
PDA (and phone) cameras are useful for one reason: Ubiquity. Nobody thinks they're really good cameras, but they are FUN to have around to use to blackmail your friends.
If you think it's a "dilution of purpose", please don't install it. Leave the people who find it useful (if there are any) alone.
It amuses me that an equal number seem to have the need to convince themselves that a well-designed MP3 player ISN'T worth $399.
You get rid of the wild carnivorous beasties and run the big internet pipe, and I'll bring the coffee machine.
In this particular case? Absolutely. : )
So, they should stop serving the needs of high population density areas, which are profitable, and they should start running expensive cable out to the boonies, where it will be used by one person (you).
This is a dumb business model. It's unfortunate that you have chosen to live where you live, but it's one of the prices you pay for the rural lifestyle.
So as long as your needs are being met, the rest of us can go fuck off?
I would rather have airlines that have to compete in a marketplace, evolving their business models to the most efficient ones possible. That's what a free market is for.
Airlines aren't de-regulated. You're not allowed to fly from Love Field on Southwest to a state not contiguous with Texas, because of a thirty year old law against healthy airline competition.
I say if American Airlines is in such bad financial straits, let Southwest take them over and run them profitably.
Okay. With that sentence, I can firmly place this in the set of "Things I don't need to know about since I am a happy MacOS X user". I appreciate the clarification. : )
And I wan't a pony! Can I have a pony?
/. typo. Wan't as a contraction. Must be British or something.
God, there's a new and revolting
No, I judge a piece of hardware based on its overall design, appearance being only one facet of that design. The interface on the Neuros looks totally hideous. As far as "funtional"ity (sic), I don't care how "funtional" it is if I have to have a luggage cart to schlep it around. It's enormous and heavy, and poorly designed.
You want one? Grand. It's got a great feature set, if you only go by the bullet points. Some of the features they promise to add someday look really nifty. Me? I'll take a well-engineered, small, light iPod.
But by all means, buy what makes you happy. Or don't.
YHBT. YHL.
Way to go, Captain Obvious.
I read that blurb, and I still don't know what the significance of this release is.
"Right now, you can use it to install TeX! Someday, you might be able to install some other stuff!"
I mean, I suppose this is kool and the gang, but what is the problem that is being solved here? Maybe I'm just not clear on the concept.
No, but 3 million more people bought iPods than the mp3 player you designed. Maybe they're on to something.
Yeah! The BBC comes from a whole different country! I didn't believe it at first, but I checked. No wonder the people talking on it sound so funny!
The world ended today in a blinding flash of nuclear exuberance. Here's Brent Trentwhistle with the latest.
Go buy a different product. Or learn how to operate a screwdriver to open the existing iPod. It's not rocket science.
Since Apple can sell all the hardware they can make at the higher price, they would be STUPID to drop the price.
Want something cheap? Go buy one of Apple's competitors' devices.
Oh, you want it to have good design as well? I see. Then you get to pay for it. Get used to the notion that quality engineering costs money. Zero of Apple's competitors have quality engineered hardware.
Yes, including that Neuros lunchbox. Boy, that's a dumb looking piece of hardware.
Go smoke a bowl. It'll all make sense then.
Took me exactly one google search to find this. Sure it's designed for the 3G ipod, but since the screen is the same size. Or go buy a Vaja case that's beautiful and sturdy.
Or do what I do and put some clear contact paper on your screen. (Mine is a PDA screen, but the same idea applies to iPods...)
Just because you're acting on behalf of a business does not make an immoral act (deceiving, defrauding, murdering somebody) an amoral act.
Corporations are made up of humans, and they are not self aware. Every human in that organization is responsible for their own behavior, and I feel justified in criticizing them when that behavior is immoral, unethical, unjust, or illegal. (None of those four items have 1:1 and onto relationships with each other)
If they take usability seriously, why did they copy Windows' shitty UI?
The Fastows were permitted to arrange their prison sentences so that one of them could be "at home with their children".
Must be nice. If a husband and wife team had, say, broken into the Fastow's house and stolen 1/10000 of the dollar value that the Enron flacks DESTROYED (not stole), that couple would be thrown in the darkest hole the court could find them, and their kids would be lucky if they got into foster care.
Ayn Rand called. She wants her morally bankrupt philosophy back.
How long does it take to muddle through learning an iPod?
About four seconds. It's not rocket science.
When was the last time Apple catered to the "average person"? They cater to people who appreciate good design and utility. Those people are certainly not "average".
As soon as there's a perfect product, Apple will stop improving it.
However, since there will never be a perfect product, I think their R&D wonks don't have to worry about trying to collect unemployment...
And the 3G iPod makes your 2G iPod inferior, how? It still solves the problem you bought it to solve.
This is the computer industry. Get used to seeing betterfastercheaper weeks after you make a purchase. As it was in the beginning, it now and ever shall be.