That would be 'their' persuit!!
Posts by Joey
157 posts • joined Sunday 26th August 2007 12:33 GMT
Re: Wow, I think you noticed it...
I was at the UK launch of Windows 95 way back then. It was gratifying to hear the Microsoft presented say how bad Windows 3.11 was and how much better '95 was. So, that is their sales strategy. Tell the punters what a load of c**p they are using and promise them something, err, different!
A long way to go...
I installed EVI on my iPhone 4 and tried a few simple questions like 'where can I get a curry near here?'. EVI didn't have any knowledge of my small Dorset town whatsoever and suggested three online web sites which were equally useless. It was, however, able to tell me how many inches were in a metre from a spoken question – but I didn't really want to know that. If an app can't point you to a ruby, what good is it?
Re: Proview IPAD...?
The Proview iPad is not a tablet at all but an ugly rip-off of the original iMac!
Utter nonsense
I suspect that Stallman has never used a Mac. I have used Macs almost exclusively since they came out in 1984. I have never felt restricted in any way. In all that time, I have had exactly two hardware failures - a power supply and a Powerbook LCD screen. I have been able to sell my older models for a decent price after four years. I have personally made at least a million pounds, probably more in that time using Macs and I put that down to the fact that I was benefiting from the productivity, reliability and resale value. I would much rather pay for Photoshop than suffer with GIMP. I have just had a brief flirtation with Open Office – and dumped it. Apart from Firefox, I don't use any 'open source' software as in almost every case, there is something better. Okay, I have to pay for it but that is just a business expense and tax deductible.
What I get out of this article...
... is that the 'tecnocrati' who said 'meh' haven't a clue about what *people* want. They know what *they* want but they just overvalue their own opinions and when they see somebody else getting it right, they have a hissy fit. Technology should be transparent, it is only a means to an end. No matter how many 'features' a phone has, the user has to find them useful and be comfortable using them. The trick is knowing what to leave out! That's why Apple get it right.
God hates?
Hate is a human concept. In fact, most of the traits attributed to God are human ones. Even the 'He' part. How can God have a gender? Why would an omnipotent super-being feel the need to be worshiped or praised. Surely that is only for egotists - humans.
The fact is that God was created by man in his own image - not the other way around!
When people don't understand something, they make up explanations, and then stand around nodding in agreement. I wonder if earthworms have theories about motor cars?
Headless chickens
... or monkeys with typewriters come to mind! This is going nowhere.
Posted in Apple rumor mill predicts 'all new Mac'
Obviously...
... a touch screen interface and keyboard. It has to happen.
I would...
... put them on treadmills and make them generate electricity!
Word is...
..that Lion will launch at 8:30am Cupertino time. That's 4:30 in the UK. Interested to know why they don't stagger the launch across the World instead of having EVERYBODY in a massive Denial of Service attack!
Patent sense
The trouble is, if you don't protect your patents like this, somebody else will claim them and if you have not challenged their use, you are on shaky ground thereafter. Much as I hate to see the legal leeches cleaning up...it has to be done.
Dual boot
I have four multi-partition 1.5 Gig hard drives in my MacPro. When a new OS comes out, I dupe my current main drive using SuperDuper into a fresh partition and then install the new one. I can always go back to the older system using Startup Disk. I still have a few apps/drivers/plugins that need Rosetta so I will need to go back to 10.6 occasionally. If you don't have multiple internal drives, you can still dupe onto an external and boot from that if you need to.
Huh?
An original idea from Samsung is very hard to imagine. The only Samsung product I have is a AV amplifier and it is rubbish in every respect!
Posted in Apple's MobileMe has a wobble
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Mmmm
I've heard of 'born again' but this 'dead again' is something new.
Posted in Apple iMac 27in
Price comparisons...
The other thing that you have to factor into your iMac/PC price comparisons... what will you be able to sell that similarly specced PC Frankenstein for after four years? Nothing. The iMac will still command a good second hand value. Now, subtract the second hand value from the new price and that's what you actually pay! The iMac is cheaper.
transition
"attempted to transition to JP7 fuel operation". It really annoys me when people use nouns as verbs - just like the verb 'to leverage'
Macs are not expensive
Since 1984, I have run my business on Macs. I've had about 40 over the years. In all that time, I have had one power supply failure and one Powerbook screen go stripy and had to be replaced. No old Macs were scrapped, every one was sold-on and got a good 'used' price. I have never needed 'support staff' to maintain them. I have never had a virus or other malware.
They might cost more at the outset but that does not mean 'expensive'!
Probably
...because they are 419ers! Emails from the CIA, FBI and Nigerian Central Bank all come from hotmail, yahoo or gmail addresses!
Posted in Ten... DAB kitchen radios
Retro
Why, in this day and age, does the DAB/NET radio have to look like it comes from the '60s? I would not buy any of these because they all look c**p! Why not a touch screen interface like an iPad Touch with decent size letters and numbers?
Why?
...did it take them so long to work this out! A chain is only as strong as its weakest link!
Anti-grav
Haven't you ever wished you could park your car 9 feet in the air out of reach of the parking warden. It would just hang there - like bricks don't!
Why?
Why don't they go after the credit card companies who process payments for these crooks?
To digress...
Seems that now God can be sued for throwing Thunderbolts
Thumbs up
In a meeting last week, the guy next to me offered to look something up on the web. He had an Asus Netbook. While he was waiting for it to book, I whipped out my iPad and had the information to hand before he even opend his browser!
Job going?
I have, in the past, written science fiction and would like to offer my services as CEO of this organisation.
Takes all the fun out of peripherals...
...I really miss my SCSI chain
Amazon...
...is a generic word too!
Posted in Apple seals $66bn in Jobsian wallet
Re: Can someone answer me a question?
Simple, the value of the stock goes up so if/when you cash it in, you have made money.
Posted in Apple Digital AV Adapter
Expensive
Yes, the adaptor IS expensive. Tell me where I can get a cheaper alternative?
When a white van driver whacked my wing mirror and cracked the glass, Toyota wanted over £120 to 'fix' it. They would only supply an entire wing mirror, which only comes primed, so it has to be sprayed to match. I eventually tracked down a replacement mirror glass for £5.50 on the web.
I can't find a cheaper HDMI AV for the iPad/iPhone adaptor online.
Posted in Apple Digital AV Adapter
Doesn't work with iPhone
Although this device is supposed to work with an iPhone 4 (with appropriate apps), I can get absolutely nothing out of it through my Bravia TV or Acer projector. Messages on Apple discussion board show that there are other people having the same problem.
What????
First, you point out that the iPad2 only does video, not stills, than you bemoan the fact that there is no built-in flash like the iPhone4. WTF! The Register is to technology publishing what Top Gear is to motoring!
What is distinctive?
'Windows' and indeed the word 'Apple' are generic and there are many other examples of generic words in trade marks going back as far as there were company names. If you register a trade mark and the registration is accepted, you then have the legal right to use and protect that mark in whichever countries the registration has been accepted. The word 'Apple' on its own could not have been trademarked but 'Apple Computer, Inc' is obviously acceptable (in the area of computers) and now that it has been established as a brand, Apple, Inc is an example of a generic word having a particular association that would be hard to argue with. If the concept of 'App Store' was popularised by Apple through usage, even though the individual parts are generic, the phrase has a good chance of being distinctive enough, through association, to be a trade mark. To nail it down 100%, it should be 'officially' referred to as Apple App Store.
Utter rubbish...
...the iPad2 will be announced on 2nd March!
68000
My first 68000 computer was a Sinclair QL. The assembly was quite different to the Z80 I learned on and by the time I was up to speed, the machine was obsolete. I was able to carry my 68000 skills over to a Mac 512 though and use in conjuction with Lightspeed Pascal.
Posted in 419ers threaten terrorism charges
ATTN:FUND BENEFICIARY,
Might as well have put "To whom it concerns".
Never mind the quality, feel the width
How true of Microsoft. Always want to deliver 'more' instead of 'better'. And, to think that Ubuntu is a poor man's Windows!
Apple should buy them out
Posted in Gosling blows lid off Jobs Java nonsense
Good riddance
Java. Meh. Who needs it. Yesterday's technology for yesterday's people.
Posted in Jobs' Lion to marry Mac OS X and iOS
App store
This is an opportunity for small developers to get their apps noticed my people who would not normally find them. There must be throusands of little apps, some more useful than others, that are only available through the Kagi Store, MacUpdate or Download.com. If you don't happen upon a review in a magazine, you wouldn't know about them. They are generally freeware or low cost and bundling them together in an App Store seems like a good idea to me. The low price will be counteracted by volume and I'd rather have 70% or 10000 sales than 100% of 100!
Posted in Apple to lead fanbois 'Back to the Mac'
Lion
As Lion is 'King of the Jungle' and you can't go better than that, it would suggest to me that 10.7 is the last 'cat' OS before OSX11 - that's all!
Chase the money
Somewhere along the line, people have to use their credit cards to subsidize 'Canadian Pharmacies'. Making Visa and Mastercard responsible for these criminal transactions would slow this trade down considerably! They should aslo be make to disclose the recipients of the monies.
1080p
The reason that there is no 1080p, at present, is nothing to do with chipsets, it's bandwidth. Streaming video over the typical 2mbs net download speeds is hard enough for 720p. Even cheap HDMI cables can't handle 1080p from a Blu-ray player to a tv. There will have to be a much faster and reliable net infrastructure before 1080p is going to happen.
Just add a small D to the P...
...and you have Bing. I would say that Bing and Ping are pretty close and could confuse users.
Posted in Broadband advertising speed gap widens
Virgin Cable
In the past few weeks they 'upgraded' my connection to 50mps. I tested before and after with various speed tests and I'm pretty confident that I am getting 'near' 50mps. It's no extra charge for six months and then an extra £3 per month after that. At my end, all they did was change the modem.
I have always believed that people stuck with ASDL should pay 'up to' £15 for an 8mps line, (pro rata 'the promise') then things would improve dramatically.
Re: Money Spinners?
The point is that the councils don't get to keep the money they generate, it goes into Treasury coffers. Anyway, all they have to do is switch *most* of them off but not say which.
Bumper
Yeh, I bought a bumper just after getting my iPhone 4. Nothing to do with reception whatsoever. I haven't had any reception problems that I can attribute to the phone at all - note, all those people that haven't actually tried. My problem is that I keep my iPhone in my shirt pocket. Several times, with my iPhone 3, I have leaned over to pick something up and the phone has slid out and fallen on the floor. Eventually, the glass broke and I had to have it fixed. £40! So I bought a rubber case which would have softened the fall but hey, the rubber case stopped the phone falling out of my pocket in the first place. Hence, the bumper with my new phone. The slippery iPhone no longer falls out of my pocket. So, the real 'design fault' is fixed with the bumper too!
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