Nitpicking here; but Lotus Notes is eMail and application databases, and it runs rather well under Wine, but I'd love to see it run native.
You might be thinking of Lotus SmartSuite, which is a pretty good office package, and I think it'll run well under wine, but again it would be great running native.
I've done just this. My cable company supplies the broadband connection and my "landline" is through vonage. I ported my old land line over and it works fine, but sometimes I get calls that don't forward to my cellphone like its supposed to.
The book could be in perfect condition with the plastic on it, but if the bookstore has enough new copies and some used copies that amount to more copies than the number of students enrolled for next semesters section of the class, then, yeah the bookstore will gladly stiff you on the buy-back.
While your statements are true on an enterprise level, there are some applications / niches that AppleScript fills very nicely for the consumer end.
Granted, these same tasks could probably be accomplished by a shell script if the appropriate flags were put into the Apple applications to allow full command line operation of them. Since it is unlikely that Apple and all Apple developers are going to replace their appleScript libraries with shell flags in the near future, Applescript will fill that void in the meantime.
Man that wasn't as coherant as I'd hoped, but I think my point got across mostly.
you shouldn't be writing scripts, you should be recording them!
Damn good point; I was working for a couple weeks on an iTunes appleScript that would have been so much easier to figure out if the script recording could have generated some code for me to modify. Ahh well.
I guess if one man can show people a fully functional OS that he wrote pretty much on his own, he could definitly land any programming job he wanted. Maybe it's to build a nifty portfolio. Maybe it's intended to make a couple extra bucks (seems he's managed to sell some copies to developers). Maybe it is jus to see if he could do it.
Would you or I do this? Probably not (I know I wouldn't), but I'll give this dude credit for what he has done here.
Clinton; your band's site is linked from your homepage that shows up on every comment you write.
Back on topic, I really don't mind if the iPod gets WMA support. Obviously the more formats it supports, the better for Apple. I'd take WMA support over Ogg only for the fact that it is more widely used.
I remember the clone run, but didn't know the whole reasons that Apple pulled the plug on it. I remember that it had to do with them losing lots of money on the licensing, but don't think I knew at the time (let alone now) why they were losing money on it.
You say that it was because of unlicensed clones in the market; I don't suppose you have a resource that tells that story? I would think that if there were unlicensed clones then they would have sued the pants off them.
I think he made some good points. What would you say put him or his statements "out of his league"? I haven't seen the price for this player (which at first glance DOES look to be a pretty good product), but if my purchase decision came down to a $499 40GB iPod and a $449 40GB iRiver player, I'd have a hard time making that call.
That isn't zealotism or anything like that, it's knowing a company and their products will be around and supported should anything go wrong. Until I hear more from or about iRiver, I'd probably want to go with the iPod. Still a close call. Anybody have any pricing info for this or one of the previous models?
According to another article on the same site HERE , the data transfer rate is exceeding their expectations 150% by sending "24 megabits per second" which certainly isn't broadband, but it ain't that bad either.
Just try to read All the dialog in a show such as "Fooly Cooly". It simply can't be done and see any of the actual animation as well. For myself, I'll watch the animation and listen to the dubbed dialog. The animation and story itself is what I'm watching for, so the dub will do the trick nicely enough.
God I really freakin' can't stand this old complaint. The subtitled text is interpreted into our language just as the dubbed dialog would be, so no matter what, unless you speak the native language of the show, you're getting an interpretation of it in english.
If your complaint instead has to do with the quality of the voice acting, well I still think it's lame in that you won't fully get to know how good the original voice acting was if you can't understand what words they're actually emphasizing.
Sit back and enjoy the show. If you're that much of a purist, rent the DvDs when they come and they'll probably have an original language track with subtitles.
I'd like to think you're not a dying breed in wanting devices that do what they set out to do and do it well. On the other hand I do like convergence when it makes sense. A cell phone with PDA functions makes a lot of sense to me in that they go well together. I've got a conference call at 2pm, my cell phone's PDA reminds me of it and gives me the number, it all makes sense. When they then throw a low quality camera in there, I wonder what the use is.
I'll call into a meeting and send the participants a picture of my cat?
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Not at all; just saying that it runs well under Wine.
You might be thinking of Lotus SmartSuite, which is a pretty good office package, and I think it'll run well under wine, but again it would be great running native.
I've done just this. My cable company supplies the broadband connection and my "landline" is through vonage. I ported my old land line over and it works fine, but sometimes I get calls that don't forward to my cellphone like its supposed to.
...how surprised the mouse on the recieving end of this will be when she gives birth to a monkey.
that really really made me cringe.
Granted, these same tasks could probably be accomplished by a shell script if the appropriate flags were put into the Apple applications to allow full command line operation of them. Since it is unlikely that Apple and all Apple developers are going to replace their appleScript libraries with shell flags in the near future, Applescript will fill that void in the meantime.
Man that wasn't as coherant as I'd hoped, but I think my point got across mostly.
Damn good point; I was working for a couple weeks on an iTunes appleScript that would have been so much easier to figure out if the script recording could have generated some code for me to modify. Ahh well.
For a brief moment I thought "Forget the camera, get an exorcist!"
Some might say that, but I'll simply thank you for giving %105 to us, the slashdot community.
Thanks Haggar, you're an example to us all.
Would you or I do this? Probably not (I know I wouldn't), but I'll give this dude credit for what he has done here.
He is soon to be a guest on Krusty's Komedy Klassic.
Back on topic, I really don't mind if the iPod gets WMA support. Obviously the more formats it supports, the better for Apple. I'd take WMA support over Ogg only for the fact that it is more widely used.
You say that it was because of unlicensed clones in the market; I don't suppose you have a resource that tells that story? I would think that if there were unlicensed clones then they would have sued the pants off them.
That isn't zealotism or anything like that, it's knowing a company and their products will be around and supported should anything go wrong. Until I hear more from or about iRiver, I'd probably want to go with the iPod. Still a close call. Anybody have any pricing info for this or one of the previous models?
According to another article on the same site HERE , the data transfer rate is exceeding their expectations 150% by sending "24 megabits per second" which certainly isn't broadband, but it ain't that bad either.
Comment amused me,
It delivered mirth to me.
Mod the parent up!
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Ah well, to each their own I suppose.
Just try to read All the dialog in a show such as "Fooly Cooly". It simply can't be done and see any of the actual animation as well. For myself, I'll watch the animation and listen to the dubbed dialog. The animation and story itself is what I'm watching for, so the dub will do the trick nicely enough.
God I really freakin' can't stand this old complaint. The subtitled text is interpreted into our language just as the dubbed dialog would be, so no matter what, unless you speak the native language of the show, you're getting an interpretation of it in english.
If your complaint instead has to do with the quality of the voice acting, well I still think it's lame in that you won't fully get to know how good the original voice acting was if you can't understand what words they're actually emphasizing.
Sit back and enjoy the show. If you're that much of a purist, rent the DvDs when they come and they'll probably have an original language track with subtitles.
It should also be noted that King of the Hill has rarely been funny. C'mon who really watches that?
It's an Apple commercial hosted on Apple's site. Ehh perhaps there's a new definition of 'irony' I haven't been informed of yet.
"June 4, 1998 Web posted at: 3:50 p.m. EDT (1950 GMT)"
Not exactly breaking news here. I'm pretty sure that since this article is 5 years old, the comets didn't cause the solar flares.
"Where's the any key?"
You'll have to reply with "Well where did you leave it last?"
I'd like to think you're not a dying breed in wanting devices that do what they set out to do and do it well. On the other hand I do like convergence when it makes sense. A cell phone with PDA functions makes a lot of sense to me in that they go well together. I've got a conference call at 2pm, my cell phone's PDA reminds me of it and gives me the number, it all makes sense. When they then throw a low quality camera in there, I wonder what the use is.
I'll call into a meeting and send the participants a picture of my cat?