I believe the "expensive tech" is meant generally to all UNIXes and maybe more specific to FreeBSD than the proprietary ones.
But I don't get it why people don't get it as to why this is such a horrendous faux pax. Let me try to make an over-the-top comparison:
1935 Olympics. Germany. Aryan Supremacy:
"Germany skillfully promoted the Olympics with colorful posters and magazine spreads. Athletic imagery drew a link between Nazi Germany and ancient Greece. These portrayals symbolized the Nazi racial myth that superior German civilization was the rightful heir of an "Aryan" culture of classical antiquity. The Nazis reduced their vision of classical antiquity to ideal "Aryan" racial types: heroic, blue-eyed blonds with finely-chiseled features."
Jesse Owens - a black man wins 4 gold medals. Big PR failure. Why, though? Because a black man won? NO. Because of the PR build up and public pratfall proving the lie.
Here's why this is a story: the whole PR (note, Public Relations) campaign is about how UNIX paints you into a closed corner, is proprietary, requires expen$ive technicians to run and maintain, etc. But the Freakin' PR firm's website is UNIX! If there is a less-clueful group than PR people when it comes to computers, who is it?
Since the whole campaign is predicated on GETTING OUT of Unix...the fact that the "way out" of UNIX is hosted on a Unix computer is... damn funny.
Shoots the whole campaign down the drain, which would explain the rapid spin control to change the server/headers in the past days.
P.S. Someone needs to get on irc://irc.slashnet.org#slashdot and let polaris know about this story. He'll be so surprised!
I can just see it -- "No dear, hold the book over to the left and bend slightly at the knee" just to read an eBook set for precise location decoding.
I'll get to re-live my childhood wherein I had to stand off to the left of the TV and lean away while holding the antenna during Monday Night Football so my Dad could cheer the Cowboys. Uh...no thanks...
Please (o, please!) hand the April 1 Fooling to the trolls. Malda should contract the foolin' out next year to the/. trolls of his choice - that would be funny and cool. Unlike this year.
So freaking lame all the "I can be funny" Geeks ruining the traditional subtly of the April Fool Joke. I should have left my TiG4 in sleep mode and stayed in bed myself.
Being a recent convert to Mac OS X I had to decide which browser to use on a daily basis. I had come from a dual-booting Windows/Linux environment and was used to IE, Mozilla and KDE. I used Moz on Linux but felt it was sluggish (up to.9.8) and oft times used KDE to (1) load a site quickly, if not totally accurately, (2) to get around browse detection crap.
At first I thought it would be IE for OS X. Until I realized it was "5.1" and could not function properly as a simple FTP site browser (what's up with passive mode on IE, anyway?). After playing with different FTP plugins, gave up and downloaded Mozilla 0.9.9 for OS X. No problems as a simple FTP client. Cool.
But I began using Mozilla more and more because it was useful and more comfortable than IE (or iCab, et al; I went through three other browsers on the Mac but wasn't impressed). Tabs, ChatZilla (which is getting better), and, did I mention tabs? Yes, I used these features on Linux, but on the Mac it's quick and responsive.
If you use OS X, you should give Mozilla a try - it's a better browser.
Pudge: were you running OS9 under OSX? Our chief graphic artist is frequently rebooting OS X because AOL AIM, Netscape 4.x Mail, or someother program (probably XXX DVDs, but he won't own up to it).
I haven't had a kp since I got my TIG4 55, but I don't use OS9.
Oh, I tested DVD playing with Willy Wonka (Wilder) and CD-R backing up my mod_perl and Perl/CGI source code. No problems.
The GNU license suffers the same age of accountability limitation. So, MS could use 18 year olds to circumvent the GPL and there'd be nothing a court could do, since the age of accountability (contract-wise) is 18 in the US.
I'm a web application developer (the whole pipeline, from MySQL (etc.) , mod_perl, perl CGI, PHP, Apache on a Unix/Linux server to HTML, XML, XSLT, JavaScript on the client) and have been using Linux/KDE and Win4Lin (to test clients using Windows and IE 5/5.5/6) on my Intel based laptop for all my development needs. After reading about OS X and knowing a little bit about its foundations in Unix with technology from NeXTSTEP I was more than curious to see a Powerbook Titanium G4. I was not disappointed.
The polish and elegance exemplified in the physical design and packaging of the Titanium G4 is perfectly matched and blended with the brilliance of Aqua and OS X. I cannot stress this enough. Basically: it works, elegantly. From recognizing my Sony TVR310 Mini DV8 at plug-in to the beautiful GUI this system is a work of art. The pretty front and consumer-oriented functionality (I could write a story about trying to get my Windows machines to import video through the add-on card and give Appendices on driver hell, but I'm through with that nightmare) is buttressed by a rock-solid UNIX foundation. It is incredibly inviting to drop into the command line to build a custom Apache with mod_perl, or even to rsync my development server for downtime development.
Of course, I have to use VirtualPC for Windows compatibility testing, but even this is less tenuous than Win4Lin under Linux.
My work has not suffered in the least as I have transitioned from an Intel/Windows/Linux development environment to OS X. In fact, I can say that my workflow has improved now that I am using a polished GUI seamlessly integrated with a world-class UNIX OS running on exquisitely engineered hardware. I am over-awed and give Apple a standing ovation of appreciation for my Titanium G4 running OS X.
If I'm gushing its because it's worth it. This is the first time I've spent $2,700 on a computer and had no regrets. So, if my gushing annoys you, tough.;-)
Harbingers of style?
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Dior iPod case
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· Score: 2, Funny
(High on Hedi's current playlist: '80s hits from The Smiths, Blondie and The Clash.)
I predict the emminent collapse of Christian Dior as a harbinger of fashion. Call it a hunch. Those living in the past cannot plan for the future.
All kidding aside, the way Apple products look elegant is matched by the way Apple's hardware and software elegance - sleek, smooth and functional. I'm not surprised those with an eye to elegance are moving to Apple's latest offerings.
Under OS X
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SedSokoban
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· Score: 4, Interesting
It runs under OS X (no Aqua support though...kidding) BUT not using Darwin/BSD's sed (/usr/bin/sed), rather using Fink's sed (/sw/bin/sed). Using the default sed, I get this error:
I do the {Esc} thing all the time, too. In general, IE on OS X sucks air compared to Mozilla. Strangely, I don't like Moz on MS Windows or on Linux, but on OS X it's rock solid, quick, and renders pretty well.
A public drubbing, including massive amounts of humiliation are definitely in order. I would go as far to say that Tilly's company has benefitted greatly from Open Source and this could be seen as a major slap in the face of Larry Wall, et al, who have provided the tools Freely (and freely) for others to use. Seriously, Tilly may have to go "dark" because of his slave master employer, but we have a right -- no, a responsibility -- to shine the light of day on this greedy corporate leech.
It's evident on Perl Monks that Tilly has no practical choice but to: stop contributing Open Source, and, this is worse, not to leave his company or face having his work pulled from CPAN. He's being blackmailed -- and can't afford to leave for the sake of his wife. This is outrageous behavior on behalf of his company. Damn that company!
Pretty good for a freakin' laptop) I'm also impressed with Apple's close cooperation with the Open Source arena.
I started with Apple in 1979 as a 12 year old with an Apple ][+ (no Disk ][ drive at first, used the tape player; also no monitor, used the RF hack to a small TV). I'll always be thankful for my dad's decision to *not* get the game consoles but instead to fork over the $big$bucks$ for the computer. Once I was done with Apple Trek, lemonade stand, the "guessing game" (decision tree thingy), little brick out (tho' I never really did get tired of that;-) I picked up the entertaining programming books that came with my computer and a hacker was born. Interesting: my TiG4 5500 costs roughly the same as the Apple ][+ so many years ago.
Slashdot Mirror
There's hope for Britney!
But I don't get it why people don't get it as to why this is such a horrendous faux pax. Let me try to make an over-the-top comparison:
- 1935 Olympics. Germany. Aryan Supremacy:
Get it?- "Germany skillfully promoted the Olympics with colorful posters and magazine spreads. Athletic imagery drew a link between Nazi Germany and ancient Greece. These portrayals symbolized the Nazi racial myth that superior German civilization was the rightful heir of an "Aryan" culture of classical antiquity. The Nazis reduced their vision of classical antiquity to ideal "Aryan" racial types: heroic, blue-eyed blonds with finely-chiseled features."
Jesse Owens - a black man wins 4 gold medals. Big PR failure. Why, though? Because a black man won? NO. Because of the PR build up and public pratfall proving the lie.It takes a unique intelligence to make a point and stab yourself with it. Congratulations.
Since the whole campaign is predicated on GETTING OUT of Unix...the fact that the "way out" of UNIX is hosted on a Unix computer is ... damn funny.
Shoots the whole campaign down the drain, which would explain the rapid spin control to change the server/headers in the past days.
P.S. Someone needs to get on irc://irc.slashnet.org#slashdot and let polaris know about this story. He'll be so surprised!
I'll get to re-live my childhood wherein I had to stand off to the left of the TV and lean away while holding the antenna during Monday Night Football so my Dad could cheer the Cowboys. Uh...no thanks...
I am shocked. Shocked!
Please (o, please!) hand the April 1 Fooling to the trolls. Malda should contract the foolin' out next year to the /. trolls of his choice - that would be funny and cool. Unlike this year.
/me glances at clock
/me logs off until tomorrow
Wake me when it's over.
At first I thought it would be IE for OS X. Until I realized it was "5.1" and could not function properly as a simple FTP site browser (what's up with passive mode on IE, anyway?). After playing with different FTP plugins, gave up and downloaded Mozilla 0.9.9 for OS X. No problems as a simple FTP client. Cool.
But I began using Mozilla more and more because it was useful and more comfortable than IE (or iCab, et al; I went through three other browsers on the Mac but wasn't impressed). Tabs, ChatZilla (which is getting better), and, did I mention tabs? Yes, I used these features on Linux, but on the Mac it's quick and responsive.
If you use OS X, you should give Mozilla a try - it's a better browser.
I haven't had a kp since I got my TIG4 55, but I don't use OS9.
Oh, I tested DVD playing with Willy Wonka (Wilder) and CD-R backing up my mod_perl and Perl/CGI source code. No problems.
The GNU license suffers the same age of accountability limitation. So, MS could use 18 year olds to circumvent the GPL and there'd be nothing a court could do, since the age of accountability (contract-wise) is 18 in the US.
Hmmm... I'm still using onebox but have never been charged. Then again, I'm cheap and never buy premium services (not even /.).
- I'm a web application developer (the whole pipeline, from MySQL (etc.) , mod_perl, perl CGI, PHP, Apache on a Unix/Linux server to HTML, XML, XSLT, JavaScript on the client) and have been using Linux/KDE and Win4Lin (to test clients using Windows and IE 5/5.5/6) on my Intel based laptop for all my development needs. After reading about OS X and knowing a little bit about its foundations in Unix with technology from NeXTSTEP I was more than curious to see a Powerbook Titanium G4. I was not disappointed.
If I'm gushing its because it's worth it. This is the first time I've spent $2,700 on a computer and had no regrets. So, if my gushing annoys you, tough.The polish and elegance exemplified in the physical design and packaging of the Titanium G4 is perfectly matched and blended with the brilliance of Aqua and OS X. I cannot stress this enough. Basically: it works, elegantly. From recognizing my Sony TVR310 Mini DV8 at plug-in to the beautiful GUI this system is a work of art. The pretty front and consumer-oriented functionality (I could write a story about trying to get my Windows machines to import video through the add-on card and give Appendices on driver hell, but I'm through with that nightmare) is buttressed by a rock-solid UNIX foundation. It is incredibly inviting to drop into the command line to build a custom Apache with mod_perl, or even to rsync my development server for downtime development.
Of course, I have to use VirtualPC for Windows compatibility testing, but even this is less tenuous than Win4Lin under Linux.
My work has not suffered in the least as I have transitioned from an Intel/Windows/Linux development environment to OS X. In fact, I can say that my workflow has improved now that I am using a polished GUI seamlessly integrated with a world-class UNIX OS running on exquisitely engineered hardware. I am over-awed and give Apple a standing ovation of appreciation for my Titanium G4 running OS X.
Churchill rocks.
- (High on Hedi's current playlist: '80s hits from The Smiths, Blondie and The Clash.)
I predict the emminent collapse of Christian Dior as a harbinger of fashion. Call it a hunch. Those living in the past cannot plan for the future.All kidding aside, the way Apple products look elegant is matched by the way Apple's hardware and software elegance - sleek, smooth and functional. I'm not surprised those with an eye to elegance are moving to Apple's latest offerings.
- sed: 2266:
./sokoban.sed: unexpected EOF (pending }'s)
Once again, GNU tools rule over BSD tools. Well, for gaming, anyway.I do the {Esc} thing all the time, too. In general, IE on OS X sucks air compared to Mozilla. Strangely, I don't like Moz on MS Windows or on Linux, but on OS X it's rock solid, quick, and renders pretty well.
The only thing worse than lawyers are those who use them.
slavery was legal, too. It was protested and eradicated. Well, so I thought until this story.
It's evident on Perl Monks that Tilly has no practical choice but to: stop contributing Open Source, and, this is worse, not to leave his company or face having his work pulled from CPAN. He's being blackmailed -- and can't afford to leave for the sake of his wife. This is outrageous behavior on behalf of his company. Damn that company!
the above post was stolen from Perl Monks. Directly. The poster sucks and should be banned or bitch slapped into oblivion.
BTW, in my Boy Scout troop we set a lot of things on fire on purpose, not just marshmellows...
Then you'd better bar the basement door at night so it doesn't come after the children! Aaaaaiiiiiieeeeee!
- [localhost:~] rjt% uptime
Pretty good for a freakin' laptop) I'm also impressed with Apple's close cooperation with the Open Source arena.8:35AM up 7 days, 11:55, 3 users, load averages: 0.31, 0.63, 0.80
I started with Apple in 1979 as a 12 year old with an Apple ][+ (no Disk ][ drive at first, used the tape player; also no monitor, used the RF hack to a small TV). I'll always be thankful for my dad's decision to *not* get the game consoles but instead to fork over the $big$bucks$ for the computer. Once I was done with Apple Trek, lemonade stand, the "guessing game" (decision tree thingy), little brick out (tho' I never really did get tired of that ;-) I picked up the entertaining programming books that came with my computer and a hacker was born. Interesting: my TiG4 5500 costs roughly the same as the Apple ][+ so many years ago.
It's like coming home.