Not even close. You can play iTunes Store track in/on any player that supports AAC (as long as you don't have older DRM'ed tracks) and put any old AAC or MP3 into it. You can fill your iPod with music and never buy a single track from the iTunes Store. The reverse holds true: You can buy tons and tons of music from the iTunes Store and put it on a completely different player.
The iTunes library is an XML file. Anyone can write their own app that reads this file and can show all your iTunes tracks in their playlists, organized the same as your iTunes library. Palm is using a fake USB ID because they're either trying to make a point with iTunes interoperability or they're just bloody lazy and think that this game of leapfrog is easier than writing their own damned software. In either case, they're utter morons.
Bullshit. Pure, utter, uncut bullshit. Apple has no legal right to let other devices sync with iTunes. Apple is not a monopoly. Palm could have just as easily written their own damned software to sync the player, even one that reads the iTunes XML library file and lets you sync your library WITHOUT OPENING ITUNES. Whoever had the bright idea to use iTunes to sync with the Pre is a fucking moron. Yes, Apple are dicks, but Palm bloody knew that. They went ahead and relied on someone else's software (over which they have zero control) when they KNEW that the owner of said software would break compatibility. Then they flagrantly break the standards set forth by the USB-IF as if it's nothing, then actually have the audacity to whine to the USB-IF that Apple is breaking said standards! It blows my mind just how fucking STUPID Palm is being over this!
Apple is not a monopoly. There are a crapload of other phones, music players, sync software, and more out there. Consumer choice exists in abundance. All the music in a person's iTunes is freely playable on any device that supports the proper formats, minus DRM'ed AAC tracks that weren't updated. Your argument is the laughable tripe.
Get another laser printer. Take care of it and it'll last forever. Postscript means no serious OS dependence. Hell, I just set up a new Ricoh printer at an office that needed to be used with a Mac OS 9 application. It only needed very basic printing, so no biggie. It worked fine, so thank God for Postscript. Ricoh and Brother are good in my eyes, but I'm sure someone with more experience will chime in.
"Much easier to manage"? Christ, never thought I'd hear that. I've worked with Win 2k3 a fair deal. It's powerful, but God, it's an absolute bitch to manage as MS likes to bury everything ten layers deep and as spread out as possible. With OS X Server, 90% of everything you'll need is in two applications. It's absolute cake in comparison. Just because you're not familiar with managing it doesn't mean that it's "weird".
And I've known people that have owned Macs for 3+ years and never had a problem. I've owned several myself that never had an issue. My first-generation 17" Intel iMac is probably the most reliable computer I've ever owned. Never once went to the shop in two years. My 24" aluminum served me well for over a year without a need for the shop until I replaced it with a Hackintosh. Also, Apple service is usually very, very good. Bring it in, get it repaired under warranty. Very little fuss. I've heard many horror stories about a lot of other OEMs and attempts to get warranty coverage. My sister owned a Dell that broke down within the warranty. They didn't fix it because they claimed that she had cancelled her warranty. I'm not fucking kidding.
And I've seen a lot more PCs dropping like flies than Macs. Granted, some models are worse than others. First-generation Macbooks were pretty bad. Inverters, hard drives, optical drives, top cases, logic boards, ugh. However, let me give you an example. A nearby university employs ONE full-time Mac tech for all the 700-800 Macs on campus. They employ 6 or 7 full time guys to handle the 2100 or so Windows boxes. Do the math.
I work as a Mac tech. Yes, all replacement parts are free under warranty (with a few excpetions) and everything is overnighted if Apple has it in stock. Quite frankly, it sounds like you dealt with a bad batch, because the numbers from many, many sources flat-out contradict your conclusion.
The hardware is more reliable than most OEMs unless you got burned by iMac G5s with bad caps, but that wasn't really Apple's fault. A lot of OEMs got hit by those damned caps.
You should have just mailed in the damn Cinema Display. Service providers (at least non-Apple owned providers) can't replace anything on them but the power brick these days. Just mail it in and let the repair depot monkeys figure it out. I would never want to replace an LCD backlight (which isn't exactly a user-accessible part on ANY display) if it could ever be helped.
Can you think of any possible way to make a program as large and feature-laden as Photoshop easy for the layman? Seriously. It's pro-level software. That means there's only so much you can do to simplify it without taking away from functionality. A lot of open source is fairly simple, yet still a pain in the ass to use.
So very true. Open source is often made by coders, not designers. I like and use a lot of open source, but I've ditched a lot too as it's usually just too much of a kludge to use.
Oh my God, these ELF guys are dumber than a box of hammers. Put their brains in a matchbox and they'll rattle around like a bunch of bbs in a boxcar. Where the hell is the science that shows an AM tower a mile away from your home is giving you cancer? Or hell, a hundred meters from your home? These retards will believe whatever junk science validates their owned warped view and they never fucking question it, defending it to the death. Fuck 'em. Lock these idiots up.
More curious? Sure. More knowledgeable? Fat fucking chance. Did you take no interest in any subject at school? Was everything a chore? How about those kids at home? How well-rounded will their education be? Not nearly as good as the schoolkid, that's for damned sure. The kid may go for science, but never even learn how to do basic division. Maybe he'll read stacks of books, but will never crack open one on history.
But there are also plenty of assholes who will moan that it blew up on them when they really just busted it by accident and want it covered. There may be legit instances of iPhone batteries (which are lithium polymer, which means they don't swell) causing damage, but it seems that a lot of assholes are jumping on the gravy train and hoping to publicly shame Apple into giving them a new iPhone.
Yes to both. Cohen is a cunt for getting pissed off over some blogger saying mean things about her. Welcome to the intneret, Liskula. If you're even remotely in the public eye, people online will say bad things about you. Deal with it or stay offline.
However, Rosemary is showing herself to be no better. Sorry bitch, but the court ruled that Google was required to hand over your information, no matter how stupid said ruling may have been. It was legally required of them, and to not comply would have put them in a lot of hot water. To fight it would have been very expensive on their dime. Why exactly should they have done so? Shut your whore mouth, Port. They complied with the law.
Except that she did. If she had done this to anyone else, you can bet your ass she'd be busted for stalking. Why is it any different when she has an unhealthy obsession with following cops around?
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You say that as if they're two different things.
Not even close. You can play iTunes Store track in/on any player that supports AAC (as long as you don't have older DRM'ed tracks) and put any old AAC or MP3 into it. You can fill your iPod with music and never buy a single track from the iTunes Store. The reverse holds true: You can buy tons and tons of music from the iTunes Store and put it on a completely different player.
The iTunes library is an XML file. Anyone can write their own app that reads this file and can show all your iTunes tracks in their playlists, organized the same as your iTunes library. Palm is using a fake USB ID because they're either trying to make a point with iTunes interoperability or they're just bloody lazy and think that this game of leapfrog is easier than writing their own damned software. In either case, they're utter morons.
Bullshit. Pure, utter, uncut bullshit. Apple has no legal right to let other devices sync with iTunes. Apple is not a monopoly. Palm could have just as easily written their own damned software to sync the player, even one that reads the iTunes XML library file and lets you sync your library WITHOUT OPENING ITUNES. Whoever had the bright idea to use iTunes to sync with the Pre is a fucking moron. Yes, Apple are dicks, but Palm bloody knew that. They went ahead and relied on someone else's software (over which they have zero control) when they KNEW that the owner of said software would break compatibility. Then they flagrantly break the standards set forth by the USB-IF as if it's nothing, then actually have the audacity to whine to the USB-IF that Apple is breaking said standards! It blows my mind just how fucking STUPID Palm is being over this!
Apple is not a monopoly. There are a crapload of other phones, music players, sync software, and more out there. Consumer choice exists in abundance. All the music in a person's iTunes is freely playable on any device that supports the proper formats, minus DRM'ed AAC tracks that weren't updated. Your argument is the laughable tripe.
So buy a bigass office printer. Problem solved.
Get another laser printer. Take care of it and it'll last forever. Postscript means no serious OS dependence. Hell, I just set up a new Ricoh printer at an office that needed to be used with a Mac OS 9 application. It only needed very basic printing, so no biggie. It worked fine, so thank God for Postscript. Ricoh and Brother are good in my eyes, but I'm sure someone with more experience will chime in.
THIS. The US education system needs some serious work. Adding more hours to it isn't going to fix it.
Planned economies do not work. End of story. Crack a history book sometime.
"Much easier to manage"? Christ, never thought I'd hear that. I've worked with Win 2k3 a fair deal. It's powerful, but God, it's an absolute bitch to manage as MS likes to bury everything ten layers deep and as spread out as possible. With OS X Server, 90% of everything you'll need is in two applications. It's absolute cake in comparison. Just because you're not familiar with managing it doesn't mean that it's "weird".
OS X Server can run on any capable Mac. You could put it on a Mac Mini if you only needed a few non-intensive services.
And I've known people that have owned Macs for 3+ years and never had a problem. I've owned several myself that never had an issue. My first-generation 17" Intel iMac is probably the most reliable computer I've ever owned. Never once went to the shop in two years. My 24" aluminum served me well for over a year without a need for the shop until I replaced it with a Hackintosh. Also, Apple service is usually very, very good. Bring it in, get it repaired under warranty. Very little fuss. I've heard many horror stories about a lot of other OEMs and attempts to get warranty coverage. My sister owned a Dell that broke down within the warranty. They didn't fix it because they claimed that she had cancelled her warranty. I'm not fucking kidding.
And I've seen a lot more PCs dropping like flies than Macs. Granted, some models are worse than others. First-generation Macbooks were pretty bad. Inverters, hard drives, optical drives, top cases, logic boards, ugh. However, let me give you an example. A nearby university employs ONE full-time Mac tech for all the 700-800 Macs on campus. They employ 6 or 7 full time guys to handle the 2100 or so Windows boxes. Do the math.
I work as a Mac tech. Yes, all replacement parts are free under warranty (with a few excpetions) and everything is overnighted if Apple has it in stock. Quite frankly, it sounds like you dealt with a bad batch, because the numbers from many, many sources flat-out contradict your conclusion.
The hardware is more reliable than most OEMs unless you got burned by iMac G5s with bad caps, but that wasn't really Apple's fault. A lot of OEMs got hit by those damned caps.
You should have just mailed in the damn Cinema Display. Service providers (at least non-Apple owned providers) can't replace anything on them but the power brick these days. Just mail it in and let the repair depot monkeys figure it out. I would never want to replace an LCD backlight (which isn't exactly a user-accessible part on ANY display) if it could ever be helped.
Then don't buy it from Apple. Third party adapters are cheaper and work just fine.
Can you think of any possible way to make a program as large and feature-laden as Photoshop easy for the layman? Seriously. It's pro-level software. That means there's only so much you can do to simplify it without taking away from functionality. A lot of open source is fairly simple, yet still a pain in the ass to use.
So very true. Open source is often made by coders, not designers. I like and use a lot of open source, but I've ditched a lot too as it's usually just too much of a kludge to use.
Oh my God, these ELF guys are dumber than a box of hammers. Put their brains in a matchbox and they'll rattle around like a bunch of bbs in a boxcar. Where the hell is the science that shows an AM tower a mile away from your home is giving you cancer? Or hell, a hundred meters from your home? These retards will believe whatever junk science validates their owned warped view and they never fucking question it, defending it to the death. Fuck 'em. Lock these idiots up.
More curious? Sure. More knowledgeable? Fat fucking chance. Did you take no interest in any subject at school? Was everything a chore? How about those kids at home? How well-rounded will their education be? Not nearly as good as the schoolkid, that's for damned sure. The kid may go for science, but never even learn how to do basic division. Maybe he'll read stacks of books, but will never crack open one on history.
Here we go again. Anyone think MS is going to pull the same crap that they did when OEMs tried bundling Netscape?
But there are also plenty of assholes who will moan that it blew up on them when they really just busted it by accident and want it covered. There may be legit instances of iPhone batteries (which are lithium polymer, which means they don't swell) causing damage, but it seems that a lot of assholes are jumping on the gravy train and hoping to publicly shame Apple into giving them a new iPhone.
Nothing more than patching up holes and bugs? Thanks for proving that you have absolutely no clue what you're talking about.
Yes to both. Cohen is a cunt for getting pissed off over some blogger saying mean things about her. Welcome to the intneret, Liskula. If you're even remotely in the public eye, people online will say bad things about you. Deal with it or stay offline.
However, Rosemary is showing herself to be no better. Sorry bitch, but the court ruled that Google was required to hand over your information, no matter how stupid said ruling may have been. It was legally required of them, and to not comply would have put them in a lot of hot water. To fight it would have been very expensive on their dime. Why exactly should they have done so? Shut your whore mouth, Port. They complied with the law.
Even when you're not working? She followed these guys around both on and off duty. Something tells me that makes a pretty big difference.
They're also citizens, just like anyone else. This is stalking, plain and simple.
Except that she did. If she had done this to anyone else, you can bet your ass she'd be busted for stalking. Why is it any different when she has an unhealthy obsession with following cops around?