No it hasn't. VoiceOver is a system which tells the user audibly what's on the screen. Like an advanced screen reader, but integrated with speakable items. It is a new, and fairly impressive technology. I didn't have as much time to play with it in the beta as I would have liked, but it isn't speakable items that's for sure.
From what I recall from playing with the Tiger beta oh so long ago, dashboard is fairly light wieght while it's hidden. Of course, when you bring it forward, the CPU load goes up considerably, but when it's in the background, it's fairly nice to the CPU.
Probably not. As nice and K has been for some people, a lot of people don't like it (like myself) due to the loads that it constantly puts on the system. If I remember my time playing with the old Tiger beta right, the loads dashboard puts on the system are considerably less when it's hidden. That in and of itself should generate more demand, and more developers. Plus, K is only javascript, Dashboard is the entire webkit backend and then some. More flexibility == more / better ideas
Like I said the manager's reaction was too much (probably due to the non-confrontation meme that seems to flow through society) and so called the cops. The cops obviously handled it correctly, questioned him a bit, and then let him on his way.
The question is, is the damage from a couple freaky looking guys (who probably aren't their normal customers anyway, else the workers wouldn't have thought them freaky) not shopping there worth the loss from a possible shoplifter and the media attention thereafter.
I think a lot of this has to do with modern mentality of "Dont stand up to criminals, just call the cops." I can't tell you how many times I've seen people who were doing something odd, and when i've mentioned it to the managers, they begin to call security, and when i ask them why they aren't talking to the person first they say "What if he has a gun" or something like this. Everyone avoids confrontation.
While the reaction of the manager without talking to you was extreme, you were probably acting in a way that was unusual and suspicious. Most people don't spend their time looking at the security system in a store. The people with the most vested interest in how the security system works is more often than not, people interested in robbing the store. While the manager could have talked to you, their overall reaction to you specificaly was not uncalled for.
The laws regulating changing room cameras have to do with a thing called "reasonable expectation of privacy". While browsing the racks at a store, one doesn't have a reasonable expectation of privacy, as anyone can walk over and see what you're doing.
Or unless they don't want to move across country every year or so. My dad was in the air force for quite a few years and then decided he was sick of moving arround all the time, got out and went and worked security at a nuclear research facility.
The judge actualy specifically said the rumor sites could continue to speculate and publish rumors, but that they had to turn over their sources in the cases in question. Apple still has to plug the leaks on their own, the sites just can't protect the leak.
Dell also has a metric shit ton of kiosks all over the place. Physical presense. You may not be able to take the computer home directly from there, but it fills in part of the feeling of shopping for and buying something.
Basically what you have is a society where buying stuff online is still not a major part of most people's purchasing habits. We go to stroes to buy stuff. That's what Dell realized and why they put kiosks out, because people go out to buy things mostly. Years from now that will obviously change as e commerce becomes something people are more comfortable with, but as it stands, people will go out to the store to buy their stuff.
must admit that I thought Lindows's $4.95 a month for "Click-and-Run" was kinda lame, so I pointed the apt configuration at the canonical Debian sources... which promptly trashed the Lindows installation.
I told my wife, "I'll either run the 'restore' disk or install Fedora, your call." She asked what the difference was and I explained "You can have Lindows with click-and-run for $60/year or you can have everything you would get from click-and-run free with Fedora." She chose Fedora and has never looked back. I have installed exactly ONE program that is not distributed by the Fedora project on her machine, although I'm thinking about adding gxine have a better media player than the crippled version of xmms included with the distro.
So it's out of the box if you want to pay a fee. That's not going to help any.
They're more consistant than between varios linux distros. Around here, we have 3 various windows configs (XP, XP SP2, and Win2k), and 2 Linux configs (RedHat, and some random distro that I don't even know the name of).
To switcch between each of the windows configurations, I just need to log in and recall that in windows XP, the start menu is even uglier.
When moving to a linux box, first RedHat isn't like windows. But that's OK, it's a new OS. But then to switch to the other distro, now I don't even have a task bar, I have some universal control menu that shows up when I right click, I have to tell the OS where I want each window to be created, and I have no direct access to what I normaly call my desktop.
by the way, I think you need to read up on your definition of a trade secret:
(4) "Trade secret" means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program device, method, technique, or process, that: (i) derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from no being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.
I can personaly say, it wouldn't matter if it was Microsoft, Pepsi, Nike or Baby Eaters Anonymous. Were the situation the same, I would believe the company to be enirely in the right.
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Hell if he worked with macs, he'd be able to afford getting someone else to wash his car.
No it hasn't. VoiceOver is a system which tells the user audibly what's on the screen. Like an advanced screen reader, but integrated with speakable items. It is a new, and fairly impressive technology. I didn't have as much time to play with it in the beta as I would have liked, but it isn't speakable items that's for sure.
Try downloading the CHUD tools. Theres an App called SpindownHD that lets you specifiy when disks sleep and how often they're polled.
From what I recall from playing with the Tiger beta oh so long ago, dashboard is fairly light wieght while it's hidden. Of course, when you bring it forward, the CPU load goes up considerably, but when it's in the background, it's fairly nice to the CPU.
Probably not. As nice and K has been for some people, a lot of people don't like it (like myself) due to the loads that it constantly puts on the system. If I remember my time playing with the old Tiger beta right, the loads dashboard puts on the system are considerably less when it's hidden. That in and of itself should generate more demand, and more developers. Plus, K is only javascript, Dashboard is the entire webkit backend and then some. More flexibility == more / better ideas
Like I said the manager's reaction was too much (probably due to the non-confrontation meme that seems to flow through society) and so called the cops. The cops obviously handled it correctly, questioned him a bit, and then let him on his way.
The question is, is the damage from a couple freaky looking guys (who probably aren't their normal customers anyway, else the workers wouldn't have thought them freaky) not shopping there worth the loss from a possible shoplifter and the media attention thereafter.
Except he wasn't arrested. The manager was an idiot, the cops came and did the manager's job and he was left to go his own way.
I think a lot of this has to do with modern mentality of "Dont stand up to criminals, just call the cops." I can't tell you how many times I've seen people who were doing something odd, and when i've mentioned it to the managers, they begin to call security, and when i ask them why they aren't talking to the person first they say "What if he has a gun" or something like this. Everyone avoids confrontation.
You give up freedoms every time you do ANYTHING that involves safety. Sorry. That's life.
And the store can kick those people out if they so chose.
While the reaction of the manager without talking to you was extreme, you were probably acting in a way that was unusual and suspicious. Most people don't spend their time looking at the security system in a store. The people with the most vested interest in how the security system works is more often than not, people interested in robbing the store. While the manager could have talked to you, their overall reaction to you specificaly was not uncalled for.
The laws regulating changing room cameras have to do with a thing called "reasonable expectation of privacy". While browsing the racks at a store, one doesn't have a reasonable expectation of privacy, as anyone can walk over and see what you're doing.
And the only answer he has to give is it's against store policy.
Or unless they don't want to move across country every year or so. My dad was in the air force for quite a few years and then decided he was sick of moving arround all the time, got out and went and worked security at a nuclear research facility.
Once again, speculation != publishing NDA covered information and trade secrets.
The judge actualy specifically said the rumor sites could continue to speculate and publish rumors, but that they had to turn over their sources in the cases in question. Apple still has to plug the leaks on their own, the sites just can't protect the leak.
Dell also has a metric shit ton of kiosks all over the place. Physical presense. You may not be able to take the computer home directly from there, but it fills in part of the feeling of shopping for and buying something.
Basically what you have is a society where buying stuff online is still not a major part of most people's purchasing habits. We go to stroes to buy stuff. That's what Dell realized and why they put kiosks out, because people go out to buy things mostly. Years from now that will obviously change as e commerce becomes something people are more comfortable with, but as it stands, people will go out to the store to buy their stuff.
must admit that I thought Lindows's $4.95 a month for "Click-and-Run" was kinda lame, so I pointed the apt configuration at the canonical Debian sources ... which promptly trashed the Lindows installation.
I told my wife, "I'll either run the 'restore' disk or install Fedora, your call." She asked what the difference was and I explained "You can have Lindows with click-and-run for $60/year or you can have everything you would get from click-and-run free with Fedora." She chose Fedora and has never looked back. I have installed exactly ONE program that is not distributed by the Fedora project on her machine, although I'm thinking about adding gxine have a better media player than the crippled version of xmms included with the distro.
So it's out of the box if you want to pay a fee. That's not going to help any.
And this matters how?
Because joe user wants to carry his computer home. Why do you think stores selling computers do so well? Instant gratification.
They're more consistant than between varios linux distros. Around here, we have 3 various windows configs (XP, XP SP2, and Win2k), and 2 Linux configs (RedHat, and some random distro that I don't even know the name of) .
To switcch between each of the windows configurations, I just need to log in and recall that in windows XP, the start menu is even uglier.
When moving to a linux box, first RedHat isn't like windows. But that's OK, it's a new OS. But then to switch to the other distro, now I don't even have a task bar, I have some universal control menu that shows up when I right click, I have to tell the OS where I want each window to be created, and I have no direct access to what I normaly call my desktop.
speculation is one thing, these people were publishing documents and slides. READ THE COURT RULING
by the way, I think you need to read up on your definition of a trade secret:
(4) "Trade secret" means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program device, method, technique, or process, that: (i) derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from no being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.
I can personaly say, it wouldn't matter if it was Microsoft, Pepsi, Nike or Baby Eaters Anonymous. Were the situation the same, I would believe the company to be enirely in the right.
Actually, if you had READ THE COURT RULING you would see Apple clearly demonstrated that they were trade secrets.