Here's hoping for new life for Arrested Development in 2008!
Fox could save themselves a lot of trouble by just not cancelling these shows in the first place. Low ratings for a critically-acclaimed show? How about better promotion and not jacking around with the schedule? The word-of-mouth behind these programs makes people want to watch them, but that doesn't do much good if new viewers can't find the proper time slot.
Spacial reasoning, however, might tell you that empty space inside a machine isn't very convenient to get at regularly. So you've still got to either build a new case or cut a hole in the bloody thing to make the dock at all useful.
Given some of the homemade cases I've seen, I suspect tinkering with the Mac Mini to give it an iPod dock would make it a bit less "mini" and considerably less stylish.
It sounds like NY Times is looking to make a website something similar to the BBC pages. There you can get a very basic history lesson, timelines and profiles, plus additional content like the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Really, I would prefer to keep all of these things seperate, but it can be useful and there's certainly some appeal for the publisher to gain new audiences.
Stuff like this rather reminds me of a scene in The Hudsucker Proxy where, after the boss throws himself out a window, the employees are compelled to observe a moment of silence. Afterwards, there is an announcement that "This moment of silence has been deducted from your pay!"
I suspect that, while the figures these studies come up with are dramatic, they don't actually reflect very much actual loss of "productivity." If time is money, and each minute equals a certain amount, then millions of employees taking several seconds to delete each spam over the course of a year is going to add up. But time isn't money; time is time. American companies need to chill out a bit.
I would think who owns the content would depend on some very simple criteria, but ones which often lead to legal battles.
If an employee blogs for or as a representative of her company, the company owns the material.
If an employee blogs on her own time, and on matters unrelated to the company, the author owns the material.
If an employee blogs on her own time, but on matters related to the company and identifying herself with the company, she owns the material but will likely face consequences.
The "unstable" and "unfit to lead" assessments were made when the doodle was assumed to have been made by Tony Blair. While you would think that the same conclusions would be drawn regardless of the identity of the scribbler, there is speculation that the original conclusions were politically motivated.
The real "revolution" of the Mac mini is that it's affordable. Whereas before, the cheapest desktop Mac you could buy was the eMac ($999, later discounted to $799), now you can get one for half that. Sure, you don't get a monitor for that price, but most people will already have one and if not you can pick up a CRT cheaply.
Also, I know some general consumers are actually less comfortable with all-in-one machines. My parents would not get an iMac because they thought if something went wrong they would have to bring the whole thing in. No, this doesn't make a lot of sense, but I've heard it from others as well.
this does sound a bit sneaky and intrusive, but if it's breaking into computers and doing good deeds perhaps we should just let it. After all, people sure as hell aren't doing security updates on their own, might as well let somebody do them.
Oh yes, I'm thinking Grand Theft Auto: Land of Lincoln, featuring a team-up of Jack Ryan and his nutjob replacement in the senatorial race, Alan Keyes, driving around the state preaching moral values to anyone who will listen. To hone their skills, Keyes goes to church, while Ryan goes to Scarlett's.
Our fair governor has done some worthwhile things since taking office, but more often than not he doesn't. He likes these safe pet causes, and everyone who's never played a video game knows they're dangerous. So Blago gets to look like he cares about youth, and those who might pitch a fit about it are too young to vote.
I'm trying not to troll, but I suspect your experience with IE is the exception rather than the norm, or perhaps I'm just misinterpreting your words.
I've seem quirks in Firefox where it will not display a page correctly, but I can't remember a time it ever crashed, prevented me from doing something I wanted to do, or otherwise caused me to waste time repeating something I'd already done. I can't say any of this about MSIE (on Mac or Windows), or even Safari on OSX.
I've found that both FF and Safari do things I'd rather they didn't, so I switch between them based on their strengths. In a world written for MSIE, I reckon that's the best you can do. Still, on their worst day I haven't experienced the problems with either of these browsers that I had with Explorer.
Every slashdotter should go to Akihabara at least once in his life. It's a beautiful, beautiful place filled with tiny cell phones, strange and new configurations of everyday appliances, and Japanese nerds who manage to pull it off with style.
And as much as people are making fun of some of this tech, don't tell me there wouldn't be a demand in the US for a pressure-activated heated toilet seat, which Japan had more than five years ago.
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Fox could save themselves a lot of trouble by just not cancelling these shows in the first place. Low ratings for a critically-acclaimed show? How about better promotion and not jacking around with the schedule? The word-of-mouth behind these programs makes people want to watch them, but that doesn't do much good if new viewers can't find the proper time slot.
I preach to you the Superlinux! Windows is something that must be surpassed. Thus spake Zarathustra.
For the less code-literate among us, what exactly do these files do? Adobe's site doesn't make it clear at all, so R'ing TFL doesn't help...
I'm sticking by my original comment!
Given some of the homemade cases I've seen, I suspect tinkering with the Mac Mini to give it an iPod dock would make it a bit less "mini" and considerably less stylish.
Really, I would prefer to keep all of these things seperate, but it can be useful and there's certainly some appeal for the publisher to gain new audiences.
scoobie doobie dooooooooooooooooooo!
...if it weren't for that pesky Slashdot!
-from "The World is Full of Crashing Bores," on the album You are the Quarry, brought to you by our good friends at RIAA.
The first time I saw the headline I read it as "ESA to destroy Mars..."
I suspect that, while the figures these studies come up with are dramatic, they don't actually reflect very much actual loss of "productivity." If time is money, and each minute equals a certain amount, then millions of employees taking several seconds to delete each spam over the course of a year is going to add up. But time isn't money; time is time. American companies need to chill out a bit.
If an employee blogs for or as a representative of her company, the company owns the material.
If an employee blogs on her own time, and on matters unrelated to the company, the author owns the material.
If an employee blogs on her own time, but on matters related to the company and identifying herself with the company, she owns the material but will likely face consequences.
Right, because ours is so much better ;)
Fair AND balanced, right?
The "unstable" and "unfit to lead" assessments were made when the doodle was assumed to have been made by Tony Blair. While you would think that the same conclusions would be drawn regardless of the identity of the scribbler, there is speculation that the original conclusions were politically motivated.
Also, I know some general consumers are actually less comfortable with all-in-one machines. My parents would not get an iMac because they thought if something went wrong they would have to bring the whole thing in. No, this doesn't make a lot of sense, but I've heard it from others as well.
Won't the sopped-in grease and clumps of excess cheese mess up the laptop, or at least make it unpleasant to use?
this does sound a bit sneaky and intrusive, but if it's breaking into computers and doing good deeds perhaps we should just let it. After all, people sure as hell aren't doing security updates on their own, might as well let somebody do them.
Oh yes, I'm thinking Grand Theft Auto: Land of Lincoln, featuring a team-up of Jack Ryan and his nutjob replacement in the senatorial race, Alan Keyes, driving around the state preaching moral values to anyone who will listen. To hone their skills, Keyes goes to church, while Ryan goes to Scarlett's.
But recently? No, you're right. I don't suppose there's been much since his first day.
Our fair governor has done some worthwhile things since taking office, but more often than not he doesn't. He likes these safe pet causes, and everyone who's never played a video game knows they're dangerous. So Blago gets to look like he cares about youth, and those who might pitch a fit about it are too young to vote.
... maybe they'll offer something of better value as a replacement, like with the recent defective demo discs being replaced with real games.
I've seem quirks in Firefox where it will not display a page correctly, but I can't remember a time it ever crashed, prevented me from doing something I wanted to do, or otherwise caused me to waste time repeating something I'd already done. I can't say any of this about MSIE (on Mac or Windows), or even Safari on OSX.
I've found that both FF and Safari do things I'd rather they didn't, so I switch between them based on their strengths. In a world written for MSIE, I reckon that's the best you can do. Still, on their worst day I haven't experienced the problems with either of these browsers that I had with Explorer.
And as much as people are making fun of some of this tech, don't tell me there wouldn't be a demand in the US for a pressure-activated heated toilet seat, which Japan had more than five years ago.