These figures are largely meaningless because they lack context.
What if the people manning the cameras in one area are less adept than those in others?
Or what about police response times? They vary.
These are pointless statistics because they're taken in isolation...
Not wanting to read through all 269 comments (and counting!) to see if this has already been mentioned, but Apple did incorporate themselves on April 1st sometime when I was in short pants.
A few weeks ago, I did a luvly little mock-up of a 'true' vPod, which, rather annoyingly, I've since deleted.
I don't doubt that Apple are going to release some touch screen device. Whether this device will be a vPod is anyone's guess.
It's worth noting that there has been a couple of patents issued by Apple relating to a touch screen display controller, the older of the two purporting to be some kind of modular universal controller; an interface that incorporates other interfaces from various other devices as they're discovered on a network.
So, at a guess, if Apple were to go for the vPod, I'd say there's going to be some kind of remote control function to it.
I'm guessing that the point being made was that Windows Media Player is piss poor, while iTunes really isn't.
Anyway, I just want to know how long this SongBird thing is going to last before Apple's legal Eagles swoop in and sink their collective claws into the guys & gals behind the interface...
Things have moved on since the Newton, and for Apple to get involved in this kind of things again, they're going to want to take it in different directions, not just down the business route, which is the very reason Palm are struggling in the first place...
As with almost all other things in this world, if you can provide a good, solid case for a business opportunity, big business will sit up and listen.
Big pharmaceutical companies and cosmetic firms are now ploughing cash into protection and conservation programs because they've been shown huge potential in renewal resources of new plants and animals in places where the local people are deforesting large parts of their land for either the timber trade of agriculture.
The global potential for renewable resources is truly massive, but it's a race to get this knowledge out there fast enough to derail the actions of the French and the British who're stripping the likes of Amazon rain forest of trees to build occasional tables, three-piece suites and fitted wardrobes / closets for the rest of us in the 'developed' world.
Now if only we could make a good, sound business case for peace...
That's all well & good, but let's for a second forget that we're dealing with Google, here.
So far, the intentions of Google have largely been for the good, but what if someone else pips them for the top spot and they're in a less than egalitarian mind set?
Wouldn't we be presented with a situation whereby this new search engine super-power could dictate the rules?
However, all of this is pure speculation, but it's worth baring in mind, because not only is it feasible, it's entirely possible...
Unfortunately, a poor choice is often unavoidable when you're dealing with those new to any field.
As a reasonably seasoned developer, I might use something like Adobe Golive or Macromedia Dreamweaver to quickly throw something together, but then pass that over to Eclipse for further integration and refinement.
However, there are those who're not as accomplished at hand-coding, so the WYSIWYG editor is as far as they go.
While this might sound depressing, there's something very Darwinian about it all, that being that those who opt for the easy option will ultimately diminish their skills to the point where they either learn to do their thing the right way, or someone will beat them to the work...
Slashdot Mirror
These figures are largely meaningless because they lack context. What if the people manning the cameras in one area are less adept than those in others? Or what about police response times? They vary. These are pointless statistics because they're taken in isolation...
The UI is almost unintelligible. Sort of makes me think the guys partnered with Macromedia for the front-end development work...
I had to do the self same thing, but from left to right. Drove me as mad as a bag a monkeys for a while, but I'm fine with either hand, now.
I will use my left hand on occassion, just to play games...
When you're dealing with public opinion -- be that informed or otherwise -- you're always going to get a wide spectrum of signal to noise.
However, for you're going to loose in quality, the increase in democracy will, with any luck, balance things out.
Well, that's the theory, at any rate...
I thought about saying something sensible, but .. what a dick!
Yes! Let's give the hacker SSH access! That'll slow 'em down! Teh hee!
Buffoon...
Yet another shining example of someone putting their sensibilities before the furtherment of knowledge and the betterment of common sense...
Presumably then, when something goes badly wrong, you end up with the blue spleen of death...
Look! I don't need to read some crap article telling me about what causes flame wars.
.. and you all know you are, OK?!
[/sarcasm]
It's the fact that most of the people in 'ere are dicks
Not wanting to read through all 269 comments (and counting!) to see if this has already been mentioned, but Apple did incorporate themselves on April 1st sometime when I was in short pants.
A few weeks ago, I did a luvly little mock-up of a 'true' vPod, which, rather annoyingly, I've since deleted.
I don't doubt that Apple are going to release some touch screen device. Whether this device will be a vPod is anyone's guess.
It's worth noting that there has been a couple of patents issued by Apple relating to a touch screen display controller, the older of the two purporting to be some kind of modular universal controller; an interface that incorporates other interfaces from various other devices as they're discovered on a network.
So, at a guess, if Apple were to go for the vPod, I'd say there's going to be some kind of remote control function to it.
But then again, I could be wrong...
Got to disagree with you on the first part, there fella!
If I thought for a atto second that iTunes wasn't any good, I'd be using something else.
In terms of raw UI, there's clear blue water between iTunes and whatever the hell is second.
Besides, I sort of grew out of the the whole skinnin' thing in college...
There is that, but I couldn't find the original story to back it up, so I kept shtum!
That said, from what I remember, the claim was pretty tenuous and broad...
I'm guessing that the point being made was that Windows Media Player is piss poor, while iTunes really isn't.
Anyway, I just want to know how long this SongBird thing is going to last before Apple's legal Eagles swoop in and sink their collective claws into the guys & gals behind the interface...
I agree.
Things have moved on since the Newton, and for Apple to get involved in this kind of things again, they're going to want to take it in different directions, not just down the business route, which is the very reason Palm are struggling in the first place...
New method of finding all odd socks!
As you can imagine, as a headline, that's going to create enough hype without people having to read the rest of the article.
Whether any of it would be true is different thing entirely.
I for one would like some hope with the hype...
As with almost all other things in this world, if you can provide a good, solid case for a business opportunity, big business will sit up and listen.
Big pharmaceutical companies and cosmetic firms are now ploughing cash into protection and conservation programs because they've been shown huge potential in renewal resources of new plants and animals in places where the local people are deforesting large parts of their land for either the timber trade of agriculture.
The global potential for renewable resources is truly massive, but it's a race to get this knowledge out there fast enough to derail the actions of the French and the British who're stripping the likes of Amazon rain forest of trees to build occasional tables, three-piece suites and fitted wardrobes / closets for the rest of us in the 'developed' world.
Now if only we could make a good, sound business case for peace...
That's all well & good, but let's for a second forget that we're dealing with Google, here.
So far, the intentions of Google have largely been for the good, but what if someone else pips them for the top spot and they're in a less than egalitarian mind set?
Wouldn't we be presented with a situation whereby this new search engine super-power could dictate the rules?
However, all of this is pure speculation, but it's worth baring in mind, because not only is it feasible, it's entirely possible...
I just don't really see this as being too news-worthy.
What would be news-worthy is if Microsoft completely ignored all of the bug reports and went Golden Master tomorrow...
It'll be interesting to see where the Xserve fits in when the big chip shuffle comes along.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Xserve stays with the IBM G5 chip for the forceable future.
While that might cause some confusion for some developers, not all developers write applications for servers...
That's probably not the most accurate generalisation...
What an excellent point!
Why don't I just re-write was written right in the first place, yes?. Err, no! Let's not.
Don't I know you from somewhere?
No, of course not. You're just like every other idiot with an issue.
Maybe it's 'coz I got good wi' words, and you're not, eh?
Move along, son. There's nothing for you here...
This kind of thing really pisses me off.
I have to wonder where we're going when people just want a pill for every ill instead of just dealing with it.
So annoyed have I been with this topic over the years, I felt compelled to 'blog about it...
Now what I want to see is someone go and squeeze Mac OS X onto some AlienWare kit...
You have to admit that it's easy to see why people think that lots of fans means more noise.
About the only time I hear anything from my dual G5 is when an application falls over and tries taking all of the CPU time with it.
I get a brief whoosh of sound and then the errant application is killed...
Local newspaper Commercial Times said however that the resolution may not be binding because it runs against fair trade regulations in Taiwan.
Well that's OK, 'coz Microsoft run a monopoly and they don't like fair trade...
I largely agree with on most points.
Unfortunately, a poor choice is often unavoidable when you're dealing with those new to any field.
As a reasonably seasoned developer, I might use something like Adobe Golive or Macromedia Dreamweaver to quickly throw something together, but then pass that over to Eclipse for further integration and refinement.
However, there are those who're not as accomplished at hand-coding, so the WYSIWYG editor is as far as they go.
While this might sound depressing, there's something very Darwinian about it all, that being that those who opt for the easy option will ultimately diminish their skills to the point where they either learn to do their thing the right way, or someone will beat them to the work...