Notably, hyperthreading will be relegated to the domain of the Extreme Edition dual-core line for now, as Smithfield's hyperthreading is turned off.
So HT is in there, and they turn it off. I pay for a chip that has it (cost of a chip is rather proportional to its size), and they turn the d@mn thing off.
It's got to be a Marketing thing, rather than an Engineering thing, which is why I want the entire Marketing Department dumped into the same hole the Lawyers are going into.
Okay, which of her 55 descendents inherited her music directory?
Lawyer: "And to my last, and least favorite, nephew, I will my 700 illegal downloads, and the RIAA suit that goes with it -- on the condition that he continue to be known as smittenedkitten."
You know, one way the ISP's could kill these suits would be to give the RIAA just enough wrong names that they're constantly in the news with a case or two like this one. Some programmer has a glitch that just occasionally turns Michael Steward into Martha Stewart. After all, everyone knows that even the best computers make occasional errors.
Of course, if the ISP's quit keeping dynamic-IP address assignment logs so long, that would pretty much do in these suits as well.
If MS doesn't like their employees owning iPods, they should quit paying them so much.
In fact, they could seriously diminish the iPod sales by cutting salaries, yet providing the bonus of a free player running MS software. Wouldn't that go over well!
The real issues should be about listing to your iPod when you should be working. And not using the company Internet to download your DRM-infested music. I wonder if iTunes is blocked at the MS firewall?
It has got to be w00t to run the nearest Apple Store to the MS campus. The guy ought to put a live web-cam with sound in there.:^)
iiNet is forcing customers to take their long distance phone service as well to get access to the 8Mbit/s speeds
They can make you take their service, but they can't make you use it. If the prices are too high, get a phone card for cheap calls. What can they do? Cut off you access to 1-300 numbers?
And how long before someone offers a plug-in to restore missing features, like instant commercial skip, sharing recorded programs with other devices, or accessing free channel gude services?
Just the though of such choices makes me want to consider a Tivo again.
What have been the recent legal actions, if any, that Apple has tried to take against the hymn project?
FP: Things have been quiet. I'm thinking that hymn has figured less into Apple's latest actions than their efforts against Real's Harmony project, with hymn and its derivatives simply being regarded as collateral damage.
It's not quiet any more. Not once it hits Slashdot!
The coolness factor of iPod is that it makes the statement:
I bought my music! I support the artists!
It may not be true. And given the average of 5 songs/iPod purchased so far (although that number may be questionable since it assumes all iPods bought are still in use -- which we know, due to battery problems, isn't true) probably isn't likely in nearly every case.
Regardless of that however, I could be actually paying for my music now that I have an iPod, and no one else can gainsay me on it. No other player says that clearly.
One significant difference between the RIAA and the MPAA that should be scaring the RIAA is that today, anyone with a garage, instruments, microphones, a mixer, and a couple thousand dollars of computer equipment and software can record and burn their own albums. Add broadband, and they can sell songs across the Internet to the entire world. The MPAA doesn't quite face that type of competition yet (although with digital rendering software getting cheaper as computers get more powerful, maybe someone will be making Toy Story 3 at home soon).
Another significant difference is that you can now sometimes buy the MPAA movie soundtrack on DVD -- and get the whole d@mn movie to go with it -- for less than buying the RIAA CD audio movie soundtrack alone. And when it's more, it's seldom more than a couple dollars more. Talk about someone needing to re-evaluate their business model. And the audio people are getting the soundtrack source for essentially free, since all the studio time and such has already been paid for by the movie company.
You're just looking to get yourself into trouble, aren't you. You know they have censorship there. You know people get arrested in crackdowns. Yet you want to go over there, while not playing by their rules. This is edging close to a Troll.
Obviously some people break the rules, use outside proxies not yet blocked by the government, and get access to prohibited information. I've been there, three times. I know some of this. And I don't recommend it. If caught, and lucky, you'll just be thrown out of the country. It can be worse.
The question you should be asking yourself is: Just how much do I want to have a long, happy, and enjoyable time living in the PRC?
Why not try living like a real Chinese citizen for a few months just to see what it's like? Why else go, if you're only trying to live your Western-style life just in a new location?
I for one do not think it was a mistake (and certainly people at Apple don't either, after over two decades no less...).
I don't exactly see Macintosh taking over the world with their systems, even though they arrived with the affordable GUI Operating System first, and their version 1.0 (we're not counting Lisa here) system was actually quite good, with full wysiwyg, scalable fonts, and much else that didn't arrive from the competition for years.
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Those Martians better watch out. When radar is deployed, speeding tickets are soon to follow.
In fact, until you know the Instructions Per Clock, it really isn't anything at all.
So HT is in there, and they turn it off. I pay for a chip that has it (cost of a chip is rather proportional to its size), and they turn the d@mn thing off.
It's got to be a Marketing thing, rather than an Engineering thing, which is why I want the entire Marketing Department dumped into the same hole the Lawyers are going into.
A$$hole$ truly says it!
And never was.
That is as pithy as an answer can be. Whomever modded this Troll should be permanently fired from M1 Moderation.
(This is an example of M3 Public Meta-Moderation in use.)
Lawyer: "And to my last, and least favorite, nephew, I will my 700 illegal downloads, and the RIAA suit that goes with it -- on the condition that he continue to be known as smittenedkitten."
Of course, if the ISP's quit keeping dynamic-IP address assignment logs so long, that would pretty much do in these suits as well.
Drop it in. Use your Open Source tools. Then return to your mundane Windows existance.
Dual personalities on your PC without the hassle of dual boot.
Or they need some Flamebait -1 to offset all that other good Karma they've been getting. :^)
In fact, they could seriously diminish the iPod sales by cutting salaries, yet providing the bonus of a free player running MS software. Wouldn't that go over well!
The real issues should be about listing to your iPod when you should be working. And not using the company Internet to download your DRM-infested music. I wonder if iTunes is blocked at the MS firewall?
It has got to be w00t to run the nearest Apple Store to the MS campus. The guy ought to put a live web-cam with sound in there. :^)
They can make you take their service, but they can't make you use it. If the prices are too high, get a phone card for cheap calls. What can they do? Cut off you access to 1-300 numbers?
You'd really think, wouldn't you, that if your employees hate your product your customers might too?
Oh, right. They're just stupid kids intent on killing off the music industry throught their own needs for immediate gratification.
This CEO is not someone I'd ever hire to run my company.
'Nuf Said.
Or the doodlings of a computer software billionaire.
I'm guessing BSOD.
Just the though of such choices makes me want to consider a Tivo again.
And that's exactly what I said in the original article. I just used different words to say it.
FP: Things have been quiet. I'm thinking that hymn has figured less into Apple's latest actions than their efforts against Real's Harmony project, with hymn and its derivatives simply being regarded as collateral damage.
It's not quiet any more. Not once it hits Slashdot!
Apple's business plan is simple: be the high end quality product. All inclusive, all included.
So where's the iCamera?
I bought my music! I support the artists!
It may not be true. And given the average of 5 songs/iPod purchased so far (although that number may be questionable since it assumes all iPods bought are still in use -- which we know, due to battery problems, isn't true) probably isn't likely in nearly every case.
Regardless of that however, I could be actually paying for my music now that I have an iPod, and no one else can gainsay me on it. No other player says that clearly.
That's coolness!
Where is the best place to invest and make a fortune off of this?
The obvious answer of Apple may not be the best answer. There are other places to go long or short as well.
And you mean...
"sure to P .DIVIDE. O Fortran programmers.
Another significant difference is that you can now sometimes buy the MPAA movie soundtrack on DVD -- and get the whole d@mn movie to go with it -- for less than buying the RIAA CD audio movie soundtrack alone. And when it's more, it's seldom more than a couple dollars more. Talk about someone needing to re-evaluate their business model. And the audio people are getting the soundtrack source for essentially free, since all the studio time and such has already been paid for by the movie company.
Obviously some people break the rules, use outside proxies not yet blocked by the government, and get access to prohibited information. I've been there, three times. I know some of this. And I don't recommend it. If caught, and lucky, you'll just be thrown out of the country. It can be worse.
The question you should be asking yourself is: Just how much do I want to have a long, happy, and enjoyable time living in the PRC?
Why not try living like a real Chinese citizen for a few months just to see what it's like? Why else go, if you're only trying to live your Western-style life just in a new location?
I don't exactly see Macintosh taking over the world with their systems, even though they arrived with the affordable GUI Operating System first, and their version 1.0 (we're not counting Lisa here) system was actually quite good, with full wysiwyg, scalable fonts, and much else that didn't arrive from the competition for years.