Or just you didn't get my statement. I simply meant that it will work out of the box without troubles and without relying on the goodwill of 3rd party hardware manufacturers. I also did not say they accomplish in doing the thing perfect, but that's what they sell, a bundle of software and hardware, and is their right to sell only what they want.
Apple does not care if you run Linux on it, but they do not sell their macs with linux preinstalled. I said apple sells platforms. When you buy a mac you buy its hardware and its software together, so you indeed bought what they are selling. Running linux on it actually "breaks" the platform, but still you paid it full price. You may argue that is in your right to buy a mac, and then unbundle the software and throw the hardware. Maybe it would not be a problem for Apple, if software weren't so easily replicable, being easy to run on multiple systems (remember you buy license to run on one apple computer at once). Buying the OS alone does not make you pay for the entire price of the platform, so Apple is not interested in it. Sorry for my bad english, i hope i've been anyway clear enough.
Unfortunately, selling platforms is Apple's main activity, they do not sell hardware and/or software. The Mac is a platform composed of Mac OS X and hardware tailored to make it run without glitches, this is what they offer, the fact you don't like it does not authorize you to use a component of their platforms with different hardware. Buying a copy of the OS is not enough even (because they do not make huge profits out of it, they mostly cover R&D costs), yet is probably is enough to shut that little voice saying "don't steal" up:)
What makes you thinking that in western countries things goes differently? At least chinese google has notice that informations are being censored. Here, in western world, most of really important informations are hidden, masked and we are distracted by what the want us to see on TV, just like China..they are just doing that deliberately.
Now reply to this post will be "how can you support your statements?", well to answer directly, take as an example what is happening in Iraq, from the begin, take those US soldiers who shoot an italian intelligence agent and they say it was an accident..
In which way it was killing your system? It was really slower or you just used top or ps to see memory usage? Widgets use a shared memory so they'll all show up as sucking up a lot of memory but they'll actually all be using the same chunk of it.
I've been reading posts here about possible problems like power outage, hacking encryption etc. I believe instead that these door would be safer than normal doors for some reasons:
- Most thieves are not technology experts but rather junkies and the likes, so a door without a keyhole would confuse them enough. (at least here in italy)
- There may be "virtual keychains" allowing you to have all the keys in the same device.
I also believe power outage problems are not issues with a battery powering the device when the main source it unavaiable. If the power outage is weeks long you can always knock down the door (or to better say, have the fireguards do that for you).
But they do not calculate the checksum of the webpage, so this does not change my point. As reported by the article to create collision you must have both the original and "evil" data, and at this point there is really little to do.
Photoshop Elements costs about that much and is enough for 90% of non-pro/advanced amateurs people. Adobe also did a great work because Photoshop Elements is not just a stripped down Photoshop, it also has unique features that while probably not interesting for a pro, will make home users very happy.
Now i've heard a lot of strange things about your work contracts, like that they own the personal work you do at home, but this really beats them all. When i am fired, or i decide to go away from a company i can do whatever i want, except breaking NDAs. If you say this would be impossible to check, you think in 1 year he'll magically forget everything? Maybe they'll legalize brain-washing to protect money-cows?
Is really Microsoft going to be able to enforce this? Can you write whatever you want in contracts?
Uhm why do you make a question and then answer yourself? Yes, before email was popular it happened mails called "catena di Sant Antonio", that were like those mails that required you to send it to other peoples, or those that also wanted you to enter in pyramidal systems. So i was getting mails also from individuals, yes.
Why would this stop spam? In my physical mailbox i get spam as well and don't tell me they don't pay the shipping fee or the guys that put those ads in your mailbox. So how would this be any different? They could afford to spam before the email, so they can also if emailing becomes a paid service.
This keyboard is just a design and an idea, it doesn't describe technology used at all. This is the smartest idea i ever seen for a keyboard ever, very very useful for one like me who needs both italian and romanian layouts, and would love to see Photoshop keys as well.
Ok what's so amazing about this new interface? No really it looks just like Windows XP with another skin (which is not the best either) and icon set. No concept seem to have changed from these screenshots and this is really a shame. You still get the crappy taskbar and the balloons every time the system do something (think the hardware recognition, the balloon says that it found a new hardware, then that it is searching drivers, then that it found drivers, then that it is ready).
Well, the data loss would be constant because even if the nail is not completely replaced, a part will still be missing. Maybe using toe's nails would be a better idea, they are a lot larger and grow much slower than hand nails. But then again, i find this thing to be pretty silly.
Now, ok, some dupes can happen, is normal for a site which updates so often, but really, each week there are lots of dupes. Please editors check the past articles before accepting new ones, at least the recent ones!
I do not make any shareware photo retouching program. And i do not see your logic here. Who decides to use The GIMP actually knows that there is not only Photoshop. But maybe you need some features you don't have in GIMP, or you don't like its interface, or you use OS X and do not like to run X11, etc..Then? Most people pirate Photoshop, and let the shareware ones die, even if they are more suitable for them in most cases.
PS: Photoshop is just an example.
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Or just you didn't get my statement. I simply meant that it will work out of the box without troubles and without relying on the goodwill of 3rd party hardware manufacturers. I also did not say they accomplish in doing the thing perfect, but that's what they sell, a bundle of software and hardware, and is their right to sell only what they want.
Apple does not care if you run Linux on it, but they do not sell their macs with linux preinstalled. I said apple sells platforms. When you buy a mac you buy its hardware and its software together, so you indeed bought what they are selling. Running linux on it actually "breaks" the platform, but still you paid it full price. You may argue that is in your right to buy a mac, and then unbundle the software and throw the hardware. Maybe it would not be a problem for Apple, if software weren't so easily replicable, being easy to run on multiple systems (remember you buy license to run on one apple computer at once). Buying the OS alone does not make you pay for the entire price of the platform, so Apple is not interested in it. Sorry for my bad english, i hope i've been anyway clear enough.
Unfortunately, selling platforms is Apple's main activity, they do not sell hardware and/or software. The Mac is a platform composed of Mac OS X and hardware tailored to make it run without glitches, this is what they offer, the fact you don't like it does not authorize you to use a component of their platforms with different hardware. Buying a copy of the OS is not enough even (because they do not make huge profits out of it, they mostly cover R&D costs), yet is probably is enough to shut that little voice saying "don't steal" up :)
And it will cost less than a decent mobile phone..
What makes you thinking that in western countries things goes differently? At least chinese google has notice that informations are being censored. Here, in western world, most of really important informations are hidden, masked and we are distracted by what the want us to see on TV, just like China..they are just doing that deliberately.
Now reply to this post will be "how can you support your statements?", well to answer directly, take as an example what is happening in Iraq, from the begin, take those US soldiers who shoot an italian intelligence agent and they say it was an accident..
Will Duke Nukem Forever run smooth with this thing?
Sorry, someone had to say that.
Probably because they would not be widgets anymore?
In which way it was killing your system? It was really slower or you just used top or ps to see memory usage? Widgets use a shared memory so they'll all show up as sucking up a lot of memory but they'll actually all be using the same chunk of it.
Strange, here in Italy i saw a lot of them sitting unsold on the store's shelves, even now that Christmas holiday are near.
I've been reading posts here about possible problems like power outage, hacking encryption etc. I believe instead that these door would be safer than normal doors for some reasons:
- Most thieves are not technology experts but rather junkies and the likes, so a door without a keyhole would confuse them enough. (at least here in italy)
- There may be "virtual keychains" allowing you to have all the keys in the same device.
I also believe power outage problems are not issues with a battery powering the device when the main source it unavaiable. If the power outage is weeks long you can always knock down the door (or to better say, have the fireguards do that for you).
But they do not calculate the checksum of the webpage, so this does not change my point. As reported by the article to create collision you must have both the original and "evil" data, and at this point there is really little to do.
But how often to do you view the source of a page you're visiting.
Much more often than i check for their MD5, especially cause nobody posts the MD5 sum of their pages so you can't check them.
Photoshop Elements costs about that much and is enough for 90% of non-pro/advanced amateurs people. Adobe also did a great work because Photoshop Elements is not just a stripped down Photoshop, it also has unique features that while probably not interesting for a pro, will make home users very happy.
It would be way more appropriate for THAT device.
VIXI is the latin for "i lived" so "i'm dead".
Now i've heard a lot of strange things about your work contracts, like that they own the personal work you do at home, but this really beats them all. When i am fired, or i decide to go away from a company i can do whatever i want, except breaking NDAs. If you say this would be impossible to check, you think in 1 year he'll magically forget everything? Maybe they'll legalize brain-washing to protect money-cows?
Is really Microsoft going to be able to enforce this? Can you write whatever you want in contracts?
Uhm why do you make a question and then answer yourself? Yes, before email was popular it happened mails called "catena di Sant Antonio", that were like those mails that required you to send it to other peoples, or those that also wanted you to enter in pyramidal systems. So i was getting mails also from individuals, yes.
Why would this stop spam? In my physical mailbox i get spam as well and don't tell me they don't pay the shipping fee or the guys that put those ads in your mailbox. So how would this be any different? They could afford to spam before the email, so they can also if emailing becomes a paid service.
This keyboard is just a design and an idea, it doesn't describe technology used at all. This is the smartest idea i ever seen for a keyboard ever, very very useful for one like me who needs both italian and romanian layouts, and would love to see Photoshop keys as well.
Ok what's so amazing about this new interface? No really it looks just like Windows XP with another skin (which is not the best either) and icon set. No concept seem to have changed from these screenshots and this is really a shame. You still get the crappy taskbar and the balloons every time the system do something (think the hardware recognition, the balloon says that it found a new hardware, then that it is searching drivers, then that it found drivers, then that it is ready).
Well, the data loss would be constant because even if the nail is not completely replaced, a part will still be missing. Maybe using toe's nails would be a better idea, they are a lot larger and grow much slower than hand nails. But then again, i find this thing to be pretty silly.
Now, ok, some dupes can happen, is normal for a site which updates so often, but really, each week there are lots of dupes. Please editors check the past articles before accepting new ones, at least the recent ones!
Who wanna come to watch , drop at my home! Is just 5$!
No but seriously, maybe there could be market for wealthy people, but who has the room for all those sound boxes and wires?
will it be able to make phone calls?
This P2P service while is legal is not run by the RIAA, most comments seem to assume that the RIAA created that.
I do not make any shareware photo retouching program. And i do not see your logic here. Who decides to use The GIMP actually knows that there is not only Photoshop. But maybe you need some features you don't have in GIMP, or you don't like its interface, or you use OS X and do not like to run X11, etc..Then? Most people pirate Photoshop, and let the shareware ones die, even if they are more suitable for them in most cases. PS: Photoshop is just an example.