Oh, right, I forgot, under modern antitrust laws you're allowed to be a total anti-competitive asshole until you become the 800lb gorilla.
These "modern" anti-trust laws are a century old, and were instituted because of abuses by 800 lb gorillas like Standard Oil. Microsoft has a monopoly, Apple doesn't; that's the difference, and it's a difference that matters.
All true. However, we have all seen countless postings here on
Root for Apple. Apple creates significant markets regardless of their unattractiveness.
But wait a sec -- I just read several "Insightful" comments above yours that assert Apple has no monopoly in any market. Are you saying Apple creates significant markets but fails to dominate them?
So it IS just a large ipod!
My daughter calls it an iTouch for fat people!
Yes, those are different. They agreed to release those as singles. Doesn't change the fact that their contract with EMI says that EMI can not sell their albums as anything but the full album without PF's consent.
Um, I was addressing the concept that Pink Floyd's music "is meant to be listened to as a whole...", not the terms of their contract with EMI. The band's intent apparently was not to ensure the music is heard only as a whole, since they obviously agreed to release songs off those albums as singles. Granted, I far prefer hearing their whole albums, but that romantic view that they were seeking to preserve the artistic integrity of the whole work does not jive with the fact they released albums from those whole works.
Pink Floyd's music is meant to be listened to as a whole, albums are (the good ones) carefully prepared and are one piece of music story.
Except for the singles the band agreed to release, right? You know, "Money," "Us and Them," "Have a cigar," "Wish You Were Here," "Another Brick in the Wall," etc.
And you forgot about the master's degree in Computer Science with a specialization in financial processing algorithms for currency exchange trading and their implementation in autonomous combat vehicles.
Ok, I haven't seen anything that extreme but it's pretty funny to read articles in trade magazines where some hiring manager whines about there being no developers available on the job market at the same time as they have ads out with requirements not far off from the above...
>> and there are no number or punctuation keys AT ALL [wordpress.com] which makes typing just about anything quite a pain.
> Sure there are, in fact they are screen-printed on the actual keys.
Right. I meant, they're there, but the Nokias have them as distinct keys--A-Z, 0-9 and eight punctuation keys. 50 buttons on the Nokias versus only 35 on the BB. So things like comma and period and hyphen (which I use all the time) are one press, not two. (And other handy things, like = and % are REALLY hidden on the BB. BTW, one of the keys on the Nokia brings up a character map.) The iPhone makes it 2 taps but since they're bigger they're easier for me to find.
And I meant to mention: I think it's crappy that the iPad has the SAME keyboard as the iPhone--the iPad has enough room they should have put a number row at the top at the very least--even if only in portrait mode.
I think the idea is that the X-Files borrowed some of the cinematic tricks which Silence of the Lambs used to make it so creepy. Granted, that's not the example I would have chosen, but I think it's a real problem in trying to introduce people to some kinds of art. If part of what was impressive about them at the time was that they were ground-breaking, and the ground that they broke is now well trodden, then new viewers are unlikely to be impressed.
what if your target shaves down there?
No, not "only" because it's locked down.
Also because it isn't intended - or marketed - to be a general-purpose computing device. The nature of the device is a choice by the people who make and sell it, and is a contrast to their general-purpose computing product line, the Macintosh.
Again, I suppose you can claim that the only reason the segway isn't an aircraft is because it doesn't fly, but if so you're missing the point.
No one disputes that Apple intended this to be a closed architecture. The point is that it could easily be a more general purpose device if the consumer were allowed that choice. That is far different from suggesting the only reason a Segway doesn't fly is the manufacturer just blocked that capability in it.
Practically all PCs sell with windows installed. This does not raise the price of a PC very much. So why risk the lawsuits from the BSA, why fight with all the DRM.
Putting a new version of windows on an old PC does not usually make sense from a technological perspective. Windows just keeps getting more bloated, and resource intensive.
You pirate old versions of Windows, if you're going to pirate Windows at all! Maybe you get an old PC without the install disks because you don't need a powerhouse machine. There's no way to get Win98 through Microsoft. You've got to get it second hand or pirated.
Genetics explains why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should.
