The Vent and Rant Thread

[Stitchawl]

LOL!



Stitchawl

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by wannabee

Sorry mate. But if you recall, everyone has copied Apple and its programs because of the innovative useful stuff. (mouse, GUI, microsoft's word and excel first real eased in GUI on Mac) So we need to work out why you get frustrated when so many don't.

I've been using itunes since it was released. I've used it for playing music, loading my iPods and more recently adding apps and books to the iPad. It works fine on my G5, MacMini, iPad and the works with the work PC at work with windows 7.

What exactly were you trying to do that took more time than you expected?

For example. I can upload a book to iBooks or BlueFire, Nook, kindle etc in about 20-30 seconds. Uploading a CD can take about 45 seconds to a minute or so per track.

Here to help.

Ummm...the mouse and the GUI were not Apple, they were Xerox Parc. Xerox gave them away for free and Apple turned around and sued people over information that was freely given.

Hardware wise, Apple is a great company. They make some incredibly useful and well-designed stuff. I really like their stuff, but iTunes for Windows is not on that list. It's slow, often fails to recognize if my devices are attached, and has issues because I want to store my content on a portable harddrive. The other gigantic issue with iTunes is the help system which when I type in "device not showing up" found 103 entries for things like adding files to my device, installing iTunes, converting mp3s, but nothing on getting an attached device to show up. All I had to do was restart iTunes after it had been restarted after updating the software.

I needed to upgrade my iTouch OS to 4.2. This necessitated having to upgrade iTunes itself which necessitated having to upgrade QuickTime as well. The entire process took about an hour. It was just annoying.

[wodin]

Originally Posted by wannabee

Sorry mate. But if you recall, everyone has copied Apple and its programs because of the innovative useful stuff. (mouse, GUI, microsoft's word and excel first real eased in GUI on Mac) So we need to work out why you get frustrated when so many don't.

Surely you’re not referring the mouse and GUI that Apple stole from X Window?

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

I am the griller in our family....

I'm usually the grillee.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Every time I want to do something in iTunes it's like an hour task. What an absolutely terrible program. Apple: great hardware, lousy software.

Amen! Try finding a specific title in their bookstore!

[HomeInMyShoes]

^I've seen worse stores though. The iTunes store is an absolute dream in comparison to Blackberry's AppWorld.

[Freeshadow]

Originally Posted by wodin

Surely you’re not referring the mouse and GUI that Apple stole from X Window?

+1 to that

btw what's good about a mouse driven UI if the mouse has only one button?
what is also X-type (and I miss on other systems)

mark-copy+mid-button-paste
autofocusing windows
mult. desktops

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by wannabee

*groan*
He (she?) looks NOTHING like me...

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

*groan*
He (she?) looks NOTHING like me...

you mean you're not that adorable!?

[wannabee]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

*groan*
He (she?) looks NOTHING like me...

Oh! I picked a cute one.

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Ummm...the mouse and the GUI were not Apple, they were Xerox Parc. Xerox gave them away for free and Apple turned around and sued people over information that was freely given.

Yep, they kept Microsoft at bay for years in the courts. Couldn't happen to a nicer company. Very profitable. (for the lawyers )

All I had to do was restart iTunes after it had been restarted after updating the software

I would think the device with your library would need to be plugged in before launching iTunes so it can find your library on start up. Otherwise it would default to creating another library elsewhere. Hope it doesn't play up for you any more.

[wodin]

Originally Posted by wannabee

Yep, they kept Microsoft at bay for years in the courts. Couldn't happen to a nicer company. Very profitable. (for the lawyers )

Yup, kinda like what they're doing to Samsung today!

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

*groan*
He (she?) looks NOTHING like me...

That's too bad. I thought you looked kinda cute... in a hairy sort of way. I love the little bit of tongue sticking out.


Stitchawl

[Rumpelteazer]

Apparently since the last "storm" a couple of weeks ago a tree branch has grown in such a way that even in not so hard wind it smacks hard against our house. Just over my bedroom window.

Before it only did that with hard winds but now it isn't blowing that hard. I have slumbered for a couple of hours tonight, half listening to the noise, but now I'm wide awake and it's only 4.30.

My father was planning in cutting down the tree as soon as all the leaves had fallen off. I'm hoping he can saw off that branch asap (though I doubt he will since he's not the one being kept awake) otherwise I might have to camp out in the living room to get some sleep.

Not sure what I'm going to do now. Earplugs aren't an option atm because of my still healing ear infection.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

My father was planning in cutting down the tree as soon as all the leaves had fallen off. I'm hoping he can saw off that branch asap (though I doubt he will since he's not the one being kept awake) otherwise I might have to camp out in the living room to get some sleep.

I thought you were the resourceful one in the family! Can't you take a saw to the branch? If not, why not throw a length of para-cord over the branch and tie it out of the way until it get's cut? A heavy bolt tied to the end of the cord should get it up and over...


Stitchawl

[Rumpelteazer]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I thought you were the resourceful one in the family! Can't you take a saw to the branch? If not, why not throw a length of para-cord over the branch and tie it out of the way until it get's cut? A heavy bolt tied to the end of the cord should get it up and over...


Stitchawl

Usually I am resourceful but not when it comes to doing something high up. I'm not afraid of heights but I hate ladders. The tree grows in our courtyard and because of the lack of light it only starts branching out at the height of the 3rd floor, which is about 6-7 meters high.

If I had one of those saws on a pole I could cut if off from my bedroom windows but the tree is so close to the building that more likely than not it breaks one or more windows.

I tried sleeping on the couch this morning but because of the wind Lexie was restless, first she kept going through the noisy catflaps and then she decided that the only safe place to lie on was my pillow.

More windy weather is predicted for the coming days. As soon as my father's up I'm going to ask (beg) if he can cut that branch of today. If that doesn't work I'll offer to work for free for a day or week.