At the research group where I work we now have an experiment running where a nerdy Ph.D. student who just started gets an Ubuntu box instead of the WinXP boxes we all have. Everything that needs Windows he will do in a virtual machine on his Ubuntu box that is not connected to the internet. In this way we want to get rid of the pesky virus checkers that make even the fastest box we have nearly unusable for half an hour every day.
If I have to reply to every email and IM I get directly I will never get any work done. One of the reasons why I don't use Skype at the office is that it's too distracting. I will answer my mails when I have the time and not earlier.
I have one of those too. It has a nice keyboard but the fact that the screen is connected to the keyboard makes for uncomfortable typing. I wouldn't use it as my main computer to work on but for the rest I'm very very happy with it.
What's so bad about parents not gaming with their kids? I bet most parents don't play hide and seek with their kids too. And I bet most kids wouldn't like their parents playing with them all the time too.
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If you really want to work on a laptop, put it on a real desk and connect a screen and keyboard to it. Laptops are not ergonomical. They're only handy for when you're on the move.
It's not about the solutions, it's about Apple selling crippleware. The point I was trying to make is that for all the things you mentioned you need to do extra things and/or pay money, and all the things I mentioned could have been provided by Apple in the first place. Why doesn't an iPod act like a USB memory stick? Why can you only make one extra boootable partition with Boot Camp? And no, using VMWare is not the same as booting your machine into Linux or Windows, as you know. Why is there no web interface to the Airport Express? Why can't I go to a shop, buy an iPhone, put in my SIM card and use it with my current subscription? The answers to thee questions all boil down to Apple protecting their business, annoying their consumers in the process.
It's indeed scary to be in that pipe. Not only is it very narrow and you can't get out yourself, but the machine makes very loud noises when in operation. Being inside a working MRI machine is not a fun experience.
well-known iTMS/iTunes coupling False: There is no coupling between iPhone and iTMS. The option is there but you are in no way obligated to use it. And with respect to iTunes: iPhone Drive
I wasn't talking about the iPhone.
the fact that Airtunes only works with iTunes False: Airfoil
That's extra software you have to pay for, and it's not made by Apple.
and is only configurable using an annoying program you get with it (no HTML interface) Debatable: I personally have no problems with Airport Utility for the very few times I need to reconfigure my router.
To each his own, but I find it annoying to have to start a separate program for configuring the Airport thingy. Luckily you're right, It's not often needed.
and that you need Apple's BootCamp to have multiple OS'es on your Intel Mac False: Parallels, VMWare That's not the same.
However, I will not buy an iPhone unless I can put third party software on it Done: AppTapp Not supported by Apple, not out of the box.
and get one without a SIMlock and without a subscription. Done: iPhone Dev Wiki (you need AnySim)
Tell me where to get an iPhone without a SIM lock and without a subscription.
Finally a person who keeps his head together about Apple. I couldn't agree with you more. While I do like Apple's hardware a lot, the restrictions much of Apple's software imposes on me annoys me. Examples are the well-known iTMS/iTunes coupling, the fact that Airtunes only works with iTunes and is only configurable using an annoying program you get with it (no HTML interface), and that you need Apple's BootCamp to have multiple OS'es on your Intel Mac. But I put up with it because of the nice hardware. However, I will not buy an iPhone unless I can put third party software on it, and get one without a SIMlock and without a subscription.
Hehe, I had a Nigerian colleague once, and after some talks with him I told my Dutch friend who lives in America that bribery in America might even be worse than in Nigeria. "Yes," he told me, "but here it's legalized!"
Full costs for publishing are around $10k, and journals generally do only marginally better than break even.
I don't believe that. Everything that you have to do to have a paper published costs YOU money. You have to pay for the research, and to get the paper published you have to pay a fee of around 80 USD per page. To get your paper published you usually have to give up the copyright, and to read your own paper you have to pay for the journal subscription, which usually is an insane amount of money. On the other hand, the publisher is happy to not pay you anything for peer reviewing other papers (which costs at least an afternoon if you want to do it right), or do other work for them. Only if your are employed directly by the publisher you will get paid. So scientific publishers have much less costs than magazines and newspapers (they don't have to pay their authors), and they get much much more money from subscriptions. I think they earn quite a lot of money.
I can't understand why it's important to make a document format that is compatible with OOXML. Come to think of it, I can't understand what they mean by a document format being compatible with OOXML. Did MS push a few bucketloads of money in the direction of the OD Foundation to help them change their mind?
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I press my own snake oil, here.
I wonder if, when the telephone just got popular, rich kids called random people and shouted nasty words at them throught the phone?
At the research group where I work we now have an experiment running where a nerdy Ph.D. student who just started gets an Ubuntu box instead of the WinXP boxes we all have. Everything that needs Windows he will do in a virtual machine on his Ubuntu box that is not connected to the internet. In this way we want to get rid of the pesky virus checkers that make even the fastest box we have nearly unusable for half an hour every day.
Pnther ran quite well on my old G3 with 256 MB.
If I have to reply to every email and IM I get directly I will never get any work done. One of the reasons why I don't use Skype at the office is that it's too distracting. I will answer my mails when I have the time and not earlier.
So does Leopard, and do you hear people whine about that? OSX is a memory hog too.
Some moderators really boggle me. Why is this modded flamebait?
I have one of those too. It has a nice keyboard but the fact that the screen is connected to the keyboard makes for uncomfortable typing. I wouldn't use it as my main computer to work on but for the rest I'm very very happy with it.
You must be very flexible :)
What's so bad about parents not gaming with their kids? I bet most parents don't play hide and seek with their kids too. And I bet most kids wouldn't like their parents playing with them all the time too.
If you really want to work on a laptop, put it on a real desk and connect a screen and keyboard to it. Laptops are not ergonomical. They're only handy for when you're on the move.
We don't need any official-sounding non-organizations spreading (F)UD.
It's not about the solutions, it's about Apple selling crippleware. The point I was trying to make is that for all the things you mentioned you need to do extra things and/or pay money, and all the things I mentioned could have been provided by Apple in the first place. Why doesn't an iPod act like a USB memory stick? Why can you only make one extra boootable partition with Boot Camp? And no, using VMWare is not the same as booting your machine into Linux or Windows, as you know. Why is there no web interface to the Airport Express? Why can't I go to a shop, buy an iPhone, put in my SIM card and use it with my current subscription? The answers to thee questions all boil down to Apple protecting their business, annoying their consumers in the process.
It's indeed scary to be in that pipe. Not only is it very narrow and you can't get out yourself, but the machine makes very loud noises when in operation. Being inside a working MRI machine is not a fun experience.
That's what I thought. People with a pacemaker for instance, can not be imaged with an MRI anymore now. Hopefully that'll change in the near future.
well-known iTMS/iTunes coupling
False: There is no coupling between iPhone and iTMS. The option is there but you are in no way obligated to use it. And with respect to iTunes: iPhone Drive
I wasn't talking about the iPhone.
the fact that Airtunes only works with iTunes
False: Airfoil
That's extra software you have to pay for, and it's not made by Apple.
and is only configurable using an annoying program you get with it (no HTML interface)
Debatable: I personally have no problems with Airport Utility for the very few times I need to reconfigure my router.
To each his own, but I find it annoying to have to start a separate program for configuring the Airport thingy. Luckily you're right, It's not often needed.
and that you need Apple's BootCamp to have multiple OS'es on your Intel Mac
False: Parallels, VMWare
That's not the same.
However, I will not buy an iPhone unless I can put third party software on it
Done: AppTapp
Not supported by Apple, not out of the box.
and get one without a SIMlock and without a subscription.
Done: iPhone Dev Wiki (you need AnySim)
Tell me where to get an iPhone without a SIM lock and without a subscription.
That's interesting. Can you give me a link?
No, it should have been called iPod Phone, or iPod Call. It's not a PDA IMO.
Finally a person who keeps his head together about Apple. I couldn't agree with you more. While I do like Apple's hardware a lot, the restrictions much of Apple's software imposes on me annoys me. Examples are the well-known iTMS/iTunes coupling, the fact that Airtunes only works with iTunes and is only configurable using an annoying program you get with it (no HTML interface), and that you need Apple's BootCamp to have multiple OS'es on your Intel Mac. But I put up with it because of the nice hardware. However, I will not buy an iPhone unless I can put third party software on it, and get one without a SIMlock and without a subscription.
Hehe, I had a Nigerian colleague once, and after some talks with him I told my Dutch friend who lives in America that bribery in America might even be worse than in Nigeria. "Yes," he told me, "but here it's legalized!"
Full costs for publishing are around $10k, and journals generally do only marginally better than break even.
I don't believe that. Everything that you have to do to have a paper published costs YOU money. You have to pay for the research, and to get the paper published you have to pay a fee of around 80 USD per page. To get your paper published you usually have to give up the copyright, and to read your own paper you have to pay for the journal subscription, which usually is an insane amount of money. On the other hand, the publisher is happy to not pay you anything for peer reviewing other papers (which costs at least an afternoon if you want to do it right), or do other work for them. Only if your are employed directly by the publisher you will get paid. So scientific publishers have much less costs than magazines and newspapers (they don't have to pay their authors), and they get much much more money from subscriptions. I think they earn quite a lot of money.
It takes a while for penguins to learn how to fly.
Clueless people like me think they're important because of their name. That's why we should care.
I can't understand why it's important to make a document format that is compatible with OOXML. Come to think of it, I can't understand what they mean by a document format being compatible with OOXML. Did MS push a few bucketloads of money in the direction of the OD Foundation to help them change their mind?
Ow, that's quite a list. Well, I like XP, and I like Tiger, and I will stick with them for a while. Thanks for the link!