If the MBU is capable of putting out a good product, or that there product is better than the alternatives, then I will buy their product.
When it comes to Office, while it does have issues (there are one or two related to the OLE document format) it is the best Office solution that I know of. Please don't mention OpenOffice, as it is very lacking in terms of fitting in with the Mac user experience. If you know of a better Office solution on the Mac then I am all ears.
Actually I think 'Windows Vista' is a misnommer. Maybe 'Windows Political' would have been better, indicating that it promises many things, but crap at actually making them happen.
Maybe its time we started boycotting Yahoo? This would mean amongst other things replacing people replacing own their Geocities pages with a boycot message.
Meet me by the fence tonight at 1am. I'll have a van waiting. We can take you to a place where Father Steve will never find you. There is another life out there for you, trust me!
Ah my brother, but father Bill and the disciples Linux have already shown me their paths. I decide to follow the cult that works for me:) There will always be sheep, in which ever cult you join.
I think governments need to concentrate less one whether software is open source or not and concentrate instead on open document formats. I say this because, I feel that dead open source or dead closed source ends up being the same issue. With open document formats at least you can get hold of a new application and ask them to do the effort to support the format. Who do you ask if your product no longer has a development team, or volounteers, to support it?
How would open sourcing OS X make an epic battle with Linux? If anything, asuming the license was favourable, it would only benefit Linux and projects like KDE and Gnome, wouldn't it?
Don't even try understanding Dvorak. He seems to spend his time in la la land, and rarely seems to have a good grasp on reality.
The truth is some stuff works well because it is open source, other stuff works well because its closed. Each culture has its advantages and there is no need to try the 'one size' fits all, since it rarely does.
In a unit like the iMac, where there is plenty of air flow around the case heat is less of an issue, and you are not likely to spend your time with your hand on it. In a portable heat is a big issue, since the under side has zero air flow when on a desk, and on the upper side where heat is going to be noticed your hands are resting, for large amount of time.
Also, heat can actually reduce the life-span of components.
while 66% of the respondants have a life. Oh and.. 66 respondants, now THAT's a representative sample.
I go with other statistics:
- pieces of installed by people I know: 50+
- number of times a EULA has actually been read by people I know probably less than 10. Most admit not to having read one.
- readability of those that I have read 10% (whole blocks of capital letters reduce it even more).
- trying to keep up with changing terms for the same piece of software: bloody nightmare
- number of times I know I have been screwed by one = number of times warned by/.
Most numbers made up, but close to what it feels to me:)
Either way EULAs need plenty of work in clarity and making it easier to read by people who have other stuff to do. We call up support because the software is too complicated, maybe we should do the same for EULAs?
Mod the parent up. Even though I use P2P from time to time, I totally agree with the arguments of the parent post. Also don't forget that ISPs have to pay for their bandwidth too. As a business they need to make money, or at least stay solvent, and with abusers its hard to do that.
The reality is that there are costs, and someone ends up picking up the bill.
There is one thing I hate worse than this DRM (Draconian Rights Management) crap: region encoding. DRM only effects me if I want to make a backup or play a disk I bought with Linux. Now if I buy a disk in Europe and want to play it in Canada it is not doable, officially. Unofficially I have to get a DVD player with a backdoor, or a PC DVD player with the Firmware hacked or rip the DVD - all this for a DVD I bought legitimately!?
And then there is something that scares me: how unaware of this many people I speak to are, even some people working in IT!
Most things are doable, though not necessarily in a lifetime. I am sure you could insert a sniffer device to monitor the data going through the cable. Also, apparently this technology will only prevent you access from the HD content. Maybe like aeroglass, the low quality content will be enough for many people.
Looks like the only thing we need now is something to allow syncing of the 'iCal' and 'Google Calendar' calendars. Maybe I'll find a use for isync, since Apple seems to have made it so focused on.Mac these days.
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I don't know if they have a lab, but they certainly must have a dev team, since they managed to churn out iTunes. I doubt their boxes are so cute.
RTFA, that's exactly what they advocate. And if you're referring to Massachusettes (sp?), they're moving to ODF, regardless of application.
;)
Darn, I knew there was something I forgot
If the MBU is capable of putting out a good product, or that there product is better than the alternatives, then I will buy their product.
When it comes to Office, while it does have issues (there are one or two related to the OLE document format) it is the best Office solution that I know of. Please don't mention OpenOffice, as it is very lacking in terms of fitting in with the Mac user experience. If you know of a better Office solution on the Mac then I am all ears.
quite happily, just let me know you Yahoo! id
Actually I think 'Windows Vista' is a misnommer. Maybe 'Windows Political' would have been better, indicating that it promises many things, but crap at actually making them happen.
Maybe its time we started boycotting Yahoo? This would mean amongst other things replacing people replacing own their Geocities pages with a boycot message.
Next time .internal would be a good alternative.
Meet me by the fence tonight at 1am. I'll have a van waiting. We can take you to a place where Father Steve will never find you. There is another life out there for you, trust me!
:) There will always be sheep, in which ever cult you join.
Ah my brother, but father Bill and the disciples Linux have already shown me their paths. I decide to follow the cult that works for me
I think governments need to concentrate less one whether software is open source or not and concentrate instead on open document formats. I say this because, I feel that dead open source or dead closed source ends up being the same issue. With open document formats at least you can get hold of a new application and ask them to do the effort to support the format. Who do you ask if your product no longer has a development team, or volounteers, to support it?
Here is another classic dual screen handheld from Nintendo: Game & Watch. Would be cool if they ported this to the new DS.
How would open sourcing OS X make an epic battle with Linux? If anything, asuming the license was favourable, it would only benefit Linux and projects like KDE and Gnome, wouldn't it?
Don't even try understanding Dvorak. He seems to spend his time in la la land, and rarely seems to have a good grasp on reality.
The truth is some stuff works well because it is open source, other stuff works well because its closed. Each culture has its advantages and there is no need to try the 'one size' fits all, since it rarely does.
I wish I had a patent on Bullshit ... because I'd be a bajillionaire.
... because I'd be a bajillionaire.
;)
You've got it all wrong. Here is the corrected text: I wish I had a patent on ELECTRONIC Bullshit
Electronic or Electronically being key words for being allowed to patent prior art
In a unit like the iMac, where there is plenty of air flow around the case heat is less of an issue, and you are not likely to spend your time with your hand on it. In a portable heat is a big issue, since the under side has zero air flow when on a desk, and on the upper side where heat is going to be noticed your hands are resting, for large amount of time.
Also, heat can actually reduce the life-span of components.
What are the most popular modable engines, other than Half-Life? Do any x-platform engines make it in there? Which ones do you develop for any why?
while 66% of the respondants have a life. Oh and.. 66 respondants, now THAT's a representative sample.
/.
:)
I go with other statistics:
- pieces of installed by people I know: 50+
- number of times a EULA has actually been read by people I know probably less than 10. Most admit not to having read one.
- readability of those that I have read 10% (whole blocks of capital letters reduce it even more).
- trying to keep up with changing terms for the same piece of software: bloody nightmare
- number of times I know I have been screwed by one = number of times warned by
Most numbers made up, but close to what it feels to me
Either way EULAs need plenty of work in clarity and making it easier to read by people who have other stuff to do. We call up support because the software is too complicated, maybe we should do the same for EULAs?
In the Middle East we find this hilarious. Biz in Arabic means breast.
.xxx domain to be put in place.
That sly bunch, so they did find a way for a
Mod the parent up. Even though I use P2P from time to time, I totally agree with the arguments of the parent post. Also don't forget that ISPs have to pay for their bandwidth too. As a business they need to make money, or at least stay solvent, and with abusers its hard to do that.
The reality is that there are costs, and someone ends up picking up the bill.
There is one thing I hate worse than this DRM (Draconian Rights Management) crap: region encoding. DRM only effects me if I want to make a backup or play a disk I bought with Linux. Now if I buy a disk in Europe and want to play it in Canada it is not doable, officially. Unofficially I have to get a DVD player with a backdoor, or a PC DVD player with the Firmware hacked or rip the DVD - all this for a DVD I bought legitimately!?
And then there is something that scares me: how unaware of this many people I speak to are, even some people working in IT!
Most things are doable, though not necessarily in a lifetime. I am sure you could insert a sniffer device to monitor the data going through the cable. Also, apparently this technology will only prevent you access from the HD content. Maybe like aeroglass, the low quality content will be enough for many people.
The real answer is because you can. Remember some stuff is not because you need to, but because you want to show it can be done.
Let other people work out why the need to.
When it happens it will probably be on Emulation.net.
Just tried the URLs at Apple's iCal Library, which are prefixed by the 'webcal' protocol and they are recognised when imported by Google Calendar.
Given my machine can't handle Aero, maybe pirating isn't such a bad idea :)
Honestly, at this point we just want to finish it.
;)
Yeah, whatever.
Looks like the only thing we need now is something to allow syncing of the 'iCal' and 'Google Calendar' calendars. Maybe I'll find a use for isync, since Apple seems to have made it so focused on .Mac these days.