Darwin -- only available for Mac hardware or specific Intel architectures. (aside: Buy a mac, has the best OS out there by a *long* shot).
Aside from the fact it has PPC as the primary platform, it has the advantage of having a good choice of software when you take into account the commercial, shareware, freeware and open source solutions - there is something for most everyone, if you are willing to buy the basic machine.
All I need now is a good CAD application for MacOS X/Darwin.
Note: I am a happy Mac user - so I am fairly biased.
Nothing is ever completely ready. If you want to wait for absolute perfection, you'll never make it in to the world.
This is true, but the road plan should aim for perfection, even if the release milestones don't. This is a question of attitude which in the end is reflected in the product. The design philosphy should be present, even if it is not met 100%.
Furthermore, technology doesn't have to be 100% to become widely adopted. If you look through the relatively short history of IT alone, you'll find plenty of examples where something not quite perfected became widely adopted and examples of elegant technologies never gaining a foothold
That is true, just look at some of the software that is being used today, especially from MS. MS software is not perfect, but does what most people want to do. At the same time I do get the feeling that quality of finish is slightly more present in their projects than a fair number of open source projects - I am talking appearance and not crash-resistence. Apple goes to an even higher standard, since for them the 'user experience' is a big part of the product. Projects like Apache an Firefox can be seen as stars of the open source world, where polish is an important factor. Remember when a techie has to write for a user with high expectations, it is not the same as writing for another techie.
Remember quality is an attitude, not a one off result. Technology should be present, but not necessarily visible - think of it as magic for the layman - they have no idea how it works, but they are just happy that it does in a way they are comfortable with.
Firefox has a chance to take it's shot right now. It might be a risk. But there are indications that the time is right. And if it doesn't take its shot now, when it has its chance and standards are still mostly open and adhered to, it may not have that chance in the future.
I agree with this. This will also allow them to get the most feedback. Currently the current user base is largely made of techies, so if they need to get a feeling of where to go next, they need the public at large to play with it and 'complain'. You can't make everyone happy, but you can sure learn to deal with the more important issues.
I know it's old-fashioned, but I still like having a backup copy to hang on to just in case my drive dies or something.
Not the answer you were looking for, but one none the less: If you have a DVD burner then you can burn the Steam directory to disc. I recently upgraded my computer and was able to move the folder without any problems - I did keep the path the same, but I am not sure if that is a requirement.
After reading the headline I have to ask, whether we couldn't do this with an iPod? Sure it would mean either running Linux on an HFS file system or partitioning the HD, but since when have minor issues stopped Linux getting in the strangest of places and working?
From what I can tell there is a special version of Windows that does run on PowerPC. The version in question is running on Apple hardware and is serving as the development platform for the next generation of XBOX. see here.
The problem is what terms do we use to compare two processors to the layman. In order for this to work, someone needs to up with some new metric. I am not claiming that I have the imagination to come up with one. The thing there needs to be some way to identify that a chip is faster, otherwise how do we know the new gee wiz chip really is. I am wanting an easy way, not 'cache, pipeline length, etc'.
As you say the article was edited. CNET provided this answer to some of the comments, confirming that it was edited. Should also note that they also understood that in Apple's case it is the DRM that is proprietary and not the AAC format.:
Thanks for pointing this out. We've fixed the mistake in the story. Microsoft's WMA, like MP3 and Apple Computer's FairPlay DRM, is a proprietary format. Ogg Vorbis is a rare example of an open audio standard, but as others have pointed out, few products support it.
Microsoft has already lost the war. Their quality is substandard, and everyone who has any clue knows that already. These actions only enforce the fact.
I have to wonder. While people remain ignorant, or peope making decisions get a little something for their effort Microsoft it going to maintain their position. If this school is a public one I would certainly be interested in finding out more on their deal.
I do not dispise Microsoft on principle, but on the facts.
Although Apple did contribute to *BSD projects a little bit early on, they do not contribute anything at this point, and have not for years
This may be true, but what they are developing (the base OS) can be considered a fork of the *BSD projects. Apple actually publishes the source to their fork, which the BSD license does not actually require. Because of this there is nothing stopping the code being reused in other projects.
Apple does not provide everything, but they still provide something.
Still this only works when sombody calls the emergency number. However there could be someone in the cinema like a surgeon who needs to be able to receive emergency calls! Such a basestation would not recognize such calls.
I suppose one solution to this would be to leave the phone with the cinema and the cinema provides a vibrate only pager. Only the pager would be able to receive a notification. When you're finished you exchange the pager for your cell phone. Those who need to be contacted would be willing to go the extra step.
In a place like a theatre or concert hall you could either have the same solution or notify the hospital before you go in of the theatre's number and your seat number. That way they can contact the theatre and the staff would send someone to get you.
The simplest solution would simply to not go out when you're on call. The only catch some people are on call so frequently that this would simply deprive them of a social life.
You cannot watch mpeg2 video in Quicktime without buying an addon.
This is true, but then again you don't have to limit yourself to what's bundled with the system. Two capable open source players available for the Mac are VLC and MPlayerOSX. As for editiing I can't help, since I have not needed to investigate this.
From what I can remember files are given a 'file reference' when they are opened. This is probably some sort of handle ( pointer to a pointer ). This following technote, while not explaining how it works probably gives an idea how applications can take advantage of it.
Bells and whistles? The main thing that keeps me on Windows are the games.:|
And even then. Since consoles are really starting to come into their own, and Microsoft is encouraging the usual Windows games developers to develop for their console, you really have to ask yourself whether you still need a PC for your games?
With the games argument assigned to the consoles, you no longer have to include that as a major requirement when buying your computer. Because of that the Mac becomes more appealing, as does any other non-MS-Windows solution.
How about joining their mailing lists and adding your 5c? I'm sure that they would be open to suggestions. Note, that at the same time it would make more sense to make it packaging independent and then simply have a package of preference. Until all of the major (what you average user knows about) media players supports the ogg envelope it may prove better to use something like avi, mov or mpeg 4 (I believe it too is an envelope). I would like ogg to be used, but then you need almost universal support for the format - something open source needs to work on in the audio/video realm.
Look at Dirac's Sourceforge project pagefor more information the project, including license info, mailing lists, public forums, news and current source.
Surely Smalltalk is an older (somewhere in the 1970s) example of a VM based language? Given this, shouldn't prior art invalidate this patent in this context?
One of the issues in English, that is likely to get people, is that some words are not spelled as they are pronounced, or that the same spelling gives two pronounciations. Examples:
Lead - to take the lead
Lead - it is as heavy a lead
Read - Read the book
Read - I red the book
Red - I chose the colour red
Reed - The duck is amongst the reeds
Put the former into a phrase: "I was lead to read the red book which was a heavy as lead, which was amongst the reeds" - I am sure you will have some people making mistakes here.
One thing in Chinese that makes it simpler is that new words are composed of older words to give new meaning. In English, especially for scientific purposes we start importing words from languages such as Latin, or Greek. Since few people learn Latin these days trying to remember a word without understanding its meaning is no easy. In Chinese the word will be composed in the same way as our Latin definition would be, but will use Chinese. Because its in the same language, the person has an easier job of retaining the definition.
*Note: when talking about Chinese, I am assuming Mandarine.
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Darwin -- only available for Mac hardware or specific Intel architectures. (aside: Buy a mac, has the best OS out there by a *long* shot).
Aside from the fact it has PPC as the primary platform, it has the advantage of having a good choice of software when you take into account the commercial, shareware, freeware and open source solutions - there is something for most everyone, if you are willing to buy the basic machine.
All I need now is a good CAD application for MacOS X/Darwin.
Note: I am a happy Mac user - so I am fairly biased.
Nothing is ever completely ready. If you want to wait for absolute perfection, you'll never make it in to the world.
This is true, but the road plan should aim for perfection, even if the release milestones don't. This is a question of attitude which in the end is reflected in the product. The design philosphy should be present, even if it is not met 100%.
Furthermore, technology doesn't have to be 100% to become widely adopted. If you look through the relatively short history of IT alone, you'll find plenty of examples where something not quite perfected became widely adopted and examples of elegant technologies never gaining a foothold
That is true, just look at some of the software that is being used today, especially from MS. MS software is not perfect, but does what most people want to do. At the same time I do get the feeling that quality of finish is slightly more present in their projects than a fair number of open source projects - I am talking appearance and not crash-resistence. Apple goes to an even higher standard, since for them the 'user experience' is a big part of the product. Projects like Apache an Firefox can be seen as stars of the open source world, where polish is an important factor. Remember when a techie has to write for a user with high expectations, it is not the same as writing for another techie.
Remember quality is an attitude, not a one off result. Technology should be present, but not necessarily visible - think of it as magic for the layman - they have no idea how it works, but they are just happy that it does in a way they are comfortable with.
Firefox has a chance to take it's shot right now. It might be a risk. But there are indications that the time is right. And if it doesn't take its shot now, when it has its chance and standards are still mostly open and adhered to, it may not have that chance in the future.
I agree with this. This will also allow them to get the most feedback. Currently the current user base is largely made of techies, so if they need to get a feeling of where to go next, they need the public at large to play with it and 'complain'. You can't make everyone happy, but you can sure learn to deal with the more important issues.
I just tried "mangle.cgi" with Camino (Cocoa app, gecko engine), on MacOS X, and it ended up using so much CPU that I was forced to reboot.
See here for information on HL2 for the XBox.
And don't tell me to get Windows if I want to game. I have my reasons :o).
;)
Get an XBox then, since I hear it will be made available for the console. More more money to MS, but its just not for Windows
I know it's old-fashioned, but I still like having a backup copy to hang on to just in case my drive dies or something.
Not the answer you were looking for, but one none the less: If you have a DVD burner then you can burn the Steam directory to disc. I recently upgraded my computer and was able to move the folder without any problems - I did keep the path the same, but I am not sure if that is a requirement.
Sometime in mid 2008, a computer actually capable of running the game will be announced...
But with the final release of Longhorn means you either have the latest OS or Half-Life 2 - there are just not enough resources for both of them.
I think he meant running Linux from the iPod, not on the iPod. Cool stuff though.
Yes that is what I meant.
After reading the headline I have to ask, whether we couldn't do this with an iPod? Sure it would mean either running Linux on an HFS file system or partitioning the HD, but since when have minor issues stopped Linux getting in the strangest of places and working?
From what I can tell there is a special version of Windows that does run on PowerPC. The version in question is running on Apple hardware and is serving as the development platform for the next generation of XBOX. see here.
The problem is what terms do we use to compare two processors to the layman. In order for this to work, someone needs to up with some new metric. I am not claiming that I have the imagination to come up with one. The thing there needs to be some way to identify that a chip is faster, otherwise how do we know the new gee wiz chip really is. I am wanting an easy way, not 'cache, pipeline length, etc'.
Microsoft has already lost the war. Their quality is substandard, and everyone who has any clue knows that already. These actions only enforce the fact.
I have to wonder. While people remain ignorant, or peope making decisions get a little something for their effort Microsoft it going to maintain their position. If this school is a public one I would certainly be interested in finding out more on their deal.
I do not dispise Microsoft on principle, but on the facts.
Although Apple did contribute to *BSD projects a little bit early on, they do not contribute anything at this point, and have not for years
This may be true, but what they are developing (the base OS) can be considered a fork of the *BSD projects. Apple actually publishes the source to their fork, which the BSD license does not actually require. Because of this there is nothing stopping the code being reused in other projects.
Apple does not provide everything, but they still provide something.
Still this only works when sombody calls the emergency number. However there could be someone in the cinema like a surgeon who needs to be able to receive emergency calls! Such a basestation would not recognize such calls.
I suppose one solution to this would be to leave the phone with the cinema and the cinema provides a vibrate only pager. Only the pager would be able to receive a notification. When you're finished you exchange the pager for your cell phone. Those who need to be contacted would be willing to go the extra step.
In a place like a theatre or concert hall you could either have the same solution or notify the hospital before you go in of the theatre's number and your seat number. That way they can contact the theatre and the staff would send someone to get you.
The simplest solution would simply to not go out when you're on call. The only catch some people are on call so frequently that this would simply deprive them of a social life.
You cannot watch mpeg2 video in Quicktime without buying an addon.
This is true, but then again you don't have to limit yourself to what's bundled with the system. Two capable open source players available for the Mac are VLC and MPlayerOSX. As for editiing I can't help, since I have not needed to investigate this.
From what I can remember files are given a 'file reference' when they are opened. This is probably some sort of handle ( pointer to a pointer ). This following technote, while not explaining how it works probably gives an idea how applications can take advantage of it.
Bells and whistles? The main thing that keeps me on Windows are the games. :|
And even then. Since consoles are really starting to come into their own, and Microsoft is encouraging the usual Windows games developers to develop for their console, you really have to ask yourself whether you still need a PC for your games?
With the games argument assigned to the consoles, you no longer have to include that as a major requirement when buying your computer. Because of that the Mac becomes more appealing, as does any other non-MS-Windows solution.
How about joining their mailing lists and adding your 5c? I'm sure that they would be open to suggestions. Note, that at the same time it would make more sense to make it packaging independent and then simply have a package of preference. Until all of the major (what you average user knows about) media players supports the ogg envelope it may prove better to use something like avi, mov or mpeg 4 (I believe it too is an envelope). I would like ogg to be used, but then you need almost universal support for the format - something open source needs to work on in the audio/video realm.
Look at Dirac's Sourceforge project pagefor more information the project, including license info, mailing lists, public forums, news and current source.
I must admit I have never heard of simple, but a quick search (terms: Jabber SIMPLE) reveals that there is a gateway in development: see article.
Surely Smalltalk is an older (somewhere in the 1970s) example of a VM based language? Given this, shouldn't prior art invalidate this patent in this context?
These is a whole bunch listed here. At the same time I am still looking for a very complete and readable unicode monospaced font, for terminal use.
One of the issues in English, that is likely to get people, is that some words are not spelled as they are pronounced, or that the same spelling gives two pronounciations. Examples:
Lead - to take the lead
Lead - it is as heavy a lead
Read - Read the book
Read - I red the book
Red - I chose the colour red
Reed - The duck is amongst the reeds
Put the former into a phrase: "I was lead to read the red book which was a heavy as lead, which was amongst the reeds" - I am sure you will have some people making mistakes here.
One thing in Chinese that makes it simpler is that new words are composed of older words to give new meaning. In English, especially for scientific purposes we start importing words from languages such as Latin, or Greek. Since few people learn Latin these days trying to remember a word without understanding its meaning is no easy. In Chinese the word will be composed in the same way as our Latin definition would be, but will use Chinese. Because its in the same language, the person has an easier job of retaining the definition.
*Note: when talking about Chinese, I am assuming Mandarine.
The most complete font out there is 'Arial Unicode MS'. Another font which is also fairly complete is 'Tahoma'.
There are plenty of others, as can be seen from looking through my fonts on my Mac.