The New York Times (standing in a bathtub with an electric iron required) reports:
What does that mean, we all know that there is registration required for NYT, and even if you don't you'll find out pretty fast. This whole ripping on the new york times because you have to register is really lame and childish- almost as bad as the FIRST POST thing-- maybe I stand alone on this one, but it makes me not want to read the story after that lame ass joke.
It must be a slow news day... because this has to be one of the most pointless stories around, whether on slashdot or any other news site. --Wow some guy broadcasts a news show from home...big freaking deal- The former prime-minister of Canada had a vacation house in Florida as well, and he managed to "run the country" while he was away. Look at the logo: News for Nerds. Stuff that matters. Someone enlighten me, why should anyone care?
Tog wants the dock to be OS X- he wants it to give you lots of info, and be the virtual swiss army knife of the mac. But perhaps that is not it's purpose- it is not the center of computing on the mac and it shouldn't be- it's just a simple retrieval tool for commonly used apps. It is not the replacement for the finder, and it is not the replacement for the apple menu. I personally do not want to see the dock become this bloated piece of crap that Tog wants it to become- that is the problem with most modern user interfaces- information overload. I like using keyboard commands, I don't mind going into the Apple menu and clicking file and save- and I'm glad that Apple has been consistent on what the dock can and cannot do- as well as what the apple menu does like save and open documents. Tog- use the finder more, use the apple menu more, bloat is bad.
Well I have to say that my experience with Mac's have been generally good-- and much better than those I had with Windows. I still manage to keep up with others experiences, just read through the Apples support discussions-- and think back to some of the other issues that have caused problems, like file vault, keynote, itunes, imovie nearly every app has had stability issues at one point in time.... I think if one wants to be a zealot they cant say "but macs are just stable, they never crash, everything works" (which some mac zealots do say, often conveniently forgetting their own crashes or minor issues)... if they are going to try and get people to switch they will have to start saying- yes Macs do, and sometimes have their share of issues-- but Apple has a great track record of fixing them, and has built a great foundation with OS X to facilitate trouble free computing.
I do believe I've narrowed down the majority of Kernel panics to my iSub...It is not like they didnt know the iSub existed, it just came down to priorities, and it is probably a small priority-- Apple is working with a lean amount of engineers (when compared to microsoft). I'm sure thet will fix the issues with Panther- and once they do 10.4 will just about ready to come off the presses.
Panther has been a mess for me- and I'm a pretty big Apple zealot it seems... kernel panics, exec_bad_access crashing, and I've done about 3 clean installs. There are minor issues, but there are people out there that claim apple is perfect, mac products are perfect... but just like Windows users we all have to deal with software flaws-- after all they are made by groups of human beings.
Macs are just more stable and therefore better-- If anyone has used Panther they know that is not the whole truth. Upgrading to Panther has caused pain to many users leaving forcing them to either do a clean install or an archive and install (both being hassles for some), Or rendering some macs totally useless. Another example would be the quote "Apple's-- they just work". How many minor updates have hosed people's systems since OS X has come out, what about Keynote 1.0 causing kernel panics, all the former issues with iTunes, Safari, and all the other apps out there.
So yes, I do use a Mac, and I do like it-- but it's time everyone knows the truth-- Mac's have many problems too, especially if you use new software... the bugs get worked out eventually, but usually at the users expense.
... a patch to 10.2 called 10.3. So it's a $129, it's a little buggy- but it comes with a colorful manual, in a sleek black box. Microsoft forces you to update your computer through Windows Update---they don't give you a manual, and they don't put it in a box... No wonder they can't get anyone to use Windows Update-- If they would only box their updates and charge 129$ for them this whole trojan/virus issue would be over.
All Dell seems to do is look at what Apple is promoting, try and copy it, then throw on some homo-erotic ads showing some model-esque interns in some fantasy Dell-Land then hope to sell the stuff. It seems to work, Dell does seem sell their crap-puters probably because they can get their PCs looking cheaper in a standard configuration by cheaping out on the Hard Drive, Ram, video-card, or optical drive. The most simple consumer thinks... "Dell seems popular, it's cheap so i'll buy it"....you are probably thinking i'm a bitter mac user, but I'm not-- I just hate those Dell ads.
yes and did you know the original name for this war "Operation Iraqi Liberation" spells out the acronym "O.I.L." (of course they changed it to Operation Iraqi Freedom)
It's actually very simple, they didn't want the whitehouse to start showing up on google under the search term Iraq... Because that would lead people to believe that the whitehouse was the official website for the Iraqi government, and that George Bush did indeed conquer that country. It all boils down to an image thing... the whitehouse is usually really good at hiding their conspiracies.
I think the article was well thought out and honest. I think that Apple believes that the iTunes music store for Windows will be extremely successful because Windows has more market share and it just seems logical that: more users = more purchases. There was a market research study by Nielsen/NetRatings, that stated Apple users are more likely to buy stuff off the web or buy into webservices-- which really just stems from macs being pricier machines and hence most of the people buying them can afford to waste some cash. I think that we will see the implications of that study with the Windows iTMS. Combined with some of the points in the article, and the fact Mac users are willing to throw their cash at almost anything Apple asks them to.... Ultimately, WiTMS music sales will less than stellar. I for one will not be surprised to hear that they sell more music to Mac heads.
Re:He is not observing, he is biased.
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Have you even read the book? The novel 1984 was not advocating what happened. It was trying to do quite the opposite with subtle political undertones that were trying to show the dangers of fascism. It was evident in the final paragraph where Winston began to cry and realized he loved big brother.
He is not observing, he is biased.
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He is not observing, he is saying that all these copy protection schemes will come to be in the future. He may very well be right, but his argument fails to see opposing arguments (which IMPLIES advocacy) - He does not talk about the trusted computing initiative failing in the future, and because you were probably already convinced that copy protection will be the next big thing you failed to see his bias.
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It's a Canadian company, there is no DMCA in Canada...
Screwing =/ masturbation... sorry to break the news to you.
What does that mean, we all know that there is registration required for NYT, and even if you don't you'll find out pretty fast. This whole ripping on the new york times because you have to register is really lame and childish- almost as bad as the FIRST POST thing-- maybe I stand alone on this one, but it makes me not want to read the story after that lame ass joke.
well then "a lot of people" need to bring this up with their therapist/psychiatrist.
my point was: why does this matter... I dont care if it's nerdy or not nerdy- just why exactly does it matter?
Poor, poor Hollywood... my heart and soul go out to those slimy yet wonderful bastards.
It must be a slow news day... because this has to be one of the most pointless stories around, whether on slashdot or any other news site.
--Wow some guy broadcasts a news show from home...big freaking deal- The former prime-minister of Canada had a vacation house in Florida as well, and he managed to "run the country" while he was away.
Look at the logo: News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.
Someone enlighten me, why should anyone care?
it is so simple...
Methamphetamine. You might overheat, so drink water.
They just hooked up a million monkeys with brain implants to some development tools, masturbated them- and the result was Windows XP.
True story....
Tog wants the dock to be OS X- he wants it to give you lots of info, and be the virtual swiss army knife of the mac. But perhaps that is not it's purpose- it is not the center of computing on the mac and it shouldn't be- it's just a simple retrieval tool for commonly used apps.
It is not the replacement for the finder, and it is not the replacement for the apple menu. I personally do not want to see the dock become this bloated piece of crap that Tog wants it to become- that is the problem with most modern user interfaces- information overload.
I like using keyboard commands, I don't mind going into the Apple menu and clicking file and save- and I'm glad that Apple has been consistent on what the dock can and cannot do- as well as what the apple menu does like save and open documents.
Tog- use the finder more, use the apple menu more, bloat is bad.
.... Like in my Palm Zire 71?
Anyone have a mirror or bitorrent for Bill Gates Matrix spoof?
Well I have to say that my experience with Mac's have been generally good-- and much better than those I had with Windows. I still manage to keep up with others experiences, just read through the Apples support discussions-- and think back to some of the other issues that have caused problems, like file vault, keynote, itunes, imovie nearly every app has had stability issues at one point in time.... I think if one wants to be a zealot they cant say "but macs are just stable, they never crash, everything works" (which some mac zealots do say, often conveniently forgetting their own crashes or minor issues)... if they are going to try and get people to switch they will have to start saying- yes Macs do, and sometimes have their share of issues-- but Apple has a great track record of fixing them, and has built a great foundation with OS X to facilitate trouble free computing.
I do believe I've narrowed down the majority of Kernel panics to my iSub...It is not like they didnt know the iSub existed, it just came down to priorities, and it is probably a small priority-- Apple is working with a lean amount of engineers (when compared to microsoft). I'm sure thet will fix the issues with Panther- and once they do 10.4 will just about ready to come off the presses.
Panther has been a mess for me- and I'm a pretty big Apple zealot it seems... kernel panics, exec_bad_access crashing, and I've done about 3 clean installs. There are minor issues, but there are people out there that claim apple is perfect, mac products are perfect... but just like Windows users we all have to deal with software flaws-- after all they are made by groups of human beings.
Macs are just more stable and therefore better-- If anyone has used Panther they know that is not the whole truth. Upgrading to Panther has caused pain to many users leaving forcing them to either do a clean install or an archive and install (both being hassles for some), Or rendering some macs totally useless.
Another example would be the quote "Apple's-- they just work". How many minor updates have hosed people's systems since OS X has come out, what about Keynote 1.0 causing kernel panics, all the former issues with iTunes, Safari, and all the other apps out there.
So yes, I do use a Mac, and I do like it-- but it's time everyone knows the truth-- Mac's have many problems too, especially if you use new software... the bugs get worked out eventually, but usually at the users expense.
They probably aren't his patents... someone already applied for them.
... a patch to 10.2 called 10.3.
So it's a $129, it's a little buggy- but it comes with a colorful manual, in a sleek black box.
Microsoft forces you to update your computer through Windows Update---they don't give you a manual, and they don't put it in a box...
No wonder they can't get anyone to use Windows Update-- If they would only box their updates and charge 129$ for them this whole trojan/virus issue would be over.
All Dell seems to do is look at what Apple is promoting, try and copy it, then throw on some homo-erotic ads showing some model-esque interns in some fantasy Dell-Land then hope to sell the stuff.
It seems to work, Dell does seem sell their crap-puters probably because they can get their PCs looking cheaper in a standard configuration by cheaping out on the Hard Drive, Ram, video-card, or optical drive.
The most simple consumer thinks... "Dell seems popular, it's cheap so i'll buy it"....you are probably thinking i'm a bitter mac user, but I'm not-- I just hate those Dell ads.
yes and did you know the original name for this war "Operation Iraqi Liberation" spells out the acronym "O.I.L." (of course they changed it to Operation Iraqi Freedom)
It's actually very simple, they didn't want the whitehouse to start showing up on google under the search term Iraq...
Because that would lead people to believe that the whitehouse was the official website for the Iraqi government, and that George Bush did indeed conquer that country.
It all boils down to an image thing... the whitehouse is usually really good at hiding their conspiracies.
...companies like Intertrode, or ini-tech??
...hmm what is the world coming to?
I think the article was well thought out and honest.
I think that Apple believes that the iTunes music store for Windows will be extremely successful because Windows has more market share and it just seems logical that: more users = more purchases.
There was a market research study by Nielsen/NetRatings, that stated Apple users are more likely to buy stuff off the web or buy into webservices-- which really just stems from macs being pricier machines and hence most of the people buying them can afford to waste some cash. I think that we will see the implications of that study with the Windows iTMS.
Combined with some of the points in the article, and the fact Mac users are willing to throw their cash at almost anything Apple asks them to.... Ultimately, WiTMS music sales will less than stellar. I for one will not be surprised to hear that they sell more music to Mac heads.
Have you even read the book? The novel 1984 was not advocating what happened. It was trying to do quite the opposite with subtle political undertones that were trying to show the dangers of fascism. It was evident in the final paragraph where Winston began to cry and realized he loved big brother.
He is not observing, he is saying that all these copy protection schemes will come to be in the future.
He may very well be right, but his argument fails to see opposing arguments (which IMPLIES advocacy) - He does not talk about the trusted computing initiative failing in the future, and because you were probably already convinced that copy protection will be the next big thing you failed to see his bias.