How cool would it have been if Steve came to that guys house and rang the doorbell and said "I didn't appreciate the tone of your letter, it was very hurtful." and then just left.
And miss out on all that (insanely) great free PR?
You make some reasonable points, but I couldn't disagree with you more about software & movies. The point you used to illustrate software was particularly misguided:
I mean, the kind of software application that you expect to work on you Desktop computer is pretty unsuitable for your cell phone.
You do realise the iPhone is going to run OS X don't you? Do you realise that you would be able to run OS X in a vmware window if Apple didn't actively prevent you from doing so?
A good start (if the labels take up Apples offer), but is Apple going to extend that grant to itself (for the DRM that attempts to prevents you from running os x on other PCs) and movie studios (particularly the Disney studio)?
Or is it just other people's content they want drm-free?
* Iran censoship story *check* * Comparison of Iran censorship to censorship within the US *check* * eweek article *check* * Orwellian techniques by the Iranian govt refusing to define imorral messages *check*
The trolls are going to have a field day. Maybe we should have some sort of rule about stories with less than 50 words in tfs? (or at least be able to mod them flamebait).
I suspect RIM is falling into the trap of believing that they can reduce winCE to a "poorly debugged set of device drivers". However, others have tried that path and failed.
Pink Kryptonite: From an alternate timeline in a 2003 Supergirl storyline by Peter David, this bizarre variety of Kryptonite apparently turned heterosexual Kryptonians temporarily into homosexuals; it was seen in just one panel, with Superman giving flattering compliments to Jimmy Olsen about his wardrobe and decorative sense. It spoofs the more "innocent times" of the Silver Age (Lois Lane is depicted in this story as not understanding what's gotten into Superman).[1]
So, pink kryptonite turns superman gay. No word on orange kryptonite tho'
This is one of those situations where you realise wikipedia's superiority over the competition. (I mean how much help would Encyclopedia Britannica have been for this question?;)
Not even _remotely_ correct. American Pizza is a regional variation on Pizza. A crap, regional variation, with too much topping & too much fake mozzerella. Sorry.
The remote attacks seem to be coming out of the Kerebros admin daemon distributed by MIT 3 holes.
That's the beauty of Open Source (from Apple's POV).
When things go well: Hey - look at us! We 'support' OSS by leveraging all that free software. When things go bad: Oh well - it's MIT's software! Not ours...
Seriously - I for one am really glad that one closed O/S vendorout there lets OSS do the heavy lifting security wise on their products. Apple users are left in a far less leaky boat. Thanks MIT, Thanks FOSS, Thanks Apple!
While daylight savings is a somewhat interesting factor & the school's principal sounds like (frankly) a raving nutter - shouldn't the blame for incarcerating this kid lie with the local police? What were they thinking?
Article doesn't contain too much information, but the reg (byo grain of salt) sez:
Webb refused to confess, was arrested "on a felony charge of threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction and related misdemeanor counts" [emph mine]
wtf? WMDs? I guess they just can't be found anywhre huh?
Unless they charge out the ass for this thing, I can't see how they'd be able to sell enough units to even cover the R&D costs.
Are you MAD? Have you seen what Ultra Mobile Computing can do? (for maximum comic effect, check out the UI in the lastish sequence with the two girls going to the party).
But seriously, I suspect from red flag being the software partner that the target market is Chinese - not you.
That said tho', I'd love to have one if they're anything near as nice as they look....
It's an alarm inside a tennis ball - you throw it against the wall to turn it off. I think tho' that it would be more useful if the throw activated snooze - as described here:
An alarm clock in the form of a sports ball has an alarm clock assembly with a snooze-type audio alarm which is temporarily silenced when the ball is thrown against a wall. The alarm clock ball has a feasible and resilient core of a foamed plastic, such as styrofoam, and an overlying cover of a plastic material. The clock assembly is mounted within a recess in the styrofoam core and has display and button controls which are visible and accessible through an opening in the plastic cover. The clock assembly has a quiet electrical switch which controls the snooze alarm mechanism and which is operated by a normally closed deceleration switch located in the foam core. The deceleration switch has a spring-biased metal ball in normal contact with two conductive contacts. When the alarm clock is thrown against a wall, the metal ball is displaced due to its inertia on impact thus temporarily breaking contact and silencing the alarm. An alarm clock in the form of a sports ball has an alarm clock assembly with a snooze-type audio alarm which is temporarily silenced when the ball is thrown against a wall. The alarm clock ball has a feasible and resilient core of a foamed plastic, such as styrofoam, and an overlying cover of a plastic material. The clock assembly is mounted within a recess in the styrofoam core and has display and button controls which are visible and accessible through an opening in the plastic cover. The clock assembly has a quiet electrical switch which controls the snooze alarm mechanism and which is operated by a normally closed deceleration switch located in the foam core. The deceleration switch has a spring-biased metal ball in normal contact with two conductive contacts. When the alarm clock is thrown against a wall, the metal ball is displaced due to its inertia on impact thus temporarily breaking contact and silencing the alarm.
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How cool would it have been if Steve came to that guys house and rang the doorbell and said "I didn't appreciate the tone of your letter, it was very hurtful." and then just left.
And miss out on all that (insanely) great free PR?
This is NOT censorship.
Incorrect. Censorship is when someone censors you.
Censorship is a government telling someone what they cannot read, hear, see, or think.
Wrong. I can censor what my kids watch on TV, my work can censor my internet access, etc.
What you're thinking of is the first amendment.
You make some reasonable points, but I couldn't disagree with you more about software & movies. The point you used to illustrate software was particularly misguided:
I mean, the kind of software application that you expect to work on you Desktop computer is pretty unsuitable for your cell phone.
You do realise the iPhone is going to run OS X don't you? Do you realise that you would be able to run OS X in a vmware window if Apple didn't actively prevent you from doing so?
Sure - as soon as you want to let us know how much music Apple produces and sells...
(not trying to be smarmy or anything, but seriously - Jobs, Apple et al have been talking about making music DRM-free
As you point out, Jobs, Apple et al have been talking about making products they don't produce DRM free.
Apple talkin' the talk without walkin' the walk again.
A good start (if the labels take up Apples offer), but is Apple going to extend that grant to itself (for the DRM that attempts to prevents you from running os x on other PCs) and movie studios (particularly the Disney studio)?
Or is it just other people's content they want drm-free?
What it adds over the Apple TV seems to be direct download without a computer
You've answered your own question genius! People want their device to just work, not have to fuck round setting up a PC for it to hook into.
because everyone realized it was such an entirely predictable minority opinion.
Obviously not everyone, you for instance care enough to post.
When you come right down to it you could eliminate every site that carries advertising on the web and I wouldn't notice.
Uh? You do realise you posted that comment on a site that carries advertising?
I suspect RIM is falling into the trap of believing that they can reduce winCE to a "poorly debugged set of device drivers". However, others have tried that path and failed.
For gods sake RIM, don't do a palm/netscape
Didn't get the reference then?
Oh Crap, I do now. Duh.
Cheers for the cluestick!
This is one of those situations where you realise wikipedia's superiority over the competition. (I mean how much help would Encyclopedia Britannica have been for this question?;)
he FDA just increased the chocolate ration to 20 grammes a week. (Up from 30 grammes.) I love Big Brother!
30 to 20 is increased? Does not compute.
How've you been anyway? Long time now see...
For example, chicago style pizza, which is by far my favorite type, is pretty clearly an American variety.
Fair enough. Some varieties of American Pizza may be quite nice (depending on your taste of course).
My main object to the GP was their labelling of Pizza as American food, rather than a regional variety of an Italian dish.
And pizza IS American food
Not even _remotely_ correct. American Pizza is a regional variation on Pizza. A crap, regional variation, with too much topping & too much fake mozzerella. Sorry.
As if American chocolate wasn't bad enough as it is...
Nonsense!
The quality of American chocolate is every bit fine as American cheese, American Pizza, American Wine, American beer... oh wait!
Unfortunately, it appears the the goatse.cx site is down. Fortunately, there's a mirror available at goatse.ch and goatse.cz.
The remote attacks seem to be coming out of the Kerebros admin daemon distributed by MIT 3 holes.
That's the beauty of Open Source (from Apple's POV).
When things go well: Hey - look at us! We 'support' OSS by leveraging all that free software.
When things go bad: Oh well - it's MIT's software! Not ours...
Seriously - I for one am really glad that one closed O/S vendorout there lets OSS do the heavy lifting security wise on their products. Apple users are left in a far less leaky boat. Thanks MIT, Thanks FOSS, Thanks Apple!
Watch by Cartier
Desk by Ethan Allen
Suit by Armani
I take it by your comment that you think Ubuntu is the Cartier/Allen/Armani of Operating Systems?
I don't see Ubuntu doing anything that Mandriva (or Mandrake) wasn't doing 3 years ago.
Windows Migration Assistant?
Article doesn't contain too much information, but the reg (byo grain of salt) sez:wtf? WMDs? I guess they just can't be found anywhre huh?
Unless they charge out the ass for this thing, I can't see how they'd be able to sell enough units to even cover the R&D costs.
Are you MAD? Have you seen what Ultra Mobile Computing can do? (for maximum comic effect, check out the UI in the lastish sequence with the two girls going to the party).
But seriously, I suspect from red flag being the software partner that the target market is Chinese - not you.
That said tho', I'd love to have one if they're anything near as nice as they look....
Linux powered? What happenned to Microsoft's origami.
HAHAHAHAHA! I guess intel saw how craptacular MS's other embedded devices were (think mobile phones) and decided to go their own way....
Oh - and what you all came to the comments to get (wtf link to a zdnet blog anyway?) a link to a gallery of pics. It looks surprisingly nice.
It's an alarm inside a tennis ball - you throw it against the wall to turn it off. I think tho' that it would be more useful if the throw activated snooze - as described here: