Why in the fuck was the navy using Windows NT, when they could have been using Solaris or Linux or even fucking HP-UX? What were they thinking? An OS that is known to crash as often as NT, without any recourse in case of a crash, is obviously a very poor choice. How long do you think that this ship is designed to be away from port? Six months, a year, who knows! You should probably install an OS that will run for at least that long WITHOUT crashing, that's just common sense.
Wow! I have a TiBook and think that the arcane key combinations are way more screwy than typing eject on the command line. I am used to Linux and FreeBSD mostly, so the command line is where it's at. Apple seems to agree with me on this one, too.
In Mac OS X, the voice recognition is kinda cool, and works well for what it does. However, when I find myself navagating in the browser (or 'Finder' for all the tools out there) it gets tedius.
"Down, down, down, down, right, down, down, right, left, down, down, right, down, open document, [waits for application to open] scroll down, scroll down, quit application."
A lot of energy and time spent where about 10 seconds worth of clicking would accomplish the same thing. It is useful in a limited way, however.
The problem with NeXT was the fucking incredible cost of the machines and developer tools. To get one NeXT machine with developer tools would cost about 12,000 dollars at a MINIMUM! Today, you can acquire a well-spec'd Mac with developer tools for about a grand.
You can't easily Cocoa any existing application. Writing a proper Cocoa app takes a different mindset than the traditional c / c++ program does. Until we see programs benchmarked that were coded NATIVELY in Cocoa, we won't see much that is impressive.
That being said, Carbon is a crutch for developers. Nothing more.
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The real reason why Longhorn was chosen as the name of the new Windows is because Bill Gates is still hoping that his penis will grow. The current size and shape of Bill's penis is such that it can't be distinguished from his pubes. Whistler is named for his wife's reaction to the apparent lack of a penis (she apparently whistles during sex to occupy herself) and Blackcomb is actually named after the fated comb that once amputated his penis. Bill reportedly didn't notice it was missing until weeks later, but scientisis were able to attach a fetal mouse penis. All is well, and Bill says he notices a marked size improvement.
This is exactly why I dropped out of University. I was in class after class with kids who think that computers are a great way of making money, but that's about all they know or care to learn. In my average discussion class (about 30 people) I considered myself lucky if I found ONE PERSON with a clue to befriend. Many classes had nobody with any sort of knowledge, and worse than that, no desire to truly learn about computers, information, logic or anything else. These are folks who can learn to code in a language in three months and forget every detail of what they learned a month after the final exam.
You don't need college to make you smart, you need the will to learn. If college is just a means to an end (money) then go for it. If you are interested in research, colleges are good for that (although not the only option). If you want to learn, maybe college will help you out in that, too. As for me, I prefer learning in my apartment in my own way to any college class. It's faster, easier, and more pleasurable for me.
Okay, now that I've whacked you upside the head with the Clue Stick a few times, I'll tell you why the iBook is not that cool.
It's a processor that is at the end of it's life-cycle. It's not going to be supported in 2 years. If you get the new Powerbook, you will have a machine that can last much longer. In 5 years I probably will be able to run OS XI or whatever, but if the lack of speed is intolerable, I could always reboot into Linux or NetBSD / OpenBSD or perhaps some new OS of some kind. It's an investment in quality, like the Newton.
I've been using my Newton since the spring of 1995, and it still works great! My Palm self-destructed on an especially high summit, so I had to fall back to using the Newt for a while, and the thing is rock solid.
A thin version of OS X is feasable (although I think it would probably still be chubby in places), and Apple could make a PDA that would be worlds cooler than the current breeds of PDA. It would probably cost a thousand bucks, but it would still be cool.
Oh, the iPad is a joke. Whatever Apple comes up with will be much cooler.
The U of Iowa surplus dudes had several hundred pallates of older Macs, and I'm sure they're not the only University that does. There are more than enough surplus Macs to last everyone who wants one for years to come, so don't fret.
Actually, dd is perfectly suitable for backups both remote and local, of varying types of media in a variety of cool ways. You may not use it 'anymore', but I suspect that's because you haven't used it in the first place.
The biggest problem with NeXT was that it was way too fucking expensive to get a machine. I'm sorry, but it's true. The performance of a Mac with the cost of a high-end SGI is not a recipe for massive business.
Oh, does anyone have a real reason for disliking Mach, or did you just hear somebody say that it's the CORBA of microkernel design and just start parroting that? Mach is quite robust and does it's job well.
I think that perhaps one day Jordan was asked by Apple executive types "Why are you still helping a BSD that is light years ahead of Apple's, which, by the way, we are trying to keep up with, when you could be spending more time helping Darwin play catch-up?"
Seriously, though, FreeBSD 5 rocks and Darwin is stuck in the old 3.? days. Macs would rock even more if they had a more modern BSD.
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That sounds like terrorist talk to me.
Why in the fuck was the navy using Windows NT, when they could have been using Solaris or Linux or even fucking HP-UX? What were they thinking? An OS that is known to crash as often as NT, without any recourse in case of a crash, is obviously a very poor choice. How long do you think that this ship is designed to be away from port? Six months, a year, who knows! You should probably install an OS that will run for at least that long WITHOUT crashing, that's just common sense.
Because paint grenades are nowhere near as cool as a BFG.
The NeXTs were better spec'd than most Sun workstations at the time. Nice features like the built-in DSP made them more attractive for sure.
The cost was steep for a color NeXT though, $7995 if I recall correctly.
Your rights are the last thing on the court
's mind right now. How in the fuck do your rights make the corrupt judges in this country any money?
Pretty soon people will realize that they have quite a lot less rights than they thought they were guaranteed.
You will still have the right to pay taxes and to die. Everything else is debatble.
Wow! I have a TiBook and think that the arcane key combinations are way more screwy than typing eject on the command line. I am used to Linux and FreeBSD mostly, so the command line is where it's at. Apple seems to agree with me on this one, too.
Damn, I remember when those dudes had to defeat the terrorists on the Buran to save the astronauts.
Oh, wait! That was ME!!
Or, no, uhh, I guess I played Rainbow Six : Eagle Watch for far too many hours.
In Mac OS X, the voice recognition is kinda cool, and works well for what it does. However, when I find myself navagating in the browser (or 'Finder' for all the tools out there) it gets tedius.
"Down, down, down, down, right, down, down, right, left, down, down, right, down, open document, [waits for application to open] scroll down, scroll down, quit application."
A lot of energy and time spent where about 10 seconds worth of clicking would accomplish the same thing. It is useful in a limited way, however.
The problem with NeXT was the fucking incredible cost of the machines and developer tools. To get one NeXT machine with developer tools would cost about 12,000 dollars at a MINIMUM! Today, you can acquire a well-spec'd Mac with developer tools for about a grand.
Carbon sux.
You can't easily Cocoa any existing application. Writing a proper Cocoa app takes a different mindset than the traditional c / c++ program does. Until we see programs benchmarked that were coded NATIVELY in Cocoa, we won't see much that is impressive.
That being said, Carbon is a crutch for developers. Nothing more.
The real reason why Longhorn was chosen as the name of the new Windows is because Bill Gates is still hoping that his penis will grow. The current size and shape of Bill's penis is such that it can't be distinguished from his pubes. Whistler is named for his wife's reaction to the apparent lack of a penis (she apparently whistles during sex to occupy herself) and Blackcomb is actually named after the fated comb that once amputated his penis. Bill reportedly didn't notice it was missing until weeks later, but scientisis were able to attach a fetal mouse penis. All is well, and Bill says he notices a marked size improvement.
Unless you're an asthmatic. I love dogs, but would never own one. They make me ill. However, an Aibo would be an amusing sort of substitute.
Except play tribes, spread SirCam, and crash 80 times a day. These are abilities that only Windows comes with.
This is exactly why I dropped out of University. I was in class after class with kids who think that computers are a great way of making money, but that's about all they know or care to learn. In my average discussion class (about 30 people) I considered myself lucky if I found ONE PERSON with a clue to befriend. Many classes had nobody with any sort of knowledge, and worse than that, no desire to truly learn about computers, information, logic or anything else. These are folks who can learn to code in a language in three months and forget every detail of what they learned a month after the final exam.
You don't need college to make you smart, you need the will to learn. If college is just a means to an end (money) then go for it. If you are interested in research, colleges are good for that (although not the only option). If you want to learn, maybe college will help you out in that, too. As for me, I prefer learning in my apartment in my own way to any college class. It's faster, easier, and more pleasurable for me.
Don't you dare buy an iBook!!!
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Okay, now that I've whacked you upside the head with the Clue Stick a few times, I'll tell you why the iBook is not that cool.
It's a processor that is at the end of it's life-cycle. It's not going to be supported in 2 years. If you get the new Powerbook, you will have a machine that can last much longer. In 5 years I probably will be able to run OS XI or whatever, but if the lack of speed is intolerable, I could always reboot into Linux or NetBSD / OpenBSD or perhaps some new OS of some kind. It's an investment in quality, like the Newton.
I've been using my Newton since the spring of 1995, and it still works great! My Palm self-destructed on an especially high summit, so I had to fall back to using the Newt for a while, and the thing is rock solid.
A thin version of OS X is feasable (although I think it would probably still be chubby in places), and Apple could make a PDA that would be worlds cooler than the current breeds of PDA. It would probably cost a thousand bucks, but it would still be cool.
Oh, the iPad is a joke. Whatever Apple comes up with will be much cooler.
The U of Iowa surplus dudes had several hundred pallates of older Macs, and I'm sure they're not the only University that does. There are more than enough surplus Macs to last everyone who wants one for years to come, so don't fret.
Yeah, I was inspired to go get some Scotch whiskey this afternoon! Thanks, Scotty!
Actually, dd is perfectly suitable for backups both remote and local, of varying types of media in a variety of cool ways. You may not use it 'anymore', but I suspect that's because you haven't used it in the first place.
Uhhh, because Apple wants to have an incentive for poeple to buy their products. It's called SURVIVAL!
The biggest problem with NeXT was that it was way too fucking expensive to get a machine. I'm sorry, but it's true. The performance of a Mac with the cost of a high-end SGI is not a recipe for massive business.
Oh, does anyone have a real reason for disliking Mach, or did you just hear somebody say that it's the CORBA of microkernel design and just start parroting that? Mach is quite robust and does it's job well.
You'll live with shackles around your ankles and neck, if you agreed to the XP license.
This smells foul indeed. I would be careful of anybody that only accepts totally anonymous money. No personal checks accepted? No Visa / MC / AmEx?
And, the most damning evidence of all: THEY'RE FROM CANADA!!!
I think that perhaps one day Jordan was asked by Apple executive types "Why are you still helping a BSD that is light years ahead of Apple's, which, by the way, we are trying to keep up with, when you could be spending more time helping Darwin play catch-up?"
Seriously, though, FreeBSD 5 rocks and Darwin is stuck in the old 3.? days. Macs would rock even more if they had a more modern BSD.
And now one can hook up a Cinema Display without having to buy the DVIator