Another reason that Be never 'contended' is that Steve Jobs of Apple decided to not give Be technical specs on the then brand-new Motorola PowerPC G3 CPU. BeOS was basically confined to the pre-G3 systems (PowerPC 601, 603, 604) and thus decided to invade the Intel-based PC market.
Whether this was simply shrewd competitive behavior between two rival computer companies, or simply Steve getting back at Jean-Louis Gassee for personal slights accumulated over the years, is a separate thread.
That new Boeing proposed jetliner is an answer to the Airbus A3XX superjumbo: same number of people as a modern-day airliner, but flying lower and faster with 'new' engine technologies at around Mach 0.92-0.95.
Which is, admittedly, a step forward-- I don't want a flying cruise ship unless it's a lighter-than-air and I have real room-- but who doesn't want to travel above the Mach?
The airlines don't work on the assumptions of technology; they work entirely on the principles of economics: 'good enough' is how much money we can make on the amount of discomfort the passengers will endure (also factoring in fuel costs, labor costs, and the occasional plane crash).
Group of friends/geeks/etc living in large house pool funds to buy $1000 replay.
Unit goes on home LAN. Recorded shows get sent across home LAN and cached to disk. Someone hacks together some kind of online control, so you can schedule recordings from a browser. Archives go either onto VCD/DVD-R/vhs tape.
If you helped pay for the unit initially, then watch or borrow material recorded, it's still fair usage..
As much as I like the idea of a big juicy network that has every episode of any given show (cough*limewire*), it will still be faster bandwidth to use physical media to move things around (the station wagon of DATs driving cross-country theory).
Let's also not forget that Apple has successfully sued and won over two separate hardware companies that were attempting to sell iMac knockoff clones.
The design of their products is composed of both the software and the hardware; Apple believes that, for themselves, the strength of design in one area will lead people to appreciate the other (and then buy). Copying a hardware design was a clear threat to their protected materials and sales; copying their software design-- hell, style-- is the same thing.
Now, I do wish that their suits were a little less aggressive; why annoy or anger people, especially developers? Big foot letters can be softened up. But Apple does have every right to do this. Don't like it? Call them, and then call your elected representatives.
..by the sheer ineptitude of providers like Concentric/XO Communications ("new logo changes everything" etc).
I had a T-1 installed. Worked beautifully. Moved DNS, mail servers, etc. Cancel Northpoint DSL service. Unplug DSL after a week or so. XO, the DSL provider, calls me to note that my service is down. Reply that I've cancelled my service, so please, don't worry about it. Covad calls the next day; we received a trouble ticket from XO regarding your DSL* no, really, I've cancelled it, please disregard. A week later, Verizon shows up for repairs; I send the tech off to lunch. Covad called me back three more times and Verizon called me once more.
If either the DSL resellers or the telcos owning the local loops had their crap together, maybe companies like Covad and Northpoint wouldn't go south.
The Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City had an exhibition about a year ago on Disney and the planning and design of both Disneyland and Epcot, with a good deal of material about the original vision for the city-- there's a limited website at
http://www.si.edu/ndm/exhib/disney/start.htm .
One of the most striking differences between Disney's Main Street/Epcot and, say, the model future city of the World's Fair of 1939 was the presence or absence of the automobile. Disney was a radical in the 50s and 60s simply by going against the car-dominated suburban/highway development effort; his cities, like his theme parks, were pedestrian-oriented, with environmentally sensitive methods of transport for longer distances. His work definitely echoed Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian prarie cities in terms of community, self-sufficiency and transportation issues. Well, when they thaw him he's gonna be pissed.
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Another reason that Be never 'contended' is that Steve Jobs of Apple decided to not give Be technical specs on the then brand-new Motorola PowerPC G3 CPU. BeOS was basically confined to the pre-G3 systems (PowerPC 601, 603, 604) and thus decided to invade the Intel-based PC market.
Whether this was simply shrewd competitive behavior between two rival computer companies, or simply Steve getting back at Jean-Louis Gassee for personal slights accumulated over the years, is a separate thread.
-mj
That new Boeing proposed jetliner is an answer to the Airbus A3XX superjumbo: same number of people as a modern-day airliner, but flying lower and faster with 'new' engine technologies at around Mach 0.92-0.95.
Which is, admittedly, a step forward-- I don't want a flying cruise ship unless it's a lighter-than-air and I have real room-- but who doesn't want to travel above the Mach?
The airlines don't work on the assumptions of technology; they work entirely on the principles of economics: 'good enough' is how much money we can make on the amount of discomfort the passengers will endure (also factoring in fuel costs, labor costs, and the occasional plane crash).
replay tv p2p?
Group of friends/geeks/etc living in large house pool funds to buy $1000 replay.
Unit goes on home LAN. Recorded shows get sent across home LAN and cached to disk. Someone hacks together some kind of online control, so you can schedule recordings from a browser. Archives go either onto VCD/DVD-R/vhs tape.
If you helped pay for the unit initially, then watch or borrow material recorded, it's still fair usage..
As much as I like the idea of a big juicy network that has every episode of any given show (cough*limewire*), it will still be faster bandwidth to use physical media to move things around (the station wagon of DATs driving cross-country theory).
-mj
Let's also not forget that Apple has successfully sued and won over two separate hardware companies that were attempting to sell iMac knockoff clones.
The design of their products is composed of both the software and the hardware; Apple believes that, for themselves, the strength of design in one area will lead people to appreciate the other (and then buy). Copying a hardware design was a clear threat to their protected materials and sales; copying their software design-- hell, style-- is the same thing.
Now, I do wish that their suits were a little less aggressive; why annoy or anger people, especially developers? Big foot letters can be softened up. But Apple does have every right to do this. Don't like it? Call them, and then call your elected representatives.
Handspring and Palm both announced new email-centric GSM/Palm OS units; Handspring's look excellent, due in mid-October IIRC.
check out:
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6997007.html (handspring)
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-6992336.html (palm)
-mj
FusionOne will supposedly support the Mac (not sure about OS X) in the future.
Meanwhile, your best bet may be to sync phone -> Palm, then Palm -> Mac.
..by the sheer ineptitude of providers like Concentric/XO Communications ("new logo changes everything" etc).
I had a T-1 installed. Worked beautifully. Moved DNS, mail servers, etc. Cancel Northpoint DSL service. Unplug DSL after a week or so. XO, the DSL provider, calls me to note that my service is down. Reply that I've cancelled my service, so please, don't worry about it. Covad calls the next day; we received a trouble ticket from XO regarding your DSL* no, really, I've cancelled it, please disregard. A week later, Verizon shows up for repairs; I send the tech off to lunch. Covad called me back three more times and Verizon called me once more.
If either the DSL resellers or the telcos owning the local loops had their crap together, maybe companies like Covad and Northpoint wouldn't go south.
-p
http://www.si.edu/ndm/exhib/disney/start.htm .
One of the most striking differences between Disney's Main Street/Epcot and, say, the model future city of the World's Fair of 1939 was the presence or absence of the automobile. Disney was a radical in the 50s and 60s simply by going against the car-dominated suburban/highway development effort; his cities, like his theme parks, were pedestrian-oriented, with environmentally sensitive methods of transport for longer distances. His work definitely echoed Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian prarie cities in terms of community, self-sufficiency and transportation issues. Well, when they thaw him he's gonna be pissed.