Bah... Nesting DIVs can be a good thing. DIVs are great place to apply classes and IDs for large blocks that would be better off with table constraints.
Furthermore, DIVs are fairly crucial once you start building complex CSS sites.
shess.... Eric Meyer would probably bitch slap you right now;) http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/
Wow.. I can't believe Apple didn't cut them a break for buying 1100 Dual G5s.
You'd think apple would at least sell G5's to VT without SuperDrives and Radeon 9600s. I seriously doubt those things (especially the video cards) will get a lot of use in a giant cluster.
But, hey, even with all that pointless extra hardware, this cluster is still less then half the price of a comparable intel system from Dell or IBM. Weird.
Keys shmees:) WYSIWYG is the important thing. Building complex sites with nested tables and nested DIVs is a pain in the butt with a text editor. Being able to drag and drop tables is soooo handy. It saves a lot of development time.
Drag and drop a structure in you WYSIWYG editor, save it, and then pull it into your text editor.
Well, I supervise a fairly large staff... and I wouldn't do that.
First of all, those were pictures of a truck -outside-. They were not pictures of confidential documents from a locked room, they were not pictures of developmental hardware, and they were not pictures of Bill Gate's wife necked.
The guy likes macs, a truck load of G5s roles up to MS front door, and he decided to take a picture. It's funny... I would've done the same damn thing.
Personally, I don't think this kid got fired because of the G5 pictures. This looks like a BS excuse given by his employer. If that position was important, and he was a hard working / non-obnoxious guy, then you really wouldn't want to fire him. You'd have to train someone else to handle his sh*t job... and that's always annoying.
I wouldn't be surprised if they were already planning to eliminate him or his position.
This was blown out of proportion. Microsoft has a whole software division dedicated to Mac development. Of course they're going to buy some macs from time to time.
Who gives a f'k if some guy took some pictures of the delivery man dropping off some new Macs. It's no a big deal. Do we expect MS to develop Mac software on Windows boxes?
It nice for web developers. We really need to double-check our work on MSIE Win. VPC is portable and it allows onee to cut back on unnecessary hardware. I don't need a damn PC in my house.;)
Well, I'm a professional graphic designer... so here's my take on this.
Good logos are very very simple. Good logos can be boiled down a strong one or two colored silhouette built with simple lines and shapes. Moreover, good logos are clearly recognizable at both small and large sizes.
The human brain reads and interprets simple shapes very quickly. Furthermore, the brain remembers and recalls simple shapes faster then complex graphics. This is, more or less, a psychological fact.
When you take a glance at a good simple logo it gets stuck in your head. Even if you've only seen it once, and you can't quite pin-point the company associated with it, there's a good chance it will seem "familiar" to you. Familiarity is essential to a good brand. People like to use things they feel familiar with... even if their sense of familiarity is coming from a near subconscious level.
It should also be noted that simple logos are easier to slap on everything. They are easier to print, it's easier to use as decoration, etc etc.
Honestly, Tux is not a very good logo. Most people don't know what that orange and black rendered penguin is all about (trust me, I guarantee you they don't). It's only the geeks like us who know what Tux is. Common people remember the RedHat logo, or the Suse logo... but not tux. If Tux's shape was simplified (kind if like what IBM did with it http://www.humanist.de/erik/rza/ibmlinux.jpg ) it would be much more recognizable to the general public.
And as for Mozilla. Well, Mozilla currently has that lizard head and the "M." Both are fairly simple (think the lizard could be simplified some more though), yet Mozilla.org doesn't stick with them. They don't place these logos all aspects of their products, they keep creating new icons and splash screens, etc. Mozilla.org needs to work on their branding. They need to pick one general logo, and they need to boldly place it everywhere.
It sure would be nice to play Windows Media content in iTunes. Perhaps Apple can work something out (ya...right. huh?)
But, hey, we'll probably see more devices that support AAC / MPEG4 within the next few months. Apple doesn't own these standards...they are open. Unlike Windows Media.
Right now, Apple's MPEG 4 / AAC files play in an unlimited amount of iPods, and iTunes has the ability to sync up to other non-ipod devices. I don't see why other portable players couldn't play ITMS store music with a firmware update. I'm sure Apple would help 3rd party developers.
Windows Media need to burn in the pits of proprietary hell.
Bottled Soda is usually about a buck in San Francisco (it depends were you get it though)
But hey, I'm going to drink caffeinated soda anyway. I might as well get a free CD for every 30 soda's I'm going to finish. Moreover, I'll probably just get a bunch of bottles at Costo or something.
You're right, AAC has nothing to do with the copy protection. That is simply a codec. However, MPEG4 does have a lot to do with the copy protection. (a lot of us interchange the two terms when talking about ITMS music)
I;m fairly sure the DRM is based on an open standard that has been built into the MPEG4 spec (but, I could be wrong). As I recall, Apple chose MPEG 4 because it is an open standard as well as a standard that was taking right management into account.
Apple's "locked" mp4 files will play on any iPod you put them on. If you own a million iPods and 1 Mac or 1 PC, the AAC/MP4 files will play on all 1 million iPods that you own. (if you don't believe me, check out Apple's iTunes site). However you're still limited to 3 computer user accounts (yet you are able to easily remove a license, or transfer a hardware license, to a new computer if you see fit).
I see no reason why other portable audio devices that properly support AAC/MP4 could not function like, or somehow sync to iTunes like, an iPod. One does not need to authenticate an iPod... why should they have to authenticate a Rio or a car stereo?
Good point. iTunes will burn MP3 CDs, yet it will not convert AAC files to MP3 for an MP3 disk.
You need to burn them to audio CDs and re-rip them:/ (I'd send some feedback to Apple...they listen. Check the menu options in iTunes. There's a feedback option somewhere)
However, I have a feeling AAC/MP4 is going to catch on for other digital audio players. It's more open and easier to adopt then WMF, it sounds great, and Apple has already established it as the most popular codec/fileformat for DRM audio. Heck, the iPod is the most popular digital audio player, iTunes is the most popular online music store, iTunes is going to be AOL's music store, etc etc. It doesn't make sense not to support AAC.
Well, if you're downloading music, listening to music, burning music, looking at the visualizer, and using the EQ all at the same time.. ya, you might want to have 128megs of RAM;)
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I think that AP article has a -slight- typo.
"The iPod comes in three models, ranging from $529 to $799,"
More like from $300 to $500 (still expensive... but not THAT expensive)
Bah... Nesting DIVs can be a good thing. DIVs are great place to apply classes and IDs for large blocks that would be better off with table constraints.
;) http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/
Furthermore, DIVs are fairly crucial once you start building complex CSS sites.
shess.... Eric Meyer would probably bitch slap you right now
Wow.. I can't believe Apple didn't cut them a break for buying 1100 Dual G5s.
You'd think apple would at least sell G5's to VT without SuperDrives and Radeon 9600s. I seriously doubt those things (especially the video cards) will get a lot of use in a giant cluster.
But, hey, even with all that pointless extra hardware, this cluster is still less then half the price of a comparable intel system from Dell or IBM. Weird.
Keys shmees :)
WYSIWYG is the important thing.
Building complex sites with nested tables and nested DIVs is a pain in the butt with a text editor. Being able to drag and drop tables is soooo handy. It saves a lot of development time.
Drag and drop a structure in you WYSIWYG editor, save it, and then pull it into your text editor.
ya, I'm a graphic designer... and I agree. That logo's weak.
Well, I supervise a fairly large staff... and I wouldn't do that.
First of all, those were pictures of a truck -outside-. They were not pictures of confidential documents from a locked room, they were not pictures of developmental hardware, and they were not pictures of Bill Gate's wife necked.
The guy likes macs, a truck load of G5s roles up to MS front door, and he decided to take a picture. It's funny... I would've done the same damn thing.
Personally, I don't think this kid got fired because of the G5 pictures. This looks like a BS excuse given by his employer. If that position was important, and he was a hard working / non-obnoxious guy, then you really wouldn't want to fire him. You'd have to train someone else to handle his sh*t job... and that's always annoying.
I wouldn't be surprised if they were already planning to eliminate him or his position.
This was blown out of proportion. Microsoft has a whole software division dedicated to Mac development. Of course they're going to buy some macs from time to time.
Who gives a f'k if some guy took some pictures of the delivery man dropping off some new Macs. It's no a big deal. Do we expect MS to develop Mac software on Windows boxes?
Well, yet another piece of evidence to show the world depicted in Futurama will eventually become reality.
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First the Japanese gave us the car selling robots... now we have the Farnsworth's Smelloscope:
http://www.leelazone.com.ar/rants/f
What do you mean? Chicks dig PVC pipe and ducktape.
Hit command-tab and then release the tab key while still holding command down.
Now, move your mouse over the application switcher, and try hitting "q" or "h" while your mousing over these apps.
Nah... this isn't SiFi.... this is just another feature MacOS has had for 10 years that windows is finally getting.
I believe light switch does some other cool tricks that 10.3 current does.
ie, While holding 'command' one can mouse over the application switcher and select, quit, and hide applications.
It nice for web developers. We really need to double-check our work on MSIE Win. VPC is portable and it allows onee to cut back on unnecessary hardware. I don't need a damn PC in my house. ;)
Well, I'm a professional graphic designer... so here's my take on this.
Good logos are very very simple. Good logos can be boiled down a strong one or two colored silhouette built with simple lines and shapes. Moreover, good logos are clearly recognizable at both small and large sizes.
The human brain reads and interprets simple shapes very quickly. Furthermore, the brain remembers and recalls simple shapes faster then complex graphics. This is, more or less, a psychological fact.
When you take a glance at a good simple logo it gets stuck in your head. Even if you've only seen it once, and you can't quite pin-point the company associated with it, there's a good chance it will seem "familiar" to you. Familiarity is essential to a good brand. People like to use things they feel familiar with... even if their sense of familiarity is coming from a near subconscious level.
It should also be noted that simple logos are easier to slap on everything. They are easier to print, it's easier to use as decoration, etc etc.
Honestly, Tux is not a very good logo. Most people don't know what that orange and black rendered penguin is all about (trust me, I guarantee you they don't). It's only the geeks like us who know what Tux is. Common people remember the RedHat logo, or the Suse logo... but not tux. If Tux's shape was simplified (kind if like what IBM did with it http://www.humanist.de/erik/rza/ibmlinux.jpg ) it would be much more recognizable to the general public.
And as for Mozilla. Well, Mozilla currently has that lizard head and the "M." Both are fairly simple (think the lizard could be simplified some more though), yet Mozilla.org doesn't stick with them. They don't place these logos all aspects of their products, they keep creating new icons and splash screens, etc. Mozilla.org needs to work on their branding. They need to pick one general logo, and they need to boldly place it everywhere.
It sure would be nice to play Windows Media content in iTunes. Perhaps Apple can work something out (ya...right. huh?)
...they are open. Unlike Windows Media.
But, hey, we'll probably see more devices that support AAC / MPEG4 within the next few months. Apple doesn't own these standards
Right now, Apple's MPEG 4 / AAC files play in an unlimited amount of iPods, and iTunes has the ability to sync up to other non-ipod devices. I don't see why other portable players couldn't play ITMS store music with a firmware update. I'm sure Apple would help 3rd party developers.
Windows Media need to burn in the pits of proprietary hell.
Moreover, a lot of MS patches are released after a security hole has been exploited or a bug has causes havoc.
In the Linux, Unix, Mac world, patches are usually released well before the shit hits the fan.
Bottled Soda is usually about a buck in San Francisco (it depends were you get it though)
But hey, I'm going to drink caffeinated soda anyway. I might as well get a free CD for every 30 soda's I'm going to finish. Moreover, I'll probably just get a bunch of bottles at Costo or something.
You're right, AAC has nothing to do with the copy protection. That is simply a codec. However, MPEG4 does have a lot to do with the copy protection. (a lot of us interchange the two terms when talking about ITMS music)
I;m fairly sure the DRM is based on an open standard that has been built into the MPEG4 spec (but, I could be wrong). As I recall, Apple chose MPEG 4 because it is an open standard as well as a standard that was taking right management into account.
Apple's "locked" mp4 files will play on any iPod you put them on. If you own a million iPods and 1 Mac or 1 PC, the AAC/MP4 files will play on all 1 million iPods that you own. (if you don't believe me, check out Apple's iTunes site). However you're still limited to 3 computer user accounts (yet you are able to easily remove a license, or transfer a hardware license, to a new computer if you see fit).
I see no reason why other portable audio devices that properly support AAC/MP4 could not function like, or somehow sync to iTunes like, an iPod. One does not need to authenticate an iPod... why should they have to authenticate a Rio or a car stereo?
Ouch. it looks like old Windows iPods don't support AAC. That blows.
Old Mac iPods can play AAC content with firmware 1.3
Yup... looks like iTunes to me (only with a weird menu bar).
Nice job Apple. It seems to be the same thing as the mac version. No more, no less.
Pepsi does taste like shit.. but I'll be damned if this isn't the first under-the-cap game that will actually lead me toward a particular product.
I could typically care less about "winning a million dollars or one of 10,000 Xboxes."
If 1 out of 3 pepsi sodas will give me a free song of my choice, I'm game. I'll simply drink Mountain Dew and have the shakes for a few months.
What'a mean? Most of this stuff works fine with Rev A iPods. Audiobooks, AAC files, etc all play fine on those older iPods. :)
:)
Go get one on ebay... they're cheep now
Good point. iTunes will burn MP3 CDs, yet it will not convert AAC files to MP3 for an MP3 disk.
:/
/MP4 is going to catch on for other digital audio players. It's more open and easier to adopt then WMF, it sounds great, and Apple has already established it as the most popular codec/fileformat for DRM audio. Heck, the iPod is the most popular digital audio player, iTunes is the most popular online music store, iTunes is going to be AOL's music store, etc etc. It doesn't make sense not to support AAC.
You need to burn them to audio CDs and re-rip them
(I'd send some feedback to Apple...they listen. Check the menu options in iTunes. There's a feedback option somewhere)
However, I have a feeling AAC
iTunes supports plugins. Mac users have had 3rd party OGG plugins for a while. Someone will develop or port one to Windows.
Well, if you're downloading music, listening to music, burning music, looking at the visualizer, and using the EQ all at the same time.. ya, you might want to have 128megs of RAM ;)