if this is really true (I'd *love* to see proof), it'd be a big deal for the product design community.
Right now, this world is an unholy alliance between designers clinging to ageing Mac systems and product engineers with top-end PC systems for ProE and the like.
However, all the engineers I know secretly lust for a beautiful (stable) Mac Unix box and if ProE defects, I think a whole chunk of these guys would go with them. Goodbye compatibility nightmare...
The truth is, we need PC's - but no-one loves them.
I'm not at all surprised Radiohead are against this - their antipathy to the single format is pretty much a matter of record. Kid A was released with no accompanying singles - they didn't want their work to be judged by the standard of the four-minute pop record.
-and what's wrong with that? At the end of the day it should be their decision. If an artist chooses to limit the formats available to their fans, they'll probably sell less copies. If they feel the 'artistic' trade-off is one worth making, fair enough.
The key point is that all these artists are already highly commercially successful and are guaranteed to sell copies however they dictate format availability. No up-and-coming artist would dream of turning down the chance to sell vast amounts of the one great track on their first album, and that will give them a commercial advantage in the market. say, for example, Radiohead re-recording (minus swearing) and re-releasing Creep multiple times to ensure they had their breakthrough hit;)
It seems like simple enough capitalist forces to me, and best of all, ones which work to the favor of new artists rather than the big guys.
not wishing to be personal here, but that is complete crap. Is your complaint that *Michael Jackson* makes albums that are approximately 2% as good as Thriller, or that no-one else does?
y'know, there are people ten years younger than you saying 'remember the 90's - ah, yes, 'OK Computer' - music was so much better then' and sixteen year old's complaining the scene went downhill since Britney's first album.
I'd give examples, but then you might use your superior taste to show that the examples I chose were 'wrong'. Remember quality is *subjective* and I love the albums I bought last week as much as the ones I have published in 1968. There's so much fabulous stuff out there, I can't begin to tell you.
The police at least should *be* on the lookout! The police report is marked 'C-Closed' - this doesn't strike me as the insoluable case that the cop filling out that form thought it was.
some clues: try all the usual geek dives - Fry's, Circuit City, or in the rough side of town, Radioshack...
hmmm 'finally'? - I got that mail, but they did respond to my complaint directly at the time too - they do seem to try to be pretty responsive....
-
I would like to apologize for the inconvenience that TurboTax has caused you. I am responding to the email you sent regarding your displeasure with the use of C-Dilla/SafeCast in the TurboTax program. The reason we chose to utilize SafeCast is to ensure that TurboTax is used in accordance with the Turbo Tax Software License and Services Agreement. For more information regarding SafeCast/C-Dilla, please click here http://www.turbotaxsupport.com/default.asp?platfor m=1&docid=815 and go to "About Macrovision SafeCast Technology and C-Dilla" under the General section. Unfortunately there is no way to distinguish between the honest customers such as you and those that are attempting to commit fraudulent actions. The file that TurboTax creates is only there to enable the TurboTax program. It does not collect any personal information nor does it transfer any personal information to anyone or anywhere. The file contains information that is specific to your computer configuration and the unique activation code that comes with the TurboTax product. This number is random in nature and is only associated with the product activation code that came with the TurboTax product. We have provided an uninstaller to remove SafeCast from your computer after TurboTax is used and uninstalled and that can be found on our website (http://www.turbotaxsupport.com/default.asp?platfo rm=1&docid=815) by going to "How do I uninstall Turbo Tax 2002 and remove the associated Macrovision SafeCast (C-Dilla) components from my computer?" in the General section. There may be other programs on your system that are running a version of C-Dilla/SafeCast, but the version that Intuit chose to use does not disable or limit the functions of any hardware or peripheral devices.
We would never violate your privacy or trust by installing spyware in any of our products. Here at Intuit, we are constantly looking for ways to make sure that we meet our customers' needs so if you have any other input on how to improve the process, please feel free to let me know. Once again I am sincerely sorry for any problems that may have been caused and hope that you give Intuit and our products a chance in the near future.
Sincerely,
Randall Executive Response Team Intuit, Inc. Randall_Support@Intuit.com
How can PC users see the store - as in the contents? I'm thinking if I could browse the contents from a PC (I know I can't buy anything), they might have me running out and buying a tasty new Imac from the Mac Store down the road in minutes.
However, until I see otherwise, I'm going to assume it's packed with Britney and the Dave Matthews Band and the like.
"Most of my attempts to get even basic office supplies at work make me feel like I'm robbing the company."
1) These things work - I have a colleague who wouldn't be parted from his Cybertouch glove things with a pair of pliers. Everything else hurts. I'm the same with my trackball. Investigate and try stuff - not everything works for everyone, but it's genuinely important to look for a solution.
2) It's in your company's financial interest to invest in something like this. Your creativity and production is *certainly* worth a measly $1,250 to your company. It's freakin peanuts compared to the cost of you eventually being unable to work. Carpal Tunnel syndrome won't go away if while you struggle on with QWERTY......
3) How long do you intend to be at your present company? Five years? Twenty years? The neurological damage you're doing with a QWERTY will last until you're ready to retire - and then how will you play DNF?
-it scares me how many people struggle on with pain every single day and do nothing about it. It's not just stupid, it's endangering your health. DO SOMETHING!
So what's the current state of Slashdot feeling on Bluetooth these days? Anyone find it an essential part of their life?
Essential item, hot geek toy or useless boondoggle... any thoughts? (I ask because I remember the mass sceptism circa twelve months ago - or do you still prefer 802.11?)
since you ask, no. To be honest, my handwriting is medium scrawly, but it was my regular cursive handwriting it couldn't recognize. And I'd say I was about average.
- I also went "wow!" when it accepted the first six words I wrote in correctly, but then it crapped the next one. I reckon getting words 80% of the time is simply not good enough to be useful. If I have to go back and correct the spelling that often, it is astonishingly frustrating and, frankly, unusable.
Am I being Offtopic for discussing TabletPC, but that was what the headline said....?
anyway - having seen Tablet PC, it is the most half-assed bit of design I've seen in ages. One thing struck me right off. Considering the tablet concept is intended to be used in portrait mode, why do precisely zero of the UI elements reflect this? The task menu is a tiny strip along the bottom of the screen and it's proposterously hard to hit with the stylus.
of course, the handwriting recognition is abysmal, but that goes without saying.....
there's an overall issue here that reviews are self-selecting. I mean, there's only two cases where I make the effort to sit down and write a review, be it amazon or IMDB:
1) I just read a book I loved 2) I just read a book I hated
now look at a random selection of books (or CD's or anything else) on Amazon. Notice how most reviews are 4/5 stars, or 1 star? No-one bothers writing reviews for 2/3 star products.
This isn't much use when it comes to completeness, or comparing the relative quality of a given author/artists work.
Where IMDB scores is that completeness is the goal of the movie buff. I'll bet there are a hundred people who have written reviews for *each and every* Tim Burton movie, and David Lynch, George Romero, David Fincher, and on and on...
This is great for us regular folks - a fan will happily say, y'know "Planet of the Apes" kind of sucked compared to "Edward Scissorhands".
Where I'm going here is a credible (i.e. not commercial) literary site that attracts the people who are knowledgable about authors (by giving erudtite reviews the respect they deserve) would be a great resource. I'll do you a favor and stay out the reviewing process, tho'
"before they arrive"?!...are they kidding? From what I see on the streets of Palo Alto, the yuppie kids got hold of them before the plastic moldings had cooled....... never underestimate how gadget crazy this area is...
the go-peds and Segways are battling for supremacy of the sidewalks as I speak, whirling bike chains and all.....
Slashdot Mirror
correct - that is the preferred version here in Palo Alto.... ;)
err. WOW.
if this is really true (I'd *love* to see proof), it'd be a big deal for the product design community.
Right now, this world is an unholy alliance between designers clinging to ageing Mac systems and product engineers with top-end PC systems for ProE and the like.
However, all the engineers I know secretly lust for a beautiful (stable) Mac Unix box and if ProE defects, I think a whole chunk of these guys would go with them. Goodbye compatibility nightmare...
The truth is, we need PC's - but no-one loves them.
I'm not at all surprised Radiohead are against this - their antipathy to the single format is pretty much a matter of record. Kid A was released with no accompanying singles - they didn't want their work to be judged by the standard of the four-minute pop record.
;)
-and what's wrong with that? At the end of the day it should be their decision. If an artist chooses to limit the formats available to their fans, they'll probably sell less copies. If they feel the 'artistic' trade-off is one worth making, fair enough.
The key point is that all these artists are already highly commercially successful and are guaranteed to sell copies however they dictate format availability. No up-and-coming artist would dream of turning down the chance to sell vast amounts of the one great track on their first album, and that will give them a commercial advantage in the market. say, for example, Radiohead re-recording (minus swearing) and re-releasing Creep multiple times to ensure they had their breakthrough hit
It seems like simple enough capitalist forces to me, and best of all, ones which work to the favor of new artists rather than the big guys.
not wishing to be personal here, but that is complete crap. Is your complaint that *Michael Jackson* makes albums that are approximately 2% as good as Thriller, or that no-one else does?
y'know, there are people ten years younger than you saying 'remember the 90's - ah, yes, 'OK Computer' - music was so much better then' and sixteen year old's complaining the scene went downhill since Britney's first album.
I'd give examples, but then you might use your superior taste to show that the examples I chose were 'wrong'. Remember quality is *subjective* and I love the albums I bought last week as much as the ones I have published in 1968. There's so much fabulous stuff out there, I can't begin to tell you.
The police at least should *be* on the lookout! The police report is marked 'C-Closed' - this doesn't strike me as the insoluable case that the cop filling out that form thought it was.
some clues: try all the usual geek dives - Fry's, Circuit City, or in the rough side of town, Radioshack...
hmmm 'finally'? - I got that mail, but they did respond to my complaint directly at the time too - they do seem to try to be pretty responsive....
r m=1&docid=815 and go to "About Macrovision SafeCast Technology and C-Dilla" under the General section. Unfortunately there is no way to distinguish between the honest customers such as you and those that are attempting to commit fraudulent actions. The file that TurboTax creates is only there to enable the TurboTax program. It does not collect any personal information nor does it transfer any personal information to anyone or anywhere. The file contains information that is specific to your computer configuration and the unique activation code that comes with the TurboTax product. This number is random in nature and is only associated with the product activation code that came with the TurboTax product. We have provided an uninstaller to remove SafeCast from your computer after TurboTax is used and uninstalled and that can be found on our website (http://www.turbotaxsupport.com/default.asp?platfo rm=1&docid=815) by going to "How do I uninstall Turbo Tax 2002 and remove the associated Macrovision SafeCast (C-Dilla) components from my computer?" in the General section. There may be other programs on your system that are running a version of C-Dilla/SafeCast, but the version that Intuit chose to use does not disable or limit the functions of any hardware or peripheral devices.
-
I would like to apologize for the inconvenience that TurboTax has caused you. I am responding to the email you sent regarding your displeasure with the use of C-Dilla/SafeCast in the TurboTax program. The reason we chose to utilize SafeCast is to ensure that TurboTax is used in accordance with the Turbo Tax Software License and Services Agreement. For more information regarding SafeCast/C-Dilla, please click here http://www.turbotaxsupport.com/default.asp?platfo
We would never violate your privacy or trust by installing spyware in any of our products. Here at Intuit, we are constantly looking for ways to make sure that we meet our customers' needs so if you have any other input on how to improve the process, please feel free to let me know. Once again I am sincerely sorry for any problems that may have been caused and hope that you give Intuit and our products a chance in the near future.
Sincerely,
Randall
Executive Response Team
Intuit, Inc.
Randall_Support@Intuit.com
How can PC users see the store - as in the contents? I'm thinking if I could browse the contents from a PC (I know I can't buy anything), they might have me running out and buying a tasty new Imac from the Mac Store down the road in minutes.
However, until I see otherwise, I'm going to assume it's packed with Britney and the Dave Matthews Band and the like.
/bzzzt/
wrong!
he's from Birmingham, UK [David Prowse's site]
Good grief! Get a decent input device! Now!
"Most of my attempts to get even basic office supplies at work make me feel like I'm robbing the company."
1) These things work - I have a colleague who wouldn't be parted from his Cybertouch glove things with a pair of pliers. Everything else hurts. I'm the same with my trackball. Investigate and try stuff - not everything works for everyone, but it's genuinely important to look for a solution.
2) It's in your company's financial interest to invest in something like this. Your creativity and production is *certainly* worth a measly $1,250 to your company. It's freakin peanuts compared to the cost of you eventually being unable to work. Carpal Tunnel syndrome won't go away if while you struggle on with QWERTY......
3) How long do you intend to be at your present company? Five years? Twenty years? The neurological damage you're doing with a QWERTY will last until you're ready to retire - and then how will you play DNF?
-it scares me how many people struggle on with pain every single day and do nothing about it. It's not just stupid, it's endangering your health. DO SOMETHING!
So what's the current state of Slashdot feeling on Bluetooth these days? Anyone find it an essential part of their life?
Essential item, hot geek toy or useless boondoggle... any thoughts? (I ask because I remember the mass sceptism circa twelve months ago - or do you still prefer 802.11?)
since you ask, no. To be honest, my handwriting is medium scrawly, but it was my regular cursive handwriting it couldn't recognize. And I'd say I was about average.
- I also went "wow!" when it accepted the first six words I wrote in correctly, but then it crapped the next one. I reckon getting words 80% of the time is simply not good enough to be useful. If I have to go back and correct the spelling that often, it is astonishingly frustrating and, frankly, unusable.
Am I being Offtopic for discussing TabletPC, but that was what the headline said....?
anyway - having seen Tablet PC, it is the most half-assed bit of design I've seen in ages. One thing struck me right off. Considering the tablet concept is intended to be used in portrait mode, why do precisely zero of the UI elements reflect this? The task menu is a tiny strip along the bottom of the screen and it's proposterously hard to hit with the stylus.
of course, the handwriting recognition is abysmal, but that goes without saying.....
there's an overall issue here that reviews are self-selecting. I mean, there's only two cases where I make the effort to sit down and write a review, be it amazon or IMDB:
1) I just read a book I loved
2) I just read a book I hated
now look at a random selection of books (or CD's or anything else) on Amazon. Notice how most reviews are 4/5 stars, or 1 star? No-one bothers writing reviews for 2/3 star products.
This isn't much use when it comes to completeness, or comparing the relative quality of a given author/artists work.
Where IMDB scores is that completeness is the goal of the movie buff. I'll bet there are a hundred people who have written reviews for *each and every* Tim Burton movie, and David Lynch, George Romero, David Fincher, and on and on...
This is great for us regular folks - a fan will happily say, y'know "Planet of the Apes" kind of sucked compared to "Edward Scissorhands".
Where I'm going here is a credible (i.e. not commercial) literary site that attracts the people who are knowledgable about authors (by giving erudtite reviews the respect they deserve) would be a great resource. I'll do you a favor and stay out the reviewing process, tho'
yup. About the only added value I got from buying the thing this month was the nifty Spike Jonze flipbook of some Jackass-style stunt.
-can someone *please* scan it and post up an animated gif to save me the all the effort with scissors and tape?
"before they arrive"?! ...are they kidding? From what I see on the streets of Palo Alto, the yuppie kids got hold of them before the plastic moldings had cooled.... ... never underestimate how gadget crazy this area is...
the go-peds and Segways are battling for supremacy of the sidewalks as I speak, whirling bike chains and all.....