One can run Linux alongside Windows on the same hardware. Why, then, has Linux application development not shrivelled up? Why are there native Linux applications? Perhaps it's because if a user has chosen an 'alternate platform' such as OS X or Linux, they're not going to be very happy about having to run Windows too; dual-booting is never as pleasant as running a native app, and perhaps - just perhaps - there are things OS X, Linux, et al can do that Windows can't.
And besides, with more Macs being sold, perhaps marketshare isn't everything. An audience of several million is still an audience of several million...
Had Sega not even considered, not for a single moment, the disaster that was the 32X (and to a lesser extent, conveniently skipped over the Mega CD) and instead concentrated on the Saturn, we could well still have Sega in the running today. Sega post-Mega Drive (Genesis) had no real focus; if they had really tried, they could have stayed in the running against Sega (it was, after all, their market with Nintendo to lose). Souring both customers and retailer's pallets, they really were the architects of their own destruction.
It would have helped a great deal had Sega known how to market at all. So many great computer/gaming companies are prone to this: Sega, Acorn, Commodore, SNK...
So soon they crowed victory, so soon will they be humbled. By the looks of things the takedown of the Pirate Bay was less than legal, and now with the 'Bay back online the MPAA must be feeling more than a little upset. Personally I'm of the view that the Pirate Bay was perfectly legal - they didn't carry any copyrighted works themselves, just as Google don't carry the materials they link to. What fun this whole affair will turn out to be...
This works for many people. Most folk don't want to have to install the software to make their microwave work, they just want to push buttons, and likewise, they want their music to be that simple too, as simple as turning on the radio, or as close as they can get to that.
That is why Apple's iPod is so successful, because of all the sheeple, and Apple's willingness to pander to that principle.
I don't think I understand. You say that people like having nice, easy to use music players, and then this makes them sheep? That doesn't seem to follow. I'd say people like having nice, easy to use music players, because being able to use your music player is an integral part of it. It's hardly following the crowd to say "Hang on a minute, this actually works well."
In your examples, the heavily processed food and cars are already dominant. It's hard to avoid them because they're so ubiquitous. However, a standard audio CD is the current dominant method for obtaining music - so surely by your examples people wouldn't buy from the iTMS because it's hard to go against the grain?
Because, of course, you can only put songs from the iTunes Music Store on an iPod, right? Even though the iPod was released before the iTMS...
iTunes defaults to ripping tracks as un-DRMed AACs which you can play anywhere you can play an AAC. Or you can rip to MP3 or WAV or AIFF. And you can import all those into iTunes without any DRM going on them either. If you don't want to buy from the iTunes Music Store, guess what? You don't have to!
What have Apple done to betray you, exactly? You have your laptop, with full support guaranteed. It's not suddenly going to vanish because new MacBooks are out.
so that you can configure it "your way" and they refuse to add it.
It may surprise you, but the developers are not at your beck and call to add every feature that you want. Perhaps they are busy writing other parts of the code. Perhaps you could help. Open source doesn't mean other people will do the work for you - it means that if you want to, you can.
Well, it works for me, so I'm afraid I'm somewhat at a loss as to why this isn't working your end. If you've not already updated to 10.4.6, I'd recommend doing so, and try repairing permissions in Disk Utility - may not help but it can't hurt to try - and see how it goes.
Try trashing X11's preferences and reloading it if this doesn't work, but with X11 running, try either Command+N, or going to the "Applications" menu (again in X11) then choosing Terminal and see if it brings up xterm.
How are you having difficulties running X11? If you install X11 from the CDs/DVD, you should be able to just run/Applications/Utilities/X11.app and it'll go fine. If the only thing you're after is a nice terminal, then OS X includes on in/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app.
Please, reply here and tell me where you're having problems and I'll try to lend a hand.:-)
My Dad loves his iPod shuffle. Why? Because it's just so simple for him to use. He's not a simpleton, he just doesn't want to have to worry about using his MP3 player. He can just drag his songs into a playlist in iTunes when he's listening to music, plug in his shuffle and they automatically transfer across. No need to interrupt his workflow, no need to worry about whether he's copied the right ones or chosen the right folder. It's seamless.
I love my iPod. Why? Because I can just plug it in and my entire library syncs. No need to worry about whether I've copied over that new New Order album - it's just done for me.
Don't just think everyone buying an iPod is a sheep. Perhaps they're popular not just for their looks, but because they're actually pleasant to use?
Yes, you can, from the same preferences pane. The choices are Caps Lock, Control, Command and Option and they can all be mapped to each other, at least in Mac OS X 10.4, without any tweaks installed.
I could accept Apple perhaps offering an option in System Preferences somewhere to reverse the behavior of the Command and Control keys, for Windows users that really can't stand using their thumb to use hotkeys, but I think ultimately Apple has a strength in its use of hotkeys, and they realize this.
You can remap the Command, Caps Lock, Option and Control keys from the Keyboard & Mouse pane of System Preferences - you get the choice of making any of those keys act like any other, so you can bind Control to Command, and so on.
I like to be able to throw a book in my bag to read on the train. I like to read whilst relaxing on my bed. I like to read in the bath. I don't want the risk of damaging my expensive e-book reader, or it running out of batteries when I've reached a good bit. I want to be able to lend a book to a friend, which with DRMed e-books is a practical impossibility (can't just pop it in an envelope and say "enjoy it!"). I like seeing my books lined up on my shelf. I want to be able to know I'll be able to read my books in a few years without having to worry if I'm authenticated, or I have the right hardware...
If Apple had wanted to move to Windows, they could well have done so a long time ago. They even considered using the NT kernel for the next-gen Mac OS before they settled on NeXTSTEP. Thus far however, they've shown no signs that they're even considering it; and if you look at it, does it make sense? Apple are doing very well producing both the hardware and the software, and the software is definitely considered important to Apple (at the WWDC 2005, Jobs said "the heart of the Mac is its operating system"), and the OS is definitely well-loved by the Mac community (I personally adore OS X; the closest I've come to an operating system as nice as RISC OS). If Apple switched to any form of Windows, the revolt would be huge.
I see no advantages to Apple to switching to Windows; they're doing very well with OS X.
They've changed their mind, somewhat. For their next console, currently known as the Nintendo Revolution, players will be able to download ROMs of games from older Nintendo consoles (for a price) and play them emulated on the Revolution.
If I remember correctly, Peter Molyneux founded Lionhead after leaving Bullfrog simply because he couldn't stand the corporatism that selling Bullfrog to EA had presented. If it was bad enough for him to leave the first company he founded, I'm not sure he'd make the same mistake twice.
Yes, the exploits are real. They could be fictitious if Microsoft opted to put the time they've spent on prettying-up Giant's anti-virus on fixing the code. But, of course, there's not as much money in solving their problems than there is in selling a safety net to sit on top of them.
Speaking as a fur myself (*dons flame-resistant coat*), I'd say that there's a fair amount of antagonism towards the furry community over the net. (Some justified, some not, IMHO) Perhaps the ability to buy/sell/chat/etc. in places where you're unlikely to meet that merits a slight price premium.
I'm worried that people like this could well be in for a nasty surprise in the next few years. While they may well be making several times their previous salaries in MMORPGs, what happens if the game is simply closed by its manufacturers, or something better comes along that players flock to? If they can't then map their skills from one game to another, they're suddenly out of luck and out of a job - how sustainable is this sort of job? I certainly wouldn't quit my day job simply out of the security it would afford me - if the game ends tomorrow, at least I still have a paycheque.
Just to point something out: the mace in the House of Commons is not to be used as a weapon - it is a symbol of the Crown's authority, no more, no less.
To "send someone to Coventry" means to shun or ignore them - hence, the users who have this applied to them are ignored by the rest of the forum. (Reference: here)
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One can run Linux alongside Windows on the same hardware. Why, then, has Linux application development not shrivelled up? Why are there native Linux applications? Perhaps it's because if a user has chosen an 'alternate platform' such as OS X or Linux, they're not going to be very happy about having to run Windows too; dual-booting is never as pleasant as running a native app, and perhaps - just perhaps - there are things OS X, Linux, et al can do that Windows can't.
And besides, with more Macs being sold, perhaps marketshare isn't everything. An audience of several million is still an audience of several million...
Had Sega not even considered, not for a single moment, the disaster that was the 32X (and to a lesser extent, conveniently skipped over the Mega CD) and instead concentrated on the Saturn, we could well still have Sega in the running today. Sega post-Mega Drive (Genesis) had no real focus; if they had really tried, they could have stayed in the running against Sega (it was, after all, their market with Nintendo to lose). Souring both customers and retailer's pallets, they really were the architects of their own destruction.
It would have helped a great deal had Sega known how to market at all. So many great computer/gaming companies are prone to this: Sega, Acorn, Commodore, SNK...
"The piece goes on to say that they're ramping up DS production to meet command" (from the summary)
Unless the definition of 'command' has drastically changed recently, shouldn't that be demand?
So soon they crowed victory, so soon will they be humbled. By the looks of things the takedown of the Pirate Bay was less than legal, and now with the 'Bay back online the MPAA must be feeling more than a little upset. Personally I'm of the view that the Pirate Bay was perfectly legal - they didn't carry any copyrighted works themselves, just as Google don't carry the materials they link to. What fun this whole affair will turn out to be...
That is why Apple's iPod is so successful, because of all the sheeple, and Apple's willingness to pander to that principle.
I don't think I understand. You say that people like having nice, easy to use music players, and then this makes them sheep? That doesn't seem to follow. I'd say people like having nice, easy to use music players, because being able to use your music player is an integral part of it. It's hardly following the crowd to say "Hang on a minute, this actually works well."
In your examples, the heavily processed food and cars are already dominant. It's hard to avoid them because they're so ubiquitous. However, a standard audio CD is the current dominant method for obtaining music - so surely by your examples people wouldn't buy from the iTMS because it's hard to go against the grain?
Because, of course, you can only put songs from the iTunes Music Store on an iPod, right? Even though the iPod was released before the iTMS... iTunes defaults to ripping tracks as un-DRMed AACs which you can play anywhere you can play an AAC. Or you can rip to MP3 or WAV or AIFF. And you can import all those into iTunes without any DRM going on them either. If you don't want to buy from the iTunes Music Store, guess what? You don't have to!
What have Apple done to betray you, exactly? You have your laptop, with full support guaranteed. It's not suddenly going to vanish because new MacBooks are out.
so that you can configure it "your way" and they refuse to add it.
It may surprise you, but the developers are not at your beck and call to add every feature that you want. Perhaps they are busy writing other parts of the code. Perhaps you could help. Open source doesn't mean other people will do the work for you - it means that if you want to, you can.
Well, it works for me, so I'm afraid I'm somewhat at a loss as to why this isn't working your end. If you've not already updated to 10.4.6, I'd recommend doing so, and try repairing permissions in Disk Utility - may not help but it can't hurt to try - and see how it goes.
Try trashing X11's preferences and reloading it if this doesn't work, but with X11 running, try either Command+N, or going to the "Applications" menu (again in X11) then choosing Terminal and see if it brings up xterm.
How are you having difficulties running X11? If you install X11 from the CDs/DVD, you should be able to just run /Applications/Utilities/X11.app and it'll go fine. If the only thing you're after is a nice terminal, then OS X includes on in /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app.
Please, reply here and tell me where you're having problems and I'll try to lend a hand. :-)
I love my iPod. Why? Because I can just plug it in and my entire library syncs. No need to worry about whether I've copied over that new New Order album - it's just done for me.
Don't just think everyone buying an iPod is a sheep. Perhaps they're popular not just for their looks, but because they're actually pleasant to use?
Yes, you can, from the same preferences pane. The choices are Caps Lock, Control, Command and Option and they can all be mapped to each other, at least in Mac OS X 10.4, without any tweaks installed.
I could accept Apple perhaps offering an option in System Preferences somewhere to reverse the behavior of the Command and Control keys, for Windows users that really can't stand using their thumb to use hotkeys, but I think ultimately Apple has a strength in its use of hotkeys, and they realize this.
You can remap the Command, Caps Lock, Option and Control keys from the Keyboard & Mouse pane of System Preferences - you get the choice of making any of those keys act like any other, so you can bind Control to Command, and so on.
Be nice; he invented the medium you're using to flame him... ;)
I like to be able to throw a book in my bag to read on the train. I like to read whilst relaxing on my bed. I like to read in the bath. I don't want the risk of damaging my expensive e-book reader, or it running out of batteries when I've reached a good bit. I want to be able to lend a book to a friend, which with DRMed e-books is a practical impossibility (can't just pop it in an envelope and say "enjoy it!"). I like seeing my books lined up on my shelf. I want to be able to know I'll be able to read my books in a few years without having to worry if I'm authenticated, or I have the right hardware...
I guess I'm just old-fashioned like that.
If Apple had wanted to move to Windows, they could well have done so a long time ago. They even considered using the NT kernel for the next-gen Mac OS before they settled on NeXTSTEP. Thus far however, they've shown no signs that they're even considering it; and if you look at it, does it make sense? Apple are doing very well producing both the hardware and the software, and the software is definitely considered important to Apple (at the WWDC 2005, Jobs said "the heart of the Mac is its operating system"), and the OS is definitely well-loved by the Mac community (I personally adore OS X; the closest I've come to an operating system as nice as RISC OS). If Apple switched to any form of Windows, the revolt would be huge.
I see no advantages to Apple to switching to Windows; they're doing very well with OS X.
They've changed their mind, somewhat. For their next console, currently known as the Nintendo Revolution, players will be able to download ROMs of games from older Nintendo consoles (for a price) and play them emulated on the Revolution.
If I remember correctly, Peter Molyneux founded Lionhead after leaving Bullfrog simply because he couldn't stand the corporatism that selling Bullfrog to EA had presented. If it was bad enough for him to leave the first company he founded, I'm not sure he'd make the same mistake twice.
Yes, the exploits are real. They could be fictitious if Microsoft opted to put the time they've spent on prettying-up Giant's anti-virus on fixing the code. But, of course, there's not as much money in solving their problems than there is in selling a safety net to sit on top of them.
Speaking as a fur myself (*dons flame-resistant coat*), I'd say that there's a fair amount of antagonism towards the furry community over the net. (Some justified, some not, IMHO) Perhaps the ability to buy/sell/chat/etc. in places where you're unlikely to meet that merits a slight price premium.
I'm worried that people like this could well be in for a nasty surprise in the next few years. While they may well be making several times their previous salaries in MMORPGs, what happens if the game is simply closed by its manufacturers, or something better comes along that players flock to? If they can't then map their skills from one game to another, they're suddenly out of luck and out of a job - how sustainable is this sort of job? I certainly wouldn't quit my day job simply out of the security it would afford me - if the game ends tomorrow, at least I still have a paycheque.
Just to point something out: the mace in the House of Commons is not to be used as a weapon - it is a symbol of the Crown's authority, no more, no less.
To "send someone to Coventry" means to shun or ignore them - hence, the users who have this applied to them are ignored by the rest of the forum. (Reference: here)