I am just waiting for the day that the film and music industry screw the consumer so much, that they end up shooting themselves in the foot.
That day's already here, actually. I can buy a region-free DVD player for under $150, and I'm sure it will be just as easy to buy whatever I need to work around whatever buggery they come up with for HD-DVDs.
In addition to the other replies, don't forget the jackass who failed to stop the Oklahoma City Bombing, and then used it to smear his political opponents as terrorsits [reason.com] a year before his re-election campaign?
Yeah, that was pretty slimy. Par for the course, for a major-party politician, I'd say.
The last Democrat who was worth a damn was Truman. The last Republican? Maybe Eisenhower.
Maybe all the people who disagree with you should just shit-can their opinions and just let you pick our leaders.
Or better yet, maybe they should quit trying to argue Kerry into office, and concentrate on offering something to the voters the next time around, that could actually help them win. All I've heard from the losers since 2000 is completely over-the-top vilifications of the republicans. Ok, we got it: you're against Bush. Now, what the fuck are you for?
Does anybody still beleive that this election wasn't fixed? I mean, really. Of course it'll never be proven, but it's so freakin' obvious.
The election was, for all intents and purposes, a dead heat. This time, it went to the republicans. In the Kennedy-Nixon election, it went to the democrats. Get over it.
I have a sneaking suspicion that Steve and his crew would like nothing more than OS-X86 to be available tomorrow running on hundreds of x86 PCs across the globe.
Nope.
I was there for three and a half years. Apple engineers cringe at the idea of OS X running on any screwdriver-shop machine, because they actually care about the user experience. Many of us remember what a pain in the ass it was to get NeXTSTEP installed on a Dell or Epson PC. It's VERY important to Apple, that their users should not have to put up with that.
Maybe sometime in the next decade, when Vista has cratered and the next version of Windows is six years late (again), the Dells, HPs, and Lenovos of the world will cut a deal with Apple to allow them to sell OS X on their hardware, but I really wouldn't hold my breath for it.
I really don't understand the move back to 32 bit processors.
It's not really a move back. The laptops never had a 64-bit processor, and the iMac has replaced a 64-bit processor with a faster 32-bit machine. I'm sure the Xserve and the towers will be 64-bit machines when they go to Intel.
They have only done so because they felt it was a good move on their part and would increase their valuation at the time
Valuation never had anything to do with it. Releasing the Darwin sources was simply to make life easier for people developing drivers and other low-level code for OS X. Back in the NeXTSTEP days, it was quite a hassle to deal with showing your AT&T license before NeXT could show you the sources you needed.
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I am just waiting for the day that the film and music industry screw the consumer so much, that they end up shooting themselves in the foot.
That day's already here, actually. I can buy a region-free DVD player for under $150, and I'm sure it will be just as easy to buy whatever I need to work around whatever buggery they come up with for HD-DVDs.
-jcr
In addition to the other replies, don't forget the jackass who failed to stop the Oklahoma City Bombing, and then used it to smear his political opponents as terrorsits [reason.com] a year before his re-election campaign?
Yeah, that was pretty slimy. Par for the course, for a major-party politician, I'd say.
The last Democrat who was worth a damn was Truman. The last Republican? Maybe Eisenhower.
-jcr
Maybe all the people who disagree with you should just shit-can their opinions and just let you pick our leaders.
Or better yet, maybe they should quit trying to argue Kerry into office, and concentrate on offering something to the voters the next time around, that could actually help them win. All I've heard from the losers since 2000 is completely over-the-top vilifications of the republicans. Ok, we got it: you're against Bush. Now, what the fuck are you for?
-jcr
Will you beable to sell the disks on to friends/second hand market - No (At least from my understanding so correct me if i'm wrong)
The RIAA doesn't have the power to overrule the "first-sale" doctrine. You can resell an HD-DVD if you want, and it's none of their business.
-jcr
Looks pretty cut-and-dried to me..
-jcr
Dell is doing quite well for himself. So i dont see your point.
Show me a top-flight engineer who says "Man, I really want to work for Dell!" That's the point.
Again, Jobs did not invent the IPOD.
MANY people participated in designing the iPod, and Steve's contributions were quite significant.
-jcr
Fine. Keep snivelling through 2008, and see how much support it gets for your side.
-jcr
jackasses who failed to stop 9/11
I wonder, do you consider FDR to be the "jackass" who failed to stop Pearl Harbor?
-jcr
Is there anyway to vote for "None of the above"?
Of course there is. Check your ballot next time, you'll see about a dozen other candidates.
-jcr
Stop whining.
Ok so far...
History will show that this election was a coup d'état, and that we were the fools who let it happen.
Not much for taking your own advice, are you?
-jcr
Does anybody still beleive that this election wasn't fixed? I mean, really. Of course it'll never be proven, but it's so freakin' obvious.
The election was, for all intents and purposes, a dead heat. This time, it went to the republicans. In the Kennedy-Nixon election, it went to the democrats. Get over it.
-jcr
Ultimately he rides on the shoulders of the talent around him.
Why do you think that talent is around him, and not around (say) Michael Dell?
but the execution is not his, never will be, and hes simply not capable
You have no idea what you're talking about. People do the best work of their lives for Steve, because he won't accept anything less.
-jcr
Even Dell said they would sell OS X if Apple wanted to let them (I don't think they should).
They should be so lucky.
Personally, I'd like to see Apple offer OS X to everyone but Dell.
-jcr
OpenDoc had already failed by the time Steve came back to run the company. There was nothing there to salvage.
-jcr
(As a .NET programmer, I would love to see .NET platform become available on my macs, though.)
.NET app on my Mac. Go native, or don't bother.
As a Mac user, I say god forbid that I should ever have to run a
-jcr
I have a sneaking suspicion that Steve and his crew would like nothing more than OS-X86 to be available tomorrow running on hundreds of x86 PCs across the globe.
Nope.
I was there for three and a half years. Apple engineers cringe at the idea of OS X running on any screwdriver-shop machine, because they actually care about the user experience. Many of us remember what a pain in the ass it was to get NeXTSTEP installed on a Dell or Epson PC. It's VERY important to Apple, that their users should not have to put up with that.
Maybe sometime in the next decade, when Vista has cratered and the next version of Windows is six years late (again), the Dells, HPs, and Lenovos of the world will cut a deal with Apple to allow them to sell OS X on their hardware, but I really wouldn't hold my breath for it.
-jcr
Actually, here in California, those questions have exactly the same impact. Gay or straight just isn't much of an issue.
-jcr
Aqua is pretty much CDE with drop shadows.
Oh, come on now.. Aqua's got room for improvement, but comparing it to CDE is a tad harsh.
-jcr
And that doesn't add value to the company?
Not in any way that Wall Street would ever notice, no.
As far as I can tell, Darwin was never intended to be a true stand alone OS by any means
Not by Apple, certainly.
-jcr
faux-libertarian
Curses! I've been unmasked by the self-appointed anonymous arbiter of Libertarian orthodoxy!
That might really upset me, if I ever placed any weight on an AC's opinion.
-jcr
Office for the Mac, and particularly Entourage, is VERY nice software.
Compared to what?
-jcr
I really don't understand the move back to 32 bit processors.
It's not really a move back. The laptops never had a 64-bit processor, and the iMac has replaced a 64-bit processor with a faster 32-bit machine. I'm sure the Xserve and the towers will be 64-bit machines when they go to Intel.
-jcr
Woz tried his hand at a number of enterprises... none of which I can recall.
Oh, some of the things he did were quite impressive. He invented the unverisal remote control, for one thing.
-jcr
Careful, you almost made Jon Schwartz cream his jeans there...
-jcr
They have only done so because they felt it was a good move on their part and would increase their valuation at the time
Valuation never had anything to do with it. Releasing the Darwin sources was simply to make life easier for people developing drivers and other low-level code for OS X. Back in the NeXTSTEP days, it was quite a hassle to deal with showing your AT&T license before NeXT could show you the sources you needed.
-jcr