Bluetooth is everywhere already, and has been for going on two years now.
But that aside, if you think you're going to haul out your Palm Pilot to write down a woman's telephone number, you're clearly missing out on the whole concept.
Seconded, wholeheartedly. I have a freelance client who, bless her little heart, has a hard enough time grasping the different between click and double-click. Throwing a wholly extraneous mouse button on there would just piss her off.
On that subject, does anybody out there remember "Mousin' around?" It was a tutorial that came with the original Mac, if I remember right. It taught basic mouse skills like pointing, clicking, double clicking, clicking and dragging... that kind of stuff.
There are a lot of people out there who would benefit from such a tutorial.
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Ah, yes. It wouldn't be Slashdot without an utterly nonsensical rant bringing together both how great Tesla was and how evil corporations are.
I swear to fucking Christ, reading this Web site is like taking freshman seminar all over again. The same old tired ideas just keep coming around and around and around.
Are we back to this again? If you people, collectively, don't want to be treated like petty criminals, then they damn well need to stop acting like petty criminals. "I'm gonna steal your stuff until you stop treating me like a thief" is pretty stupid, you know?
Also, you seem to be kinda out of touch. You say that record companies have "failed to have a compressed digital audio store with the success of the iTMS." Um. What do you think the iTunes store is, exactly?
Finally, we have this: "Filtering out or ignoring opposing points of view is one of the most ignorant things a person can do." Have you ever heard the old saw, "Keep an open mind, but not so open that just anything can fall into it?" It's important to be able to recognize nonsense when you see it. I saw it, I named it, and apparently at least one person agreed with me about it.
More important than all of that, though, is the sheer hubris you display by daring to compare stealing music with the civil-rights movement. No rich white kid every got anywhere with me comparing himself to Rosa Parks.
It's an incredibly simply program. You just drag and drop images of various bit depths and resolutions to the appropriate wells, then save out an ".icns" file, which you can put into your Xcode project in place of the TIFF you might otherwise use for your application icon.
Or, if you choose to get fancy, you can assemble a variety of sizes and bit depths with Icon Composer, which is included with the bundled developers' tools.
The philosophy behind Pixar is to make great movies. Period. Everything they do serves that goal. There's not a single thing going on in that building that can't be directly tied to their goal of making great movies.
Nobody, but nobody, sat down and thought, "Gee, how can we make our employees happier?" Not even for a split second. Rather, they think, "Gee, how can we attract more talented people and get the very best out of them?"
It's impossible to forget, when you're inside Pixar, that you're there to create wonderful things. If you're the kind of person who thrives on that, great. If not, tough. Nobody there is going to go out of his way to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Opterons have a better bang/buck ratio than any Apple product
Only when you begin and end the comparison with benchmarks. Once you factor in things like IT staffing requirements and operating-system support costs, Xserve wins hands down.
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The people at Pixar, or any other great company are not "better" than you
Do you have any idea how many reels Pixar goes through for every hire they make? To put it bluntly, yes, the people who work at Pixar are better than you. That's why they got hired and you didn't. To a certain extent, there are some things you can do about that. You can work hard and become better at what you do. But when what you lack is simple talent, forget it. You'll never be in their class.
This "everyone's a winner" shit is for the birds. Some people are just flat-out smarter, more talented, more creative than others. "I'm not being allowed to tap into my potential!" is a crock of shit, and everybody knows it.
I'm so glad you just came right out and said this. It's gonna save us all so much time. Since you've clearly and distinctly announced your lack of interest in participating in the real world, none of us who live there have to waste our time reading your comments any more.
Thank you very much for making it so much easier to filter your comments out.
Sorry, I'm not that interested in having a conversation with somebody who (1) argues just for the sake of arguing and (2) gets all his information from "Wikipedia."
Do you really -- really -- think that 20% of iPod people are going to switch to the Mac?
Yup. The only thing that surprises me is that the number is so low.
You obviously have never used a Mac. If you had, you too would understand that the figure quoted by Morgan Stanley isn't merely reasonable, it's downright conservative.
I like to describe the 30" display to people by saying that it's like sitting in front of a billboard. At comfortable viewing distance, you actually have to turn your head to see the edges of the screen. It feels like an infinite desktop because you're simply unaware of the left and right edges.
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Bluetooth is everywhere already, and has been for going on two years now.
But that aside, if you think you're going to haul out your Palm Pilot to write down a woman's telephone number, you're clearly missing out on the whole concept.
Touch-sensitive panels don't usually work well because there's no tactile feedback.
Seconded, wholeheartedly. I have a freelance client who, bless her little heart, has a hard enough time grasping the different between click and double-click. Throwing a wholly extraneous mouse button on there would just piss her off.
... that kind of stuff.
On that subject, does anybody out there remember "Mousin' around?" It was a tutorial that came with the original Mac, if I remember right. It taught basic mouse skills like pointing, clicking, double clicking, clicking and dragging
There are a lot of people out there who would benefit from such a tutorial.
Ah, yes. It wouldn't be Slashdot without an utterly nonsensical rant bringing together both how great Tesla was and how evil corporations are.
I swear to fucking Christ, reading this Web site is like taking freshman seminar all over again. The same old tired ideas just keep coming around and around and around.
Are we back to this again? If you people, collectively, don't want to be treated like petty criminals, then they damn well need to stop acting like petty criminals. "I'm gonna steal your stuff until you stop treating me like a thief" is pretty stupid, you know?
Also, you seem to be kinda out of touch. You say that record companies have "failed to have a compressed digital audio store with the success of the iTMS." Um. What do you think the iTunes store is, exactly?
Finally, we have this: "Filtering out or ignoring opposing points of view is one of the most ignorant things a person can do." Have you ever heard the old saw, "Keep an open mind, but not so open that just anything can fall into it?" It's important to be able to recognize nonsense when you see it. I saw it, I named it, and apparently at least one person agreed with me about it.
More important than all of that, though, is the sheer hubris you display by daring to compare stealing music with the civil-rights movement. No rich white kid every got anywhere with me comparing himself to Rosa Parks.
Sigh. I'm getting tired of the moderation abuse around here. It's getting to the point where it's just not worth it any more.
It's an incredibly simply program. You just drag and drop images of various bit depths and resolutions to the appropriate wells, then save out an ".icns" file, which you can put into your Xcode project in place of the TIFF you might otherwise use for your application icon.
I'm guessing that he was referring to the tendency in programs like Microsoft Word to try to reduce every program function to an icon on a toolbar.
That is, indeed, a terrible idea. We have menu bars for a reason.
Or, if you choose to get fancy, you can assemble a variety of sizes and bit depths with Icon Composer, which is included with the bundled developers' tools.
You have taken the wrong lesson from this.
The philosophy behind Pixar is to make great movies. Period. Everything they do serves that goal. There's not a single thing going on in that building that can't be directly tied to their goal of making great movies.
Nobody, but nobody, sat down and thought, "Gee, how can we make our employees happier?" Not even for a split second. Rather, they think, "Gee, how can we attract more talented people and get the very best out of them?"
It's impossible to forget, when you're inside Pixar, that you're there to create wonderful things. If you're the kind of person who thrives on that, great. If not, tough. Nobody there is going to go out of his way to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Opterons have a better bang/buck ratio than any Apple product
Only when you begin and end the comparison with benchmarks. Once you factor in things like IT staffing requirements and operating-system support costs, Xserve wins hands down.
The people at Pixar, or any other great company are not "better" than you
Do you have any idea how many reels Pixar goes through for every hire they make? To put it bluntly, yes, the people who work at Pixar are better than you. That's why they got hired and you didn't. To a certain extent, there are some things you can do about that. You can work hard and become better at what you do. But when what you lack is simple talent, forget it. You'll never be in their class.
This "everyone's a winner" shit is for the birds. Some people are just flat-out smarter, more talented, more creative than others. "I'm not being allowed to tap into my potential!" is a crock of shit, and everybody knows it.
No compromises are acceptable.
I'm so glad you just came right out and said this. It's gonna save us all so much time. Since you've clearly and distinctly announced your lack of interest in participating in the real world, none of us who live there have to waste our time reading your comments any more.
Thank you very much for making it so much easier to filter your comments out.
Sorry, I'm not that interested in having a conversation with somebody who (1) argues just for the sake of arguing and (2) gets all his information from "Wikipedia."
Plonk.
Months ago, I think. I don't play those kinds of games myself, but I remember hearing about it a long, long time ago.
Is "Rush Hour" what you're calling the expansion? I've had it for my G4 since last fall. Bought it from Amazon.
So your "there are no good Mac games" argument is a big ol' steaming pile of poop.
Do you really -- really -- think that 20% of iPod people are going to switch to the Mac?
Yup. The only thing that surprises me is that the number is so low.
You obviously have never used a Mac. If you had, you too would understand that the figure quoted by Morgan Stanley isn't merely reasonable, it's downright conservative.
I like to describe the 30" display to people by saying that it's like sitting in front of a billboard. At comfortable viewing distance, you actually have to turn your head to see the edges of the screen. It feels like an infinite desktop because you're simply unaware of the left and right edges.
Um. Apple had 100% market share at one point. They invented the home computer, remember?
Is regular tin foil okay, or should I be using the heavy-duty kind?
If you want anybody to understand what the hell you're talking about ... then yes, you need say more. Lots more, probably.
I simply buy CDs instead, and I'll be sticking to that thanks.
Not for long. If you think CDs are going to be around for much longer, you're out of your mind.
No, the national assembly was elected. The government has yet to be formed.
I bet if you try, you could split that hair even more finely. If you really put your mind to it, I mean.
You'd claim that everyone had free access to the polls?
Not just me. All the election monitors, including those sent by the UN, say so.
These are called "exceptions." And, as the old saying goes, the exceptions prove the rule.