Is not going to be all that awesome. Without carrier support, which it will never get, it will never be able to use any faster data connection than GPRS.
The narration was done incredibly well. Morgan Freeman added a lot to the film. If another version has voices for the penguins, lovely -- it's a different movie.
It's coming, ph34r not. iphuc is already much easier to use than the first versions of iPhoneInterface. Pretty soon it will be as simple as pressing one button to enable 3rd party apps, install the package manager, and even re-skin the UI.
It also has something to do with a misguided belief that removing functionality is anything but the lazy man's way of improving simplicity in the user experience. Jobs' rabid KISS-ism rubs off on them to the point that they think the mere act of adding features will cause people to reject the iPhone as "too complicated" or "too geeky."
Apple has already proven with OS X that it is entirely capable of creating a very easy-to-use consumer machine with an enormous amount of power, flexibility and functionality under the hood. With OS X running the iPhone, there is no reason to suppose they can't do the same thing on a smaller scale. Unfortunately, there is a large crowd of Apple fanatics who live but to nod their heads fervently to whatever the status quo happens to be for the brand.
Something genuinely thought inducing, something that challenges the mind, something which speaks to our future? There are plenty of new books like that.
After all the talk about remorse and courage and love and all that malarky throughout the books, the villain lost the final battle not because he was a cruel heartless evil who didn't understand the true Power of Good (tm), but simply because he didn't doublecheck events well enough with his minions and killed the wrong person.
Really he lost because he was arrogant, which goes along with being heartless. It was a series of bad decisions and character flaws that brought him to his end. I think Rowling did a good job of illustrating that.
I think this is quite a fair assessment from someone who just doesn't like the books. I, for example, am entirely capable of recognizing that Being John Malkovich is a very well-made, well-acted, well-casted, well-directed, well-written film, but I simply cannot stand it. It just is not at ALL enjoyable for me (possibly because I find the characters repulsive). That doesn't mean I don't see some serious talent in it.
Does anyone remember those weird geeky scifi/fantasy stories (it might have been just one book) about some programmers who get trapped in a magical kingdom of some kind and doing magic involves writing spells with little dragon-spirits named emacs?
I can't remember who wrote these or what they were called AT ALL.
"Popularity is not an indicator of good quality" -- True!
From this follows neither:
"Unpopularity IS an indicator of good quality"
nor
"Popularity IS an indicator of bad quality"
Popularity is typically an indicator merely that something merits attention, because if a large range of people can agree that they like it, it is probably at least deserving of some interest, if not approval.
seems to be that it is well worth reading at the very least as enjoyable fiction. Plenty of peer-reviewed papers have been published on the subject. I suggest you verify that you know what the fuck you're talking about before turning up your nose at it.
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There already exists an Installer.app that does exactly this.
Expect something much better coming soon that will blow that away as well.
Is not going to be all that awesome. Without carrier support, which it will never get, it will never be able to use any faster data connection than GPRS.
I love my 700MHz eMac, but then, I only use it for watching movies and serving music.
Though they are insanely heavy, they're lovely machines.
The moon _still_ has no economic or military value
There are large amounts of titanium, selenium and Helium III on the moon that would probably be highly offended at this remark.
The narration was done incredibly well. Morgan Freeman added a lot to the film. If another version has voices for the penguins, lovely -- it's a different movie.
Transformers was way, WAY better than ANYONE expected, and you know it. It was a great popcorn flick and didn't try to be anything more.
It's coming, ph34r not. iphuc is already much easier to use than the first versions of iPhoneInterface. Pretty soon it will be as simple as pressing one button to enable 3rd party apps, install the package manager, and even re-skin the UI.
I have it on good authority that a package manager is already being worked on. It will probably be a port of ipkg.
I have to say that you are about 90% right.
It also has something to do with a misguided belief that removing functionality is anything but the lazy man's way of improving simplicity in the user experience. Jobs' rabid KISS-ism rubs off on them to the point that they think the mere act of adding features will cause people to reject the iPhone as "too complicated" or "too geeky."
Apple has already proven with OS X that it is entirely capable of creating a very easy-to-use consumer machine with an enormous amount of power, flexibility and functionality under the hood. With OS X running the iPhone, there is no reason to suppose they can't do the same thing on a smaller scale. Unfortunately, there is a large crowd of Apple fanatics who live but to nod their heads fervently to whatever the status quo happens to be for the brand.
Processor
WiFi
3G
And that's just the hardware.
I suspect it's cultural, not "genetic."
Want to give any more details?
Something genuinely thought inducing, something that challenges the mind, something which speaks to our future? There are plenty of new books like that.
Name three.
Bet you can't.
After all the talk about remorse and courage and love and all that malarky throughout the books, the villain lost the final battle not because he was a cruel heartless evil who didn't understand the true Power of Good (tm), but simply because he didn't doublecheck events well enough with his minions and killed the wrong person.
Really he lost because he was arrogant, which goes along with being heartless. It was a series of bad decisions and character flaws that brought him to his end. I think Rowling did a good job of illustrating that.
he was the bravest man I've ever known.
5 and 6 are pretty much rife with the same themes.
I think this is quite a fair assessment from someone who just doesn't like the books. I, for example, am entirely capable of recognizing that Being John Malkovich is a very well-made, well-acted, well-casted, well-directed, well-written film, but I simply cannot stand it. It just is not at ALL enjoyable for me (possibly because I find the characters repulsive). That doesn't mean I don't see some serious talent in it.
Does anyone remember those weird geeky scifi/fantasy stories (it might have been just one book) about some programmers who get trapped in a magical kingdom of some kind and doing magic involves writing spells with little dragon-spirits named emacs?
I can't remember who wrote these or what they were called AT ALL.
"Popularity is not an indicator of good quality" -- True!
From this follows neither:
"Unpopularity IS an indicator of good quality"
nor
"Popularity IS an indicator of bad quality"
Popularity is typically an indicator merely that something merits attention, because if a large range of people can agree that they like it, it is probably at least deserving of some interest, if not approval.
You fail. Have a nice day.
seems to be that it is well worth reading at the very least as enjoyable fiction. Plenty of peer-reviewed papers have been published on the subject. I suggest you verify that you know what the fuck you're talking about before turning up your nose at it.
"Profanity is the last refuge of the inarticulate motherfucker" -- Oscar Wilde
She didn't bother trying to mess around with any deeper commentary
There is a bit of this, if you're looking for it.
So what you're saying is that it has sex with other children-to-young adult-range series of fantasy and adventure books?
My goodness. What an aberration. What a sin against the will of God.
Why wouldn't you choose Ubuntu for company servers when you've got Canonical right there?
... why is OpenMOSIX not releasing their source?
This is reason enough to use it all by itself.
What do you consider "dirty?"
Common sense on Slashdot is not permitted.