I agree that a GUI isn't crucial for some of the apps, but an office suite needs integration at least between an address book, calender and email program. I think a database would also be nice, but it's not crucial for Apple to add to iWork, at least not initially.
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Well, they already have: iCal, Mail, Pages, and Keynote. What's missing? A spreadsheet and a GUI to tie them all together. Yeah, they could finish that by 2006, which is when their x86 hardware hits the market. Coincidence?
I read just the first line of the title and thought 'Wow! $70 for a cordless notebook! That's cheap.' But I guess that's not quite so cheap for just the mouse.
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The earth is more likely to be hit by falling rocks than the moon -- it's a bigger gravity target. The moon just doesn't have weather, wildlife and tetonic action to erase the millions of years of cratering.
There is also the small factor of millions and millions of amateur and professional DJs. Whether or not CDs sound better than vinyl (to my ears, digital sound finally surpassed analog somewhere around 1998-2001), CD turntables still don't allow the full range of sounds available from the weird/wonderful combination of vinyl and a needle.
Generally a good paying job helps one to sleep better at night.
When I was unemployed I slept a lot. It's free, and it's fun, plus you burn fewer calories, so you eat less. now I'm somewhat over-employed, and never seem to get more than 5-6 hours.
Sue LA? LA cars and drivers are no more a single entity than, say, anyone who owns forest land. And guess what -- LA does get regulated. All 13 million of us are subject to what may be the world's most rigorous clean air restrictions. We can't even use regular gasoline. We have to get it from special refineries. So my guess is the average LA driver does a lot less polluting than you do.
There may be good examples of private behavior, but smoking in public, and cutting down a whole lot of trees don't sound like private behavior to me. Both have a direct effect on air quality, and air doesn't respect property lines or personal space.
Well, if that's true, it's kind of evil, maybe even racist, isn't it? It's one (fairly bad) thing if China decides to exclude themselves from the global dialog. It's another (really bad) thing if we actually help them to do it.
To me the most interesting part of this is the group of programmers who have built and who maintain this giant filtering, spying apparatus for China. They appear to be competent, and they're probably intelligent and educated, and I would guess that they have access to most of the information that they deny to their fellow citizens.
So what's in it for them? How do they feel about what they do? Anyone have a link to any information about them?
Banking is not reliable. It's just traceable and correctable. Over the last ten years I have lost numerous paychecks (electronic deposit) and had several physical deposits that ended up in someone else's account. I've also had a machine steal my atm card, and give access to my account to the next person who came along. That person withdrew $200 from my account.
Fortunately, it's very easy for an individual to track their funds, file a claim with the bank, and get matters resolved. My bank even sent me a picture of the guy withdrawing funds with my card. It's much more difficult for a voter to determine that their vote was actually counted, so voting fraud and mistakes may never be caught.
Here I go, replying to an AC... I didn't say chimps were vegans, just that they were not carnivores. Like most of us, they'll eat whatever they come across if hungry, but the bulk of their diet is vegetarian. Chimps would qualify as omnivores. Gorillas and orangutans, our other closest relatives, are primarily vegetarian.
You have molars, and a digestive tract length/body length ratio that identifies you as an herbivore. An average carnivore (dogs, lions, etc.) have a digestive tract 3 times longer than their body. Herbivores (cows, gorillas, etc) ahve a digestive tract 9-10 times longer than their body. Humans have a 12:1 ratio. As for teeth, chimpanzees have much longer canine teeth than we do, but are certainly not carnivores.
You're right, unfortunately. There are plenty of really stupid laws (like perpetual "limited" copyright terms)that are not outlawed by the constitution.
Many forms of cancers are caused by eating animal protein. Which is why every study I have seen on diet and cancer showed that reducing your intake of animal protein lowers your risk of cancer, especially cancer of the abdominal organs and digestive tract. A place to start looking: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/3/739
This silly hypothesis is entirely based on the fact that Cringely can find no logical reason for Apple to choose Intel over AMD. But the real reason is much less interesting than the one he made up. The real reason is that AMD is already maxxed out on production capacity, and could not guarantee enough chips to Apple to make the switch. Imagine what would happen if Apple announced the switch to AMD, and then had to delay the launch of their new x86 products due to CPU shortages. That is the nightmare that Steve Jobs will avoid at all costs, and Intel is the only Tier-1 CPU manufacturer with excess capacity.
I personally hate dongles, but most of these studios don't mind spending the money -- they just can't risk losing any productivity, and there has been no painless conversion/upgrade until recently.
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I agree that a GUI isn't crucial for some of the apps, but an office suite needs integration at least between an address book, calender and email program. I think a database would also be nice, but it's not crucial for Apple to add to iWork, at least not initially.
Well, they already have: iCal, Mail, Pages, and Keynote. What's missing? A spreadsheet and a GUI to tie them all together. Yeah, they could finish that by 2006, which is when their x86 hardware hits the market. Coincidence?
Because shelf space comes in standard sizes, and the merchandise has to fit those standard sizes.
Which is why I'm a musician, not a programmer, I guess.
I read just the first line of the title and thought 'Wow! $70 for a cordless notebook! That's cheap.' But I guess that's not quite so cheap for just the mouse.
The earth is more likely to be hit by falling rocks than the moon -- it's a bigger gravity target. The moon just doesn't have weather, wildlife and tetonic action to erase the millions of years of cratering.
There is also the small factor of millions and millions of amateur and professional DJs. Whether or not CDs sound better than vinyl (to my ears, digital sound finally surpassed analog somewhere around 1998-2001), CD turntables still don't allow the full range of sounds available from the weird/wonderful combination of vinyl and a needle.
Generally a good paying job helps one to sleep better at night.
When I was unemployed I slept a lot. It's free, and it's fun, plus you burn fewer calories, so you eat less. now I'm somewhat over-employed, and never seem to get more than 5-6 hours.
The day of the Microsoft made millionnaires is over.
Not really. Now you just work there for 40 years, 25K a year. Voila! Millionaire.
Sue LA? LA cars and drivers are no more a single entity than, say, anyone who owns forest land. And guess what -- LA does get regulated. All 13 million of us are subject to what may be the world's most rigorous clean air restrictions. We can't even use regular gasoline. We have to get it from special refineries. So my guess is the average LA driver does a lot less polluting than you do.
There may be good examples of private behavior, but smoking in public, and cutting down a whole lot of trees don't sound like private behavior to me. Both have a direct effect on air quality, and air doesn't respect property lines or personal space.
Most people would agree with you, though maybe not about which are the idiots. But that is another beauty of freedom.
Intelligent and educated doesn't always imply open-minded and tolerant; it just ups the odds.
I can't mod you up, since you're replying to me, but thanks for the quote of the day!
Well, if that's true, it's kind of evil, maybe even racist, isn't it? It's one (fairly bad) thing if China decides to exclude themselves from the global dialog. It's another (really bad) thing if we actually help them to do it.
To me the most interesting part of this is the group of programmers who have built and who maintain this giant filtering, spying apparatus for China. They appear to be competent, and they're probably intelligent and educated, and I would guess that they have access to most of the information that they deny to their fellow citizens.
So what's in it for them? How do they feel about what they do? Anyone have a link to any information about them?
Banking is not reliable. It's just traceable and correctable. Over the last ten years I have lost numerous paychecks (electronic deposit) and had several physical deposits that ended up in someone else's account. I've also had a machine steal my atm card, and give access to my account to the next person who came along. That person withdrew $200 from my account.
Fortunately, it's very easy for an individual to track their funds, file a claim with the bank, and get matters resolved. My bank even sent me a picture of the guy withdrawing funds with my card.
It's much more difficult for a voter to determine that their vote was actually counted, so voting fraud and mistakes may never be caught.
Here I go, replying to an AC... I didn't say chimps were vegans, just that they were not carnivores. Like most of us, they'll eat whatever they come across if hungry, but the bulk of their diet is vegetarian. Chimps would qualify as omnivores. Gorillas and orangutans, our other closest relatives, are primarily vegetarian.
You have molars, and a digestive tract length/body length ratio that identifies you as an herbivore. An average carnivore (dogs, lions, etc.) have a digestive tract 3 times longer than their body. Herbivores (cows, gorillas, etc) ahve a digestive tract 9-10 times longer than their body. Humans have a 12:1 ratio. As for teeth, chimpanzees have much longer canine teeth than we do, but are certainly not carnivores.
You're right, unfortunately. There are plenty of really stupid laws (like perpetual "limited" copyright terms)that are not outlawed by the constitution.
Many forms of cancers are caused by eating animal protein. Which is why every study I have seen on diet and cancer showed that reducing your intake of animal protein lowers your risk of cancer, especially cancer of the abdominal organs and digestive tract. A place to start looking:
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/3/739
Making information hard to copy does not make it property. Laws control the right to copy or transmit information, but information cannot be owned.
This silly hypothesis is entirely based on the fact that Cringely can find no logical reason for Apple to choose Intel over AMD. But the real reason is much less interesting than the one he made up. The real reason is that AMD is already maxxed out on production capacity, and could not guarantee enough chips to Apple to make the switch. Imagine what would happen if Apple announced the switch to AMD, and then had to delay the launch of their new x86 products due to CPU shortages. That is the nightmare that Steve Jobs will avoid at all costs, and Intel is the only Tier-1 CPU manufacturer with excess capacity.
This optimistic inventor is not familiar with The Wrong Trousers.
Intel has one very important thing that AMD doesn't have -- excess production capacity.
I personally hate dongles, but most of these studios don't mind spending the money -- they just can't risk losing any productivity, and there has been no painless conversion/upgrade until recently.