"What other job would you propose for the thing? It is a low spec machine sold at a very premium price-point. It's one redeeming feature is that is small, quiet and almost looks like a piece of mainstream consumer electronics."
The Mini was specifically designed for switchers and others who wanted a Mac at a lower price than they were previously available for. This was very clear. It's redeeming quality is that it runs OS X. Remember, you represent about 1% of the computer using market as your wants/needs are vastly different than what most of us want a computer to be.
"Frontrow is a quicktime only joke. Where do I get content for that? And don't say iTunes store. Ditch the bundleware and the hardware is nice though, too bad they won't sell em naked."
iTunes store, there, I said it. You have quite obviously never used the bundled iLife apps (iDVD, iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb). As this is merely a part of OS X (see previous redeeming quality), their ease of use, complete integration with each other, and containing much more than normal consumer level features make anything else bundled with any other OS (see % of computer user that you represent) seem like an afterthought.
My first computer was the Apple IIc. It being portable was awesome. I would take it to my room, downstairs, etc... wherever I needed it. I would also connect it to my parents old color TV for my color monitor needs.
I would fall asleep at the desk writing silly basic programs in between playing Ultima IV, Burgertime, DigDug, Lemmings, Lemonade Stand, Bolo, all the favorites. I still have it and boot it once in a while to ensure that all of my floppies are truly magged out. However, one that did work was a game called Sherwood Forest. A Robin Hood puzzle game. Good times...
"I guess "screwing over people who watch a lot of movies" is one of their "improvements" that they've made."
No, it was everything they said, just as you quoted, "enjoy the improvements we've made, including our new Friends and Profiles features. With over 55,000 movies and delivery in about 1 business day, Netflix is better than ever."
How people can think that providing a better service than anyone else out there is screwing you is beyond belief. I suggest you stop using Netflix, and drive to your local BlockBuster store (hopefully you live near one, I do not), and pay your $4 for a possibly edited movie from their selection of crappiness running into the low thousands (most Blockbuster stores hold about 4500 DVD's, including copies). Yeah, that'll show em!!
You people are seriously confused... if you watch 12 movies a month, then NetFlix was a godsend to you. How is this not recognized?
"And I'm supposed to believe that somehow, of all the mail I send, that only my DVDs to Netflix get lost?"
Pretty tempting though, I might say. Little red envelopes, you know what's in them... or, you can speculate as you did. Either way though, it's still far cheaper than going to blockbuster (or any other video store), you don't have to leave the house, and you do get them quickly so your argument is completely illogical. Yeah, you go ahead and protest them by going and renting 12 movies a month from BlockBuster at $4 a pop. That'll show em that delivering movies to your house cheaply won't be stood for! Unless I can burn 30 DVD's a month for 75 cents, I won't stand for it! Boycot!!!
This is far better than what was available to the average person just a little bit ago. NetFlix rocks, and your argument is completely illogical.
When Internet distribution starts, you can say goodbye to quality, and hello to DRM madness. Yay again!!!
"we must give all potential people the rights that people have." Using these "potentials" could save the lives of hordes of "actual" humans. You sir are evil to deny us "actuals" the benefit of scientific discovery via these "pontentials". And what about other forms of sentient life on this planet? What magic (*cough!* religion) gives the human flavor of animal special rights in this area? We slice and dice them like corn stalks without asking first (believe me, they would deny our tastebuds their juicy flesh). Interesting logic you use.
Are you seriously suggesting that we take his words as nothing but the truth and leave it at that? Jeebus dude... at least post some facts or something and then we can show you the changes that were made that make his "words" true, but far from the complete story.
I'm sorry, but the ones we have give the opportunity to represent us should be questioned more than anyone. Take off the blinders.
Parent is incorrect on all accounts (as noted by several good replies). Please, for the love of all that is good in the world, mod him down...
Not only is the parent incorrect about who directed, produced, created Toy Story 2, to suggest that Disney was bought out by Pixar is laughable. Disney is not just Mickey Mouse. Disney owns a hell of a lot of other things...
"If you oust the original founders of the company, it's almost always a death sentence. Apple's board was right to call Jobs back to the helm. But don't think it's something special about Jobs. It's what any company founder should do, and what most would do, because they actually believe in what they're doing."
So all you have to do is keep the founders at the helm and they will be as successful as Steve Jobs has been?
... it round? Big I suppose... it orbits a star, etc...
Seriously though, I don't like how "loose" they're throwing around terms like "earth-like" as much as you do. It just seems we would want a few more likenesses before we start saying things like "earth-like".
"It's hard to judge a movie by it's trailers, but if Cars turns out to be as awful as it looks, Pixar is going to crash and burn when it's released."
Yes, it's very dificult to judge most movies by it's trailer. This is why we shouldn't do it. And to suggest that one bust in a string of hits will destroy PIXAR, then again, there is another gap in reasoning here...
"...and America was founded by hardcore slaveowners..."
... and colonized by Pilgrims who wished to escape religious persecution in order to practice their particular brand of religious fanaticism called Puritan Orthodoxy. Throw in a few million indigenous humans slaughtered due to ignorance, thoughts of divine providence (they needed an excuse, don't ya know!), and greed and you've got yourself a grand beginning! Some may even argue that we continue in this grand tradition today...
Which applications are these? Are they graphics intensive? WinXP via Virtual PC 7 runs just fine on my Dual 1.42 G4, a 3 year old computer. It's actually quite snappy believe it or not.
I only ask this, because I maintain a 150 PC office, and don't have any Windows needs. Not at all. I will have either the Mac version, log into whatever box I need to configure, or will run VPC (had to launch it twice last year, that was it).
There are also apps by Apple that compete with Office.
Pages and Keynote in iWork, AppleWorks spreadsheet *ahem*, and Mail (Mac version of Office includes Entourage). I already like Keynote better than PowerPoint, and Pages, while not as robust (or bloated, whichever you choose) as Word, is far more intuitive for the novice to above average user.
No, I think they will continue to sell Office to as many people as they can.
"1 gig of space, 10 gb transfer, email, backup utilities and video tutorials..."
...and web page creation, annoucements, groups, public access (I can login to my iDisk from a Windows box too), a seemless link from all of my iLife apps, synching to multiple machines, and it's easy to use. I even love the simple feature of having a Bookmarks tab so that you can click away at your favorite links from any computer.
Naw, to me it just a little, tiny bit more than some would pay for it. In other words, exactly where you want it. The parent is merely part of the "some". However, I do think Apple could do a little more to promote some of these great features, along with a slight price break, to make this a "great" part of using OS X.
"Unfortunately it was the only way to play a lot of WMV files."
To verify what "a lot" means, it does not mean most. "Most" WMV files play just great in VLC, the vast majority in fact. The only ones that will not play are ones using WMV3. For those I use Windows Media Player for Mac. So, the only ones that will not play on the Mac are the WMV 10/DRM'd videos (as far as I can tell, and I use this stuff daily). Big freakin' deal. If MS wants to shoot themselves in the foot by not paying a dev a weeks pay to port it to Mac, then fine. This Mac user couldn't care less... It is strange, though, that they would literally cut 4.5-5% (and growing) of the market for what should take a week to port to the Intel Macs (at most). Seems more like a defensive move on MS's part... strange indeed.
"... but I wonder if they would shirk from the idea to appease their iTunes video partners."
Why would their video partners give a shit? You still have to pay for the video first. My Mac still comes standard with a CD burner, and they still sell well over a million songs a day via iTunes. iTunes lets you burn personal copies for backup purposes *cough* with ease, and I'm not sure how this would be any different. If being able to burn them helps them sell, then I promise you, you won't see any video partners shy away from this at all.
"vidence pointing towards a massive black hole at the center of the LMC. (The Milky Way's closest neighbor)"
Um, evidence is pointing towards that being the case in most if not all Galaxies, even our own Milky Way. That article alone was over 5 years old.
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When you say "soup up", you mean to:
Correct the color
Remove blemishes
Correct contrast
Crop, rotate, etc... the list is long. However, it does take a professional eye and a knowledge of how to "correct" the images via software to do it correctly.
BTW, it's also a much easier job (souping up...) when the photograph is taken by a professional. They tend to get the original image much closer to intent. Not only does the image look better (closer to natural), but time to "soup up" is minimal.
I wasn't declaring his logic incorrect. Your assumption thereof was, however.
Of course some things should be feared. That is, by definition, a rhetorical statement. It's kinda like saying, "I support our troops". Of course we do, everyone does. However, it does not mean I support the war, the decision to go to war, or how a slim majority was duped into thinking it was a good idea, on any level. My argument assumed that this current wave of fear of terrorists was being inflated in order to be used to breed consent (the evidence for this is overwhelming). I thought that was particularly clear, I apologize if it was not to some people. I never stated that all fear was unjustified, or that "fearing any threat is wrong", as you suggested. I'm not even sure where you conjured that from. It is quite strange actually.
I merely stated that I found it intriguing that a story about space tourism (ANY type of story) should spawn discussion on all sorts of things, but to have "terrorists" instantly (top modded post) launched to 5 was a sign of proof that what I suggest is true. Nothing more...
It has always been interesting to me to see how invasive the fear of "terrorists" have been installed into the minds of most. Terrorist, the current bogeyman. No more communists to be afraid of (really?), bring in terrorists. Next it will be asteroids, and then space aliens. Whatever it takes to breed consent via fear. It's worked wonders so far...
A story about space tourism, and how easy it's going to be to screen people to make sure we're "safe" getting an instant 5 Insightful is hillarious to me, sorry.
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"What other job would you propose for the thing? It is a low spec machine sold at a very premium price-point. It's one redeeming feature is that is small, quiet and almost looks like a piece of mainstream consumer electronics."
The Mini was specifically designed for switchers and others who wanted a Mac at a lower price than they were previously available for. This was very clear. It's redeeming quality is that it runs OS X. Remember, you represent about 1% of the computer using market as your wants/needs are vastly different than what most of us want a computer to be.
"Frontrow is a quicktime only joke. Where do I get content for that? And don't say iTunes store. Ditch the bundleware and the hardware is nice though, too bad they won't sell em naked."
iTunes store, there, I said it. You have quite obviously never used the bundled iLife apps (iDVD, iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb). As this is merely a part of OS X (see previous redeeming quality), their ease of use, complete integration with each other, and containing much more than normal consumer level features make anything else bundled with any other OS (see % of computer user that you represent) seem like an afterthought.
Yeah, probably an Apple IIe or an Apple II+. I posted a link in my post so you could check out to see what an Apple IIc looked like...
My first computer was the Apple IIc. It being portable was awesome. I would take it to my room, downstairs, etc... wherever I needed it. I would also connect it to my parents old color TV for my color monitor needs.
I would fall asleep at the desk writing silly basic programs in between playing Ultima IV, Burgertime, DigDug, Lemmings, Lemonade Stand, Bolo, all the favorites. I still have it and boot it once in a while to ensure that all of my floppies are truly magged out. However, one that did work was a game called Sherwood Forest. A Robin Hood puzzle game. Good times...
Bullshit, and I can't believe you were modded up.
"I guess "screwing over people who watch a lot of movies" is one of their "improvements" that they've made."
No, it was everything they said, just as you quoted, "enjoy the improvements we've made, including our new Friends and Profiles features. With over 55,000 movies and delivery in about 1 business day, Netflix is better than ever."
How people can think that providing a better service than anyone else out there is screwing you is beyond belief. I suggest you stop using Netflix, and drive to your local BlockBuster store (hopefully you live near one, I do not), and pay your $4 for a possibly edited movie from their selection of crappiness running into the low thousands (most Blockbuster stores hold about 4500 DVD's, including copies). Yeah, that'll show em!!
You people are seriously confused... if you watch 12 movies a month, then NetFlix was a godsend to you. How is this not recognized?
"And I'm supposed to believe that somehow, of all the mail I send, that only my DVDs to Netflix get lost?"
Pretty tempting though, I might say. Little red envelopes, you know what's in them... or, you can speculate as you did. Either way though, it's still far cheaper than going to blockbuster (or any other video store), you don't have to leave the house, and you do get them quickly so your argument is completely illogical. Yeah, you go ahead and protest them by going and renting 12 movies a month from BlockBuster at $4 a pop. That'll show em that delivering movies to your house cheaply won't be stood for! Unless I can burn 30 DVD's a month for 75 cents, I won't stand for it! Boycot!!!
This is far better than what was available to the average person just a little bit ago. NetFlix rocks, and your argument is completely illogical.
When Internet distribution starts, you can say goodbye to quality, and hello to DRM madness. Yay again!!!
"we must give all potential people the rights that people have." Using these "potentials" could save the lives of hordes of "actual" humans. You sir are evil to deny us "actuals" the benefit of scientific discovery via these "pontentials". And what about other forms of sentient life on this planet? What magic (*cough!* religion) gives the human flavor of animal special rights in this area? We slice and dice them like corn stalks without asking first (believe me, they would deny our tastebuds their juicy flesh). Interesting logic you use.
Are you seriously suggesting that we take his words as nothing but the truth and leave it at that? Jeebus dude... at least post some facts or something and then we can show you the changes that were made that make his "words" true, but far from the complete story.
I'm sorry, but the ones we have give the opportunity to represent us should be questioned more than anyone. Take off the blinders.
Parent is incorrect on all accounts (as noted by several good replies). Please, for the love of all that is good in the world, mod him down...
Not only is the parent incorrect about who directed, produced, created Toy Story 2, to suggest that Disney was bought out by Pixar is laughable. Disney is not just Mickey Mouse. Disney owns a hell of a lot of other things...
"If you oust the original founders of the company, it's almost always a death sentence. Apple's board was right to call Jobs back to the helm. But don't think it's something special about Jobs. It's what any company founder should do, and what most would do, because they actually believe in what they're doing."
So all you have to do is keep the founders at the helm and they will be as successful as Steve Jobs has been?
"So it's earth-like how?"
... it round? Big I suppose... it orbits a star, etc...
Seriously though, I don't like how "loose" they're throwing around terms like "earth-like" as much as you do. It just seems we would want a few more likenesses before we start saying things like "earth-like".
"It's hard to judge a movie by it's trailers, but if Cars turns out to be as awful as it looks, Pixar is going to crash and burn when it's released."
Yes, it's very dificult to judge most movies by it's trailer. This is why we shouldn't do it. And to suggest that one bust in a string of hits will destroy PIXAR, then again, there is another gap in reasoning here...
Chiat Day. The gold standard in advertising...
"...and America was founded by hardcore slaveowners..."
... and colonized by Pilgrims who wished to escape religious persecution in order to practice their particular brand of religious fanaticism called Puritan Orthodoxy. Throw in a few million indigenous humans slaughtered due to ignorance, thoughts of divine providence (they needed an excuse, don't ya know!), and greed and you've got yourself a grand beginning! Some may even argue that we continue in this grand tradition today...
Very nice, and thank you. As we know, the AppleWorks spreadsheet couldn't take on Excel, ever...
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben
My favorite quote of his, and quite fitting.
Which applications are these? Are they graphics intensive? WinXP via Virtual PC 7 runs just fine on my Dual 1.42 G4, a 3 year old computer. It's actually quite snappy believe it or not.
I only ask this, because I maintain a 150 PC office, and don't have any Windows needs. Not at all. I will have either the Mac version, log into whatever box I need to configure, or will run VPC (had to launch it twice last year, that was it).
There are also apps by Apple that compete with Office.
Pages and Keynote in iWork, AppleWorks spreadsheet *ahem*, and Mail (Mac version of Office includes Entourage). I already like Keynote better than PowerPoint, and Pages, while not as robust (or bloated, whichever you choose) as Word, is far more intuitive for the novice to above average user.
No, I think they will continue to sell Office to as many people as they can.
"1 gig of space, 10 gb transfer, email, backup utilities and video tutorials..."
...and web page creation, annoucements, groups, public access (I can login to my iDisk from a Windows box too), a seemless link from all of my iLife apps, synching to multiple machines, and it's easy to use. I even love the simple feature of having a Bookmarks tab so that you can click away at your favorite links from any computer.
Naw, to me it just a little, tiny bit more than some would pay for it. In other words, exactly where you want it. The parent is merely part of the "some". However, I do think Apple could do a little more to promote some of these great features, along with a slight price break, to make this a "great" part of using OS X.
...BTW, Flip4Mac will play the WMV files via QT and in browsers, so this truly is a non story...
"Unfortunately it was the only way to play a lot of WMV files."
To verify what "a lot" means, it does not mean most. "Most" WMV files play just great in VLC, the vast majority in fact. The only ones that will not play are ones using WMV3. For those I use Windows Media Player for Mac. So, the only ones that will not play on the Mac are the WMV 10/DRM'd videos (as far as I can tell, and I use this stuff daily). Big freakin' deal. If MS wants to shoot themselves in the foot by not paying a dev a weeks pay to port it to Mac, then fine. This Mac user couldn't care less... It is strange, though, that they would literally cut 4.5-5% (and growing) of the market for what should take a week to port to the Intel Macs (at most). Seems more like a defensive move on MS's part... strange indeed.
"... but I wonder if they would shirk from the idea to appease their iTunes video partners."
Why would their video partners give a shit? You still have to pay for the video first. My Mac still comes standard with a CD burner, and they still sell well over a million songs a day via iTunes. iTunes lets you burn personal copies for backup purposes *cough* with ease, and I'm not sure how this would be any different. If being able to burn them helps them sell, then I promise you, you won't see any video partners shy away from this at all.
"vidence pointing towards a massive black hole at the center of the LMC. (The Milky Way's closest neighbor)"
Um, evidence is pointing towards that being the case in most if not all Galaxies, even our own Milky Way. That article alone was over 5 years old.
When you say "soup up", you mean to:
Correct the color
Remove blemishes
Correct contrast
Crop, rotate, etc... the list is long. However, it does take a professional eye and a knowledge of how to "correct" the images via software to do it correctly.
BTW, it's also a much easier job (souping up...) when the photograph is taken by a professional. They tend to get the original image much closer to intent. Not only does the image look better (closer to natural), but time to "soup up" is minimal.
I wasn't declaring his logic incorrect. Your assumption thereof was, however.
Of course some things should be feared. That is, by definition, a rhetorical statement. It's kinda like saying, "I support our troops". Of course we do, everyone does. However, it does not mean I support the war, the decision to go to war, or how a slim majority was duped into thinking it was a good idea, on any level. My argument assumed that this current wave of fear of terrorists was being inflated in order to be used to breed consent (the evidence for this is overwhelming). I thought that was particularly clear, I apologize if it was not to some people. I never stated that all fear was unjustified, or that "fearing any threat is wrong", as you suggested. I'm not even sure where you conjured that from. It is quite strange actually.
I merely stated that I found it intriguing that a story about space tourism (ANY type of story) should spawn discussion on all sorts of things, but to have "terrorists" instantly (top modded post) launched to 5 was a sign of proof that what I suggest is true. Nothing more...
It has always been interesting to me to see how invasive the fear of "terrorists" have been installed into the minds of most. Terrorist, the current bogeyman. No more communists to be afraid of (really?), bring in terrorists. Next it will be asteroids, and then space aliens. Whatever it takes to breed consent via fear. It's worked wonders so far...
A story about space tourism, and how easy it's going to be to screen people to make sure we're "safe" getting an instant 5 Insightful is hillarious to me, sorry.