[A] reviewer may fairly cite largely from the original work, if his design be really and truly to use the passages for the purposes of fair and reasonable criticism.
The question this leaves unanswered, though is - Criticism of what? I would have read this as allowing "fair use" for criticism of the work itself, not necessarily of the subject of the work.
Clearly, as you say, the service manual is being used as a criticism of Apple's manufacturing. Is that considered "fair use"? IANAL, IDK.
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Oh God, PC World... I walked into their Guildford outlet one afternoon, and happened across a pile of UPSs. I'd been thinking of getting one for a while, but I admit I didn't think it was the kind of thing you'd just walk into PC World and pick up. Anyway, not one of these boxes had a price on it. No price nearby. Just a pile of boxes in the middle of the floor.
Looked around. Someone must come running up to try and sell me an extended warranty. No? Not a staff member in sight. Tech desk, tills, all unmanned. Wandered about, finally happened on someone.
"Hi. Can you tell me how much your UPSs are?"
"You want a USB?"
"No, A UPS."
"A USB... USB what?"
"No. A UPS. Uninterruptible Power Supply, or something like that. You know, the things in those boxes over there." (I'm not even going to attempt to define it without crayons handy.)
"You need to speak to someone in the Camera department about that."
Riiiiiiiight.
I wandered over towards the camera desk, and as soon as that muppet was out of sight I went back to the tech desk, or PC clinic or whatever it's called. This time, there was someone there. "Manager", his badge said.
"Hi there, can you tell me how much your UPSs cost?"
"USBs?"
Fuck. Glass counter. If I beat my brains out on it it'll just smash. If I try and beat his out I'm going to have to find them first.
"No, a UPS. Those things over there."
"Oh, one of those USBs... OK. Bring one over and I'll scan it for you and get you a price."
I returned to the pile, and realised that there were three very similar models, all with a different capacity. I knew there was no chance of these guys' helping me choose the right one, so I picked one of the middle ones, saw it certainly fulfilled my needs, and took it back to the guy.
I stood there patiently, waiting for him to scan it. No. He read the box. Every word. And then he unpacked the UPS, and examined it from every angle. Finally he re-packed it, closed it all up, and scanned the barcode. "That's amazing," he said. "I've never seen one of these before."
I eventually got a price from him, and it didn't hurt too much, so I took the thing to the till and paid for it. The store manager happened to pass by, so I called her over and told her what had just happened in gory detail. To her credit, she was horrified. As was I, when she let slip that they'd been selling these damned things for six months...
As a non-Linux-user who can find his way around Windows (including the command prompt) very well, thank you very much, I find the "Joe Sixpack" remark "rather insulting".
It's not just Joe, it's people like my Dad - people who are willing to take the time to learn, but get frustrated at the idiosyncrasies and need someone like me to hold his hand now and again. And yet, I won't go near Linux - precisely because the last time I did there were so many idiosyncrasies that I gave up and reinstalled Windows.
A unified look and feel is critical - I get frustrated with things like MSN, ICQ and Media Player that hide the standard Windows buttons. And if you really want some fun, try Bryce. Eek.
Cut and paste isn't a "little thing" - it's fundamental, basic. It should just work, the same way in every app. Inability to copy from a given app (whether because it's a different keyboard shortcut or because the developers just plain forgot it) is one of the things that is guaranteed to piss me off.
I'm glad this is happening, though I have to agree with the poster further up who expressed surprise that this hasn't been going on for years.
IMHO, the Linux community needs to be doing a better job of convincing people like me that we can do everything we need to (even using WINE if we have to), and that it isn't going to be like pulling teeth.
I also need to be convinced that the tech support calls from Dad aren't going to be even more painful and frustrating before I'd recommend it to him. And, brave though he is, he's not going to go near it unless he knows he has ready access to someone who'll help him out.
Sorry, I want to use Linux and tell everyone else to, but I just can't. The rate it's going, I'd give it five years. At least.
These chimps at Geotrust claim that a human wouldn't have suspected there was anything wrong. How long does it take to type "mountain america" into Google?
As far as NN4 goes, I think the biggest problem is just its hideous abortion of an attempt at CSS support. Where that's all that's stopping you from supporting NN4, simply trip it up.
The easiest way is to write valid HTML and CSS that work with IE5.5, IE6 and Firefox, and then put a media="all" into the stylesheet declaration. (Any media will do, I usually use media="all" so as not to affect anything else.) NN4 sees media= and goes home in a sulk, leaving your user with an unstyled document. Your document is usable unstyled - right?
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"We're getting there" was the infamous British Rail's tagline back in the 80s.
:)
You might want to come up with a different slogan.
Obviously I haven't been keeping up, 'cuz 28 seconds sounds like a lifetime to me now.
;D
Your girlfriend said much the same...
make you want to scream 'cult' at the top of your lungs
That wasn't quite the 4-letter C-word I wanted to scream... close, though.
[A] reviewer may fairly cite largely from the original work, if his design be really and truly to use the passages for the purposes of fair and reasonable criticism.
The question this leaves unanswered, though is - Criticism of what? I would have read this as allowing "fair use" for criticism of the work itself, not necessarily of the subject of the work. Clearly, as you say, the service manual is being used as a criticism of Apple's manufacturing. Is that considered "fair use"? IANAL, IDK.
It was funny, though :)
From TFA: it overheated and then blew up, sending her to the hospital.
It blew her that far? Now that's an explosion!
Hello?
Wolfgang Puck self-heating latte cans exploding
Your hands would be Pucked
-1 Offtopic? Clearly someone very special has mod points today. And I thought it was just the metamoderation that sucked.
Your hands would be Pucked!
Amen.
I don't understand economics - at all - but something about this makes me very nervous. Especially when there are six-figure sums involved.
You guys make wreaths out of reefer there?
Oh God, PC World... I walked into their Guildford outlet one afternoon, and happened across a pile of UPSs. I'd been thinking of getting one for a while, but I admit I didn't think it was the kind of thing you'd just walk into PC World and pick up. Anyway, not one of these boxes had a price on it. No price nearby. Just a pile of boxes in the middle of the floor.
Looked around. Someone must come running up to try and sell me an extended warranty. No? Not a staff member in sight. Tech desk, tills, all unmanned. Wandered about, finally happened on someone.
"Hi. Can you tell me how much your UPSs are?"
"You want a USB?"
"No, A UPS."
"A USB... USB what?"
"No. A UPS. Uninterruptible Power Supply, or something like that. You know, the things in those boxes over there." (I'm not even going to attempt to define it without crayons handy.)
"You need to speak to someone in the Camera department about that."
Riiiiiiiight.
I wandered over towards the camera desk, and as soon as that muppet was out of sight I went back to the tech desk, or PC clinic or whatever it's called. This time, there was someone there. "Manager", his badge said.
"Hi there, can you tell me how much your UPSs cost?"
"USBs?"
Fuck. Glass counter. If I beat my brains out on it it'll just smash. If I try and beat his out I'm going to have to find them first.
"No, a UPS. Those things over there."
"Oh, one of those USBs... OK. Bring one over and I'll scan it for you and get you a price."
I returned to the pile, and realised that there were three very similar models, all with a different capacity. I knew there was no chance of these guys' helping me choose the right one, so I picked one of the middle ones, saw it certainly fulfilled my needs, and took it back to the guy.
I stood there patiently, waiting for him to scan it. No. He read the box. Every word. And then he unpacked the UPS, and examined it from every angle. Finally he re-packed it, closed it all up, and scanned the barcode. "That's amazing," he said. "I've never seen one of these before."
I eventually got a price from him, and it didn't hurt too much, so I took the thing to the till and paid for it. The store manager happened to pass by, so I called her over and told her what had just happened in gory detail. To her credit, she was horrified. As was I, when she let slip that they'd been selling these damned things for six months...
Awww man! I thought this was going to be a dinosaur recipe. :(
As a non-Linux-user who can find his way around Windows (including the command prompt) very well, thank you very much, I find the "Joe Sixpack" remark "rather insulting".
It's not just Joe, it's people like my Dad - people who are willing to take the time to learn, but get frustrated at the idiosyncrasies and need someone like me to hold his hand now and again. And yet, I won't go near Linux - precisely because the last time I did there were so many idiosyncrasies that I gave up and reinstalled Windows.
A unified look and feel is critical - I get frustrated with things like MSN, ICQ and Media Player that hide the standard Windows buttons. And if you really want some fun, try Bryce. Eek.
Cut and paste isn't a "little thing" - it's fundamental, basic. It should just work, the same way in every app. Inability to copy from a given app (whether because it's a different keyboard shortcut or because the developers just plain forgot it) is one of the things that is guaranteed to piss me off.
I'm glad this is happening, though I have to agree with the poster further up who expressed surprise that this hasn't been going on for years.
IMHO, the Linux community needs to be doing a better job of convincing people like me that we can do everything we need to (even using WINE if we have to), and that it isn't going to be like pulling teeth.
I also need to be convinced that the tech support calls from Dad aren't going to be even more painful and frustrating before I'd recommend it to him. And, brave though he is, he's not going to go near it unless he knows he has ready access to someone who'll help him out.
Sorry, I want to use Linux and tell everyone else to, but I just can't. The rate it's going, I'd give it five years. At least.
Suppository?
The day I read that ripping my own CDs to my own hard disk for my own use is illegal in the UK - well, that was the day I downloaded BitTorrent.
In for a penny, in for a pound...
These chimps at Geotrust claim that a human wouldn't have suspected there was anything wrong. How long does it take to type "mountain america" into Google?
Go on, try it. See the first hit?
How hard is it to do that for every application?
I don't know about meaningless... how many real-world users, even the ones who download Firefox, do patch their browsers?
The first A in NASA used to stand for aeronautics, now I'm not sure what it stands for.
"Another".
I had a Logic3 "pen mouse" a few years back, loved it. Can't find them anywhere now. What's this quill mouse - got a link?
our first Slashdot Interview "three-peater."
With three peters, do you have difficulty in finding well-fitting underwear?
When people will die in these races their comrades will drink to their memory in the evening and climb into another rocket vehicle the next morning.
While still drunk. Lather, rinse, repeat.
As far as NN4 goes, I think the biggest problem is just its hideous abortion of an attempt at CSS support. Where that's all that's stopping you from supporting NN4, simply trip it up.
The easiest way is to write valid HTML and CSS that work with IE5.5, IE6 and Firefox, and then put a media="all" into the stylesheet declaration. (Any media will do, I usually use media="all" so as not to affect anything else.) NN4 sees media= and goes home in a sulk, leaving your user with an unstyled document. Your document is usable unstyled - right?
Don't be so shellfish.
Not a dupe? Hey, whoever counterfeited Slashdot, back to work!
And then I sit on my hands and post to Slashdot.
Now that's a clever trick...