As an E65 user who has installed a few apps, I was waiting for this day to come, when people realised that the friendliness and convenience of a Master Control Program for their iPhone would bite them in the balls.
I know someone who has just bought this app, and he's now wondering if Apple are going to force an uninstall, but I think that's unlikely. But of course, it does mean that he now has an unsupported application.
It's reassuring to know that I can point my browser at an address somewhere on the web, and get the software from the creator if I want, and that Nokia aren't going to get in my way.
I recently berated someone who said they had a copy of Wall-E for the kids. I just can't imagine seeing a Pixar movie for the first time on anything but the big screen, and after that, why would I want to see a bunch of beautifully created animation watched through some guy's camcorder?
I think it's almost a form of covetousness. It's not about the experience and pleasure of the movie with this. It's just about having it in almost a box-ticking fashion, or to shut the kids up when they say they want to see it (despite the fact that you'll ruin it for them).
Some critics are, and the good thing is that the internet makes it much easier to start spotting that they repeatedly give soft reviews to the same companies.
There was a list of the biggest box office movies in the UK in terms of seats (so inflation was taken out).
Two of the films in the Top 20 are virtually unknown today. They were made in the post-War austerity years, and were basically lightweight fluff to cheer people up.
To give you an idea of current awareness, each has less than 50 votes on the IMDB (The Godfather has nearly 300,000).
The thing is (and this is unavoidable) there are certain things people want.
I remember seeing The Usual Suspects and telling every person I knew and not one person was that bothered. Why? No big names (Spacey and Del Toro weren't that well known). If it had had Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise or John Travolta in, they'd probably have gone.
I was recently trying to find a music track. Happy to go legal, but I wanted it in MP3 format, but there were lots of crap sites that got spidered, but when I clicked took me to sites which only had it in Windows Media.
In the end, I bought a second hand CD and ripped it.
But a site that allows you to search for a movie/music track, where you specify the target/format seems like a good idea.
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I don't think Microsoft has quite the same level of cult leadership as Apple does with Jobs.
Sure, when a new operating system is launched, Gates would have been there, but you don't have all that secrecy and "one more thing..." nonsense that paints Jobs as more like the Willy Wonka of the computer industry opening up his factory twice a year.
I would say (and I'm really not an Apple fan) that there's a big thing about experience. Non-geeks I know love the iPod because of the ITMS/iTunes/iPod combination and how seemless it is.
Likewise, Macs don't give you much driver trouble as it's a complete solution.
Personally, I prefer the anarchy of using my own damn graphics card and having my music files in a filesystem.
I don't mean to diss Safari. I agree, it's an improvement. It's just that I'm not convinced when people start touting the idea of "proper internet sites" on a small, weedy screen with lots of zooming in and out.
I really don't care (and I've seen Safari on iPhone). Mobile browsing is just horrible.
Give me a real simple site that does the things I might want to do on your site in a mobile context (so, Mr Railway Company, a "what time is the next train") and keep it real simple.
The key thing is that this is 8% of sales in a period. The 4% of course includes a decade of sales previously.
The real problem for Apple is what happens in a recession. All those people who've previously been willing to spend extra for 'cool' might find themselves deciding that food on the table is more important.
Now why don't you find some more mainstream source for this citation which might look a little bit more reliable than the link above.
You're a bit new to this "debating" thing, aren't you? It's not up to the person you're trying to convince to go and find the evidence, it's up to you.
I'm not going to waste my time searching for mainstream articles to back up something on a site that links to 9/11 conspiracy theorists any more than I'm going to search for evidence of the existence of Noah's Ark or the Loch Ness Monster.
Before even making an argument, you should have the information to backup your case.
Just because it's about individuals coming together and making no money doesn't make it communistic. That's exactly what charities and thousands of clubs around the world do.
Quite a few markets have charities/volunteer groups working amongst them. The real ale campaign group CAMRA produces the best beer guide in the UK, in competition with private companies. The Nuffield hospital group in the UK is a non-profit organisation competing against some private facilities.
That said, Stallman would like it to be the only way for code to be written, which is communistic.
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As an E65 user who has installed a few apps, I was waiting for this day to come, when people realised that the friendliness and convenience of a Master Control Program for their iPhone would bite them in the balls.
I know someone who has just bought this app, and he's now wondering if Apple are going to force an uninstall, but I think that's unlikely. But of course, it does mean that he now has an unsupported application.
It's reassuring to know that I can point my browser at an address somewhere on the web, and get the software from the creator if I want, and that Nokia aren't going to get in my way.
just curious - do you use joikuspot to do that, or is there another way?
I recently berated someone who said they had a copy of Wall-E for the kids. I just can't imagine seeing a Pixar movie for the first time on anything but the big screen, and after that, why would I want to see a bunch of beautifully created animation watched through some guy's camcorder?
I think it's almost a form of covetousness. It's not about the experience and pleasure of the movie with this. It's just about having it in almost a box-ticking fashion, or to shut the kids up when they say they want to see it (despite the fact that you'll ruin it for them).
Quite. Dark Knight did well because Batman Begins was a great movie which kick-started the franchise.
my own rule is to go midweek or sunday afternoons. You avoid teenagers in groups and teenagers on dates and get a small, well-behaved audience.
I'm with you there. One of the reasons I'm not convinced by "home cinema" is that it lacks the intensity that those restraints force on you.
Some critics are, and the good thing is that the internet makes it much easier to start spotting that they repeatedly give soft reviews to the same companies.
Two of the films in the Top 20 are virtually unknown today. They were made in the post-War austerity years, and were basically lightweight fluff to cheer people up.
To give you an idea of current awareness, each has less than 50 votes on the IMDB (The Godfather has nearly 300,000).
The thing is (and this is unavoidable) there are certain things people want.
I remember seeing The Usual Suspects and telling every person I knew and not one person was that bothered. Why? No big names (Spacey and Del Toro weren't that well known). If it had had Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise or John Travolta in, they'd probably have gone.
I was recently trying to find a music track. Happy to go legal, but I wanted it in MP3 format, but there were lots of crap sites that got spidered, but when I clicked took me to sites which only had it in Windows Media.
In the end, I bought a second hand CD and ripped it.
But a site that allows you to search for a movie/music track, where you specify the target/format seems like a good idea.
I don't think Microsoft has quite the same level of cult leadership as Apple does with Jobs.
Sure, when a new operating system is launched, Gates would have been there, but you don't have all that secrecy and "one more thing..." nonsense that paints Jobs as more like the Willy Wonka of the computer industry opening up his factory twice a year.
Steve Ballmer. (ducks)
Likewise, Macs don't give you much driver trouble as it's a complete solution.
Personally, I prefer the anarchy of using my own damn graphics card and having my music files in a filesystem.
Disney didn't thrive after Walt died. They made some truly dismal films for about 20 years.
I don't mean to diss Safari. I agree, it's an improvement. It's just that I'm not convinced when people start touting the idea of "proper internet sites" on a small, weedy screen with lots of zooming in and out.
I really don't care (and I've seen Safari on iPhone). Mobile browsing is just horrible.
Give me a real simple site that does the things I might want to do on your site in a mobile context (so, Mr Railway Company, a "what time is the next train") and keep it real simple.
The key thing is that this is 8% of sales in a period. The 4% of course includes a decade of sales previously.
The real problem for Apple is what happens in a recession. All those people who've previously been willing to spend extra for 'cool' might find themselves deciding that food on the table is more important.
One Man Band was possibly better than the whole of Cars. (actually, Cars was OK, but I really don't rate it by Pixar's standards).
The whole point of copyright is to encourage the creative arts. Retroactively extending copyright creates nothing. We get no new works for it.
The only possible justification for extending copyright would be to put it on new works.
Thanks.
Now why don't you find some more mainstream source for this citation which might look a little bit more reliable than the link above.
You're a bit new to this "debating" thing, aren't you? It's not up to the person you're trying to convince to go and find the evidence, it's up to you.
I'm not going to waste my time searching for mainstream articles to back up something on a site that links to 9/11 conspiracy theorists any more than I'm going to search for evidence of the existence of Noah's Ark or the Loch Ness Monster.
Before even making an argument, you should have the information to backup your case.
OK. How do people get "better" than what they get for their behaviour, then?
Just because it's about individuals coming together and making no money doesn't make it communistic. That's exactly what charities and thousands of clubs around the world do.
Quite a few markets have charities/volunteer groups working amongst them. The real ale campaign group CAMRA produces the best beer guide in the UK, in competition with private companies. The Nuffield hospital group in the UK is a non-profit organisation competing against some private facilities.
That said, Stallman would like it to be the only way for code to be written, which is communistic.
Minix utilities often had oddball licenses (like no distribution of modified copies)
Did these pre-date the GPL?