As an Mac IT guy who gets to make all the purchasing decisions at my company, I've fallen into a simple paradigm:
Wait for Macworld San Fran (early Jan) or MacWorld NY (Mid July).
Although Apple is breaking out of this mould, somewhat, this is usually when they announce new hardware and discount the old hardware if it's still piled up in inventory. If the new hardware is significantly better than the old then you can fork out the extra $$ for the latest and greatest. If on the other hand the hardware is only marginally better than what preceeded it (like MWNY's new Powermacs), you can usually get some good deals on slightly out of date equipment.
This year represents an interesting twist. Since Apple announced that the next round of hardware will not be able to boot OS9, if you need a machine that can boot OS9 just buy something now.
Lately Apple has been announcing some hardware between the Big 2 Shows, but usually pretty close to one or the other.
Has there ever been an actor who has ruined a movie so horribly and so single handedly as Keanu ruined Francis Ford Coppala's Dracula?
"Like, take off, your Royal Vampire Dude!"
The only other that comes close is perhaps FFC's daughter in Godfather 3, but that's only a marginal possibility.
Keanu excels at goofy/surfery types. He was great in Rivers' Edge, Bill & Ted and My Own Private Idaho. He even managed to pull off drama.
I don't know about Superman; I mean Supe's so bland even Andie MacDowell could play him.
As long as they turn Krypton into Planet Malibu where everybody uses anti-grav surfboards as personal transportation devices, then he won't have to give up his accent and he might be able to concentrate on acting.
Where the hell did he get that accent anyway? He grew up in Suburban Toronto, ferchrissake!
1. What deodorant ad did they steal that theme song from?
2. The climax consisted of two guys wrasslin over a laser pistol. I was on the edge of my seat, weren't you?
3. I think Berman, when he named one of his characters "Seven of Nine", was making a secret reference to how he comes up with plotlines for episodes. This one was no different. "Uh, send them to that planet, and then they get shot at, and then one of them gets left behind, and then they have to risk the ship to save him. What shite! (Anybody who thinks I just did a spoiler is an idiot--every fucking Star Trek Episode since DS9 aired has been off the rack).
4. You can tell how even the producers knew how lame this witless show would be. It took Voyager something like 3 seasons before they were forced to haul in the plastic tits to save a dead show from cancellation. Here, they're not even going to bother to wait.
Studio Hack 1: "Hey Rick, nobody's going to watch this garbage."
Studio Hack 2: "Well, shit, Brannon. Lets just throw tits at them."
SH1: "OK, which astro-bimbo's sports bra are we going to fill with Play-Doh?"
SH2: "Well , shit, Brannon, why just one? Give em all tits--big ones!"
SH1: "Rick, I still don't think it's sexy enough."
SH2: "Well, shit, Brannon, put em in a decompression tank, strip em and... grease em down! Oh, and make sure you tell the camera man to pan over her ass a few times--slowly."
5. I'm sorry, but I don't watch Star Trek to see some himbo getting his hairy-ape legs greased down and then turning around so we get a profile of his Big Fat Boner.
6. They had the chance to get some really cool retro looking tech, and be inventive with how lame everything would have been. Instead, the tech on the show looks more advanced than The Original Series! Even the communicators were smaller than Kirk's! Now, I know there are people with cell phones smaller than these things, but couldn't they have come up with some kind of aesthetic response to this? Nope. "Get out the cookie cutter, we're makin a show here!"
7. No imagination, no initiative, no character, no invention. Mediocrity incarnate.
8. People will say: "wait till it gets its stride". Horseshit. These are the same people that were working on The Next Generation. They should know by know how to do one of these. The reason it sucked so bad was because they *DID* hit their stride--8 years ago. They've been in Recycle Mode ever since. It's not going to get any better. Its going to continue to suck in exactly the same way Voyager sucked for 7 years. If they couldn't come up with original characters, an original premise, or even some fresh conflict for the pilot freaking episode, then I have no hope.
Me, I refuse to give this pile of crap any more of my time.
I suggest that a Slashdot effect of IT Admins and purchasing decisionmakers will have more effect on this proposed standard than anything else, including America's favorite passtime, lawsuits, or the threat of illegal hacks. Be vocal!
Its pretty silly, actually. The CNN results page has Gore declared as the winner of Florida and Michigan-- but if you look at the numbers, Bush is way ahead
Michigan
Bush 92,917 53%
Gore 79,511 45%
Yet they have the Winner declared checkmark beside Gore's name!
ALL Apple is doing is deciding to not pay the people that are taking information on their unannounced products (some that may never even make it to market), and selling it in a magazine for personal gain.
No, tha'ts not ALL they're doing. They are requesting, if you read the article, "
a statement from each magazine's publisher or editorial department asserting that they do not participate in publishing rumors or speculation about Apple or Mac."
Even one of our much maligned western governments wouldn't have the gall to request in writing that a newspaper commit to never publishing speculative articles.
This doesn't strike you as coercive or extortive? You think we shouldn't criticize this sort of behavior? Its ok for corporations to demand editorial changes because they spend money advertising their products?
As Salman Rushdie once said, if they try to silence you, sing louder.
All tech publications, online and off, should immediately start reprinting Apple rumours and speculation.
What's Apple going to do? Stop advertising everywhere?
Or conversely, in response to the spirit in which this outrageous threat has been issued, all publications should stop talking about Apple period. No more regurgitation of self-serving press-releases as news, no more bullshit corporate spin as commentary, no more free advertising in the form of product reviews.
What's Apple going to do then? Drop on its corporate knees and start begging for support like it did during the dark years.
I think Slashdot should from this point forward replace the Apple icon in its stories with a photo of Steve Jobs in Stalin's moustache.
He's better than Bill, alright--even a better power-drunk, paranoid Tyrant.
Are you completely fucked in the head???
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... one of the reasons the internet was created was because the geeks wanted a place that WASN'T the real world...
I think a main problem with the net is that it has become way to chic, people seem to forget who and what was originally on it.
The main problem is that people can't remember why a gormless bunch of dorks who couldn't deal with anything started wanking in their basements? That's what the problem is??? Too many people are dealing with reality? If everybody were to just get back to their fantasy world, everything would be okay???
I think you need to read the bloody article again.
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Wait for Macworld San Fran (early Jan) or MacWorld NY (Mid July).
Although Apple is breaking out of this mould, somewhat, this is usually when they announce new hardware and discount the old hardware if it's still piled up in inventory. If the new hardware is significantly better than the old then you can fork out the extra $$ for the latest and greatest. If on the other hand the hardware is only marginally better than what preceeded it (like MWNY's new Powermacs), you can usually get some good deals on slightly out of date equipment.
This year represents an interesting twist. Since Apple announced that the next round of hardware will not be able to boot OS9, if you need a machine that can boot OS9 just buy something now.
Lately Apple has been announcing some hardware between the Big 2 Shows, but usually pretty close to one or the other.
Has there ever been an actor who has ruined a movie so horribly and so single handedly as Keanu ruined Francis Ford Coppala's Dracula?
"Like, take off, your Royal Vampire Dude!"
The only other that comes close is perhaps FFC's daughter in Godfather 3, but that's only a marginal possibility.
Keanu excels at goofy/surfery types. He was great in Rivers' Edge, Bill & Ted and My Own Private Idaho. He even managed to pull off drama.
I don't know about Superman; I mean Supe's so bland even Andie MacDowell could play him.
As long as they turn Krypton into Planet Malibu where everybody uses anti-grav surfboards as personal transportation devices, then he won't have to give up his accent and he might be able to concentrate on acting.
Where the hell did he get that accent anyway? He grew up in Suburban Toronto, ferchrissake!
1. What deodorant ad did they steal that theme song from?
2. The climax consisted of two guys wrasslin over a laser pistol. I was on the edge of my seat, weren't you?
3. I think Berman, when he named one of his characters "Seven of Nine", was making a secret reference to how he comes up with plotlines for episodes. This one was no different. "Uh, send them to that planet, and then they get shot at, and then one of them gets left behind, and then they have to risk the ship to save him. What shite! (Anybody who thinks I just did a spoiler is an idiot--every fucking Star Trek Episode since DS9 aired has been off the rack).
4. You can tell how even the producers knew how lame this witless show would be. It took Voyager something like 3 seasons before they were forced to haul in the plastic tits to save a dead show from cancellation. Here, they're not even going to bother to wait.
Studio Hack 1: "Hey Rick, nobody's going to watch this garbage."
Studio Hack 2: "Well, shit, Brannon. Lets just throw tits at them."
SH1: "OK, which astro-bimbo's sports bra are we going to fill with Play-Doh?"
SH2: "Well , shit, Brannon, why just one? Give em all tits--big ones!"
SH1: "Rick, I still don't think it's sexy enough."
SH2: "Well, shit, Brannon, put em in a decompression tank, strip em and... grease em down! Oh, and make sure you tell the camera man to pan over her ass a few times--slowly."
5. I'm sorry, but I don't watch Star Trek to see some himbo getting his hairy-ape legs greased down and then turning around so we get a profile of his Big Fat Boner.
6. They had the chance to get some really cool retro looking tech, and be inventive with how lame everything would have been. Instead, the tech on the show looks more advanced than The Original Series! Even the communicators were smaller than Kirk's! Now, I know there are people with cell phones smaller than these things, but couldn't they have come up with some kind of aesthetic response to this? Nope. "Get out the cookie cutter, we're makin a show here!"
7. No imagination, no initiative, no character, no invention. Mediocrity incarnate.
8. People will say: "wait till it gets its stride". Horseshit. These are the same people that were working on The Next Generation. They should know by know how to do one of these. The reason it sucked so bad was because they *DID* hit their stride--8 years ago. They've been in Recycle Mode ever since. It's not going to get any better. Its going to continue to suck in exactly the same way Voyager sucked for 7 years. If they couldn't come up with original characters, an original premise, or even some fresh conflict for the pilot freaking episode, then I have no hope.
Me, I refuse to give this pile of crap any more of my time.
Che Puzzo! Quel Fromage! What Tripe!
How about you folks all send some of this wisdom to the people who are behind this?
Pete McLean of Maxtor, Vice Chairman of T13
Kent Pryor of Quantum Corp, Secretary of T13
4C Entity's Contact Us address
I suggest that a Slashdot effect of IT Admins and purchasing decisionmakers will have more effect on this proposed standard than anything else, including America's favorite passtime, lawsuits, or the threat of illegal hacks. Be vocal!
Its pretty silly, actually. The CNN results page has Gore declared as the winner of Florida and Michigan-- but if you look at the numbers, Bush is way ahead
Michigan
Bush 92,917 53%
Gore 79,511 45%
Yet they have the Winner declared checkmark beside Gore's name!
Same with Florida:
Florida
Bush 952,976 52%
Gore 849,324 46%
Does CNN know something they're not telling us?
I did overhear something about Stockwell Day saying he was going to legalize marijuana.
I believe CRAP said they'd think of holding a referendum on it, along with referenda on abortion, and dog knows what else.
And the tobacco company executives don't believe that smoking causes cancer either.
Let's remember where Gary's paycheque comes from, shall we?
No, tha'ts not ALL they're doing. They are requesting, if you read the article, " a statement from each magazine's publisher or editorial department asserting that they do not participate in publishing rumors or speculation about Apple or Mac."
Even one of our much maligned western governments wouldn't have the gall to request in writing that a newspaper commit to never publishing speculative articles.
This doesn't strike you as coercive or extortive? You think we shouldn't criticize this sort of behavior? Its ok for corporations to demand editorial changes because they spend money advertising their products?
As Salman Rushdie once said, if they try to silence you, sing louder. All tech publications, online and off, should immediately start reprinting Apple rumours and speculation. What's Apple going to do? Stop advertising everywhere? Or conversely, in response to the spirit in which this outrageous threat has been issued, all publications should stop talking about Apple period. No more regurgitation of self-serving press-releases as news, no more bullshit corporate spin as commentary, no more free advertising in the form of product reviews. What's Apple going to do then? Drop on its corporate knees and start begging for support like it did during the dark years. I think Slashdot should from this point forward replace the Apple icon in its stories with a photo of Steve Jobs in Stalin's moustache. He's better than Bill, alright--even a better power-drunk, paranoid Tyrant.
The main problem is that people can't remember why a gormless bunch of dorks who couldn't deal with anything started wanking in their basements? That's what the problem is??? Too many people are dealing with reality? If everybody were to just get back to their fantasy world, everything would be okay???
I think you need to read the bloody article again.
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