"They'd have meetings and Steve would be horribly offended he couldn't get to the song he wanted in less than three pushes of a button," Knauss said. "We'd get orders: 'Steve doesn't think it's loud enough, the sharps aren't sharp enough, or the menu's not coming up fast enough.' Every day there were comments from Steve saying where it needed to be."
Knauss said Jobs' influence was sometimes idiosyncratic. For example, the iPod is louder than most MP3 players because Jobs is partly deaf, he said. "They drove the sound up so he could hear it," Knauss said.
As the story goes, Steve Jobs has hearing problems of his own. They would bring prototypes to him, and he'd insist that they make them louder. They did.
I can only assume that it's just a matter of time before someone tries to sue Apple for ruining their hearing.
I forget the source -- pretty sure it was in Wired a year or two ago.
This reminds me of a discussion I overheard, perhaps on NPR, about the movie The Incredibles. Hollywood has been trying to use CG to make animated movies that look real, such that they're indistinguishable from RL film clips. But the point was, The Incredibles exagerated features such that you knew you were watching CG, but it didn't affect your enjoyment of the film itself. I feel this is applicable to game development as well.
Linus: You know, before I answer any more questions there's something I wanted to say. Having received all your letters over the years, and I've spoken to many of you, and some of you have traveled... y'know... hundreds of miles to be here, I'd just like to say... GET A LIFE, will you people? I mean, for crying out loud, it's just an operating system! I mean, look at you, look at the way you're dressed! You've turned an enjoyable little job, that I did as a lark for a few years, into a COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME!
[ a crowd of shocked and dismayed slashdotters.... ]
I mean, how old are you people? What have you done with yourselves?
[ to CmdrTaco ] You, you must be almost 30... have you ever kissed a girl?
I realize that my posting could be construed that way, but what I'm really trying to drive at is that some people are stuck at stage 7 of the Evolution of a Linux User.
These people can be, by far, the most annoying.
Some people are just so blinded by their zealosness, that they end up annoying everyone that they meet with their "Bill Gates is the Anti-Christ" schlock. Regardless of the validity of the point, firing that off as a knee jerk reaction will quickly get you labeled as an ass hat in many people's books.
Wow. Three comments into it, and you're already playing the "Microsoft Sucks - Linux Rules" card.
You know what would be witty? In future posts, whenever you spell Microsoft, you and your razor sharp wit replace the "s" in Microsoft with a dollar sign. Take that Bill!
Oh yes, so that obviously makes you *superior*. I bow to you and your mighty cyan-colored star.
Yes, its going to spread at an exponential rate! Thank GOD he hasn't been suffering since MAY OF THIS YEAR! QUICK! RUSH HIM TO THE HOSPITAL! He even goes on to say "I've been on it for a couple of days and I'm doing a bit better " although I will grant to you that he does go on to say "Problem is, things are somewhat contained, but still appear to be spreading."
But of course, when it comes to medical expertise, the first place I'd go to is SlashDot. Those damned doctors don't know anything.
As I recall, there was debate at the time whether or not they were for shells or for a centrifuge. This was well known when Powell went to the U.N. I recall the argument being that, sure, they could be used for shells, but the tubes were spec'ed so tightly that it wouldn't make sense to require such high specs if it wasn't going to be for a centrifuge. Of course, no hard data regarding the number of tubes or their specs have been made available.
But if Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must invade Iraq.
I know its off topic, but damn... Steve's got some sweet glasses. I wonder where a guy gets a pair like that. Those are. by far. the coolest glasses I've seen./four-eyes since six years old
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Re-arrange the letters on the keyboard in a logical and efficient manner?
That's crazy talk, man.
Sure there's dvorak, but look how long we've been stuck with qwerty. And how long did it take for the Esc key to finally find a home?
That was exactly what I was thinking.
And best of all, vindaloos to the International Space Station.
indeedy.
From here.
"They'd have meetings and Steve would be horribly offended he couldn't get to the song he wanted in less than three pushes of a button," Knauss said. "We'd get orders: 'Steve doesn't think it's loud enough, the sharps aren't sharp enough, or the menu's not coming up fast enough.' Every day there were comments from Steve saying where it needed to be."
Knauss said Jobs' influence was sometimes idiosyncratic. For example, the iPod is louder than most MP3 players because Jobs is partly deaf, he said. "They drove the sound up so he could hear it," Knauss said.
As the story goes, Steve Jobs has hearing problems of his own. They would bring prototypes to him, and he'd insist that they make them louder. They did.
I can only assume that it's just a matter of time before someone tries to sue Apple for ruining their hearing.
I forget the source -- pretty sure it was in Wired a year or two ago.
This reminds me of a discussion I overheard, perhaps on NPR, about the movie The Incredibles. Hollywood has been trying to use CG to make animated movies that look real, such that they're indistinguishable from RL film clips. But the point was, The Incredibles exagerated features such that you knew you were watching CG, but it didn't affect your enjoyment of the film itself. I feel this is applicable to game development as well.
Linus: You know, before I answer any more questions there's something I wanted to say. Having received all your letters over the years, and I've spoken to many of you, and some of you have traveled... y'know... hundreds of miles to be here, I'd just like to say... GET A LIFE, will you people? I mean, for crying out loud, it's just an operating system! I mean, look at you, look at the way you're dressed! You've turned an enjoyable little job, that I did as a lark for a few years, into a COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME!
[ a crowd of shocked and dismayed slashdotters.... ]
I mean, how old are you people? What have you done with yourselves?
[ to CmdrTaco ] You, you must be almost 30... have you ever kissed a girl?
[ CmdrTaco hangs his head ]
Indeed. I'm working on something with two other folks. FreeBSD/Apache/MySQL. My biggest expense right now is pizza.
I realize that my posting could be construed that way, but what I'm really trying to drive at is that some people are stuck at stage 7 of the Evolution of a Linux User.
These people can be, by far, the most annoying.
Some people are just so blinded by their zealosness, that they end up annoying everyone that they meet with their "Bill Gates is the Anti-Christ" schlock. Regardless of the validity of the point, firing that off as a knee jerk reaction will quickly get you labeled as an ass hat in many people's books.
Wow. Three comments into it, and you're already playing the "Microsoft Sucks - Linux Rules" card.
You know what would be witty? In future posts, whenever you spell Microsoft, you and your razor sharp wit replace the "s" in Microsoft with a dollar sign. Take that Bill!
Not even needed. There's tons of land in western texas which isn't good for squat otherwise. Plus, considerably less Mexicans to deal with.
High capacity solar cells + superconducters = profit!
It doesn't. "Death of the author" and all that. Your interpretation of a book is just that -- yours.
Now bastardizing it into a crapfest of a movie is another thing all together.
A Slashdot / The Onion Tagteam Special
Thats right. We don't care if it's in France *or* Germany.
Yeah, some folks are slow readers like that.
Oh yes, so that obviously makes you *superior*. I bow to you and your mighty cyan-colored star.
Yes, its going to spread at an exponential rate! Thank GOD he hasn't been suffering since MAY OF THIS YEAR! QUICK! RUSH HIM TO THE HOSPITAL! He even goes on to say "I've been on it for a couple of days and I'm doing a bit better " although I will grant to you that he does go on to say "Problem is, things are somewhat contained, but still appear to be spreading."
But of course, when it comes to medical expertise, the first place I'd go to is SlashDot. Those damned doctors don't know anything.
It's ribbed for your pleasure.
Aah, but that is just a cover. Against the conspiracy.
A fitting tribute to the one, true Lemur, Mr Fernandinande LeMur of SubGenius fame, audio collageitier/black belt.
Slack on, you crazy diamond.
As I recall, there was debate at the time whether or not they were for shells or for a centrifuge. This was well known when Powell went to the U.N. I recall the argument being that, sure, they could be used for shells, but the tubes were spec'ed so tightly that it wouldn't make sense to require such high specs if it wasn't going to be for a centrifuge. Of course, no hard data regarding the number of tubes or their specs have been made available.
But if Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must invade Iraq.
"WordCount was designed with a minimalist aesthetic, to let the information speak for itself."
Which explains their logical use of Flash.
It wasn't meant to. AFAIK, there's no way to tell Yahoo to show all locations, not just ones that are geographically near you.
showtimes across the country
I know its off topic, but damn... Steve's got some sweet glasses. I wonder where a guy gets a pair like that. Those are. by far. the coolest glasses I've seen. /four-eyes since six years old