In the US, if the caller is in the same area code as your cell phone is, they aren't paying a thing besides their flat-rate land-line fee. If the cell-phone company didn't charge for incoming calls, you could easily call someone up on your cell, say "call me back" and get all the free minutes you want. It can't be a long-distance call, since that just gives money to your long-distance carrier. The only option left that I can think of is something like a 900 number, and I believe those are restricted by law, and easily blocked by the owner of the phone line (so kids can't call phone sex places).
It'd be great to not have to pay for incoming calls, but under the current system I don't think that would work too well. How does it work over there exactly - whenever somebody calls a cell phone, an extra charge is added onto their phone bill or something?
The installer lies, as most do under Mac OS X. I've been using DivX 5.0a2 since it first came out and I haven't had to reboot yet. Just make sure you quit and relaunch QuickTime Player and you should be set.
Erm, who says we need a Mac version of 5.5 or 6? IE 5.1 for Mac is fine, it views all websites extremely well and has never had problems for me (under Classic Mac OS anyway... under OS X, IE5.1 has given me a world of hurt, but that's a story for another time...). I have both a PC and a Mac, and I honestly think the Mac version of IE is much better interface-wise and has loads more useful features then the PC version.
Damn my mod points to hell, I've got to respond here. By putting their client in the GPL, anyone can take their software and make changes to it, as long as the source is posted, right?
This means a company like Morpheus can do *exactly* what they're doing right now: take a GPL client, re-brand it, and post it up on the web. They have the source there on their page. They are not breaking any rules at all. They don't have to notify the Gnucleus people. They don't have to keep it ad-free. They can add spy-ware to the installer if they choose (although Morpheus has a no-spyware policy). By putting your software in the GPL, you run the risk of somebody doing this.
Now, I'm not saying that it doesn't suck for the Gnucleus people. I'd be ticked off too if somebody did that to me. I'm just saying that quite technically, there's nothing wrong here.
It could quite possibly be that whatever Linux distribution you used has a different setup then what the bash you got has. Check your Linux install (if you still have it around) for dotfiles in your home directory, as well as any default files in etc. Check the bash manpage for more details.
Yes, but that took over the entire screen. This is rootless, meaning that it's just like a bunch of windows that can be seamlessly integrated with OS X. Look at the screenshots to see what I mean.
There is a DivX decoder for Mac, however, mainly because it relies on the Windows Media Player for Macintosh (yes, that's what it's called... not Macintosh Media Player, Windows Media Player for Macintosh... *sigh*). Works OK, although the framerates aren't quite as good as the PC DivX is. It's coded by the lead coder of 3vix, and can be found at http://mac.divx.st (although since they're both on the same web server, it's/.ed right now).
The lead coder on 3ivx is also the guy who wrote the DivX codec for Mac. You can find it at http://mac.divx.st/, or you could if it wasn't/.ed from all the 3vix.com sitegoers.
Rufo
MYST and Riven never used QT VR. That doesn't mean it didn't take off though; it's quite commonly used on websites for "virtual tour" type things. Never really took off on CD-ROMs and games though.
I have a feeling you're trolling, but I'll respond anyway.
If people could forget about being anally-retentive for a while, maybe it would be better to actually look at the treaty itself. Network admins would be exempt from the ban on "hacking tools" (poor choice of words), so they could carry on playing Quake and scratching their armpits without worrying about being arrested. The only people who would then be affected are those using these programs for unethical uses.
So how far does the definition of Network Administrator go? Does it include me? I run a Linux box that's open to the Internet, can I run nmap on it to see what ports are open? How about a student who finds security holes in their spare time, accross his own LAN, on his own computers, who's not a network admin? Should I be thrown in jail? Should that student be thrown in jail? nmap is an option of several Unix installs, should the people who install but don't use it be thrown in jail? What about a cracker who is also a sysadmin? He's a sysamin, so he should be able to use the hackers tools legally, but he cracked a box? What's up with that?
Plus there's the drug problem. Weed is illegal in the US. Does that stop people from smoking it? Does that stop it from being portrayed in movies and on TV? Not really. Warez is illegal. Does that stop people from downloading and using it? No, not really.
Just passing a law saying that nmap and other hackers tools are illegal unless you're a sysadmin won't do much of anything. There are people who use weed for it's medicinal purposes, too, even though it's illegal. There are also people who use it just to get high. I don't believe that those who use it for medicinal purposes should be arrested, and the same goes for hackers tools. Besides, cracking is already illegal in most places anyway. If you use hacker tools to crack into a box, you're already busted, aren't you? Why should we outlaw them outright?
Did you even read the article? It clearly states the kind of hacking that they're talking about is for exposing security holes, not for illegal cracking into people's computers. Next time why don't you try reading the article before shooting your mouth off, eh?
Rufo
There will be soon. This guy is porting his Quake 2 and other various game editor to the Mac. He's also working on adding Q3A support to it, so soon we should have a map editor. Also if you have Mac OS X installed (as any slashdot going Mac user should), Graeme Devine has stated that he's working on Q3Radiant for OS X. So there's another option for you.
Actually, Maximum Linux and MacAddict are both owned by Imagine Media, so I'm sure that there was permission involved, either given or explictly stated in the contract the original writer signed.
Rufo
I posted this in a subthread, but it's pretty deep so I'm not sure anyone's gonna find it...
You can find the old Douglas Adams text adventure here. You'll need a Z-code interpreter to play it, do a search on Freshmeat or your favorite software repository for either "text adventure", "infocom" or "Z-machine". You can also play it online right here, but you can't save on this page.
For those of you who might be curious, the online play page is just a Java applet interpreting the Z-machine code file, and the URL to it is embedded in the HTML file as a PARAM to the Java applet. Pretty basic, I know, but it comes in handy a lot...:-)
In case anyone's wondering where the link is on his site, it's not there. But there's an online version that you can play. This online version is simply a Java applet interpreting the Z-code stored on the server, so if you dissect the HTML you'll find a PARAM tag with the link.
Anyway, we have a bunch of Power Macs in the physics lab, and the applications are hosted on a "phys-apps" server. And they are slow. So slow, it takes almost as long to net-load Word as to boot locally.
That is slow... however, I think that NetBooting over 100BT is supposed to be pretty fast. In fact, Apple demoed 50 iMacs running 50 different full-screen (I think, not 100% sure on the size) QT movies without skipping a beat off 1 G3/400 server. So I figure 25 should be just fine. Plus, if it's really all that slow I suppose one could try to limit access to the internal HD, and make it read-only or something and run all the apps off it.
Plus if it's Word 6 (or an old Mac trying to run Office 98), then no wonder really... Word 6 has a bad reputation in the Mac realm... slower then molasses even on a G3/233 (which at the time was fast.)
Another thing to consider is the point of execution. At college, everything runs locally, so it's reasonably fast once loaded. If you put N people on a single server, they get 1/N of the computing time.
Pardon my ignorance, but I'm not 100% sure what you mean by this... I'm assuming you think that the server runs the apps, and sends the display to the iMacs (ala X Windows)? The apps use the RAM/CPU/DVD on the iMac, they just go across the network to get the data. (Correct me if I assumed wrong...)
Oh, and since you have $56,325 left over, you might want to consider G4 instead for the server. I'm not sure it's strictly necessary, but it sounds cool:)
Yup, that was a typo in the cost breakdown that I missed... I meant to say G4, if you look earlier in the post you'll notice that.:-)
Also, get a backup system!
Do you mean backup as in "if the G4 server breaks down" or backup as in "a machine to backup the server's HD every night at 4 AM"? Either would be good - in fact, you could combine the two... buy another G4 server and have it copy the contents of the main server onto itself, then all you'd have to do is switch things around a little bit and you'd be back up. OS X Server has a lot of UNIX in it, so if you wanted to do something like that and had any UNIX experience, it wouldn't be too hard.
...and maybe suggest buying iMacs and a G4 Server running OS X Server. You can netboot the iMacs over a 100BT LAN, and each user would have his own space to do stuff in on the server (so you can use whatever Mac you want), as well as shared applications that everyone can have access to. Tech support will be much less of a headache because they're all exactly the same, you can administrate the boot HD once and have all the changes reflected on all the iMacs instantly... If you bought DV iMacs and some Firewire camcorders people could do DV editing on them pretty well, too.
Amount of Funding = $100,000 25 iMac DVs = $32,475 1 G3 Server running OS X Server = $6,000 5 DV Camcorders = $5,000 100BT Ethernet setup = $100-200
Total = $43,675
Don't know what else you need, but that looks pretty good to me. Don't need a *lot* of software, as each iMac comes with iMovie (DV editing), AppleWorks (works program) and PageMill (HTML editing software), along with some other software that I'm not familiar with. Of course, if you've never used Mac OS, or are somehow required to use Windows, then this won't work for you... Mac OS is pretty easy to learn though.
Anyway, was just an idea. Feel free to disregard if neccessary.:-)
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In the US, if the caller is in the same area code as your cell phone is, they aren't paying a thing besides their flat-rate land-line fee. If the cell-phone company didn't charge for incoming calls, you could easily call someone up on your cell, say "call me back" and get all the free minutes you want. It can't be a long-distance call, since that just gives money to your long-distance carrier. The only option left that I can think of is something like a 900 number, and I believe those are restricted by law, and easily blocked by the owner of the phone line (so kids can't call phone sex places).
It'd be great to not have to pay for incoming calls, but under the current system I don't think that would work too well. How does it work over there exactly - whenever somebody calls a cell phone, an extra charge is added onto their phone bill or something?
The installer lies, as most do under Mac OS X. I've been using DivX 5.0a2 since it first came out and I haven't had to reboot yet. Just make sure you quit and relaunch QuickTime Player and you should be set.
What's wrong with QT on Windows? Works fine for me, I've never had any issues with it, nor do I know anybody who's had any problems with it.
You mean the viMac?
Erm, who says we need a Mac version of 5.5 or 6? IE 5.1 for Mac is fine, it views all websites extremely well and has never had problems for me (under Classic Mac OS anyway... under OS X, IE5.1 has given me a world of hurt, but that's a story for another time...). I have both a PC and a Mac, and I honestly think the Mac version of IE is much better interface-wise and has loads more useful features then the PC version.
Damn my mod points to hell, I've got to respond here. By putting their client in the GPL, anyone can take their software and make changes to it, as long as the source is posted, right?
This means a company like Morpheus can do *exactly* what they're doing right now: take a GPL client, re-brand it, and post it up on the web. They have the source there on their page. They are not breaking any rules at all. They don't have to notify the Gnucleus people. They don't have to keep it ad-free. They can add spy-ware to the installer if they choose (although Morpheus has a no-spyware policy). By putting your software in the GPL, you run the risk of somebody doing this.
Now, I'm not saying that it doesn't suck for the Gnucleus people. I'd be ticked off too if somebody did that to me. I'm just saying that quite technically, there's nothing wrong here.
It could quite possibly be that whatever Linux distribution you used has a different setup then what the bash you got has. Check your Linux install (if you still have it around) for dotfiles in your home directory, as well as any default files in etc. Check the bash manpage for more details.
Yes, but that took over the entire screen. This is rootless, meaning that it's just like a bunch of windows that can be seamlessly integrated with OS X. Look at the screenshots to see what I mean.
There is a DivX decoder for Mac, however, mainly because it relies on the Windows Media Player for Macintosh (yes, that's what it's called... not Macintosh Media Player, Windows Media Player for Macintosh... *sigh*). Works OK, although the framerates aren't quite as good as the PC DivX is. It's coded by the lead coder of 3vix, and can be found at http://mac.divx.st (although since they're both on the same web server, it's /.ed right now).
The lead coder on 3ivx is also the guy who wrote the DivX codec for Mac. You can find it at http://mac.divx.st/, or you could if it wasn't /.ed from all the 3vix.com sitegoers.
Rufo
LOL...
This is one of the best trolls I've read in a long time. Not like those stupid hot porridge down natalie portman's dress trolls...
For those people who think this isn't a troll, read to the part where it says that their peers may start calling them "geeks".
You may now burst out laughing.
Rufo
MYST and Riven never used QT VR. That doesn't mean it didn't take off though; it's quite commonly used on websites for "virtual tour" type things. Never really took off on CD-ROMs and games though.
I have a feeling you're trolling, but I'll respond anyway.
If people could forget about being anally-retentive for a while, maybe it would be better to actually look at the treaty itself. Network admins would be exempt from the ban on "hacking tools" (poor choice of words), so they could carry on playing Quake and scratching their armpits without worrying about being arrested. The only people who would then be affected are those using these programs for unethical uses.
So how far does the definition of Network Administrator go? Does it include me? I run a Linux box that's open to the Internet, can I run nmap on it to see what ports are open? How about a student who finds security holes in their spare time, accross his own LAN, on his own computers, who's not a network admin? Should I be thrown in jail? Should that student be thrown in jail? nmap is an option of several Unix installs, should the people who install but don't use it be thrown in jail? What about a cracker who is also a sysadmin? He's a sysamin, so he should be able to use the hackers tools legally, but he cracked a box? What's up with that?
Plus there's the drug problem. Weed is illegal in the US. Does that stop people from smoking it? Does that stop it from being portrayed in movies and on TV? Not really. Warez is illegal. Does that stop people from downloading and using it? No, not really.
Just passing a law saying that nmap and other hackers tools are illegal unless you're a sysadmin won't do much of anything. There are people who use weed for it's medicinal purposes, too, even though it's illegal. There are also people who use it just to get high. I don't believe that those who use it for medicinal purposes should be arrested, and the same goes for hackers tools. Besides, cracking is already illegal in most places anyway. If you use hacker tools to crack into a box, you're already busted, aren't you? Why should we outlaw them outright?
Did you even read the article? It clearly states the kind of hacking that they're talking about is for exposing security holes, not for illegal cracking into people's computers. Next time why don't you try reading the article before shooting your mouth off, eh? Rufo
The problem is, that real-time rendering is not good enough yet to make this sort of tool life-like or photo-realistic.
Have you looked at Cyan's realMYST at all? With an engine that good-looking, it makes me wonder what architechs are waiting for...
There will be soon. This guy is porting his Quake 2 and other various game editor to the Mac. He's also working on adding Q3A support to it, so soon we should have a map editor. Also if you have Mac OS X installed (as any slashdot going Mac user should), Graeme Devine has stated that he's working on Q3Radiant for OS X. So there's another option for you.
Hell yeah. Kicks the other OS X browser right in the butt.
For the OmniGroup dude, Got any idea when you'll be releasing the Cocoa port of Q3? I'm waiting...
Actually, Maximum Linux and MacAddict are both owned by Imagine Media, so I'm sure that there was permission involved, either given or explictly stated in the contract the original writer signed. Rufo
tell application "Finder" to display dialog "Hello World!"
Much easier to understand then MsgBox...at least to a newbie.
Anyone else here think this is reminiscent of Sprint's 2 cents/minute campaign with that woman whose name I can't recall?
I didn't get any pop-up at all... I read through the whole article without anything showing up.
;-)
Guess it was just your lucky day.
I posted this in a subthread, but it's pretty deep so I'm not sure anyone's gonna find it...
:-)
You can find the old Douglas Adams text adventure here. You'll need a Z-code interpreter to play it, do a search on Freshmeat or your favorite software repository for either "text adventure", "infocom" or "Z-machine". You can also play it online right here, but you can't save on this page.
For those of you who might be curious, the online play page is just a Java applet interpreting the Z-machine code file, and the URL to it is embedded in the HTML file as a PARAM to the Java applet. Pretty basic, I know, but it comes in handy a lot...
...but you can download HHGG for free here.
In case anyone's wondering where the link is on his site, it's not there. But there's an online version that you can play. This online version is simply a Java applet interpreting the Z-code stored on the server, so if you dissect the HTML you'll find a PARAM tag with the link.
Wonderful thing, Java applets...
That is slow... however, I think that NetBooting over 100BT is supposed to be pretty fast. In fact, Apple demoed 50 iMacs running 50 different full-screen (I think, not 100% sure on the size) QT movies without skipping a beat off 1 G3/400 server. So I figure 25 should be just fine. Plus, if it's really all that slow I suppose one could try to limit access to the internal HD, and make it read-only or something and run all the apps off it.
Plus if it's Word 6 (or an old Mac trying to run Office 98), then no wonder really... Word 6 has a bad reputation in the Mac realm... slower then molasses even on a G3/233 (which at the time was fast.)
Another thing to consider is the point of execution. At college, everything runs locally, so it's reasonably fast once loaded. If you put N people on a single server, they get 1/N of the computing time.
Pardon my ignorance, but I'm not 100% sure what you mean by this... I'm assuming you think that the server runs the apps, and sends the display to the iMacs (ala X Windows)? The apps use the RAM/CPU/DVD on the iMac, they just go across the network to get the data. (Correct me if I assumed wrong...)
Oh, and since you have $56,325 left over, you might want to consider G4 instead for the server. I'm not sure it's strictly necessary, but it sounds cool :)
Yup, that was a typo in the cost breakdown that I missed... I meant to say G4, if you look earlier in the post you'll notice that. :-)
Also, get a backup system!
Do you mean backup as in "if the G4 server breaks down" or backup as in "a machine to backup the server's HD every night at 4 AM"? Either would be good - in fact, you could combine the two... buy another G4 server and have it copy the contents of the main server onto itself, then all you'd have to do is switch things around a little bit and you'd be back up. OS X Server has a lot of UNIX in it, so if you wanted to do something like that and had any UNIX experience, it wouldn't be too hard.
Other than that, it sounds like a good idea.
Thanks, it's appreciated. :-)
Amount of Funding = $100,000
25 iMac DVs = $32,475
1 G3 Server running OS X Server = $6,000
5 DV Camcorders = $5,000
100BT Ethernet setup = $100-200
Total = $43,675
Don't know what else you need, but that looks pretty good to me. Don't need a *lot* of software, as each iMac comes with iMovie (DV editing), AppleWorks (works program) and PageMill (HTML editing software), along with some other software that I'm not familiar with. Of course, if you've never used Mac OS, or are somehow required to use Windows, then this won't work for you... Mac OS is pretty easy to learn though.Anyway, was just an idea. Feel free to disregard if neccessary.