Firewire (400 in the MB, 400/800 in the MBP).
Tiny built-in webcam and microphone.
Built-in DVI-out.
Built-in analog/digital (optical) audio in/out.
Thin.
Light.
Near-silent operation.
Fast boot.
Slot loading drive (minus points for not having a DVD burner on the entry level MB, which is pretty cynical).
Magsafe power adapter.
Tiny power brick with built-in cable management.
Multi-touch trackpad (better on MBP, but even the MB has two-finger scrolling and tap.)
No stickers.
No preloaded crapware.
OS X.
Because Apple's point releases are called 10.x.y, not 10.x. For instance, Tiger, which is 10.4, was released in April 2005, swiftly followed by 10.4.1, 10.4.2, etc, all the way up to 10.4.10 (the current version) and 10.4.11 (probably the last version, due probably tomorrow). These 'point point' releases provide the 'bug fixes and a few little extras thrown in' that you describe, and are free, automatic downloads through Software Update. It's these 'point point' releases that are equivalent to Microsoft's Service Packs. Leopard, 10.5, isn't a 'point release' at all in anything other than name. The only reason it's called 10.5 and not OS XV is because Apple like having the X/Ten play on words. Y'know, it's after OS 9, but it's also UNIX, ho ho ho. A quick run through http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html will show you that Leopard consists of much more than 'bug fixes and a few little extras thrown in', such as a completely new backup system, redesigned and simplified system preferences, a completely rewritten scheduler, full 64-bit architecture, and a whole lot more. Bear in mind that numbering schemes are simply marketing and entirely arbitrary.
Bear in mind before you poo-poo developing countries (though I agree with your sentiments re 1st amendment) that the first amendment was enacted in 1791, and in 1798 the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed, severely restricting everything mentioned in the first amendment as far as free speech goes. This restrictive approach continued right up til the Brandenberg case, or at least Cohen. All the WW1 insubordination prosecutions of civilians (Schenck, Debs, Frohwerk), all the red scare cases (Gitlow, Whitney) were blows to free speech, with pro-speech Justices dissenting (or writing dodgy concurrences). The point is free speech as we now understand it is, like it or not, the creation of judges. But of course free speech is A Good Thing To Have (as pooh would say), and I don't care whether it's Congress or the SC gives it to me (well, you guys, cos I'm in the States but I'm not a citizen. Legal.) Have a read of the Schenck case (wiki it, Schenck v US) and imagine youtube working under that system. (btw, I Am Not A Lawyer.)
Long before the DMCA, copyright subsisted in choreography (and thus dance moves) both at a statutory and common law level. I don't have my IP text with me to give cites, but if someone could help out I'd appreciate it.
What really happened is that the consumer ombudsman stated that FairPlay was, in his opinion, illegal. The ombudsman is not a court, nor a judge, nor a legislature. The easiest comparison to make is that he's like an attorney general, but rather than advise the govt, he advises consumers, and acts on their behalf, subjectively. The most he can do is recommend a prosecution to the director of prosecutions, but his opinion is not, repeat not law. TFA is stupid and badly researched.
Where're you from mate? 'British Isles' is purely a geographical description - it includes all the islands off the northwest coast of Europe, the largest of which is called Britain. Makes sense to me, as an Irishman, to call them the British Isles then! However, if the/. had said 'A British flavour of lawyer', that would necessarily involve a political or ethnic implication, which would of course be incorrect. The wikipedia has an interesting article about the correct terminology here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_(termin ology).
However, unfortunately it seems that Irish-America has got to it in places, making it seem that Irish people are far more puffed up about the term 'British Isles' than they really are. Needs a bit of editing, methinks.
You know how China is 'communist'? Hu going for dinner with Bill reminds me very much of that bit at the end where the pigs are playing cards with the humans and drinking...
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And while I'm at it, ambient light sensor and backlit keyboard in the MBA and MBP, and hopefully soon in the MB.
Firewire (400 in the MB, 400/800 in the MBP). Tiny built-in webcam and microphone. Built-in DVI-out. Built-in analog/digital (optical) audio in/out. Thin. Light. Near-silent operation. Fast boot. Slot loading drive (minus points for not having a DVD burner on the entry level MB, which is pretty cynical). Magsafe power adapter. Tiny power brick with built-in cable management. Multi-touch trackpad (better on MBP, but even the MB has two-finger scrolling and tap.) No stickers. No preloaded crapware. OS X.
Because Apple's point releases are called 10.x.y, not 10.x. For instance, Tiger, which is 10.4, was released in April 2005, swiftly followed by 10.4.1, 10.4.2, etc, all the way up to 10.4.10 (the current version) and 10.4.11 (probably the last version, due probably tomorrow). These 'point point' releases provide the 'bug fixes and a few little extras thrown in' that you describe, and are free, automatic downloads through Software Update. It's these 'point point' releases that are equivalent to Microsoft's Service Packs. Leopard, 10.5, isn't a 'point release' at all in anything other than name. The only reason it's called 10.5 and not OS XV is because Apple like having the X/Ten play on words. Y'know, it's after OS 9, but it's also UNIX, ho ho ho. A quick run through http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html will show you that Leopard consists of much more than 'bug fixes and a few little extras thrown in', such as a completely new backup system, redesigned and simplified system preferences, a completely rewritten scheduler, full 64-bit architecture, and a whole lot more.
Bear in mind that numbering schemes are simply marketing and entirely arbitrary.
Bear in mind before you poo-poo developing countries (though I agree with your sentiments re 1st amendment) that the first amendment was enacted in 1791, and in 1798 the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed, severely restricting everything mentioned in the first amendment as far as free speech goes. This restrictive approach continued right up til the Brandenberg case, or at least Cohen. All the WW1 insubordination prosecutions of civilians (Schenck, Debs, Frohwerk), all the red scare cases (Gitlow, Whitney) were blows to free speech, with pro-speech Justices dissenting (or writing dodgy concurrences). The point is free speech as we now understand it is, like it or not, the creation of judges. But of course free speech is A Good Thing To Have (as pooh would say), and I don't care whether it's Congress or the SC gives it to me (well, you guys, cos I'm in the States but I'm not a citizen. Legal.) Have a read of the Schenck case (wiki it, Schenck v US) and imagine youtube working under that system. (btw, I Am Not A Lawyer.)
Long before the DMCA, copyright subsisted in choreography (and thus dance moves) both at a statutory and common law level. I don't have my IP text with me to give cites, but if someone could help out I'd appreciate it.
What really happened is that the consumer ombudsman stated that FairPlay was, in his opinion, illegal. The ombudsman is not a court, nor a judge, nor a legislature. The easiest comparison to make is that he's like an attorney general, but rather than advise the govt, he advises consumers, and acts on their behalf, subjectively. The most he can do is recommend a prosecution to the director of prosecutions, but his opinion is not, repeat not law. TFA is stupid and badly researched.
Where're you from mate? 'British Isles' is purely a geographical description - it includes all the islands off the northwest coast of Europe, the largest of which is called Britain. Makes sense to me, as an Irishman, to call them the British Isles then! However, if the /. had said 'A British flavour of lawyer', that would necessarily involve a political or ethnic implication, which would of course be incorrect. The wikipedia has an interesting article about the correct terminology here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_(termin ology).
However, unfortunately it seems that Irish-America has got to it in places, making it seem that Irish people are far more puffed up about the term 'British Isles' than they really are. Needs a bit of editing, methinks.
With reproductive organs in his mouth, I bet this guy would be a total dickhead. Boom! Boom!
You know how China is 'communist'? Hu going for dinner with Bill reminds me very much of that bit at the end where the pigs are playing cards with the humans and drinking...