I was really happily surprised by Acrobat Reader 8. At least on my laptop, it's seriously four or five times faster to load, loading almost as fast as Windows' Picture and Fax viewer (I notice this because I'm into papercrafts, which are usually either PNGs or PDFs). Finally Adobe got it right, after releasing version after version of readers, each loading slower than the last one.
I've thought for quite a while now, that 90% of the time, when people spread stuff in MS Office formats, they should've used some other format instead. I worked for a company a while back, where the CEO would send his e-mails with only his name as the actual message, and all other content as Word documents. If he had three different things he wanted to tell us about, he'd send three different Word.docs. Finally someone confronted him on it, and eventually he managed to start writing actual e-mails, and instead of putting each parahraph in a different file, using linebreaks to separate one topic from another.
Now I just need to get our teachers to send their presentation slides as pdf-files, or something other than word documents:(
And this is what people kept telling viacom, when they decided to sue youtube, to get more people to use their own video service.
Many of the companies that threatened to, or did sue youtube, seemed to do so to get more users on their own video-sites. Funny thing is (albeit I might not be what one would describe as an average user) I for one haven't. I like YouTube because it knows what it wants to do, and does it well. It wants to host videos, and it's doing a good job at that. Instead of suing, these companies should've (IMHO, of course) have partnered up with Google & Co. and use the existing fanbase their content had on Youtube, instead of removing the material and hoping people would like to, instead of watching cool videos from one site, wade through half a dozen different sites to do the same..
I'm not too hot on Comedy Centrals own video player, for instance, and as such, have stopped watching clips of Daily Show and the Report, and instead reverted back to my old habit of downloading the whole episodes from tvrss (Only one channel shows either of the two here in Finland: CNBC shows Daily Show Global Edition, which is a shortened version of the original, with a different moment of zen).
Was going to post AC, but what the hell..
True. As I said I was pretty worked up, and couldn't think up a better example. I didn't mean to imply that in my example if a person following the seizuring guy collided with him, he'd be in anyway responsible, bur rather that breaking traffic laws will usually increase the changes of an accident being more severe.
My point was, that this guy, and others like him, view their stunts from an extremely egocentric point of view, where they asses the risks involved by saying that they're great drivers, and are unlikely to crash, and even if they should crash, they're ready to take that risk. But when doing something like this, they're not just taking a risk for themselves, but for every other driver driving with them on the same freeways.
(Dammit, I didn't manage to write anything intelligible this time either:D I guess I should leave the meaningfull discussion to those more fluent in their language skills and stick to posting stupid memes as AC:)
This guy really doesn't think about anyone but himself. To even attempt this kind of thing pretty much shows that the only weak link he sees in his plan is if he mucks up and crashes. Traffic laws are in place because all people make mistakes, there are many people driving at the same time and there's no way to predict an accident.
Should someone have a medical seizure at the wheel, for instance, what would've been a rather harmless crash off the road could be escaladed to a fatal accident if this guy just happens to be the one driving behind the car etc. etc.
There are too many variables in doing this kind of thing for any sensible person to even concider something like this without some heavy planning and support (like closing down roads etc.).
Sorry if my english is a bit unclear. I find it hard to formulate myself in another language when I'm worked up, and this shit really gets my blood boiling.
First 'processor speed' - that's not determined by the network, but the mobile vendor. Faster processors are not reserved for Edge. True, but EDGE communications may require less processor time than UMTS.
Other than that, I wholeheartedly agree with your comment. The article is unprofessional and very transparent in it's marketing-BS. Apple should just admit their mistakes and push out an improved iPhone, instead of sugar-coating all the what's wrong with their phone.
I've been very unimpressed by the iPhone from the very beginning, and I didn't even have anything against Apple before they launched the damn thing. All the features advertised in the ads I've seen (granted I haven't seen more than a few. The ones I saw didn't spark interest, so I dismissed most of the hype after that) have been pretty much standard on any decent smartphone for quite some time, and the only "innovation" here is the touchscreen, which I've heard is a bit of a pain to use. Top that with sub-par features like EDGE instead of 3G and I'd much rather save my money for a more "traditional" brand of mobile phone.
I went throught exactly the same thing when I went to Switzerland to study there for a year when I was a teen. They denied me a visa because they were afraid I'd stay there indefinitely. What I did was just stay there for two months at a time, then visit Germany for a few days to reset my turist-visa and come back. Every two weeks or so the immigration office would call my grandparents place (I was staying with them, they've been living there for like 30 years or something) and ask if we had any illegal aliens living in our house. They apparently still harrass my grandparents from time to time, even though both have changed their nationality to Swiss..
I kind of understand why this kind of thing would be a problem for a country like Switzerland, where in Zürich alone 20% of the population is of foreign descent, but how much of an incoming immigration problem does Nigeria really have?
While I agree with you on a very basic level, your example is not quite right. By-ear tabulature would be like making an electronics schematic by dissasembling the finished product that the schematics describe.
The actual damages are not the point here. I'm pretty sure had Timbaland, or someone from Geffen, asked Tempest if they could "remix" his song to be used as backgrounds for a song, he'd been fine with that. The point is that Timbaland did nothing to aknowledge the fact that a major part of his compositional work is borrowed from someone else.
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I was really happily surprised by Acrobat Reader 8. At least on my laptop, it's seriously four or five times faster to load, loading almost as fast as Windows' Picture and Fax viewer (I notice this because I'm into papercrafts, which are usually either PNGs or PDFs). Finally Adobe got it right, after releasing version after version of readers, each loading slower than the last one.
.docs. Finally someone confronted him on it, and eventually he managed to start writing actual e-mails, and instead of putting each parahraph in a different file, using linebreaks to separate one topic from another. :(
I've thought for quite a while now, that 90% of the time, when people spread stuff in MS Office formats, they should've used some other format instead. I worked for a company a while back, where the CEO would send his e-mails with only his name as the actual message, and all other content as Word documents. If he had three different things he wanted to tell us about, he'd send three different Word
Now I just need to get our teachers to send their presentation slides as pdf-files, or something other than word documents
And this is what people kept telling viacom, when they decided to sue youtube, to get more people to use their own video service.
Many of the companies that threatened to, or did sue youtube, seemed to do so to get more users on their own video-sites. Funny thing is (albeit I might not be what one would describe as an average user) I for one haven't. I like YouTube because it knows what it wants to do, and does it well. It wants to host videos, and it's doing a good job at that. Instead of suing, these companies should've (IMHO, of course) have partnered up with Google & Co. and use the existing fanbase their content had on Youtube, instead of removing the material and hoping people would like to, instead of watching cool videos from one site, wade through half a dozen different sites to do the same..
I'm not too hot on Comedy Centrals own video player, for instance, and as such, have stopped watching clips of Daily Show and the Report, and instead reverted back to my old habit of downloading the whole episodes from tvrss (Only one channel shows either of the two here in Finland: CNBC shows Daily Show Global Edition, which is a shortened version of the original, with a different moment of zen). Was going to post AC, but what the hell..
Oh, Internet. Is there anything you can't provide?
True. As I said I was pretty worked up, and couldn't think up a better example. I didn't mean to imply that in my example if a person following the seizuring guy collided with him, he'd be in anyway responsible, bur rather that breaking traffic laws will usually increase the changes of an accident being more severe.
:D I guess I should leave the meaningfull discussion to those more fluent in their language skills and stick to posting stupid memes as AC :)
My point was, that this guy, and others like him, view their stunts from an extremely egocentric point of view, where they asses the risks involved by saying that they're great drivers, and are unlikely to crash, and even if they should crash, they're ready to take that risk. But when doing something like this, they're not just taking a risk for themselves, but for every other driver driving with them on the same freeways.
(Dammit, I didn't manage to write anything intelligible this time either
What Parent said.
This guy really doesn't think about anyone but himself. To even attempt this kind of thing pretty much shows that the only weak link he sees in his plan is if he mucks up and crashes. Traffic laws are in place because all people make mistakes, there are many people driving at the same time and there's no way to predict an accident.
Should someone have a medical seizure at the wheel, for instance, what would've been a rather harmless crash off the road could be escaladed to a fatal accident if this guy just happens to be the one driving behind the car etc. etc.
There are too many variables in doing this kind of thing for any sensible person to even concider something like this without some heavy planning and support (like closing down roads etc.).
Sorry if my english is a bit unclear. I find it hard to formulate myself in another language when I'm worked up, and this shit really gets my blood boiling.
I once spent quite a lot of time searching for a RIAA or MPAA employee named Sue. Sadly I couldn't find one, and a semi-humorous pun went unspoken..
Other than that, I wholeheartedly agree with your comment. The article is unprofessional and very transparent in it's marketing-BS. Apple should just admit their mistakes and push out an improved iPhone, instead of sugar-coating all the what's wrong with their phone.
I've been very unimpressed by the iPhone from the very beginning, and I didn't even have anything against Apple before they launched the damn thing. All the features advertised in the ads I've seen (granted I haven't seen more than a few. The ones I saw didn't spark interest, so I dismissed most of the hype after that) have been pretty much standard on any decent smartphone for quite some time, and the only "innovation" here is the touchscreen, which I've heard is a bit of a pain to use. Top that with sub-par features like EDGE instead of 3G and I'd much rather save my money for a more "traditional" brand of mobile phone.
I went throught exactly the same thing when I went to Switzerland to study there for a year when I was a teen. They denied me a visa because they were afraid I'd stay there indefinitely. What I did was just stay there for two months at a time, then visit Germany for a few days to reset my turist-visa and come back. Every two weeks or so the immigration office would call my grandparents place (I was staying with them, they've been living there for like 30 years or something) and ask if we had any illegal aliens living in our house. They apparently still harrass my grandparents from time to time, even though both have changed their nationality to Swiss..
I kind of understand why this kind of thing would be a problem for a country like Switzerland, where in Zürich alone 20% of the population is of foreign descent, but how much of an incoming immigration problem does Nigeria really have?
I was waiting for someone to make that reference. Hope no-one decided to sneak chips onboard, though...
While I agree with you on a very basic level, your example is not quite right. By-ear tabulature would be like making an electronics schematic by dissasembling the finished product that the schematics describe.
The actual damages are not the point here. I'm pretty sure had Timbaland, or someone from Geffen, asked Tempest if they could "remix" his song to be used as backgrounds for a song, he'd been fine with that. The point is that Timbaland did nothing to aknowledge the fact that a major part of his compositional work is borrowed from someone else.