If that were true, then Linux + Wine would be more popular than it is.
Then again, you may be right. There are probably lots of people that tried Linux and went back simply because Linux was much more difficult to use than Windows. The Mac would present less of a reason to go back because the learning curve would be less severe.
But then again, my mom, who just got an iMac G5 after years of Windows 98, is cursing it. She approaches it as if she had never seen a computer before so in her case, the Mac is not an easy and approachable computer.
I agree, however that too would be a Mac ripoff. If you mount the hard drive on your desktop and choose to display details it will show X GB Used X GB Free below the icon and the drive name. Similarly, folders will have thier size displayed underneath the folder name.
Granted the desktop is, by default, clean of any icons. You have to select mounting your hard drive to the desktop.
We stand and mourn with you today. I am truly sorry for the losses you have incurred and weep with you in this terrible moment.
I hope someday my children will understand terrorism as a savage relic of the past but I do not hold much hope for that.
Be strong people of England.
Well, let's take a look at the highest profile OSS
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Well, let's take a look at an open source desktop that any one of us might set up in somebody's home or office...
Linux kernel = Unix knockoff KDE = Windows knockoff GIMP = Photoshop knockoff Open Office = MS Office knockoff Gaim = AOL knockoff Firefox = innovative (sorta, see below) Apache = innovative PHP, Python, etc. = innovative
Firefox is shaky because tabbed browsing was introduced by Opera (a commercial comany). It didn't bring the browser into mainstream awareness like, say, Adobe did with graphics and DTP software. It is, however, the freshest face on the browser scene which has seen a much-needed revitalization as a result so I'll throw it in on the innovative side. Yes, IRC was around before AOL but AOL brought internet chat awareness to the masses so they get the credit. History is written by the victors;) Apache, PHP, Python are all very cool projects that you or I may may love but is of limited use to most people. Where email is concerned, I can't think of any whizz bang email program that sets itself apart from most other email in an innovative way. Okay Outlook, but that's only innovative in the virus and trojan propogation field;)
Don't get me wrong, open source is a fantastic and vital field in computing. Having access to a software library that is free in both the money sense and the libre sense is a big deal and in particular, those that cannot afford a quality commercial version such as developing countries.
On the other hand, commercial software is where most of the innovation and R&D takes place. They have to offer fresh and compelling reasons for us to part with our money. They have to be better than their competition (including open source). I know, I know, Microsoft isn't better than the competition nor are they innovative. True, but they are one company in a sea of thousands that would fall under the software industry umbrella and their monopoly status makes them an exception.
Open source needs commercial software and commercial software is recognizing the importance of and becoming more reliant upon open source. There is room for both. McVoy is right. 100% OSS would stagnate as its current model seems to be copying the work of others. Its strength lies in its license, not its feature set. As for the other extreme, we only have to look at Microsoft to see the effects of a commercial software dominated world.
Monoculture is bad and that goes for Linux as well as Windows.
I'm curious, does the linux kernel have processor cycling for PPC (Mac) computers? The reason I ask is that the computer may run longer with OS X if the linux kernel keeps the processor consuming power at a standard rate. The OS X kernel cycles the processor during idle periods to consume less power.
Perhaps I'm off base and this is handled on the motherboard?
$4.99 a month is great - really great. If I was running a platform that could play WMA I might even consider it but my Mac and my iPod won't play it. These format wars suck.
Aside from a non-compatible format, I can't stand the thought of all my music going away if I don't want to subscribe anymore. Yes, I can then decide to buy the music but then you're faced with "Okay, I want to stop my subscription and keep these 50 albums but I don't have $500 to lay out right now." Then what? Live without the music or take out a loan.
As a consumer of iTunes music, I am seriously considering going back to CD's so I get the full audio quality, the artwork and I can do whatever I want with it (i.e. send an mp3 to a friend 'hey, check these guys out - you might like them', etc.). While the iTunes DRM is fairly non-intrusive, I'm disliking DRM in any form more and more. I want my music for the long term. I want my kids to be able to play it 20 years from now if they want. I have zero guarantee of being able to do that with my iTunes DRMed music.
Subscription-based services practically guarantee I won't be able to do any of those things.
Does anybody have any idea where OpenGL stands in Tiger? Does it meet the 2.0 spec? I know Apple was trying to hire an OpenGL guru a few months back to help tune performance. It would be really nice if they brought OpenGL up to par with Tiger.
Because Clear Channel owns all of the radio stations and Clear Channel playlists suck ergo all radio sucks.
I'm only half joking though. Where I live, there is no radio worth listening to (musically) unless your into corporate music (ClearChannel). Personally, a radio on my iPod would go unused.
Going back to 1.0 worked. Something about 1.0.1 doesn't work. Unfortunately, my company firewall blocks whatever port the quality feedback agent runs on.
It happens if I type an address into the URL field and hit enter as well. I just thought I'd see if it was my setup (likely) or if others were experiencing the problem as well.
My install of 1.0.1 on my Windows box at work crashes if I execute a search in the search engine field. Doesn't matter what search engine I choose. Anybody else experiencing this?
I wish we would spend more time and research into fuels that won't pour carbon into the atmosphere. Why do we want to continue to use primitive fuels that will continue to advance to global warming?
Perhaps biodiesel is different. I don't know. All I know is turkeys are carbon-based life forms and burning turkeys would seem to put carbon into the atmosphere just as oil does.
While there are a number of posts saying, "I've got x for $30 a month" there are still many areas in the U.S. where the broadband provider has a local monopoly. Case in point, my town, which only has Time Warner Cable (no DSL) charges $50/month for broadband alone. When I was getting expanded cable t.v. and broadband, my monthly bill crept up to over $120/month. My parents, who live 50 miles north of me get broadband and expanded cable t.v for $45/month. Why? They have competition. I work with people who get Time Warner broadband and they get it cheaper than I did simply by living in another location.
It seems we love monopolies here in America since it's taboo to meddle with business too much.
I'm an early adopter because I initiate the download and install as soon as it came up in Software Update.
I'm a cautious observer because by the time I'm done dowloading this 28MB behemoth on my dialup connection it will have been well tested.
Offtopic but I have to ask (Avalon Hill's Galaxy)
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Does anybody out there have the source code available for Avalon Hill's Galaxy? My friends and I spent hours playing this on our Atari 400/800's and have always talked about how cool it would be to rewrite it in Java or something so we could play it again. The source was written in Basic.
I know that this isn't about Archon but I figure that if anybody reading this even knows what Archon was they might have an old Galaxy disk laying somewhere.
I've been reading "Revolution in the Valley" from OReilly (a really fun read, I highly recommend it) and really, Jef had very lettle to do with the Macintosh interface. Steve Jobs forced him out very early on into the Macintosh development process - well before they had a working prototype. In fact, Jef's vision of the Macintosh was much more text-based than what we know the Mac to be today. Jef's vision of the Macintosh looked more like the Osborne 1 than the Banana Junior 2000 form factor we're all familiar with. The interface borrowed heavily from the Apple Lisa for which Bill Atkinson developed.
Jef was a music major by training, so while I still respect him and what he's done, it's not like he was formally educated in the field.
You can read about this at folklore.org as well but the book is great.
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If that were true, then Linux + Wine would be more popular than it is.
Then again, you may be right. There are probably lots of people that tried Linux and went back simply because Linux was much more difficult to use than Windows. The Mac would present less of a reason to go back because the learning curve would be less severe.
But then again, my mom, who just got an iMac G5 after years of Windows 98, is cursing it. She approaches it as if she had never seen a computer before so in her case, the Mac is not an easy and approachable computer.
I agree, however that too would be a Mac ripoff. If you mount the hard drive on your desktop and choose to display details it will show X GB Used X GB Free below the icon and the drive name. Similarly, folders will have thier size displayed underneath the folder name.
Granted the desktop is, by default, clean of any icons. You have to select mounting your hard drive to the desktop.
We stand and mourn with you today. I am truly sorry for the losses you have incurred and weep with you in this terrible moment.
I hope someday my children will understand terrorism as a savage relic of the past but I do not hold much hope for that.
Be strong people of England.
Well, let's take a look at an open source desktop that any one of us might set up in somebody's home or office...
;) Apache, PHP, Python are all very cool projects that you or I may may love but is of limited use to most people. Where email is concerned, I can't think of any whizz bang email program that sets itself apart from most other email in an innovative way. Okay Outlook, but that's only innovative in the virus and trojan propogation field ;)
Linux kernel = Unix knockoff
KDE = Windows knockoff
GIMP = Photoshop knockoff
Open Office = MS Office knockoff
Gaim = AOL knockoff
Firefox = innovative (sorta, see below)
Apache = innovative
PHP, Python, etc. = innovative
Firefox is shaky because tabbed browsing was introduced by Opera (a commercial comany). It didn't bring the browser into mainstream awareness like, say, Adobe did with graphics and DTP software. It is, however, the freshest face on the browser scene which has seen a much-needed revitalization as a result so I'll throw it in on the innovative side. Yes, IRC was around before AOL but AOL brought internet chat awareness to the masses so they get the credit. History is written by the victors
Don't get me wrong, open source is a fantastic and vital field in computing. Having access to a software library that is free in both the money sense and the libre sense is a big deal and in particular, those that cannot afford a quality commercial version such as developing countries.
On the other hand, commercial software is where most of the innovation and R&D takes place. They have to offer fresh and compelling reasons for us to part with our money. They have to be better than their competition (including open source). I know, I know, Microsoft isn't better than the competition nor are they innovative. True, but they are one company in a sea of thousands that would fall under the software industry umbrella and their monopoly status makes them an exception.
Open source needs commercial software and commercial software is recognizing the importance of and becoming more reliant upon open source. There is room for both. McVoy is right. 100% OSS would stagnate as its current model seems to be copying the work of others. Its strength lies in its license, not its feature set. As for the other extreme, we only have to look at Microsoft to see the effects of a commercial software dominated world.
Monoculture is bad and that goes for Linux as well as Windows.
I'm curious, does the linux kernel have processor cycling for PPC (Mac) computers? The reason I ask is that the computer may run longer with OS X if the linux kernel keeps the processor consuming power at a standard rate. The OS X kernel cycles the processor during idle periods to consume less power.
Perhaps I'm off base and this is handled on the motherboard?
Being that this is Slashdot, I don't know whether to feel insulted or accepted :)
Perhaps you're looking for Jockstrap.org News for oafs. Stuff that itches.
Really. A slideshow. How nice.
[Fade into dream sequence]
"You are part of the Frontpage Alliance and a hack! *cough* *choke* *gasp* [web designer's corpse thrown to the floor] "Take him away!"
[Fade out of dream sequence]
*sigh* Back to work I guess.
$4.99 a month is great - really great. If I was running a platform that could play WMA I might even consider it but my Mac and my iPod won't play it. These format wars suck.
Aside from a non-compatible format, I can't stand the thought of all my music going away if I don't want to subscribe anymore. Yes, I can then decide to buy the music but then you're faced with "Okay, I want to stop my subscription and keep these 50 albums but I don't have $500 to lay out right now." Then what? Live without the music or take out a loan.
As a consumer of iTunes music, I am seriously considering going back to CD's so I get the full audio quality, the artwork and I can do whatever I want with it (i.e. send an mp3 to a friend 'hey, check these guys out - you might like them', etc.). While the iTunes DRM is fairly non-intrusive, I'm disliking DRM in any form more and more. I want my music for the long term. I want my kids to be able to play it 20 years from now if they want. I have zero guarantee of being able to do that with my iTunes DRMed music.
Subscription-based services practically guarantee I won't be able to do any of those things.
All of the other stores that she seems to be arguing for require Windows.
That's a monopoly. That's lock-in. Exactly what she's arguing against.
As a Mac owner, I won't be shopping at the alternatives any time soon.
Does anybody have any idea where OpenGL stands in Tiger? Does it meet the 2.0 spec? I know Apple was trying to hire an OpenGL guru a few months back to help tune performance. It would be really nice if they brought OpenGL up to par with Tiger.
Sorry for the bad link.
http://www.cafepress.com/daytonohio
Sweet. Now the downtown masses will be able to easily order these nice Dayton, OH t-shirts with the free WI-FI.
And the user experience is no different to what current Microsoft users are accustomed to recieving.
Sweet!
Because Clear Channel owns all of the radio stations and Clear Channel playlists suck ergo all radio sucks.
I'm only half joking though. Where I live, there is no radio worth listening to (musically) unless your into corporate music (ClearChannel). Personally, a radio on my iPod would go unused.
Going back to 1.0 worked. Something about 1.0.1 doesn't work. Unfortunately, my company firewall blocks whatever port the quality feedback agent runs on.
Yes. The problem still exists. I'm going to try to go back to 1.0 and see what happens.
It happens if I type an address into the URL field and hit enter as well. I just thought I'd see if it was my setup (likely) or if others were experiencing the problem as well.
My install of 1.0.1 on my Windows box at work crashes if I execute a search in the search engine field. Doesn't matter what search engine I choose. Anybody else experiencing this?
I wish we would spend more time and research into fuels that won't pour carbon into the atmosphere. Why do we want to continue to use primitive fuels that will continue to advance to global warming?
Perhaps biodiesel is different. I don't know. All I know is turkeys are carbon-based life forms and burning turkeys would seem to put carbon into the atmosphere just as oil does.
While there are a number of posts saying, "I've got x for $30 a month" there are still many areas in the U.S. where the broadband provider has a local monopoly. Case in point, my town, which only has Time Warner Cable (no DSL) charges $50/month for broadband alone. When I was getting expanded cable t.v. and broadband, my monthly bill crept up to over $120/month. My parents, who live 50 miles north of me get broadband and expanded cable t.v for $45/month. Why? They have competition. I work with people who get Time Warner broadband and they get it cheaper than I did simply by living in another location.
It seems we love monopolies here in America since it's taboo to meddle with business too much.
Microsoft Warns of Impossible to Clean Spyware
Bizarro: On Bizarro world people like spyware. People no clean from computer. Go now live to Solomon Grundi.
Solomon Grundi: Errrr! Solomon Grundi say Microsoft full of crap. Solomon Grundi crush Microsoft like piece of paper.
Bizzaro: This Legion of Doom reporting. Back to Zonk at Slashdot.
I'm an early adopter because I initiate the download and install as soon as it came up in Software Update.
I'm a cautious observer because by the time I'm done dowloading this 28MB behemoth on my dialup connection it will have been well tested.
Does anybody out there have the source code available for Avalon Hill's Galaxy? My friends and I spent hours playing this on our Atari 400/800's and have always talked about how cool it would be to rewrite it in Java or something so we could play it again. The source was written in Basic.
I know that this isn't about Archon but I figure that if anybody reading this even knows what Archon was they might have an old Galaxy disk laying somewhere.
Ha! Yeah and his cousin is Lieutenant Angrous....errr Sargeant Furio....no, Searg....
Um. Huh. I guess this thread has been exhausted now hasn't it?
I've been reading "Revolution in the Valley" from OReilly (a really fun read, I highly recommend it) and really, Jef had very lettle to do with the Macintosh interface. Steve Jobs forced him out very early on into the Macintosh development process - well before they had a working prototype. In fact, Jef's vision of the Macintosh was much more text-based than what we know the Mac to be today. Jef's vision of the Macintosh looked more like the Osborne 1 than the Banana Junior 2000 form factor we're all familiar with. The interface borrowed heavily from the Apple Lisa for which Bill Atkinson developed.
Jef was a music major by training, so while I still respect him and what he's done, it's not like he was formally educated in the field.
You can read about this at folklore.org as well but the book is great.