I like Apple hardware. I think they do a good job with design and engineering. I also happen to like Apple software. It suits my brain. I'm willing to pay the (modest) price premium to get the equipment that suits me.
What is this about worshipping? This is a business decision for me. If Creative or Microsoft comes out with a compelling alternative (*snort* it's not completely impossible...) then maybe they'll get my money, and my attention.
Why are you getting so torqued about a marketing campaign? It's just marketing. Ignore it.
Hmm. It was when I was working at a Mac shop at my university, in 1993. I really didn't think we'd gotten upgraded to PowerMacs yet, but I don't remember precisely.
That's not NEARLY as cool as the car crash sound Macs used to make when they really, really, REALLY blew up fierce. Get a good pair of speakers, and that sound would scare the tar out of everybody in the area!
I think it only happened to me once, on a junky old LCIII, while I was just working. There was a key combo to induce it on boot, though, and I got a lot of mileage out of that...
We're talking around each other here. Are the persons within the organizational body called the Palestinian Authority Israeli citizens, or not? If they are, they get to vote. If they are not, then Israel needs to butt out.
Don't worry...you're in good company. Most nations can't get their story straight on this one, because it's advantageous to them to tapdance around the central issue.
"They now have their own government (if you can call it that) with their own elections."
"It's not a separate state"
Hence the inconsistency. Either Palestine is a separate state, or citizens who live in the part of Israel called "Palestine" should be able to vote in Israeli elections.
If we could get Israel to recognize Palestine as a separate state, we'd be well on our way to a solution. But, since that'll happen on the sixth of Never, those folks are indeed Israeli citizens and should get a vote.
Right on. I'll check it out and edumacate myself. I've used videolan client for playback of misc. other crap, but it hadn't occured to me that myth's frontend would also play nice with encrypted Tivo recordings.
Because developers get to scratch their own itches. Marketers try to convince other people to buy something.
My question is this: Why is ANY open-source project concerned about marketing? If it works, people will use it. You've already got the best kind of marketing there is: Word of mouth. If it doesn't work, a slick marketing campaign won't fix it.
It's not my time or money, so I wouldn't presume to tell people how to spend them. I just don't see why a marketing person would work for free, or why they'd be necessary in the first place.
Having said that, there are a number of sequels and remakes that are actually worth watching. I can't tell if the percentage of good sequels/remakes is better or worse than the percentage of good movies.
"Or how about you got in a fight with your wife and I could hear it from outside so I recorded and played it back over the PA system at your office the next day?"
Would I mind? Maybe. However, it is up to me to not broadcast things I don't want broadcast. Want to keep a secret? Don't publish it on the Internet.
"I've seen self-proclaimed "skeptics" say that it doesn't matter what evidence in favor of some supernatural event you can produce, you won't convince them it's true."
"(Note I'm not actually claiming a supernatural event has been proven; if you think I said that, please re-calibrate your English parser.)"
Um, I think my parser is doing just fine. You say that you have seen skeptics wrongly conclude that evidence of Supernatural Event A is not convincing. That means:
A) You have witnessed a conversation regarding that evidence B) You have concluded that evidence is convincing C) People who are NOT convinced by that evidence are too skeptical.
So, I'm curious for details. What are the specifics of this supernatural phenomenon?
Deploying Linux servers in 20 offices in two states just to make printers MAYBE work better is simply a non-starter. We don't control the web app. We must rely on the user to choose the correct printer.
Your idea would be a good one, if I were free to design the system from scratch. That's simply not going to happen.
"It means that a Mac Mini is not just an iMac without a screen, as you suggest it is."
It doesn't have a dedicated GPU, and it has a laptop hard drive. For a whole lot of people, these are not significant omissions. They may be significant to you. Hence, "varying values of significant".
"It's definitely "expensive"."
Sure. It's not free. Compared to similar machines, it's a great deal.
Yes, you want a low-priced tower. I hear you. Apple, for whatever reason, does not elect to sell you the machine that you allege 99% of people on Earth (or 99% of some non-specified population, whatever) will buy. I suggest that, if there were a computer that Apple could sell profitably to 99% of anything, they'd make it. I'd venture to guess that, perhaps, there's more going on than you acknowledge.
Complain away. Just don't hold your breath. You either want to buy a product, or you don't. Either are fine options.
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Who's "we"? Got a mouse in your pocket?
I like Apple hardware. I think they do a good job with design and engineering. I also happen to like Apple software. It suits my brain. I'm willing to pay the (modest) price premium to get the equipment that suits me.
What is this about worshipping? This is a business decision for me. If Creative or Microsoft comes out with a compelling alternative (*snort* it's not completely impossible...) then maybe they'll get my money, and my attention.
Why are you getting so torqued about a marketing campaign? It's just marketing. Ignore it.
Well, the one that's marrying me does. Sugar mama=good.
Hmm. It was when I was working at a Mac shop at my university, in 1993. I really didn't think we'd gotten upgraded to PowerMacs yet, but I don't remember precisely.
At any rate, it was way fun.
The really older ones did. The really really REALLY older ones didn't play any sounds at all.
That's not NEARLY as cool as the car crash sound Macs used to make when they really, really, REALLY blew up fierce. Get a good pair of speakers, and that sound would scare the tar out of everybody in the area!
I think it only happened to me once, on a junky old LCIII, while I was just working. There was a key combo to induce it on boot, though, and I got a lot of mileage out of that...
We're talking around each other here. Are the persons within the organizational body called the Palestinian Authority Israeli citizens, or not? If they are, they get to vote. If they are not, then Israel needs to butt out.
Don't worry...you're in good company. Most nations can't get their story straight on this one, because it's advantageous to them to tapdance around the central issue.
"They now have their own government (if you can call it that) with their own elections."
"It's not a separate state"
Hence the inconsistency. Either Palestine is a separate state, or citizens who live in the part of Israel called "Palestine" should be able to vote in Israeli elections.
Uh huh. I like the open API idea better.
If we could get Israel to recognize Palestine as a separate state, we'd be well on our way to a solution. But, since that'll happen on the sixth of Never, those folks are indeed Israeli citizens and should get a vote.
And how would you create an API that is open to anybody except evil Chinese censors?
Right on. I'll check it out and edumacate myself. I've used videolan client for playback of misc. other crap, but it hadn't occured to me that myth's frontend would also play nice with encrypted Tivo recordings.
Thanks again!
"The size of the event horizon does vary in size,"
Run that by me one more time?
Because developers get to scratch their own itches. Marketers try to convince other people to buy something.
My question is this: Why is ANY open-source project concerned about marketing? If it works, people will use it. You've already got the best kind of marketing there is: Word of mouth. If it doesn't work, a slick marketing campaign won't fix it.
It's not my time or money, so I wouldn't presume to tell people how to spend them. I just don't see why a marketing person would work for free, or why they'd be necessary in the first place.
These are remakes, which set the bar even lower.
Having said that, there are a number of sequels and remakes that are actually worth watching. I can't tell if the percentage of good sequels/remakes is better or worse than the percentage of good movies.
Very cool indeed. I haven't motivated myself to find a solution for decrypting the mpeg streams. Do you happen to have a link to that frontend?
Thank you!
Cool. How do you view the shows on your Mac?
"MythTV could really use a marketing guy to help with the new releases"
Who's going to pay them?
You don't seriously think those are your only options for 23" LCDs, do you?
"terrestrial" would be pertaining to Terra, which is the latin name for this particular planet we're all occupying.
So, yeah, not such a good substitute. Nice try, though.
"people haven't yet agreed with them."
Who asked them? I mean, us?
"Or how about you got in a fight with your wife and I could hear it from outside so I recorded and played it back over the PA system at your office the next day?"
Would I mind? Maybe. However, it is up to me to not broadcast things I don't want broadcast. Want to keep a secret? Don't publish it on the Internet.
Now you're getting it.
"I've seen self-proclaimed "skeptics" say that it doesn't matter what evidence in favor of some supernatural event you can produce, you won't convince them it's true."
"(Note I'm not actually claiming a supernatural event has been proven; if you think I said that, please re-calibrate your English parser.)"
Um, I think my parser is doing just fine. You say that you have seen skeptics wrongly conclude that evidence of Supernatural Event A is not convincing. That means:
A) You have witnessed a conversation regarding that evidence
B) You have concluded that evidence is convincing
C) People who are NOT convinced by that evidence are too skeptical.
So, I'm curious for details. What are the specifics of this supernatural phenomenon?
Deploying Linux servers in 20 offices in two states just to make printers MAYBE work better is simply a non-starter. We don't control the web app. We must rely on the user to choose the correct printer.
Your idea would be a good one, if I were free to design the system from scratch. That's simply not going to happen.
"It means that a Mac Mini is not just an iMac without a screen, as you suggest it is."
It doesn't have a dedicated GPU, and it has a laptop hard drive. For a whole lot of people, these are not significant omissions. They may be significant to you. Hence, "varying values of significant".
"It's definitely "expensive"."
Sure. It's not free. Compared to similar machines, it's a great deal.
Yes, you want a low-priced tower. I hear you. Apple, for whatever reason, does not elect to sell you the machine that you allege 99% of people on Earth (or 99% of some non-specified population, whatever) will buy. I suggest that, if there were a computer that Apple could sell profitably to 99% of anything, they'd make it. I'd venture to guess that, perhaps, there's more going on than you acknowledge.
Complain away. Just don't hold your breath. You either want to buy a product, or you don't. Either are fine options.