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… those who do not enjoy a -~ Ile IIenre'# WHAT'S NEWS IN ENTERTAINMENT Courtesy of Apple Computers IPOD: Coming to a pocket near you. > ''v . x F ::f >F > : Y' .kr. fn% hYVs :4 x: f % tilt" :3?'+.. G J…

… 4 4B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc. Magazine -Thursday, January 24, 2002 I The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc. Magazine- Apple delivers attractive, easy to use digital music player E3…

… well designed. Usually you just want to tear it off in search of the prize inside. Not so with the iPod, Apple's digital music player. Even the packaging is elegant; it comes in a tiny cube shaped box…

… quickly through your songs. This is a necessity because the iPod comes equipped with a volumi- nous 5-gigabyte hard drive. Apple's marketing catch phrase of "1,000 songs in your pocket" is actually an…

… understatement (for once). The iPod could probably hold about 1,200. It gets easier. After connecting the iPod to your Mac, iTunes (Apple's I a I I I I digital music jukebox) automatically opens and syncs…

… all of the songs on your computer to the MP3 player. You can have your entire music col- lection, from Air to Yo La Tengo, on you wherever you go in a package the size of a pack of cigarettes. And If…

… for an entire workday and still have time for a jog. Another cool feature is that when you sync it with your computer, it recharges. If you don't have a computer close by, it comes with a handy adapter…

… with small ears). The only problem I had was a short silence between each song. If you're the active type, you'll appreciate the skip free quality of your music. Apple has built 20 min- utes of skip…

… protection into the iPod. That's not a typo. Even if you throw it around (which I do not recom- mend) it won't skip a beat. Now to one of the hallmark fea- tures about anything by Apple: Its design. I hate…

… bright backlight and is the distinct white color Apple uses on all its products. Its back is a mirror-like stainless steel with an etched Apple logo and "iPod" under it. Right now the iPod is Mac only. A…

…0 e 0 e 0 0 0 6B The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 24, 2008 QUOTES OF THE WEEK i:. X Showdown in the Fishbowl The "Mac V. PC" culture war As Apple would have it, your choice of laptop…

…," she said. While the actual numb computers (132) does o the count of its operating counterpart (91), Fishbov puter consultant Sakif Im the aesthetic appeal of Ma more students in. "I think people nowa…

… draws days go e of the bigger," ple going the new d at the said that rs go for will .look o a large c, which he Macs eir deci- sions on whichever computer is available. Mohit Mehan, LSA junior and Mac…

… try to get what you can get, because it's a mad rush," he said. But this struggle extends beyond the glass walls of Angell Hall's computing site. Dumas, the Wired editor, said that while Microsoft…

… dominates the market, Apple's small yet engaged consumer base is a very big asset. "Microsoft has a lot of peo- ple who use their product so in terms of sheer numbers, PCs are definitely winning," he said…

…. "But Macs are slowly gaining market share and they have a very, sort of small, niche group of people who are very, very dedicated to Apple and Macs." The clearest example of this cul- tural schism…

…, according to Dumas, is Apple's ad campaign starring actor Justin Long as the hipster incarnation of a Mac and humor- ist John Hodgeman as the uncool and absentminded personification of a PC. In the U.S., this…

…, Bill Gates, and comedian Jerry Sein- feld, as an attempt "to make them- selves look and feel sort of cooler, to tap into (Apple's) market." But for Mehan, the cultural implications of choosing an oper…

…'s going to work." Dumas said the Mac operating system is actually "more stable" than Microsoft's Vista operat- ing system. This is because Apple builds the latest version of its operating software onto the…

… deadline, but the University See VISAS, page 7 JEREMY CHO/Daily English Prof. Eric Rabkin finds out that he is the winner of the Golden Apple Award in an Angell Hall classroom yesterday. The award Is given…

… annually to honor outstanding teachers who "teach every lecture as If It were their last." English prof takes bite of Golden Apple Students shower veteran lecturer with congratulations, balloons By Kelly…

… recipients 2005: John Rubadeau (Eng- lish Department) 2004: Matt Lassiter (Department of History) 2003: Thomas Gest (Medi- cal School) 2002: Elliot Soloway (Elec- trical Engineering & Computer Science; School…

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… computer program to grade essay tests. The futuristic technique first may be tested with a rela- med tively small group of sixth-graders, but if it succeeds, it could Ico. be ramped up statewide. Using…

… computers instead of people to grade essays could - save time and money, educators say. It also could help stu- dents become better writers because computers can provide quicker feedback. But the plan faces…

… skepticism from those who say the human element should remain in essay evaluation. Educators do not doubt the computer software's ability to grade spelling and punctuation, and say it would save time for…

… teachers, who often are stuck grading essay questions after school on their own time. But they have misgivings about the computer program's - ability to evaluate content, which often is subjective and sub…

…. The state uses a computer program to grade some end- of-the-year algebra tests and English exams for high school i ' iI }}\ X1iI I ". juniors, who type in their answers on keyboards. Indiana ran a two…

…-year pilot program - with computers and trained human readers simultaneously grading essays - to test the computer program's merits. Indiana does not yet use the computer program to grade essays that measure…

… Federal No Child Left Behind Act. Even when computers are used, the essays also will be evaluated by people to determine how accurately the com- puter program scores the papers during the pilot phase. Sixth…

…-grade classrooms will be selected for the pilot soon, Hughes said. The classrooms selected will be among those in which students received their own laptop computers through a state program, so being able to type…

… their essays on a com- puter should not be a problem. Teachers must agree to attend training to use the computer software. They also must agree to assign a yet-to-be-deter- mined number of writing…

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