It looks like it is intended for the replacement market. Old ipodders are getting the jitters to replace their 5 and 10 gb models and will probably be happy with these devices are they are used to not having their entire collection on the road with them. It does sorta kill the shuffle though.. What is also interesting to note is that this is the second ipod that is USB only. Is this because they both use the same "mainboard" and adding fw would be too expensive or technically challenging? Or is apple slowly abandoning fw as the end-all of device connectors? Perhaps a sign of this to come? Intel based machines rarely if ever have a fw port and even more rare are the full-size powered connectors like we have'em on iBook/Powerbook... hrmm the mind begins to wonder whether the next generation of laptops will have fw at all!!
Could someone out there with a intel dev box tell us whether there is a fw port on the dev box??
Well... they are occupied but I'd hardly consider the Republic of Iraq to be a nation..
there seems to be a lack of national binding qualities in day to day iraqi life...
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I guess that the question could be formulated in a different light. Imagine a company, an oil company. They are responsible to report about their oil reserves. They botch it up and over report their reserves.. this is a material misstatement in their accounts, it gets figured out and the shareholders go balistic. It is a criminal offence, and rightly so, the oil is their product.
Now, a software company has a serious flaw in their software which challenges it's performance in the marketplace, they chose not to disclose the flaw and as such materially misstate their product value... get the drift?
Considering that the shuttle is built of over 50,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder, I think, private industry is in space.
The fact that Nasa administrates it has more to do with the nature of the operations (Political/Mil/Research) than anything else.
Whether NASA is cost effective in this role is a different matter and privatisation will not help it in this role at all. Just imagine the information flow problems of the Military needing to contract its designs and operations with another private entity! Even more corruption and inefficiency!!
No, the state can deal with such issues, whether the United States can is a different question. The US may be in need of some institutional reform on this note.
The fact that the Shuttle program has setbacks both in design and natural disasters is no fault of the US gov't. The article mentions that their are aerodynamic issues that didn't show in windtunnels or computer models, both of which where outsourced to private enterprise!
The flood in the wake of Katrina is only indirectly the fault of the US gov't, it is a possible effect of global warming. But this being said, forcibly removing citizens from their homes is a task only the Israelis seem capable of doing without violence so let's not be too harsh on the boyz from the National Guard, they did what they could, if the citizens happen to be armed to the hilt and high on crack I fail to see how the military or government could do anything about that (except banning guns but hey, this/. and not the US senate..)
Vast majorities of Europe are below the sea, unbeknownst to most, 80% of the Europeans are in fact fish, herrings to be precise. Those who are not fish are most likely to be worms and spend their time in politics.
The alps are a scam and have nothing to do with Europe, merely with billy-goats.
But the problems are far from over... The old sand levees are old and weak in many areas due to dryness of the soil/sand. This cause them to blow away or sink. There are major concerns over the current level of protection and the governement has started to investigate emergency responses. Last week members of parliament have asked the relevant minister(s) of government to prepare a presentation to the house about the current response strategies.
Ok, MS is trying to keep Linux based products out of thei core markets. I will agree with that.
But to say "Linux" is a product with a core market goes one step to far for me. There are myriads of products and projects availabel based on linux but their is no monolithic linux product, the kernel is a big one but in itself does not constitute a product.
What is the "core market" of something that no-one owns, no-one manages and has no mission plan?
"Linux" has no "core market", there merely many systems using linux based OS' in a scattering of roles.
Microsoft attacks these roles according to value. The Desktop is mucho value for MS and as such, MS is sticking the FUDge everywhere.
Ditto for the application server.
Webhosts contain no added value for MS, the scale is too big the profits too low. However, MS will attack the corporate intranet servers as this is a niche in the webserver market, it's actually slowly moving towards the application server!
Embedded is of value and MS is on the move, same with media/entertainement.
Actually there numerous reports of high profile companies making high profile statements about a "migration project" just to shake and rattle the "other" guys into dropping their pants. It's a known strategy and the companies involved never had any intention to migrate at all, simply get Redmond to lower their prices... it works, it works damn well..
Holy crap! I agree with your question, who the F*&K wants to live in Atlanta!!! Who on earth would take such a commute!
I live in europe, I can walk to work in 10 minutes and I live "downtown" in a major city in Holland, umm lessay about 400,000 inhabitants..
This would be neat! Of course I doubt that the CAT would dare to take such a leap... I like your term reboot monkey, I think I'll use that... I usually refer to them as clickologists...
On another note, did any of y'all get a patch for your ciscos yesterday? It seems to be a pretty big one...
I used the term life-supporting. Not life critical.
But hey, I'll tango...
If it were up to me (and in this universe it isn't..) windows would not be allowed anywhere because Microsoft has no product liability and isn't willing to show us the code so we can fix it or at least determine the risks.
Would you fly an airplane that was "designed for Windows XP?"
Okay, so except for the odd blind slashdotter who has struggled his way into the public library (no dogs allowed, sorry sparky..) to borrow a audiobook (heaven forbid he download them from his braille-terminal at home), what is the problem with reading!!!
Ahaaa...
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It looks like it is intended for the replacement market. Old ipodders are getting the jitters to replace their 5 and 10 gb models and will probably be happy with these devices are they are used to not having their entire collection on the road with them. It does sorta kill the shuffle though.. What is also interesting to note is that this is the second ipod that is USB only. Is this because they both use the same "mainboard" and adding fw would be too expensive or technically challenging? Or is apple slowly abandoning fw as the end-all of device connectors? Perhaps a sign of this to come? Intel based machines rarely if ever have a fw port and even more rare are the full-size powered connectors like we have'em on iBook/Powerbook... hrmm the mind begins to wonder whether the next generation of laptops will have fw at all!!
Could someone out there with a intel dev box tell us whether there is a fw port on the dev box??
Does OSX/Intel support fw???
Yeah, but still, it just sounds great when the astronaut says "Houston, we have a problem"...
Hrrmm. would they transfer my skypeout balance to my paypal?
LOL!
It's good to see that hot air still sells, dang this is almost like the heady days 97-98!!
2.6 Billion dollars for what? A client list? A gateway to copper lines?
Sheesh!
Yep and the Rokr is not an iPhone, it doesn't look ipoddish and hence there is no halo effect.
Well... they are occupied but I'd hardly consider the Republic of Iraq to be a nation.. there seems to be a lack of national binding qualities in day to day iraqi life...
I can see it already..
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I guess that the question could be formulated in a different light. Imagine a company, an oil company. They are responsible to report about their oil reserves. They botch it up and over report their reserves.. this is a material misstatement in their accounts, it gets figured out and the shareholders go balistic. It is a criminal offence, and rightly so, the oil is their product.
Now, a software company has a serious flaw in their software which challenges it's performance in the marketplace, they chose not to disclose the flaw and as such materially misstate their product value... get the drift?
Considering that the shuttle is built of over 50,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder, I think, private industry is in space.
/. and not the US senate..)
The fact that Nasa administrates it has more to do with the nature of the operations (Political/Mil/Research) than anything else.
Whether NASA is cost effective in this role is a different matter and privatisation will not help it in this role at all. Just imagine the information flow problems of the Military needing to contract its designs and operations with another private entity! Even more corruption and inefficiency!!
No, the state can deal with such issues, whether the United States can is a different question. The US may be in need of some institutional reform on this note.
The fact that the Shuttle program has setbacks both in design and natural disasters is no fault of the US gov't. The article mentions that their are aerodynamic issues that didn't show in windtunnels or computer models, both of which where outsourced to private enterprise!
The flood in the wake of Katrina is only indirectly the fault of the US gov't, it is a possible effect of global warming. But this being said, forcibly removing citizens from their homes is a task only the Israelis seem capable of doing without violence so let's not be too harsh on the boyz from the National Guard, they did what they could, if the citizens happen to be armed to the hilt and high on crack I fail to see how the military or government could do anything about that (except banning guns but hey, this
Vast majorities of Europe are below the sea, unbeknownst to most, 80% of the Europeans are in fact fish, herrings to be precise. Those who are not fish are most likely to be worms and spend their time in politics. The alps are a scam and have nothing to do with Europe, merely with billy-goats.
Whre is the article?? Oh, wait, the nes is that some /.'er posted such a wild baseless claim?
It must be the Death Star!!
But the problems are far from over... The old sand levees are old and weak in many areas due to dryness of the soil/sand. This cause them to blow away or sink. There are major concerns over the current level of protection and the governement has started to investigate emergency responses. Last week members of parliament have asked the relevant minister(s) of government to prepare a presentation to the house about the current response strategies.
Hey man, my bumper sticker reads "just visiting this planet"
But I thought the Tsunami thingy killed over 250,000 and not 180,000.....
whatever.. if Pico de Tiede goes, New Orleans will seem like nothing..
Ok, MS is trying to keep Linux based products out of thei core markets. I will agree with that. But to say "Linux" is a product with a core market goes one step to far for me. There are myriads of products and projects availabel based on linux but their is no monolithic linux product, the kernel is a big one but in itself does not constitute a product.
Yeah man, didn't you see that South Park episode wit "Pubic Damian"? With the Pubes from hell!
What is the "core market" of something that no-one owns, no-one manages and has no mission plan? "Linux" has no "core market", there merely many systems using linux based OS' in a scattering of roles. Microsoft attacks these roles according to value. The Desktop is mucho value for MS and as such, MS is sticking the FUDge everywhere. Ditto for the application server. Webhosts contain no added value for MS, the scale is too big the profits too low. However, MS will attack the corporate intranet servers as this is a niche in the webserver market, it's actually slowly moving towards the application server! Embedded is of value and MS is on the move, same with media/entertainement.
Actually there numerous reports of high profile companies making high profile statements about a "migration project" just to shake and rattle the "other" guys into dropping their pants. It's a known strategy and the companies involved never had any intention to migrate at all, simply get Redmond to lower their prices... it works, it works damn well..
Not if they use the Cellular Squirrel!!!
Holy crap! I agree with your question, who the F*&K wants to live in Atlanta!!! Who on earth would take such a commute! I live in europe, I can walk to work in 10 minutes and I live "downtown" in a major city in Holland, umm lessay about 400,000 inhabitants..
LOL!!
This would be neat! Of course I doubt that the CAT would dare to take such a leap... I like your term reboot monkey, I think I'll use that... I usually refer to them as clickologists...
On another note, did any of y'all get a patch for your ciscos yesterday? It seems to be a pretty big one...
Something tells me that this is recent and not available in the EU ;)
Only IBM has an adapter for that...
I'd be impressed if it synced with iSync....
I used the term life-supporting. Not life critical. But hey, I'll tango... If it were up to me (and in this universe it isn't..) windows would not be allowed anywhere because Microsoft has no product liability and isn't willing to show us the code so we can fix it or at least determine the risks. Would you fly an airplane that was "designed for Windows XP?"
Okay, so except for the odd blind slashdotter who has struggled his way into the public library (no dogs allowed, sorry sparky..) to borrow a audiobook (heaven forbid he download them from his braille-terminal at home), what is the problem with reading!!! Ahaaa...
LOL! Didn't see that one coming....
DRM Content that doesn't allow backing up is in breach of law in europe.