It is true that the Macintosh is not the only hardware platform to make use of the PPC, examples of other PPCs include the RS/6000 and some Amigas. I am sure there are others, but I can't think of any for the moment.
I am not sure about the legalities, but if you paied for it surely you can get the other to wait one month, while you have the head start you paied for? I am not sure about you, but I feel the one month wait, for the downloadable version, is a fair approach to recouping costs, especially if it means a quality distribution.
Running Explorer 5.1 preview for OSX seems to let you in quite nicely. No sense of not working at all. I could test more, but fact checking isn't the readers job...
As you said it does work, until you turn off JavaScript. I wish sites wouldn't require the use of JavaScript, there are better ways to test for certificate compatibility, namely trying to issue one and then letting the browser decide whether it supports it or not. I tend to surf with JavaScript turned off as it increases the stability of most web browsers ten-fold.
With technologies such as IEEE 1394 (aka Firewire) many of these solutions can be moved out of the box. In fact you will probably find your average mom and pop user choosing to buy stuff that they don't need to open the computer to use. These out-of-the-box solutions are probably a bit more expensive, but then again frying your computer because you don't know what you are doing inside it is probably a lot more expensive. At the end of the day these solutions are aimed at the same sort of person who buys an all in one Hi-Fi.
Of course if you are a techie, then you will opt to put the stuff inside the box where you know you are going to get the most performance.
Desiel engines also have the added advantage that, as long as the exhaust is above water level, it can drive straight through flooded roads. Petrol cars can't do this because the water would prevent the spark from happening in the engine. Jeeps and land-rovers designed for off-road use in areas like Africa and Australia are fitted wih snorkels so that then can drive straight through rivers. Given that most SUVs are running petrol, even with a snorkel, they wouldn't make it even half way.
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The truth is that the RIAA has them where they want us, much like the oil companies. That is they know that most people are too dependent on the product that they offer. You could probably organize not to buy DVDs or CDs, but when the number of CDs being bought goes down the internet will get the blame, rather than the RIAA admitting that this was a protest reaction.
Does anyone know which operating system support IPv6, or have patches to provide IPv6 support? This is an important factor, along with software expects a non-IPv6 IP address. Unless the OS support and application support is there, I can expect a lot of problems.
Looks like they expect everyone to have a T1. I suppose there is no such thing as a short message from this company. If you did write a short two line e-mail, I suppose the content would get lost with the legal spam added to the end of the e-mail.
With CRT surface area getting larger, so are their front-rear sizes. This means that you either need a bigger desk, or you end up touching nose to screen. LCDs are definetly the way to go and if you take into account the larger desk that you would have to buy for your new CRT, then the price difference is probably not too bad.
I don't particuarlt want to start a flame fest, but I would like to get a few facts straight. At the time of the release of the iMac very few USB devices were available, you could probably count them on one hand. The iMac had a number of self imposed limitations, such as lack of SCSI, lack of removable storage and ADB had been replaced by USB. This meant that USB was the only form of expansion available. Hardware manufacturers were climbing over each other to fill the void in compatible peripherals that the iMac had created, in fact at one point the vast majority of USB devices were Mac only.
Although Win98 did provide support for USB there was not that same urge to transition to this new technology, mainly because legacy hardware was still on the motherboards. From what I can tell the move to add PC suport came from the need to have a decent plug and play technology and also something that was faster and more user-friendly than traditional serial and parallel.
If you buy a brand name like IBM, Dell or Compaq, you will probably find yourself spending as much. The only time that you see PC prices less than Macs are on anonymous boxes that are usually based on last years technology - I am probably over generalizing but you get the idea.
It looks like this is all part of the modernization of the intel platform. The GPT specification is actually documented as part of the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), which appears to be a replacement to the BIOS. There is a boot manager as part of the EFI, so in conjunction with a GPT based drive, there is no need for LILO or its equivalent, as this feature is provided for you.
Until we get mother boards that includes the new EFI approach, we will definetly see transition solutions to support GPT drives.
It will be great to have this technology - sure it will break a lot of the old systems, but then again sometimes when you go forward there are sacrifices to be made.
If MS has decided to limit the addition of GPT support for 64-bit XP, then this is probably because 64-bit motherboards would break most 32-bit OS anyhow, and thus they are unlikely to have people complaing that Windows 98 doesn't work on those machine.
They probably needed to do this because of the complexity of SAP and their need to be able to improve the system with relative ease. They are also probably hoping for the Trojan horse effect of getting more people using SAP and thus their consulting services.
Let's just hope they aren't using this as a means to lay off staff.
I just hope the GameCube will be priced so it is afforable in Canada. Since most companies decide on a US price and then decide the Canadian price of the product based on the exchange rate, some stuff is rediculously expensive over here. If they can get a $230 (Canadian dollar) price tag on it, along with the choice of modem or ethernet adapter, then I reckon it will sell like hot-cakes - the important thing is to price it much less than the Playstation 2.
What Nintendo generally has going for them are a bunch of family orientated titles with enough playability and attraction to please most people. It is always surprising how enjoyable some Nintendo games are, inspite of their lack of blood.
Not radio-controlled, so someone's not likely to hack the contol signals
Sure, but the plane probably depends on GPS and if someone is aware of it presence, there is nothing stopping the observed from emitting a high power signal, at the same frequencies a used by GPS.
Or simply a high-level of encryption for the software and thus requiring a password to make the stuff useable. In the event of capture the system would be logged off so nobody could access it without the password. Then if it was really a matter of die or give the password, you could always have a second password to erase and burn out the chips - the captors wouldn't know the difference.
With certain external techologies getting as fast as some of the internal connection technologies, we might even see a Firewire bus, or something equivalent, replace the PCI slots. One added advantage is that you could easily decide to have a small base unit and then add the cards in an extension tower, if necessary.
It is also worth noting that many technologies that were once found in the form of cards are being moved outside, such as analog video capture, to where Joe consumer has an easier time connecting them. For this reason we will probably find the low to medium end simply not using the internal bus, whereas the medium to high end will.
Of course technologies such as PCI buses will still be needed as parallel connectors provide a level of simplicity in the development of cards, and do not limit the total speed of data flow to that of the serial-parallel and parallel-serial converts. Though on the other hand with more computer technologies focusing on serial based solutions, maybe this is just inevetable.
I have always wondered whether it would be possible to design chips with integrated heat sinks, or air holes to allow better circulation of air around the chip. This would certainly help in the cooling process.
One thing no one seems to have mentioned is the black box. Sure the plane didn't crash, but it would have the flight conversations of the pilots. This being the case, surely the tape could be played back to hear the reactions fo the pilots and deduce from that what happened?
Totally agree. It would be cool if they added movie cameras to the space probes, that way once a week we could see where it is going and what it is leaving behind. At least this way we should be able to see when something goes wrong.
This gives me another idea: mini black boxes, with beacons, for the landing craft that could survive even the total disingration of the probe itself. At least thay way we could work out where the probe crashed - this would be possible since there is still the global suveyor orbiting Mars.
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It is true that the Macintosh is not the only hardware platform to make use of the PPC, examples of other PPCs include the RS/6000 and some Amigas. I am sure there are others, but I can't think of any for the moment.
I am not sure about the legalities, but if you paied for it surely you can get the other to wait one month, while you have the head start you paied for? I am not sure about you, but I feel the one month wait, for the downloadable version, is a fair approach to recouping costs, especially if it means a quality distribution.
As you said it does work, until you turn off JavaScript. I wish sites wouldn't require the use of JavaScript, there are better ways to test for certificate compatibility, namely trying to issue one and then letting the browser decide whether it supports it or not. I tend to surf with JavaScript turned off as it increases the stability of most web browsers ten-fold.
Maybe they could rent out one of the Russian or European launch platforms? Or maybe even use the sea lauch facility?
Of course if you are a techie, then you will opt to put the stuff inside the box where you know you are going to get the most performance.
Because sometimes a rainy day lasts for more than just a day.
Desiel engines also have the added advantage that, as long as the exhaust is above water level, it can drive straight through flooded roads. Petrol cars can't do this because the water would prevent the spark from happening in the engine. Jeeps and land-rovers designed for off-road use in areas like Africa and Australia are fitted wih snorkels so that then can drive straight through rivers. Given that most SUVs are running petrol, even with a snorkel, they wouldn't make it even half way.
The truth is that the RIAA has them where they want us, much like the oil companies. That is they know that most people are too dependent on the product that they offer. You could probably organize not to buy DVDs or CDs, but when the number of CDs being bought goes down the internet will get the blame, rather than the RIAA admitting that this was a protest reaction.
Does anyone know which operating system support IPv6, or have patches to provide IPv6 support? This is an important factor, along with software expects a non-IPv6 IP address. Unless the OS support and application support is there, I can expect a lot of problems.
Looks like they expect everyone to have a T1. I suppose there is no such thing as a short message from this company. If you did write a short two line e-mail, I suppose the content would get lost with the legal spam added to the end of the e-mail.
With CRT surface area getting larger, so are their front-rear sizes. This means that you either need a bigger desk, or you end up touching nose to screen. LCDs are definetly the way to go and if you take into account the larger desk that you would have to buy for your new CRT, then the price difference is probably not too bad.
I don't particuarlt want to start a flame fest, but I would like to get a few facts straight. At the time of the release of the iMac very few USB devices were available, you could probably count them on one hand. The iMac had a number of self imposed limitations, such as lack of SCSI, lack of removable storage and ADB had been replaced by USB. This meant that USB was the only form of expansion available. Hardware manufacturers were climbing over each other to fill the void in compatible peripherals that the iMac had created, in fact at one point the vast majority of USB devices were Mac only.
Although Win98 did provide support for USB there was not that same urge to transition to this new technology, mainly because legacy hardware was still on the motherboards. From what I can tell the move to add PC suport came from the need to have a decent plug and play technology and also something that was faster and more user-friendly than traditional serial and parallel.
If you buy a brand name like IBM, Dell or Compaq, you will probably find yourself spending as much. The only time that you see PC prices less than Macs are on anonymous boxes that are usually based on last years technology - I am probably over generalizing but you get the idea.
Until we get mother boards that includes the new EFI approach, we will definetly see transition solutions to support GPT drives.
It will be great to have this technology - sure it will break a lot of the old systems, but then again sometimes when you go forward there are sacrifices to be made.
If MS has decided to limit the addition of GPT support for 64-bit XP, then this is probably because 64-bit motherboards would break most 32-bit OS anyhow, and thus they are unlikely to have people complaing that Windows 98 doesn't work on those machine.
For more info on EFi and GPT, check ou the following link: http://developer.intel.com/technology/efi/download .htm
Let's just hope they aren't using this as a means to lay off staff.
I just hope the GameCube will be priced so it is afforable in Canada. Since most companies decide on a US price and then decide the Canadian price of the product based on the exchange rate, some stuff is rediculously expensive over here. If they can get a $230 (Canadian dollar) price tag on it, along with the choice of modem or ethernet adapter, then I reckon it will sell like hot-cakes - the important thing is to price it much less than the Playstation 2.
What Nintendo generally has going for them are a bunch of family orientated titles with enough playability and attraction to please most people. It is always surprising how enjoyable some Nintendo games are, inspite of their lack of blood.
Sure, but the plane probably depends on GPS and if someone is aware of it presence, there is nothing stopping the observed from emitting a high power signal, at the same frequencies a used by GPS.
Or simply a high-level of encryption for the software and thus requiring a password to make the stuff useable. In the event of capture the system would be logged off so nobody could access it without the password. Then if it was really a matter of die or give the password, you could always have a second password to erase and burn out the chips - the captors wouldn't know the difference.
With certain external techologies getting as fast as some of the internal connection technologies, we might even see a Firewire bus, or something equivalent, replace the PCI slots. One added advantage is that you could easily decide to have a small base unit and then add the cards in an extension tower, if necessary.
It is also worth noting that many technologies that were once found in the form of cards are being moved outside, such as analog video capture, to where Joe consumer has an easier time connecting them. For this reason we will probably find the low to medium end simply not using the internal bus, whereas the medium to high end will.
Of course technologies such as PCI buses will still be needed as parallel connectors provide a level of simplicity in the development of cards, and do not limit the total speed of data flow to that of the serial-parallel and parallel-serial converts. Though on the other hand with more computer technologies focusing on serial based solutions, maybe this is just inevetable.
At this rate we will be dealing with Mandrake 2001.0 in the year 2003. In this case this is a version number and not the year it was released ;-)
I have always wondered whether it would be possible to design chips with integrated heat sinks, or air holes to allow better circulation of air around the chip. This would certainly help in the cooling process.
One thing no one seems to have mentioned is the black box. Sure the plane didn't crash, but it would have the flight conversations of the pilots. This being the case, surely the tape could be played back to hear the reactions fo the pilots and deduce from that what happened?
Was this because it was a game they were playing, or simply because nobody knew how to put it back together?
This gives me another idea: mini black boxes, with beacons, for the landing craft that could survive even the total disingration of the probe itself. At least thay way we could work out where the probe crashed - this would be possible since there is still the global suveyor orbiting Mars.