It's the phrase, "Finally Apple says they'll give you $100,000,000.00 if you quietly stop making them". Parent was polite enough to expound on it this time.:-)
So if Apple went with the settlement then Apple wanted to avoid trial - likely because Psystar promised to expose inconvenient facts and be generally a pain to deal with in front of the judge.
I suspect it's more because Apple doesn't want to take the very real risk of having its EULA invalidated for Florida and possibly the whole Eleventh Circuit.
After the first missed paycheck, I wouldn't have showed back up until I got it. No point in giving your employer the free time that you could have been using finding another job.:-)
You're absolutely right about that. Last year, my wife and I were looking at a house, and I was rather amazed at just how hard the agent was pushing to make a sale, going so far as to say, "you really want to look at buying now, because come summertime the prices are going to start going up". We ended up passing on the house and are still renting, and I suspect we will have saved quite a bit of money by the time we do purchase a home. I just couldn't see any way that home prices could have been sustained given the average income for our area.
And I think this points to the real underlying problem that started a lot of this - people assume and have been told for years that real estate will *always* increase in value. It's simply not true.
FBW is great. It's the idea that the computer should always be the ultimate authority that's the problem. Airbus subscribes to this philosophy, but 777 pilots can still override the computer when need be.
At least the Boeing pilot can take control away from the computer, as was the situation with the linked article. It's great that Airbus keeps the pilot from pulling up so hard that the wings come off, but if it's between that and hitting the mountain directly ahead, I suspect most pilots would prefer to take their chances with overloading the airframe.
when will Windows implement sudo like every other desktop OS?
It's had a mechanism to do this for quite some time: "runas/user:(username) cmd". Additionally, Vista will give you the option of running as an admin from a right-click menu.
Because unless you're some kind of magical fanboi, you will suffer the same problem every Mac user I've known has ever faced: you can't troubleshoot your own hardware, and taking your machine into Apple costs time and money.
I wouldn't consider myself an Apple "fanboi" in the least, but I just replaced the keyboard/mouse/top bezel on my wife's out-of-warranty MacBook myself in about 20 minutes for a whopping total of $59 after her keyboard started acting wacky about three weeks ago. Admittedly, I already had the miniature Torx driver set necessary to do it, but those are all of about $20.00 and are not specific to Apple machines. Apple has been using largely off-the-shelf components of late, and most of the components that can be replaced aren't expensive or difficult to do yourself if you're the least bit competent in such things.
Where else will people by music online for their magic $200 ipod?
Any place that sells unprotected MP3s. Apple is far from the only source for media that will work with the iPod. Apple is also quite aware that most people are capable of entering "http://www.piratebay.org" in their browsers, and more importantly, they know the labels are quite aware of that. Apple had no problem going to the mat with Universal/NBC, and I don't see them blinking here either, especially given the fact that NBC came crawling back to them.
People keep forgetting that Apple sold a lot of iPods in the year and a half before iMTS was even available, so the loss of the store won't make nearly as much difference to them as a lot of folks seem to think, particularly given that there are so many more outlets for content.
Yes, I'm disputing it. The logical basis for the statement is obvious to anyone that's read basic high-school US history. Alexander Hamilton spent a great deal of energy in Federalist #84 arguing against the inclusion of an explicit bill of rights in the new constitution on the basis that it would be misinterpreted exactly as you've done.
The Constitution grants the government specific rights. The first ten Amendments do not grant anything, but rather enumerate rights held by the people by virtue of the fact that they're human beings. The whole idea of the Constitution is that the government can only derive its power from the consent of the governed. *Any* power the government has is that which the people explicitly give it, and any power not mentioned is implicitly held by the people.
From your viewpoint, exactly how is the government supposed to have come into possession of the rights that it so magnanimously gives back to its citizens?
While also correct that wages haven't gone up enough to justify housing values with historical home-to-income ratios, that is because medical insurance is a much larger component of compensation than it was a decade or two ago.
Perhaps, but not *nearly* enough to make up the difference. There's a lot more at work here than just the cost of insurance.
In my case, Apple wants to charge $7.20 to upgrade two albums ($3.00 each) and four songs ($0.30 each) in my collection, ALL of which are available as iTunes Plus tracks at the same price as they were originally in their lower-quality, DRM'd form.
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It's the phrase, "Finally Apple says they'll give you $100,000,000.00 if you quietly stop making them". Parent was polite enough to expound on it this time. :-)
So if Apple went with the settlement then Apple wanted to avoid trial - likely because Psystar promised to expose inconvenient facts and be generally a pain to deal with in front of the judge.
I suspect it's more because Apple doesn't want to take the very real risk of having its EULA invalidated for Florida and possibly the whole Eleventh Circuit.
The F-18s with the paper smart bombs help too. :-)
After the first missed paycheck, I wouldn't have showed back up until I got it. No point in giving your employer the free time that you could have been using finding another job. :-)
You're absolutely right about that. Last year, my wife and I were looking at a house, and I was rather amazed at just how hard the agent was pushing to make a sale, going so far as to say, "you really want to look at buying now, because come summertime the prices are going to start going up". We ended up passing on the house and are still renting, and I suspect we will have saved quite a bit of money by the time we do purchase a home. I just couldn't see any way that home prices could have been sustained given the average income for our area.
And I think this points to the real underlying problem that started a lot of this - people assume and have been told for years that real estate will *always* increase in value. It's simply not true.
Convenience first. Cheap is good too.
I think you more or less just described Netflix's business model.
So make sure you're packing a foil-wrapped cucumber in your pants, ala Derek Smalls in "This Is Spinal Tap".
FBW is great. It's the idea that the computer should always be the ultimate authority that's the problem. Airbus subscribes to this philosophy, but 777 pilots can still override the computer when need be.
At least the Boeing pilot can take control away from the computer, as was the situation with the linked article. It's great that Airbus keeps the pilot from pulling up so hard that the wings come off, but if it's between that and hitting the mountain directly ahead, I suspect most pilots would prefer to take their chances with overloading the airframe.
"Ackppttthhh - The Life of Bill the Cat In His Own Words"
Don't be glib! You don't know the history of asteroids OR vitamins like I do!
when will Windows implement sudo like every other desktop OS?
/user:(username) cmd". Additionally, Vista will give you the option of running as an admin from a right-click menu.
It's had a mechanism to do this for quite some time: "runas
Because unless you're some kind of magical fanboi, you will suffer the same problem every Mac user I've known has ever faced: you can't troubleshoot your own hardware, and taking your machine into Apple costs time and money.
I wouldn't consider myself an Apple "fanboi" in the least, but I just replaced the keyboard/mouse/top bezel on my wife's out-of-warranty MacBook myself in about 20 minutes for a whopping total of $59 after her keyboard started acting wacky about three weeks ago. Admittedly, I already had the miniature Torx driver set necessary to do it, but those are all of about $20.00 and are not specific to Apple machines. Apple has been using largely off-the-shelf components of late, and most of the components that can be replaced aren't expensive or difficult to do yourself if you're the least bit competent in such things.
"The pressure is about 20,000 pounds per square inch, approximately 15,000 times the atmospheric pressure," Hawkes said.
I hope Mr. Hawkes was a bit more careful with the math in his design than the math in that statement.
er, iTMS :-)
Come on folks, you should realize that Apple would never shut iTunes store down. How would they then sell iPods?
The same way they did for a year and a half before iMTS.
Where else will people by music online for their magic $200 ipod?
Any place that sells unprotected MP3s. Apple is far from the only source for media that will work with the iPod. Apple is also quite aware that most people are capable of entering "http://www.piratebay.org" in their browsers, and more importantly, they know the labels are quite aware of that. Apple had no problem going to the mat with Universal/NBC, and I don't see them blinking here either, especially given the fact that NBC came crawling back to them.
People keep forgetting that Apple sold a lot of iPods in the year and a half before iMTS was even available, so the loss of the store won't make nearly as much difference to them as a lot of folks seem to think, particularly given that there are so many more outlets for content.
Yes, I'm disputing it. The logical basis for the statement is obvious to anyone that's read basic high-school US history. Alexander Hamilton spent a great deal of energy in Federalist #84 arguing against the inclusion of an explicit bill of rights in the new constitution on the basis that it would be misinterpreted exactly as you've done.
The Constitution grants the government specific rights. The first ten Amendments do not grant anything, but rather enumerate rights held by the people by virtue of the fact that they're human beings. The whole idea of the Constitution is that the government can only derive its power from the consent of the governed. *Any* power the government has is that which the people explicitly give it, and any power not mentioned is implicitly held by the people.
From your viewpoint, exactly how is the government supposed to have come into possession of the rights that it so magnanimously gives back to its citizens?
I think you might have meant to reply to the parent of my post - I was basically saying the same thing you were. :-)
While also correct that wages haven't gone up enough to justify housing values with historical home-to-income ratios, that is because medical insurance is a much larger component of compensation than it was a decade or two ago.
Perhaps, but not *nearly* enough to make up the difference. There's a lot more at work here than just the cost of insurance.
Bill of Rights takes several powers away from the government (granting some rights to you).
I think it's time to go back to law school until you get this part right.
The "to the people" bit is important here. The representatives represent the people, so they exercise the rights of the people on your behalf.
No, "the representatives" are Congress, whose role is clearly and specifically defined.
In my case, Apple wants to charge $7.20 to upgrade two albums ($3.00 each) and four songs ($0.30 each) in my collection, ALL of which are available as iTunes Plus tracks at the same price as they were originally in their lower-quality, DRM'd form.
Apple even has a way for you to convert your old music to iTunes Plus so you don't have to worry about the old DRM stuff.
For a substantial fee, of course.
Um, I think he was being just a tad sarcastic. :-)