The problem is people that thought they were doing some good by recycling these computers are actually contributing to the damage the human population is doing to the earth. Regardless of the fact that the Chinese government is paying for it, the people trying to do some good are in effect supporting pollution, and THAT is the problem.
I am the farthest thing from an environmentalist (I still have yet to see a clear cut case for or against global warming), but pollution isn't a "China" or "US" problem, it's a world problem. When Chernobyl blew up, it dumped fallout all over, not just Russia. It wasn't "their" problem, it was everyone's. The same can be said for the oceans and I'm sure people can make cases for the land.
So then why even have UFS available? I'm not being snide, I really want to know. I prefer case sensitivity and I don't own a mac, I've just been gathering information for when I buy an iBook this summer. I was under the impression that UFS is preferred if you absolutely know you won't be using OS 9 software. Can you point me to a link that discusses the pros and cons? Thanks.
This is a slightly incorrect statement. Case sensitivity is dependent on the filesystem format. To keep compatability with OS 9 (for users that upgrade), OS X can be installed on a HFS+ partition. To maintain that compatability though as a consequence, it is case insensitive. OS X on a clean install presents you with an option to install as a HFS+ install or a UFS (Unix File System) install. The UFS is a case sensitive file system. I think the default install on a machine you get from Apple right now is an HFS+ version. However, if you are doing a complete reinstall or new install and want "classic" mode, I'd recommend setting up two partitions, one UFS for OS X and one HFS+ for your older apps.
Not a handheld, but Nintendo's Gamecube is meant to be portable: It even has a handle. It also has a screen attachement and is small enough to be carried over to your friend's house. Gamecube (and nintendo in general) is about social game playing. That's why 90% of their first party titles are all about pick up and play (not to mention that the N64 was the first (modern) system to come with 4 controller ports standard). It would be key if nintendo could just reuse the discs on a portable. They're recycling (yay!) some of the SNES games, but they have to port them for the GBA. If they could just create a handheld that used the Cube discs, I think they'd continue to dominate the handheld market for years
To piggy back this comment: Graphics people need all the processing power so that they can have Photoshop, Illustrator and one or two other graphics programs open at the same time (especially for animators). IIRC, Photoshop itself has built in dual proc support.
Half the people think this is a joke and the other half take it seriously. It's sad that we live in a world where it isn't overtly obvious that this is a joke and instead is taken as a legitimate fear (at least it sounds like a joke to me).
Here's an idea: Pay the $40 and get a newly released official ISO and support the project. Supporting Open Source doesn't mean you have to be a cheap bastard, especially when you're complaining about unofficial ISOs. Don't agree with OpenBSD's policy on IPF? Don't use OpenBSD.
I think it's great that Darren released his own version of OpenBSD. I hope that many people will in fact use it and love it. I however will not be one of those people. See, to me, Theo and his attitude are good for the OS. Theo wants things his way(tm) or the highway. This means that only software that _he_ wants to run and use will be included. Would you write software that you wouldn't trust or use? Given that the rest of the OpenBSD team checks Theo's work too, I trust that the OpenBSD product will be a robust, secure OS. Darren's porduct AFAIK will only be audited by himself. This to me is not as secure or as desireable as the official OpenBSD product and therefore won't be used by me for the whole reason of using OpenBSD: security. I've never met Theo, and from what I understand he can be a real ass, but something about his analality (??) helps me sleep at night not worrying about my home network getting haX0red.
I agree with the reviewer. I have the book and a large amount of it is going on and on about a non-software system. While this is not great for applying the UML to current projects at work, it is _really_ good if I need a quick reference to things like what is the difference between an aggregation (a zoo is still a zoo if it has 1 or more anaimals) and a composition (a table can't be a table without a top and legs) that is easily real world understandable. A better book for reference though is UML Distilled by Addison-Wesley.
I don't know if using both sides would actually reduce footprint, at least as far as width is concerned. While you _could_ reduce height by moving components normally stacked on top of each other to opposite each other, these components now occupy twice the horizontal length. Still not bad if you can stick the monitor on it instead of on a monitor stand (and cool it sufficiently).
I'm not a TiVo owner/modifier, but if it has USB networking, couldn't it just be thrown on your home network? If it's on your home network, what's to stop you from accessing it's filesystem (someone somewhere will definitely write some code to do this) and archiving the stuff onto one of your machines? I'm not being snotty, I'm seriously asking this. I know you have to enable "sharing" of information (ala NFS/samba/whatever) but it's possible to do this isn't it using some TiVo hackery?
They should take at serious look at the game console market if they want to know how to make more money after selling the basic box. It's all in the expansion, stupid
Actually first party companies don't make money on peripherals. Usually someone like SONY will sell a memory card for say $34 and joe-bob third party will sell one for $20. Well guess which one most people buy (but guess which one sucks). Most console makers lose money on hardware (sega) and make it on software licensing (SONY). The hardware biz sucks. I do agree though they they need someway of transferring data off the device before I'll buy one. I know the critics would scream about piracy, but I want to be able to burn a show onto a DVD or at least store it on my 100 gig drive on my Linux box. Oh well
Wonderswan: not coming to this side of the ocean even though it has Square and Final Fantasy behind it.
While I don't doubt M$'s money and ability to release this thing (and it looks like gaming is a side feature), compete with Gameboy it won't. Gameboy is an unstoppable monster. Every kid has one, they're backward compatible so there is a library of a zillion games, and companies are releasing GBA versions of the SNES games a bunch of us adults loved. M$'s doohicky may exist, but will never compete.
My issue with M$ is that they want to be an apsect of every part of my life. I don't use Linux exclusively because I can't. My job requires I run Win2K, which to be honest, hasn't crashed on me and has improved my opinion of their software. What I don't like is M$'s attitude. Ship everything open/enabled by default (some Linuxes do this too, hence my preference for OpenBSD). I also don't like that they want to have Windows in _everything_. If the DVD manufacturers keep it as an addition and not the standard, I'm cool with that. I just don't want an MS splash screen when I turn on my toaster some day.
Apple has opened boutique style stores where people can come in and actually see how easy it is to use iTunes, iMovie, iPod etc.
This is EXACTLY why I'm considering an iBook. I want a notebook, but I don't want to run Windows on it. I could probably run Linux on it and be happy, but I have to find one I'd really like to shell out laptop prices. So I was thinking about iBooks (hey, it's not OpenBSD, but it's BSD) and I went to the mall to check out one of the stores. I was blown away. The iBook looks great! I can get to my command line, I know all the software will work with all the hardware and it was just _fun_ to tool around with in the store. Aqua is a little on the candy side, but it's still pretty cool. And iTunes rocks! On top of that, it comes with java 1.3.1 and apache pre-installed? Gravy. The store totally sold me.
Read my reply to my own posting, the first one. It's not that _I_ think the only development opportunities are in the US, I'm just saying that it is typical for US companies to seek out labor in what they percieve to be less developed countries. You don't see companies hitting up France for cheap labor because they can't. The french and most European countries are "first-world" countries and wouldn't stand for the shit-end of the stick, where as countries like Mexico, Taiwan, etc will settle for any work for very few American dollars.
Not useless to the marketing people, especially if the RIAA or MPAA say "Hey kazaa, we'll make your life hell" (like they're already trying to do, but can't, etc) and kazaa says "please don't hurt us. How about all this free data on people's downloading habits in exchange for easing a little pressure. What movies they download, what songs they listen to, etc?"
So you hire an English speaking "Front Controller" that all communication goes through. I see your point, but I think a lot of the overhead of Software Architect to Developers communication can be funneled through one Senior English speaking representative. I think it wouldn't be as big a deal to communicate a good design (the key here is good. Language doesn't matter if the design sucks, developement will take a long time) if the non-US team had a good representative.
And for anyone that thinks me US-centric: I don't claim to know how other countries' companies make their money, so save the flames. I just know that a large amount of US companies ship out the crappy jobs to poorer nations (pronounced NAFTA and other ways).
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I am the farthest thing from an environmentalist (I still have yet to see a clear cut case for or against global warming), but pollution isn't a "China" or "US" problem, it's a world problem. When Chernobyl blew up, it dumped fallout all over, not just Russia. It wasn't "their" problem, it was everyone's. The same can be said for the oceans and I'm sure people can make cases for the land.
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Actually first party companies don't make money on peripherals. Usually someone like SONY will sell a memory card for say $34 and joe-bob third party will sell one for $20. Well guess which one most people buy (but guess which one sucks). Most console makers lose money on hardware (sega) and make it on software licensing (SONY). The hardware biz sucks. I do agree though they they need someway of transferring data off the device before I'll buy one. I know the critics would scream about piracy, but I want to be able to burn a show onto a DVD or at least store it on my 100 gig drive on my Linux box. Oh well
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Crap. I wasn't supposed to be replying to this thread... doh!
Wonderswan: not coming to this side of the ocean even though it has Square and Final Fantasy behind it.
While I don't doubt M$'s money and ability to release this thing (and it looks like gaming is a side feature), compete with Gameboy it won't. Gameboy is an unstoppable monster. Every kid has one, they're backward compatible so there is a library of a zillion games, and companies are releasing GBA versions of the SNES games a bunch of us adults loved. M$'s doohicky may exist, but will never compete.
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This is EXACTLY why I'm considering an iBook. I want a notebook, but I don't want to run Windows on it. I could probably run Linux on it and be happy, but I have to find one I'd really like to shell out laptop prices. So I was thinking about iBooks (hey, it's not OpenBSD, but it's BSD) and I went to the mall to check out one of the stores. I was blown away. The iBook looks great! I can get to my command line, I know all the software will work with all the hardware and it was just _fun_ to tool around with in the store. Aqua is a little on the candy side, but it's still pretty cool. And iTunes rocks! On top of that, it comes with java 1.3.1 and apache pre-installed? Gravy. The store totally sold me.
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