My sisters original iBook is still working just fine, it's been all over the world, and ever to the ground a few times.
My brothers TiBook suffered a de-hinging crash, and after a quick trip (4 total days) the entire hinge assembly was replaced and no charge (thank you AppleCare)
When it was stolen and then replaced with a 17" PowerBook, it slid off someone's lap and hit the ground. A pretty nasty dent appeared there after, but for some strange reason, everything worked perfectly...
My 3.5 year Pismo PowerBook has been used abused, and dropped. And after my roommate kicked out the power adapter(I've done that more than once as well) resulting in the final de-soldering of the power port, I replaced the A/C and Sound card board, at a cost of $87.
All above are beyond normal use and still work fine. Now I do have a friend with the Fatal Logic board problem, but he's had them fixed and replaced with no problem (DHL however is another problem).
Never though about that... Not only are the good record stores(oops sorry about using legacy language) the ones that buy and sell used CD's. They usually have a return policy if the CD plays badly. Of course you get the person who abuses the rules and rips it and returns it (R&R). Oh well, you're just screwing your local music shop and hopefully they will wise up on you and kick yer butt out of the store.
From what I understand, the "Music" CD-Rs aren't that much more special than regular CR-Rs, the RIAA was able to put that blank tape tax on them to get more revenue. A marketing ploy, which worked to some extent.
What the heck does SCO and BSA have in common besides 3 letter acronyms? Last time I heard of a BSA raid, it involved a naughty scoutmaster who should be put in jail.
When it doesn't cost the user to receive information, it's kinda annoying, but when it truly impedes your network connection, and bascially takes over, then that is wrong. Now, sometimes ads are cool, like on the SuperBowl, that deserve a seconf viewing. Some sites kept these up like AdCritic, and probably the most viewed ads are movie trailers like at the Quicktime Trailers. This, however, is for entertainment, not for clicks and profit...
Similar to the old color scanners, which had to make three passes to produce a 24bit color image, the camera is taking three shots(or so it would seem, 4 for a grey, unless they just use the green channel). There is probably not too much movement, except in a wind storm, so these 3 filters could (and apparently does) create a very nice pic. What Id like to see if the sensor is 8 or 16 bit, thus with the capacity of generating 48 bit color images. Most of those bits being red.
I'm pretty sure $400,000 includes just about everything, R&D, rent, man hours, to a percentage of fuel that was used to launch it, and the construction of the plaque that's on it. And of course the few millions to cover their Christmas party and Bawls budget, and the recent implementation of the Vogon Intergalactic Bypass tolls along the way.
You know, I do think Apple was one of the last companies to downgrade to 1gb = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Compaq, Dell, et al, started doing that long before.
Even though that it will not stop a hard core counterfeiter, whom is probably smart enough to circumvent most anti-counterfeiting countermeasures (Is this an actual Secret Service term?), it will probably stop the stupid kids and idiots who are either playing or are actually stupid enough to try to print out a couple of Benjamin's.
For my old Pismo PowerBook, I have found just about every replacement part thorough online PowerBook repair shops, to eBay. But when it comes to screens, I have yet to find just the screen bezel, since there is probably a lot of mounting with the LCD, and backlighting (and antennas for some).
As posted earlier, look for junked models, and depending on your computer, some models might share the same plastics even though they have different guts.
Possibly the drag and drop installs have everything the application needs in the app package. If it installs anything in the library or system folder, that might be when you need admin access. Just a guess...
I am a big Nikon fan, I've had my F3 for over 10 years. If you are looking to get a someone started in photography, you can't go wrong with a the Nikon F55 or a Canon EOS Rebel GII Both of these are pretty good camera bodies with good lenses.
More importantly, both allow fully automatic function, and full manual as well, when you get to be a better or more advanced photographer, you will need these functions.
Since they come with an entry level zoom lens, this is the biggest hinderance. Great to start, and for most people all you will ever need. So when you start to get serious there are a lot of great lenses out there. So buy the camera where you can get the lenses you want, at the price and quality you want. Like I said earlier, I am very fond of Nikon and their Lenses are spectacular (And as far as I know, they are still the only optic company to grind their own glass for their lenses, for better control and optic clarity.)
Most important, try them out, see which one is easier to operate, handle, and shoot with.
Film is not dead yet. Digital still can't capture all the color and the glory of the traditional film process. Plus chemicals are fun to play with. I love the smell of fixer in the morning.
True, no one is going to buy 10,000 songs to fill their 40 GB iPod, but then again, who has purchased an iPod and owns no CD's??
I myself have 20 GB of music, 95% legal, or higher but I will only put about 60% of that on my iPod, since it multifunctions as a hard drive and now with the accessories, a vessel to download my images from my digital camera.
It's all about choice. Give them the option to put their 10,000 songs in one place, or use it for other reasons or purposes.
Shout box is a nice little php/sql dealy-bob that allows just about any one to post anything. It's quick and dirty, just like Santa. shoutbox.sourceforge.net
It's a great feature, coming from someone who is used to expose on OS X 10.3. Fun to play with at first, then very very practical when you see the power.
Well, I just drove out 50 miles east of Anchorage toward Portage Glacier and found a beautiful display of the Aurora Borealis. First it was a bit green, then later on, I had curtains of bright green, purple and red cascading around me. It was fantastic, and it was only 2:30am, the full blown impact hasn't even hit yet... tomorrow night should be nice.
Do you complain when they cut you off at the bar too? The fact is that in the pirateous digital society we live in today, people with no morals will take what they want, when they want. If there were no rules built into iTMS, there would be no iTMS. In this capitalistic society, everyone wants to make money. iTMS is both profitable to the labels, and to Apple. To go back to your car analogy, buy a car, yes, oh, yeah, pay and sign for a license. Oh, don't forget insurance (which is pretty much required with the car and the license).
Try switching your DVD and Battery on the Pismo... It's not terribly possible. Now the real deal is Apple's support of Legacy computers. By dropping legacy support (like the Wallstreet) they can focus on future peripherals, not serial, and SCSI, and ADB.
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My sisters original iBook is still working just fine, it's been all over the world, and ever to the ground a few times. My brothers TiBook suffered a de-hinging crash, and after a quick trip (4 total days) the entire hinge assembly was replaced and no charge (thank you AppleCare) When it was stolen and then replaced with a 17" PowerBook, it slid off someone's lap and hit the ground. A pretty nasty dent appeared there after, but for some strange reason, everything worked perfectly... My 3.5 year Pismo PowerBook has been used abused, and dropped. And after my roommate kicked out the power adapter(I've done that more than once as well) resulting in the final de-soldering of the power port, I replaced the A/C and Sound card board, at a cost of $87. All above are beyond normal use and still work fine. Now I do have a friend with the Fatal Logic board problem, but he's had them fixed and replaced with no problem (DHL however is another problem).
Never though about that... Not only are the good record stores(oops sorry about using legacy language) the ones that buy and sell used CD's. They usually have a return policy if the CD plays badly. Of course you get the person who abuses the rules and rips it and returns it (R&R). Oh well, you're just screwing your local music shop and hopefully they will wise up on you and kick yer butt out of the store.
From what I understand, the "Music" CD-Rs aren't that much more special than regular CR-Rs, the RIAA was able to put that blank tape tax on them to get more revenue. A marketing ploy, which worked to some extent.
What the heck does SCO and BSA have in common besides 3 letter acronyms? Last time I heard of a BSA raid, it involved a naughty scoutmaster who should be put in jail.
When it doesn't cost the user to receive information, it's kinda annoying, but when it truly impedes your network connection, and bascially takes over, then that is wrong. Now, sometimes ads are cool, like on the SuperBowl, that deserve a seconf viewing. Some sites kept these up like AdCritic, and probably the most viewed ads are movie trailers like at the Quicktime Trailers. This, however, is for entertainment, not for clicks and profit...
I can't believe I never thought about "Waiting for Gadot." So would that make RvB, Machinama of the Absurd?
So is Tucker, Vladamir and Caboose, Estragon, or is it Simmons and Griff? Or is it the otherway around?
Similar to the old color scanners, which had to make three passes to produce a 24bit color image, the camera is taking three shots(or so it would seem, 4 for a grey, unless they just use the green channel). There is probably not too much movement, except in a wind storm, so these 3 filters could (and apparently does) create a very nice pic. What Id like to see if the sensor is 8 or 16 bit, thus with the capacity of generating 48 bit color images. Most of those bits being red.
I'm pretty sure $400,000 includes just about everything, R&D, rent, man hours, to a percentage of fuel that was used to launch it, and the construction of the plaque that's on it. And of course the few millions to cover their Christmas party and Bawls budget, and the recent implementation of the Vogon Intergalactic Bypass tolls along the way.
You know, I do think Apple was one of the last companies to downgrade to 1gb = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Compaq, Dell, et al, started doing that long before.
285714 songs in your back pak.
Even though that it will not stop a hard core counterfeiter, whom is probably smart enough to circumvent most anti-counterfeiting countermeasures (Is this an actual Secret Service term?), it will probably stop the stupid kids and idiots who are either playing or are actually stupid enough to try to print out a couple of Benjamin's.
For my old Pismo PowerBook, I have found just about every replacement part thorough online PowerBook repair shops, to eBay. But when it comes to screens, I have yet to find just the screen bezel, since there is probably a lot of mounting with the LCD, and backlighting (and antennas for some).
As posted earlier, look for junked models, and depending on your computer, some models might share the same plastics even though they have different guts.
Boy, am I an idiot...
But at least there are no neighbors to bug, unless Mercury aliens have really good hearing
Plus, it's expensive and difficult to find ghosts and dead people who can act and stuff...
Possibly the drag and drop installs have everything the application needs in the app package. If it installs anything in the library or system folder, that might be when you need admin access. Just a guess...
I am a big Nikon fan, I've had my F3 for over 10 years. If you are looking to get a someone started in photography, you can't go wrong with a the Nikon F55 or a Canon EOS Rebel GII
Both of these are pretty good camera bodies with good lenses.
More importantly, both allow fully automatic function, and full manual as well, when you get to be a better or more advanced photographer, you will need these functions.
Since they come with an entry level zoom lens, this is the biggest hinderance. Great to start, and for most people all you will ever need. So when you start to get serious there are a lot of great lenses out there. So buy the camera where you can get the lenses you want, at the price and quality you want. Like I said earlier, I am very fond of Nikon and their Lenses are spectacular (And as far as I know, they are still the only optic company to grind their own glass for their lenses, for better control and optic clarity.)
Most important, try them out, see which one is easier to operate, handle, and shoot with.
Film is not dead yet. Digital still can't capture all the color and the glory of the traditional film process. Plus chemicals are fun to play with. I love the smell of fixer in the morning.
True, no one is going to buy 10,000 songs to fill their 40 GB iPod, but then again, who has purchased an iPod and owns no CD's??
I myself have 20 GB of music, 95% legal, or higher but I will only put about 60% of that on my iPod, since it multifunctions as a hard drive and now with the accessories, a vessel to download my images from my digital camera.
It's all about choice. Give them the option to put their 10,000 songs in one place, or use it for other reasons or purposes.
More competition, options and reasons not to use the Dell store. Yay!
Looks like a nice development, but the adapter looks kinda hinder-some. Too bad they can't make it a bluetooth direct headset.
Shout box is a nice little php/sql dealy-bob that allows just about any one to post anything. It's quick and dirty, just like Santa. shoutbox.sourceforge.net
It's a great feature, coming from someone who is used to expose on OS X 10.3. Fun to play with at first, then very very practical when you see the power.
Well, I just drove out 50 miles east of Anchorage toward Portage Glacier and found a beautiful display of the Aurora Borealis. First it was a bit green, then later on, I had curtains of bright green, purple and red cascading around me. It was fantastic, and it was only 2:30am, the full blown impact hasn't even hit yet... tomorrow night should be nice.
Do you complain when they cut you off at the bar too? The fact is that in the pirateous digital society we live in today, people with no morals will take what they want, when they want. If there were no rules built into iTMS, there would be no iTMS. In this capitalistic society, everyone wants to make money. iTMS is both profitable to the labels, and to Apple. To go back to your car analogy, buy a car, yes, oh, yeah, pay and sign for a license. Oh, don't forget insurance (which is pretty much required with the car and the license).
Try switching your DVD and Battery on the Pismo... It's not terribly possible. Now the real deal is Apple's support of Legacy computers. By dropping legacy support (like the Wallstreet) they can focus on future peripherals, not serial, and SCSI, and ADB.