The Phillips-type 'peanut' is a wonderful design -- especially the older 'short' model...
Where it really shines is in comparison to the older Sony-style tivo remote -- being squarer and with the buttons placed in a much less intuitive manner.
Dont forget to enable 'thirty-second skip' capability...
"select, play, select, 3, 0, select" and your 'skip-to-end-for-no-good-reason' button is now a 'commercial-advance' button...
I know this is off-topic, but since I have a captive audience of specific users...
Are any of you having difficulty browsing 'slashdot' in threaded mode?
I am not able to reproduce it on another nearby Mac, so I don't imagine it is widespread, but as I burrow down a level or two in threaded comment mode, instead of being placed at the article I was 'aiming for', I end up between a half-page and a full page below the desired comment...
I think the solution would be a really big spool...
SCO and Costco..."CoSCO???"
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Costco has pharmacies in more than 200 of its stores. The pharmacies had been running their day-to-day operations on a DOS-based system, but it was unable to keep pace with business growth. Costco needed a robust server system that could easily grow with the company.
The answer was SCO UNIX(R) running on Compaq(R) Proliant(R) 800 servers. Fred Floyd, director of Costco's pharmacy network, said Costco chose the SCO(R) and Compaq solution to run its in-house pharmacies because of its superior reliability and price/performance value.
Not only has the SCO and Compaq solution reduced Costco's computing costs, it has virtually eliminated unscheduled downtime on the company's mission-critical pharmacy network. And that has helped the company sharpen its competitive edge. As Mr. Floyd said, "The SCO and Compaq solution has allowed Costco to remain competitive and, in fact, set standards in an ever-changing pharmacy market."
And to think, I really liked Costco... Maybe it's time to have a 'talk' with the management...
I just have to say how happy the occasional civil exchange makes me...
I understand the superficial Microsoft comparison when I hear it, that both companies are monopolists, but I always find that to be facetious...I think of Apple more like Sony...but obviously different in most ways... Consumer Electronics, but not cunsumer as a slur...
Their propreitary-ness is related to the holistic nature of the devices. That is an asset. And they are pretty open in return...everyone -- other than RMS -- could be more open.
but when you are talking about their hardware, Apple owners are paying a premium for style just like an owner of a Ferrari notebook will.
Without getting into the eternal battle of Macs vs. PCs, I wonder if the term "paying a premium for style" is really accurate...
Rather, If I enjoy using OS X, and I have no other choice of hardware manufacturer(which I don't decry, mind you), am I paying for 'style' because I buy an Apple laptop, or am I simply buying the 'only' tool for the job, at whatever price it is sold to me?
I know we could argue endlessly what other people thinkI should do with my money, but given that it is no one elses business what I do with my hard-earned cash, am I really buying 'image'?
In order to avoid a 'class-warfare-type statement', I would put it this way... I like a certain green vegetable. Sure there are other green vegetables, but I like this certain green vegitable. You might say, "but you can just eat this other green vegetable..." and I say, "but I like this certain green vegetable." "But that vegetable cost more than this other green vegetable. You must be mad, or overly 'style-conscious' to want that certain green vegetable." "No, I just know what I like and don't like. I've tried that other green vegetable. Don't like it." "What, you think you're better than me, with your fancy green vegetable?" "Whoa, there, friend, I just know what I like..." "Dirty Green Vegetable Zealot!"
According to the AL Digital's bluestumblerWeb site, vulnerable phones include: Ericsson T68; Sony Ericsson R520m, T68i, T610 andZ1010; andNokia 6310, 6310i, 7650, 8910 and 8910i.
Well that is just about all of the bluetooth phones out there then?
I remember reading about how the NSA used Objective-C (What is now the basis of Cocoa) to rapidly develop security tools -- that it was one of the more powerful and flexible RAD tools available.
There go those FBI guys again, trying to convince everyone else to buy Macs because they spent so much on their computers and want everyone else to join them so they don't feel so foolish...*grin*
is akin to calling someone a racist or a Nazi. It is intentionally inflammatory, argumentative and really lowers the quality and credibility of your opinion. I love to read educated opinions of people who have insightful comments... sadly, your meaningless, spiteful post simply exposes you as a narrow minded, 'non-Mac-user'... yes we're all aware that you don't like Macs, you don't use them, and you enjoy sharing this fact with the/. community, good for you...
He means that with a Microsoft OS you can choose where to buy your processor, where to buy your motherboard, your video card, etc, etc. With Apple, there is just the one vendor since Apple killed off the cloners, and if you want to use the hardware, you pay whatever Apple wants to charge for it.
Yeah, it's not like you can just go out and buy a video card without asking Apples permission...Oh, wait. Well, still, you can't go and upgrade your processor...Oh, right...
Well, you definitely cannot go and swap out motherboards...true, but chances are, you can resell your Mac and upgrade for a reasonable cost.
Microsoft obviously believes that iPod users are locked into iTMS, and proposes a n alternative where their OS would run on a variety of hardware devices, each of which would be able to access a variety of music vendors services.
I know that with an iPod you can't purchase an MP3 and install it...oh, you can? But where can I actually purchase an MP3? Oh, I can't because all the files on the *other* services are WMA files...I see...
"rocket scientists didn't just get a software programmable Linux or PalmOS based wrist-computer and hack together a Mars-time display application into it?"
Those guys must be slapping their heads as they read this...or I all of a sudden have less confidence in this mission...
Slashdot Mirror
"Human slavery is where it's at."
Just imagine a Beowolf cluster of those...
The Phillips-type 'peanut' is a wonderful design -- especially the older 'short' model...
Where it really shines is in comparison to the older Sony-style tivo remote -- being squarer and with the buttons placed in a much less intuitive manner.
Dont forget to enable 'thirty-second skip' capability...
"select, play, select, 3, 0, select" and your 'skip-to-end-for-no-good-reason' button is now a 'commercial-advance' button...
I know this is off-topic, but since I have a captive audience of specific users...
Are any of you having difficulty browsing 'slashdot' in threaded mode?
I am not able to reproduce it on another nearby Mac, so I don't imagine it is widespread, but as I burrow down a level or two in threaded comment mode, instead of being placed at the article I was 'aiming for', I end up between a half-page and a full page below the desired comment...
Just throwing that out there... any thoughts?
'Talkback's are funnier...
...When you play Duke Nukem Forever...
Oh, yeah, sorry...
Well, maybe when DNF comes out, we'll have 10Ghz Pentium 8's with 1GB graphics cards driving 31" LCDs on our laptops...
Or maybe we'll all have CAVEs...maybe that is what's holding up the release...
of WMDs in Iraq...
I think the solution would be a really big spool...
And to think, I really liked Costco... Maybe it's time to have a 'talk' with the management...
I just have to say how happy the occasional civil exchange makes me...
I understand the superficial Microsoft comparison when I hear it, that both companies are monopolists, but I always find that to be facetious...I think of Apple more like Sony...but obviously different in most ways... Consumer Electronics, but not cunsumer as a slur...
Their propreitary-ness is related to the holistic nature of the devices. That is an asset. And they are pretty open in return...everyone -- other than RMS -- could be more open.
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Without getting into the eternal battle of Macs vs. PCs, I wonder if the term "paying a premium for style" is really accurate...
Rather, If I enjoy using OS X, and I have no other choice of hardware manufacturer(which I don't decry, mind you), am I paying for 'style' because I buy an Apple laptop, or am I simply buying the 'only' tool for the job, at whatever price it is sold to me?
I know we could argue endlessly what other people thinkI should do with my money, but given that it is no one elses business what I do with my hard-earned cash, am I really buying 'image'?
In order to avoid a 'class-warfare-type statement', I would put it this way... I like a certain green vegetable. Sure there are other green vegetables, but I like this certain green vegitable. You might say, "but you can just eat this other green vegetable..." and I say, "but I like this certain green vegetable." "But that vegetable cost more than this other green vegetable. You must be mad, or overly 'style-conscious' to want that certain green vegetable." "No, I just know what I like and don't like. I've tried that other green vegetable. Don't like it." "What, you think you're better than me, with your fancy green vegetable?" "Whoa, there, friend, I just know what I like..." "Dirty Green Vegetable Zealot!"
And so Slashdot was born...
Well that is just about all of the bluetooth phones out there then?
...this is 'slash-bindhi' isn't it?...
It's how you use it...
To which the ladies reply, "Yeah, right."
I remember reading about how the NSA used Objective-C (What is now the basis of Cocoa) to rapidly develop security tools -- that it was one of the more powerful and flexible RAD tools available.
There go those FBI guys again, trying to convince everyone else to buy Macs because they spent so much on their computers and want everyone else to join them so they don't feel so foolish...*grin*
I take it as a good sign of the day ahead...
is akin to calling someone a racist or a Nazi. It is intentionally inflammatory, argumentative and really lowers the quality and credibility of your opinion. I love to read educated opinions of people who have insightful comments... sadly, your meaningless, spiteful post simply exposes you as a narrow minded, 'non-Mac-user'... yes we're all aware that you don't like Macs, you don't use them, and you enjoy sharing this fact with the /. community, good for you...
It's what all the Christian Hackers use...
...and don't get me started on the potential problems of 'threading' through traffic and the ever-present danger of 'race conditions'...
*bows*
They *must* use a 'proprietary' architecture...oh, they *do* use HyperTransport?
Nevermind...
Those 'Apple Fanatics" must be real strong folks...
Just imagine the size of the messenger bag...
But your right...anyone bringing a desktop computer to a coffee shop is definitely only looking for attention...
...for what it's worth...
damn zealous moderators...
Yeah, it's not like you can just go out and buy a video card without asking Apples permission...Oh, wait. Well, still, you can't go and upgrade your processor...Oh, right...
Well, you definitely cannot go and swap out motherboards...true, but chances are, you can resell your Mac and upgrade for a reasonable cost.
I know that with an iPod you can't purchase an MP3 and install it...oh, you can? But where can I actually purchase an MP3? Oh, I can't because all the files on the *other* services are WMA files...I see...
Those guys must be slapping their heads as they read this...or I all of a sudden have less confidence in this mission...
How could I have missed that release??? My copy must *really* be back-ordered