One of the awesome things about buying a system from Apple is that if you can ignore all the new and innovative things they are doing, their machines will last virtually forever. I still use some old 68k machines sometimes, and they have yet to fail. I am constantly surprised at the quality of construction that Apple employs.
You do realize, of course, that the complaint that is typically raised by opponents of pre-emptive and unprovoked war is that US foreign policy has changed since those days. Changed in a dangerous, unstable way. And that is what frightens any reasonable person; that is what terrifies virtually the entire world.
Linux is certainly not like Windows, and when Microsoft starts to clone functionalities in KDE/Gnome, wouldn't people say that Windows is just like KDE/Gnome/Linux?
Actually people tend to compare things they see to similar things that they've seen before. So if Microsoft steals an idea from Linux, Linux is still "like Windows" as long as the user saw Windows first (and most possible switchers will have).
Actually he has to look objectively at the situations (and I'm sure he is), but he need not tell anyone else about it. He's responding to these questions exactly as he should be, regardless of what he's thinking.
I asked my girlfriend what she thought and all I got was a blank stare.That, however, is her typical response, seeing as how she's just a picture and all. Oh, did you mean -- riiiight. For a second I thought this was Slashdot...
Are you actually criticizing Apple for not subverting technical facts for marketing purposes? Does that seem a little foolish to anyone else?
I propose that before anyone blindly criticize a platform they never/rarely use, they consider the fact that the other side feels the exact same way about their platform and that much of the arguing done in both directions is pretty useless and stupid.
Don't forget the people who'd rather spend $3k on sand with which to bury their heads than listen to the specs for this machine. How many ACs are buried in these threads saying things like "If you think about it, it isn't that fast." ? What? If you think about it, this is the fastest thing there is right now, by a long shot, and it's coming out in 3 days, not next year nor 3 months from now, but on Monday morning.
And much farther away. I think that makes a significant difference. Also, the moon provides the opportunity to create a base for mining the He-3, whereas the gas giants would require orbiting miner satellites and tricky gimmicks to acquire the necessary gas. At this point I would have to bet that it would be more economically feasible to get He-3 from the moon. (Although once we start harvesting the moon, we may be able to quickly move on to larger deposits thanks to the near infinite source of power we will thus enjoy.)
If you copy a license plate from one car to steal another that looks just like it, you may as well have just stolen the first. The cops will recognize the duplicate plates and know that one is stolen. The computer program he speaks of would be able to create a unique set of plates such that it may as well be a unique car.
Actually I don't use door locks, on my car or my house, but that isn't quite the point either. Imagine, rather, that every house was required by law to have a government provided lock on it, and the police had a key to every door. That wouldn't be too great, would it?
Giving the police the power to watch over everything in the city is not the same as allowing individuals to lock their own property as they see fit.
SCO has announced that it has claim to all IP related to making jokes about SCO's ridiculous IP claims. SCO claims it owns these rights as it made all the ridiculous claims and did not give anyone else, including IBM and "grub", to include them in jokes. Expect foolhardy yet belligerent litigation.
That is not the correct analogy, though it certainly is a popular one. He said that monitoring the roads in this fashion does not catch criminals, nor does it prevent them from using the road. What if the car is stolen? What if the license plates are stolen? This monitoring system would have largely no effect in these situations. Its only usefulness is in keeping track of law abiding citizens, and as such it is not useful.
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One of the awesome things about buying a system from Apple is that if you can ignore all the new and innovative things they are doing, their machines will last virtually forever. I still use some old 68k machines sometimes, and they have yet to fail. I am constantly surprised at the quality of construction that Apple employs.
But clearly it could not be clocked that much faster. That's why the G4 sucked so much (at the end of its life span).
You do realize, of course, that the complaint that is typically raised by opponents of pre-emptive and unprovoked war is that US foreign policy has changed since those days. Changed in a dangerous, unstable way. And that is what frightens any reasonable person; that is what terrifies virtually the entire world.
Linux is certainly not like Windows, and when Microsoft starts to clone functionalities in KDE/Gnome, wouldn't people say that Windows is just like KDE/Gnome/Linux?
Actually people tend to compare things they see to similar things that they've seen before. So if Microsoft steals an idea from Linux, Linux is still "like Windows" as long as the user saw Windows first (and most possible switchers will have).
What about teen and/or fashion magazines, like Cosmo? I don't know if USA Today readers, on average, are dumber...
Actually he has to look objectively at the situations (and I'm sure he is), but he need not tell anyone else about it. He's responding to these questions exactly as he should be, regardless of what he's thinking.
I asked my girlfriend what she thought and all I got was a blank stare.That, however, is her typical response, seeing as how she's just a picture and all. Oh, did you mean -- riiiight. For a second I thought this was Slashdot...
Too bad most geeks wouldn't know what to do with it. They'd probably drink it in the hopes that it would keep them awake...
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I expect my Java VM to order more RAM online and install it for me.
Exaaactly. D'oh!
I'm suppressed[sic] apple isn't claming that their machines do 'twice as much work' because they have twice as many bits.
Sounds like even you admit that they're *not* doing it.
I sincerely hope the guys in Japan put a sticker on the side of the Earth Simulator that says "My other computer is also the Earth Simulator". Jerks.
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Are you actually criticizing Apple for not subverting technical facts for marketing purposes? Does that seem a little foolish to anyone else?
I propose that before anyone blindly criticize a platform they never/rarely use, they consider the fact that the other side feels the exact same way about their platform and that much of the arguing done in both directions is pretty useless and stupid.
Man do I hope the Powerbook rumor is true. That would be the ultimate college machine. *fingers crossed*
Don't forget the people who'd rather spend $3k on sand with which to bury their heads than listen to the specs for this machine. How many ACs are buried in these threads saying things like "If you think about it, it isn't that fast." ? What? If you think about it, this is the fastest thing there is right now, by a long shot, and it's coming out in 3 days, not next year nor 3 months from now, but on Monday morning.
I can imagine Apple being so mad about this leak that they refuse to do business with the perpetrator for years to come. Wait -- never mind.
And much farther away. I think that makes a significant difference. Also, the moon provides the opportunity to create a base for mining the He-3, whereas the gas giants would require orbiting miner satellites and tricky gimmicks to acquire the necessary gas. At this point I would have to bet that it would be more economically feasible to get He-3 from the moon. (Although once we start harvesting the moon, we may be able to quickly move on to larger deposits thanks to the near infinite source of power we will thus enjoy.)
If you copy a license plate from one car to steal another that looks just like it, you may as well have just stolen the first. The cops will recognize the duplicate plates and know that one is stolen. The computer program he speaks of would be able to create a unique set of plates such that it may as well be a unique car.
Actually I don't use door locks, on my car or my house, but that isn't quite the point either. Imagine, rather, that every house was required by law to have a government provided lock on it, and the police had a key to every door. That wouldn't be too great, would it?
Giving the police the power to watch over everything in the city is not the same as allowing individuals to lock their own property as they see fit.
Which, I would say, makes it useless. (In the sense of its small number of legitimate uses.)
12. What is the overclocking potential of these supernovas, and what method of cooling is preferred?
This just in:
SCO has announced that it has claim to all IP related to making jokes about SCO's ridiculous IP claims. SCO claims it owns these rights as it made all the ridiculous claims and did not give anyone else, including IBM and "grub", to include them in jokes. Expect foolhardy yet belligerent litigation.
That is not the correct analogy, though it certainly is a popular one. He said that monitoring the roads in this fashion does not catch criminals, nor does it prevent them from using the road. What if the car is stolen? What if the license plates are stolen? This monitoring system would have largely no effect in these situations. Its only usefulness is in keeping track of law abiding citizens, and as such it is not useful.
Drugs. I recommend drugs. They're better than the internet.