As for Macs in the UK, I think the market share is a little lower than it is in the USA (Macs were never, really, the default education choice over here) so you must've got lucky with the people that you met.
Well, you're probably right. At least the others that I met who did use Windows weren't so quick to discount Macs like they do here. I tell people "Yeah, I use a Mac for work." The usual response is something like "What for?" or, "Macs blow goats!" or, "You get your work done with that thing?" In the UK, responses were more polite: "What sort of work do you do?" or, "Does Windows being so popular hinder your work in any way?" See there American Windows fans? Politeness.
Though I personally don't believe in an elected (or hereditary) head of state
IMO, I think we have to have some sort of head-of-state. Everyone needs someone to blame when things aren't going the way they'd like. Might as well be the guy who can wage war for 90 days without congressional approval. The Queen can't do that...can she? Can Tony Blair? I'm not sure.
I do love my country. I just don't like the people in it. If you're so proud of who you are, stop posting as an AC. Baseball, Mom and Apple laptops. I'm all American, you AC buttnut.
So we know EXACTLY how stupid the American media thinks the American people are. And we agree with them.
Come on now. I was just beginning to like you.:) Sure we have a pretty lame image over there...I mean we're using your language, and calling it our own with different spellings (ass/arse, color/colour, plow/plough, etc.); we copied your bicameral system of government and made a mess out of it; copied all your cool DIY shows (Changing Rooms, Ground Force, etc.) and kicked you guys out twice (but let's not dwell on that), not to mention the French, the Spanish, the Mexicans and, oh yeah, we herded all the Indians onto small tiny plots of land and now we're so shocked to see that they are trying to make a living by opening casinos.
But just because the American people are stupid, doesn't mean that an American is stupid (well, maybe in the Midwest, ibid my earlier post). Take the two of us for example: You and I both speak English, we both use Macs (I assume you use one, I always see you here), and we're both relatively intelligent though we disagree on a few points. Can't we just get along?
I like the UK. I like most things British. The first channel I usually turn to is BBC America. Graham Norton is way better than Leno or Letterman. Last time I was in the UK (Wales and Scotland mostly, golfing), I was astounded by how many of the Brits I met used Macs.
I think it sucks that you guys have to pay so much for a Powerbook. In fact, the phrase Apple slashes Powerbook prices should have an altogether different meaning (according to Brit slang). Bummer. Maybe you should cruise out to Cali and go surfing after all.
Exactly. So comparing a Mac Motorola to an Intel x86 is moot.:) Oh, and big V8 muscle cars don't top out at 4000rpm. I had a ' 69 Bonneville that got to 9000rpm on the stock engine, no problem.
Is that why you were all taping up your fucking windows a couple of months ago?
Naw...That was just the folks in the midwest who believe everything the TV tells them to. After all, American Idol does the best in that market. Besides, a little microbe or two doesn't scare us Californians at all! Hell, we surf off beaches that are contaminated with medical waste. *cough cough*
Pardon me...*little bit woozy, head...spinning*...now where was I? Oh yeah, Apple laptops still kick ass. Just as long as they keep the price under that of a brand new Land Rover, I'm a fan for life! Surf's up!
My 4-cyl car runs at 6000RPM. Your big V8 only runs at 3300RPM. Therefore your car is slower.
Before you start throwing the stupid car analogy around, get it right: If your little four-cylinder car goes 90mph at 6000rpm, and my big V8 goes 90mph at 3300rpm, your car is slower. Think about it: when that big V8 gets to 6000rpm, it'll be blowing doors off your rice-burning POS.
Besides, cars, like computers have myriad variables governing their speed. Gear ratios, overall weight, fuel type, aerodynamics, engine condition and even tire pressure all have a say in how fast the car actually goes. Just like a computer has its FPU, RAM, Cache, bus speed, hard drive read/write access speed, etc.
One more thing, Mr. 2Fast 2Furious, if you're running your little four-banger at 6000rpm; I got three words for you: POP THE CLUTCH!
Yah, it seems that Apple's tech support is seriously lacking in the information dept. I am finding the Knowledge Base becoming more and more vague. Still, I have a PC (Windows XP: gaming, serving MP3s) that has had many more crashes, proprietary driver problems, even an ATA bus fry which caused me to replace the mobo. It is super difficult to get support on that machine on account of there are so many different companies to call for support: MS for the OS, Asyx for the mobo, etc.
I can't let Apple's tech support shortfalls get me down as the Mac doesn't have nearly as many problems as my PC POS and I only have to contact one company. It's a good thing I do all my work on the Mac. Maybe I should install Linux or BeOS on the PC instead...
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Finally! There is something on which you and I agree. Maybe I should teach high school so I can make a difference! Jesus. Don't remind me. Now where's that copy of GTA3 Vice City...oh wait, I have a Game Cube.
The problem with your reformatted sentence is that it ends up sounding absurdly pompous.
So does correcting other people's spelling.:)
We should ask ourselves: Is Slashdot really the place to check grammar and spelling? What if the person who wrote the original post does not speak English as his primary language? Perhaps he is the very first Afgani Slashdotter. He could be trying to fit in. I'll wager they don't even have spellcheckers in Afganistan. Poor guy.
I believe that National Geographic is printed at 133 linescreen (or thereabouts). To put your image in their magazine, they would need at least a 266 dpi image at the size they wish to print it (say, 4 x 5 ins.). If you had some 4 x 5 ins. photos on your site at a screen viewable 72 dpi, National Geographic would be SOL unless they print your image at a smaller size (1.083 x 1.353 ins. to be exact) to get the desired resolution. So that's one way to protect your photos.
Another way is to use Photoshop to add a watermark to all your photos. That way if someone steals them, they will be imprinted and difficult to change. Even if they do manage to clone out the watermark, you still have the images with the watermark, and the original hi-res images as well to prove they're yours. In Photoshop, got to Filter > Digimarc > Embed Watermark... There you can use a standard one, or create your own with ID numbers registered at Digimarc's web site, adjust the visibilty, etc.
Please, for your own sake, if you cannot create the art yourself, find somebody. Taking art from other site is not only against the law (in most cases), but it's just plain lazy. What happens when someone recognizes the images? Will you be proud of the fact that someone else's stuff is on your site? Will you give the original artist credit?
This isn't like having an illegally obtained MP3 on your hard drive. Your web site will be out there for everyone to see! Take it from somebody who knows what it's like to be ridiculed for being lazy with his web site. Make your own stuff. You will be happier in the long run that your site is 100% yours. You can show it off with pride.
Wish I could, all I got is my stupid golf blog. I just used a standard template. You think I'm proud of it? No. I am not. But once I get my art made and my site totally re-done, then it'll be something I can use to pick up chicks!
You're the one engaged in the holocaust of the English language, not me.
You need to reformat this sentence. "Me" is an object, not a subject. The proper form is "not I". Perhaps if you wrote: "It is you, not I, that is engaged in the holocaust of the English language."
As a professor of English Literature, it warms my heart to see people trying to make the best of their language. However, you should not fancy yourself a grammarian if all you do is correct other peoples' spelling.
I am going to buy the new Playstation when it comes out. It will look nice next to my aging Game Cube.
somebody fucks up my rendezvous sharing, I'll punch him in the nose.
Well, popular can be a good thing OR a bad thing. Just make sure he takes his glasses off first.
Why insist on doing it illegally, and ruining it for everybody?
I'm not. I totally support legal sharing of music. Heck, I even paid for a whole crapload of songs on iTunes myself:) I'm so stoked about it! I was merely stating that there is always going to be one buttdart out there who isn't going to want to play ball. That just forces the people who make and sell the music to be more restrictive about it. I don't want that at all.
Novell management says they do not intend to stand in the way of the development of the Linux kernel, its companion GNU system, and other Free Software.
Thank GOD I don't have to go out and write a completely new language now...This is gonna save me a whole shitload of work! *WHEW*
I sneaker net all my crap to work via iPod anyway.
Maybe that's just it...They want you to have to buy an iPod for that. I don't mind, I've had my eye on one for a while. I'll wager there are those who don't want to drop the cabbage on an Apple MP3 player (the best one, mind you) just to take the songs to work, though. There's always going to be some buttnut out there who's going to try to share it over a network. And the guy who figures it out over iTunes 4.0.1 is going to be pretty popular.
Let's all go back to smoke signals! Ooops, nevermind...I'm sure the spammers would find a way to get around that, too. They'd probably start huge fires and call it "marketing."
Before you all start throwing words like monopoly and antitrust around, use this handy definition from Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th ed., which the AP uses for copy definitions:
monopoly 1. exclusive control of a commodity or service in a given market, or control that makes possible the fixing of prices and the virtual elimination of free competition. 2. an exclusive priviledge of engaging in a particular business or providing a service, granted by a ruler or by the state. 3. exclusive possession or control of something. 4. something that is held or controlled as a monopoly. 5. a company or combination that has a monopoly. 6. [M-] a game played on a special board by two or more players: they move according to the throw of dice, engaging in mock real estate transactions with play money (who doesn't?).
SYN.- trust a combination of corporations organized for the purpose of gaining a monopoly in which stock is turned over to the trustees who issue stock certificates to the stockholders: trusts are now illegal in the US.
You need to read the next paragraph before you fire off a reply, dude, here it is again: My point was M$ is not a monopoly because there are still viable (and better) choices out there. Anyone can use a Mac for their business. Anyone can use Linux from home. Relax. They will never force me to use their product. It sounds like they're not gonna force you either. And besides, for every company they go after for infringement, two more spring up in its place. Open Source scares the big M$, and it will take over.
JFC I hate repeating myself. Of course I remember the original ruling. I'm saying they are not a monopoly because they aren't the only ones making operating systems! I'm not nitpicking legal decisions here. I'm emphasizing a broad, common sense observation. There is nothing to worry about, gentlegeeks. M$ is never going to take over because there will always be other operating systems out there. They are not broken up because the other judge may have made a political decision, but he also knows (and obviously you don't) that people are smart enough to make their own decisions. No one is forcing anyone to buy Windows. For the people who do buy it (and I feel for them, I really do), no one is forcing them to use only Internet Explorer, or Word or whatever.
You all need to chill. And stop replying as ACs. I give very little credence to anything an AC has to say. You all are just pissing me off this time with your pathetic crying: Oh help me! Microsft is evil. They're making my life miserable! Fix my broken wing! Get off the guilt trip and just don't use any of M$'s crappy software (or hardware, that means you XBox users), and you will be just fine. End of line.
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As for Macs in the UK, I think the market share is a little lower than it is in the USA (Macs were never, really, the default education choice over here) so you must've got lucky with the people that you met.
Well, you're probably right. At least the others that I met who did use Windows weren't so quick to discount Macs like they do here. I tell people "Yeah, I use a Mac for work." The usual response is something like "What for?" or, "Macs blow goats!" or, "You get your work done with that thing?" In the UK, responses were more polite: "What sort of work do you do?" or, "Does Windows being so popular hinder your work in any way?" See there American Windows fans? Politeness.
Though I personally don't believe in an elected (or hereditary) head of state
IMO, I think we have to have some sort of head-of-state. Everyone needs someone to blame when things aren't going the way they'd like. Might as well be the guy who can wage war for 90 days without congressional approval. The Queen can't do that...can she? Can Tony Blair? I'm not sure.
I do love my country. I just don't like the people in it. If you're so proud of who you are, stop posting as an AC. Baseball, Mom and Apple laptops. I'm all American, you AC buttnut.
So we know EXACTLY how stupid the American media thinks the American people are. And we agree with them.
:) Sure we have a pretty lame image over there...I mean we're using your language, and calling it our own with different spellings (ass/arse, color/colour, plow/plough, etc.); we copied your bicameral system of government and made a mess out of it; copied all your cool DIY shows (Changing Rooms, Ground Force, etc.) and kicked you guys out twice (but let's not dwell on that), not to mention the French, the Spanish, the Mexicans and, oh yeah, we herded all the Indians onto small tiny plots of land and now we're so shocked to see that they are trying to make a living by opening casinos.
Come on now. I was just beginning to like you.
But just because the American people are stupid, doesn't mean that an American is stupid (well, maybe in the Midwest, ibid my earlier post). Take the two of us for example: You and I both speak English, we both use Macs (I assume you use one, I always see you here), and we're both relatively intelligent though we disagree on a few points. Can't we just get along?
I like the UK. I like most things British. The first channel I usually turn to is BBC America. Graham Norton is way better than Leno or Letterman. Last time I was in the UK (Wales and Scotland mostly, golfing), I was astounded by how many of the Brits I met used Macs.
I think it sucks that you guys have to pay so much for a Powerbook. In fact, the phrase Apple slashes Powerbook prices should have an altogether different meaning (according to Brit slang). Bummer. Maybe you should cruise out to Cali and go surfing after all.
Exactly. So comparing a Mac Motorola to an Intel x86 is moot. :) Oh, and big V8 muscle cars don't top out at 4000rpm. I had a ' 69 Bonneville that got to 9000rpm on the stock engine, no problem.
Already had one. His name was Ronald Reagan. What a mess. But, staying on topic, Powerbooks kick ass!
Is that why you were all taping up your fucking windows a couple of months ago?
Naw...That was just the folks in the midwest who believe everything the TV tells them to. After all, American Idol does the best in that market. Besides, a little microbe or two doesn't scare us Californians at all! Hell, we surf off beaches that are contaminated with medical waste. *cough cough*
Pardon me...*little bit woozy, head...spinning*...now where was I? Oh yeah, Apple laptops still kick ass. Just as long as they keep the price under that of a brand new Land Rover, I'm a fan for life! Surf's up!
My 4-cyl car runs at 6000RPM. Your big V8 only runs at 3300RPM. Therefore your car is slower.
Before you start throwing the stupid car analogy around, get it right: If your little four-cylinder car goes 90mph at 6000rpm, and my big V8 goes 90mph at 3300rpm, your car is slower. Think about it: when that big V8 gets to 6000rpm, it'll be blowing doors off your rice-burning POS.
Besides, cars, like computers have myriad variables governing their speed. Gear ratios, overall weight, fuel type, aerodynamics, engine condition and even tire pressure all have a say in how fast the car actually goes. Just like a computer has its FPU, RAM, Cache, bus speed, hard drive read/write access speed, etc.
One more thing, Mr. 2Fast 2Furious, if you're running your little four-banger at 6000rpm; I got three words for you: POP THE CLUTCH!
Yah, it seems that Apple's tech support is seriously lacking in the information dept. I am finding the Knowledge Base becoming more and more vague. Still, I have a PC (Windows XP: gaming, serving MP3s) that has had many more crashes, proprietary driver problems, even an ATA bus fry which caused me to replace the mobo. It is super difficult to get support on that machine on account of there are so many different companies to call for support: MS for the OS, Asyx for the mobo, etc.
I can't let Apple's tech support shortfalls get me down as the Mac doesn't have nearly as many problems as my PC POS and I only have to contact one company. It's a good thing I do all my work on the Mac. Maybe I should install Linux or BeOS on the PC instead...
*FLUSH* I like a clean bowl.
Jeeezus H. Christ! That's the best CG I've ever seen! I knew they weren't real!
By the way, Britney Spears and Ricky Martin are cyborgs.
It's not a sunflower you dillweed! It's a daisy. That's exactly what you're gonna be pushing up if you don't shut your trap!
*mind trick* You never saw the daisy. Macs work fine. Go to sleep.
What a strange coincidence that this story appeared right after a story about the Apple firmware update for slot-loading combo drive problems.
I still love Apple. Without them, I'd probably be dead.
"The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" by Julian Jaynes. Intense.
public schooled Americans are FAR, FAR worse.
Finally! There is something on which you and I agree. Maybe I should teach high school so I can make a difference! Jesus. Don't remind me. Now where's that copy of GTA3 Vice City...oh wait, I have a Game Cube.
The problem with your reformatted sentence is that it ends up sounding absurdly pompous.
:)
So does correcting other people's spelling.
We should ask ourselves: Is Slashdot really the place to check grammar and spelling? What if the person who wrote the original post does not speak English as his primary language? Perhaps he is the very first Afgani Slashdotter. He could be trying to fit in. I'll wager they don't even have spellcheckers in Afganistan. Poor guy.
I believe that National Geographic is printed at 133 linescreen (or thereabouts). To put your image in their magazine, they would need at least a 266 dpi image at the size they wish to print it (say, 4 x 5 ins.). If you had some 4 x 5 ins. photos on your site at a screen viewable 72 dpi, National Geographic would be SOL unless they print your image at a smaller size (1.083 x 1.353 ins. to be exact) to get the desired resolution. So that's one way to protect your photos.
Another way is to use Photoshop to add a watermark to all your photos. That way if someone steals them, they will be imprinted and difficult to change. Even if they do manage to clone out the watermark, you still have the images with the watermark, and the original hi-res images as well to prove they're yours. In Photoshop, got to Filter > Digimarc > Embed Watermark... There you can use a standard one, or create your own with ID numbers registered at Digimarc's web site, adjust the visibilty, etc.
Please, for your own sake, if you cannot create the art yourself, find somebody. Taking art from other site is not only against the law (in most cases), but it's just plain lazy. What happens when someone recognizes the images? Will you be proud of the fact that someone else's stuff is on your site? Will you give the original artist credit?
This isn't like having an illegally obtained MP3 on your hard drive. Your web site will be out there for everyone to see! Take it from somebody who knows what it's like to be ridiculed for being lazy with his web site. Make your own stuff. You will be happier in the long run that your site is 100% yours. You can show it off with pride.
Wish I could, all I got is my stupid golf blog. I just used a standard template. You think I'm proud of it? No. I am not. But once I get my art made and my site totally re-done, then it'll be something I can use to pick up chicks!
You're the one engaged in the holocaust of the English language, not me.
You need to reformat this sentence. "Me" is an object, not a subject. The proper form is "not I". Perhaps if you wrote: "It is you, not I, that is engaged in the holocaust of the English language."
As a professor of English Literature, it warms my heart to see people trying to make the best of their language. However, you should not fancy yourself a grammarian if all you do is correct other peoples' spelling.
I am going to buy the new Playstation when it comes out. It will look nice next to my aging Game Cube.
Hey, at least it's funnier sounding than "I have to clean my mouse's optical sensor thingy..."
somebody fucks up my rendezvous sharing, I'll punch him in the nose.
:) I'm so stoked about it! I was merely stating that there is always going to be one buttdart out there who isn't going to want to play ball. That just forces the people who make and sell the music to be more restrictive about it. I don't want that at all.
Well, popular can be a good thing OR a bad thing. Just make sure he takes his glasses off first.
Why insist on doing it illegally, and ruining it for everybody?
I'm not. I totally support legal sharing of music. Heck, I even paid for a whole crapload of songs on iTunes myself
Novell management says they do not intend to stand in the way of the development of the Linux kernel, its companion GNU system, and other Free Software.
Thank GOD I don't have to go out and write a completely new language now...This is gonna save me a whole shitload of work! *WHEW*
I sneaker net all my crap to work via iPod anyway.
Maybe that's just it...They want you to have to buy an iPod for that. I don't mind, I've had my eye on one for a while. I'll wager there are those who don't want to drop the cabbage on an Apple MP3 player (the best one, mind you) just to take the songs to work, though. There's always going to be some buttnut out there who's going to try to share it over a network. And the guy who figures it out over iTunes 4.0.1 is going to be pretty popular.
Let's all go back to smoke signals! Ooops, nevermind...I'm sure the spammers would find a way to get around that, too. They'd probably start huge fires and call it "marketing."
Before you all start throwing words like monopoly and antitrust around, use this handy definition from Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th ed., which the AP uses for copy definitions:
monopoly 1. exclusive control of a commodity or service in a given market, or control that makes possible the fixing of prices and the virtual elimination of free competition. 2. an exclusive priviledge of engaging in a particular business or providing a service, granted by a ruler or by the state. 3. exclusive possession or control of something. 4. something that is held or controlled as a monopoly. 5. a company or combination that has a monopoly. 6. [M-] a game played on a special board by two or more players: they move according to the throw of dice, engaging in mock real estate transactions with play money (who doesn't?).
SYN.- trust a combination of corporations organized for the purpose of gaining a monopoly in which stock is turned over to the trustees who issue stock certificates to the stockholders: trusts are now illegal in the US.
Just so ya know, I'm here to teach.
You need to read the next paragraph before you fire off a reply, dude, here it is again: My point was M$ is not a monopoly because there are still viable (and better) choices out there. Anyone can use a Mac for their business. Anyone can use Linux from home. Relax. They will never force me to use their product. It sounds like they're not gonna force you either. And besides, for every company they go after for infringement, two more spring up in its place. Open Source scares the big M$, and it will take over.
JFC I hate repeating myself. Of course I remember the original ruling. I'm saying they are not a monopoly because they aren't the only ones making operating systems! I'm not nitpicking legal decisions here. I'm emphasizing a broad, common sense observation. There is nothing to worry about, gentlegeeks. M$ is never going to take over because there will always be other operating systems out there. They are not broken up because the other judge may have made a political decision, but he also knows (and obviously you don't) that people are smart enough to make their own decisions. No one is forcing anyone to buy Windows. For the people who do buy it (and I feel for them, I really do), no one is forcing them to use only Internet Explorer, or Word or whatever.
You all need to chill. And stop replying as ACs. I give very little credence to anything an AC has to say. You all are just pissing me off this time with your pathetic crying: Oh help me! Microsft is evil. They're making my life miserable! Fix my broken wing! Get off the guilt trip and just don't use any of M$'s crappy software (or hardware, that means you XBox users), and you will be just fine. End of line.