Could we please not use the word "immoral" to describe a software company (possibly) acting within their legal rights? You are seriously overblowing this entire scenario.
Revision 0, except that they kept the majority of the major form factor improvements from the last several years of PowerBook G4 design and engineering.
This isn't just a "first rev" like so many Mac users seem to think. Honestly, Apple did a really smart thing by keeping the previous form factor: it effectively means that the new-architecture notebooks inherit a huge amount of engineering from their predecessors.
Is this a solid solution for the problem? I see this as, perhaps, a workaround; a crutch for what may actually be an increasingly lacking reading comprehension skillset in modern society. How will leaning on emoticons make you a better writer or reader?
Instead of emoticons, use complete, structured thoughts and sentences, and know how to read them. Learn when and how to use word variants and punctuation to pace your sentences. Understand the difference between passive and active voice, and know when and why to use which. All of this seems to be a far more solid approach than emoticons.
We should be concerned with deterioration of language to the point where we need emoticons to interpret other people's written communication. Resorting to requiring smilies for correspondence surely cannot help to reverse any possible erosion of language arts skills that prompted the requirement in the first place.
It's good to know how to interpret other people's emoticons, as so many people who communicate via the Internet use them, but it's probably not a good idea to lean on them yourself.
Now, this is simply my opinion--I could be completely off-base. Are there any English teachers in the Slashdot audience who might have an opinion on the matter?
It's not an issue of being lazy. Blockbuster is notorious for either not carrying titles or carrying shitty, edited versions of the titles they DO carry. See Requiem for a Dream as an example. It's only been recently that Blockbuster has started doing away with non-widescreen DVDs, too.
Its big-chain competitors aren't really much better, selection-wise, and the non-chain local stores I've lived near have always had pretty bad return windows compared to the bigger guys.
Little non-chains == more eclectic selection, small return windows (in my experience, that is . . . your mileage may vary)
Blockbuster and similar chains == Better return windows, crappier selection
Netflix == Good selection, kickass return window
Once you add "it comes right to your door", it's absolutely no wonder that NF has taken off.
According to the "American Heritage Dictionary", but not according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Tsk.
Frankly, I speak English, and this half-arsed corporatisation of American colloquia needs to stop. It's not attractive, and it makes British ears very unhappy.
noun 1 a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present. 2 a natural ability or talent. 3 informal a very easy task or unmissable opportunity.
verb 1 give as a gift, especially formally. 2 (gift with) endow (someone) with (an ability or talent). 3 gifted having exceptional talent or ability.
Hey, look at that. Looks like Oxford says you need a refresher course.
While I don't think GIMP is a complete Photoshop replacement, I gotta call bullshit on one of the article's reasons.
Saying that one of the reasons GIMP isn't a [Photoshop] replacement is because Photoshop is a single-document interface completely ignores the fact that the Mac OS X version of Photoshop is a multiple-document interface, just like GIMP.
Another hastily written article posted to Slashdot. Nothing to see here, move along.
"Right now, you need someone who is reasonably well-trained to use it."
I would like to hope that if this software is going to be used for anything of consequence, that someone reasonably well-trained will always be using it. A system is only as good as its operator, ultimately.
This subject comes up once in a while on Apple Discussions. The threads mostly consist of a couple of people saying that in general, Mac users are too arrogant when it comes to security issues, and everyone else saying that's a bunch of crap.
The following is a reposting of portions of a comment I made in one of these threads last year. Needless to say, few agreed. Oh well. Natural selection? Here's the beef:
A note about security, trust, and automobile salesmen.
There is no amount of security that can supplant the need for trust. Mac users who take the arrogant, uninformed stance that we're safe as long as we don't do X and Y only add to the potential field day a future piece of malicious code is bound to have.
You're good against X and Y, because you know about them. But you don't know about factor Z, because you don't know what you don't know.
When you buy a car, is it possible to inspect every single bolt, belt, and wire? No. You have to trust that the person selling you the car is here to make a happy customer out of you, and not a motor vehicle accident at 50MPH after the brakes failed from his malicious modifications.
You have to trust that your source isn't out to do harm.
I know several people who've used p2p software on Windows to download commecial software illegally and were absolutely crippled by viruses. Sure, Windows might indeed be less secure than Mac OS X, but does that mean the same scenario isn't possible under some circumstances that aren't hitherto known? No, it doesn't.
The source(s) of my friends' illegal software was dubious at best; untrustable. They got burned. Karma? Perhaps. Poor foresight? At least.
Without an administrator's password, there is still plenty of damage or intrusion that can be done. Who cares about deleting the stuff in/Applications/Utilities when everything that's actually going to MATTER to the user at the end of the day resides in his or her home folder, where no authentication is needed to peek around and play with?
We trust Apple to ship copies of iPhoto that don't relay information to the government. In the event such a thing were actually to happen, someone would eventually find out and there would be heads on pikes, of course, but there would still be some level of damage done, not just to people's privacy and data, but to the reliability their software sources. I know I'd boycott any manufacturer that started giving my data en masse to any government.
Security doesn't come from code, but from education and trust.
It's more "whining" than anything else, you just have to go back a little bit to find it:
Although Microsoft may continue to provide security and performance updates, no major new releases are planned, Microsoft Product Manager Jessica Sommer told CNET News.com. Sommer said that, with the emergence of Apple's Safari browser, Microsoft felt that customers were better served by using Apple's browser, noting that Microsoft does not have the access to the Macintosh operating system that it would need to compete.
I call complete and utter whiny bullshit on this. It's not that they CAN'T compete, it's that they don't WANT to compete. OmniWeb dropped their proprietary rendering engine for WebCore/Kit and began focusing even harder on their wonderful UI. Why couldn't Microsoft have done this? Lots of applications have integrated Kit/Core, from third-party Web browser to instant messaging clients. I guess Microsoft doesn't have the resources that some 18-year-old kid with an ADC account does, right?
Irony: "We can't compete because someone else makes the OS and we don't have full access to it." - Microsoft
Call me a fucking waaaaaaaaaaaaaahmbulance, Redmond. You lost on this platform because you couldn't make a good Web browser if you tried, and all you did was blame someone else.
Anyone using IE is a prime demographic, and these are the kinds of features that can entice wouldn't-be users into checking out something other than IE. To be honest, you sound like an elitist prick, and that's precisely the attitude that turns people off from open source software.
If the giggling teenage masses switch to better browsers, everyone prospers.
All I see 'round these parts are Americans letting themselves get deathly afraid of "the tur'rists" at every turn and surrendering their rights because of it.
How long until the music industry machine decides that, like software, music that can be played on computers should be priced according to the number of processors decoding it?
"Your CD player, that's a single charge of $13.99, but thanks to our new DRM you can't play it on your computer without running this setup program first. Two processors? Okay, we'll cut you a deal, because we're nice guys like that. $21.99 instead of $27.98. Oh, I see you have the Sharpie discount . .."
7-8pm Q-Link 8-9pm Play Airborne Ranger 9-10pm break for new Kids in the Hall episode 10-11:50pm Q-Link 11:50pm-12:00am Call local BBSs, make moves in Space Empire to initiate attack another system. Buddy/ally does same. (as do your slave accounts) 12:01am-12:10am Use fresh Space Empire turns for the new day to complete sneak attack. Double fists of fury! 12:10am-1:00am Play Test Drive 1:00am-2:00am Play California Games 2:01 turn on wardialer and go to bed
How did you fit all of those hot dates into this hectic schedule?
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Two words for you:
:)
Sarbanes. Oxley.
Forced recordkeeping is quickly making network and storage people very, very happy.
It's computer software. That's all it is.
Could we please not use the word "immoral" to describe a software company (possibly) acting within their legal rights? You are seriously overblowing this entire scenario.
Immoral. ROFLCOPTER. What is this, church?
Revision 0, except that they kept the majority of the major form factor improvements from the last several years of PowerBook G4 design and engineering.
This isn't just a "first rev" like so many Mac users seem to think. Honestly, Apple did a really smart thing by keeping the previous form factor: it effectively means that the new-architecture notebooks inherit a huge amount of engineering from their predecessors.
1. Use emoticons and know how to read them.
Is this a solid solution for the problem? I see this as, perhaps, a workaround; a crutch for what may actually be an increasingly lacking reading comprehension skillset in modern society. How will leaning on emoticons make you a better writer or reader?
Instead of emoticons, use complete, structured thoughts and sentences, and know how to read them. Learn when and how to use word variants and punctuation to pace your sentences. Understand the difference between passive and active voice, and know when and why to use which. All of this seems to be a far more solid approach than emoticons.
We should be concerned with deterioration of language to the point where we need emoticons to interpret other people's written communication. Resorting to requiring smilies for correspondence surely cannot help to reverse any possible erosion of language arts skills that prompted the requirement in the first place.
It's good to know how to interpret other people's emoticons, as so many people who communicate via the Internet use them, but it's probably not a good idea to lean on them yourself.
Now, this is simply my opinion--I could be completely off-base. Are there any English teachers in the Slashdot audience who might have an opinion on the matter?
They'll have my attention when they make Voltron
I think what you need to be worried about is this thing making Voltron.
Be wary of the machine-being. It wants blood. human blood.
It's not an issue of being lazy. Blockbuster is notorious for either not carrying titles or carrying shitty, edited versions of the titles they DO carry. See Requiem for a Dream as an example. It's only been recently that Blockbuster has started doing away with non-widescreen DVDs, too.
Its big-chain competitors aren't really much better, selection-wise, and the non-chain local stores I've lived near have always had pretty bad return windows compared to the bigger guys.
Little non-chains == more eclectic selection, small return windows (in my experience, that is . . . your mileage may vary)
Blockbuster and similar chains == Better return windows, crappier selection
Netflix == Good selection, kickass return window
Once you add "it comes right to your door", it's absolutely no wonder that NF has taken off.
Frankly, I speak English, and this half-arsed corporatisation of American colloquia needs to stop. It's not attractive, and it makes British ears very unhappy.
I speak English, too.
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/gift
Hey, look at that. Looks like Oxford says you need a refresher course.
While I don't think GIMP is a complete Photoshop replacement, I gotta call bullshit on one of the article's reasons.
Saying that one of the reasons GIMP isn't a [Photoshop] replacement is because Photoshop is a single-document interface completely ignores the fact that the Mac OS X version of Photoshop is a multiple-document interface, just like GIMP.
Another hastily written article posted to Slashdot. Nothing to see here, move along.
From the article:
"Right now, you need someone who is reasonably well-trained to use it."
I would like to hope that if this software is going to be used for anything of consequence, that someone reasonably well-trained will always be using it. A system is only as good as its operator, ultimately.
I'm glad to see Microsoft continuing to innovate in the up-and-coming field of Web browsers.
This subject comes up once in a while on Apple Discussions. The threads mostly consist of a couple of people saying that in general, Mac users are too arrogant when it comes to security issues, and everyone else saying that's a bunch of crap.
/Applications/Utilities when everything that's actually going to MATTER to the user at the end of the day resides in his or her home folder, where no authentication is needed to peek around and play with?
The following is a reposting of portions of a comment I made in one of these threads last year. Needless to say, few agreed. Oh well. Natural selection? Here's the beef:
A note about security, trust, and automobile salesmen.
There is no amount of security that can supplant the need for trust. Mac users who take the arrogant, uninformed stance that we're safe as long as we don't do X and Y only add to the potential field day a future piece of malicious code is bound to have.
You're good against X and Y, because you know about them. But you don't know about factor Z, because you don't know what you don't know.
When you buy a car, is it possible to inspect every single bolt, belt, and wire? No. You have to trust that the person selling you the car is here to make a happy customer out of you, and not a motor vehicle accident at 50MPH after the brakes failed from his malicious modifications.
You have to trust that your source isn't out to do harm.
I know several people who've used p2p software on Windows to download commecial software illegally and were absolutely crippled by viruses. Sure, Windows might indeed be less secure than Mac OS X, but does that mean the same scenario isn't possible under some circumstances that aren't hitherto known? No, it doesn't.
The source(s) of my friends' illegal software was dubious at best; untrustable. They got burned. Karma? Perhaps. Poor foresight? At least.
Without an administrator's password, there is still plenty of damage or intrusion that can be done. Who cares about deleting the stuff in
We trust Apple to ship copies of iPhoto that don't relay information to the government. In the event such a thing were actually to happen, someone would eventually find out and there would be heads on pikes, of course, but there would still be some level of damage done, not just to people's privacy and data, but to the reliability their software sources. I know I'd boycott any manufacturer that started giving my data en masse to any government.
Security doesn't come from code, but from education and trust.
there was no reaction from Blizzard till 3 hours later
God forbid you go outside and take a walk in the park or read something in a nice cafe somewhere for a few hours.
Dont expect some $1000 Bose system in your ear and youll be just fine
I don't expect a $1000 Bose system, because I expect some semblance of quality.
I'm posting this because the other guy who posted with this same info was an asshole about it, and will get modded down (rightfully so).
It's a known issue, and Apple will cover it. Here you go:
http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/faq/
It's more "whining" than anything else, you just have to go back a little bit to find it:
Although Microsoft may continue to provide security and performance updates, no major new releases are planned, Microsoft Product Manager Jessica Sommer told CNET News.com. Sommer said that, with the emergence of Apple's Safari browser, Microsoft felt that customers were better served by using Apple's browser, noting that Microsoft does not have the access to the Macintosh operating system that it would need to compete.
http://news.com.com/2100-1045_3-1017126.html
I call complete and utter whiny bullshit on this. It's not that they CAN'T compete, it's that they don't WANT to compete. OmniWeb dropped their proprietary rendering engine for WebCore/Kit and began focusing even harder on their wonderful UI. Why couldn't Microsoft have done this? Lots of applications have integrated Kit/Core, from third-party Web browser to instant messaging clients. I guess Microsoft doesn't have the resources that some 18-year-old kid with an ADC account does, right?
Irony: "We can't compete because someone else makes the OS and we don't have full access to it." - Microsoft
Call me a fucking waaaaaaaaaaaaaahmbulance, Redmond. You lost on this platform because you couldn't make a good Web browser if you tried, and all you did was blame someone else.
You can't always make everything ambidexterous, and comfortable.
Why not?
Can someone explain to me how this is insightful?
Anyone using IE is a prime demographic, and these are the kinds of features that can entice wouldn't-be users into checking out something other than IE. To be honest, you sound like an elitist prick, and that's precisely the attitude that turns people off from open source software.
If the giggling teenage masses switch to better browsers, everyone prospers.
Aperture isn't competing with Photoshop, it's competing with things like this:
PhaseOne's Capture One
It is similar to Googles Picassa but on steroids.
:: Final Cut Pro : iMovie
More accurately:
Aperture : Google's Picasa
"Although, no PowerBook G5."
Were you asleep during the Intel announcement?
Everyone who actually thinks there will be G5 PowerBooks at this point, please stand up.
Crickets?
For "the terrorists"? What terrorists?
All I see 'round these parts are Americans letting themselves get deathly afraid of "the tur'rists" at every turn and surrendering their rights because of it.
How long until the music industry machine decides that, like software, music that can be played on computers should be priced according to the number of processors decoding it?
."
"Your CD player, that's a single charge of $13.99, but thanks to our new DRM you can't play it on your computer without running this setup program first. Two processors? Okay, we'll cut you a deal, because we're nice guys like that. $21.99 instead of $27.98. Oh, I see you have the Sharpie discount . .
Yes, but my question is this: Will the movie be 3+ hours long?
Not without an ending.
(I kid, I kid.)
Vanuatu - the India of P2P?
No, India is not where stolen movies and kiddie porn go when laws get in the way.
That'd be Russia.
7-8pm Q-Link
8-9pm Play Airborne Ranger
9-10pm break for new Kids in the Hall episode
10-11:50pm Q-Link
11:50pm-12:00am Call local BBSs, make moves in Space Empire to initiate attack another system. Buddy/ally does same. (as do your slave accounts)
12:01am-12:10am Use fresh Space Empire turns for the new day to complete sneak attack. Double fists of fury!
12:10am-1:00am Play Test Drive
1:00am-2:00am Play California Games
2:01 turn on wardialer and go to bed
How did you fit all of those hot dates into this hectic schedule?