and we feel the film now has a chance to resonate with a young audience."
Danger, Will Robinson!
Brian Klugman, if you're lurking, take a page from the Pixar notebook, and write a movie that will appeal to adults. The kids will get it, really. They're a lot smarter than most people in Hollywood give them credit for.
One thing I'm going to try doing is making a disk image right out of the box. From what I've read, I just have to plug in a storage device (USB), then boot off the OS CD holding the C key down on the keyboard. I can then run the disk utility to make the image, storing the.dmg file on the USB drive. This way if something does go horribly wrong in the first few weeks I can recover fairly easily.
But what about store.apple.com? That is probably not going thru Akamai, as Akamai is primarily geared towards serving static and mostly-static content.
I was finally able to get my order in around 6pm eastern time. Up until that point, store.apple.com was definitely unresponsive.
Like I posted the other day, I was looking at a Power Mac this past weekend, but the $2800 price (without a monitor!) was a bit much. The Mac mini is much better priced for my first Mac. I'm really looking forward to using it.
Normally I stay away from add-on warranties, but I went ahead and got the Apple Care package for it. I figure it's an entirely new model and there may be a few things that need fixing.
In addition to what the others have said, one thing that killed Be was back when Apple was shopping for a new OS, they wanted $400 million, which is more than Apple's board was willing to pay. So the deal didn't happen, and Be closed up.
Kind of a shame -- any shop that tosses old CRT monitors off the roof of their building looked like a fun place to work.
Or Apple might decide to throw some of that cash into the box along with new computers by deliberately losing some money on each unit in order to buy market share.
I'd personally like to see this happen. I was at the local Apple store this weekend looking at Power Macs. I thought overnight about making a purchase (one just doesn't make impulse buys at $3000), and ultimately decided against buying one.
My reasons pretty much came down to: I didn't think it was a good value. I mean, I've paid less for a car!
I'm still interested in buying one, but maybe I'll look on eBay or buy one of their refurb models. I like the idea of a *nix system that has a GUI that actually works (sorry X.11, but I've never liked you).
Memory wasn't sold in increments of megabytes in 1984 -- it was sold by the kilobyte. 16kbit DIPs (no simms, dimms, etc, these were individual socketed chips) were $1.50 each, and you needed 8 of them to form a byte-wide memory line.
My 16kbyte upgrade for my 48k Apple ][+ was $80, and I had to do the soldering myself. Yeah, yeah, and I had to walk to school in the snow barefoot -- I'm just trying to tell you that we have it incredibly lucky today, being able to carry 1gb around on your keychain.
When the state of North Carolina needed to build I-540 around Raleigh, the owners of the houses which they bought got 110% of market value.
That extra 10% was to prevent any expensive litigation which would have raised the price of the project, as well as delayed it. I thought it was a pretty reasonable solution, and would urge the state of Texas to adopt a similar policy.
I've been looking at DLPs (the only HDTV sets I can reasonably afford), and the 720p is an issue for me. Sure, it's a step up from NTSC, but not enough of one to justify the price. But a big point in favor of DLP is the light weight of the sets -- who wants to haul a 400 pound monster up the stairs?
So, Texas Instruments, if you're lurking, please get to work on a 1080p version of your HD3 DLP chip.
Somewhere deep in the code is a comment that says:// I don't need to check for this condition because// my asshole manager Steve Johnson says it'll// never happen
I wouldn't automatically assume it was the fault of one of the recording industry groups... it may be that suprnova.org simply couldn't afford their bandwidth costs any more. But until we hear more from the owners, we're all just guessing as to the cause.
Most of the 100+ state-run pensions in the US are already underfunded, plus they've got a lot of their money in funds based on the S&P 500 index (Microsoft makes up a large part of the valuation of the S&P 500). So what happens when someone like Microsoft has to restate earnings to comply with the new FASB standards? It's going to absolutely bust the budgets of many states for years to come as they struggle to pay their commitments.
Of course, the states will merely find experts who think they can somehow get 10..12..15% return on their money, and woot! They're back in the black!
A big problem becomes much more manageble if you just pretend it's already solved.
You haven't seen the Ralph Bakshi version of The Hobbit, have you? What a POS. In comparison, Peter Jackson did a stellar job, and I'm looking forward to his version of it.
Sure, PJ had to make some changes. I personally would have liked to have seen Tom Bombadil, but he was already at most movie patron's upper bladder limit with a 3 hour film
A cell phone is a pretty limited device -- maybe 256mb ram. Will there be a way to transfer my purchased music to my PC?
Also - will I be able to transfer AAC music that I purchased in the past from iTunes to my phone? It'd be nice to not have to carry a phone *and* an iPod to work.
Whenever I hear "based on the..." used in the ad blurb, I know it's going to suck. So I didn't watch it. Sorry, Sci-Fi channel. You should have used the Peter Jackson play book, and stayed true to the original story.
BTW: There's a similar rule for Tom Clancy novels: If it has an apostrophe in the title, it's gonna suck (Tom Clancy's Net Force, anyone?)
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and we feel the film now has a chance to resonate with a young audience."
Danger, Will Robinson!
Brian Klugman, if you're lurking, take a page from the Pixar notebook, and write a movie that will appeal to adults. The kids will get it, really. They're a lot smarter than most people in Hollywood give them credit for.
Chip H.
Thanks for the advice.
.dmg file on the USB drive. This way if something does go horribly wrong in the first few weeks I can recover fairly easily.
One thing I'm going to try doing is making a disk image right out of the box. From what I've read, I just have to plug in a storage device (USB), then boot off the OS CD holding the C key down on the keyboard. I can then run the disk utility to make the image, storing the
Chip H.
But what about store.apple.com? That is probably not going thru Akamai, as Akamai is primarily geared towards serving static and mostly-static content.
Chip H.
I was finally able to get my order in around 6pm eastern time. Up until that point, store.apple.com was definitely unresponsive.
Like I posted the other day, I was looking at a Power Mac this past weekend, but the $2800 price (without a monitor!) was a bit much. The Mac mini is much better priced for my first Mac. I'm really looking forward to using it.
Normally I stay away from add-on warranties, but I went ahead and got the Apple Care package for it. I figure it's an entirely new model and there may be a few things that need fixing.
Chip H.
Strangly enough, Presto sold a small appliance in the 1970's called the "meat toaster".
Chip H.
In addition to what the others have said, one thing that killed Be was back when Apple was shopping for a new OS, they wanted $400 million, which is more than Apple's board was willing to pay. So the deal didn't happen, and Be closed up.
Kind of a shame -- any shop that tosses old CRT monitors off the roof of their building looked like a fun place to work.
Chip H.
Sort of like "eConcrete" -- Concrete overnight, just add water!
Chip H.
Or Apple might decide to throw some of that cash into the box along with new computers by deliberately losing some money on each unit in order to buy market share.
I'd personally like to see this happen. I was at the local Apple store this weekend looking at Power Macs. I thought overnight about making a purchase (one just doesn't make impulse buys at $3000), and ultimately decided against buying one.
My reasons pretty much came down to: I didn't think it was a good value. I mean, I've paid less for a car!
I'm still interested in buying one, but maybe I'll look on eBay or buy one of their refurb models. I like the idea of a *nix system that has a GUI that actually works (sorry X.11, but I've never liked you).
Chip H.
The Model M with Windows keys is now made by Unicomp
It's still a PS/2 interface, so you'll need a converter.
Chip H.
Memory wasn't sold in increments of megabytes in 1984 -- it was sold by the kilobyte. 16kbit DIPs (no simms, dimms, etc, these were individual socketed chips) were $1.50 each, and you needed 8 of them to form a byte-wide memory line.
My 16kbyte upgrade for my 48k Apple ][+ was $80, and I had to do the soldering myself. Yeah, yeah, and I had to walk to school in the snow barefoot -- I'm just trying to tell you that we have it incredibly lucky today, being able to carry 1gb around on your keychain.
Chip H.
it's simply not possible for 300-odd people, even with 100-person staffs, to micromanage every aspect of government.
Maybe that's a sign that we have too much goverment?
Chip H.
Damn earth drivers -- hogging the left lane with their blinker on for half a year. Why don't they go back to West Syrtis Major?
Chip H.
When the state of North Carolina needed to build I-540 around Raleigh, the owners of the houses which they bought got 110% of market value.
That extra 10% was to prevent any expensive litigation which would have raised the price of the project, as well as delayed it. I thought it was a pretty reasonable solution, and would urge the state of Texas to adopt a similar policy.
Chip H.
There's the Liberty Alliance, which seems to be picking up some speed recently.
There's also the SAML initiative from the OASIS group.
Chip H.
I've been looking at DLPs (the only HDTV sets I can reasonably afford), and the 720p is an issue for me. Sure, it's a step up from NTSC, but not enough of one to justify the price. But a big point in favor of DLP is the light weight of the sets -- who wants to haul a 400 pound monster up the stairs?
So, Texas Instruments, if you're lurking, please get to work on a 1080p version of your HD3 DLP chip.
Chip H.
Installed base
Chip H.
Somewhere deep in the code is a comment that says:
// I don't need to check for this condition because
// my asshole manager Steve Johnson says it'll
// never happen
{friggin' slash - When I say plain old text, I mean plain old text!}
Somewhere deep in the code is a comment that says: // I don't need to check for this condition because // my asshole manager Steve Johnson says it'll // never happen
What about the window-screen effect?
Does the new Texas Instruments HD3 chip reduce that?
Chip H.
I wouldn't automatically assume it was the fault of one of the recording industry groups ... it may be that suprnova.org simply couldn't afford their bandwidth costs any more. But until we hear more from the owners, we're all just guessing as to the cause.
Chip H.
Most of the 100+ state-run pensions in the US are already underfunded, plus they've got a lot of their money in funds based on the S&P 500 index (Microsoft makes up a large part of the valuation of the S&P 500). So what happens when someone like Microsoft has to restate earnings to comply with the new FASB standards? It's going to absolutely bust the budgets of many states for years to come as they struggle to pay their commitments.
Of course, the states will merely find experts who think they can somehow get 10..12..15% return on their money, and woot! They're back in the black!
A big problem becomes much more manageble if you just pretend it's already solved.
Chip H.
You haven't seen the Ralph Bakshi version of The Hobbit, have you? What a POS. In comparison, Peter Jackson did a stellar job, and I'm looking forward to his version of it.
Sure, PJ had to make some changes. I personally would have liked to have seen Tom Bombadil, but he was already at most movie patron's upper bladder limit with a 3 hour film
Chip H.
Which way is the planet going this month? I've lost track.
Chip H.
A cell phone is a pretty limited device -- maybe 256mb ram. Will there be a way to transfer my purchased music to my PC?
Also - will I be able to transfer AAC music that I purchased in the past from iTunes to my phone? It'd be nice to not have to carry a phone *and* an iPod to work.
And lastly -- what about battery life?
Chip H.
Whenever I hear "based on the..." used in the ad blurb, I know it's going to suck. So I didn't watch it. Sorry, Sci-Fi channel. You should have used the Peter Jackson play book, and stayed true to the original story.
BTW: There's a similar rule for Tom Clancy novels: If it has an apostrophe in the title, it's gonna suck (Tom Clancy's Net Force, anyone?)
Chip H.