I don't think you're going to see much in the way of faster processor speeds over the next year. Yes, the Intel chips will still be dual core, and move from 32-bit to 64-bit processing, but don't look for a faster processor to bail you out.
You sound a bit like an Apple Apologist. Apple releases a system that isn't that good, but just wait until the next one arrives. Frankly, Jobs didn't have to release anything at this time. Nothing was promised until June 06. The fact that he released a rather substandard pair of Macs falls strictly on Job's shoulders, and you should be attacking his decision to do this now, rather than defending it by saying the next unit will be better.
That's unless you're one of the Steve Jobs can do no wrong crowd, in which case you have nothing at all useful to say.
The real reason to wait until 2H06 is why get stuck with the last of the 32-bit Intel Macs, when 64-bit lower-heat Intel processors are only a few months away.
And as for web-page loading, it's hard to understand the delays. The processors are already far faster than most broadband connections can deliver the data. It's pretty strange that these new units render pages 25% faster, unless the previous rendering code is really junk.
Meanwhile the Vatican is defending copyrighting the Pope's pronouncements. Which, IMHO, is right up there with copyright of MLK's 'I Have A Dream' and Co$'s copyrighted "Trade Secrets"
Sounds like an excellent way to keep both these "church's" pronouncements from spreading more quickly than they would otherwise.
And all along I'd been thinking that the whole point of a church was to convert as many people to your cause as possible because the world will be so much better once that happens. And yes, MLK was a preacher, so the term "church" applies to him as well.
I have no doubt in the world that Microsoft has an OD filter for MSWord which they could release through Office Update at any instant they wish. They just need a good enough reason to do so.
The Hollywood trade organization said that it did not break copyright law, insisting that the dispute is part of a Dick-orchestrated "publicity stunt" to boost the film's profile.
The Hollywood trade organization probably feels that because copyright law exists solely to benefit them, that it means whatever they say it means.
The only DRM that should be allowed is DRM that expires and becomes ineffective the moment the copyright expires. All other DRM methods should be banned as preventing fair use.
I hope and pray that the author was smart enough to encode it with CSS, so we can actually have an example of using Fair Use policy to circumvent CSS encryption.
CSS doesn't prevent copying. It never has prevented copying. CSS is an attempt to prevent playback on non-licensed players, or players not matching the region code of the movie. A bit-by-bit copy of a CSS-encrypted DVD can be made without "breaking CSS", and that copy will play just as well as the many mass produced copies of the original do.
CSS was never about copying a DVD to another DVD. It is about control over not letting the DVD be easily transformed into any other form for playback in non-licensed (and royalty generating, btw) players.
Right now it looks like the film wasn't harmed financially,
No film is harmed financially if I download a copy to watch of something I know I'll never buy otherwise. Does this make me immune from all their lawsuits?
Too bad. I think RIM has a case given that their servers are ex-USA. Of course, the USA too often thinks it owns the whole world when it comes to patent and copyright enforcement -- and I'm a USA citizen saying this.
The cost of dealing with 32-bit will probably be less than the hit to their hardware sales would have been.
I think the cost involved here is the Cost of admitting that despite announcing the shift to Intel over 6 months ago, Intel still doesn't have a suitable 64-bit chip available is too high. So they push these hobbled machines out now with Apple logos hoping nobody makes a big thing about the return to 32-bit computing in the newest machines.
Or maybe they think that 32-bit core + 32-bit core = 64-bit processing. I'm sure Steve believes he could sell that one.
AMD should match Core Duo (reminds me of a superhero called Duo Damsel) by converting all their future names to common Esperanto words and terms. This way they can be Core Du, and look even trendier than Intel.
The G4 processor included the "Altivec" instruction extensions which could produce dramatic speedups in applications specially coded to take advantage of them
Wasn't Altivec the Velocity Engine in those days?
the machines that were shipping "now" were not the machines he had just demonstrated, but a machine that used a "Yikes!" motherboard
Didn't realize that Steve was showing off his benchmark machine? You know, the one that runs Apple benchmarks faster than anyone else can ever achieve.
come up with a new way to measure battery life that will make it look respectable.
How about measuring it in half-seconds? This way not only do you get twice as many of them, but with the current generation so bad in math they'll take the bigger number at face value.
Soon to follow can be iTunes prices expressed in double-cents. Buy this latest release for only 79 double-cents. That will make the music industry ecstatic as well!
Maybe they can stay prototypes (think of it like the Google eternal betas) until they can get true 64-bit processors in them, rather than the current 32-bit CPU's currently shown. Does Apple really want to be supporting a 32-bit Intel OSX for the next however many years?
And where's the Historic Reference for the Broadcast Flag itself? Seems to me in the past you were able to do pretty much anything except rebroadcast it over the airwaves or sell it as a record that you were capable of doing. That fact that you weren't capable of much was the only limitation.
I'd say historically broadcasts never had Broadcast Flags limiting my rights and we should go back to that again ASAP.
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I trust you mean, in part, by this to get their manufacturing out of Mexico, which has truly contributed to the destruction of their reputation.
I used my Aibo to fetch my CD's, until he became infected by the Sony rootkit. Now all he does is chew them to pieces.
The International Space Station is certainly not going to be of any help. It was cleverly put into the very wrong orbit for Lunar travel.
I don't think you're going to see much in the way of faster processor speeds over the next year. Yes, the Intel chips will still be dual core, and move from 32-bit to 64-bit processing, but don't look for a faster processor to bail you out.
You sound a bit like an Apple Apologist. Apple releases a system that isn't that good, but just wait until the next one arrives. Frankly, Jobs didn't have to release anything at this time. Nothing was promised until June 06. The fact that he released a rather substandard pair of Macs falls strictly on Job's shoulders, and you should be attacking his decision to do this now, rather than defending it by saying the next unit will be better.
That's unless you're one of the Steve Jobs can do no wrong crowd, in which case you have nothing at all useful to say.
The real reason to wait until 2H06 is why get stuck with the last of the 32-bit Intel Macs, when 64-bit lower-heat Intel processors are only a few months away.
And as for web-page loading, it's hard to understand the delays. The processors are already far faster than most broadband connections can deliver the data. It's pretty strange that these new units render pages 25% faster, unless the previous rendering code is really junk.
Sounds like an excellent way to keep both these "church's" pronouncements from spreading more quickly than they would otherwise.
And all along I'd been thinking that the whole point of a church was to convert as many people to your cause as possible because the world will be so much better once that happens. And yes, MLK was a preacher, so the term "church" applies to him as well.
Text books extra?
I have no doubt in the world that Microsoft has an OD filter for MSWord which they could release through Office Update at any instant they wish. They just need a good enough reason to do so.
The Hollywood trade organization probably feels that because copyright law exists solely to benefit them, that it means whatever they say it means.
The only DRM that should be allowed is DRM that expires and becomes ineffective the moment the copyright expires. All other DRM methods should be banned as preventing fair use.
You're a sick, little puppy, you know.
I don't believe it's stalking to photograph people in public. If it is, then a lot of celebrity photographers are out of a job.
And apparently the police didn't think it was stalking either since no arrests have been reported to this point.
CSS doesn't prevent copying. It never has prevented copying. CSS is an attempt to prevent playback on non-licensed players, or players not matching the region code of the movie. A bit-by-bit copy of a CSS-encrypted DVD can be made without "breaking CSS", and that copy will play just as well as the many mass produced copies of the original do.
CSS was never about copying a DVD to another DVD. It is about control over not letting the DVD be easily transformed into any other form for playback in non-licensed (and royalty generating, btw) players.
No film is harmed financially if I download a copy to watch of something I know I'll never buy otherwise. Does this make me immune from all their lawsuits?
5. Apple's new slogan: "Almost as good as Windows!"
for only some more money.
You, of course, have a reference (link) for this.
Cannot run Windows XP. Classification: Minor.
If you can so easily brickify your Mac into a difficult-to-impossible to recover state, then the Mac is poorly designed and needs improvement.
Since this is not customary historic use of music, it hasn't got a chance.
Too bad. I think RIM has a case given that their servers are ex-USA. Of course, the USA too often thinks it owns the whole world when it comes to patent and copyright enforcement -- and I'm a USA citizen saying this.
I think the cost involved here is the Cost of admitting that despite announcing the shift to Intel over 6 months ago, Intel still doesn't have a suitable 64-bit chip available is too high. So they push these hobbled machines out now with Apple logos hoping nobody makes a big thing about the return to 32-bit computing in the newest machines.
Or maybe they think that 32-bit core + 32-bit core = 64-bit processing. I'm sure Steve believes he could sell that one.
AMD should match Core Duo (reminds me of a superhero called Duo Damsel) by converting all their future names to common Esperanto words and terms. This way they can be Core Du, and look even trendier than Intel.
Wasn't Altivec the Velocity Engine in those days?
the machines that were shipping "now" were not the machines he had just demonstrated, but a machine that used a "Yikes!" motherboard
Didn't realize that Steve was showing off his benchmark machine? You know, the one that runs Apple benchmarks faster than anyone else can ever achieve.
How about measuring it in half-seconds? This way not only do you get twice as many of them, but with the current generation so bad in math they'll take the bigger number at face value.
Soon to follow can be iTunes prices expressed in double-cents. Buy this latest release for only 79 double-cents. That will make the music industry ecstatic as well!
Maybe they can stay prototypes (think of it like the Google eternal betas) until they can get true 64-bit processors in them, rather than the current 32-bit CPU's currently shown. Does Apple really want to be supporting a 32-bit Intel OSX for the next however many years?
I'd say historically broadcasts never had Broadcast Flags limiting my rights and we should go back to that again ASAP.