Erm, wrong. The new iPods are lacking a Firewire cable. That's all. The functionality is still there. It's a cost-cutting measure, USB 2.0 is ubiquitous and therefore they include that cable. You want to connect with Firewire, no problem, just get the FW cable (and/or dock)
Erm, no. The warranty is never valid if YOU break it, only if it breaks because it's faulty. If YOU break it, it's insurance that comes to the rescue, maybe.:)
Erm not quite pants are what you US-types would call underpants, briefs. i.e. the clothing blokes wear under ther trousers:)
Panties are something to do with women which is possibly why you are all confused:) Thongs (Strings in Holland...) would be a subset of panties for example. Knickers, that sort of thing. Yes I know Aussies wear thongs on their feet.
Yes it did. Initially it didn't but then someone had the bright idea of asking the regulat passengers how much they thought they were paying (these being the CEOs etc, not the pencil-pushers who booked the flights....) and they all mentioned amounts 2-3 times what they/their companies were being charged. So BA raised the cost of the flights by 2-3 times. They also started running gift flights which would go out over the Atlantic, go supersonic, pop champagne and then head home. This combination made the Concorde profitable.
Now it's probable that had BA etc had to shoulder the full cost of designing and building the thing, they'd never have made anything.....
In the late eighties there was a recession in the UK and this reduced the number of regular passengers and Concorde started becoming less viable. The combination of 9-11, the French Concorde explosion and general world angst finally killed it.
But in the Eighties it made BA and Air France lots of cash.
I just made an entry for/dev/sda1 in/etc/fstab, plugged it into my laptop and coppied my music to it with Konqueror by sftp from my cable box.
And there's your problem, the average user has NO IDEA what you are talking about, they don't know what an OGG is, they have't a clue about DRM and THEY DON'T CARE.
That's why all these extra features are meningless, the number of people who use them is insignificant. There's a reason why Nokia et al produce phones which only have a subset of the features available - the average user only wants those features.
The iPod is designed to appeal to the majority of users, the 5% at the end of the curve who want OGG playing Linux devices that also make the coffee wirelessly whilst wardriving to work are not their problem.
I already have an iPod and I already use iTunes and I am perfectly happy with both. Plus, Apple is perceived to be "cool" (at the moment) whereas Microsoft is "uncool", so I can't see people switching. Especially whilst the iPod remains a must-have amongst the musicians and the music industry as a whole.
Were it a simple case of choosing one or the other then I could see Microsoft winning this one easily but as long as the iPod remains cool, Apple will remain the market leader here.
That's rather unfair, Mr. Mbuthu, who is a GOD-FEARING person, has asked me to look after $25,000,000 which his poor lamented grandfather's adopted goat left in an account when they were brutally slain in a TERRIBLE UPRISING. The poor guy has been through hell, apparently they won't even let him leave the country - I have wired him some cash but it was not enough for all teh bribes and things, not to mention the administration. He is sending a TRUSTED FRIEND to meet me tomorrow where I will give him my bank details.
Poor guy, life must be terrible in the Nigerian banking insustry.
Erm, 'ello. I'm a bit fick aledgedlee from wot you is sayin' abowt cognitiv'bilitee. Maybe I'l full of myself but it taysts liek a cheze towsti. Yum. Innit.
Where was I. Slashdot has far more "up themselves" teenaged geeky nerds than you will get anywhere outside a Maths and Star Trek convention. Those people will, as is natural at 16 (and on to 15 or so) believe they are the dogs bollocks and that they are better than everyone else.
However if you read the more mature, legible, sensible, well-thought-out, adult posts - which are probably from those of us who have "been there, done that" as it were, you'll realise that most of us (and I mean the human race in general) feel alienated, differently clever (ooh, so politically correct) or whatever at some point in our lives.
For example at school I felt "superior" to most people around me. As an undergrad I realised what a twat I have been at school and that some people might actually be almost as intelligent as me (obvioujsly not quite as intelligent as their exam results were better:). When researching my masters I could look back and see what an immature person I had been as an undergrad and how my attitude towards people I felt were slower than me, or generally less intelligent (i.e. everyone) was a load of bullshit. I still harboured a secret knowledge that I was better than all the other people on the course.
Then it came to my PhD - I was 25, I had travelled the world, lived away from home since I was 18 and I was much more secure and mature. I could look back on even my masters and see how conceited I was at 22! I was surrounded by people of the same intelligence as me - but in differen ways - which is why we were studying different topics! I felt properly grown-up at last and was over all the stupid angst and self-righteous feelings as before.
Now I'm over 30 and I can look back and see that even at 25 I had a lot of growing left to do. I am sure that at 40 I will feel the same way.....
To summarise. get over it:) Grow up. It might take 20 years but the journey is worth it.
Slashdot Mirror
It's a Dilbert reference, but you knew that.......
didn't you?
Troc.
I find you truly mysterious, but that's because you are the last person to join slashdot before I did :)
ooh, a USERID snob. With a 5 digit number.
Gosh.
Troc the Sarcastic.
Erm, were they 5.25" by any chance?
Troc.
allofyourbase.com?
Troc.
Surely
:)
"In Quicktime you cum on porn?"
Sorry
Troc.
Erm, wrong. The new iPods are lacking a Firewire cable. That's all. The functionality is still there. It's a cost-cutting measure, USB 2.0 is ubiquitous and therefore they include that cable. You want to connect with Firewire, no problem, just get the FW cable (and/or dock)
:)
Troc
Erm, no. The warranty is never valid if YOU break it, only if it breaks because it's faulty. If YOU break it, it's insurance that comes to the rescue, maybe. :)
Troc
And slashdot is simply a good/clever/poor/scary/mindless (delete as appropriate) Eliza application.
Troc. (or am I?)
Surely
:)
"Popular demand not a measure of quality is"
Troc.
Erm not quite pants are what you US-types would call underpants, briefs. i.e. the clothing blokes wear under ther trousers :)
:) Thongs (Strings in Holland...) would be a subset of panties for example. Knickers, that sort of thing. Yes I know Aussies wear thongs on their feet.
Panties are something to do with women which is possibly why you are all confused
It's late, sorry
Troc.
Surely, having DELL written all over a laptop case would prevent theft in the first place :)*smirk*
Troc.
PS It's a joke......!
Take no notice of the book behind the curtain.
:)
:)
Bah, that's right, just as I am starting to look intelligent, someone goes and blows my source
It's a good book.
Troc
Yes it did. Initially it didn't but then someone had the bright idea of asking the regulat passengers how much they thought they were paying (these being the CEOs etc, not the pencil-pushers who booked the flights....) and they all mentioned amounts 2-3 times what they/their companies were being charged. So BA raised the cost of the flights by 2-3 times. They also started running gift flights which would go out over the Atlantic, go supersonic, pop champagne and then head home. This combination made the Concorde profitable.
Now it's probable that had BA etc had to shoulder the full cost of designing and building the thing, they'd never have made anything.....
In the late eighties there was a recession in the UK and this reduced the number of regular passengers and Concorde started becoming less viable. The combination of 9-11, the French Concorde explosion and general world angst finally killed it.
But in the Eighties it made BA and Air France lots of cash.
Troc.
I just made an entry for /dev/sda1 in /etc/fstab, plugged it into my laptop and coppied my music to it with Konqueror by sftp from my cable box.
And there's your problem, the average user has NO IDEA what you are talking about, they don't know what an OGG is, they have't a clue about DRM and THEY DON'T CARE.
That's why all these extra features are meningless, the number of people who use them is insignificant. There's a reason why Nokia et al produce phones which only have a subset of the features available - the average user only wants those features.
The iPod is designed to appeal to the majority of users, the 5% at the end of the curve who want OGG playing Linux devices that also make the coffee wirelessly whilst wardriving to work are not their problem.
Hohum
Troc.
Hmm, I can also see where I work (European Patent Office main tower is visible in the background)
Troc
Yeah I think my house is visible too. I live in one of the (now-converted) old University buildings in the town centre :)
Troc
Charge it up again?
troc
The Dutch have a much better idea. the Beer Bicycle beloved of students all over Holland. We get them in Delft quite frequently.
Troc
Must be a new film by George Lucas..........
troc.
I already have an iPod and I already use iTunes and I am perfectly happy with both. Plus, Apple is perceived to be "cool" (at the moment) whereas Microsoft is "uncool", so I can't see people switching. Especially whilst the iPod remains a must-have amongst the musicians and the music industry as a whole.
Were it a simple case of choosing one or the other then I could see Microsoft winning this one easily but as long as the iPod remains cool, Apple will remain the market leader here.
Troc
That's rather unfair, Mr. Mbuthu, who is a GOD-FEARING person, has asked me to look after $25,000,000 which his poor lamented grandfather's adopted goat left in an account when they were brutally slain in a TERRIBLE UPRISING. The poor guy has been through hell, apparently they won't even let him leave the country - I have wired him some cash but it was not enough for all teh bribes and things, not to mention the administration. He is sending a TRUSTED FRIEND to meet me tomorrow where I will give him my bank details.
Poor guy, life must be terrible in the Nigerian banking insustry.
Troc.
Erm, 'ello. I'm a bit fick aledgedlee from wot you is sayin' abowt cognitiv'bilitee. Maybe I'l full of myself but it taysts liek a cheze towsti. Yum. Innit.
:). When researching my masters I could look back and see what an immature person I had been as an undergrad and how my attitude towards people I felt were slower than me, or generally less intelligent (i.e. everyone) was a load of bullshit. I still harboured a secret knowledge that I was better than all the other people on the course.
.....
:) Grow up. It might take 20 years but the journey is worth it.
Where was I. Slashdot has far more "up themselves" teenaged geeky nerds than you will get anywhere outside a Maths and Star Trek convention. Those people will, as is natural at 16 (and on to 15 or so) believe they are the dogs bollocks and that they are better than everyone else.
However if you read the more mature, legible, sensible, well-thought-out, adult posts - which are probably from those of us who have "been there, done that" as it were, you'll realise that most of us (and I mean the human race in general) feel alienated, differently clever (ooh, so politically correct) or whatever at some point in our lives.
For example at school I felt "superior" to most people around me. As an undergrad I realised what a twat I have been at school and that some people might actually be almost as intelligent as me (obvioujsly not quite as intelligent as their exam results were better
Then it came to my PhD - I was 25, I had travelled the world, lived away from home since I was 18 and I was much more secure and mature. I could look back on even my masters and see how conceited I was at 22! I was surrounded by people of the same intelligence as me - but in differen ways - which is why we were studying different topics! I felt properly grown-up at last and was over all the stupid angst and self-righteous feelings as before.
Now I'm over 30 and I can look back and see that even at 25 I had a lot of growing left to do. I am sure that at 40 I will feel the same way
To summarise. get over it
Troc.
Troc
Please tell me you have videos! We need more swedish-death-metal-band-being-crushed-by-VTOL-air craft stories here on slashdot.
I'll settle for Roxette being crushed by a moderately loud cat if that's the best you can find.
Troc
PS I think I may have wandered offtopic.