Recently, I had a very subtle problem with airport on my pismo g3. Not one but two apple support people helped me with the problem. They were courteous and patient.
And yes, it was not an obvious problem by a long shot, dealing with how an update handed obsolete names of some computers on the network. They were very competent troubleshooters and they finally solved the problem.
Since I make a point of complaining when service is bad, I thought it only fair to send an email to them praising the service. I received a kind, personal, reply from the tech support supervisor.
Gravity's Rainbow and Mason & Dixon, by Thomas Pynchon. Yes, I've read them both (twice) and they're wonderful, like zap comix written by herman melville.
Any novel by Alan Furst, but start with The Polish Officer. Great spy stories, set in Europe at the start of WWII.
Give My Regards to Eighth Street by Morton Feldman. Learn how a great American composer thinks.
The War on Terror and the Terror of God by Lee Griffith. Learn why bombing the daylights out of people tends to get them *very* angry and doesn't contribute to homeland safety.
As for mass produced entertainment:
If I don't see a movie this summer, who cares? And for TV, I've got Tivo, so no commercials!!!
As for recorded music...I have about 4000 cd's. Why would I want another:-) Music's better when it's live, anyway...
Many professional composers, including myself were horrified to learn that Studio Vision which had been bought by Gibson had been discontinued. As it is challenge response protected, there will come a time when literally our files will become unplayable.
No, I don't want to be charged for something I got for free.
But 100 megs of storage, 15 megs of email storage, plus a homepage, plus antivirus software makes $50/year for first year at least worthwhile.
As to why you would want online storage, on occasion it is useful to have some stuff on the net rather than on a disk, either to share with others, or for backup or for other reasons.
This is a dog eat dog world. You should do what is in your self-interest, and only you know that. No company would think twice about letting you go or reneging on an offer if it was in their best interests to do so. Neither should you.
Suppose you were watching, say, Matrix 2, and suddenly Keanu's left hanging on some digital cliff and you cut away to a doggie yum yums spot? Would YOU leave your seat and make a fuss when you're out with your hot date? Heck no! You'll watch it.
Obviously, if the industry wants captive eyeballs, they should forget about tv and target movies.
Both the Star Wars sequels (the original was a very small film, btw) and Spider-Man are the heavily massaged and market-tested products of an artistically corrupt process.
To perceive some sort of generational shift because the audience prefers one or the other is pointless. It's like deciding who is more important, Cher or Brittney Spears (or however her name is spelled).
The great films of our time, like the great pop music cds, are not being made in this coutnry, but in China, Finland, Brazil, Iran, Japan and elsewhere. To watch a new movie by, say, Zhang Yimou or Aki Kaarismaaki, is to realize how good movies can be and how cruddy hollywood's products have become.
The Reagan presidency. Most complete evocation of a fantasy world/dystopia ever made. Great special effects, even if there was no scientific basis to any of it.
Reminds me of the time I came in late on one of the Star Trek movies and missed the set up. What I saw was a bunch of handsome/cute creatures (the starship) beating up the ugly Klingons for no reason whatsoever. I came to the conclusion that this was how hollywood sees the world: the triumph of the beautiful.
People have addressed ease of use in the posts I've read. Few have addressed reliability issues. As a fanatical mac user, I would nevertheless like a much more reliable system than the current ones, pc or mac.
Reliability, backing up, diagnostics: they're not terribly sexy, but boy do computers need improvements in all these areas
Staggering statistics and beyond.
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"The most staggering statistic out of Afghanistan might be that the first American combat casualty died nearly three months into the "war.""
No. The most staggering statistic is the one we're not being told: how many people have died on all sides of this war.
"The Taliban and their terrorist friends seem to have been totally unprepared for this variety of war, such a stark contrast to the Soviet's ill-fated invasion of Afghanistan just a decade ago."
au contraire. Every al Qaeda who dies becomes a martyr to inspire those that survive and all thos little Qaedas being trained around the world.
" In the new kind of American war, political leaders ask citizens only to keep shopping and traveling. "
What a crass, cynical attitude but you are correct. To which I would add: And not think about what the suffering of war really means.
"A war without sacrifice is definitely a 21st century idea.""
Ridiculous. There have been horrible sacrifices in this war. Countless thousands have died. Countless millions will die of hunger.
And in a drone war, sooner or later one side's robots will be annihilated. Then what? The humans simply surrender without a casualty? I don't think so.
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And yes, it was not an obvious problem by a long shot, dealing with how an update handed obsolete names of some computers on the network. They were very competent troubleshooters and they finally solved the problem.
Since I make a point of complaining when service is bad, I thought it only fair to send an email to them praising the service. I received a kind, personal, reply from the tech support supervisor.
Apple's got my business for as long as they like.
for the ultimate Imax nausea
Gravity's Rainbow and Mason & Dixon, by Thomas Pynchon. Yes, I've read them both (twice) and they're wonderful, like zap comix written by herman melville.
Any novel by Alan Furst, but start with The Polish Officer. Great spy stories, set in Europe at the start of WWII.
Give My Regards to Eighth Street by Morton Feldman. Learn how a great American composer thinks.
The War on Terror and the Terror of God by Lee Griffith. Learn why bombing the daylights out of people tends to get them *very* angry and doesn't contribute to homeland safety.
As for mass produced entertainment:
If I don't see a movie this summer, who cares? And for TV, I've got Tivo, so no commercials!!!
As for recorded music...I have about 4000 cd's. Why would I want another :-) Music's better when it's live, anyway...
Let's buy it and open source it
But 100 megs of storage, 15 megs of email storage, plus a homepage, plus antivirus software makes $50/year for first year at least worthwhile.
As to why you would want online storage, on occasion it is useful to have some stuff on the net rather than on a disk, either to share with others, or for backup or for other reasons.
Thank god :-)
The sooner govt and religion is severed throughout the world, the better.
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
This is a dog eat dog world. You should do what is in your self-interest, and only you know that. No company would think twice about letting you go or reneging on an offer if it was in their best interests to do so. Neither should you.
but can't find bin Laden?
Obviously, if the industry wants captive eyeballs, they should forget about tv and target movies.
Both the Star Wars sequels (the original was a very small film, btw) and Spider-Man are the heavily massaged and market-tested products of an artistically corrupt process. To perceive some sort of generational shift because the audience prefers one or the other is pointless. It's like deciding who is more important, Cher or Brittney Spears (or however her name is spelled). The great films of our time, like the great pop music cds, are not being made in this coutnry, but in China, Finland, Brazil, Iran, Japan and elsewhere. To watch a new movie by, say, Zhang Yimou or Aki Kaarismaaki, is to realize how good movies can be and how cruddy hollywood's products have become.
The Reagan presidency. Most complete evocation of a fantasy world/dystopia ever made. Great special effects, even if there was no scientific basis to any of it.
Reminds me of the time I came in late on one of the Star Trek movies and missed the set up. What I saw was a bunch of handsome/cute creatures (the starship) beating up the ugly Klingons for no reason whatsoever. I came to the conclusion that this was how hollywood sees the world: the triumph of the beautiful.
People have addressed ease of use in the posts I've read. Few have addressed reliability issues. As a fanatical mac user, I would nevertheless like a much more reliable system than the current ones, pc or mac. Reliability, backing up, diagnostics: they're not terribly sexy, but boy do computers need improvements in all these areas
No. The most staggering statistic is the one we're not being told: how many people have died on all sides of this war.
"The Taliban and their terrorist friends seem to have been totally unprepared for this variety of war, such a stark contrast to the Soviet's ill-fated invasion of Afghanistan just a decade ago."
au contraire. Every al Qaeda who dies becomes a martyr to inspire those that survive and all thos little Qaedas being trained around the world.
" In the new kind of American war, political leaders ask citizens only to keep shopping and traveling. "
What a crass, cynical attitude but you are correct. To which I would add: And not think about what the suffering of war really means.
"A war without sacrifice is definitely a 21st century idea.""
Ridiculous. There have been horrible sacrifices in this war. Countless thousands have died. Countless millions will die of hunger.
And in a drone war, sooner or later one side's robots will be annihilated. Then what? The humans simply surrender without a casualty? I don't think so.