Judging by nothing other than his posts to the Corecodec forums, Dan Marlin is an arrogant fuckwad who knows nothing about the law or copyright, and he DESERVES to be prosecuted for his ILLEGAL DMCA takedown notice.
In the past 18 months every alpha geek at my workplace has moved to a Mac. Looking around my office right now, it's probably 40% Windows, 40% Mac, 20% Ubuntu or Debian.
Dunno about the Imac, but I've upgraded HDD and RAM in my Mac Mini with nothing more than a breadknife from the kitchen. Didn't even need a screwdriver.
OSX also offers no default lock-screen option like windows does
I have "Start Screen Saver" (with password) bound to the bottom left corner of the screen with Expose. If I'm stepping away from my computer, I basically just throw the mouse down and to the left as I stand up, and my screen is locked.
It's hardware get over it, that is what insurance i(s) for
Whew, I was afraid I'd have to be the first person here with a grasp on reality.
If my laptop gets stolen, I call the insurance company and I get a BRAND-NEW laptop. End of story. The moment the replacement laptop arrives, I stop thinking about the old one.
As far as the laptop's contents are concerned... I won't have lost any files greater than 60 minutes old, and unless my laptop is stolen by a thief who can crack 256-bit AES I'm not worried that someone will be peering through my personal files.
I'm posting this from a Linux machine, but I'm the first to admit that if it doesn't have native MS Office and Itunes, it's not "ready for the desktop".
My Mini (Leopard) runs 24/7 and I've rebooted it, um... twice this year? for patch updates. My Macbook (also Leopard) *has* crashed a few times, usually when I've been doing something processor-intensive and put the Macbook to sleep in the middle of it.
The second-hand G4 (Tiger) I bought on Ebay for $40 is solid as a rock.
Also, I hasten to point out that I use these as DESKTOP machines. My servers all run various Linuxes. But the point of this discussion is that as far as desktop UNIX goes, OS X is the daddy.
Yep. I was totally sick of Windows and all its hassles, and I couldn't resist the opportunity to use a desktop OS with the strength and configurability of UNIX with a slick modern GUI.
In related news, people in other places earn different salaries, have different living costs - and this is the real jawdropper - different-colored money than people in America.
Apple also has complete control over the hardware specs their software is supposed to run on, which must considerably narrow the complexity of their hardware interfaces. That's why Apple makes whole computers (or devices) and doesn't separate their hardware from their software.
Oh, so that explains how the Xbox 360 is a marvel of engineering, stability, and software integration.
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I have a Quad-Core 3.0 and I can tell you, with the GPUs that came with it, I can barely play WoW
Then there's something wrong with your Mac. Wow is perfectly playable on my 2.0GHz C1D Macbook with integrated graphics.
Hear that sound, that enormous wash of white noise like the mother of all surf on the mother of all beaches?
That's the whole world laughing. At you.
Here is a picture for you:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=hard-drive-recovered-from-columbia&sc=rss
No, I'm pretty sure that's just stock photography of an IBM Deskstar after one week of use.
Yes, but Frank Abagnale is now rich and successful BECAUSE of his life of crime, not in spite of it.
Judging by nothing other than his posts to the Corecodec forums, Dan Marlin is an arrogant fuckwad who knows nothing about the law or copyright, and he DESERVES to be prosecuted for his ILLEGAL DMCA takedown notice.
In the past 18 months every alpha geek at my workplace has moved to a Mac. Looking around my office right now, it's probably 40% Windows, 40% Mac, 20% Ubuntu or Debian.
The imac / mini are not that easy to be opened up
Dunno about the Imac, but I've upgraded HDD and RAM in my Mac Mini with nothing more than a breadknife from the kitchen. Didn't even need a screwdriver.
OSX also offers no default lock-screen option like windows does
I have "Start Screen Saver" (with password) bound to the bottom left corner of the screen with Expose. If I'm stepping away from my computer, I basically just throw the mouse down and to the left as I stand up, and my screen is locked.
*golf clap* :)
"anoptikon"
Except Enders Game was actually good literature.
You're kidding, right? "Ender's Game" is neither literature, nor good.
Do yourself a favour and read this.
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/5/28/193926/689
Was it the complaints about not having 2-button mice, or the ranting about not being able to dual-boot with Windows that gave it away?
History constitutes less than 2000 years.
Hey, look everyone! We've got a postcard from IGNORANT WORLD.
His first name is pronounced "OO-vay".
It's hardware get over it, that is what insurance i(s) for
Whew, I was afraid I'd have to be the first person here with a grasp on reality.
If my laptop gets stolen, I call the insurance company and I get a BRAND-NEW laptop. End of story. The moment the replacement laptop arrives, I stop thinking about the old one.
As far as the laptop's contents are concerned... I won't have lost any files greater than 60 minutes old, and unless my laptop is stolen by a thief who can crack 256-bit AES I'm not worried that someone will be peering through my personal files.
read "Made in America"
Don't let the Apple DRM and EFI code get in your way. :)
I don't. I'm posting this in Safari under OS X installed on an Intel C2D-based PC I put together myself.
Pirated? I have a perfectly legitimate OS X cd for which I paid full retail, and I'll install it on whatever machine I want.
I'm posting this from a Linux machine, but I'm the first to admit that if it doesn't have native MS Office and Itunes, it's not "ready for the desktop".
My Mini (Leopard) runs 24/7 and I've rebooted it, um... twice this year? for patch updates. My Macbook (also Leopard) *has* crashed a few times, usually when I've been doing something processor-intensive and put the Macbook to sleep in the middle of it.
The second-hand G4 (Tiger) I bought on Ebay for $40 is solid as a rock.
Also, I hasten to point out that I use these as DESKTOP machines. My servers all run various Linuxes. But the point of this discussion is that as far as desktop UNIX goes, OS X is the daddy.
Windows users have the right to an alternative.
Yep. I was totally sick of Windows and all its hassles, and I couldn't resist the opportunity to use a desktop OS with the strength and configurability of UNIX with a slick modern GUI.
So I got a Mac.
In related news, people in other places earn different salaries, have different living costs - and this is the real jawdropper - different-colored money than people in America.
Whoa.
In space, no one can hear lawyers scream.
Yeah, but we're not in space. Therefore we can all hear the laywers cream.
Apple also has complete control over the hardware specs their software is supposed to run on, which must considerably narrow the complexity of their hardware interfaces. That's why Apple makes whole computers (or devices) and doesn't separate their hardware from their software.
Oh, so that explains how the Xbox 360 is a marvel of engineering, stability, and software integration.
I would be happier if they expressed the power of this laser in the recognized units of "Libraries of Congress" and "football fields".