(Note: not posted anonymously - some things are more important than being "offtopic" in an/. discussion)...
These war protesters are mere sheep
At what point did a dissenting opinion indicate someone was a "sheep?" Even as anti-war sentiment grows, those willing to march are still far outnumbered by ho-hum lackwits. Who's the real sheep?
CNN shows some woman that claims that she is protesting because her son joined the marines to get a education and not to fight a war.
You're right. That is pretty stupid. But guess what? It's not representative of the anti-war movement. And you know what else? You can protest a war because you have loved ones in the armed services, and not be a hypocrite. There are such things as just and unjust wars.
freedom did not come for free in the US and it will not come for free for the Iraqi people
Blech. At what point did it become our duty to give Iraq freedom? If, as you surmise, this war is about some sort of higher purpose, let's reign it in for awhile, and focus on some places like, oh, let's see - North Korea and Saudi Arabia, maybe? Things ain't too free over there either.
Yes, the lemon tree episode is fantastic. FANTASTIC. My personal favorite episode is the one where Bart sells his soul, and Moe turns his bar into a family restaurant:
"Bart, I can't play now - it's two in the morning"
"Milhouse! Give your friend his soul back! I've got work tomorrow!"
I mean, it starts with the "hymn" "In the Garden of Eden" for Chrissake!
"Unkie Moe? My sodie is too cold my teef hurt!"
"Oh yer teeth hurt?! I'll show you what you can do with yer frickin' sodie, too!"
Completely agree. However, to me, the biggest problem with these devices isn't skinning necessarily, it's that they don't take full advantage of the fact that they're computer applications, rather than hardware ones - a point made rather well by Andy Ihnatko, back-page columnist at MacWorld. This was in his latest column, not yet available online, which I will re-post here, as a clear and flagrant violation of copyright:
Let's go back to DVD Player. In many ways, it's the weakest program Apple gives away...How about letting me insert my own bookmarks, so I can always zip straight to the line where Chief Marge tells Lou that she's not sure if she agrees with his police work? How about if every time I eject a disc, the program remembers where I left off and takes me right there the next time I insert it, even if that's months later?
How about if a single menu item took me to a Sherlock 3 DVD tool that assembled production information from the IMDB, reviews from RottenTomatoes.com, and related movies from the same filmmakers-all in one window? What if the player could silently extract subtitles during playback and index a time-coded transcript?
But other forms of music require a bit more than a four track and a couple of cheap guitars. Into techno/electronic music? Expect to spend more $$$ getting that to sound right.
I disagree (although not about your assessment of Bleach.). I think it's cheaper than ever to make techno/electronic music - in some cases requiring only a MIDI controller, a computer-based synthesizer module/sequencer, and perhaps a sampler.
For example, with the creation of Propellerheads Reason, someone can create some pretty impressive music. I mean, you're not going to be mistaken for Paul Oakenfold, but listen to some of the demos that are provided: they're pretty impressive. Reason allows you to remain completely within the computer's digital domain, which will increase the quality of the output dramatically; it's when you start entering the realm of recording live instruments with microphones, mixers, and inputs that it gets expensive.
Of course, I thought this when I started creating S3M files with PlayerPro 4 seven years ago. I can't imagine the advances that will occur in the next seven.
I would second the praise for Gravity's Rainbow above, but would also recommend The Crying of Lot 49, especially if you're relatively new to Pynchon. It's quite accessable (and that's not because it's short - there are "short" passages in Gravity's Rainbow that are completely befuddling.)
Both Crying and Gravity's Rainbow are heavily fantastical, but certainly not in the same ways as the other novels described in this story. Gravity's Rainbow delves into science fiction as well, among an assortment of other things.
I told my TiVo to tape every Steve Martin movie that was on, regardless of any channel it was on. Every once in a while I turn the TiVo on to find a Steve Martin movie recorded and waiting for me to watch!
[snip]
Five dollars a month is worth it to watch every Steve Martin classic
...because some of Apple's web developers read Slashdot. How am I so certain? Check out their demo of Safari's bookmarks. (Quicktime required).
"Still Hope for Farscape" ?! Damn, they must have just got those pages done. Smart though - if you're going to release a buggy beta of your new web browser software, it can break on 98% of the web...but don't you dare let it break on Slashdot!
It's too bad that your friend didn't have a problem with static discharge - because he could have had it repaired for free.
Take a look at AppleCare Document 88195. If you call either of the numbers at the bottom of the article, tell them about your problem, persist, and - and this is the most important part - quote the document above, they will get a supervisor on the phone with you, and that supervisor will take down your information, have a FedEx box sent to you, pick it up (with your display inside), and ship it back within weeks - fixed.
For free.
This happened to me, and I put off researching about the problem until it was happening every couple of seconds. There would be a popping sound, accompanied by a dimming of the screen and an odd zoom effect that would slowly morph back into a useable screen. At first it happened infrequently. Toward the end it had really screwed up some of the monitor's geometry, especially when manipulating large patches of white space on the screen.
If you're questioning whether or not Apple would really fix something like this for free (and even pay for shipping it), check out The MacFixit Forums and search for "pop-dim-zoom" for the last year or so.
Oh, and my studio display is an old one - it's bright bondi blue, from the days when G3s and first-gen iMacs reigned supreme.
It's an improvement (supposedly) because Clark marked up his text in regards to structure, not presentation. He didn't think "Hey, will make this text embarrassingly huge," instead he sought out his headings, and marked them accordingly. The real problem is that Slashdot's presentation is fugly, and it doesn't use CSS to set the tag to something less enormous.
The upside being, later on in/.'s life, if/when the site is pushed kicking and screaming away from font tags, the presentation of that one article will be relatively easy to fix.:-)
Bah. You think this is only affects conservative books? "Stupid White Men" became an immediate best seller, and Michael Moore went through hell to publish it.
Regarding web sales...lets take a look at Moore's book's sales rank on Amazon.com. Wow! 24th! And it was first published in February. (Slander was published in June, and is at 148.)
All this only underscores the final point you made, however: there is a serious disconnect with marketing people and what they think sells.
In the past, I've only seen Apple on the side of "no DRM" -- now it seems they would be willing to implement DRM if it were done in a way that doesn't interfere with the user experience?
I don't see this as too big of a deal. First off, I consider this statement some sort of damage control - "Hey, Hollywood, we're your friends, remember?"
Secondly (and much more important), the "user experience" you mention is actually synonymous with a user's fair use rights. Apple finds the idea of protecting artists' work a good one, but not at the expense of fair use rights. Apple sells the iPod. Apple sells Apple-branded Superdrives. But at the bottom of all those commercials are the words "Don't Steal Music." Apple has never taken a friendly stance toward piracy. They are friendly towards consumers, however.
Unfortunately, I think you're going to have to wait a long time for Logic Audio for Linux. Apple recently bought Emagic (Logic Audio's creator), and has announced it will discontinue the Windows version of Logic Audio. I think what we're seeing here - along with Apple's free offer of Adobe's Indesign, is Apple attempting to light a fire under the developers of the two major, killer Mac apps - Quark (QuarkExpress) and Digidesign (Protools) - that are rather late to the OS X party. We'll see.
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Yeah, that really makes sense. The damn libs want to strip us of our freedoms!@#! Of course, it's Ron Wyden who is sponsoring a bill that will force the government to explain Total Information Awareness, as well as where money appropriated to it goes.
...a pleasant user interface?
(Note: not posted anonymously - some things are more important than being "offtopic" in an /. discussion)...
These war protesters are mere sheep
At what point did a dissenting opinion indicate someone was a "sheep?" Even as anti-war sentiment grows, those willing to march are still far outnumbered by ho-hum lackwits. Who's the real sheep?
CNN shows some woman that claims that she is protesting because her son joined the marines to get a education and not to fight a war.
You're right. That is pretty stupid. But guess what? It's not representative of the anti-war movement. And you know what else? You can protest a war because you have loved ones in the armed services, and not be a hypocrite. There are such things as just and unjust wars.
freedom did not come for free in the US and it will not come for free for the Iraqi people
Blech. At what point did it become our duty to give Iraq freedom? If, as you surmise, this war is about some sort of higher purpose, let's reign it in for awhile, and focus on some places like, oh, let's see - North Korea and Saudi Arabia, maybe? Things ain't too free over there either.
Yes, the lemon tree episode is fantastic. FANTASTIC. My personal favorite episode is the one where Bart sells his soul, and Moe turns his bar into a family restaurant:
"Bart, I can't play now - it's two in the morning" "Milhouse! Give your friend his soul back! I've got work tomorrow!"
I mean, it starts with the "hymn" "In the Garden of Eden" for Chrissake!
"Unkie Moe? My sodie is too cold my teef hurt!" "Oh yer teeth hurt?! I'll show you what you can do with yer frickin' sodie, too!"
Good stuff.
Actually, I think it was Da Derp Dee Derp Da Teetley Derpee Derpee Dumb.
(Rated PG-13).
Yeah...this is called lucid dreaming...
And it goes on like this...
For example, with the creation of Propellerheads Reason, someone can create some pretty impressive music. I mean, you're not going to be mistaken for Paul Oakenfold, but listen to some of the demos that are provided: they're pretty impressive. Reason allows you to remain completely within the computer's digital domain, which will increase the quality of the output dramatically; it's when you start entering the realm of recording live instruments with microphones, mixers, and inputs that it gets expensive.
Of course, I thought this when I started creating S3M files with PlayerPro 4 seven years ago. I can't imagine the advances that will occur in the next seven.
I would second the praise for Gravity's Rainbow above, but would also recommend The Crying of Lot 49, especially if you're relatively new to Pynchon. It's quite accessable (and that's not because it's short - there are "short" passages in Gravity's Rainbow that are completely befuddling.)
Both Crying and Gravity's Rainbow are heavily fantastical, but certainly not in the same ways as the other novels described in this story. Gravity's Rainbow delves into science fiction as well, among an assortment of other things.
Both highly recommended.
Five dollars a month is worth it to watch every Steve Martin classic
I do not work at TiVo. I do not work at DirecTV
Let me guess - you're Steve Martin.
...because some of Apple's web developers read Slashdot. How am I so certain? Check out their demo of Safari's bookmarks. (Quicktime required).
"Still Hope for Farscape" ?! Damn, they must have just got those pages done. Smart though - if you're going to release a buggy beta of your new web browser software, it can break on 98% of the web...but don't you dare let it break on Slashdot!
It's too bad that your friend didn't have a problem with static discharge - because he could have had it repaired for free.
Take a look at AppleCare Document 88195. If you call either of the numbers at the bottom of the article, tell them about your problem, persist, and - and this is the most important part - quote the document above, they will get a supervisor on the phone with you, and that supervisor will take down your information, have a FedEx box sent to you, pick it up (with your display inside), and ship it back within weeks - fixed.
For free.
This happened to me, and I put off researching about the problem until it was happening every couple of seconds. There would be a popping sound, accompanied by a dimming of the screen and an odd zoom effect that would slowly morph back into a useable screen. At first it happened infrequently. Toward the end it had really screwed up some of the monitor's geometry, especially when manipulating large patches of white space on the screen.
If you're questioning whether or not Apple would really fix something like this for free (and even pay for shipping it), check out The MacFixit Forums and search for "pop-dim-zoom" for the last year or so.
Oh, and my studio display is an old one - it's bright bondi blue, from the days when G3s and first-gen iMacs reigned supreme.
Heh...and don't forget breast-grabbing, pregnant-woman-exposing airport security workers. This story about Portland International Airport has been spreading like wildfire; another blow to my already beleaguered state.
When both candidates are discovered to be aliens...
"You have to vote for one of us!"
(Voice in the crowd) "I'm going to vote for a third party!"
(Reply) "Go ahead...WASTE your vote!"
It's too bad that he will be mired in mediocrity.
I don't know...I find it difficult to place much faith in a site that gives the Microsoft XBox Controller five stars.
It's an improvement (supposedly) because Clark marked up his text in regards to structure, not presentation. He didn't think "Hey, will make this text embarrassingly huge," instead he sought out his headings, and marked them accordingly. The real problem is that Slashdot's presentation is fugly, and it doesn't use CSS to set the tag to something less enormous.
/.'s life, if/when the site is pushed kicking and screaming away from font tags, the presentation of that one article will be relatively easy to fix. :-)
The upside being, later on in
Yes, technically. But they don't have Jobi-Wan Stevnobi on their side.
Bah. You think this is only affects conservative books? "Stupid White Men" became an immediate best seller, and Michael Moore went through hell to publish it.
Regarding web sales...lets take a look at Moore's book's sales rank on Amazon.com. Wow! 24th! And it was first published in February. (Slander was published in June, and is at 148.)
All this only underscores the final point you made, however: there is a serious disconnect with marketing people and what they think sells.
Secondly (and much more important), the "user experience" you mention is actually synonymous with a user's fair use rights. Apple finds the idea of protecting artists' work a good one, but not at the expense of fair use rights. Apple sells the iPod. Apple sells Apple-branded Superdrives. But at the bottom of all those commercials are the words "Don't Steal Music." Apple has never taken a friendly stance toward piracy. They are friendly towards consumers, however.
Unfortunately, I think you're going to have to wait a long time for Logic Audio for Linux. Apple recently bought Emagic (Logic Audio's creator), and has announced it will discontinue the Windows version of Logic Audio. I think what we're seeing here - along with Apple's free offer of Adobe's Indesign, is Apple attempting to light a fire under the developers of the two major, killer Mac apps - Quark (QuarkExpress) and Digidesign (Protools) - that are rather late to the OS X party. We'll see.
Read the article. They've scrapped plans for the Longhorn server version. The desktop version is still expected by late 2004.
Yep! *g*