The kernel for this hack is freely available under APSL and opens the legal way to a really cheap Mac Nano. With 300$ difference to the Mac Mini, this is becoming a fairly interesting deal."
and from TFA:
Semthex wrote a processor emulation for the kernel, to sidestep the hardware restrictions that previously disallowed Mac OS X from running on the Apple TV.
Is there something I'm missing? If that's legal, what's to stop me putting a (legal) copy os OS X on any common-or-garden x86 box?
I certainly don't want to live ina world where mass piracy has eliminated commercial entertainment and we have to rely on home-made movies dont by people in their spare time.
I get where you're coming from - but I think even in a world where mass piracy predominated, there would still be craploads of commercial entertainment.
Business models will change, but the entertainment industry will continue to thrive, LOTR-like movies will continue to be made.
have raised several problems i have with inclusion of bloggers into the definition of Journalist that you have not even hinted at addressing.
Well, if you'd actually read my posts, you'd see that I didn't say bloggers were journalists, but "A journalist is anyone who is invloved in the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people". A blogger may fall into that definition, may not.
So, as I see it, you have a problem with the inclusion of any blogger into the definition of journalist, I have a problem with all bloggers being excluded from the definition of journalist.
well, it was unreasoned. you presented not a reasoned argument,
No, my original argument was simple. It breaks down to; bloggers can be journalists, here's a definition of journalist that agrees with me.
Except that you weren't so much doing that as much as you were pointing out that some other people disagreed with him.
No. I was pointing out that bloggers can be journalists (the argument) backed up with a definition of journalist that included bloggers.
Add to that the fact that you really have yet to make a substantive reply to anything I've said on topic,
That's because you thickie that my argument is not substantive. It can be broken down into four words. Bloggers can be Journalists. This stance I've backed up with definitions of journalist from Wikipedia, OED, Meriam/Webster, etc.
What have you come up with? Nada, nothing, not a damn thing (unless we count your whining).
Thank you, so very much, for being the biggest tool you could be. Its inspiring, really.
Thanks you, so very much for being the thickest poster you could be. Its not inspiring tho'
Rather than meet his contention that bloggers != journalists with reason,
I pointed out that some bloggers meet the definition of journalist. Why is that unreasonable?
Yes, citing wikipedia and challenging for a 'better definition' is bullshit
*yawn* How about the OEDs definition? Or Reference.com? Just bcause YOU don't agree with the dictionary & encylopedia definitions doesn't mean you can dismiss them.
...and bloggers who think they are journalists or even superior to them.
I don't agree. A journalist is anyone who is invloved in the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. (definition quoted from wikipedia).
I have a video camera and an idea for a movie. That doesn't make me a fucking member of the Directors Guild.
The Director's Guild is a union. You can be a director without being a member (you can't work on DGA signatory films tho'). George Lucas, Quentin Tarantino, and Robert Rodriguez are all not members.
I don't know wtf the point of your anecdote was, but if you wanted to point out UI stupidities from Apple, you shouldn't have walked past the drag-the-floppy-into-trash-to-eject-it monstrosity.
A prophylactic in its wrapper is quite small. If you've every used one, you would know...
Righteo - I take it the prophylactics you've used are on the same sort of scale as everything else the GP mentioned. IE: You need a million-dollar electron microscope to see your prophylactics, it's small enough for ants to use, etc.
How do you login without using ctrl-alt-del? How about unlocking a locked XP session? Face it, this abomination of UI silliness is still neccessary all the time if you're unlucky enough to use windows.
Maybe the control-alt-delete issue is fixed in Vista, but frankly it's one of the things that makes Windows not really ready for the desktop.
While there are many UI design problems with Small Form Factor computers (particularly general purpose input), the issues in the article appear to be with Microsoft products, not Small FF PCs in general. From TFA:
Watching users fumble and nearly drop an early version of the FlipStart compact PC...The culprit was the three-key sequence, Control-Alt-Delete, required to log off or reboot a Windows PC.
Well, that's a windows issue, not a PC issue. The solution? (You can tell FlipStart is a project from one of the founders' of Microsoft):
early adopters might get a kick out of FlipStart's solution: a dedicated key marked "Ctrl Alt Del."
Brilliant. Utterly Brilliant. This is similar to having a problem with your kitchen floor being wet due to a leaking roof & building a floor-mopping robot as a solution.
Everybody who promotes "opening up iTunes' DRM" -something that is only good for RIAA
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt! Incorrect. You do not know the meaning of the word promote. I know english is not your first language, so try to stick with shorter words.
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If this is true....Let's hope disney/pixar content is next ;-)
(and the 'encryption' tag is wrong - encryption involves three parties & drm only two)
I certainly don't want to live ina world where mass piracy has eliminated commercial entertainment and we have to rely on home-made movies dont by people in their spare time.
I get where you're coming from - but I think even in a world where mass piracy predominated, there would still be craploads of commercial entertainment.
Business models will change, but the entertainment industry will continue to thrive, LOTR-like movies will continue to be made.
You can't get irony, isn't it?
Sentence not parse, does not?
have raised several problems i have with inclusion of bloggers into the definition of Journalist that you have not even hinted at addressing.
Well, if you'd actually read my posts, you'd see that I didn't say bloggers were journalists, but "A journalist is anyone who is invloved in the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people". A blogger may fall into that definition, may not.
So, as I see it, you have a problem with the inclusion of any blogger into the definition of journalist, I have a problem with all bloggers being excluded from the definition of journalist.
Offtopic: I like your nick alot.
No, the easiest Linux is Tivo.
Well, I'd say an even easier linux is one used in a Wireless Access Point, comes preconfigured, plug it in & never touch it again.
But that's not really what the article's talking about is it? It does't mean a single-use box like TIVO or a router, but a general purpose desktop.
well, it was unreasoned. you presented not a reasoned argument,
No, my original argument was simple. It breaks down to; bloggers can be journalists, here's a definition of journalist that agrees with me.
Except that you weren't so much doing that as much as you were pointing out that some other people disagreed with him.
No. I was pointing out that bloggers can be journalists (the argument) backed up with a definition of journalist that included bloggers.
Add to that the fact that you really have yet to make a substantive reply to anything I've said on topic,
That's because you thickie that my argument is not substantive. It can be broken down into four words. Bloggers can be Journalists. This stance I've backed up with definitions of journalist from Wikipedia, OED, Meriam/Webster, etc.
What have you come up with? Nada, nothing, not a damn thing (unless we count your whining).
Thank you, so very much, for being the biggest tool you could be. Its inspiring, really.
Thanks you, so very much for being the thickest poster you could be. Its not inspiring tho'
It wouldnt be unreasonable.
Apologies, rather than unreasonable, I should have said unreasoned.
I was disagreeing with both the content of the definition and the way in which you cited it as if it was all that could be said on the subject.
Good for you! I was disagreeing with the parent's view that blogger!=journalism as if it was all that could be said on the subject.
that is all
God, I hope so. *yawn*
Rather than meet his contention that bloggers != journalists with reason,
I pointed out that some bloggers meet the definition of journalist. Why is that unreasonable?
Yes, citing wikipedia and challenging for a 'better definition' is bullshit
*yawn* How about the OEDs definition? Or Reference.com? Just bcause YOU don't agree with the dictionary & encylopedia definitions doesn't mean you can dismiss them.
instead of resting your case on the over generalized definition in an encyclopedia?
I'm getting all the thick replies today!
I'm resting my case on any definition of journalist. And the GP was ranting, not arguing.
I'm amazed at the amount of anti-blogger sentiment posted on....a blog!
You're comparing movie directors with bloggers?
No, I'm saying you don't need to be a member of $organisation to be a journalist or a director.
Oh and the wikipedia definition is too broad and ultimately inaccurate
*yawn* - link to a definition you find acceptable please.
Bloggers are not of that caliber.
Using the word "journalist" to describe yourself does not define the quality of your writing. A blogger who's covering current events is a journalist.
They're often crap journalists, I wasn't arguing that point.
...and bloggers who think they are journalists or even superior to them.
I don't agree. A journalist is anyone who is invloved in the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. (definition quoted from wikipedia).
I have a video camera and an idea for a movie. That doesn't make me a fucking member of the Directors Guild.
The Director's Guild is a union. You can be a director without being a member (you can't work on DGA signatory films tho'). George Lucas, Quentin Tarantino, and Robert Rodriguez are all not members.
Wouldn't a stylus approach, with a touch screen allow for arbitrary button placement? Wouldn't this solve this problem?
Gak! Stylus? On a phone - like I really want to need two hands to use my phone...
Now that is "Brilliant. Utterly Brilliant."
I don't know wtf the point of your anecdote was, but if you wanted to point out UI stupidities from Apple, you shouldn't have walked past the drag-the-floppy-into-trash-to-eject-it monstrosity.
It is the "one inch diameter" part which I consider to be "quite small".
That's normal prophylactics - you need an electron microscope to see your ants-scale prohpylactics...
A prophylactic in its wrapper is quite small. If you've every used one, you would know...
Righteo - I take it the prophylactics you've used are on the same sort of scale as everything else the GP mentioned. IE: You need a million-dollar electron microscope to see your prophylactics, it's small enough for ants to use, etc.
I feel really sorry for your girlfried/boyfriend.
It's only a hotkey to open the task manager.
How do you login without using ctrl-alt-del? How about unlocking a locked XP session? Face it, this abomination of UI silliness is still neccessary all the time if you're unlucky enough to use windows.
Maybe the control-alt-delete issue is fixed in Vista, but frankly it's one of the things that makes Windows not really ready for the desktop.
* You confuse it with a prophylactic
Zouch! I feel really sorry for your girlfriend* if you thought small & the first thing that sprang into your mind was a prophylactic.
* Yes, yes. This is slashdot, what am I thinking?
Everybody who promotes "opening up iTunes' DRM" -something that is only good for RIAA
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt! Incorrect. You do not know the meaning of the word promote. I know english is not your first language, so try to stick with shorter words.
I called you a WinTroll
So you admit it then? Try to be consistent.
Are you always so presumptuous?
Calm down dude, its just slashdot shorthand, where you make your point with a minor alteration of another's point.
If you have something to say about my post, rather than the way it's presented, go ahead.