Sadly, there is a tremendous amount of software out there that we still need. This is especially true of children's educational software but a great many small businesses have data in legacy programs with no options to upgrade. Apple should continue to support all the old legacy software. It really isn't that hard to do and it would make their system more appealing.
I'm not interested in having my applications transitioned to the web because: 1) lack of bandwidth 2) lack of reliability of the network 3) I want to buy once, use on my schedule as many times as I want 4) I hate subscription services - it's a way to suck our wallets dry a little at a time
The solution is just don't upgrade. The older versions still work fine. I'm still using Adobe Photoshop (which I paid for) version 6.03. It works great. It does the job. Every time I don't upgrade I save money. A penny saved is 1.36 earned after taxes. If enough people don't upgrade to the web based applications then Adobe will dump those applications because they won't be profitable to maintain. If enough people don't upgrade at all Adobe will tank. That wouldn't be so bad given their arrogance. I've known and worked with the company since they were 0 days old. The new Adobe is a bloated shadow of the old.
Do we really want flying car's? There are already too many morons driving around on the ground on motorized vehicles that they can't seem to control causing tens of thousands (45,000?) of deaths per year on our highways plus more off the road. These people have a hard enough time in the 2D environment of driving on the ground. In the air they'll be a total disaster and passing right over your house, your backyard and your head. No thank you.
Hmm... I see Vermont looks just like a 3rd world country. Good although not surprising. Hyper-connectivity and population density (cities) are both highly over rated.
-Walter
in Vermont
and loving it
iPal - Palm sized Macintosh - $500
3x5 touch screen runs - Two screens fold together like a book.
MacOS full enough to run all software
Slower than other Macs of course - there are some trade offs
Auto-syncing with desktop or notebook or another iPal for full backup
Music,
Videos,
WiFi connected,
VOIP/Cell/Radio phone,
Camera
Scanner
GPS
Real World Rugged Slips in the pocket. Size of an iPod. Flash memory for long battery life. 4GB, 8GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB. Induction recharging of battery. Solar skin for recharging of battery. Wi-Fi for the internet & VOIP. Cellular for cellphone if desired. Bluetooth for earphones, keyboard, mouse. Screen is touch sensitive of course and a tablet. Sealed case, real world rugged, no ports, no openings. Full MacOSX from a user's perspective but you don't need optical drive and a lot of other things. Available in any color as long as it is black. The iPal - it does it all.
"PDFs have long been known as 'landmines of the Internet' for their long load times and the fact so many websites don't mark links as PDF so you never know when you're going to 'trip' over one."
You could just look at the URL before you click. It's easy to see in most (all?) browsers.
When we bought our farm in the early '90s there was no phone. We face wrong for satellite and there are mountains in the way. Cellular connections aren't an option either. The first winter here I laid a mile and a half of twelve pair UG cable inside 1" diameter black plastic water line on the surface of the ground from the last pole (POTS NID) to my house. That has worked fine for sixteen years. I laid twelve pairs because when DSL or ISDN became available I wanted to have the capacity. We now have DSL (aDSL for those who care) although we are far beyond the official range of the circuit. The reality is it works much further than they say and we get excellent speed. So, if you can lay your own cable over the necessary distance you may well be able to get broadband.
Another alternative is to install your own WiFi system with a long distance extender from the nearest NID where DSL is available. A pair of devices like http://cellamericas.com/ASU24005g-802.11g-wifi-access-point-wifi-repeater-wifi-bridge-outdoor-wifi-pr-16309.html may do the trick for you. This is probably what I'm going to replace my cable with because we get a lot of lightning here due to the copper vein in the mountains and over the decades the EMPs have blasted many of our wire pairs. I've found the EMPs don't harm the WiFi.
Back in the 1970's the scientists warned us of an impending global chilling, a new ice age. Now it is global warming. Historically the temperature goes up and down. It's reality. Given my preferences I would much prefer global warming rather than global chilling. I know full well what deep winter is like - you don't want an ice age. In comparison, global warming is a walk in the park.
So exhale.
The point is the original article claimed that your body uses up the oxygen in 15 seconds and you blackout. That's bogus. I've gone for minutes, with or without a lung full of air, for many minutes. Many other people have too. Rather than arguing something can't be done I would suggest learning how to do it. Never know when you'll need to jump across between space ships...:)
No Dive Reflex required - I've done 3 minutes 38 seconds just holding my breath above water. Yes, I do change my heart rate and use various calming techniques that produces a chill on the skin, probably vasoconstriction is going on, etc. But the point is it doesn't require submerging.
On the partial pressure, you would still have it. Your chest wall is a pressure vessel and very tough. Your assumption that you can not hold your breath in space is questionable. I question it. The physics look fine.
As to breathing at high altitude, that is an entirely different problem. You're actively breathing - not containing what you have.
But all of that doesn't matter. Simply breath out if you prefer and one can still stay conscious for many minutes. It's not that difficult and his 15 seconds until blackout is bogus.
"How long can you just plain hold your breath?"
As I said, about four minutes. What do you mean by "just plain"? I'm referring to simply using normal atmosphenere, not taking pure oxygen for several minutes as some do for record breaking but simply holding my breath, either inhaled or exhaled. Stop breathing. Remember to start again...
Hmm... I question his "oxygen in your lungs will explode so you can't old your breath" theory. Our lungs, ribs and associated tissues are very tough. The pressure differential to vacuum is only 15 psi. I've free dove to 90' many times with no trouble which is sort of the opposite. People climb to the top of Everest and go far higher in balloons without exploding.
HOWEVER, more importantly his 15 second limit is based on using up the oxygen in the blood in that time. BUT I have expelled all the air in my lungs, that I can so sort of similar to space, and then stayed under water for four minutes. I didn't black out like he claimed I would. Yes, I trained for that, but so have many other people who've done similar or even longer times.
15 seconds to blackout is an absurdly low assumption. Many people, and probably you, can go a lot longer than that. I can.
No, you're missing the point. BMI is not an accurate measure of health or risk. Athletic people often have high BMIs because muscle weighs a lot more than fat and we have denser bones. My BMI is 31. I'm in extremely good health and very low risk. BMI as a measure of health is misguided stupidity that was discredited years ago.
Um, like didn't these guys get the memo? The Body Mass Index is not an accurate measure of health. Athletes often have very high BMIs because muscle weighs far more than fat per cubic centimeter. I have a BMI of 31. So by their rules I'm fat and unhealthy. The reason my BMI is so high is I do a lot of physical labor every day and have large muscles and dense bones. I have a very low body fat content - I sink, even in ocean water. So in their eager beaver attack on the fat they're going to punish healthy people too. Dumb.
"Of course, what choice do they have if they want/need to run Windows? If enough of the system monitors your usage and activity, not using those services pretty much makes your computer a brick."
Drop kick the Windows box.
Get a Macintosh or Linux.
Get a life.
So where will they get all the data on the individuals? From UseNet posts, forums, blogs, etc of course! But what the military morons don't realize is all that stuff is made up best and worst case scenarios. This will make their parallel Earth useless. Garbage In - Garbage Out.
What fun. And just the other day someone complained that Apple's _BETA_ Safari 3.0 for Windows contained a couple of bugs, which Apple IMMEDIATELY patched. At least Apple acknowledges and fixes their errors in their beta software. Microsoft just releases the beta software as final product and then pretends everything is hunky-dory. Maybe they'll release a patch at the end of the year.
Actually, this wouldn't save the trees at all. It would just waste wood. You see, when logging is done to harvest timber for construction, cabinetry and other fine wood crafting there is a lot of extra pulp wood left over that is not otherwise useful. If we leave it in the woods it can be a fire risk and it is a lot of material, often 2 to 4 times as much as is harvested for the primary use. Furthermore, over the decades that it takes to grow trees one must go in and weed out the poorly formed trees, the junk wood and thin the forest to give the trees sufficient room to grow into high quality trees. This is sustainable forestry.
The pulp wood that is produced can be used to make firewood to heat homes, mulch for gardens and compost, pallets and of course, paper. Paper is an natural excellent use of the pulp wood. If you eliminate this high payer of pulp then you will increase the cost of logging significantly. That means the price of the higher grade timber will go up as the pulp is nolonger helping to maintain the forests and get the timber. This means the prices of housing, cabinetry, furniture and other nice wood products will soar.
Forestry, logging, keeps a great many people employed from the forester to the logger to the trucker to the saw mill operator to the furniture maker to the construction worker all building homes and other wood products for you. On a secondary level they support the local general stores, mechanics, tradesmen, farmers, etc - note that many loggers are farmers during the summer.
Wood is a wonderful renewable resource. I agree - don't waste it with the huge clear cuts that are practiced in some places, but it is done sustainably by a great many foresters, loggers and small land owners. But don't make dumb, uninformed statements like "Safe the trees, man" when you don't understand the economics, biology and other factors in the system.
"the Windows world isn't like that. It's a cold, unforgiving place where nothing is sacred, users turn like rabid wolves
Wolves are more polite, but I suppose that is besides the point.
on any company that makes even the smallest error, and no prisoners are taken. Especially the Windows browser market.... While security nerds were ripping Apple for a buggy beta, the UI enthusiasts started going after Apple for the look and feel. Here's a small sample. Apple can expect much more of this in the future. The problem? Safari for Windows just isn't Windows enough.'"
Good. Being "Windowsy" would be terrible. Apple is here to show the poor Windows users a better way. Windoze Sukethz.
I get the distinct impression that the AnonCoward who left the post doesn't really understand the Macintosh Way...
House #3
You are told that there is one million dollars in the house down the street. The owner also has a pack of large dogs that free roam inside and out. That is the house you would be a fool to mess with no matter if the owner is armed or not. Very interesting studies show that theives are not very intimidated by gun owning homeowners because they think the homeowner won't pull the trigger but those same theives are extremely intimidated by dogs and will wisely skip those houses. Even small dogs are intimidating because in part they can be very noisy in addition to giving nasty little bites. Big dogs can take off arms, legs, heads and really mess up your face. One dog is bad. Two is worse. A large pack is not to be messed with. Yes, their are friendly dogs. Yes, you could try throwing them a treat. But are you willing to risk your life on that bet or would it be better to just move on down the road... Don't mess with House #3.
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Sadly, there is a tremendous amount of software out there that we still need. This is especially true of children's educational software but a great many small businesses have data in legacy programs with no options to upgrade. Apple should continue to support all the old legacy software. It really isn't that hard to do and it would make their system more appealing.
I'm not interested in having my applications transitioned to the web because:
1) lack of bandwidth
2) lack of reliability of the network
3) I want to buy once, use on my schedule as many times as I want
4) I hate subscription services - it's a way to suck our wallets dry a little at a time
The solution is just don't upgrade. The older versions still work fine. I'm still using Adobe Photoshop (which I paid for) version 6.03. It works great. It does the job. Every time I don't upgrade I save money. A penny saved is 1.36 earned after taxes. If enough people don't upgrade to the web based applications then Adobe will dump those applications because they won't be profitable to maintain. If enough people don't upgrade at all Adobe will tank. That wouldn't be so bad given their arrogance. I've known and worked with the company since they were 0 days old. The new Adobe is a bloated shadow of the old.
http://sugarmtnfarm.com/snowwolf/index.php/2007/09/16/fly-away-dragonfly/
Huh? I thought this was a news site, not advertising. And why does it load so slowly?
Do we really want flying car's? There are already too many morons driving around on the ground on motorized vehicles that they can't seem to control causing tens of thousands (45,000?) of deaths per year on our highways plus more off the road. These people have a hard enough time in the 2D environment of driving on the ground. In the air they'll be a total disaster and passing right over your house, your backyard and your head. No thank you.
Hmm... I see Vermont looks just like a 3rd world country. Good although not surprising. Hyper-connectivity and population density (cities) are both highly over rated. -Walter in Vermont and loving it
iPal - Palm sized Macintosh - $500
3x5 touch screen runs - Two screens fold together like a book.
MacOS full enough to run all software
Slower than other Macs of course - there are some trade offs
Auto-syncing with desktop or notebook or another iPal for full backup
Music,
Videos,
WiFi connected,
VOIP/Cell/Radio phone,
Camera
Scanner
GPS
Real World Rugged
Slips in the pocket. Size of an iPod.
Flash memory for long battery life. 4GB, 8GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB.
Induction recharging of battery.
Solar skin for recharging of battery.
Wi-Fi for the internet & VOIP.
Cellular for cellphone if desired.
Bluetooth for earphones, keyboard, mouse.
Screen is touch sensitive of course and a tablet.
Sealed case, real world rugged, no ports, no openings.
Full MacOSX from a user's perspective but you don't need optical drive and a lot of other things.
Available in any color as long as it is black.
The iPal - it does it all.
"PDFs have long been known as 'landmines of the Internet' for their long load times and the fact so many websites don't mark links as PDF so you never know when you're going to 'trip' over one." You could just look at the URL before you click. It's easy to see in most (all?) browsers.
When we bought our farm in the early '90s there was no phone. We face wrong for satellite and there are mountains in the way. Cellular connections aren't an option either. The first winter here I laid a mile and a half of twelve pair UG cable inside 1" diameter black plastic water line on the surface of the ground from the last pole (POTS NID) to my house. That has worked fine for sixteen years. I laid twelve pairs because when DSL or ISDN became available I wanted to have the capacity. We now have DSL (aDSL for those who care) although we are far beyond the official range of the circuit. The reality is it works much further than they say and we get excellent speed. So, if you can lay your own cable over the necessary distance you may well be able to get broadband.
Another alternative is to install your own WiFi system with a long distance extender from the nearest NID where DSL is available. A pair of devices like http://cellamericas.com/ASU24005g-802.11g-wifi-access-point-wifi-repeater-wifi-bridge-outdoor-wifi-pr-16309.html may do the trick for you. This is probably what I'm going to replace my cable with because we get a lot of lightning here due to the copper vein in the mountains and over the decades the EMPs have blasted many of our wire pairs. I've found the EMPs don't harm the WiFi.
Cheers,
-Walter
Sugar Mountain Farm
in the mountains of Vermont
http://sugarmtnfarm.com/blog/
http://hollygraphicart.com/
http://nonais.org/
A more interesting question is when will Google reveal the Pope's Evil.
Back in the 1970's the scientists warned us of an impending global chilling, a new ice age. Now it is global warming. Historically the temperature goes up and down. It's reality. Given my preferences I would much prefer global warming rather than global chilling. I know full well what deep winter is like - you don't want an ice age. In comparison, global warming is a walk in the park.
So exhale. The point is the original article claimed that your body uses up the oxygen in 15 seconds and you blackout. That's bogus. I've gone for minutes, with or without a lung full of air, for many minutes. Many other people have too. Rather than arguing something can't be done I would suggest learning how to do it. Never know when you'll need to jump across between space ships... :)
No Dive Reflex required - I've done 3 minutes 38 seconds just holding my breath above water. Yes, I do change my heart rate and use various calming techniques that produces a chill on the skin, probably vasoconstriction is going on, etc. But the point is it doesn't require submerging. On the partial pressure, you would still have it. Your chest wall is a pressure vessel and very tough. Your assumption that you can not hold your breath in space is questionable. I question it. The physics look fine. As to breathing at high altitude, that is an entirely different problem. You're actively breathing - not containing what you have. But all of that doesn't matter. Simply breath out if you prefer and one can still stay conscious for many minutes. It's not that difficult and his 15 seconds until blackout is bogus.
"How long can you just plain hold your breath?" As I said, about four minutes. What do you mean by "just plain"? I'm referring to simply using normal atmosphenere, not taking pure oxygen for several minutes as some do for record breaking but simply holding my breath, either inhaled or exhaled. Stop breathing. Remember to start again...
Hmm... I question his "oxygen in your lungs will explode so you can't old your breath" theory. Our lungs, ribs and associated tissues are very tough. The pressure differential to vacuum is only 15 psi. I've free dove to 90' many times with no trouble which is sort of the opposite. People climb to the top of Everest and go far higher in balloons without exploding. HOWEVER, more importantly his 15 second limit is based on using up the oxygen in the blood in that time. BUT I have expelled all the air in my lungs, that I can so sort of similar to space, and then stayed under water for four minutes. I didn't black out like he claimed I would. Yes, I trained for that, but so have many other people who've done similar or even longer times. 15 seconds to blackout is an absurdly low assumption. Many people, and probably you, can go a lot longer than that. I can.
No, you're missing the point. BMI is not an accurate measure of health or risk. Athletic people often have high BMIs because muscle weighs a lot more than fat and we have denser bones. My BMI is 31. I'm in extremely good health and very low risk. BMI as a measure of health is misguided stupidity that was discredited years ago.
Um, like didn't these guys get the memo? The Body Mass Index is not an accurate measure of health. Athletes often have very high BMIs because muscle weighs far more than fat per cubic centimeter. I have a BMI of 31. So by their rules I'm fat and unhealthy. The reason my BMI is so high is I do a lot of physical labor every day and have large muscles and dense bones. I have a very low body fat content - I sink, even in ocean water. So in their eager beaver attack on the fat they're going to punish healthy people too. Dumb.
So where will they get all the data on the individuals? From UseNet posts, forums, blogs, etc of course! But what the military morons don't realize is all that stuff is made up best and worst case scenarios. This will make their parallel Earth useless. Garbage In - Garbage Out.
What fun. And just the other day someone complained that Apple's _BETA_ Safari 3.0 for Windows contained a couple of bugs, which Apple IMMEDIATELY patched. At least Apple acknowledges and fixes their errors in their beta software. Microsoft just releases the beta software as final product and then pretends everything is hunky-dory. Maybe they'll release a patch at the end of the year.
Actually, this wouldn't save the trees at all. It would just waste wood. You see, when logging is done to harvest timber for construction, cabinetry and other fine wood crafting there is a lot of extra pulp wood left over that is not otherwise useful. If we leave it in the woods it can be a fire risk and it is a lot of material, often 2 to 4 times as much as is harvested for the primary use. Furthermore, over the decades that it takes to grow trees one must go in and weed out the poorly formed trees, the junk wood and thin the forest to give the trees sufficient room to grow into high quality trees. This is sustainable forestry. The pulp wood that is produced can be used to make firewood to heat homes, mulch for gardens and compost, pallets and of course, paper. Paper is an natural excellent use of the pulp wood. If you eliminate this high payer of pulp then you will increase the cost of logging significantly. That means the price of the higher grade timber will go up as the pulp is nolonger helping to maintain the forests and get the timber. This means the prices of housing, cabinetry, furniture and other nice wood products will soar. Forestry, logging, keeps a great many people employed from the forester to the logger to the trucker to the saw mill operator to the furniture maker to the construction worker all building homes and other wood products for you. On a secondary level they support the local general stores, mechanics, tradesmen, farmers, etc - note that many loggers are farmers during the summer. Wood is a wonderful renewable resource. I agree - don't waste it with the huge clear cuts that are practiced in some places, but it is done sustainably by a great many foresters, loggers and small land owners. But don't make dumb, uninformed statements like "Safe the trees, man" when you don't understand the economics, biology and other factors in the system.
Ick. More factory farming with all the teaming problems that represents. No thanks.
"the Windows world isn't like that. It's a cold, unforgiving place where nothing is sacred, users turn like rabid wolves Wolves are more polite, but I suppose that is besides the point. on any company that makes even the smallest error, and no prisoners are taken. Especially the Windows browser market. ... While security nerds were ripping Apple for a buggy beta, the UI enthusiasts started going after Apple for the look and feel. Here's a small sample. Apple can expect much more of this in the future. The problem? Safari for Windows just isn't Windows enough.'"
Good. Being "Windowsy" would be terrible. Apple is here to show the poor Windows users a better way. Windoze Sukethz.
I get the distinct impression that the AnonCoward who left the post doesn't really understand the Macintosh Way...
You need to have a little tolerance and respect for lawyers because according to their billable hours most of them are over 2,000 years old.
House #3 You are told that there is one million dollars in the house down the street. The owner also has a pack of large dogs that free roam inside and out. That is the house you would be a fool to mess with no matter if the owner is armed or not. Very interesting studies show that theives are not very intimidated by gun owning homeowners because they think the homeowner won't pull the trigger but those same theives are extremely intimidated by dogs and will wisely skip those houses. Even small dogs are intimidating because in part they can be very noisy in addition to giving nasty little bites. Big dogs can take off arms, legs, heads and really mess up your face. One dog is bad. Two is worse. A large pack is not to be messed with. Yes, their are friendly dogs. Yes, you could try throwing them a treat. But are you willing to risk your life on that bet or would it be better to just move on down the road... Don't mess with House #3.