Why would you have 10 cables coming out of it? The power is likely to be the only one in there all the time. Bluetooth keyboard & mouse and wireless networking takes care of the most obvious. If you're plugging in things like a camera they aren't going to be plugged in all the time. Perhaps cable to the speakers, but that's not hard to hide. I plug a few gadgets into my powerbook from time to time (camera, iPaq, iPod, FW HDD, card reader) but they're transient connections. As I imagine would be things you plug into this machine.
I would say its update system is more convenient rather than better per se. If you are to deliver the patch as a replacement piece of source code then I have more faith in the ability to control the end result.
Patching has more dependencies than installing a binary. With something like IE you have an accumulation of patches sometimes on top of each other. The effect can be chaotic - are we sure all patches were applied and applied correctly? A patch is a sticking plaster until a unified release or service pack is issued, IMHO.
Maybe out on a limb here, but I prefer downloading a new version where security fixes are required. Security fixes need to be right, and right first time. Patching doesn't alway guarantee that.
Although I use OS X (my first mac was a year ago) and think it's great, I get the impression from the lifers that OS 9 and perhaps some of the earlier ones were more usable.
Or maybe you're just desperate to slag somebody off? Hint: He posted AC - not much karma value in that.
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I'm running Familiar/Opie on a 5450 for the past couple of weeks. It's neat but there are some things missing that I think are in the WinCE version. However, the security trade-off worries me, so I'm sticking with Familiar. It has been mentioned that Linspire will be producing a distro for PPC, that could be interesting when it comes along.
That's a fair point, one that has been largely absent from what I've previously read.
Reading the article there is a quote from someone who objects to seeing Portuguese communities listed as it's not a Brazilian site. I would think that it's easy enough in that case to ignore them and carry on? I see Portuguese threads in some of the communities I'm in and just ignore them. So far I've never seen threads with languages mixed, unless the community is language related i.e. people are doing translations or whatnot.
If people mix languages inappropriately in threads then it's a matter of etiquette, the community owner should be able to handle this. I don't know if they can or not.
In Afghanistan they probably are close enough to mutually exclusive. People just don't have the money regardless of how useful said invention is. Maybe he could garner profit from services to the occupation forces, but it's likely their bureacratic nature would shun him. How many administrators would take on this semi-literate chap?
It's a nice idea, sometimes. However, bear in mind that the people involved are city administrators. So your comment about it (OO etc.) being extremely simple is optimistic. It's also notable that there are 13,000 desktops involved. How much time do you want to put into deskside support? If they get people used to the application on a familiar OS (i.e. something about the new environment feels the same) then they can cut across later with much less resistance.
A number of the companies involved are sole-traders effectively. There is no 'central office' at this point. Perhaps you could organise the local community groups to provide something along these lines? Not unreasonable given that public transport is pretty fundamental to an areas vitality.
The poster does say that this is demand-driven public transport i.e. minibuses and not Bus Eireann, so I doubt their IT group would be much help. I also think that this is going to be very limited rural coverage hence the issue with companies not quoting. From memory these minibus (and such like) services are organised very much on an ad-hoc basis which isn't suited to most scheduling solutions available (you've seen how accurate the DART times are?)
I agree with the yobb factor which isn't limited to you Corkies either. I would tend to agree with the early poster who suggested some form of sms based solution. How difficult is it for the driver to sms a bus-stop number (doesn't even have to be every stop, you could extrapolate as discussed above). Use the timestamp on the message. Then let people sms the stop number in and get a predicted arrival time...
This was the best I could find. Have a look around on that site for 'arrears' as well. It's interesting. I didn't find anything on un.org - didn't look that hard, mind.
If it is then I hope you designed something more visually appealing and usable for your client. It may provide the information via a neat-o program but it's not easy on the eye.
Easy... In America "Violation of fredoms" are the exception rather than the rule. We also have the ability to make an issue public, attract enough attention to it and have it changed.
As far as I can tell the violations are on the increase. So give it a few years of right-wing governance and we'll see where we are.
That cant happen when the Government strictly controls all media outlets like they do in china. Same thing, look at the increasing control the players in media have over the dissemination of information. Look at the massive consolidation of the various media companies. Then take a look at their links with the government through fundraising and lobbying access. Look at the hysterical outrage surrounding Janet Jackson's exposure incident. 5 minute delays on broadcasts so people don't commit undesirable expressions.
Sure, you much prefer what you have now. Ask yourself though if you have as much freedom as you had 10, 20 years ago.
Have to question your assertion that, we should be very concerned that their form of government can reap the benefits of a free society without adhering to its rules.
That smacks of 'our-system-is-better-than-yours' elitism which I don't believe is justified. I'm not deliberately going off on an anti-US tirade here but how is the US government adhering to the rules of a free society when it allows the RIAA to haul up hundreds of people in the name of the draconian DMCA? The refusal to be kept in check by the Geneva convention is another example. Of course the Chinese government are draconian, but it's another variation of the draconian governance practiced elsewhere, even in the sanctity of the 'free world'.
You have understood nothing. The phenomenon is real and one of the strangest and most spooky things in physics. It shows that it it possible to get a particle (in this case a photon) to interfere with itself.
and so, out of guilt and self-loathing, it hides itself from the observer?
But high UIDs won't appreciate Soviet Russia/Grits/Beowulf clusters/M$/.. there's a newer one that I've forgotten, haven't been reading here as much recently.
Why did you have to use 'host' to figure that out? salesforce.com is plastered all over the place (routing, X-Sender & X-mail_abuse_inquiries). Presumably you tried reporting the abuse to salesofrce.com?
Forgive me if I'm wrong here. Reading http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/products/ or the link in the article: 'Y-HPC' -- Terra Soft's new 64-bit offering will be available pre-installed on Apple, IBM, and Momentum 970-based hardware, from the Terra Soft Store, and for download from the forthcoming YDL.net Professional account.
and Built upon Yellow Dog Linux v3.0.1, a beta version of Y-HPC is now available for download via YDL.net Enhanced accounts, offering double-precision, 8GB memory addressing, 64-bit tool chain, and the 2.6 kernel.
The key bits being the references to YDL.net Enhanced & Professional accounts. Enhanced costs $85 which isn't completely free as in beer. Granted, that is cheaper (possibly quite a bit cheaper over time/multiple release??) than OS X. However, I don't think it's the cost factor that will be the major attraction. As you mention, some server apps may be faster on the G5/Linux platform rather than G5/OS X. When choosing between OS X & YDL for the desktop, I personally don't see the advantage for the mainstream user (i.e. the largest group of Mac users).
All that said, having this choice is a good thing and if I ever get a G5, I'll give it a go:)
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Why would you have 10 cables coming out of it? The power is likely to be the only one in there all the time. Bluetooth keyboard & mouse and wireless networking takes care of the most obvious. If you're plugging in things like a camera they aren't going to be plugged in all the time. Perhaps cable to the speakers, but that's not hard to hide. I plug a few gadgets into my powerbook from time to time (camera, iPaq, iPod, FW HDD, card reader) but they're transient connections. As I imagine would be things you plug into this machine.
I would say its update system is more convenient rather than better per se. If you are to deliver the patch as a replacement piece of source code then I have more faith in the ability to control the end result.
Patching has more dependencies than installing a binary. With something like IE you have an accumulation of patches sometimes on top of each other. The effect can be chaotic - are we sure all patches were applied and applied correctly? A patch is a sticking plaster until a unified release or service pack is issued, IMHO.
Maybe out on a limb here, but I prefer downloading a new version where security fixes are required. Security fixes need to be right, and right first time. Patching doesn't alway guarantee that.
Although I use OS X (my first mac was a year ago) and think it's great, I get the impression from the lifers that OS 9 and perhaps some of the earlier ones were more usable.
Or maybe you're just desperate to slag somebody off? Hint: He posted AC - not much karma value in that.
I'm running Familiar/Opie on a 5450 for the past couple of weeks. It's neat but there are some things missing that I think are in the WinCE version. However, the security trade-off worries me, so I'm sticking with Familiar. It has been mentioned that Linspire will be producing a distro for PPC, that could be interesting when it comes along.
That's a fair point, one that has been largely absent from what I've previously read.
Reading the article there is a quote from someone who objects to seeing Portuguese communities listed as it's not a Brazilian site. I would think that it's easy enough in that case to ignore them and carry on? I see Portuguese threads in some of the communities I'm in and just ignore them. So far I've never seen threads with languages mixed, unless the community is language related i.e. people are doing translations or whatnot.
If people mix languages inappropriately in threads then it's a matter of etiquette, the community owner should be able to handle this. I don't know if they can or not.
In Afghanistan they probably are close enough to mutually exclusive. People just don't have the money regardless of how useful said invention is. Maybe he could garner profit from services to the occupation forces, but it's likely their bureacratic nature would shun him. How many administrators would take on this semi-literate chap?
It's a nice idea, sometimes. However, bear in mind that the people involved are city administrators. So your comment about it (OO etc.) being extremely simple is optimistic. It's also notable that there are 13,000 desktops involved. How much time do you want to put into deskside support? If they get people used to the application on a familiar OS (i.e. something about the new environment feels the same) then they can cut across later with much less resistance.
A number of the companies involved are sole-traders effectively. There is no 'central office' at this point. Perhaps you could organise the local community groups to provide something along these lines? Not unreasonable given that public transport is pretty fundamental to an areas vitality.
-1 Langer ? :)
The poster does say that this is demand-driven public transport i.e. minibuses and not Bus Eireann, so I doubt their IT group would be much help. I also think that this is going to be very limited rural coverage hence the issue with companies not quoting. From memory these minibus (and such like) services are organised very much on an ad-hoc basis which isn't suited to most scheduling solutions available (you've seen how accurate the DART times are?)
I agree with the yobb factor which isn't limited to you Corkies either. I would tend to agree with the early poster who suggested some form of sms based solution. How difficult is it for the driver to sms a bus-stop number (doesn't even have to be every stop, you could extrapolate as discussed above). Use the timestamp on the message. Then let people sms the stop number in and get a predicted arrival time...
Oops, mind that karma Matty :)
This was the best I could find. Have a look around on that site for 'arrears' as well. It's interesting. I didn't find anything on un.org - didn't look that hard, mind.
http://www.highveldcs.com/ (making people copy & paste might avoiding killing this ..) ?
If it is then I hope you designed something more visually appealing and usable for your client. It may provide the information via a neat-o program but it's not easy on the eye.
Easy... In America "Violation of fredoms" are the exception rather than the rule. We also have the ability to make an issue public, attract enough attention to it and have it changed.
As far as I can tell the violations are on the increase. So give it a few years of right-wing governance and we'll see where we are.
That cant happen when the Government strictly controls all media outlets like they do in china.
Same thing, look at the increasing control the players in media have over the dissemination of information. Look at the massive consolidation of the various media companies. Then take a look at their links with the government through fundraising and lobbying access. Look at the hysterical outrage surrounding Janet Jackson's exposure incident. 5 minute delays on broadcasts so people don't commit undesirable expressions.
Sure, you much prefer what you have now. Ask yourself though if you have as much freedom as you had 10, 20 years ago.
Have to question your assertion that, we should be very concerned that their form of government can reap the benefits of a free society without adhering to its rules.
That smacks of 'our-system-is-better-than-yours' elitism which I don't believe is justified. I'm not deliberately going off on an anti-US tirade here but how is the US government adhering to the rules of a free society when it allows the RIAA to haul up hundreds of people in the name of the draconian DMCA? The refusal to be kept in check by the Geneva convention is another example. Of course the Chinese government are draconian, but it's another variation of the draconian governance practiced elsewhere, even in the sanctity of the 'free world'.
Something like this?
You have understood nothing. The phenomenon is real and one of the strangest and most spooky things in physics. It shows that it it possible to get a particle (in this case a photon) to interfere with itself.
and so, out of guilt and self-loathing, it hides itself from the observer?
But high UIDs won't appreciate Soviet Russia/Grits/Beowulf clusters/M$/ .. there's a newer one that I've forgotten, haven't been reading here as much recently.
Why did you have to use 'host' to figure that out? salesforce.com is plastered all over the place (routing, X-Sender & X-mail_abuse_inquiries). Presumably you tried reporting the abuse to salesofrce.com?
Because you are new around here people may assume that;
- you do not know what you are talking about e.g. Dirac
- you do not love Linux and hate MS
In that case they are using a backup copy. They still have the licence key of the original they installed.
Forgive me if I'm wrong here. Reading http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/products/ or the link in the article:
:)
'Y-HPC' -- Terra Soft's new 64-bit offering will be available pre-installed on Apple, IBM, and Momentum 970-based hardware, from the Terra Soft Store, and for download from the forthcoming YDL.net Professional account.
and
Built upon Yellow Dog Linux v3.0.1, a beta version of Y-HPC is now available for download via YDL.net Enhanced accounts, offering double-precision, 8GB memory addressing, 64-bit tool chain, and the 2.6 kernel.
The key bits being the references to YDL.net Enhanced & Professional accounts. Enhanced costs $85 which isn't completely free as in beer. Granted, that is cheaper (possibly quite a bit cheaper over time/multiple release??) than OS X. However, I don't think it's the cost factor that will be the major attraction. As you mention, some server apps may be faster on the G5/Linux platform rather than G5/OS X. When choosing between OS X & YDL for the desktop, I personally don't see the advantage for the mainstream user (i.e. the largest group of Mac users).
All that said, having this choice is a good thing and if I ever get a G5, I'll give it a go
Troll is a bit unfair ... it was funnier than the usual +5 Funny repeats ...