Benji's Profile

I think it’s safe to say that Apple designs some great looking hardware. Whether or not that improves productivity, I can’t say. Like overrated peddler of cynical pop culture shite JJ Abrams said, his powerbook asks him every day what he can write that's worthy of Perhaps if we swapped it for an Eee PC he might be tempted to produce some more genuine ouvres.

Everything points towards Nick being happy with terms. 'Nick Ciarelli, Think Secret's publisher, said "I'm pleased to have reached this amicable settlement' You'd have to be pretty retarded not to see what that means.

To often in the Mac community we take ourselves way to seriously !

The real question is what are you purchasing when you buy music? I agree with you, but what is your answer, flyboy?

The way goodwill towards the recording industry continues to reach new lows is intensely pleasing. cf

well, in Ben’s case it’s because that’s what Apple tells him he wants and that’s good enough for him [1] Jerk. Why in the world would you want to, by DEFAULT, include crap that you deleted to appear in your Spotlight search Well first of all that is the most definitively split infinitive I have ever seen. But in answer to your question, you don't, dummy, you want it to appear in searches BACK IN TIME for lost documents. Perhaps you don't understand how this feature works yet? If ordinary spotlight searches include Time Machine's stuff, then obviously that should be changed. [2] By the way, my new policy is simply to call you a jerk whenever you make a comment that appeals to a stereotyped a priori definition of your opponent, in place of rational argument. I heartily welcome everyone who joins with me in using this accurate technique to label Beeblebrox's vitriolic namecalling. It springs from the sudden realisation that this type of comment [1] is so plainly in opposition of the reality of the adversarial position [2], and those of most people he commonly uses them against, that against such juveline namecalling, no further justification or rebuttal is required.

I do not think and never really have thought it is fair to say that Vista was a knock-off of OS X, although many people, including Daniel Lyons (Fake Steve) have expressed that view firmly. I do however think it is overwhelmingly likely that the very reason we have seen the push towards tarting up in Vista was in direct response to the increasing critical praise that OS X has received from reviewers in major publications -- including those for whom in times past the Mac world barely figured. Transparency for instance is something that Apple brought to the table, starting with the first release of OS X (in menus especially), but increasingly with Dashboard, HUDs, etc, and is something I think Windows has been influenced by -- which is not a negative thing nor in any way a criticism of Windows, except that it suggests a lack of own initiative and leadership on the design front, which will come as news to nobody. All in all there is nothing in Leopard nor the situation in which it has come about that suggests a design influence flowing from Windows back to OS X. Incidentally this suggestion itself suggests two premises: 1. There are some bad choices in Leopard, design-wise (menubar, Dock); 2. They come from Vista. Seems to me people are being led to suggest OS X is copying Vista purely by their dislike of Leopard's visual tweaks.