Would you prefer a "journalism" license thats issued by the federal government? I'm sure the White House would.
Who says the White House would get a say in the matter? There are lots of ways of certifying journalists that don't involve the government at all.
And it's not as if our current system is any great shakes, either -- Just look at how much news coverage Michael Jackson is getting over Jeff Gannon, for Pete's sake. Or the recently-outed group of "independent" commentators who were actually paid shills of the Administration. Hell, the fact that Michael Moore produced more Iraq war revelations in Fahrenheit 9/11 than ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox combined tells you how totally eff'ed up American journalism is already.
I wish I had mod points, because the parent post needs to be staple-gunned to everyone's forehead.
Look, guys, I get a big hard-on for the Constitution of the United States, but I' getting sick and tired of all the critics following this case claiming that any sort of victory for Apple is a threat to free speech, or that there's no difference between ThinkSecret.com and CNN.com, yadda yadda yadda. Being a journalist is not just starting a web site and pronouncing yourself as one -- that's as meaningless as buying a box of bandages and starting a medical practice as Dr. Nick Riviera.
If anything, bloggers and "news sites" might be comparable to freelance op-ed writers, free to write whatever they want on whatever topic they want. That does not automatically give them the rights and privileges of journalists, just like being the webmaster of whitehousenews.org gives you instant access to the White House Press Pool.
(An exception, of course, is if you're a conservative shill using an alias and working for a fake news organization while moonlighting as a gay escort... but the Bush Administration clearly uses a looser set of ethics than the rest of us...)
Unless Cars is the biggest flop in the history of cinema, any studio would be foolish to not want to be associated with Pixar.
<Insert your own Michael Eisner joke here>
For those who don't get it, Eisner predicted that Finding Nemo would be a box-office bomb. But what do you expect from a guy who greenlighted Home on the Range?
Apple is trying to pass off old parts as new, starting warranties from the time they ship to the reseller rather then when the customer buys it, not reimbursing the reseller for parts under warranties, and trying to direct reseller customers to their own Apple stores.
The Director of the Incredibles was on the Radio last night and mentioned that the reason why animated films are often so good is because you can't muck about with the script after you've started because every frame is so expensive.
After rendering begins, yes -- but before the animators and the geeks hit the computers, The Incredibles went through a number of significant changes as well. Check out The Art of the Incredibles for some of these. Two examples:
1. Bob and Lucious' late-night heroics was originally intended to be a night at a bar -- after Bob tore down an abandoned building for a workout.
2. Syndrone was originally a minor second-rate villian killed after the first act.
But if this putative relative ever plays that CD and listens to that song, then that is a copyright violation.
So is videotaping a TV program and then giving it to a friend, yet I don't see any reports about ABC/NBC/CBS busting up those underground videotape-sharing networks.
The odds of the RIAA and/or Apple getting annoyed enough to serve someone with a lawsuit because he bought a CD from the iTMS and then burned a disc to give to his Mom is ridiculously low -- almost as low as Napster actually being a threat to the iTunes Music Store...
People who buy from iTunes trap themselves onto a single brand of player....at least until Motorola's iTunes-compatible phones come out later this year.
That couldn't be because they cannibalized another product and its development staff, and pretty much produced a half-baked "brushed steel" version of the same, now could it?
Actually, according to the article, Jeff Robbin (SoundJam's developer) and his team started over from scratch and "pounded out the first version of iTunes in less than four months."
Not sure why they didn't just take SoundJam and re-skinned it, but if it needed to be rewritten from the ground up, there may have been a need for future expandability somewhere...
Unfortunately, no killer app has been invented for the PDA that can make use of its power. The main reason for this, IMHO, is the inefficient input methods available at the moment: Either an external keyboard, or very unreliable handwriting recognition.
My Tungsten C has a built-in keyboard. And believe me, I use that sucker constantly.
(Killer app? I recommend Agendus and Shadow Plan -- that's 90% of my work/task/project management needs right there.)
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He is using linux on mac hardware that was given to him. Wouldn't you?
;-)
No, I'd be running MacOS X, because I actually want to get things done.
Would you prefer a "journalism" license thats issued by the federal government? I'm sure the White House would.
Who says the White House would get a say in the matter? There are lots of ways of certifying journalists that don't involve the government at all.
And it's not as if our current system is any great shakes, either -- Just look at how much news coverage Michael Jackson is getting over Jeff Gannon, for Pete's sake. Or the recently-outed group of "independent" commentators who were actually paid shills of the Administration. Hell, the fact that Michael Moore produced more Iraq war revelations in Fahrenheit 9/11 than ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox combined tells you how totally eff'ed up American journalism is already.
I wish I had mod points, because the parent post needs to be staple-gunned to everyone's forehead.
Look, guys, I get a big hard-on for the Constitution of the United States, but I' getting sick and tired of all the critics following this case claiming that any sort of victory for Apple is a threat to free speech, or that there's no difference between ThinkSecret.com and CNN.com, yadda yadda yadda. Being a journalist is not just starting a web site and pronouncing yourself as one -- that's as meaningless as buying a box of bandages and starting a medical practice as Dr. Nick Riviera.
If anything, bloggers and "news sites" might be comparable to freelance op-ed writers, free to write whatever they want on whatever topic they want. That does not automatically give them the rights and privileges of journalists, just like being the webmaster of whitehousenews.org gives you instant access to the White House Press Pool.
(An exception, of course, is if you're a conservative shill using an alias and working for a fake news organization while moonlighting as a gay escort... but the Bush Administration clearly uses a looser set of ethics than the rest of us...)
What the hell is wrong with you people? Why do you insist on producing cheap-looking ugly shite?
And the partners respond,
To match the cheap-ass underperforming shite you give us for the insides.
Has the PC industry really gotten that bad so that they don't do anything but copy Apple?
As any Apple-watcher will tell you, this has been SOP with the Wintel world for decades now.
The only thing dumber than the folks surprised at Intel's shameless copycat effort are the ones who mistake that empty plastic box for a fully-functional, shipping, ready-to-go-on-your-desk computer.
OMG, you have to do that with OS X you say???
It's only for people too fossilized to learn a different set of keybindings, like Cmd-LeftArrow and Cmd-RightArrow.
Unless Cars is the biggest flop in the history of cinema, any studio would be foolish to not want to be associated with Pixar.
<Insert your own Michael Eisner joke here>
For those who don't get it, Eisner predicted that Finding Nemo would be a box-office bomb. But what do you expect from a guy who greenlighted Home on the Range?
I don't think it's Apple's fault if you choose to use an OS that can't run the whole iLife suite. :-)
You must have missed the part of the product spec that says the iPod Photo can sync with iPhoto albums directly.
The MP3 format doesn't directly support gapless playback, sorry.
Apple is trying to pass off old parts as new, starting warranties from the time they ship to the reseller rather then when the customer buys it, not reimbursing the reseller for parts under warranties, and trying to direct reseller customers to their own Apple stores.
Is there any evidence to support these claims?
Mac users are just as stupid as everyone else in the world
;-)
Now, now -- if they were that stupid, they'd use Windows.
Then again, by book 4 of the trilogy I don't think he gave a damn about it anymore, having changed interests.
To be fair, I think he had just gone through a nasty breakup with his girlfriend before starting book 4.
The Director of the Incredibles was on the Radio last night and mentioned that the reason why animated films are often so good is because you can't muck about with the script after you've started because every frame is so expensive.
After rendering begins, yes -- but before the animators and the geeks hit the computers, The Incredibles went through a number of significant changes as well. Check out The Art of the Incredibles for some of these. Two examples:
1. Bob and Lucious' late-night heroics was originally intended to be a night at a bar -- after Bob tore down an abandoned building for a workout.
2. Syndrone was originally a minor second-rate villian killed after the first act.
Do such people really exist?
They do now!
A true hitchhiker would find a way to see the movie for free.
Apple only has the teaser up, not the (new) trailer. I wish Apple did have the new trailer up, since the Amazon Flash isn't working for me.
...and a 3-10 day waiting period.
But if this putative relative ever plays that CD and listens to that song, then that is a copyright violation.
So is videotaping a TV program and then giving it to a friend, yet I don't see any reports about ABC/NBC/CBS busting up those underground videotape-sharing networks.
The odds of the RIAA and/or Apple getting annoyed enough to serve someone with a lawsuit because he bought a CD from the iTMS and then burned a disc to give to his Mom is ridiculously low -- almost as low as Napster actually being a threat to the iTunes Music Store...
People who buy from iTunes trap themselves onto a single brand of player. ...at least until Motorola's iTunes-compatible phones come out later this year.
Bugmenot.com worked for me!
That couldn't be because they cannibalized another product and its development staff, and pretty much produced a half-baked "brushed steel" version of the same, now could it?
Actually, according to the article, Jeff Robbin (SoundJam's developer) and his team started over from scratch and "pounded out the first version of iTunes in less than four months."
Not sure why they didn't just take SoundJam and re-skinned it, but if it needed to be rewritten from the ground up, there may have been a need for future expandability somewhere...
Well, then, it's a good thing MacOS X is very stable out of the box, and doesn't require the user to do any major maintenance to keep it that way.
...now you need a week-long training class in IT security before you can buy a (Windows) PC.
Unfortunately, no killer app has been invented for the PDA that can make use of its power. The main reason for this, IMHO, is the inefficient input methods available at the moment: Either an external keyboard, or very unreliable handwriting recognition.
My Tungsten C has a built-in keyboard. And believe me, I use that sucker constantly.
(Killer app? I recommend Agendus and Shadow Plan -- that's 90% of my work/task/project management needs right there.)