Nevertheless, we must warn them that in the future they should delete the words 'crunchy frog', and replace them with the legend 'crunchy raw unboned real dead frog', if they want to avoid prosecution.
There are comparatively few uploaders, and hundreds, possibly thousands of downloaders, so it's easier. Plus, if they stop the uploaders, there will be nothing for the downloaders to download.
I'm thinking Flair would have been a better name. And the IDE could produce a warning if your application didn't have the minimum pieces of Flair. Yeah, that'd be greeeat...
In his book, Thielen mentions a time in a Microsoft employee cafeteria where a table of MS veterans, in answer to a query about Microsoft's mission statement, answer "total world domination". He mentions it in support of his observation that in every market that Microsoft enters, their goal is to acquire 100% of that market -- not 95%, not 99%. 100%.
According to an inside source ("The 12 Simple Secrets of Microsoft Management" by David Thielen), Microsoft's motto actually is "Total World Domination".
Sony, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, and HP would be lucky to scrounge up a single fan apiece. Apple fans "spout off" because they are emotionally invested in the company and products; they actually *like* Apple and its products. None of the other companies you mentioned -- with the possible exception of SGI -- inspire or merit that level of involvement.
SGI toyed with Intel only when they were on the verge of going belly-up anyway; it was an attempt to stay alive, and it failed, but it was not what killed them. Apple's situation is entirely different; they are riding high right now by practically every sane measure of corporate success. Also, I think it would surprise everyone in the industry if Apple's Intel machines are "commodity hardware". More likely they'll be a continuation of the current line, with exactly the same attention to design, detail, and finish, but an Intel processor under the stylish heat-sink. They may lower prices, they may not; if they do, I'm betting that it won't be by much, because they don't need to -- the processor isn't what people are paying for. They have in no way had their hardware market "commoditized right out from under them."
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I'd like to see this extended to a combined toaster/jelly-jet printer. Delicious toast printed to order with the image of your choice. Of course it would require a bread feeder that could do cut slice or continuous loaf.
I'll absolutely agree that they can be lousy clocks (except the cell phone, which should not require setting and should at least be accurate). The thing is, their purpose is not to be clocks; they just need the time to serve one of their functions (with the exception of the thermostat, which I imagine shares hardware/firmware with a model that is time-programmable). It would be nice to at least be able to set their primary display mode to something more useful - temperature, channel, blank even. That said, if you consider them to be bad clocks, why not just ignore them, or consider the time displayed a convenient approximation until you can get the accurate time from one of your purpose-made clocks? Just a thought.
Your thermostat? Does it possibly allow temperature changes by time (5 degrees warmer while you're at work, then cool the place off before you get home)?
The microwave oven? I'm fairly certain that your microwave oven allows you to set a start time; this would require a clock.
Cell phone? Probably to let you see what rate period you're in, given that the provider's time and your watch may differ.
Kitchen timer? Does your kitchen timer have the ability to act as an alarm clock?
Cable box? Don't know. Maybe to provide contrast with the blinking 12:00 on most people's VCRs.
A lot of what we do in our lives is time based, and in order for devices to automate those actions, they have to have clocks.
I think the market may not be the two or three people who would want to put an exercise bike in front of their computer, but maybe health clubs that would put a nice flat screen running a flight sim or Quake in front of one of those boring-ass exercise bikes.
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Nevertheless, we must warn them that in the future they should delete the words 'crunchy frog', and replace them with the legend 'crunchy raw unboned real dead frog', if they want to avoid prosecution.
There are comparatively few uploaders, and hundreds, possibly thousands of downloaders, so it's easier. Plus, if they stop the uploaders, there will be nothing for the downloaders to download.
I'm thinking Flair would have been a better name. And the IDE could produce a warning if your application didn't have the minimum pieces of Flair. Yeah, that'd be greeeat...
In his book, Thielen mentions a time in a Microsoft employee cafeteria where a table of MS veterans, in answer to a query about Microsoft's mission statement, answer "total world domination". He mentions it in support of his observation that in every market that Microsoft enters, their goal is to acquire 100% of that market -- not 95%, not 99%. 100%.
According to an inside source ("The 12 Simple Secrets of Microsoft Management" by David Thielen), Microsoft's motto actually is "Total World Domination".
Sony, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, and HP would be lucky to scrounge up a single fan apiece. Apple fans "spout off" because they are emotionally invested in the company and products; they actually *like* Apple and its products. None of the other companies you mentioned -- with the possible exception of SGI -- inspire or merit that level of involvement.
Also, I second the "decaf" comment.
Just refresh the page.
SGI toyed with Intel only when they were on the verge of going belly-up anyway; it was an attempt to stay alive, and it failed, but it was not what killed them. Apple's situation is entirely different; they are riding high right now by practically every sane measure of corporate success. Also, I think it would surprise everyone in the industry if Apple's Intel machines are "commodity hardware". More likely they'll be a continuation of the current line, with exactly the same attention to design, detail, and finish, but an Intel processor under the stylish heat-sink. They may lower prices, they may not; if they do, I'm betting that it won't be by much, because they don't need to -- the processor isn't what people are paying for. They have in no way had their hardware market "commoditized right out from under them."
I'd like to see this extended to a combined toaster/jelly-jet printer. Delicious toast printed to order with the image of your choice. Of course it would require a bread feeder that could do cut slice or continuous loaf.
I'll absolutely agree that they can be lousy clocks (except the cell phone, which should not require setting and should at least be accurate). The thing is, their purpose is not to be clocks; they just need the time to serve one of their functions (with the exception of the thermostat, which I imagine shares hardware/firmware with a model that is time-programmable). It would be nice to at least be able to set their primary display mode to something more useful - temperature, channel, blank even. That said, if you consider them to be bad clocks, why not just ignore them, or consider the time displayed a convenient approximation until you can get the accurate time from one of your purpose-made clocks? Just a thought.
Please strike that last sentence, since I obviously forgot to.
Your thermostat? Does it possibly allow temperature changes by time (5 degrees warmer while you're at work, then cool the place off before you get home)?
The microwave oven? I'm fairly certain that your microwave oven allows you to set a start time; this would require a clock.
Cell phone? Probably to let you see what rate period you're in, given that the provider's time and your watch may differ.
Kitchen timer? Does your kitchen timer have the ability to act as an alarm clock?
Cable box? Don't know. Maybe to provide contrast with the blinking 12:00 on most people's VCRs.
A lot of what we do in our lives is time based, and in order for devices to automate those actions, they have to have clocks.
Your kitchen timer? Not sure about that one.
I'd definitely say replying to your question would be the worst. Damn.
I think the market may not be the two or three people who would want to put an exercise bike in front of their computer, but maybe health clubs that would put a nice flat screen running a flight sim or Quake in front of one of those boring-ass exercise bikes.