The past decade of iPod dominance has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that neither a laundry list of features nor a very appealing price can compete with cool factor and a really nice user experience.
Whatever happened in the past in a particular market (music player hardware) will not be sufficiently reliable ground enough for predictions regarding the future in a different market (high end mobile phones).
USB 3.0 demo shows [something completely different].
Business as usual?
If USB 3.0 is 3.5 times faster than USB 2.0, is that referring to the promised speed of 2.0 (480 Mb/s, unfortunately seen nowhere in the wild) or the more realistic speed (250 Mb/s, fine weather provided)?
In the latter case, USB 3.0 would still lag behind Firewire 800, let alone the upcoming FW 3200.;-)
I'll wait and see and stick with fast and reliable FW in the meantime.
Then again, Pres. G.W. Bush is known to be...
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... an iPod user.
(If you want, change this to "an iPod owner", just to be safe of overestimating what Bush can do without special assistance. Riding a bicycle lacking support wheels isn't one of his strenghts, you know.)
I'm sure the Rosaecrucians as well as the Templars of the Ancient Obedience will have their respective points of view about this and thus both of them will act accordingly, albeit independently.
Apple could have guessed some of these above implications just by looking at the name of their assumed adversary, PsyStar.
So, eventually, SATOR being rolled over by ROTAS?;-)
P.S. Not to mention here the works of Michel de Nostredame who told you so 500 years ago, like everything else.
that, according to Apple, the enclosures of the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros are being produced starting with a solid piece of aluminium and then milling, sawing, grinding, drilling (whatever else) a mere 80 percent of the material away. Eighty percent.
As far as I remember, Jonathan Ive explained it in detail in San Francisco so it looks like obviously Apple is very proud of that.
I wonder how eco-friendly such a technique of manufacturing may be?
... will indeed be able to get things done with a well-chosen netbook. The more intelligent among them (be their income low or relatively high) will prefer to buy their netbooks the traditional way, not as a part of a two-year service contract.
On the other hand, whoever expects to satisfy their computing needs with an iPhone or a similar device will end up dissatisfied, and doubly so when on a service contract that has to be paid for monthly from a low income.
Additionally, if some far away galaxy consisted completely of antimatter, to the inhabitants of this galaxy we would clearly be the "antimatter people".
Like in telecommunications with another civilization somewhere else in the universe it would not be a trivial task to agree upon the meaning of "left" vs. "right" (no political pun intended here).
-- "My parents have been on vacation to a planet where the dominant species has no lateral symmetry - and all they brought me is this lousy F-shirt!"
decade after decade. Eventually that we can afford one (well, almost) its specs looks pretty much like those of the IT equipment of Mom and Pop's Grocery Store - Intel something running Windows something.
... there's freedom, for developers, and users as well:
"Our license gives developers and users freedom to cosmetically customize their device or radically remix it; change the wallpaper or rebuild the entire house! It grants them the freedom, for example, to transform a phone into a medical device or point of sale device or the freedom to simply install their own favourite software. Beyond freeing the software on our devices we have also released our CAD files under Creative Commons. And at Linux world 2008, we announced the release of the schematics for our products."
Even more annoyingly, Infineon found companies to sell these Trusted Platform Modules to.
Apple was among those companies.
Nowadays, there's no need for separate Trusted Platform Modules on mainboards any more. Intel started to integrate TPM functionality into their processors directly some time ago.
If you buy a FreeRunner, it will be yours, no strings attached. Not Apple's, like an iPhone, featuring two-year-contracts, restrictive software clauses, CSS, DRM and so on, forever.
Now take your pick.
And yes, "this" (namely, Openmoko and FreeRunner) will lead to a free and open telecommunications platform.
To my knowing, the concept of "dark matter" existing out there wasn't enough to explain a supposed minimum mass of the universe (to allow for it to turn around and re-contract again, some time in the future) and then, in addition, "dark energy" came into the arena?
Just asking.
But then, IANAA (I am not an astronomer, and sometimes very sorry about it);-)
FSF and gpl-violations.org are co-operating closely. gpl-violations and FSF have handled some cases regarding busybox before and have handled them successfully (i.e., out-of-court settlements have been achieved).
And a settlement resulting in GPL compliance - that's what enforcing the GPL is all about.
As Eben Moglen, legal counsel to the FSF for many years, put it (in a keynote address in October 2006):
--- When I went to work for Richard Stallman in 1993, he said to me at the first instruction over enforcing the GPL, "I have a rule. You must never let a request for damages interfere with a settlement for compliance."
I thought about that for a moment and I decided that that instruction meant that I could begin every telephone conversation with a violator of the GPL with magic words: We don't want money. When I spoke those words, life got simpler. The next thing I said was, We don't want publicity.
The third thing I said was, We want compliance. We won't settle for anything less than compliance, and that's all we want.
Now I will show you how to make that ice in the wintertime. And so they gave me compliance. ---
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Like the Eee D200, a nearly "all singin' all dancin'" new kind of multi-functional device:
ASUS' Eee D200 with touchscreen display sneaks out in Taiwan ... up to 2TB of RAID storage, 5-channel HD audio out, and slot loading DVD writer targeting the home network. The inclusion of an 802.11n access point...
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/asus-eee-d200-with-touchscreen-display-sneaks-out-in-taiwan/
The Eee D200 might be presented at CeBIT in the first week of March, see the following article in german language:
Eee PC D200: Multifunktions-Nettop mit Touchscreen
http://www.einfach-eee.de/eee-pc-d200/eee-pc-d200-multifunktions-nettop-mit-touchscreen/
The past decade of iPod dominance has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that neither a laundry list of features nor a very appealing price can compete with cool factor and a really nice user experience.
Whatever happened in the past in a particular market (music player hardware) will not be sufficiently reliable ground enough for predictions regarding the future in a different market (high end mobile phones).
Just my 2 cts.
USB 3.0 demo shows [something completely different].
Business as usual?
If USB 3.0 is 3.5 times faster than USB 2.0, is that referring to the promised speed of 2.0 (480 Mb/s, unfortunately seen nowhere in the wild) or the more realistic speed (250 Mb/s, fine weather provided)?
In the latter case, USB 3.0 would still lag behind Firewire 800, let alone the upcoming FW 3200. ;-)
I'll wait and see and stick with fast and reliable FW in the meantime.
... an iPod user.
(If you want, change this to "an iPod owner", just to be safe of overestimating what Bush can do without special assistance. Riding a bicycle lacking support wheels isn't one of his strenghts, you know.)
Hehe.
If things were so simple.
I'm sure the Rosaecrucians as well as the Templars of the Ancient Obedience will have their respective points of view about this and thus both of them will act accordingly, albeit independently.
Apple could have guessed some of these above implications just by looking at the name of their assumed adversary, PsyStar.
So, eventually, SATOR being rolled over by ROTAS? ;-)
P.S. Not to mention here the works of Michel de Nostredame who told you so 500 years ago, like everything else.
... doesn't mean they are not after you." ;-)
that, according to Apple, the enclosures of the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros are being produced starting with a solid piece of aluminium and then milling, sawing, grinding, drilling (whatever else) a mere 80 percent of the material away. Eighty percent.
As far as I remember, Jonathan Ive explained it in detail in San Francisco so it looks like obviously Apple is very proud of that.
I wonder how eco-friendly such a technique of manufacturing may be?
... will indeed be able to get things done with a well-chosen netbook. The more intelligent among them (be their income low or relatively high) will prefer to buy their netbooks the traditional way, not as a part of a two-year service contract.
On the other hand, whoever expects to satisfy their computing needs with an iPhone or a similar device will end up dissatisfied, and doubly so when on a service contract that has to be paid for monthly from a low income.
Additionally, if some far away galaxy consisted completely of antimatter, to the inhabitants of this galaxy we would clearly be the "antimatter people".
Like in telecommunications with another civilization somewhere else in the universe it would not be a trivial task to agree upon the meaning of "left" vs. "right" (no political pun intended here).
--
"My parents have been on vacation to a planet where the dominant species has no lateral symmetry - and all they brought me is this lousy F-shirt!"
decade after decade. Eventually that we can afford one (well, almost) its specs looks pretty much like those of the IT equipment of Mom and Pop's Grocery Store - Intel something running Windows something.
Oh well... ;-)
Anybody knows if the same disappointment will likely occur with an Antonov?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-22
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An-124
The "next great thing", according to Steve Jobs?
Oh well.
But then again, it's "Apple Inc." now, not "Apple Computer, Inc."
... there are no patents on "software implemented" inventions enforcable.
Yet.
The usual suspects when it comes to heavy patent grabbing have been pushing hard, for years, to no avail (legally).
Yet. :-(
FYI: Article 52 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) reads (cif 2 lit c is relevant here):
Patentable inventions ...
(2) The following in particular shall not be regarded as inventions within the meaning of paragraph 1:
(a) discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods;
(b) aesthetic creations;
(c) schemes, rules and methods for performing mental acts, playing games or doing business, and programs for computers;
http://www.epo.org/patents/law/legal-texts/html/epc/2000/e/ar52.html
Norway is not a member state of the EU.
Some other European countries whose standardization bodies showed pretty biased behaviour in the OOXML issue (like Sweden, Austria,...) are, however.
Remember, in order to run Rockbox, you have to get a rev 1 Sansa (no more available as new stock, just as used items or in refurbished lots).
On a v2 Sansa, Rockbox will not run.
That reallly needs the firmware... the Zune.
Great Hardware? This does not surprise me at all.
After all, the Zunes are, hardware-wise, designed and manufactured by Toshiba (afaik).
Then again, the real Toshibas are known for their excellent audio quality *and* (some of them at least) are being supported by Rockbox.
So why bother with an under-cover Toshiba, hampered by mediocre third party firmware? ;-)
Get a real one (Gigabeat).
See also
http://lists.gpl-violations.org/pipermail/legal/2008-September/001402.html
Mochasoft Iphone, Ipod app. violates GPL
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/22/mochasoft-allegedly-violating
In the end, they (i.e., Mochasoft) will be forced to publish the source code, which Apple does not appreciate too much with apps in the App Store. ;-)
Orange Austria (until recently known as One Austria) has a far better rate to offer:
1 Euro per day
(1 Euro pro Tag)
No fixed mothly fee, no activation fee.
http://www.orange.at/Content.Node/mobiles_internet/mobiles_internet_pro_surftag/index1.php
... there's freedom, for developers, and users as well:
"Our license gives developers and users freedom to cosmetically customize their device or radically remix it; change the wallpaper or rebuild the entire house! It grants them the freedom, for example, to transform a phone into a medical device or point of sale device or the freedom to simply install their own favourite software. Beyond freeing the software on our devices we have also released our CAD files under Creative Commons. And at Linux world 2008, we announced the release of the schematics for our products."
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Main_Page
Of course, Terry Pratchett.
And Neil Gaiman ("Good Omens")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman
By "stop" I did not mean "stop reading SF" at all (I wouldn't), but merely stop listing my favourite authors here on /. ;-)
By the way, did I mention Bob Shaw? ;-))
I liked Bradbury a lot. And Heinlein. And E.E. Smith.
A few years later, Farmer and Stapledon.
At the age of 25, I discovered two very witty and humourous authors, namely Robert Sheckley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheckley
and R.A. Lafferty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._Lafferty
Not to forget Philip K. Dick, Stanislaw Lem, the Strugatskijs.
And of course, the British Authors: Douglas Adams, and Clarke, Moorcock, Brunner, Ballard, Aldiss,...
Among them, the great but not well-known David I. Masson ("The Caltraps of Time")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_I._Masson
Somebody just tell me to stop? ;-)
Thanks.
Even more annoyingly, Infineon found companies to sell these Trusted Platform Modules to.
Apple was among those companies.
Nowadays, there's no need for separate Trusted Platform Modules on mainboards any more. Intel started to integrate TPM functionality into their processors directly some time ago.
If you buy a FreeRunner, it will be yours, no strings attached. Not Apple's, like an iPhone, featuring two-year-contracts, restrictive software clauses, CSS, DRM and so on, forever.
Now take your pick.
And yes, "this" (namely, Openmoko and FreeRunner) will lead to a free and open telecommunications platform.
... different from "dark matter"?
To my knowing, the concept of "dark matter" existing out there wasn't enough to explain a supposed minimum mass of the universe (to allow for it to turn around and re-contract again, some time in the future) and then, in addition, "dark energy" came into the arena?
Just asking.
But then, IANAA (I am not an astronomer, and sometimes very sorry about it) ;-)
FSF and gpl-violations.org are co-operating closely. gpl-violations and FSF have handled some cases regarding busybox before and have handled them successfully (i.e., out-of-court settlements have been achieved).
And a settlement resulting in GPL compliance - that's what enforcing the GPL is all about.
As Eben Moglen, legal counsel to the FSF for many years, put it (in a keynote address in October 2006):
---
When I went to work for Richard Stallman in 1993, he said to me at the first instruction over enforcing the GPL, "I have a rule. You must never let a request for damages interfere with a settlement for compliance."
I thought about that for a moment and I decided that that instruction meant that I could begin every telephone conversation with a violator of the GPL with magic words: We don't want money. When I spoke those words, life got simpler. The next thing I said was, We don't want publicity.
The third thing I said was, We want compliance. We won't settle for anything less than compliance, and that's all we want.
Now I will show you how to make that ice in the wintertime. And so they gave me compliance.
---
http://www.geof.net/blog/2006/12/10/eben-moglen