In the academic world reusing work from a previous class or project is considered plagerism. Every assignment must consist of *original* work. The point of education is to teach you to think, reusing your old work totally cicumvents that idea, and is intellectually lazy. The only time it is acceptable is with permission of both teachers, which you are not likely to get.
When you turned in these papers, did it occur to you to tell the proffesor that you were using old work? What do you think they would have said?
That said, I disagree with the program, but not because it would have caught you.
It's been the "Year of the Mac" every year for the last 15 years!
Ha! According to whom? Any Mac fanboy can tell you that it's quite the opposite. From 1990 through 2001 (the year of the iPod) Apple was always described in the media as a company in a downward spiral. "Beleaguered" was the term, if I remember correctly. As for the comparison to BeOS (UNIX on the desktop, Atari ST, etc.), well that's just silly. First of all they never had the most popular consumer electronic gadget, and second they had no advertising (compared to Apple).
When walking around in Brooklyn one will often come across a box of books in front a residence. It's generally assumed that these are free for the taking. Sometimes it will be a nice sunny summer afternoon and there will be just one book laying in front of the building.
Just in case anyone was wondering, it's the job of the ombudsman to deal with complaints. At a newspaper they are also meant to review the paper's reporting. So this lady makes an glaring inaccurate statement (which it is her job to guard against) and when met with the initial round of complaints she defends the statement, which causes further (more outraged) complaints. What does the lady do (remember it's her job to deal with reader complaints)? She freaks out and shuts down the comments. I can kind of understand a normal reporter not wanting to deal with complaints, but it's her job! In this case being thin-skinned == being under-qualified for the position.
The problem with compatibility is the DRM, not that Apple refuses to license their flavor. I stopped buying tracks online because I can't play them anywhere. Recently I was at a party in a hotel suite. Everyone had their iPods, one person had a laptop, and the only pair of speakers were hooked into the hotel's TV. The DVD player could play audio CDs and mp3 CDs/DVDs. The only way to listen to our music all night was to feed the music onto the laptop and burn an mp3 DVD. So everyone was happy except the people with DRM in their songs. They didn't get to hear their music in the mix. It didn't matter if it was Apple DRM or Microsoft DRM. The DVD player was made before DRM had become so prolific so it only supported open standards. I can think of dozens of times, like this, where DRMed songs couldn't join the party. It's totally jive.
what's so "au contraire" about that? Nothing you listed is anywhere near HD, which stars at 720x1,280 (720p). It doesn't even 480x852 (480p) which isn't technically HD (it's EDTV). I think the new iPod is cool, but don't be fooled into to thinking it does HD, it most definitely does not.
but can you hook the PSP up to a TV? On an airplane I have my computer anyway. In hotel rooms, (and at home, for that matter) I like to be able to compute while I watch my digital media. With the new iPod I can do that.
If you want to turn off your TV and computer, close your eyes, plug your ears, and hum the national anthem that's fine. I would understand. But instead you decided to play devils advocate to the outpouring of concern for the biggest national disaster in American history. I'd like to point out, like everyone else here, that you are a waste of flesh. If you won't kill yourself please consider cutting off your balls. please.
In addition to these people having no means to leave town, also consider that many of them live on government checks, which are mailed out on the first of the month. So at the time of the hurricane most of them have literally no money. There was no evacuation plan to get these people out of the city before the hurricane.
People were told to go to the superdome and convention center on the radio. When they got there nothing was set up for them. No food, no water, plumbing knocked out, and no evacuation. When your government tells you that they have a shelter set up for you, and you don't have anywhere else to go, why wouldn't you believe them? Stupid? No. Uneducated. Yeah. Maybe they'll learn not to trust authority, the ones that already have are those in the streets.
Your comment about politicians trying to gain from this disaster is laughable. The government attempt at aid was the biggest clusterfuck ever. If anything many of them should be very worried about losing their jobs and earning the distane of the people.
You are right that these tasks might be more difficult without a right button, but they are all still possible. Playing a song next in party shuffle is the worst because it requires a 2 drags and a click (drag song to party shuffle, click on party shuffle, drag desired song after currently playing song). The other two are arguably easier. In iCal drag the event onto the Mail program icon. In Safari, command click opens the page in a new window/tab, option click downloads the link, and dragging the link (to the desktop or bookmark bar) saves the link.
How about:
- the ability to give my windows, background etc. all the possible colors instead of having to choose between a few
Maybe I'm confused but you can do this. Choose Edit->View Options (cmd-j), click 'color' at the bottom, click the color patch and your presented with a range of options for setting the window color.
- a utility with which you can choose the standard application for certain file types/processes
The utility is the OS. Click on a file, choose File->Get Info (cmd-i), choose an application under 'Open with', then click 'Change All...' to apply the change to all files of that type.
- a decent clock that gives you the date when you hover your mouse cursor over it
I always preferred the Mac way (click on the time to reveal the date) to the Windows way (hover the mouse over the clock... wait... date appears.. unless you nudge the mouse).
If you mean that the slider slides smoothly up and down, then yes, it works in safari. However I think the poster is trying to say that as you drag the slider the map zooms in and out (not just after you release the mouse button). That doesn't work in safari on my machine.
Come on you guys. Apple already has an Address Book and 3 Calculators: the widget, the app, and 'grapher' a 2/3D graphing app). While a solid database app would be nice (no Access for the mac), FileMaker Pro is filling that need for now. Plus Apple's other business apps seem more geared towards the very small business. Not much left for it to be but a spreadsheet.
After Jobs' presentation, Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller addressed the issue of running Windows on Macs, saying there are no plans to sell or support Windows on an Intel-based Mac. "That doesn't preclude someone from running it on a Mac. They probably will," he said. "We won't do anything to preclude that."
I could be wrong, but that quote says to me that these machines will contain, for the most part, standard PC parts. It seems clear that there will be some sort of hardware lock-in that Leopard (OS X 10.5) will check for, but the hardware isn't in the developer machines, and the software isn't in the intel build of Tiger (OS X 10.4).
Why jump to conclusions? If you are confused, threatened, or just curious why not simple ask? It only takes a few minutes and you'll get a much better idea of what they are trying to say, if anything. I understand that people with mods have to deal with others preconceptions, but that isn't an excuse for intelligent people to promote those ideas.
The money thing came from the quote in your post about people signing the checks.
I agree that most people with impressive body mods aren't going for office jobs, and the mod is a reflection of that attitude. Some people also use their mods as a sort of social filter, not in the sense that they will only socialize with other modders, but because anyone uptight enough to freak out over their appearance will probably not be a fun person to hang out with. Who knows for how many people this is a conscious decision vs a pleasant side effect.
Then there are certain communities (like my hometown of Seattle) where all of this is so commonplace that it's just much less of an issue. I also find that there is much more intermingling there between people with and without mods. Which seems to me to be the ideal.
To follow up on the above post, obviously not all insights of the counterculture are good ideas. It functions as a birthplace of social change. The really good ideas get passed up to the mainstream, while the not so good ones wither on the vine.
That is if you believe that superior insights must lead to money (Many people consider the insights of Jesus, Buddha to be superior). The counterculture is an evolving movement, and many of their ideas and trends have taken hold in the mainstream. As this happens the counterculture simply continues to push the envelope. So maybe they aren't interested in taking over, and are more interested in continuing social evolution. But don't take my word for it, go ask them.
Well, smearing shit all over your face would certainly make you different, but it's still stupid.
I know you're trying to make an analogy here, but it doesn't work. Shit on your face is unhygienic, and smells offensive (in a much more objective way then a piercing or tat might 'look' offensive to you). The alternative to what you're are saying is everyone looks the same which would be obnoxious as hell (think lowest common denominator).
Same goes for tattoos, etc. You're not 20 anymore. Grow the FUCK up.
They are growing up with tats and piercing, and they are becoming mainstream. There is nothing inherent about body modification that denotes immaturity. Some people say that cursing does, so I guess it all depends on your point of view.
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In the academic world reusing work from a previous class or project is considered plagerism. Every assignment must consist of *original* work. The point of education is to teach you to think, reusing your old work totally cicumvents that idea, and is intellectually lazy. The only time it is acceptable is with permission of both teachers, which you are not likely to get.
When you turned in these papers, did it occur to you to tell the proffesor that you were using old work? What do you think they would have said?
That said, I disagree with the program, but not because it would have caught you.
Don't look now, but I think there might be some kids on your lawn.
Ha! According to whom? Any Mac fanboy can tell you that it's quite the opposite. From 1990 through 2001 (the year of the iPod) Apple was always described in the media as a company in a downward spiral. "Beleaguered" was the term, if I remember correctly. As for the comparison to BeOS (UNIX on the desktop, Atari ST, etc.), well that's just silly. First of all they never had the most popular consumer electronic gadget, and second they had no advertising (compared to Apple).
When walking around in Brooklyn one will often come across a box of books in front a residence. It's generally assumed that these are free for the taking. Sometimes it will be a nice sunny summer afternoon and there will be just one book laying in front of the building.
Just in case anyone was wondering, it's the job of the ombudsman to deal with complaints. At a newspaper they are also meant to review the paper's reporting. So this lady makes an glaring inaccurate statement (which it is her job to guard against) and when met with the initial round of complaints she defends the statement, which causes further (more outraged) complaints. What does the lady do (remember it's her job to deal with reader complaints)? She freaks out and shuts down the comments. I can kind of understand a normal reporter not wanting to deal with complaints, but it's her job! In this case being thin-skinned == being under-qualified for the position.
The problem with compatibility is the DRM, not that Apple refuses to license their flavor. I stopped buying tracks online because I can't play them anywhere. Recently I was at a party in a hotel suite. Everyone had their iPods, one person had a laptop, and the only pair of speakers were hooked into the hotel's TV. The DVD player could play audio CDs and mp3 CDs/DVDs. The only way to listen to our music all night was to feed the music onto the laptop and burn an mp3 DVD. So everyone was happy except the people with DRM in their songs. They didn't get to hear their music in the mix. It didn't matter if it was Apple DRM or Microsoft DRM. The DVD player was made before DRM had become so prolific so it only supported open standards. I can think of dozens of times, like this, where DRMed songs couldn't join the party. It's totally jive.
That's what I'm talkin' bout! Time for the scientific community to grow some balls!
what's so "au contraire" about that? Nothing you listed is anywhere near HD, which stars at 720x1,280 (720p). It doesn't even 480x852 (480p) which isn't technically HD (it's EDTV). I think the new iPod is cool, but don't be fooled into to thinking it does HD, it most definitely does not.
but can you hook the PSP up to a TV? On an airplane I have my computer anyway. In hotel rooms, (and at home, for that matter) I like to be able to compute while I watch my digital media. With the new iPod I can do that.
So... you admit that it would be totally EXTREME!!
If you want to turn off your TV and computer, close your eyes, plug your ears, and hum the national anthem that's fine. I would understand. But instead you decided to play devils advocate to the outpouring of concern for the biggest national disaster in American history. I'd like to point out, like everyone else here, that you are a waste of flesh. If you won't kill yourself please consider cutting off your balls. please.
In addition to these people having no means to leave town, also consider that many of them live on government checks, which are mailed out on the first of the month. So at the time of the hurricane most of them have literally no money. There was no evacuation plan to get these people out of the city before the hurricane.
People were told to go to the superdome and convention center on the radio. When they got there nothing was set up for them. No food, no water, plumbing knocked out, and no evacuation. When your government tells you that they have a shelter set up for you, and you don't have anywhere else to go, why wouldn't you believe them? Stupid? No. Uneducated. Yeah. Maybe they'll learn not to trust authority, the ones that already have are those in the streets.
Your comment about politicians trying to gain from this disaster is laughable. The government attempt at aid was the biggest clusterfuck ever. If anything many of them should be very worried about losing their jobs and earning the distane of the people.
You are right that these tasks might be more difficult without a right button, but they are all still possible. Playing a song next in party shuffle is the worst because it requires a 2 drags and a click (drag song to party shuffle, click on party shuffle, drag desired song after currently playing song). The other two are arguably easier. In iCal drag the event onto the Mail program icon. In Safari, command click opens the page in a new window/tab, option click downloads the link, and dragging the link (to the desktop or bookmark bar) saves the link.
Hearts and Minds, my bitches!
How about: - the ability to give my windows, background etc. all the possible colors instead of having to choose between a few
Maybe I'm confused but you can do this. Choose Edit->View Options (cmd-j), click 'color' at the bottom, click the color patch and your presented with a range of options for setting the window color.
- a utility with which you can choose the standard application for certain file types/processes
The utility is the OS. Click on a file, choose File->Get Info (cmd-i), choose an application under 'Open with', then click 'Change All...' to apply the change to all files of that type.
- a decent clock that gives you the date when you hover your mouse cursor over it
I always preferred the Mac way (click on the time to reveal the date) to the Windows way (hover the mouse over the clock... wait... date appears.. unless you nudge the mouse).
If you mean that the slider slides smoothly up and down, then yes, it works in safari. However I think the poster is trying to say that as you drag the slider the map zooms in and out (not just after you release the mouse button). That doesn't work in safari on my machine.
Come on you guys. Apple already has an Address Book and 3 Calculators: the widget, the app, and 'grapher' a 2/3D graphing app). While a solid database app would be nice (no Access for the mac), FileMaker Pro is filling that need for now. Plus Apple's other business apps seem more geared towards the very small business. Not much left for it to be but a spreadsheet.
they can sell Windows for dual booting on the OSX PCs as well. Or VirtualPC + Windows. Even better! (for them)
Dell + Linux = ease of use? That doesn't seem right...
and Apple scared of Linux? I'd like to see some numbers to back that up.
After Jobs' presentation, Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller addressed the issue of running Windows on Macs, saying there are no plans to sell or support Windows on an Intel-based Mac. "That doesn't preclude someone from running it on a Mac. They probably will," he said. "We won't do anything to preclude that."
I could be wrong, but that quote says to me that these machines will contain, for the most part, standard PC parts. It seems clear that there will be some sort of hardware lock-in that Leopard (OS X 10.5) will check for, but the hardware isn't in the developer machines, and the software isn't in the intel build of Tiger (OS X 10.4).
Why jump to conclusions? If you are confused, threatened, or just curious why not simple ask? It only takes a few minutes and you'll get a much better idea of what they are trying to say, if anything. I understand that people with mods have to deal with others preconceptions, but that isn't an excuse for intelligent people to promote those ideas.
The money thing came from the quote in your post about people signing the checks.
I agree that most people with impressive body mods aren't going for office jobs, and the mod is a reflection of that attitude. Some people also use their mods as a sort of social filter, not in the sense that they will only socialize with other modders, but because anyone uptight enough to freak out over their appearance will probably not be a fun person to hang out with. Who knows for how many people this is a conscious decision vs a pleasant side effect.
Then there are certain communities (like my hometown of Seattle) where all of this is so commonplace that it's just much less of an issue. I also find that there is much more intermingling there between people with and without mods. Which seems to me to be the ideal.
To follow up on the above post, obviously not all insights of the counterculture are good ideas. It functions as a birthplace of social change. The really good ideas get passed up to the mainstream, while the not so good ones wither on the vine.
The cat man is in IT. see?
That is if you believe that superior insights must lead to money (Many people consider the insights of Jesus, Buddha to be superior). The counterculture is an evolving movement, and many of their ideas and trends have taken hold in the mainstream. As this happens the counterculture simply continues to push the envelope. So maybe they aren't interested in taking over, and are more interested in continuing social evolution. But don't take my word for it, go ask them.
Well, smearing shit all over your face would certainly make you different, but it's still stupid.
I know you're trying to make an analogy here, but it doesn't work. Shit on your face is unhygienic, and smells offensive (in a much more objective way then a piercing or tat might 'look' offensive to you). The alternative to what you're are saying is everyone looks the same which would be obnoxious as hell (think lowest common denominator).
Same goes for tattoos, etc. You're not 20 anymore. Grow the FUCK up.
They are growing up with tats and piercing, and they are becoming mainstream. There is nothing inherent about body modification that denotes immaturity. Some people say that cursing does, so I guess it all depends on your point of view.
Take that straw man down!