Is it really surprising that it seems implausible to a man who doesn't even understand the concept of "peak speed"?
As Kerry O'Brien discovered on Lateline the other night, Tony Abbott is "no techno-head", "no Bill Gates".
How scary all this new fangled techno-babble must seem when running for PM and, by his own admission on national tv (another marvel of technology) Tony Abbott's limits of understanding are defeated by the concept of "peak speed".
Oh for the time when Tony would be right - on penalty of death - just because the Pope said so. The world was so much simpler when it was flat...
Yes gritty, film noire, dystopian and awesome
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It follows the spirit of the comic in a Hollywood package (read, can't possibly be identical). In some ways it's better - real people doing the same things is quite vivid and confrontational, thus the 'R'. The characters convey the same foibles and characteristics in much less 'time'. I like the revised ending... the alien thing seems a bit gratuitous to me anyway; at this point, we are meant to be left pondering the fact that Ozymandius is right, damnit!
The soundtrack rocks too. Make sure you see it in a decent theatre on a big screen with a honking sound system, so Jimm'y's All Along the Watchtower and Archie's thrusters can have full effect.
All in all, given there is an Director's Cut, extended edition with the comic book in a comic book coming, I'd almost be prepared to think this could grow into a cult film (not certain though). It's good enough to warrant watching the Watchmen again.
I don't think Apple has an iPod production line. I think like everyone else, they outsource to the cheapest tender in China. I don't think Apple gets to dictate what their contractors use to produce iPods at the cheapest possible price. But Windows and virus do go together like a ferret in a rabbit hole.
Not sure what to make of that? Ford *workers* know not to trust their own lives to Windows?
But this really isn't all that surprising; this is the same Ford that knowingly sold fatally flawed Broncos because they knew it was cheaper to fight and lose the odd law suit than recall / redesign the flawed model.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could just get what we've got working properly as advertised before we decide to drop it all for something new?
The world has yet to see a truly modern, general purpose, consumer OS.
Microsoft itself is now bagging Windows 9x and NT and giving us the statistical proof they are crap in order to sell Windows 2000, and while Mac OS 9.1 is still the best general purpose consumer OS on offer, it is falling apart at the seams.
I just got my hands on a copy of Toast Titanium 5.0b6 which lets Mac users burn CDs in the background for the first time. What a blast!
So imagine how nice it would be if Apple could actually use freeBSD to make the first decent OS of the millennium for everyone else.
What a concept: an OS the can be as geek-ified with arcane command line terminals as you like, but GUI-fied as only Apple can do for the rest of us.
Imagine if it REALLY didn't crash, ever. Really!
Imagine if it REALLY did boot in 5 seconds. That's 1/12 of a minute in real time, not some theoretical, marketing space/time continuum.
Imagine if it REALLY was easy to use, even for grandma. My grandma, who has never won a noble peace prize for computing.
Imagine if it REALLY was as powerful as the best of *nix in the hands of geeks at the same time.
Then we could all take stock of the situation and make any decisions about changing the computing paradigm from an informed basis.
The idea of the computer as the digital hub of all things digital, e.g.:
DVDs,
HiFi stereo,
digital movie editing,
digital type/web design and publishing,
game playing,
networking,
communications etc. etc..
is VERY COMPELLING.
There is no way that this could ever be achieved with 1000 individual gadgets. I like my 15.2" and my 17" screens too much. The TV's resolution just isn't high enough and I like to veg-out in front of it, not think too hard. I don't own a Palm; what's the point? I just take my new Titanium PowerBook 500 MHz G4 with me and I can do it all wherever I want. I don't want ANOTHER dumb console to stuff into my already overcrowded TV cabinet, and certainly NOT a cut-down PC from Microsoft! I have enough trouble remembering not to leave my Ericsson T-28s around. I agree with Mr Dell on this front; where are all of the hand held devices that will change the world?
Let's just see if Apple, with the help of freeBSD, has the ability as well as the vision to realise the goal of a general purpose OS that runs a digital hub reliably, easily, creatively and in as aesthetically pleasing and enjoyable manner as possible.
Regarding the recent tête-á-tête you guys are having with MS over their bastardised version of Kerberos, I would point out that in marked contrast, Apple is presently working WITH MIT to develop it for Mac OS X: MIT to bring Kerberos network security to Apple's Mac OS X
What the clever folks will take away from it all is that MS is doomed. Even after being pantsed so hard by the DoJ that Bill now coughs up K-Mart undies, they STILL haven't changed. In light of the court case and the much wider ramifications (including a new-found courage to stand up to the bully of Redmond on everyone's part), the same old tired and now ILLEGAL tactics will of necessity be their undoing.
Apple Releases Darwin 1.0 Open Source New Mac OS Core and QuickTime Streaming Server Released to Tens of Thousands of Developers
INTERNET WORLD, LOS ANGELES -- April 5, 2000 -- Apple® today announced the release of Darwin 1.0, the advanced operating system core at the heart of Mac® OS X, and the release of an updated Darwin Streaming Server. Darwin's open source model allows the tens of thousands of registered Darwin developers to modify, customize and extend key Apple software, including the modern mach kernel and BSD layers found in Apple's next generation operating system, Mac OS X.
"The core of Mac OS X is the only mainstream operating system following an open source model," said Philip Schiller, Apple's vice president of World-wide Product Marketing. "The new Darwin 1.0 posting includes some of the most advanced operating system technology available, and it's open to our customers and developers so that we may collaborate on the future of the Mac OS."
The new Darwin kernel is based on FreeBSD and Mach 3.0 technologies and supports the Kernel Extension Developer Kit (KDK) for developing drivers and loadable modules. Darwin 1.0 gives developers access to essential Mac OS X source code. This allows developers to enhance the feature set, performance and quality of Mac OS X products in partnership with Apple engineers. Darwin 1.0 is processor independent and is built for PowerPC and Intel platforms, enabling Open Source developers to work on Darwin projects on the widest choice of computer systems.
In addition to Darwin 1.0, Apple also announced an update to the Darwin Streaming Server, the open source version of Apple's QuickTime(TM) Streaming Server software, which is used to stream high quality audio and video over the Internet. The Darwin Streaming Server is the only open source, standards based and free Internet streaming server. This update makes the Darwin Streaming Server available for Windows NT-based systems, expanding support for developers creating streaming server products based on five different operating systems -- Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris and now Windows NT.
Lest we forget, Apple is a hardware company first and foremost. I believe that about 90% + of their revenue comes from hardware, so I don't see any economical reason why they wouldn't make Mac OS X proper run on Intel hardware; they have nothing to lose and everything -- draws developer and therefore customer support for the Mac hardware platform as a whole, not to mention any bonus revenue and the overwhelming desire most people seem to have to knock Bed Bug Bill off his perch -- to gain.
Moreover, NeXT, the OS that Apple bought from Jobs to build Mac OS X in the first place runs on Intel. They have the technology, the talent, the experience and the will. My money is on an Intel release for Mac OS X.
Mind you, my money is on a secret "red box" environment (in addition to Classic, Carbon and Cocoa), to transparently run Windows apps in the Aqua environment.
Regarding the recent tête-á-tête you guys are having with MS over their bastardised version of Kerberos, I would point out that in marked contrast, Apple is presently working WITH MIT to develop it for Mac OS X: MIT to bring Kerberos network security to Apple's Mac OS X
What the clever folks will take away from it all is that MS is doomed. Even after being pantsed so hard by the DoJ that Bill now coughs up K-Mart undies, they STILL haven't changed. In light of the court case and the much wider ramifications (including a new-found courage to stand up to the bully of Redmond on everyone's part), the same old tired and now ILLEGAL tactics will of necessity be their undoing.
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I want secrutz too!
Right up there with there being no Windows in any other OS.
If Apple lose, then Microsoft should be worried...
Who cares about windows or Microsoft anymore? Their time has come, and gone...
Is it really surprising that it seems implausible to a man who doesn't even understand the concept of "peak speed"?
As Kerry O'Brien discovered on Lateline the other night, Tony Abbott is "no techno-head", "no Bill Gates".
How scary all this new fangled techno-babble must seem when running for PM and, by his own admission on national tv (another marvel of technology) Tony Abbott's limits of understanding are defeated by the concept of "peak speed".
Oh for the time when Tony would be right - on penalty of death - just because the Pope said so. The world was so much simpler when it was flat...
It follows the spirit of the comic in a Hollywood package (read, can't possibly be identical). In some ways it's better - real people doing the same things is quite vivid and confrontational, thus the 'R'. The characters convey the same foibles and characteristics in much less 'time'. I like the revised ending... the alien thing seems a bit gratuitous to me anyway; at this point, we are meant to be left pondering the fact that Ozymandius is right, damnit!
The soundtrack rocks too. Make sure you see it in a decent theatre on a big screen with a honking sound system, so Jimm'y's All Along the Watchtower and Archie's thrusters can have full effect.
All in all, given there is an Director's Cut, extended edition with the comic book in a comic book coming, I'd almost be prepared to think this could grow into a cult film (not certain though). It's good enough to warrant watching the Watchmen again.
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/12/19/miniford/i ndex.php?lsrc=mwrss
I don't think Apple has an iPod production line. I think like everyone else, they outsource to the cheapest tender in China. I don't think Apple gets to dictate what their contractors use to produce iPods at the cheapest possible price. But Windows and virus do go together like a ferret in a rabbit hole.
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/12/19/miniford/i ndex.php?lsrc=mwrss
Not sure what to make of that? Ford *workers* know not to trust their own lives to Windows?
But this really isn't all that surprising; this is the same Ford that knowingly sold fatally flawed Broncos because they knew it was cheaper to fight and lose the odd law suit than recall / redesign the flawed model.
To Ford, the public's life is cheap!
This is like wondering if you would stick with Apple if they move from Si to Cu interconnects. Who gives a flying fig?
Since when has your Mac experience ever been affected by the colour of the CPU pinouts?
Mac OS X and the Computing Paradigm.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could just get what we've got working properly as advertised before we decide to drop it all for something new?
The world has yet to see a truly modern, general purpose, consumer OS.
Microsoft itself is now bagging Windows 9x and NT and giving us the statistical proof they are crap in order to sell Windows 2000, and while Mac OS 9.1 is still the best general purpose consumer OS on offer, it is falling apart at the seams.
I just got my hands on a copy of Toast Titanium 5.0b6 which lets Mac users burn CDs in the background for the first time. What a blast!
So imagine how nice it would be if Apple could actually use freeBSD to make the first decent OS of the millennium for everyone else.
What a concept: an OS the can be as geek-ified with arcane command line terminals as you like, but GUI-fied as only Apple can do for the rest of us.
Imagine if it REALLY didn't crash, ever. Really!
Imagine if it REALLY did boot in 5 seconds. That's 1/12 of a minute in real time, not some theoretical, marketing space/time continuum.
Imagine if it REALLY was easy to use, even for grandma. My grandma, who has never won a noble peace prize for computing.
Imagine if it REALLY was as powerful as the best of *nix in the hands of geeks at the same time.
Then we could all take stock of the situation and make any decisions about changing the computing paradigm from an informed basis.
The idea of the computer as the digital hub of all things digital, e.g.:
DVDs,
HiFi stereo,
digital movie editing,
digital type/web design and publishing,
game playing,
networking,
communications etc. etc..
is VERY COMPELLING.
There is no way that this could ever be achieved with 1000 individual gadgets. I like my 15.2" and my 17" screens too much. The TV's resolution just isn't high enough and I like to veg-out in front of it, not think too hard. I don't own a Palm; what's the point? I just take my new Titanium PowerBook 500 MHz G4 with me and I can do it all wherever I want. I don't want ANOTHER dumb console to stuff into my already overcrowded TV cabinet, and certainly NOT a cut-down PC from Microsoft! I have enough trouble remembering not to leave my Ericsson T-28s around. I agree with Mr Dell on this front; where are all of the hand held devices that will change the world?
Let's just see if Apple, with the help of freeBSD, has the ability as well as the vision to realise the goal of a general purpose OS that runs a digital hub reliably, easily, creatively and in as aesthetically pleasing and enjoyable manner as possible.
Here's hoping with all major appendages crossed.
Genius! Sheer genius!
I have never thought about it like this before, but you are spot on.
I think I've just had an epiphany (or is it heart burn? No, it's an epiphany); this is how they should test all OS claims of superiority.
Just for this, I am going to pour me a glass of fine South Australian brandy and dry (and then play Heroes of Might and Magic III with the g/f)!
Regarding the recent tête-á-tête you guys are having with MS over their bastardised version of Kerberos, I would point out that in marked contrast, Apple is presently working WITH MIT to develop it for Mac OS X: MIT to bring Kerberos network security to Apple's Mac OS X
What the clever folks will take away from it all is that MS is doomed. Even after being pantsed so hard by the DoJ that Bill now coughs up K-Mart undies, they STILL haven't changed. In light of the court case and the much wider ramifications (including a new-found courage to stand up to the bully of Redmond on everyone's part), the same old tired and now ILLEGAL tactics will of necessity be their undoing.
Darwin, the core of the new Mac OS X is Open Source AND Apple has just compiled it run on Intel hardware -- Apple Releases Darwin 1.0 Open Source
Lest we forget, Apple is a hardware company first and foremost. I believe that about 90% + of their revenue comes from hardware, so I don't see any economical reason why they wouldn't make Mac OS X proper run on Intel hardware; they have nothing to lose and everything -- draws developer and therefore customer support for the Mac hardware platform as a whole, not to mention any bonus revenue and the overwhelming desire most people seem to have to knock Bed Bug Bill off his perch -- to gain.
Moreover, NeXT, the OS that Apple bought from Jobs to build Mac OS X in the first place runs on Intel. They have the technology, the talent, the experience and the will. My money is on an Intel release for Mac OS X.
Mind you, my money is on a secret "red box" environment (in addition to Classic, Carbon and Cocoa), to transparently run Windows apps in the Aqua environment.
Regarding the recent tête-á-tête you guys are having with MS over their bastardised version of Kerberos, I would point out that in marked contrast, Apple is presently working WITH MIT to develop it for Mac OS X: MIT to bring Kerberos network security to Apple's Mac OS X
What the clever folks will take away from it all is that MS is doomed. Even after being pantsed so hard by the DoJ that Bill now coughs up K-Mart undies, they STILL haven't changed. In light of the court case and the much wider ramifications (including a new-found courage to stand up to the bully of Redmond on everyone's part), the same old tired and now ILLEGAL tactics will of necessity be their undoing.