I currently administer a private school running 10.3 Server on an Xserve G4. I'm very much looking forward to these new features, such as Mobile Home Directories. Currently, we're going to implement third-party alternatives for backing up the student's files (they all have iBooks they can take home), but this looks to be a much better solution.
Jobs said that Apple has one half-million.Mac subscribers. The synchronization engine is built into Tiger with a new.Mac preference pane; mail account settings can be synchronized and third-party apps can sync data.
Well, I've never really seen the point in hiding behind a pseudonym. The Internet has the potential to be this wonderful tool to connect people and businesses around the world, but it's populated by legions of "tehmatrixfan_8136@aol.com" handles. The minute the anonymity is erased is the minute this tool can reach its hithertofore-untapped potential. It will happen some day, and I eagerly await that day.
In the meantime though, "afish" is a fun name, so I'll stick with it. ^_^
Ah, the beauty of anonymity. Enjoy it while it lasts, young fellow, for the days of non-accountability are numbered here on this Internet of ours. Soon your kind will fade into obscurity... or end up in prison.
I think this whole situation with the Xindi is a small facet of a larger temporal cold war.
On another note, I hate that phrase. "Temporal cold war". It gets my blood boiling even more than "metrosexual" or "WMD". Back in the days before they tore Florida a new one, they were saying it like it was going out of style.
Actually, Star Trek has generally been pretty good at not royally screwing over the timeline. Instead, it generally turns out that changes that occur in the past were supposed to happen in such a fashion.
Case in point: in TNG episode "Time's Arrow", the crew stumbles upon Data's severed head from the past. Eventually, they end up traveling back in time, and Data's head gets severed. This didn't change the past, because it already happened. Similarly, in an episode of Voyager, Seven of Nine commented on the fact that the Borg were present when Zephram Cochran blasted off into space and met the Vulcans. The Borg being there didn't adversely affect the timeline, because that's the way events transpired (this was further proven when Archer et al found the frozen Borg on Earth in Enterprise.
So I seriously doubt Earth is going to be destroyed, since we've seen Earth once or twice in the other Treks.
The first season of TNG was particularly terrible. The most infamous example being "The Naked Now", where the crew (with their standard Star Fleet issue miniskirts) became 'drunk' from an anomaly and Data had sex with Tasha Yar.
And that, like many other early TNG episodes, was a rehashing of an Original Series episode, in this case, "The Naked Time". The stealing of plots from other Star Treks is not a new concept, it would seem.
I must agree with everyone else, a Trek series doesn't get good until the 3rd season (unless it's TOS, which had been cancelled twice by that point ^_^). I've been sitting through Enterprise, tolerating T'Pol's blatant T&A, and the nigh-unbearable amount of time travel episodes (We don't have a plot for this week's episode! Send someone through time or something!), and I think it's finally starting to get interesting.
Personally though, I'd like to see them attempt to further develop some of the bridge crew, lest they become bridge scenery like Chakotay did. Specifically, I want to see more Hoshi (who seems to be the most "human" character in the cast), and far less T'Pol (oh wow, she's showing emotion again! That's so weird to see a Vulcan showing emotion! *coughSpockcough*).
Honestly, I don't understand why more people aren't excited about the prospect of a new handheld war. Remember the glory days of NES/SNES vs. Genesis? Both companies were fighting tooth and nail to get the big 3rd party titles and licenses, and in the end, the winners were the gamers, who benefitted from the competition by getting the best of the best.
Conversely, Nintendo has gone pretty much unchallenged in the handheld market, so there has been very little in terms on innovation. A bit of competition (from an old enemy, no less) might be just what we need to see some truly innovative titles from the big N.
Besides the fact that it was intended to be a humorously ironic statement, he was referring more to the fact that he brings the product directly to the people who otherwise didn't have it available to them. Also, like the ice cream man, the Magicbike would presumably be something welcomed by the consumer (the idea of the ice cream man carries a certain whimsical, mystical quality). So quit complaining about the cute non-analogy already.
I agree that it's a stupid phrase, but the worst ever? You're obviously forgetting the horrible horrible "metrosexual". Someone who likes to have sex with a large city? Can I get a "WTF" in here?
If Alice just burns a data CD with the original MP3 file, there's no further loss of quality, since you're just copying the MP3 from place to place (instead of converting MP3 -> CD Audio -> MP3 again).
A lot of people seem to be up in arms over this, so let me clear it up somewhat: when the Pepsi promo was started, there was an option in the account settings to choose "none" for your credit card. However, in the last week, that option was disabled, and new accounts now require a valid credit card to be entered in order to be created. So both sides of the argument are correct.
An interesting side note: my account had the "none" option selected, so even though that's no longer an option, my account has been unaffected! Meaning, unless Apple figures it out, I can keep my account open without entering any credit card information. I intend to do all my future purchases via iTunes Gift Certificates. ^_^
It's all in the dosage. A can or two a day isn't going to hurt you. Drink a case a week and you're going to have all sorts of problems.
Yes, but think of all the iTMS songs! *rushes to Safeway to grab up remaining winning Pepsi bottles*
Dude, it's free. Get over yourself and just download the songs. I personally don't give a damn about Avril Lavigne ("Complicated" was so damn overplayed on the radio that fateful summer...), but I grabbed it up anyway. Does that make me a tool? Possibly!
The Foo Fighters track wasn't terrible... one might even say it was downright tolerable!
If you delete it from iTunes, it will remove the music file as well, and you won't have the missing file issue. That is, if you set it to organize your music.
Don't hold your breath. They'll stick to standard (MP3) and self-proprietary formats (AAC) for the forseeable future. The WMA -> AAC ability is just to entice people who already have large collections of that crappy format.
Damn, looks like you're right. Well, hang in there, Apple'l let you foreigners in on the fun eventually. Otherwise, they wouldn't have left the Music Store in your version of iTunes. Just be patient and optimistic...
Why would you have so many missing songs that you'd need to organize them? I can only assume that you opted to not let iTunes organize your music in its Library folder, and that's just silly.:P
My 20GB 2nd-gen iPod (as in, the no-dock variety) was giving me trouble too, so I restored it to factory settings, and the install worked fine. Just make sure you pull off anything you can't live without (if you need to pull the songs off, I'd recommend iPodRip or iPod Access). Good luck to ya!
What the...? You don't need a credit card to create an iTMS account. You did originally, but when they started the Pepsi promo, they allowed you to check "none" for your credit card. I think you're still able to do that. I'm in the US, and I don't have a credit card registered (I do all my purchases via Pepsi caps and Gift Certificates ^_^).
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I currently administer a private school running 10.3 Server on an Xserve G4. I'm very much looking forward to these new features, such as Mobile Home Directories. Currently, we're going to implement third-party alternatives for backing up the student's files (they all have iBooks they can take home), but this looks to be a much better solution.
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Jobs said that Apple has one half-million .Mac subscribers. The synchronization engine is built into Tiger with a new .Mac preference pane; mail account settings can be synchronized and third-party apps can sync data.
Well, I've never really seen the point in hiding behind a pseudonym. The Internet has the potential to be this wonderful tool to connect people and businesses around the world, but it's populated by legions of "tehmatrixfan_8136@aol.com" handles. The minute the anonymity is erased is the minute this tool can reach its hithertofore-untapped potential. It will happen some day, and I eagerly await that day.
In the meantime though, "afish" is a fun name, so I'll stick with it. ^_^
Well met, "base3". If you're so curious as to my identity, it's Mario Panighetti. I have nothing to hide.
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%22mario+panighe
All of those are me-related, except the Italian PDF. No idea what the hell that is.
Ah, the beauty of anonymity. Enjoy it while it lasts, young fellow, for the days of non-accountability are numbered here on this Internet of ours. Soon your kind will fade into obscurity... or end up in prison.
It would be more humorous if Darth Vader had even known he'd had a daughter (which he didn't), and if Leia had met Han yet (which she hadn't).
It would have been funnier if you didn't explain it. But yeah, Ninja Gaiden was the first thing I thought of too.
On another note, I hate that phrase. "Temporal cold war". It gets my blood boiling even more than "metrosexual" or "WMD". Back in the days before they tore Florida a new one, they were saying it like it was going out of style.
Actually, Star Trek has generally been pretty good at not royally screwing over the timeline. Instead, it generally turns out that changes that occur in the past were supposed to happen in such a fashion.
Case in point: in TNG episode "Time's Arrow", the crew stumbles upon Data's severed head from the past. Eventually, they end up traveling back in time, and Data's head gets severed. This didn't change the past, because it already happened. Similarly, in an episode of Voyager, Seven of Nine commented on the fact that the Borg were present when Zephram Cochran blasted off into space and met the Vulcans. The Borg being there didn't adversely affect the timeline, because that's the way events transpired (this was further proven when Archer et al found the frozen Borg on Earth in Enterprise.
So I seriously doubt Earth is going to be destroyed, since we've seen Earth once or twice in the other Treks.
The first season of TNG was particularly terrible. The most infamous example being "The Naked Now", where the crew (with their standard Star Fleet issue miniskirts) became 'drunk' from an anomaly and Data had sex with Tasha Yar. And that, like many other early TNG episodes, was a rehashing of an Original Series episode, in this case, "The Naked Time". The stealing of plots from other Star Treks is not a new concept, it would seem. I must agree with everyone else, a Trek series doesn't get good until the 3rd season (unless it's TOS, which had been cancelled twice by that point ^_^). I've been sitting through Enterprise, tolerating T'Pol's blatant T&A, and the nigh-unbearable amount of time travel episodes (We don't have a plot for this week's episode! Send someone through time or something!), and I think it's finally starting to get interesting. Personally though, I'd like to see them attempt to further develop some of the bridge crew, lest they become bridge scenery like Chakotay did. Specifically, I want to see more Hoshi (who seems to be the most "human" character in the cast), and far less T'Pol (oh wow, she's showing emotion again! That's so weird to see a Vulcan showing emotion! *coughSpockcough*).
There's no real hurry. The offer is May 10th, so we have from 2-5pm tomorrow. Too bad there's no Long John Silver's around here...
Honestly, I don't understand why more people aren't excited about the prospect of a new handheld war. Remember the glory days of NES/SNES vs. Genesis? Both companies were fighting tooth and nail to get the big 3rd party titles and licenses, and in the end, the winners were the gamers, who benefitted from the competition by getting the best of the best. Conversely, Nintendo has gone pretty much unchallenged in the handheld market, so there has been very little in terms on innovation. A bit of competition (from an old enemy, no less) might be just what we need to see some truly innovative titles from the big N.
Besides the fact that it was intended to be a humorously ironic statement, he was referring more to the fact that he brings the product directly to the people who otherwise didn't have it available to them. Also, like the ice cream man, the Magicbike would presumably be something welcomed by the consumer (the idea of the ice cream man carries a certain whimsical, mystical quality). So quit complaining about the cute non-analogy already.
I agree that it's a stupid phrase, but the worst ever? You're obviously forgetting the horrible horrible "metrosexual". Someone who likes to have sex with a large city? Can I get a "WTF" in here?
If Alice just burns a data CD with the original MP3 file, there's no further loss of quality, since you're just copying the MP3 from place to place (instead of converting MP3 -> CD Audio -> MP3 again).
A lot of people seem to be up in arms over this, so let me clear it up somewhat: when the Pepsi promo was started, there was an option in the account settings to choose "none" for your credit card. However, in the last week, that option was disabled, and new accounts now require a valid credit card to be entered in order to be created. So both sides of the argument are correct.
An interesting side note: my account had the "none" option selected, so even though that's no longer an option, my account has been unaffected! Meaning, unless Apple figures it out, I can keep my account open without entering any credit card information. I intend to do all my future purchases via iTunes Gift Certificates. ^_^
It's all in the dosage. A can or two a day isn't going to hurt you. Drink a case a week and you're going to have all sorts of problems. Yes, but think of all the iTMS songs! *rushes to Safeway to grab up remaining winning Pepsi bottles*
Dude, it's free. Get over yourself and just download the songs. I personally don't give a damn about Avril Lavigne ("Complicated" was so damn overplayed on the radio that fateful summer...), but I grabbed it up anyway. Does that make me a tool? Possibly! The Foo Fighters track wasn't terrible... one might even say it was downright tolerable!
If you delete it from iTunes, it will remove the music file as well, and you won't have the missing file issue. That is, if you set it to organize your music.
Don't hold your breath. They'll stick to standard (MP3) and self-proprietary formats (AAC) for the forseeable future. The WMA -> AAC ability is just to entice people who already have large collections of that crappy format.
Damn, looks like you're right. Well, hang in there, Apple'l let you foreigners in on the fun eventually. Otherwise, they wouldn't have left the Music Store in your version of iTunes. Just be patient and optimistic...
Why would you have so many missing songs that you'd need to organize them? I can only assume that you opted to not let iTunes organize your music in its Library folder, and that's just silly. :P
My 20GB 2nd-gen iPod (as in, the no-dock variety) was giving me trouble too, so I restored it to factory settings, and the install worked fine. Just make sure you pull off anything you can't live without (if you need to pull the songs off, I'd recommend iPodRip or iPod Access). Good luck to ya!
What the...? You don't need a credit card to create an iTMS account. You did originally, but when they started the Pepsi promo, they allowed you to check "none" for your credit card. I think you're still able to do that. I'm in the US, and I don't have a credit card registered (I do all my purchases via Pepsi caps and Gift Certificates ^_^).
Apple has always been very good at giving me things I didn't know I wanted, but it then turns out I couldn't live without it. Kudos, Apple.