That article reads like the opening scene to an outbreak movie.
"Hey the bacteria from the ice are swi... *ack *ack... Arrrrgh!"
Cut to Oval Office:
"Mr. President, there's a situation."
I agree with you. Leave the clerk alone, go talk to the manager, he gets paid to take shit from customers.
On another note, if you don't have the time to watch 20 minutes (that's got to be exaggerated) of trailers, where did you find the time to research the problem on the Internet?
What the hell is Dvorak babblin about? I don't see any "digging" necessary to search Usenet. There's a Groups link right on the google.com main page...
Does Dvorak have crippling arthritis that prevents him from moving his mouse to the Groups link and clicking it?
...but it drives me nuts that they continually limit themselves by not acknowledging the fact that price and games drive the market
Drives the market you're in maybe. In our 1%, those aren't important.
Mac users like me want the computer look good, work well and survive a 24 month period without desperate need of an upgrade.
I am continually amazed how the Slashdot crowd holds Apple to the same paradigms as the x86 world.
Try looking at it this way:
Is Apple making money?
Are they making computers that get their users' jobs done?
Yes on both counts, which means they will continue to do business, and we will continue to buy their products.
Jobs once compared the Apple market share to that of Mercedes and BMW, and I think that was a smart way to look at it. Is there anything wrong with being the Mercedes or BMW of the computer industry?
If you have a legitimate reason to e-mail a company or person, then surely you have a good enough relationship to follow up and ask if they received your mail, and if not, when would be a good time to resend it.
You really think that Apple will make a Spreadsheet app for iWork?
Seems unlikely to me. If there is one place Microsoft truly dominates it's in that market. Excel is a pretty decent tool, and I can't see a lot of users switching out of it considering how much time and effort most companies have put in learning it and building with it.
But hey, I could be wrong... The "Distortion Field" is powerful. I was at Macworld, and I had to muster all my will to not run out of the Expo and buy an iPod shuffle I really have no use for.
There will always be two tops, and seldom will they change positions:
McDonalds, Burger King Nike, Adidas Oracle... Oh wait...
Anyway, I'm blatantly lifting a theory from "The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing" here. But it seems to have proved more or less accurate in the past 25 years of business history,
Wow, and here I thought I was delivering a compliment. Somebody needs to make a little settle down. Even if I did read the code, I wouldn't have a clue about what's going on anyway.
Also, thanks for reading our blog.
i think people that expect apple to put every whim they have into the ipod by default should step back and think about the bustling accessory market that the ipod has created. why would apple want to jeopradize that?
a healthy accessory market means the ipod lives longer as you fiddle it into an ultra gadget. plus is allows apple to keep a semi-reasonable price point.
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That article reads like the opening scene to an outbreak movie. "Hey the bacteria from the ice are swi... *ack *ack... Arrrrgh!" Cut to Oval Office: "Mr. President, there's a situation."
I agree with you. Leave the clerk alone, go talk to the manager, he gets paid to take shit from customers.
On another note, if you don't have the time to watch 20 minutes (that's got to be exaggerated) of trailers, where did you find the time to research the problem on the Internet?
Here's a thought for the Parent: Just let go.
What the hell is Dvorak babblin about? I don't see any "digging" necessary to search Usenet. There's a Groups link right on the google.com main page...
Does Dvorak have crippling arthritis that prevents him from moving his mouse to the Groups link and clicking it?
I think the guy is starting to lose it.
Yeah, I agree, although it is high profile enough to end up on the shitlist if the MPAA was able to overturn the Betamax ruling... However unlikely.
With Lokitorrents getting taken down today, and left with a rather tasteless warning, I wonder if the MPAA will start looking to litigate the source of illegal content, like MythTV?
Do you (slashdot readers) think it's a possibility?
Why do we act surprised when MS claims their stuff is better than Linux based stuff?
Did you expect them to say, "Crap, you got us. Our stuff is, in fact, less secure than the competition... You win we lose. Good game"?
Also with money... You remember money, don't you Eastern Canada? ;)
"Shit man, even the Mona Lisa is falling apart."
- Tyler Durden, Fight Club
Drives the market you're in maybe. In our 1%, those aren't important.
Mac users like me want the computer look good, work well and survive a 24 month period without desperate need of an upgrade.
I am continually amazed how the Slashdot crowd holds Apple to the same paradigms as the x86 world.
Try looking at it this way:
Yes on both counts, which means they will continue to do business, and we will continue to buy their products.
Jobs once compared the Apple market share to that of Mercedes and BMW, and I think that was a smart way to look at it. Is there anything wrong with being the Mercedes or BMW of the computer industry?
If you have a legitimate reason to e-mail a company or person, then surely you have a good enough relationship to follow up and ask if they received your mail, and if not, when would be a good time to resend it.
You really think that Apple will make a Spreadsheet app for iWork?
Seems unlikely to me. If there is one place Microsoft truly dominates it's in that market. Excel is a pretty decent tool, and I can't see a lot of users switching out of it considering how much time and effort most companies have put in learning it and building with it.
But hey, I could be wrong... The "Distortion Field" is powerful. I was at Macworld, and I had to muster all my will to not run out of the Expo and buy an iPod shuffle I really have no use for.
When my partner and I owned datahive, we used to buy and build all our equipment from Daiwa Distribution here in Calgary.
Just before we sold datahive, we bought all our servers from Dell, as they ended up costing less than the DIY 1u systems we were getting.
Daiwa was a good vendor. Friendly staff, good open return policy and a great special order system for non-stocking items.
For our new project, however, we are using all Apple server hardware.
I wish there was a +1 Used 'Apeshit' in a sentence modifier.
There will always be two tops, and seldom will they change positions:
McDonalds, Burger King
Nike, Adidas
Oracle... Oh wait...
Anyway, I'm blatantly lifting a theory from "The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing" here. But it seems to have proved more or less accurate in the past 25 years of business history,
i don't really think SSH qualifies as "usable" in the sense that "usable" these days seems to apply to "could my grandmother use it?".
Amen.
Anyone else think it's funny that this writer said:
Since when do journalists need a conscience? I thought that a lack of conscience would lend itself better to this "craft".
apple could cut their advertising in half with the amount of articles and discussions their stuff generates.
One day to conquer us, and six more to get used to the weather ;)
Wow, and here I thought I was delivering a compliment. Somebody needs to make a little settle down. Even if I did read the code, I wouldn't have a clue about what's going on anyway. Also, thanks for reading our blog.
Frankly, I'm surprised we don't see more problems like this in widely used open source systems like this.
I look at this infrequency as a testament to the development skills of the community at large.
i think people that expect apple to put every whim they have into the ipod by default should step back and think about the bustling accessory market that the ipod has created. why would apple want to jeopradize that? a healthy accessory market means the ipod lives longer as you fiddle it into an ultra gadget. plus is allows apple to keep a semi-reasonable price point.
Ballmer says "We need a $100 PC".
We all know that he wants to further his own business with the hundred dollar albatross, it would be terribly naive of us to think any differently.
However, we are going out right now and trying to make this come true for him. I see links to newegg all over this board.
Fuck him, if he wants a $100 PC, let him pump the R&D money and in and come out with one. Then when he's done we'll put linux on it.
heh... "schlonghorn"... heh heh... you said "schlong".
and me without any mod points for you...