And what happens when you get bored with the same old thousand songs you liked from twenty years ago, and noone's making new music that you like cause there's no money in it?
I mean, if it's replacing the application, it's kinda going to have to quit it!
You would hope so, wouldn't you.
My wife was very nervous about operating my computer when she first started (an Amiga 2000). She was sure she would break something. I assured her it was very user-friendly, and she couldn't do anything to it that I couldn't fix (not a boast I would make today;-) ).
She wrote her document. "What do I do now?"
I told her to save the document before printing. She dutifully saved the document -- in the same folder as the word processor -- with the same name as the word processor.
She printed the document successfully, quit the program.
Next day, she wanted to revise the letter. She double-clicked the file icon, which had no application to run it!
When she asked me for help, I looked in the folder window. She indicated "this" was her document. I said, no, that's the program.
She had replaced the word processing program with a document of the same name!
What I told her was true -- she couldn't break anything I couldn't fix. I reinstalled the WP and everything was great after that. But, yes, you can delete or overwrite a running application (at least in Amiga.)
Note: Mac does prevent you from overwriting an app with a document, so thie particular error wouldn't happen on Mac. But I don't see any obstruction to deleting a running application.
I have a 64 Buick Roadmaster, a 1000 HP machine which worked well and for the most part took me where I needed going. The noise however, was something that's been driving me, my wife and my pets crazy. The dog wouldn't come in the garage as she's scared of the thing. She also attacks the powersaw in the workshop, and I think that's a subtle hint that the thing was too loud and what it sounded like.
Looking deeper into the machine I found a radiator that when running at a certain speed reached a phenomenal noise level. With the hood closed they were bad enough but I felt like I was near a jet taking off if I had the Buick up on blocks. I pulled the radiator out and it looked like it could be replaced by a standard, quieter radiator. I took one from the last Chevy I'd rebuilt (yes I'm multivehicular) and it fit well, so a quick trip into town I bought a new one and installed it.
The Roadmaster was fantastic! The reduction in noise was something I could immediately appreciate, but my happiness didn't last too long. Within half an hour the engine was seizing up and crashing. I opened it once more to see I hadn't been a moron and done anything stupid, when I noticed the Buick supplied fan was BURNING hot. I mean really hot, I couldn't bear to touch it more than momentarily. I never trusted that hose, the sheer bulk of it looked like it was made to be produced easily and not cool properly. I ditched that fan(after letting the machine cool down for an hour!) and replaced it with a plastic box fan blade. I'd never seen cooling like it could do, so it was the logical choice. The fan for the Roadmaster attached differently, but it was easy enough to adapt fan belt with insulated wire tied underneath the oil pan board.
This worked a little better and the Buick started, and stayed running far longer. For about three days, and from then on it wouldn't start. No dome light, just the starter spinning and no tach. Even the engine barely caught a couple of times. By now I was furious, my previous cars had given me little trouble but this one was a pain. I phoned the Buick center nearest me, and as it was only a few years old I was assured everything should be covered by warranty. It turns out because I had MODIFIED the car that my warranty was void. wtf? I added a superior cooling system to the machine, quietened it, IMPROVED it in every way, and they deny my claim? I was livid at the dealer, but couldn't get past his denseness.
Know what else? Buick keeps a record of what you've done. I replaced the original loud radiator, the original fan and tried once more, and again my claim was refused on the basis I'd done the damage myself.
I'm still a Buick driver, but a very annoyed one still waiting on repairs to my Roadmaster that I have to pay for myself, and that I consider are Buick's warranty responsibility that they've gotten out of having to pay for by some stupid clause. Read the fine print guys.
The reason you can't hear the sound difference is probably because you don't have an adequate sound system. FYI, there is a HUGE difference in quality from a 128kbit MP3 and a CD.
If the parent was consistent with the grandparent, we are talking about AAC encdoding, not MP3 -- where 128 bit is roughly equivalent to MP3 192 bit.
For my part, as an experienced Mac iTMS user, I installed on my work PC -- zero problems, and instant recognition of my user account at the music store. But since I'm sharing with myself from the mac, it's all good -- all libraries are everywhere.
But, as an added bonus, other users on the corporate network have downloaded and are sharing also -- so I've got libraries coming out of my ears! or better yet -- into my ears! Of course, we can't share our purchased material, but the ripped material (all unencumbered by copyright, naturally -- we're all good little corporate citizens) is everywhere)
Music is what you hear being performed -- it is that which you can hear and enjoy regardless of the medium; the intent, if you will, of the composer and the performer. The Beatles played through a 1.5" speaker on an AM radio has very poor tiny sound -- yet that was enough to let us hear how great the music was.
Now that the sound is tri-amped, remastered, spatialized and otherwise biologically enhanced, we can make so many more observations about the music -- but the music itself is as pure as when it poured out from under JPG&R's fingers.
Or, to put it another way,
If a tree falls in the forest, and noone is around to hear it, it does generate sound.
But only if someone is there to hear it, can that sound be musical.
When IT started to coming to me (the graphics guy) for help on Microsft Office documents, I knew I had 'em.
At first, I was granted access just for printing. Gradually, I hacked into my own e-mail, then the shared drives, and finally the intranet (all with legitimate purpose - I am a content provider).
They didn't (and don't) support me, they tolerated me -- now they consult me.
And finally, the reason I'm needed on the Mac, on the network -- I'm the only one who can get the job done -- on time, under budget, and looking good!
So, maybe your corporation can get by without a Mac guru -- but in this multi-billion dollar energy & chemical corporation, everybody comes to me when they get stuck with the impossible layout or the job that just won't print.
You're describing something that is technically impossible.
Been there done that, got the network.
The only negative was that sharing network over IP precludes using appletalk, so I still needed to get an external router to bring my legacy macs online.
Pro-Tools free is a good package, but in my experience, not a great one.
The main frustration I've experienced is latency. Conversion to audio takes just a fraction of a second -- which is a fraction of a second too much.
The result is that I can't multitrack in sync to a live track. I record an initial midi track for guidance, and run the metronome out to my drum machine. Then I have to record each audio track to the midi -- not to another audio.
Admittedly, this could be the result of my cheap USB audio converter (Telex - functional but not recommended. Noisy, and a possible source of latency)
The upside of Pro Tools Free is just that - it's free!
And... completely off topic... can someone please tell Mr. Bush that outside of Texas it's nuclear, not nuke-u-leer.
I tell him that everytime I hear him say it. Unfortunately, my television seems to have only one-way communication, so I don't htink he's heard me yet.
Sadly, my assistant (typesetter) has decided that since president uses the word nuke-u-leer, that it has now passed into "common usage." Even more sadly, I think she may be right. Unlike a programming language, the (American) English language belongs to the people, and the people make it what it is.
e.g. Pardon me while I rollerblade off to xerox my kleenex, while washing an aspirin down with coke.
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I walked, said, "Shrink...
"I wanna Kill!
"I Wanna Kill!!
"I Wanna KILL!
"Eat dead, burnt bodies.
"I wanna see blood and gore and guts and veins in my teeth.
"I WANNA KILL"
And I started jumpin' up and down, yellin' "KILL! KILL"
An' he was jumpin up and down with me, an' we was both jumpin' up and down, yellin', "Kill, KILL...!"
And the Sergeant came over, said "That's our boy," pinned a medal on me an' sent me on down the hall.
I didn' feel too good about it.
It never ceases to amaze me how some people demand praise for acts that basically require losing any sense of shame.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Eschew obfuscation.
We can't acutally pass this unless the eyes are above the nose.
I thought you were dead! (-1, redundant)
[Archaic grammar nazi mode]
"Thou" is the subjective second person singular.
"Thee" is the objective second person singular.
Example:
Thou shalt not displease the Lord, lest he smite thee.
Or, as my Quaker grandfather was queried when he visited a meeting in a strange land (and imprudently sat near the woman he would eventually marry):
"Who is thee, and where is thee from?"
[/Archaic grammar nazi mode]
Actually, yes. I eat pepperoni right out of the package.
And what happens when you get bored with the same old thousand songs you liked from twenty years ago, and noone's making new music that you like cause there's no money in it?
An approach pioneered by none other that Lord of the Rings itself: a large novel which the publisher chose to break into three parts.
From the article: A regular cappuccino is $2.55 at Starbucks, while at McCafe it is $2.49, only 5 cents less.
2.55
.05
-2.49
_______
??? WTF
You would hope so, wouldn't you.
My wife was very nervous about operating my computer when she first started (an Amiga 2000). She was sure she would break something. I assured her it was very user-friendly, and she couldn't do anything to it that I couldn't fix (not a boast I would make today ;-) ).
She wrote her document. "What do I do now?"
I told her to save the document before printing. She dutifully saved the document -- in the same folder as the word processor -- with the same name as the word processor.
She printed the document successfully, quit the program.
Next day, she wanted to revise the letter. She double-clicked the file icon, which had no application to run it!
When she asked me for help, I looked in the folder window. She indicated "this" was her document. I said, no, that's the program.
She had replaced the word processing program with a document of the same name!
What I told her was true -- she couldn't break anything I couldn't fix. I reinstalled the WP and everything was great after that. But, yes, you can delete or overwrite a running application (at least in Amiga.)
Note: Mac does prevent you from overwriting an app with a document, so thie particular error wouldn't happen on Mac. But I don't see any obstruction to deleting a running application.
Looking deeper into the machine I found a radiator that when running at a certain speed reached a phenomenal noise level. With the hood closed they were bad enough but I felt like I was near a jet taking off if I had the Buick up on blocks. I pulled the radiator out and it looked like it could be replaced by a standard, quieter radiator. I took one from the last Chevy I'd rebuilt (yes I'm multivehicular) and it fit well, so a quick trip into town I bought a new one and installed it.
The Roadmaster was fantastic! The reduction in noise was something I could immediately appreciate, but my happiness didn't last too long. Within half an hour the engine was seizing up and crashing. I opened it once more to see I hadn't been a moron and done anything stupid, when I noticed the Buick supplied fan was BURNING hot. I mean really hot, I couldn't bear to touch it more than momentarily. I never trusted that hose, the sheer bulk of it looked like it was made to be produced easily and not cool properly. I ditched that fan(after letting the machine cool down for an hour!) and replaced it with a plastic box fan blade. I'd never seen cooling like it could do, so it was the logical choice. The fan for the Roadmaster attached differently, but it was easy enough to adapt fan belt with insulated wire tied underneath the oil pan board.
This worked a little better and the Buick started, and stayed running far longer. For about three days, and from then on it wouldn't start. No dome light, just the starter spinning and no tach. Even the engine barely caught a couple of times. By now I was furious, my previous cars had given me little trouble but this one was a pain. I phoned the Buick center nearest me, and as it was only a few years old I was assured everything should be covered by warranty. It turns out because I had MODIFIED the car that my warranty was void. wtf? I added a superior cooling system to the machine, quietened it, IMPROVED it in every way, and they deny my claim? I was livid at the dealer, but couldn't get past his denseness.
Know what else? Buick keeps a record of what you've done. I replaced the original loud radiator, the original fan and tried once more, and again my claim was refused on the basis I'd done the damage myself.
I'm still a Buick driver, but a very annoyed one still waiting on repairs to my Roadmaster that I have to pay for myself, and that I consider are Buick's warranty responsibility that they've gotten out of having to pay for by some stupid clause. Read the fine print guys.
Since David Pogue (The Macintosh "Secrets" and "Dummies" books author) began writing for the NYTimes.
Excellent writer, great humor, and knows more about Mac than Guy Kawasaki!
I have no ipod, and no plans to get one. Yet, I am a happy 2 year user of iTunes, and now iTunes for Windows.
If the parent was consistent with the grandparent, we are talking about AAC encdoding, not MP3 -- where 128 bit is roughly equivalent to MP3 192 bit.
For my part, as an experienced Mac iTMS user, I installed on my work PC -- zero problems, and instant recognition of my user account at the music store. But since I'm sharing with myself from the mac, it's all good -- all libraries are everywhere.
But, as an added bonus, other users on the corporate network have downloaded and are sharing also -- so I've got libraries coming out of my ears! or better yet -- into my ears! Of course, we can't share our purchased material, but the ripped material (all unencumbered by copyright, naturally -- we're all good little corporate citizens) is everywhere)
Now that the sound is tri-amped, remastered, spatialized and otherwise biologically enhanced, we can make so many more observations about the music -- but the music itself is as pure as when it poured out from under JPG&R's fingers.
Or, to put it another way,
If a tree falls in the forest, and noone is around to hear it, it does generate sound.
But only if someone is there to hear it, can that sound be musical.
At first, I was granted access just for printing. Gradually, I hacked into my own e-mail, then the shared drives, and finally the intranet (all with legitimate purpose - I am a content provider).
They didn't (and don't) support me, they tolerated me -- now they consult me.
And finally, the reason I'm needed on the Mac, on the network -- I'm the only one who can get the job done -- on time, under budget, and looking good!
So, maybe your corporation can get by without a Mac guru -- but in this multi-billion dollar energy & chemical corporation, everybody comes to me when they get stuck with the impossible layout or the job that just won't print.
But come one, everybody's got their regional/national variations of pronunciation -- hence Louis == Luigi == Ludwig == Lewis.
Still less confusing than trunk == boot.
I'd mention something about po-tai-to/po-tah-to, but that would probably aggravate the whole French fry conondrum.
Umm... Dude, that's like, three words, yknow.
Been there done that, got the network.
The only negative was that sharing network over IP precludes using appletalk, so I still needed to get an external router to bring my legacy macs online.
Oh, to be writ an ass!
Not counting "Maggie Mae," composed by some Irish neanderthal named "Trad."
(Note to self: Acquire legal name change to "Public T. Domain." Sue eveybody!)
No, he's not, but he should be, dammit! (NP: the Enemy God Dances With the Black Spirits - ELP)
The main frustration I've experienced is latency. Conversion to audio takes just a fraction of a second -- which is a fraction of a second too much.
The result is that I can't multitrack in sync to a live track. I record an initial midi track for guidance, and run the metronome out to my drum machine. Then I have to record each audio track to the midi -- not to another audio.
Admittedly, this could be the result of my cheap USB audio converter (Telex - functional but not recommended. Noisy, and a possible source of latency)
The upside of Pro Tools Free is just that - it's free!
Sadly, my assistant (typesetter) has decided that since president uses the word nuke-u-leer, that it has now passed into "common usage." Even more sadly, I think she may be right. Unlike a programming language, the (American) English language belongs to the people, and the people make it what it is.
e.g. Pardon me while I rollerblade off to xerox my kleenex, while washing an aspirin down with coke.