A warning like this will never work. Invariably when asked not to use flash phorography, some wiseass sets off his camera. This would normally fall under the category of natural selection, but in this case other, potentially smart, people would be killed. Maybe they would consider a xenon flash bulb a weapon and arrest anyone carrying a camera for being a terrorist?
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Is something like an 8.5x11 sheet of this stuff on a sturdy clip board - with some memory. This way I can take class notes and such, and have it simply record my pen strokes. Dont bother trying to interpret what I write. Then when I fill a page - hit a store button that saves what I did and clears off the page for me.
I guess I want to see something like those "note pads" on star trek TNG....
But if someone tried to toss another pie at him, it would be tested for antrax and any other scarey disease they can think of. I think all of the demonstrators would get arrested for being terrorists anyway - considering how much the government these days seems to like M$.
Why does it matter that they only offer one pointing device? Most PC manufacturers do the same. If you dont like manufacturer X's trackpad, then you are out of luck as well, unless you go with manufacturer Y's product. This is how it is in a regular competitive market. If you dont like some aspect about a product, buy a different one that you do like.
Not everyone will like the form factor of the powerbook or the iBook, and thus they shouldnt buy one. The track pad on the powerbook and iBook are of a high quality - they a re the most accurate trackpad devices I have ever played with. However, I still despise trackpads and for the most part, use a mouse with my Pismo PB.
...It might not be all too soon. With the anti-terrorism legislation that has screwed with our rights more than necessary, it seems that congress is willing to do all sorts of scary things in the name of public safety. This seems to be the beginning of a big-brother society. Would the RIAA have rights to randomly hack into any machine they suspect of having illegal MP3s? What would happen in a situation like mine where the only MP3s on my computer are the ones I have ripped from my own CDs to transfer to my rio? Would the RIAA claim they have the right to crack my security measures because they know there are MP3s on the computer, legal or not?
Yes its true that rebuilding the desktop can be a horridly ugly and unplesant experience. However the last time I had to rebuild the desktop on my heavily used Mac was about 2 years ago. On the other hand the number of times I needed to reimage a windows box that has gone to hell is beyond me...
I would be one of those. I own a mac and run Linux (Debian/unstable) on it almost exclusivly. Why? I like the hardware better. I think the PPC processor is superior to the x86 archetecture. Sure, its just a preference. I also found that buying my current mac (a powerbook 2000) was cheaper than buying the comperably-spec'ed PC laptop. Everytime I did the math, the powerbook came out on top by about $500. And this was considering the fact that I would be running the same operating system on either machine. I keep MacOS around on the hard drive just in case I feel like playing with it - but I dont really use it.
I run linux on both my Macs and love it. I only use MacOS if I need to write something (IE - having to use those darned "desktop" apps). For everything else - linux is the way to go.
I might be mistaken, but I believe that Apple licenced SGI's flat panel technology a while back (2 years ago?).
There was some hype about this back on the rumor sites - which makes me think that Apple's flatpanels are just colored-plastic covered SGI flat panels.
I generally find open source to be "project" oriented while commercial softwware is definaltly business oriented. In many open source projects there generally only needs to be one place to keep the code, and one or two people that do some code traffiking. With commercial software you have a beuracracy that creates the code.
I see companies trying to pull open source projects, and have them work, such as darwin. This is a good thing because these companies are seeing openb source as a possible way to get real work done as opposed to watching their closed source projects slag along into oblivion.
I feel that an open source project, properly run, can create great software. This kind of thing works well in the business model where a large company heads the project (in a way) like Apple with darwin or Netscape with Mozilla. Its a sort of hybrid business model and, IMO, works rather well.
I have a final to go to, and will follow up later.
"And if I close my mind in fear, please pry it open" In fact, words I live by. So why is it you guys "closed your mind in fear", but wont let anyone "pry it open"? Trading digital music files is a way many people get started listening to your material. Why cant this be a good thing for you?
The 68k is hugely popular as an embedded processor. Hell, my fridge has one. Wow...powers macs ans refridgerators! Nice and versitle.
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Well, I am at JHU. I am a huge supporter of Open Source and such, and in general do all of my work using free software in LinuxPPC. I also write small utilities (when time allows) for the Mac. Thats what worries me most. Will this law affect me writing freeware games/utilities even though I am not a resident of Maryland? I only go to school here.
how many pounds of cocaine and how many prostitutes won't they be able to buy because of the "loss" napster is causing them.
That is the most unfair judgement I have ever heard. If you had taken just a few minutes to find out about who you were bashing you would know that Metallica is much "cleaner" than many other bands out there. It isnt fair to anyone to unjustly go accusing them of being druggies etc.
"On a side note, how good is GCC on the PowerPC ?"
IME - gcc sux on the PPC, it write very nasty unoptimized code. It works beutifully on x86, but not on PPC. egcs, OTOH, generates great PPC code so there is no lack of good compiles out there.
I run LinuxPPC about 90% of the time, only switching to the Mac when I need to use the dreaded Microshaft Office - fortunatly thats rare. I only do this because my poor printer and Linux dont mix.
I am going to have to disagree with some of this. At this school, about half of the CS majors have NO idea what to do when faced with a programming/design problem. They became CS majors because they liked playing quake - not because they had any skill in the field. Although I develop games as a hobby, I wouldnt consider this major because I am not really interested in being stuck into game design my entire life.
I suppose Motorola caught up. Still upgrading the processor to 500mhz doesn't help much in a world full of 800 mhz PIIIs and Athlons. Should add a boost for professional video and photoshop folks out there.*/
The speed bump in the G4 is pretty significant. The chip already blows away the pentium based competition at its current speed (being fair: in floating point intensive apps). Its the PC world which is touting this "MHz" thing as a true benchmark. PCs have nice big flashy numbers (750-800-1000) so they decide to flaunt that. Unfortunatly for Apple/Motoroloa, that means that people sit there drooling like idiots and decide that their PIII 750 will always be faster than some "lame" G4 450. (It certainly cant balance your checkbook, or do your taxes any faster, but thats a different story) Also, the G4 isnt ready for portable use, its still too much of a power hog (though, oddly enough, not as bad as a PIII) I believe that the G4e is supposed to have better power handling and will be used in powerbooks later this year (dont hold me to that, im not exactly sure)
My school charges $90/semester for ethernet access and about $70/semester for dialup access. If, in this case, they restricted any websites I would be rather pissed because I am directly paying for the access...
Although I havent found it very useful yet, MacOS 9 has a keychain feature that essentially does what you said. I tried it once, thought it was cool then disabled it.
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A warning like this will never work. Invariably when asked not to use flash phorography, some wiseass sets off his camera. This would normally fall under the category of natural selection, but in this case other, potentially smart, people would be killed. Maybe they would consider a xenon flash bulb a weapon and arrest anyone carrying a camera for being a terrorist?
Is something like an 8.5x11 sheet of this stuff on a sturdy clip board - with some memory. This way I can take class notes and such, and have it simply record my pen strokes. Dont bother trying to interpret what I write. Then when I fill a page - hit a store button that saves what I did and clears off the page for me.
I guess I want to see something like those "note pads" on star trek TNG....
But if someone tried to toss another pie at him, it would be tested for antrax and any other scarey disease they can think of. I think all of the demonstrators would get arrested for being terrorists anyway - considering how much the government these days seems to like M$.
Why does it matter that they only offer one pointing device? Most PC manufacturers do the same. If you dont like manufacturer X's trackpad, then you are out of luck as well, unless you go with manufacturer Y's product. This is how it is in a regular competitive market. If you dont like some aspect about a product, buy a different one that you do like.
Not everyone will like the form factor of the powerbook or the iBook, and thus they shouldnt buy one. The track pad on the powerbook and iBook are of a high quality - they a re the most accurate trackpad devices I have ever played with. However, I still despise trackpads and for the most part, use a mouse with my Pismo PB.
...It might not be all too soon. With the anti-terrorism legislation that has screwed with our rights more than necessary, it seems that congress is willing to do all sorts of scary things in the name of public safety. This seems to be the beginning of a big-brother society. Would the RIAA have rights to randomly hack into any machine they suspect of having illegal MP3s? What would happen in a situation like mine where the only MP3s on my computer are the ones I have ripped from my own CDs to transfer to my rio? Would the RIAA claim they have the right to crack my security measures because they know there are MP3s on the computer, legal or not?
This is insane....
Yes its true that rebuilding the desktop can be a horridly ugly and unplesant experience. However the last time I had to rebuild the desktop on my heavily used Mac was about 2 years ago. On the other hand the number of times I needed to reimage a windows box that has gone to hell is beyond me...
I would be one of those. I own a mac and run Linux (Debian/unstable) on it almost exclusivly. Why? I like the hardware better. I think the PPC processor is superior to the x86 archetecture. Sure, its just a preference. I also found that buying my current mac (a powerbook 2000) was cheaper than buying the comperably-spec'ed PC laptop. Everytime I did the math, the powerbook came out on top by about $500. And this was considering the fact that I would be running the same operating system on either machine. I keep MacOS around on the hard drive just in case I feel like playing with it - but I dont really use it.
I run linux on both my Macs and love it. I only use MacOS if I need to write something (IE - having to use those darned "desktop" apps). For everything else - linux is the way to go.
I might be mistaken, but I believe that Apple licenced SGI's flat panel technology a while back (2 years ago?). There was some hype about this back on the rumor sites - which makes me think that Apple's flatpanels are just colored-plastic covered SGI flat panels.
I see companies trying to pull open source projects, and have them work, such as darwin. This is a good thing because these companies are seeing openb source as a possible way to get real work done as opposed to watching their closed source projects slag along into oblivion.
I feel that an open source project, properly run, can create great software. This kind of thing works well in the business model where a large company heads the project (in a way) like Apple with darwin or Netscape with Mozilla. Its a sort of hybrid business model and, IMO, works rather well.
I have a final to go to, and will follow up later.
"And if I close my mind in fear, please pry it open" In fact, words I live by. So why is it you guys "closed your mind in fear", but wont let anyone "pry it open"? Trading digital music files is a way many people get started listening to your material. Why cant this be a good thing for you?
The 68k is hugely popular as an embedded processor. Hell, my fridge has one. Wow...powers macs ans refridgerators! Nice and versitle.
Well, I am at JHU. I am a huge supporter of Open Source and such, and in general do all of my work using free software in LinuxPPC. I also write small utilities (when time allows) for the Mac. Thats what worries me most. Will this law affect me writing freeware games/utilities even though I am not a resident of Maryland? I only go to school here.
That is the most unfair judgement I have ever heard. If you had taken just a few minutes to find out about who you were bashing you would know that Metallica is much "cleaner" than many other bands out there. It isnt fair to anyone to unjustly go accusing them of being druggies etc.
Get your facts straight.
This is FUD gone too far in my opinion...Let the man speak.
"On a side note, how good is GCC on the PowerPC ?"
IME - gcc sux on the PPC, it write very nasty unoptimized code. It works beutifully on x86, but not on PPC. egcs, OTOH, generates great PPC code so there is no lack of good compiles out there.
I run LinuxPPC about 90% of the time, only switching to the Mac when I need to use the dreaded Microshaft Office - fortunatly thats rare. I only do this because my poor printer and Linux dont mix.
I am going to have to disagree with some of this. At this school, about half of the CS majors have NO idea what to do when faced with a programming/design problem. They became CS majors because they liked playing quake - not because they had any skill in the field. Although I develop games as a hobby, I wouldnt consider this major because I am not really interested in being stuck into game design my entire life.
I suppose Motorola caught up. Still upgrading the processor to 500mhz doesn't help much in a world full of 800 mhz PIIIs and Athlons. Should add a boost for professional video and photoshop folks out there.*/
The speed bump in the G4 is pretty significant. The chip already blows away the pentium based competition at its current speed (being fair: in floating point intensive apps). Its the PC world which is touting this "MHz" thing as a true benchmark. PCs have nice big flashy numbers (750-800-1000) so they decide to flaunt that. Unfortunatly for Apple/Motoroloa, that means that people sit there drooling like idiots and decide that their PIII 750 will always be faster than some "lame" G4 450. (It certainly cant balance your checkbook, or do your taxes any faster, but thats a different story) Also, the G4 isnt ready for portable use, its still too much of a power hog (though, oddly enough, not as bad as a PIII) I believe that the G4e is supposed to have better power handling and will be used in powerbooks later this year (dont hold me to that, im not exactly sure)
My school charges $90/semester for ethernet access and about $70/semester for dialup access. If, in this case, they restricted any websites I would be rather pissed because I am directly paying for the access...
Although I havent found it very useful yet, MacOS 9 has a keychain feature that essentially does what you said. I tried it once, thought it was cool then disabled it.