I'll tell you why these are not even close to what may come out of Apple.
I think it will be a video game machine. That is an area that entertainment is heading at a dizzying pace and something Apple has no footing in whatsoever.
The trick is how it will interface with a Mac. Who knows, maybe it will be the media center doomahickey everyone wants but I think a video game machine would be an excellent parallel to when Apple entered the MP3 player market.
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they are good designers and might be a worthwhile acquisition for Apple.
Apple designs everything in house with a team led by Jonathan Ive. All their products look more like a PSP than anything Apple is doing now or has ever done.
But Steve Jobs is a success today mainly because he made Apple build and sell what people want to buy.
How did people know they wanted to buy products that didn't exist and were a radical departure from what was not only the current norm but historically hadn't existed?
You're saying Steve Jobs is a success because he knows what people want to buy. Like you're regurgitating a simple fact and that EVERYONE knows what people want to buy. I call malarky. He is now and has always been a visionary, that's beyond pure talent. Jonathan Ives is talented and has been talented but you never heard of him before he was part of Steve Jobs' vision.
Steve Jobs isn't alone, he's not supremely unique, Bill Gates had a vision of a computer on every desktop and it happened. He just had a crap way of implementing the vision.
These people aren't pulling some sleight of hand, they're not doing what everyone else is doing. Steve Jobs is the Coco Chanel of the computer industry. He has changed everything and now people want it so bad they can't stand it.
A friend of mine likened Macworld New York to Christmas for Mac users. Being Jewish I finally understood what Christmas is like.
Generally speaking, all of this boils down to one simple summary: Steve Jobs does whatever he wants, whenever he wants, and when he does, he makes you want it too, regardless of the reality of the situation.
For years I thought all UNIX systems had cool graphical UIs like that, and then I tried a real one and was disappointed by these crazy things called "characters".
In the late 90s IRIX did have a graphical menu that was similar to that. It used IrisGL for it.
if I were Microsoft, I'd pull out of the EU market. It's insane how far the EU is going in this.
Maybe that is what the EU is trying to do. I'm sure they will feel really bad that an American company is no longer selling their products in the EU countries. The EU is becoming as xenophobic as China.
Can anyone explain to me this hype of meta-data searching. I for one do not understand the benefits of it one bit.
It depends on how it is implemented. Be OS used to save indexes of searches so that it was almost instantaneous to perform successive searches based on the same criteria. That's great for searching but that's not all that interesting and it still means you have to actually do the searching.
Take for instance Apple's Spotlight. It contains a feature called Smart Folders (which I personally cannot wait for, it's driving me batty). Maybe you want access to all your image files in one folder. Without having to keep track of all image files on your disk, and without having to duplicate them, you can do it. Maybe you want to have a folder of all your CSS files relating to a specific site without having to traverse file folders.
This, to me, is the most compelling reason at the moment to use this technology.
OS X's built-in PDF maker sucks. It doesn't do any optimization at all, so anything with graphics turns out huge.
It sucks because it puts out the best quality? So I should pay $450 just to get a slightly smaller file size? Talk about not a free solution. Yes, it would be nice if Apple gave the option of optimising graphics when you print to PDF but I'd rather have slightly large files and still keep my $450 (per Adobe's website).
Preview doesn't let you edit edit-able PDFs, does it?
That's a huge nuisance on Mac OS X. Every application lets one save as a PDF (through Print to PDF) but there is no application that is part of the OS that lets one actually edit a PDF. I'm really shocked you can't do it with TextEdit.
sosumi the system sound was included in system 7, several years before the 7100 was ever created (that shipped with 7.5)
The 7100 originally shipped with System 7.1.2 the first version of Mac OS that supported PowerPC. However, Sosumi did premier in System 7 which predates the introduction of the first PowerMacs by a couple years.
Mac OS History or EveryMac will tell you this. If you have any doubts, a 7100 runs around $50 nowadays and 7.1.2 is free from Apple on their FTP server.
The only way for Apple to actually fix this hole is to handle DRM encryption server side, unless you consider the problem is unresolved due to the fact that DRM is a fundamentally flawed concept.
Yes, that's the only way to fix it. It will be a cat and mouse game ad nauseam. However, that would require users to send Apple specific information about their computer. If Windows XP users wouldn't put up with it, I doubt iTunes users will.
I am taking this as a challenge by DVD Jon for content providers to supply a version of their software for Linux. Coincidentally, this would also mean Apple would have to port QuickTime to Linux.
I thought Mr. Wizard was far more popular. Most likely especially with the crowd here.
I grew up with Mr. Wizard in the 80's and every time I hear something about favourite science guy I automatically think of Mr. Wizard. Bill Nye always sounds like he's trying to use pseudo babytalk. Plus I just can't respect anyone *cough* Beakman *cough* that tries to get attention by being goofy. Like the only way kids will be interested in science is if it's filled with fart jokes and slapstick.
What is it that Stewey says? Something about the babytalk demeaning us both.
OMFG - is that a Garfield doll ?! What kind of mindless idiots do they have working there?
I am reminded of a Margaret Cho anecdote where she is talking about weighing the pros and cons of getting out of the bed to pee, or just peeing in the bed. "It'll be warm...for a minute."
That's the kind of humour Garfield is like. It's like pissing on yourself; it might be warm for a minute but then it gets cold and you've got piss on you.
Nothing's worse than hearing a line like this and knowing that it's only a relatively few years down the line before the wrong type of management takes over, and the public ends up with just another Disney that churns out the same type of rehashed stories to make a quick buck
Uh, except that Disney, from the beginning, has almost never done anything original. I fail to see any resemblance to any past story with anything Pixar has done outside of the vague reference to the Aesop fable of the ant and the grasshopper in A Bug's Life.
Computer animated movies go through a MUCH different process than live action or traditional animation. You should listen to the director commentaries. Computer animated films (by any house, not just Pixar) are always a fluid story that doesn't completely solidify until late in the process.
Fraud is much easier this way for sure and the system of using it like an ID should be changed.
It has been changed, no company can require that you give them your social security number since about 1999, I don't remember the exact year but I remember when they enacted it. It is for security purposes and also because the number belongs to the government (just as a tax ID) and not the individual. SSN FAQ
I run a medium-sized store. The credit card signing IS useless. Why? What do we do with the credit card signatures? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. They get put in a big box, and every so often, they get thrown away. Visa/Mastercard/Amex/Discover makes no requirements on us to do anything with the signatures. The only reason that we could possibly need a signed receipt is if a transaction is fraudulent, and somebody needs proof that they did NOT sign the receipt. And honestly, that's just a guess. Maybe it's buried somewhere in the 100 pages of fine print, but I've never seen it.
Do a more thorough job of reading. The agreement you make when you choose to accept Visa, Mastercard, etc is that if a purchase is disputed, you must supply the signature slip. If you don't, Visa and Mastercard put a chargeback on the vendor's account. THAT'S why you are supposed to keep them, for whatever retention period your authorisation company requires.
I've had to dig through piles of old signature slips several times to fax a copy to Visa/MC.
The purpose of the signature is not for security, it is for agreement of the terms of the card purchase. If you own your own business like you "claim" to do, you should have a better understanding of the agreements you enter with credit card companies.
On every card I've ever seen, it clearly states "Not valid unless signed."
When I used to work for Gap, they were very strict about having employees check credit card signatures, it seems that Gap has historically had a very low occurrence of credit card fraud and they believe that's why. They also inform employees of what the rules are for each credit card.
Visa and Mastercard are transferrable, meaning any authorised user can use it. A call to Visa or Mastercard is required to check for an authorised user. I had to do this a LOT. American Express is not transferrable. A user has to have their name imprinted on the card. American Express is EXTREMELY strict about the back of the card being signed. I have stood next to people on the phone where AMEX has told them that their card is not valid unless signed and that the salesperson is absolutely right in denying purchases. The reason why they do this is that AMEX goes a long way further in guaranteeing a shop will get their money if fraud occurs. AMEX only requires that the back of the card is signed and that the signature is signed the same way. If you sign the card "Kathleen" you cannot sign the credit slip "Kathy". I've had to stand next to frustrated people after I already told them sign the slip the way it is on the back of your card when I put them on with AMEX and they tell the frustrated person that I am right and offer to send the terms and agreements pamphlet again since they don't remember them.
The biggest problem in credit card theft is not the security, it's that people do not read their terms and agreements. If you call within 24 hours, Visa only makes you responsible for up to 20% of purchases made within that time frame. The problem is most people think they will find their card and wait too long. It takes maybe 3 days to get a new card, I know, I've lost mine more than once and once it was used. AMEX users who lose their cards pay nothing.
According to the article, religious people had little affect. Imax cancelled these films, an editor theorizes it could be because religious people might get upset at these film
Uh, dude, I am assuming you RTFA because you are pretending like you did. However, in the article I read it said specifically:
Carol Murray, director of marketing for the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, said the museum decided not to offer the movie after showing it to a sample audience, a practice often followed by managers of Imax theaters. Ms. Murray said 137 people participated in the survey, and while some thought it was well done, "some people said it was blasphemous."
At the end of the day, when the payments stop, I want to have something to show for my money, er, lack of bank account.
This is one of the most compelling reasons behind buying a home over renting. I was telling a friend that I prefer to rent because it is cheaper and I don't need the extra space. My friend told me that for just a little more a month you could be spending that money on a house payment.
When you rent, you get a place to live but that money is gone. When you buy (or mortgage) you get a place to live and all that money is still yours in equity.
When all is said and done, my iTunes will always be mine. They have no expiration date.
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The trick is how it will interface with a Mac. Who knows, maybe it will be the media center doomahickey everyone wants but I think a video game machine would be an excellent parallel to when Apple entered the MP3 player market.
Apple designs everything in house with a team led by Jonathan Ive. All their products look more like a PSP than anything Apple is doing now or has ever done.
How did people know they wanted to buy products that didn't exist and were a radical departure from what was not only the current norm but historically hadn't existed?
You're saying Steve Jobs is a success because he knows what people want to buy. Like you're regurgitating a simple fact and that EVERYONE knows what people want to buy. I call malarky. He is now and has always been a visionary, that's beyond pure talent. Jonathan Ives is talented and has been talented but you never heard of him before he was part of Steve Jobs' vision.
Steve Jobs isn't alone, he's not supremely unique, Bill Gates had a vision of a computer on every desktop and it happened. He just had a crap way of implementing the vision.
These people aren't pulling some sleight of hand, they're not doing what everyone else is doing. Steve Jobs is the Coco Chanel of the computer industry. He has changed everything and now people want it so bad they can't stand it.
A friend of mine likened Macworld New York to Christmas for Mac users. Being Jewish I finally understood what Christmas is like.
That's hot.
In the late 90s IRIX did have a graphical menu that was similar to that. It used IrisGL for it.
6 days and on the 7th she'd had just about enough of all that nonsense.
Maybe that is what the EU is trying to do. I'm sure they will feel really bad that an American company is no longer selling their products in the EU countries. The EU is becoming as xenophobic as China.
Uh sure. All this explains is why plants don't get cancer.
It depends on how it is implemented. Be OS used to save indexes of searches so that it was almost instantaneous to perform successive searches based on the same criteria. That's great for searching but that's not all that interesting and it still means you have to actually do the searching.
Take for instance Apple's Spotlight. It contains a feature called Smart Folders (which I personally cannot wait for, it's driving me batty). Maybe you want access to all your image files in one folder. Without having to keep track of all image files on your disk, and without having to duplicate them, you can do it. Maybe you want to have a folder of all your CSS files relating to a specific site without having to traverse file folders.
This, to me, is the most compelling reason at the moment to use this technology.
It sucks because it puts out the best quality? So I should pay $450 just to get a slightly smaller file size? Talk about not a free solution. Yes, it would be nice if Apple gave the option of optimising graphics when you print to PDF but I'd rather have slightly large files and still keep my $450 (per Adobe's website).
That's a huge nuisance on Mac OS X. Every application lets one save as a PDF (through Print to PDF) but there is no application that is part of the OS that lets one actually edit a PDF. I'm really shocked you can't do it with TextEdit.
The 7100 originally shipped with System 7.1.2 the first version of Mac OS that supported PowerPC. However, Sosumi did premier in System 7 which predates the introduction of the first PowerMacs by a couple years.
Mac OS History or EveryMac will tell you this. If you have any doubts, a 7100 runs around $50 nowadays and 7.1.2 is free from Apple on their FTP server.
Yes, that's the only way to fix it. It will be a cat and mouse game ad nauseam. However, that would require users to send Apple specific information about their computer. If Windows XP users wouldn't put up with it, I doubt iTunes users will.
I am taking this as a challenge by DVD Jon for content providers to supply a version of their software for Linux. Coincidentally, this would also mean Apple would have to port QuickTime to Linux.
Just a thought.
I grew up with Mr. Wizard in the 80's and every time I hear something about favourite science guy I automatically think of Mr. Wizard. Bill Nye always sounds like he's trying to use pseudo babytalk. Plus I just can't respect anyone *cough* Beakman *cough* that tries to get attention by being goofy. Like the only way kids will be interested in science is if it's filled with fart jokes and slapstick.
What is it that Stewey says? Something about the babytalk demeaning us both.
I am reminded of a Margaret Cho anecdote where she is talking about weighing the pros and cons of getting out of the bed to pee, or just peeing in the bed. "It'll be warm...for a minute."
That's the kind of humour Garfield is like. It's like pissing on yourself; it might be warm for a minute but then it gets cold and you've got piss on you.
Uh, except that Disney, from the beginning, has almost never done anything original. I fail to see any resemblance to any past story with anything Pixar has done outside of the vague reference to the Aesop fable of the ant and the grasshopper in A Bug's Life.
Computer animated movies go through a MUCH different process than live action or traditional animation. You should listen to the director commentaries. Computer animated films (by any house, not just Pixar) are always a fluid story that doesn't completely solidify until late in the process.
We once had a bachelor party for Bill Brasky. He ate the entire cake, before we could tell him there was a stripper in it.
The main problem as I see it is that the places you would want your personal stuff most (work, kiosks, Kinkos) you cannot access a thumb drive. :-(
It has been changed, no company can require that you give them your social security number since about 1999, I don't remember the exact year but I remember when they enacted it. It is for security purposes and also because the number belongs to the government (just as a tax ID) and not the individual. SSN FAQ
Do a more thorough job of reading. The agreement you make when you choose to accept Visa, Mastercard, etc is that if a purchase is disputed, you must supply the signature slip. If you don't, Visa and Mastercard put a chargeback on the vendor's account. THAT'S why you are supposed to keep them, for whatever retention period your authorisation company requires.
I've had to dig through piles of old signature slips several times to fax a copy to Visa/MC.
The purpose of the signature is not for security, it is for agreement of the terms of the card purchase. If you own your own business like you "claim" to do, you should have a better understanding of the agreements you enter with credit card companies.
When I used to work for Gap, they were very strict about having employees check credit card signatures, it seems that Gap has historically had a very low occurrence of credit card fraud and they believe that's why. They also inform employees of what the rules are for each credit card.
Visa and Mastercard are transferrable, meaning any authorised user can use it. A call to Visa or Mastercard is required to check for an authorised user. I had to do this a LOT. American Express is not transferrable. A user has to have their name imprinted on the card. American Express is EXTREMELY strict about the back of the card being signed. I have stood next to people on the phone where AMEX has told them that their card is not valid unless signed and that the salesperson is absolutely right in denying purchases. The reason why they do this is that AMEX goes a long way further in guaranteeing a shop will get their money if fraud occurs. AMEX only requires that the back of the card is signed and that the signature is signed the same way. If you sign the card "Kathleen" you cannot sign the credit slip "Kathy". I've had to stand next to frustrated people after I already told them sign the slip the way it is on the back of your card when I put them on with AMEX and they tell the frustrated person that I am right and offer to send the terms and agreements pamphlet again since they don't remember them.
The biggest problem in credit card theft is not the security, it's that people do not read their terms and agreements. If you call within 24 hours, Visa only makes you responsible for up to 20% of purchases made within that time frame. The problem is most people think they will find their card and wait too long. It takes maybe 3 days to get a new card, I know, I've lost mine more than once and once it was used. AMEX users who lose their cards pay nothing.
Uh, dude, I am assuming you RTFA because you are pretending like you did. However, in the article I read it said specifically:
This is one of the most compelling reasons behind buying a home over renting. I was telling a friend that I prefer to rent because it is cheaper and I don't need the extra space. My friend told me that for just a little more a month you could be spending that money on a house payment.
When you rent, you get a place to live but that money is gone. When you buy (or mortgage) you get a place to live and all that money is still yours in equity.
When all is said and done, my iTunes will always be mine. They have no expiration date.
I don't.