Wtf is The Foundry? Wtf is Makerspace? Who cares about this? Why is this news?
Usually postings at least have some sort of point to them, but in this case I can't figure out what that may be!
[ Af:1 At:7 Sp:0] Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned.
Vokbain - perhaps religion should be questioned
[ Af:1 At:6 Sp:0] You don't say.
Vokbain - I do
[ Af:2 At:6 Sp:0] Your kid may be an honors student, but you're still an idiot.
Based on my limited conversation with it, Suzette appears to be very representative of the internet as we know it.
1. I have a library - it is a directory structure on the disk IN WHATEVER DESIGN I WANT IT TO BE. Perhaps it is just one HUGE directory with a bazillion files in it.
iTunes can do this.
2. The library is generally untouched by the program unless I explicitly ask the program to reorganize it.
iTunes can do this too.
3. The program maintains a database index of the library in whatever format it likes. New files get indexed, if I delete a file it will be configurable as to whether it stays in the library and just gets marked to no longer be indexed, or whether the file gets purged.
iTunes sort of does this. It doesn't automatically read new files added to the folder, and I don't know if it can automatically remove a missing file from it's database.
4. No matter what formats the associated player handles the library stays in its original format. The interface program will convert on the fly as needed, and not keep hundreds of intermediate files around. The interface program will support plugins (preferably standard ones) to convert formats so that new ones can be supported in the future.
iTunes does this too.
5. The player associated with the program will be designed to handle drag-and-drop file transfer - so that I can just maintain it manually if I prefer. Now, I realize that this would probably lose some benefits of the interface program (auto-conversion, some fancy indexing, etc) - but it should be functional.
iTunes doesn't really do this. You can drag and drop whatever you want from within iTunes, but not from the outside.
While this is a good idea, I'm surprised most ISPs wouldn't do this anyways. It's a considerable waste of bandwidth, and their best interest to reduce spam.
It's not just the features that make me buy an iPod.
Given the choice between buying a 100 GB Rio whatever with a radio and MP3/WMA/OGG/etc and 20 hour battery life, and buying an iPod, even my 20 GB forth generation iPod, I know which one I'd choose.
Completely wrong.
I can most definitely buy my music elsewhere. The vast majority of the music on my iPod came from my CDs. CDs that I bought not from Apple, but from my local music store.
And not coincidentally, I can burn the music I bought from the iTMS onto a regular audio CD that will play on a regular CD player. In fact, I could go to the store right now and buy a $20 CD player that will play music I bought from the iTMS.
There's no monopoly here at all. Not even close.
I know a ton of people who will buy an iMac if it can boot Windows for gaming. If this turns out to work right out of the box, a few of them will probably order their new Macs in a couple days. =)
now you have menubar at top, dock at bottom (or side, ugh!). having the dock jump out at you every time you touch the edge isn't a good UI design either.
The Dock doesn't do that by default.
I leave my Dock visible all the time as well, at it's smallest setting with no zoom enabled.
The install process was easier than a fresh install of OS X (which asks lots more annoying questions).
Like what?
And the last OS X upgrade I did on my iBook required me doing a web search for why it was failing with an obscure message, going into the command line, and patching up the HFS+ file system manually.
Disk Utility is easily accessible from the menubar when booted from a Mac OS X CD or DVD.
I'm tired of hopeless nerds talking smack about my OS.
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More like people who have no idea what phone they have really have no credibility when it comes to being part of this discussion.
That’s the 7 and 7 Plus. Not the 7s or 7s Plus.
There is no 7s or 7s Plus.
Wtf is The Foundry? Wtf is Makerspace? Who cares about this? Why is this news? Usually postings at least have some sort of point to them, but in this case I can't figure out what that may be!
[ Af:1 At:7 Sp:0] Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned.
Vokbain - perhaps religion should be questioned
[ Af:1 At:6 Sp:0] You don't say.
Vokbain - I do
[ Af:2 At:6 Sp:0] Your kid may be an honors student, but you're still an idiot.
Based on my limited conversation with it, Suzette appears to be very representative of the internet as we know it.
When have Microsoft, Apple or Nintendo ever shafted their customers by listing a feature on the box that didn't exist in the actual product?
While I expected Warcraft 2 to be in this discussion somewhere, I didn't expect it to be about blood lust.
The best bug-as-a-feature ever was of course the Warcraft 2 lumber bug. =)
1. I have a library - it is a directory structure on the disk IN WHATEVER DESIGN I WANT IT TO BE. Perhaps it is just one HUGE directory with a bazillion files in it.
iTunes can do this.
2. The library is generally untouched by the program unless I explicitly ask the program to reorganize it.
iTunes can do this too.
3. The program maintains a database index of the library in whatever format it likes. New files get indexed, if I delete a file it will be configurable as to whether it stays in the library and just gets marked to no longer be indexed, or whether the file gets purged.
iTunes sort of does this. It doesn't automatically read new files added to the folder, and I don't know if it can automatically remove a missing file from it's database.
4. No matter what formats the associated player handles the library stays in its original format. The interface program will convert on the fly as needed, and not keep hundreds of intermediate files around. The interface program will support plugins (preferably standard ones) to convert formats so that new ones can be supported in the future.
iTunes does this too.
5. The player associated with the program will be designed to handle drag-and-drop file transfer - so that I can just maintain it manually if I prefer. Now, I realize that this would probably lose some benefits of the interface program (auto-conversion, some fancy indexing, etc) - but it should be functional.
iTunes doesn't really do this. You can drag and drop whatever you want from within iTunes, but not from the outside.
No. Them being a pinhead who can't follow simple instructions automatically makes them a stupid bitch.
Gah, nevermind. That'll show me to not ignore annoying tech discussions for weeks at a time.
You're missing the point that even though they got the trademark for it long ago, Cisco has never had a product named "iPhone" before December 2006.
They should be glad BitTorrent works at all. Students can wait a little while longer to steal movies/games/whatever.
It's a lot harder to port Visual Basic apps to a real operating system?
FPSes with shooters?
While this is a good idea, I'm surprised most ISPs wouldn't do this anyways. It's a considerable waste of bandwidth, and their best interest to reduce spam.
Now I want one.
Unfortunately, it appears my cellular provider can't do it. =(
It's not just the features that make me buy an iPod.
Given the choice between buying a 100 GB Rio whatever with a radio and MP3/WMA/OGG/etc and 20 hour battery life, and buying an iPod, even my 20 GB forth generation iPod, I know which one I'd choose.
Completely wrong. I can most definitely buy my music elsewhere. The vast majority of the music on my iPod came from my CDs. CDs that I bought not from Apple, but from my local music store. And not coincidentally, I can burn the music I bought from the iTMS onto a regular audio CD that will play on a regular CD player. In fact, I could go to the store right now and buy a $20 CD player that will play music I bought from the iTMS. There's no monopoly here at all. Not even close.
I know a ton of people who will buy an iMac if it can boot Windows for gaming. If this turns out to work right out of the box, a few of them will probably order their new Macs in a couple days. =)
now you have menubar at top, dock at bottom (or side, ugh!). having the dock jump out at you every time you touch the edge isn't a good UI design either.
The Dock doesn't do that by default.
I leave my Dock visible all the time as well, at it's smallest setting with no zoom enabled.
The install process was easier than a fresh install of OS X (which asks lots more annoying questions).
Like what?
And the last OS X upgrade I did on my iBook required me doing a web search for why it was failing with an obscure message, going into the command line, and patching up the HFS+ file system manually.
Disk Utility is easily accessible from the menubar when booted from a Mac OS X CD or DVD.
I'm tired of hopeless nerds talking smack about my OS.
Finally, who in their right mind would host any type of server on a Windows or Macintosh machine?
I would. Mac OS X Server and the XServe G5 make me bust in my pants.
here is an entire organization of them: http://www.icr.org/creationscientists/biologicalsc ientists.html
Damn cultists.
Depeche Mode, Baldwin Brothers, ...
Who? I've never heard of them. I have however heard of NIN.
What the funk?
Apple makes software to sell more hardware.
As I've said before, Mac OS X is just the free icing on the cake.