No, I don't think that's it. I think FFX-2 was put out there to help calm the folks who didn't want to wait till FFXII but really didn't want to play FFXI Online. I really enjoyed the battle system in FFX-2, but was disappointed that so many of the backgrounds were recycled.
As for the sequels to VII: People have wanted one for a while. Then, added to that, was the response to the appearance of Cloud and Aeris in Kingdom Hearts. At that point, I think SE realized that they had to explore FFVII a bit more or risk alienating a ton of fans.
As for risk-taking: FFXI was a huge risk that has really paid off for them (the European service was just rolled out) and FFXII is supposedly going to feature quite a few changes that will continue to evolve the series.
I think SE are doing what any self-respecting company should do: find the popular product, continue to give the fans what they want, and continue evolving the product. If, at any point, SE releases an FF that just royally sucks (and I'm not talking mediocre, like some think of FFVIII and FFIX as being) then I'll be worried that they aren't pushing the envelope any longer...
No, the store already existed. Apple went to EMI just as they did with every other label... why is it so difficult for this very simple concept to make its way into the brains of slashdotters?
You really need to learn how to read what was written and not what you want to read.
Apple problably could have steered clear of any lawsuits if they didn't set up the store. Apple Corps had no interest in Apple's move with the iPod.
Thus, considering that Jobs is a MASSIVE Beatles fan, they go to EMI and Apple Corps and ask if they can put the Beatles can go on the iTMS.
EMI defers to Apple Corps and Apple Corps says no. They also remind Apple about the 1991 agreement concerning the use of the Apple trademark and music.
At this point, Jobs could can the iTMS and never let it see the light of day. Or he could invite a lawsuit from Apple Corps.
Hmmmm... Apple Computer is sued by the Beatles. Sounds like a good headline. The Beatles could end up looking like the bad guys if they attack poor, little Apple. Thus, Apple Corps will want to settle - they won't want this to drag through the courts.
And what will happen in the settlement? Very possibly what Jobs wanted: The Beatles on the iTMS. Exclusively. Paul McCartney on the board? Even better.
Sometimes things are not what they seem. It's all a little dance right now. I don't see any true rancor on either side, which means this is all set for a settlement.
So, yes, Apple went through with the iTMS, knowing Apple Corps would evoke the 1991 agreement, so they could see what they could get out of Apple Corps.
Speaking as a Beatles fan and an Apple fan, I really don't think a settlement like the one described in the article would be a bad thing.
Paul McCartney on Apple's board? One of the biggest names in music history from the last 40 years on Apple's side? Not a bad idea, not a bad idea at all. Beatles tracks as iTunes exclusives? Definitely not a bad idea.
It comes down to the fact that Apple did break the agreement. They may have done it purposefully once they knew they weren't getting the Beatles' tracks on the iTMS - to see what they could get Apple Corps to do.
Even if Paul, Ringo and the estates of John and George got some shares out of the settlement I really don't think this would be a bad thing and it may actually help Apple move into the Sony-type space that Jobs has been positioning it to go to for a while.
I was 12 when I got the game and made it through in three months or so (no, I wasn't allowed a lot of computer time and there were other games I was playing, too). I really didn't find it that hard. The toughest puzzle for me was getting the Babel Fish in Arthur's ear. After I finished that everything else was a breeze.
The Infocom game I never finished was Bureaucracy! Now that was tough...
Court? No... no court case is going to happen. The woman who caused it admitted very quickly to being at fault.
And, yes, my wife and I are just fine. Saturn makes some very sturdy cars. We were even able to drive away from the accident.:)
However, when you're trying to describe the acccident to the insurance agent and the body shop folks it really works out nicely when you can whip out pictures and say "Look at that." It helped the guys at the body shop figure out what damage may have occured where...
1) I'm writing this on my brand-new PowerBook 15, using a wireless MS keyboard and mouse. Why? because I like the lack of cables across my desktop, the suite was cheap after a rebate, and I feel the need for a two-button mouse. I use the right mouse button and the scroll wheel on a regular basis. No, I do not need additional buttons beyond the two. But, that's me personally.
2) I run a help desk with 40,000 folks to support. Very few know what the right mouse button is for. They know it's there. They know Apple mice are missing a button, but they don't know why that button might be important! I suspect the vast majority of people would be fine with one button since that's all they really know how to use...
When you and your wife are rear-ended in a four-car collision on the interstate because the driver of a Jaguar wasn't paying attention the camera becomes VERY useful at that point.
Before that happened, I agreed with you. Now that it happened, I think every phone should have a camera.
Right... because the "Luuke Skywalker" idea was visionary:
LUKE: "Who the hell is that?"
JORUUS: "He is... Luuke Skywalker! Your clone! We found your hand sitting in an airduct in Cloud City and made him."
LUKE: "Really."
JORUUS: "Quite ingenious, actually."
LUUKE: "Bizzaro!"
JORUUS: "Well... but maybe not that intelligent..."
LUUKE: "I'm helping!"
I hit that part and just shook my head. I'm not knocking the Thrawn trilogy as a whole, but the ending was rather weak.
Dark Empire, I think, lends itself to the idea of VII, VIII and IX. However, I think the best way to handle it is to abbreviate Thrawn trilogy and make it the source for one movie, "Dark Empire" another and then create a New Jedi Order-based movie for Episode IX. And, yes, I would kill Chewie if I were the director. Sometimes the good guys do die...
The timelines would have to be toyed with since Hammil, Ford and Fisher would all be over 50 at that point (Ford would be well into his 60s), which means that any kids (Jacen, Jaina, Anakin, Ben) would already have to be born and at least 8 or 9 on up...
Remember that it was mentioned a year ago that Peter Mayhew's (Chewbacca) contract also had the NDA in it. I'm sure everyone's has it in it - including people who would never come back (Jake Lloyd, Terrance Stamp, etc.).
This is legal CYA. That's it. Maybe he will do 7-9, maybe he won't. The NDA cannot be taken, however, as an indicator that he will.
Unbunch your panties, fanboys and Lucas-hatas alike, and go find something else worth discussing.
I realize that YMMV, but, uhhhh... your DirecTV setup is clearly not working correctly and you need to reset that unit or ask DirecTV what might be happening.
My wife and I absolutely adore our DirecTiVo. The dual tuners is a life saver, especially since I'm recording portions of the Olympics right now, which goes up against things like The Daily Show. On top of that, I have a keyword search running for all Godzilla movies. Sometimes is does pick up that a movie will be on a channel I don't get, but it doesn't record it if it finds that I do not receive the channel. And I have never had an issue with the TiVo Suggestions and the Thumbs Up/Down after about a week of actively rating things.
As I said, I think you need to reset the machine or, perhaps, ask for another. My wife and I, however, have gleefully kicked cable out of the house and couldn't be happier.
Bogging a site down due to page loads isn't illegal. If it were, we wouldn't be having this discussion because Slashdot wouldn't exist...
Now, if they try to crack into the servers and, for example, download the donor databases and start using those credit card numbers to purchase insanely large amounts of Kraft marshmallows to throw at Bush on the campaign trail, then that would be illegal (except for the part about purchasing marshmallows... if they used their own money, that is).
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It's not a new OS in any way, shape, or form. Go to the Run command on an XP SP2 box, type in "winver" and you'll see this is still Windows NT 5.1, just as all versions of Windows XP have been since they first came out. This is one of those many cases where size does not matter.
His argument (which, I agree, is lacking) wasn't stating that AP is better than Chicago because you are dealing with two different types of periodicals there.
Chicago, like MLA (Modern Lanaguage Association) and APA (American Psychological Association), would be used in academic journals whereas AP would be used in newspapers, etc.
1) Associated Press is a business. Reuters, for example, has its own style guide and it doesn not have to conform, in any way, to its competitor AP.
2) It has also been tradition, from periodical to periodical, to allow for institutional style. The comma choices are one example, as many periodicals choose to list things in an "A, B and C" format, whereas traditional periodicals still prefer the traditional "A,B, and C." And then there are more formal choices such as, for example, The New York Times would run an article that read "Mr Cycline3's view is publishers should use the AP standard" as opposed to most other papers, Time, etc. that would read "Cycline3's view..."
It always comes down to the publisher and his or her choices for the periodical's style. While most may follow AP's style guide, there is nothing dictating that it has to be followed by all who publish.
Not to defend Affleck, but: Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Good Will Hunting, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor and Shakespeare in Love are all examples of non-flops from Affleck. I'm not saying all of them are good, but none of those could be considered "flops." And, frankly, I think he can act - he just has a real hard time choosing good scripts.
The first thing I thought about Solaris on Power is: "Gee. How hard would it be to integrate Solaris apps into OS X Server or AIX?"
Not that difficult at all, I assume. I'm not a coder, so I'm not all that certain. But, if Solaris is running on the Power architecture, the PPC is only a few steps away.
Could Sun be doing this to make itself an attractive acquisition for IBM or Apple (if Apple is truly serious about expanding its place in the enterprise?)?
Why should Apple support your external burner for software that either comes free on the machine, is a free download, or comes in a $49 bundle? They should only have to support Apple-configured boxes for the iApps and the OS. Resources cost money, and Apple can't go out and make sure each and every CD burner is supported by iTunes when they make no money on the app itself, can they? Apple is in business to make money, as much as we (and I'm including myself as I listen to my 40GB iPod and type on my iBook 500) might want to think it is some quasi-utopian company with each individual user's interests at heart.
Now, if they bought Toast and Jam, made Toast an entry-level, $49 app and then made Jam the more "Pro" level at $99 or so, they could recoup the costs it would take to make sure that the external burners work...
Apple buying Toast and Jam makes a ton of sense, especially if they bring the employees with them and make sure that the Adaptec/Roxio-era support of non-Apple burners continues. Makes a lot of business sense from here.
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As for the sequels to VII: People have wanted one for a while. Then, added to that, was the response to the appearance of Cloud and Aeris in Kingdom Hearts. At that point, I think SE realized that they had to explore FFVII a bit more or risk alienating a ton of fans.
As for risk-taking: FFXI was a huge risk that has really paid off for them (the European service was just rolled out) and FFXII is supposedly going to feature quite a few changes that will continue to evolve the series.
I think SE are doing what any self-respecting company should do: find the popular product, continue to give the fans what they want, and continue evolving the product. If, at any point, SE releases an FF that just royally sucks (and I'm not talking mediocre, like some think of FFVIII and FFIX as being) then I'll be worried that they aren't pushing the envelope any longer...
So how in the world is this a "narrowing?"
You really need to learn how to read what was written and not what you want to read.
Apple problably could have steered clear of any lawsuits if they didn't set up the store. Apple Corps had no interest in Apple's move with the iPod.
Thus, considering that Jobs is a MASSIVE Beatles fan, they go to EMI and Apple Corps and ask if they can put the Beatles can go on the iTMS.
EMI defers to Apple Corps and Apple Corps says no. They also remind Apple about the 1991 agreement concerning the use of the Apple trademark and music.
At this point, Jobs could can the iTMS and never let it see the light of day. Or he could invite a lawsuit from Apple Corps.
Hmmmm... Apple Computer is sued by the Beatles. Sounds like a good headline. The Beatles could end up looking like the bad guys if they attack poor, little Apple. Thus, Apple Corps will want to settle - they won't want this to drag through the courts.
And what will happen in the settlement? Very possibly what Jobs wanted: The Beatles on the iTMS. Exclusively. Paul McCartney on the board? Even better.
Sometimes things are not what they seem. It's all a little dance right now. I don't see any true rancor on either side, which means this is all set for a settlement.
So, yes, Apple went through with the iTMS, knowing Apple Corps would evoke the 1991 agreement, so they could see what they could get out of Apple Corps.
But at play is the 1991 agreement itself, not the earlier issues.
Speaking as a Beatles fan and an Apple fan, I really don't think a settlement like the one described in the article would be a bad thing.
Paul McCartney on Apple's board? One of the biggest names in music history from the last 40 years on Apple's side? Not a bad idea, not a bad idea at all. Beatles tracks as iTunes exclusives? Definitely not a bad idea.
It comes down to the fact that Apple did break the agreement. They may have done it purposefully once they knew they weren't getting the Beatles' tracks on the iTMS - to see what they could get Apple Corps to do.
Even if Paul, Ringo and the estates of John and George got some shares out of the settlement I really don't think this would be a bad thing and it may actually help Apple move into the Sony-type space that Jobs has been positioning it to go to for a while.
I think he means the fact that the only real things in the movie are the actors.
The Infocom game I never finished was Bureaucracy! Now that was tough...
And, yes, my wife and I are just fine. Saturn makes some very sturdy cars. We were even able to drive away from the accident. :)
However, when you're trying to describe the acccident to the insurance agent and the body shop folks it really works out nicely when you can whip out pictures and say "Look at that." It helped the guys at the body shop figure out what damage may have occured where...
1) I'm writing this on my brand-new PowerBook 15, using a wireless MS keyboard and mouse. Why? because I like the lack of cables across my desktop, the suite was cheap after a rebate, and I feel the need for a two-button mouse. I use the right mouse button and the scroll wheel on a regular basis. No, I do not need additional buttons beyond the two. But, that's me personally.
2) I run a help desk with 40,000 folks to support. Very few know what the right mouse button is for. They know it's there. They know Apple mice are missing a button, but they don't know why that button might be important! I suspect the vast majority of people would be fine with one button since that's all they really know how to use...
When you and your wife are rear-ended in a four-car collision on the interstate because the driver of a Jaguar wasn't paying attention the camera becomes VERY useful at that point.
Before that happened, I agreed with you. Now that it happened, I think every phone should have a camera.
LUKE: "Who the hell is that?"
JORUUS: "He is... Luuke Skywalker! Your clone! We found your hand sitting in an airduct in Cloud City and made him."
LUKE: "Really."
JORUUS: "Quite ingenious, actually."
LUUKE: "Bizzaro!"
JORUUS: "Well... but maybe not that intelligent..."
LUUKE: "I'm helping!"
I hit that part and just shook my head. I'm not knocking the Thrawn trilogy as a whole, but the ending was rather weak.
Dark Empire, I think, lends itself to the idea of VII, VIII and IX. However, I think the best way to handle it is to abbreviate Thrawn trilogy and make it the source for one movie, "Dark Empire" another and then create a New Jedi Order-based movie for Episode IX. And, yes, I would kill Chewie if I were the director. Sometimes the good guys do die...
The timelines would have to be toyed with since Hammil, Ford and Fisher would all be over 50 at that point (Ford would be well into his 60s), which means that any kids (Jacen, Jaina, Anakin, Ben) would already have to be born and at least 8 or 9 on up...
But it could be done. And done well.
This is legal CYA. That's it. Maybe he will do 7-9, maybe he won't. The NDA cannot be taken, however, as an indicator that he will.
Unbunch your panties, fanboys and Lucas-hatas alike, and go find something else worth discussing.
You can tell Keanu has gotten older, because in The Matrix the line is only "Whoa."
Wouldn't common sense dictate you want them to plug into the system and remove the battery?
Yeah... it is harsh for you to expose us to the memory of Windows ME! How dare you?
My wife and I absolutely adore our DirecTiVo. The dual tuners is a life saver, especially since I'm recording portions of the Olympics right now, which goes up against things like The Daily Show. On top of that, I have a keyword search running for all Godzilla movies. Sometimes is does pick up that a movie will be on a channel I don't get, but it doesn't record it if it finds that I do not receive the channel. And I have never had an issue with the TiVo Suggestions and the Thumbs Up/Down after about a week of actively rating things.
As I said, I think you need to reset the machine or, perhaps, ask for another. My wife and I, however, have gleefully kicked cable out of the house and couldn't be happier.
Reloading a page isn't illegal.
Bogging a site down due to page loads isn't illegal. If it were, we wouldn't be having this discussion because Slashdot wouldn't exist...
Now, if they try to crack into the servers and, for example, download the donor databases and start using those credit card numbers to purchase insanely large amounts of Kraft marshmallows to throw at Bush on the campaign trail, then that would be illegal (except for the part about purchasing marshmallows... if they used their own money, that is).
It's not a new OS in any way, shape, or form. Go to the Run command on an XP SP2 box, type in "winver" and you'll see this is still Windows NT 5.1, just as all versions of Windows XP have been since they first came out. This is one of those many cases where size does not matter.
Chicago, like MLA (Modern Lanaguage Association) and APA (American Psychological Association), would be used in academic journals whereas AP would be used in newspapers, etc.
1) Associated Press is a business. Reuters, for example, has its own style guide and it doesn not have to conform, in any way, to its competitor AP.
2) It has also been tradition, from periodical to periodical, to allow for institutional style. The comma choices are one example, as many periodicals choose to list things in an "A, B and C" format, whereas traditional periodicals still prefer the traditional "A,B, and C." And then there are more formal choices such as, for example, The New York Times would run an article that read "Mr Cycline3's view is publishers should use the AP standard" as opposed to most other papers, Time, etc. that would read "Cycline3's view..."
It always comes down to the publisher and his or her choices for the periodical's style. While most may follow AP's style guide, there is nothing dictating that it has to be followed by all who publish.
Amen, brother. Amen.
Not to defend Affleck, but: Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Good Will Hunting, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor and Shakespeare in Love are all examples of non-flops from Affleck. I'm not saying all of them are good, but none of those could be considered "flops." And, frankly, I think he can act - he just has a real hard time choosing good scripts.
Not that difficult at all, I assume. I'm not a coder, so I'm not all that certain. But, if Solaris is running on the Power architecture, the PPC is only a few steps away.
Could Sun be doing this to make itself an attractive acquisition for IBM or Apple (if Apple is truly serious about expanding its place in the enterprise?)?
Now, if they bought Toast and Jam, made Toast an entry-level, $49 app and then made Jam the more "Pro" level at $99 or so, they could recoup the costs it would take to make sure that the external burners work...
Apple buying Toast and Jam makes a ton of sense, especially if they bring the employees with them and make sure that the Adaptec/Roxio-era support of non-Apple burners continues. Makes a lot of business sense from here.