Yeah, I'm wondering if the "fix" that was being brought up was something smaller. I've had to bring a number of machines back to Apple (sometimes 4 or 5 at once. Logic Boards!) via the Apple Store and it is very frustrating having to wait behind people who are coming in with their machines because they can't get on the internet. Customer Service I am all for but this method of troubleshooting is somewhat suspect.
Most of his films are thinly-plotted vehicles for pseudo-philosophical conversations that take place "between moments" of everyday life.
I thought Scanner Darkly was one of his best films. He found a good plot to weave around his ability to create discussion. You might want to take a look at Slacker. It's not perfect but the format he uses was later (more or less) used for Waking Life. It has some great moments.
This deserves more + funny.
Not to get too far off-topic but he (and this book especially) always seemed like watered down Pynchon. As though he followed some Post-Modernist manual to create a book about WW2 via quirky members of various subcultures.
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Well, I have to say I'm more excited about this movie than their last. I'm really tired of half-assed sci-fi comedy. And the acting and writing were horrible. But the concept of this looks interesting in a pulp/serial way. What I actually wish Indiana Jones 4 was about if Spielberg hadn't sworn off "funny Nazis."
Maybe the problem is that we are thinking of using this new tech for existing and somewhat limited metaphors for a workspace.
If we start with this as an input method, maybe we would create a workstation that would address the above issues such as wanting to be able to interact with something I am not focusing on, accidental blinks, etc.
So...yeah, start working on that.
Not to get too political but didn't MADD make excuses for presidential candidates getting DUIs in our reality?
You know, the world we exist in that people can actually be perma-killed. It just seems like so many groups are focused not on the root of these issues but the easiest news grab.
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/issues/l/aa001104a.htm
I can understand how a teacher would feel seeing half of the students zoning out and surfing the web.
But I was in a computer class on the morning of 9/11 and the only way any of us knew that it had happened and what was going on was because of the internet. Maybe someone would have stopped by the class but I think most people were concerned and calling friends and family.
I should note that I went to college not far outside of D.C.
Anyway, I'm not sure how I feel about this but I think there is a happy medium somewhere between unbridled access and complete lockdown (except for
facilitating "occasional computer training.")
I have worked in school districts and been present for these talks as well. They are not wholly different from Sex Education or DARE (anti-drug and gang) programs. They mean well but tend to use such extreme examples the kids shut it out almost instantly. Myspace and Facebook are always (perhaps correctly) cited as dangerous non-anonymous places to post profiles. But once the kids hear "Don't post pictures to Myspace" they are disinterested.
I tried Twitter for a bit in order to find out what all the talk was about on TWiT. I joined and spent the day doing what I saw on Twitter - posting and commenting on my every movement and dumb thoughts that popped into my head.
After a bit, I felt like it was merely an ends rather than a means to anything. I think the vast majority of stuff going on there is all about thinking of something pithy to post or feeling compelled to post your location as opposed to functional, useful information for your followers.
Even the term "followers" is kind of creepy. Just as you said, tons of people are using these social networks not to keep in contact with actual friends but to simply pile up points in some strange sociopath game.
this just conditioning? Like we see the Apple apple, many times coupled with the phrase "Think Different" or in articles and ads suggesting it is super creative. And then we see the Apple apple and just unconsciously think "hey, be creative!"
I thought this would be about personality, not attire.
As in:
Overly arrogant to the wrong people.
Won't stop MST3k-ing the presentation.
Laughing at buzzwords.
Taking/sending texts during meetings.
Laptop as crutch.
Refers to policy questions as "Stupid."
i work in education and i cant even begin to describe the horrid networking/internet issues our apple servers have given us. our pipeline is limited internally because of a "bug" that apple engineers dont seem to understand yet recognize as a problem (despite their liberal deletion policy on their own support forums on the subject.) while the teachers would still teach, their ability to share within and without the district would begin to wear them down to the point that they forgo use of this technology alltogether. our inability to find a solution or work-around has caused a number of teachers to neglect the more technologically geared aspects of their courses which becomes all the more frustrating when seeing how the students more than the teachers rely on technology to learn.
the audience for these ads is probably not most slashdot readers. apple knows that their power-user section of customers own more than one machine of varying OS. they probably know that we know the commercial (like every other commercial on television) isn't entirely accurate. but, as stated a million times before, it appeals to the casual user, is (subjectively) entertaining and is rigid in its branding. i did agree with slate on the point of PC being more endearing than Mac in the ads. all this aside...is this extension of a currently running ad campaign really worthy of its own slashdot entry?
I guess I must have got on when eMusic was still pretty young...about four years ago I signed up because TMBG offered all sorts of goodies for 10 bucks a month through eMusic with unlimited downloads in the other sections.
Well, I know I got my 10 bucks and then some a month out of it. I still listen to a lot of the stuff I found on there.
It was a really easy way to get exposure to some more obscure bands (via more mainstream bands. ie: Ass Ponys via Violent Femmes) I wouldn't have heard otherwise as well as a great place for some classic jazz.
i know this doesnt fall within the confines of defined "plagerism."
but i believe in the academic definition, if i were to turn in a paper when i was in college with simply huge chunks of quotes and others' material, even properly cited, it would still be considered plagerism because i added no substance nor posed my own thesis.
your sig is relevant here, i feel.
i see quite a bit of positive media attention being poured on Apple/Mac in recent years. their come-back is pretty much a journalists best dream: the underdog is steadily chipping away at goliath in popularity and hipness (huzzah for mixed metaphors!)
but i wonder how many people are actually using only apple machines. i have a feeling that people are simply in the mood for something new...the grass is always greener and since PCs are so prevelant, who has not faced a windows/microsoft-based nightmare at the job, school or home?
i use apple professionally and mostly microsoft-based computers personally so i have long ago abandoned any sort of fierce loyalty to one or the other that prevents me from seeing the horror involved in using either system.
to get back to my original point: the apple machines and mac OS will be the revolution it wants to be when the people who talk the talk actually begin to invest in the machines. im sure (or at least, id hope) that the tech writers have more than a single system but until apple can divert that ipod desire into their other machines, i just dont see it as happening. their biggest markets now seem to be either high-end users or low-end users with very little wiggle-room between. you can either go barebones or balls-out which is, i find, not really what the average user is looking for.
i just rifled through about a dozen reviews randomly and they all seem to be 7+. in fact, most of the ones i click on are excellent ratings...and poorly written. really poorly written. with some of the price tags for these items, im not sure i would trust it. which doesnt even address the obvious concern that anyone who upfront claims to be unbiased before an accusation already makes me nervous. now that i think about it the claim of "no bias" appears to be the only well-editorialized piece of information connected to this site.
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Yeah - this phone is hideous. Don't buy it.
That's just a pool that has life painted on the bottom.
Washington Irving at it again!
Yeah, I'm wondering if the "fix" that was being brought up was something smaller. I've had to bring a number of machines back to Apple (sometimes 4 or 5 at once. Logic Boards!) via the Apple Store and it is very frustrating having to wait behind people who are coming in with their machines because they can't get on the internet. Customer Service I am all for but this method of troubleshooting is somewhat suspect.
Most of his films are thinly-plotted vehicles for pseudo-philosophical conversations that take place "between moments" of everyday life. I thought Scanner Darkly was one of his best films. He found a good plot to weave around his ability to create discussion. You might want to take a look at Slacker. It's not perfect but the format he uses was later (more or less) used for Waking Life. It has some great moments.
This deserves more + funny. Not to get too far off-topic but he (and this book especially) always seemed like watered down Pynchon. As though he followed some Post-Modernist manual to create a book about WW2 via quirky members of various subcultures.
Well, I have to say I'm more excited about this movie than their last. I'm really tired of half-assed sci-fi comedy. And the acting and writing were horrible. But the concept of this looks interesting in a pulp/serial way. What I actually wish Indiana Jones 4 was about if Spielberg hadn't sworn off "funny Nazis."
Maybe the problem is that we are thinking of using this new tech for existing and somewhat limited metaphors for a workspace. If we start with this as an input method, maybe we would create a workstation that would address the above issues such as wanting to be able to interact with something I am not focusing on, accidental blinks, etc. So...yeah, start working on that.
Not to get too political but didn't MADD make excuses for presidential candidates getting DUIs in our reality? You know, the world we exist in that people can actually be perma-killed. It just seems like so many groups are focused not on the root of these issues but the easiest news grab. http://alcoholism.about.com/od/issues/l/aa001104a.htm
I can understand how a teacher would feel seeing half of the students zoning out and surfing the web. But I was in a computer class on the morning of 9/11 and the only way any of us knew that it had happened and what was going on was because of the internet. Maybe someone would have stopped by the class but I think most people were concerned and calling friends and family. I should note that I went to college not far outside of D.C. Anyway, I'm not sure how I feel about this but I think there is a happy medium somewhere between unbridled access and complete lockdown (except for facilitating "occasional computer training.")
I have worked in school districts and been present for these talks as well. They are not wholly different from Sex Education or DARE (anti-drug and gang) programs. They mean well but tend to use such extreme examples the kids shut it out almost instantly. Myspace and Facebook are always (perhaps correctly) cited as dangerous non-anonymous places to post profiles. But once the kids hear "Don't post pictures to Myspace" they are disinterested.
I tried Twitter for a bit in order to find out what all the talk was about on TWiT. I joined and spent the day doing what I saw on Twitter - posting and commenting on my every movement and dumb thoughts that popped into my head. After a bit, I felt like it was merely an ends rather than a means to anything. I think the vast majority of stuff going on there is all about thinking of something pithy to post or feeling compelled to post your location as opposed to functional, useful information for your followers. Even the term "followers" is kind of creepy. Just as you said, tons of people are using these social networks not to keep in contact with actual friends but to simply pile up points in some strange sociopath game.
this just conditioning? Like we see the Apple apple, many times coupled with the phrase "Think Different" or in articles and ads suggesting it is super creative. And then we see the Apple apple and just unconsciously think "hey, be creative!"
How long before we see a headline "Outlaw Jimmy Wales"
I thought this would be about personality, not attire. As in: Overly arrogant to the wrong people. Won't stop MST3k-ing the presentation. Laughing at buzzwords. Taking/sending texts during meetings. Laptop as crutch. Refers to policy questions as "Stupid."
i work in education and i cant even begin to describe the horrid networking/internet issues our apple servers have given us. our pipeline is limited internally because of a "bug" that apple engineers dont seem to understand yet recognize as a problem (despite their liberal deletion policy on their own support forums on the subject.)
while the teachers would still teach, their ability to share within and without the district would begin to wear them down to the point that they forgo use of this technology alltogether. our inability to find a solution or work-around has caused a number of teachers to neglect the more technologically geared aspects of their courses which becomes all the more frustrating when seeing how the students more than the teachers rely on technology to learn.
the audience for these ads is probably not most slashdot readers. apple knows that their power-user section of customers own more than one machine of varying OS. they probably know that we know the commercial (like every other commercial on television) isn't entirely accurate.
but, as stated a million times before, it appeals to the casual user, is (subjectively) entertaining and is rigid in its branding.
i did agree with slate on the point of PC being more endearing than Mac in the ads.
all this aside...is this extension of a currently running ad campaign really worthy of its own slashdot entry?
I guess I must have got on when eMusic was still pretty young...about four years ago I signed up because TMBG offered all sorts of goodies for 10 bucks a month through eMusic with unlimited downloads in the other sections. Well, I know I got my 10 bucks and then some a month out of it. I still listen to a lot of the stuff I found on there. It was a really easy way to get exposure to some more obscure bands (via more mainstream bands. ie: Ass Ponys via Violent Femmes) I wouldn't have heard otherwise as well as a great place for some classic jazz.
i know this doesnt fall within the confines of defined "plagerism." but i believe in the academic definition, if i were to turn in a paper when i was in college with simply huge chunks of quotes and others' material, even properly cited, it would still be considered plagerism because i added no substance nor posed my own thesis.
your sig is relevant here, i feel. i see quite a bit of positive media attention being poured on Apple/Mac in recent years. their come-back is pretty much a journalists best dream: the underdog is steadily chipping away at goliath in popularity and hipness (huzzah for mixed metaphors!) but i wonder how many people are actually using only apple machines. i have a feeling that people are simply in the mood for something new...the grass is always greener and since PCs are so prevelant, who has not faced a windows/microsoft-based nightmare at the job, school or home? i use apple professionally and mostly microsoft-based computers personally so i have long ago abandoned any sort of fierce loyalty to one or the other that prevents me from seeing the horror involved in using either system. to get back to my original point: the apple machines and mac OS will be the revolution it wants to be when the people who talk the talk actually begin to invest in the machines. im sure (or at least, id hope) that the tech writers have more than a single system but until apple can divert that ipod desire into their other machines, i just dont see it as happening. their biggest markets now seem to be either high-end users or low-end users with very little wiggle-room between. you can either go barebones or balls-out which is, i find, not really what the average user is looking for.
i just rifled through about a dozen reviews randomly and they all seem to be 7+. in fact, most of the ones i click on are excellent ratings...and poorly written. really poorly written. with some of the price tags for these items, im not sure i would trust it. which doesnt even address the obvious concern that anyone who upfront claims to be unbiased before an accusation already makes me nervous.
now that i think about it the claim of "no bias" appears to be the only well-editorialized piece of information connected to this site.