Did you miss the page of tech specs for Final Cut (http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/specs/) before you bought it? Or did you even buy it?
I have several iPods laying about too, although they are all functional, including my first gen iPod.
If you want to complain that Apple stuff is terrible because NTFS doesn't work just the way you want it to, that's your prerogative, but that's not an issue that most users will even run across.
'Some of their stuff does "just work" but much of it doesn't..."
Actually, I think you just made that up. The only Apple software that didn't "just work" for me was the initial version of Numbers, which has since improved vastly. Everything else has worked like a charm.
"I don't think that will actually work, because by supporting minority parties you're not actually making any changes to the government."
You're right about that. Sort of. You don't directly make changes to government by supporting third parties, but if enough people start giving a third party attention then one of the two major players (Democrats or Republicans) will take notice and do enough shifting to bring in those voters. For example, look at the Republican embrace of the extreme religious right in the past decade. Karl Rove built his base by brining in those people to the party. Perhaps the effect can have positive results, too.
Perhaps. But consider that if the user hadn't submitted the story there would have been other effects lost. For instance, by reading this article I found out about the E-Go, which I'd never heard of before. I also found out about Angstrom for the ARM architecture.
If we all kept as quiet as you appear to want then the spread of ideas and information might happen at a much slower pace.
I'm not really sure why pointing out that the disappearance of Apple would be a reduction in choice is a troll, but so be it. And it wasn't meant to be a slam on Linux. If I was told tomorrow that I couldn't have my MacBook I'd get something else and install Linux.
And so if Apple goes away that leads to more choice for consumers in what way? They get to choose between Microsoft and Microsoft? Because the reality is that Linux isn't truly consumer grade yet.
I'm wondering about the reverse. As I understand diesel electric motors, they use big ICEs to turn generators which in turn power electric motors. It might be possible to eliminate that whole second phase with this new transmission.
No single point of failure? Correct. Instead it seems to be many points of failure. I am not a networking wiz and I don't even like networking issues, but I have taken a few networking classes and after trying to set up even basic RIP stuff I'm amazed that the internet works at all. It's been a while ago but I recall that even one team in our lab screwing up brought down the whole network.
Not to mention that terrorists are the least of our worries. Wall Street and the government printing presses are going to accomplish what the terrorists haven't yet been able to.
I have not joined the need-to-share-everything-about-my-life-with-the-world bandwagon. In fact, I have taken steps backward, such as deactivating my Facebook account (good luck trying to actually delete your account). In the data-driven future I plan to be Blank Reg (look it up). Or possibly a new riff on Luddite could be applied to people like me. Social-site Luddite?
Of course, the article is about much more than that and it's very interesting, but that's just my mini-rant.
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Really? Is this the best you can do? Do you have anything to say that might sound as though it came from an adult?
Apple did not write CS2.
Did you miss the page of tech specs for Final Cut (http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/specs/) before you bought it? Or did you even buy it?
I have several iPods laying about too, although they are all functional, including my first gen iPod.
If you want to complain that Apple stuff is terrible because NTFS doesn't work just the way you want it to, that's your prerogative, but that's not an issue that most users will even run across.
And my warranty support has been just fine.
'Some of their stuff does "just work" but much of it doesn't..."
Actually, I think you just made that up. The only Apple software that didn't "just work" for me was the initial version of Numbers, which has since improved vastly. Everything else has worked like a charm.
..."why is it so hard/expensive to repeat something that was done several times 40 years ago using comparatively horribly primitive technology? "
Because these days we have systems engineers involved.
"...because I like reading that magazine, good bathroom fodder."
Yes, but the side effects of using the pages as emergency toilet paper are...undesirable.
"I don't think that will actually work, because by supporting minority parties you're not actually making any changes to the government."
You're right about that. Sort of. You don't directly make changes to government by supporting third parties, but if enough people start giving a third party attention then one of the two major players (Democrats or Republicans) will take notice and do enough shifting to bring in those voters. For example, look at the Republican embrace of the extreme religious right in the past decade. Karl Rove built his base by brining in those people to the party. Perhaps the effect can have positive results, too.
I know. This really gets my ire up.
I like your explicit definition of what you'd like to see Ask Slashdot be more like.
And wow, a civil exchange on Slashdot. I think I feel a little dizzy. :-)
Perhaps. But consider that if the user hadn't submitted the story there would have been other effects lost. For instance, by reading this article I found out about the E-Go, which I'd never heard of before. I also found out about Angstrom for the ARM architecture.
If we all kept as quiet as you appear to want then the spread of ideas and information might happen at a much slower pace.
I'm not really sure why pointing out that the disappearance of Apple would be a reduction in choice is a troll, but so be it. And it wasn't meant to be a slam on Linux. If I was told tomorrow that I couldn't have my MacBook I'd get something else and install Linux.
And so if Apple goes away that leads to more choice for consumers in what way? They get to choose between Microsoft and Microsoft? Because the reality is that Linux isn't truly consumer grade yet.
I'm wondering about the reverse. As I understand diesel electric motors, they use big ICEs to turn generators which in turn power electric motors. It might be possible to eliminate that whole second phase with this new transmission.
No single point of failure? Correct. Instead it seems to be many points of failure. I am not a networking wiz and I don't even like networking issues, but I have taken a few networking classes and after trying to set up even basic RIP stuff I'm amazed that the internet works at all. It's been a while ago but I recall that even one team in our lab screwing up brought down the whole network.
Is that supposed to be some kind of joke?
Not to mention that terrorists are the least of our worries. Wall Street and the government printing presses are going to accomplish what the terrorists haven't yet been able to.
"We are made of star stuff."
Big balls of gas?
"...you could have a browser coded by Jesus Christ himself and it's going to be slow as dirt."
Not only that, but it would take three days to recover from a crash.
I can heartily recommend Carbon Copy Cloner. :-)
Well, yes, which is why I mentioned that in my original post and stated that I was just off on a mini rant.
No Google accounts except for whatever they call their Jabber client, and I have used that exactly once.
"It may be too late for me as well, but I'm closer than you are."
I hope that nick is not your real name.
OMG. For a moment there I thought I read "goatse."
"My gaming life has died on the vine, and I regret to inform you how long it's been since the bathroom has been cleaned."
I'm afraid to ask how these two are related.
I have not joined the need-to-share-everything-about-my-life-with-the-world bandwagon. In fact, I have taken steps backward, such as deactivating my Facebook account (good luck trying to actually delete your account). In the data-driven future I plan to be Blank Reg (look it up). Or possibly a new riff on Luddite could be applied to people like me. Social-site Luddite?
Of course, the article is about much more than that and it's very interesting, but that's just my mini-rant.
And I think I was making a joke. ;-)
"Ah, the smell of hyperbole in the morning...."
You must be in a different time zone. The entry shows that you posted at 12:29 p.m.