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Apple's Jan 27 Media Event - Spoiler-Free Thread
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It's not as mind-blowing the second time watching it, since you can piece things together from what you already know since you already watched the season.
Can't wait for season 6.
Ok so here's a question then (asking it just for the sake of thought/conversation, not to pick a fight) we all spend MONTHS scrounging up ANY small tid bit of information we can, and then we turn around and try to BLOCK ourselves from any information, at what point does it turn from rumor to spoiler? Take that CEO's gaffe yesterday in "confirming" the Tablet, Rumor or gaffe?
Ah, damn it. I went to Youtube. Why did I have to subscribe to so many Apple/tech related channels?
Only got a brief glimpse -- nothing stuck in my head.
Only got a brief glimpse -- nothing stuck in my head.
For those that are complaining about the long wait time, remember what we are talking about here. We aren't discussing a short podcast or a quick audio file, we are talking about an almost 2 hour long high quality video file. Once you capture it you have to encode it (in different sizes) and upload it. All of that stuff takes time.
I should know. I work for a video production company that specializes in streaming media. For our workflow we often account for 3-4 times the length of the video clip to have the clip ready to go. 1X for the export, 2X for the encode, and 1X for the upload. Also, the longer the clip the longer it takes. A 2 minute file can be done quickly, but a 1+ hour long file takes over 4 hours to process it through our workflow. And we are only hosting for a few hundred viewers (over the lifetime of the video).
So for Apple to host the file even four hours after the event for tens of thousands of immediate downloads quite impresses me.
...but that doesn't mean I am anxiously awaiting the video!
Matthew
I should know. I work for a video production company that specializes in streaming media. For our workflow we often account for 3-4 times the length of the video clip to have the clip ready to go. 1X for the export, 2X for the encode, and 1X for the upload. Also, the longer the clip the longer it takes. A 2 minute file can be done quickly, but a 1+ hour long file takes over 4 hours to process it through our workflow. And we are only hosting for a few hundred viewers (over the lifetime of the video).
So for Apple to host the file even four hours after the event for tens of thousands of immediate downloads quite impresses me.
...but that doesn't mean I am anxiously awaiting the video!
Matthew
Apple never confirmed anything. Therefore, I still hope for an iBicycle or an iAshtray. That would be great!
This is like my experience at the Future City competition about two weeks ago.
The judges liked my team's city and presentation, so we were to present to the whole gathering of people. Before you present, however, you're put in a room with the other privileged teams and you have to wait. There's almost nothing to do except practice your presentation.
The judges liked my team's city and presentation, so we were to present to the whole gathering of people. Before you present, however, you're put in a room with the other privileged teams and you have to wait. There's almost nothing to do except practice your presentation.
You realise that some people went 'dark' three days ago and so would not have heard that rumour. Guys, please stop repeating rumours and spoilers that others may not have heard. Even if they happened two days ago as I said some went 'dark' a week ago and do not want to hear the rumours!
Right, but Apple has whole server farms. Plus, why can't they start encoding while it's still filming?
Fair enough, but it doesn't necessarily have to be released today, could've been at another keynote.
ha, suckers!! Am I the only one here who still doesn't know the name of the thing???
Make a real effort to stay spoiler free this time around guys. Remember, this is HUGE. This time we don't go into quarantine for hours just to watch Phil Schiller say that the ipod has been upgraded to 64GB or something like that. Most of us weren't spoiler free when the iphone came out (I wasn't even an apple fanboy back then) This event will be just as big, have faith!
Make a real effort to stay spoiler free this time around guys. Remember, this is HUGE. This time we don't go into quarantine for hours just to watch Phil Schiller say that the ipod has been upgraded to 64GB or something like that. Most of us weren't spoiler free when the iphone came out (I wasn't even an apple fanboy back then) This event will be just as big, have faith!
Hey Who Knows Maybe Microsoft Or Some Other Company Competing With Apple Invented Something That Could Beat The iPhone
Who Knows not Anyone Here Thats What I Can Tell You...
I Dont Know What It Could Be Thats Why I Closed My Ears
So Spoiler Well A Little But Really Come On I Was A Warning For You Sonny...
Somewhat victim of roommate spoilage.
Well, he ran into my room saying "Did you hear about Apple?!"
Took me at least 3 minutes to explain him why I don't want him to continue, and saw a glimpse of the thing. From what I saw, I know that the thing does have a screen Ha ha, spoiled.
Oh man, but really, I hope it doesn't take 7 hours to post that video
Well, he ran into my room saying "Did you hear about Apple?!"
Took me at least 3 minutes to explain him why I don't want him to continue, and saw a glimpse of the thing. From what I saw, I know that the thing does have a screen
Ha ha, spoiled.Oh man, but really, I hope it doesn't take 7 hours to post that video
I hope that eventually Apple will release you into the wild so you can make it on your own!
I am sure that they have technology far superior than we do... in fact I know they do, WE USE PCs! UGH!
But still, the point remains: it's not like 5 minutes after the end they push a button and the whole thing is live. It still takes time to process, encode, and upload.
I just remember the good old days when Apple would stream it live...
Matthew
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We care a lot about you people yeah you bet we care a lot,
We care a lot about the NASA shuttle falling in the sea
We care a lot about starvation and the food that Live Aid bought
We care a lot about disease, baby Rock, Hudson, rock, yeah!
We care a lot about the gamblers and the pushers and the geeks
We care a lot about the crack and smack and whack that hits the street
We care a lot about the welfare of all the boys and girls
We care a lot about you people cause we're out to save the world
And it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
We care a lot about the army navy air force and marines
We care a lot about the SF, NY and LAPD
We care a lot about you people, about your guns
about the wars you're fighting gee that looks like fun
We care a lot about the Garbage Pail Kids, they never lie
We care a lot about Transformers cause there's more than meets the eye
We care a lot about the little things, the bigger things we top
We care a lot about you people yeah you bet we care a lot,
It makes as much sense as not capitalizing the first letter in a product name but capitalizing the second.
ha, suckers!! Am I the only one here who still doesn't know the name of the thing???
Make a real effort to stay spoiler free this time around guys. Remember, this is HUGE. This time we don't go into quarantine for hours just to watch Phil Schiller say that the ipod has been upgraded to 64GB or something like that. Most of us weren't spoiler free when the iphone came out (I wasn't even an apple fanboy back then) This event will be just as big, have faith!
Seriously guys this is pretty simple. If you want to talk about anything that happened today, go to any other website in the universe. This is supposed to be the ONE safe place for NO information, not foggy information for newbies to blabber. As people have said, some of us have gone dark for days. Simple concept.