Looking at the hardware that's coming, I'd say I'm more inclined toward HD-DVD over Blu-ray, just for the fact that the Blu-ray hardware costs three times as much as the HD-DVD hardware. If I start seeing my movies in the store with DVD/HD-DVD logos, I'm buying those.
Are you sure you're not mistaking this with his $1 a year salary?
From the SEC filing: "In March 2003, the Board awarded Mr. Jobs five million restricted shares of the Company's Common Stock, that generally vest in full on the third anniversary of the grant date."
I ran it for a few months, but Konfabulator ate so much of my system resources (it was an absolute hog) that I finally had to uninstall it. I'm looking forward to Apple's Dashboard, since it looks to have a much better engine design.
DYnamic LANguage
It was hugely object-oriented (at a time that popular languages were procedural) and insanely dynamic (everything was typed at runtime only). I remember a lot of articles in the early 90s in MacTech saying it was the language we'd all be writing in soon. I never used it.
Are you sure that Samba is unlimited? This document from Apple's website seems to say that the 10-Client license limits the Windows Sharing (Apple's name for Samba):
Configuring Windows Services Access Settings
You use the Access pane to allow guest access and set the maximum client connections.
To configure Windows services Access settings:
In Server Settings, click the File & Print tab. Click Windows and choose Configure Windows Services.
Click the Access tab.
Select "Allow Guest access" only if you want to allow people who are not registered users to use Windows file sharing.
This is a convenient way to provide occasional users with access to files and other items for which the appropriate privileges have been set.
For better security, do not select this option.
Below "Maximum client connections," choose Unlimited if you do not want to limit
the number of users who can be connected to your server at one time.
If you want to limit the number of simultaneous users, click the button below
Unlimited and enter the number of connections.
The maximum number of simultaneous users is limited by the type of license you
have. For example, if you have a 10-user license, then a maximum of 10 users
can connect at one time.
Limiting the number of connections can free resources to be used by other
services and applications.
I am very interested in this, because I'm looking at setting up a Mac OS X Server as a Windows PDC, and I don't care about serving AFP, but if I can only have ten simultaneous SMB connections, it won't fly. Are you sure that SMB connections are unrestricted, and more importantly, do you have some kind of documentation that can back it up? I've got a muddy response, calling Apple and two Apple Retail Stores, and getting three different answers.
...the time I bought a Macintosh LC because it had an Apple ][ co-processor card. I used it the first week or so, then six months later realized I'd completely left the Apple ][ behind.
And like the time I made three partitions on my box when I loaded Mac OS X 10.0 (one for OS X, one for OS 9, and one for LinuxPPC). Once again, six months down the road, I realized that I didn't use Linux anymore, now that I could do it all in OS X. Then, maybe a few more months went by, I realized that I'd moved pasty any Classic apps I used to use and no longer needed OS 9.
Backward compatibility is a safety blanket. You think you needed, but then you realize down the road that it wasn't really necessary.
That said, I really hope Xbox NeXT is backward compatible. heheheh
The tie-ins may have been lame up to this point, but I think that the way the new Final Fantasy takes advantage of it is pretty sweet, and the potential that it offers is amazing. I'm not a fan of sports games, but I'm sure that the little screen would be awesome for picking plays in secret, etc.
Um, I don't see how this could stand a chance. Their patent was filed on November 23, 1999 but RFQ 1738, establishing the URL methods, was dated December, 1994.
Probably. Dolby charges a fortune for AAC encoder/decoder licenses. Ok, the 24c to $1 for a stereo encoder/decoder is not such big deal, but the initial $15,000 that the FAQ mentions doesn't sound nice to me, especially if you are a low volume vendor:
Are there any up-front fees connected with the AAC patent-license agreement? Yes. There is an initial fee of $15,000 due upon execution of the license. This is a one-time payment and not an annual fee.
I hope they work through it and get a license, though. I won't be buying one if I can't stream my music to it, and I've ripped everything I own in AAC.
From the looks of it (and I know that looks can be deceiving) you can record instruments straight into the computer without a digital interface... and it sounds amazing...I've tried this in the past (recording through the audio-in port) on my PC and have never gotten good results.
Well, Apple's website says this:
Monster Instrument Adaptor
Rock on. Connect your electric guitar directly to your Mac by using this high-performance mono 1/4-inch phono to stereo 1/8-inch mini phono cable.
Of course, any MIDI device works with GarageBand, too.
Have a blast!
We all know that by the 24th century, when we are the first members of the United Federation of Planets, we will all be speaking English (not to mention the rest of the entire universe).
Why fight it, convert now for the good of the Federation.:P
The man pages in Jaguar show the following supported archetectures for MacOS X bundles. Please note that many of these are legacy for NeXTSTEP. Just because Sparc appears on this list doesn't mean that Apple is porting MacOS X to it.
They *did* get the look and feel patent, and it was upheld by the court, they just lost the case in court because the judge felt that Microsoft's GUI was different enough from Apple's. Go figure. Actually, the judge agreed that the Windows GUI was a derivative work of the Mac GUI, but that Apple had granted Microsoft a license to create derivative works (unintentionally). Apple has been very diligent about protecting its patents ever since.
You know what they say: Once bitten, twice shy...
Wizards of the Coast was granted patent number 5,662,332 on September 2nd, 1997.
Here is the abstract from the Patent Office: Provided herein is a novel method of game play and game components that in one embodiment are in the form of trading cards (10, 12, 40, 42, 44, 48, 54, 60, 64). However, the game components may take other forms, such as a board game, or the game may be played in different media, such as electronic games, video games, computer games, and interactive network. In one version, the game components comprise energy or mana cards 40 and command or spell cards (10, 12, 42, 44, 48, 54, 60, 64) having commands or spells associated therewith that utilize the energy to enable a player to attack, defend and modify the effect of other mana cards, spell cards, and the fundamental rules of play. The goal of the game is to reduce the life points of other players to a level below one. In this game of strategy and chance, players construct their own library of cards, preferably from trading cards, and play their library or deck of cards against the deck of cards of an opposing player. Cards may be obtained from retail outlets, trading with other players or collectors, and winning cards at games and tournaments.
Ah, but there are many who view the small size as the key factor for buying the 12" model. For some, it's more imortant that it fits in their backpack with a lot of room to spare.
This is what Apple calls anything that's the same as a previous product, but accelerated or enhanced. I'd put money down that Apple would call it "G3 Extreme" if they use it in their products.
Hey guys, nevermind this article, I found something even more amazing.
I know it's offtopic, but have you guys heard about this new RFC3514 that implements an "Evil Bit" for TCP/IP?
I didn't realize folks were thinking Enterprise was bad. I enjoy it more than I did the TNG series. I liked Voyager more, but that's probably just because they had a lot of Borg, and the Borg rock.
I really enjoy watching the future technologies and ideologies emerge in Enterprise.
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Looking at the hardware that's coming, I'd say I'm more inclined toward HD-DVD over Blu-ray, just for the fact that the Blu-ray hardware costs three times as much as the HD-DVD hardware. If I start seeing my movies in the store with DVD/HD-DVD logos, I'm buying those.
Plus or minus at least five million...
Are you sure you're not mistaking this with his $1 a year salary?
From the SEC filing: "In March 2003, the Board awarded Mr. Jobs five million restricted shares of the Company's Common Stock, that generally vest in full on the third anniversary of the grant date."
I ran it for a few months, but Konfabulator ate so much of my system resources (it was an absolute hog) that I finally had to uninstall it. I'm looking forward to Apple's Dashboard, since it looks to have a much better engine design.
Obviously...
DYnamic LANguage
It was hugely object-oriented (at a time that popular languages were procedural) and insanely dynamic (everything was typed at runtime only). I remember a lot of articles in the early 90s in MacTech saying it was the language we'd all be writing in soon. I never used it.
...the time I bought a Macintosh LC because it had an Apple ][ co-processor card. I used it the first week or so, then six months later realized I'd completely left the Apple ][ behind.
And like the time I made three partitions on my box when I loaded Mac OS X 10.0 (one for OS X, one for OS 9, and one for LinuxPPC). Once again, six months down the road, I realized that I didn't use Linux anymore, now that I could do it all in OS X. Then, maybe a few more months went by, I realized that I'd moved pasty any Classic apps I used to use and no longer needed OS 9.
Backward compatibility is a safety blanket. You think you needed, but then you realize down the road that it wasn't really necessary.
That said, I really hope Xbox NeXT is backward compatible. heheheh
I wonder what kind of firmware will be bootstrapping this thing. This would be great if it can boot a Mac OS X toolbox image (ROM).
*drool*
The tie-ins may have been lame up to this point, but I think that the way the new Final Fantasy takes advantage of it is pretty sweet, and the potential that it offers is amazing. I'm not a fan of sports games, but I'm sure that the little screen would be awesome for picking plays in secret, etc.
I think you are mistaking this. We aren't overlawyered, but simple over-litigious, necessitating the damn lawyers.
I think there's obvious prior art here.
I hope they work through it and get a license, though. I won't be buying one if I can't stream my music to it, and I've ripped everything I own in AAC.
Well, Apple's website says this:
Of course, any MIDI device works with GarageBand, too.
Have a blast!
We all know that by the 24th century, when we are the first members of the United Federation of Planets, we will all be speaking English (not to mention the rest of the entire universe).
:P
Why fight it, convert now for the good of the Federation.
The currently known architectures are:
ppc
i386
m68k
hppa
i860
m88k
sparc
ppc601
ppc603
ppc604
ppc604e
ppc750
ppc7400
ppc7450
ppc970
i486
i486SX
pentium
i586
pentpro
i686
pentIIm3
pentIIm5
m68030
m68040
hppa7100LC
They *did* get the look and feel patent, and it was upheld by the court, they just lost the case in court because the judge felt that Microsoft's GUI was different enough from Apple's. Go figure.
Actually, the judge agreed that the Windows GUI was a derivative work of the Mac GUI, but that Apple had granted Microsoft a license to create derivative works (unintentionally). Apple has been very diligent about protecting its patents ever since.
You know what they say: Once bitten, twice shy...
Wizards of the Coast was granted patent number 5,662,332 on September 2nd, 1997.
Here is the abstract from the Patent Office:
Provided herein is a novel method of game play and game components that in one embodiment are in the form of trading cards (10, 12, 40, 42, 44, 48, 54, 60, 64). However, the game components may take other forms, such as a board game, or the game may be played in different media, such as electronic games, video games, computer games, and interactive network. In one version, the game components comprise energy or mana cards 40 and command or spell cards (10, 12, 42, 44, 48, 54, 60, 64) having commands or spells associated therewith that utilize the energy to enable a player to attack, defend and modify the effect of other mana cards, spell cards, and the fundamental rules of play. The goal of the game is to reduce the life points of other players to a level below one. In this game of strategy and chance, players construct their own library of cards, preferably from trading cards, and play their library or deck of cards against the deck of cards of an opposing player. Cards may be obtained from retail outlets, trading with other players or collectors, and winning cards at games and tournaments.
Ah, but there are many who view the small size as the key factor for buying the 12" model. For some, it's more imortant that it fits in their backpack with a lot of room to spare.
I doubt they will kill the 12" model.
This is what Apple calls anything that's the same as a previous product, but accelerated or enhanced. I'd put money down that Apple would call it "G3 Extreme" if they use it in their products.
Hey guys, nevermind this article, I found something even more amazing.
I know it's offtopic, but have you guys heard about this new RFC3514 that implements an "Evil Bit" for TCP/IP?
I was hoping I wasn't the only one completely baffled here.
I guess I'm just the only one who will speak up with something other than a bard quote.
Simply put, I browsed the site and I'm boggled.
I didn't realize folks were thinking Enterprise was bad. I enjoy it more than I did the TNG series. I liked Voyager more, but that's probably just because they had a lot of Borg, and the Borg rock.
I really enjoy watching the future technologies and ideologies emerge in Enterprise.
Wouldn't anybody geek enough to buy this be geek enough to have full digital displays?
I guess I'm with the reviewer, too. Do they know who their market is?
Linux schminux! I don't even boot Linux anymore, now that I've got Mac OS X. Where's the OS X version?
Who needs a Cray when you've got one of these.
Combine this with the optical memory in anearlier article, and you're set.
Give me MacOS X on one of these and I'll be a really happy man.