No. I meant that the OMP and MP100 have the same case. The MP 110 has a different case. The caption says it is a MP 110 - the picture is EITHER an OMP or MP100 (the two things that have the same case.)
They have a slide saying that Jonathan Ive designed the Newton MessagePad 110. However, the picture they show is not the MessagePad 110 - it is a picture of the original MessagePad or the MessagePad 100 (which had the same case).
Also, I KNOW that Jonathan Ive designed the eMate 300 which they don't show. I was not aware that he did design the 110 - which may not in fact be true. Possibly they are crediting him with the design of the wrong device. In any case, they look like idiots with a slide of the Newton 110 and a picture of the OMP (Original MessagePad).
I would have emailed them to point out the problem, but was unable to find an email address in their "contact us" section.
I think it is completely reasonable to have this kind of technology in movie theaters. The whole concept of a movie theater is that it is an expensive experience that cannot be replicated at home. If you have HD-DVD at home plus a large format HD display or a projector, then what is the point of going to the movies. I think it is OK for theaters to invest in a technology that makes the answer to the previous question something other than "none".
Funny, here I thought MS solved that whole compatibility problem the myriad of Unixes had created at the time.
Then you thought wrong. Neither DOS nor Windows was an "answer" to Unix. Unix was not a serious consideration for use on a personal computer circa 1980. The major competitor to DOS was CP/M which was standardized on personal computers at the time. Windows was just a knock off of the Mac. Microsoft didn't start really competing with Unix until the late 90s.
it doesn't support fairplay because apple won't let anyone but apple support fairplay.
Microsoft has a long history of getting Apple to do things they wouldn't otherwise do. They could just threaten to cancel Office for Mac again if Apple won't license FairPlay to them. It worked twice before.
Right, but he said that without having used the Zune. I'm not sure if WiFi sharing feature will be cool, or completely lame - I haven't used it or seen it used. I'm very confused about many aspects of the Zune. For example, it doesn't work with Microsoft's Plays For Sure. Why not? Besides Fair Play, Plays For Sure is the 2nd most popular DRM music solution.
Does it work with FairPlay? If not, and they are coming out with yet another format I'm just not sure that I'd be willing to take a gamble as to whether it would catch on.
Someone mentioned that it supports some huge number of formats, but I can't find a list anywhere. What formats? Does it support Ogg Vorbis?? If it doesn't support Ogg, Fair Play, or Plays Fore Sure, then what am I going to put on it? MP3s? Every player does MP3. WMA? OK, most non-iPods do that, although I'm not totally sure where I get WMA files.
Does it support IPod peripherals? If not, do they have any peripherals lined up for it? Will it work in my car? Can I get a boom box for it?
I don't see how citing one feature iPod doesn't have which sounds like (admittedly without having used said feature) it would not be all that useful makes them a "technology leader".
Funny, if MS had that you'd be screaming anti-competitive practice...
Give me a break. There is a huge difference between coming out with a proprietary technology that SOLVES A PROBLEM and being able to successfully promote it vs. calling OEMs on the phone and saying "Ship Netscape and Die".
What formats does it support? I looked in the Wikipedia article about the Zune and it doesn't list the formats. It DOES say that the Zune will not support Plays For Sure, but that it will support WMA.
Does it support Ogg Vorbis?? That's the format I've seen everyone on Slashdot wishing for.
I think the general public is going to be somewhat confused by the Zune. It doesn't support FairPlay or Plays For Sure (the two most widely used DRM formats). Does it support AAC? If it does, then people are going to be somewhat confused by the fact that the AAC files are supported, but oops some AAC files aren't supported because they don't support FairPlay.
Then, there is the fact that the Zune won't support any iPod peripherals. Even if Zune is successful, it might take a long time for third party peripherals to be created for it. Maybe MS can talk some of the people who are selling iPod peripherals (boomboxes, etc.) to come out with versions for the Zune. Who knows?
But, frankly, I'm a bit confused by the Zune. I think it will be hard for them to crack the market and beat Apple.
While command line is more easy to program - and the right thing for beginners, most kids probably have never touched the command line as a user. So, the first thing they will see is the fact that you are launching the command line and there goes any interest in what you are teaching.
When I was 8 years old, I got an Atari 400. Mine came with two add on kits: programming and games. The games kit contained two joysticks, Star Raiders, and Missile Command. The programming kit contained a cassette recorder, a tutorial on BASIC, a BASIC cartridge, and a reference manual.
The first thing I did with the computer was hook it up verify that it works. Next, I played Missile Command. When that got boring, I played Star Raiders. When that got boring, all I could really do was learn to program. In fact, that summer I was pretty much home alone all day. The only thing on TV was soap operas and it was over 100 degrees outside. Programming was by far the most interesting activity available to me. Making progress and learning a new thing was exciting (and it still is).
Today, a kid would have 60 channels on TV, a game console probably with tons of games, and the internet to explore.
That said, I kept reading the article thinking: why not just download an emulator and program in BASIC on that? There are free emulators for the Apple II, Atari 8 Bit, and C-64.
The fact that anyone can go online and find a way to get these books is worth celebrating.
I disagree. I think that these books merely represent a list of books that were banned at some time and place and are currently not banned in this time and place. It does not mean that there aren't other books that are currently being banned. It does not mean that censorship as a concept has been defeated, only that the tastes of society have changed.
I think if someone wrote a book like "Lolita" today, they would probably be banned. Lolita itself is not because of its fame.
I didn't say we don't have a TV - I said we don't have TV. Meaning we don't have cable or satelite or an antennae. I don't know if there would even be any signals to get in our area (probably not), but I don't care to find out anyway.
Only a matter of time till both Apple and MS initiate lawsuits on those that cracked their DRM.
I thought the people that develop this kind of thing live in Norway or other countries which recognize fair use and don't extradite to the US over such matters.
It seemed overly choreographed to me. The fighting moves didn't seem very realistic which I could forgive if they seemed "cool" which they didn't - they seemed like dance moves and I was embarassed watching the thing (and pretty much the whole film).
It made me never want to watch a Star Wars movie again. In fact, it almost made me never want to watch a movie again.
I remember that. There was a piece some news organization did - perhaps it was 20/20 - where they went to shops in Japan and tried to buy a Motorola cell phone. They got incensed when the shop keepers told them not to buy a motorola phone because they needed an extra adapter to work in Japan which made the phone quite clumsy to use.
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No. I meant that the OMP and MP100 have the same case. The MP 110 has a different case. The caption says it is a MP 110 - the picture is EITHER an OMP or MP100 (the two things that have the same case.)
They have a slide saying that Jonathan Ive designed the Newton MessagePad 110. However, the picture they show is not the MessagePad 110 - it is a picture of the original MessagePad or the MessagePad 100 (which had the same case).
Also, I KNOW that Jonathan Ive designed the eMate 300 which they don't show. I was not aware that he did design the 110 - which may not in fact be true. Possibly they are crediting him with the design of the wrong device. In any case, they look like idiots with a slide of the Newton 110 and a picture of the OMP (Original MessagePad).
I would have emailed them to point out the problem, but was unable to find an email address in their "contact us" section.
I think it is completely reasonable to have this kind of technology in movie theaters. The whole concept of a movie theater is that it is an expensive experience that cannot be replicated at home. If you have HD-DVD at home plus a large format HD display or a projector, then what is the point of going to the movies. I think it is OK for theaters to invest in a technology that makes the answer to the previous question something other than "none".
Funny, here I thought MS solved that whole compatibility problem the myriad of Unixes had created at the time.
Then you thought wrong. Neither DOS nor Windows was an "answer" to Unix. Unix was not a serious consideration for use on a personal computer circa 1980. The major competitor to DOS was CP/M which was standardized on personal computers at the time. Windows was just a knock off of the Mac. Microsoft didn't start really competing with Unix until the late 90s.
it doesn't support fairplay because apple won't let anyone but apple support fairplay.
Microsoft has a long history of getting Apple to do things they wouldn't otherwise do. They could just threaten to cancel Office for Mac again if Apple won't license FairPlay to them. It worked twice before.
Yeah, but the OEM ones aren't going to show up on his sell-through data because they don't have a separate SKU.
He said technology leader, not market leader
Right, but he said that without having used the Zune. I'm not sure if WiFi sharing feature will be cool, or completely lame - I haven't used it or seen it used. I'm very confused about many aspects of the Zune. For example, it doesn't work with Microsoft's Plays For Sure. Why not? Besides Fair Play, Plays For Sure is the 2nd most popular DRM music solution.
Does it work with FairPlay? If not, and they are coming out with yet another format I'm just not sure that I'd be willing to take a gamble as to whether it would catch on.
Someone mentioned that it supports some huge number of formats, but I can't find a list anywhere. What formats? Does it support Ogg Vorbis?? If it doesn't support Ogg, Fair Play, or Plays Fore Sure, then what am I going to put on it? MP3s? Every player does MP3. WMA? OK, most non-iPods do that, although I'm not totally sure where I get WMA files.
Does it support IPod peripherals? If not, do they have any peripherals lined up for it? Will it work in my car? Can I get a boom box for it?
I don't see how citing one feature iPod doesn't have which sounds like (admittedly without having used said feature) it would not be all that useful makes them a "technology leader".
Why not? Anti-DRM? Price? Style? Hate Steve Job's haircut? They turn you down for a job?
He's probably still mad because they screwed him by canceling support for the Apple ][.
Funny, if MS had that you'd be screaming anti-competitive practice...
Give me a break. There is a huge difference between coming out with a proprietary technology that SOLVES A PROBLEM and being able to successfully promote it vs. calling OEMs on the phone and saying "Ship Netscape and Die".
the zune supports more file types than the ipod.
What formats does it support? I looked in the Wikipedia article about the Zune and it doesn't list the formats. It DOES say that the Zune will not support Plays For Sure, but that it will support WMA.
Does it support Ogg Vorbis?? That's the format I've seen everyone on Slashdot wishing for.
I think the general public is going to be somewhat confused by the Zune. It doesn't support FairPlay or Plays For Sure (the two most widely used DRM formats). Does it support AAC? If it does, then people are going to be somewhat confused by the fact that the AAC files are supported, but oops some AAC files aren't supported because they don't support FairPlay.
Then, there is the fact that the Zune won't support any iPod peripherals. Even if Zune is successful, it might take a long time for third party peripherals to be created for it. Maybe MS can talk some of the people who are selling iPod peripherals (boomboxes, etc.) to come out with versions for the Zune. Who knows?
But, frankly, I'm a bit confused by the Zune. I think it will be hard for them to crack the market and beat Apple.
If it was hard for me to install software on my work computer, it would be time to look for a different job.
Dischord Records.
there are 23,000 Seqway's out there
I think Piaggio sells that many Vespas every day.
While command line is more easy to program - and the right thing for beginners, most kids probably have never touched the command line as a user. So, the first thing they will see is the fact that you are launching the command line and there goes any interest in what you are teaching.
When I was 8 years old, I got an Atari 400. Mine came with two add on kits: programming and games. The games kit contained two joysticks, Star Raiders, and Missile Command. The programming kit contained a cassette recorder, a tutorial on BASIC, a BASIC cartridge, and a reference manual.
The first thing I did with the computer was hook it up verify that it works. Next, I played Missile Command. When that got boring, I played Star Raiders. When that got boring, all I could really do was learn to program. In fact, that summer I was pretty much home alone all day. The only thing on TV was soap operas and it was over 100 degrees outside. Programming was by far the most interesting activity available to me. Making progress and learning a new thing was exciting (and it still is).
Today, a kid would have 60 channels on TV, a game console probably with tons of games, and the internet to explore.
That said, I kept reading the article thinking: why not just download an emulator and program in BASIC on that? There are free emulators for the Apple II, Atari 8 Bit, and C-64.
But don't most people survive flogging?
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Knit! Vomit! Configure! Swim!
I'd hardly call Heinlein a "hack". I'm not saying he's the most important writer ever, but a "hack"? No.
The fact that anyone can go online and find a way to get these books is worth celebrating.
I disagree. I think that these books merely represent a list of books that were banned at some time and place and are currently not banned in this time and place. It does not mean that there aren't other books that are currently being banned. It does not mean that censorship as a concept has been defeated, only that the tastes of society have changed.
I think if someone wrote a book like "Lolita" today, they would probably be banned. Lolita itself is not because of its fame.
Literature is Under Attack Even Today by Reactionaries who are hiding under your bed.
And also that any book currently banned isn't really literature and doesn't deserve any attention/protection.
I didn't say we don't have a TV - I said we don't have TV. Meaning we don't have cable or satelite or an antennae. I don't know if there would even be any signals to get in our area (probably not), but I don't care to find out anyway.
Only a matter of time till both Apple and MS initiate lawsuits on those that cracked their DRM.
I thought the people that develop this kind of thing live in Norway or other countries which recognize fair use and don't extradite to the US over such matters.
The light sabre fight was really well done.
It seemed overly choreographed to me. The fighting moves didn't seem very realistic which I could forgive if they seemed "cool" which they didn't - they seemed like dance moves and I was embarassed watching the thing (and pretty much the whole film).
It made me never want to watch a Star Wars movie again. In fact, it almost made me never want to watch a movie again.
I remember that. There was a piece some news organization did - perhaps it was 20/20 - where they went to shops in Japan and tried to buy a Motorola cell phone. They got incensed when the shop keepers told them not to buy a motorola phone because they needed an extra adapter to work in Japan which made the phone quite clumsy to use.
I dont understand why its legal to let Bayer comtaminate your rice
They are rich.