As others have stated, given their respective market capitalizations and Apple's cash on hand, it's not impossible. It does seem like it would make a lot of sense too, from a business standpoint.
As for an anti-trust case against Apple, I don't see how that would work. Apple and Adobe don't have a lot of overlap in their products... Apple buying Adobe wouldn't remove any competition as far as I can tell. It would have been more of an issue when Adobe acquired Macromedia.
As for open standards, it seems to me like as far as companies go, Apple has done alright as far as working with the open source community, haven't they? I see no reason why Apple in control of Postscript/PDF's future is any worse than Adobe being in control. It's not like either of them are Microsoft.
Also, with Apple now requiring future applications on Mac OS X to be Cocoa apps, and Photoshop's huge Carbon codebase... Adobe probably needs some help porting it over to Cocoa. Adobe's fortunes really were built on top of the Mac. It makes pretty good sense. I don't think it would really remove any Windows competition either... although the UI for Adobe's applications on Windows might start deviating away from a native Windows look and feel. As we've seen with iTunes, QuickTime, and Safari... Apple likes to do things their own way. Although something needs to be said for Adobe's interfaces which everyone is by now used to and comfortable with.
I, for one, saw MST3K: The Movie opening weekend, and own at least half of the DVDs (not sure how many there are now). I can easily pop one in and spend a few hours laughing, even if I've seen it many times before.
They've always had something going on since the show ended... I'm not sure if anyone remembers timmybighands.com (you'll have to go to archive.org now if you don't) which had fun essays and comics by most of the staff.
(My favorite line up on the show was Mike, Kevin as Servo, Trace as Crow, and definitely WITH Frank... for me the show wasn't as fun without Frank.)
The only one I've checked out is Fifth Element. The problem with Rifftrax is I need them to make fun of movies I already own on DVD. And most of those movies simply aren't GOOD enough to buy WITHOUT a Rifftrax.
The reason I keep a record player and some records around is because it's fun to use. It's what I used as a kid (growing up in the 80's, I was probably the last generation to have vinyl as a primary format). I like taking out the big records and putting the needle down. It's fun to count the tracks to try and get the right song you want (and then slightly miss).
Just make your password a sentence without spaces. Like "Whoneeds30characterlongpasswords!?" in fact that's better than 30 right there. Not doing the Unicode from 8 languages though.
I gave to John Edwards awhile ago, since he's my first choice. However, he doesn't hold public office right now, so I'll just have to imagine he might have done something like what Dodd did here.
I don't think he is talking about restoring the Mona Lisa back to mint condition. He would create something he believes approximates the original on a computer. I don't think anyone would allow him to drastically just paint over the Mona Lisa. Even normal restorations just fill in cracks and try to match what's currently there, I think.
Same for most instant messaging programs. You could fire up Ethereal/Wireshark and browse conversations all day on your network. The only instant messaging system that I know of that's encrypted is Skype. (Correct me if I'm wrong) I'm guessing they thought to build this in to Skype because it works on a P2P network.
99942 Apophis doesn't have the once-reported 1-in-36 chance of hitting us in 2029 anymore... now it's odds of hitting us in 2036 are pretty slim as well. It was a Torino scale 4, now it's zero.
But thinking about the music you purchased influences your thought patterns and what sort of song you need to imagine that is sufficiently different, as such, the music you imagine is a derivative work and you now owe royalties.
I was getting nostalgic recently since I used to work for NextCard, and was wondering how the other online banks were doing like NetBank and VirtualBank... and was surprised they were both still in business. I was also checking on other online banks.
Anyway, I think E*Trade is probably the best one out there. If you have direct deposit, you can set up a Max-Rate Checking account and won't have to worry about paying any fee if your balance is too low. They give you 0.5% APY for balances under $5000, and I think 4% for above that.
The best thing though is you get unlimited ATM fee refunds from other banks' ATMs, and E*Trade doesn't charge any ATM fee... so you're basically free to use any ATM you want.
Main Entry: venerable Pronunciation: 've-n&r(-&)-b&l, 'ven-r&-b&l Function: adjective 1 : deserving to be venerated -- used as a title for an Anglican archdeacon or for a Roman Catholic who has been accorded the lowest of three degrees of recognition for sanctity 2 : made sacred especially by religious or historical association 3 a : calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments <a venerable jazz musician>; broadly : conveying an impression of aged goodness and benevolence <encouraged by the venerable doctor's head-nodding> b : impressive by reason of age <under venerable pines> synonym see OLD - venerability/"ve-n&-r&-'bi-l&-tE, "ven-r&-/ noun - venerableness/'ve-n&r(-&)-b&l-n&s, 'ven-r&-/ noun - venerably/-blE/ adverb
I certainly thought McCain was a better option than Bush in 2000. But at the same time I was afraid he would be stronger competition to Al Gore, so I was hoping for Bush to win the primaries. What a mistake.
But in the years since 2000, I've become just disgusted with McCain. He doesn't hold my values at all, and he doesn't even seem to stand up for what he believes in. He will do anything to become President. He was against torture, and then -- as if he was tapped on the shoulder by Cheney himself and told, "Hey, shut up if you want to be President some day" -- he backed off. He must hate Bush for how the primaries went in 2000, and yet now he is Bush's lap dog. I enjoyed voting against McCain in 2004, and I will again until he's gone.
Personally, I generally split the US Senate between progressives and conservatives. Bernie Sanders is definitely progressive. Joe Lieberman is certainly not.
Alternatively, if you find your self exiting a store and are surprised by the rent-a-cop asking for your receipt here's a more productive thing you can do:
Refuse to comply.
When they insist they cannot let you go without seeing your receipt, ask if they can let you go after you return your items and get your money back.
Return your goods and attempt to leave.
Any attempt to prevent you at this point is an unlawful arrest, call the cops.
I thought the point of this whole thing is that it's equally as unlawful to stop you from leaving when you purchased something and don't want to show your receipt (unless they have reason to believe you shoplifted, such as seeing you take an item and attempt to leave without paying for it; and no, refusing to show a receipt is not a reason to believe you shoplifted) as it is to stop you from leaving if you didn't buy anything at all (and of course the same thing about reason to believe you shoplifted).
You don't have to return it for it to become wrong for them to detain you.
But I do agree that they might be more receptive if you threaten to return the merchandise if they don't leave you alone, and actually return it when they don't leave you alone.
"Reuters is reporting that IBM plans to announce a free, downloadable office suite today... There are about 135 million Lotus Notes users, and they will also receive Symphony free."
So it's free for everyone, including Lotus Notes users? What's the point of mentioning that then?
Well I always liked 80's era Mr. Wizard's World on Nickelodeon.
But I also liked Beakman's World on TLC when it was on.
Maybe you can show them the film "What the *bleep* Do We Know!?" and the pseudo-science crap will piss them off so much they'll want to learn the real thing.
In the library, I always liked this one series of books about the planets. They were thin hardcover books and pretty large, each one dedicated to a planet (plus one for the Sun). The pictures and diagrams of the layers of the planet sort of captured me. I also remember a book by Mr. Wizard about fun experiments to do at home. And books of optical illusions (with explanations).
My school always went to the Science Museum of Minnesota almost every year for field trips (plus trips to the Arboretum, Walker Art Center, and other stuff), and I used to LOVE going there. We'd usually catch an Omnimax movie produced in part by the museum.
We went to the Apple II lab about once a week or so in 1st grade as I recall.
But I don't know... something about the old technology we had around the school used to fascinate me too. Any time I got to go into an old storage room with stuff from 10 years or more before I went to the same school, with a little dust and grime on it, I was in heaven. Old film projectors, computers, phones, and other stuff used to just make me want to play with everything and see how it works.
You can't force a kid to be curious about science I guess and see beyond the textbook. But sleep easy knowing that in any class there's at least one kid who geeks out over this stuff, despite the curriculum.
For some reason this made me think of Bastian being told he needs to name the Childlike Empress in Neverending Story.
The Unbloated Software: Bastian. Why don't you do what you dream, Bastian? Bastian: But I can't, I have to keep my feet on the ground! The Unbloated Software: Call my name. Bastian, please! Save us! Bastian: All right! I'll do it! I'll save you! I will do what I dream! Bastian: MOONCHILD!
Even though you can't transmit information, it seems like some sort of hyperlink (best analogy I can come up with) across space to have two spots in space any size distance apart you can want (two or three or 500 galactic CLUSTERS away, for example... an incomprehensibly large distance) and have these two things be somehow related to each other because they got entangled.
I've read about entanglement for years and understand what it is and what happens... and then sometimes you have to wonder... I know what it is but... just what actually *IS* entanglement? What the heck is going on?
You're crazy. I can navigate my iPod when it's clipped to my waistband, when not looking, and with my shirt hanging over everything including the dial. It did not take a "fair amount of practice". It's a circle with four regions and a center region. What other brand are you referring to when you say the iPod is harder to use? What other brand has a simpler interface?
I am 26 and was particularly confused by "boned" here, as to me it refers to getting a hard-on. I was trying to decide if he was being sarcastic by saying he was "boned" about all these bad things, or if I was just not interpreting "boned" correctly.
I still don't get the subject "Boned and cool" even after reading the sibling post to your comment.
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As others have stated, given their respective market capitalizations and Apple's cash on hand, it's not impossible. It does seem like it would make a lot of sense too, from a business standpoint.
As for an anti-trust case against Apple, I don't see how that would work. Apple and Adobe don't have a lot of overlap in their products... Apple buying Adobe wouldn't remove any competition as far as I can tell. It would have been more of an issue when Adobe acquired Macromedia.
As for open standards, it seems to me like as far as companies go, Apple has done alright as far as working with the open source community, haven't they? I see no reason why Apple in control of Postscript/PDF's future is any worse than Adobe being in control. It's not like either of them are Microsoft.
Also, with Apple now requiring future applications on Mac OS X to be Cocoa apps, and Photoshop's huge Carbon codebase... Adobe probably needs some help porting it over to Cocoa. Adobe's fortunes really were built on top of the Mac. It makes pretty good sense. I don't think it would really remove any Windows competition either... although the UI for Adobe's applications on Windows might start deviating away from a native Windows look and feel. As we've seen with iTunes, QuickTime, and Safari... Apple likes to do things their own way. Although something needs to be said for Adobe's interfaces which everyone is by now used to and comfortable with.
Yeah... what if you could run Windows and Mac OS on the same computer? Maybe that fantasy is just too weird....
I, for one, saw MST3K: The Movie opening weekend, and own at least half of the DVDs (not sure how many there are now). I can easily pop one in and spend a few hours laughing, even if I've seen it many times before.
They've always had something going on since the show ended... I'm not sure if anyone remembers timmybighands.com (you'll have to go to archive.org now if you don't) which had fun essays and comics by most of the staff.
(My favorite line up on the show was Mike, Kevin as Servo, Trace as Crow, and definitely WITH Frank... for me the show wasn't as fun without Frank.)
Well Mike was head writer after all, I guess.
The only one I've checked out is Fifth Element. The problem with Rifftrax is I need them to make fun of movies I already own on DVD. And most of those movies simply aren't GOOD enough to buy WITHOUT a Rifftrax.
The reason I keep a record player and some records around is because it's fun to use. It's what I used as a kid (growing up in the 80's, I was probably the last generation to have vinyl as a primary format). I like taking out the big records and putting the needle down. It's fun to count the tracks to try and get the right song you want (and then slightly miss).
It's a fun toy. I'll always have a record player.
Just make your password a sentence without spaces. Like "Whoneeds30characterlongpasswords!?" in fact that's better than 30 right there. Not doing the Unicode from 8 languages though.
I gave to John Edwards awhile ago, since he's my first choice. However, he doesn't hold public office right now, so I'll just have to imagine he might have done something like what Dodd did here.
I don't think he is talking about restoring the Mona Lisa back to mint condition. He would create something he believes approximates the original on a computer. I don't think anyone would allow him to drastically just paint over the Mona Lisa. Even normal restorations just fill in cracks and try to match what's currently there, I think.
Same for most instant messaging programs. You could fire up Ethereal/Wireshark and browse conversations all day on your network. The only instant messaging system that I know of that's encrypted is Skype. (Correct me if I'm wrong) I'm guessing they thought to build this in to Skype because it works on a P2P network.
99942 Apophis doesn't have the once-reported 1-in-36 chance of hitting us in 2029 anymore... now it's odds of hitting us in 2036 are pretty slim as well. It was a Torino scale 4, now it's zero.
But thinking about the music you purchased influences your thought patterns and what sort of song you need to imagine that is sufficiently different, as such, the music you imagine is a derivative work and you now owe royalties.
God, like 99% of what you just said was completely stupid and irrelevant.
I was getting nostalgic recently since I used to work for NextCard, and was wondering how the other online banks were doing like NetBank and VirtualBank... and was surprised they were both still in business. I was also checking on other online banks.
Anyway, I think E*Trade is probably the best one out there. If you have direct deposit, you can set up a Max-Rate Checking account and won't have to worry about paying any fee if your balance is too low. They give you 0.5% APY for balances under $5000, and I think 4% for above that.
The best thing though is you get unlimited ATM fee refunds from other banks' ATMs, and E*Trade doesn't charge any ATM fee... so you're basically free to use any ATM you want.
Main Entry: venerable /"ve-n&-r&-'bi-l&-tE, "ven-r&-/ noun /'ve-n&r(-&)-b&l-n&s, 'ven-r&-/ noun /-blE/ adverb
Pronunciation: 've-n&r(-&)-b&l, 'ven-r&-b&l
Function: adjective
1 : deserving to be venerated -- used as a title for an Anglican archdeacon or for a Roman Catholic who has been accorded the lowest of three degrees of recognition for sanctity
2 : made sacred especially by religious or historical association
3 a : calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments <a venerable jazz musician>; broadly : conveying an impression of aged goodness and benevolence <encouraged by the venerable doctor's head-nodding> b : impressive by reason of age <under venerable pines>
synonym see OLD
- venerability
- venerableness
- venerably
I certainly thought McCain was a better option than Bush in 2000. But at the same time I was afraid he would be stronger competition to Al Gore, so I was hoping for Bush to win the primaries. What a mistake.
But in the years since 2000, I've become just disgusted with McCain. He doesn't hold my values at all, and he doesn't even seem to stand up for what he believes in. He will do anything to become President. He was against torture, and then -- as if he was tapped on the shoulder by Cheney himself and told, "Hey, shut up if you want to be President some day" -- he backed off. He must hate Bush for how the primaries went in 2000, and yet now he is Bush's lap dog. I enjoyed voting against McCain in 2004, and I will again until he's gone.
Personally, I generally split the US Senate between progressives and conservatives. Bernie Sanders is definitely progressive. Joe Lieberman is certainly not.
I thought the point of this whole thing is that it's equally as unlawful to stop you from leaving when you purchased something and don't want to show your receipt (unless they have reason to believe you shoplifted, such as seeing you take an item and attempt to leave without paying for it; and no, refusing to show a receipt is not a reason to believe you shoplifted) as it is to stop you from leaving if you didn't buy anything at all (and of course the same thing about reason to believe you shoplifted).
You don't have to return it for it to become wrong for them to detain you.
But I do agree that they might be more receptive if you threaten to return the merchandise if they don't leave you alone, and actually return it when they don't leave you alone.
"Reuters is reporting that IBM plans to announce a free, downloadable office suite today... There are about 135 million Lotus Notes users, and they will also receive Symphony free."
So it's free for everyone, including Lotus Notes users? What's the point of mentioning that then?
Yeah it would suck to have to talk to someone in Bangalore who can't even speak English properly.
Btw...
warantee -> warranty
reving -> revving
warrantee -> warranty
dont' -> don't
warantee -> warranty
bussinesses -> business
swithched -> switched
whose -> who's
Well I always liked 80's era Mr. Wizard's World on Nickelodeon.
But I also liked Beakman's World on TLC when it was on.
Maybe you can show them the film "What the *bleep* Do We Know!?" and the pseudo-science crap will piss them off so much they'll want to learn the real thing.
In the library, I always liked this one series of books about the planets. They were thin hardcover books and pretty large, each one dedicated to a planet (plus one for the Sun). The pictures and diagrams of the layers of the planet sort of captured me. I also remember a book by Mr. Wizard about fun experiments to do at home. And books of optical illusions (with explanations).
My school always went to the Science Museum of Minnesota almost every year for field trips (plus trips to the Arboretum, Walker Art Center, and other stuff), and I used to LOVE going there. We'd usually catch an Omnimax movie produced in part by the museum.
We went to the Apple II lab about once a week or so in 1st grade as I recall.
But I don't know... something about the old technology we had around the school used to fascinate me too. Any time I got to go into an old storage room with stuff from 10 years or more before I went to the same school, with a little dust and grime on it, I was in heaven. Old film projectors, computers, phones, and other stuff used to just make me want to play with everything and see how it works.
You can't force a kid to be curious about science I guess and see beyond the textbook. But sleep easy knowing that in any class there's at least one kid who geeks out over this stuff, despite the curriculum.
For some reason this made me think of Bastian being told he needs to name the Childlike Empress in Neverending Story.
The Unbloated Software: Bastian. Why don't you do what you dream, Bastian?
Bastian: But I can't, I have to keep my feet on the ground!
The Unbloated Software: Call my name. Bastian, please! Save us!
Bastian: All right! I'll do it! I'll save you! I will do what I dream!
Bastian: MOONCHILD!
Even though you can't transmit information, it seems like some sort of hyperlink (best analogy I can come up with) across space to have two spots in space any size distance apart you can want (two or three or 500 galactic CLUSTERS away, for example... an incomprehensibly large distance) and have these two things be somehow related to each other because they got entangled.
I've read about entanglement for years and understand what it is and what happens... and then sometimes you have to wonder... I know what it is but... just what actually *IS* entanglement? What the heck is going on?
You're crazy. I can navigate my iPod when it's clipped to my waistband, when not looking, and with my shirt hanging over everything including the dial. It did not take a "fair amount of practice". It's a circle with four regions and a center region. What other brand are you referring to when you say the iPod is harder to use? What other brand has a simpler interface?
I am 26 and was particularly confused by "boned" here, as to me it refers to getting a hard-on. I was trying to decide if he was being sarcastic by saying he was "boned" about all these bad things, or if I was just not interpreting "boned" correctly.
I still don't get the subject "Boned and cool" even after reading the sibling post to your comment.