is anyone buying these things? I can't imagine lugging a 17" iMac's display around all day. I'd rather have a 15" Powerbook with the same specs as the 17"
My guess is it's not intended for lugging around all day, it's aimed at digital video professionals: the 17" is a lot easier to transport if you need to set up your digital video or photo studio for the day, do your work, and then pack up and go back to the hotel/whatever later and can't/don't want to leave the equipment onsite.
Especially when you have to entity-encode all of them for a Slashdot comment!
Seriously, the point is to make it programmatically accessible/writeable and human-readable, not necessarily easy to hand-type. (Despite the fact that many apps using XML (Tomcat, Ant, others) tend to have hand-written XML files.)
Why don't we just let these devices stick to what they really are. A Game Boy is a Game Boy, not a PDA. Want a PDA? Drop the money on a PDA. Can't afford a PDA? Then you probably don't actually need a PDA, you just want a PDA.
For the record, Nintendo has flatly stated that they are a game company and are not interested in pursuing alternative uses of their technology. They made this clear when initially pressed as to why the GameCube doesn't offer a built-in DVD player like the PS2 and X-Box.
This add-on doesn't appear to be endorsed by Nintendo in any way.
I think you raise some good points, friend, but I feel I should point out a few things...
Rendezvous and AddressBook are wide open APIs. Thus, Opera or any other application is welcome -- no, encouraged -- to make use of them. (After all, that only means a better user experience on the Mac and increases the value of the Apple brand.)
AFAIK, WebCore is not really a Safari component, rather, it's going to be an OS component. So rather, it is Safari that is dependent on the OS, not the other way around. (I could be wrong about WebCore, though.)
Yes, Safari is well-integrated into MacOS X but that isn't so much a Safari thing as it is a MacOS X thing. Take interapplication Services: would you say that Stickies is tightly coupled into the Mac because you can Make New Sticky Note from any selection in a Cocoa app? Or Search Google?
I see the direction of MacOS X/Cocoa development leading to more integrations like this. The difference IMO is that they are orthogonal enough that they can be removed without depriving the OS itself of significant user experience, and they are generally well-documented and public interfaces.
(that said, I have no idea if this was the case for IE, I never totally understood the case against IE on Windows... but then I'm not a windows user)
I've already mentioned it in another thread on this story, but I felt it was worth mentioning again in its own top-level post. Many have pointed out the maturity of Swing, and I agree completely -- when it comes to Windows. On any other JVM, it is a dog. Specifically, on MacOS X, a large-scale Swing-based app like NetBeans is unuseable.
It's unfortunate because I'm a huge proponent of Swing, and do make use of it in my own job. Personally I find the Swing model to be quite elegant. But, while I can fire up NetBeans or other big Swing apps on Win2k with no problem, there is zero responsiveness on my equivalently-powered Mac.
And for anyone who pipes up about SWT, I've used Eclipse too, and it is really only marginally faster than Swing (on the Mac).
Even though PHP doesn't enforce it, it is always good practice to initialize your variables in any language. That stops the URL-based attack cold (though register_globals can help you remember the namepaces of your variables).
Sites like Slashdot [slashdot.org], Yahoo [yahoo.com], and many more are slowly realizing banners are not producing enough UNF to pay the bills, and are resorting to subscriber based services like Yahoo Personals, or Slashdot's subscriptions [slashdot.org].
Not sure about the other sites, but Slashdot went from a non-subscription, non-advertising-subsidized site to using ads and simultaneously offering a subscription to avoid seeing the ads. In other words, they didn't "realize" that ads don't work, they just came up with an intelligent solution for people who don't want to see the ads and are willing to help sponsor the site.
Not to sound harsh, but I think you're missing the point. The OP is saying that more and more "high-profile" sites (not sure if ask.com is considered "high-profile") are throwing out the banner-ad revenue model.
More of a comment on the state of web trends than a breaking news alert about ask.com per se.
Sources: 17-inch flat-panel iMac to stop production in June David Tzeng, Taipei; Chinmei Sung, DigiTimes.com [Thursday 2 January 2003]
The 17-inch flat-panel iMac will terminate production in June, following the same fate as the 15-inch flat-panel model, which stopped production last October, said local PC makers familiar with the matter.
It is estimated that about 500,000 to 600,000 flat-panel iMacs were sold in 2002 following their introduction last January. The once highflying desktop computer, which created a buzz with its desk lamp-like look, is expected to sell another 300,000 to 400,000 units between now and June.
The flat-panel iMac, which debuted last January, became a smash hit shortly after being introduced. Sales peaked in March, with local manufacturers working round the clock, fulfilling shipments of over 10,000 units a day.
Sales of the 15-inch flat-panel iMacs practically stalled in June 2002 after selling more than 300,000 units between February and May, resulting in an early production termination in October.
You make a reference to a value and then dereference it. Neat, I didn't think of that. But not something I'd ever use in a release script (too ugly!);). Thanks for sharing.
But I bet that the layout is still far from optimized...
I think this is true wherever non-Dvorak keyboard layouts are being used, isn't it? I told myself that at some point I'd have to learn the Dvorak keyboard too, but... well I type pretty fast already, and I don't know if Dvorak is optimized for coding.
.Mac : I use it, it seems to work fine, I have heard once or twice that someone sent me mail that I never got, and have also heard from the developers of a somewhat popular mail client for Macs that their mail service has a track record of being buggy (but that was back in June 2002)... but overall I have no real complaints with.Mac. It seems to work quite well, and is convenient if you use a Mac often.
Yes, dot notation is ten times better than -> for separating instance names and method calls.
If you want to design a language that has as few special characters as possible (like Python), you should have a look at $, too, but since we're talking about PHP here, it does not really make sense. $variable is cool. variable is not.
I don't know all of the Perl "special variables", but I'm pretty sure that "$," is one of them.:) If the German keyboard is not conducive to special characters, then you must really hate coding in Perl!
That's an interesting alternative (your solution at the top). I hadn't thought of it. Though I suspect that you're right, it's kind of confusing. To be honest, I never found much problem with prepending a $ to variable names, having started programming in PHP and then moving to Perl. In fact when I started to learn Python and later Java, I had a hard time distinguishing the variable names from the operators and method names because I was so used to looking for dollar signs.
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Um, if you did that then you wouldn't be able to embed your variables in a string, Perl-style.
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What if your CGI programs need to get data from libraries that only have C and C++ interfaces?
Python has really good interfacing with C/C++ code.
is anyone buying these things? I can't imagine lugging a 17" iMac's display around all day. I'd rather have a 15" Powerbook with the same specs as the 17"
My guess is it's not intended for lugging around all day, it's aimed at digital video professionals: the 17" is a lot easier to transport if you need to set up your digital video or photo studio for the day, do your work, and then pack up and go back to the hotel/whatever later and can't/don't want to leave the equipment onsite.
Especially when you have to entity-encode all of them for a Slashdot comment!
Seriously, the point is to make it programmatically accessible/writeable and human-readable, not necessarily easy to hand-type. (Despite the fact that many apps using XML (Tomcat, Ant, others) tend to have hand-written XML files.)
Why don't we just let these devices stick to what they really are. A Game Boy is a Game Boy, not a PDA. Want a PDA? Drop the money on a PDA. Can't afford a PDA? Then you probably don't actually need a PDA, you just want a PDA.
For the record, Nintendo has flatly stated that they are a game company and are not interested in pursuing alternative uses of their technology. They made this clear when initially pressed as to why the GameCube doesn't offer a built-in DVD player like the PS2 and X-Box.
This add-on doesn't appear to be endorsed by Nintendo in any way.
I think you raise some good points, friend, but I feel I should point out a few things...
I see the direction of MacOS X/Cocoa development leading to more integrations like this. The difference IMO is that they are orthogonal enough that they can be removed without depriving the OS itself of significant user experience, and they are generally well-documented and public interfaces.
(that said, I have no idea if this was the case for IE, I never totally understood the case against IE on Windows... but then I'm not a windows user)
I've already mentioned it in another thread on this story, but I felt it was worth mentioning again in its own top-level post. Many have pointed out the maturity of Swing, and I agree completely -- when it comes to Windows. On any other JVM, it is a dog. Specifically, on MacOS X, a large-scale Swing-based app like NetBeans is unuseable.
It's unfortunate because I'm a huge proponent of Swing, and do make use of it in my own job. Personally I find the Swing model to be quite elegant. But, while I can fire up NetBeans or other big Swing apps on Win2k with no problem, there is zero responsiveness on my equivalently-powered Mac.
And for anyone who pipes up about SWT, I've used Eclipse too, and it is really only marginally faster than Swing (on the Mac).
Unfortunately, it's not much faster on MacOS X than Swing.
Even though PHP doesn't enforce it, it is always good practice to initialize your variables in any language. That stops the URL-based attack cold (though register_globals can help you remember the namepaces of your variables).
Sites like Slashdot [slashdot.org], Yahoo [yahoo.com], and many more are slowly realizing banners are not producing enough UNF to pay the bills, and are resorting to subscriber based services like Yahoo Personals, or Slashdot's subscriptions [slashdot.org].
Not sure about the other sites, but Slashdot went from a non-subscription, non-advertising-subsidized site to using ads and simultaneously offering a subscription to avoid seeing the ads. In other words, they didn't "realize" that ads don't work, they just came up with an intelligent solution for people who don't want to see the ads and are willing to help sponsor the site.
Not to sound harsh, but I think you're missing the point. The OP is saying that more and more "high-profile" sites (not sure if ask.com is considered "high-profile") are throwing out the banner-ad revenue model.
More of a comment on the state of web trends than a breaking news alert about ask.com per se.
Sources: 17-inch flat-panel iMac to stop production in June
David Tzeng, Taipei; Chinmei Sung, DigiTimes.com [Thursday 2 January 2003]
The 17-inch flat-panel iMac will terminate production in June, following the same fate as the 15-inch flat-panel model, which stopped production last October, said local PC makers familiar with the matter.
It is estimated that about 500,000 to 600,000 flat-panel iMacs were sold in 2002 following their introduction last January. The once highflying desktop computer, which created a buzz with its desk lamp-like look, is expected to sell another 300,000 to 400,000 units between now and June.
The flat-panel iMac, which debuted last January, became a smash hit shortly after being introduced. Sales peaked in March, with local manufacturers working round the clock, fulfilling shipments of over 10,000 units a day.
Sales of the 15-inch flat-panel iMacs practically stalled in June 2002 after selling more than 300,000 units between February and May, resulting in an early production termination in October.
You make a reference to a value and then dereference it. Neat, I didn't think of that. But not something I'd ever use in a release script (too ugly!) ;). Thanks for sharing.
I'd consider shifting to OS X if it weren't for rediculous charges like this. My dev tools are free
Last I heard, Visual Basic isn't free. All 250+MB of the Apple Developer Tools didn't cost me a cent.
Possibly there is a Dvorak-style keyboard layout for German? (With the most frequently-used letters in German in all the right places.)
But I bet that the layout is still far from optimized...
I think this is true wherever non-Dvorak keyboard layouts are being used, isn't it? I told myself that at some point I'd have to learn the Dvorak keyboard too, but ... well I type pretty fast already, and I don't know if Dvorak is optimized for coding.
[The German keyboard layout] must be more convenient for typing in German [otherwise I would think it easier to simply use a US keyboard layout].
Maybe at some point. I have a lot on my plate. But I'll bookmark the URL. Thanks.
.Mac : I use it, it seems to work fine, I have heard once or twice that someone sent me mail that I never got, and have also heard from the developers of a somewhat popular mail client for Macs that their mail service has a track record of being buggy (but that was back in June 2002)... but overall I have no real complaints with .Mac. It seems to work quite well, and is convenient if you use a Mac often.
I haven't learned Ruby. I wonder what other features it has that distinguishes it from Python or Perl.
I'm repeating this in this thread because some Mac-types may gloss over the security/unix sections, because they don't think it applies to them.
Sure those types exist, but I doubt they're reading Slashdot.
itunes has the older widgets still
I'm pretty sure iTunes is a Carbon application, whereas those others are written with Cocoa APIs. Those widgets must be a part of AppKit framework.
It must be more convenient for typing in German.
Yes, dot notation is ten times better than -> for separating instance names and method calls.
If you want to design a language that has as few special characters as possible (like Python), you should have a look at $, too, but since we're talking about PHP here, it does not really make sense. $variable is cool. variable is not.
I don't know all of the Perl "special variables", but I'm pretty sure that "$," is one of them. :) If the German keyboard is not conducive to special characters, then you must really hate coding in Perl!
That's an interesting alternative (your solution at the top). I hadn't thought of it. Though I suspect that you're right, it's kind of confusing. To be honest, I never found much problem with prepending a $ to variable names, having started programming in PHP and then moving to Perl. In fact when I started to learn Python and later Java, I had a hard time distinguishing the variable names from the operators and method names because I was so used to looking for dollar signs.
Um, if you did that then you wouldn't be able to embed your variables in a string, Perl-style.
If you think about it, the PHP way is easier.