If rulings like this stand, I think the next rung of lawsuits against search engines happens when Geico isn't the first search hit for "Geico" or if "State Farm" shows up second on the search results page.
Yeah, you read TFA alright, as well as the other Slashdot stories that have already covered Google Ad Words.
IT'S NOT THE SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS!!!
When you search for an item, Ad Words on the page can be bought relating to the input. What Louis Vuitton is saying is that it is not Google's right to sell the Ad Words to the Louis Vuitton trademark, which is correct. Google does not own the trademark Louis Vuitton and therefore cannot legally sell the rights to it, which is what they were doing.
Mac or Linux are our fleeting attempts to break the yolk of oppression, but, in the end, will be futile. As long as business has no guts to change and the users are clueless as what to do, we will be Windoz users.
People used to buy a PC for home because that's what they had at work. Great! I can do work from home and not have to go to work so much, only people found out that they started having more work to do because the boss realised they could do work at home and not have to pay them for it.
What people use at work is disintegrating. Most actual applications at work now are custom made and cannot be taken home. Word and Excel are the only exceptions and I would say that very few people actually would know the real difference between MS Office and and OO.o if you told them it was just a different version of Office.
People want their computers at home for web, pictures, movies, music. Areas where Microsoft has never had any strengths. Their only strength is they make things difficult for anyone but administrators and that's what corporations want. Corporations do not want an easy to use computer in front of their employees because they will use it and not do "work".
There's a reason why Apple is selling more Macs and there are more customised Linux distributions than ever. If you read the hard numbers (meaning actual unit sales) the PC market has stagnated, so it's not because people are buying more computers.
It sounds just as absurd as Joe Six Pack buying ANY computer off the shelf and being able to load Mircosoft Office and the iLife Suite on that same off the shelf computer with no compatibility issues whatsover.
There is a plenty of Mac forums all crowded with users having problems!!
This is what I refer to as "the closet phenomenon". If you put two people in a warehouse, it's empty. If you put two people in a closet, it's crowded.
The fact that there needs to be fewer Mac support forums (I only know of one ACTUAL Mac support forum, which is Apple's, please tell me about others, I like to help) doesn't count for much, I guess.
BTW, your English skills (along with the fact that your post is littered with American English slang) make me wonder how desperately you need Polski localisation (it's under International in System Preferences, you know, the icon with the UN flag where you can choose from 84 localisations).
my 8 year old sister uses synaptic to browse & install the games category, and generally likes ubuntu more than windows
She also likes Bratz and Hi Hi Puffi Ami Yumi. Tastes differ.
Your sister hasn't had 10-15 years of Windows computing experience behind her which doesn't make learning Linux any different than learning Windows or learning Greek for that matter. For most computer users if it's different it needs to be recognisable. I don't think any of the Linux desktop environments have reached that point.
At first he was a bit bored because he had to learn some new things (for example the "Applications" menu is on the top left, and not on the bottom), but he got the changes quickly and adapted to the new OS in a few days.
Is "bored" Australian slang for "mad beyond all reason"? Most Windows end users will shit their pants if you move an icon on the desktop or change the wallpaper, let alone move the "Start" menu (you know he kept calling it the Start menu no matter what it's named in Linux).
"Ever since the wallpaper was changed the internet is slow, I think you need to change the wallpaper back to make the internet run faster."
when launching iTunes on this unsecured network (from within the MS campus) you can see dozens, if not hundreds of shared iTunes libraries--all being shared by Rendezvous.
Microserfs have stated quite a few times that the Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) is one of their most profitable divisions. They do little to no advertising for Microsoft Office on Macintosh and most of the innovations for the Windows version of Office are created by the MacBU, being implemented in the Mac version of Office first. Does the Windows version of Word have Notebook view yet?
I'm not at all suprised that you would find a horde of iTunes shared libraries when they have a pretty healthy team working on a profitable product.
It would probably be really buggy coming from them though. I hate to say it, but I'm looking to Sun for the first 3D desktop
Technically I believe Apple has had the first 3D desktop environment since 10.2 Jaguar. In 10.4 Tiger you will be able to flip windows over and either put comments on the back for files or set preferences for applications.
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I never really saw what advantage ADB had over the PS/2 mouse/keyboard interface
ADB devices can daisy-chain up to 20 devices, though usually after 6 power can become an issue. ADB actually provides a usable amount of power, like USB does only not as much. It's usable for input devices other than keyboards and mice (such as graphic tablets) because it communicates faster than PS/2.
As a cube owner, I've described what the cracks actually were
I have the hairline scratches (or whatever they are) and I also have real cracks around the pins that hold the metal to the plastic on the top by the air vent. They're small but noticeable. I didn't and still don't care. It has nothing to do with the performance or the overall aesthetic.
As a Cube owner (the day they were announced they were available at CompUSA) I wanted to clarify it was a real issue, one that Apple would rectfy for free if you sent them the case. I seriously doubt HP or Dell would replace a PC case because there was a cosmetic flaw.
I tried an extension to reverse the function key "fn" requirement, but it resets whenever you (gasp) unsleep your portable.
I don't know what version of Mac OS you're using, but on my iBook using Panther in the keyboard preference pane there's an option to use the FKeys as Function keys and you use the Fn key to use the hardware key features.
Sidetrack never worked right for me and it also replaces Apple's driver with a buggy one. I LOVE uControl. When you hold down the Fn key you can scroll with the trackpad. Much more elegant and predictable solution.
You clearly don't understand the difference between Brand and Product. Everything you named is a product, not a brand. If Apple came out with an Apple Brand TV would that have more brand power than a Cheerios Brand TV? Or an Apple Brand houseware item like a whisk, would you buy a Tide Whisk over an Apple Whisk? It's gettting to the point where people will buy anything Apple sells (increase in CPU sales is proving it).
THAT'S branding.
McDonald's is a Brand, Big Mac is a product. Coca-Cola is a brand and a product.
Were they blindsided by 9/11? Last I checked you can't start a war for what you think is going to happen, it actually has to happen for that. Condeleeza Rice testified that they had prior knowledge to 9/11 that an attack was being mounted. Plus, how was the Bush administration going to confuse people into thinking Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein are the same person if we don't let them kill a paltry 3000 people?
Region encoding sucks. Downloaded shows don't suffer from stupid region encoding. I see syndicated shows that also have DVD box sets, so where's the issue there? The DVDs still sell.
What a lot of people don't know is that when a show goes into syndication, it's only a subset of the episodes, usually the ones with lower ratings. This way they can show a rerun of the higher-rated episodes and still get people to tune-in and not think, I saw this on the local channel 50 times already. When was the last time you saw the pilot or the finale of a show in rerun?
I think if a child commits some kind of crime that requires a trial that there needs to be some consequence for the parents. I can't understand squirting out some kids and then letting them run rampant and not having any responsibility for a minor's actions. The excuses for bad parenting need to stop or they need to stop being bad parents.
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A more realistic idea would be Apple moving away from Darwin and moving to Linux. Not that it would happen, but it's more realistic. Apple has not done a ton of development on the BSD layer of Mac OS X, they have optimised a bit for PPC, that's about all. Since they already open source Darwin, it wouldn't be a conflict of interest.
FairPlay limits filesharing, it doesn't prevent it. Computers just have to be on a local network and they can listen to all your music whenever you want. I forget how many as Apple has INCREASED the number of people you can share with since they came out with FairPlay.
You can also burn any iTunes track to CD. Only limit is you can only burn 5 copies of a playlist before you have to change the songs in the playlist. Which means if you or your friend spring for the cost of a CD, you can share any song you like, as many times as you like, with whomever you like, just like other physical media.
I think that's a super middle-ground. Steve Jobs has discussed MANY times that DRM will be cracked, but FairPlay is pretty good. Apple puts a sticker on all their iPods that says, "Please don't steal music." Please point me to a better approach to DRM or filesharing scheme. Yes, DRM sucks, but it's not going anywhere if you want to use downloaded RIAA music.
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Yeah, you read TFA alright, as well as the other Slashdot stories that have already covered Google Ad Words.
IT'S NOT THE SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS!!!
When you search for an item, Ad Words on the page can be bought relating to the input. What Louis Vuitton is saying is that it is not Google's right to sell the Ad Words to the Louis Vuitton trademark, which is correct. Google does not own the trademark Louis Vuitton and therefore cannot legally sell the rights to it, which is what they were doing.
They gave it a network connection.
People used to buy a PC for home because that's what they had at work. Great! I can do work from home and not have to go to work so much, only people found out that they started having more work to do because the boss realised they could do work at home and not have to pay them for it.
What people use at work is disintegrating. Most actual applications at work now are custom made and cannot be taken home. Word and Excel are the only exceptions and I would say that very few people actually would know the real difference between MS Office and and OO.o if you told them it was just a different version of Office.
People want their computers at home for web, pictures, movies, music. Areas where Microsoft has never had any strengths. Their only strength is they make things difficult for anyone but administrators and that's what corporations want. Corporations do not want an easy to use computer in front of their employees because they will use it and not do "work".
There's a reason why Apple is selling more Macs and there are more customised Linux distributions than ever. If you read the hard numbers (meaning actual unit sales) the PC market has stagnated, so it's not because people are buying more computers.
Will people really want to hold passive entertainment for 2+ hours?
You just have to go to the right store for that.
This is what I refer to as "the closet phenomenon". If you put two people in a warehouse, it's empty. If you put two people in a closet, it's crowded.
The fact that there needs to be fewer Mac support forums (I only know of one ACTUAL Mac support forum, which is Apple's, please tell me about others, I like to help) doesn't count for much, I guess.
BTW, your English skills (along with the fact that your post is littered with American English slang) make me wonder how desperately you need Polski localisation (it's under International in System Preferences, you know, the icon with the UN flag where you can choose from 84 localisations).
She also likes Bratz and Hi Hi Puffi Ami Yumi. Tastes differ.
Your sister hasn't had 10-15 years of Windows computing experience behind her which doesn't make learning Linux any different than learning Windows or learning Greek for that matter. For most computer users if it's different it needs to be recognisable. I don't think any of the Linux desktop environments have reached that point.
Is "bored" Australian slang for "mad beyond all reason"? Most Windows end users will shit their pants if you move an icon on the desktop or change the wallpaper, let alone move the "Start" menu (you know he kept calling it the Start menu no matter what it's named in Linux).
"Ever since the wallpaper was changed the internet is slow, I think you need to change the wallpaper back to make the internet run faster."
You need to be on Nicholas Ciarelli's (AKA Nick dePlume) legal defense!
Microserfs have stated quite a few times that the Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) is one of their most profitable divisions. They do little to no advertising for Microsoft Office on Macintosh and most of the innovations for the Windows version of Office are created by the MacBU, being implemented in the Mac version of Office first. Does the Windows version of Word have Notebook view yet?
I'm not at all suprised that you would find a horde of iTunes shared libraries when they have a pretty healthy team working on a profitable product.
Technically I believe Apple has had the first 3D desktop environment since 10.2 Jaguar. In 10.4 Tiger you will be able to flip windows over and either put comments on the back for files or set preferences for applications.
ADB devices can daisy-chain up to 20 devices, though usually after 6 power can become an issue. ADB actually provides a usable amount of power, like USB does only not as much. It's usable for input devices other than keyboards and mice (such as graphic tablets) because it communicates faster than PS/2.
This page has more information on ADB and its capabilities.
I have the hairline scratches (or whatever they are) and I also have real cracks around the pins that hold the metal to the plastic on the top by the air vent. They're small but noticeable. I didn't and still don't care. It has nothing to do with the performance or the overall aesthetic.
As a Cube owner (the day they were announced they were available at CompUSA) I wanted to clarify it was a real issue, one that Apple would rectfy for free if you sent them the case. I seriously doubt HP or Dell would replace a PC case because there was a cosmetic flaw.
Their names are Avie Tevanian and Jonathan Ive.
The Cube is what brought forth the iMac Flat Panel "lamp" and the Mac mini. It was more of an experiment that went awry than a flop.
I don't know what version of Mac OS you're using, but on my iBook using Panther in the keyboard preference pane there's an option to use the FKeys as Function keys and you use the Fn key to use the hardware key features.
Sidetrack never worked right for me and it also replaces Apple's driver with a buggy one. I LOVE uControl. When you hold down the Fn key you can scroll with the trackpad. Much more elegant and predictable solution.
THAT'S branding.
McDonald's is a Brand, Big Mac is a product. Coca-Cola is a brand and a product.
Apple has been around 30 years and they aren't recognisable worldwide yet?
Were they blindsided by 9/11? Last I checked you can't start a war for what you think is going to happen, it actually has to happen for that. Condeleeza Rice testified that they had prior knowledge to 9/11 that an attack was being mounted. Plus, how was the Bush administration going to confuse people into thinking Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein are the same person if we don't let them kill a paltry 3000 people?
What a lot of people don't know is that when a show goes into syndication, it's only a subset of the episodes, usually the ones with lower ratings. This way they can show a rerun of the higher-rated episodes and still get people to tune-in and not think, I saw this on the local channel 50 times already. When was the last time you saw the pilot or the finale of a show in rerun?
I think if a child commits some kind of crime that requires a trial that there needs to be some consequence for the parents. I can't understand squirting out some kids and then letting them run rampant and not having any responsibility for a minor's actions. The excuses for bad parenting need to stop or they need to stop being bad parents.
A more realistic idea would be Apple moving away from Darwin and moving to Linux. Not that it would happen, but it's more realistic. Apple has not done a ton of development on the BSD layer of Mac OS X, they have optimised a bit for PPC, that's about all. Since they already open source Darwin, it wouldn't be a conflict of interest.
I've never met a 19 yo sorority sister that would need a device that used DD batteries unless she planned on using it on her boy du jour.
You can also burn any iTunes track to CD. Only limit is you can only burn 5 copies of a playlist before you have to change the songs in the playlist. Which means if you or your friend spring for the cost of a CD, you can share any song you like, as many times as you like, with whomever you like, just like other physical media.
I think that's a super middle-ground. Steve Jobs has discussed MANY times that DRM will be cracked, but FairPlay is pretty good. Apple puts a sticker on all their iPods that says, "Please don't steal music." Please point me to a better approach to DRM or filesharing scheme. Yes, DRM sucks, but it's not going anywhere if you want to use downloaded RIAA music.