As for Le, he has been working hard on a Counter-Strike sequel in the basement of his parents' home.
Next step : Move out of your parent's house. I mean, how are you going to use that newfound fame as a hot shit game designer to get chicks if you still live in your 'rents basement?
He needs to give John Romero a call.. Romero can teach him how to get chicks, and he can teach Romero how to make a game that doesn't suck shit. If a piece of shit like Daikatana can get you Stevie Case, imagine the kind of girl writing a good game like Counter-Strike will get you..;)
During the Iran-Contra hearings, Oliver North made reference to Osama bin Laden. I would like to see it for myself, but unfortunately, it is illegal for anyone but the copyright holders to distribute a recording of that hearing.
The Oliver North / bin Laden story is an urban legend, see the snopes page on this. It's debunked by North personally. He did make a reference to being threatened by a terrorist, but it was Abu Nidal, not Osama bin Laden, who was on OUR side back then.
Software Update defaults to checking weekly for an update, so a lot of people might not have found out about it for a few days at least. This update has been rumored for 2-3 days now, and I for one found out it was finally released because of this article.
Besides, the article is in the Apple section, so it's not bothering any/. readers except those who choose to read the Apple section.
The readme still isn't available, but Mac OS Rumors has the KB article that was previously available:
Enhancements Delivered with this update
Disc Burning Enhancements
* Improves compatibility of burned CDs with Microsoft Windows. * Addresses a situation that could result in a failure when burning a disc using iTunes 3 and a high burn speed. * Addresses an issue in which Disk Utility could inaccurately report "problems" when scanning a disc that was burned with iTunes or in the Finder. * Adds support for various third-party disc burners, including: TDK VeloCD 241032FP and 241040F, MCE Technologies Lucid-24 24x10x24x Portable FireWire CDRW Drive, LaCie PocketCDRW 24x10x24 U&I, EZQuest Boa CDR/w 48x12x48 FireWire, Formac cdrw 40x10x40 and cdrw 48x10x40.
Digital Hub and Peripheral Device Enhancements
* Decreases the amount of time Final Cut Pro takes to open, and improves iMovie compatibility when a Sony DVMC-DA1 media converter is connected to the computer. * Improves iMovie compatibility with Canopus ADVC-100 media converter. * Improves compatibility with certain (SCSI-based) scanners. * Improves compatibility of Image Capture with Epson DS (TWAIN). * Improves results when scanning in grayscale or black-and-white with Image Capture and Epson UI. * Enhances reliability when hot-swapping a FireWire-based camera on certain iMacs using Final Cut Pro. * Addresses a potential issue in which a USB keyboard or mouse is not recognized or able to wake the computer after having been connected to or disconnected from an external USB hub while the computer is in sleep.
Networking and Mail Enhancements
* Addresses a situation in which certain Internet service providers (ISPs) may not accept outgoing email (SMTP) from computers using NAT and a ".local" hostname (which may be assigned by Rendezvous). * Addresses a situation in which, if the connection fails when transferring email to your computer via your network or an Internet connection, all mail not transferred is lost. * Improves Mac OS X Server performance in heavy AFP client load situations. * Improves Mac OS X Server reliability when a Mac OS 9 client attempts a scheduled AFP connection. * Resolves a potential issue in which Mail could fail to import mail messages from Eudora as expected.
Printing Enhancements
* Addresses a potential situation in which Print Center would unexpectedly quit when using St. Claire Software's Default Folder X. * Improves compatibility with HP LaserJet 4V and HP LaserJet 4MV printers. * Reduces occurrences of a potential "busy; source EIO (ATALK)" alert message when printing using AppleTalk via CUPS. * Addresses an issue when printing via CUPS in which the second queued print job would automatically start if the first print job was stopped. * Addresses a potential "error -1" message in Print Center when adding a third-party USB printer. * Includes various other CUPS-related printing enhancements.
Other Enhancements
* Improves potential situations in which a Web page's graphics could take an unexpectedly long time to appear in a browser window. * Improves compatibility with Microsoft Entourage. * Reduces likelihood of a potential "ticking hard drive" symptom that could be caused by IOAudio errors regularly being written to the system.log file. * Addresses a potential issue in which Mac Help may not be available following an erase-installation. * Improves compatibility of the Universal Access Zoom feature with some iBook computers. * Addresses a potential situation in which no video may appear after waking certain iBook computers that are connected to an external display or presentation device. * Addresses a situation in which a Classic application may fail to produce sound after waking from sleep. * Addresses a potential situation in which AppleTalk may not be available in the Classic environment after waking from sleep. * Addresses various potential kernel panic situations.
The outgoing CEO sits down with his replacement and hands him two letters and says "You may get into some trouble you can't get yourself out of in this job. The first time it happens, open this letter. If it happens again, open this second letter."
Sure enough, the new CEO gets into some hot water in about a year and decides he has to open the first letter. Inside it says "Blame everything on me." He goes out and blames everything on his predecessor and the problem goes away.
Some more time passes and the CEO gets into some more hot water. He opens the second letter. Inside it says "Sit down and write two letters..."
what don't you tell the people of Colombia how fine drugs are?
The only reason drugs are ruining Colombia is because they're expensive, and the only reason they're expensive is because they're illegal. Once you make something illegal, you create an opportunity for money to be made, and since it's illegal, contracts have to be enforced with the barrel of a gun.
Don't confuse the negative aspects of prohibition as being negative aspects of drugs in and of themselves. It's a classic strawman argument.
Yeah, I know I'm offtopic, but I couldn't let that one slide..
Apple relies on being on a seperate platform from Microsoft to survive. If Apple ever moved to Intel, they would be crushed.
You imply that moving to x86 (Intel) would mean Apple no longer maintains a separate platform from Microsoft, but this isn't necessarily so. Just because Apple currently uses one processor architecture in their machines doesn't mean they can't switch to another while maintaining their separation from the PC world with proprietary ROMs and the like.
The idea of Apple moving to x86 doesn't mean they would release a boxed OS X that runs on a standard Dell box. More likely they'd just come out with new Macs that are functionally identical to the current machines, but with an Intel or AMD chip inside instead. That way they maintain their focus as a hardware company first, while gaining the ability to run Windows apps natively and the economies of scale that result from using CPUs that are practically commodity items.
The Mac isn't about being the fastest machine on the block, it's about being the best designed, easiest to use, most useful machine on the block.
And if a Mac had a blazing fast x86 chip inside it'd STILL be the best designed, easiest to use, and most useful machine on the block. It'd just be fast as shit as well. Not that I'm not happy with the speed of my Mac, but if the speed gap gets any wider Apple would be crazy not to consider switching.
How about this little gem, from the first post to mention Revenge of the Jedi?
I wish Lucas & Co. would get the thing going a little faster. I can't really imagine waiting until 1997 to see all nine parts of the Star Wars series.
Heheh.. The other funny thing is that the post is by Randal Schwartz of Llama and Camel book fame. Hang in there Randal, you've almost made it to Episode 6!:)
The situation in Zimbabwe is very complex.. They're normally a food exporter, but there've been issues with food not being harvested due to political concerns. I don't pretend to know a lot about it, but K5 has a couple of articles that can get you up to speed if you really want to know the causes of the famine there.
Just because it's a justified tax in your opinion doesn't make it one in someone else's. True, a quarter per domain isn't a lot. But look, it's being imposed by a random group of unelected officials the internet public at large has no power over. What if next year they raise it five bucks? You already agreed a quarter was OK, and you implicitly agreed they had the POWER to tax you by paying it. It goes up to fifty bucks the year after that. Sorry, costs have risen as they seem to do in large bureaucracies that lack any oversight. Then five hundred bucks, and so on until private citizens can't even afford domain names. Only big corporations can. What can you do about it? Can't vote 'em out, can't impeach 'em, can't do shit.
They need to be reined in BEFORE they get out of hand. "No taxation without representation" means just that, NO taxation. It isn't "No taxation without representation unless, like, it's for a good cause and it's justified, and besides no one would help out if it wasn't mandatory..."
I'd send Salon a few bucks but I shot my wad saving kuro5hin LAST month. They should have had their money troubles sooner..
Actually, I'm just kidding.. I've been a Salon subscriber for a while, if only there were more of us they might not be in this trouble.. I'd hate to see Salon go. It isn't the greatest site ever, but I think it fills a valuable niche.
Yeah, but see, if you get sued you've already lost.. The costs in legal fees means it's way better if the lawyers don't think you're violating their IP so you don't get sued in the first place.
By the time a judge or jury says you're in the right, you could already be out millions of dollars if your opponent has the money to drown you in motions..
Of course if Jackie Chan were to kick their asses, Bruce Lee's heirs' lawyers would likely show up waving Bruce's patent on "Kung-Fu Infliction of Blunt Force Trauma as a Method of Smiting Evildoers".
The real question is "Are they going to release the Mac binaries as a free download for those who bought the Windows version and want to run it on their Mac?"
I believe it was mentioned the Linux binaries would be downloadable, they better do this for the mac version as well..
id3v2 tags support synchronized lyrics. There are also Winamp plugins to display them. The only reason no one uses them is that they have to be added to each mp3 by hand, and who's going to bother to do that?
Including lyrics would be a GREAT way for the music industry to differentiate their mp3s from the home-ripped ones currently in circulation..
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Next step : Move out of your parent's house. I mean, how are you going to use that newfound fame as a hot shit game designer to get chicks if you still live in your 'rents basement?
He needs to give John Romero a call.. Romero can teach him how to get chicks, and he can teach Romero how to make a game that doesn't suck shit. If a piece of shit like Daikatana can get you Stevie Case, imagine the kind of girl writing a good game like Counter-Strike will get you.. ;)
The Oliver North / bin Laden story is an urban legend, see the snopes page on this. It's debunked by North personally. He did make a reference to being threatened by a terrorist, but it was Abu Nidal, not Osama bin Laden, who was on OUR side back then.
Software Update defaults to checking weekly for an update, so a lot of people might not have found out about it for a few days at least. This update has been rumored for 2-3 days now, and I for one found out it was finally released because of this article.
/. readers except those who choose to read the Apple section.
Besides, the article is in the Apple section, so it's not bothering any
The readme still isn't available, but Mac OS Rumors has the KB article that was previously available :
Enhancements Delivered with this update
Disc Burning Enhancements
* Improves compatibility of burned CDs with Microsoft Windows.
* Addresses a situation that could result in a failure when burning a disc using iTunes 3 and a high burn speed.
* Addresses an issue in which Disk Utility could inaccurately report "problems" when scanning a disc that was burned with iTunes or in the Finder.
* Adds support for various third-party disc burners, including: TDK VeloCD 241032FP and 241040F, MCE Technologies Lucid-24 24x10x24x Portable FireWire CDRW Drive, LaCie PocketCDRW 24x10x24 U&I, EZQuest Boa CDR/w 48x12x48 FireWire, Formac cdrw 40x10x40 and cdrw 48x10x40.
Digital Hub and Peripheral Device Enhancements
* Decreases the amount of time Final Cut Pro takes to open, and improves iMovie compatibility when a Sony DVMC-DA1 media converter is connected to the computer.
* Improves iMovie compatibility with Canopus ADVC-100 media converter. * Improves compatibility with certain (SCSI-based) scanners.
* Improves compatibility of Image Capture with Epson DS (TWAIN).
* Improves results when scanning in grayscale or black-and-white with Image Capture and Epson UI.
* Enhances reliability when hot-swapping a FireWire-based camera on certain iMacs using Final Cut Pro.
* Addresses a potential issue in which a USB keyboard or mouse is not recognized or able to wake the computer after having been connected to or disconnected from an external USB hub while the computer is in sleep.
Networking and Mail Enhancements
* Addresses a situation in which certain Internet service providers (ISPs) may not accept outgoing email (SMTP) from computers using NAT and a ".local" hostname (which may be assigned by Rendezvous).
* Addresses a situation in which, if the connection fails when transferring email to your computer via your network or an Internet connection, all mail not transferred is lost.
* Improves Mac OS X Server performance in heavy AFP client load situations.
* Improves Mac OS X Server reliability when a Mac OS 9 client attempts a scheduled AFP connection.
* Resolves a potential issue in which Mail could fail to import mail messages from Eudora as expected.
Printing Enhancements
* Addresses a potential situation in which Print Center would unexpectedly quit when using St. Claire Software's Default Folder X.
* Improves compatibility with HP LaserJet 4V and HP LaserJet 4MV printers.
* Reduces occurrences of a potential "busy; source EIO (ATALK)" alert message when printing using AppleTalk via CUPS.
* Addresses an issue when printing via CUPS in which the second queued print job would automatically start if the first print job was stopped.
* Addresses a potential "error -1" message in Print Center when adding a third-party USB printer.
* Includes various other CUPS-related printing enhancements.
Other Enhancements
* Improves potential situations in which a Web page's graphics could take an unexpectedly long time to appear in a browser window.
* Improves compatibility with Microsoft Entourage.
* Reduces likelihood of a potential "ticking hard drive" symptom that could be caused by IOAudio errors regularly being written to the system.log file.
* Addresses a potential issue in which Mac Help may not be available following an erase-installation.
* Improves compatibility of the Universal Access Zoom feature with some iBook computers.
* Addresses a potential situation in which no video may appear after waking certain iBook computers that are connected to an external display or presentation device.
* Addresses a situation in which a Classic application may fail to produce sound after waking from sleep.
* Addresses a potential situation in which AppleTalk may not be available in the Classic environment after waking from sleep.
* Addresses various potential kernel panic situations.
They're waiting so they can ship the new chip bundled with Duke Nukem Forever. ;)
Sure enough, the new CEO gets into some hot water in about a year and decides he has to open the first letter. Inside it says "Blame everything on me." He goes out and blames everything on his predecessor and the problem goes away.
Some more time passes and the CEO gets into some more hot water. He opens the second letter. Inside it says "Sit down and write two letters..."
Stallman's Right to Read essay comes closer to becoming reality every day.
The only reason drugs are ruining Colombia is because they're expensive, and the only reason they're expensive is because they're illegal. Once you make something illegal, you create an opportunity for money to be made, and since it's illegal, contracts have to be enforced with the barrel of a gun.
Don't confuse the negative aspects of prohibition as being negative aspects of drugs in and of themselves. It's a classic strawman argument.
Yeah, I know I'm offtopic, but I couldn't let that one slide..
If Apple ever moved to Intel, they would be crushed.
You imply that moving to x86 (Intel) would mean Apple no longer maintains a separate platform from Microsoft, but this isn't necessarily so. Just because Apple currently uses one processor architecture in their machines doesn't mean they can't switch to another while maintaining their separation from the PC world with proprietary ROMs and the like.
The idea of Apple moving to x86 doesn't mean they would release a boxed OS X that runs on a standard Dell box. More likely they'd just come out with new Macs that are functionally identical to the current machines, but with an Intel or AMD chip inside instead. That way they maintain their focus as a hardware company first, while gaining the ability to run Windows apps natively and the economies of scale that result from using CPUs that are practically commodity items.
The Mac isn't about being the fastest machine on the block, it's about being the best designed, easiest to use, most useful machine on the block.
And if a Mac had a blazing fast x86 chip inside it'd STILL be the best designed, easiest to use, and most useful machine on the block. It'd just be fast as shit as well. Not that I'm not happy with the speed of my Mac, but if the speed gap gets any wider Apple would be crazy not to consider switching.
I wish Lucas & Co. would get the thing going a little faster. I can't really imagine waiting until 1997 to see all nine parts of the Star Wars series.
Heheh.. The other funny thing is that the post is by Randal Schwartz of Llama and Camel book fame. Hang in there Randal, you've almost made it to Episode 6! :)
It does look like a giant mechanical ant though. From the videos, it looks SLOW and LOUD.
Still, I want one.
Much ado about Zimbabwe
Much ado about Zimbabwe - Redux
"Knife goes in, guts come out, that's what Osaka seafood concern is all about.."
Yeah, and then if the chip cries out to Intel that it's being overclocked they can send you a bill for the extra MHz!!
> You missed out '(apart from Godfather II)' on the end of your rhetorical question.
You left out the "and The Empire Strikes Back" from your pedantic correction of the previous poster's rhetorical question. ;)
Ah, so that's why we're putting new cover sheets on our TPS reports!
Just because it's a justified tax in your opinion doesn't make it one in someone else's. True, a quarter per domain isn't a lot. But look, it's being imposed by a random group of unelected officials the internet public at large has no power over. What if next year they raise it five bucks? You already agreed a quarter was OK, and you implicitly agreed they had the POWER to tax you by paying it. It goes up to fifty bucks the year after that. Sorry, costs have risen as they seem to do in large bureaucracies that lack any oversight. Then five hundred bucks, and so on until private citizens can't even afford domain names. Only big corporations can. What can you do about it? Can't vote 'em out, can't impeach 'em, can't do shit.
They need to be reined in BEFORE they get out of hand. "No taxation without representation" means just that, NO taxation. It isn't "No taxation without representation unless, like, it's for a good cause and it's justified, and besides no one would help out if it wasn't mandatory..."
I'd just like to say this is the best comment I ever posted.. 12 mods just to get it right back to Score:2 where it started.
Sweet.
I'd send Salon a few bucks but I shot my wad saving kuro5hin LAST month. They should have had their money troubles sooner..
Actually, I'm just kidding.. I've been a Salon subscriber for a while, if only there were more of us they might not be in this trouble.. I'd hate to see Salon go. It isn't the greatest site ever, but I think it fills a valuable niche.
Yeah, but see, if you get sued you've already lost.. The costs in legal fees means it's way better if the lawyers don't think you're violating their IP so you don't get sued in the first place.
By the time a judge or jury says you're in the right, you could already be out millions of dollars if your opponent has the money to drown you in motions..
Actually what I meant by that is that he should ask a lawyer retained by his company where the line is rather than asking Slashdot.
Besides, he wants to avoid being sued in the first place, and that IS up to the lawyers.
It's breaking the law when the lawyers say it is.
So, is like Ask Slashdot now the Free Legal Advice Center or what? Doesn't your company have any lawyers of your own?
Of course if Jackie Chan were to kick their asses, Bruce Lee's heirs' lawyers would likely show up waving Bruce's patent on "Kung-Fu Infliction of Blunt Force Trauma as a Method of Smiting Evildoers".
I believe it was mentioned the Linux binaries would be downloadable, they better do this for the mac version as well..
Including lyrics would be a GREAT way for the music industry to differentiate their mp3s from the home-ripped ones currently in circulation..