I'd also like to know when {Apple will} get back to selling utility and functionality instead of flash and show.
Probably never. Functionality doesn't sell. Look at Apple in the 1990s, brilliantly functional, head and shoulders over the turgid, crappy PC competition.
Look at the iMac that saved Apple. Showy, flashy, and only functional because it was using the the legacy of Mac OS
Apple's lesson was functionality isn't a saleable commodity. All new Apple products are vanilla-featured, inflexible and flashy looking. Whatever replaces Mac OS X when it's run its race will probably go this way, too.
I've got a message for Apple, quite simple - I am perfectly capable of deciding for myself what I want on my iPhone, or any other computing device I own.
If you can't understand that, and continue down this road, then the chances of my buying an iPhone (of any generation) are most definitely going to diminish to nothingness.
I already kicked Verizon to the curb for locking down the phone and trying to force me into their own ridiculous $/month ringtone service when I have perfectly good midi, wav, and mp3 files to make ringtones of myself. Don't think I won't go to a provider that has the sense to let me work with things MY way.
You are forgetting that these corporations own your soul. They have every right make you use the ringtones they want you to use, and you are a dangerous revolutionary to want to use your own ringtones.
If you continue to talk like that you will be assimilated.
Right. Straight up, suicide is a choice. Yes, emotional bullying is bad, can lead to depression which can lead to suicidal feelings. Yes, a teen, with all the hormonal and development angst they feel, can be prone to suggestion and self-loathing, and are clearly less experienced than somebody much older. It doesn't change the fact that suicide is killing one's self, and saying that the actions of person A "caused" person B to kill themself in some sort of legally causal way is a slope away from freedom and justice that's way more slippery than even Camp X-Ray.
There's an Australian artist called Jeff Cashion who seems to be doing fine without label support. Then, for that matter, there are dozens that I know of in Oz alone. The record label is deader than the petroleum industry. Just won't seem to lie down yet.
Artist management will always have a role. Self booking and self promotion is a PITA, and takes time from the art, but the whole label thing is f***ed.
Don't you love the way governments create rumours of alien cover up conspiracies in order to divert attention from the real issues like Britain and the USA deliberately trying to run down the earth's resources so that they can divide it between them and crush democracy (and China) forever.
Just kidding. (Or am I?;-)
If you don't want to use a mac, that's fine, don't use one, but take a chill pill and let those of us who want to do so in peace, there's no need to get all troll about it. The extra dough isn't for a working webcam, it's for a better integrated package with better integration across the bundled software. It's extra money for the "whole widget" experience. If you'd rather buy something cheaper and it serves you, cool, I'm happy for you, genuinely happy for you. You don't need to be abusive of other people for their preference, grow up.
A well designed, task-specific system could theoretically never become obsolete.
The issue is hardware, really. Where I work we have a digital audio workgroup system designed on a multiboard mainframe and driven by VT terminals (D-Cart) and it's nearly 20 years old. (Our system in Hobart is 14 years old)
D-Cart is one of the most reliable systems I've ever worked with, but there is not one spare part left in Hobart, and no parts that could be substituted in. This is what causes obsolescence, other than that, nobody would replace D-Cart because it works and it's easy to use.
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In capitalist Russia only the rich can afford to eat grue. At least everybody got grue under the communists, even if they had to queue for grue for hours.
Hmm, send and receive encrypted email, saving your client money, or jump on a plane and get some travel to interesting places at your client's expense? Which would you choose? (Remember, we're talking about lawyers here.)
Mathematics is purely a language, nothing more than a construct we use to describe the universe in common terms. So as an example the formula for special relativity did not create special relativity, which existed eons before the formula was described, therefore mathematics is discovered. The underpinnings of the universe are described a particular way to suit our maths, this is discovery, not creation.
...The only downside to idealism is reality. When idealism is the goal, reality is often made better than it might have been otherwise. That's not a downside, it's an upside.
This is the sort of STUPIDITY that Australia has historically always been so brilliant at. I hate this country sometimes. Being Australian in times like these is an embarrassment. A dozen stupid pricks play thoughtless dangerous pranks with a harmless tool and the reaction is, "ooooh! it's a weapon! Ban it."
About as many people are murdered with household hammers each year as pilots are temporarily blinded by laser pointers, but do they ban hammers as weapons? New Zealand is looking good as a place to move to.
And do not forget, modern cars are heavier because of safety requirements, noise reduction materials, power everything, air conditioners, etc... And because everybody wants an effing SUV instead of a compact. With my main transport I can cover 16km on a bowl of rice, cover 25km for the energy used walking 5km and can cover 800x the distance an average 4 cyclingder compact car can for a given energy burn. My economy figures drop if I tow a trailer full of groceries or garden supplies, but lets face it, two wheels good, no engine, four wheels any engine bad.
Unfortunately almost immediately after the launch their website went down and as of this story remains unaccessible. The site was simply slashdotted , it's still there, sheesh.
I would hope that 20 years from now, the higher end portable computers would have a direct retinal link or contact lens screen... I, for one, facing glasses (being the age I am) am not keen to use contact lenses even for that, let alone just so I can access my work or entertainment while on the go. I'll stick to laser projector models, or go completely luddite, if contact lens screens become the go.
The french system only recorded and he hadn't come up with a method to play back, therefore the job's only half done, So Edison's still the first to make a useful system - can't take that away from him.
At the Lutheran church I attended as a child, the well water came up through a sulferous layer of rock. Every time the water ran, the place reeked of rotten eggs. Maybe it wasn't the sermons that put us to sleep all those years... Cute! Water and brimstone religion!;-)
Anyhow - *my* laptop of the future has a simple white (or neutral color) flap onto which a display can be projected, and the flap can be folded under the laptop when I want to project onto another surface, like a projection screen or white wall. That is, a laptop with built-in projector, not an LCD. (I suppose, ultimately, for power consumption purposes, you'll never have a projector built in, because it would take too much energy to run, but I can dream, right?) Where can I sign up for one of those?!;-) Seriously, on the projector side, those little Laser projectors that Motorola and BLO have been working on apparently don't use anymore grunt than a largish laser pointer.
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I'd also like to know when {Apple will} get back to selling utility and functionality instead of flash and show.
Probably never. Functionality doesn't sell. Look at Apple in the 1990s, brilliantly functional, head and shoulders over the turgid, crappy PC competition.
Look at the iMac that saved Apple. Showy, flashy, and only functional because it was using the the legacy of Mac OS
Apple's lesson was functionality isn't a saleable commodity. All new Apple products are vanilla-featured, inflexible and flashy looking. Whatever replaces Mac OS X when it's run its race will probably go this way, too.
malicious app kill switch
"For your security."
"For your own good."
"For the children."
I've got a message for Apple, quite simple - I am perfectly capable of deciding for myself what I want on my iPhone, or any other computing device I own.
If you can't understand that, and continue down this road, then the chances of my buying an iPhone (of any generation) are most definitely going to diminish to nothingness.
I already kicked Verizon to the curb for locking down the phone and trying to force me into their own ridiculous $/month ringtone service when I have perfectly good midi, wav, and mp3 files to make ringtones of myself. Don't think I won't go to a provider that has the sense to let me work with things MY way.
You are forgetting that these corporations own your soul. They have every right make you use the ringtones they want you to use, and you are a dangerous revolutionary to want to use your own ringtones. If you continue to talk like that you will be assimilated.
Right. Straight up, suicide is a choice. Yes, emotional bullying is bad, can lead to depression which can lead to suicidal feelings. Yes, a teen, with all the hormonal and development angst they feel, can be prone to suggestion and self-loathing, and are clearly less experienced than somebody much older. It doesn't change the fact that suicide is killing one's self, and saying that the actions of person A "caused" person B to kill themself in some sort of legally causal way is a slope away from freedom and justice that's way more slippery than even Camp X-Ray.
Am I wrong in thinking I knew an old lady who swallowed a fly? Someone weigh in on this please. Thanks :P
Don't know, you're the one who is claiming to have known her ;-)
There's an Australian artist called Jeff Cashion who seems to be doing fine without label support. Then, for that matter, there are dozens that I know of in Oz alone. The record label is deader than the petroleum industry. Just won't seem to lie down yet. Artist management will always have a role. Self booking and self promotion is a PITA, and takes time from the art, but the whole label thing is f***ed.
Don't you love the way governments create rumours of alien cover up conspiracies in order to divert attention from the real issues like Britain and the USA deliberately trying to run down the earth's resources so that they can divide it between them and crush democracy (and China) forever. Just kidding. (Or am I? ;-)
In this case they'd be unix, not eunichs ;-)
If you don't want to use a mac, that's fine, don't use one, but take a chill pill and let those of us who want to do so in peace, there's no need to get all troll about it. The extra dough isn't for a working webcam, it's for a better integrated package with better integration across the bundled software. It's extra money for the "whole widget" experience. If you'd rather buy something cheaper and it serves you, cool, I'm happy for you, genuinely happy for you. You don't need to be abusive of other people for their preference, grow up.
A well designed, task-specific system could theoretically never become obsolete.
The issue is hardware, really. Where I work we have a digital audio workgroup system designed on a multiboard mainframe and driven by VT terminals (D-Cart) and it's nearly 20 years old. (Our system in Hobart is 14 years old)
D-Cart is one of the most reliable systems I've ever worked with, but there is not one spare part left in Hobart, and no parts that could be substituted in. This is what causes obsolescence, other than that, nobody would replace D-Cart because it works and it's easy to use.
2nd stage of labour? ;-)
In capitalist Russia only the rich can afford to eat grue. At least everybody got grue under the communists, even if they had to queue for grue for hours.
Never read Dune, then?
Hmm, send and receive encrypted email, saving your client money, or jump on a plane and get some travel to interesting places at your client's expense? Which would you choose? (Remember, we're talking about lawyers here.)
Mathematics is purely a language, nothing more than a construct we use to describe the universe in common terms. So as an example the formula for special relativity did not create special relativity, which existed eons before the formula was described, therefore mathematics is discovered. The underpinnings of the universe are described a particular way to suit our maths, this is discovery, not creation.
...and why do 80% of my countrymen still believe in bronze-age myths? Or worse, "new age" mythology!
...The only downside to idealism is reality. When idealism is the goal, reality is often made better than it might have been otherwise. That's not a downside, it's an upside.I nominate Sanitarium foods as having won the prize decades ago...
http://www.sanitarium.com.au/products/vegetarian-foods/
I've had many a slice of canned "Nutmeat" as a burger at many an aussie BBQ and you don't get more artificial meat than that.
This is the sort of STUPIDITY that Australia has historically always been so brilliant at. I hate this country sometimes. Being Australian in times like these is an embarrassment. A dozen stupid pricks play thoughtless dangerous pranks with a harmless tool and the reaction is, "ooooh! it's a weapon! Ban it."
About as many people are murdered with household hammers each year as pilots are temporarily blinded by laser pointers, but do they ban hammers as weapons? New Zealand is looking good as a place to move to.
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Makes me blink uncomfortably just to think of it.
The french system only recorded and he hadn't come up with a method to play back, therefore the job's only half done, So Edison's still the first to make a useful system - can't take that away from him.