Some Apple fans *do* wear Lycra, me included. I average about 35 mi a day in lycra. In the summertime I race in lycra and I imagine all my competitors run Wintel when they arent riding a bike. I'm not terribly proud of my looks but I've been told I dont look half bad in lycra.
Nevertheless, I've already got an iPod and probably wont be buying any RCA lyra's (or lycra fo that matter).
As others have mentioned iTunes relys on an API that is not available under GNUStep. Additionally, even if iTunes was Cocoa, and could thus be compiled using GNUStep, it would have to be recompiled to do so, AND for each architecture it ran on. iTunes is NOT open source, only Apple could recompile it. Many people misunderstand GNUStep, believing it is some form of Cocoa emulator and can run binaries built on a mac with cocoa, it cant. GNUStep is a reimplimentation (and an imcomplete one) of Cocoa and apps have to be built with GNUStep in mind.
The primary reason they are paid so well is that there arent that many of them and they are required by law to be in any operating pharmacy during all hours that the pharmacy is open. If CVS could get away with paying some shmo with an associates degree in Pharmacy Tech to run their pharmacy for $21k per year, they would. The law says they cant so they have to pay someone with a more specialized degree to do it. Most pharmacists have a BS in pharmacy however, most degrees being offered today are PharmD's which is a "Doctorate" in pharmacy. The difference is an extra year of clinical training. I dont think any states require a PharmD for licensing but they may eventually. A regular BS if pharmacy is a 5 year program, but most BS's end up being 5 years anyway.
My wife is a Pharmacist. Pharmacy graduates make $85k-$90k just out of college. We get calls almost daily from headhunters looking for people to fill jobs, and regular mail from Wal-Mart, CVS, Walgreens, Eckerd etc, looking for the same. My wife changed jobs a couple of months ago, they STILL havent filled the vacancy and they are offering $93k + $5k signon and dont require ANY experience. There were two openings at her new job, both of which have been open for nearly a year, the other has not been filled. And ya'll really think a Comp Eng degree is that nice?
Your enlightened point of view completely ignores the fact that China is heavily leveraging Open Source software, including linux and proprietary software and hardware from other vendors. None of which merited mention in the article. Microsoft was singled out for the article because they are microsoft, not neccesarily because they are "evil" but because everyone knows and uses microsoft products. "Microsoft is huting Chineese" is a headline... "Some no-name open source project hurting chineese" isnt.
I've heard no hardware crap out stories so far about
Apple, but what they DO need to make their offering rock
solid is on-site support contracts like Dell has - where a
person comes to you, bearing a replacement part.
This guy had a laptop... I've had two occasions to send laptops in for service. In both cases the machines were shipped to texas, fixed and were delivered back to me within 3 business days.
I'm the first to admit its a neat idea if the Segway werent eclipsed by the venerable bicycle in nearly every respect. For the price of a Segway you can buy a nearly weightless (15 lbs) carbon fiber bike that Lance Armstrong would be proud to ride, and with a few weeks of practice, any reasonably healthy person could out pace and out distance any Segway.
For $1000 youre still talking about a nice shiny new "bike shop" bike that would run the clone into the dirt. Heck, even a $150 Wal Mart special would have no trouble in that regard.
No, that wasnt what he was saying, or if it was, he was wrong. Cocoa apps would ideally need only to be recompiled for GnuStep/Linux to work on your linux box, practically, GnuStep isnt 100% compatible and significant changes would likely need to be made in order to get it to compile. You could certainly write an app to be cross compatible easily from the ground up. One of the linux mags had an article on this last year including a simple example project.
Where do you buy new CD's or artists on major labels for $12? Online dosent count unless you get free shipping. I live in a college town with quite a few music stores and I bought a Pogues CD the other day and spent almost $20. The same stores were selling pop diva's new albums for $15.99 as a loss leader to attract Bratz... But I dont like Britney or Avril or any of the other divas.
As for good music... Theres plenty of good stuff on iTMS. My favorite, The Pixies, who were never anything other than a critical success, are well represented, as is Frank Black, their former lead singer. In fact Frank Black just released a new EP exclusive to iTMS. I like the Chieftains too... safe to say they've never been on ClearChannel's playlist, but theres scads of cheiftains stuff on iTMS, and its good too.
BTW, as one who has bought quite a few CD's, once you get away from the major labels, theres NO guarantee the CD you buy is going to sound very good from an audio standpoint. If the recording sucks the CD will sound like shit too.
....Or perhaps Microsoft took the name from another fantasy game, Myth. Developed by wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft, Bungie, and also employing elements of norse mythology.
A consistent theme with the posts here has been, "if its ok on MTV or Network primetime, why isnt it ok it a videogame". Personally, for me, it is ok. And for nearly all of us its ok. The issue is when Mrs. Betty SoccerMom comes home and finds little timmy (who is 9 or 10) playing a game with blood spatters, sucking chest wounds and humongous bouncing titties that would impress even Tim Sr.
You can claim the ratings system will prevent this, but we all know it wont. Most of the time Mom herselft bought the game without even thinking about ratings...."its a game, its got to be ok, right?"
Its PARC (Palo Alto Reseach Center). I dont know what kind of claim Xerox would have. They were compensated for their contribution to Apple in Apple stock. But that only covers Apple. I suppose they long ago decided not to pursue others with similar GUI's.
Normally, I'd agree with you. And if you take Apple out of the equation I would agree. iTunes still defaults to ripping CD's to MP3, iPod's still play MP3's. You can rather easily convert protected AAC's (note: only iTMS AAC's are protected, not those you create) to MP3. You can say what you like about Apple and the RIAA being in bed together, but Apple has no problem with its customers playing MP3's on Macs and iPods.... "Rip, Mix, Burn".
WEP or not I think your wireless network would need to be much more complex that most to exploit this. At least on my Airport network (and probably by default) the wireless clients get their settings from the base station and the base station only. You can run and LDAP server all night and day in my front yard and it wont do you a bit of good. I'll probably ask you what youre doing when I mow the lawn though.
Assuming the Powerbook owner has a new 'book, then you are most certainly correct. However, Apple has produced many computers under the "Powerbook" moniker, and some of them had 12" screens. I would wager some even included G3's or 603e's which would have been produced by IBM. You most likely know that, but there are alot of new folks interested in macs these days who might believe that IBM is a new player in Mac CPU's. IBM has been supplying apple with CPUs since 1994.
Not that it matters, but the GUI version of Word was originally a Mac product. Of course MacOS has undergone many changes since then and Word has undergone so many big revisions that it is no way the same product. Currently its a carbon application. with lots of old baggage.
My personal opinion on the benchmarks is that they left out the most important test. How fast do the X86 run OSX compared to the G5? Honestly, I could care less how fast Windows runs on X86 because I dont use Windows.
If 10% of the people who recieved spam responded, spammers would be gozillionaires, making Bill Gates' fortune look like chump change. But your point is well taken.
The reason telemarketing is successful is because there are people (usually older people) who still believe that it is rude to hang up on someone or interrupt them while they are talking. Telemarketers use this, pushy sales tactics and outlandish claims (most will lie to make a sale) to sell whatever it is they are selling. Few people sit at home thinking "I wish someone would call and offer me some diet pills for $153.26 a bottle!"
If this list goes as planned calls WILL stop. I live am on my states no-call list and I have gotten ONE call during the 2 years we've been on the list.... A call I reported to my states attorney generals office.
Considering Tom Danielson, one of the best climbers in the world took 49 minutes last time around... "About an hour" makes you a very fit cyclist. The average chainsmoking cheeto eating nerd would probably have a coronary after a few hundred meters. At any rate... 2.5 hours is very generous for the average person.
A more fitting analogy would be for a company called Computer Kitchens to make an Apple shaped multifunction kitchen timer/calculator and call it the "Apple" Something tells me that would fly.
I know this thread is getting old... but for posteritys sake... On a well maintained track I'd agree with you, however, on a rough road (like the ones I ride) increasing tire pressure may actually increase rolling resistance. By reducing the size of the contact patch you increase the likelyhood that your tire will sink slightly into imperfections in the road surface. Dont think this matters? I pick up 3-4 mph when I ride on very smooth freshly paved roads vs. the very rough roads I normally ride.
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Some Apple fans *do* wear Lycra, me included. I average about 35 mi a day in lycra. In the summertime I race in lycra and I imagine all my competitors run Wintel when they arent riding a bike. I'm not terribly proud of my looks but I've been told I dont look half bad in lycra.
Nevertheless, I've already got an iPod and probably wont be buying any RCA lyra's (or lycra fo that matter).
As others have mentioned iTunes relys on an API that is not available under GNUStep. Additionally, even if iTunes was Cocoa, and could thus be compiled using GNUStep, it would have to be recompiled to do so, AND for each architecture it ran on. iTunes is NOT open source, only Apple could recompile it. Many people misunderstand GNUStep, believing it is some form of Cocoa emulator and can run binaries built on a mac with cocoa, it cant. GNUStep is a reimplimentation (and an imcomplete one) of Cocoa and apps have to be built with GNUStep in mind.
The primary reason they are paid so well is that there arent that many of them and they are required by law to be in any operating pharmacy during all hours that the pharmacy is open. If CVS could get away with paying some shmo with an associates degree in Pharmacy Tech to run their pharmacy for $21k per year, they would. The law says they cant so they have to pay someone with a more specialized degree to do it. Most pharmacists have a BS in pharmacy however, most degrees being offered today are PharmD's which is a "Doctorate" in pharmacy. The difference is an extra year of clinical training. I dont think any states require a PharmD for licensing but they may eventually. A regular BS if pharmacy is a 5 year program, but most BS's end up being 5 years anyway.
My wife is a Pharmacist. Pharmacy graduates make $85k-$90k just out of college. We get calls almost daily from headhunters looking for people to fill jobs, and regular mail from Wal-Mart, CVS, Walgreens, Eckerd etc, looking for the same. My wife changed jobs a couple of months ago, they STILL havent filled the vacancy and they are offering $93k + $5k signon and dont require ANY experience. There were two openings at her new job, both of which have been open for nearly a year, the other has not been filled. And ya'll really think a Comp Eng degree is that nice?
Your enlightened point of view completely ignores the fact that China is heavily leveraging Open Source software, including linux and proprietary software and hardware from other vendors. None of which merited mention in the article. Microsoft was singled out for the article because they are microsoft, not neccesarily because they are "evil" but because everyone knows and uses microsoft products. "Microsoft is huting Chineese" is a headline... "Some no-name open source project hurting chineese" isnt.
Its refreshing to see that the overwhelming majority of Anti-MS (including me) slashdotters called bullshit on this one.
Not true... A/UX was running on the Mac II series before AppleScript was released.
You mean like this one?
This guy had a laptop... I've had two occasions to send laptops in for service. In both cases the machines were shipped to texas, fixed and were delivered back to me within 3 business days.
Sys req say it requires a G4 or G5, but the code it generates will work on a G3.
I'm the first to admit its a neat idea if the Segway werent eclipsed by the venerable bicycle in nearly every respect. For the price of a Segway you can buy a nearly weightless (15 lbs) carbon fiber bike that Lance Armstrong would be proud to ride, and with a few weeks of practice, any reasonably healthy person could out pace and out distance any Segway.
For $1000 youre still talking about a nice shiny new "bike shop" bike that would run the clone into the dirt. Heck, even a $150 Wal Mart special would have no trouble in that regard.
No, that wasnt what he was saying, or if it was, he was wrong. Cocoa apps would ideally need only to be recompiled for GnuStep/Linux to work on your linux box, practically, GnuStep isnt 100% compatible and significant changes would likely need to be made in order to get it to compile. You could certainly write an app to be cross compatible easily from the ground up. One of the linux mags had an article on this last year including a simple example project.
Darwin? I didnt look at the file but the link indicated it might be general code for alti-vec.
Where do you buy new CD's or artists on major labels for $12? Online dosent count unless you get free shipping. I live in a college town with quite a few music stores and I bought a Pogues CD the other day and spent almost $20. The same stores were selling pop diva's new albums for $15.99 as a loss leader to attract Bratz... But I dont like Britney or Avril or any of the other divas.
As for good music... Theres plenty of good stuff on iTMS. My favorite, The Pixies, who were never anything other than a critical success, are well represented, as is Frank Black, their former lead singer. In fact Frank Black just released a new EP exclusive to iTMS. I like the Chieftains too... safe to say they've never been on ClearChannel's playlist, but theres scads of cheiftains stuff on iTMS, and its good too.
BTW, as one who has bought quite a few CD's, once you get away from the major labels, theres NO guarantee the CD you buy is going to sound very good from an audio standpoint. If the recording sucks the CD will sound like shit too.
....Or perhaps Microsoft took the name from another fantasy game, Myth. Developed by wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft, Bungie, and also employing elements of norse mythology.
A consistent theme with the posts here has been, "if its ok on MTV or Network primetime, why isnt it ok it a videogame". Personally, for me, it is ok. And for nearly all of us its ok. The issue is when Mrs. Betty SoccerMom comes home and finds little timmy (who is 9 or 10) playing a game with blood spatters, sucking chest wounds and humongous bouncing titties that would impress even Tim Sr.
You can claim the ratings system will prevent this, but we all know it wont. Most of the time Mom herselft bought the game without even thinking about ratings...."its a game, its got to be ok, right?"
Its PARC (Palo Alto Reseach Center). I dont know what kind of claim Xerox would have. They were compensated for their contribution to Apple in Apple stock. But that only covers Apple. I suppose they long ago decided not to pursue others with similar GUI's.
Normally, I'd agree with you. And if you take Apple out of the equation I would agree. iTunes still defaults to ripping CD's to MP3, iPod's still play MP3's. You can rather easily convert protected AAC's (note: only iTMS AAC's are protected, not those you create) to MP3. You can say what you like about Apple and the RIAA being in bed together, but Apple has no problem with its customers playing MP3's on Macs and iPods.... "Rip, Mix, Burn".
WEP or not I think your wireless network would need to be much more complex that most to exploit this. At least on my Airport network (and probably by default) the wireless clients get their settings from the base station and the base station only. You can run and LDAP server all night and day in my front yard and it wont do you a bit of good. I'll probably ask you what youre doing when I mow the lawn though.
Assuming the Powerbook owner has a new 'book, then you are most certainly correct. However, Apple has produced many computers under the "Powerbook" moniker, and some of them had 12" screens. I would wager some even included G3's or 603e's which would have been produced by IBM. You most likely know that, but there are alot of new folks interested in macs these days who might believe that IBM is a new player in Mac CPU's. IBM has been supplying apple with CPUs since 1994.
Not that it matters, but the GUI version of Word was originally a Mac product. Of course MacOS has undergone many changes since then and Word has undergone so many big revisions that it is no way the same product. Currently its a carbon application. with lots of old baggage.
My personal opinion on the benchmarks is that they left out the most important test. How fast do the X86 run OSX compared to the G5? Honestly, I could care less how fast Windows runs on X86 because I dont use Windows.
>usually the figure is put about 10%
If 10% of the people who recieved spam responded, spammers would be gozillionaires, making Bill Gates' fortune look like chump change. But your point is well taken.
The reason telemarketing is successful is because there are people (usually older people) who still believe that it is rude to hang up on someone or interrupt them while they are talking. Telemarketers use this, pushy sales tactics and outlandish claims (most will lie to make a sale) to sell whatever it is they are selling. Few people sit at home thinking "I wish someone would call and offer me some diet pills for $153.26 a bottle!"
If this list goes as planned calls WILL stop. I live am on my states no-call list and I have gotten ONE call during the 2 years we've been on the list.... A call I reported to my states attorney generals office.
Considering Tom Danielson, one of the best climbers in the world took 49 minutes last time around... "About an hour" makes you a very fit cyclist. The average chainsmoking cheeto eating nerd would probably have a coronary after a few hundred meters. At any rate... 2.5 hours is very generous for the average person.
A more fitting analogy would be for a company called Computer Kitchens to make an Apple shaped multifunction kitchen timer/calculator and call it the "Apple" Something tells me that would fly.
Corrects inaccuracies in original.
I know this thread is getting old... but for posteritys sake... On a well maintained track I'd agree with you, however, on a rough road (like the ones I ride) increasing tire pressure may actually increase rolling resistance. By reducing the size of the contact patch you increase the likelyhood that your tire will sink slightly into imperfections in the road surface. Dont think this matters? I pick up 3-4 mph when I ride on very smooth freshly paved roads vs. the very rough roads I normally ride.