While I completely agree that anyone who doesn't read the fine print is a fool, I have issue with your "everything is metered" assumption.
I used to live in an apartment where heat and electric were included in the rent.
I payed the same total rate as the guy next door even tho I was barely home and liked it on the cool side while he kept all sorts of lights and electrical gizmos on 24/7 and kept it at about 80 degrees.
Is that somehow wrong? We each made an agreement with the party providing the service.
Well, apart from you basically paying for what your neighbor does - you both pay $x a month to the landlord, he calculated x by dividing the max he ever paid in a month divided by number of apartments + some extra in case another guy like your neighbor moves in + a nice profit on top. And on top of that he has less cost because he not only doesn't need to read all those meters and put it on the bill, he doesn't even need the meters.
Jesus fucking Christ, when you want to know the name of the track you're listening to is - you press a button, and the Shuffle tells you - how fucking hard is that? You don't have to stop or wait for a red traffic light, you don't have to dig out your player, and you don't have to focus on a tiny screen.
And the clip part of the Clip makes it pretty dam useful for jogging or whatever.
The interface is also way better than you give it credit for. The screen has 4 lines on it. Good for finding songs, as opposed to just waiting randomly for your song to come up.
By that logic I have a full blown PC the size of a USB memory stick. Just ignore the big beige box attached to the stick, that's only the power and reset buttons.
PC? As in a "computer" that is not build into the keyboard? Just a fad that will pass soon.
How could he have died in obscurity if we're discussing him today? I'm still trying to find out who, from the US, invented the automobile (according to Obama). Now, *THAT GUY* died in obscurity.
His name was Uncle Benz and he invented the ricer.
Thanks very much for those links, they're really, really useful! Full of technical detail on the algorithm used.
For instance, check out these facts in the article Lars T linked to:
* Apple Gift Cards can be purchased from the Apple Online Store in any amount between $25-$2500
Case in point - you can't tell the difference between Apple Gift Cards and iTunes Gift Cards - and you want the algorithm? I have the feeling you'd be stumped if it said "add 1" and would try a way to add l.
I was interested to see that the largest denomination offered by Apple is actually $2,500. From the second link: """Apple Gift Cards can be purchased from the Apple Online Store in any amount between $25-$2500.""" I wonder why the hackers don't go for a denomination greater than $200?
Errm, those are Apple Gift Cards, not iTunes Gift Cards. The former you use in the Apple store, the latter (you guessed it) in the iTunes Store. ANd the latter come "$15, $25, and $50 denominations" - not in $200. Errm, again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNB_Clyde Everybody already knew where the base is, there are public roads surrounding it, the Wikipedia article even as an aerial photo of it. So unless they are worried that terrorists start using GPS guided "smart" weaponry (but of course conventionally armed, because for nuclear they knew enough already) instead of just flying a plane packed with explosives into it, why the hell are they outraged exactly?
Then why does eSATA have a little over twice the transfer rate, but three times the CPU usage? Not to mention that the test simply reads from the disk, and shouldn't hit the filesystem much.
One of the more common definitions of geek is a computer expert or enthusiast. I'd say a company that sells computers capable of running the three most popular operating systems around meets that definition.
If you have evidence to present that shows that these people are not "computer experts or enthusiasts", I'd be interested to read it. Like the OP said, there's very little out there to read about the people behind Psystar
Next you tell me "One of the definitions of an artist is one who paints pictures - so clearly one who paints-by-numbers is an artist.
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Do you have a stick up your ass, or just lack any kind of humor?
While I completely agree that anyone who doesn't read the fine print is a fool, I have issue with your "everything is metered" assumption.
I used to live in an apartment where heat and electric were included in the rent.
I payed the same total rate as the guy next door even tho I was barely home and liked it on the cool side while he kept all sorts of lights and electrical gizmos on 24/7 and kept it at about 80 degrees.
Is that somehow wrong? We each made an agreement with the party providing the service.
Well, apart from you basically paying for what your neighbor does - you both pay $x a month to the landlord, he calculated x by dividing the max he ever paid in a month divided by number of apartments + some extra in case another guy like your neighbor moves in + a nice profit on top. And on top of that he has less cost because he not only doesn't need to read all those meters and put it on the bill, he doesn't even need the meters.
Jesus fucking Christ, when you want to know the name of the track you're listening to is - you press a button, and the Shuffle tells you - how fucking hard is that? You don't have to stop or wait for a red traffic light, you don't have to dig out your player, and you don't have to focus on a tiny screen.
Unless, you have a interface that works without - but you don't want that.
In the UK, the new iPod shuffle is £59! The old model could be had for between £30-£35, which put it in the easy gifting bracket.
And they are still available for £31.
And the clip part of the Clip makes it pretty dam useful for jogging or whatever.
The interface is also way better than you give it credit for. The screen has 4 lines on it. Good for finding songs, as opposed to just waiting randomly for your song to come up.
So what good are the 4 tiny lines while jogging?
The 4GB Sansa Clip is a similar size, $18 cheaper, similar battery life, has a small screen, and doesn't lock you into the iTunes ecosystem.
Yeah, and a Mini Cooper and a Hummer are also similar size.
By that logic I have a full blown PC the size of a USB memory stick. Just ignore the big beige box attached to the stick, that's only the power and reset buttons.
PC? As in a "computer" that is not build into the keyboard? Just a fad that will pass soon.
. Small like a shuffle for about the same price.
Bigger than the old Shuffle is more like it.
How could he have died in obscurity if we're discussing him today? I'm still trying to find out who, from the US, invented the automobile (according to Obama). Now, *THAT GUY* died in obscurity.
His name was Uncle Benz and he invented the ricer.
Why don't you read the replies? Just search for "activate" or "number comes up".
Well,
Thanks very much for those links, they're really, really useful! Full of technical detail on the algorithm used.
For instance, check out these facts in the article Lars T linked to:
* Apple Gift Cards can be purchased from the Apple Online Store in any amount between $25-$2500
Case in point - you can't tell the difference between Apple Gift Cards and iTunes Gift Cards - and you want the algorithm? I have the feeling you'd be stumped if it said "add 1" and would try a way to add l.
I was interested to see that the largest denomination offered by Apple is actually $2,500. From the second link: """Apple Gift Cards can be purchased from the Apple Online Store in any amount between $25-$2500.""" I wonder why the hackers don't go for a denomination greater than $200?
Errm, those are Apple Gift Cards, not iTunes Gift Cards. The former you use in the Apple store, the latter (you guessed it) in the iTunes Store. ANd the latter come "$15, $25, and $50 denominations" - not in $200. Errm, again.
Well,
Thanks very much for those links, they're really, really useful! Full of technical detail on the algorithm used.
Well, honey, I was talking about the fact that these guys had no idea how the cards were used. Do you believe they could handle an actual algorithm?
how the gift cards work.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/giftcard/
http://store.apple.com/us/help/gifting#cards
"dramatic turn toward a colder climate" - my BS detector exploded.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5VKN_dSXfo&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNZNyvMS2Rs&feature=related Isn't it amazing what trash you can find on YouTube?
Will it run Linux?
Imagine a beowolf cluster of these...
Wait, wait - Earthnet?
The year of the Linux desktop was 2008, when netbooks gave Microsoft actual OS competition for the first time.
There has to be a joke in there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNB_Clyde Everybody already knew where the base is, there are public roads surrounding it, the Wikipedia article even as an aerial photo of it. So unless they are worried that terrorists start using GPS guided "smart" weaponry (but of course conventionally armed, because for nuclear they knew enough already) instead of just flying a plane packed with explosives into it, why the hell are they outraged exactly?
That's just filesystem overhead.
Then why does eSATA have a little over twice the transfer rate, but three times the CPU usage? Not to mention that the test simply reads from the disk, and shouldn't hit the filesystem much.
I'd rather go with (e)SATA (3Gb/s max), also with almost zero CPU overhead
Are you sure? http://www.ithelps.eu/Temp/Disk%20Speed%20test/default.html
So how much tax money did this bill that doesn't actually do anything cost?
Yes... because we spend too much on pretty hardware just so we can make a mess out of it all again by having an Atari 800 style cabling octopus.
Real bright there...
If I want ugly I can just buy/build a PC with 15 drive bays for 1/4th the price.
So in your opinion, a long Firewire cable to the computer is worse than half a dozen audio and video cables.
One of the more common definitions of geek is a computer expert or enthusiast. I'd say a company that sells computers capable of running the three most popular operating systems around meets that definition.
If you have evidence to present that shows that these people are not "computer experts or enthusiasts", I'd be interested to read it. Like the OP said, there's very little out there to read about the people behind Psystar
Next you tell me "One of the definitions of an artist is one who paints pictures - so clearly one who paints-by-numbers is an artist.