> The IRS is concerned about not disclosing private data.
Why do you believe this to be true?
The IRS is totally unaccountable for data security.
They could dump a billion private records into the public space and there would be no recourse for us and no punishment for them. Tried to sue the IRS lately?
The IRS is, by definition, exempt from accountability.
I agree with the other stuff you write and I have a hunch that you simply left out the word "not" from the first sentence.
Since nobody on Slashdot knows a single thing about this action by Apple -- at this moment -- why don't we just post a bunch of shit that has absolutely no merit?! Hey, we can even call ourselves "journalists"!
They were hardly real apps. "Big Boobs," "Large Boobs," "Young Boobs," et cetera, et cetera. Recipe: Make an image display app, throw some pictures into it, make another version with different pictures, repeat indefinitely.
They probably really only deleted five or ten real distinct apps.
The number of people who wouldn't buy one because of the name is vanishingly small.
If the product is good, that number will be zero. If the product is no good and fails, pundits will write for years about how the name killed it. Such is historical revisionism.
But we don't have to debate it... in two years we'll know for sure. I think that everyone will have forgotten all about sanitary napkins reference by then.
Even if you remember the whole iPad/Maxi-Pad thing, when you bring it up everyone around you will tell you how you're getting old.
If Mozilla is determined to follow US law only and therefore not implement H.264 because it's encumbered with license fees there due to dumb local laws, then it is going to go the same way as the whole US software industry - it will disappear into a black hole of law suits and legal action and very quickly become irrelevant.
The U.S. software industry is irrelevant? I know things are going badly but this is just hype for now.
This guy actually knows with IT stands for and how the term was used. There are even still schools that have separate CS and IT degree programs. In fact, I have friends that have IT degrees, not CS degrees.
I remember my reaction to the first time that I heard someone refer to a desktop computer support guy as "IT"... I thought, what the fuck?
You would be in the majority if you believe that anything "computery" is IT. I can't single you out for that.
It's just a pity that IT really doesn't mean anything specific, anymore.
> If you PREFER MacOS, by all means by a Mac -- but don't kid yourself into thinking you're getting > something the rest of us aren't getting. We're all getting the OS of our choice and more or less the > same feature set.
Oh, yeah -- absolutely right... MacOSX == Windows == Linux (rolling eyes)
> I equate it to designer sunglasses. People will spend $300 for this years sunglasses, > passing over last years (now priced at $20). I think mac appeals to this market.
Perhaps you shouldn't equate so much.
I spend a lot of my time on a Mac PowerBook that I got in 1999.
Remember, the average age of Macs still in use is quite a bit greater than the average age of PCs still in use.
I think what's really going on here is that you don't know what you are talking about.
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You're a funny guy. Really.
Are your parents making you pay rent, yet?
> The IRS is concerned about not disclosing private data.
Why do you believe this to be true?
The IRS is totally unaccountable for data security.
They could dump a billion private records into the public space and there would be no recourse for us and no punishment for them. Tried to sue the IRS lately?
The IRS is, by definition, exempt from accountability.
I agree with the other stuff you write and I have a hunch that you simply left out the word "not" from the first sentence.
You and AceJohnny are bad news for innocent people who might actually see the claims that you are typing and believe them.
You are describing usage practices that don't apply to 98% of people, plus your arrogance is particularly misleading.
Be relevant.
Do you hate chlorine in swimming pool water, too? Just curious.
> That's the genius of the iPad, loads of software apps designed for
> a touch screen interface. Hence why Apple based it on the iPhone
> not the Mac.
None of that matters on Slashdot. It's all about hardware, here.
> Piracy exists on Mac OS, but there a far fewer
> games for it than PC...
Oh, yeah, virus logic. It's nice that you recycle, though.
Hey, I know!
Since nobody on Slashdot knows a single thing about this action by Apple -- at this moment -- why don't we just post a bunch of shit that has absolutely no merit?! Hey, we can even call ourselves "journalists"!
"...but as long as there is life on Earth we'll be able to produce all the polymers we [can afford]."
Corrected.
They were hardly real apps. "Big Boobs," "Large Boobs," "Young Boobs," et cetera, et cetera. Recipe: Make an image display app, throw some pictures into it, make another version with different pictures, repeat indefinitely.
They probably really only deleted five or ten real distinct apps.
The number of people who wouldn't buy one because of the name is vanishingly small.
If the product is good, that number will be zero. If the product is no good and fails, pundits will write for years about how the name killed it. Such is historical revisionism.
iPad is a great name.
But we don't have to debate it... in two years we'll know for sure. I think that everyone will have forgotten all about sanitary napkins reference by then.
Even if you remember the whole iPad/Maxi-Pad thing, when you bring it up everyone around you will tell you how you're getting old.
Two years is an awfully long time, nowadays.
If Mozilla is determined to follow US law only and therefore not implement H.264 because it's encumbered with license fees there due to dumb local laws, then it is going to go the same way as the whole US software industry - it will disappear into a black hole of law suits and legal action and very quickly become irrelevant.
The U.S. software industry is irrelevant? I know things are going badly but this is just hype for now.
Catch your breath, dude.
> A computer that is shutdown at night would likely last longer
> than one crunching numbers every night.
Citation, please, otherwise this is just idle speculation.
I don't think you paid very careful attention.
This guy actually knows with IT stands for and how the term was used. There are even still schools that have separate CS and IT degree programs. In fact, I have friends that have IT degrees, not CS degrees.
I remember my reaction to the first time that I heard someone refer to a desktop computer support guy as "IT"... I thought, what the fuck?
You would be in the majority if you believe that anything "computery" is IT. I can't single you out for that.
It's just a pity that IT really doesn't mean anything specific, anymore.
You've got to have pretty big cojones to cheat someone who can point missiles at your house.
What would Rush Limbaugh do?
> Users need the flexibility to choose their own mail program.
Could you please direct me to the RFC that stipulates this?
Maybe by choosing SeaMonkey they HAVE chosen their own email program.
Well, you got first post, at least.
--Richard
None of this matters: Apple is dying. It's a matter of record.
I see the bays; where's the cabinet?
> I have a cheap sansa. It plays mp3/ogg/flac. It plays little
> xvid videos and plays and records FM.
>
> What more do I need?
Does it run Photoshop? No. Point made.
> If you PREFER MacOS, by all means by a Mac -- but don't kid yourself into thinking you're getting
> something the rest of us aren't getting. We're all getting the OS of our choice and more or less the
> same feature set.
Oh, yeah -- absolutely right... MacOSX == Windows == Linux (rolling eyes)
> Targeting some of the richest and yet least security-aware
> computer users could be a very profitable niche indeed.
Could you please elaborate on the relationship between personal wealth and security savvy?
> I equate it to designer sunglasses. People will spend $300 for this years sunglasses,
> passing over last years (now priced at $20). I think mac appeals to this market.
Perhaps you shouldn't equate so much.
I spend a lot of my time on a Mac PowerBook that I got in 1999.
Remember, the average age of Macs still in use is quite a bit greater than the average age of PCs still in use.
I think what's really going on here is that you don't know what you are talking about.
> Firefox should simply support Ogg theora and stop any effort to get the video tag off html5 distribution.
I agree with you 100%.
This is one occasion where the Mozilla organization can take a real, true leadership role.
If this eventually doesn't pan out to be Ogg, so what? Change it and move on.
--Richard
This is a good call by NASA.
It will certainly be cheaper and simpler to convert to the metric system in the future, as opposed to doing it now.