The sources I'm reading say that the total number of layoffs was closer to 12 than 28, that LJ isn't going anywhere, and that Valleywag is just being their usual sensationalistic self.
Xander: How? What? How? Giles: Three excellent questions.
Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
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Jessica - Jan 06, 2009 7:44:16 am PST #8601 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
amych - Jan 06, 2009 7:49:33 am PST #8602 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Agreed with Jess about LJ -- it's nasty bubble-burst tech layoff time, but not OMG they'll be gone tomorrow time. Also, is Valleywag ever right?
ION, is Apple confusing GarageBand with Rock Band?
Calli - Jan 06, 2009 7:54:10 am PST #8603 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
It was a good reminder that I needed to back up the past year or so of lj entries, but I should be doing that regardless. You never know when a server farm will get taken out by a natural disaster of some sort. (And yes, I know that losing my comments on 4th season SGA episodes would rank pretty low in the tragedy scale in case of big disasters. But at least this is something I can prepare for.)
Beverly - Jan 06, 2009 8:17:26 am PST #8604 of 25501
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
How does one back up LJ entries? And what happens to del.i.cous bookmarks if LJ goes blooey? Does one have to copy all that text and archive it by hand?
Jessica - Jan 06, 2009 8:18:28 am PST #8605 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hey, the matte screen is back! That ought to make ND happy.
Tom Scola - Jan 06, 2009 8:19:57 am PST #8606 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The eight-hour battery life is pretty sweet, too.
Kristen - Jan 06, 2009 8:20:33 am PST #8607 of 25501
I was happy to see that (the return of matte) myself. Though the non-removable battery thing concerns me.
Jessica - Jan 06, 2009 8:23:23 am PST #8608 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
With the "can be charged 1000 times" thing, I guess they're assuming that by the time it dies you'll be ready for a new laptop anyway.
Tom Scola - Jan 06, 2009 8:25:50 am PST #8609 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Crap. No Mac Mini.
Kristen - Jan 06, 2009 8:28:36 am PST #8610 of 25501
I think the current battery in my Powerbook is #5. The first four were recalled for a variety of issues, including the whole potential to explode thing, during the first 18 months to two years that I owned it. (The fifth one has recently died of, I'm assuming, old age.)
That experience has made me twitchy on non-removable batteries. If I'd had to bring my laptop into the store every time? Well, at some point, someone would've been bludgeoned to death.