"Like no one has ever thought of making a tablet before? There has to be more to this if it is true."
Ya, but this is exactly what people said when Apple made the iPod. Apple likes to swoop on good ideas that have been poorly implemented in the past. MP3 players, jukebox software, online music stores, video chat, etc etc. None of this stuff was new, but Apple found a way to make it more accessible and desirable.
Ehh, I don't know about that. All in all, it looks like Apple is simply trying to compete with physical media. For example, it's fairly common to get a booklet and DVD with a CD these days. Now, the ITMS can deliver that content.
I just bought the new DMB album off the ITMS and I got, more or less, the same content you would get from the local record store. A CD, cover artwork, a PDF of the album's booklet, and the making-of video.
Sure, it's 128kbps AAC and copy protected... but it was only 12 bucks and I purchased it in my underwear at midnight. I can live with that trade off.
I don't mean to sound like a fan boy, but the ITMS DRM doesn't really bug me. If Apple wasn't the major player with proprietary DRM, it would be someone else. And that someone else would probably do it with a shittier product and service.
I have some minor gripes about the fidelity of my iPod and 128kbps AAC files, but overall, I'm extremely happy with Apple's service. They got to the top of the heap with good product design. I'm a graduate industrial designer, and it's hard to get through a semester without the iPod & ITMS being referenced as examples of good design.
It could be a LOT worse.
I'd rather waist my energy petitioning Apple to deliver higher bit rate or 5.1 AAC files.
Perhaps MS should get a graphic designer to design their screens of death like Apple does.
Although a good kernel panic is rare, it's nice to know they look pretty when they come up. It's kind of like someone placing confetti inside of an airbag.
"Ohhh Shi... hum, that nice looking... ohh, ya... shit."
Really "Private Browsing" and "Sanitize" should be renamed "Porno Privacy Browsing."
I'm sure people will use these new features to protect sensitive data and whatnot... but come on... most folks will use this new browse mode to keep their filthy habits on the DL .
a) iPods with built-in obsolescence b) a fairly crappy recycling track record c) suing 15 year old kids for blogging information their own employees or partners leaked. d) Promoting Censorship within it's stores.
Who the hell runs benchmarks with FireFox and iTunes.
if you ask me, the people that desperately need the ability to multitask are folks in the creative industry. Every 5 minutes bounce back and forth between massive applications rendering huge files.
Nothing sucks more then opening a 400dpi photoshop document and not having InDesign respond since your single core CPU is being bogarted.
SMP is probably the only reason I still find my crusty old Dual 450 g4 useful. It does things slowly, but it doesn't "feel" slow. If something is taking its sweet ass time, I can usually do something else without waiting years for windows and menus to draw.
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And as we all know, Steve Jobs makes this browser in his spare time. Also, he is a ninja.
I really don't see the need for multipage documents in Illustrator. If I'm doing multipage work, I need something like Quark or InDesign. Those applications offer significantly more control over page alignment, grids, etc. Moreover, Illustrator integrates fairly nicely into InDesign through linking smart objects.
Furthermore, I'm not too concerned with the "monopoly." There will always be some form of competition, and graphic designers will jump ship if a better product comes along. Heck, the industry's shift away from Quark is a perfect example of this. Quark was the industry standard, but they were slow to update their software and bring compatibility to OS X... so designers ditched Quark for something totally new.
If Adobe abuses their power, MS, Apple, the open source community, or someone else will swoop on their dissatisfied customers.
And hey, Photoshop hasn't had any legitimate competition for years, and it still rocks. Sure there's Painter and Gimp, but they don't really compete for the same customers.
Dude, that show sucked. Talk about beating a dead horse.
Weird aliens that always look like humans, good guys that ALWAYS win at the last possible moment with some crazy technical miracle, magical SciFi gadgets that are backed with ridiculous jargon, doctors with miraculous cures for every insane ailment.... bleh, spare me.
I love SciFi, and there was a point in time when that entertained me, but I need a new story. This one has be rehashed and told too much.
As far as space dramas go, my money is on the new Battlestar Galactica series. No doubt, it's an old title. But at least is has been reworked to avoid tired SciFi cliches.
Well, to be honest, this CPU is labeled "extreme" since it requires a liquid cooling system filled with Mountain Dew. Mountain Dew is, of course, the most extreme beverage on the face of the earth. Coolant leakages may result in persistent shitty skateboarding, an unexpected accumulation of Stussy products, and or acne.
As a resident, I'm not betting on this ordinance passing or lasting. I know the "conservative" slashdoters are getting their kicks in by making fun of our seemingly "oppressive" city. But stuff like this rarely passes or hangs around for very long.
Like every major city, stupid city ordinances get proposed. But the public learns about them, and they are remedied. You can't have 3/4 of a million people living in one place and expect EVERY proposed city ordinance to be pure gold.
Some crazy computer-less hippy probably proposed this. He will be dealt with accordingly. Go about your business.
Dude, I know those folks put a lot of work into those films, but those were painful to watch. Those two comedies weren't funny at all, and that CGI musical was down right creepy.
"Apple does alright too, but Motorola has a pretty good track record with making stuff people want to buy."
Moto can usually get away with announcing a product a 2 months early... people still buy their current stuff. If Apple did this, they'd loose a lot of money.
"Apple is infamous for announcing a product they know they won't be selling/shipping for months."
As I've said, it depends on the product.
If it is a revision to a current product line, they EOL (end of life) the current product line, wait for inventory to drop, announce the new product and have it in the store within a few days.
If it is a new product, they usually announce it when it is nearly ready and give you the option to pre-order it.
These are generalizatios, but most of Apple's hardware releases follow these guidelines. All in all, the goal is to diminish the inventory of hardware products that will become obsolete.
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Perhaps you should read up on why that area is called the Presidio.
"Like no one has ever thought of making a tablet before? There has to be more to this if it is true."
Ya, but this is exactly what people said when Apple made the iPod.
Apple likes to swoop on good ideas that have been poorly implemented in the past. MP3 players, jukebox software, online music stores, video chat, etc etc. None of this stuff was new, but Apple found a way to make it more accessible and desirable.
Ehh, I don't know about that. All in all, it looks like Apple is simply trying to compete with physical media. For example, it's fairly common to get a booklet and DVD with a CD these days. Now, the ITMS can deliver that content.
I just bought the new DMB album off the ITMS and I got, more or less, the same content you would get from the local record store. A CD, cover artwork, a PDF of the album's booklet, and the making-of video.
Sure, it's 128kbps AAC and copy protected... but it was only 12 bucks and I purchased it in my underwear at midnight. I can live with that trade off.
Personally, I'd rather see 192kbps 5.1 AAC tracks.
That's a good article.
I don't mean to sound like a fan boy, but the ITMS DRM doesn't really bug me. If Apple wasn't the major player with proprietary DRM, it would be someone else. And that someone else would probably do it with a shittier product and service.
I have some minor gripes about the fidelity of my iPod and 128kbps AAC files, but overall, I'm extremely happy with Apple's service. They got to the top of the heap with good product design. I'm a graduate industrial designer, and it's hard to get through a semester without the iPod & ITMS being referenced as examples of good design.
It could be a LOT worse.
I'd rather waist my energy petitioning Apple to deliver higher bit rate or 5.1 AAC files.
Perhaps MS should get a graphic designer to design their screens of death like Apple does.
Although a good kernel panic is rare, it's nice to know they look pretty when they come up. It's kind of like someone placing confetti inside of an airbag.
"Ohhh Shi... hum, that nice looking... ohh, ya... shit."
hands down?
erm. This Stem Cell Agency is going to have a fairly big impact on the SF economy. Google being hacked doesn't nearly have as big of an impact.
I could give two sh*ts about Googling being hacked... and I'm a web developer.
Really "Private Browsing" and "Sanitize" should be renamed "Porno Privacy Browsing."
I'm sure people will use these new features to protect sensitive data and whatnot... but come on... most folks will use this new browse mode to keep their filthy habits on the DL .
Agreed. That's the first thing I thought of. Flexible concrete sounds like a God send for CA.
Damn, Apple's been getting somewhat evil lately.
a) iPods with built-in obsolescence
b) a fairly crappy recycling track record
c) suing 15 year old kids for blogging information their own employees or partners leaked.
d) Promoting Censorship within it's stores.
Whatever happened to Steve's Birkenstocks?
Nah, I'd be more concerned about having enough battery power to play the PSP wirelessly during a 60 second freefall.
Who the hell runs benchmarks with FireFox and iTunes.
if you ask me, the people that desperately need the ability to multitask are folks in the creative industry. Every 5 minutes bounce back and forth between massive applications rendering huge files.
Nothing sucks more then opening a 400dpi photoshop document and not having InDesign respond since your single core CPU is being bogarted.
SMP is probably the only reason I still find my crusty old Dual 450 g4 useful. It does things slowly, but it doesn't "feel" slow. If something is taking its sweet ass time, I can usually do something else without waiting years for windows and menus to draw.
And as we all know, Steve Jobs makes this browser in his spare time. Also, he is a ninja.
I really don't see the need for multipage documents in Illustrator. If I'm doing multipage work, I need something like Quark or InDesign. Those applications offer significantly more control over page alignment, grids, etc. Moreover, Illustrator integrates fairly nicely into InDesign through linking smart objects.
Furthermore, I'm not too concerned with the "monopoly." There will always be some form of competition, and graphic designers will jump ship if a better product comes along. Heck, the industry's shift away from Quark is a perfect example of this. Quark was the industry standard, but they were slow to update their software and bring compatibility to OS X... so designers ditched Quark for something totally new.
If Adobe abuses their power, MS, Apple, the open source community, or someone else will swoop on their dissatisfied customers.
And hey, Photoshop hasn't had any legitimate competition for years, and it still rocks. Sure there's Painter and Gimp, but they don't really compete for the same customers.
I don't know man. I'm anxious for Adobe to FIX Macromedia's notoriously horrible user interfaces and mile long list of bugs.
I'd rather have one slow load time, as opposed to relaunching an app several times just because the damn thing keeps quitting every 45 minutes.
Geeks may be angered by this merger, but professional designers are going to be very very happy today.
A republican is actually deregulating something good?
Dude, that show sucked. Talk about beating a dead horse.
Weird aliens that always look like humans, good guys that ALWAYS win at the last possible moment with some crazy technical miracle, magical SciFi gadgets that are backed with ridiculous jargon, doctors with miraculous cures for every insane ailment.... bleh, spare me.
I love SciFi, and there was a point in time when that entertained me, but I need a new story. This one has be rehashed and told too much.
As far as space dramas go, my money is on the new Battlestar Galactica series. No doubt, it's an old title. But at least is has been reworked to avoid tired SciFi cliches.
Probably better then most of 'mericans. ;)
Well, to be honest, this CPU is labeled "extreme" since it requires a liquid cooling system filled with Mountain Dew. Mountain Dew is, of course, the most extreme beverage on the face of the earth. Coolant leakages may result in persistent shitty skateboarding, an unexpected accumulation of Stussy products, and or acne.
As a resident, I'm not betting on this ordinance passing or lasting. I know the "conservative" slashdoters are getting their kicks in by making fun of our seemingly "oppressive" city. But stuff like this rarely passes or hangs around for very long.
Like every major city, stupid city ordinances get proposed. But the public learns about them, and they are remedied. You can't have 3/4 of a million people living in one place and expect EVERY proposed city ordinance to be pure gold.
Some crazy computer-less hippy probably proposed this. He will be dealt with accordingly. Go about your business.
I wonder if someone set the desktop background to display a screenshot of an open window (a fairly common office prank).
I've seen people try to reinstall EVERYTHING without thinking to change that picture or even set up a new user account.
Dude, I know those folks put a lot of work into those films, but those were painful to watch. Those two comedies weren't funny at all, and that CGI musical was down right creepy.
Mod me down if you must.
Agreed.
I don't care for the old croissant controller, but I definitely favor the "s" controller over the PS2's or Cube's controllers.
Ditto.
;)
Nothing's funnier then an error message that won't disappear, desktop icons you can't click, or a porn website that you can't get rid off.
Ohhh, office pranks
"Apple does alright too, but Motorola has a pretty good track record with making stuff people want to buy."
Moto can usually get away with announcing a product a 2 months early... people still buy their current stuff. If Apple did this, they'd loose a lot of money.
"Apple is infamous for announcing a product they know they won't be selling/shipping for months."
As I've said, it depends on the product.
If it is a revision to a current product line, they EOL (end of life) the current product line, wait for inventory to drop, announce the new product and have it in the store within a few days.
If it is a new product, they usually announce it when it is nearly ready and give you the option to pre-order it.
These are generalizatios, but most of Apple's hardware releases follow these guidelines. All in all, the goal is to diminish the inventory of hardware products that will become obsolete.