The G5 is quite possibly the quietest desktop around, except for maybe their quieter fanless iMacs. Considering how well a G5 works, it's simply amazing how little noise it puts out...
I use my PC for doing PC things. When I want to sit in front of the boob toob and veg out, I use the digital cable box thingy (Scientific Atlantic with my cable provider). Works great for me.
Oh, I don't have a game console - my Mac plays all the games I need. Of course, now that I have a son, maybe HE needs a PSX:)
1) Terrorists using cell phones to detonate bombs (which can be done with a simple mechanical timer far more easily) 2) Fire, heart attack, drowning, etc. wherein using a cell phone to dial 911 could save lives?
As did a previous update (I forget which one), it conveniently set a couple of previously-enabled subsystems to -NO-, including MySQL. So, if your PHP/MySQL website suddenly stops working, this is the first thing to check.
Wrong. You can use your purchased songs on any number of iPods and three computers (Mac or Windows) at any given time. You can de-authorize any computer in order to get back a license. In your scenario, you can easily play those tunes, legally, on all of your gear.
What misinformation, dickhead? You will notice I said absolutely NOTHING about WMA. Who gives a fuck about WMA? Not me. I use an iPod and iTunes and the iTunes Music Service.
Whatever. I can play the songs on my Macs, my Dell and my iPod. I can burn CDs and play it in my car, on my stereo, in my portable CD player. Not very restrictive at all. That works for me.
Besides, I can buy MP3s from anywhere else. Oh wait. Who sells those?
This is how they make wine cellars at wineries - bore right into the hills. They're typically 15-20 feet diameter, however. This would make a HUGE cellar...
Java Desktop is distinctly not "just GNOME." Yes, it's based on GNOME 2.4, but it has been purposefully "cleaned up" (geeks would say "dumbed down") in order to be easier for the menu browsers to figure out. It literally took me 1 minute to figure out where to go to configure a WiFi PC Card. SuSe 9 is close, but it's still too jargonized and too "stuffed" with options.
These guys make me chuckle at times. Ultimately, they hvae good stuff. JES and JDS are both great ideas. Java, in itself is brilliant. Their hardware is also pretty useful. Solaris even moreso. But, yeah, they're finally getting the whole "make it easy, make it common, don't keep pushing frickin' CDE" concept!
The reason why Linux, and many of the Open Source solutions that grew up around Linux are so damn difficult is the whole "not invented here" syndrome. Because this is Free Software, as in Free Speech, every developer thinks it's both within her right to develop willy nilly, and because the system's "currency" is "props," obviously my interface is better than anybody else's - everything else sucks.
This is why Sun's Java Desktop System (which I've been using this week) is so far the easiest Linux desktop I have seen so far. There's one driving motivation behind it - whatever Sun wants. There's little "but I prefer chromed widgets" from one developer. Nope. Sun says "make this easy to use," and it gets done.
I mean, who gives a damn about GNOME vs. KDE? What Linux needs are developers who follow a singular mission (or, rather, several singular missions, but not a mission for every developer!). I'm sure there were a lot of blacks in America who hated riding in the back of the bus, but until the Civil Rights Movement, there wasn't a cohesive strategy for every indivdual to work towards...
Did anybody catch the Mars Pathfinder reference?
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"The RSC implementation of the POWER1 microprocessor was used as the central processor for the Mars Pathfinder mission and is the chip from which the PowerPC line is descended"
I guess that's why it's still up there, not bluescreened...
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The G5 is quite possibly the quietest desktop around, except for maybe their quieter fanless iMacs. Considering how well a G5 works, it's simply amazing how little noise it puts out...
I use my PC for doing PC things. When I want to sit in front of the boob toob and veg out, I use the digital cable box thingy (Scientific Atlantic with my cable provider). Works great for me.
:)
Oh, I don't have a game console - my Mac plays all the games I need. Of course, now that I have a son, maybe HE needs a PSX
Which of these is a far more likely risk factor?
1) Terrorists using cell phones to detonate bombs (which can be done with a simple mechanical timer far more easily)
2) Fire, heart attack, drowning, etc. wherein using a cell phone to dial 911 could save lives?
One has to question whether ANY blacklisting is "spamfighting." It's not.
Drive around in a red and white Ford Gran Torino?
Does it matter whether or not you can hear you grandfather's voice again? Much of the stuff people want to keep is subjectively quite useless.
http://www.newtechusa.com/ppi/main.asp
Way to go, guys! Burt and the rest of the team embody what this country can produce, when we put our minds to it.
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As did a previous update (I forget which one), it conveniently set a couple of previously-enabled subsystems to -NO-, including MySQL. So, if your PHP/MySQL website suddenly stops working, this is the first thing to check.
Otherwise, no big deal.
Except you're wrong. I buy most albums at $9.99 for 15-20 tracks. These are never $10 at the store. And the instant gratification is immeasurable!
Wrong. You can use your purchased songs on any number of iPods and three computers (Mac or Windows) at any given time. You can de-authorize any computer in order to get back a license. In your scenario, you can easily play those tunes, legally, on all of your gear.
Learn a bit more before you go bitching...
What misinformation, dickhead? You will notice I said absolutely NOTHING about WMA. Who gives a fuck about WMA? Not me. I use an iPod and iTunes and the iTunes Music Service.
They don't have the music I want. Try again.
Whatever. I can play the songs on my Macs, my Dell and my iPod. I can burn CDs and play it in my car, on my stereo, in my portable CD player. Not very restrictive at all. That works for me.
Besides, I can buy MP3s from anywhere else. Oh wait. Who sells those?
Except that it's NOT your data. You have a license to use it.
Apple's DRM is pretty benign. I can live with it. They worked out a lot of rights for their customers.
but it's not as if WMA can't also be cracked.
ALL technological barriers can be subverted. It just takes the proper motivation, be it economic, political or otherwise.
I'll stick with purchasing tracks on iTMS. I love my iPod, iTunes and the quality and economical service Apple provides.
This is how they make wine cellars at wineries - bore right into the hills. They're typically 15-20 feet diameter, however. This would make a HUGE cellar...
Geographically separated, sure. But all life on this planet interacts with other life in some way or another...
Java Desktop is distinctly not "just GNOME." Yes, it's based on GNOME 2.4, but it has been purposefully "cleaned up" (geeks would say "dumbed down") in order to be easier for the menu browsers to figure out. It literally took me 1 minute to figure out where to go to configure a WiFi PC Card. SuSe 9 is close, but it's still too jargonized and too "stuffed" with options.
These guys make me chuckle at times. Ultimately, they hvae good stuff. JES and JDS are both great ideas. Java, in itself is brilliant. Their hardware is also pretty useful. Solaris even moreso. But, yeah, they're finally getting the whole "make it easy, make it common, don't keep pushing frickin' CDE" concept!
:)
Of course, MY favorite distro is Mac OS 10.3
There's ssh and WebDAV. Both work great, and have significant advantages...
The reason why Linux, and many of the Open Source solutions that grew up around Linux are so damn difficult is the whole "not invented here" syndrome. Because this is Free Software, as in Free Speech, every developer thinks it's both within her right to develop willy nilly, and because the system's "currency" is "props," obviously my interface is better than anybody else's - everything else sucks.
This is why Sun's Java Desktop System (which I've been using this week) is so far the easiest Linux desktop I have seen so far. There's one driving motivation behind it - whatever Sun wants. There's little "but I prefer chromed widgets" from one developer. Nope. Sun says "make this easy to use," and it gets done.
I mean, who gives a damn about GNOME vs. KDE? What Linux needs are developers who follow a singular mission (or, rather, several singular missions, but not a mission for every developer!). I'm sure there were a lot of blacks in America who hated riding in the back of the bus, but until the Civil Rights Movement, there wasn't a cohesive strategy for every indivdual to work towards...
"The RSC implementation of the POWER1 microprocessor was used as the central processor for the Mars Pathfinder mission and is the chip from which the PowerPC line is descended"
I guess that's why it's still up there, not bluescreened...
Nope. I mean they should use the courts to punish SCO so badly that their only option would be to give IBM all of their shares as penalty.
Everybody writes applets in Java, now, right?