Step 1: Buy some compressed air.
Step 2: Hold aerosol can upside down.
Step 3:
Step 4: Point nozzle through ventilation holes towards laptop CPU heat sink.
Step 5: Spray.
Works like a charm. I'm not even joking.
Here's my problem with the screen corners. Because they're the easiest to get to, they're also the easiest to land on by mistake. To simply have a corner activate a process is annoying, so there must be some sort of confirmation. A click, perhaps. Well guess what, Apple already has you covered, as the top two corners, when clicked, activate the Apple menu and the Spotlight menu. If you put something in the corner, it requires some sort of input to activate, and some other sort of input to perform its task. I'm not sure what you'd want to put in the corners, but for the sake of example let's say you want your application switcher there. Are you sure about that? Would you really rather mouse to the corner, activate the switcher, mouse to the app you want to switch to, and click again? Or would you rather find your app in the Dock/Taskbar and click it?
Regarding your comments on Apple: Sometimes the simpler solution, even if it makes the technolusting geeks shake their heads, is in fact smarter and more efficient. I honestly don't understand the purpose of having a screen on a music player that only holds less than 200 of my songs. It's not oversimplification and it's not bandwagon. It's a couple of engineers cutting the crap and making something that is both uncomplicated and functional.
About OS X: To think that Apple would even think of releasing OS X as open source is absurd. Just because it's based off of Unix doesn't mean it has free and easily alterable. Instead of complaining you could should embrace what Apple does give back to the open source community, such as, recently, their alterations to KHTML in WebKit. Show me another corporation that does stuff like that.
No matter what Windows-on-a-Mac solution you've got in mind, I can assure you that it won't come out of Apple's hands. That'll make it essentially nonexistent for the vast majority of average users. Apps will still have to be developed for OS X for those users.
And if dual-booting becomes an issue, Apple most likely make it impossible through a quiet update, a la the Rhapsody issue.
I think I'll go about blissfully assuming that standards compliance will be a complete given for the next version (seeing as these are _standards_ and whatnot).
Then it'll arrive and will work even worse with the CSS sites I've built. God damn you, Microsoft!
Yeah, people get whacked out on video games, but it's the same thing as reading a good spy novel and then feeling obliged to tiptoe stealthily through your house for the rest of the day, or to come out of a good action movie and worrying about cars exploding on your way home. It's a product of the human mind, not a fault of any of these types of media.
It looks like they're basically building a better GUI engine for Mac OS X. The GUI in OS X is currently a mess. Ask any Mac themer. I hope Apple buys this from these guys and fixes Aqua.
... The MarijuanaMac.
You'll get hooked, and next thing you know you'll sell your car and tv and drop $2000 on the HeroineBook.
By the time Tiger comes out, you'll be sleeping on a mattress on the floor of an empty apartment with broken windows and no heat.
Just remember, you won't be able to use your Mac once the power company cuts you off.
I learned on my uncle's Canon FTb. Bare-bones, solid as a rock, and relatively small. If you're really trying to get into SLR photography, this is a great beginning camera.
I wouldn't give up my 10 GB iPod for anyone else's machine, regardless of its capacity. The iPod is unbeatable when it comes to ease of use, putting CD players to shame. It's also got one feature that I've never seen on any other player, on-the-go playlists. If you don't know what I mean look on Apple's iPod site.
Add to that the fact that you can charge it straight from the FireWire port, can grab a phone number or email address without having to pause the music and whip out the Palm, and will soon be able to record from it as well (you can do it already through a special developers mode, and Apple will supposedly release a firmware update in the near future integrating this function into the real interface), and I think the Zen has been soundly smacked. The iPod more than makes up for the price difference in its quality.
It's also a rock. I don't know about the Zen, but I've never carried my 3rd gen iPod in a case for fear that it might get jumbled, scratched or crushed. The no-moving-parts philosophy probably has something to do with this.
And if you're worried about vorbis support, just switch to AAC. The difference is amazing. And if you're really REALLY worried about vorbis support, the iPod will most likely support it once QuickTime does, which can't be too long.
Oh yeah, and it won't drag your pants down if you put it in your pocket. Nice touch. I'm all about maintaining my pants-edness.
If it has a case, it goes in a pile on the corner of my desk. If it has a floppy paper case, I burned it myself, or I use it frequently, it goes in a 64 CD booklet, about the size of a sheet of paper folded longways. A bit thick, but it miraculously fits in my Targus laptop bag when placed on top of 2-4 paperback books.
My TDK CD-Rs smell like almonds! Thank goodness I'm not the only one to wonder about this!
Have you also noticed that, once burned, the smell goes away. Magic disappearing almonds...
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...top 10 reasons you should have switched to the Mac two years ago.
They did, and it was an absolute travesty. Don't even bother researching this further. It will make you cry.
Step 1: Buy some compressed air. Step 2: Hold aerosol can upside down. Step 3: Step 4: Point nozzle through ventilation holes towards laptop CPU heat sink. Step 5: Spray. Works like a charm. I'm not even joking.
Here's my problem with the screen corners. Because they're the easiest to get to, they're also the easiest to land on by mistake. To simply have a corner activate a process is annoying, so there must be some sort of confirmation. A click, perhaps. Well guess what, Apple already has you covered, as the top two corners, when clicked, activate the Apple menu and the Spotlight menu. If you put something in the corner, it requires some sort of input to activate, and some other sort of input to perform its task. I'm not sure what you'd want to put in the corners, but for the sake of example let's say you want your application switcher there. Are you sure about that? Would you really rather mouse to the corner, activate the switcher, mouse to the app you want to switch to, and click again? Or would you rather find your app in the Dock/Taskbar and click it?
Regarding your comments on Apple: Sometimes the simpler solution, even if it makes the technolusting geeks shake their heads, is in fact smarter and more efficient. I honestly don't understand the purpose of having a screen on a music player that only holds less than 200 of my songs. It's not oversimplification and it's not bandwagon. It's a couple of engineers cutting the crap and making something that is both uncomplicated and functional.
About OS X: To think that Apple would even think of releasing OS X as open source is absurd. Just because it's based off of Unix doesn't mean it has free and easily alterable. Instead of complaining you could should embrace what Apple does give back to the open source community, such as, recently, their alterations to KHTML in WebKit. Show me another corporation that does stuff like that.
No matter what Windows-on-a-Mac solution you've got in mind, I can assure you that it won't come out of Apple's hands. That'll make it essentially nonexistent for the vast majority of average users. Apps will still have to be developed for OS X for those users. And if dual-booting becomes an issue, Apple most likely make it impossible through a quiet update, a la the Rhapsody issue.
I think I'll go about blissfully assuming that standards compliance will be a complete given for the next version (seeing as these are _standards_ and whatnot). Then it'll arrive and will work even worse with the CSS sites I've built. God damn you, Microsoft!
As far as the listener is concerned, Napster tried to kill it, BitTorrent brought it back to life, and music stores are killing it again.
Do the only thing worse than covering something with aluminum foil... cover it in saran wrap.
Give it up for meeeeeeeeeee!!!
Ranks right up there with "Microsoft Works."
Yeah, people get whacked out on video games, but it's the same thing as reading a good spy novel and then feeling obliged to tiptoe stealthily through your house for the rest of the day, or to come out of a good action movie and worrying about cars exploding on your way home. It's a product of the human mind, not a fault of any of these types of media.
It looks like they're basically building a better GUI engine for Mac OS X. The GUI in OS X is currently a mess. Ask any Mac themer. I hope Apple buys this from these guys and fixes Aqua.
... The MarijuanaMac. You'll get hooked, and next thing you know you'll sell your car and tv and drop $2000 on the HeroineBook. By the time Tiger comes out, you'll be sleeping on a mattress on the floor of an empty apartment with broken windows and no heat. Just remember, you won't be able to use your Mac once the power company cuts you off.
Hmm... I suppose I'll be buying NHL 2005 for my PC instead of my PS2. Gotta love free updates.
OmniWeb has all of these features, if I'm not mistaken. You should probably check it out.
I learned on my uncle's Canon FTb. Bare-bones, solid as a rock, and relatively small. If you're really trying to get into SLR photography, this is a great beginning camera.
I wouldn't give up my 10 GB iPod for anyone else's machine, regardless of its capacity. The iPod is unbeatable when it comes to ease of use, putting CD players to shame. It's also got one feature that I've never seen on any other player, on-the-go playlists. If you don't know what I mean look on Apple's iPod site. Add to that the fact that you can charge it straight from the FireWire port, can grab a phone number or email address without having to pause the music and whip out the Palm, and will soon be able to record from it as well (you can do it already through a special developers mode, and Apple will supposedly release a firmware update in the near future integrating this function into the real interface), and I think the Zen has been soundly smacked. The iPod more than makes up for the price difference in its quality. It's also a rock. I don't know about the Zen, but I've never carried my 3rd gen iPod in a case for fear that it might get jumbled, scratched or crushed. The no-moving-parts philosophy probably has something to do with this. And if you're worried about vorbis support, just switch to AAC. The difference is amazing. And if you're really REALLY worried about vorbis support, the iPod will most likely support it once QuickTime does, which can't be too long. Oh yeah, and it won't drag your pants down if you put it in your pocket. Nice touch. I'm all about maintaining my pants-edness.
Make an NHL one too while you're at it, eh?
And yes, I am rating these as a theme, so don't go moaning about how an OS is what's under the hood, not just a pretty interface.
If it has a case, it goes in a pile on the corner of my desk. If it has a floppy paper case, I burned it myself, or I use it frequently, it goes in a 64 CD booklet, about the size of a sheet of paper folded longways. A bit thick, but it miraculously fits in my Targus laptop bag when placed on top of 2-4 paperback books.
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Without a doubt one of the best sci-fi books I've ever read. Read "The Forge Of God" by Greg Bear. The sequel "Anvil Of Stars" is also excellent.
My TDK CD-Rs smell like almonds! Thank goodness I'm not the only one to wonder about this! Have you also noticed that, once burned, the smell goes away. Magic disappearing almonds...