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Offline nicholas

Re: iPad 2
« Reply #179 from previous page: March 08, 2011, 11:44:46 PM »
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OSX is based on UNIX in the same way "Escape from Colditz" is based on a true story. There's a kernel (arf arf) of truth in there, but the rest has become unrecognisable. For example, a genuinely UNIX-like OS installation generally isn't hacked in under two minutes ;)

That's the thing though, Apple don't claim it is "based on UNIX", they claim it *IS* UNIX.

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Re: iPad 2
« Reply #180 on: March 08, 2011, 11:50:21 PM »
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Re: iPad 2
« Reply #181 on: March 08, 2011, 11:51:02 PM »
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That's the thing though, Apple don't claim it is "based on UNIX", they claim it *IS* UNIX.


They also claimed the iPhone 4 "Changes everything, again."

Strange, because I noticed on the day of release, the vast majority of things I regularly encounter seemed just the same as the day before.

Unless they are now taking credit for entropy.
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« Reply #182 on: March 08, 2011, 11:55:36 PM »
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It meets the spec...

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2007/08/mac-os-x-leopard-receives-unix-03-certification.ars

/shrug

OSX is fine until one wants to do real work (Work that involves typing) with it and then it falls on it's arse.
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Re: iPad 2
« Reply #183 on: March 08, 2011, 11:56:08 PM »
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It meets the spec...

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2007/08/mac-os-x-leopard-receives-unix-03-certification.ars

/shrug


Pity the criteria doesn't seem to include any guarantee of quality of implementation ;)
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Re: iPad 2
« Reply #184 on: March 09, 2011, 12:00:56 AM »
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OSX is fine until one wants to do real work (Work that involves typing) with it and then it falls on it's arse.

Buh... typing is from the "PC era of keyboards and mice"... You're so yesterday, man.

Personally, I'm waiting for apple to introduce a totally language-independent and text-free user interface next, since text is from the "era of ink and papyrus". An interface driven entirely by thought, since by then, touchscreen interfaces will also be from some previous era that required physical movement.
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Re: iPad 2
« Reply #185 on: March 09, 2011, 08:47:34 AM »
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They also claimed the iPhone 4 "Changes everything, again."

Strange, because I noticed on the day of release, the vast majority of things I regularly encounter seemed just the same as the day before.

Unless they are now taking credit for entropy.
Yeah, you do have to tune out their hype BS... It's a shame as I feel their hyping incremental upgrades actually detracts from the truly innovative introductions... :(
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Re: iPad 2
« Reply #186 on: March 09, 2011, 09:33:41 AM »
Mirrored HDMI Output .OMG ....:) :)
 
What you see on the iPad is what you get on HDMI.....
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« Reply #187 on: March 09, 2011, 09:35:57 AM »
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Mirrored HDMI Output .OMG ....:) :)
 
What you see on the iPad is what you get on HDMI.....


Nice feature, don't have an orgasm.

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Re: iPad 2
« Reply #188 on: March 09, 2011, 09:43:17 AM »
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Mirrored HDMI Output .OMG ....:) :)
 
What you see on the iPad is what you get on HDMI.....
Exactly, that does not warrant more than a bullet point on the PowerPoint slide :-/

I would point out that an app has always had access to the video out, but it has been the developer choice what to display on the video out. It's kinda nice to let the user some say in it :)
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Re: iPad 2
« Reply #189 on: March 09, 2011, 11:15:49 AM »
Here is another reason the iPad is a unique device for musicians. You can now control your mixer from the iPad. Set up a wireless connection to it and it becomes the control surface for the mixer.

Each musician on stage can have direct access to their own mix (not necessarily a good idea) as well as being able to walk to the back of the venue, hear the mix and adjust it there and then via the ipad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J1VolxZqdE
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Re: iPad 2
« Reply #190 on: March 09, 2011, 11:29:42 AM »
Dentunes i looked at your links earlier and i thought it was really cool being able to hook up your ipad up to a synth. It reminds me of when i was young and there were programs you could use that turned your Amiga keyboard into a synth. Really, really cool :)
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Re: iPad 2
« Reply #191 on: March 09, 2011, 11:54:00 AM »
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Dentunes i looked at your links earlier and i thought it was really cool being able to hook up your ipad up to a synth. It reminds me of when i was young and there were programs you could use that turned your Amiga keyboard into a synth. Really, really cool :)
Yeah, I am looking forward to them landing in store to try it out.
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Re: iPad 2
« Reply #192 on: March 09, 2011, 12:05:59 PM »
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Dentunes i looked at your links earlier and i thought it was really cool being able to hook up your ipad up to a synth. It reminds me of when i was young and there were programs you could use that turned your Amiga keyboard into a synth. Really, really cool :)


What do you mean were, there still is and you still can... :)
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Re: iPad 2
« Reply #193 on: March 09, 2011, 02:15:46 PM »
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I understand having legitimate complaints about iTunes.  I've used it for years, and I personally like that it organizes and wraps a searchable database around my media files.  I'm done with maintaining a filesystem heirarchy myself.   And yes, the iDevice's display of some of this stuff is.. .awkward at best (put a compilation on an iDevce, then look at your "artists" listing -- it's a mess.) But complaining about lack of features that are actually there anyway is just silly.


Yep, select multiple files and select Get Info... and you can change as many or as few files as you like. Combine that with the near-instant search (more of a filter than a search IMHO) and it's quite easy to edit metadata as you like. And as for the filesystem heirarchy, it's an optional feature, but I really like it. So much in fact that I've replicated it in my own music player for the Amiga, along with the separate database and metadata handling. For the compilations, there's a checkbox - just select the album and check it and it'll reorganise them all. That also works for tracks which have featured artists, and to get them to all show up just use the "Album artist" field.
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Re: iPad 2
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