A) Because the iBook's display out is limited to mirroring the screen in order to preserve running two separate displays as a higher end feature on PowerBooks. Same reason iBook's don't have DVI out (last I checked).
B) There's a hack to enable split displays on iBooks.
Also, it's extremely easy to download MIDI files to the phone for ringtones.
Sony's got Mac software for making the phone "themes" downloadable as well.
When I lost my old, very out of date Nokia, I splurged and actually paid for a new phone for once and got the T637. If you need a camera phone, the camera part of it is practically worthless.
I got it because it was the cheapest Bluetooth phone I could find that wasn't a Motorola. It works great. Bluetooth syncing is great and using it with Salling Clicker is geekily awesome. It always freaks people out to see me using it as a remote for my PowerBook.
and is not simply reselling something.
You sell raffle tickets to some sort of item on the premise that you are getting much more than the item is worth, because the money you raise is for some purpose other than simply selling the item. Hence, a PROMOTION and not a RESELLING.
Read the freaking website
From the FAQ:
"Restrictions on re-selling codes
Q: Can I purchase these codes and re-sell them to customers for my promotion?
A: No. iTunes song codes are available for purchase as giveaway items only. Song codes may not be re-sold to customers or other third parties."
This must explain why consumers can buy a PlayStation 2 version of a game and then play it on an XBox.
Or why PC game makers always produce Mac versions of their games concurrently.
The obvious problem is that what incentive is there for someone to open a music store with encrypted songs that are only playable on the iPod?
Musicians already have ways of submitting their music to the iTMS.
Any large conglomerate opening a music store online is generally stupid or on the "music store" bandwagon, or both. Apple pretty clearly does it because it's a selling point for iPods, and with their early appearance on the scene, they have a good chance to dominate the market until such time as it does become profitable.
So what earthly good does licensing FairPlay do for anyone?
However, in reference to the "spotty references" on developing... there's plenty of reference material for those who look... nice heavy folder full of documentation in the developer tools installation.
Your entire post seems to be based on the premise that because a program is cross-platform, that it somehow makes it more pleasant to use, as far as I can tell.
Please note that I said program and not web browser, as I was referring to PROGRAMS and not WEB BROWSERS. Nowhere was I talking about HTML rendering. I'm talking about interface design.
That's why I said I don't. As with everyone, my opinions just as valid or invalid as any other.
I was commenting on how it FEELS, and I FEEL that it FEELS uncomfortable. I looked at the features, and none of them do anything for me.
In addition, customizing the interface to look like other things does nothing for me.
There's nothing unfair about what I said. It's all opinions.
I'm not saying the developers aren't providing a useful product, it just raises a question in my mind of how worthwhile it is.
Looking at this release, it's not a bad program, but it just feels... bulky. The interface isn't remarkably clean... like a large number of crossplatform programs, it's a sort of bastard, unnatural amalgam of design ideas that don't sit very well with me, at least.
In addition, I continue to not understand the point of writing one application to do several tenuously-linked tasks. Safari, Mail and Address Book are all separate apps, as an example. It's cleaner to provide well-defined applications to do certain functions, and integrate them through communications interfaces than it is to just stick functions X, Y and Z into one ball.
No, it isn't. The mod is clearly of an SE. There are two floppy slots.
The SE/3000 refers to the fact that it has a 3GHz processor in it.
Also, even if it were an SE/30, it's still not an original 30MHz computer. SE/30's were 16 MHz 680THIRTIES.
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A) Because the iBook's display out is limited to mirroring the screen in order to preserve running two separate displays as a higher end feature on PowerBooks. Same reason iBook's don't have DVI out (last I checked). B) There's a hack to enable split displays on iBooks.
Also, it's extremely easy to download MIDI files to the phone for ringtones. Sony's got Mac software for making the phone "themes" downloadable as well.
When I lost my old, very out of date Nokia, I splurged and actually paid for a new phone for once and got the T637. If you need a camera phone, the camera part of it is practically worthless.
I got it because it was the cheapest Bluetooth phone I could find that wasn't a Motorola. It works great. Bluetooth syncing is great and using it with Salling Clicker is geekily awesome. It always freaks people out to see me using it as a remote for my PowerBook.
and is not simply reselling something. You sell raffle tickets to some sort of item on the premise that you are getting much more than the item is worth, because the money you raise is for some purpose other than simply selling the item. Hence, a PROMOTION and not a RESELLING.
As no other product is being promoted.
Read the freaking website From the FAQ: "Restrictions on re-selling codes Q: Can I purchase these codes and re-sell them to customers for my promotion? A: No. iTunes song codes are available for purchase as giveaway items only. Song codes may not be re-sold to customers or other third parties."
Never mind, I've thought back on the people I went to high school with who went to Duke... this guy fits right in.
How did someone who could create that monstrosity of a log style be honestly evaluated as a suitable candidate for acceptance at Duke?
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This must explain why consumers can buy a PlayStation 2 version of a game and then play it on an XBox. Or why PC game makers always produce Mac versions of their games concurrently.
The obvious problem is that what incentive is there for someone to open a music store with encrypted songs that are only playable on the iPod?
Musicians already have ways of submitting their music to the iTMS.
Any large conglomerate opening a music store online is generally stupid or on the "music store" bandwagon, or both. Apple pretty clearly does it because it's a selling point for iPods, and with their early appearance on the scene, they have a good chance to dominate the market until such time as it does become profitable.
So what earthly good does licensing FairPlay do for anyone?
However, in reference to the "spotty references" on developing... there's plenty of reference material for those who look... nice heavy folder full of documentation in the developer tools installation.
There's one reason to not get excited about Opera. Safari - native Cocoa spellchecking Opera - have to install gnu aspell etc etc
Your entire post seems to be based on the premise that because a program is cross-platform, that it somehow makes it more pleasant to use, as far as I can tell. Please note that I said program and not web browser, as I was referring to PROGRAMS and not WEB BROWSERS. Nowhere was I talking about HTML rendering. I'm talking about interface design.
Telling someone why you don't like what they do is constructive, even if it's in very touchy-feely ways.
That's why I said I don't. As with everyone, my opinions just as valid or invalid as any other. I was commenting on how it FEELS, and I FEEL that it FEELS uncomfortable. I looked at the features, and none of them do anything for me. In addition, customizing the interface to look like other things does nothing for me. There's nothing unfair about what I said. It's all opinions.
I'm not saying the developers aren't providing a useful product, it just raises a question in my mind of how worthwhile it is.
Looking at this release, it's not a bad program, but it just feels... bulky. The interface isn't remarkably clean... like a large number of crossplatform programs, it's a sort of bastard, unnatural amalgam of design ideas that don't sit very well with me, at least.
In addition, I continue to not understand the point of writing one application to do several tenuously-linked tasks. Safari, Mail and Address Book are all separate apps, as an example. It's cleaner to provide well-defined applications to do certain functions, and integrate them through communications interfaces than it is to just stick functions X, Y and Z into one ball.
I mean, I'm sure mine wouldn't stand up to a sledgehammer hit, but my 12" is pretty damn solid.
The number of displays is only limited by the number of cards. Case in point, in 1993 I was using a Mac IIx with 5 monitors.
Then it's an SE/30 in an SE case. There was NEVER an SE/30 with dual internal floppies.
I believe that's what I said.
No, it isn't. The mod is clearly of an SE. There are two floppy slots. The SE/3000 refers to the fact that it has a 3GHz processor in it. Also, even if it were an SE/30, it's still not an original 30MHz computer. SE/30's were 16 MHz 680THIRTIES.
Actually, the SE was only 8 MHz.
Or NASA if you must drop the periods, but never Nasa.
This Czech has done something similar, but approximately 10x more elegant and well-thought-out.