I've read quite a few posts here riding the iMac because of "cheap plastic"... as if there were no other kind of plastic. Check the plastic on 90% of the P.C.'s out there and compare to the iMac... then you will be able to know and see just what cheap plastic is all about...
Apple has never been one to do it. They make a computer with the most advanced GUI of 1984 and well beyond... and call it a "Macintosh." Is that a raincoat? a kind of Apple? some Irish guy? Just the most usable P.C. on the planet... but the marketing wasn't there to show the public what it was... and even the name didn't help.
Similarly, IEEE 1394... what the Hell is that? People who needed cutting-edge DV connections knew, but the name gives no indication that it's a fast new connection technology. They should have allowed the "Firewire" name to be used if not from the beginning, at least a year earlier than now.
"The New Yorker is running an article from their archives from 1936. In it, E.B.White (author of Charlotte's Web) discusses a demonstration he attended of the current state of television, which didn't impress him at all."
So if we really want the kids to learn something about COMPUTERS, shouldn't we go open source and teach what makes them tick?
Because school isn't about teaching kids how things work and how to think for themselves. It's all about memorizing facts and being a good little consumer... using a cinched-up-tight proprietary OS like Windows is perfect for fostering this kind of mentality in the next generation of Americans!
Hey, mod me down like the previous two posts too so you can prove what a great Microsoft supporter you are! Fight for that poor ole misunderstood multi-billion dollar corporation! Only you can save it here on Slashdot!!!
Maybe then "Futurama" would get to stay on the air while crap like "Everyone Loves Raymond," "Dark Angel," and "Politically Incorrect" would fade into the electronic dustbin of history .
Is it just me, or is the Star Wars franchise being attacked from all quarters here? I mean first they tear down the Lucas claim to Cambellesque "mythos." Then they go on the offensive and and say the story is a fascist fantasy. Then they claim the certain characters are racist stereotypes! Now they are considering the economic impact of the movie (i.e. "Can we really afford this kind of entertainment?") What's next? A Star Wars tax?
Gee. Microsoft has the option of "integrating" Outlook, Access, Word, Solitaire if they want. Why don't they? Because they have all those app-markets nearly sewn-up, that's why!
Don't forget that before IE became the uber-browser for Windows, Netscape still had a significant share. Whoops... I almost forgot... they don't have the DB market sewn-up, so that's what their new proprietary DB-based file-system is about, isn't it?
*spoiler* In War of The Worlds the Martians were stopped dead in their tracks because they became infected with Earth's native bacteria. Now how is that going to stop them... if the Martians are bacteria!::: Dum dum duummmmm! (scream):::
Actually, I would really be tickled running vi on eMacs.
But that is cause I am just that twisted.
Hmmmm. I guess they have your base covered too... "vi " produces a column of "~" down my terminal screen in 10.1. It ever quits when I type ":q"... yep, must be vi.
But what's the point of that? If you wanna run X and *nix apps, then run it on a cheap x86 based Linux or FreeBSD box. You'll get better performance for way less.
Because Mac users want their cake and to eat it too... Run Xfree86(XDarwin) and have all that Open Source goodness all the way from GIMP to xEMACS and beyond. Meanwhile have your pirated (did I just say that?) Micro$oft stuff open to read stuff from idiots who insist on M$ Word attatchments. And then have your DV camera hooked up so you can edit your vacation footage (iMovie) for burning on DVD (iDVD). All at the same time. Crashless. It's not hard to imagine when you see it everyday... like I do.
Yeah, we all know that the US government services online will provide some sort of alternate from of authentication... no-one will be forced to have to deal with Micro$oft... unless they really, really, REALLY have to use US government services online, that is... </sarcasm>
The Jukebox3 has input ports. I want to take this to my practice space and record three hours of my band playing.
Uhhh... I would check the web-site for any reference to this "feature" if I were you. I'm looking at the web-site specs right now and this sounds like wishful thinking on your part.
Microsoft would be providing a common 802.11 MAC implementation. IEEE 802.11 [ieee.org] is well-documented fully-open standard that ANYONE can download and implement
Just like WinMODEM standards were "well-documented fully-open standard[s] that ANYONE" could download and implement.
If MS made their implemtation with windows-only quirks, they wouldn't interoperate with every single card already out there.
Just like WinMODEM's wouldn't interoperate with every single MODEM already out there.
Everybody seems to be making the assumption that there won't be drivers. Why not?
Because Microsoft is using closed proprietary hardware standards like Win[whatever] to a) make hardware cheaper, thus making it more widespread, and b) denying other OS's the ability to use said hardware and thus lowering their "competitors'" OS value-proposition to potential customers. Clear enough?
Linux has a small but appreciable market share, and that market share is more apt to get WiFi than most other users. Unlike the situation when WinModems first came out, there is a viable base and thus economic incentive to release Linux drivers.
All you have to do to prove your point here is to show us where Microsoft has released WinModem driver spec's to the Linux community now that Linux has a "viable base."
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True, it may not be a "CD" in the sense that it's a Compact Disc, but is still a CD in the sense that it's a Crippled Disc! ;c)
I've read quite a few posts here riding the iMac because of "cheap plastic"... as if there were no other kind of plastic. Check the plastic on 90% of the P.C.'s out there and compare to the iMac... then you will be able to know and see just what cheap plastic is all about...
Apple has never been one to do it. They make a computer with the most advanced GUI of 1984 and well beyond... and call it a "Macintosh." Is that a raincoat? a kind of Apple? some Irish guy? Just the most usable P.C. on the planet... but the marketing wasn't there to show the public what it was... and even the name didn't help. Similarly, IEEE 1394... what the Hell is that? People who needed cutting-edge DV connections knew, but the name gives no indication that it's a fast new connection technology. They should have allowed the "Firewire" name to be used if not from the beginning, at least a year earlier than now.
... and it's been down-hill ever since!
The terrorists are on their way!
Considering some of the crappy code I've seen!
Yeah... watch that usage rise to %50! ;c)
Hey, mod me down like the previous two posts too so you can prove what a great Microsoft supporter you are! Fight for that poor ole misunderstood multi-billion dollar corporation! Only you can save it here on Slashdot!!!
Maybe then "Futurama" would get to stay on the air while crap like "Everyone Loves Raymond," "Dark Angel," and "Politically Incorrect" would fade into the electronic dustbin of history .
Is it just me, or is the Star Wars franchise being attacked from all quarters here? I mean first they tear down the Lucas claim to Cambellesque "mythos." Then they go on the offensive and and say the story is a fascist fantasy. Then they claim the certain characters are racist stereotypes! Now they are considering the economic impact of the movie (i.e. "Can we really afford this kind of entertainment?") What's next? A Star Wars tax?
Gee. Microsoft has the option of "integrating" Outlook, Access, Word, Solitaire if they want. Why don't they? Because they have all those app-markets nearly sewn-up, that's why!
Don't forget that before IE became the uber-browser for Windows, Netscape still had a significant share. Whoops... I almost forgot... they don't have the DB market sewn-up, so that's what their new proprietary DB-based file-system is about, isn't it?
The past is the scroll of prophecy unrolled.
*spoiler* In War of The Worlds the Martians were stopped dead in their tracks because they became infected with Earth's native bacteria. Now how is that going to stop them... if the Martians are bacteria! ::: Dum dum duummmmm! (scream) :::
Yeah, we all know that the US government services online will provide some sort of alternate from of authentication... no-one will be forced to have to deal with Micro$oft... unless they really, really, REALLY have to use US government services online, that is... </sarcasm>
That's the gist of this whole thing.
The Mark of the Beast administered by The Beast itself!
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I did some Google for a while, but came up with a lot of dead ends. Anyone know where I can find precompiled EMACS 21.1 for Aqua OR XFree86?