Thank you for bringing up that issue, I get irritated by similar things, which seem to get overlooked here:)
But as a note, these differences are to do with one's culture. I myself am a New Zealander, we spell many words differently, and obviously pronounce our version of english differently than say, the Canadian version. Not saying this is an excuse for bad spelling/grammar, but its something to be considered when reading/.
Hi Cakesy! I assume nothing of the sort! My family is fairly ordinary, perhaps it is YOU that is the special case? Being a caregiver is a very poor paying job, at least in this case, really bad pay. But its about the satisfaction of KNOWING YOU HELPED somebody, another human being. My parents have really ill paying jobs,
but its about more than the cash! If your situation happens, then surely the person would WANT to leave their job? Maybe the person enjoys it, for some reason neither of us know. If they find something that makes them want to stay at the job, even with more money than they would ever "learn", then they should be able to stay at it!
I'ts great to hear that you are "from" Australia, but that doesnt tell me where you live now.
Have a great day! (Im happy knowing that its satisfying working for the people, not from my poor pay, no, im not on drugs)
Some people do a fine job contributing to the society by doing their job well.
In my country, perhaps we have more jobs to go around, I assume you will jump on that to say "well obviously you do...", hopefully its now redundent.
My parents are both in the red if anything, but by having a job such as a caregiver, and treating people well, looking after them, is surely better than quitting, and ending a sort of relationship with the person, to be replaced with a unexperienced young immigrantw who wont do as good a job. (Dont take that as being racist, New Zealand is really even more of a "Melting Pot" than America, im just suggesting that maybe a person new to the country would "need the job more")
Nothing selfish about helping people, Im sure you have more money than I do, so by my interpetation of your ideas, you should cease earning a living, and live off your "savings"!!! Its easy to apply things to other people far way, but they hurt when its closer to home.
Have a great day!
"It is similar to the situation were people win the lottery, and continue to work in their old job. Yeah, you don't have to work now, but don't give up that valuable job to someone who might actually need it. Sheesh. I would kill someone if they came back to work after winning the lottery..."
Thats a TERRIBLE thing to say! Just because you have some(read: a fair bit) financial stablity, doesnt mean you have to change your way of life! I, as a working class New Zealander, know that if I was doing what I loved, I wouldnt want to leave it. My parents both have reasonable jobs, one is an Antique Dealer, the other a Personal Caregiver(looking after the elderly and sick), they wouldnt give up their jobs just because they dont need the extra money. Some times its about doing something because you know you do it well, and it helps the community.
Heh, I love you guys, really I do. (NOT SARCASIM, ok ill stop YELLING)
I used Caps for that comment, so to make it easier for my critics to understand, you realise that Capital letters look different from lower case? Dont repeat yourself, I understood the first time. Post aborted? How come its still there? Golly G, maybe the comment passed muster, or p'raps Im just an angry little nerd?
(last comment on this, Some of us feel for the poor slashdot servers which have to store this garbage thats hurled at poor little me)
Ok, my last post to you, how old are you buddy? you really have to learn to sell original for one thing. Steve Jobs only has one 'b'.
I'm hardly an Apple fanatic, as I said before, if you actually read my messages, Im not using a mac. Im typing this well thought out literary masterpiece on a NEC Versa m400. I dont know what kind of backwater town you are in, I myself live in Invercargill New Zealand, a city with a population of 50 something thousand, and I know that many iMac G3s used USB flash disks, normally something around 16MB from (my)memory.
"Apple is a small time player" Ok, from a non biased, un-kool-aid-ed perspective (just because we dont have your precious kool aid in my country), If you ever read the speeches of the great Steve Jobs, you would realise Apple basically controls the markets it DOES enter. Media usage has always been quite mac orientated, schools are starting to get into eMacs in a big way (throughout australasia at least), and now look at the iPod. Yes, I had to bring up the iPod. I guess thats because its my only example (NOTE: THIS IS SARCASIM).
The Apple iPod controls roughly 70-80% of the market. The next closest player (i believe creative, dont quote me on this, or anything else really)is at something like 8% market share.
Dont try and be a comedian, your poor spelling lets down the act. Im not criticizing you, or your ideas, please respect others free will. Maybe you would also notice I hardly ever participate in Slashdot, I find theres always some "American Idiot" who misreads comments, and slaps on a big fat stereotype.
Have a great life!
p.s. Im clicking submit with my ONE BUTTONED APPLE PRO MOUSE to prove how much of a fanatic I am!11!!!
"OH WAIT! Apple also "introduced" USB! How could we forget!?"
Actually, Apple didn't introduce USB. The closest you can say they "introduced" usb is that they moved their keyboard to USB before most other manufacturers. But they certaintly didn't introduct USB, and they DEFINATELY weren't the first with USB in their consumer systems.
"then removing the drive once it got too small for everyday usage, was that not risky financially?"
There were PLENTY of manufacturers who removed the floppy on their systems before apple. Namely, the huge market for laptops which was at the time already significantly more machines than apple was currently shipping through their entire product line.
NOTE USAGE OF QUOTATION MARKS. MOST PEOPLE WOULD REALISE (NOT REALIZE) THAT AS A CLAIM. TELL ME WHAT THE ORIGINAL iMAC IS MOST FAMOUS FOR.(THAT WOULD BE "INTRODUCING" USB AND REMOVING THE FLOPPY DRIVE. MOST PEOPLE USE DESKTOP SYSTEMS, NOT NOTEBOOKS (I MYSELF BEING AN EXCEPTION). PLEASE UNDERSTAND, I DONT READ/. TO COMPLAIN, I READ/. TO KEEP "UP TO DATE"
" But Im glad that someone had the COURAGE to remove that old drive, it prompted us onto USB flash drives.."
You couldn't be farther from the truth. Apple may have had something to do with usb flash drive popularity. But apple CERTAINTLY didn't prompt them into existance.
YOU MISREAD MY STATEMENT: "it prompted us onto USB flash drives" MEANT THAT IF THEY WERE NOT REMOVED, PERHAPS IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE CONSUMER QUITE A CONSIDERABLE AMMOUNT OF TIME LONGER TO START COMMON USAGE.
Wow, being an apple fanboy must really suck. IMO it sux to be so wrong so often. But I guess that is just a way of life for people like you.
HEH, WOULD OBVIOUSLY RATHER BE A PERSON LIKE MYSELF THAT ONE LIKE YOURSELF.
Because then they would lose profits, duh!
Seriously, this seems to be turning into a flamewar...
Ive always preferred Apple hardware (x86 was always designed just to run coke vending machines you know:) ), but Ive been forced, yes FORCED to run either windows or some form of Linux. Just me, everyones entitled to an opinion!
I wasnt trying to be like a fanboy for Apple (I am), just saying, I dont think you should call it being "scared", dont bring up ammunition (=remember the Nomad?) if you also dont want to get into a flamewar.
Im sure you can think of many wise gambles Apple has taken, and some risky ones, think about introducing the floppy to mainstream (I do know the history about it , twiggy drives etc), then removing the drive once it got too small for everyday usage, was that not risky financially? Would the consumer want to use floppy disks at this time? You bet! But Im glad that someone had the COURAGE to remove that old drive, it prompted us onto USB flash drives...OH WAIT! Apple also "introduced" USB! How could we forget!?
My posts DO have a point, that being, that cowardice had nothing to do with the decision to restrict the amount of music files. I blame Motorola (Being a Apple Fanboy, strange considering that Im buying a RAZR), other posts have pointed it out that this is a E390 with iTunes. Just wait till better Motorola/"Apple" phones come out...they have been confirmed...
It makes a really keen obversation about Apple; that Apple is too scared to damage itself in order to imporve itself. This implies that Apple viewes itself and its current business posture as weak, and thus must do everytihing in its power to keep the status quo.
When has Apple EVER been that worried about risktaking, look at the iPod, I recall basically everyone on/. laughed at it, now, how many people here have an iPod? No doubt the same people who dont use linux.
Also, dont call this the "iPhone", Im sure thats coming soon enough...
What nationality are you node159? I would have assumed your also a New Zealander, cept for your terrible spelling of the words "binge drinking" and "alcoholic". If you had been watching any NZ TV you would see how "all" kiwis have issues with drinking.
Im sure many games are close to filling a DVD, once when I had my Grand Theft Auto San Andrea ps2 disc in my computer, it showed up as using something like 7GB, sorry I cant be specific on exact usage. This is surely dual layer.
I hear xbox discs have around 6GB of storage, so all xbox discs must be dual layer?
Cmon people, I take it that my parent post originated from Australia. Please, Please PLEASE just get it right, the dude is from Here, New Zealand. People have made it clear throughout this thread. Please read.
Cant wait till we in New Zealand get iTunes, so I can boycott it.
Its interesting how many people have actually been mugged, here in NZ, I genuinely dont know anyone who has been assualted, let alone shot/stabbed. Just shows how different the world is.
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You made a great point. Thanks for taking the time to type it.
Thank you for bringing up that issue, I get irritated by similar things, which seem to get overlooked here :)
But as a note, these differences are to do with one's culture. I myself am a New Zealander, we spell many words differently, and obviously pronounce our version of english differently than say, the Canadian version. Not saying this is an excuse for bad spelling/grammar, but its something to be considered when reading /.
Hi Cakesy! I assume nothing of the sort! My family is fairly ordinary, perhaps it is YOU that is the special case? Being a caregiver is a very poor paying job, at least in this case, really bad pay. But its about the satisfaction of KNOWING YOU HELPED somebody, another human being. My parents have really ill paying jobs, but its about more than the cash! If your situation happens, then surely the person would WANT to leave their job? Maybe the person enjoys it, for some reason neither of us know. If they find something that makes them want to stay at the job, even with more money than they would ever "learn", then they should be able to stay at it! I'ts great to hear that you are "from" Australia, but that doesnt tell me where you live now. Have a great day! (Im happy knowing that its satisfying working for the people, not from my poor pay, no, im not on drugs)
Some people do a fine job contributing to the society by doing their job well. In my country, perhaps we have more jobs to go around, I assume you will jump on that to say "well obviously you do...", hopefully its now redundent. My parents are both in the red if anything, but by having a job such as a caregiver, and treating people well, looking after them, is surely better than quitting, and ending a sort of relationship with the person, to be replaced with a unexperienced young immigrantw who wont do as good a job. (Dont take that as being racist, New Zealand is really even more of a "Melting Pot" than America, im just suggesting that maybe a person new to the country would "need the job more") Nothing selfish about helping people, Im sure you have more money than I do, so by my interpetation of your ideas, you should cease earning a living, and live off your "savings"!!! Its easy to apply things to other people far way, but they hurt when its closer to home. Have a great day!
"It is similar to the situation were people win the lottery, and continue to work in their old job. Yeah, you don't have to work now, but don't give up that valuable job to someone who might actually need it. Sheesh. I would kill someone if they came back to work after winning the lottery..." Thats a TERRIBLE thing to say! Just because you have some(read: a fair bit) financial stablity, doesnt mean you have to change your way of life! I, as a working class New Zealander, know that if I was doing what I loved, I wouldnt want to leave it. My parents both have reasonable jobs, one is an Antique Dealer, the other a Personal Caregiver(looking after the elderly and sick), they wouldnt give up their jobs just because they dont need the extra money. Some times its about doing something because you know you do it well, and it helps the community.
Heh, I love you guys, really I do. (NOT SARCASIM, ok ill stop YELLING) I used Caps for that comment, so to make it easier for my critics to understand, you realise that Capital letters look different from lower case? Dont repeat yourself, I understood the first time. Post aborted? How come its still there? Golly G, maybe the comment passed muster, or p'raps Im just an angry little nerd? (last comment on this, Some of us feel for the poor slashdot servers which have to store this garbage thats hurled at poor little me)
Ok, my last post to you, how old are you buddy? you really have to learn to sell original for one thing. Steve Jobs only has one 'b'. I'm hardly an Apple fanatic, as I said before, if you actually read my messages, Im not using a mac. Im typing this well thought out literary masterpiece on a NEC Versa m400. I dont know what kind of backwater town you are in, I myself live in Invercargill New Zealand, a city with a population of 50 something thousand, and I know that many iMac G3s used USB flash disks, normally something around 16MB from (my)memory. "Apple is a small time player" Ok, from a non biased, un-kool-aid-ed perspective (just because we dont have your precious kool aid in my country), If you ever read the speeches of the great Steve Jobs, you would realise Apple basically controls the markets it DOES enter. Media usage has always been quite mac orientated, schools are starting to get into eMacs in a big way (throughout australasia at least), and now look at the iPod. Yes, I had to bring up the iPod. I guess thats because its my only example (NOTE: THIS IS SARCASIM). The Apple iPod controls roughly 70-80% of the market. The next closest player (i believe creative, dont quote me on this, or anything else really)is at something like 8% market share. Dont try and be a comedian, your poor spelling lets down the act. Im not criticizing you, or your ideas, please respect others free will. Maybe you would also notice I hardly ever participate in Slashdot, I find theres always some "American Idiot" who misreads comments, and slaps on a big fat stereotype. Have a great life! p.s. Im clicking submit with my ONE BUTTONED APPLE PRO MOUSE to prove how much of a fanatic I am!11!!!
"OH WAIT! Apple also "introduced" USB! How could we forget!?" Actually, Apple didn't introduce USB. The closest you can say they "introduced" usb is that they moved their keyboard to USB before most other manufacturers. But they certaintly didn't introduct USB, and they DEFINATELY weren't the first with USB in their consumer systems. "then removing the drive once it got too small for everyday usage, was that not risky financially?" There were PLENTY of manufacturers who removed the floppy on their systems before apple. Namely, the huge market for laptops which was at the time already significantly more machines than apple was currently shipping through their entire product line. NOTE USAGE OF QUOTATION MARKS. MOST PEOPLE WOULD REALISE (NOT REALIZE) THAT AS A CLAIM. TELL ME WHAT THE ORIGINAL iMAC IS MOST FAMOUS FOR.(THAT WOULD BE "INTRODUCING" USB AND REMOVING THE FLOPPY DRIVE. MOST PEOPLE USE DESKTOP SYSTEMS, NOT NOTEBOOKS (I MYSELF BEING AN EXCEPTION). PLEASE UNDERSTAND, I DONT READ /. TO COMPLAIN, I READ /. TO KEEP "UP TO DATE"
" But Im glad that someone had the COURAGE to remove that old drive, it prompted us onto USB flash drives.."
You couldn't be farther from the truth. Apple may have had something to do with usb flash drive popularity. But apple CERTAINTLY didn't prompt them into existance.
YOU MISREAD MY STATEMENT: "it prompted us onto USB flash drives" MEANT THAT IF THEY WERE NOT REMOVED, PERHAPS IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE CONSUMER QUITE A CONSIDERABLE AMMOUNT OF TIME LONGER TO START COMMON USAGE.
Wow, being an apple fanboy must really suck. IMO it sux to be so wrong so often. But I guess that is just a way of life for people like you.
HEH, WOULD OBVIOUSLY RATHER BE A PERSON LIKE MYSELF THAT ONE LIKE YOURSELF.
Because then they would lose profits, duh! Seriously, this seems to be turning into a flamewar... Ive always preferred Apple hardware (x86 was always designed just to run coke vending machines you know :) ), but Ive been forced, yes FORCED to run either windows or some form of Linux. Just me, everyones entitled to an opinion!
I take it you dont mean mine?
I wasnt trying to be like a fanboy for Apple (I am), just saying, I dont think you should call it being "scared", dont bring up ammunition (=remember the Nomad?) if you also dont want to get into a flamewar. Im sure you can think of many wise gambles Apple has taken, and some risky ones, think about introducing the floppy to mainstream (I do know the history about it , twiggy drives etc), then removing the drive once it got too small for everyday usage, was that not risky financially? Would the consumer want to use floppy disks at this time? You bet! But Im glad that someone had the COURAGE to remove that old drive, it prompted us onto USB flash drives...OH WAIT! Apple also "introduced" USB! How could we forget!? My posts DO have a point, that being, that cowardice had nothing to do with the decision to restrict the amount of music files. I blame Motorola (Being a Apple Fanboy, strange considering that Im buying a RAZR), other posts have pointed it out that this is a E390 with iTunes. Just wait till better Motorola/"Apple" phones come out...they have been confirmed...
What nationality are you node159? I would have assumed your also a New Zealander, cept for your terrible spelling of the words "binge drinking" and "alcoholic". If you had been watching any NZ TV you would see how "all" kiwis have issues with drinking.
Good thinking, I would agree with you there
Im sure many games are close to filling a DVD, once when I had my Grand Theft Auto San Andrea ps2 disc in my computer, it showed up as using something like 7GB, sorry I cant be specific on exact usage. This is surely dual layer. I hear xbox discs have around 6GB of storage, so all xbox discs must be dual layer?
Cmon people, I take it that my parent post originated from Australia. Please, Please PLEASE just get it right, the dude is from Here, New Zealand. People have made it clear throughout this thread. Please read. Cant wait till we in New Zealand get iTunes, so I can boycott it.
Its interesting how many people have actually been mugged, here in NZ, I genuinely dont know anyone who has been assualted, let alone shot/stabbed. Just shows how different the world is.