But the PS3 will still be the better Blu-Ray player. The stand-alones hardly come close, and you don't get hard-disk storage or a general-purpose media center. And you don't get bluetooth remotes, you are stuck with IR if you buy a typical player. Hell, the PS3 is about the only player currently on the market that supports Profile 2.0 discs.
I would not be surprised to find a new coalition of HD-DVD-interested companies form to create a new, open, set of technologies to compete with Blue-ray
Actually, that would be extraordinarily surprising. Since when have movie publishers been interested in "open" technology? Heck, how many "technology" companies are interested in open technology? Very few. Microsoft certainly has never been interested in it. I'm very interested to hear why you think it is likely that all of a sudden, a bunch of companies are suddenly going to fundamentally change their character and divert from their standard operating procedures and support open technologies.
PC enthusiasts see their PCs as classic muscle cars. They like to work on them themselves, show power (for less cost), and use it for utility and entertainment.
What? Muscle cars aren't very useful, and they aren't economical at all. This is perhaps the worst car analogy I've seen... except for the fact that's it's unintentionally accurate.
Your "reductio-ad-absurdam" fails -- luck is random chance that evens out over the long run. BMW & 3M are long-term successes. Apple could have failed (and been bought by MS)
Just like Apple is a long-term success. How many computer companies have been around for longer than Apple? IBM is older, but their main business was in areas other than computing. Apart from IBM, who has stayed in business for longer?
I'm not buying it. The act talks about the musical performance rights in the recording. Movies have those, too. Why would a DVD recording of a musical performance be any different to one on CD? Under the legal definition, a DVD also counts as a "phonorecord."
I didn't realize that Think Differently was such a powerful slogan that it affects history.
No, my comment has nothing to do with that slogan.
The Apple II was not perfection or a wonderous machine by any stretch, any of us that used one can tell you that. What was so greatly unique about it that the PET or TRS-80 or homebuilt machine didn't have?
I never said anything about that hardware. The difference was that Apple saw the computer as being for the ordinary person, not just the hobbyist or the corporation.
Somewhere within the cute stories of the little company started in a garage, you got brainwashed into thinking that being moderately successful made Apple into a god.
Where did I say Apple was a God? All I said was that they did things differently than the typical hobbyist computer company of the time. What's so controversial about that? It seems you might have a rather... religious... view of things if you are going to project so much onto simple statements.
So tell me - why did all those hobbyist companies never get anywhere, but Apple succeeded, if they were doing the exact same thing as Apple? Hell, even Microsoft succeeded by being different to those guys.
Total bullshit. Flash drives work fine on old Macs, presuming you haven't formatted the drive in some crazy way. The other option would be a USB floppy drive. You don't need one made by Apple, I've used one that came with an IBM laptop. Or a Zip drive. People are throwing those things away, you should be able to get one for free.
Sorry, your story does not ring true. It doesn't take a lot of savvy to find a solution to this. Sounds more like you are looking for excuses to bash the Mac, than find a solution to your "friend's" problem. How about trying to be resourceful? I think you'll find a lot of people in the "homeless community" are very resourceful. Is the magazine your friend sells called "The Big Issue"? They could hook you up with someone to help, if you call their office.
not that Mac marginalization has anywhere near the same significance as the often violent discrimination that gays and blacks have experienced in their lifetimes
You've clearly never used Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh.
What Apple did was no different than a host of other hobby computer companies, the Apple II just happened to catch on better than others. But this illustrates the frustrations many of us have with Apple fans, because rewriting history = zealotry.
For someone complaining of rewriting history, you certainly do take your liberties with history. Apple did not just do the same thing as a "host of other computer companies" - they did things very differently. And they just didn't "happen to catch on" - there was a reason for that. Do you really think Apple's early success was just chance, and nothing to do with the work they did? So, how do you explain why others failed where Apple succeeded? They just got lucky?
Unless, of course, you dare suggest that people be free to choose proprietary software. Then all that freedom-lovin' goes right out the window, and you are a terrible person for wanting to use Photoshop instead of the GIMP.
I've never seen a fan reply to the complaint of the iPod's lack of ability to play Ogg Vorbis as "You know, they should really include that".
Meh. Too few people use Ogg for it to really matter. If it were a popular, widely-used format, it might get a response. Can't you add a script to your music software to convert your oggs when you load the iPod? I mean it would be nice if they did support Ogg, but I can't rise to the level of saying they "should" - because there are plenty of formats it does support. Hey, I think it would be nice if the iPod supported Hypercard stacks, but I don't think they "should" include that.
If it was a Linux device somebody would have added that within a month of the iPod's release.
Digg? Seriously? I don't think you have any right to be surprised at lameness and zealotry if you visit Digg. That place is the natural home of the angry 12-year-old.
She kept dragging things off the laptop screen onto the projector. This had her totally fucking confused for 5 minutes. Several times I tried to explain what was going on, but she would cut me off and say "See--it's disappearing. Why is it on the projector and not on my laptop. It's broken."
Interesting. I see the exact same thing all the time from coworkers who use Windows. The Mac users actually seem to understand monitor-spanning versus mirroring. The fact that there are incompetent people on different platforms doesn't really prove anything.
It's not the same. If you do, for instance, "yum update" or "apt-get upgrade" it will only install updates to software you have currently installed, plus anything that's required by the new version.
There you go - it installs new stuff that wasn't asked for. And in my GUI package manager, updating and installing is both handled in the same window.
The dialog in question lists Safari as yet another security update
What? The screenshot you linked to gives a description of what Safari is, and how to get more information. Where does it say that it is a security update? When you get a security update, it says what the update does, and doesn't bother describing the function of software you already have installed.
No, it's the website designer's fault for having created a disconnect between the user's expectations and what really happens.
Again, what? The web designer clearly puts a box saying "You will receive promotional email" and the user leaves that checked - how is the designer at fault for the user then receiving promotional email as the web page said they would? The designer is responsible for the user's "disconnect" from not reading what the fuck they are signing up for? That's ludicrous. It's hard to take your criticism of Apple seriously when you:
Can't read the Apple Software Update dialog in question.
Hold users blameless for not reading what they sign up for online, even when it is clearly spelled out.
Seriously, what's up with that, a website is supposed to do what a user "expects" even though they actually state otherwise. I guess the slashdot is to blame that I don't have a pony, because that's what I expect of the website.
I've read that, I don't see how it doesn't also ban the rental of DVDs, after all, they have a soundtrack on them. Also, if you read it, you will notice that you are allowed to rent CDs and computer games with permission of the copyright holder. Also, if this law is in effect, then why are there so many places that rent computer games around? And how does Blockbuster rent music on CDs if it is illegal?
For the cost of supporting one platform, I could have 91% of the market [hitslink.com]. If I double the cost I spent on supporting my windows specific code, I could add 7%.
Your argument is flawed. On Windows, you have a lot more competition in the games market. On the Mac, you have much less competition, so you can really clean up, way beyond what the raw marketshare figures would indicate. Also, it doesn't cost twice as much, because most of the expense is in the game design. Supporting an additional platform does not require twice the work - it only requires minimal work to support those elements specific to the additional platform.
It also means that you do not cause harm to others by interfering in their relationships.
So, wouldn't you agree that the parents interfering in their children's relationships constitutes harm? So, aren't the parents guilty of sexual misconduct here?
A core precept is not committing sexual misconduct. In Tibet - if you want to talk to a girl you have to ask the parents for marriage.
How in the world does that prevent sexual misconduct? Hell, plenty of parents sexually abuse their own children, or are happy to see them in abusive relationships if the "partner" is wealthy enough. Isn't it abusive in itself to prevent free association if the parents don't approve?
Government has unprecedented data gathering and search capabilities, and is seeking increases in those capabilities. These capabilities are hard to prevent;
Along those lines: technology has increased the capability for copying and sharing intellectual property. So, shouldn't we have much stiffer penalties on things like filesharing and copying of music? Perhaps we should allow the RIAA to directly arrest people they suspect of these crimes, or perhaps shoot them on sight? After all, technology makes this a much more serious issue.
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But the PS3 will still be the better Blu-Ray player. The stand-alones hardly come close, and you don't get hard-disk storage or a general-purpose media center. And you don't get bluetooth remotes, you are stuck with IR if you buy a typical player. Hell, the PS3 is about the only player currently on the market that supports Profile 2.0 discs.
I think you mean "discrete." Having 8 analog outputs on your player would be anything but discreet.
Wouldn't holding a controller only add mass... unless you filled it with helium or hydrogen?
Actually, that would be extraordinarily surprising. Since when have movie publishers been interested in "open" technology? Heck, how many "technology" companies are interested in open technology? Very few. Microsoft certainly has never been interested in it. I'm very interested to hear why you think it is likely that all of a sudden, a bunch of companies are suddenly going to fundamentally change their character and divert from their standard operating procedures and support open technologies.
What? Muscle cars aren't very useful, and they aren't economical at all. This is perhaps the worst car analogy I've seen... except for the fact that's it's unintentionally accurate.
Just like Apple is a long-term success. How many computer companies have been around for longer than Apple? IBM is older, but their main business was in areas other than computing. Apart from IBM, who has stayed in business for longer?
I'm not buying it. The act talks about the musical performance rights in the recording. Movies have those, too. Why would a DVD recording of a musical performance be any different to one on CD? Under the legal definition, a DVD also counts as a "phonorecord."
No, my comment has nothing to do with that slogan.
The Apple II was not perfection or a wonderous machine by any stretch, any of us that used one can tell you that. What was so greatly unique about it that the PET or TRS-80 or homebuilt machine didn't have?I never said anything about that hardware. The difference was that Apple saw the computer as being for the ordinary person, not just the hobbyist or the corporation.
Somewhere within the cute stories of the little company started in a garage, you got brainwashed into thinking that being moderately successful made Apple into a god.Where did I say Apple was a God? All I said was that they did things differently than the typical hobbyist computer company of the time. What's so controversial about that? It seems you might have a rather... religious... view of things if you are going to project so much onto simple statements.
So tell me - why did all those hobbyist companies never get anywhere, but Apple succeeded, if they were doing the exact same thing as Apple? Hell, even Microsoft succeeded by being different to those guys.
Total bullshit. Flash drives work fine on old Macs, presuming you haven't formatted the drive in some crazy way. The other option would be a USB floppy drive. You don't need one made by Apple, I've used one that came with an IBM laptop. Or a Zip drive. People are throwing those things away, you should be able to get one for free.
Sorry, your story does not ring true. It doesn't take a lot of savvy to find a solution to this. Sounds more like you are looking for excuses to bash the Mac, than find a solution to your "friend's" problem. How about trying to be resourceful? I think you'll find a lot of people in the "homeless community" are very resourceful. Is the magazine your friend sells called "The Big Issue"? They could hook you up with someone to help, if you call their office.
You've clearly never used Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh.
For someone complaining of rewriting history, you certainly do take your liberties with history. Apple did not just do the same thing as a "host of other computer companies" - they did things very differently. And they just didn't "happen to catch on" - there was a reason for that. Do you really think Apple's early success was just chance, and nothing to do with the work they did? So, how do you explain why others failed where Apple succeeded? They just got lucky?
Unless, of course, you dare suggest that people be free to choose proprietary software. Then all that freedom-lovin' goes right out the window, and you are a terrible person for wanting to use Photoshop instead of the GIMP.
I've never seen a fan reply to the complaint of the iPod's lack of ability to play Ogg Vorbis as "You know, they should really include that".Meh. Too few people use Ogg for it to really matter. If it were a popular, widely-used format, it might get a response. Can't you add a script to your music software to convert your oggs when you load the iPod? I mean it would be nice if they did support Ogg, but I can't rise to the level of saying they "should" - because there are plenty of formats it does support. Hey, I think it would be nice if the iPod supported Hypercard stacks, but I don't think they "should" include that.
If it was a Linux device somebody would have added that within a month of the iPod's release.Well, yeah. Who else uses Ogg?
Digg? Seriously? I don't think you have any right to be surprised at lameness and zealotry if you visit Digg. That place is the natural home of the angry 12-year-old.
Interesting. I see the exact same thing all the time from coworkers who use Windows. The Mac users actually seem to understand monitor-spanning versus mirroring. The fact that there are incompetent people on different platforms doesn't really prove anything.
There you go - it installs new stuff that wasn't asked for. And in my GUI package manager, updating and installing is both handled in the same window.
What? The screenshot you linked to gives a description of what Safari is, and how to get more information. Where does it say that it is a security update? When you get a security update, it says what the update does, and doesn't bother describing the function of software you already have installed.
No, it's the website designer's fault for having created a disconnect between the user's expectations and what really happens.Again, what? The web designer clearly puts a box saying "You will receive promotional email" and the user leaves that checked - how is the designer at fault for the user then receiving promotional email as the web page said they would? The designer is responsible for the user's "disconnect" from not reading what the fuck they are signing up for? That's ludicrous. It's hard to take your criticism of Apple seriously when you:
Seriously, what's up with that, a website is supposed to do what a user "expects" even though they actually state otherwise. I guess the slashdot is to blame that I don't have a pony, because that's what I expect of the website.
I've read that, I don't see how it doesn't also ban the rental of DVDs, after all, they have a soundtrack on them. Also, if you read it, you will notice that you are allowed to rent CDs and computer games with permission of the copyright holder. Also, if this law is in effect, then why are there so many places that rent computer games around? And how does Blockbuster rent music on CDs if it is illegal?
OK, so what is this law you speak of?
Your argument is flawed. On Windows, you have a lot more competition in the games market. On the Mac, you have much less competition, so you can really clean up, way beyond what the raw marketshare figures would indicate. Also, it doesn't cost twice as much, because most of the expense is in the game design. Supporting an additional platform does not require twice the work - it only requires minimal work to support those elements specific to the additional platform.
Congratulations.
Only by idiots. The same kind of idiots who would call the Tibetans thugs and gangsters.
So, wouldn't you agree that the parents interfering in their children's relationships constitutes harm? So, aren't the parents guilty of sexual misconduct here?
How in the world does that prevent sexual misconduct? Hell, plenty of parents sexually abuse their own children, or are happy to see them in abusive relationships if the "partner" is wealthy enough. Isn't it abusive in itself to prevent free association if the parents don't approve?
Along those lines: technology has increased the capability for copying and sharing intellectual property. So, shouldn't we have much stiffer penalties on things like filesharing and copying of music? Perhaps we should allow the RIAA to directly arrest people they suspect of these crimes, or perhaps shoot them on sight? After all, technology makes this a much more serious issue.
You mean, exactly the same way that private property doesn't exist in any physical sense, and its boundaries are very poorly defined?