I'd argue that Linux has been doing that for a few years now, especially with Sun pulling the "if you can't beat them create your own distribution" solution.
I guess after I sign that contract to watch network TV, I'll also have to sign another contract stipulating that if I have a conversation about the show the next morning at work, I'll also have to mention the commercials.
Actually, I put all of these commands in/System/Library/StartupItems/Network/Network. I put them at the bottom of the script. After a reboot, they had taken effect, and my computer was working quite well. I don't really notice too much of a difference at this point, but I'm going to try some large file transfers between my iMac G4/800 and PowerBook G3/500. We'll see how it goes.
Just one more area needs more speed, and this is particularly an OS X thing.... it's just how quickly a cached page is displayed. Pages loading up uncached load much quicker than IE on my G4/800 iMac. I just wish I could go back a page as quickly as I can in IE.
Mozilla is my primary browser these days, however, and it rarely crashes. That, in itself, is great.
Sure, you can elevate light rail. That would then become elevated rail, and you'd have track significantly wider track widths, which would block out more sunlight for what's beneath them. This produces a sort of blight, and monorails simply do not have this sort of impact, due to their narrow trackbeams. Compare the shadows - you'll see what I'm talking about.
More busses won't work here in Seattle. Sure, they work when there isn't congestion, but not when there is, especially over the 520 floating bridge, which is 2 lanes in either direction, with no HOV lanes. Believe me, that is one bottleneck I try to avoid at all costs.
King County-wide, Light Rail is the solution voters passed a few years ago, but now it's turning out to be this huge budget moneytrap, and instead of building the original 21 mile-long stretch, SoundTransit will only build 14 miles, due to lack of funds. The best part, as far as I'm concerned, is that it ends one mile short of SeaTac, guaranteeing I'll probably never take it anywhere.
Seattle-citywide, monorail is the solution voters have voted on, twice. Anybody who's ever been stuck in traffic on 5th ave. during rush hour and seen the monorail zoom overhead at 50mph can tell you they'd like to be able to use something like that.
Of course, they could be pulling your leg, and hoping that some other poor slob is going to take transit so that they can drive their car on a less-congested road.
Public transit is heavily subsidized, to keep costs down. If it weren't, nobody would ever take it. It'd be too damn expensive. Now, I don't believe that the monorail currently in Seattle is subsidized, but its run is only one mile long and the fair is $1.50.
Monorail has a big place to fill here in Seattle, where most of the land is not flat. With rubber tires, they can climb grades much easier than light rail. They're above-grade, removing traffic from slowing down the trains (and vice versa). The current monorail tracks in Seattle are quite old (40 years this year) and modern monorail tracks wouldn't take up nearly as much space due to discovered building techniques/technologies.
I guess I'll have to be content with near-instant wakeups from my OS X PowerBook;-) The last time I had to do a hard reset on it was about two years ago.
Yep, I'm a Mac user who supports NT/Win2K software, as well as Linux boxes. Just another reason to flame me.
I couldn't agree more. Coming from an environment where I have to support our software on Proxy 2.0/NT4, or ISA/Win2K, Win2K is loads better. Win2K is stable, compared to the crap that was NT.
Judge: Um yes, I see. This court system is case-insensitive. I am insensitive, as well. You're in contempt. Now, go think about that in your jail cell you ignorant little prick.
I spend my money where it's worth it./. is where it's worth it. If it's worthwhile, and it's valuable, then it deserves to get my praise, and my dollars.
Yup. I've done a hard drive upgrade on a slot loading iMac. It was a helluva lot easier than opening up a Rev. A iMac to do a RAM upgrade. Plus, I think the older Rev. A iMacs can have G4s put in them. I think Sonnet or XLR8 makes a G4 upgrade chip for the older iMac. I know several make G3 upgrades for Rev. A iMacs.
You're stuck with what you get. RAM can be added (SO-DIMM in the user-accessible slot), or you can get to the lone PC100 stick on the motherboard, but that's going to be a pain. Each layer of the iMac has to be carefully disassembled and properly re-assembled (with the correct amount of heat dissipating materials). It could be a real pain.
CPU, Video are not upgradeable. HDD could be if you really wanted to get at the inards, but I sure wouldn't. It'd be like working on the underside of my PowerBook G3 to upgrade the original SO-DIMM. What a pain....
I don't place the value of speed on mass transit, although it's a very nice thing to have. I like capacity as much as I like speed, and the more capacity you can haul around at peak times (morning and afternoon commute), the better.
I also place value on the environment, and getting people to take the train to work rather than their SUV makes a lot of environmental sense.
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I'd argue that Linux has been doing that for a few years now, especially with Sun pulling the "if you can't beat them create your own distribution" solution.
If Padme gets turned into Chewbacca in a freak accident, I think my impression of the Star Wars series will change dramatically.... for the better.
I might as well start crapping on my desk, and working in the restroom.
I guess after I sign that contract to watch network TV, I'll also have to sign another contract stipulating that if I have a conversation about the show the next morning at work, I'll also have to mention the commercials.
What a crock of shit.
Interesting. Here in Seattle, the 1997 monorail initiative was almost entirely started by a cabbie.
Actually, I put all of these commands in /System/Library/StartupItems/Network/Network. I put them at the bottom of the script. After a reboot, they had taken effect, and my computer was working quite well. I don't really notice too much of a difference at this point, but I'm going to try some large file transfers between my iMac G4/800 and PowerBook G3/500. We'll see how it goes.
At least we can look back on the history. Pretty interesting stuff...
Perhaps The Sims Online would work for them...
http://thesimsonline.ea.com/home.html
Rosen also was quoted saying:
"Hey, where can I steal me one of those rappin' cows? Them's neat-o."
Seriously, good on Gateway for this. I'm impressed.
Just personal observation.... there's certainly no science behind it. :-)
Being a fat guy myself, I find it funny how writers worm the word "chortle" into a story, especially when a big guy is the subject.
Just one more area needs more speed, and this is particularly an OS X thing.... it's just how quickly a cached page is displayed. Pages loading up uncached load much quicker than IE on my G4/800 iMac. I just wish I could go back a page as quickly as I can in IE.
Mozilla is my primary browser these days, however, and it rarely crashes. That, in itself, is great.
I can't wait to see what 1.0 holds.
Sure, you can elevate light rail. That would then become elevated rail, and you'd have track significantly wider track widths, which would block out more sunlight for what's beneath them. This produces a sort of blight, and monorails simply do not have this sort of impact, due to their narrow trackbeams. Compare the shadows - you'll see what I'm talking about.
More busses won't work here in Seattle. Sure, they work when there isn't congestion, but not when there is, especially over the 520 floating bridge, which is 2 lanes in either direction, with no HOV lanes. Believe me, that is one bottleneck I try to avoid at all costs.
King County-wide, Light Rail is the solution voters passed a few years ago, but now it's turning out to be this huge budget moneytrap, and instead of building the original 21 mile-long stretch, SoundTransit will only build 14 miles, due to lack of funds. The best part, as far as I'm concerned, is that it ends one mile short of SeaTac, guaranteeing I'll probably never take it anywhere.
Seattle-citywide, monorail is the solution voters have voted on, twice. Anybody who's ever been stuck in traffic on 5th ave. during rush hour and seen the monorail zoom overhead at 50mph can tell you they'd like to be able to use something like that.
Of course, they could be pulling your leg, and hoping that some other poor slob is going to take transit so that they can drive their car on a less-congested road.
Public transit is heavily subsidized, to keep costs down. If it weren't, nobody would ever take it. It'd be too damn expensive. Now, I don't believe that the monorail currently in Seattle is subsidized, but its run is only one mile long and the fair is $1.50.
Monorail has a big place to fill here in Seattle, where most of the land is not flat. With rubber tires, they can climb grades much easier than light rail. They're above-grade, removing traffic from slowing down the trains (and vice versa). The current monorail tracks in Seattle are quite old (40 years this year) and modern monorail tracks wouldn't take up nearly as much space due to discovered building techniques/technologies.
...especially the kind of miniature rail you can ride. This is just beyond cool.
It'd be nice if he could find a way to package this up so it could be demonstrated to transportation planners as a viable solution to rail travel.
I guess I'll have to be content with near-instant wakeups from my OS X PowerBook ;-) The last time I had to do a hard reset on it was about two years ago.
Yep, I'm a Mac user who supports NT/Win2K software, as well as Linux boxes. Just another reason to flame me.
--Bernie
I couldn't agree more. Coming from an environment where I have to support our software on Proxy 2.0/NT4, or ISA/Win2K, Win2K is loads better. Win2K is stable, compared to the crap that was NT.
--Bernie
Judge: Um yes, I see. This court system is case-insensitive. I am insensitive, as well. You're in contempt. Now, go think about that in your jail cell you ignorant little prick.
I spend my money where it's worth it. /. is where it's worth it. If it's worthwhile, and it's valuable, then it deserves to get my praise, and my dollars.
$5 is such a small price to pay.
--Bernie
Yup. I've done a hard drive upgrade on a slot loading iMac. It was a helluva lot easier than opening up a Rev. A iMac to do a RAM upgrade. Plus, I think the older Rev. A iMacs can have G4s put in them. I think Sonnet or XLR8 makes a G4 upgrade chip for the older iMac. I know several make G3 upgrades for Rev. A iMacs.
You're stuck with what you get. RAM can be added (SO-DIMM in the user-accessible slot), or you can get to the lone PC100 stick on the motherboard, but that's going to be a pain. Each layer of the iMac has to be carefully disassembled and properly re-assembled (with the correct amount of heat dissipating materials). It could be a real pain.
CPU, Video are not upgradeable. HDD could be if you really wanted to get at the inards, but I sure wouldn't. It'd be like working on the underside of my PowerBook G3 to upgrade the original SO-DIMM. What a pain....
--Bernie
Seriously, you know you want one. It's the killer BSD box that you've wanted now! Just go out and get one!
Finally, dual-GHz. This is a big psychological barrier that Apple has crossed. I couldn't be happier.
--Bernie
Those poor sweet little Grumman mail vans have also been plastered with MSN broadband ads up here in Seattle. Gah.
I don't place the value of speed on mass transit, although it's a very nice thing to have. I like capacity as much as I like speed, and the more capacity you can haul around at peak times (morning and afternoon commute), the better.
I also place value on the environment, and getting people to take the train to work rather than their SUV makes a lot of environmental sense.
--Bernie