You're correct that the iMac wasn't the first to ship with USB but I don't think you can argue against that it was the iMac that caused USB to become so popular today.
"If you're having heart troubles or need serious surgery to replace an organ, forget about it: you're probably going to die as a victim of the Canadian Healthcare Low Pass Filter."
That's such bullcrap. If you actually knew someone who's had major surgery to save their life you'd know you are wrong. Really, it's the opposite of what you say. Small things may be put off, such as if someone comes in with a fractured wrist that's not dangling by a vein, and someone comes in with a heart attack you better believe they're going to treat the heart attack guy first.
There's no reason that they have to give out source for in house developed technology. Everything that they have used that is open source is given back in Darwin along with any changes that were made.
They shouldn't give anything away for Quartz because that is their own property. Do you give all the stuff you work on away for free so other people can copy it?
I actually wish I had the cash to mess with it on a computer myself. My TV provider doesn't even have DVR/PVR service so I can't even get it from them:(
That's the reason I do it, but there are also the cheap asses that don't want to pay for it and just download the shows.
The thing that sucks is they put 3 shows on at the same time and then you are really forced to download it if you don't have 3 VCRs.
Ok, so maybe not forced, but if you want to follow the series and not wait a year for it to come out on DVD and then pay a crap load of money for something you might only watch once then you don't really have a choice.
Maybe some type of Firewire device. Dump the raw data over Firewire, then this thing decodes it and transmits it, or sends it back to the Mac to be transmitted. Sounds kind of hackish though.
Uh, you don't just recompile your apps for another platform and think it's going to work normal. Hell, it probably wouldn't even work at all without modification.
The only problem I see with streaming media from a computer to your TV is, what if someone wants to use the computer while you are watching a streaming TV show or whatever?
With a dedicated box in your living room it can be utilized at all times, while with something running on the computer, it might not be possible. I guess it depends if the show/movie would be decoded on the computer or on the remote gadget hooked up to the TV.
I don't like the idea of having to pay even more money to miss a TV show that I missed. We pay about 100 bucks Canadian for our TV, all movie channels & crap, and if I miss a show I sure as hell am not paying more to watch it. BT serves a good purpose for missed shows. I don't care if it's illegal, I pay enough for TV and if I miss it because the show was on at the same time as 2 other shows then screw it, I'm downloading it.
There is no TIVO in Canada, and my TV provider does not have DVR services, so that's not an option. I'm also not paying 800 or 1000 dollars for a DVR for myself.
Well, XP you have to reboot 3 or so times just installing the OS which slows you down. Then installing all the drivers requiring numerous reboots as well. Huge PITA.
You could consider it a good thing that Mozilla/Firefox doesn't pretend that the HTML is OK. That way you can see you screwed it up and fix it. With IE, you'd never know your HTML is crap unless you went to the W3C validator.
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Mail's speed is a lot better with many emails in Tiger.
USB was around for a while before the iMac. Only after the iMac came out did USB devices start to become common place.
You're correct that the iMac wasn't the first to ship with USB but I don't think you can argue against that it was the iMac that caused USB to become so popular today.
"If you're having heart troubles or need serious surgery to replace an organ, forget about it: you're probably going to die as a victim of the Canadian Healthcare Low Pass Filter."
That's such bullcrap. If you actually knew someone who's had major surgery to save their life you'd know you are wrong. Really, it's the opposite of what you say. Small things may be put off, such as if someone comes in with a fractured wrist that's not dangling by a vein, and someone comes in with a heart attack you better believe they're going to treat the heart attack guy first.
Ah, I see. Good explaination, thanks.
How are there different encoding qualities with a lossless codec?
The whole article is biased with an obvious personal opinion
You can make up fake scenarios all you want but that has nothing to do with the Apple case.
There's no reason that they have to give out source for in house developed technology. Everything that they have used that is open source is given back in Darwin along with any changes that were made.
They shouldn't give anything away for Quartz because that is their own property. Do you give all the stuff you work on away for free so other people can copy it?
I actually wish I had the cash to mess with it on a computer myself. My TV provider doesn't even have DVR/PVR service so I can't even get it from them :(
Not trolling here, but your situation is exactly why MythTV isn't more mainstream.
Are you crazy? If you watch 3 shows a week that's 60 bucks a month(at $5 a show) for only 12 TV shows watched. $2 maybe but even that much is steep.
That's the reason I do it, but there are also the cheap asses that don't want to pay for it and just download the shows.
The thing that sucks is they put 3 shows on at the same time and then you are really forced to download it if you don't have 3 VCRs.
Ok, so maybe not forced, but if you want to follow the series and not wait a year for it to come out on DVD and then pay a crap load of money for something you might only watch once then you don't really have a choice.
I know, but what happens when decoding a movie or show that takes up a lot of CPU power. Then you couldn't always use any CPU intensive programs.
Maybe some type of Firewire device. Dump the raw data over Firewire, then this thing decodes it and transmits it, or sends it back to the Mac to be transmitted. Sounds kind of hackish though.
Uh, you don't just recompile your apps for another platform and think it's going to work normal. Hell, it probably wouldn't even work at all without modification.
The only problem I see with streaming media from a computer to your TV is, what if someone wants to use the computer while you are watching a streaming TV show or whatever?
With a dedicated box in your living room it can be utilized at all times, while with something running on the computer, it might not be possible. I guess it depends if the show/movie would be decoded on the computer or on the remote gadget hooked up to the TV.
Oh yeah. Just make a smart folder for all common file types. Word, pictures, PDFs etc. Click on it and there are all your documents of that type.
Then it may drain the battery too fast.
I don't like the idea of having to pay even more money to miss a TV show that I missed. We pay about 100 bucks Canadian for our TV, all movie channels & crap, and if I miss a show I sure as hell am not paying more to watch it. BT serves a good purpose for missed shows. I don't care if it's illegal, I pay enough for TV and if I miss it because the show was on at the same time as 2 other shows then screw it, I'm downloading it.
There is no TIVO in Canada, and my TV provider does not have DVR services, so that's not an option. I'm also not paying 800 or 1000 dollars for a DVR for myself.
Maybe they're popular cause they're one of maybe 3 girls with 20 guys :)
Well, XP you have to reboot 3 or so times just installing the OS which slows you down. Then installing all the drivers requiring numerous reboots as well. Huge PITA.
Mac OS X. Boot off CD, install, reboot. Create account, done.
Apple has started releasing stuff outside of major events like Macworld, so you can't always rely on that old, wait until Macworld is over strategy.
You could consider it a good thing that Mozilla/Firefox doesn't pretend that the HTML is OK. That way you can see you screwed it up and fix it. With IE, you'd never know your HTML is crap unless you went to the W3C validator.