To be honest, we have US currency... why not US time? We can easily calculate US time using current systems, and then we don't have to worry about all their other peculiarities. They can bomb terrorists and take over the world in their own time, and we can cope with it because, just like we have to transfer US dollars to a useful currency, we can transfer US time to a meaningful worldwide time. What's the problem?
The tinker factor, mentioned in one of the switchers' comments, is exactly the reason why I gave Linux a go and quickly gave up. What's more, I've recently managed to convert my partner to Macintosh from Linux. What impressed him? Exactly the same thing - days trying to get Bluetooth to do something vaguely useful.
Maybe it's more of an indication of our ineptness when it comes to all things Unixy, but then again we're more computer literate than the majority of folks. Granny just isn't in a position to switch to Linux, whereas she has a fighting chance with MacOS or even Windows.
Isn't the whole point that Microsoft wants to be bigger than anyone, doing anything at all? You can hula-hoop - Microsoft can do it better. You can produce desktop software that runs on Microsoft's own platform... er... well, Microsoft can do it better. They just didn't, to start with. They're trying harder now.
What is it with Microsoft? Even people who adore Microsoft's products hate the company. Even Steve, bless his heart, manages to make them all look like pillocks while he prances about the stage proclaiming his intense love for everything microsoft.
Anything which makes them take their head out of their arse and look around for a moment has to be good. At present, just about every aspect of the real world has this property.
I'd possibly agree with you more if I could understand the last sentence. The rest of it makes perfect sense, it's just I can't understand your conclusion.
I concur. International, or even national, copyright law has little to do with human suffering. If violating a patent saves lives, then violating a patent wins. Intellectual property, as such, should be keyed into any intellectual valuing human life above knowledge.
So tell us who. I had moderator privileges, I was going to up you, but there's a distinct lack of information. Give us more and we up you more... what UK companies?
I must agree with this. When I end a sentence with a preposition it's on purpose. When I accidentally typo an it's when I mean its, it's a mistake. I'd like those spotted. I would, however, prefer not to be bothered with a mystifying page of information on why 'that which I expected' should be something completely different, given that a line earlier the program failed to notice an egregious error about which I really should be notified.
As someone who's recently challenged the UK licencing team for the right to own a TV without paying for the BBC, I'll be interested to see what content can be offered that will lure me back. I don't want to be treated like an idiot, don't expect my television to provide my opinion for me, don't want to find out what 'expert's think of something and prefer to have references to back up facts. I don't imagine this will go far.
Look, have a register. If you're innocent, or a terrorist, sign to say they can't monitor you. They'll clearly only monitor people who've said they don't want to be monitored so... hang on...
No, right... if you don't want to be monitored, say you do. They'll only monitor people who don't want to be monitored, because they'll want to avoid stuff, unless they realise that they won't monitor people who don't care about being monitored, so... ooo - hang on...
No, right... say you want to be monitored when you don't, then use a silly voice... they'll only monitor silly voiced people who want to be monitored without a silly voice but with a spoon-shaped microphone and a... oh, bugger...
Although many comments seem to feel it's pointless and sounds like ancient console music, some of the compositions are quite interesting, particularly from a minimalist point of view. It'd be nice to export the loops straight to Garageband and use them as a basis for further experimentation.
Perhaps Apple would consider licensing the algorithm to install as part of Garageband by default. Garageband seems almost ideal for this kind of 'toy' - it's hardly of interest to professional musicians, but for the amateur dabblers with Garageband it's great fun...
Is it just me who doesn't find them remotely amusing in any way possible? I mean, it's not like their baby accidentally ate the computer, or a flock of flying monkeys swept in and deleted everything. They reinstalled. Oh, the hilarity!
And wait... someone reversed over a computer. Hilarious! Must go and find duct tape; sides in need of repair...
So what stops me recording my own stuff in the backroom and releasing it? Trust me, it's rubbish...
Can you trail through this central hub until you get to the quality stuff, 'cause I'm on there, and so is my neighbour and his dog. Sorry... dawg. We're on there!
It's cheap and free. I'm the best rock band in the world, right, so I deserve to be downloaded. Here I am, on these servers waiting for it. It all costs money... and at the end of it, I'm utter trash, not worth fifty cents. Well... it's up to you...
What utter bollocks. Apple's main mistake was getting rid of Steve Jobs' bizarrely hypnotic business presence. Nowadays, Apple's market share steadily increases. iPod halo effect... who cares. Either way, Apple seem to be on the up.
History-wise, Apple look a bit daft occasionally. Nowadays, they're on top...
There is a parallel here to long-lost novels and suchlike, mentioned by Anne Rice in Memnoch The Devil. Anne goes to some lengths to mention an old lady, jaded yet happy, who purchases a novel from a drugstore, full of remembered happiness at reading it earlier.
The same is surely true of DVDs. Despite the romantic connotations, who wouldn't spend a couple of quid on a quick nostalgia fix? It's worth it, even if the film itself is rubbish. What's more, if a film is fondly remembered, two quid is hardly a fortune to spend on a little reacquaintance.
Then there's us geeks. Two dollars to own the last Harley Maclaine movie is nothing. We'd pay tons on eBay... each of these little victories in the stores saves us millions. Which we promptly spend on wireless mice... but that's another story.
Isn't this supposed to be a professional website? I'm not the first poster, I realise, which means I'm certainly not the first person to notice the spelling error. But... hasn't this gone past an editor? I mean... what is going on here. Every post has an error of some kind... spelling, grammar... anything...
I'd offer my services as a proofreader but I don't think I want to be associated with something so consistently shoddy...
Firstly, it is possible to get in the case. However, you have to be really rather serious about it. If you ask me, it's to discourage Joe Public from opening it up on his bed and having the battery explode in his face, as in recent news stories. It's certainly got more to do with that than Apple being desperate to scam the entire universe out of their supreme right to poke around at delicate hardware.
Planned obsolesence? Is this instead of using the magic batteries everyone else has that last forever?
Sure, it would be nicer to get inside the case without having to use some sort of industrial clamping device, but I don't think Apple did that as a timed self-destruct mechanism.
I really don't think it's feasible to imagine an iPod running off replacable batteries like you suggest; a 1 gig Creative device and a 60 gig iPod are completely different beasts...
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To be honest, we have US currency... why not US time? We can easily calculate US time using current systems, and then we don't have to worry about all their other peculiarities. They can bomb terrorists and take over the world in their own time, and we can cope with it because, just like we have to transfer US dollars to a useful currency, we can transfer US time to a meaningful worldwide time. What's the problem?
Mine does already. It synchs to the Apple time servers, and I set my watch from it. What does yours do?
The tinker factor, mentioned in one of the switchers' comments, is exactly the reason why I gave Linux a go and quickly gave up. What's more, I've recently managed to convert my partner to Macintosh from Linux. What impressed him? Exactly the same thing - days trying to get Bluetooth to do something vaguely useful.
Maybe it's more of an indication of our ineptness when it comes to all things Unixy, but then again we're more computer literate than the majority of folks. Granny just isn't in a position to switch to Linux, whereas she has a fighting chance with MacOS or even Windows.
Um... I meant Ballmer. Who did an extremely good job of prancing in a most idiotic fashion, whilst simultaneously shrieking 'wooo'.
Isn't the whole point that Microsoft wants to be bigger than anyone, doing anything at all? You can hula-hoop - Microsoft can do it better. You can produce desktop software that runs on Microsoft's own platform... er... well, Microsoft can do it better. They just didn't, to start with. They're trying harder now.
What is it with Microsoft? Even people who adore Microsoft's products hate the company. Even Steve, bless his heart, manages to make them all look like pillocks while he prances about the stage proclaiming his intense love for everything microsoft.
Anything which makes them take their head out of their arse and look around for a moment has to be good. At present, just about every aspect of the real world has this property.
I'd possibly agree with you more if I could understand the last sentence. The rest of it makes perfect sense, it's just I can't understand your conclusion.
I concur. International, or even national, copyright law has little to do with human suffering. If violating a patent saves lives, then violating a patent wins. Intellectual property, as such, should be keyed into any intellectual valuing human life above knowledge.
So tell us who. I had moderator privileges, I was going to up you, but there's a distinct lack of information. Give us more and we up you more... what UK companies?
I must agree with this. When I end a sentence with a preposition it's on purpose. When I accidentally typo an it's when I mean its, it's a mistake. I'd like those spotted. I would, however, prefer not to be bothered with a mystifying page of information on why 'that which I expected' should be something completely different, given that a line earlier the program failed to notice an egregious error about which I really should be notified.
As someone who's recently challenged the UK licencing team for the right to own a TV without paying for the BBC, I'll be interested to see what content can be offered that will lure me back. I don't want to be treated like an idiot, don't expect my television to provide my opinion for me, don't want to find out what 'expert's think of something and prefer to have references to back up facts. I don't imagine this will go far.
What if they release hardware at a loss, hoping you'll pay for other software?
Weird business model, granted, but it's worked in the past...
Look, have a register. If you're innocent, or a terrorist, sign to say they can't monitor you. They'll clearly only monitor people who've said they don't want to be monitored so... hang on...
No, right... if you don't want to be monitored, say you do. They'll only monitor people who don't want to be monitored, because they'll want to avoid stuff, unless they realise that they won't monitor people who don't care about being monitored, so... ooo - hang on...
No, right... say you want to be monitored when you don't, then use a silly voice... they'll only monitor silly voiced people who want to be monitored without a silly voice but with a spoon-shaped microphone and a... oh, bugger...
Although many comments seem to feel it's pointless and sounds like ancient console music, some of the compositions are quite interesting, particularly from a minimalist point of view. It'd be nice to export the loops straight to Garageband and use them as a basis for further experimentation.
Perhaps Apple would consider licensing the algorithm to install as part of Garageband by default. Garageband seems almost ideal for this kind of 'toy' - it's hardly of interest to professional musicians, but for the amateur dabblers with Garageband it's great fun...
Does anybody in the known universe with a vague grasp of English edit these bloody thing?
"Lucovosky said in his statement. Lucovosky replied that he was joining Google"
WHAT?
It's just me wondering what the hell you're on about? Seriously... I want a quick precis, please...
I'd shove it in a PDF. Even if you can't manage it, utilities like FileJuicer can strip the main parts out of the document.
Nice to see Nintendo has no idea of the difference between affect and effect, either.
Is it just me who doesn't find them remotely amusing in any way possible? I mean, it's not like their baby accidentally ate the computer, or a flock of flying monkeys swept in and deleted everything. They reinstalled. Oh, the hilarity!
And wait... someone reversed over a computer. Hilarious! Must go and find duct tape; sides in need of repair...
>I'd argue with you, but the mac zealots will drown me out, they always do. I suppose there's strength in numbers...
In other news, Apple's market share instantaneously grows to an unexpected majority.
So what stops me recording my own stuff in the backroom and releasing it? Trust me, it's rubbish...
Can you trail through this central hub until you get to the quality stuff, 'cause I'm on there, and so is my neighbour and his dog. Sorry... dawg. We're on there!
It's cheap and free. I'm the best rock band in the world, right, so I deserve to be downloaded. Here I am, on these servers waiting for it. It all costs money... and at the end of it, I'm utter trash, not worth fifty cents. Well... it's up to you...
What utter bollocks. Apple's main mistake was getting rid of Steve Jobs' bizarrely hypnotic business presence. Nowadays, Apple's market share steadily increases. iPod halo effect... who cares. Either way, Apple seem to be on the up.
History-wise, Apple look a bit daft occasionally. Nowadays, they're on top...
There is a parallel here to long-lost novels and suchlike, mentioned by Anne Rice in Memnoch The Devil. Anne goes to some lengths to mention an old lady, jaded yet happy, who purchases a novel from a drugstore, full of remembered happiness at reading it earlier.
The same is surely true of DVDs. Despite the romantic connotations, who wouldn't spend a couple of quid on a quick nostalgia fix? It's worth it, even if the film itself is rubbish. What's more, if a film is fondly remembered, two quid is hardly a fortune to spend on a little reacquaintance.
Then there's us geeks. Two dollars to own the last Harley Maclaine movie is nothing. We'd pay tons on eBay... each of these little victories in the stores saves us millions. Which we promptly spend on wireless mice... but that's another story.
Isn't this supposed to be a professional website? I'm not the first poster, I realise, which means I'm certainly not the first person to notice the spelling error. But... hasn't this gone past an editor? I mean... what is going on here. Every post has an error of some kind... spelling, grammar... anything...
I'd offer my services as a proofreader but I don't think I want to be associated with something so consistently shoddy...
Firstly, it is possible to get in the case. However, you have to be really rather serious about it. If you ask me, it's to discourage Joe Public from opening it up on his bed and having the battery explode in his face, as in recent news stories. It's certainly got more to do with that than Apple being desperate to scam the entire universe out of their supreme right to poke around at delicate hardware.
Planned obsolesence? Is this instead of using the magic batteries everyone else has that last forever?
Sure, it would be nicer to get inside the case without having to use some sort of industrial clamping device, but I don't think Apple did that as a timed self-destruct mechanism.
I really don't think it's feasible to imagine an iPod running off replacable batteries like you suggest; a 1 gig Creative device and a 60 gig iPod are completely different beasts...