You just make a logical fallacy - that's a circumstantial ad hominem argument. Just because you are putting the reviewer's circumstances to question doesn't mean his argument is any less valid.
Have him try putting in his serial number on Apple's Up-to-date web page. I ordered my 12" PB on Sept 23 and still qualified. And I was just informed Panther shipped today.:)
Wow, so THAT'S why that "every app gets the SPOD" bug occurs! At least I know now, thanks.
As for Bluetooth, Apple just released a firmware update. I don't know what problems you are experiencing but hopefully this helps? It apparently breaks compatibility with Windows so be careful.
This works for me too.:) One thing to note: Don't enter the dash ("-") when entering your serial number. You can get the exact one you need to enter from going to About This Mac and clicking on the OS Version until it changes to the serial number.
Hehe, lossy compression indeed. You do realize that video has huge compression rates right? There is a lot of spatial redundancy (pixels close together are likely to be the same) and temporal redundancy (pixels in the same location in neighbouring frames are likely to be the same). There is also coding redundancy (how the bitstream is actually sent).
Or maybe "In the off-chance that our claims against Linux have no legal basis whatsoever, it is possible that we may not be able to meet our cash flow expectations"
How is this significantly different than the case before? Your competitors were free to buy your domain names misspellings, they just didn't have a handy link to do it right away.
As a quick aside - anyone else remember the Apple Human Interface Guidlines circa System 7-era, incorporating the Principle of Muscular Remembrance? The idea is that important stuff is always in the same place, every time, so that the user doesn't even have to conciously think about where to find things.
Do I ever. That's why it makes me furiously mad when Windows/Office programs use those !@#!@!~ "personalized menus". The visible items change every time I try to do something. It's the first thing I turn off when using any Microsoft product, however it's the default at our lab so keeps reverting to that. Grrr. The other blatant violation of this common senseical rule is moving toolbar buttons from the hidden chevron back to the normal toolbar. Moving buttons on the toolbar?? Who is the Ad-Wizard that thought of that one!
Maybe I've just been here too long, but does it ever seem like 50% of the Slashdot stories are the same these days? Generally the categories are Microsoft sucks, SCO sucks, Spammers Suck, RIAA/MPAA sucks. I'm more interested in cool stuff or real tech news. At least we've been given a slight reprieve from the Linux Kernel 2.6.122.2.5.21 pre-alpha 4 is out. Maybe I should use those filter thingys.
Great post, very interesting. Can any lawyers confirm or deny this is the case?
We on Slashdot (and even Apple) seem to feel that when you buy a digital good you "own" it. But what is there to own? How can you resell that good when you can obviously make copies of it? (Burn to CD if the DRM can't be broken). A very interesting question IMO.
I disagree. Apple has always implied the difference between their service and others is that you are *buying* music from them as opposed to licensing/renting it from a service. Every other digital music distribution "treats their customers like criminals". I think that Apple (and a lot of Slashdot posters) feel that when you buy a digital good you own it in the same way you own a physical good. Hence the interesting question of if you are allowed to resell that digital good.
You have got to be kidding me. Outside of the relatively small Slashdot community who is absolutely blinded to the realities of the world, Microsoft is doing fantastic. Their revenue keeps increasing and increasing. They announched record revenues last year. In the quarter ending on Jun 30, 2003, their revenue was up about 11%. For the first time ever, they recently paid out dividends, meaning shareholders get more money. Say what you want about Microsoft's products, but they are making a lot of money and are probably one of the best tech stocks you can own these days.
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You just make a logical fallacy - that's a circumstantial ad hominem argument. Just because you are putting the reviewer's circumstances to question doesn't mean his argument is any less valid.
Have him try putting in his serial number on Apple's Up-to-date web page. I ordered my 12" PB on Sept 23 and still qualified. And I was just informed Panther shipped today. :)
You must be new here. ;)
That's an equivocation on the term "assembly".
As for Bluetooth, Apple just released a firmware update. I don't know what problems you are experiencing but hopefully this helps? It apparently breaks compatibility with Windows so be careful.
This works for me too. :) One thing to note: Don't enter the dash ("-") when entering your serial number. You can get the exact one you need to enter from going to About This Mac and clicking on the OS Version until it changes to the serial number.
Hehe, lossy compression indeed. You do realize that video has huge compression rates right? There is a lot of spatial redundancy (pixels close together are likely to be the same) and temporal redundancy (pixels in the same location in neighbouring frames are likely to be the same). There is also coding redundancy (how the bitstream is actually sent).
Did anyone else read that as "Like many of the other geeks here, my testes are very peculiar."
Ahaha. This is on my all time list of great posts.
I don't think the PowerBook 5300s or G4 12" AlBooks are very cool. ;)
Or maybe "In the off-chance that our claims against Linux have no legal basis whatsoever, it is possible that we may not be able to meet our cash flow expectations"
How is this significantly different than the case before? Your competitors were free to buy your domain names misspellings, they just didn't have a handy link to do it right away.
Ha ha ha. Try Eclipse. It's Swing that is slow/ugly, not Java. Eclipse/SWT is giving Java another chance at the desktop.
How are you supposed to believe a story short on details with only one source that has been denied by actual Ford employees?
But I guess Slashdot never pretended to be objetive.
I think that's due to limits of the POTS system, not really anything to do with the modems themselves. I could be wrong though.
Do I ever. That's why it makes me furiously mad when Windows/Office programs use those !@#!@!~ "personalized menus". The visible items change every time I try to do something. It's the first thing I turn off when using any Microsoft product, however it's the default at our lab so keeps reverting to that. Grrr. The other blatant violation of this common senseical rule is moving toolbar buttons from the hidden chevron back to the normal toolbar. Moving buttons on the toolbar?? Who is the Ad-Wizard that thought of that one!
I was gonna say - "Where did honestpuck go!??" I hope he didn't dissapear like poor John Katz.
Maybe I've just been here too long, but does it ever seem like 50% of the Slashdot stories are the same these days? Generally the categories are Microsoft sucks, SCO sucks, Spammers Suck, RIAA/MPAA sucks. I'm more interested in cool stuff or real tech news. At least we've been given a slight reprieve from the Linux Kernel 2.6.122.2.5.21 pre-alpha 4 is out. Maybe I should use those filter thingys.
Gzip may be more efficient than the modem hardware data compression. I have no idea if it is or not, but if it is, it could still help.
We on Slashdot (and even Apple) seem to feel that when you buy a digital good you "own" it. But what is there to own? How can you resell that good when you can obviously make copies of it? (Burn to CD if the DRM can't be broken). A very interesting question IMO.
I disagree. Apple has always implied the difference between their service and others is that you are *buying* music from them as opposed to licensing/renting it from a service. Every other digital music distribution "treats their customers like criminals". I think that Apple (and a lot of Slashdot posters) feel that when you buy a digital good you own it in the same way you own a physical good. Hence the interesting question of if you are allowed to resell that digital good.
Well, it's more exciting then the latest alpha build of the Linux 2.6 kernel.
Hah, I was just gonna post that that was my favorite too. Isn't the Slashdot mentality funny sometimes?
You have got to be kidding me. Outside of the relatively small Slashdot community who is absolutely blinded to the realities of the world, Microsoft is doing fantastic. Their revenue keeps increasing and increasing. They announched record revenues last year. In the quarter ending on Jun 30, 2003, their revenue was up about 11%. For the first time ever, they recently paid out dividends, meaning shareholders get more money. Say what you want about Microsoft's products, but they are making a lot of money and are probably one of the best tech stocks you can own these days.