they know that anyone will be able to dump their contracts with AT&T and Verizon will be there to offer ex AT&T iPhone customers with a competitive deal without having to make any concessions to Apple.
iPhone is GSM. Verizon is CDMA. I don't think Verizon is going to see much in the way of iPhone business anytime soon.
As far as Apple arrogance goes, I can actually almost picture Apple telling Verizon, "We'd love for you to be our exclusive iPhone partner in the U.S.! There are a few conditions. First, we require you to switch your network over to GSM..."
Blade Runner: Final Cut will arrive in 2007 for a limited 25th-anniversary theatrical run, followed by a special-edition DVD with the three previous versions offered as alternate viewing.
We'll see how "limited" that limited release is, but certainly if you're in a major city (or if you're dedicated enough to travel), you should have the chance to see it on a big screen again.
...I would buy Ford Focus over a civic. They are just as reliable and $10,000 cheaper and offer a great value.
...Mrh?
Not to get into too detailed an analysis, but popping onto both manufacturers' sites, I see:
2006 Honda Civic Sedan DX - MSRP $14,560
5 speed manual trans, 140 HP 1.8 liter engine
2006 Ford Focus Sedan S - MSRP $14,295 - $1,000 cashback for a total of $13,295
5 speed manual trans, 136 HP 2.0 liter engine
This is the entry level trim option in each case, roughly the same body type, engine type, etc. Civic has slightly better horsepower and mileage, Ford has slightly better torque. Ford costs less by $1260 after the cashback.
So yes, the Ford is cheaper, but by an order of magnitude less than you suggest. Wow. It really IS the Mac vs. PC debate!
Thanks for the analysis. I actually think this point:
2) Apple tried registering "Tiger" as a trademark (with intent-to-use) in July 2003, but was denied b/c of possible confusion. Apple won the Tiger trademark by agreeing to limit its use to computer operating software.
...is likely to play in Apple's favor. I don't see Apple's use of phrases like "Tiger World Premeiere" as exceding the scope of using Tiger to refer to the OS - it's the World Premiere of Tiger, yeah.
But who knows, the court may disagree with me, and, uh, IANAL.
My understanding is what motivated most the people in these ventures wasn't a guaranteed monopoly, but rather it's own value?
But without that guarantee, the value of those works is drastically reduced. It's not at all unlikely that that without this protection, the projected returns from any of these undertakings would not have been sufficient to get any of them off the ground in the first place.
Look, your argument is based off a false premise: that people won't create without copyright monopolies, bullshit - the entire renissance happend without copyrights.
And of course the very information age we're trying to protect here is what makes copyrights more significant now than during the Renaissance - there were no tools of mass reproduction at the time beyond the printing press. Thus the potential loss of value was, therefore, much less. How worried do you think da Vinci was that an army of forgers would devote themselves to repainting copies of the Mona Lisa? Getting paid for the original was more than enough
And as for the argument that GPL software shows that software will get written with or without copyrights... time to risk the Ire Of Slashdot:
How much really innovative software has been produced under some form of copyleft? That is to say, software filling or even creating a previously unoccupied niche? Linux is a UNIX-alike; Gimp is a Photoshop-alike; etc. The real innovation open source is usually credited with is the licensing model itself, and its strength is that of many eyes looking at a known problem. Since the stated purpose of copyright is to encourage innovation, I'd love to be able to come up with such an example, but I am personally at a loss. Anyone got any suggestions?
/Library/Receipts does not contain the updates - it contains, as the name suggests, receipts for the updates. These receipts contain the bill of materials (.bom) for the package and various other components of the update. They lack one crucial bit of the actual update package, however - they do not have the compressed archive of the new files! Essentially, it's all the package metadata stripped of its data.
The receipts folder is not really "where all the HD space is going". On my system it totals 32 MB for all the 10.1 updates, language packages, dev tools, etc. I'll tell you what's REALLY to blame - did you know there's a directory called "usr" on your disk that you can't even SEE? It's using up almost 240 MB on my disk! Of all the nerve....
Unfortunately, that's not the answer to this particular question. The custom connector in question is not an ADC port (the digital-power-USB display card output found on current Power Macs). The connector in this case is a super-mini VGA connector, a bit smaller than a USB port, which uses a little 4 inch-ish cable adaptor to plug into a standard VGA monitor.
The connector was introduced on the new iBooks, where the space saving is clearly a win. I haven't looked at the new iMac design in enough detail to venture an opinion as to whether the new connector is merited there or not, but it's NOT about locking you into apple hardware - anything but, actually, since Apple no longer sells any VGA displays.
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iPhone is GSM. Verizon is CDMA. I don't think Verizon is going to see much in the way of iPhone business anytime soon.
As far as Apple arrogance goes, I can actually almost picture Apple telling Verizon, "We'd love for you to be our exclusive iPhone partner in the U.S.! There are a few conditions. First, we require you to switch your network over to GSM..."
If the DVD is inadeqate for your needs, you may still be in luck. From Sci Fi's version of the story at http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category= 0&id=36328:
Blade Runner: Final Cut will arrive in 2007 for a limited 25th-anniversary theatrical run, followed by a special-edition DVD with the three previous versions offered as alternate viewing.
We'll see how "limited" that limited release is, but certainly if you're in a major city (or if you're dedicated enough to travel), you should have the chance to see it on a big screen again.
Not to get into too detailed an analysis, but popping onto both manufacturers' sites, I see:
2006 Honda Civic Sedan DX - MSRP $14,560
5 speed manual trans, 140 HP 1.8 liter engine
2006 Ford Focus Sedan S - MSRP $14,295 - $1,000 cashback for a total of $13,295
5 speed manual trans, 136 HP 2.0 liter engine
This is the entry level trim option in each case, roughly the same body type, engine type, etc. Civic has slightly better horsepower and mileage, Ford has slightly better torque. Ford costs less by $1260 after the cashback.
So yes, the Ford is cheaper, but by an order of magnitude less than you suggest. Wow. It really IS the Mac vs. PC debate!
Thanks for the analysis. I actually think this point:
...is likely to play in Apple's favor. I don't see Apple's use of phrases like "Tiger World Premeiere" as exceding the scope of using Tiger to refer to the OS - it's the World Premiere of Tiger, yeah.
2) Apple tried registering "Tiger" as a trademark (with intent-to-use) in July 2003, but was denied b/c of possible confusion. Apple won the Tiger trademark by agreeing to limit its use to computer operating software.
But who knows, the court may disagree with me, and, uh, IANAL.
According to the audio sample at Merriam-Webster, it's something like "HIY-genz" -- long i, hard g.
But without that guarantee, the value of those works is drastically reduced. It's not at all unlikely that that without this protection, the projected returns from any of these undertakings would not have been sufficient to get any of them off the ground in the first place.
Look, your argument is based off a false premise: that people won't create without copyright monopolies, bullshit - the entire renissance happend without copyrights.
And of course the very information age we're trying to protect here is what makes copyrights more significant now than during the Renaissance - there were no tools of mass reproduction at the time beyond the printing press. Thus the potential loss of value was, therefore, much less. How worried do you think da Vinci was that an army of forgers would devote themselves to repainting copies of the Mona Lisa? Getting paid for the original was more than enough
And as for the argument that GPL software shows that software will get written with or without copyrights... time to risk the Ire Of Slashdot:
How much really innovative software has been produced under some form of copyleft? That is to say, software filling or even creating a previously unoccupied niche? Linux is a UNIX-alike; Gimp is a Photoshop-alike; etc. The real innovation open source is usually credited with is the licensing model itself, and its strength is that of many eyes looking at a known problem. Since the stated purpose of copyright is to encourage innovation, I'd love to be able to come up with such an example, but I am personally at a loss. Anyone got any suggestions?
/Library/Receipts does not contain the updates - it contains, as the name suggests, receipts for the updates. These receipts contain the bill of materials (.bom) for the package and various other components of the update. They lack one crucial bit of the actual update package, however - they do not have the compressed archive of the new files! Essentially, it's all the package metadata stripped of its data.
The receipts folder is not really "where all the HD space is going". On my system it totals 32 MB for all the 10.1 updates, language packages, dev tools, etc. I'll tell you what's REALLY to blame - did you know there's a directory called "usr" on your disk that you can't even SEE? It's using up almost 240 MB on my disk! Of all the nerve....
Unfortunately, that's not the answer to this particular question. The custom connector in question is not an ADC port (the digital-power-USB display card output found on current Power Macs). The connector in this case is a super-mini VGA connector, a bit smaller than a USB port, which uses a little 4 inch-ish cable adaptor to plug into a standard VGA monitor.
The connector was introduced on the new iBooks, where the space saving is clearly a win. I haven't looked at the new iMac design in enough detail to venture an opinion as to whether the new connector is merited there or not, but it's NOT about locking you into apple hardware - anything but, actually, since Apple no longer sells any VGA displays.
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It's like my pool is haulin' ass around the yard! But it's standin' still!