You're right that an OS X user doesn't really need to install Linux. However, if you have old hardware that won't run OS X, YDL might be an option if you really want to use the old hardware.
Keynote can export QuickTime movies of presentations. So you could say that it's already cross-platform capable unless you want to bring up the "QuickTime isn't native on Linux" argument.
"You insensitive clod" was a common answer to the/. Polls. I was also trying to point out that the story was very U.S.-centric and trying to be a little funny. I'm not even in Japan. Never mind...
One thing I noticed in the video of SpaceShipOne was a ping pong ball attached to a string in front of the pilot. It looked like some kind of visual attitude indicator. There was mention of it on the Discovery Channel special (some comment about it working great), but I didn't catch what it was actually there for. So old engineering tricks haven't gone completely out of style.
gmap.com and gmaps.com are already taken and taken a long time ago. 1998 and 2000, respectively. Interestingly, both by UK companies, but different companies. I suspect, Google will do something like maps.google.com.
The only way I see a video iPod coming out the size of the current iPod is if the video iPod used the video out for display of the videos on a TV. Would you really want to watch a full length movie on an LCD the size of an iPod? I seriously doubt it. True movie aficionados want big screens and 5:1 or better sound. Watching on an iPod isn't going to cut it.
And more importantly until the MPAA hashes out some deal to allow legal video downloads, that isn't going to happen anytime soon.
This isn't a new trend. It's been going on for years. Japan is way ahead of the US in terms of the latest gadgets. However, if you want one, some companies will sell it to you.
The interview was with a group of commercial RSS aggregators for Mac OS X. It was not meant to be a review of every RSS aggregator out there, but an "interview" with a group of programmers of full-featured (?) or commercial (true, one was is free) RSS aggregators.
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One of the things that was driving me nuts about the article was his apparent obsession with caching and how the excuse for everything being fast was caching ("Mail.app searches fast because of great caching"). It annoyed me that he didn't realize that perhaps the code Apple wrote is just plain fast instead of Microsoft slow?
We've/.'ed his Windows servers. I've always found the Anandtech site to be rather sluggish. Must be a Windows thing.
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Unfortunately, for a long time, the Mac Server was de-prioritized. The Windows Server got a lot of development for a long time and after a lot of complaints on the Retro-Talk list, development of the Mac Server finally started up again. The Retro-Talk list was plain nasty for awhile.
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Retrospect supports not only Windows and Mac clients, but Linux and Solaris clients. The server has to run on Windows or Mac OS, but it was cool that you could backup Linux and Solaris computers. One weird quirk is Solaris clients is only supported on the Windows server. Both Windows and Mac OS servers could backup Linux clients, though.
EMC is in talks to buy Dantz, but nothing has been finalized yet.
However, usually somebody reporting that these types of discussions are going on means that it will happen, but as the article says "it's never done until it's done"
I always wondered why NASA didn't foresee these types of issues and BUILD IN workarounds, like little wipers for the solar panels!?
Argh! Please don't bring this up again. It's been hashed over every time there's a Mars Rover article. I suggest you look up some of the older articles.
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You're right that an OS X user doesn't really need to install Linux. However, if you have old hardware that won't run OS X, YDL might be an option if you really want to use the old hardware.
Tell the Chevron people that talking cars aren't popular.
Keynote can export QuickTime movies of presentations. So you could say that it's already cross-platform capable unless you want to bring up the "QuickTime isn't native on Linux" argument.
"You insensitive clod" was a common answer to the /. Polls. I was also trying to point out that the story was very U.S.-centric and trying to be a little funny. I'm not even in Japan. Never mind...
Not if I'm in Japan you insensitive clod!
Yup, it's dead: Site name or availability problem for www.propane.com. We could not get any results for your selected site.
Don't you know that propane is dead? Charcoal all the way!
Yes. Yes.
One thing I noticed in the video of SpaceShipOne was a ping pong ball attached to a string in front of the pilot. It looked like some kind of visual attitude indicator. There was mention of it on the Discovery Channel special (some comment about it working great), but I didn't catch what it was actually there for. So old engineering tricks haven't gone completely out of style.
gmap.com and gmaps.com are already taken and taken a long time ago. 1998 and 2000, respectively. Interestingly, both by UK companies, but different companies. I suspect, Google will do something like maps.google.com.
The only way I see a video iPod coming out the size of the current iPod is if the video iPod used the video out for display of the videos on a TV. Would you really want to watch a full length movie on an LCD the size of an iPod? I seriously doubt it. True movie aficionados want big screens and 5:1 or better sound. Watching on an iPod isn't going to cut it.
And more importantly until the MPAA hashes out some deal to allow legal video downloads, that isn't going to happen anytime soon.
It looks Photoshopped because it has been Photoshopped. The ruins in the first three photos were added in. Very disappointing.
I can think of a 5th lander, though it wasn't designed to be a lander. NEAR Shoemaker landed on the asteroid Eros.
And people complain about Steve Job's reality distortion field. Ballmer's reality distortion field is way out there.
This isn't a new trend. It's been going on for years. Japan is way ahead of the US in terms of the latest gadgets. However, if you want one, some companies will sell it to you.
The interview was with a group of commercial RSS aggregators for Mac OS X. It was not meant to be a review of every RSS aggregator out there, but an "interview" with a group of programmers of full-featured (?) or commercial (true, one was is free) RSS aggregators.
If you want a two button mouse with no wires on a laptop, go buy a Bluetooth mouse. PowerBooks come with Bluetooth.
There was an Astronomy Picture of the Day showing a satellite view of contrails over Georgia.
Time to cash in!
One of the things that was driving me nuts about the article was his apparent obsession with caching and how the excuse for everything being fast was caching ("Mail.app searches fast because of great caching"). It annoyed me that he didn't realize that perhaps the code Apple wrote is just plain fast instead of Microsoft slow?
We've /.'ed his Windows servers. I've always found the Anandtech site to be rather sluggish. Must be a Windows thing.
Unfortunately, for a long time, the Mac Server was de-prioritized. The Windows Server got a lot of development for a long time and after a lot of complaints on the Retro-Talk list, development of the Mac Server finally started up again. The Retro-Talk list was plain nasty for awhile.
Retrospect supports not only Windows and Mac clients, but Linux and Solaris clients. The server has to run on Windows or Mac OS, but it was cool that you could backup Linux and Solaris computers. One weird quirk is Solaris clients is only supported on the Windows server. Both Windows and Mac OS servers could backup Linux clients, though.
EMC is in talks to buy Dantz, but nothing has been finalized yet.
However, usually somebody reporting that these types of discussions are going on means that it will happen, but as the article says "it's never done until it's done"
Argh! Please don't bring this up again. It's been hashed over every time there's a Mars Rover article. I suggest you look up some of the older articles.