I like the hardware, it even feels better. When you push on a side, it doesn't give way. When putting it back together, you don't have to call someone over to hold one side while you try to wedge the other side in.
OSX is an end run around M$. Remember There is only one MS type OS, but OSX is related to all the NIX's. MS is now the outsider. OSX opens the door to all those Fine BSD/UNIX applications.
How long will it be before Gnome is running on your Mac.
If I want Windows, I can spend less than $200 for VPC and have a triple boot machine, MacOS, YDL, and Windows, but three's a crowd. Windows will have to wait.
If I want MS office compatibility, there is Applixware.
I played with a cube several nights ago, very nice. The LCD screen was incredibly sharp and bright from all directions. Those speakers! but they need the iSub.
At the post office, DOS is where most of the record keeping is done. They are still using W95, and see no need to go to 98. I'd rather work in DOS than Windows. DOS is stable, and doesn't make you jump through a bunch of hoops. So goodbye DOS. This just make Windows even more boring. OSX and Linux is the way to go for me.
AT the post office, the real heavy lifting is done in QNX.
Slide a little cup of liquid nitrogen under the cube. the convection current will pull that cold air up through the cube. How about drilling a hole, for the cables, in your freezer and placing the cube in there with the other ice cubes? Move to the artic.
Do you think she'd spank me too? I'd rather have the MP G4 than the cube. That monster will kick serious butt. Let's see OSX with the Tenon X Windows, Max out the RAM, Get the Studio Display, and I may never leave my house.
Of course I would have to have YellowDog Linux on my external drive.
fuck windoze, fuck Compaq for being their lapdogs. Compaq and Windoze are a perfect match, pure shit. I hope they both go out of business. I have to use both at work. DOS is the best thing to come out of Redmond.
Apple only supplies 64mgs of RAM to help the retailer. There is a low marging on Macs. The retailer makes it up with those things not supplied with the Mac. The Mac acts like a loss leader. It brings people in the front door. It is up to the salesman to do his job, by directing the customer to the add-ons which are keystoned.
14 years of retail taught me a few things about why companies do what they do.
You ever wonder why the pro models (G4's) come with no software? See my first paragraph if you are a slow learner.
But if you design the case to act like a smokestack, you will have a natural fan. Note that the cube sits up off the ground. You could go to Radio shack and buy a small fan, put it under the cube, and further cool the system. I wonder if you set in front of your AC would that overclock it?;)
That's it!! Would you rather have Rosie O'Donnell or Ashley Judd sitting in front of you.
I rejected Windows because the GUI was so ugly, angluar and artless. Design is important. It is like the difference between a good restuarant and a great one, presentation.
Windows doesn't seem to care about the user experience. Linux and Apple does. In my opinion, they are better because they seem to be designed for people.
If the cube is what they say it is, we will be able to build our own clusters on the cheap.Now add Tenon's XWindows. Hot!
The drool is captured by my beard, cooling my face.
Go Lance Armstrong!!!!!!
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Apple is more than the Mac. The post office intranet, the world's largest, is hosted on WebObjects. The Army is using Apple technology because they got tired of the easy time crackers had getting into NT networks. RealNetworks has signed a deal to use QuickTime. Sony, they love Firewire. @home, they deliver a lot of QT content. Look at all the cameras now using firewire. PS2,uses Firewire.Look for Quicktime to play a bigger role in Hollywood. With Maya and other big video applications being ported to OSX, who needs SGI? QuickTime is still in its infancy, it will be the killer app. why do you think Gates wanted it killed off? Apple makes some cool Computers and OSX is exciting, but they do much more than sell pretty computers. If they were a one trick pony, I would not have added AAPL to my portfolio. I sure like running YellowDog Linux on this G3. Nice distro guys!
I can't believe the number of people that have themselves convinced that OS X is going to be running on x86's.
One of the favorite sports of the computer nerd is trying to figure out what Apple is going to do next. There is nothing good on TV, let's try to figure out what is going on deep in the bowels of 1 Infinite Loop. This has been going on as long as I can remember.
You know Jobs loves this. He knows we enjoy it too. Apple gets good press when they release something elegant like that beautiful charcoal iMac, but then they get good press when we hear nothing. When they are quiet, we think they are up to something outrageous.
Security is so tight at Apple, they could be making a port and we not know it. We won't know until they are ready to tell us. You notice how well they kept the iMac, ibook and the G4 underwraps.
They know how to yank our chain, and we eat it up. That's fine with me, the industry would be boring if not for Apple and the new kid on the block, Linux.
This will force the ISP's to conform to MS standards, meaning W2000. This will also put the screws to the retail outlets who sell MS products. How much will it cost business use this service, 5 cents a minute? 10 cents? I see this as their attempt to turn the internet into an MS only environment.
But you must remember that about 38% of that revenue comes from investments. Many of their markets are saturated. Look at what they had to do with Back Office. they had to change the licensing to bring in more money. Before it was seats, not it is seats and shifts.
Look for them to use this to charge by the minute. You won't be paying a flat fee, but you will be charged by the amount of time you use their software. They will probably charge for the amount of disk space used.
I would also be very afraid of intellectual property. What will you have to sign away to use their software?
How many people has Unisys sued for using Gif's on their websites? I have used gifs for years on my site and I haven't heard a word from their lawyers. Now if I developed commercial software that depends on the Gif format, then I'd expect Unisys to want a piece of the action. Unisys made a big PR blunder, they have backed off and clarified their position. Relax and enjoy your animated Gif's. I do love using the transparent Gif and will continue using them. PNG is cool too.
As if MS has not done such a thing in the past. MS has a track record for dirty dealing. I can see why people distrust them, and think that there is sabatoge if a third party app that competes with an MS product won't perform well on Win.
At one time the University of Kentucky was the largest Mac retail outlet in the US. IBM was our main smokestack industry. they bought off the purchaser, even gave him a "personal secretary." They tried to ban all non IBM computers from campus, but it didn't work. The Dell, UNIX and Apple fans fought back. The hospital uses Wintel for non essential uses, but Solaris for critical care.
Yes I did give the computer store copies of Linux and MkLinux.
I just got back from a store that sells Macs. One box had OSX on it. It was surrounded by twenty somethings. they were Linux users, and they were having the time of their lives. They were genuinely excited. they were so excited when they fired up vi, then emacs. they wrote a perl script and ran it. they were disappointed that python was not on it. they found the C++ compiler. they seemed pleased.
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I like the hardware, it even feels better. When you push on a side, it doesn't give way. When putting it back together, you don't have to call someone over to hold one side while you try to wedge the other side in. OSX is an end run around M$. Remember There is only one MS type OS, but OSX is related to all the NIX's. MS is now the outsider. OSX opens the door to all those Fine BSD/UNIX applications. How long will it be before Gnome is running on your Mac. If I want Windows, I can spend less than $200 for VPC and have a triple boot machine, MacOS, YDL, and Windows, but three's a crowd. Windows will have to wait. If I want MS office compatibility, there is Applixware. I played with a cube several nights ago, very nice. The LCD screen was incredibly sharp and bright from all directions. Those speakers! but they need the iSub.
Apple has been working with them. Notice that it has the 400MHZ PPC chip. It's just a Mac with a twist. I bet we can hack a DVD playback.
At the post office, DOS is where most of the record keeping is done. They are still using W95, and see no need to go to 98. I'd rather work in DOS than Windows. DOS is stable, and doesn't make you jump through a bunch of hoops. So goodbye DOS. This just make Windows even more boring. OSX and Linux is the way to go for me.
AT the post office, the real heavy lifting is done in QNX.
I renamed shit, formed into a triangle, now it is called nurfil, but it still smells the same.
C# is for Episcopalians who can't stay on key.
All the Black Mambas I saw were green. go figure.
Slide a little cup of liquid nitrogen under the cube. the convection current will pull that cold air up through the cube. How about drilling a hole, for the cables, in your freezer and placing the cube in there with the other ice cubes? Move to the artic.
Is speculation about what Apple will do next a spectator sport, or is it audience participation?
Hey guys, I saw a New Cube with Mickey Mouse ears and a coffee maker? A new direction for Apple?
The people who need Doze. Instead of Windows on VPC, lets install RedHat. Then in X we have WINE or VMWare running Windows.
Who needs CompaQ or Dell?
Do you think she'd spank me too? I'd rather have the MP G4 than the cube. That monster will kick serious butt. Let's see OSX with the Tenon X Windows, Max out the RAM, Get the Studio Display, and I may never leave my house.
Of course I would have to have YellowDog Linux on my external drive.
fuck windoze, fuck Compaq for being their lapdogs. Compaq and Windoze are a perfect match, pure shit. I hope they both go out of business. I have to use both at work. DOS is the best thing to come out of Redmond.
Apple only supplies 64mgs of RAM to help the retailer. There is a low marging on Macs. The retailer makes it up with those things not supplied with the Mac. The Mac acts like a loss leader. It brings people in the front door. It is up to the salesman to do his job, by directing the customer to the add-ons which are keystoned.
14 years of retail taught me a few things about why companies do what they do.
You ever wonder why the pro models (G4's) come with no software? See my first paragraph if you are a slow learner.
But if you design the case to act like a smokestack, you will have a natural fan. Note that the cube sits up off the ground. You could go to Radio shack and buy a small fan, put it under the cube, and further cool the system. I wonder if you set in front of your AC would that overclock it? ;)
That's it!! Would you rather have Rosie O'Donnell or Ashley Judd sitting in front of you.
I rejected Windows because the GUI was so ugly, angluar and artless. Design is important. It is like the difference between a good restuarant and a great one, presentation.
Windows doesn't seem to care about the user experience. Linux and Apple does. In my opinion, they are better because they seem to be designed for people.
If the cube is what they say it is, we will be able to build our own clusters on the cheap.Now add Tenon's XWindows. Hot!
The drool is captured by my beard, cooling my face.
Go Lance Armstrong!!!!!!
Apple is more than the Mac. The post office intranet, the world's largest, is hosted on WebObjects. The Army is using Apple technology because they got tired of the easy time crackers had getting into NT networks. RealNetworks has signed a deal to use QuickTime. Sony, they love Firewire. @home, they deliver a lot of QT content. Look at all the cameras now using firewire. PS2,uses Firewire.Look for Quicktime to play a bigger role in Hollywood. With Maya and other big video applications being ported to OSX, who needs SGI? QuickTime is still in its infancy, it will be the killer app. why do you think Gates wanted it killed off? Apple makes some cool Computers and OSX is exciting, but they do much more than sell pretty computers. If they were a one trick pony, I would not have added AAPL to my portfolio. I sure like running YellowDog Linux on this G3. Nice distro guys!
I can't believe the number of people that have themselves convinced that OS X is going to be running on x86's.
One of the favorite sports of the computer nerd is trying to figure out what Apple is going to do next. There is nothing good on TV, let's try to figure out what is going on deep in the bowels of 1 Infinite Loop. This has been going on as long as I can remember.
You know Jobs loves this. He knows we enjoy it too. Apple gets good press when they release something elegant like that beautiful charcoal iMac, but then they get good press when we hear nothing. When they are quiet, we think they are up to something outrageous.
Security is so tight at Apple, they could be making a port and we not know it. We won't know until they are ready to tell us. You notice how well they kept the iMac, ibook and the G4 underwraps.
They know how to yank our chain, and we eat it up. That's fine with me, the industry would be boring if not for Apple and the new kid on the block, Linux.
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OK, I got the smegsite to work, though one graphic is broken.
My first Linux experience was with MkLinux on my trusty Mac 7100/80.
Good luck.
Check out the xMach operating system at www.xmach.org and new gold technology's page at
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I'd love to, but neither one works.
This will force the ISP's to conform to MS standards, meaning W2000. This will also put the screws to the retail outlets who sell MS products. How much will it cost business use this service, 5 cents a minute? 10 cents? I see this as their attempt to turn the internet into an MS only environment.
But you must remember that about 38% of that revenue comes from investments. Many of their markets are saturated. Look at what they had to do with Back Office. they had to change the licensing to bring in more money. Before it was seats, not it is seats and shifts.
Look for them to use this to charge by the minute. You won't be paying a flat fee, but you will be charged by the amount of time you use their software. They will probably charge for the amount of disk space used.
I would also be very afraid of intellectual property. What will you have to sign away to use their software?
M$ is using a fake version of Java for this, Netscape and other browsers not allowed.
How many people has Unisys sued for using Gif's on their websites? I have used gifs for years on my site and I haven't heard a word from their lawyers. Now if I developed commercial software that depends on the Gif format, then I'd expect Unisys to want a piece of the action. Unisys made a big PR blunder, they have backed off and clarified their position. Relax and enjoy your animated Gif's. I do love using the transparent Gif and will continue using them. PNG is cool too.
As if MS has not done such a thing in the past. MS has a track record for dirty dealing. I can see why people distrust them, and think that there is sabatoge if a third party app that competes with an MS product won't perform well on Win.
A bad reputation is for ever.
At one time the University of Kentucky was the largest Mac retail outlet in the US. IBM was our main smokestack industry. they bought off the purchaser, even gave him a "personal secretary." They tried to ban all non IBM computers from campus, but it didn't work. The Dell, UNIX and Apple fans fought back. The hospital uses Wintel for non essential uses, but Solaris for critical care.
Yes I did give the computer store copies of Linux and MkLinux.
I just got back from a store that sells Macs. One box had OSX on it. It was surrounded by twenty somethings. they were Linux users, and they were having the time of their lives. They were genuinely excited. they were so excited when they fired up vi, then emacs. they wrote a perl script and ran it. they were disappointed that python was not on it. they found the C++ compiler. they seemed pleased.