Are you trying to keep up with the Jone's or something? What is up with this rampant consumerism in American anyway? How does the release of a new product by some other company change what you already have? Does it somehow transform into a useless piece of junk?
If the iPod performs the job it was intended for well, why should you care that a new player opens cans and walks your dog?
How is this any different fundamentally from PCs? You are locked into Windows if you buy complete systems and you are also locked into the company you that manufactured the PC for tech support. Very few companies offer linux as a supports OS.
You can install linux on a mac if you choose and there is a wealth of open source software for OS X.
Linux can also cause lock in if you happen to use software that is only available on linux. From a user's perspective, that is no different than "lock in" by proprietary OSes since it will limit transitioning to other platforms and most users arte not capable of undertaking a porting effort themselves.
We are talking about economies of scale here both in terms of hardware and software costs. Mac machines ship with OS X and a lot of bundled software. The price of that software is factored into the price of the hardware.
Give me a break. A lot of early switchers from windows (like me) work in IT where we have supported multiple versions of windows ranging from Windows 95-XP on the workstation and NT 4.0-Windows 2003 on servers as well as developing software on both linux and windows.
Part of the reason why I chose to buy a mac in 2002 was because of OS X and its underlying security model.
I think you would be surprised by the types of users switching to macs.
There is no need for virus scanners because we do not have any virus definitions for those virus scanners to make use of. As soon as a virus appears, you will see people using virus scanners. Until then, it is a waste of resources to run them.
There is also no need for a firewall running on your own workstation if you are behind a hardware firewall or your machine does not have any open ports. Stop spreading FUD about things you have a limited understanding of.
I have a 12" Powerbook and it does have that feature but you have to close the lid to put it into sleep mode in order to do the swap trick. You only have a few seconds to do it in. RTFM.
Stop using using the phrase "this is fucking embarrassing". If you have a PHD (Pile Higher Dung pile) then perhaps you could enlighten us all with some cogent arguments as to why this is not possible.
Otherwise, I would ask to to stop embarrassing yourself with such childish behaviour.
If I had mod points, I would mod you up just to counteract the KDE fanboys. Read the guidelines. You are supposed to concentrate on modding up rather than down.
I am glad that more and more distros are choosing one or the other. KDE reminds me too much of windows or OS/2. It is time for the Linux community to pick a winner so that they can attract some desktop app developers to their platform.
As a mac user, I look forward to some real competition on the desktop.
It's not flamebait. I agree that there needs to be some UI consistency on linux and I believe this is what you were referring to right?
Do you all think everyone in Korea is an unemployed/minimum wage Über geek with too much time on their hands?
How much time does it take to hunt down all the software, check for dependancies and install via the command line? How much time would it take for a non-geek? How much is your time worth? How much is the time of someone with a high paying business man worth?
Was hunting down the software yourself really cheaper? Even if you discount your time to be worthless, how much did it cost you in terms of electricity and wear on your machine? I would guess that it cost a great deal more.
This is even more ridiculous than some cheapskate spending money on gas to drive around town to save a few cents on vegetables while using up many dollars worth of gas.
Some of you people need to learn the difference between price (how much something costs) and value (what something is worth in terms time and productivity/enjoyment). I'm a mac user because I feel it is worth paying money for things that save me valuable free time. Nothing is truly "free" as in beer. You either have to spend money or give up more of your time. Which you choose depends on which you value more.
What infrastructure? Dell spends the majority of their R&D to research ways to reduce their overhead (read infrastructure) to increase profits while undercutting the competition.
All Dell has is an increased manufacturing capacity compared to Apple.
They do not design any custom ASICs like Apple does (see G5 motherboard glue chips), create custom motherboards like Apple does. They also do not create their own operating system like Apple does nor do they have a software division dedicated to creating Pro level apps that compete with Adobe offerings as well as consumer level software like iLife and iWorks.
Hasn't this been possible with Microsoft's DRM from the offset?
No. Originally the terms of most MSFT based stores varied per song or album. Some allowed a a limited number of burns (less than 10) while others did not allow any burning at all.
Once iTMS had far surpassed the other services, renegotiated terms with the labels allowed for uniform rights for songs like iTMS was offering from the start.
I would like to point out that some cross platform software originating on linux suffer from similar issues such as relying on X11 in order to function. This presents would be porters with two options.
1. Rely on the presence of an X11 environment on the platform even if that means having to port X11 first.
3. Create an emulation layer of some sort.
2. Rewrite the GUI layer to be independent of X11
Two of these options will create a non-native interface on the new platform which may cause an undesirable UI inconsistency and interoperability problems.
I'm not even mentioning GTK or KDE yet which would add even more porting difficulty. Gimp is a pain to use on OS X.
As can be seen here, there are some unreasonable people out there. Having said that, it appears that his software is strongly linked to Windows as it is written with.NET.
I think we should all support open source projects in any form but it would be nice is his project was written in something more portable like C/C++, perl or python.
I wish more projects out there were designed from the start to be portable on Linux, Windows and OS X. More often than not, a lot of so-called cross platform software originating on linux rely heavily on X11.
I don't give a damn how much money someone has. I give a damn about what they do. If you had a billion dollar and did nothing useful benefiting others in some way, you would just be a rich self-righteous asshole. I guess all you are missing now/is the money eh?
People like Steve Jobs are driven by ambition. They don't give a damn if everyone likes them. Business is not a personal popularity contest. If this guy is able to inspire people to do their best work creating products people enjoy using, then he is newsworthy.
I guess you could compare Steve Jobs to Howard Hughes. Jobs seems to be obsessed with his ideal of perfection, taking risks and pushing the envelope of innovation. That sounds an awful lot like Mr. Hughes drive to make colossal movies and develop a transatlantic airline.
That hood is to preserve colour purity and counteract any light pollution (glare) from overhead lights. High end CRT's for colour proofing in the print industry also ship with similar hoods.
CONTENT USAGE RULES Your use of the music downloaded from iTunes Music Store (the "Products") is conditional upon your prior acceptance of the terms of this Agreement.
You shall be authorized to use the Product only for personal, non-commercial use, and not for redistribution, transfer, assignment or sublicence, to the extent permitted by law. For details of your rights and restrictions on your right to use the Products, see: www.copyright.org.au; or www.ipaustralia.gov.au/ip/copyright.shtml; or www.copyright.asn.au.
You shall be authorised to use the Product on five Apple authorised computers.
You shall be entitled to burn and export Products solely for personal, non-commercial use.
Any burning or exporting capabilities are solely an accommodation to you and shall not constitute a grant or waiver (or other limitation or implication) of any rights of the copyright owners of any content, sound recording, underlying musical composition or artwork embodied in any Product.
You agree that you will not attempt to, or encourage or assist any other person to, circumvent or modify any software required for use of the Service or any of the Usage Rules, or interfere with, remove or alter any rights management information on the Products.
The delivery of a Product does not transfer to you any commercial or promotional use rights in the Product.
So basically, you have the same usage rules as the other music stores. Please don't spread FUD.
I agree with most of the rest of your post but if you really want to send them a message, stop buying music all together and send in letters declaring your boycott. Buying CD's is not going to send them any sort of message other than you like their current business practices in general.
Seriously, I hear people talking about seeing fingerprints on the black nano. Um, hello? Your fingers have grease on them. Plastic scratches, deal with it.
Instead of filing a lawsuit, these people should invest in a good shrink to treat your Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Price? Whether something is overpriced has nothing to do with how much other things cost. It is a value judgement.
Say you have two word processors on the market. WP A has a price tag of 50 bucks but its interface is hard to use and lacks some important features. WP B has a price tag of 75 bucks but has an intuitive interface and has most of the important features the average user needs. Why one is overpriced? Your answer depends on what you value in product.
This is about branding and use of logos on packaging and marketing materials. It is common practice to have a charge to license such things and for certification of hardware addons that connect directly to a device.
Does MSFT charge for use of the Playsforsure logo? What about their certification programs for software and hardware which allow you to use their window logos on packaging?
Are you sure about that? The "theory" goes that environment affects how a species evolves. It would seeem logical that two species places in the same environment, might develop similar characteristics.
But, why am I here explaining how the theory that you have "blind faith" in works?
Similar DNA structures does not prove anything. It is perfectly possible for species on different planets to have similar genetic patterns. In the same way, it is perfectly possible for geologically separate species to develop with similar characteristics.
We have no known extra terrestrial DNA to compare against to prove your assertion that DNA structures differ greatly through out the universe.
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If the iPod performs the job it was intended for well, why should you care that a new player opens cans and walks your dog?
You can install linux on a mac if you choose and there is a wealth of open source software for OS X.
Linux can also cause lock in if you happen to use software that is only available on linux. From a user's perspective, that is no different than "lock in" by proprietary OSes since it will limit transitioning to other platforms and most users arte not capable of undertaking a porting effort themselves.
Does the pre-dot com burst really matter? I thought we were talking about trends within the last two years and this past year?
We are talking about economies of scale here both in terms of hardware and software costs. Mac machines ship with OS X and a lot of bundled software. The price of that software is factored into the price of the hardware.
Part of the reason why I chose to buy a mac in 2002 was because of OS X and its underlying security model.
I think you would be surprised by the types of users switching to macs.
There is no need for virus scanners because we do not have any virus definitions for those virus scanners to make use of. As soon as a virus appears, you will see people using virus scanners. Until then, it is a waste of resources to run them.
There is also no need for a firewall running on your own workstation if you are behind a hardware firewall or your machine does not have any open ports. Stop spreading FUD about things you have a limited understanding of.
I have a 12" Powerbook and it does have that feature but you have to close the lid to put it into sleep mode in order to do the swap trick. You only have a few seconds to do it in. RTFM.
Otherwise, I would ask to to stop embarrassing yourself with such childish behaviour.
I am glad that more and more distros are choosing one or the other. KDE reminds me too much of windows or OS/2. It is time for the Linux community to pick a winner so that they can attract some desktop app developers to their platform.
As a mac user, I look forward to some real competition on the desktop.
It's not flamebait. I agree that there needs to be some UI consistency on linux and I believe this is what you were referring to right?
How much time does it take to hunt down all the software, check for dependancies and install via the command line? How much time would it take for a non-geek? How much is your time worth? How much is the time of someone with a high paying business man worth?
Was hunting down the software yourself really cheaper? Even if you discount your time to be worthless, how much did it cost you in terms of electricity and wear on your machine? I would guess that it cost a great deal more.
This is even more ridiculous than some cheapskate spending money on gas to drive around town to save a few cents on vegetables while using up many dollars worth of gas.
Some of you people need to learn the difference between price (how much something costs) and value (what something is worth in terms time and productivity/enjoyment). I'm a mac user because I feel it is worth paying money for things that save me valuable free time. Nothing is truly "free" as in beer. You either have to spend money or give up more of your time. Which you choose depends on which you value more.
All Dell has is an increased manufacturing capacity compared to Apple.
They do not design any custom ASICs like Apple does (see G5 motherboard glue chips), create custom motherboards like Apple does. They also do not create their own operating system like Apple does nor do they have a software division dedicated to creating Pro level apps that compete with Adobe offerings as well as consumer level software like iLife and iWorks.
No. Originally the terms of most MSFT based stores varied per song or album. Some allowed a a limited number of burns (less than 10) while others did not allow any burning at all.
Once iTMS had far surpassed the other services, renegotiated terms with the labels allowed for uniform rights for songs like iTMS was offering from the start.
Don't use Mp3 then and rip to Apple Lossless or WAV/AIFF.
1. Rely on the presence of an X11 environment on the platform even if that means having to port X11 first.
3. Create an emulation layer of some sort.
2. Rewrite the GUI layer to be independent of X11
Two of these options will create a non-native interface on the new platform which may cause an undesirable UI inconsistency and interoperability problems.
I'm not even mentioning GTK or KDE yet which would add even more porting difficulty. Gimp is a pain to use on OS X.
I think we should all support open source projects in any form but it would be nice is his project was written in something more portable like C/C++, perl or python.
I wish more projects out there were designed from the start to be portable on Linux, Windows and OS X. More often than not, a lot of so-called cross platform software originating on linux rely heavily on X11.
People like Steve Jobs are driven by ambition. They don't give a damn if everyone likes them. Business is not a personal popularity contest. If this guy is able to inspire people to do their best work creating products people enjoy using, then he is newsworthy.
I guess you could compare Steve Jobs to Howard Hughes. Jobs seems to be obsessed with his ideal of perfection, taking risks and pushing the envelope of innovation. That sounds an awful lot like Mr. Hughes drive to make colossal movies and develop a transatlantic airline.
That hood is to preserve colour purity and counteract any light pollution (glare) from overhead lights. High end CRT's for colour proofing in the print industry also ship with similar hoods.
It does not work with KHTML based browsers like Safari.
You get pay cuts? Why don't you find another job?
I agree with most of the rest of your post but if you really want to send them a message, stop buying music all together and send in letters declaring your boycott. Buying CD's is not going to send them any sort of message other than you like their current business practices in general.
Instead of filing a lawsuit, these people should invest in a good shrink to treat your Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Say you have two word processors on the market. WP A has a price tag of 50 bucks but its interface is hard to use and lacks some important features. WP B has a price tag of 75 bucks but has an intuitive interface and has most of the important features the average user needs. Why one is overpriced? Your answer depends on what you value in product.
Basically, any place that is serviced by Shaw or Rogers will have Broadband service through cable.
If you check the CIA Factbook on Canada, it is larger than the US and has telecommunications infrastructure which provides excellent service through modern technology.
This is about branding and use of logos on packaging and marketing materials. It is common practice to have a charge to license such things and for certification of hardware addons that connect directly to a device.
Does MSFT charge for use of the Playsforsure logo? What about their certification programs for software and hardware which allow you to use their window logos on packaging?
But, why am I here explaining how the theory that you have "blind faith" in works?
Similar DNA structures does not prove anything. It is perfectly possible for species on different planets to have similar genetic patterns. In the same way, it is perfectly possible for geologically separate species to develop with similar characteristics.
We have no known extra terrestrial DNA to compare against to prove your assertion that DNA structures differ greatly through out the universe.