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First off - most people in any entertainment industry - music , books , comedy etc. are not making megabucks. Most of them earn somewhere between an ok wage and a pretty rubbish on…

that was my thought too I wouldn't sasume it has been ruled out - people (myself included) sometimes get mentally stuck on one solution and fail to spot another obvious avenue.

this whole "there is only one product in any category and it has to be killed" theory of journalism and blogs drives me up the wall. Go outside and look in the road. Can you see mo…

Heh heh. When I learned about computer science in school it was punched cards, and then later on VAXs. The theory and the Unix stuff came in useful though. Seriously though I left …

I'm not sure that this actualy means anything. Just a pragmatic move while they get the pro features into FCPX. I guess if there is any hidden message it might be that they are wan…

yes it's clear that what this light hearted throwaway joke needs is lots of over analysis. I thought it was quite amusing anyway.

Do you know what - in my house I have a number of machines. They do things like cleaning clothes and dishes and making food hotter. They all have microprocessors in them and can do…

I guess there are three options: 1) dive in help her, pay up make it all good get good PR. BUT if they are thinking that this is going to be a common problem and going to happen a …

yawn I do get tired of these "recieved wisdom" nuggets as seen in the headline here - see also "ipad is for consuming only" and "linux not suitable for desktop" (although that one …

This isn't really suprising. Even the large banks would do this if they could get away with it. Look at the Goldman Sachs high frequency trading stuff - even if it wasn't illegal t…

It's not just the tech industry - read Nick Davies Flat Earth News for more on PR and the massive impact it has on "news". I wonder if this will become the norm or if there will be…

I've been programming since '81 and commercially since '88. Books, magazines (remember typing in example programs!) , undoubtedly re-invented many more wheels than I do now, collea…

I fully agree projection figures are guesses, likely to show the situation in a good light, and as much use as a guide to the future as a random line drawn on a bit of paper. BUT t…

This strategy worked out really well for C# as a response to Java. At first it seemed just like a spoiling move but somewhere a long the way c# turned into the better language. So …

Well it looks like they have already done something better than all their non-Apple competitors - instead of rushing it out half finished they seem to have waited until it's done. …

I think your editorial headline doesn't really do them service. They made an entirely rational business decision based on prevailing conditions. They sound more disappointed than p…

next, money. "I heard that this guy went to his dealer with some cash and walked away with some drugs leaving no paper trail whatsoever."

ah bless. Apple product announcement and all the websites and bloggers and journalists are scratching their heads. "How can I turn this into page views. Gee the overview of what he…

I worked for a chap in Yorkshire who had been a miner and had lost his job in the Thatchers war against the miners. He'd taken his redundancy money and taught himself to program.

you give away 9 copies to sell 1. Perhaps you need to give more away and make it easier and then you'll sell more?

it's not just your friends - it's everyone that has an interest. Take all things said to you and ask "what's their angle". (and that 'angle' might that they love you dearly and don…

Yes. The fact that Facebook knows what bands and tv all my friends are into is why i choose to do my tens of searches a day on Facebook. Pity it never tells me anything useful. So …

Of course these are from a selected environment - those dying with time to reflect. I imagine there is a whole other class of regret the: I wish I hadn't done that/put my in there/…

I have no idea if it is solid or not but statements like: "Bitcoin will be tested but from what we know about it at the moment, it looks solid." worry me. Its easy to make things f…