Re: Apple: some food for thought
This is the reply I posted to the article below: I'm sorry, but complaining about a $35 adapter is frankly silly. Why don't you go complain about car manufacturers charging an atrocious $400 for a replacement key remote instead - a far more nefarious example of corporate greed than Apple's little adapter. NFC has been termed Not For Commerce because it has been dead in the water as it requires huge changes by retailers. Apple only supports these sorts of standards once they become widespread enough to be useful - witness the time Apple took introducing 3G and 4G in their devices - they waited until there was enough 3G and 4G coverage to be useful for consumers saving them the terrible battery life impact inherent with jumping in too soon on early chipsets. Likewise, the ACCC's crusade against Apple re 4G was ridiculous as the International Telecommunications Union classes Telstra's HSPA+ dual carrier NextG network as 4G even if Telstra doesn't advertise it as such locally. It gives up to 42mbps speeds which is far faster than Vivid Wireless's 4G WiMax network here in Australia which tops out at a pathetic 5mbps. In contrast, Apple's iPad 4G has demonstrated real-world speeds of 20mbps on NextG in Australia. Now you tell me who is putting one over the consumer in that context? @David, this continued witch-hunt against Apple over Chinese working conditions is unfortunately based on a lot of untruth exacerbated by the infamous Mike Daisy. For example the topic that started the media frenzy originally was the supposed suicide cluster at Foxconn, Apple's major Chinese assembler. The reality which still very few media outlets mention is that only 17 suicides were verified over a 5 year period. This may sound like a lot until you realise that if Foxconn had the same suicide rate as the rest of China, they would have had 1,320 suicides over that same timeframe out of their 1.2 million workers. Make no mistake about it, these sorts of complaints are nothing but tall-poppy syndrome and sour grapes On 17/09/2012, at 1:03 PM, Merv Bond m...@iinet.net.au wrote: http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=33211 Merv -- The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of Man') -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Apple: some food for thought
Totally agree with you Martin on all you have mentioned below. This is classic Tall Poppy Syndrome and jealousy of Apple's huge success! Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 17/09/2012, at 2:31 PM, Martin Hill marth...@iinet.net.au wrote: This is the reply I posted to the article below: I'm sorry, but complaining about a $35 adapter is frankly silly. Why don't you go complain about car manufacturers charging an atrocious $400 for a replacement key remote instead - a far more nefarious example of corporate greed than Apple's little adapter. NFC has been termed Not For Commerce because it has been dead in the water as it requires huge changes by retailers. Apple only supports these sorts of standards once they become widespread enough to be useful - witness the time Apple took introducing 3G and 4G in their devices - they waited until there was enough 3G and 4G coverage to be useful for consumers saving them the terrible battery life impact inherent with jumping in too soon on early chipsets. Likewise, the ACCC's crusade against Apple re 4G was ridiculous as the International Telecommunications Union classes Telstra's HSPA+ dual carrier NextG network as 4G even if Telstra doesn't advertise it as such locally. It gives up to 42mbps speeds which is far faster than Vivid Wireless's 4G WiMax network here in Australia which tops out at a pathetic 5mbps. In contrast, Apple's iPad 4G has demonstrated real-world speeds of 20mbps on NextG in Australia. Now you tell me who is putting one over the consumer in that context? @David, this continued witch-hunt against Apple over Chinese working conditions is unfortunately based on a lot of untruth exacerbated by the infamous Mike Daisy. For example the topic that started the media frenzy originally was the supposed suicide cluster at Foxconn, Apple's major Chinese assembler. The reality which still very few media outlets mention is that only 17 suicides were verified over a 5 year period. This may sound like a lot until you realise that if Foxconn had the same suicide rate as the rest of China, they would have had 1,320 suicides over that same timeframe out of their 1.2 million workers. Make no mistake about it, these sorts of complaints are nothing but tall-poppy syndrome and sour grapes On 17/09/2012, at 1:03 PM, Merv Bond m...@iinet.net.au wrote: http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=33211 Merv -- The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of Man') -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Apple: some food for thought
Well done Martin ! On 17/09/2012, at 2:31 PM, Martin Hill wrote: This is the reply I posted to the article below: I'm sorry, but complaining about a $35 adapter is frankly silly. Why don't you go complain about car manufacturers charging an atrocious $400 for a replacement key remote instead - a far more nefarious example of corporate greed than Apple's little adapter. NFC has been termed Not For Commerce because it has been dead in the water as it requires huge changes by retailers. Apple only supports these sorts of standards once they become widespread enough to be useful - witness the time Apple took introducing 3G and 4G in their devices - they waited until there was enough 3G and 4G coverage to be useful for consumers saving them the terrible battery life impact inherent with jumping in too soon on early chipsets. Likewise, the ACCC's crusade against Apple re 4G was ridiculous as the International Telecommunications Union classes Telstra's HSPA+ dual carrier NextG network as 4G even if Telstra doesn't advertise it as such locally. It gives up to 42mbps speeds which is far faster than Vivid Wireless's 4G WiMax network here in Australia which tops out at a pathetic 5mbps. In contrast, Apple's iPad 4G has demonstrated real-world speeds of 20mbps on NextG in Australia. Now you tell me who is putting one over the consumer in that context? @David, this continued witch-hunt against Apple over Chinese working conditions is unfortunately based on a lot of untruth exacerbated by the infamous Mike Daisy. For example the topic that started the media frenzy originally was the supposed suicide cluster at Foxconn, Apple's major Chinese assembler. The reality which still very few media outlets mention is that only 17 suicides were verified over a 5 year period. This may sound like a lot until you realise that if Foxconn had the same suicide rate as the rest of China, they would have had 1,320 suicides over that same timeframe out of their 1.2 million workers. Make no mistake about it, these sorts of complaints are nothing but tall-poppy syndrome and sour grapes On 17/09/2012, at 1:03 PM, Merv Bond m...@iinet.net.au wrote: http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=33211 Merv -- The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of Man') -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120917/b0d12097/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Apple: some food for thought
It is a common ploy to defend oneself by saying that everybody else is doing it. Throw in some adjectives such as silly, ridiculous and tall poppy syndrome to add to the mix. The issue of ethics in business is the sub-text of the article. At the more literal reading the author of the article was suggesting that a $35 adapter was a small amount for a company at the top of profit list in the world and would have been a gesture of goodwill to its devoted customers. Merv On 17/09/12 5:25 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Well done Martin ! On 17/09/2012, at 2:31 PM, Martin Hill wrote: This is the reply I posted to the article below: I'm sorry, but complaining about a $35 adapter is frankly silly. Why don't you go complain about car manufacturers charging an atrocious $400 for a replacement key remote instead - a far more nefarious example of corporate greed than Apple's little adapter. NFC has been termed Not For Commerce because it has been dead in the water as it requires huge changes by retailers. Apple only supports these sorts of standards once they become widespread enough to be useful - witness the time Apple took introducing 3G and 4G in their devices - they waited until there was enough 3G and 4G coverage to be useful for consumers saving them the terrible battery life impact inherent with jumping in too soon on early chipsets. Likewise, the ACCC's crusade against Apple re 4G was ridiculous as the International Telecommunications Union classes Telstra's HSPA+ dual carrier NextG network as 4G even if Telstra doesn't advertise it as such locally. It gives up to 42mbps speeds which is far faster than Vivid Wireless's 4G WiMax network here in Australia which tops out at a pathetic 5mbps. In contrast, Apple's iPad 4G has demonstrated real-world speeds of 20mbps on NextG in Australia. Now you tell me who is putting one over the consumer in that context? @David, this continued witch-hunt against Apple over Chinese working conditions is unfortunately based on a lot of untruth exacerbated by the infamous Mike Daisy. For example the topic that started the media frenzy originally was the supposed suicide cluster at Foxconn, Apple's major Chinese assembler. The reality which still very few media outlets mention is that only 17 suicides were verified over a 5 year period. This may sound like a lot until you realise that if Foxconn had the same suicide rate as the rest of China, they would have had 1,320 suicides over that same timeframe out of their 1.2 million workers. Make no mistake about it, these sorts of complaints are nothing but tall-poppy syndrome and sour grapes On 17/09/2012, at 1:03 PM, Merv Bond m...@iinet.net.au wrote: http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=33211 Merv -- The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of Man') -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120917/b0d12097/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of Man') -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Proposed name change to Apple Users WA
work on a Mac, increasingly certain specialised functions are better served by using newer Apple products and services. The Committee proposes that we change the name to Apple Users WA to better reflect this. This name change will require the passing of a motion at a Special Meeting of WAMUG. We propose that the meeting of Tuesday 2 October be such a Special Meeting. An email with details will follow shortly. Best Regards, WAMUG Committee -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120917/fe058675/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Apple: some food for thought
/09/2012, at 1:03 PM, Merv Bond m...@iinet.net.au wrote: http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=33211 Merv -- The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of Man') -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120917/b0d12097/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of Man') -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Proposed name change to Apple Users WA
Hi Apple using Muggers I don't attend the meetings but I pay my dues and follow the posts. In my humble opinion (and I don't have many of those) we elect a committee and they put in a lot of their time and effort on our behalf, so I accept their judgement and decisions. If they have given due consideration to a name change then I think we should let them get on with it and not raise multifarious objections . Cheers John Sent from my iPad -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Domain/website hosting
Hi Daniel Thanks very much for all the info you sent me, I will have a good look at them all and think about what and how I need to proceed. In regard to domain rego and hosting, are there any issues with transferring from one company to another? For example, are there costs associated with transfer? Your web hosting sounds very reasonable and comprehensive. I have heard a number of people speak in glowing terms of Wordpress and also seen some photography sites that use it. I would need a site that incorporates images, blog, and an order and payment system. Can I contact you off list if necessary Daniel? Many thanks Chris On 15/09/2012, at 12:19 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Chris Web In a Box's info can be found here :- http://webinabox.com.au I also do web hosting and domain Registration as well through my subsidiary business (HostingServicesWA), My domains are $45 for 2 years. You can see all the info here, for Domain Registration and Hosting:- http://www.hostingserviceswa.com.au/ Wordpress has some good themes for Photography sites. Also Sandvox or RapidWeaver are both quite good as well. (Wordpress is free). You can even still do it in iWeb (though fairly limited to an extent now), but would be enough to get your started at least. All these can upload to most hosting services without a problem. Hope either of those help. Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Apple** On 14/09/2012, at 12:46 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote: Hi Muggers I recall someone recently (in the last few weeks I think) sent a post regarding hosting and suggested Web in a Box. I cant find the email anywhere so am wondering if you can help? I had to ask Westnet (where it presently resides) if my domain name was still current and they said yes as it was on 'Auto Update' for payment every 2 years prior to expiry at $88. I think web in a box was quite a bit less for memory, and the person who posted I think gave them a good rap? I am beginning the process of having a web site for my photography and wouldnt know where to start as there seems so many possibilities. I have seen many very good photography sites online that have given me ideas but I need some direction on this if anyone can help? Any good links or other info I can check out locally? Best regards to all Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120914/43c63dba/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Apple: some food for thought
realise that if Foxconn had the same suicide rate as the rest of China, they would have had 1,320 suicides over that same timeframe out of their 1.2 million workers. Make no mistake about it, these sorts of complaints are nothing but tall-poppy syndrome and sour grapes On 17/09/2012, at 1:03 PM, Merv Bond m...@iinet.net.au wrote: http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=33211 Merv -- The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of Man') -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Regards, Stephen Chape -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120917/b0d12097/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of Man') -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of Man') -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Apple: some food for thought
G'day Martin, good dialogue on this one. Email me off line about Land Rover key fob replacement. I'm doing a battery replacement myself and new shell, all for $40 I hope. I hope I'm not too late for you. Sorry for hijacking but wanted to help a fellow mugger. Regards Pete petercr...@westnet.com.au On 17/09/2012, at 8:52 PM, Martin Hill marth...@iinet.net.au wrote: Merv, my apologies if I expressed myself a bit too strongly in my comment. I do in fact agree absolutely about the importance of ethical business practices but feel the examples given in the article were just so inaccurate as to damage the author's cause. I have been frustrated in recent years at the amount of unbalanced commentary in much of the media about things like this. The continual tendency to tear down those who do well that is such a feature of the Australian psyche is unfortunately all too evident on the Internet as well. In the case of Apple it almost seems to be an orchestrated campaign for many elements of the media to fixate on some manufactured negative issue with each product release and blow it out of all proportion. Examples include the lack of a keyboard on the original iPhone, the non-removable battery, the supposedly *hot* iPad which was cooler than most other tablets, the Aussie 4G issue and now this $35 adapter. Where was the outcry when Samsung changed their adapter from their 30-pin dock connector (which they copied from Apple) in the Galaxy S2 to the Galaxy S3 without a free adapter for S2 owners? What's wrong with buying a cheaper third party adapter than Apple's for the new iPhone 5 - they're already being advertised. Why should Apple give it away free? Apple already gives lots of free or cheap stuff out - far cheaper OS update prices than Microsoft, far cheaper app prices than desktop software, free iCloud services, the cheap cloud-hosted iTunes Match service even for pirated music, free iOS system updates, free Find My iPhone and Find my Friends apps, free Maps GPS navigation app, free iTunes Remote app, etc etc. How many gestures of goodwill does Apple have to make? What's the big deal about this adapter? What other company has stuck with the same adapter and port on their devices for a decade? Why is there no outcry over the ridiculous number of different USB port sizes and shapes out there that you have to buy different cables and adapters for each different device? Why did I have to pay $400 for a new remote key fob for my Landrover(). ;-( It is this unbalanced commentary that just gets my goat! -Mart On 17/09/2012, at 5:53 PM, Merv Bond m...@iinet.net.au wrote: It is a common ploy to defend oneself by saying that everybody else is doing it. Throw in some adjectives such as silly, ridiculous and tall poppy syndrome to add to the mix. The issue of ethics in business is the sub-text of the article. At the more literal reading the author of the article was suggesting that a $35 adapter was a small amount for a company at the top of profit list in the world and would have been a gesture of goodwill to its devoted customers. Merv On 17/09/12 5:25 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Well done Martin ! On 17/09/2012, at 2:31 PM, Martin Hill wrote: This is the reply I posted to the article below: I'm sorry, but complaining about a $35 adapter is frankly silly. Why don't you go complain about car manufacturers charging an atrocious $400 for a replacement key remote instead - a far more nefarious example of corporate greed than Apple's little adapter. NFC has been termed Not For Commerce because it has been dead in the water as it requires huge changes by retailers. Apple only supports these sorts of standards once they become widespread enough to be useful - witness the time Apple took introducing 3G and 4G in their devices - they waited until there was enough 3G and 4G coverage to be useful for consumers saving them the terrible battery life impact inherent with jumping in too soon on early chipsets. Likewise, the ACCC's crusade against Apple re 4G was ridiculous as the International Telecommunications Union classes Telstra's HSPA+ dual carrier NextG network as 4G even if Telstra doesn't advertise it as such locally. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Domain/website hosting
Hi Chris No worries on that info, happy to help out. There are no (major) issues in changing Domain Registrations and hosting. If you have things hosted or running already (email etc), it can be a bit of a hiccup, but these are less and less these days. Can be a bit of slight downtime, but this varies from place to place. When I've done change over for clients I tend to do it all late at night (well, early hours of the morning) to alleviate the amount of down time. Most places say it can take 24-48 hours for a site to change to propagate around the internet (basically cache sites update that means). But when I've changed sites, I've found it's as little as 5 minutes locally or so. Then it just takes a bit longer to change around the world as cached versions get updated. But if a site moves or changes (or gets updated), this all happens behind the scenes, so generally runs smoothly. Changing a Domain Registrar is pretty easy too. Once activated one registrar just asks the other for the Domain Name. And it swaps over. All pretty easy. Not much done on the clients end, all done from the middle man or business. I've done quite a few of them, and no hiccups with any of them. So all pretty easy. Yes Wordpress is pretty popular for a lot of sites and people. I know quite a few people that run it and love it. One of my good friends runs his photography site through Wordpress and it's very impressive! And yes, they can certainly run a lot of things from it. Plenty to work with anyway. Lots to start with and it can grow as you need it to, which is very good. Happy to help off list if I can depending on the queries, but no problems at all. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 4s --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Apple** On 17/09/2012, at 9:21 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote: Hi Daniel Thanks very much for all the info you sent me, I will have a good look at them all and think about what and how I need to proceed. In regard to domain rego and hosting, are there any issues with transferring from one company to another? For example, are there costs associated with transfer? Your web hosting sounds very reasonable and comprehensive. I have heard a number of people speak in glowing terms of Wordpress and also seen some photography sites that use it. I would need a site that incorporates images, blog, and an order and payment system. Can I contact you off list if necessary Daniel? Many thanks Chris On 15/09/2012, at 12:19 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Chris Web In a Box's info can be found here :- http://webinabox.com.au I also do web hosting and domain Registration as well through my subsidiary business (HostingServicesWA), My domains are $45 for 2 years. You can see all the info here, for Domain Registration and Hosting:- http://www.hostingserviceswa.com.au/ Wordpress has some good themes for Photography sites. Also Sandvox or RapidWeaver are both quite good as well. (Wordpress is free). You can even still do it in iWeb (though fairly limited to an extent now), but would be enough to get your started at least. All these can upload to most hosting services without a problem. Hope either of those help. Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Apple** On 14/09/2012, at 12:46 PM, Chris Burton c...@it.net.au wrote: Hi Muggers I recall someone recently (in the last few weeks I think) sent a post regarding hosting and suggested Web in a Box. I cant find the email anywhere so am wondering if you can help? I had to ask Westnet (where it presently resides) if my domain name was still current and they said yes as it was on 'Auto Update' for payment every 2 years prior to expiry at $88. I think web in a box was quite a bit less for memory, and the person who posted I think gave them a good rap? I am beginning the process of having a web site for my photography and wouldnt know where to start as there seems so many possibilities. I have seen many very good photography sites online that have given me ideas but I need some direction on this if anyone can help? Any good links or other info I can check out locally? Best regards to all Chris Christopher L.K. Burton Director Western Whale Research PO Box 1076 Dunsborough WA 6281 Mobile: 0419 199 120 Email: c...@it.net.au -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120914/43c63dba/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe
Re: Apple: some food for thought
G'day Mart and others, This may be a bit heretical, but I have concerns how Apple is locking things down to its commercial benefit. Let me give you a concrete example. I've just returned from a month hiking through Switzerland. (If you have the interest, check out http://www.everlater.com/raphillips1). To prepare for this, I bought an iPad to: use to display Swiss topographical maps and record our track by GPS; to maintain a trip blog; to store and process Rita's photos; and do general web surfing. The iPad was great except for one element. Photo management. I was able to purchase an adaptor to download photos from the camera to the iPad. I had 15GB of DropBox space to backup the photos to the cloud. Everything was sweet. Then I downloaded the first lot of photos, and I could see them on the iPad, but they weren't in the 'camera roll'. Only items in the camera roll can be synched to DropBox and Mobile me. By default, only photos taken with the iPad camera go in the camera roll. The only way to get access to these photos seems to be to connect the iPad to a Mac registered to me, then upload/ download the photos to that machine. I didn't have one of these with me! Why does Apple restrict the functionality of powerful devices like the iPad so that it can only be used in ways that Apple determines, and which require other hardware. The underlying OS should enable me to do much more. I spent hours at nights trying to find apps to work around this, without much success. It shouldn't be so difficult. I am concerned that I am being manipulated by Apple. Cheers Rob On 17/09/12 9:30 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: G'day Martin, good dialogue on this one. Email me off line about Land Rover key fob replacement. I'm doing a battery replacement myself and new shell, all for $40 I hope. I hope I'm not too late for you. Sorry for hijacking but wanted to help a fellow mugger. Regards Pete petercr...@westnet.com.au On 17/09/2012, at 8:52 PM, Martin Hill marth...@iinet.net.au wrote: Merv, my apologies if I expressed myself a bit too strongly in my comment. I do in fact agree absolutely about the importance of ethical business practices but feel the examples given in the article were just so inaccurate as to damage the author's cause. I have been frustrated in recent years at the amount of unbalanced commentary in much of the media about things like this. The continual tendency to tear down those who do well that is such a feature of the Australian psyche is unfortunately all too evident on the Internet as well. In the case of Apple it almost seems to be an orchestrated campaign for many elements of the media to fixate on some manufactured negative issue with each product release and blow it out of all proportion. Examples include the lack of a keyboard on the original iPhone, the non-removable battery, the supposedly *hot* iPad which was cooler than most other tablets, the Aussie 4G issue and now this $35 adapter. Where was the outcry when Samsung changed their adapter from their 30-pin dock connector (which they copied from Apple) in the Galaxy S2 to the Galaxy S3 without a free adapter for S2 owners? What's wrong with buying a cheaper third party adapter than Apple's for the new iPhone 5 - they're already being advertised. Why should Apple give it away free? Apple already gives lots of free or cheap stuff out - far cheaper OS update prices than Microsoft, far cheaper app prices than desktop software, free iCloud services, the cheap cloud-hosted iTunes Match service even for pirated music, free iOS system updates, free Find My iPhone and Find my Friends apps, free Maps GPS navigation app, free iTunes Remote app, etc etc. How many gestures of goodwill does Apple have to make? What's the big deal about this adapter? What other company has stuck with the same adapter and port on their devices for a decade? Why is there no outcry over the ridiculous number of different USB port sizes and shapes out there that you have to buy different cables and adapters for each different device? Why did I have to pay $400 for a new remote key fob for my Landrover(). ;-( It is this unbalanced commentary that just gets my goat! -Mart On 17/09/2012, at 5:53 PM, Merv Bond m...@iinet.net.au wrote: It is a common ploy to defend oneself by saying that everybody else is doing it. Throw in some adjectives such as silly, ridiculous and tall poppy syndrome to add to the mix. The issue of ethics in business is the sub-text of the article. At the more literal reading the author of the article was suggesting that a $35 adapter was a small amount for a company at the top of profit list in the world and would have been a gesture of goodwill to its devoted customers. Merv On 17/09/12 5:25 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Well done Martin ! On 17/09/2012, at 2:31 PM, Martin Hill wrote: This is the reply I posted to the article below:
Re: Proposed name change to Apple Users WA
Hi I support the Committee in all of it's decisions (again) I concur with John Regards Peter On 17/09/2012, at 9:00 PM, John Daniels john...@me.com wrote: Hi Apple using Muggers I don't attend the meetings but I pay my dues and follow the posts. In my humble opinion (and I don't have many of those) we elect a committee and they put in a lot of their time and effort on our behalf, so I accept their judgement and decisions. If they have given due consideration to a name change then I think we should let them get on with it and not raise multifarious objections . Cheers John Sent from my iPad -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Proposed name change to Apple Users WA
the benefits of converting to an iMac or a MacBook. We would like to help these sections of the community as well as those who make use of the full range of Apple products. Even though we long standing members are quite comfortable with, and likely even quite attached to the WAMUG name, a name that better reflects our activities and sounds more accessible will help us promote the use of the Apple product range and provide a obvious support group for the growing collection of new Apple users. So while aficionados principally do our work on a Mac, increasingly certain specialised functions are better served by using newer Apple products and services. The Committee proposes that we change the name to Apple Users WA to better reflect this. This name change will require the passing of a motion at a Special Meeting of WAMUG. We propose that the meeting of Tuesday 2 October be such a Special Meeting. An email with details will follow shortly. Best Regards, WAMUG Committee -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120917/fe058675/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Apple: some food for thought
Hi Rob, Perhaps I'm not understanding your problem correctly. The iPad version of the Dropbox mobile app allows you to upload any videos or photos synced to your gallery. 1. Open the Dropbox App, link to account etc. 2. Click the Box icon on the left hand side, a pop up opens 3. Click the uploads tab at the bottom, which is immediately next to the settings 4. Click the + at the top of the uploads section The app still asks for permission to access your locations, (because photos can contain location data) 5. Tap the photos and videos you want to send to Dropbox from the resulting photo gallery. 6. Once done select 'Upload' Cheers, Ronni On 17/09/2012, at 10:18 PM, Rob Phillips r.phill...@murdoch.edu.au wrote: G'day Mart and others, This may be a bit heretical, but I have concerns how Apple is locking things down to its commercial benefit. Let me give you a concrete example. I've just returned from a month hiking through Switzerland. (If you have the interest, check out http://www.everlater.com/raphillips1). To prepare for this, I bought an iPad to: use to display Swiss topographical maps and record our track by GPS; to maintain a trip blog; to store and process Rita's photos; and do general web surfing. The iPad was great except for one element. Photo management. I was able to purchase an adaptor to download photos from the camera to the iPad. I had 15GB of DropBox space to backup the photos to the cloud. Everything was sweet. Then I downloaded the first lot of photos, and I could see them on the iPad, but they weren't in the 'camera roll'. Only items in the camera roll can be synched to DropBox and Mobile me. By default, only photos taken with the iPad camera go in the camera roll. The only way to get access to these photos seems to be to connect the iPad to a Mac registered to me, then upload/ download the photos to that machine. I didn't have one of these with me! Why does Apple restrict the functionality of powerful devices like the iPad so that it can only be used in ways that Apple determines, and which require other hardware. The underlying OS should enable me to do much more. I spent hours at nights trying to find apps to work around this, without much success. It shouldn't be so difficult. I am concerned that I am being manipulated by Apple. Cheers Rob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Apple: some food for thought
Hi Ronni I don't have the iPad here - it's still with the boss in Switzerland... Your description of Dropbox is as I remember it, with one exception. I don't remember seeing the + at the top of the uploads section. I could only see the contents of my camera roll, not the other events/albums (e.g. Last Imported) which I could see in the Photo App. I was able to use the iResize App to access hi-res photos in Last Imported, and this inserted the compressed images into the Camera Roll, where Dropbox could see them and synch them, but I really wanted a backup of my originals. Cheers Rob On 18/09/12 9:45 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Rob, Perhaps I'm not understanding your problem correctly. The iPad version of the Dropbox mobile app allows you to upload any videos or photos synced to your gallery. 1. Open the Dropbox App, link to account etc. 2. Click the Box icon on the left hand side, a pop up opens 3. Click the uploads tab at the bottom, which is immediately next to the settings 4. Click the + at the top of the uploads section The app still asks for permission to access your locations, (because photos can contain location data) 5. Tap the photos and videos you want to send to Dropbox from the resulting photo gallery. 6. Once done select 'Upload' Cheers, Ronni On 17/09/2012, at 10:18 PM, Rob Phillips r.phill...@murdoch.edu.au wrote: G'day Mart and others, This may be a bit heretical, but I have concerns how Apple is locking things down to its commercial benefit. Let me give you a concrete example. I've just returned from a month hiking through Switzerland. (If you have the interest, check out http://www.everlater.com/raphillips1). To prepare for this, I bought an iPad to: use to display Swiss topographical maps and record our track by GPS; to maintain a trip blog; to store and process Rita's photos; and do general web surfing. The iPad was great except for one element. Photo management. I was able to purchase an adaptor to download photos from the camera to the iPad. I had 15GB of DropBox space to backup the photos to the cloud. Everything was sweet. Then I downloaded the first lot of photos, and I could see them on the iPad, but they weren't in the 'camera roll'. Only items in the camera roll can be synched to DropBox and Mobile me. By default, only photos taken with the iPad camera go in the camera roll. The only way to get access to these photos seems to be to connect the iPad to a Mac registered to me, then upload/ download the photos to that machine. I didn't have one of these with me! Why does Apple restrict the functionality of powerful devices like the iPad so that it can only be used in ways that Apple determines, and which require other hardware. The underlying OS should enable me to do much more. I spent hours at nights trying to find apps to work around this, without much success. It shouldn't be so difficult. I am concerned that I am being manipulated by Apple. Cheers Rob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Proposed name change to Apple Users WA
Hello Carlo and Group, I don't wish to sound like I am complaining, because I am not; and don't intend to complain. It seems to me there has not been enough research done for this 'project', before posting the 'Proposed name change to Apple Users WA' to the Mailing List Members. I have already pointed out some concerns and queries in other posts, so won't repeat them. I'm not so much 'worried' about a name change, if one is deemed necessary to promote and influence more people to join our group. But Carlo's comment to my question - /Quote my question: How does Apple itself feel about this name change, given that it wasn't that long ago (3-4 years I think) that they took back AppleCentre names from the Resellers? Are we (as WAMUG) allowed now to use Apple Users? Or is that something they would take back down the track as well? On 17/09/2012, at 8:35 PM, Carlo Margio wa...@realworldcomputing.com.au wrote: Will Apple allow this -- that we don't know. Trying the name is one way to find out. The above comment made by Carlo, just does not make sense to me at all. Why not do it the sensible way. And ASK??? Wouldn't that be an easier way than the expense and hassle? I would have thought the common sense way would be to ask Apple. Say, we're looking at changing our name to 'Apple Users WA' from 'WAMUG'. Is this going to be a problem? Then you have it in writing! If Apple come back and say NO, we'd appreciate you don't use Apple in the name then you know. If Apple are fine with it, then you know it is ok to continue. I personally would have thought asking is a better and easier way to do it. You don't start a shop with the name Apple seller to see if it's allowed. You go through the exercise first to check. Research. Ask. Question. Plan. Cheers, Ronni -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20120918/b1445323/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
