"What could have the MacBook been if they had stayed with Power" Slower. "or went AMD" or hotter.
It has an expansion slot, and if history is any indicator, Apple's inclusion of that slot will push acceptance with peripheral manufacturers. Heck, in three years, you might even be able to get one on a Dell.
Defensive much? I never indicted your choices...simply pointed out that mine were different. As far as your ad hominem attack, you can stick it.
There are absolutely things I miss about OS9. I prefer its user interface to OSX, although OSX has some very nice features, and I vastly prefer it to other operating environments.
You don't have my contempt...I just don't share your values. I think that replacing the firmware in order to get a workable user interface is a ridiculous thing to expect a customer to do. I like to tinker and build stuff, but when I buy something, I want it to be well-designed and well-engineered. That's what I'm paying for.
You might want to do something about that chip on your shoulder. It will not improve your life.
My control wheel issue happened when I had my iPod in my pocket, and whacked it into the corner of a desk, breaking the plastic portion of the clickwheel. Apple replaced it, no questions asked, in 24 hours. The reconditioned one they gave me had the hard drive die three months outside warranty, and it was again replaced...no questions asked.
My fiancee's second-gen mini is an excellent piece of hardware. It's been bulletproof for almost a year. Zero issues.
So, in other words, your anecdote is not universal. As long as Apple stands behind their product, I'll keep being a happy customer. Your mileage may vary.
That's great, except when the phone company sells the right to override your preferences to telemarketers. It's an arms race, and the phone company is the only dealer. They will win.
Not so much, since the speed of wind currents is pretty insignificant compared to the airspeed of the vehicle. Think about how quickly the aircraft is going to move through any particular body of air, and you'll get some sense for that.
You'd have to have a HUGE air mass moving really, REALLY fast. Also note that a scramjet is going to operate at extreme altitudes, where the effect of wind is not going to be as strong. (a 200 mph gust at 100,000 feet isn't nearly as big of a deal as a 200 mph gust at sea level).
If you pitch the aircraft at hypersonic speeds, you will disrupt the shock wave system that is compressing the air going into your engine. You will probably create a normal shock wave in the throat of the engine, and if that happens, everybody aboard will die. Maneuvering just does not happen at those sorts of speeds.
Mechanical control systems on high-performance aircraft are a thing of the past. The system would CERTAINLY be fly-by-wire, and the pilot would be rendered pretty much incapable of direct control of the airplane at speed. Yes, the pilot could absolutely command the airplane to change course, but that would happen mediated by the computer, which will have full and exclusive authority to change the airplane's attitude.
Yeah, because it's TOTALLY going to be going Mach 6 at 400 feet above your house. It better watch out for flying pigs, and monkeys that have flown out of my butt.
Columbia broke up somewhere north of Mach 12, I believe.
I'd be much, MUCH more concerned about an engine unstart than about a mechanical problem with the heat shielding system. So much so, that I'd be totally unwilling to fly aboard a scramjet-powered aircraft that had a pilot with a joystick in his hand.
Yeah, I use a much more advanced filtering system. It's called "My Brain", and when I see an article that "My Brain" says won't interest me, I don't read it.
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You're really enjoying this oppressed martyr character you're playing. Whatever works for you, buddy...
"What could have the MacBook been if they had stayed with Power" Slower. "or went AMD" or hotter.
It has an expansion slot, and if history is any indicator, Apple's inclusion of that slot will push acceptance with peripheral manufacturers. Heck, in three years, you might even be able to get one on a Dell.
That was a pretty silly thing to hope for. Steve didn't give me a pony, either.
What part of "x86 iMac & Laptop" escaped you?
Defensive much? I never indicted your choices...simply pointed out that mine were different. As far as your ad hominem attack, you can stick it.
There are absolutely things I miss about OS9. I prefer its user interface to OSX, although OSX has some very nice features, and I vastly prefer it to other operating environments.
You don't have my contempt...I just don't share your values. I think that replacing the firmware in order to get a workable user interface is a ridiculous thing to expect a customer to do. I like to tinker and build stuff, but when I buy something, I want it to be well-designed and well-engineered. That's what I'm paying for.
You might want to do something about that chip on your shoulder. It will not improve your life.
So, after replacing the firmware and installing a new hard drive, you have something that's better than an iPod?
Wow. And people wonder why I switched to Macs...
My control wheel issue happened when I had my iPod in my pocket, and whacked it into the corner of a desk, breaking the plastic portion of the clickwheel. Apple replaced it, no questions asked, in 24 hours. The reconditioned one they gave me had the hard drive die three months outside warranty, and it was again replaced...no questions asked.
My fiancee's second-gen mini is an excellent piece of hardware. It's been bulletproof for almost a year. Zero issues.
So, in other words, your anecdote is not universal. As long as Apple stands behind their product, I'll keep being a happy customer. Your mileage may vary.
Well, since you say so...
Wait, who are you?
Way to rest on other peoples' laurels, old guy.
Since orbital astronomical telescopes aren't looking through atmospheres, adaptive optics are not necessary.
The surveillance ones, on the other hand, are another story.
That's pretty funny. Which phone company are you going to switch to? They're all buying each other.
That's great, except when the phone company sells the right to override your preferences to telemarketers. It's an arms race, and the phone company is the only dealer. They will win.
I think Jesse James' attempt at a hypersonic aircraft would be a really fun thing to watch...from inside a concrete bunker.
Not so much, since the speed of wind currents is pretty insignificant compared to the airspeed of the vehicle. Think about how quickly the aircraft is going to move through any particular body of air, and you'll get some sense for that.
You'd have to have a HUGE air mass moving really, REALLY fast. Also note that a scramjet is going to operate at extreme altitudes, where the effect of wind is not going to be as strong. (a 200 mph gust at 100,000 feet isn't nearly as big of a deal as a 200 mph gust at sea level).
If you pitch the aircraft at hypersonic speeds, you will disrupt the shock wave system that is compressing the air going into your engine. You will probably create a normal shock wave in the throat of the engine, and if that happens, everybody aboard will die. Maneuvering just does not happen at those sorts of speeds.
Mechanical control systems on high-performance aircraft are a thing of the past. The system would CERTAINLY be fly-by-wire, and the pilot would be rendered pretty much incapable of direct control of the airplane at speed. Yes, the pilot could absolutely command the airplane to change course, but that would happen mediated by the computer, which will have full and exclusive authority to change the airplane's attitude.
Yeah, because it's TOTALLY going to be going Mach 6 at 400 feet above your house. It better watch out for flying pigs, and monkeys that have flown out of my butt.
Columbia broke up somewhere north of Mach 12, I believe.
I'd be much, MUCH more concerned about an engine unstart than about a mechanical problem with the heat shielding system. So much so, that I'd be totally unwilling to fly aboard a scramjet-powered aircraft that had a pilot with a joystick in his hand.
Computer simulation of hypersonic flows is not ready for prime-time, "it's time to bend metal now" engineering.
I'm pretty troubled by the notion that some prosecutor's idea of what is or is not funny has anything to do with the law.
Six output channels, yo. One per speaker.
I'm not opposed to neologisms. Just stupid ones, like "blog".
Uh, so what?
Yeah, I use a much more advanced filtering system. It's called "My Brain", and when I see an article that "My Brain" says won't interest me, I don't read it.
Call me crazy.
You've got a six-channel sound card with optical out. What do you need a sound card for?
If I can charge all my devices off of my laptop, I only have to carry a charger for my laptop.