I agree that both unions and corporations abuse their power - absolute power corrupts absolutely. At the same time, what do you say to someone trying to survive on £16k to £18k a year in the UK or $25-$45k a year in the USA?
I'm running Leopard on an HP Mini 1010, which is a great pocketnotebook for running OS X.
Psystar does not pirate Mac OS X or "sell it cheap" - they do offer it at retail price.
OS X does not use installation authentication in the form of serial numbers and "phone home" unlocking of functionality.
Like it or not, Psystar's software allows you to install operating system software you paid for on hardware you paid for.
Sherwin Williams doesn't restrict their paint products to one kind of house, do they? You can paint anything you want with it.
If Apple is selling (licensing) the software separately from the computer (they never say you have to OWN a Mac to buy OS X) then they should not be able to restrict where you install it, as long as you pay for a license for each machine.
Apple is the Verizon of hardware manufacturers - their only motive for locking (bundling?) hardware and software is profit. Seems to be working - look at last quarter results.
Bundling was declared illegal when IBM did it, and since Apple sells OS X @ retail, I believe anyone who pays for it should be able to install it anywhere they like, as long as they buy a license for each machine.
Otherwise, Apple should only offer OS X pre-installed on their hardware, and force people to buy new computers to receive a new OS when it is released.
and smoked cigarettes while driving (and pregnant, mom at least). A couple of times the hot ash would go out their window and back in ours and hit us in the face. I remember getting splitting headaches on long road trips.
give me an option on my igoogle account that allows me to never ever see google search results returned from any news corp domains-EVER.
I have noticed lately that the most annoying and ignorant Google News headlines originate from foxnews.com and wsj.com, etc.
"Pundits Batter Nobel Committee for Awarding Obama Peace Prize" "Man Asked His Own Daughter for Sex on Facebook" "How Traffic Jams Help the Environment"
I am more than happy with not viewing newscorp content until I pay - which means I will never see it - GREAT IDEA!
I often find that if a news story on the Wall Street Journal is only viewable by premium subscribers, I can go to Google News to search for the title of the article, and I am then able to see it in its entirety...
the original form of napsterization, where piracy is used as the excuse for a hidebound industry's failure to adapt to a changing market . . . ?
or are you referring to:
the subsequent form of napsterization, where a lame-ass re-branding of the original piracy-based model is reduced to irrelevancy due to a failed business model which doesn't addresses legitimate desires and needs of a changing market . . . ?
imagine how pissed Microsoft would be if a device maker had their device show up as a Zune to the Zune software and they kept getting support calls about some 3rd party device.
In the case of the Zune, imitation would not just be the sincerest form of flattery, it would be a validation of its reason for being...
PS - I agree completely re iTunes bloat. I just installed iTunes 4 on my Mac - don't need to sync with any new stuff and it works fine / runs fast for what I need...
You see them a lot at thrift stores and yardsales. I've bought two in the last two years, one for $5 (20k lifetime pages printed) at a yard sale and one for $15 (80k lifetime pages) on Craigslist. Picked up a network card on eBay for $12. Got the postscript ROM and some extra memory for about $30 more.
For $47 you won't find a better black and white laser printer. I'm still using the toner cartridge that came with them, but you can pick up re-manufactured ones for about $50. You'll get about 3000 pages on average before you need new toner.
I was given an HP CP1700 Color InkJet printer for free, when its LCD display stopped working. Bought a network interface on eBay for $25. It has 100BaseT, USB & parallel interfaces, prints up to 17" x 20" with individual (CMYK) color cartridges. Once I pulled out the internal battery it stopped checking whether or not my cartridges were re-manufactured. Refills are about $20 and last quite a while. It has AWESOME print quality - and I can print from XP or OS X 10.6
I also (!) bought a LaserJet 4MV for $10 at the local thrift store - I remember when these sold for $3800! It makes a slight buzzing noise, but I can print magnificent 11x17 600DPI pages. Re-manufactured toners are about $60.
I installed a LaserJet 4 for a client in 1993, which has been in continuous use turning out over a million pages with no service repairs, ever - just new toner.
They really don't make them like they used to. Considering the cheap-ass shiny crap that HP turns out today, with its DRMed ink and toner cartridges programmed to stop working long before they run dry, I'll stick with this vintage stuff a little while longer...
The USA will declare them a terrorist organization, conduct electronic surveillance on their members and prosecute everyone contributing money towards their cause...
...but at The Microsoft Store® they'll be selling shit and calling it Shinola. I like Apple's products, but I am not nearly as impressed with their salespeople - most of them are awfully snooty.
Microsoft better make sure one of them brings along Steve's reality distortion field - they're gonna need it...
as I've posted elsewhere on/., I wrote a multiuser microcomputer database (not SQL!) app that's been running more or less continuously since 1991. it started on a network of Mac Pluses, was converted to Windows 95 and is now a terminal server app being rewritten as a web app (by someone else - I'm a project manager now).
Some of the people at the government agency who help me write this are retired, some are dead, and a few are still working there.
so much technology has changed, but the Peter Principle has certainly remained consistent over the years...
when I was a mainframe computer operator in the late 70's I wrote a COBOL program to simulate a slot machine. It ran as a batch job, with the gaming interaction taking place on the system console. it was quite entertaining for long idle night shifts, but management didn't like seeing my timestamped game sessions in the console logs, so the program was quickly retired...
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I agree that both unions and corporations abuse their power - absolute power corrupts absolutely. At the same time, what do you say to someone trying to survive on £16k to £18k a year in the UK or $25-$45k a year in the USA?
Amazing!
I'm running Leopard on an HP Mini 1010, which is a great pocketnotebook for running OS X.
Psystar does not pirate Mac OS X or "sell it cheap" - they do offer it at retail price.
OS X does not use installation authentication in the form of serial numbers and "phone home" unlocking of functionality.
Like it or not, Psystar's software allows you to install operating system software you paid for on hardware you paid for.
Sherwin Williams doesn't restrict their paint products to one kind of house, do they? You can paint anything you want with it.
If Apple is selling (licensing) the software separately from the computer (they never say you have to OWN a Mac to buy OS X) then they should not be able to restrict where you install it, as long as you pay for a license for each machine.
Apple is the Verizon of hardware manufacturers - their only motive for locking (bundling?) hardware and software is profit. Seems to be working - look at last quarter results.
Bundling was declared illegal when IBM did it, and since Apple sells OS X @ retail, I believe anyone who pays for it should be able to install it anywhere they like, as long as they buy a license for each machine.
Otherwise, Apple should only offer OS X pre-installed on their hardware, and force people to buy new computers to receive a new OS when it is released.
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and smoked cigarettes while driving (and pregnant, mom at least). A couple of times the hot ash would go out their window and back in ours and hit us in the face. I remember getting splitting headaches on long road trips.
no, they just throw a chair...
but, you don't get the ballmer signed edition...
give me an option on my igoogle account that allows me to never ever see google search results returned from any news corp domains-EVER.
I have noticed lately that the most annoying and ignorant Google News headlines originate from foxnews.com and wsj.com, etc.
"Pundits Batter Nobel Committee for Awarding Obama Peace Prize"
"Man Asked His Own Daughter for Sex on Facebook"
"How Traffic Jams Help the Environment"
I am more than happy with not viewing newscorp content until I pay - which means I will never see it - GREAT IDEA!
thanks!
I often find that if a news story on the Wall Street Journal is only viewable by premium subscribers, I can go to Google News to search for the title of the article, and I am then able to see it in its entirety...
Are you referring to:
the original form of napsterization, where piracy is used as the excuse for a hidebound industry's failure to adapt to a changing market . . . ?
or are you referring to:
the subsequent form of napsterization, where a lame-ass re-branding of the original piracy-based model is reduced to irrelevancy due to a failed business model which doesn't addresses legitimate desires and needs of a changing market . . . ?
In the case of the Zune, imitation would not just be the sincerest form of flattery, it would be a validation of its reason for being...
PS - I agree completely re iTunes bloat. I just installed iTunes 4 on my Mac - don't need to sync with any new stuff and it works fine / runs fast for what I need...
the photo of the printer in the title of this article is an HP LaserJet 2100...
You see them a lot at thrift stores and yardsales. I've bought two in the last two years, one for $5 (20k lifetime pages printed) at a yard sale and one for $15 (80k lifetime pages) on Craigslist. Picked up a network card on eBay for $12. Got the postscript ROM and some extra memory for about $30 more.
For $47 you won't find a better black and white laser printer. I'm still using the toner cartridge that came with them, but you can pick up re-manufactured ones for about $50. You'll get about 3000 pages on average before you need new toner.
I was given an HP CP1700 Color InkJet printer for free, when its LCD display stopped working. Bought a network interface on eBay for $25. It has 100BaseT, USB & parallel interfaces, prints up to 17" x 20" with individual (CMYK) color cartridges. Once I pulled out the internal battery it stopped checking whether or not my cartridges were re-manufactured. Refills are about $20 and last quite a while. It has AWESOME print quality - and I can print from XP or OS X 10.6
I also (!) bought a LaserJet 4MV for $10 at the local thrift store - I remember when these sold for $3800! It makes a slight buzzing noise, but I can print magnificent 11x17 600DPI pages. Re-manufactured toners are about $60.
I installed a LaserJet 4 for a client in 1993, which has been in continuous use turning out over a million pages with no service repairs, ever - just new toner.
They really don't make them like they used to. Considering the cheap-ass shiny crap that HP turns out today, with its DRMed ink and toner cartridges programmed to stop working long before they run dry, I'll stick with this vintage stuff a little while longer...
you could just go to a developer's conference and harvest sebum there...
The USA will declare them a terrorist organization, conduct electronic surveillance on their members and prosecute everyone contributing money towards their cause...
what does this say for the quality of them?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trg3GkHXsYY
you must not be using XP or Vista. at one job I had a Vista machine that took 10 minutes to settle down to usability.
I connected three LCDs to my laptop's using three Gefen DVI adapters, giving four "real" screens on my laptop.
...but at The Microsoft Store® they'll be selling shit and calling it Shinola. I like Apple's products, but I am not nearly as impressed with their salespeople - most of them are awfully snooty.
Microsoft better make sure one of them brings along Steve's reality distortion field - they're gonna need it...
share the other earbud with your next-door cubicle dweller...
as I've posted elsewhere on /., I wrote a multiuser microcomputer database (not SQL!) app that's been running more or less continuously since 1991. it started on a network of Mac Pluses, was converted to Windows 95 and is now a terminal server app being rewritten as a web app (by someone else - I'm a project manager now).
Some of the people at the government agency who help me write this are retired, some are dead, and a few are still working there.
so much technology has changed, but the Peter Principle has certainly remained consistent over the years...
when I was a mainframe computer operator in the late 70's I wrote a COBOL program to simulate a slot machine. It ran as a batch job, with the gaming interaction taking place on the system console. it was quite entertaining for long idle night shifts, but management didn't like seeing my timestamped game sessions in the console logs, so the program was quickly retired...
no more rat telethons, I guess...