That would make sense if the EXT4 vs KDE problems weren't resolved some time ago (2.6.29 or 2.6.30), with EXT4 going back to EXT3's expected behaviour instead of the merely "POSIX compliant". Oh, and that makes you utterly and entirely wrong.
What evidence have you got that suggests driver development means other development is pushed back? Do you think the EXT4 developers take time off to write device drivers?
Lots of driver development means Linux has lots of driver developers. That probably suggests that hardware manufacturers actually try to get their stuff supported.
No, it's not "their loss". It's Apple's customers' loss: if they want new software, they need to buy new hardware. Apple have always dropped support for older hardware long before they need to (866 MHz or so Powerbook needed for 10.5?), and most of the small-time developers are trendy types who'll go to new APIs as soon as they're available. 10.3 support for QuickSilver was gone even before 10.4 was out, for instance. This is the hidden cost that makes owning a Mac even more expensive: if you want to use new software, you need to have new hardware.
Basically, you become dependent on buying new computers from Apple every five years or so.
No, but what about the people using those nice Apple G5 Powermacs? Their hardware is now obsolete, practically unable to use most new software developed for OS X.
No, as people do grow grapes in the UK today, even north of the Scottish border, the assumed fact that the romans also did so doesn't mean much. That's what the brackets should make clear, but of course you are free to interpret anything in a way that supports your own stupid prejudices.
Have you checked whether the Romans actually grew grapes in England, or are you just repeating stuff you read on the internet? I ask since you say it's impossible today. Which it isn't. Southern England has a proper wine industry. Today, it's even possible to grow grapes some places in Norway.
I know re-posting bullshit you've seen at +5, insightful before can be tempting, but half of your "empirical" evidence is plain wrong, and I haven't found sources for the other part (not that there's much point to it).
That page is a bit outdated. Incognito mode certainly does provide visual cues that indicate when it's in use. It's actually the only thing I use Google Chrome for, and it seems to work.
Uhm, your "statistical analysis" says nothing about whether the use of force has increased or not, it only points out the obvious: taser policy encourages taser use. Did cops shoot as many then as they tase now? No?
"It might be" -- well, there should be statistics. Does he have lower return rates on his prisoners, or is it just wishful thinking on his constituents' part?
But why would you want it more realistic? The real world is bland. Games are a means to escape reality for a while.
What the game designers mean by 'realistic' is bigger textures and more polygons lighted by a bigger number of light sources, creating a more vivid picture, and that should be their goal. I like the 'realism' of stepping out into City 17 and its dreamlike yellow sunlight better than the prosaic realism of going out into the grey rain to fetch today's mail. It's a more exciting atmosphere. You don't get that by portraying 'reality' as-seen. You need to distort, over-focus on certain aspects, etc.
That's an awfully long comment, considering that most of the area of Finland actually has mobile coverage. There's not much point to a mobile phone if you can only use it at home.
Or how about you use Finland's population density instead, which turns out to be almost exactly half of that of the U.S. That pretty much destroys your argument.
Do you actually believe that yourself, or are you just trying to convince morons that socialised health care will have those consequences? I guess what I'm asking is: are you a moron, or do you just pander to them on the internets?
Nice to see that neither you nor the moderators have read the article. What he was locked into was the OS X only software that he was using, which brought with it the need to replace dying Apple hardware with new Apple hardware, or getting expensive repairs.
What has that got to do with anything? Getting users tied into OS X upgrades is a huge success for Apple, but it's also a giant failure for the user.
If you buy a Mac, you soon need to upgrade the OS, since all the new nifty little tools are latest revision only (developers are always the first to upgrade, and always want to use the latest APIs). A couple of years later, you need to buy a new computer as well, as Apple has decided yours isn't good enough for their latest revision.
You seem to treat Apple and Microsoft like football teams. I'm not a fan of either. But if I had to choose, as a customer, I'd rather give my money to the one I need to pay only once.
Oh man I'd love to see Windows guys try to use that same argument...
They don't need to. Most software that works on Vista works just as fine on XP or Windows 2000. With OS X, on the other hand, you can't even get a modern browser running on 10.3,
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That would make sense if the EXT4 vs KDE problems weren't resolved some time ago (2.6.29 or 2.6.30), with EXT4 going back to EXT3's expected behaviour instead of the merely "POSIX compliant". Oh, and that makes you utterly and entirely wrong.
What evidence have you got that suggests driver development means other development is pushed back? Do you think the EXT4 developers take time off to write device drivers?
Lots of driver development means Linux has lots of driver developers. That probably suggests that hardware manufacturers actually try to get their stuff supported.
No, it's not "their loss". It's Apple's customers' loss: if they want new software, they need to buy new hardware. Apple have always dropped support for older hardware long before they need to (866 MHz or so Powerbook needed for 10.5?), and most of the small-time developers are trendy types who'll go to new APIs as soon as they're available. 10.3 support for QuickSilver was gone even before 10.4 was out, for instance. This is the hidden cost that makes owning a Mac even more expensive: if you want to use new software, you need to have new hardware.
Basically, you become dependent on buying new computers from Apple every five years or so.
That's a very long post, but you missed my point: 10.5 PPC will be dropped by most developers when they move to 10.6.
No, but what about the people using those nice Apple G5 Powermacs? Their hardware is now obsolete, practically unable to use most new software developed for OS X.
No, as people do grow grapes in the UK today, even north of the Scottish border, the assumed fact that the romans also did so doesn't mean much. That's what the brackets should make clear, but of course you are free to interpret anything in a way that supports your own stupid prejudices.
Scotland is north of the Scottish border, though, isn't it? Sorry, but did you have a point?
Have you checked whether the Romans actually grew grapes in England, or are you just repeating stuff you read on the internet? I ask since you say it's impossible today. Which it isn't. Southern England has a proper wine industry. Today, it's even possible to grow grapes some places in Norway.
I know re-posting bullshit you've seen at +5, insightful before can be tempting, but half of your "empirical" evidence is plain wrong, and I haven't found sources for the other part (not that there's much point to it).
That page is a bit outdated. Incognito mode certainly does provide visual cues that indicate when it's in use. It's actually the only thing I use Google Chrome for, and it seems to work.
Wrong. While still 'un-official', a developer preview of Google Chrome for Linux has been out for a long time, freely available. Link.
Uhm, your "statistical analysis" says nothing about whether the use of force has increased or not, it only points out the obvious: taser policy encourages taser use. Did cops shoot as many then as they tase now? No?
"It might be" -- well, there should be statistics. Does he have lower return rates on his prisoners, or is it just wishful thinking on his constituents' part?
But why would you want it more realistic? The real world is bland. Games are a means to escape reality for a while.
What the game designers mean by 'realistic' is bigger textures and more polygons lighted by a bigger number of light sources, creating a more vivid picture, and that should be their goal. I like the 'realism' of stepping out into City 17 and its dreamlike yellow sunlight better than the prosaic realism of going out into the grey rain to fetch today's mail. It's a more exciting atmosphere. You don't get that by portraying 'reality' as-seen. You need to distort, over-focus on certain aspects, etc.
Uhm, just what exactly did you believe you were replying to just now? You make no sense whatsoever.
That's an awfully long comment, considering that most of the area of Finland actually has mobile coverage. There's not much point to a mobile phone if you can only use it at home.
So why don't you check the facts? There's a fine chart here. Oh, so facts change nothing.
Or how about you use Finland's population density instead, which turns out to be almost exactly half of that of the U.S. That pretty much destroys your argument.
Do you actually believe that yourself, or are you just trying to convince morons that socialised health care will have those consequences? I guess what I'm asking is: are you a moron, or do you just pander to them on the internets?
But not for the past 10 years, like the GGP said: OS X 10.0 and 10.1 were fat, bloated hogs with little native software support, and 10.2 was still extremely slow. Panther was the first version that was any good. Without Expose (sorry, Slashdot makes an accented e into é), OS X's poor window manager was quickly cluttered (with 1024x768 being the most common resolution at the time). Performance was certainly worse, stability no better, usability nothing to brag about: Windows 2000 and XP are far better operating systems than OS X 10.0, 10.1 and 10.2.
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There. Now it's correct.
Nice to see that neither you nor the moderators have read the article. What he was locked into was the OS X only software that he was using, which brought with it the need to replace dying Apple hardware with new Apple hardware, or getting expensive repairs.
What has that got to do with anything? Getting users tied into OS X upgrades is a huge success for Apple, but it's also a giant failure for the user.
If you buy a Mac, you soon need to upgrade the OS, since all the new nifty little tools are latest revision only (developers are always the first to upgrade, and always want to use the latest APIs). A couple of years later, you need to buy a new computer as well, as Apple has decided yours isn't good enough for their latest revision.
You seem to treat Apple and Microsoft like football teams. I'm not a fan of either. But if I had to choose, as a customer, I'd rather give my money to the one I need to pay only once.
Oh man I'd love to see Windows guys try to use that same argument ...
They don't need to. Most software that works on Vista works just as fine on XP or Windows 2000. With OS X, on the other hand, you can't even get a modern browser running on 10.3,
Probably "my dog surfed doggie porn sites and now all my homework files got fleas".
No, they don't use email, as they have replaced it with a web based collaboration tool. At the university, I used email.