Last time I checked, the competition for jobs at Apple Stores was pretty fierce. If they're not getting a fair wage, then they should quit and get another retail job. And if they economy is bad and they can't find another job, then they should be happy about their current job and not complain. And if they don't like working retail then they should study for a new career that's higher paying.
The people working in the retail store don't have anything to do with Apple making billions of dollars per year. (Yeah, sure, Apple needs retail staff, but like I said, if every single Apple Retail employee quit today, Apple could have the jobs all filled by tomorrow, and in two weeks the store's sales would be the same as they are today.)
An app that does wireless syncing for iTunes is pretty obvious. Sure, Apple didn't have it before... but come on.. it's not like that dude invented the concept. And for the name.. it's called "Wi-Fi Sync." I mean if all the Apple Haters out there think that Apple's use of the term "App Store" is too generic because it describes what it is and therefore not trademarkable, then doesn't that also apply to an app that does wi-fi sync which is called "Wi-Fi Sync?"
Congrats to the developer for selling so many copies via Cydia, and certainly there's a market to make and sell features that Apple hasn't made yet. But you can't possibly think that Apple got the idea and the name from this guy.
I would have no problem paying to access "my" music every single month. After all, if I buy two CDs every month (my average), then you could argue that I already pay $20 per month to feed my music habit. If this costs the same but gives me access to any music then I would subscribe in a second.. After all, I will pay for the ease of someone else managing my CD collection. --Brian
Dear Slashdot, One of our coworkers just got promoted to management. Now, he uses this crazy borgish management style and calls us "normals." He acts like he wants to be a good manager, but we just want to get him fired. What should we do?
Most of the discussion so far has focused on whether people should be allowed to do this, how annoying they'll be, etc.
But my question is this: People say that cell phones might be dangerous, but does anyone here know how this is? What "navigational equipment" are they talking about when they say the cell phones might interfere? Does anyone believe that story in 2000 where they're saying that some guy flipping on his phone caused the plane to nose dive? Is the navigation equipment really that flaky?
I'm curious whether there is anyone out there who actually knows about frequency/radio/signal stuff AND airplane equipment that could shed some light on what the real danger is?
My guess is that the FAA has been "playing it safe" as a precaution.
I am the publisher of a few computer books. My books do participate in the Amazon "Search Inside the Book Program" v.2 and I think it's great. At first I thought this Google program was great too, but then I realized something.
For me, it seems that it would be better to just take the entire texts of my books and post them onto my own website. Then, I would get the ad revenue from Google adwords placed on my site, and I would potentially let more customers see my site (which has lots of info besides the books).
If I let Google serve the books, then they get the revenue from showing the ads, and I "lose" that hook into my site (since a person searching for a term in my book would see it from Google not from me).
Then again, there are two other things to think about here:
1. I wonder if regular www.google.com searches will show this stuff, or if you'll have to specifically go to print.google.com. (Similar to groups.google today.)
2. The other advantage to Google hosting it is that they'll most likely have some kind of copy protection or IP protection that would be better that what I'd have on my site if I just posted the text.
Brian
When I first read the title, I was thinking this would be some kind of egg-shaped thing that I could crawl inside. Then, people could push me out of airplanes or high buildings and I survive.
I know the pictures are just fake renderings, but it seems like the guy making the renderings doesn't even know what's going on. This Phantom thing has a "DSL in" and a coax "Cable Modem In" like someone would actually use this box for a DSL modem or cable modem. I won't even get started about how many ways that doesn't make sense.
It seems like every single directory has had the word "iraq" appended to the end. Do you think that this might have been a knee-jerk reaction by some admin who didn't really know what they were doing? I can't really imagine there are legitimate iraq dirs under easter and teeball directories.
I think the question of whether these tunes can be transferred to your kids as part of your estate after you die is really interesting. If a license is granted to the purchaser for his/her life, what happens if they die soon? Or what if they become brain dead, or get cryrogenically frozen? Will the RIAA / Apple start to define what it means to be dead?
This reminds me of the TiVo service subscription that's for the lifetime of the unit. What is a lifetime?
I find it hard to believe that they can limit this to one person.
Here's the email response that I got from the author of the Wired article:
Yes, you're right. We're adding a clarification to the story. 9:00 was
when symantec released their alert, but the company does claim to have
known about the worm hours for "hours" prior to its spreading.
The first warnings (in English) on the major security sites were posted
(and not by Symantec) at around 1:00 AM EST/10PM PT. People did start
seeing the worm around midnight ET, as stated in my story, but if
Symantec already knew exactly what was happening (and presumably they
did if they released an alert to their customers that allowed them to
block the worm) it would have helped had they shared that info ASAP.
Sorry for the confusion -- I didn't report that as clearly as I should
have.
Michelle
Slashdot Mirror
Last time I checked, the competition for jobs at Apple Stores was pretty fierce. If they're not getting a fair wage, then they should quit and get another retail job. And if they economy is bad and they can't find another job, then they should be happy about their current job and not complain. And if they don't like working retail then they should study for a new career that's higher paying. The people working in the retail store don't have anything to do with Apple making billions of dollars per year. (Yeah, sure, Apple needs retail staff, but like I said, if every single Apple Retail employee quit today, Apple could have the jobs all filled by tomorrow, and in two weeks the store's sales would be the same as they are today.)
An app that does wireless syncing for iTunes is pretty obvious. Sure, Apple didn't have it before... but come on.. it's not like that dude invented the concept. And for the name.. it's called "Wi-Fi Sync." I mean if all the Apple Haters out there think that Apple's use of the term "App Store" is too generic because it describes what it is and therefore not trademarkable, then doesn't that also apply to an app that does wi-fi sync which is called "Wi-Fi Sync?" Congrats to the developer for selling so many copies via Cydia, and certainly there's a market to make and sell features that Apple hasn't made yet. But you can't possibly think that Apple got the idea and the name from this guy.
I would have no problem paying to access "my" music every single month. After all, if I buy two CDs every month (my average), then you could argue that I already pay $20 per month to feed my music habit. If this costs the same but gives me access to any music then I would subscribe in a second.. After all, I will pay for the ease of someone else managing my CD collection. --Brian
Dear Slashdot,
One of our coworkers just got promoted to management. Now, he uses this crazy borgish management style and calls us "normals." He acts like he wants to be a good manager, but we just want to get him fired. What should we do?
Most of the discussion so far has focused on whether people should be allowed to do this, how annoying they'll be, etc.
But my question is this: People say that cell phones might be dangerous, but does anyone here know how this is? What "navigational equipment" are they talking about when they say the cell phones might interfere? Does anyone believe that story in 2000 where they're saying that some guy flipping on his phone caused the plane to nose dive? Is the navigation equipment really that flaky?
I'm curious whether there is anyone out there who actually knows about frequency/radio/signal stuff AND airplane equipment that could shed some light on what the real danger is?
My guess is that the FAA has been "playing it safe" as a precaution.
I am the publisher of a few computer books. My books do participate in the Amazon "Search Inside the Book Program" v.2 and I think it's great. At first I thought this Google program was great too, but then I realized something.
For me, it seems that it would be better to just take the entire texts of my books and post them onto my own website. Then, I would get the ad revenue from Google adwords placed on my site, and I would potentially let more customers see my site (which has lots of info besides the books).
If I let Google serve the books, then they get the revenue from showing the ads, and I "lose" that hook into my site (since a person searching for a term in my book would see it from Google not from me).
Then again, there are two other things to think about here:
1. I wonder if regular www.google.com searches will show this stuff, or if you'll have to specifically go to print.google.com. (Similar to groups.google today.)
2. The other advantage to Google hosting it is that they'll most likely have some kind of copy protection or IP protection that would be better that what I'd have on my site if I just posted the text. Brian
When I first read the title, I was thinking this would be some kind of egg-shaped thing that I could crawl inside. Then, people could push me out of airplanes or high buildings and I survive.
I know the pictures are just fake renderings, but it seems like the guy making the renderings doesn't even know what's going on. This Phantom thing has a "DSL in" and a coax "Cable Modem In" like someone would actually use this box for a DSL modem or cable modem. I won't even get started about how many ways that doesn't make sense.
It seems like every single directory has had the word "iraq" appended to the end. Do you think that this might have been a knee-jerk reaction by some admin who didn't really know what they were doing? I can't really imagine there are legitimate iraq dirs under easter and teeball directories.
I think the question of whether these tunes can be transferred to your kids as part of your estate after you die is really interesting. If a license is granted to the purchaser for his/her life, what happens if they die soon? Or what if they become brain dead, or get cryrogenically frozen? Will the RIAA / Apple start to define what it means to be dead?
This reminds me of the TiVo service subscription that's for the lifetime of the unit. What is a lifetime?
I find it hard to believe that they can limit this to one person.
Yes, you're right. We're adding a clarification to the story. 9:00 was when symantec released their alert, but the company does claim to have known about the worm hours for "hours" prior to its spreading. The first warnings (in English) on the major security sites were posted (and not by Symantec) at around 1:00 AM EST/10PM PT. People did start seeing the worm around midnight ET, as stated in my story, but if Symantec already knew exactly what was happening (and presumably they did if they released an alert to their customers that allowed them to block the worm) it would have helped had they shared that info ASAP. Sorry for the confusion -- I didn't report that as clearly as I should have. Michelle