I remember the news stories that said if you found a piece of the space shuttle and you touched it you could face a huge fine. Would this also mean if you got infected with a weird viurus or "worm" you could sue? Think of how terrible it would have (or was) if they had biotoxins on board the shuttle?
Does anyone know if these "similar to human" worms are harmful to humans?
What makes them similar to humans anyway?
Does radiation and antigravity make such creatures mutate? What if these worms were carrying some sort of bacteria in their digestive system like tape worms and mosquitos do that are bredding grounds for new super viruses like SARS and illness like Malaria???
I wonder if the randomness of nature does have words to speak? Take this pic for example from the article. I wonder if those patterns from the shade of tress on the snow if converted to barcodes would vaguely spell something out?
My title to the post makes me think of shamen. Shamen throw bones to tell fortunes and future events. In the Bible they cast urem and thumen to determine selection of elders and clerics. I wonder if either of those are TRUELY read like barcodes or whether Shamen and Biblical figures made things up to suit the task at hand or the situation.
I had turned my name into a barcode a long time ago after watching THX 1138. They all had barcodes on them that told their names. I have my barcode printed onto a laminated card in my wallet. If I can think of it, I scan it in different stores. If read by a Walmart Barcode scanner I am a bouncy ball from the toy department 99cents.
This laptop (clearly a clone of the 15.2 titanium) is a ctually a good thing for Apple.
THis is yet another decent quantity production item that uses the proprietary slot load drive that Apple uses. Hopefully another manufacturer will pick it up and future iBooks will also have it. Faster optical drives won't come so few and far between anymore for Apple.
The availiblity of this laptop and its parts has also made the slot load DVD/CDRW and Slotload superdrive (as this new model has become availible) as a part for a much cheaper price.
I often speak out about the iPod. (There are a lot of MP3 articles here on SlashDot concerning MP3's) Some that border on bizarre.
This article at MacCentral brought me to a conclusion:
The iPod may turn out to be the most useful piece of computer hardware ANY computer or electronic hardware company has ever developed.
That is a very general, seeming overly biased, statement coming from an Apple Computer Consultant; I'm sure.
Apple created a wonder in ease of use and portability with the iPod. Until the iPod was intrduced not only were Creative and Archos Jukebox series bulky, but 10, 15, and 20 gigs was impossibly slow to load to download to the units. They were also about as easy as a car stereo Mp3 player to navigate. Apple came out with a unit that essentially put a miniature iTunes (one of the easiest, most elegant MP3 players on any platform) on the iPod, made it a hard drive to boot, but added a firewire interface. This allowed the full 5, 10, and 20 gig transfer in minutes rather than the 3.3 hours it would take for the 20 gigs through USB.
The iPod is becoming a status symbol. Shaq uses one and CONSTANTLY talks about his in interviews. He made everyone on the team purchase one before they went to the playoffs last year.
The iPod is also versatile beyond it's intended uses:
iPod as a remote control The beauty linked here was ORIGINALLY planned for the iPod and is being redeveloped now
Some of the coolest accesories have popped up for the iPod too. Some are linked here. Check out the transpod and of course the cool iTrip and iFM availible from Griffin.
Here are two great resources for iPod info:
http://www.ipodlounge.com
http://www.ipodhacks.com
I have already seen future incarnations and "in development" iPods. Apple is planning for it to change the future direction of the company!
To answer a question common in the forums, there WILL be an update to allow 10 and 20 gig rev 2 iPods to work, it will be released sometime next month.
I have had Yahoo mail for almost 9 years now. I was getting about 3-4 messages a day all the way up to 2001 when they started charging for premium services. Then an avalanche of SPAM hit. Now at 300+ a day.
I do realize everyone's SPAM is at insane levels and SPAM has gone up in the last 3 quarters. That said, I have very intelligently and precisely made my 15 free filters and none of them work on Yahoo mail. Middle of last year, I decided to chunk down the money for the premium email account. I used up the free 35 extra filters pretty quick.
It is my opinion that Yahoo allows junk mail, in fact, dumps it heavily on it's customers so that they will buy a premium service.
Can anyone explain the economics of the current line/poll implementation?
Why aren't lines buried to be less obtrusive, better insulated, and non-problematic in ice storms?
Recently, in February, South Carolina, my home state, had a very bad ice storm. It was called "the worst on record". Why was it called that? It wasn't really the worst. Duke Power, our service provider, has failed to maintain the lines in there above ground condition. Lots of trees had grown through power even over and around some lines. Then there was the typical stupid driver who ran into a number of poles all over the area.
I was without power for 4 days. Luckily, I had an UPS unit from a server that has 40 hours and I use a laptop as my main computer. It powered everything in my place including a small heater for a while.
To be on topic, eventhough the above is too: I don't think we should be pushing conventional power to 3rd world countries. With this implementation of "beaming power" - power still has to be generated at a plant with with most likely a non renewable resource. Why can't we give these same people advanced windmills and solar cells? (Then teach them maintenance) That makes so much more sense. I see the costs of even an experiment; very high. Also, I think Microwaves at a ground level would interfere with radio communications at the points below the transmission.
It'll suck if it's anything like this... but not if it's like this...
The Apple / Bandai Pippin Controller had something similar to the trackball you are speaking of and it was/is the easiest to hold, most comfortable, game controller I have ever used. In fact, I use it with my Mac still -- with the ADB adapter and the USB adapter.
I would love for Apple to bring this down to wireless bluetooth mouse size. For now I like to use a Logitech Trackman Marble due to the fact I hate moving mice on the desk and the pippin controller.
I know of several programmers that are awaiting the final design and specs of the new iPod to release an iPod mouse program, control hacks that essentially turn an iPod in to a firewire input device.
Control system volume and navigation - launch apps - use for timeline and frame by frame manipulation in final cut pro - use for TRON tank turrets and Centipede!
A lot like this device: Shuttle Express You can see the similarities.
This is one reason the Mac is great - I have been able to use lots of devices that I have investments in; in lots of different ways. T68i & Romeo is just one example.
This is exactly what people seem to want with Safari on the Mac. It bothers me that people don't want to use "other" apps like OmniWeb or Chimera or even Netscape for the requested features like tabbed browsing. I was blasted when there was an article about tabbed browsing being in the next (current) version of Safari. I made the case that it was code bloat. The average response was that it wasn't and only added a few lines. If you check out this webpage OSxfaq you'll see just how this little amount of code has caused interface problems and render speed to drop. Safari was meant to be the fastest, simplest browser... period. I fear it will become an interface nightmare when the geeks get a hold of it or more "options" are needed.
It can be compared to law clarifications. While good in some aspects, the more you add to a law, the more freedoms are stripped away.
But as you will read that hasn't been updated in over a year.
I'd agree with the posts about the Newton (excluding fanatics) that the Newton still holds it's own, even now because it can use 802.11 PC cards and play MP3's plus control iTunes
To all that want a Pocket Computer - I would strongly suggest a top of the line Clie or The Sharp Zaurus
I have same arguement w/ people selling Apple manuals and OS updates.
As an authorized technician and reseller, the people that sell Apple Manuals and OS updates without any original material are promoting fraud. Most, who sells tech manuals, even say in their auctions, "Why pay a technician to fix it when you can do it at home?"
This is fine for out of warranty items, but promoting this for items that are still covered by Apple care, is promoting fraud. here's how: if someone ( a novice) takes this manual and then tries to fix a hardware problem themselves while a unit is still under warranty, then can't fix it or breaks something else, then brings the item in for repair under warranty, Apple and I have to pay for it! Hmmmm...
As for the OS updates, apple has to pay licensing fees for codecs included in some of these updates and they have to pay them based on download totals and CD sales. For instance, last year, Apple paid out $7400 in liscensing for the OS8.6 update. It includes several sorenson codecs and a few TCP/IP network protocols that have to paid for.
Here is some info about this I had posted in a forum on MacCentral in January:
Operating system components such as liscensing and royalties (mpeg and TCIP codecs) are based on yearly distribution totals. It is illegal to redistribute Apple Operating System Updates without permission. Service providers depend on "customers with low bandwidth internet connections" for service revenue. Service providers are ALLOWED to download & charge for the service time to install or burn a CD for their customers. They are NOT allowed to SELL CDRs with updates on them! This is the same thing as taking Adobe Photoshop downloaded from LimeWire and selling CDR copies. Yahoo's reply has been: "Please contact the manufacturer / copyright holder" - I have spent hours on the phone with Quark, Connectix, Macromedia, Apple, and Adobe. These companies, including Apple, don't have the time to worry about a few thousand dollars.
" I can't tape a program off of free TV and sell it. Someone doesn't have access to the free channels I do = someone who doesn't have the bandwidth to download from Apple."
It is also against Apple Non Discloure to distribute part numbers & repair diagrams. How fair is it to the artists/authors of these manuals to redistribute without credit to them? Note: Apple DOES credit ANY author/artist or contractor, these manuals do not. Also, if a customer uses the wrong part number or custom installs, it could void their warranty or ruin their computer!
The question to this seller is? Is it legal to download someone's else's work (or Apple's Property) and then redistribute it for a profit? Much different than file sharing where no profit is transacted.
This seller also claims exclusive rights and distribution with VillageMUG - Village MUG President has confirmed to me no affiliatiion
Interesting subject indeed. I will be interested in a followup from the author of the parent article to see what happens.
That's exactly the same arguement the RIAA uses against YOU!
It's also not a trade secret if ANYONE outside the company or its suppliers knows the information. In this case, they did.
Apple often gets in trouble this way. It's their own employees that leak the information out a lot of times. The whole website MacWhispers has been created on the basis of "manufacturing partner tips" - that's economic espionage and Apple should shut that site down. MacWhispers is and does profit off this information. Apple CLEARLY loses money based on rumor sites and their "investigations"
I honestly don't see this boy's information as any more than common technical knowledge that was already on the internet.
There are lots of LARGE independent cell companies. You named one. Nextel
The others are: TMobile and PowerTel with 3.8 million and 1.4 million respectively plus TMoblie has the sexy Catherine Zeta to whore for them. Man, I wish she'd "rouge her knees" for me;)
There are others I can't think of. You are partially right. But, the cell phone companies (even if they are the same companies) are in a new era growth of competition, the phobne comapnies and the branches that formed were on a dead tree to begin with.
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I beleive layout and understanding/exploiting simple html/javascript makes for a good page.
eBayMy about me page is a very good example. My eBay auction pages are simple with concise terms and instructions and ALWAYS a picture. I have nicely formatted paragraphs but not a fancy layout. I have my terms in diferent colors and not in some oversized font like I've been cheated a 1000 times. I accept common payment types and even uncoventional ones. It's my widespread "look and my "here for the long haul" look" that I think gets me biz.
I find places like Amazon very busy on their page, so I have a hard time buying from there, even if there's a good deal. Websites with a billion ads are a complete turnoff.
My home page ADZOOX while not perfect and being a work in progress is being layed out artiscally. I'm doing it all by hand (as I have my eBay ME page) - I think sites with a personal/photorealistic touch like also "get sales" just based on the professional look.
Anyone can program HTML and any good graphic artist can layout an illustration or magazine and a good writer can lay out a nice blog, it's the art of salesmanship (even if you're not selling product, but selling idea) that matters.
My cable company (Charter) = the legal oligopoly - has horrible customer service.
I often have problems with my cable modem. DSL isn't an option for several reasons:
A) I haven't had a phone line or paid for a land line in 5 years
B)Speed is truely a little slower
C)DSL is MUCH more expensive (at least for providers in my area)
D)It would be a large transfer investement to go to a different type of service - I have been able to do a lot of eBay selling and transfer of hardware as Charter has transition from @home (which was superior) to PipeLine.
The other gripe about cable not comparing to DSL is the misleading requirements. I had posted this in my journal before:
1)Workers / installers also make people think that is MEGABYTE AND KILOBYTE it is megabit and kilobit - they advertise the service with a k when it should be with a kbps or kb - but front desk people will often say "You should upgrade to the 1 megabyte service"
The way I have tested this is by hooking my Aiport BaseStation up to both - I used his (neighbor's) service, he used my service for a week. We both use Peer to Peer and both download a considerable amount of images and software updates. We also both upload to eBay a lot. There is a considerable sized class action action lawsuit in Greenville against Charter, this is one of the many things mentioned as a grievance in the suit.
2)They advertise on the Pipeline website that a Mac with a 601 PPC or higher is able to have the service. They install free ethernet cards (ISA,PCI, PCMCIA) in most every Wintel but won't install an AAUI adapter (on some Macs) or something like a PCMCIA card on the PowerBook 1400. They also tell my customers that I have sold 7300's (604e/180 processor) to, even if they have G3 upgrades that they won't even ALLOW then to get on Pipeline claiming it doesn't meet spec, when one can can view this message on their site: Pipeline Requirements [charter.com]
They also are under investigation for charging the bogus "line maintenance fee" - which they tell you if you don't have they will charge you to fix your cable, when technically (although not by law) they are a municipality/utility and must include line maintenance in costs.
I really like the Logitech Netplay Keyboard with dual integrated controllers. With a USB to Playstation controller adapter I'm not only able to manipulate video in Final Cut Pro and Waveforms in Protools, but the L1 & R1 buttons are in just the right places/distance to be really nice pinball controller buttons.
The keyboard is a little small but a nice touch that it's detachable making it a nice slim portable keyboard that happens to match my PowerBook G3. I hunt and peck anyway (but still 40 words a minute)
Women's spatial abilities can honestly be measured in video games like Tetris as well. An ex girlfriend of mine could kick my butt in just about every video game but Tetris. While I considered myself a great player, she never understood the "stick down the left side theory" of Tetris. Even though I was in high school I understood that she had problems with spatial relations. (many jokes can be inferred I'm sure)
I noticed it when other girls would play too.
What's interesting about this observation and what I would like answered is this:
Why was the Gameboy version the easiest to me? Monochrome?
Why was the regular, original Nintendo the best version?
Why was the arcade version so hard?
Why is the computer version boring?
Why does it make a difference with how the pieces are colored or how they look?
I do agree with the find too. Girls see no "gadget, cool" factor in a small TV. I once took a Casio TV on a camping trip with the same girl so she could watch 90210. We ended up having to go out of our way and watch it on a "normal" TV.
I think the real answer here is that women like consistency and normalcy. I find they hate big screen TV's as much as they hate Casio handhelds. All they want is content! (Something that can also be inferred and suggested)
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I really think if you want an FM radio you should buy some that are integrated into the headphones. You can practically pay for a set if you sell the iPod headphones on eBay. Sony makes these and Radio Shack makes and sells several as well. (Headphones with built in tuner, some for AM FM TV Weather that also have line out)
The iPod has yet to be beaten in my opinion, when comparing features the iPod's firewire interface (slower in theory, but not real world tests than USB 2.0), Amazingly simple integration and hard drive DATA capability are excluded. Plus they have great quality and have an INSANE number of support products and now battery & hard drive replacement services on the cheap.
I would hold off on any MP# purchase to see if the newest iPods will be compatible with a new Apple Music service possibly later this month.
I fully expect the new iPods to surpass anything on the market with a twist (as the the current ones do) for another year upon introduction.
Funny how a lot of people might move away from a monopoly that the government broke up (AT&T phone) to a monopoly like the cable company (local cable companies) for phone service. (Actually oligopoly,but....)
I don't want my cable modem; that goes out when the wind blows hard, or the rain is a little heavy, being my means of communications. That said, I haven't had a land line for almost 7 years now, solely relying on cell service, which has dramatically increased in reliability in the past two years. (due to necessity from competition)
Include the following TYPED note in your envelope with receipt:
"Thank you for processing my rebate. I have marked my calendar to receive my rebate no later than (2 months to the day I mailed it.)" = Fill in () appropriately.
Just below this type your information from the receipt including SKU numbers, your mailing address and store of purchase plus how much you are expecting. Printing an actual two month calendar and highlighting the day of rebate is a nice touch.
I will gaurantee you will not have another "missing" rebate. They think, "looks like this guy would sue over a $5 rebate, we better get it right"
A buddy of mine goes a step further and puts:
"Consumer protection laws in my state require that rebates be processed in 8 weeks"
I have been involved in several technology conferences in Atlanta discussing IT advancements for CNN.
I have been very surprised that they are FULL THROTTLE on trying to create something like real time virtual hosts. Their goal is to have people like Bernard Shaw giving the news in say 2050 (long after he's dead) They even make allusions to Max Headroom. But wasn't he a state controlled computer generated news and info person? Hmmm.
I also found it interesting that hardly any of the reporters at the conference seemed worried that CNN thought there was no personal touch to the news. I have a preference for my local NBC affiliate's personalities. Essentially, this is saying that the news will eventually have no differing personalities and no new stars. All movies will star Tom Cruise and Arnold Swartzenager as lead male and The Olsen twins as lead females. All news will be given by Bernard Shaw or Bill O'Reilly.
This led to their creation of "pixie dust" which has enabled notebook hard drive capacities to rise. They found unique magnetic properties of "glass" when manipulating compounds on a molecular level.
There is a company in my state (SC) that is pushing a thing called the "ultimate water massage". It is a robot of sorts and is a very strange; yet, unique concept. One crawls on to a table (clothes on) and a tube with a "suction sheet" rolls over you, then form fits over you as if you are being shrinkwrapped. Then, warm water jets that are VERY strong proceed to run over your legs,back, and neck.
I recently saw it in Myrtle Beach in November. What I was most surprised is the number of people testing it out. It looked like a "Micheal Jackson Oxygen Sleeper" or a Cryo Chamber from "Aliens or 2001". Although, mainly men seemed to be interested as the girl running it was model quality attractive.
Here is just a picture of another one:
Water Massage
Aren't parallel universes suppose to be opposites? So, that means that instead of paying; my "twin" got a tax refund or didn't have to fill out taxes at all, maybe there is an USA that doesn't have to pay taxes in that world. Uh Oh, then maybe America is a 3rd world country in that universe. Ok, I like this universe better. Dang the psychological/scientific battle of paying taxes is almost as bad as paying them.
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I remember the news stories that said if you found a piece of the space shuttle and you touched it you could face a huge fine. Would this also mean if you got infected with a weird viurus or "worm" you could sue? Think of how terrible it would have (or was) if they had biotoxins on board the shuttle?
Does anyone know if these "similar to human" worms are harmful to humans?
What makes them similar to humans anyway?
Does radiation and antigravity make such creatures mutate? What if these worms were carrying some sort of bacteria in their digestive system like tape worms and mosquitos do that are bredding grounds for new super viruses like SARS and illness like Malaria???
Not concerned or scared, just curious ...
My title to the post makes me think of shamen. Shamen throw bones to tell fortunes and future events. In the Bible they cast urem and thumen to determine selection of elders and clerics. I wonder if either of those are TRUELY read like barcodes or whether Shamen and Biblical figures made things up to suit the task at hand or the situation.
I had turned my name into a barcode a long time ago after watching THX 1138. They all had barcodes on them that told their names. I have my barcode printed onto a laminated card in my wallet. If I can think of it, I scan it in different stores. If read by a Walmart Barcode scanner I am a bouncy ball from the toy department 99cents.
THis is yet another decent quantity production item that uses the proprietary slot load drive that Apple uses. Hopefully another manufacturer will pick it up and future iBooks will also have it. Faster optical drives won't come so few and far between anymore for Apple.
The availiblity of this laptop and its parts has also made the slot load DVD/CDRW and Slotload superdrive (as this new model has become availible) as a part for a much cheaper price.
This article at MacCentral brought me to a conclusion:
The iPod may turn out to be the most useful piece of computer hardware ANY computer or electronic hardware company has ever developed.
That is a very general, seeming overly biased, statement coming from an Apple Computer Consultant; I'm sure.
Apple created a wonder in ease of use and portability with the iPod. Until the iPod was intrduced not only were Creative and Archos Jukebox series bulky, but 10, 15, and 20 gigs was impossibly slow to load to download to the units. They were also about as easy as a car stereo Mp3 player to navigate. Apple came out with a unit that essentially put a miniature iTunes (one of the easiest, most elegant MP3 players on any platform) on the iPod, made it a hard drive to boot, but added a firewire interface. This allowed the full 5, 10, and 20 gig transfer in minutes rather than the 3.3 hours it would take for the 20 gigs through USB.
The iPod is becoming a status symbol. Shaq uses one and CONSTANTLY talks about his in interviews. He made everyone on the team purchase one before they went to the playoffs last year.
The iPod is also versatile beyond it's intended uses:
iPod as a remote control The beauty linked here was ORIGINALLY planned for the iPod and is being redeveloped now
iPod as a mouse
iPod with FM radio and here
iPod as a gameboy and game controller
Some of the coolest accesories have popped up for the iPod too. Some are linked here. Check out the transpod and of course the cool iTrip and iFM availible from Griffin.
Here are two great resources for iPod info:
http://www.ipodlounge.com
http://www.ipodhacks.com
I have already seen future incarnations and "in development" iPods. Apple is planning for it to change the future direction of the company!
To answer a question common in the forums, there WILL be an update to allow 10 and 20 gig rev 2 iPods to work, it will be released sometime next month.
I do realize everyone's SPAM is at insane levels and SPAM has gone up in the last 3 quarters. That said, I have very intelligently and precisely made my 15 free filters and none of them work on Yahoo mail. Middle of last year, I decided to chunk down the money for the premium email account. I used up the free 35 extra filters pretty quick.
It is my opinion that Yahoo allows junk mail, in fact, dumps it heavily on it's customers so that they will buy a premium service.
Why aren't lines buried to be less obtrusive, better insulated, and non-problematic in ice storms?
Recently, in February, South Carolina, my home state, had a very bad ice storm. It was called "the worst on record". Why was it called that? It wasn't really the worst. Duke Power, our service provider, has failed to maintain the lines in there above ground condition. Lots of trees had grown through power even over and around some lines. Then there was the typical stupid driver who ran into a number of poles all over the area.
I was without power for 4 days. Luckily, I had an UPS unit from a server that has 40 hours and I use a laptop as my main computer. It powered everything in my place including a small heater for a while.
To be on topic, eventhough the above is too: I don't think we should be pushing conventional power to 3rd world countries. With this implementation of "beaming power" - power still has to be generated at a plant with with most likely a non renewable resource. Why can't we give these same people advanced windmills and solar cells? (Then teach them maintenance) That makes so much more sense. I see the costs of even an experiment; very high. Also, I think Microwaves at a ground level would interfere with radio communications at the points below the transmission.
The Apple / Bandai Pippin Controller had something similar to the trackball you are speaking of and it was/is the easiest to hold, most comfortable, game controller I have ever used. In fact, I use it with my Mac still -- with the ADB adapter and the USB adapter.
I would love for Apple to bring this down to wireless bluetooth mouse size. For now I like to use a Logitech Trackman Marble due to the fact I hate moving mice on the desk and the pippin controller.
Control system volume and navigation - launch apps - use for timeline and frame by frame manipulation in final cut pro - use for TRON tank turrets and Centipede!
A lot like this device: Shuttle Express You can see the similarities.
This is one reason the Mac is great - I have been able to use lots of devices that I have investments in; in lots of different ways. T68i & Romeo is just one example.
It can be compared to law clarifications. While good in some aspects, the more you add to a law, the more freedoms are stripped away.
OQO Press release
But as you will read that hasn't been updated in over a year.
I'd agree with the posts about the Newton (excluding fanatics) that the Newton still holds it's own, even now because it can use 802.11 PC cards and play MP3's plus control iTunes
To all that want a Pocket Computer - I would strongly suggest a top of the line Clie or The Sharp Zaurus
As an authorized technician and reseller, the people that sell Apple Manuals and OS updates without any original material are promoting fraud. Most, who sells tech manuals, even say in their auctions, "Why pay a technician to fix it when you can do it at home?"
This is fine for out of warranty items, but promoting this for items that are still covered by Apple care, is promoting fraud. here's how: if someone ( a novice) takes this manual and then tries to fix a hardware problem themselves while a unit is still under warranty, then can't fix it or breaks something else, then brings the item in for repair under warranty, Apple and I have to pay for it! Hmmmm ...
As for the OS updates, apple has to pay licensing fees for codecs included in some of these updates and they have to pay them based on download totals and CD sales. For instance, last year, Apple paid out $7400 in liscensing for the OS8.6 update. It includes several sorenson codecs and a few TCP/IP network protocols that have to paid for.
Here is some info about this I had posted in a forum on MacCentral in January:
Operating system components such as liscensing and royalties (mpeg and TCIP codecs) are based on yearly distribution totals. It is illegal to redistribute Apple Operating System Updates without permission. Service providers depend on "customers with low bandwidth internet connections" for service revenue. Service providers are ALLOWED to download & charge for the service time to install or burn a CD for their customers. They are NOT allowed to SELL CDRs with updates on them! This is the same thing as taking Adobe Photoshop downloaded from LimeWire and selling CDR copies. Yahoo's reply has been: "Please contact the manufacturer / copyright holder" - I have spent hours on the phone with Quark, Connectix, Macromedia, Apple, and Adobe. These companies, including Apple, don't have the time to worry about a few thousand dollars.
" I can't tape a program off of free TV and sell it. Someone doesn't have access to the free channels I do = someone who doesn't have the bandwidth to download from Apple."
It is also against Apple Non Discloure to distribute part numbers & repair diagrams. How fair is it to the artists/authors of these manuals to redistribute without credit to them? Note: Apple DOES credit ANY author/artist or contractor, these manuals do not. Also, if a customer uses the wrong part number or custom installs, it could void their warranty or ruin their computer!
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The question to this seller is? Is it legal to download someone's else's work (or Apple's Property) and then redistribute it for a profit? Much different than file sharing where no profit is transacted.
This seller also claims exclusive rights and distribution with VillageMUG - Village MUG President has confirmed to me no affiliatiion
Interesting subject indeed. I will be interested in a followup from the author of the parent article to see what happens.
It's also not a trade secret if ANYONE outside the company or its suppliers knows the information. In this case, they did.
Apple often gets in trouble this way. It's their own employees that leak the information out a lot of times. The whole website MacWhispers has been created on the basis of "manufacturing partner tips" - that's economic espionage and Apple should shut that site down. MacWhispers is and does profit off this information. Apple CLEARLY loses money based on rumor sites and their "investigations"
I honestly don't see this boy's information as any more than common technical knowledge that was already on the internet.
Cingular is owned by Bellsouth
Suncom by AT & T
Verizon was Bell Atlantic and others
Sprint owns Sprint (and the former 360)
There are lots of LARGE independent cell companies. You named one. Nextel
The others are: TMobile and PowerTel with 3.8 million and 1.4 million respectively plus TMoblie has the sexy Catherine Zeta to whore for them. Man, I wish she'd "rouge her knees" for me ;)
There are others I can't think of. You are partially right. But, the cell phone companies (even if they are the same companies) are in a new era growth of competition, the phobne comapnies and the branches that formed were on a dead tree to begin with.
eBayMy about me page is a very good example. My eBay auction pages are simple with concise terms and instructions and ALWAYS a picture. I have nicely formatted paragraphs but not a fancy layout. I have my terms in diferent colors and not in some oversized font like I've been cheated a 1000 times. I accept common payment types and even uncoventional ones. It's my widespread "look and my "here for the long haul" look" that I think gets me biz.
I find places like Amazon very busy on their page, so I have a hard time buying from there, even if there's a good deal. Websites with a billion ads are a complete turnoff.
My home page ADZOOX while not perfect and being a work in progress is being layed out artiscally. I'm doing it all by hand (as I have my eBay ME page) - I think sites with a personal/photorealistic touch like also "get sales" just based on the professional look.
Anyone can program HTML and any good graphic artist can layout an illustration or magazine and a good writer can lay out a nice blog, it's the art of salesmanship (even if you're not selling product, but selling idea) that matters.
You get 480k on cable (example) - you may only get 272k on DSL for instance
It's not the speed you connect at, it is the real world speed you get on the average upload and download.
I often have problems with my cable modem. DSL isn't an option for several reasons:
A) I haven't had a phone line or paid for a land line in 5 years
B)Speed is truely a little slower
C)DSL is MUCH more expensive (at least for providers in my area)
D)It would be a large transfer investement to go to a different type of service - I have been able to do a lot of eBay selling and transfer of hardware as Charter has transition from @home (which was superior) to PipeLine.
The other gripe about cable not comparing to DSL is the misleading requirements. I had posted this in my journal before:
Charter Pipeline requirements
1)Workers / installers also make people think that is MEGABYTE AND KILOBYTE it is megabit and kilobit - they advertise the service with a k when it should be with a kbps or kb - but front desk people will often say "You should upgrade to the 1 megabyte service"
The way I have tested this is by hooking my Aiport BaseStation up to both - I used his (neighbor's) service, he used my service for a week. We both use Peer to Peer and both download a considerable amount of images and software updates. We also both upload to eBay a lot. There is a considerable sized class action action lawsuit in Greenville against Charter, this is one of the many things mentioned as a grievance in the suit.
2)They advertise on the Pipeline website that a Mac with a 601 PPC or higher is able to have the service. They install free ethernet cards (ISA,PCI, PCMCIA) in most every Wintel but won't install an AAUI adapter (on some Macs) or something like a PCMCIA card on the PowerBook 1400. They also tell my customers that I have sold 7300's (604e/180 processor) to, even if they have G3 upgrades that they won't even ALLOW then to get on Pipeline claiming it doesn't meet spec, when one can can view this message on their site: Pipeline Requirements [charter.com]
They also are under investigation for charging the bogus "line maintenance fee" - which they tell you if you don't have they will charge you to fix your cable, when technically (although not by law) they are a municipality/utility and must include line maintenance in costs.
The keyboard is a little small but a nice touch that it's detachable making it a nice slim portable keyboard that happens to match my PowerBook G3. I hunt and peck anyway (but still 40 words a minute)
I'd suggest it to anyone.
I noticed it when other girls would play too.
What's interesting about this observation and what I would like answered is this:
Why was the Gameboy version the easiest to me? Monochrome?
Why was the regular, original Nintendo the best version?
Why was the arcade version so hard?
Why is the computer version boring?
Why does it make a difference with how the pieces are colored or how they look?
I do agree with the find too. Girls see no "gadget, cool" factor in a small TV. I once took a Casio TV on a camping trip with the same girl so she could watch 90210. We ended up having to go out of our way and watch it on a "normal" TV.
I think the real answer here is that women like consistency and normalcy. I find they hate big screen TV's as much as they hate Casio handhelds. All they want is content! (Something that can also be inferred and suggested)
The iPod has yet to be beaten in my opinion, when comparing features the iPod's firewire interface (slower in theory, but not real world tests than USB 2.0), Amazingly simple integration and hard drive DATA capability are excluded. Plus they have great quality and have an INSANE number of support products and now battery & hard drive replacement services on the cheap.
I would hold off on any MP# purchase to see if the newest iPods will be compatible with a new Apple Music service possibly later this month.
I fully expect the new iPods to surpass anything on the market with a twist (as the the current ones do) for another year upon introduction.
I don't want my cable modem; that goes out when the wind blows hard, or the rain is a little heavy, being my means of communications. That said, I haven't had a land line for almost 7 years now, solely relying on cell service, which has dramatically increased in reliability in the past two years. (due to necessity from competition)
"Thank you for processing my rebate. I have marked my calendar to receive my rebate no later than (2 months to the day I mailed it.)" = Fill in () appropriately.
Just below this type your information from the receipt including SKU numbers, your mailing address and store of purchase plus how much you are expecting. Printing an actual two month calendar and highlighting the day of rebate is a nice touch.
I will gaurantee you will not have another "missing" rebate. They think, "looks like this guy would sue over a $5 rebate, we better get it right"
A buddy of mine goes a step further and puts:
"Consumer protection laws in my state require that rebates be processed in 8 weeks"
I have been very surprised that they are FULL THROTTLE on trying to create something like real time virtual hosts. Their goal is to have people like Bernard Shaw giving the news in say 2050 (long after he's dead) They even make allusions to Max Headroom. But wasn't he a state controlled computer generated news and info person? Hmmm.
I also found it interesting that hardly any of the reporters at the conference seemed worried that CNN thought there was no personal touch to the news. I have a preference for my local NBC affiliate's personalities. Essentially, this is saying that the news will eventually have no differing personalities and no new stars. All movies will star Tom Cruise and Arnold Swartzenager as lead male and The Olsen twins as lead females. All news will be given by Bernard Shaw or Bill O'Reilly.
This led to their creation of "pixie dust" which has enabled notebook hard drive capacities to rise. They found unique magnetic properties of "glass" when manipulating compounds on a molecular level.
I recently saw it in Myrtle Beach in November. What I was most surprised is the number of people testing it out. It looked like a "Micheal Jackson Oxygen Sleeper" or a Cryo Chamber from "Aliens or 2001". Although, mainly men seemed to be interested as the girl running it was model quality attractive.
Here is just a picture of another one: Water Massage