You're clued in to the "special allure" of Apple and of Macintosh (and of the iPod now, as well, I suppose). This is one of the ways that Apple truly is different from other PC companies, though it's not one of the ways we Mac Addicts like discuss or admit.
I think it works in much the same way as the way Las Vegas takes people's greed, repackages it, and sells it back to them.
Much of the disappointment felt after these announcements is because people mistake Steve Jobs for Santa Claus, and expect to get whatever it is they're hoping for. I've personally handled this problem by not having expectations of anything or projecting my desires. I don't really get into the rumor sites (nor do I peek at presents before Xmas). Then I can somewhat objectively evaluate whatever is being offered without feeling bitter disappointment. I think I learned this as a kid, since in my experience, Santa was often disappointing.
yes, computer speakers arent portable, nor do they offer ipod integration,
Plugging the speakers into the iPod headphone jack isn't integration? =) What more do you need? (Yes, I'm agreeing with you; just poking fun at the idea of "integration".)
That is not true, or at least a twisting of the truth. The latest and fastest CPU might be priced high, but reasonably fast upgrades could always be purchased for reasonable prices.
One must always weigh whether it's worth it to upgrade or buy new. If it's worth upgrading, you go for it. However, it's irrelevant to compare costs of PowerPC to intel upgrades when deciding whether to upgrade a PowerPC Mac. The market might have been comparatively smaller than the intel market, but that doesn't mean it wasn't an economical alternative to buying new, nor does it mean that people didn't upgrade. The price wasn't prohibitively high.
I've got a Beige G3 in my house still running, still surfing the net and handling email, running OS X. With a G4 cpu in the zif socket.
Actually, the Beige G3s had zif sockets, too. We still have a Beige G3 in our household that has had the CPU upgrade. Imagine that: A ten year old computer that is still quite capable of surfing the net and can run OS X. Try running windows Vista on ten year old hardware with or without a CPU upgrade.
Earlier models could also be upgraded, often through a PCI slot, (I think). I know of people that upgraded their 9600 with G4 CPUs. They needed the five remaining PCI slots for various audio cards.
Later, the G4s (after the Yikes motherboard) didn't have zif sockets, but they had some kind of socket, and could be upgradeable. My G4 Tower (gigabit ethernet) is still chugging away with a Gigadesigns upgrade from OWC.
If you don't like how your tax money is spent, and you've exhausted the political avenues for change, you could always "vote with your feet", i.e., leave. Find a country that doesn't spend tax money on scientific research, or better yet, doesn't have an income tax at all.
There could be a lawsuit, but only because one doesn't need much justification to file a suit. To avoid being laughed out of court, however, you need to put together a better story than that.
Why hasn't slashdot ever heard from the G.N.A.A.'s lawyer?
While it isn't perfect since connotations of words vary from person to person . ..
You mean like Alanis Morrisette's misuse of the word "ironic"? Connotations "vary" among people who are using words that they do not understand. A simple check of a dictionary can provide the definitions necessary to make one properly understood.
Grammar and proper spelling only facilitate the persuasiveness of an argument since it sounds more pleasing.
Proper grammar and spelling facilitate the persuasiveness of an argument because they make it more comprehend-able. If I cannot understand your argument, you aren't likely to persuade me.
While yes there are cases where the improper use of they/it/ect does hinder the reader
What does electro-convulsive therapy (ect) have do do with your argument? Granted, its improper use would hinder anyone, not just the reader. OK, that's a cheap shot. I'm just having fun with you.
Sadly the easiest way to sum up my argument is... List off how many Authors names you remember. Now, list off who edited their works.
You sum up your argument with a non-sequitar? What does this have to do with the proper use of grammar? Are you under the misapprehension that an editor's job is to cross a "t" or dot an "i"? That the main function of a book editor is to proof read?
Look, your argument is barely understandable, and you haven't really proved any points. Proper grammar is conducive to logical thought, but it's not a guarantee of it.
If you want to use informal shorthand when you're IMing or text messaging someone, fine. Don't make the mistake that such shorthand is acceptable for a more complex "transmission of ideas". For that you need a more formal language.
It's not the drop in sales that matters, it's the tapering off of growth of sales. If a company's sales don't grow, they can't justify high multiples. If they can't justify high multiples, the market "corrects" them.
What is really going to hamper growth across the board and halt growth is peak oil.
Nononono, you got that last one wrong. According to Dvorak, Apple is going to buy Microsoft. . . licenses for Windows. Uh, because, uh, because Windows is light years ahead of Mac OS X and everyone is already using Windows. Or something. I dunno, John seemed so convincing at the time.
I was a bit teed off by the misnaming of this phenomena as being of a "comic book generation". The Wired article writer's argument has nothing to do with comic books; his use of the phrase is an unjustified put down and it's inaccuracy is evidence of his own sloppy thinking and sloppy writing.
The semiotics and grammar of comic books are at least as sophisticated as those of film cinematography and film editing.
If you substitute "the film generation" for "the comic book generation", you see the absurdity of his thesis and the hypocrisy of his stance. How can one bemoan the dumbing down of language when one is in the process of dumbing it down?
The key here is that the manager should balance out the weaker employees' efforts with the company's goals, and make sure that they too are recognized and rewarded, along with the star performers.
Blake: We're adding a little something to this month's sales contest. As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anybody want to see second prize? [Holds up prize] Blake: Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired.
Sure I could take my iPod photo biking with me, or to the gym, or whatever, but it would play hell on the hard drive whereas the shuffle won't notice it at all.
My second gen. 10 GB iPod was in my vest pocket when I crashed my motorcycle and slid on my chest (and bare arms! Ouch!) Due to ablation, the leather pocket wore away and my iPod received a huge scratch. Actually more of a jagged irregular bevel along one edge. It never skipped a beat.
I'm not saying that your strategy isn't a good one; I'm just saying that the HD based iPods are pretty sturdy. Good thing it wasn't spinning when I hit the pavement, though!
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You're clued in to the "special allure" of Apple and of Macintosh (and of the iPod now, as well, I suppose). This is one of the ways that Apple truly is different from other PC companies, though it's not one of the ways we Mac Addicts like discuss or admit.
I think it works in much the same way as the way Las Vegas takes people's greed, repackages it, and sells it back to them.
Much of the disappointment felt after these announcements is because people mistake Steve Jobs for Santa Claus, and expect to get whatever it is they're hoping for. I've personally handled this problem by not having expectations of anything or projecting my desires. I don't really get into the rumor sites (nor do I peek at presents before Xmas). Then I can somewhat objectively evaluate whatever is being offered without feeling bitter disappointment. I think I learned this as a kid, since in my experience, Santa was often disappointing.
yes, computer speakers arent portable, nor do they offer ipod integration,
Plugging the speakers into the iPod headphone jack isn't integration? =) What more do you need? (Yes, I'm agreeing with you; just poking fun at the idea of "integration".)
That is not true, or at least a twisting of the truth. The latest and fastest CPU might be priced high, but reasonably fast upgrades could always be purchased for reasonable prices.
One must always weigh whether it's worth it to upgrade or buy new. If it's worth upgrading, you go for it. However, it's irrelevant to compare costs of PowerPC to intel upgrades when deciding whether to upgrade a PowerPC Mac. The market might have been comparatively smaller than the intel market, but that doesn't mean it wasn't an economical alternative to buying new, nor does it mean that people didn't upgrade. The price wasn't prohibitively high.
I've got a Beige G3 in my house still running, still surfing the net and handling email, running OS X. With a G4 cpu in the zif socket.
Actually, the Beige G3s had zif sockets, too. We still have a Beige G3 in our household that has had the CPU upgrade. Imagine that: A ten year old computer that is still quite capable of surfing the net and can run OS X. Try running windows Vista on ten year old hardware with or without a CPU upgrade.
Earlier models could also be upgraded, often through a PCI slot, (I think). I know of people that upgraded their 9600 with G4 CPUs. They needed the five remaining PCI slots for various audio cards.
Later, the G4s (after the Yikes motherboard) didn't have zif sockets, but they had some kind of socket, and could be upgradeable. My G4 Tower (gigabit ethernet) is still chugging away with a Gigadesigns upgrade from OWC.
The G5s, I understand, are not upgradeable. Pity.
Something shiny! Over there!
But they won't be ready to ship until mañana.
Or proxima semana, if it's not that urgent.
If you don't like how your tax money is spent, and you've exhausted the political avenues for change, you could always "vote with your feet", i.e., leave. Find a country that doesn't spend tax money on scientific research, or better yet, doesn't have an income tax at all.
I'm sorry, you want Axe Grinding. They're just down the hall and to the left.
You're over reaching here.
There could be a lawsuit, but only because one doesn't need much justification to file a suit. To avoid being laughed out of court, however, you need to put together a better story than that.
Why hasn't slashdot ever heard from the G.N.A.A.'s lawyer?
. . . they began to create they're own language . . .
Now you're just taunting me.
=)
Point taken, though. I happen to love idioms and regionalisms, which certainly can be grouped with pidgin, and which can certainly be more efficient.
Man is a talking animal.
Take two, just to be safe.
I didn't quite understand that. Could you give me a car analogy?
Which qualifies it as backWash, not backlash. =)
I haven't logged on to my MySpace account in six months because I just can't take any more "pimped out" pages or embedded top 40 music videos.
While it isn't perfect since connotations of words vary from person to person . . .
You mean like Alanis Morrisette's misuse of the word "ironic"? Connotations "vary" among people who are using words that they do not understand. A simple check of a dictionary can provide the definitions necessary to make one properly understood.
Grammar and proper spelling only facilitate the persuasiveness of an argument since it sounds more pleasing.
Proper grammar and spelling facilitate the persuasiveness of an argument because they make it more comprehend-able. If I cannot understand your argument, you aren't likely to persuade me.
While yes there are cases where the improper use of they/it/ect does hinder the reader
What does electro-convulsive therapy (ect) have do do with your argument? Granted, its improper use would hinder anyone, not just the reader. OK, that's a cheap shot. I'm just having fun with you.
Sadly the easiest way to sum up my argument is... List off how many Authors names you remember. Now, list off who edited their works.
You sum up your argument with a non-sequitar? What does this have to do with the proper use of grammar? Are you under the misapprehension that an editor's job is to cross a "t" or dot an "i"? That the main function of a book editor is to proof read?
Look, your argument is barely understandable, and you haven't really proved any points. Proper grammar is conducive to logical thought, but it's not a guarantee of it.
If you want to use informal shorthand when you're IMing or text messaging someone, fine. Don't make the mistake that such shorthand is acceptable for a more complex "transmission of ideas". For that you need a more formal language.
It's not the drop in sales that matters, it's the tapering off of growth of sales. If a company's sales don't grow, they can't justify high multiples. If they can't justify high multiples, the market "corrects" them.
What is really going to hamper growth across the board and halt growth is peak oil.
Nononono, you got that last one wrong. According to Dvorak, Apple is going to buy Microsoft. . . licenses for Windows. Uh, because, uh, because Windows is light years ahead of Mac OS X and everyone is already using Windows. Or something. I dunno, John seemed so convincing at the time.
I can't tell whether he's being ironic or he's just a bad writer himself.
He's just a bad writer. The irony you're detecting is completely unintentional on his part.
I was a bit teed off by the misnaming of this phenomena as being of a "comic book generation". The Wired article writer's argument has nothing to do with comic books; his use of the phrase is an unjustified put down and it's inaccuracy is evidence of his own sloppy thinking and sloppy writing.
The semiotics and grammar of comic books are at least as sophisticated as those of film cinematography and film editing.
If you substitute "the film generation" for "the comic book generation", you see the absurdity of his thesis and the hypocrisy of his stance. How can one bemoan the dumbing down of language when one is in the process of dumbing it down?
You must be old here.
=)
The key here is that the manager should balance out the weaker employees' efforts with the company's goals, and make sure that they too are recognized and rewarded, along with the star performers.
Blake: We're adding a little something to this month's sales contest. As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anybody want to see second prize?
[Holds up prize]
Blake: Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired.
I don't think it matters which century it occurred in, it's still marketing.
Sure I could take my iPod photo biking with me, or to the gym, or whatever, but it would play hell on the hard drive whereas the shuffle won't notice it at all.
My second gen. 10 GB iPod was in my vest pocket when I crashed my motorcycle and slid on my chest (and bare arms! Ouch!) Due to ablation, the leather pocket wore away and my iPod received a huge scratch. Actually more of a jagged irregular bevel along one edge. It never skipped a beat.
I'm not saying that your strategy isn't a good one; I'm just saying that the HD based iPods are pretty sturdy. Good thing it wasn't spinning when I hit the pavement, though!
Also, be aware that it might soon be obsoleted by an iPod Intel Core Duo.
Not until all MP3s are encoded into Universal Binaries.
As opposed to run towards it?
=)