The Roku could be an absolute Squeezebox slayer if the thing would only offer playback of more audio formats. As it stands, MainSqueeze channel is available to connect with a Squeezebox Server, but unfortunately ogg, flac, etc are not playable on the Roku. And transcoding doesn't work either. WHAT A HEARTBREAKER! Think about it, the Squeezebox starts at $299....
Excellent point. The university I work at uses UINs, made-up identification numbers rather than SSNs etc. Nothing is kept at the Dept level. If you don't have it, you don't have to worry about losing it.
The Joysystems computers (off-lease refurbs) that are sold at Microcenters actually advertise the fact that they come with a recovery disc. Every Apple computer comes with one, and it's usually a free option for most Dell purchases.
In short, I wouldn't purchase a system without one. Doesn't need to be more complicated than that, does it?
for the vast majority of people buying Apple products today, it is certainly not bullshit. If Apple products weren't so fashionable, they'd still be skirting the fringes with fifty year old academics, windows bashers and other types. Does the teenager buy a Macbook because it's Unix? doubtful. Does the teenager buy a Macbook because it's one sexy computer. Of course, to go online to facebook, play music and video AND impress everyone by doing it on a Mac.
Don't take it personally if you like Apple products. There's a lot of reason to buy them. But in terms of their increased POPULARITY, I agree with the parent, it's all because of fashion.
BTW, most every computer works... I'm actually typing this on a non-Mac right now and I don't have a CS degree.
..change. What's important is that they're moving forward and not afraid at touching sacred cows so to speak. While I've come to equate brown with Ubuntu (got a few hoodies that are brown), I think I can handle the change. I've never really bothered to change the default theme because, it's just not that important to me. At any rate, Windows 7 has a very welcomed - and fresh - look and looking back is greatly improved upon from XP, while Mac OS X 10.6 still has that space vagina splash screen from Leopard... Move on Ubuntu, move forward!
I've probably heard some of the most outrageous exaggerations coming from the Apple store. "Now, the Mac has everything you need for digital photos. Just plug in your camera and they automatically transfer. PCs don't do that". Yeah, right.
Or how about another browser at a minimum? Don't you think there is a reason why IE, Mozilla, Opera, Chrome, etc... all exist?
Like I tell everyone at work, do your work in IE and keep the Yahoo, Live, Facebook, Pandora etc in Firefox.
What's new. Every financial institution in the US is bent on screwing customers over with legalese gibberish that no one understands. And our political institutions are just fine with that. In fact, for this we reward them with a Trillion dollar bailout when the pull off the granddaddy fuck-up of the century and bankrupt the country?
Taxes pay for government and government services. Who builds roads? Hires policemen? Sends a ship into the Atlantic to pull dead bodies out of the water? Where the fuck does the money come from to do all this? From taxes. Back when I was in College as a finance major, we learned the goal of the corporation is to maximize shareholder wealth. We also looked at earnings before Interest, and before Taxes. Taxes do NOT affect profitability. They affect cash balances, something Microsoft has shitloads of. Since then 80/90/00s greed has left us with the worst economy since the Great Depression in the 30s. So guess what, something when wrong. What? a Jackass like that guy from GE figured out that making money was easier than doing work. So business got outsourced, split up, marginalized just to increase shareholders wealth.
Problem is simple: we only define wealth monetarily.
I seem to remember in my college days that we learned how corporations looked at profit:
before interest, and
before taxes
Companies don't make less money from their operations because they pay taxes. They just have less cash.
The Beatles will fade into obscurity and/or will become an musicophiliac's thing.
This has to be the most preposterous thing ever posted on/. The Beatles will be the only band from the Rock-N-Roll era that doesn't fade into obscurity. To deny the Beatles, is to deny history.
Since when did anyone pay "hundreds of dollars" for MS-Office? I've had two versions in the past 8 years - one I "got from a friend" and the other that I purchased with an Education discount - $65 for Office Professional 2008.
I've got two daughters, one and four years old. Because they see my wife and I clicking away at a keyboard, they obviously want to emulate us.
Enter old Apple iMac. It's got a built-in DVD player, a nice compact form, easy to reach power button, great screen and a single-click mouse (believe me, you've gotta genius if you can teach a two year old the difference between a left and right click).
There's a great program called "Alpha Baby" that runs in full screen mode. Child bangs on the keyboard, something happens on screen. Cause and Effect. Our four year old now practices typing her name, finding the keys on the keyboard.
the other lesson that they've learned is to not pressing the power button more than once during "boot time" - patience... "wait for the Apple", "now who's on the desktop?" "yes, that you and your sister"...
Again, I'd never spend much money on a computer for a kid, any old used POS that runs will do. When they get older, we'll build something, probably install Linux, in other words, make them work at it.
In the meantime, books, crayons, dolls, toilet paper rolls, empty boxes... and a little attention.
"... such technologies will be developed in China, India, and elsewhere..."
Will the export of technology, jobs, etc be under the scope of the new Tech Czar? Will the office oversee the visa fiasco that perpetuates jobs leaving the country? Obviously there are a lot of decisions that are tech related, but the power struggle between the different branches of even the executive office will be intense - Homeland Security, Military, IRS, etc. What exactly will this position do? Buy computers? Write checks to their former business partners? Arguably this CTO/CIO distinction is ancillary - the position is political.
I like the communication model of Obama's http://change.gov/ website however...
Did the phone have any updates to the os/software when it was activated? One of the most interesting aspects of this phone is how Google/T-mobile will manage updating the device. Granted it's a 1.x device, and things should only get better from here. Isn't that what makes Android so cool?
it's easy to see why the iPod succeeded: The iTunes connection. We shouldn't underestimate how important this is for the average consumer. If there was no iTunes, would Apple really have ~75% of the portable music player market?
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The Roku could be an absolute Squeezebox slayer if the thing would only offer playback of more audio formats. As it stands, MainSqueeze channel is available to connect with a Squeezebox Server, but unfortunately ogg, flac, etc are not playable on the Roku. And transcoding doesn't work either. WHAT A HEARTBREAKER! Think about it, the Squeezebox starts at $299....
Excellent point. The university I work at uses UINs, made-up identification numbers rather than SSNs etc. Nothing is kept at the Dept level. If you don't have it, you don't have to worry about losing it.
Well, they're just checking up to see if you're alive.
The Joysystems computers (off-lease refurbs) that are sold at Microcenters actually advertise the fact that they come with a recovery disc. Every Apple computer comes with one, and it's usually a free option for most Dell purchases. In short, I wouldn't purchase a system without one. Doesn't need to be more complicated than that, does it?
I believe that 2.6.34 will natively support TRIM, which will keep most second generation SSDs running clean. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM/
Taxes have no affect on profitability - earning are usually looked at before interest and taxes. Taxes do use up cash, if of course they are paid.
Don't take it personally if you like Apple products. There's a lot of reason to buy them. But in terms of their increased POPULARITY, I agree with the parent, it's all because of fashion.
BTW, most every computer works... I'm actually typing this on a non-Mac right now and I don't have a CS degree.
..change. What's important is that they're moving forward and not afraid at touching sacred cows so to speak. While I've come to equate brown with Ubuntu (got a few hoodies that are brown), I think I can handle the change. I've never really bothered to change the default theme because, it's just not that important to me. At any rate, Windows 7 has a very welcomed - and fresh - look and looking back is greatly improved upon from XP, while Mac OS X 10.6 still has that space vagina splash screen from Leopard... Move on Ubuntu, move forward!
I've probably heard some of the most outrageous exaggerations coming from the Apple store. "Now, the Mac has everything you need for digital photos. Just plug in your camera and they automatically transfer. PCs don't do that". Yeah, right.
Or how about another browser at a minimum? Don't you think there is a reason why IE, Mozilla, Opera, Chrome, etc... all exist? Like I tell everyone at work, do your work in IE and keep the Yahoo, Live, Facebook, Pandora etc in Firefox.
What's new. Every financial institution in the US is bent on screwing customers over with legalese gibberish that no one understands. And our political institutions are just fine with that. In fact, for this we reward them with a Trillion dollar bailout when the pull off the granddaddy fuck-up of the century and bankrupt the country?
The Onion had a great take on there profitability: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/even_ceo_cant_figure_out_how
Why wouldn't you just ship freight collect to the small shop? And charge a handling charge for "small orders"? Mod down parent (hardly insightful).
Problem is simple: we only define wealth monetarily.
Everyone knows it's Windows 6, KB948465.
It just sends shivers down my spine, a new Mac OS to spend my money on and make my computing experience even more complete! Oh thank you Apple!
I seem to remember in my college days that we learned how corporations looked at profit: before interest, and before taxes Companies don't make less money from their operations because they pay taxes. They just have less cash.
The Beatles will fade into obscurity and/or will become an musicophiliac's thing.
This has to be the most preposterous thing ever posted on /. The Beatles will be the only band from the Rock-N-Roll era that doesn't fade into obscurity. To deny the Beatles, is to deny history.
I knew there was a reason why I voted for this guy - he secretly HATES Apple!
Since when did anyone pay "hundreds of dollars" for MS-Office? I've had two versions in the past 8 years - one I "got from a friend" and the other that I purchased with an Education discount - $65 for Office Professional 2008.
Enter old Apple iMac. It's got a built-in DVD player, a nice compact form, easy to reach power button, great screen and a single-click mouse (believe me, you've gotta genius if you can teach a two year old the difference between a left and right click).
There's a great program called "Alpha Baby" that runs in full screen mode. Child bangs on the keyboard, something happens on screen. Cause and Effect. Our four year old now practices typing her name, finding the keys on the keyboard.
the other lesson that they've learned is to not pressing the power button more than once during "boot time" - patience... "wait for the Apple", "now who's on the desktop?" "yes, that you and your sister"...
Again, I'd never spend much money on a computer for a kid, any old used POS that runs will do. When they get older, we'll build something, probably install Linux, in other words, make them work at it.
In the meantime, books, crayons, dolls, toilet paper rolls, empty boxes... and a little attention.
"hipster-doofus lovefest" - oh how I love that phrase when properly used. mod up parent to 5
"... such technologies will be developed in China, India, and elsewhere..."
Will the export of technology, jobs, etc be under the scope of the new Tech Czar? Will the office oversee the visa fiasco that perpetuates jobs leaving the country? Obviously there are a lot of decisions that are tech related, but the power struggle between the different branches of even the executive office will be intense - Homeland Security, Military, IRS, etc. What exactly will this position do? Buy computers? Write checks to their former business partners? Arguably this CTO/CIO distinction is ancillary - the position is political.
I like the communication model of Obama's http://change.gov/ website however...
Did the phone have any updates to the os/software when it was activated? One of the most interesting aspects of this phone is how Google/T-mobile will manage updating the device. Granted it's a 1.x device, and things should only get better from here. Isn't that what makes Android so cool?
it's easy to see why the iPod succeeded: The iTunes connection. We shouldn't underestimate how important this is for the average consumer. If there was no iTunes, would Apple really have ~75% of the portable music player market?