It could be worse. I listen to many of the same - I'm 44 - but I lost my hearing at 17 (spinal meningitis) and got a cochlear implant 13 years later. It's not bad - I'll definitely take it - but it's not as good as it was. At the same time, I can now listen to my music at ear-splitting levels - don't need to, but I _like_ it:-) - and I just turn down the volume on my CI until it's clear. My car's thumping, but it's not like I'm going to damage my ears - not any worse, anyway...
Are your dad's floor speakers actually filled with speakers? I've noticed that a lot of "tower" speakers are nothing but a couple of 6" jobbies with a large enclosure intending to -appear- big.
On the other hand, my Carvin PM-15's are actually big speakers. They're not tall, but those 15" drivers will shake your pant-leg, if you're standing next to it. I like Blood Hound Gang's "Bad Touch" for just such effect. Turned to "11", of course. They also very nicely mimic the effect of a movie theater: where there's a low rumble, you feel the low rumble.
Each deviation from the "standard" means more work for them. Maybe they're working for the wrong company. In environments where you need imagination and vision, cookie-cutter solutions - or people - won't fit.
So... Stick with Windows? Is someone forcing you to use Macs?
On the other hand, I could argue that the reason for needing the strict controls of AD in the first place is because most users are fuck-ups. You know it - I know it. Just like someone who wants to run Linux in the corporate environment probably knows what they're doing - or they shouldn't be doing it - and can accommodate the corp policy, someone who wants to run OS X on your network also probably knows what they're doing, and can similarly get their box to play nicely. For example, I run my MBP on our corp network, and the IT guys - if they know - don't care because I never bug them asking for concessions to run my MBP. Of course, my anecdote doesn't make it an iron-clad axiom, by any means.
I see your point, but, nowadays, how is that an issue? Seriously. Any machine sold today, or even within the last two years, has enough horsepower for easily 95% of all users. There will always be corner-cases that require special handling. In fact, the fact that you -can- cover 95% of your user base with what exists should be considered a "good thing": less work for you.
You're talking about finding a balance, with which I totally agree. For example, there's "falling" - which usually involves bumps and bruises - and then there's negligence.
Years ago, my son suffered a nasty fall from the monkey bars at the local apartment complex and broke his arm / wrist in four places, requiring 2 pins in the wrist, and 2 near the elbow. It was one of the most god-awful things I've ever seen, and I've broken nearly a dozen bones, myself, so I'm no stranger to that stuff. Turns out that, when I went to check out the monkey bars, afterwards, one of the rungs was loose. He grabbed it, it rolled, he lost his grip and fell awkwardly. I didn't sue the land-lord - shit happens - but they were told about it. Some years later, visiting the old neighborhood after moving away, I checked that rung again and it was still loose. I probably couldn't have sued, by that point, but someone should have. It's one thing to offer potentially risky equipment; it's another to offer flat-out dangerous equipment, or not fix it when informed about it.
Funny thing about that later visit: my son was much bigger - it was about 8 or 9 years after the original fall - and when we were checking out the monkey bars, after all those years, a resident came by and said we shouldn't play on them. A little boy had fallen some years earlier and had gotten seriously hurt.
I hate to admit it, but my brother works for the TSA. He regularly slips "stuff" past the screeners. In fact, that's his job. If he approaches another agent, they know they've already screwed up.
I forget the term for this, but I think it's along the lines of, "They set the bar at this height, we resist a bit, and they lower the bar a little, and we relent, now that the bar is lower, but we've still lost because the bar exists in the first place."
For those not from the Great White North, or not near it's southern border, "timmies" is slang for Tim Horton's, a chain of donut and coffee stores. Named after a hockey player: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Horton
Could yours be a "corner case"? I have plenty of PDF books on both my iPod and iPad (GoodReader) and I have no issues with either. I prefer the iPad, naturally, because of the bigger screen, but I regularly read a PDF book on my iPod during lunch.
This is a good point. Triggers the thought of how non-Native Americans were continually amazed that the Native American population didn't flourish after being confined to reservations. Yes, Native Americans are human, but they didn't give a shit about houses, mortgages, property ownership, etc. We tried forcing them to fit our expectations. One size - "modern man" - does not fit all.
Leave them the fuck alone and they'll be fine. They existed just fine, before.
Then it's another example where soldiers didn't stop to question whether their actions were just: they simply did what they were told. Genocide doesn't happen without complicit actors.
That's actually part of the "problem": back then, 500GB didn't exist. People stored things on floppies - 1.4MB.
I'd wager that the biggest change is bloat. Our files were simple text files and easily sent back and forth. Now, even empty Word files would choke an old dial-up line, never mind the graphics, video, and Flash that are part of nearly every modern web page.
I was in downtown Boston on the 4th of July weekend, and happened upon a unique memorial: it was six four-sided pillars, each about 50 feet high, of clear glass. Pretty, actually. Then I looked closer to see what was etched into the glass. It was a collection of numbers, almost like serial numbers, or concentration camp IDs. My wife nearly collapsed at the realization. All those people, dead, because soldiers were "following orders."
A -human's- first order of responsibility is to do what's right.
Sun / Oracle is "big business" where customers pay -large- sums of money for support and maintenance. Apple G5s are likely home machines, though certainly not in all cases. The printing company at which my wife works still uses G5s, but that's because the owner is cheap. He could upgrade, if he wanted, without too much trouble. However, while he can still load the files produced by his customers, he can still get work done on those old boxes, even if they're not running Lion.
On the other hand, at International MegaCorp, where I work, upgrading our Sun boxes would require a shit-load of work and expense, not the least of which would be FDA re-qualification of the medical equipment that we produce that run on specific Sun SPARC hardware.
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It could be worse. I listen to many of the same - I'm 44 - but I lost my hearing at 17 (spinal meningitis) and got a cochlear implant 13 years later. It's not bad - I'll definitely take it - but it's not as good as it was. At the same time, I can now listen to my music at ear-splitting levels - don't need to, but I _like_ it :-) - and I just turn down the volume on my CI until it's clear. My car's thumping, but it's not like I'm going to damage my ears - not any worse, anyway...
Are your dad's floor speakers actually filled with speakers? I've noticed that a lot of "tower" speakers are nothing but a couple of 6" jobbies with a large enclosure intending to -appear- big.
On the other hand, my Carvin PM-15's are actually big speakers. They're not tall, but those 15" drivers will shake your pant-leg, if you're standing next to it. I like Blood Hound Gang's "Bad Touch" for just such effect. Turned to "11", of course. They also very nicely mimic the effect of a movie theater: where there's a low rumble, you feel the low rumble.
Not the first time, and probably not the last.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedly_butler
Each deviation from the "standard" means more work for them. Maybe they're working for the wrong company. In environments where you need imagination and vision, cookie-cutter solutions - or people - won't fit.
So... Stick with Windows? Is someone forcing you to use Macs?
On the other hand, I could argue that the reason for needing the strict controls of AD in the first place is because most users are fuck-ups. You know it - I know it. Just like someone who wants to run Linux in the corporate environment probably knows what they're doing - or they shouldn't be doing it - and can accommodate the corp policy, someone who wants to run OS X on your network also probably knows what they're doing, and can similarly get their box to play nicely. For example, I run my MBP on our corp network, and the IT guys - if they know - don't care because I never bug them asking for concessions to run my MBP. Of course, my anecdote doesn't make it an iron-clad axiom, by any means.
I see your point, but, nowadays, how is that an issue? Seriously. Any machine sold today, or even within the last two years, has enough horsepower for easily 95% of all users. There will always be corner-cases that require special handling. In fact, the fact that you -can- cover 95% of your user base with what exists should be considered a "good thing": less work for you.
Bingo. This is a BFD article: someone just wants to bitch about Apple.
You're talking about finding a balance, with which I totally agree. For example, there's "falling" - which usually involves bumps and bruises - and then there's negligence.
Years ago, my son suffered a nasty fall from the monkey bars at the local apartment complex and broke his arm / wrist in four places, requiring 2 pins in the wrist, and 2 near the elbow. It was one of the most god-awful things I've ever seen, and I've broken nearly a dozen bones, myself, so I'm no stranger to that stuff. Turns out that, when I went to check out the monkey bars, afterwards, one of the rungs was loose. He grabbed it, it rolled, he lost his grip and fell awkwardly. I didn't sue the land-lord - shit happens - but they were told about it. Some years later, visiting the old neighborhood after moving away, I checked that rung again and it was still loose. I probably couldn't have sued, by that point, but someone should have. It's one thing to offer potentially risky equipment; it's another to offer flat-out dangerous equipment, or not fix it when informed about it.
Funny thing about that later visit: my son was much bigger - it was about 8 or 9 years after the original fall - and when we were checking out the monkey bars, after all those years, a resident came by and said we shouldn't play on them. A little boy had fallen some years earlier and had gotten seriously hurt.
I hate to admit it, but my brother works for the TSA. He regularly slips "stuff" past the screeners. In fact, that's his job. If he approaches another agent, they know they've already screwed up.
I forget the term for this, but I think it's along the lines of, "They set the bar at this height, we resist a bit, and they lower the bar a little, and we relent, now that the bar is lower, but we've still lost because the bar exists in the first place."
Freedom Groping is still an option.
http://www.copblock.org/6076/woman-charged-with-felony-after-groping-female-tsa-agent/
That makes the Thunderbolt Display almost a docking station, then.
Son, the range of things you despise is -way- too narrow. You haven't even touched on New Jersey "drivers".
For those not from the Great White North, or not near it's southern border, "timmies" is slang for Tim Horton's, a chain of donut and coffee stores. Named after a hockey player: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Horton
Could yours be a "corner case"? I have plenty of PDF books on both my iPod and iPad (GoodReader) and I have no issues with either. I prefer the iPad, naturally, because of the bigger screen, but I regularly read a PDF book on my iPod during lunch.
This is a good point. Triggers the thought of how non-Native Americans were continually amazed that the Native American population didn't flourish after being confined to reservations. Yes, Native Americans are human, but they didn't give a shit about houses, mortgages, property ownership, etc. We tried forcing them to fit our expectations. One size - "modern man" - does not fit all.
Leave them the fuck alone and they'll be fine. They existed just fine, before.
Then it's another example where soldiers didn't stop to question whether their actions were just: they simply did what they were told. Genocide doesn't happen without complicit actors.
Only if those generals have followers that are as devoid of a sense of right and wrong as the general. By himself, Pol Pot couldn't have done much.
That's actually part of the "problem": back then, 500GB didn't exist. People stored things on floppies - 1.4MB.
I'd wager that the biggest change is bloat. Our files were simple text files and easily sent back and forth. Now, even empty Word files would choke an old dial-up line, never mind the graphics, video, and Flash that are part of nearly every modern web page.
I was in downtown Boston on the 4th of July weekend, and happened upon a unique memorial: it was six four-sided pillars, each about 50 feet high, of clear glass. Pretty, actually. Then I looked closer to see what was etched into the glass. It was a collection of numbers, almost like serial numbers, or concentration camp IDs. My wife nearly collapsed at the realization. All those people, dead, because soldiers were "following orders."
A -human's- first order of responsibility is to do what's right.
Well said.
Well said, sir. In fact, I'd almost call BS because it's so sensible. Unfortunately, I don't have any mod points.
Not the same comparison, for the most part.
Sun / Oracle is "big business" where customers pay -large- sums of money for support and maintenance. Apple G5s are likely home machines, though certainly not in all cases. The printing company at which my wife works still uses G5s, but that's because the owner is cheap. He could upgrade, if he wanted, without too much trouble. However, while he can still load the files produced by his customers, he can still get work done on those old boxes, even if they're not running Lion.
On the other hand, at International MegaCorp, where I work, upgrading our Sun boxes would require a shit-load of work and expense, not the least of which would be FDA re-qualification of the medical equipment that we produce that run on specific Sun SPARC hardware.
Different purposes:
designing a house and developing a "real" application
vs.
learning how to use a scroll saw and how to use a programming language.
Whoosh, particularly along the variety of "Don't give them any suggestions..."