Steve's WWDC keynote is the special event to announce the 970. That's why the whole thing was moved to late June in the first place.
That's just unfounded speculation - the reason could well be that Panther development was running late and they wanted to showcase that. It's been announced that all attendees will get a preview copy of Panther.
The question is: Where do a lot of YOU people learn to speak/write English so poorly considering it is your first language?
kroehl
I know you think you're right, and your teachers may agree, but there's nothing wrong with the way I phrased that question.
He plays football well.
He is a good footballer.
He is a bad sport.
He plays guitar well.
He is a bad guitarist.
He plays guitar, badly.
Your English is pretty good.
You speak good English.
You speak English well.
Your English usage is poor.
You speak English poorly
You don't speak English very well.
Your English is fairly bad.
You speak English badly.
In English there are many ways to say the same thing. Get used to it. Bad is an antonym of good (actually given as definition example in Oxford dictionary).
Oxford examples of use: "works badly", "wants it badly", "was badly defeated".
The possibility of a little get-together in Germany does not rule out the possibility of another in Japan - although Apple fares a lot better in Japan than in Europe...
Really? Perhaps in percentage terms Apple sells more in Japan, but in absolute numbers there are more Mac sales in Europe. the UK alone is the third biggest market for Apple, and I don't think it's that far behind Japan.
The keynote has been broadcast plenty of times, and so have large segments of other presentations. Some bits will be available via the ADC site only, all of it will be available on DVD (for a price).
Live, and FREE, via Quicktime? I just can't remember any; maybe before (iMac intro) or after (all, via ADC/DVD), but not live. Maybe I am popping that blue pill onlooker eluded to.
This is beginning to get really silly. I'm mean come on! Really now. I met some German guy and he knows about the 970.
BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!!
The Fairy F-ing Godmother told me that the 970 will smoke all the P4s and to expect them in late August. Beat that source!
</hysterical rant>
<hired mob muscle mode>
Ok heres the deal. I'll hang outside Apple HQ in Cupertino and jack some techie looking guy as he leaves Steve's secret dungeon on furlough. God knows the poor sap will be blinded by the sun anyway, probably be all couped up in Steve-O's skunk works and such. I'll beat some answers out of him. We'll find out how the 970 thing is going to go down. How does that sound? Just remember, you'd be owing me a favor.
In English there are many ways to say the same thing. Get used to it. Bad is an antonym of good (actually given as definition example in Oxford dictionary).
Oxford examples of use: "works badly", "wants it badly", "was badly defeated".
Thank you and good night.
My goodness. I thought you folks distinguished between 'proper' and 'technically correct'. Be careful, settling for technically correct is a slippery slope - before you know it you'll devolve from queues to lines to rampant mindless hordes, just like Americans. There's a debate in the US now that 'nuk-u-ler' is a proper pronunciation of 'nuk-le-ar', thanks to our dear idiot president.
Are you sure you want PM Blair out there saying 'nuk-u-ler'? Or should we agree that 'poorly' is worth the fight?
Live, and FREE, via Quicktime? I just can't remember any; maybe before (iMac intro) or after (all, via ADC/DVD), but not live. Maybe I am popping that blue pill onlooker eluded to.
I remember seeing the keynote live through quicktime last year. My little brother agrees with this. Perhaps we are both demented, but ...
I know you think you're right, and your teachers may agree, but there's nothing wrong with the way I phrased that question.
He plays football well.
<snip a bunch of stuff>
Thank you and good night.
I think the bug up your rectum made you misunderstand the point of my post. I wasn't correcting your English - that is not mine to do. I was pointing out the fact that, despite English being their first (and often only) language, many native English speakers don't have the first clue as to the grammar and correct usage of that language. Consequently it can be said of such people that they don't actually have a language at all - unless you wish to count pidgin (or Tok Tok).
I remember seeing the keynote live through quicktime last year. My little brother agrees with this. Perhaps we are both demented, but ...
Not demented, just mistaken.
I was at the WWDC last year, and there was no webcast.
I had to type the play-by-play over the auditorium's Airport network onto DSLR's Mac forum for my friends. MacCentral and other sites do the same in real-time.
My goodness. I thought you folks distinguished between 'proper' and 'technically correct'.
English is a developing language with many dialects and conventions. If Oxford doesn't establish what is "proper" and "correct" then I don't know what does.
That doesn't mean that we have to accept everything we see written as "English". My favourite of the moment is the outright stupid use of "headed".
I don't think the 970 will be anounced at WWDC or on any event near june 23th.
Thinksecret writes:
"Apple to ship minor Power Mac technical update
By Nick dePlume, Publisher and Editor in Chief
May 15, 2003 - Sources said that Apple will soon release a minor technical update to its Power Mac line.
The update, known internally as project P58C, is not expected to include new features or bumps to processor speed or hard drive size. Most likely, the specifications of the models will remain unchanged.
Instead, P58C will include minor internal technical changes, sources said, in a not uncommon practice for Apple. The tweaks are reportedly intended to provide further compatibility with Panther, the next major update to Mac OS X. However, the exact nature of the changes is unknown.
Apple is set to finalize P58C in the next week or so, and will then quietly begin shipping the updated models to the retail channel. On the outside, P58C will probably be indistinguishable from the current Power Mac, aside from a new product number.
This Power Mac update could be the last change to the product line before Apple releases its next major update, featuring the PowerPC 970 chip. Think Secret has acquired a variety of information about both the chip and the new Power Macs, and is in the process of confirming the details; If you have information to add please email us or use our anonymous email form."
Apple would not do this while they want to unleash the 970 just weeks after this.
So, me thinks...970 around september or later and a sneak preview of the 970 @ WWDC behind closed doors.
Comments
Originally posted by KidRed
We learnt at skhool.
Well at least you wrote "learnt" rather than "learned"!
Originally posted by johnsonwax
speak/write English so poorly...
Bollocks
Originally posted by Ensign Pulver
Steve's WWDC keynote is the special event to announce the 970. That's why the whole thing was moved to late June in the first place.
That's just unfounded speculation - the reason could well be that Panther development was running late and they wanted to showcase that. It's been announced that all attendees will get a preview copy of Panther.
Originally posted by kroehl
The question is: Where do a lot of YOU people learn to speak/write English so poorly considering it is your first language?
kroehl
I know you think you're right, and your teachers may agree, but there's nothing wrong with the way I phrased that question.
He plays football well.
He is a good footballer.
He is a bad sport.
He plays guitar well.
He is a bad guitarist.
He plays guitar, badly.
Your English is pretty good.
You speak good English.
You speak English well.
Your English usage is poor.
You speak English poorly
You don't speak English very well.
Your English is fairly bad.
You speak English badly.
In English there are many ways to say the same thing. Get used to it. Bad is an antonym of good (actually given as definition example in Oxford dictionary).
Oxford examples of use: "works badly", "wants it badly", "was badly defeated".
Thank you and good night.
Originally posted by Amorph
The possibility of a little get-together in Germany does not rule out the possibility of another in Japan - although Apple fares a lot better in Japan than in Europe...
Really? Perhaps in percentage terms Apple sells more in Japan, but in absolute numbers there are more Mac sales in Europe. the UK alone is the third biggest market for Apple, and I don't think it's that far behind Japan.
Originally posted by Alex London
niji quote "whether it be a germany event or a german event, we are just happy that it isn't a UK event.
thank you."
What is that all about?
Thankyou.
It's far too inscrutible for us to fathom.
Either way, if he's going for a dig at the UK why should I care, I'm a Yurpian.
Originally posted by Clive
The keynote has been broadcast plenty of times, and so have large segments of other presentations. Some bits will be available via the ADC site only, all of it will be available on DVD (for a price).
Live, and FREE, via Quicktime? I just can't remember any; maybe before (iMac intro) or after (all, via ADC/DVD), but not live. Maybe I am popping that blue pill onlooker eluded to.
Originally posted by Rhumgod
Live, and FREE, via Quicktime? I just can't remember any; maybe before (iMac intro) or after (all, via ADC/DVD), but not live.
I think, going back a few years - say around '99, yes, live. But it could be that I just can't remember that far back.
This is beginning to get really silly. I'm mean come on! Really now. I met some German guy and he knows about the 970.
BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!!
The Fairy F-ing Godmother told me that the 970 will smoke all the P4s and to expect them in late August. Beat that source!
</hysterical rant>
<hired mob muscle mode>
Ok heres the deal. I'll hang outside Apple HQ in Cupertino and jack some techie looking guy as he leaves Steve's secret dungeon on furlough. God knows the poor sap will be blinded by the sun anyway, probably be all couped up in Steve-O's skunk works and such. I'll beat some answers out of him. We'll find out how the 970 thing is going to go down. How does that sound? Just remember, you'd be owing me a favor.
</hired mob muscle mode>
Originally posted by Clive
In English there are many ways to say the same thing. Get used to it. Bad is an antonym of good (actually given as definition example in Oxford dictionary).
Oxford examples of use: "works badly", "wants it badly", "was badly defeated".
Thank you and good night.
My goodness. I thought you folks distinguished between 'proper' and 'technically correct'. Be careful, settling for technically correct is a slippery slope - before you know it you'll devolve from queues to lines to rampant mindless hordes, just like Americans. There's a debate in the US now that 'nuk-u-ler' is a proper pronunciation of 'nuk-le-ar', thanks to our dear idiot president.
Are you sure you want PM Blair out there saying 'nuk-u-ler'? Or should we agree that 'poorly' is worth the fight?
Originally posted by Rhumgod
Live, and FREE, via Quicktime? I just can't remember any; maybe before (iMac intro) or after (all, via ADC/DVD), but not live. Maybe I am popping that blue pill onlooker eluded to.
I remember seeing the keynote live through quicktime last year. My little brother agrees with this. Perhaps we are both demented, but ...
Originally posted by Clive
I know you think you're right, and your teachers may agree, but there's nothing wrong with the way I phrased that question.
He plays football well.
<snip a bunch of stuff>
Thank you and good night.
I think the bug up your rectum made you misunderstand the point of my post. I wasn't correcting your English - that is not mine to do. I was pointing out the fact that, despite English being their first (and often only) language, many native English speakers don't have the first clue as to the grammar and correct usage of that language. Consequently it can be said of such people that they don't actually have a language at all - unless you wish to count pidgin (or Tok Tok).
http://www.pngbd.com/dictionary.php?
Thus endeth this part of the thread. We return you now to your scheduled programming.
kroehl
Originally posted by wfzelle
I remember seeing the keynote live through quicktime last year. My little brother agrees with this. Perhaps we are both demented, but ...
Not demented, just mistaken.
I was at the WWDC last year, and there was no webcast.
I had to type the play-by-play over the auditorium's Airport network onto DSLR's Mac forum for my friends. MacCentral and other sites do the same in real-time.
i am going to an apple store for the next one
Originally posted by johnsonwax
My goodness. I thought you folks distinguished between 'proper' and 'technically correct'.
English is a developing language with many dialects and conventions. If Oxford doesn't establish what is "proper" and "correct" then I don't know what does.
That doesn't mean that we have to accept everything we see written as "English". My favourite of the moment is the outright stupid use of "headed".
I don't think the 970 will be anounced at WWDC or on any event near june 23th.
Thinksecret writes:
"Apple to ship minor Power Mac technical update
By Nick dePlume, Publisher and Editor in Chief
May 15, 2003 - Sources said that Apple will soon release a minor technical update to its Power Mac line.
The update, known internally as project P58C, is not expected to include new features or bumps to processor speed or hard drive size. Most likely, the specifications of the models will remain unchanged.
Instead, P58C will include minor internal technical changes, sources said, in a not uncommon practice for Apple. The tweaks are reportedly intended to provide further compatibility with Panther, the next major update to Mac OS X. However, the exact nature of the changes is unknown.
Apple is set to finalize P58C in the next week or so, and will then quietly begin shipping the updated models to the retail channel. On the outside, P58C will probably be indistinguishable from the current Power Mac, aside from a new product number.
This Power Mac update could be the last change to the product line before Apple releases its next major update, featuring the PowerPC 970 chip. Think Secret has acquired a variety of information about both the chip and the new Power Macs, and is in the process of confirming the details; If you have information to add please email us or use our anonymous email form."
Apple would not do this while they want to unleash the 970 just weeks after this.
So, me thinks...970 around september or later and a sneak preview of the 970 @ WWDC behind closed doors.
It's called wanting to have the best product you can. Good companies will continue to improve a produect even if they know it will shortly be gone.