Does Apple not have a reputation for excellent, reliable hardware that "just works"?
No. Apple has the reputation for ease of use and quality marketing, both of which rely upon the hardware working. Unfortunately, the hardware is not providing the foundation it needs to provide.
... the manner in which Apple attempts to hide problems discouraged me. This goes back to the original Intel-based MacBook Pros with the heat issue. I could not get a straight answer out of Apple when I asked about the problem.
I really like OS-X, however you have to buy Apple hardware in order to run OS-X. Apple does not support their hardware properly. Therefore, Apple does not support OS-X properly.
Censoring anything but "happy-talk" on their forums is not the answer. Apple are smart people, why can they not understand that simplest of simple concepts?
My objection to DRM is that it takes the judgment and punishment for the illegalities of wrongful copying out of the court system.
So far I have not seen one DRM vendor provide any rationale for usurping my right to a fair trial, and replacing that right with the DRM being the judge and enforcer.
And it's rather pathetic to not want to contribute to a charity (or pseudo-charity, whatever) just because it betters the reputation of someone you don't like.
That's not what I said. I dislike having my money taken from me illegally and used by someone so he can clear his name of illegal business practices used to take my money.
The fact that Gates is hiding behind charity to do this is the pathetic part.
the Gates Foundation to me is the only positive thing I can see Bill doing.
Of course, after he stole all the money via his illegal monopoly, he is now trying to leave behind a legacy of good for his name.
I would rather not have to pay the exorbitant prices for Windows and Office, and then decide for myself which charities I want to support with my monetary savings. Gates has no right to spend my money trying to better his name.
I was not planning to upgrade to Opera 9.10 because I didn't see the need to deal with the update just to get some minor new features.
Now I find out that my web browsing has made my PC vulnerable to exploits because Opera did not inform me of the security fix in the 9.10 version. Had I known about the security fix, I would have updated immediately.
This is not a good situation for Opera. It shows they have a total disregard for the security of my PC. What other security issues are lurking in the Opera browser? Why isn't Opera telling us about them?
Is this guy still trying to predict the future?
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I guess he thinks that if he makes enough predictions, one of them might actually be correct. Maybe.
Their forecast is based on historical records of geomagnetic storms.
Hathaway explains: "When a gust of solar wind hits Earth's magnetic field, the impact causes the magnetic field to shake. If it shakes hard enough, we call it a geomagnetic storm." In the extreme, these storms cause power outages and make compass needles swing in the wrong direction. Auroras are a beautiful side-effect.
Hathaway and Wilson looked at records of geomagnetic activity stretching back almost 150 years and noticed something useful:. "The amount of geomagnetic activity now tells us what the solar cycle is going to be like 6 to 8 years in the future," says Hathaway.
I think the radio pioneers would be very impressed with the technology progress, but would probably have significant second thoughts about the progress of the content.
I also think the radio pioneers would be aghast of DRM, it runs counter to all they have worked for, i.e. the wide dissemination of content.
"I have in mind a plan of development which would make radio a 'household utility' in the same sense as the piano or phonograph. The idea is to bring music into the house by wireless.
"While this has been tried in the past by wires, it has been a failure because wires do not lend themselves to this scheme. With radio, however, it would seem to be entirely feasible. For example--a radio telephone transmitter having a range of say 25 to 50 miles can be installed at a fixed point where instrumental or vocal music or both are produced. The problem of transmitting music has already been solved in principle and therefore all the receivers attuned to the transmitting wave length should be capable of receiving such music. The receiver can be designed in the form of a simple 'Radio Music Box' and arranged for several different wave lengths, which should be changeable with the throwing of a single switch or pressing of a single button.
"The 'Radio Music Box' can be supplied with amplifying tubes and a loudspeaking telephone, all of which can be neatly mounted in one box. The box can be placed on a table in the parlor or living room, the switch set accordingly and the transmitted music received. There should be no difficulty in receiving music perfectly when transmitted within a radius of 25 to 50 miles. Within such a radius there reside hundreds of thousands of families; and as all can simultaneously receive from a single transmitter, there would be no question of obtaining sufficiently loud signals to make the performance enjoyable. The power of the transmitter can be made 5 k.w., if necessary, to cover even a short radius of 25 to 50 miles; thereby giving extra loud signals in the home if desired. The use of head telephones would be obviated by this method. The development of a small loop antenna to go with each 'Radio Music Box' would likewise solve the antennae problem.
"The same principle can be extended to numerous other fields as, for example, receiving lectures at home which be made perfectly audible; also events of national importance can be simultaneously announced and received. Baseball scores can be transmitted in the air by the use of one set installed at the Polo Grounds. The same would be true of other cities. This proposition would be especially interesting to farmers and others living in outlying districts removed from cities. By the purchase of a 'Radio Music Box' they could enjoy concerts, lectures, music, recitals, etc., which may be going on in the nearest city within their radius. While I have indicated a few of the most probable fields of usefulness for such a device, yet there are numerous other fields to which the principle can be extended...
I've learned both, and I found Morse Code much easier to learn, and better thought out. Morse Code is like the Lempel-Zif compression algorithm, i.e., the more common letters have a shorter code representation. Even with a significant assist from the compute power of the phone (auto word completion, etc.), Morse Code just seems more intuitive to me than texting.
And please, don't even try to call those tiny dots on the phone's case a keyboard.:)
... who said SPAM predicted that SPAM would be eliminated by 2006?
. '[A]s I look at the trends that are now starting to converge, I can envision a future in which robotic devices will become a nearly ubiquitous part of our day-to-day lives,' Gates writes in the January issue of Scientific American.
All he did was define a new symbol to represent the result of dividing by zero.. So now, instead of flashing "Error", calculators will display the new symbol.
I think I'll define another, different new symbol the Errority that represents "the wrong answer". Whenever I am taking a test, I'll use the Errority as the answer when I do not know the correct answer. Since I do not know the correct answer, using the Errority is the correct thing to do, therefore I have answered the question correctly.
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No. Apple has the reputation for ease of use and quality marketing, both of which rely upon the hardware working. Unfortunately, the hardware is not providing the foundation it needs to provide.
I really like OS-X, however you have to buy Apple hardware in order to run OS-X. Apple does not support their hardware properly. Therefore, Apple does not support OS-X properly.
Censoring anything but "happy-talk" on their forums is not the answer. Apple are smart people, why can they not understand that simplest of simple concepts?
So far I have not seen one DRM vendor provide any rationale for usurping my right to a fair trial, and replacing that right with the DRM being the judge and enforcer.
Ahhh, that is the problem. My choices were limited by Microsoft's illegal monopolistic practices.
Read the Microsoft anti-trust trial court transcripts for the full background on how Microsoft's monopoly limited choice to only Microsoft products.
Now Gates is trying to clear his name by giving away the illegally-begotten money. To use someone else's word, it is pathetic.
That's not what I said. I dislike having my money taken from me illegally and used by someone so he can clear his name of illegal business practices used to take my money.
The fact that Gates is hiding behind charity to do this is the pathetic part.
Of course, after he stole all the money via his illegal monopoly, he is now trying to leave behind a legacy of good for his name.
I would rather not have to pay the exorbitant prices for Windows and Office, and then decide for myself which charities I want to support with my monetary savings. Gates has no right to spend my money trying to better his name.
Now I find out that my web browsing has made my PC vulnerable to exploits because Opera did not inform me of the security fix in the 9.10 version. Had I known about the security fix, I would have updated immediately.
This is not a good situation for Opera. It shows they have a total disregard for the security of my PC. What other security issues are lurking in the Opera browser? Why isn't Opera telling us about them?
I guess he thinks that if he makes enough predictions, one of them might actually be correct. Maybe.
I try to forget that one.
It is not the first time that the Mars rovers' software has been modified from afar.
Has Microsoft given up on Vista already? Has Microsoft agreed that the DRM-laden Vista is really a no-go?
(can I have my laptop now?)
Their forecast is based on historical records of geomagnetic storms. Hathaway explains: "When a gust of solar wind hits Earth's magnetic field, the impact causes the magnetic field to shake. If it shakes hard enough, we call it a geomagnetic storm." In the extreme, these storms cause power outages and make compass needles swing in the wrong direction. Auroras are a beautiful side-effect. Hathaway and Wilson looked at records of geomagnetic activity stretching back almost 150 years and noticed something useful:. "The amount of geomagnetic activity now tells us what the solar cycle is going to be like 6 to 8 years in the future," says Hathaway.
With most, if not all, subject to region coding and DRM to prevent fair use.
150-200 channels of commercial sattelite radio.
Also DRM'd.
cable and sattelite TV
Also DRM'd.
there is iTunes
DRM'd
I also think the radio pioneers would be aghast of DRM, it runs counter to all they have worked for, i.e. the wide dissemination of content.
"I have in mind a plan of development which would make radio a 'household utility' in the same sense as the piano or phonograph. The idea is to bring music into the house by wireless.
"While this has been tried in the past by wires, it has been a failure because wires do not lend themselves to this scheme. With radio, however, it would seem to be entirely feasible. For example--a radio telephone transmitter having a range of say 25 to 50 miles can be installed at a fixed point where instrumental or vocal music or both are produced. The problem of transmitting music has already been solved in principle and therefore all the receivers attuned to the transmitting wave length should be capable of receiving such music. The receiver can be designed in the form of a simple 'Radio Music Box' and arranged for several different wave lengths, which should be changeable with the throwing of a single switch or pressing of a single button.
"The 'Radio Music Box' can be supplied with amplifying tubes and a loudspeaking telephone, all of which can be neatly mounted in one box. The box can be placed on a table in the parlor or living room, the switch set accordingly and the transmitted music received. There should be no difficulty in receiving music perfectly when transmitted within a radius of 25 to 50 miles. Within such a radius there reside hundreds of thousands of families; and as all can simultaneously receive from a single transmitter, there would be no question of obtaining sufficiently loud signals to make the performance enjoyable. The power of the transmitter can be made 5 k.w., if necessary, to cover even a short radius of 25 to 50 miles; thereby giving extra loud signals in the home if desired. The use of head telephones would be obviated by this method. The development of a small loop antenna to go with each 'Radio Music Box' would likewise solve the antennae problem.
"The same principle can be extended to numerous other fields as, for example, receiving lectures at home which be made perfectly audible; also events of national importance can be simultaneously announced and received. Baseball scores can be transmitted in the air by the use of one set installed at the Polo Grounds. The same would be true of other cities. This proposition would be especially interesting to farmers and others living in outlying districts removed from cities. By the purchase of a 'Radio Music Box' they could enjoy concerts, lectures, music, recitals, etc., which may be going on in the nearest city within their radius. While I have indicated a few of the most probable fields of usefulness for such a device, yet there are numerous other fields to which the principle can be extended...
The Birthplace of FM Broadcasting, Alpine, N.J.
... of everything you never really cared about time of the year.
Just wait until Ballmer hears that google has outmaneuvered Microsoft in courting NASA and all its data.
How Microsoft is pushing Windows 2000 users to use a non-Windows operating system.
And please, don't even try to call those tiny dots on the phone's case a keyboard. :)
Morse code is is faster than texting
. '[A]s I look at the trends that are now starting to converge, I can envision a future in which robotic devices will become a nearly ubiquitous part of our day-to-day lives,' Gates writes in the January issue of Scientific American.
Microsoft astroturf in action.
I think I'll define another, different new symbol the Errority that represents "the wrong answer". Whenever I am taking a test, I'll use the Errority as the answer when I do not know the correct answer. Since I do not know the correct answer, using the Errority is the correct thing to do, therefore I have answered the question correctly.