I read (most of) her blog. It is very informative regarding the grounds for her case. It's mostly letters and correspondence, not very much "creative" unless it's all fake. I didn't notice on there exactly what she does for a living, she isn't a lawyer, but regardless BBuy picked the wrong person to screw over. (well, if they screw over everyone, then.....)
BBuy is great for small things like blank CD's or DVD's or USB sticks or whatever. I'm VERY hesitant to spend over $100 there or get something large like a computer or a TV. It's an average source for disposable or consumable tech. I'd be more inclined to buy a TV or computer from Wal-Mart than BBuy. I'd probably get the same or better price, and have an easier time returning it or whatever if I needed to.
I've googled myself, but I haven't yahood myself. Nor have I microsofted myself nor IBM'd myself. I also haven't Amazoned anything, nor newegged, nor MSN'd, nor Chevied, Forded, BMW'd, Chryslered, Jeevesd, nor alexad.
I will grant you, that if my kid falls down I would be more likely to say put on a "band-aid" rather than a "sanitary adhesive strip" and get her a "kleenex" rather than a "facial tissue". (my kids are 4 and 3 and say tissue, not kleenex, BTW)
But how many tissue brands are there besides kleenex? How many soft drinks besides coke? How many dot coms besides google? Am I wrong to say several? So, isn't it pretty non typical as well as impressive that someone in the RECENT past created something more INtangible than tangible, google, that you could say has many peers, that has become a part of the English language?
Band-Aid, Coke and Kleenex can/should put feathers in their caps for achieving mindshare as well, btw, but they've had many more years to do it.
Rationale: How many other Google's are there? They've become a part of our LANGUAGE, that is not typical. Also - Everyone was predicting what the gPhone would be. They were wrong, it wasn't a "phone" it was a phone platform. Who predicted Google would be going after the 700MHz spectrum? Where is the Google OS?
Not typical, not predictable. Is that good? Or bad? I don't know.
But you can go to a hardware store and buy a 800+ degree heat gun. I see no problem with this...
Well, that is, until someone thinks it's just an ordinary flashlight... My kids are small and sometimes need to be reminded to not stare directly into flashlights. Oy...
Do not stare directly into flashlight with remaining good eye!
Maybe it's all the posters that were in the bedrooms of impressionable youths showing scantily clad babes on top of Countache's and Testarossa's. Italian = sexy.
We stopped selling Italian equipment and are building our own.
I remember one trip I went on, it was me and an Italian fabricator who helped build the machine we were going to go work on. He didn't speak any English, and I spoke no Italian. I pick him up at the airport and we drive to the factory. As we are driving, he says, out of the blue, "When-a we finish the Machine-a, go to Harley Davidson?" I looked at him and said "You have a Harley?" He said "Si! Si! Fat-a Boy-a!"
We got along well, even though we had a huge language barrier we actually communicated very well. Pictures and pointing.
After we finished with the work we went to the local Harley store (Near Memphis) and also a sports store. He bought a lot of Harley stuff and a baseball glove for his son.
I learned a little bit about Italian culture from the last episode of Jeremy Clarkson's "Meet the Neighbours". He asked an Italian why everyone drives fast there, yet are always late? The answer: Authority! "You can't tell me how fast to drive, and you also can't tell me when I must get there!"
Well, the guy I replied to with the Key analogy was discussing the box, I was sort of equating the key to a car to the box the iphone comes in. To compare the main component (the car, or the iphone) might break the analogy.
Regardless, I've worked with Italian equipment, and Italians. They are good engineers and take great pride in workmanship. They also are very much into aesthetics and style. Very much. But, the Italian culture is way way different than that of the USA. To make a hasty generality, American engineers always always always focus on function above form. The Italians are so relaxed and laid back, they put things off or get things just good enough and let it go. As long as it just works, and as long as it looks good, it's fine. That's why they only crack down on the mafia when they become embarrassing. Out of sight, out of mind.
Here's an example. The PLC on a piece of equipment in Europe probably is going to be Siemens. In the USA, the PLC will be Allen Bradley, more likely than not. Well, if we would sell a piece of Italian equipment in the US, we would sell it with AB. They didn't want to completely rewrite the fairly extensive PLC program, so they employed a translation program that converted it from Siemens to AB. Polish it up a bit, and it works. But anyone with a clue who looks at it finds it to be spaghettied up and a clumsy mess. Whether it was spaghettied up and clumsy before, I don't know for sure, but... Hey, it works! Bon!
Now, don't get me wrong, the machines were very refined, worked very smoothly, had a lot of ingenious and elegant features, and look quite stylish. And had some not-insignificant shortcomings that you overlook because... it's Italian and you feel really good about it.
Now I've figured it out - Steve Jobs is Italian!
Hey, get ahold of and watch the first episode of season 10 of Top Gear. When Clarkson is driving the Lambo and can't get the gas cap open - That sums it up.
Yeah, well, it's kinda like the difference between a key for a Ferrari vs the key for a Ford.
Style, man. STYLE
You may hate Apple for doing the box that way, but to ME, it shows a company going all out to make something the best they can possibly make it the moment the end user comes into contact with the product.
Fine wine doesn't come in a plastic jug, does it? So, for Apple, a fine electronic device such as the iPhone should come in a nice box, too. Macs are expensive yet aren't the fastest computers out there, despite the hype. But you couldn't get a mac user to switch to a PC just because it was cheaper or faster. Why? I think it's the experience. Any Mac-o-philes care to chime in?
No, I don't have an iphone, I don't own a mac, and I'm not a mac fanboy, either.
To answer your question, the only reason would be if the application doesn't exist on a different platform other than win32.
Emulation might come in to play then. How many people are going to put a cracked version of XP into an emulator on a fast linux box? Someone needs to make an emulator that does firewire. Is anything there yet?
Seriously, the only apps that I use that REQUIRE windows are Autodesk stuff and my video editor. (and, Adesk Inventor integrates with excel only, not OO.o I tried)
I work with a guy who just took a road trip in an Azera, was very impressed. Have there been any side to side comparisons of an Azera vs a comparable BMW, Caddy, Merc? I know it's hard to call them "comparable" but to be (just guessing) 85%+ the quality at (guessing again) 50% the price, its nothing to sneeze at.
Why isn't w-usb == bluetooth? Why does there need to be another standard for low power, close range, easy connectivity? Is it because bluetooth somehow attempts to be secure? Is Bluetooth too slow?
BT is finally almost catching on, primarily with the ever-increasing-in-popularity bluetooth headsets. If it Just Works, and it's out there, why not expand it to the keyboard, mouse, printer, mp3player, card reader, digicam, so on. Is it just a branding/standards game?
That, and his ears are (probably) in better condition physically to hear musical subtleties than people who's ears have lost sensitivity to age and other damage.
I agree. If it takes 70 hours a week for 1 guy to do his job, any job, all the time, then there are one of three things going on.
1) The guy sucks at the job and it takes him an extra 30 hours per week to fix his own mistakes. He needs training, or better tools.
2) The job should be done by two people.
3) The guy is a control freak and needs a reality check, a vacation, or a good burnout to get taught a lesson.
I really don't know of anyone personally, and I doubt anyone TRULY exists out there, who can do just as good a work at the 70th hour that they did at the 1st hour. For me, diminishing returns kicks in well before that, I start making mistakes, losing focus, operating on autopilot and not knowing what I'm doing, etc. Granted, I'm not a coder, but work is work and a technical brain is a technical brain.
Some day I WILL have my own company or work for myself. I KNOW that in order to be self employed it can, should, will, might, take more than 40 hours a week to make it go. But I also believe in working smarter, not harder. There has to be moderation in things, and you said it well. Work should be FOR us, not US for WORK.
Firewire is STILL the standard for dumping video from tape. I frankly don't know what could replace it, (tape) cameras just don't operate any other way.
The local computer shop was showing me some "new" laptop a while ago and were trying to tell me that Firewire was "outdated" and no laptops were going to have it any more, and this one didn't either. "USB 2.0 is faster than Firewire". Baloney! I turned around the laptop to the other side and pointed to the 4 pin firewire port. "What's this, then?"
Firewire isn't going anywhere. Even the "cheapie" Everex laptops have firewire. I don't know if USB 3 will replace it, but the intertia of the entire A/V industry will be pretty hard to move away from firewire IMO.
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I read (most of) her blog. It is very informative regarding the grounds for her case. It's mostly letters and correspondence, not very much "creative" unless it's all fake. I didn't notice on there exactly what she does for a living, she isn't a lawyer, but regardless BBuy picked the wrong person to screw over. (well, if they screw over everyone, then.....)
BBuy is great for small things like blank CD's or DVD's or USB sticks or whatever. I'm VERY hesitant to spend over $100 there or get something large like a computer or a TV. It's an average source for disposable or consumable tech. I'd be more inclined to buy a TV or computer from Wal-Mart than BBuy. I'd probably get the same or better price, and have an easier time returning it or whatever if I needed to.
Yes, integrated graphics FTL. However isn't the latest Intel 3100 quite capable, compared to others?
I've googled myself, but I haven't yahood myself. Nor have I microsofted myself nor IBM'd myself. I also haven't Amazoned anything, nor newegged, nor MSN'd, nor Chevied, Forded, BMW'd, Chryslered, Jeevesd, nor alexad.
I will grant you, that if my kid falls down I would be more likely to say put on a "band-aid" rather than a "sanitary adhesive strip" and get her a "kleenex" rather than a "facial tissue". (my kids are 4 and 3 and say tissue, not kleenex, BTW)
But how many tissue brands are there besides kleenex? How many soft drinks besides coke? How many dot coms besides google? Am I wrong to say several? So, isn't it pretty non typical as well as impressive that someone in the RECENT past created something more INtangible than tangible, google, that you could say has many peers, that has become a part of the English language?
Band-Aid, Coke and Kleenex can/should put feathers in their caps for achieving mindshare as well, btw, but they've had many more years to do it.
I'm fairly certain that Google is:
a) Not typical
b) Not all that predictable
Rationale: How many other Google's are there? They've become a part of our LANGUAGE, that is not typical. Also - Everyone was predicting what the gPhone would be. They were wrong, it wasn't a "phone" it was a phone platform. Who predicted Google would be going after the 700MHz spectrum? Where is the Google OS?
Not typical, not predictable. Is that good? Or bad? I don't know.
Very interesting!
Because, of course, you would be dead...
Once said by one of my profs in (engineering) college: Civil Engineers make bridges. Mechanical Engineers make stuff to blow up bridges.
Not said, but implied -> Guided by stuff made by EE's and helped along by a few special molecules made by Chem-E's
This flashlight would make for a great CSI episode plot.
"The flashlight did it!" "No, you're crazy, Grissom!" "No, really, stand still right here!" "AAAAHHHHHRRGGG!"
But you can go to a hardware store and buy a 800+ degree heat gun. I see no problem with this...
Well, that is, until someone thinks it's just an ordinary flashlight... My kids are small and sometimes need to be reminded to not stare directly into flashlights. Oy...
Do not stare directly into flashlight with remaining good eye!
Maybe it's all the posters that were in the bedrooms of impressionable youths showing scantily clad babes on top of Countache's and Testarossa's. Italian = sexy.
We stopped selling Italian equipment and are building our own.
I remember one trip I went on, it was me and an Italian fabricator who helped build the machine we were going to go work on. He didn't speak any English, and I spoke no Italian. I pick him up at the airport and we drive to the factory. As we are driving, he says, out of the blue, "When-a we finish the Machine-a, go to Harley Davidson?" I looked at him and said "You have a Harley?" He said "Si! Si! Fat-a Boy-a!"
We got along well, even though we had a huge language barrier we actually communicated very well. Pictures and pointing.
After we finished with the work we went to the local Harley store (Near Memphis) and also a sports store. He bought a lot of Harley stuff and a baseball glove for his son.
I learned a little bit about Italian culture from the last episode of Jeremy Clarkson's "Meet the Neighbours". He asked an Italian why everyone drives fast there, yet are always late? The answer: Authority! "You can't tell me how fast to drive, and you also can't tell me when I must get there!"
Well, the guy I replied to with the Key analogy was discussing the box, I was sort of equating the key to a car to the box the iphone comes in. To compare the main component (the car, or the iphone) might break the analogy.
... Hey, it works! Bon!
... it's Italian and you feel really good about it.
Regardless, I've worked with Italian equipment, and Italians. They are good engineers and take great pride in workmanship. They also are very much into aesthetics and style. Very much. But, the Italian culture is way way different than that of the USA. To make a hasty generality, American engineers always always always focus on function above form. The Italians are so relaxed and laid back, they put things off or get things just good enough and let it go. As long as it just works, and as long as it looks good, it's fine. That's why they only crack down on the mafia when they become embarrassing. Out of sight, out of mind.
Here's an example. The PLC on a piece of equipment in Europe probably is going to be Siemens. In the USA, the PLC will be Allen Bradley, more likely than not. Well, if we would sell a piece of Italian equipment in the US, we would sell it with AB. They didn't want to completely rewrite the fairly extensive PLC program, so they employed a translation program that converted it from Siemens to AB. Polish it up a bit, and it works. But anyone with a clue who looks at it finds it to be spaghettied up and a clumsy mess. Whether it was spaghettied up and clumsy before, I don't know for sure, but
Now, don't get me wrong, the machines were very refined, worked very smoothly, had a lot of ingenious and elegant features, and look quite stylish. And had some not-insignificant shortcomings that you overlook because
Now I've figured it out - Steve Jobs is Italian!
Hey, get ahold of and watch the first episode of season 10 of Top Gear. When Clarkson is driving the Lambo and can't get the gas cap open - That sums it up.
Yeah, well, it's kinda like the difference between a key for a Ferrari vs the key for a Ford.
Style, man. STYLE
You may hate Apple for doing the box that way, but to ME, it shows a company going all out to make something the best they can possibly make it the moment the end user comes into contact with the product.
Fine wine doesn't come in a plastic jug, does it? So, for Apple, a fine electronic device such as the iPhone should come in a nice box, too. Macs are expensive yet aren't the fastest computers out there, despite the hype. But you couldn't get a mac user to switch to a PC just because it was cheaper or faster. Why? I think it's the experience. Any Mac-o-philes care to chime in?
No, I don't have an iphone, I don't own a mac, and I'm not a mac fanboy, either.
To answer your question, the only reason would be if the application doesn't exist on a different platform other than win32.
Emulation might come in to play then. How many people are going to put a cracked version of XP into an emulator on a fast linux box? Someone needs to make an emulator that does firewire. Is anything there yet?
Seriously, the only apps that I use that REQUIRE windows are Autodesk stuff and my video editor. (and, Adesk Inventor integrates with excel only, not OO.o I tried)
I work with a guy who just took a road trip in an Azera, was very impressed. Have there been any side to side comparisons of an Azera vs a comparable BMW, Caddy, Merc? I know it's hard to call them "comparable" but to be (just guessing) 85%+ the quality at (guessing again) 50% the price, its nothing to sneeze at.
Hyundai has been doing a LOT of very good things for the past 3+ years now.
Why isn't w-usb == bluetooth? Why does there need to be another standard for low power, close range, easy connectivity? Is it because bluetooth somehow attempts to be secure? Is Bluetooth too slow?
BT is finally almost catching on, primarily with the ever-increasing-in-popularity bluetooth headsets. If it Just Works, and it's out there, why not expand it to the keyboard, mouse, printer, mp3player, card reader, digicam, so on. Is it just a branding/standards game?
That, and his ears are (probably) in better condition physically to hear musical subtleties than people who's ears have lost sensitivity to age and other damage.
Analog Hole?
I agree. If it takes 70 hours a week for 1 guy to do his job, any job, all the time, then there are one of three things going on.
1) The guy sucks at the job and it takes him an extra 30 hours per week to fix his own mistakes. He needs training, or better tools.
2) The job should be done by two people.
3) The guy is a control freak and needs a reality check, a vacation, or a good burnout to get taught a lesson.
I really don't know of anyone personally, and I doubt anyone TRULY exists out there, who can do just as good a work at the 70th hour that they did at the 1st hour. For me, diminishing returns kicks in well before that, I start making mistakes, losing focus, operating on autopilot and not knowing what I'm doing, etc. Granted, I'm not a coder, but work is work and a technical brain is a technical brain.
Some day I WILL have my own company or work for myself. I KNOW that in order to be self employed it can, should, will, might, take more than 40 hours a week to make it go. But I also believe in working smarter, not harder. There has to be moderation in things, and you said it well. Work should be FOR us, not US for WORK.
I could go on, but that's enough.
Since when is optimism classified as trolling? Come on!
I think the idea of a very flat mid/high speaker set with a sub under the desk for the lows is a great idea.
Mount the LCD to the wall and embed some speakers in the wall next to it to eliminate anything on the desk at all, and you've got a winner.
Better yet, make all the walls, the ceiling and the floor be speakers and you're really winning.
Didn't someone invent paint that turned a wall into a speaker? Or am I imagining things and need to go to sleep?
Firewire is STILL the standard for dumping video from tape. I frankly don't know what could replace it, (tape) cameras just don't operate any other way.
The local computer shop was showing me some "new" laptop a while ago and were trying to tell me that Firewire was "outdated" and no laptops were going to have it any more, and this one didn't either. "USB 2.0 is faster than Firewire". Baloney! I turned around the laptop to the other side and pointed to the 4 pin firewire port. "What's this, then?"
Firewire isn't going anywhere. Even the "cheapie" Everex laptops have firewire. I don't know if USB 3 will replace it, but the intertia of the entire A/V industry will be pretty hard to move away from firewire IMO.
Somebody is going to be getting a swirley for that.
Or killed.
I heard those "fancy" flat speakers had crap for bass.
Maybe it's just a hard drive upgrade, and "90 times" is all NASA marketing-speak.