I'm betting that Intel has been able to help Apple out with a low end PPC chip. Apple's main problem up until now has been getting a good chip for their notebooks and Intel has something to contribute there. It's likely that this is a low-heat G5 class processor that Apple can put in Powerbooks. This would be followed by a transition for the Mac Mini and iBooks, and possibly the iMac as well, away from the PPC G4.
The patent system is basically legalized extortion. I can see how this is useful when companies make large investments in infrastructure and equipment to support physical processes, like in manufacturing. Patents are a form of insurance which protect that investment. But how much investment goes into an idea ? Possibly lots, but probably none. It doesn't cost money for you or me to think.
Of course, it costs money for companies to think, because they have to pay you or me. The question is, do we put a value on that or not ? Is it a viable business model to sit around and dream up ideas and bill society, or do you have to make money some other way ? "Good ideas are a dime-a-dozen" is a famous phrase, but that just isn't true when you can control how they are used.
That's fine unless you like classical music, the "produce it in your garage" thing doesn't work for an orchestra. Granted, you can make cds out of live performances, but you won't necessarily get as good of album.
Well, there is something to be said for the way that material is presented. Generally the first edition of a book is quite rough, the second edition fixes structural problems with organization, and the third edition irons out the bugs and introduces minor improvements. So the third edition of your average textbook is often a good bet.
After that comes "buzzword compliance". Arbitrary content is added to random sections, and various exercises and examples are reworked and presented in a way that is less straightforward but consistent with someone's pet educational theory. Cluttered graphics and pictures are injected throughout the text so as to distract the reader from any facts or arguments which may appear in the prose. Questions and exercises are reworked or just permuted to force people into buying this thing.
Finally, authorship of the book passes from individuals to a nameless committee as a team of specially trained consultants combs the pages of the text removing any paragraphs which suggest a more advanced insight (confusing!) or refer to current developments (not maintainable!), while elaborating endlessly on basic concepts so as to make them more confusing (look at how smart consultants are!). At this point nobody on Earth will buy the book and the original authors have disowned it, so the publisher either gives copies away or makes anti-competitive deals with university departments to force people to use it.
Some Apple hardware is ugly. The older plastic G4 PowerMacs are a prime example, along with the original cinema displays. The current Powermacs are less hideous, but still big and ugly. The Mac Mini is also pretty ugly, but it gains points for being small. In short, we have the following partial list:
Good looking:
20" Cinema Display
12" Powerbooks and iBooks
17" G5 iMac
iPod Shuffle
Not Bad:
Mac Mini
14" Powerbooks and iBooks
Original iPod
G4 Cube
Ugly only because they are too large:
G5 Powermacs
20" iMacs
30" Cinema Display
17" Powerbook
Just plain fucking ugly:
gumdrop iMacs
clamshell iBooks
older Cinema Displays
eMacs in general
iPod Mini (barf tones)
G4 Powermacs
As a side note, the Mac platform has never been known for a wide range of shrink-wrapped software; the main place to find software has always been "online", even before the internet was popular, and people got their software from BBSes.
It seems like you can get anything done if you make it sound like a Christian issue. All this time we have been whining about the DMCA, the freedom to reverse engineer, etc. and nothing was done until this. If we framed the fair-use issue in terms of a personal right to censor the vile bile spewed by atheist Hollywood we would have won. Prehaps the Bible endorses file sharing. Someone should look.
Personally, I'm only really interested in the dictionary and thesaurus. Dashboard will be great for people who would like the benefits of having lots of crap available instantly, but can't stand to clutter their workspace.
In my experience, Telus doesn't care about limits. I was doing 60+ GB a month, up and down, and I never got a letter. Granted, I didn't use my Telus email account either.
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God is angry over the Michael Jackson verdict!
Too bad many of them have been reclassified in order to keep people ignorant, er, I mean, protect us from terrorists.
64GB ought to be enough for anybody ?
It came from the US. You have a 90 year term!
Or Apple can get their customers to pay for the transition and then ride Intel's wagon for free.
I'm betting that Intel has been able to help Apple out with a low end PPC chip. Apple's main problem up until now has been getting a good chip for their notebooks and Intel has something to contribute there. It's likely that this is a low-heat G5 class processor that Apple can put in Powerbooks. This would be followed by a transition for the Mac Mini and iBooks, and possibly the iMac as well, away from the PPC G4.
The patent system is basically legalized extortion. I can see how this is useful when companies make large investments in infrastructure and equipment to support physical processes, like in manufacturing. Patents are a form of insurance which protect that investment. But how much investment goes into an idea ? Possibly lots, but probably none. It doesn't cost money for you or me to think.
Of course, it costs money for companies to think, because they have to pay you or me. The question is, do we put a value on that or not ? Is it a viable business model to sit around and dream up ideas and bill society, or do you have to make money some other way ? "Good ideas are a dime-a-dozen" is a famous phrase, but that just isn't true when you can control how they are used.
Lawyers: We encourage everybody to sue!
Well, duh.
That's fine unless you like classical music, the "produce it in your garage" thing doesn't work for an orchestra. Granted, you can make cds out of live performances, but you won't necessarily get as good of album.
Well, there is something to be said for the way that material is presented. Generally the first edition of a book is quite rough, the second edition fixes structural problems with organization, and the third edition irons out the bugs and introduces minor improvements. So the third edition of your average textbook is often a good bet. After that comes "buzzword compliance". Arbitrary content is added to random sections, and various exercises and examples are reworked and presented in a way that is less straightforward but consistent with someone's pet educational theory. Cluttered graphics and pictures are injected throughout the text so as to distract the reader from any facts or arguments which may appear in the prose. Questions and exercises are reworked or just permuted to force people into buying this thing. Finally, authorship of the book passes from individuals to a nameless committee as a team of specially trained consultants combs the pages of the text removing any paragraphs which suggest a more advanced insight (confusing!) or refer to current developments (not maintainable!), while elaborating endlessly on basic concepts so as to make them more confusing (look at how smart consultants are!). At this point nobody on Earth will buy the book and the original authors have disowned it, so the publisher either gives copies away or makes anti-competitive deals with university departments to force people to use it.
When banks get robbed, do they take a percentage out of my account ?
Looking it up I would tend to agree, although I haven't seen one in person.
Some Apple hardware is ugly. The older plastic G4 PowerMacs are a prime example, along with the original cinema displays. The current Powermacs are less hideous, but still big and ugly. The Mac Mini is also pretty ugly, but it gains points for being small. In short, we have the following partial list:
Good looking:
20" Cinema Display
12" Powerbooks and iBooks
17" G5 iMac
iPod Shuffle
Not Bad:
Mac Mini
14" Powerbooks and iBooks
Original iPod
G4 Cube
Ugly only because they are too large:
G5 Powermacs
20" iMacs
30" Cinema Display
17" Powerbook
Just plain fucking ugly:
gumdrop iMacs
clamshell iBooks
older Cinema Displays
eMacs in general
iPod Mini (barf tones)
G4 Powermacs
Let the flames begin!
This is not a new philosophy, not even for Apple.
In my head, all the users are me, and all the developers are me. Of course, in my case that may actually be true!
Extra whipping all-around!
As a side note, the Mac platform has never been known for a wide range of shrink-wrapped software; the main place to find software has always been "online", even before the internet was popular, and people got their software from BBSes.
That's especially true for Photoshop.
It seems like you can get anything done if you make it sound like a Christian issue. All this time we have been whining about the DMCA, the freedom to reverse engineer, etc. and nothing was done until this. If we framed the fair-use issue in terms of a personal right to censor the vile bile spewed by atheist Hollywood we would have won. Prehaps the Bible endorses file sharing. Someone should look.
Two 160 bit hashes are about as secure as one 160 bit hash. You get a bad return on those extra bits.
Personally, I'm only really interested in the dictionary and thesaurus. Dashboard will be great for people who would like the benefits of having lots of crap available instantly, but can't stand to clutter their workspace.
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Our greed is eclipsed only by our stupidity.
In my experience, Telus doesn't care about limits. I was doing 60+ GB a month, up and down, and I never got a letter. Granted, I didn't use my Telus email account either.
Whatever. I'm sitting in a lab full of them. Open up Safari or iTunes and the fans kick on. It's irritating.
because who the fuck would ever want to go there?
People who were put on the terrorist watch list for paying with $2 bills ?