>Does anyone know the story behind Apple's THINK (not think different) poster?
>This poster just has the word THINK in six colors, and a >copyright notice (which I forget) in black-on-block at the bottom
I have this poster, as well. My uncle printed the THINK posters for Apple.
Its origin comes from IBM at the time, whose slogan was "THINK". IBM printed this phrase on internal posters and whatnot. IBM at that time was the Evil Empire. For those who have never seen it... Apple, in a sort of parody style (e.g., the 'Roasted Bunnymen' Intel campaign, created a poster that said nothing more than "THINK". The colors of "THINK" were in the 'Apple rainbow' thus encouraging people to think the Apple way.
It just might be the precursor to the "Think Different" campaign. Certainly the same idea was used.
I have another Apple internal poster that says, in a very stylized text... "Pascal Spoken Here". This one puzzles me because it's so geeky and yet so tastefully done. It's like someone spending $100K to hire an artist, do preprint work, and print up a large poster just to say, "We Code in Perl".
I was okay with outsourcing until I saw this page. I knew a lot of Baby Boomers who worked at Digital and, to this day, are working at substandard jobs because the company deteriorated and most of the jobs left were farmed out overseas.
There's the site, complete with smiling Indians who have jobs at Digital (Hewlett-Packard).
So, the aforementioned Baby Boomers have become commoditized. Ready for the solution I tell them? The solution is to own your own destiny by owning a small business. 99% of people have problems with their computers and you can make good money doing it if you're willing to do housecalls and be sociable (non-arrogant and helpful) so that people will continue to call you.
If geeks did this (and became "Technology Advisors" just as Financial Advisors, Tax Advisors (Accountants), and Legal Advisors (Attorneys)), the large companies would find that the relationships with their customers and such are already OWNED by YOU.
When you own the relationship, you own the market. These folks have gotten such substandard, shitty service that it is such low hanging fruit. Do you think average people WANT to talk to someone in India? No, they would rather pay you good money for someone they can trust who can come over and help them.
Does anyone know of anyone who has taken a dead vintage Mac (like a Plus) and fit the case with a TFT screen and either a mini-ITX board or a modern Mac board? Any links?
This guy did it half-way. If we're going to butcher a vintage Mac Plus in the name of retro coolness, I want to see a fully updated computer.
Within those paragraphs, there was a nugget of truth.
Instead of turning on the 5:00 news report, most of us pick and choose who we go to for our news.
I do not think that your assertion that FOX News is any more biased than the NY Times is correct. It is ignorant and naive to think that any newsmedia is objective.
The Europeans have known this for years; what is wrong with the Americans that we have this notion that the press is somehow objective (or should be objective)?
Is Slashdot objective? No! But, we read it because we like it and it entertains us. Same thing with the newsmedia.
You now have the ability to pick what you want, when you want it, how you want it, from the perspective you want, etc.
News has become a commodity and the means of producing it have diversified.
Kindergarten Class Held Hostage by Compromised Linux Computer
Atlanta, Georgia [AP]: Kindergarten teacher Ms. Baxter, in the middle of pouring juice and cookies, forgot to apply patch 0222-320 to the Linux kernel and now the students are unable to complete their writing assignments because a malicious cracker has shut down their network LAN.
Ms. Baxter unwisely chose to use an unstable kernel because the latest features on the WhizBang computers purchased by the town aren't supported by earlier Linux kernels.
Later, the children, in desperation to draw pictures, began drawing on their computer monitors with crayons. The administration is considering suspension for Johnny Smith, age 6, for inciting the children to a so-called "crayon" rebellion.
Mr. Gibbons, the district superintendent, remarked: "We have a zero-tolerance policy on artwork on school property, aside from graffiti of course, which is now freedom of expression according to our new Hugs4Thugs Diversity Initiative."
The new computers are part of a new bond, costing taxpayers an estimated $100M. "It's for the kids," says one local parent, "raise our taxes. We need to support our kids. Tax us, please. Baaa baaa."
Local politicians are jockeying to claim responsibility for providing the computers. Mayor Bob Bobson remarked, "I knew Ricky Stallwart back in the 80s when he invented NEW/Linux over at MIT."
Now, he argues that it is important to have the rich because without the rich, there would be no Maecenas, alluding to the famous Greek patron of the arts. If we reduce people to equality, society as a whole suffers and flounders -- sure, there are people who are rich, but they aren't the people next door anymore.
On the other hand, he argues, the rich should give back to those who helped him or her get there. If he or she does not contribute to charity, he or she must be forced to return the majority of the money back into society at death.
The estate tax in America comes into effect with an estate valued at $1M+. Owning a home and some retirement, it's relatively easy (assuming you're 40+ and have been saving) to have an estate worth more than that.
By the way, every time a politician talks about taxing "rich" people, realize that "rich" under the IRS definition is making about $50K jointly or around $25K as a single. Everyone reading this has the opportunity to become affluent if he or she simply saves their money and waits 15 - 20 years... doesn't matter which mutual fund, take any large cap mutual fund. See how you feel about politicians beating down on the "rich".
The very rich are able to get around the estate taxes, but they give up absolute control of their estate to a large extent through either an irrevocable trust or a charitable foundation.
That's why there are organizations like the Carnegie Foundation still around today. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be around long after Bill & Melinda (and their wealth) are footnotes in history. If Gates can't take his money with him, he has to do something with it.
In the 80s, the song Happy Birthday to You was believed to generate about $1 million in royalties
Have you ever had a birthday at a restaurant where they gather around and sing to you during your meal (i.e., premeditated by a friend calling the restaurant ahead of time and telling them it is your birthday)?
A while back, I couldn't figure out why they often sing a proprietary, stoooooopid-sounding song that usually features clapping hands and minimum wage workers sounding less-than-enthusiastic. Plus, no one else knows the song and they can't participate. Why not just sing "Happy Birthday"? Everyone knows it and can participate in it.
That's the reason. You have to license it and it costs money for each performance.
1. There would be 5 screens on the System Preferences just for configuring scroll speed.
2. Anti-aliasing text would be scrapped. It slows down the refresh 0.033 secs. Unacceptable.
3. There would be several overly configurable docks. Eventually, it would be a sign of one's geekiness to have 4 docks (and a fifth "slideout" dock).
4. The File menu would be five screens long. After all, there are infinite things to do with a file, aren't they? Let's just put them into the File menu for ease!
5. The OS/X icon would be turned into another blasted Windows program listing menu by unimaginative code hackers who want an easy way to fit more apps onto their screen (aside from their 5 docs)
6. Lastly, even though Apple would release Aqua as open source, they would still be accused of "not contributing to the open source community"
Where does it end with you people? Keep your filthy paws off my Aqua.
i work in the financial industry and the HP 12c is by far the biggest standard.
As a geek, I appreciate the fact that they have had a good 20 years (!) to nuke any bugs. The technology is well-thought out and there are no annoying "modes" and menus to deal with.
I recommend using the 12c standard (gold) versus the "platinum".
The manual is written really well, particularly for those who are still warming up to RPN.
I think it would be really cool to "upgrade" it to OSX like in this article. I wouldn't tear into my old Mac Plus, but I'd love to buy a used one and upgrade it.
Here's the link to the picture of a Mac SE running OS X. I'm psyched. That's really cool. Beige all the way.;-)
Anyone have a link where we can find out how to do this?
>How can consumers be sure they're not just >throttling what they used to give away for >free and that what they're charging is fair?
GNU/Linux isn't profitable and it isn't profitable for anyone to start a business doing it unless they are willing to do things that are value-added with it and charge a fee.
Anything you do in life costs something. The fact that MS has acted outrageously doesn't mean that all companies are into predatory pricing and super-aggressive marketing.
>Reminds me of when Saddam Insane bought all those PS2s.
I'll bet he kicks ass on Half-Life.
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9:05a. Breaking News... the alleged five teraflop Al Qaeda computer hax0ring complex has been penetrated by US Special Forces...
7:30p. This just in - We have learned that the alleged Al Qaeda computing complex was destroyed. US Marines were seen removing five hourglasses, an abacus, and a piece of aluminum foil that were allegedly behind a massive recent distributed denial of service.
Really, the largest three threats to VA are:
a.) getting delisted,
b.) having a profitable business model, and c.) being able to overcome their leveraging.
a.) Getting delisted would mean that any new issues of stock wouldn't find a market on NASDAQ though it would prob be an OTC Penny Stock (e.g., found on the "Pink Sheets"). They would have a harder time finding underwriters for new issues of stock or, if they elect a best efforts underwriting, willing investors to buy the stock.
b.) A successful businessplan. All of us have seen a lot of stupid companies die from not having a solid way to make money. We have all seen raving open-source lunatics turn into begrudged closed-source adherents (not supporters) when the paychecks stopped. You need to make money and have reasonable margins. I haven't seen many open-source plans that scale beyond a small, thrifty business... and VA is neither. I'm not convinced that Red Hat is much better because (as we have seen in/. before) they are quite good at cooking the books.
c.) VA is highly leveraged, meaning they have a lot of creditors. A real challenge is going to be paying off the creditors and still maintaining enough of a profit margin to keep their heads above water. If you don't start a business with profit, it becomes an order of magnitude higher to gain one later. As an example, ask any small business owner who has had to take out a loan and try to make a profit in the short term while incurring serious debt. You can't reinvest as much into the business which is absolutely crucial when you are trying to start up.
This doesn't surprise me for a variety of reasons:
Linux is free. Dogmatics aside, free doesn't mean food on the table. With all of the shit from the community given to Dell and RedHat, there certainly isn't a "prestige" element to keeping it.
Low demand. There really aren't a lot of Linux-demanding customers because if you are knowledgeable enoough to run Linux, you generally know how to assemble your own home box (or have one at work, like me, that you use often).
Low margins on hardware. Services and software are the ONLY way to make money right now because the market is continually saturated.
Belt-tightening. A general downturn in the economy spells more saving and, if you can't put the competition out of business by selling in volume, you're going to have to find another way.
It's very depressing to be in the hardware industry right now. Manufacturers are offering substantial discounts and financial rewards for high-margin products, but they're still not selling.
Small businesses are dead in the water because they can't do small batches of boxes. The margins they pull from the boxes (unless they use the absolute cheapest shit available) are not enough to sustain growth or keep afloat. They depend on the "Windows tax" to stay alive.
People demand silent power supplies and quiet fans... yet they also want the 7200, 10000, and 15000RPM drives. These are much louder and uncomfortable in many cases than the "whoosh" of a fan farm.
I have two 10000RPM drives and a 15000RPM drive in my server. If I had to do it over again, I would use 3 5400RPM drives.
For those who don't know, the high RPM drives are more fatiguing/damaging to the ears because they emit a high-pitched whine from the spindle mechanism... if you've ever been outside an airplane when it's on the ground and has its engines powered up (though not throttled), it's that kind of whine.
It gets so obnoxious hearing the "whining" of the drives go in and out of sync that I wear hearing protection when I can. Hearing protection looks strange, but it also reduces the "numbness" caused on the ears after a long day of work next to the drives.
Are they going to continue to tell us that Linux has no effect on them? On one hand it is a major competitor and on the other hand it is completely irrelevant to the issues at hand?
It's funny how competitive Microsoft is, a corporation trying to preserve its bottom line trying to dissuade other corporations from neglecting their bottomlines to purchase (and tether themselves into) their software.
You can't argue with free... no matter how much propaganda money you throw at it.
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>Does anyone know the story behind Apple's THINK (not think different) poster?
>This poster just has the word THINK in six colors, and a
>copyright notice (which I forget) in black-on-block at the bottom
I have this poster, as well. My uncle printed the THINK posters for Apple.
Its origin comes from IBM at the time, whose slogan was "THINK". IBM printed this phrase on internal posters and whatnot. IBM at that time was the Evil Empire. For those who have never seen it... Apple, in a sort of parody style (e.g., the 'Roasted Bunnymen' Intel campaign, created a poster that said nothing more than "THINK". The colors of "THINK" were in the 'Apple rainbow' thus encouraging people to think the Apple way.
It just might be the precursor to the "Think Different" campaign. Certainly the same idea was used.
I have another Apple internal poster that says, in a very stylized text... "Pascal Spoken Here". This one puzzles me because it's so geeky and yet so tastefully done. It's like someone spending $100K to hire an artist, do preprint work, and print up a large poster just to say, "We Code in Perl".
There's the site, complete with smiling Indians who have jobs at Digital (Hewlett-Packard).
So, the aforementioned Baby Boomers have become commoditized. Ready for the solution I tell them? The solution is to own your own destiny by owning a small business. 99% of people have problems with their computers and you can make good money doing it if you're willing to do housecalls and be sociable (non-arrogant and helpful) so that people will continue to call you.
If geeks did this (and became "Technology Advisors" just as Financial Advisors, Tax Advisors (Accountants), and Legal Advisors (Attorneys)), the large companies would find that the relationships with their customers and such are already OWNED by YOU.
When you own the relationship, you own the market. These folks have gotten such substandard, shitty service that it is such low hanging fruit. Do you think average people WANT to talk to someone in India? No, they would rather pay you good money for someone they can trust who can come over and help them.
Let me get this straight. The first Slashdot story goes something like...
College grads not finding tech work after graduation.
Three days later, next story...
"We can't make a living writing software.. It's those darn Indians, taking our jobs!"
And two days later on Slashdot...
Don't you feel guilty for using software that you have to actually pay for?
uh... "KBE/Stallman" ??
;^)
Does anyone know of anyone who has taken a dead vintage Mac (like a Plus) and fit the case with a TFT screen and either a mini-ITX board or a modern Mac board? Any links?
This guy did it half-way. If we're going to butcher a vintage Mac Plus in the name of retro coolness, I want to see a fully updated computer.
Within those paragraphs, there was a nugget of truth.
Instead of turning on the 5:00 news report, most of us pick and choose who we go to for our news.
I do not think that your assertion that FOX News is any more biased than the NY Times is correct. It is ignorant and naive to think that any newsmedia is objective.
The Europeans have known this for years; what is wrong with the Americans that we have this notion that the press is somehow objective (or should be objective)?
Is Slashdot objective? No! But, we read it because we like it and it entertains us. Same thing with the newsmedia.
You now have the ability to pick what you want, when you want it, how you want it, from the perspective you want, etc.
News has become a commodity and the means of producing it have diversified.
"To the Moon, al-Hassan! To the Moon!"
um... "Cool?"
Remember, this guy started Apple when he was a kid (comparatively) and, despite being the salesman, he hacked hardware as well.
Kindergarten Class Held Hostage by Compromised Linux Computer
Atlanta, Georgia [AP]: Kindergarten teacher Ms. Baxter, in the middle of pouring juice and cookies, forgot to apply patch 0222-320 to the Linux kernel and now the students are unable to complete their writing assignments because a malicious cracker has shut down their network LAN.
Ms. Baxter unwisely chose to use an unstable kernel because the latest features on the WhizBang computers purchased by the town aren't supported by earlier Linux kernels.
Later, the children, in desperation to draw pictures, began drawing on their computer monitors with crayons. The administration is considering suspension for Johnny Smith, age 6, for inciting the children to a so-called "crayon" rebellion.
Mr. Gibbons, the district superintendent, remarked: "We have a zero-tolerance policy on artwork on school property, aside from graffiti of course, which is now freedom of expression according to our new Hugs4Thugs Diversity Initiative."
The new computers are part of a new bond, costing taxpayers an estimated $100M. "It's for the kids," says one local parent, "raise our taxes. We need to support our kids. Tax us, please. Baaa baaa."
Local politicians are jockeying to claim responsibility for providing the computers. Mayor Bob Bobson remarked, "I knew Ricky Stallwart back in the 80s when he invented NEW/Linux over at MIT."
Now, he argues that it is important to have the rich because without the rich, there would be no Maecenas, alluding to the famous Greek patron of the arts. If we reduce people to equality, society as a whole suffers and flounders -- sure, there are people who are rich, but they aren't the people next door anymore.
On the other hand, he argues, the rich should give back to those who helped him or her get there. If he or she does not contribute to charity, he or she must be forced to return the majority of the money back into society at death.
The estate tax in America comes into effect with an estate valued at $1M+. Owning a home and some retirement, it's relatively easy (assuming you're 40+ and have been saving) to have an estate worth more than that.
By the way, every time a politician talks about taxing "rich" people, realize that "rich" under the IRS definition is making about $50K jointly or around $25K as a single. Everyone reading this has the opportunity to become affluent if he or she simply saves their money and waits 15 - 20 years... doesn't matter which mutual fund, take any large cap mutual fund. See how you feel about politicians beating down on the "rich".
The very rich are able to get around the estate taxes, but they give up absolute control of their estate to a large extent through either an irrevocable trust or a charitable foundation.
That's why there are organizations like the Carnegie Foundation still around today. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be around long after Bill & Melinda (and their wealth) are footnotes in history. If Gates can't take his money with him, he has to do something with it.
Have you ever had a birthday at a restaurant where they gather around and sing to you during your meal (i.e., premeditated by a friend calling the restaurant ahead of time and telling them it is your birthday)?
A while back, I couldn't figure out why they often sing a proprietary, stoooooopid-sounding song that usually features clapping hands and minimum wage workers sounding less-than-enthusiastic. Plus, no one else knows the song and they can't participate. Why not just sing "Happy Birthday"? Everyone knows it and can participate in it.
That's the reason. You have to license it and it costs money for each performance.
1. There would be 5 screens on the System Preferences just for configuring scroll speed.
2. Anti-aliasing text would be scrapped. It slows down the refresh 0.033 secs. Unacceptable.
3. There would be several overly configurable docks. Eventually, it would be a sign of one's geekiness to have 4 docks (and a fifth "slideout" dock).
4. The File menu would be five screens long. After all, there are infinite things to do with a file, aren't they? Let's just put them into the File menu for ease!
5. The OS/X icon would be turned into another blasted Windows program listing menu by unimaginative code hackers who want an easy way to fit more apps onto their screen (aside from their 5 docs)
6. Lastly, even though Apple would release Aqua as open source, they would still be accused of "not contributing to the open source community"
Where does it end with you people? Keep your filthy paws off my Aqua.
As a geek, I appreciate the fact that they have had a good 20 years (!) to nuke any bugs. The technology is well-thought out and there are no annoying "modes" and menus to deal with.
I recommend using the 12c standard (gold) versus the "platinum".
The manual is written really well, particularly for those who are still warming up to RPN.
Darl McBride has corrupted Ringo with his business model!
Why do I have this strange sensation that Jobs is going to say "Sosumi" ?
I think it would be really cool to "upgrade" it to OSX like in this article. I wouldn't tear into my old Mac Plus, but I'd love to buy a used one and upgrade it.
Here's the link to the picture of a Mac SE running OS X. I'm psyched. That's really cool. Beige all the way. ;-)
Anyone have a link where we can find out how to do this?
In our lawsuit-happy world, I would think so.
Did that ever take off to any extent?
>How can consumers be sure they're not just
>throttling what they used to give away for
>free and that what they're charging is fair?
GNU/Linux isn't profitable and it isn't profitable for anyone to start a business doing it unless they are willing to do things that are value-added with it and charge a fee.
Anything you do in life costs something. The fact that MS has acted outrageously doesn't mean that all companies are into predatory pricing and super-aggressive marketing.
I'll bet he kicks ass on Half-Life.
7:30p. This just in - We have learned that the alleged Al Qaeda computing complex was destroyed. US Marines were seen removing five hourglasses, an abacus, and a piece of aluminum foil that were allegedly behind a massive recent distributed denial of service.
Really, the largest three threats to VA are:
a.) getting delisted,
b.) having a profitable business model, and
c.) being able to overcome their leveraging.
a.) Getting delisted would mean that any new issues of stock wouldn't find a market on NASDAQ though it would prob be an OTC Penny Stock (e.g., found on the "Pink Sheets"). They would have a harder time finding underwriters for new issues of stock or, if they elect a best efforts underwriting, willing investors to buy the stock.
b.) A successful businessplan. All of us have seen a lot of stupid companies die from not having a solid way to make money. We have all seen raving open-source lunatics turn into begrudged closed-source adherents (not supporters) when the paychecks stopped. You need to make money and have reasonable margins. I haven't seen many open-source plans that scale beyond a small, thrifty business... and VA is neither. I'm not convinced that Red Hat is much better because (as we have seen in /. before) they are quite good at cooking the books.
c.) VA is highly leveraged, meaning they have a lot of creditors. A real challenge is going to be paying off the creditors and still maintaining enough of a profit margin to keep their heads above water. If you don't start a business with profit, it becomes an order of magnitude higher to gain one later. As an example, ask any small business owner who has had to take out a loan and try to make a profit in the short term while incurring serious debt. You can't reinvest as much into the business which is absolutely crucial when you are trying to start up.
Linux is free. Dogmatics aside, free doesn't mean food on the table. With all of the shit from the community given to Dell and RedHat, there certainly isn't a "prestige" element to keeping it.
Low demand. There really aren't a lot of Linux-demanding customers because if you are knowledgeable enoough to run Linux, you generally know how to assemble your own home box (or have one at work, like me, that you use often).
Low margins on hardware. Services and software are the ONLY way to make money right now because the market is continually saturated.
Belt-tightening. A general downturn in the economy spells more saving and, if you can't put the competition out of business by selling in volume, you're going to have to find another way.
It's very depressing to be in the hardware industry right now. Manufacturers are offering substantial discounts and financial rewards for high-margin products, but they're still not selling.
Small businesses are dead in the water because they can't do small batches of boxes. The margins they pull from the boxes (unless they use the absolute cheapest shit available) are not enough to sustain growth or keep afloat. They depend on the "Windows tax" to stay alive.
That's what I've seen so far, anyway... YMMV.
Lucas
Man, I was wondering why Philip Morris' website was down...
I have two 10000RPM drives and a 15000RPM drive in my server. If I had to do it over again, I would use 3 5400RPM drives.
For those who don't know, the high RPM drives are more fatiguing/damaging to the ears because they emit a high-pitched whine from the spindle mechanism... if you've ever been outside an airplane when it's on the ground and has its engines powered up (though not throttled), it's that kind of whine.
It gets so obnoxious hearing the "whining" of the drives go in and out of sync that I wear hearing protection when I can. Hearing protection looks strange, but it also reduces the "numbness" caused on the ears after a long day of work next to the drives.
It's funny how competitive Microsoft is, a corporation trying to preserve its bottom line trying to dissuade other corporations from neglecting their bottomlines to purchase (and tether themselves into) their software.
You can't argue with free... no matter how much propaganda money you throw at it.