>>>In what way was the Amiga ever more "hackable" than a Mac? If anything, it was less so.
You've got to be kidding. Most software (especially games/demos) ran on the bare metal, without the OS, similar to the old 8 bit C64 the programmers had cut their teeth on. And hardware-wise there was no limit to what you could build and latch onto an Amiga. Obvious example: Video toaster (for video effects and CGI).
That was a sale price. The previous 10.x releases (and future release) cost $130 plus $10 shipping. It really was like buying a whole new Windows OS every 1-2 years.
Which is fine if you have the money to spend. I don't.
>>>with an OS tuned, tested, and optimized for the hardware.
While that's true, I prefer hackable hardware like the Ataris, Commodores, and Amigas I grew up with. Even Macs used to be hackable, until Steve Jobs locked them down with his NeXT OS (10.x). I like pushing things to the limit.
I also like using a standard format that is widely supported. Good luck trying to run Mentor Graphics or ModelSim or Utorrent or "2xAV" (double speed) or Final Fantasy 11/13 on a mac.
They are saving the "sandboxed" feature for the Pack-in Safari included with OS 10.7. It will be used by marketers to explain why owners should spend (another) $100 to replace the OS 10.6 they just bought two years ago.
It's like having to buy a whole new Windows release, but every other year instead of just one per decade (approximately).
I have a problem with the *owners* who act as if owning an "unhackable" Apple was like being married to the most beautiful wife on the planet. ("Why would anybody choose a different partner/ manufacturer???") Apple's personal computers are still..... just PCs. Just like Acuras/Lexuses are just Hondas/Toyotas.
That's because progress has slowed. Let's be honest: Most people can't see the difference between a 1080p PS3 or X360 game versus a PC game. (Heck a lot of people can't even see the difference between DVD upscaled to 1080 and a Bluray.) Therefore console makes decided to extend their current models to a 10-year-span rather than the usual 5.
>>>lowest common denominator (currently the Xbox 360)
You can't be serious. X360 lesser than the PS3? Hardly. They use the same PowerPC core, with only slight variations (the secondary processors). Besides: Everyone knows the Wii is the lowest on the totem pole.
>>>The left wing are in liberals, they're in favor of change
You should not have been modded informative, since you're flat wrong. It is the "left wing" like Obama, Pelosi, and Reid who are bending over backwards to protect the "old guard" of record companies and hollywood from Downloaders and new Internet competition (like hulu). They've now made it crime even to search torrent sites (the FBI will suppeona your ISP records and investigate anybody they find suspicious). The left-wing government has also send-up a 1-800 number (advertised in walmart and on radio/tv), so you can report anyone you suspect of copying.
Looks like the left wingers are as "sold out" to corporations as the right wing. Oh and it's also a mistake to think "conservative" means fear of change. I am a conservative, but I think we should legalize marijuana, make same-sex or multi-partner sex legal, and break-up the internet monopolies (Comcast, Verizon) to replace them with true competition. That's a heck of a lot of change!
What we DO want is less nanny state. We don't think D.C. is qualified to tell us what lightbulbs to buy, where to send us to school, what minimum size our oranges should be (an idea imported from the EU), and so on. We prefer to make those choices ourselves.
- registered Republican Lifetime Libertarian party member
I'd say the ~200 million market is safe, and will be the "platform" at least until 2015, when the Wii 2, Playstation 4, and Xbox 1080 arrive on the scene and blow PC graphics out of the water (or at least consoles are on par with PC).
It's a cycle and it's been happening for 30+ years now. PCs have always been more advanced, but then a new console arrives every ~5 years and comes close to what a PC can do. The console remains dominant.
Like if I'm sending "free books" or whatever to friends, I just click reply-all on an older email, trim out the 2-3 non relevant persons, and send off the email to all ~50 friends.
I've been fortunate never to have a "reply all" mistake at work or other embarrassing place. If anything I tend to hit "reply" by mistake, when I meant to include "all" the participants.
Amazon tried to claim they were "the world's largest bookstore" until a court decided they can't make that claim (they aren't a bookstore). Maybe it's time for Apple and Microsoft to learn that same lesson
- - - app store is not trademarkable and neither is "windows". The terms can be used by anyone.
>>>you say 'Blade Runner' is a 'so-so' book, put 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' in the list of great works
Wow that's..... really anal. All this shitting because I linked to a BOOK on amazon, and listed the novels *included in that book* and didn't clarify BR==DADoES. Really?!?!?
From my experience nearly-all the admins on wikipedia are "asshats". They've become corrupted by power --- a bit like most upper level managers in companies. They smile as they slap around people trying to edit the articles.
Worse is when these wiki Admins collude with Actors or Singers or Corporations in order to keep their bio-pages "clean".
NOTE: The reason for my negativity is because I was involved with a battle to delete HD Radio. (After all, that's not the least bit notable - it's just the official standard for an entire continent.) The encyclopedia is now as corrupted as Congress.
I thought that thing died-out with Newspapers last decade? Or maybe that was netscape? (shrug). It's time soon will come, and it can join the dustbin of history along with horsewhips, candle trimmers, and steam trains.
>>>outsiders are hated and despised. If any of the wiki admins finds out that YOU have been encouraging people to contribute, expect a lifetime ban. >>>
So much for the "don't be evil" and "everyone contributes" mantra. More like: Only a few people contirbute.
I saw a lot of Strong arguments that listed dozens of valid references, which should have defeated the "no citations" claim against the article.
And the mere fact so many people were interested in the vote, negates the "non-notable" claim. But whatever (shrug). NEXT UP: Slashdot article for deletion. Same reasons (not notable/no references).
Here are a few more Wiki articles that should be deleted (same reasons as given for OldManMurray):
Atari Age/Amiga World/RUN magazine VHS/Betamax/Umatic Divx/floppy disk scifi.com (no published sources it ever existed) netscape.com (ditto) geocities.com (ditto) Mozilla App Suite (it's dead jim) et cetera
If OMM can be deleted for lack-of-interest or citations, then the above needs to be gone too, for similar reasons.
What will Wikipedia "cite" when books/magazines stop being published, and only exist in the ephemeral world of the web? I guess all articles will have to be deleted from wikipedia..... or better yet, make a sane world that doesn't require sources to be published on dead trees/weeds/hemp.
Also looking over the discussion it appears KEEP was the dominant vote tally, but somehow the page still got deleted. This is a bit like how Florida tallied votes in 2000.... "Hmmm. 20 keeps; 15 deletes - it's clear who is the winner! Delete."
>>>Handley pleaded guilty to his charges in May 2009.
So he was an idiot. If you want to protect your rights, you have to stand-up and fight, not give in. The SCOTUS has already ruled that drawings (or adult models processed to look underage) are protected by the first amendment/free expression. This case would have been appealed up the line until eventually it was thrown out, and Handley freed.
>>>But that doesn't mean there aren't secrets being kept right now that aren't necessary
Like the slaughter or journalists, cameramen, and children by US Soldiers. That *definitely* has to be kept secret, or else the american public might decide that "war sucks" and demand the killing be ended immediately. "Lock up that video damnit!!!" George Duh Bush (stamps Top Secret on tape). "Gotta keep fighting and killing!"
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>>>In what way was the Amiga ever more "hackable" than a Mac? If anything, it was less so.
You've got to be kidding.
Most software (especially games/demos) ran on the bare metal, without the OS, similar to the old 8 bit C64 the programmers had cut their teeth on. And hardware-wise there was no limit to what you could build and latch onto an Amiga. Obvious example: Video toaster (for video effects and CGI).
>>>OS X 10.6 was only $30
That was a sale price. The previous 10.x releases (and future release) cost $130 plus $10 shipping. It really was like buying a whole new Windows OS every 1-2 years.
Which is fine if you have the money to spend.
I don't.
>>>with an OS tuned, tested, and optimized for the hardware.
While that's true, I prefer hackable hardware like the Ataris, Commodores, and Amigas I grew up with. Even Macs used to be hackable, until Steve Jobs locked them down with his NeXT OS (10.x). I like pushing things to the limit.
I also like using a standard format that is widely supported. Good luck trying to run Mentor Graphics or ModelSim or Utorrent or "2xAV" (double speed) or Final Fantasy 11/13 on a mac.
They are saving the "sandboxed" feature for the Pack-in Safari included with OS 10.7. It will be used by marketers to explain why owners should spend (another) $100 to replace the OS 10.6 they just bought two years ago.
It's like having to buy a whole new Windows release, but every other year instead of just one per decade (approximately).
>>>Apple is it lately.
I don't have a problem with Apple.
I have a problem with the *owners* who act as if owning an "unhackable" Apple was like being married to the most beautiful wife on the planet. ("Why would anybody choose a different partner/ manufacturer???") Apple's personal computers are still..... just PCs. Just like Acuras/Lexuses are just Hondas/Toyotas.
>>>it has passed the 5 year mark
That's because progress has slowed. Let's be honest: Most people can't see the difference between a 1080p PS3 or X360 game versus a PC game. (Heck a lot of people can't even see the difference between DVD upscaled to 1080 and a Bluray.) Therefore console makes decided to extend their current models to a 10-year-span rather than the usual 5.
>>>lowest common denominator (currently the Xbox 360)
You can't be serious. X360 lesser than the PS3? Hardly. They use the same PowerPC core, with only slight variations (the secondary processors). Besides: Everyone knows the Wii is the lowest on the totem pole.
>>>you're a good example of a liberal.
I am pro-small government. That is not a liberal position, which is pro-"make the government as big as possible".
>>>The left wing are in liberals, they're in favor of change
You should not have been modded informative, since you're flat wrong. It is the "left wing" like Obama, Pelosi, and Reid who are bending over backwards to protect the "old guard" of record companies and hollywood from Downloaders and new Internet competition (like hulu). They've now made it crime even to search torrent sites (the FBI will suppeona your ISP records and investigate anybody they find suspicious). The left-wing government has also send-up a 1-800 number (advertised in walmart and on radio/tv), so you can report anyone you suspect of copying.
Looks like the left wingers are as "sold out" to corporations as the right wing. Oh and it's also a mistake to think "conservative" means fear of change. I am a conservative, but I think we should legalize marijuana, make same-sex or multi-partner sex legal, and break-up the internet monopolies (Comcast, Verizon) to replace them with true competition. That's a heck of a lot of change!
What we DO want is less nanny state. We don't think D.C. is qualified to tell us what lightbulbs to buy, where to send us to school, what minimum size our oranges should be (an idea imported from the EU), and so on. We prefer to make those choices ourselves.
- registered Republican
Lifetime Libertarian party member
I'd say the ~200 million market is safe, and will be the "platform" at least until 2015, when the Wii 2, Playstation 4, and Xbox 1080 arrive on the scene and blow PC graphics out of the water (or at least consoles are on par with PC).
It's a cycle and it's been happening for 30+ years now. PCs have always been more advanced, but then a new console arrives every ~5 years and comes close to what a PC can do. The console remains dominant.
>>>Hitting reply-all on old emails destroys threading on pretty much all clients that support it.
(1) Don't care because it saves me typing ~50 emails.
(2) Not if you change the subject. Then it starts a new thread.
Like if I'm sending "free books" or whatever to friends, I just click reply-all on an older email, trim out the 2-3 non relevant persons, and send off the email to all ~50 friends.
I've been fortunate never to have a "reply all" mistake at work or other embarrassing place. If anything I tend to hit "reply" by mistake, when I meant to include "all" the participants.
Amazon tried to claim they were "the world's largest bookstore" until a court decided they can't make that claim (they aren't a bookstore). Maybe it's time for Apple and Microsoft to learn that same lesson
- - - app store is not trademarkable and neither is "windows". The terms can be used by anyone.
>>>It's actually a single, gigantic .tif file.
Looks like one giant Gray glob on dialup.... Oh wait - forgot to turn off the IMG compression.
>>>you say 'Blade Runner' is a 'so-so' book, put 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' in the list of great works
Wow that's..... really anal. All this shitting because I linked to a BOOK on amazon, and listed the novels *included in that book* and didn't clarify BR==DADoES. Really?!?!?
"Get a life!" - William Shatner
>>>Iraq and Afghanistan?
The best way to prevent death is to (back in 2002) keep the US soldiers at home. You could have saved nearly one million deaths.
>>>I've had "editors" tell me Foxnews was biased and not a good citation
Yeah.
Then what?
From my experience nearly-all the admins on wikipedia are "asshats". They've become corrupted by power --- a bit like most upper level managers in companies. They smile as they slap around people trying to edit the articles.
Worse is when these wiki Admins collude with Actors or Singers or Corporations in order to keep their bio-pages "clean".
NOTE: The reason for my negativity is because I was involved with a battle to delete HD Radio. (After all, that's not the least bit notable - it's just the official standard for an entire continent.) The encyclopedia is now as corrupted as Congress.
>>>Encyclopedia Britannica
I thought that thing died-out with Newspapers last decade? Or maybe that was netscape? (shrug). It's time soon will come, and it can join the dustbin of history along with horsewhips, candle trimmers, and steam trains.
>>>outsiders are hated and despised. If any of the wiki admins finds out that YOU have been encouraging people to contribute, expect a lifetime ban.
>>>
So much for the "don't be evil" and "everyone contributes" mantra. More like: Only a few people contirbute.
I saw a lot of Strong arguments that listed dozens of valid references, which should have defeated the "no citations" claim against the article.
And the mere fact so many people were interested in the vote, negates the "non-notable" claim. But whatever (shrug). NEXT UP: Slashdot article for deletion. Same reasons (not notable/no references).
Here are a few more Wiki articles that should be deleted (same reasons as given for OldManMurray):
Atari Age/Amiga World/RUN magazine
VHS/Betamax/Umatic
Divx/floppy disk
scifi.com (no published sources it ever existed)
netscape.com (ditto)
geocities.com (ditto)
Mozilla App Suite (it's dead jim)
et cetera
If OMM can be deleted for lack-of-interest or citations, then the above needs to be gone too, for similar reasons.
>>>What is unclear about the word "published"?
What will Wikipedia "cite" when books/magazines stop being published, and only exist in the ephemeral world of the web? I guess all articles will have to be deleted from wikipedia..... or better yet, make a sane world that doesn't require sources to be published on dead trees/weeds/hemp.
Also looking over the discussion it appears KEEP was the dominant vote tally, but somehow the page still got deleted. This is a bit like how Florida tallied votes in 2000.... "Hmmm. 20 keeps; 15 deletes - it's clear who is the winner! Delete."
Never heard of OldmanMurray.com?
I don't see any wiki articles about PSXnation.com or scifi.com either.
>>>Handley pleaded guilty to his charges in May 2009.
So he was an idiot. If you want to protect your rights, you have to stand-up and fight, not give in. The SCOTUS has already ruled that drawings (or adult models processed to look underage) are protected by the first amendment/free expression. This case would have been appealed up the line until eventually it was thrown out, and Handley freed.
>>>But that doesn't mean there aren't secrets being kept right now that aren't necessary
Like the slaughter or journalists, cameramen, and children by US Soldiers. That *definitely* has to be kept secret, or else the american public might decide that "war sucks" and demand the killing be ended immediately. "Lock up that video damnit!!!" George Duh Bush (stamps Top Secret on tape). "Gotta keep fighting and killing!"