Except we're not talking about copying bits, we're talking about copying a piece of music or movie. There's nothing immoral about chemically propelling a small hunk of lead really fast either, but if you propel it AT someone, things change rather quickly. Context is key - but by all means, don't let me stop you from trying to justify infringement.
PS. The speed of light is a fact, and as such, isn't subject to copyright or trademark.
Your other posts included a comparison between Apple and the Nazi party and references to hypocritical fanboys. Just because you say you're not trolling doesn't mean it ain't so...
Instead of writing pages of snide remarks, perhaps you could admit that while this won't turn a programmer into a graphic artist, it might help the programmer avoid some glaring (and apparently common) blunders. It's not about making programmers create award-winning design, it's about making programmers think about design as a necessary element to a project and giving them a concise set of guidelines to follow to avoid bad design.
Apple also likely knew that any claim Cisco had on the trademark would be tenuous, at best. They also have this other product with a "i" prefix - maybe you've heard of it - so perhaps they wanted to associate their new iPhone with the strongly established iPod brand. Do you really think Apple needed to resort to a trademark dispute to drum up interest???
Okay, so your argument is essentially that a person is a "complete and total moron" if they purchase anything non-essential that's outside the budget of a student on a presumably limited income? Forgive me if I don't share your opinion.
I don't understand this fixation on Google's ad revenue - what does that have to do with caching search results? They don't display ads next to the cached pages, or under Google News, but next to the search results.
No, it's really not. It may have similarities, and have similar punishments attached, and yes, it's not legal, but if copyright infringement was theft then the courts would refer to it as "theft" instead of "copyright infringement".
I really hate to break it to you, but the number of people like Paris Hilton (mentally, if not financially) vastly outnumbers the number of people like you, who demand the ability to install any random piece of third party software on their phone. The only limitation I see to the iPhone being a runaway success is the price - and I'm not even sure that will slow it down by much.
No, Microsoft knows how to cram a bunch of features into a product and tout that as an improvement. More features does not necessarily equate to a better product. FM radio? Really, is that a feature that the portable music player market has been demanding? Furthermore, I'd expect the Zune's ability to share music (but only for 3 days) to frustrate and alienate more average users than excite them. Please don't make the same mistake that a lot of other/.ers do and assume that because you want it, the rest of the target market must want it.
You mean, tell that to anyone like me? I'm running 10.4 on a 400mhz G4 which I bought in '98, 768MB ram, which originally came with OS 8 (8.6 I believe?). 10.1 was moderately sluggish at times. Each new version since has brought noticeable speed improvements. Upgrading from OS 9 to any version of OS X other than 10.1 isn't "painful" as you describe, and with recent releases is actually plenty fast enough for home use*.
* If you're doing processing-intensive work, you'll of course want to get a newer machine than mine.
By your interpretation, arresting you for expressing your political opinions wouldn't technically limit your free speech either, as you can still talk while you sit in a jail cell.
I've been under the impression that the latency in satellite internet is too high to handle something like VOIP. Has the technology improved, or have I just been mistaken the whole time?
Outsourced to whom? You guessed it: a third party. It doesn't matter where you buy it, the definition of a third party app is that it was written by someone other than Apple (1st party) or you (2nd party).
I was right there with you until you said you liked Voyager:) Off-topic, but watching reruns of ENT on SciFi this week made me realize they really did have a good premise at the start, even if it wasn't TOS'y enough for some/most Trek fans. If Berman had gone in season 2 the direction Coto went with season 4, I think that series would've been WAY more successful. Voyager reruns, on the other hand, have made me wonder why I put up with watching that series in the first place.
Aside from the fact that Yoda taught all the younglings - and presumably lil' Obi-Wan - Yoda also taught him how to become one with the Force shortly after Ep III. I'd assume this is a profound enough training that Ben would be justified in calling Yoda his teacher.
I'm going to pick on you a little bit since yours is the first post I've read mentioning battery life. Why is that such a big deal? I could understand if you were literally going to be on the phone all day, but assuming you'd have a more normal usage pattern, why is it so difficult to drop a phone into a dock (which they mentioned the iPhone will have) or plug in a charger when you get home at the end of the day? Sure, longer battery life is always nice, and I don't always remember to keep my phone charged either, but is having to plug in a cord once a day really such a hassle?:)
A more important issue to me would be, does the iPhone have an "offline" mode that turns off the phone while still letting you use the iPod, say, on a plane?
Not to pick on you specifically, but just what is it people expect the Finder to do? Is it a performance issue, or just a dislike regarding the way the interface works?
I'd also question the need for Apple to embrace a more OSS-friendly dev model. They seem to be doing just fine the way they're going now, even better than they were when they released 10.1.
Slashdot Mirror
Except we're not talking about copying bits, we're talking about copying a piece of music or movie. There's nothing immoral about chemically propelling a small hunk of lead really fast either, but if you propel it AT someone, things change rather quickly. Context is key - but by all means, don't let me stop you from trying to justify infringement.
PS. The speed of light is a fact, and as such, isn't subject to copyright or trademark.
Your other posts included a comparison between Apple and the Nazi party and references to hypocritical fanboys. Just because you say you're not trolling doesn't mean it ain't so...
Instead of writing pages of snide remarks, perhaps you could admit that while this won't turn a programmer into a graphic artist, it might help the programmer avoid some glaring (and apparently common) blunders. It's not about making programmers create award-winning design, it's about making programmers think about design as a necessary element to a project and giving them a concise set of guidelines to follow to avoid bad design.
Apple also likely knew that any claim Cisco had on the trademark would be tenuous, at best. They also have this other product with a "i" prefix - maybe you've heard of it - so perhaps they wanted to associate their new iPhone with the strongly established iPod brand. Do you really think Apple needed to resort to a trademark dispute to drum up interest???
Okay, so your argument is essentially that a person is a "complete and total moron" if they purchase anything non-essential that's outside the budget of a student on a presumably limited income? Forgive me if I don't share your opinion.
I don't understand this fixation on Google's ad revenue - what does that have to do with caching search results? They don't display ads next to the cached pages, or under Google News, but next to the search results.
Why go to the moon to build your laser when the earth is teeming with ill-tempered sea bass?
No, it's really not. It may have similarities, and have similar punishments attached, and yes, it's not legal, but if copyright infringement was theft then the courts would refer to it as "theft" instead of "copyright infringement".
Safari was the threat - no, scratch that, the excuse to officially stop development on a product that hadn't been updated in several years anyway.
Because you're an idiot and got your facts wrong, not because of some supposed fanboy conspiracy.
I really hate to break it to you, but the number of people like Paris Hilton (mentally, if not financially) vastly outnumbers the number of people like you, who demand the ability to install any random piece of third party software on their phone. The only limitation I see to the iPhone being a runaway success is the price - and I'm not even sure that will slow it down by much.
No, Microsoft knows how to cram a bunch of features into a product and tout that as an improvement. More features does not necessarily equate to a better product. FM radio? Really, is that a feature that the portable music player market has been demanding? Furthermore, I'd expect the Zune's ability to share music (but only for 3 days) to frustrate and alienate more average users than excite them. Please don't make the same mistake that a lot of other /.ers do and assume that because you want it, the rest of the target market must want it.
You mean, tell that to anyone like me? I'm running 10.4 on a 400mhz G4 which I bought in '98, 768MB ram, which originally came with OS 8 (8.6 I believe?). 10.1 was moderately sluggish at times. Each new version since has brought noticeable speed improvements. Upgrading from OS 9 to any version of OS X other than 10.1 isn't "painful" as you describe, and with recent releases is actually plenty fast enough for home use*.
* If you're doing processing-intensive work, you'll of course want to get a newer machine than mine.
Precious hamburgers?
By your interpretation, arresting you for expressing your political opinions wouldn't technically limit your free speech either, as you can still talk while you sit in a jail cell.
Why should he? I certainly appreciated the irony in someone so righteously indignant over this story whose own site is registered with GoDaddy.
It's free-floating, vaporous apparition-ware.
But hey - you'll get all the delicious apples you'd ever want!
I've been under the impression that the latency in satellite internet is too high to handle something like VOIP. Has the technology improved, or have I just been mistaken the whole time?
Outsourced to whom? You guessed it: a third party. It doesn't matter where you buy it, the definition of a third party app is that it was written by someone other than Apple (1st party) or you (2nd party).
I was right there with you until you said you liked Voyager :) Off-topic, but watching reruns of ENT on SciFi this week made me realize they really did have a good premise at the start, even if it wasn't TOS'y enough for some/most Trek fans. If Berman had gone in season 2 the direction Coto went with season 4, I think that series would've been WAY more successful. Voyager reruns, on the other hand, have made me wonder why I put up with watching that series in the first place.
Aside from the fact that Yoda taught all the younglings - and presumably lil' Obi-Wan - Yoda also taught him how to become one with the Force shortly after Ep III. I'd assume this is a profound enough training that Ben would be justified in calling Yoda his teacher.
I'm going to pick on you a little bit since yours is the first post I've read mentioning battery life. Why is that such a big deal? I could understand if you were literally going to be on the phone all day, but assuming you'd have a more normal usage pattern, why is it so difficult to drop a phone into a dock (which they mentioned the iPhone will have) or plug in a charger when you get home at the end of the day? Sure, longer battery life is always nice, and I don't always remember to keep my phone charged either, but is having to plug in a cord once a day really such a hassle? :)
A more important issue to me would be, does the iPhone have an "offline" mode that turns off the phone while still letting you use the iPod, say, on a plane?
Not to pick on you specifically, but just what is it people expect the Finder to do? Is it a performance issue, or just a dislike regarding the way the interface works?
I'd also question the need for Apple to embrace a more OSS-friendly dev model. They seem to be doing just fine the way they're going now, even better than they were when they released 10.1.
You're humorously proving his point...