Apple certainly might *try* to sue, and they might be successful in a legal sense, but the geek backlash would not be conducive to their bottom line.
Fudgepucky. Apple's bottom line would be unaffected by any imagined geek backlash.
This is Yet Another Post that overestimates/.'s and geekdom-in-general's effect on anything to do with Apple. Sure/. might have the power to bring Joe Dialup's web site down simply by linking to it, but affecting Apple's bottom line actually requires people to speak with their wallet. In case you haven't noticed, Apple ain't too popular with And33 5kr1pt K1dd13 (or even Dr. Linux, or Mr. Open Source, or just about every other denomination, save the Apple faithful). So, Apple isn't losing sale one to these people... they were never customers. Sure, they might love to nip away at the fringes... people leaning a bit toward the edge. But the diehard's that might raise a flap if Apple were to sue based on this? Not even remotely.
Intuitively laid out. I shouldn't have to resort to the Site Map page to find what I'm looking for. Try to figure out where the DIY speakers are from this site (yes, they do have DIY kits)
Quick loading. It's fine to be creative, but piling on flashy (no pun intended) effects equals a net detraction if the content takes forever to load.
Easy on the eyes. This is not the time to practice your 1337 flashing HTML sk1llz. Nor is Blue on a black background the height of fashion.
Above all, informative. There's a gajillion web pages out there, most of which are as useful as Enron options. Provide something useful to the world, and web design comes in a distant second. I'd rather read pure text if it's imaginative and useful than be subjected to MOTS.
Ah yes, the lovely sound of a knee jerking. The people upon whom this software is "spying" are the people who:
Entered a pirated key into the registration box.
Found that the key needed to be renewed to match the new scheme.
Clicked on the "Renew" button that connects to a server to renew the key
I can here the cries of foul clear across the Internet. "How dare they verify the information I sent before giving me a new working key that I so justly deserve when I elect to attempt to renew a pirated key!!"
the Aliens loader. That would sell, and sell like the proverbial hotcake. If someone can design a scooter that keeps perfect balance, they can certainly design a loader that can lift, say 1 to 1.5 tons and cart it around without difficulty.
Now if we could just get some "attachments," say, something like...
"Go, go gadget penis."
I'll pass. One of my previous jobs was at a Macintosh anti-virus company (that got swallowed up by Network Associates, curse-those-greedy-bastards). One of the main things that the little group of malcontents I was part of would have to do was figure out what makes viruses tick. A large part of that is getting a disassembly of the code (normally with prodigious applications of MacsBug at crucial stages) and slog out a pseudo-code version of the thing that provides the logic of the payload/infection mechanisms. In other words, somewhat similar to what the GameShark guys have to do. Let me explain some things about how "fun" this is.
Due to the unrelenting power of Murphy's Law, new viruses would almost invariably come popping in at around 5:00pm on Friday afternoons, meaning a good additional 10 or 12 hours until early Saturday doing -
Figure out what the hell the thing is trying to do (overwrite all image files? Remove system files? Poop on overthing in the system?)
Figure out how it reproduces.
Figure out how to identify it.
Figure out how to get rid of it.
Figure out how to repair the damage.
Code up a definition.
Test on every possible permutation
In other words, loads of pain. What makes it bearable is the periods in between where you can actually do some software. But day in, day out of looking at dumps trying to figure out what makes them tick? I think I'd rather saw off my own appendages. Slowly.
All of you complaining that there is no basis for sequels to T1 and T2 are ignoring one very important point: any movie based on the premise of time travel has built-in sequel possibilities. The SkyNet AIs can conceivably try over and over ad-infinitum.
Besides, you didn't really think that they destroyed all of the intellectual property concerning Ahnold in T2, did you? Any company worth its 10Q filing has off-site backups;).
Egads, man... ain't it obvious? Got Milk? Everyone with any right to any of his works are going to be doing whatever they can to squeeze every drop of sympathy/nostalgia/whatever cash they can out of this death.
If the guy who invented Velcro keeled over, you can bet we'd see Special Commemorative Edition Velcro out before the body cooled. Gotta love the world.
Hell, I count 9 exclamation points (not counting quotes or "commands") in a rather long and detailed analysis... and never more than one per sentence. Picky, picky, picky.
Until there's a compelling and "transparent" interface to the internet, wireless is just another way to get information that can be gotten in other and usually better ways.
Now, when the time comes that information can be directly visualized without A) the clunkiness of PDAs or laptops or B) the horrendous limitations on display quality (and quantity!) of data-enabled cell phones, then we might have something.
What I'm waiting for is something along the lines of Peter F. Hamilton's datavises and neural nanonics (unfamiliar start here). Yes, we're talking a quantum leap in technology, but I don't see wireless as being truly compelling until such a time, at least for the WAN. This coming from someone who runs an 802.11b LAN at home.
SURE it did. Until the next time they release drivers with this "feature" enabled. They've done this before... exactly. They had their little "poll" up to find out what public opinion was and everything. They backtracked and apologized and said "we swear we'll never do it again."
Until next time.
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Yeah, except no. Did you SEE Toy Story 2? Or Dinosaur? Shrek might be fun and all, but the quality of the CG in the trailer did not impress me at all.
Egads and little catfishes. I've seen all the Pixar works and been floored by them all, but that Shrek trailer caused a party in me pants.
The textures need work, the human modeling fall short of the mark, and the faces look like they're molded out of plastic.
I thought this was the most impressive part... seeing this made me realize just how close we're getting to having believable digital facial representation, or a totally convincing artificial face.
Sure, "potato"/"potatoe", but damn... are we watching the same thing? This is with the big green guy and the damned donkey and that fake chick that I would bang, right? Maybe you're thinking of Pearl Harbour... I hear that's totally digitally animated and as fake as a virgin collegian. w00t =).
Being an X-Files whore, I was greatly excited to find that Fox broadcasts several shows in widescreen, including The X Files, Ally McBeal, and Malcolm In The Middle. I mean, it ain't no 720p or 1080i like ABC, but I'd rather have widescreen Scully yummies than not.
Supposedly, according to the engineer at our local Fox affiliate, "Fox intends to use the wide format for most all of their prime time entertainment programs, starting this fall." I can live with that, too. Now if I could just get some 1080i Scully yummies, I'd never leave the house.
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This is Yet Another Post that overestimates /.'s and geekdom-in-general's effect on anything to do with Apple. Sure /. might have the power to bring Joe Dialup's web site down simply by linking to it, but affecting Apple's bottom line actually requires people to speak with their wallet. In case you haven't noticed, Apple ain't too popular with And33 5kr1pt K1dd13 (or even Dr. Linux, or Mr. Open Source, or just about every other denomination, save the Apple faithful). So, Apple isn't losing sale one to these people... they were never customers. Sure, they might love to nip away at the fringes... people leaning a bit toward the edge. But the diehard's that might raise a flap if Apple were to sue based on this? Not even remotely.
Missed the URL... argh. http://www.audioc.com
I can here the cries of foul clear across the Internet. "How dare they verify the information I sent before giving me a new working key that I so justly deserve when I elect to attempt to renew a pirated key!!"
Modded down by the man.
Now if we could just get some "attachments," say, something like... "Go, go gadget penis."
Due to the unrelenting power of Murphy's Law, new viruses would almost invariably come popping in at around 5:00pm on Friday afternoons, meaning a good additional 10 or 12 hours until early Saturday doing -
- Figure out what the hell the thing is trying to do (overwrite all image files? Remove system files? Poop on overthing in the system?)
- Figure out how it reproduces.
- Figure out how to identify it.
- Figure out how to get rid of it.
- Figure out how to repair the damage.
- Code up a definition.
- Test on every possible permutation
In other words, loads of pain. What makes it bearable is the periods in between where you can actually do some software. But day in, day out of looking at dumps trying to figure out what makes them tick? I think I'd rather saw off my own appendages. Slowly.All of you complaining that there is no basis for sequels to T1 and T2 are ignoring one very important point: any movie based on the premise of time travel has built-in sequel possibilities. The SkyNet AIs can conceivably try over and over ad-infinitum.
;).
Besides, you didn't really think that they destroyed all of the intellectual property concerning Ahnold in T2, did you? Any company worth its 10Q filing has off-site backups
"It appears as though you favor goat felching MPEGS... you can find much better examples at our premium site, Yew's With Straws."
Ah the wonders of technology. =)
If the guy who invented Velcro keeled over, you can bet we'd see Special Commemorative Edition Velcro out before the body cooled. Gotta love the world.
Hell, I count 9 exclamation points (not counting quotes or "commands") in a rather long and detailed analysis... and never more than one per sentence. Picky, picky, picky.
Now, when the time comes that information can be directly visualized without A) the clunkiness of PDAs or laptops or B) the horrendous limitations on display quality (and quantity!) of data-enabled cell phones, then we might have something.
What I'm waiting for is something along the lines of Peter F. Hamilton's datavises and neural nanonics (unfamiliar start here). Yes, we're talking a quantum leap in technology, but I don't see wireless as being truly compelling until such a time, at least for the WAN. This coming from someone who runs an 802.11b LAN at home.
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SURE it did. Until the next time they release drivers with this "feature" enabled. They've done this before... exactly. They had their little "poll" up to find out what public opinion was and everything. They backtracked and apologized and said "we swear we'll never do it again."
Until next time.
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Egads and little catfishes. I've seen all the Pixar works and been floored by them all, but that Shrek trailer caused a party in me pants.
I thought this was the most impressive part... seeing this made me realize just how close we're getting to having believable digital facial representation, or a totally convincing artificial face.Sure, "potato"/"potatoe", but damn... are we watching the same thing? This is with the big green guy and the damned donkey and that fake chick that I would bang, right? Maybe you're thinking of Pearl Harbour... I hear that's totally digitally animated and as fake as a virgin collegian. w00t =).
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"Ah've had bigger chunks of corn in ma crrrap!"
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Supposedly, according to the engineer at our local Fox affiliate, "Fox intends to use the wide format for most all of their prime time entertainment programs, starting this fall." I can live with that, too. Now if I could just get some 1080i Scully yummies, I'd never leave the house.
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