Actually, they've debunked the Free Energy one. They created a couple of different methods from a mail order sites stating that if you purchase this or that machine it will generate free energy. So they did it. And they actually tried to improve the overall mechanics. So no it's not taboo to Myth Busters they have tackled it already. (Can't remember the episode.)
Zero-point considering that's still a theory that has yet to be proven, other than on Stargate, how do you want them to attempt it?
It's slowed down?!? Really?!? Wow, I guess the 20+/hr pieces of porn e-mail I get is all legal because I signed up for porn somewhere. Uh, come to think of it though. I never signed into a porn site so why is it I keep getting it? CAN-SPAM hasn't slowed it down for me in reality I've seen the # of SPAM go up in recent months.
I liked the film but I didn't feel like it was my Aeon Flux. The had the catch phrases and some scenes are ripped from the Anime show. But they didn't understand Aeon Flux nor Trevor Goodchild. They are extremes opposite in ideologies but also have a sexual desire. Paramount wanted to make sense of that and created a very Hollywood tale. It has a beginning, a middle, and an ending. And that was my only problem and spoiler - it had an ending. There is no room for a sequel - it can't continue and still be Aeon Flux because then it wouldn't make sense at all.
Easy enough story to follow unless you think Harry Potter isn't easy to follow at all.
Reminds me of a Coffee Drink I used to get in Pacific Breach, CA. It was a coffee shop (I think it's still there) they used to have. Take a 16 oz. glass put in two shots of espresso, ice, and the rest Coke/Pepsi. It was called a Cold Blue. It would definitely wake you up and keep you up. Only 1 drink was enough. I had had two at least once and lets say I had a horrible case of the shakes!!
Cuz last time I looked all the PC/Developer Mag were Microsoft centric and so biased towards Microsoft that you'd think the only computer os in the world was Windows. What's the difference? Oh I guess because the Wall Street Journal, et al are no longer ringing the death kneal for Apple that he's pissed. Apple actually survived and is now starting to make inroads while Microsoft just stagnates.
It's not a Windows world, it's not a UNIX world, it's not a Mac world (technically same thing as UNIX just better branding). It's a computing world.
I'm sure that there have been a lot of writers in the publishing world that has lost a lot of time and patience to Microsoft. Now it's pay back since the entire 90's was nothing but Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft. They stayed in the closet. The 21st century is all about getting out of that closet and enjoying the fact that you run an Apple computer. Like the 1st days of computing. When the only fun computer was an Apple. Hey, the only fun computer has always been an Apple for me. Go figure
Can anyone say Oracle's Network Computer. It was set to revolutionize the world of computing because it would be OS agnostic - eg: not having one per se, which basically a stripped down one. All storage was to be handled by a datacenter so that you could access your data anywhere. You could store data in a harddrive but then it wouldn't be accessible everywhere. It ran on java and javascript. But it went no where. Who would want to give up control of their data - or better not have a computer to actually use. The licensing cost was based on paying a monthly fee. How is it that Google will make it's money? is Sun really going to give this away for free? Either split a monthy fee or how would you like Ads with your software. That is the question before everyone gets on the "Kill Microsoft" bandwagon. And the other real question is what's going to happen with all those macros that people have invested in a lot of time in? Is their migration tool going to migrate the VBA code? That is also another huge hurdle. If you can't do that then businesses will not change from Microsoft - which means that home users won't switch. What's the point of using an Office Suite if what you write won't translate, macros and all, to what I have to use at work?
I'm not a 'Softie myself but I am realist. It's not the hearts and minds of users you need to convince. It's big business, you have to try and get them to throw out an Office Suite that they have more time and money invested in. That's who Bill Gates went after from day one. Steve Jobs went after the home user and the hobbyist. Bill Gates went after Big Business and won. Once Lotus and Wordperfect was fired from the office space that was it.
So what exactly is can Sun and Google do that Microsoft hasn't already done?
I can't see how this could be patented, can you explain?
Neither can I, but how did Amazon patent their shopping cart and 1 click shopping? Which considering everyone that does that Apple, Barnes and Noble, et al. But the Patent office granted them a patent. I also agree with the js object netRequest which passes an object. I just find it interesting that everyone is busy using XMLHttpRequest which isn't a standard with W3C and building these apps.
Time will tell I just thought it interesting how everyone despises Microsoft but uses their technology as the next big thing. But is it really? And all in all what will the response be from Microsoft. They have been awarded a patent on XML objects which I can't see how either.
Has anyone thought it interesting that Microsoft was the one who developed XMLHttpRequest? And at the heart of all these AJAX solutions is just that. Who's to say that Microsoft is biding it's time until all these AJAX websites are completely entrenched and then M$ pulls out the patent for the de facto standard for AJAX websites.
Conspirancy?!? Maybe but haven't they done this kinda thing before. Isn't that what being Microsoft is all about?
But wasn't that called the network PC a couple of years ago. There would be no OS we would immediately be logged into the web and all applications would be written in java?
Of course this Anticipation Machine sounds a bit different with it's antispam stuff and all they other crap inside.
Antispam?!? Now if it could detect spam why wouldn't it just not allow spam? Since this global OS thing could detect it why would it let someone send it?
They already find Mac to be more useful as is. My parents don't need a two button mouse they prefer the single one. They don't need and open/save dialog to change filenames. They don't need a Windows type explorer. Apple does a great job for those people who never used a computer to sit down and start using one. I've posted this in the past that my parents, who are complete novices, first bought the Dell WindowsXP paperweight. When I pushed my Mom to purchase an Apple then she started using it and my Dad can't get off the computer anymore. He went from being scared of the damn thing to ordering everything he wants online and even sold his Dell paperweight on E-Bay. We forget about those individuals that have no experience on a computer and find that the GUI and mouse is very intuitive. Which is why the Mac OS is exactly bothersome for people who used Windows but for others it's perfect as is.
So I an Apple ][e love it forever and ever. Someone tell me that Apple ][e not the wave of businesses - move to Intel/Windows - bored with computing until Red Hat 3.0 - make computing bearable again but still problematic - nicest thing never had to upgrade my hardware. Hate the GUI - go back to Apple for Mac OS X - love it forever and ever.
What does Intel represent over PPC? - nothing really. Apple of Intel mean anything to me. Probably that Intel just signed on with the biggest micromanager. I'm sure the deal - to be disclosed of in the next year or so is that Apple will be - or actually has already designed the Motherboard specifically for Apple. All Intel will be providing is the chipset.
The biggest problem I had with Windows (and still do at work) is that it is the machine for all the different chipsets - it is designed for the majority of clones. Have you ever compared two different clones running the same OS? Most times there are differences. Put in some peripherals in and weird things start to happen. Most clones provide the graphics/ethernet/modem built into the motherboard - yes you have an Intel chipset but it's the motherboard that is screwy and you change a couple of settings and replace builtins with third party cards and things start to change.
Apple will be making sure that this will not happen - they have designed the motherboards from the get go. They have specific design specs and will continue to do so. So they've designed one that will use the Intel Pentium 4 chipset - what does this mean to them. They can drop the price a bit because the Intel chipset is still cheaper then the PPC but they still will be a high design cost from designing the motherboard.
OS X probably will not able to run on any clone - though people will port it to different motherboards - as cleanly as they will on Apple motherboards. Apple is not turning into another software only company. They will always be in the business of superior hardware designs and OS designs.
I'm not as shocked as everyone else is - remember wasn't the NeXT computer designed on an x86 - and didn't Steve Jobs start that company - and isn't that what OS X is originally based on?
Steve Jobs just had to do a few transitions so that he could come back to where he was when he left (or thrown out) of Apple. NeXT was a superior system running on the Intel chipset and that has been where he's wanted to take Apple all along - also do you think that this might also have something to do with IA64 as well isn't that out soon?
What are the chances of seeing an x86 port of OSX??
There is it's called OpenDarwin. It runs on the x86 the only thing is what make Mac OS X a Mac OS X is it's window server and os libraries - core foundation, cocoa, etc. Check out the site for Darwin: http://developer.apple.com/darwin/. They have a link to the x86 port.
iPod = iTunes (locked in because Apple doesn't share the DRM)
all other MP3 players = all other wma formats (pay licensing fee to M$ for DRM - still locked in)
iPod play MP3's without DRM = yes all other MP3's without DRM = yes/no (more to the no these days with the yes getting smaller & smaller - not 100% sure on that last remark)
What's the diff. Everyone but Apple missed the bandwagon and now they cry foul?!? What is so wrong with iTunes Music Store anyways. Doesn't it have a good selection? Or is it that they are the marketplace and everyone else is going "D'oh!"
I remember when I first got that machine of mine. I still kick myself for not keeping nor any of those precious programs I wrote. Nibble was the best (and still is the best) computer magazine ever. It gave you programs and taught you how to write programs and think.
I remember when the MacIntosh came out...I was so jealous that I wrote a similiar desktop in assembly. How easy it was when Apple provided all the tech specs to extend your machine. I was 13 and I was and advid TV watcher of --- wait for it --- Whiz Kids!! I wanted to be the best programmer. Alas - that is no longer the case. It's no longer about the hobbyist - though I still write my own programs rather than purchase something. I want what I need. Which is what the Apple ][e gave you - the ability to create what you need.
I miss my lil computer. At least I still have my Mac!!
"can I run my tax software on it?" YES. "Can I run my office applications?" YES. "Can play a few commercial video games?" Depends on which ones specifically but the name games YES. "Will I be able to VPN to the office and back again?" Will your IT department actually support more than one VPN software if so then YES.
So far I haven't found a reason to use a Windows box in 10 years. I'm a geek but I'm not a tech head. I run M$ Office and I like it better than the Windows version.
The whole reason for a computer for me was a hobby and I'm interested in always having to upgrade the hardware whenever a new version of the OS comes out. Which is why I stopped working with Windows 10 years ago. I have yet to ever find a reason to want to. If I want to write a program I can - I have don't have to buy anything for my computer. With windows have you seen how much it costs to buy VB - and that's just Basic Programming.
Hey didn't Larry Ellison try pushing that concept in the early 90's - or was that Sun?? This concept is being rehashed again!? What is up with a company that becomes this big thing and then they want to control everything that the user has in the OS? Why? I got into computers for the fun of it - the hobby. I enjoy figuring it out. Why else would I have my first computer Apple ][e that I've built a text based e-mail client - wrote TCP/IP software and got an ethernet card to work in it. It's a hobby. I use my MacIntosh as my real system but even then if I need something before searching for an app I try to write it first. Whatever happened with the concept that computers are useful but inspire us to be hobbyists?
Okay not everyone is using their system as a hobby. Thin clients can be useful but is the hardware going to be less than $200 to compete with all the sub-$500 desktops. Is the client an XBox, Playstation, or Nintendo?
Watching Boston Legal last night they had a case where a school was censoring FOX News channel. This is more about Alan's closing which he states that you can't censor just FOX because all the news these days is nothing more than infotainment because they need to be profitable. Whats to stop newspapers from becoming the same thing. News should be about reporting not slanting or having a bias just to inform which is no longer happening and if it continues to be about money than why should we read them?
I hate one-button mice - their terriable and disgusting. But my Mom bought her iMac three years ago and guess what she loves the one-button mouse compared to my Dad's three button mouse on her PC. In fact so does my Dad because he was conned into buying the PC (I told him to buy an iMac but he was told that Mac's were harder to learn and run?!?!?) with the three button and he hasn't used his Dell in 3 years - a waste of $599. Of course he likes my Mom's iMac with it's one button mouse even thought she paid $1199. And he liked that everything he needs is in the dock - now they fight over using the iMac - and he wonders why I never told him to buy an iMac.
My point is that the Mac mini - which he has already ordered since his Dell monitor will work with it - is not for the poweruser but for the everyday consumer who knows nothing about computers, and doesn't want to, but just wants it to work and use it and not feel like the first computer was a total waste of their time. He's already auctioned it off on eBay (the CPU and mouse) and I got him a one-button mouse like Mom's!
If the vendors choose to use a non-MP3 format then ya I agree iPod can't play their music. But who wants MediaPlayer only type files which seems to be a larger file than even MP3.
I'm tired of hearing all these - we'll beat iPod because we'll support M$ files and they wont. Question I have will it play me MP3's like my iPod does or will it be another Sony only using Sony's format.
My iPod still supports the formats that I want and iTunes Music Store still is the best at buying my music but not because it's from Apple - not because of their lossless format but because I just like how easy it is to get my music and I don't have to leave iTunes to do it.
Considering that the iPod came out first and allowed you to play any format of music you wanted form any online music service where is the monopoly? iTunes came out later and has always been designed for use with two products - your computer and the iPod.
Now Apple entered the market late in the online music game and had to guarantee for the RIAA that they can protect music with DRM - something that, really no one else has been able to effectively do, even Apple's isn't all that effective. But at least they guaranteed to the record companies that the music will only be stored in two places the iPod and your computer. And that sharing of files wasn't going to be easy since you can only copy songs about 5-6 times before the copy sounds bad.
If he bought his music player prior to iTunes getting into the market then that was his choice and there were other places he could get his music just like other iPod owners but iTunes has always been specifically designed for the iPod. Not the other way around.
Who he should sue is RIAA for putting the restrictions in place first. How else would Apple have been able to offer music? Plus has Apple made any money on iTunes - not really because it wan't designed to be a money maker the iPod was.
The iPod is just a piece of hardware but it doesn't lock people into any music format. iTunes was designed to be the application for the iPod and your computer to use that music and it doesn't lock you into any format. You can rip CD's into MP3's or AAC - your choice! But in offering music Apple had to adhere to what the RIAA wanted else no record company would have entered into an agreement with Apple in offering music.
If they own 80% of the music downloads it's obiviously due to the fact they sold all those iPods but no one is locked into any format that they don't want. Don't want DRM AAC then buy CD's or purchase MP3's from a different source don't use the iTunes Music Store. Again consumer choice.
What kills me is that Bush and the US government is okay with this. So what happens when all the software created for US companies and the government is made by chinese programmers. And/or future terrorists.
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Actually, they've debunked the Free Energy one. They created a couple of different methods from a mail order sites stating that if you purchase this or that machine it will generate free energy. So they did it. And they actually tried to improve the overall mechanics. So no it's not taboo to Myth Busters they have tackled it already. (Can't remember the episode.)
Zero-point considering that's still a theory that has yet to be proven, other than on Stargate, how do you want them to attempt it?
It's slowed down?!? Really?!? Wow, I guess the 20+/hr pieces of porn e-mail I get is all legal because I signed up for porn somewhere. Uh, come to think of it though. I never signed into a porn site so why is it I keep getting it? CAN-SPAM hasn't slowed it down for me in reality I've seen the # of SPAM go up in recent months.
Someone should tell them that.
I liked the film but I didn't feel like it was my Aeon Flux. The had the catch phrases and some scenes are ripped from the Anime show. But they didn't understand Aeon Flux nor Trevor Goodchild. They are extremes opposite in ideologies but also have a sexual desire. Paramount wanted to make sense of that and created a very Hollywood tale. It has a beginning, a middle, and an ending. And that was my only problem and spoiler - it had an ending. There is no room for a sequel - it can't continue and still be Aeon Flux because then it wouldn't make sense at all.
Easy enough story to follow unless you think Harry Potter isn't easy to follow at all.
Reminds me of a Coffee Drink I used to get in Pacific Breach, CA. It was a coffee shop (I think it's still there) they used to have. Take a 16 oz. glass put in two shots of espresso, ice, and the rest Coke/Pepsi. It was called a Cold Blue. It would definitely wake you up and keep you up. Only 1 drink was enough. I had had two at least once and lets say I had a horrible case of the shakes!!
Cuz last time I looked all the PC/Developer Mag were Microsoft centric and so biased towards Microsoft that you'd think the only computer os in the world was Windows. What's the difference? Oh I guess because the Wall Street Journal, et al are no longer ringing the death kneal for Apple that he's pissed. Apple actually survived and is now starting to make inroads while Microsoft just stagnates.
It's not a Windows world, it's not a UNIX world, it's not a Mac world (technically same thing as UNIX just better branding). It's a computing world.
I'm sure that there have been a lot of writers in the publishing world that has lost a lot of time and patience to Microsoft. Now it's pay back since the entire 90's was nothing but Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft. They stayed in the closet. The 21st century is all about getting out of that closet and enjoying the fact that you run an Apple computer. Like the 1st days of computing. When the only fun computer was an Apple. Hey, the only fun computer has always been an Apple for me. Go figure
Can anyone say Oracle's Network Computer. It was set to revolutionize the world of computing because it would be OS agnostic - eg: not having one per se, which basically a stripped down one. All storage was to be handled by a datacenter so that you could access your data anywhere. You could store data in a harddrive but then it wouldn't be accessible everywhere. It ran on java and javascript. But it went no where. Who would want to give up control of their data - or better not have a computer to actually use. The licensing cost was based on paying a monthly fee. How is it that Google will make it's money? is Sun really going to give this away for free? Either split a monthy fee or how would you like Ads with your software. That is the question before everyone gets on the "Kill Microsoft" bandwagon. And the other real question is what's going to happen with all those macros that people have invested in a lot of time in? Is their migration tool going to migrate the VBA code? That is also another huge hurdle. If you can't do that then businesses will not change from Microsoft - which means that home users won't switch. What's the point of using an Office Suite if what you write won't translate, macros and all, to what I have to use at work?
I'm not a 'Softie myself but I am realist. It's not the hearts and minds of users you need to convince. It's big business, you have to try and get them to throw out an Office Suite that they have more time and money invested in. That's who Bill Gates went after from day one. Steve Jobs went after the home user and the hobbyist. Bill Gates went after Big Business and won. Once Lotus and Wordperfect was fired from the office space that was it.
So what exactly is can Sun and Google do that Microsoft hasn't already done?
Didn't Apple already have this interface for the iPod prior to the Zen? And if so why would the patent be awarded to Creative if there was prior art?
I can't see how this could be patented, can you explain?
Neither can I, but how did Amazon patent their shopping cart and 1 click shopping? Which considering everyone that does that Apple, Barnes and Noble, et al. But the Patent office granted them a patent. I also agree with the js object netRequest which passes an object. I just find it interesting that everyone is busy using XMLHttpRequest which isn't a standard with W3C and building these apps.
Time will tell I just thought it interesting how everyone despises Microsoft but uses their technology as the next big thing. But is it really? And all in all what will the response be from Microsoft. They have been awarded a patent on XML objects which I can't see how either.
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Has anyone thought it interesting that Microsoft was the one who developed XMLHttpRequest? And at the heart of all these AJAX solutions is just that. Who's to say that Microsoft is biding it's time until all these AJAX websites are completely entrenched and then M$ pulls out the patent for the de facto standard for AJAX websites.
Conspirancy?!? Maybe but haven't they done this kinda thing before. Isn't that what being Microsoft is all about?
Let's wait and see.
But wasn't that called the network PC a couple of years ago. There would be no OS we would immediately be logged into the web and all applications would be written in java?
Of course this Anticipation Machine sounds a bit different with it's antispam stuff and all they other crap inside.
Antispam?!? Now if it could detect spam why wouldn't it just not allow spam? Since this global OS thing could detect it why would it let someone send it?
They already find Mac to be more useful as is. My parents don't need a two button mouse they prefer the single one. They don't need and open/save dialog to change filenames. They don't need a Windows type explorer. Apple does a great job for those people who never used a computer to sit down and start using one. I've posted this in the past that my parents, who are complete novices, first bought the Dell WindowsXP paperweight. When I pushed my Mom to purchase an Apple then she started using it and my Dad can't get off the computer anymore. He went from being scared of the damn thing to ordering everything he wants online and even sold his Dell paperweight on E-Bay. We forget about those individuals that have no experience on a computer and find that the GUI and mouse is very intuitive. Which is why the Mac OS is exactly bothersome for people who used Windows but for others it's perfect as is.
Not anymore!!!
Well, I have bad info. Thanks for the correction. Still I didn't buy for the PPC I bought for OS X.
So I an Apple ][e love it forever and ever. Someone tell me that Apple ][e not the wave of businesses - move to Intel/Windows - bored with computing until Red Hat 3.0 - make computing bearable again but still problematic - nicest thing never had to upgrade my hardware. Hate the GUI - go back to Apple for Mac OS X - love it forever and ever.
What does Intel represent over PPC? - nothing really. Apple of Intel mean anything to me. Probably that Intel just signed on with the biggest micromanager. I'm sure the deal - to be disclosed of in the next year or so is that Apple will be - or actually has already designed the Motherboard specifically for Apple. All Intel will be providing is the chipset.
The biggest problem I had with Windows (and still do at work) is that it is the machine for all the different chipsets - it is designed for the majority of clones. Have you ever compared two different clones running the same OS? Most times there are differences. Put in some peripherals in and weird things start to happen. Most clones provide the graphics/ethernet/modem built into the motherboard - yes you have an Intel chipset but it's the motherboard that is screwy and you change a couple of settings and replace builtins with third party cards and things start to change.
Apple will be making sure that this will not happen - they have designed the motherboards from the get go. They have specific design specs and will continue to do so. So they've designed one that will use the Intel Pentium 4 chipset - what does this mean to them. They can drop the price a bit because the Intel chipset is still cheaper then the PPC but they still will be a high design cost from designing the motherboard.
OS X probably will not able to run on any clone - though people will port it to different motherboards - as cleanly as they will on Apple motherboards. Apple is not turning into another software only company. They will always be in the business of superior hardware designs and OS designs.
I'm not as shocked as everyone else is - remember wasn't the NeXT computer designed on an x86 - and didn't Steve Jobs start that company - and isn't that what OS X is originally based on?
Steve Jobs just had to do a few transitions so that he could come back to where he was when he left (or thrown out) of Apple. NeXT was a superior system running on the Intel chipset and that has been where he's wanted to take Apple all along - also do you think that this might also have something to do with IA64 as well isn't that out soon?
There is it's called OpenDarwin. It runs on the x86 the only thing is what make Mac OS X a Mac OS X is it's window server and os libraries - core foundation, cocoa, etc. Check out the site for Darwin: http://developer.apple.com/darwin/. They have a link to the x86 port.
iPod = iTunes (locked in because Apple doesn't share the DRM)
all other MP3 players = all other wma formats (pay licensing fee to M$ for DRM - still locked in)
iPod play MP3's without DRM = yes
all other MP3's without DRM = yes/no (more to the no these days with the yes getting smaller & smaller - not 100% sure on that last remark)
What's the diff. Everyone but Apple missed the bandwagon and now they cry foul?!? What is so wrong with iTunes Music Store anyways. Doesn't it have a good selection? Or is it that they are the marketplace and everyone else is going "D'oh!"
I remember when I first got that machine of mine. I still kick myself for not keeping nor any of those precious programs I wrote. Nibble was the best (and still is the best) computer magazine ever. It gave you programs and taught you how to write programs and think.
I remember when the MacIntosh came out...I was so jealous that I wrote a similiar desktop in assembly. How easy it was when Apple provided all the tech specs to extend your machine. I was 13 and I was and advid TV watcher of --- wait for it --- Whiz Kids!! I wanted to be the best programmer. Alas - that is no longer the case. It's no longer about the hobbyist - though I still write my own programs rather than purchase something. I want what I need. Which is what the Apple ][e gave you - the ability to create what you need.
I miss my lil computer. At least I still have my Mac!!
"can I run my tax software on it?" YES. "Can I run my office applications?" YES. "Can play a few commercial video games?" Depends on which ones specifically but the name games YES. "Will I be able to VPN to the office and back again?" Will your IT department actually support more than one VPN software if so then YES.
So far I haven't found a reason to use a Windows box in 10 years. I'm a geek but I'm not a tech head. I run M$ Office and I like it better than the Windows version.
The whole reason for a computer for me was a hobby and I'm interested in always having to upgrade the hardware whenever a new version of the OS comes out. Which is why I stopped working with Windows 10 years ago. I have yet to ever find a reason to want to. If I want to write a program I can - I have don't have to buy anything for my computer. With windows have you seen how much it costs to buy VB - and that's just Basic Programming.
Hey didn't Larry Ellison try pushing that concept in the early 90's - or was that Sun?? This concept is being rehashed again!? What is up with a company that becomes this big thing and then they want to control everything that the user has in the OS? Why? I got into computers for the fun of it - the hobby. I enjoy figuring it out. Why else would I have my first computer Apple ][e that I've built a text based e-mail client - wrote TCP/IP software and got an ethernet card to work in it. It's a hobby. I use my MacIntosh as my real system but even then if I need something before searching for an app I try to write it first. Whatever happened with the concept that computers are useful but inspire us to be hobbyists?
Okay not everyone is using their system as a hobby. Thin clients can be useful but is the hardware going to be less than $200 to compete with all the sub-$500 desktops. Is the client an XBox, Playstation, or Nintendo?
Why is this concept coming round again?!?
Watching Boston Legal last night they had a case where a school was censoring FOX News channel. This is more about Alan's closing which he states that you can't censor just FOX because all the news these days is nothing more than infotainment because they need to be profitable. Whats to stop newspapers from becoming the same thing. News should be about reporting not slanting or having a bias just to inform which is no longer happening and if it continues to be about money than why should we read them?
I hate one-button mice - their terriable and disgusting. But my Mom bought her iMac three years ago and guess what she loves the one-button mouse compared to my Dad's three button mouse on her PC. In fact so does my Dad because he was conned into buying the PC (I told him to buy an iMac but he was told that Mac's were harder to learn and run?!?!?) with the three button and he hasn't used his Dell in 3 years - a waste of $599. Of course he likes my Mom's iMac with it's one button mouse even thought she paid $1199. And he liked that everything he needs is in the dock - now they fight over using the iMac - and he wonders why I never told him to buy an iMac.
My point is that the Mac mini - which he has already ordered since his Dell monitor will work with it - is not for the poweruser but for the everyday consumer who knows nothing about computers, and doesn't want to, but just wants it to work and use it and not feel like the first computer was a total waste of their time. He's already auctioned it off on eBay (the CPU and mouse) and I got him a one-button mouse like Mom's!
If the vendors choose to use a non-MP3 format then ya I agree iPod can't play their music. But who wants MediaPlayer only type files which seems to be a larger file than even MP3.
I'm tired of hearing all these - we'll beat iPod because we'll support M$ files and they wont. Question I have will it play me MP3's like my iPod does or will it be another Sony only using Sony's format.
My iPod still supports the formats that I want and iTunes Music Store still is the best at buying my music but not because it's from Apple - not because of their lossless format but because I just like how easy it is to get my music and I don't have to leave iTunes to do it.
Considering that the iPod came out first and allowed you to play any format of music you wanted form any online music service where is the monopoly? iTunes came out later and has always been designed for use with two products - your computer and the iPod.
Now Apple entered the market late in the online music game and had to guarantee for the RIAA that they can protect music with DRM - something that, really no one else has been able to effectively do, even Apple's isn't all that effective. But at least they guaranteed to the record companies that the music will only be stored in two places the iPod and your computer. And that sharing of files wasn't going to be easy since you can only copy songs about 5-6 times before the copy sounds bad.
If he bought his music player prior to iTunes getting into the market then that was his choice and there were other places he could get his music just like other iPod owners but iTunes has always been specifically designed for the iPod. Not the other way around.
Who he should sue is RIAA for putting the restrictions in place first. How else would Apple have been able to offer music? Plus has Apple made any money on iTunes - not really because it wan't designed to be a money maker the iPod was.
The iPod is just a piece of hardware but it doesn't lock people into any music format. iTunes was designed to be the application for the iPod and your computer to use that music and it doesn't lock you into any format. You can rip CD's into MP3's or AAC - your choice! But in offering music Apple had to adhere to what the RIAA wanted else no record company would have entered into an agreement with Apple in offering music.
If they own 80% of the music downloads it's obiviously due to the fact they sold all those iPods but no one is locked into any format that they don't want. Don't want DRM AAC then buy CD's or purchase MP3's from a different source don't use the iTunes Music Store. Again consumer choice.
What kills me is that Bush and the US government is okay with this. So what happens when all the software created for US companies and the government is made by chinese programmers. And/or future terrorists.
Not very secure!!
Enter Zip Linux - Linux on a 250mb zip disk. Just boot into it and mount the NTFS filesystem.
But I'd prefer to disable USB in the bios and lock the bios - but the IT guys never do that - it means they have to remember the password.