I believe that Apple will back down rather quickly now. The Reality Distortion Field can't be so strong that people won't notice Apple essentially stalking this guy... right?
"Worthless apps"? "Point release service pack"? Maybe to you- but to the average user things like Time Machine are a godsend. Oh, and 10.4->10.5 is not a service pack. Dunno what you got with your copy of SP2, but it sure isn't as much of a change as upgrading to Leopard.
I think that certain choices should not be left to the masses. This is one of them. Given current trends, trade with China may never stop. That pollution will continue to come in, and it will affect everyone. In this case, a personal choice may not help because the results of everyone else's opposition will still affect you. If few people buy Made in USA products, the manufacturers may move production out to China anyway just because everyone else wants cheaper products.
I remember being told about peer pressure- "If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you?"
In this case, the people that say no are being dragged off the bridge by the masses that say yes.
Frankly, I'd rather the government spend tax money on this than on "securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries". The second is far too easily abused by the MPAA/RIAA (notice how long copyright terms are now? Notice the DMCA?).
BTW- before you try; that QR code stamped in your passport holds encoded/encrypted data. I tried reading the QR code on my Japanese entry permit with my Toshiba cellphone, and it spewed garbage on the screen.
Well, it seems to be an enormous success in Japan, and I imagine it will succeed just as much in Canada. You have to have widespread adoption- by cellphone manufacturers, but people who would have a use for QR codes, etc. Example- a Japanese arcade game I play will put up a QR code after the "game over" so that you can post your high score online via cellphone because it would be cost-prohibitive to put the individual machines online (for the arcade owner, mostly). Another use- business cards. That way it's incredibly easy to scan in all the contact info. Third use- small MIDI ringtones and graphics can be encoded in a QR code. All of these mean that QR codes have far more potential for success than the CueCat did.
Not any better, but a heck of a lot less resource-hungry. You have to switch off all or most of the eye candy to run Vista decently under 512MB RAM and 1.2GHz Core Solo; Tiger, on the other hand, runs fine, eye candy and all.
It depends, though. For desktops it's easy to make the setup work since parts can be added/removed at will. For laptops, it's less so. Some laptops just have an incompatible set of parts. I'm lucky- most everything works except wireless.
Some people don't have the money to, and some people are... attached to their computers for one reason or another, and don't have the time/resources to make OSx86 work.
Yep- I did just that and I'm a happy camper. A Macbook just won't work for what I do- I have to use a Panasonic Toughbook. I hate Windows, and had a history with Mac (an old Powerbook that I managed to do $1000 of damage to in everyday use) so I went with OSx86. Wireless doesn't work, sure, but I've always plugged into Ethernet anyway- it's speedier and when I'm out and about I have a cell-modem that does work. Also, Tiger seems to do far better with a 1.2GHz Core Solo and 512MB RAM than XP does.
Or, instead of just replicating the look, you can put some real work into it and get the real thing- OSx86. Of course, apparently it's illegal in some countries- at least it's not in mine.
Technically, their "e-mail" is essentially MMS. That's still incredibly cheap, considering what the Japanese can do with it. Some pressure on American providers is needed to make this happen for America.
Actually, there are certain cellphone numbers in China that look the same as landline numbers. These are PHS phones, and as such are charged the same as landline calls. They're cheaper too (I believe there's some kind of unlimited calling plan for them for about $15-20). They only work in their home city, though- that's how they get treated as landlines.
America really needs regulations like this. No free incoming, crap phone lineup, contracts... I can import a nice phone, but it doesn't help with the crap service plans.
Or you can buy a phone from outside America and use it (for AT&T/T-Mobile, just get on eBay and get yourself a nice phone, Verizon users go to any nearby Koreatown; shops there usually have the resources to get Korean phones on the network).
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I believe that Apple will back down rather quickly now. The Reality Distortion Field can't be so strong that people won't notice Apple essentially stalking this guy... right?
10m? I don't think "particle" is the right word for those.
Also, I believe that Toyota and Honda make their cars in the US now while the "American" brands make their cars in Mexico or some such place...
"Worthless apps"? "Point release service pack"? Maybe to you- but to the average user things like Time Machine are a godsend. Oh, and 10.4->10.5 is not a service pack. Dunno what you got with your copy of SP2, but it sure isn't as much of a change as upgrading to Leopard.
I think that certain choices should not be left to the masses. This is one of them. Given current trends, trade with China may never stop. That pollution will continue to come in, and it will affect everyone. In this case, a personal choice may not help because the results of everyone else's opposition will still affect you. If few people buy Made in USA products, the manufacturers may move production out to China anyway just because everyone else wants cheaper products.
I remember being told about peer pressure- "If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you?"
In this case, the people that say no are being dragged off the bridge by the masses that say yes.
I personally think that would be for the better.
Frankly, I'd rather the government spend tax money on this than on "securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries". The second is far too easily abused by the MPAA/RIAA (notice how long copyright terms are now? Notice the DMCA?).
...Yes! Especially from Japan/Korea. Those places seem to have far better TV, internet, anything media-related, in fact, than America does.
Heh- see how far behind America is? Japan's already offering 854x480 widescreens in their phones and we're still on 480x320!
BTW- before you try; that QR code stamped in your passport holds encoded/encrypted data. I tried reading the QR code on my Japanese entry permit with my Toshiba cellphone, and it spewed garbage on the screen.
Well, it seems to be an enormous success in Japan, and I imagine it will succeed just as much in Canada. You have to have widespread adoption- by cellphone manufacturers, but people who would have a use for QR codes, etc. Example- a Japanese arcade game I play will put up a QR code after the "game over" so that you can post your high score online via cellphone because it would be cost-prohibitive to put the individual machines online (for the arcade owner, mostly). Another use- business cards. That way it's incredibly easy to scan in all the contact info. Third use- small MIDI ringtones and graphics can be encoded in a QR code. All of these mean that QR codes have far more potential for success than the CueCat did.
Not so much inorganic as it is "not quite natural".
Not any better, but a heck of a lot less resource-hungry. You have to switch off all or most of the eye candy to run Vista decently under 512MB RAM and 1.2GHz Core Solo; Tiger, on the other hand, runs fine, eye candy and all.
It depends, though. For desktops it's easy to make the setup work since parts can be added/removed at will. For laptops, it's less so. Some laptops just have an incompatible set of parts. I'm lucky- most everything works except wireless.
Some people don't have the money to, and some people are... attached to their computers for one reason or another, and don't have the time/resources to make OSx86 work.
You're right. I dual-boot for now.
Yep- I did just that and I'm a happy camper. A Macbook just won't work for what I do- I have to use a Panasonic Toughbook. I hate Windows, and had a history with Mac (an old Powerbook that I managed to do $1000 of damage to in everyday use) so I went with OSx86. Wireless doesn't work, sure, but I've always plugged into Ethernet anyway- it's speedier and when I'm out and about I have a cell-modem that does work. Also, Tiger seems to do far better with a 1.2GHz Core Solo and 512MB RAM than XP does.
Or, instead of just replicating the look, you can put some real work into it and get the real thing- OSx86. Of course, apparently it's illegal in some countries- at least it's not in mine.
Technically, their "e-mail" is essentially MMS. That's still incredibly cheap, considering what the Japanese can do with it. Some pressure on American providers is needed to make this happen for America.
Actually, there are certain cellphone numbers in China that look the same as landline numbers. These are PHS phones, and as such are charged the same as landline calls. They're cheaper too (I believe there's some kind of unlimited calling plan for them for about $15-20). They only work in their home city, though- that's how they get treated as landlines.
Better than this.
America really needs regulations like this. No free incoming, crap phone lineup, contracts... I can import a nice phone, but it doesn't help with the crap service plans.
...not that these people had anything resembling a scientific career to begin with, of course.
Where the heck do you live? Loose chickens I can somewhat understand in a small remote town, but *sea lions*?
Or you can buy a phone from outside America and use it (for AT&T/T-Mobile, just get on eBay and get yourself a nice phone, Verizon users go to any nearby Koreatown; shops there usually have the resources to get Korean phones on the network).