Considering that OS X was in DP2 in late '99, it sounds like they were both working on it at the same time.
Of course, Apple integrated it into the user experience while MS mainly used it for mouse cursor shadows. It was probably a wise move for MS not to do much more with it since it would have the normal degraded user experience, tacked-on look.
It looks like one of those things you install for a couple of minutes for the gee-whiz factor, and then delete. Worthy of a front-page story? Maybe on a slow day -- it is cute -- but:
I've been waiting for this for 2 years now -- a REAL glass-like windowing system. And yes, it's Microsoft to do it.
Seriously, where has 'visnu' been, and why isn't Timothy editing? This maybe a first for MS, but from its inception, Mac OS X has had not just alpha blending, but a completely new compositing system has been a central feature of Mac OS X from inception. And they didn't just slap alpha blending on current windowing, making it harder to use or just to make it do cute my-mouse-has-a-shadow tricks, they integrated it into the usability of the desktop.
Strange to see a/. story claiming MS innovation where there isn't. You'd think it would be the other way around.
Yet another sad attempt by a PC designer to make cool, elegant, homogenous looking computer components like Apple. At least this doesn't look as slapped-together and idiotic as earlier HP and Compaq attempts.
Maybe they'll get it right in several years, just about on track for the general "PC now is Apple 10 years ago" rule.
Why is it that only Apple seems to be able to pull this off? They couldn't have hired all of the talented industrial designers in the world.
This poster has lived in four states and has lived in Europe for the last 10 years.
I think you misunderstood, I meant "Europeans" as each of the countries in Europe being able to put their services on the Internet for their own people. Not one big European program with countries on the level of U.S. states.
Yes, Germany is a federal republic, and they have states and "counties." But much of the information is so well integrated that web services shouldn't be a problem.
About the only big difference I've seen in states in Germany is that Bavaria seems to stand out from the rest quite a bit, and when the Greens get powerful in a state, things get strange for a while. However, the difference between Bavaria and Hessen is a lot less than, say, the difference between California and Mississippi.
Some things mentioned that are being done in Europe can be implemented in the U.S. on a federal level, such as IRS, immigration, etc. But most actual services to the citizens would have to be done on the state or county level, like voter/car/school registration and workers benefits.
We just don't have the same structure as the Europeans to have a one-stop-shopping comprehensive service portal.
If the Constitution were being more closely followed these days, the on-line services of the federal government would actually be almost nothing.
It's already speech, and therefore wouldn't get any more protection classified as code.
And considering that a court has already deemed code not to be speech (2600) in addition to those that have, who knows which view would prevail in the end. You may end up attaching your free speech argument to a sinking ship.
A good parody looks a lot like the original, but has commentary on the original within. Just look at Larry Flynt's Campari ad with Jerry Falwell. It looked like a Campari ad, and read like one too, but the content was obviously contrary to the agenda of someone. Notice that Campari didn't even bother to sue, just Falwell, and he lost.
This site looks very WTO-ish, and that's good, the first part of a parody. Then start reading the text and realize that what they say is completely contrary to the WTO's beliefs.
Based on precedent, I am sure the Supreme Court would uphold this one too.
Good goin' AC, what would you suggest for an almost three year old and the cartoon she loved when she was younger, and I admit is a good cartoon that I would like her to watch (except for certain parts)?
That's even what this movie is about -- parental responsibility in what your kids see.
Of course, me and my wife are making bets on how much shorter the movie will be. I'm guessing minimum 15 of the 81 minutes are going to be bleeped or cut.
My toddler daughter absolutely loved the South Park movie. With the songs and animation, it's a perfect kids movie -- well, except for the violence and profanity.
I absolutely love this movie too, and for adults, the extreme violence and profanity help make the movie's point very well. It would have been the most socially relevant movie of the year had it not been for American Beauty.
But since before she started to speak, we cut her off because we didn't want her patterning her speech after the movie or wondering about the toys in Saddam's bedroom, etc. I am now in the process of ripping the DVD, pulling it into an editor, and bleeping, masking and cutting what I don't want her to see to produce a kids movie she loves and I approve of.
This might just make it easier for those without the editing resources.
Check out Section 1201(e). They have an exemption, and all they have to do to activate it is get a contract with any part of government at any state or federal level.
Basically, there are those authors who date themselves by extending today's technology and describing it in detail. Then they hinge their stories on those technologies.
I don't think these people will survive. Michael Crighton's diamonds and state of primate training in Congo fit well into this category (not to mention the futuristic powerful imaging system he described, that now sits on many desktops). Jurassic Park did okay because cloning is cloning -- Tom Clancy's work will be outdated.
Then there are others who present a very 'human' story surrounded by technology. Crucial technology is more loosely defined and is based on an ultimate end -- human-like robots (Asimov) and emotional talking computers (Clarke). We've passed 2001's date and it doesn't feel dated.
Addictive (or habit forming, arguably the worst part about smoking), hook them while they're young, contributes to heart disease, yep, that sounds like my computer reference.
I say we bomb the auto industry for highway deaths, the alcohol industry for cirrhosis deaths, the dairy and meat industries for all of those clogged-artery deaths, and the computer and snack industries for all of those "I sat on my ass in front of a computer for 20 years eating cheetos" deaths.
And only fixes conduct from now on. It does nothing to fix what has already happened. It would have been much more useful had it happened a few years ago.
The basic message I guess is that it's okay to be a monopoly as long as you agree to play nice after it's established.
Of course, any measure strong enough to fix the past misconduct would have to be quite draconian in measure.
Nintendo and Matsushita have been partners on the Cube since its inception. There's probably not much of a need to license here, kind of how there were the Eagle Talon, Chrysler Laser, and Mitsubishi Eclipse cars there can be multiple flavors of the Cube from its separate developers.
Netscape 5 was in the works, but it was trashed part of the way through in favor of a complete rewrite.
Microsoft played leapfrog with Word purely for marketing reasons to catch up with WordPerfect's version number, just as you say.
Adobe went from Illustrator 4 on the PC to 7 for the PC to get their different platform versions straight (AI for Mac was at 6 while PC was at 4).
And MS didn't copy the OS X GUI, they just made a really pathetic attempt at doing it. OS X represents a completely new way of rendering the screen, but MS just tried to make XP look like it using the same old GDI.
if he has to leave at a certain time because of the scheduling of interstellar travel, then why is he leaving exactly five earth years after he arrived? Does everyone in the universe schedule their travel based on earth time?
Why not? Maybe the Earth's position at a certain point in its orbit was at the optimim angle/whatever for travel to Earth. That makes a lot of sense since we use orbit position to plan our space missions. So it would be logical to say "I'll be back in five Earth revolutions."
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Considering that OS X was in DP2 in late '99, it sounds like they were both working on it at the same time.
Of course, Apple integrated it into the user experience while MS mainly used it for mouse cursor shadows. It was probably a wise move for MS not to do much more with it since it would have the normal degraded user experience, tacked-on look.
You're lucky you didn't get them back in the pork patty days. There was almost no attempt then at anything resembling taste.
It looks like one of those things you install for a couple of minutes for the gee-whiz factor, and then delete. Worthy of a front-page story? Maybe on a slow day -- it is cute -- but:
I've been waiting for this for 2 years now -- a REAL glass-like windowing system. And yes, it's Microsoft to do it.
Seriously, where has 'visnu' been, and why isn't Timothy editing? This maybe a first for MS, but from its inception, Mac OS X has had not just alpha blending, but a completely new compositing system has been a central feature of Mac OS X from inception. And they didn't just slap alpha blending on current windowing, making it harder to use or just to make it do cute my-mouse-has-a-shadow tricks, they integrated it into the usability of the desktop.
Strange to see a /. story claiming MS innovation where there isn't. You'd think it would be the other way around.
So, others here have noticed that MS just can't lose the Bob metaphor. It was a livingroom, now it's a hallway.
Could it be that Mrs. Gates (former Bob project leader) is using her influence to get a second chance to screw-up?
Yet another sad attempt by a PC designer to make cool, elegant, homogenous looking computer components like Apple. At least this doesn't look as slapped-together and idiotic as earlier HP and Compaq attempts.
Maybe they'll get it right in several years, just about on track for the general "PC now is Apple 10 years ago" rule.
Why is it that only Apple seems to be able to pull this off? They couldn't have hired all of the talented industrial designers in the world.
This poster has lived in four states and has lived in Europe for the last 10 years.
I think you misunderstood, I meant "Europeans" as each of the countries in Europe being able to put their services on the Internet for their own people. Not one big European program with countries on the level of U.S. states.
Yes, Germany is a federal republic, and they have states and "counties." But much of the information is so well integrated that web services shouldn't be a problem.
About the only big difference I've seen in states in Germany is that Bavaria seems to stand out from the rest quite a bit, and when the Greens get powerful in a state, things get strange for a while. However, the difference between Bavaria and Hessen is a lot less than, say, the difference between California and Mississippi.
Some things mentioned that are being done in Europe can be implemented in the U.S. on a federal level, such as IRS, immigration, etc. But most actual services to the citizens would have to be done on the state or county level, like voter/car/school registration and workers benefits.
We just don't have the same structure as the Europeans to have a one-stop-shopping comprehensive service portal.
If the Constitution were being more closely followed these days, the on-line services of the federal government would actually be almost nothing.
It's already speech, and therefore wouldn't get any more protection classified as code.
And considering that a court has already deemed code not to be speech (2600) in addition to those that have, who knows which view would prevail in the end. You may end up attaching your free speech argument to a sinking ship.
A good parody looks a lot like the original, but has commentary on the original within. Just look at Larry Flynt's Campari ad with Jerry Falwell. It looked like a Campari ad, and read like one too, but the content was obviously contrary to the agenda of someone. Notice that Campari didn't even bother to sue, just Falwell, and he lost.
This site looks very WTO-ish, and that's good, the first part of a parody. Then start reading the text and realize that what they say is completely contrary to the WTO's beliefs.
Based on precedent, I am sure the Supreme Court would uphold this one too.
You kidding? Thurmond was the one who killed the project the last time around.
UPS doesn't care about its workers. They are a MAJOR lobbyist against labor safety laws, OSHA, etc.
Good goin' AC, what would you suggest for an almost three year old and the cartoon she loved when she was younger, and I admit is a good cartoon that I would like her to watch (except for certain parts)?
That's even what this movie is about -- parental responsibility in what your kids see.
Of course, me and my wife are making bets on how much shorter the movie will be. I'm guessing minimum 15 of the 81 minutes are going to be bleeped or cut.
My toddler daughter absolutely loved the South Park movie. With the songs and animation, it's a perfect kids movie -- well, except for the violence and profanity.
I absolutely love this movie too, and for adults, the extreme violence and profanity help make the movie's point very well. It would have been the most socially relevant movie of the year had it not been for American Beauty.
But since before she started to speak, we cut her off because we didn't want her patterning her speech after the movie or wondering about the toys in Saddam's bedroom, etc. I am now in the process of ripping the DVD, pulling it into an editor, and bleeping, masking and cutting what I don't want her to see to produce a kids movie she loves and I approve of.
This might just make it easier for those without the editing resources.
Check out Section 1201(e). They have an exemption, and all they have to do to activate it is get a contract with any part of government at any state or federal level.
Basically, there are those authors who date themselves by extending today's technology and describing it in detail. Then they hinge their stories on those technologies.
I don't think these people will survive. Michael Crighton's diamonds and state of primate training in Congo fit well into this category (not to mention the futuristic powerful imaging system he described, that now sits on many desktops). Jurassic Park did okay because cloning is cloning -- Tom Clancy's work will be outdated.
Then there are others who present a very 'human' story surrounded by technology. Crucial technology is more loosely defined and is based on an ultimate end -- human-like robots (Asimov) and emotional talking computers (Clarke). We've passed 2001's date and it doesn't feel dated.
Addictive (or habit forming, arguably the worst part about smoking), hook them while they're young, contributes to heart disease, yep, that sounds like my computer reference.
... and paid the price.
Christ, that's mean. I wouldn't wish that on anyone, even Microsoft.
Man, you are vicious!
That's like the bin Laden "Death of a thousand telemarketing phone calls" mp3 that's been going around.
I say we bomb the auto industry for highway deaths, the alcohol industry for cirrhosis deaths, the dairy and meat industries for all of those clogged-artery deaths, and the computer and snack industries for all of those "I sat on my ass in front of a computer for 20 years eating cheetos" deaths.
And only fixes conduct from now on. It does nothing to fix what has already happened. It would have been much more useful had it happened a few years ago.
The basic message I guess is that it's okay to be a monopoly as long as you agree to play nice after it's established.
Of course, any measure strong enough to fix the past misconduct would have to be quite draconian in measure.
These might even roll off the same line too. In either case, the disk system will be made by Matsushita.
Slightly different looks, different options, basically the same machine from the same manufacturer. It's about the same as the Lastaleclipson.
Nintendo and Matsushita have been partners on the Cube since its inception. There's probably not much of a need to license here, kind of how there were the Eagle Talon, Chrysler Laser, and Mitsubishi Eclipse cars there can be multiple flavors of the Cube from its separate developers.
Netscape 5 was in the works, but it was trashed part of the way through in favor of a complete rewrite.
Microsoft played leapfrog with Word purely for marketing reasons to catch up with WordPerfect's version number, just as you say.
Adobe went from Illustrator 4 on the PC to 7 for the PC to get their different platform versions straight (AI for Mac was at 6 while PC was at 4).
And MS didn't copy the OS X GUI, they just made a really pathetic attempt at doing it. OS X represents a completely new way of rendering the screen, but MS just tried to make XP look like it using the same old GDI.
if he has to leave at a certain time because of the scheduling of interstellar travel, then why is he leaving exactly five earth years after he arrived? Does everyone in the universe schedule their travel based on earth time?
Why not? Maybe the Earth's position at a certain point in its orbit was at the optimim angle/whatever for travel to Earth. That makes a lot of sense since we use orbit position to plan our space missions. So it would be logical to say "I'll be back in five Earth revolutions."