>you have to buy into a fairly hefty contract at a price point where UK operators typically give you the pick of any phone they offer for free
are you intentionally being dense or do I really have to point out that all mobile phones don't have the same specifications?
how many of those "free" phones include a widescreen multi-touch video ipod and full web browser with wifi?
even if you're one of the people who get angry when phones do more than dial numbers, surely you can still understand the concept that extra features come at an extra cost?
do people really think the one-off price (ignoring the contract) of the iPhone is high? it's about £270 for the UK, which is about what I paid for my 5G when that came out. but the iPhone features vs. 5G features (even given the time elapsed) seems a great deal.
people always bitch about Apple hardware being expensive (possibly true if you think product design and building are services that should be provided for free and companies shouldn't make any profit).
what do you think the one-off price SHOULD be for the iPhone?
that's not a very popular argument when people point out how the current activities of developed nations are damaging our environment - then Americans (and others) are all "but we need this to support our economy". it works both ways.
it's also easy for developed countries to criticise others now that they already have the benefits. but if you're not going to tear down and rebuild everything that came from slavery etc. then you're not talking about "learning from mistakes", you're talking about "ignoring or getting away with mistakes".
why care SO much that you HOPE people end up being unhappy? don't you worry there's something wrong with you?
plus your Apple tax thing is clear BS since you only pay Apple money if you buy Apple products. that's not a 'tax', it's a 'cost' or 'price'. the more you know!
the problem with "getting out of the house" is you see people who stand up and do things like deny evolution... and it turns out their campaigns ARE real and that they actually represent the view of the majority of candidates and voters... and your bed looks so warm again... and that bottle looks so comforting...
modern America sucks. the founding documents were written by the BEST educated Americans but the candidates we have these days seem so far below what we should demand from a president. no, it's not ALL about education, but it's a fucking good place to start.
I find using Option-Tab, Option-H, and Expose makes it very easy to switch apps or windows.
on the other hand, if you minimise a window then you can only get it back by clicking on it in the corner of the dock. plus it means the dock is always expanding and contracting, and the minimised windows aren't necesassarily always in the same order.
what I like about the dock is that I can have an app such as Mail open in the background, but hidden, so it works constantly yet takes up no more screen space than if it were closed. I think the dock makes things easier by encouraging you not to constantly open and close apps, just show and hide them.
I still fail to understand the point of window minimisation and personally wouldn't care if Apple removed it altogether.
and I'm usually only working with 12" of screen space, a limited number function keys and no mouse. if you have a large screen, full size keyboard, multi-button mouse, and Leopard with Spaces, then I can't see what could possibly hold you back in your app-switching desires, other than PEBKAC.
>What if they released a pc version only if it has the same specs as one of their computers
what if they spend their time and effort making better products for people who already DO want to buy their stuff, rather than trying to negotiate with solipsists?
>Even with vista i will not buy a computer that is $800 more just because it has osx.
fine.
>Heck on the cheaper computer I can tripple boot with xp,vista,ubuntu
fine. on a Mac you could run all 3 *within* OS X (with Parallels). so what?
>So all that extra just for an operating system is not worth it for me.
fine. OS X isn't an "extra" OS to me, it's the OS I actually want. so I buy it. it seems you don't want to buy it (or only want to buy it on your own terms), in which case I suggest you continue with all your non-Mac-OS-X-buying-activies as normal.
why do people minimize windows? I don't get it. since I switched to a Mac 2 years ago I found hiding applications to be a far superior method of window management.
just because you do it in Windows doesn't mean you have to do it on a Mac.
I really like the dock, probably because it is always the same. I have all my common applications in it and so can get to any one quickly, whether it's already running or not.
>Multiple states are deciding that parents should not be able to decided that something is too offensive or goes against their faith.
can you give me some actual examples, because the way you phrase it makes it seem like you're talking about parents who, for example, think it's too offensive to allow teachers to teach evolution, or for teachers to simply be gay or something. btw, the 1st isn't about protecting peoples' feelings, and you have no right for your beliefs to be respected and certainly absolutely no right to not be offended. the whole point of the 1st is to not pay attention to peoples' beliefs AT ALL.
>We have seen on this thread the attitude that if you believe in God you should not be able to serve in office.
this is teh interwebs. we've seen all kinds of crazy crap that isn't going to ever be actual policy.
I'm not arguing in support of the other guy, but it occurs to me that the whole "black person is worth some fraction of a white person" part demonstrates that they accepted that (as far as representation is concerned) all people should NOT NECESSARILY be considered equally.
oh come on. it's easy to see people actually attacking the wall of separation (faith-based initiatives, perks for soldiers/criminals who attend church...), but who are these people supposedly implementing (or genuinely advocating) persecution of religion? GIVE ME NAMES/FACTS.
it's easy to say both sides are as bad as each other and feel smug about condeming EVERYONE, but frankly you're full of shit. there is no equality at all, any more than teaching creationism in biology class would be "fair and balanced".
wtf are you playing on your PS3? honest question. AFAIK all the PS3 games suck or are on 360 (and so far the reviews indicate the 360 has slightly better graphics on multi-platform titles, plus achievements)
your plan doesn't give him the option to continue using it but to forget to pay for it.
or to decide that it's good enough to use but not worth his money - maybe he'll spend a few hours learning what's new and consider himself even with Apple after they forced him to 'waste his precious time'.
when I first played SMK, I found I had to think carefully about items, lines, skidding, characters, shortcuts... and I'd replay levels to shave fractions of a second off my personal best.
when I first played MK64 I found all I had to do was hold accelerate and turn. all the other stuff was there but there was just no need and hence no fun. when losing becomes so difficult, winning feels so boring.
not necessarily, it could be a side-effect. e.g. how sickle-cell anaemia protects against malaria even though it is not beneficial in itself.
it's beneficial for children to unquestioningly accept what their parents say until they have enough experience to make their own decisions. religion could be an unneeded side-effect of this, which I find more likely than the argument about communites - even strongly religious people can see the massively net evil effect and damage done by other peoples' religions even if they're blinded to the attrocities of their own.
>In 2000 years time, would any of the documented evidence be believed? What about in 100 years?
I think a more relevant point is that the "records" currently available to us have all been dated to more like 400 years A.D. than the actual time.
so if someone writes a self-contradicting blog 400 years after an event, what are the chances it's even remotely true, let alone the single and absolute truth that makes the difference between infinite punishment or infinite reward?
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>How much is multi-touch worth vs. single-touch? It's subjective. To me it's worth nothing.
does it follow that the research, development and manufacture of the multi-touch technology is nothing?
if you don't think something is worth having, the appropriate response is to not buy it, not claim it's too expensive.
>you have to buy into a fairly hefty contract at a price point where UK operators typically give you the pick of any phone they offer for free
are you intentionally being dense or do I really have to point out that all mobile phones don't have the same specifications?
how many of those "free" phones include a widescreen multi-touch video ipod and full web browser with wifi?
even if you're one of the people who get angry when phones do more than dial numbers, surely you can still understand the concept that extra features come at an extra cost?
do people really think the one-off price (ignoring the contract) of the iPhone is high? it's about £270 for the UK, which is about what I paid for my 5G when that came out. but the iPhone features vs. 5G features (even given the time elapsed) seems a great deal.
people always bitch about Apple hardware being expensive (possibly true if you think product design and building are services that should be provided for free and companies shouldn't make any profit).
what do you think the one-off price SHOULD be for the iPhone?
that's not a very popular argument when people point out how the current activities of developed nations are damaging our environment - then Americans (and others) are all "but we need this to support our economy". it works both ways.
it's also easy for developed countries to criticise others now that they already have the benefits. but if you're not going to tear down and rebuild everything that came from slavery etc. then you're not talking about "learning from mistakes", you're talking about "ignoring or getting away with mistakes".
>And we're OK with this?
no, General Jack D. Ripper, sir
d'uh, the sales tax doesn't go to the company itself.
what's with all the hate?
why care SO much that you HOPE people end up being unhappy? don't you worry there's something wrong with you?
plus your Apple tax thing is clear BS since you only pay Apple money if you buy Apple products. that's not a 'tax', it's a 'cost' or 'price'. the more you know!
>I'm looking at the pictures and asking how anyone in their right mind would confuse a Wii-mote with one of these
are you stupid?
is it really so hard to imagine a parent wanting to buy extra controllers for a Wii, seeing this, and being misled?
the design of this thing is closer to an actual Wii remote than, say, a 3rd party Gamecube controller to a Nintendo Gamecube controller.
the fake speaker on the front is also pretty good reason alone to suspect the product aims to mislead.
the problem with "getting out of the house" is you see people who stand up and do things like deny evolution... and it turns out their campaigns ARE real and that they actually represent the view of the majority of candidates and voters... and your bed looks so warm again... and that bottle looks so comforting...
modern America sucks. the founding documents were written by the BEST educated Americans but the candidates we have these days seem so far below what we should demand from a president. no, it's not ALL about education, but it's a fucking good place to start.
I find using Option-Tab, Option-H, and Expose makes it very easy to switch apps or windows.
on the other hand, if you minimise a window then you can only get it back by clicking on it in the corner of the dock. plus it means the dock is always expanding and contracting, and the minimised windows aren't necesassarily always in the same order.
what I like about the dock is that I can have an app such as Mail open in the background, but hidden, so it works constantly yet takes up no more screen space than if it were closed. I think the dock makes things easier by encouraging you not to constantly open and close apps, just show and hide them.
I still fail to understand the point of window minimisation and personally wouldn't care if Apple removed it altogether.
and I'm usually only working with 12" of screen space, a limited number function keys and no mouse. if you have a large screen, full size keyboard, multi-button mouse, and Leopard with Spaces, then I can't see what could possibly hold you back in your app-switching desires, other than PEBKAC.
>What if they released a pc version only if it has the same specs as one of their computers
what if they spend their time and effort making better products for people who already DO want to buy their stuff, rather than trying to negotiate with solipsists?
>Even with vista i will not buy a computer that is $800 more just because it has osx.
fine.
>Heck on the cheaper computer I can tripple boot with xp,vista,ubuntu
fine. on a Mac you could run all 3 *within* OS X (with Parallels). so what?
>So all that extra just for an operating system is not worth it for me.
fine. OS X isn't an "extra" OS to me, it's the OS I actually want. so I buy it. it seems you don't want to buy it (or only want to buy it on your own terms), in which case I suggest you continue with all your non-Mac-OS-X-buying-activies as normal.
why do people minimize windows? I don't get it. since I switched to a Mac 2 years ago I found hiding applications to be a far superior method of window management.
just because you do it in Windows doesn't mean you have to do it on a Mac.
I really like the dock, probably because it is always the same. I have all my common applications in it and so can get to any one quickly, whether it's already running or not.
I wanted an example of what it actually means. for all I know it's a bill that says parents can't demand teachers get fired for teaching evolution.
>Multiple states are deciding that parents should not be able to decided that something is too offensive or goes against their faith.
can you give me some actual examples, because the way you phrase it makes it seem like you're talking about parents who, for example, think it's too offensive to allow teachers to teach evolution, or for teachers to simply be gay or something. btw, the 1st isn't about protecting peoples' feelings, and you have no right for your beliefs to be respected and certainly absolutely no right to not be offended. the whole point of the 1st is to not pay attention to peoples' beliefs AT ALL.
>We have seen on this thread the attitude that if you believe in God you should not be able to serve in office.
this is teh interwebs. we've seen all kinds of crazy crap that isn't going to ever be actual policy.
I'm not arguing in support of the other guy, but it occurs to me that the whole "black person is worth some fraction of a white person" part demonstrates that they accepted that (as far as representation is concerned) all people should NOT NECESSARILY be considered equally.
oh come on. it's easy to see people actually attacking the wall of separation (faith-based initiatives, perks for soldiers/criminals who attend church...), but who are these people supposedly implementing (or genuinely advocating) persecution of religion? GIVE ME NAMES/FACTS.
it's easy to say both sides are as bad as each other and feel smug about condeming EVERYONE, but frankly you're full of shit. there is no equality at all, any more than teaching creationism in biology class would be "fair and balanced".
>Apple shows that customer's privacy means absolutely nothing to them
get a grip
>so I provided what my mind could dream up in 10 seconds or less
...
what if I paid you for 10 hours to come up with a list? how much longer would it be?
exactly.
wtf are you playing on your PS3? honest question. AFAIK all the PS3 games suck or are on 360 (and so far the reviews indicate the 360 has slightly better graphics on multi-platform titles, plus achievements)
your plan doesn't give him the option to continue using it but to forget to pay for it.
or to decide that it's good enough to use but not worth his money - maybe he'll spend a few hours learning what's new and consider himself even with Apple after they forced him to 'waste his precious time'.
when I first played SMK, I found I had to think carefully about items, lines, skidding, characters, shortcuts... and I'd replay levels to shave fractions of a second off my personal best.
when I first played MK64 I found all I had to do was hold accelerate and turn. all the other stuff was there but there was just no need and hence no fun. when losing becomes so difficult, winning feels so boring.
it may be a lot more of a Mario game than you think. have you seen the new extended adventure mode?
not necessarily, it could be a side-effect. e.g. how sickle-cell anaemia protects against malaria even though it is not beneficial in itself.
it's beneficial for children to unquestioningly accept what their parents say until they have enough experience to make their own decisions. religion could be an unneeded side-effect of this, which I find more likely than the argument about communites - even strongly religious people can see the massively net evil effect and damage done by other peoples' religions even if they're blinded to the attrocities of their own.
>In 2000 years time, would any of the documented evidence be believed? What about in 100 years?
I think a more relevant point is that the "records" currently available to us have all been dated to more like 400 years A.D. than the actual time.
so if someone writes a self-contradicting blog 400 years after an event, what are the chances it's even remotely true, let alone the single and absolute truth that makes the difference between infinite punishment or infinite reward?
So do I.
nice post, GP.