Defining the market to be what you compete in - or are you complaining that by splitting laptops and desktops companies are distorting their figures? And as others have said, in that market they hold 92% share, not 54%.
Since it's running the Windows version of iTunes then yeah, it probably has the same requirements as iTunes always does. They wrote libraries to allow it to run; they didn't redesign iTunes itself.
Meanwhile, you do understand that Quicktime is performing all of the AAC/MP3 decoding, right? iTunes is wholy dependent on Quicktime to actually play the media.
Still, a very impressive achievement. The relative stability of the Win32 API could eventually be Microsoft's undoing.
There is a huge body of information that is currently accepted as "fact". Much of history, for example, is relatively unchanging. Basic science only undergoes major upheaval every few decades or centuries. In the meantime, such basics are not subject to opinion in any significant way.
Wikipedia, on the other hand, treats everything as subjective, flowing, and changing. Many things in an "encyclopedia" are not.
For current events and rapidly changing fields, Wikipedia wins hands down over any encyclopedia due to its currency. Otherwise, an authoritative print encyclopedia would be my first stop.
Meanwhile, the monkeys will pelt the intelligensia with shit. And this "small number of gatekeepers" will be overwhelmed with the number of submissions.
This isn't like a Linux kernel at all. There are few people who have the expertise to contribute patches there (relatively speaking). EVERYONE, meanwhile, has an opinion and a little bit of knowledge (emphasis on the little bit).
Odd, the whole point of fink is it DOESN'T make a mess. Unless you go to great lengths to override it, everything it does is installed in/sw. Delete that one directory and everything is gone. Contrast this with other package management systems (GentooPPC et al) that follow the standard UNIX "throw it all in a dozen different directories" model.
Fink makes dealing with source and binary installs a piece of cake. I only wish Gentoo could handle binary installs this seamlessly (you know, I DON'T want to compile KDE from scratch) and neatly.
Welcome to the Mac side of things. We still have a *very* active and vibrant shareware community over here, and a lot of freeware (much of that thanks to GUI wrappers on th UNIX underbelly). I have at least a couple dozen shareware/freeware titles that I couldn't live without.
Additionally, since the shareware/freeware developers know they have to stand out, you get a lot of examples of outstanding interface design (and you also get a flood of RealBASIC crap as well;).
I find it interesting that one of the main criticisms foreign observers had was that we have no national voting standards. Different technologies, different voter verification systems, different procedures, even different laws regarding who can vote (for instance, regarding ex-convicts).
How much of this bullshit is it going to take before the tinfoil hat crowd realizes that national standardization of simple things (voting procedures/equipment/laws) is a good thing?
Avie Tevanian deprecated Metadata. The Technote that recommended removing all metadata, resource forks, type/creator etc (since removed after developer backlash) was written by none other than Tevanian. Obviously he carries a lot of weight, but hardly "Apple" did it. This was very much NeXT imposing its view of computing.
Meanwhile, which filesystem is better - one that can handle named forks or one that can't? I agree that they cause portability problems (and bundles are far more elegant), but the filesystem support is a positive thing (for more on the rationale behind a lot of this, see the "Grand Unified Model" on folklore.org).
And the point being made was that this market segment is not large enough to justify inclusion by the highest volume players.
The only way I see that changing is if the chips these players are based on started to support Ogg. Then the manufacturers could add it for "free", and the size of the market would be irrelevant.
Of course, that ignores the fact that the iPod was wildly successful prior to the launch of the iTunes music store. That was just the final icing on the cake.
I agree that the system would work a lot better with more parties, and most likely be far less polarized. Hell, I'd love to see a Libertarian president. Unfortunately, until people see third party candidates succeeding in other forums, they won't elect a third party candidate for president, out of fear of "wasting their vote". The candidate is not seen as "electable", to use a word that's been circulating a lot lately.
FUD works, and the only way to fight it is to expose how wrong it is. Running for president and losing every four years does the opposite - it reinforces the notion that a third party cannot be elected.
The current reality is people don't have many third-party office-holders to point to. Few can say their local city hall representative is independent. Few can say their state senator is independent. Until the other parties gain mindshare that they are electable in the general sense, then they will not be in the presidential sense.
Start small and focus where you can make some modest but solid gains. Get people used to the idea that independents can win and make a difference. Only then take on the larger political arena. Jumping straight for the presidency makes the "mainstream" voter dismiss you.
Until the general public's mindset changes on this, independents will not be electable for president. And if the candidate is not electable, then yes, it is throwing your vote away. Harsh but true.
What's wrong with Linux is it doesn't come with *A* DVD decoder, *A* CD burner, *A* decent text editor, *A* PDF reader, *A* popup blocker, *AN* FTP client, or *A* graphics file converter. It comes with at least a half-dozen of each that have differing feature sets and no clear direction of which one is "optimal" for the new user to start with.
Linux needs to focus on progressive discoverability - Only expose as much of the interface, programs, and power as necessary. Keep it all in reserve for people who want it, but don't constantly throw it and the millions of settings right in a new user's face.
Every time I hear that "it doesn't matter, they're both evil/sucky/the same", I ask the following:
You have the option of being punched on November 2nd, or shot on November 2nd. One IS going to happen, no matter how much you don't like it, so choose which you want.
Of course, the reason Linux and OS X are virus-free isn't obscurity, it's because they are fundamentally better-designed and more-secure systems. User permissions, lack of access to low-level ports, and few services running by default all contribute to a fundamentally more secure platform.
Of course, most of the "playlists" you mentioned are accomplished by the browse function on an iPod. By and large, allowing the creation of playlists on the device itself is cumbersome at best, which is why Apple mostly avoids it.
And lacking modern medicone, those people die, just like evolutionary theory predicts. The only problem is that modern medicine, while exending our lives and the quality of them, is throwing a bit of a monkey wrench in Darwinism. Not saying it's a bad thing but it should be noted.
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Defining the market to be what you compete in - or are you complaining that by splitting laptops and desktops companies are distorting their figures? And as others have said, in that market they hold 92% share, not 54%.
Meanwhile, you do understand that Quicktime is performing all of the AAC/MP3 decoding, right? iTunes is wholy dependent on Quicktime to actually play the media.
Still, a very impressive achievement. The relative stability of the Win32 API could eventually be Microsoft's undoing.
So, anybody know if the county voted Republican or Democrat?
There is a huge body of information that is currently accepted as "fact". Much of history, for example, is relatively unchanging. Basic science only undergoes major upheaval every few decades or centuries. In the meantime, such basics are not subject to opinion in any significant way.
Wikipedia, on the other hand, treats everything as subjective, flowing, and changing. Many things in an "encyclopedia" are not.
For current events and rapidly changing fields, Wikipedia wins hands down over any encyclopedia due to its currency. Otherwise, an authoritative print encyclopedia would be my first stop.
And thus we abandon the quality and reliability of the portal text?
Meanwhile, the monkeys will pelt the intelligensia with shit. And this "small number of gatekeepers" will be overwhelmed with the number of submissions.
This isn't like a Linux kernel at all. There are few people who have the expertise to contribute patches there (relatively speaking). EVERYONE, meanwhile, has an opinion and a little bit of knowledge (emphasis on the little bit).
Take Slashdot for example.
Ah, but it's very hard to enable that option in Firefox at work. ;)
Odd, the whole point of fink is it DOESN'T make a mess. Unless you go to great lengths to override it, everything it does is installed in /sw. Delete that one directory and everything is gone. Contrast this with other package management systems (GentooPPC et al) that follow the standard UNIX "throw it all in a dozen different directories" model.
Fink makes dealing with source and binary installs a piece of cake. I only wish Gentoo could handle binary installs this seamlessly (you know, I DON'T want to compile KDE from scratch) and neatly.
Welcome to the Mac side of things. We still have a *very* active and vibrant shareware community over here, and a lot of freeware (much of that thanks to GUI wrappers on th UNIX underbelly). I have at least a couple dozen shareware/freeware titles that I couldn't live without.
;).
Additionally, since the shareware/freeware developers know they have to stand out, you get a lot of examples of outstanding interface design (and you also get a flood of RealBASIC crap as well
The issue would be that your computer is in your *living room*.
Fair enough and works for me. :)
I find it interesting that one of the main criticisms foreign observers had was that we have no national voting standards. Different technologies, different voter verification systems, different procedures, even different laws regarding who can vote (for instance, regarding ex-convicts).
How much of this bullshit is it going to take before the tinfoil hat crowd realizes that national standardization of simple things (voting procedures/equipment/laws) is a good thing?
Avie Tevanian deprecated Metadata. The Technote that recommended removing all metadata, resource forks, type/creator etc (since removed after developer backlash) was written by none other than Tevanian. Obviously he carries a lot of weight, but hardly "Apple" did it. This was very much NeXT imposing its view of computing.
Meanwhile, which filesystem is better - one that can handle named forks or one that can't? I agree that they cause portability problems (and bundles are far more elegant), but the filesystem support is a positive thing (for more on the rationale behind a lot of this, see the "Grand Unified Model" on folklore.org).
And the point being made was that this market segment is not large enough to justify inclusion by the highest volume players.
The only way I see that changing is if the chips these players are based on started to support Ogg. Then the manufacturers could add it for "free", and the size of the market would be irrelevant.
Of course, that ignores the fact that the iPod was wildly successful prior to the launch of the iTunes music store. That was just the final icing on the cake.
Ah yes, I too loved the 19th century. Lovely working conditions back in the day...
> Otherwise that entire Florida/Gore/Bush thing would never have happened.
Exactly.
I agree that the system would work a lot better with more parties, and most likely be far less polarized. Hell, I'd love to see a Libertarian president. Unfortunately, until people see third party candidates succeeding in other forums, they won't elect a third party candidate for president, out of fear of "wasting their vote". The candidate is not seen as "electable", to use a word that's been circulating a lot lately.
FUD works, and the only way to fight it is to expose how wrong it is. Running for president and losing every four years does the opposite - it reinforces the notion that a third party cannot be elected.
The current reality is people don't have many third-party office-holders to point to. Few can say their local city hall representative is independent. Few can say their state senator is independent. Until the other parties gain mindshare that they are electable in the general sense, then they will not be in the presidential sense.
Start small and focus where you can make some modest but solid gains. Get people used to the idea that independents can win and make a difference. Only then take on the larger political arena. Jumping straight for the presidency makes the "mainstream" voter dismiss you.
Until the general public's mindset changes on this, independents will not be electable for president. And if the candidate is not electable, then yes, it is throwing your vote away. Harsh but true.
What's wrong with Linux is it doesn't come with *A* DVD decoder, *A* CD burner, *A* decent text editor, *A* PDF reader, *A* popup blocker, *AN* FTP client, or *A* graphics file converter. It comes with at least a half-dozen of each that have differing feature sets and no clear direction of which one is "optimal" for the new user to start with.
Linux needs to focus on progressive discoverability - Only expose as much of the interface, programs, and power as necessary. Keep it all in reserve for people who want it, but don't constantly throw it and the millions of settings right in a new user's face.
Every time I hear that "it doesn't matter, they're both evil/sucky/the same", I ask the following:
You have the option of being punched on November 2nd, or shot on November 2nd. One IS going to happen, no matter how much you don't like it, so choose which you want.
Ahem, he said user interface, not API.
So, you didn't notice the part of that form that said "list previous projects here [exempt]" and make up a few generic codenames?
Of course, the reason Linux and OS X are virus-free isn't obscurity, it's because they are fundamentally better-designed and more-secure systems. User permissions, lack of access to low-level ports, and few services running by default all contribute to a fundamentally more secure platform.
Of course, most of the "playlists" you mentioned are accomplished by the browse function on an iPod. By and large, allowing the creation of playlists on the device itself is cumbersome at best, which is why Apple mostly avoids it.
And lacking modern medicone, those people die, just like evolutionary theory predicts. The only problem is that modern medicine, while exending our lives and the quality of them, is throwing a bit of a monkey wrench in Darwinism. Not saying it's a bad thing but it should be noted.