...many new phones can just browse the eMusic site and use their standard (and much cheaper) plans. Yes, you could browse www.emusic.com on an iPhone (or any other phone with a web browser), but then there's the matter of downloading the songs and importing it into the iPhone's music library.
(Actually, I don't even use Safari that often, but when I find a site that tells me I can't use FF I'll fire up Safari and go through this process.) You may be interested in the User Agent Switcher Firefox Addon to give Firefox that same capability.
"Does she know if the update has the triangle with a circle on it it means a reboot will be needed?"
That's only slightly less random than throwing a disk into the trash to eject it. Not really... they have the symbol beside the update, and at the bottom of the window it indicates that it means that update requires a reboot*. Also, if you've used a Mac recently you'd know that as soon as you begin dragging a mounted volume the trash icon is replaced with an eject symbol.
*Kinda like the way asterisks are used all the time.
I've been to many places where the lights in the washroom are off or dimmed until someone steps into the room. I've never once thought "Oh no, they're spying on me!" Granted, that's probably a very simple application compared to what the article talks about, but it's not "spying," just making more efficient use of resources.
Does this mean Apple will be able to legally add DVD ripping to iTunes? If so, that could help sell more AppleTV units, especially in all the countries that can't buy movies from iTS.
An "OS for the masses" should make it obvious what memory is in active use and what memory is just being used for aggressive caching. The interface should be designed such that my computer illiterate mother-in-law would be able to figure out that for herself. It should not require the saavy of Geeky Linux Zealot to make the distinction. Do you really think your "computer illiterate mother-in-law" even cares what all the memory is being used for? For that matter, she probably doesn't even know the difference between RAM and HD.
I've always wondered why it is OK for Apple to restrict to one OS but not Dell?!?! Big outcry went to Dell for not offering other OS choices yet not a peep out of anyone against Apple. I think the reason is quite simple. People buy Macs primarily because they want the OS Apple ships on it.
How do you login without using ctrl-alt-del? How about unlocking a locked XP session? Face it, this abomination of UI silliness is still neccessary all the time if you're unlucky enough to use windows.
Maybe the control-alt-delete issue is fixed in Vista, but frankly it's one of the things that makes Windows not really ready for the desktop. And the funny (or sad?) thing is that this is only "necessary" in Windows because of all the crap that Windows can get infected with. Neither Linux nor OSX needed to implement the ctrl-alt-del scheme.
My understanding of the reason for using crtl-alt-delete to log in, is because that specific keystroke got passed directly to Windows which then could make sure the official login program was running and accepting all input (or something along those lines). I think the deal is that otherwise, there's a chance that what users are seeing is not Windows' real login screen but a fake designed to steal passwords.
Steve Ballmer made a great speech a company meeting. He said that Microsoft had been sending a mixed message to customers: if you have this kind of hardware buy Windows, if you have that kind of hardware buy OS/2. He said that from now on, there would be a new message: "Windows! Windows! Windows!!!" He shouted himself hoarse saying it. I guess that was practice for his "Developers developers developers developers" speech.
Oops, there isn't really a Milli Vanilla flavor after all. It appeared in a Simpsons episode though. I seem to have had difficulty separating fiction from reality.:)
You're right, it isn't one of their flavors after all. I was positive I had seen it somewhere so I did a little research... Turns out it was on a Simpsons episode in one part where Homer's shopping for ice cream and it's shown in the freezer with other B & J flavors.
Actually, I think they do have a flavor called Milli Vanilla.
But yeah, your suggestion would be hilarious to those who'd get it. Although those who don't get the joke would think someone messed up at the plant when they find it's not vanilla inside the container.
One of the details regarding the levy is that it is only on blank media that has never stored data. From http://neil.eton.ca/copylevy.shtml:
If you are a manufacturer or importer, you can avoid the levy entirely on your products as long as you record some sound on the media before you sell it. The sound recorded on the media can even be erased. Clearly this is not an option for CD-Rs, but for devices that include a hard drive, simply recording a sound on the drive and then erasing it exempts the drive from the levy. This is because (as the legislation now stands) "blank audio recording medium means a recording medium, regardless of its material form, onto which a sound recording may be reproduced, that is of a kind ordinarily used by individual consumers for that purpose and on which no sounds have ever been fixed..." MP3 player manufactures could just preload some music onto it, and no levy for them! It's especially good for Apple then, that the Apple v. Apple thing has been settled.
But it's not the retailers who are supposed to pay the levies. It's the manufacturers or importers.
You're right, it is manufacturer or importer who sell CDs in Canada who are supposed to pay the levy. But in many cases the importer would also be the retailer, at least with regards to larger companies like Staples or Futureshop.
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...many new phones can just browse the eMusic site and use their standard (and much cheaper) plans. Yes, you could browse www.emusic.com on an iPhone (or any other phone with a web browser), but then there's the matter of downloading the songs and importing it into the iPhone's music library.The "Quicktime Movie player" link perhaps, but the main article is dated July 15, 2007, not April 1.
That's only slightly less random than throwing a disk into the trash to eject it. Not really... they have the symbol beside the update, and at the bottom of the window it indicates that it means that update requires a reboot*. Also, if you've used a Mac recently you'd know that as soon as you begin dragging a mounted volume the trash icon is replaced with an eject symbol.
*Kinda like the way asterisks are used all the time.
Wow. If you found that web site scary, you'll be paralyzed with fear visiting this one!
Yes, this is an improvement. Hey, it's me, your neighbor. Would you mind closing your curtains when you do your music shopping? Thanks!
I've been to many places where the lights in the washroom are off or dimmed until someone steps into the room. I've never once thought "Oh no, they're spying on me!" Granted, that's probably a very simple application compared to what the article talks about, but it's not "spying," just making more efficient use of resources.
Does this mean Apple will be able to legally add DVD ripping to iTunes? If so, that could help sell more AppleTV units, especially in all the countries that can't buy movies from iTS.
It sure would be a boring drive though, unless they painted landscape murals on the walls or something.
Wouldn't it be funny if all of them contacted MS, claiming to be this Richard?
Well, no point in me returning to Slashdot until Monday... hopefully nothing truly interesting and non-April-Fool's related gets posted until then.
How do you login without using ctrl-alt-del? How about unlocking a locked XP session? Face it, this abomination of UI silliness is still neccessary all the time if you're unlucky enough to use windows.
Maybe the control-alt-delete issue is fixed in Vista, but frankly it's one of the things that makes Windows not really ready for the desktop. And the funny (or sad?) thing is that this is only "necessary" in Windows because of all the crap that Windows can get infected with. Neither Linux nor OSX needed to implement the ctrl-alt-del scheme.
My understanding of the reason for using crtl-alt-delete to log in, is because that specific keystroke got passed directly to Windows which then could make sure the official login program was running and accepting all input (or something along those lines). I think the deal is that otherwise, there's a chance that what users are seeing is not Windows' real login screen but a fake designed to steal passwords.
I guess that was practice for his "Developers developers developers developers" speech.
I don't... For that matter, I don't even know what Halliburton is.
No, dumps PCs. It's just a bad title. That seems to happen a lot here on /.
Huh? The parent didn't even mention anything about buying an iPod.
You have no sense of humor, do you?
Oops, there isn't really a Milli Vanilla flavor after all. It appeared in a Simpsons episode though. I seem to have had difficulty separating fiction from reality. :)
You're right, it isn't one of their flavors after all. I was positive I had seen it somewhere so I did a little research... Turns out it was on a Simpsons episode in one part where Homer's shopping for ice cream and it's shown in the freezer with other B & J flavors.
Actually, I think they do have a flavor called Milli Vanilla.
But yeah, your suggestion would be hilarious to those who'd get it. Although those who don't get the joke would think someone messed up at the plant when they find it's not vanilla inside the container.
If you are a manufacturer or importer, you can avoid the levy entirely on your products as long as you record some sound on the media before you sell it. The sound recorded on the media can even be erased. Clearly this is not an option for CD-Rs, but for devices that include a hard drive, simply recording a sound on the drive and then erasing it exempts the drive from the levy. This is because (as the legislation now stands) "blank audio recording medium means a recording medium, regardless of its material form, onto which a sound recording may be reproduced, that is of a kind ordinarily used by individual consumers for that purpose and on which no sounds have ever been fixed..." MP3 player manufactures could just preload some music onto it, and no levy for them! It's especially good for Apple then, that the Apple v. Apple thing has been settled.
But it's not the retailers who are supposed to pay the levies. It's the manufacturers or importers.
You're right, it is manufacturer or importer who sell CDs in Canada who are supposed to pay the levy. But in many cases the importer would also be the retailer, at least with regards to larger companies like Staples or Futureshop.