It's not cool. It's entirely not original. Can someone explain in what way they think it is?
I can tell you why *I* think it's cool:
Unlike something like, say, what Kutiman does, this uses willing participants, knowing beforehand the part they'll be playing in the overall scheme. These aren't "found" sounds.
At least we can finally get an answer one way or another for the fanbois who keep saying "It's their platform, they can do what they want." - because in reality, that's not the case.
but in reality is *is* the case. They developed it, they can market/sell it as they see fit. The fact that people are throwing around the word "antitrust' or "monopoly" is rather ridiculous. There is still plenty of choice. Just because someone chooses to buy into the Apple brand doesn't mean they have to stay in it. Hell, it's not even difficult to leave if you want something different - on any of their platforms, be it computer or phone.
Everything they produce has something comparable (or better, in some cases) in the market. And before you go saying the iPad is unique in the market it's not. There are already options out there.
That's where the LTS releases come in. If you don't want to upgrade, you don't have to. For years.
The problem with this is that many good applications won't support the release for the same amount of time.
Boxee is an excellent example, at least for the last Ubuntu LTS release. They dropped support for it as soon as the next Ubuntu release came out - not an LTS release.
Although maybe I shouldn't talk: how many hours does the average American watch TV a day? Although they wouldn't lock someone up for watching TV for 2 hrs a day, but if they did something crazy like, throw rocks at a tree for 2 hours, everyday, for 3 yrs, someone might notice. I think this guy needs professional help.
Oh, so what...
Really. Yes, plenty of people watch 2 hours of TV a day. Frankly, that's not all that excessive. Figure one 1-hour newscast and one 1-hour length drama/show. Does that put it more in perspective?
I'm not a gamer, so personally, I wouldn't spend 2 hours, let alone 2 minutes, playing a computer game, but the guy hasn't caused anyone any harm, so who cares, really?
It's not sad, it's just the way he chooses to spend his free time. Just as I might choose to spend my free time trying to learn another language - something that many other people would find boring and/or a waste of time.
When you're doing something for a potential client or for a client, having little imperfections like that, imperfections that are uncontrollable, does not make a good impression. That concerns me that there's little things like that that still crop up.
If you've never run into this between versions of MS Office, then I'd say you've not used Excel often enough.
Unless you're saying the way you "control" these imperfections is to have multiple versions of MS Office installed/laying around. That's not what most customers have, and I wouldn't expect them to.
They deal with the imperfections, just as we all do when we get a file saved from a different software version.
Going out in the neighborhood is still an available option in many places.
Even if you live in a suburb, you've most likely chosen to live close to a school for your children, and that usually means there are other children of the same age in your neighborhood.
The trouble with suburbs, though, is that we don't really get to know our neighbors, so we can't really depend on them to help keep an eye on the kids like our parents and neighbors did.
Or maybe I'm just remembering my own childhood in a more positive light than it actually was.
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you're not going to get as much out of it because your friends are all on facebook because their friends are all on facebook.
You used to be able to say the same thing about MySpace. Now nobody uses it, because everybody's moved over to Facebook (or kept their MySpace page, but don't use it).
There's no reason something can't come along and supplant Facebook.
I have had an Orkut page for quite some time (since way before Google got them), but never used it.
Out of curiosity, I went back to take a look. I kind of like what they've done. The page is really pretty lightweight, particularly in comparison with Facebook.
I wonder why Google's not promoting the service. It could be a worthy competitor to Facebook. After all, pretty much everybody I know, tech or not, has a gmail account that could easily be associated with Orkut.
Any other old greybeards out there remember when flying was fun? An adventure, rather than a big PITA only slightly better than traveling on a Greyhound bus?
Yeah, I remember. It used to be ungodly expensive to fly, and we actually dressed nice just to get on a plane. It actually felt civilized.
Now we have cut-rate prices and slobs in flip-flops and mustard-stained t-shirts belching all around us. Sorry if that sounds elitist. It isn't. Lower prices ALWAYS bring the hoards, civilized or not.
The PITA, slightly better-than-Greyhound travel isn't really all due to the nonsense security we have now, though. Let's be clear on that.
I was getting packs of 15 for quite a while, but I never ever used them all. The last couple times I've been given mod points, it's been back to packs of 5, and I do use them.
Of course, it's a bit slower than running from a disk, but it's not unbearable, at least for my needs. Other than speed, no issues whatsoever. All hardware works, but that's because it's virtualized (sound, network, etc). Recognizes all USB peripherals I attach as well.
A cult is largely made up of its followers, not the first disciples that actually shape a belief system.
And, barring some developers here on slashdot that actually use a Mac to do development work on, that pretty much describes the typical Apple user.
I've never actually seen anyone in public using an Apple product for more than what they're told to use it for. Most are completely uninterested in trying to use their device for anything other than its marketed purpose. They're told it's a great product, and that's what they truly believe (although you'll often hear them complain "Why can't it do this?" (particularly if they've come from another device that did these things) or "Dammit, it froze on me again" or "Why did I lose all my songs/whatever."
but I was replying to the oh-so-common "Milwaukee beer rules" mentality.
When I was a kid, I grew up hearing my dad and all his friends refer to Leinenkugel (Chippewa Falls) as "squaw piss". And it really was back then. Since then, they've made huge strides in making the brand an upscale brand now.
I know that there are many craft breweries around Wisconsin. I visit many of them. But Wisconsin has never particularly been known for them.
I spend my springs/summers in NW Wisconsin and enjoy this part of the country very much.
In a city like SF, I can sort of understand why it doesn't really make sense anymore to publish obits.
SF is largely transient. It isn't made up of longstanding communities anymore. Neighborhoods, yes. Communities, not so much. It's largely a young person's town, and most of the young people who live in SF aren't from there. No different than NYC (or any other large, attractive city), I guess.
I think the only places where tightly knit communities would still want that sort of service are mostly small towns, where families and friends still actually commune together. Most suburbs aren't that sort of community either - they're places people go to sleep after working too many hours in another suburb or city.
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I can tell you why *I* think it's cool:
Unlike something like, say, what Kutiman does, this uses willing participants, knowing beforehand the part they'll be playing in the overall scheme. These aren't "found" sounds.
And it has nice production value, too.
but in reality is *is* the case. They developed it, they can market/sell it as they see fit. The fact that people are throwing around the word "antitrust' or "monopoly" is rather ridiculous. There is still plenty of choice. Just because someone chooses to buy into the Apple brand doesn't mean they have to stay in it. Hell, it's not even difficult to leave if you want something different - on any of their platforms, be it computer or phone.
Everything they produce has something comparable (or better, in some cases) in the market. And before you go saying the iPad is unique in the market it's not. There are already options out there.
Most notably in my case, was the use of an external monitor at a different resolution than my netbook.
That was horribly broken in 9.04.
As for uptime, I've only had mine running a couple days on and old Eee 701 (albeit with 2G memory), but it's been solid, so far.
The problem with this is that many good applications won't support the release for the same amount of time.
Boxee is an excellent example, at least for the last Ubuntu LTS release. They dropped support for it as soon as the next Ubuntu release came out - not an LTS release.
That wasn't an upgrade. It was a fresh install. And it probably warned you it was going to be a fresh install too.
Oh, so what...
Really. Yes, plenty of people watch 2 hours of TV a day. Frankly, that's not all that excessive. Figure one 1-hour newscast and one 1-hour length drama/show. Does that put it more in perspective?
I'm not a gamer, so personally, I wouldn't spend 2 hours, let alone 2 minutes, playing a computer game, but the guy hasn't caused anyone any harm, so who cares, really?
It's not sad, it's just the way he chooses to spend his free time. Just as I might choose to spend my free time trying to learn another language - something that many other people would find boring and/or a waste of time.
*Laugh*
No it's not. The clue to its use is in its name.
If you've never run into this between versions of MS Office, then I'd say you've not used Excel often enough.
Unless you're saying the way you "control" these imperfections is to have multiple versions of MS Office installed/laying around. That's not what most customers have, and I wouldn't expect them to.
They deal with the imperfections, just as we all do when we get a file saved from a different software version.
Quite different things.
because of that sentence.
Even if you live in a suburb, you've most likely chosen to live close to a school for your children, and that usually means there are other children of the same age in your neighborhood.
The trouble with suburbs, though, is that we don't really get to know our neighbors, so we can't really depend on them to help keep an eye on the kids like our parents and neighbors did.
Or maybe I'm just remembering my own childhood in a more positive light than it actually was.
I'm pretty sure you meant to say that you and/or some of your friends don't use it anymore. Many people still use Facebook.
You used to be able to say the same thing about MySpace. Now nobody uses it, because everybody's moved over to Facebook (or kept their MySpace page, but don't use it).
There's no reason something can't come along and supplant Facebook.
Out of curiosity, I went back to take a look. I kind of like what they've done. The page is really pretty lightweight, particularly in comparison with Facebook.
I wonder why Google's not promoting the service. It could be a worthy competitor to Facebook. After all, pretty much everybody I know, tech or not, has a gmail account that could easily be associated with Orkut.
Yeah, I remember. It used to be ungodly expensive to fly, and we actually dressed nice just to get on a plane. It actually felt civilized.
Now we have cut-rate prices and slobs in flip-flops and mustard-stained t-shirts belching all around us. Sorry if that sounds elitist. It isn't. Lower prices ALWAYS bring the hoards, civilized or not.
The PITA, slightly better-than-Greyhound travel isn't really all due to the nonsense security we have now, though. Let's be clear on that.
Relax people, it's meant as a joke, not a troll/flamebait/whatever.
I was getting packs of 15 for quite a while, but I never ever used them all. The last couple times I've been given mod points, it's been back to packs of 5, and I do use them.
Of course, it's a bit slower than running from a disk, but it's not unbearable, at least for my needs. Other than speed, no issues whatsoever. All hardware works, but that's because it's virtualized (sound, network, etc). Recognizes all USB peripherals I attach as well.
I run an instance of XP (Ubuntu host) from an SD card no problem. It shouldn't matter what OS the image is, it should run fine.
You could argue that the display is bigger, but that doesn't make it more convenient.
And, barring some developers here on slashdot that actually use a Mac to do development work on, that pretty much describes the typical Apple user.
I've never actually seen anyone in public using an Apple product for more than what they're told to use it for. Most are completely uninterested in trying to use their device for anything other than its marketed purpose. They're told it's a great product, and that's what they truly believe (although you'll often hear them complain "Why can't it do this?" (particularly if they've come from another device that did these things) or "Dammit, it froze on me again" or "Why did I lose all my songs/whatever."
When I was a kid, I grew up hearing my dad and all his friends refer to Leinenkugel (Chippewa Falls) as "squaw piss". And it really was back then. Since then, they've made huge strides in making the brand an upscale brand now.
I know that there are many craft breweries around Wisconsin. I visit many of them. But Wisconsin has never particularly been known for them.
I spend my springs/summers in NW Wisconsin and enjoy this part of the country very much.
Really.
SF is largely transient. It isn't made up of longstanding communities anymore. Neighborhoods, yes. Communities, not so much. It's largely a young person's town, and most of the young people who live in SF aren't from there. No different than NYC (or any other large, attractive city), I guess.
I think the only places where tightly knit communities would still want that sort of service are mostly small towns, where families and friends still actually commune together. Most suburbs aren't that sort of community either - they're places people go to sleep after working too many hours in another suburb or city.
Sorry, just because it's difficult for some doesn't mean it's impossible. It does take training and practice, though.