most (all in this case) stock broker trades defy logic and are made by buffoons, so the little bit of software that stopped the trades seems to have worked perfectly
...waiting for the holidays to open our gifts? Call me old fashioned, but I've got a Wii I'm giving my kids but I'm hiding it. I want to see the look on their faces when they open it. I've dying to play it but it seems wrong to open it now and make the holidays a little anti-climactic since the Wii is the big thing they are waiting for.
Windows could [...] just fade away. I don't think MS would be very pleased with this development though
I don't know, I always wonder if Windows is more of a cost than a benefit for MS these days. Are they really going to get back what they put in in terms of money into Vista? Imagine the headache of dealing with all the security issues, lawsuits, etc. Why not stick with Office and visual studio and the other new directions they are going in, rather than carry the albatross of Windows around? I'd say leave the OS work to Apple and concentrate on other things.
This rang a bell, then I remembered this NPR report (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?stor yId=5361844) that I think made the NPR Story of the Day podcast since I listen to that. Although the story more about whether you're happy with a decision you made depending on how much you researched it-- my take on it was that knowing more about equally viable alternatives means more opportunity for regret. So not directly applicable to choices in a UI, but for what it's worth.
Synopsis:
How does the very American activity of considering as many different choices as possible affect our satisfaction when we finally make a decision? Does more choice make us happier? Columbia University professor Sheena Iyengar is challenging the assumption that more is better; she argues that the more choices we have, the less happy we are.
since public areas are the only areas where i've encountered real living breathing attractive people my age, i would easily part with my passwords in order to touch or be touched by one. i consider that an inherent security threat, so something must be done about it.
They're in a circling pattern waiting to get axed or hired away to lobby their former coworkers
actually that came out a little harsh on the employees. they're good people probably doing the best they can. what i mean to say was that when the higher-ups don't value the job you're doing, you're bound to lose morale and turn to other things for your time. the fact that it apparently comes to only 15 minutes a day i think is a testament to their dedication.
I wonder how Google is getting this to work while Apple couldn't in the 1987-1997 time frame. Perhaps it just works better for internet apps than it does for OS development.
Actually for a nerd scared to death of meeting new people, iPod sharing might be the icebreaker that opens up a whole new world. How many of us shy nerds put up a web page in the early days of the web as a way of saying "hello world, here I am-- and I'm interesting?" Something like that but with audio instead of text on a gray backround with a construction sign (but rainbow.gif instead of bracketed 'hr''!)
I don't think there would be a legal problem-- it's the same as iTunes sharing is now: no copying files. Once you turn off sharing/leave network/sleep/turn off the sharing device (computer now, iPod someday) people connected to you can no longer see or play your tunes.
Apple needs to get Bonjour playlist sharing on iPods like it works on iTunes on a laptop when you wander into a wireless network with other people with iTunes sharing on. Forget video, iPods sharing with each other would be the killer feature to take iPods to the next level. Think of the social impact too-- a girl on a subway giving you a little smile and pointing to her iPod as she listens to your shared playlist (I guess that's for version 2.0 when you can fit a base station in an iPod for an ad-hoc wireless network, but still).
I hate to see Microsoft get there first and mess it up, but if it gets the iPod team moving on this, competition is good...
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if you keep them in a safe them cell phone rays can't hurt you! wait...
... er, i least it feels... kinda... like... one...
most (all in this case) stock broker trades defy logic and are made by buffoons, so the little bit of software that stopped the trades seems to have worked perfectly
especially when in the background there's a guy snickering and swearing under his breath while typing frenetically, then running out the door
...the guy in the urinal next to me at the movie theater yesterday trying to sell me extended warranties
...waiting for the holidays to open our gifts? Call me old fashioned, but I've got a Wii I'm giving my kids but I'm hiding it. I want to see the look on their faces when they open it. I've dying to play it but it seems wrong to open it now and make the holidays a little anti-climactic since the Wii is the big thing they are waiting for.
I don't know, I always wonder if Windows is more of a cost than a benefit for MS these days. Are they really going to get back what they put in in terms of money into Vista? Imagine the headache of dealing with all the security issues, lawsuits, etc. Why not stick with Office and visual studio and the other new directions they are going in, rather than carry the albatross of Windows around? I'd say leave the OS work to Apple and concentrate on other things.
by the way, you're going to love the endless video of me wandering around disneyworld pointing at things.
yeah, they never go the distance. so intimidated are they by our geeky stamina.
Small bubbles around torpedo=good
Microbubbles that reduce gas=good
nanobubbles on my scrotum=priceless!
Synopsis:
How does the very American activity of considering as many different choices as possible affect our satisfaction when we finally make a decision? Does more choice make us happier? Columbia University professor Sheena Iyengar is challenging the assumption that more is better; she argues that the more choices we have, the less happy we are.
v'ger approaching heliopause... anyone empathically connected should watch out for some serious mood swings.
since public areas are the only areas where i've encountered real living breathing attractive people my age, i would easily part with my passwords in order to touch or be touched by one. i consider that an inherent security threat, so something must be done about it.
remember the people, people. aliens be damned.
1. sunny
2. no clouds
3. low humidity
4. a cozy fire
+ no life. which just means:
5. some quality alone-time
priceless!
a pink floyd laser show dvd? dude...
It's almost too much to bear! I want my big animals back, now!
actually that came out a little harsh on the employees. they're good people probably doing the best they can. what i mean to say was that when the higher-ups don't value the job you're doing, you're bound to lose morale and turn to other things for your time. the fact that it apparently comes to only 15 minutes a day i think is a testament to their dedication.
... they'd have plenty more to do. They're in a circling pattern waiting to get axed or hired away to lobby their former coworkers.
I wonder how Google is getting this to work while Apple couldn't in the 1987-1997 time frame. Perhaps it just works better for internet apps than it does for OS development.
So that they could re-use the fake landing video from last time? Yeesh, how cheap. At least make it HD this time around.
>This makes me feel old
Having been Dig-Dugged I feel older...
Actually for a nerd scared to death of meeting new people, iPod sharing might be the icebreaker that opens up a whole new world. How many of us shy nerds put up a web page in the early days of the web as a way of saying "hello world, here I am-- and I'm interesting?" Something like that but with audio instead of text on a gray backround with a construction sign (but rainbow.gif instead of bracketed 'hr''!)
I don't think there would be a legal problem-- it's the same as iTunes sharing is now: no copying files. Once you turn off sharing/leave network/sleep/turn off the sharing device (computer now, iPod someday) people connected to you can no longer see or play your tunes.
Apple needs to get Bonjour playlist sharing on iPods like it works on iTunes on a laptop when you wander into a wireless network with other people with iTunes sharing on. Forget video, iPods sharing with each other would be the killer feature to take iPods to the next level. Think of the social impact too-- a girl on a subway giving you a little smile and pointing to her iPod as she listens to your shared playlist (I guess that's for version 2.0 when you can fit a base station in an iPod for an ad-hoc wireless network, but still).
I hate to see Microsoft get there first and mess it up, but if it gets the iPod team moving on this, competition is good...