Honestly, I think the "not safe for kids" depends on the kid in particular. Objectively, I'd rate The Incredibles as slightly less "unsafe" than Star Wars (the original New Hope, none of the prequel crap). If you think your tyke can't handle Stormtroopers shooting at people or TIE fighters crashing into canyon walls, take them to see Spongebob Squarepants instead.
My four-year-old had no problem with The Incredibles, though he got fidgety during the "boring" scenes where people were talking to each other. But then, he's used to seeing gunfights and explosions from my Batman: The Animated Series DVDs, and that skeletons are what you're supposed to find in dark caves while searching for pirate treasure...
On the other side, there are extensively documented instances of voter registration fraud among democrat organizations in Colorado, Ohio, Illinois, New Mexico and Iowa.
The best revenge against Steve Ballmer for this anti-MP3 nonsense is for all of us to run out and buy an Apple Macintosh or three. It doesn't matter if you actually use them, or give them out as Christmas presents, or sell them on eBay -- the simple act of Slashdotting Mac sales will jump-start Apple's marketshare by several percentage points, giving Ballmer and Gates another thing to worry about...
You're relying on NewsMax for proof of Saddam's ties to terrorism? Why not just quote the Church of the Subgenius while you're at it? At least they're known to be loonies.
Death Blossom, and the entire space duel sequence, was much better in the novelization. The entire space combat bit was much longer, Alex had to skim past a nearby star to refuel, and "blossom" was simply a "rapid fire" maneuver of last resort, where Alex still had to fire at the targets on his own.
Death Blossom in the movie was a handy deus ex machina. "Blossom" in the novel was just the penultimate step in a fight filled with cliffhangers. At least that's what my tattered copy of the novelization tells me...
"Sexy as hell" my ass. That thing looks like it was designed by a ten-year-old still feeling nostalgic for his Nintendo games. Especially with those digital eyes -- when that thing blinks at me, I got flashbacks to R.O.B.
Put that in your living room, guys, and you're guaranteed to never have a girlfriend -- they won't be back for a second visit to your place after seeing kitsch like that pass for decor...
Did you try the "Smart playlists" feature from within iTunes itself? There's no reason you needed to go to Applescript for something which iTunes already supports.
Let's remember that having a monopoly is NOT illegal. It's only when you have a monopoly, AND abuse your monopoly position to block your competitors from competing, that IS illegal.
Microsoft was (rightly) accused and found guilty of the latter. I have yet to hear any reports that Apple is abusing their market leadership with the iPod.
You're right, the iPod wheel doesn't spin. It rocks slightly, like a game controller, but the wheel itself works like a laptop mousepad and tracks your finger movements instead of actually spinning.
And there's a small speaker in the iPod to generate the click sound.
I've never used one, but the people I've met who have tried both say they like the click-wheel better
Listen to them; the click wheel is every bit as great as folks say they are. I know several people who skipped the iPod 3G and went for the iPod mini instead, just because they thought the click wheel was a superior UI.
I hate comments like this. While the iPod's interface may well be good, a statement like the above implies that every other mp3 player is worse without actually presenting any evidence.... Of course, I've never used an iPod
You want evidence, but can't get your mitts on an iPod to try out the interface?
Car companies likewise have a very expensive product that upgrades on a yearly basis, but they don't introduce such radical changes each year that the owner is coerced into buying a new car every year.
I didn't know Steve Jobs sent goons to the homes of iPod owners to compel them to upgrade whenever a new revision came out.
Since most Mac users are forced to use a Windows PC anyway either at work or at school, they end up getting experience with multiple platforms anyway, just as you suggested.
Ergo, Mac users are smarter than Windows users. QED.;-)
As a peon, what would influence you to work harder? Being told that you're the underdog and you're going to get stomped on by Sun, Apple and probably now Linux, or being told that you have a world wide monopoly in the desktop computing space and companies are throwing buckets of money at you every year despite the fact that your software is mediocre at best.
If the Microsofties truly believe they're the underdogs, then they must be delusional as hell. How can you walk into any computer store, surf around the internet, or follow computer news and not conclude that Microsoft has an iron grip over the rest of the industry?
Either that, or them Microsoft employees must live in their own plastic bubble-world...
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Honestly, I think the "not safe for kids" depends on the kid in particular. Objectively, I'd rate The Incredibles as slightly less "unsafe" than Star Wars (the original New Hope, none of the prequel crap). If you think your tyke can't handle Stormtroopers shooting at people or TIE fighters crashing into canyon walls, take them to see Spongebob Squarepants instead.
My four-year-old had no problem with The Incredibles, though he got fidgety during the "boring" scenes where people were talking to each other. But then, he's used to seeing gunfights and explosions from my Batman: The Animated Series DVDs, and that skeletons are what you're supposed to find in dark caves while searching for pirate treasure...
On the other side, there are extensively documented instances of voter registration fraud among democrat organizations in Colorado, Ohio, Illinois, New Mexico and Iowa.
So extensive, you couldn't even link to one.
The best revenge against Steve Ballmer for this anti-MP3 nonsense is for all of us to run out and buy an Apple Macintosh or three. It doesn't matter if you actually use them, or give them out as Christmas presents, or sell them on eBay -- the simple act of Slashdotting Mac sales will jump-start Apple's marketshare by several percentage points, giving Ballmer and Gates another thing to worry about...
You're relying on NewsMax for proof of Saddam's ties to terrorism? Why not just quote the Church of the Subgenius while you're at it? At least they're known to be loonies.
Death Blossom, and the entire space duel sequence, was much better in the novelization. The entire space combat bit was much longer, Alex had to skim past a nearby star to refuel, and "blossom" was simply a "rapid fire" maneuver of last resort, where Alex still had to fire at the targets on his own.
Death Blossom in the movie was a handy deus ex machina. "Blossom" in the novel was just the penultimate step in a fight filled with cliffhangers. At least that's what my tattered copy of the novelization tells me...
You can also just reorder it, then reorder it back to the earlier order, then burn some more.
"Sexy as hell" my ass. That thing looks like it was designed by a ten-year-old still feeling nostalgic for his Nintendo games. Especially with those digital eyes -- when that thing blinks at me, I got flashbacks to R.O.B.
Put that in your living room, guys, and you're guaranteed to never have a girlfriend -- they won't be back for a second visit to your place after seeing kitsch like that pass for decor...
Did you try the "Smart playlists" feature from within iTunes itself? There's no reason you needed to go to Applescript for something which iTunes already supports.
And the Republicans were the ones who wrote this into law.
Draw your own conclusions.
Observers from IRAN/CUBA/CHINA would still be more reliable than observers from the Republican party.
Unfortunately, the DJ's interface still pales against the iPod.
When you want to scroll through a list on the DJ, it's scroll... move thumb... scroll... move thumb... scroll...
On the iPod, this is just turnturnturnturnturn.
Good luck finding the one song out of a collection of 5,000 with the DJ.
Let's remember that having a monopoly is NOT illegal. It's only when you have a monopoly, AND abuse your monopoly position to block your competitors from competing, that IS illegal.
Microsoft was (rightly) accused and found guilty of the latter. I have yet to hear any reports that Apple is abusing their market leadership with the iPod.
Oh, brother, not the "Apple stole Konfabulator" bullstuff again.
Read this, then try to defend your accusdation again with a straight face.
You're right, the iPod wheel doesn't spin. It rocks slightly, like a game controller, but the wheel itself works like a laptop mousepad and tracks your finger movements instead of actually spinning.
And there's a small speaker in the iPod to generate the click sound.
Cache the next 500 songs???
Nah, they're telling Creative that a music player can have long-playing capabilities and not look like a piece of geek ass.
I've never used one, but the people I've met who have tried both say they like the click-wheel better
Listen to them; the click wheel is every bit as great as folks say they are. I know several people who skipped the iPod 3G and went for the iPod mini instead, just because they thought the click wheel was a superior UI.
I hate comments like this. While the iPod's interface may well be good, a statement like the above implies that every other mp3 player is worse without actually presenting any evidence. ... Of course, I've never used an iPod
You want evidence, but can't get your mitts on an iPod to try out the interface?
At least you chose your handle wisely...
Car companies likewise have a very expensive product that upgrades on a yearly basis, but they don't introduce such radical changes each year that the owner is coerced into buying a new car every year.
I didn't know Steve Jobs sent goons to the homes of iPod owners to compel them to upgrade whenever a new revision came out.
Since most Mac users are forced to use a Windows PC anyway either at work or at school, they end up getting experience with multiple platforms anyway, just as you suggested.
Ergo, Mac users are smarter than Windows users. QED. ;-)
My question is this: Are we so anti-Microsoft that we'll settle for clunkier software without complaint, just because it's not made by Microsoft?
Hell, I'm so anti-Microsoft I use superior software without complaint.
It's called a "Macintosh." Try it some time. ;-)
As a peon, what would influence you to work harder? Being told that you're the underdog and you're going to get stomped on by Sun, Apple and probably now Linux, or being told that you have a world wide monopoly in the desktop computing space and companies are throwing buckets of money at you every year despite the fact that your software is mediocre at best.
If the Microsofties truly believe they're the underdogs, then they must be delusional as hell. How can you walk into any computer store, surf around the internet, or follow computer news and not conclude that Microsoft has an iron grip over the rest of the industry?
Either that, or them Microsoft employees must live in their own plastic bubble-world...
They didn't.
eBay it, bay-bee!
The result is win-win for the consumer because, assuming the Dell players are nice in their own merit...
Big assumption there. If the Dell DJ was any good, they wouldn't need a stunt like this to gain market share.
I'm sure Steve Jobs is laughing his head off over this.