Actually, I too, dig the XBox controllers, both the American and Japanese versions. They are quite comfortable. Not that I really have a problem with the PS2 controllers either...
My favorite feature of the XBox controllers though, is the breakaway cables. It was very considerate of MS to implement those cables for people who like to place their boxes in precarious positions. These should keep people from pulling their boxes off shelves and breaking them.
Then again, considering how heavy XBoxes are, maybe the breakaway cables are there to prevent things like this from happening. I mean, how do we know MS wasn't doing XBox development in the Arctic back in '93? =)
They dont just hate jews, they are racist toward ALL non asian races.
They are NOT a good example, they also avoid the internet so not to try to understand diffrent cultures.
Nice generalization there, pal. Where'd you pick that one up, the internet? =P
The Japanese don't need other races to be prejudiced against, they do it to themselves in equal measure. Do a google on Burakumin. And don't get me started on Koreans, Southeast Asians of any nationality or anything else.
Hell yeah, the Japanese are prejudiced, (And some, including one or two of my relatives, are rather proud of it.) But to posit that they avoid the internet to remain prejudiced is ludicrous. I'm sure some do, but the same can be said of many Americans or pretty much any other nationality.
Your post only lends credence to the thrust of the article. Some people could read it and take it as gospel.
The chinese characters are cool though. All the options are in the same place, and your song titles remain in english. So once you learn the positions of the menu items in english, assuming that's what you speak, you can run in chinese mode, which just looks super techy.:)
Actually, I'm not that big of a fan of the Asian character sets anymore. When the iPod first came out, I ran it in Japanese. Then after the last upgrade, the Japanese character set went from the bolded font it was using to just this sort of run-of-the-mill unbolded, chunky standard which really stands out against the much more distinct roman character set.
Yeah, it's just me nitpicking, but I just think it used to look cooler.
Depends on if the computers improved the productivity or quality of work. Maybe Mac OS X can do that.
Well considering its NeXT heritage, OS X's got a bit going for it. Despite the high price for NeXT boxen, the development environment itself was pretty damn good. If they're going to be doing a lot of in-house app development, (and the article says that's one of the things they plan to do) X is a great way to get things done quickly.
Bah, I quoted the wrong article, here's the one that quotes A Sony spokesman
And again, I stand by my assertion that the discs themselves are the problem, regardless of who the computer maker is. Why release a product to market if there's a chance it's going to break equipment, or not even work at all? Hell, the poor woman mentioned in the above article can only play her CD in her car!
How are they adhering to standards by providing a device which does not fail gracefully? I don't mind if the drive can't play these CDs, but if the device is going to suffer serious damage as a result of putting something in which has the exact same form factor as a proper CD and can only be differentiated by putting it in the device, then Apple has some bad engineering on its hands. Apple blaming this on the pseudo-CD makers is just passing the buck, sorry.
Not really, Apple's not the only one that has problems like this, Sony's electronics arm has complained of this as well. (Which I find funny, considering Celine Dion is published by Sony's music arm, left hand not knowing what the right's doing much?)
These discs are crashing machines regardless of maker. At least Apple's being up front about it.
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Yeah, MS is spending way too much time on the slopes.
Wait, now that I think of it, wasn't that big code freeze right around Whistler's peak season? =D
Compared to most of the Nokias, yes, the Motorolas are more attractive, (especially the v60 you mentioned) The problem is, as someone else has already said, the author wasn't comparing those.
The author was comparing Motorola's designs to the designs prevalent in Japan. And yes, there, even the v60 looks dated. The newer designs in Japan make even the flashiest Motorolas look rather lackluster.
Uh, hello, I own four Macs. (Hell, I just ordered a new Tibook) I own Apple stock fer chrissakes! I have every right to criticize them, regardless of how I present it. And really, 100 or 133, they could be doing better, couldn't they?
Did you miss the crux of the argument? I support Apple wholeheartedly, stop picking nits and post some quality.
While you do have a bit of a point, There are plenty of linux machines that don't run any sort of Microsoft software. Why should those be held up to this licensing scheme? They shouldn't be. There's FUD here, but you're as culpable as the "/. machine"
Then again, with a nick like "the Cabal", should I be surprised? =)
I thought this was an interesting tidbit: 'But NeXT wasn't just a software company -- Jobs was also obsessed with building hardware. And this proved to be the company's downfall.' Ironic, because this has been Apple's salvation, or portentous, because history is doomed to repeat itself? You be the judge!"
I very much doubt history is doomed to repeat itself. One difference between NeXT boxes and pretty much all Macs these days is installed user base. Don't get me wrong, NeXT boxes were pretty kickass (and they made a lovely fire, they were trying to carve out a new market for themselves while simultaneously competing with both Apple and Microsoft.
The hardware was also woefully proprietary. Macs are moving away from that proprietary stance, most of the hardware is interchangeable with x86 analogues (IDE, USB, VGA, AGP etc...) Now, that's not to say that there's nothing wrong with Apple hardware, (slow FSB, pc100 RAM, Motorolla making your CPUs) but the positions aren't exactly the same. Say what you want about El Steve, he does at least learn from some of his mistakes...
Even if it did you could always build your own system (which is easy to do with a PC, and lots of people do just that), and pick your own OS.
Quick question, hotshot. How many PCs does Microsoft make?
None?
Your point is Moot.
Macs, on the other hand, always come with Mac OS and, as you said, it's not viable to build a PPC system from scratch.
Yes you can, you just can't put MacOS on it. And actually, according to all of the x86 boosters out there, why would anyone want to use "inferior PPC hardware" anyway
I think I'd have to classify that possibility as a Bad Thing. As I could see the rather huge potential for accidents as some guy watching that repeating tableau of Calvin pissing on a Ford logo ends up paying too much attention to the car next to him and not on the road.
Of course, the insurance companies will love it, as it offers yet another reason to raise peoples' premiums to ever more ridiculous levels...
NEVER say macs are a cheaper alternative-they are only cheaper compared to PC prices of two years ago. I'm sick of macintosh users being spoonfed doctrine about how their computers are cheaper and faster. It's only to make them feel better for spending so much. Use a mac-that's fine with me. Just don't lie about it
Macs are the cheaper alternative.
There, I said it. I don't need to say it to justify my outlay of cash for the Mac, I say it because I have spent significantly less on my Macs than I have on My PCs. I own both, and the components and upkeep for my high-end 'doze box has been a hell of a lot more expensive than it has been for my Macs.
And that's just for the one I built myself. It's quite easy to go to pricewatch and pull components down and build a system, but not everybody's the l33t builder you are, and for them, Macs may be the cheaper investment.
You say you're sick of Mac users being spoonfed doctrine, perhaps you should make sure you're not feeding yourself similar doctrine. I agree, use what you want to use, (in my case, I use both) but you're living in a glass house, you should be careful when throwing stones.
Speaking of those Robotech Jets, (or Macross Valkyries, for the purists) I picked up three of them in Japan when I was a kid, much to the envy of a lot of my stateside friends.
If you're still in the mood for the originals, you can grab some of the reissues here
A lot. The voice actor for Starscream alone is worth about three, "Priscilla: Queen of the Deserts"
Hell, pretty much all the cartoons were camp back then, we were just too young to catch on. Check out G.I. Joe, (which is mentioned a little further down in this very thread) Camp city.
Its not always the big-bad management out to get people.
Indeed. It's not so much management out to get people as it is management just not caring enough or having enough vision to see that taking care of the little guys is fairly important.
I've worked at some pretty high-profile places over the last eight years. While some upper management types have been truly amazing, dynamic people who actually did something more than looked out for their own asses; there was an equal number that pretty much didn't see beyond the confines of their (often closed) office doors.
Except, of course, for the bad managers themselves. They seem to have the hardiness of post-nuclear cockroaches. In the firey aftermath, they're still around...
I wonder how many upper-management types took a 50% paycut for May at that company? And if they did, how hard it really hit them, considering the mitigation of the stock price (and their options, not to mention the other fringe bennies) going up when they produced positive quarterly results.
The problem is, bad management seems to be more and more of an issue these days. From extreme cases like Enron, to the smaller ones such as this. The stupidity doesn't stop at the IT sector, it's just more obvious there.
The Zeigfeld's got the reserved seating but lacks the bar. Still, a damn fine place to see a movie. I caught Phantom Menace there. Not sure if it was digital then, though. Still in all there's a huge screen and a great, "old school theater" atmosphere.
True, but at the same time, that's what the guy asked for. Hell, I'm thrilled with the new rez. I've been holding out for a new Tibook for a while, now, with the 32meg vidcard, the DVI out and the added pixel depth, I can sort of justify replacing my first gen 500.
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Oh god, now, I' going to explain to all you Americans where the heck Belgium is!
Sure you wanna do that? We've got a bone to pick
with you for sending over that Van Damme guy.
And don't get me started on the sprouts...
Not naked, but that girl's got some damn fine abs.
Actually, I too, dig the XBox controllers, both the
American and Japanese versions. They are quite
comfortable. Not that I really have a problem with
the PS2 controllers either...
My favorite feature of the XBox controllers though,
is the breakaway cables. It was very considerate of
MS to implement those cables for people who like to
place their boxes in precarious positions. These
should keep people from pulling their boxes off
shelves and breaking them.
Then again, considering how heavy XBoxes are,
maybe the breakaway cables are there to prevent
things like this from happening. I mean, how do
we know MS wasn't doing XBox development in the
Arctic back in '93? =)
They dont just hate jews, they are racist toward ALL non asian races.
They are NOT a good example, they also avoid the internet so not to try to understand diffrent cultures.
Nice generalization there, pal. Where'd you pick that
one up, the internet? =P
The Japanese don't need other races to be prejudiced
against, they do it to themselves in equal measure. Do
a google on Burakumin. And don't get me started
on Koreans, Southeast Asians of any nationality
or anything else.
Hell yeah, the Japanese are prejudiced, (And some,
including one or two of my relatives, are rather
proud of it.) But to posit that they avoid the
internet to remain prejudiced is ludicrous. I'm
sure some do, but the same can be said of many
Americans or pretty much any other nationality.
Your post only lends credence to the thrust of the
article. Some people could read it and take it
as gospel.
The chinese characters are cool though. All the options are in the same place, and your song titles remain in english. So once you learn the positions of the menu items in english, assuming that's what you speak, you can run in chinese mode, which just looks super techy. :)
Actually, I'm not that big of a fan of the Asian
character sets anymore. When the iPod first came
out, I ran it in Japanese. Then after the last
upgrade, the Japanese character set went from the
bolded font it was using to just this sort of
run-of-the-mill unbolded, chunky standard which
really stands out against the much more distinct
roman character set.
Yeah, it's just me nitpicking, but I just think it
used to look cooler.
Depends on if the computers improved the productivity or quality of work. Maybe Mac OS X can do that.
Well considering its NeXT heritage, OS X's got a bit
going for it. Despite the high price for NeXT boxen,
the development environment itself was pretty damn
good. If they're going to be doing a lot of in-house
app development, (and the article says that's one of
the things they plan to do) X is a great way to get
things done quickly.
Bah, I quoted the wrong article, here's the one that
quotes A Sony spokesman
And again, I stand by my assertion that the discs
themselves are the problem, regardless of who the
computer maker is. Why release a product to market
if there's a chance it's going to break equipment,
or not even work at all? Hell, the poor woman
mentioned in the above article can only play her
CD in her car!
How are they adhering to standards by providing a device which does not fail gracefully? I don't mind if the drive can't play these CDs, but if the device is going to suffer serious damage as a result of putting something in which has the exact same form factor as a proper CD and can only be differentiated by putting it in the device, then Apple has some bad engineering on its hands. Apple blaming this on the pseudo-CD makers is just passing the buck, sorry.
Not really, Apple's not the only one that has
problems like this, Sony's electronics arm
has complained of this as well. (Which I find
funny, considering Celine Dion is published by
Sony's music arm, left hand not knowing what the
right's doing much?)
These discs are crashing machines regardless
of maker. At least Apple's being up front about it.
Yeah, MS is spending way too much time on the slopes.
Wait, now that I think of it, wasn't that big code
freeze right around Whistler's peak season? =D
Compared to most of the Nokias, yes, the Motorolas
are more attractive, (especially the v60 you
mentioned) The problem is, as someone else has
already said, the author wasn't comparing those.
The author was comparing Motorola's designs to the
designs prevalent in Japan. And yes, there, even the
v60 looks dated. The newer designs in Japan make
even the flashiest Motorolas look rather lackluster.
Uh, hello, I own four Macs. (Hell, I just ordered a
new Tibook) I own Apple stock fer chrissakes! I have
every right to criticize them, regardless of how I
present it. And really, 100 or 133, they could be
doing better, couldn't they?
Did you miss the crux of the argument? I support
Apple wholeheartedly, stop picking nits and post
some quality.
While you do have a bit of a point, There are plenty
of linux machines that don't run any sort of
Microsoft software. Why should those be held up to
this licensing scheme? They shouldn't be. There's
FUD here, but you're as culpable as the "/. machine"
Then again, with a nick like "the Cabal", should I
be surprised? =)
I thought this was an interesting tidbit: 'But NeXT wasn't just a software company -- Jobs was also obsessed with building hardware. And this proved to be the company's downfall.' Ironic, because this has been Apple's salvation, or portentous, because history is doomed to repeat itself? You be the judge!"
I very much doubt history is doomed to repeat itself.
One difference between NeXT boxes and pretty much
all Macs these days is installed user base. Don't
get me wrong, NeXT boxes were pretty kickass (and
they made a lovely fire, they were
trying to carve out a new market for themselves
while simultaneously competing with both Apple and
Microsoft.
The hardware was also woefully proprietary.
Macs are moving away from that proprietary stance,
most of the hardware is interchangeable with x86
analogues (IDE, USB, VGA, AGP etc...) Now, that's
not to say that there's nothing wrong with Apple
hardware, (slow FSB, pc100 RAM, Motorolla making
your CPUs) but the positions aren't exactly the
same. Say what you want about El Steve, he does at
least learn from some of his mistakes...
Well, it's not really like rain on your wedding day
or a free ride when you've already paid, but hey, if
you say so...
Even if it did you could always build your own system (which is easy to do with a PC, and lots of people do just that), and pick your own OS.
Quick question, hotshot. How many PCs does Microsoft make?
None?
Your point is Moot.
Macs, on the other hand, always come with Mac OS and, as you said, it's not viable to build a PPC system from scratch.
Yes you can, you just can't put MacOS on it. And
actually, according to all of the x86 boosters out
there, why would anyone want to use "inferior PPC
hardware" anyway
I think I'd have to classify that possibility as a . As I could see the rather
Bad Thing
huge potential for accidents as some guy watching
that repeating tableau of Calvin pissing on a Ford
logo ends up paying too much attention to the car
next to him and not on the road.
Of course, the insurance companies will love it, as
it offers yet another reason to raise peoples'
premiums to ever more ridiculous levels...
NEVER say macs are a cheaper alternative-they are only cheaper compared to PC prices of two years ago. I'm sick of macintosh users being spoonfed doctrine about how their computers are cheaper and faster. It's only to make them feel better for spending so much. Use a mac-that's fine with me. Just don't lie about it
Macs are the cheaper alternative.
There, I said it. I don't need to say it to justify
my outlay of cash for the Mac, I say it because I
have spent significantly less on my Macs than I
have on My PCs. I own both, and the components and
upkeep for my high-end 'doze box has been a hell
of a lot more expensive than it has been for my
Macs.
And that's just for the one I built myself. It's
quite easy to go to pricewatch and pull components
down and build a system, but not everybody's the
l33t builder you are, and for them, Macs may be
the cheaper investment.
You say you're sick of Mac users being spoonfed
doctrine, perhaps you should make sure you're not
feeding yourself similar doctrine. I agree, use
what you want to use, (in my case, I use both) but
you're living in a glass house, you should be
careful when throwing stones.
That is what happens when you don't use protection
Yes. Remember. when you have unsafe email with
someone, you're having email with all the
other people that person's had unsafe email with...
or something like that.
They Killed Beastwars???
That's just prime!
heh,
Speaking of those Robotech Jets, (or Macross Valkyries,
for the purists) I picked up three of them in Japan
when I was a kid, much to the envy of a lot of
my stateside friends.
If you're still in the mood for the originals, you
can grab some of the reissues here
A little camp?
A lot. The voice actor for Starscream alone is worth
about three, "Priscilla: Queen of the Deserts"
Hell, pretty much all the cartoons were camp back
then, we were just too young to catch on. Check out
G.I. Joe, (which is mentioned a little further down
in this very thread) Camp city.
Its not always the big-bad management out to get people.
Indeed. It's not so much management out to get
people as it is management just not caring enough
or having enough vision to see that taking care of
the little guys is fairly important.
I've worked at some pretty high-profile places over
the last eight years. While some upper management
types have been truly amazing, dynamic people who
actually did something more than looked out for
their own asses; there was an equal number that
pretty much didn't see beyond the confines of their
(often closed) office doors.
bad managment leads to lost jobs.
Except, of course, for the bad managers themselves.
They seem to have the hardiness of post-nuclear
cockroaches. In the firey aftermath, they're still
around...
I wonder how many upper-management types took a
50% paycut for May at that company? And if they
did, how hard it really hit them, considering
the mitigation of the stock price (and their
options, not to mention the other fringe bennies)
going up when they produced positive quarterly
results.
The problem is, bad management seems to be more and
more of an issue these days. From extreme cases like
Enron, to the smaller ones such as this. The
stupidity doesn't stop at the IT sector, it's just
more obvious there.
Eh, here in NYC, we've got three within a mile of
each other. Now that's access. =D
Nice theater.
The Zeigfeld's got the reserved seating but
lacks the bar. Still, a damn fine place to see a movie. I caught
Phantom Menace there. Not sure if it was digital then, though.
Still in all there's a huge screen and a great, "old school theater" atmosphere.
True, but at the same time, that's what the guy asked
for. Hell, I'm thrilled with the new rez. I've been
holding out for a new Tibook for a while, now, with
the 32meg vidcard, the DVI out and the added pixel depth,
I can sort of justify replacing my first gen 500.