Why not just a normal PC, and a larger LCD? This way you won't have to mess with rotating LCDs screens which are surely more sensitive to wear and tear and increased complexity. Then there's the issue of drivers, etc. for those screens...
Not to mention that the PC that's at the heart of that system will become obsolete long before the LCDs will.
I unsubscribed simply because I got sick of seeing the messages all the time and having to delete them. I didn't want to just outright filter them into the trash...
As a somewhat wannabe Egyptologist, I can't help but wonder if there isn't something up there in the nebula or in Orion that might just give up yet another secret.
It's common knowledge by now that the ancient Egyptians tried to recreate Heaven on Earth - look at the positioning and size of the pyramids on the Giza plateau as compared to the constellation of Orion's Belt. Even the Milky Way is represented by the Nile in the bigger picture.
I keep expecting to see Kheops' face in the nebula or something...
That is, he sent it through the USPS without any special treatment - no insurance, no tracking, no return receipt/delivery confirmation, etc. It's a notoriously BAD way to ship important or expensive stuff and if something were to go wrong, you have just about ZERO recourse. You either "wait until it turns up" or eat the cost and call it a day.
Needless to say, having directions to his house (and obviously his address) was pretty shocking to him - but sending him aerial shots of his house kind of unnerved him... Heh.
I had to "hunt" my eBay punk down, too. The guy tried to rip me off for $1800 after I purchased a Mac in an auction.
The fool (supposedly) shipped it via plain parcel post and no small wonder, it went missing. Rather than own up to it, and realize he made a mistake he figured it'd be easier to hang me out to dry.
Needless to say, I cancelled the credit card transaction (got my money back fine) but refused to stop there.
I sicked Discover, USPS, eBay, Billpoint/PayPal, FBI and other agencies on him for interstate mail fraud, credit card fraud, etc.
I also turned up some things in my own research - wife's name, address, phone number, etc. But the best part was having actual aerial photos of his HOUSE!
It depends on what you're doing, too. Carbon is the easiest method, IMO and lends itself highly to porting existing applications. It contains most if not all of the previous Mac APIs and uses C, which is relatively easy to boot.
Cocoa is better if you're writing something from scratch and by "real deal" I mean that is what specifically for-MacOS X applications are written in. Carbon is a sort of stop-gap or "migrating method" to bridge MacOS 9 and X.
Neither this book, nor "Learning Carbon" are for beginners! There's not much in the way of introductory text in either.
IMO, there's a MUCH better book on Carbon programming out now, which is about 1.75" thick and darned heavy - I think it's called "Carbon Programming" or vice versa... D'ohhh.
Keep in mind, too - what the difference is between Cocoa and Carbon. The former being Objective C (object oriented and much like C++) and the "real deal" for MacOS X programming, and the latter being based on C. The benefit of the latter being that it will run on either MacOS 9 or X. Then again, there's higher level languages that you can use like RealBasic or Applescript - or hell, Perl.:)
Be sure to check out Everything Mac for loads of MacOS X goodness.
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Not to mention that the PC that's at the heart of that system will become obsolete long before the LCDs will.
After all, the PC will eventually (rapidly?) become obsolete... While the LCDs would be a hot piece of hardware for much longer.
"The end."
I unsubscribed simply because I got sick of seeing the messages all the time and having to delete them. I didn't want to just outright filter them into the trash...
I swear, it was like driving south on I-95, reading the "South of the Border" billboards every 50, 20, 10 and finally every 5 miles!
"Only ten days left to the show! Register now!"
Look, if I wanted to go, I'd have registered by now. Take your show, and your SPAM... And shove it, mmmkay?
Haven't we tried this before?
Wasn't Yellow Dog's Brique first? No, waitaminute... Nevermind. :)
That's all I need. Getting spam saying, "You're running low on red bricks! Click here to order more below wholesale!" :-D
You have one CPU dedicated solely to the app you're using, say - while the other is free for system functions, I/O and other background tasks.
So yes, a specially tuned app would work better, but it still works better than a single CPU machine would.
Under MacOS 9 you needed specially tuned apps to take advantage of that second CPU... Like Photoshop.
Under MacOS X, it's no longer required, and EVERY app now benefits from that second CPU. Just like Linux or Solaris would.
It's common knowledge by now that the ancient Egyptians tried to recreate Heaven on Earth - look at the positioning and size of the pyramids on the Giza plateau as compared to the constellation of Orion's Belt. Even the Milky Way is represented by the Nile in the bigger picture.
I keep expecting to see Kheops' face in the nebula or something...
Exactly... Thank you. :)
Would YOU drop an $1800 computer in the mailbox?
Needless to say, having directions to his house (and obviously his address) was pretty shocking to him - but sending him aerial shots of his house kind of unnerved him... Heh.
Park ranger in Yellowstone park, maybe!
No more late night calls, beeps or "gotta fix the server ASAP!" Emails. No more lost sleep, hurried meetings or pissed off customers...
"Please don't feed the bears." :-D
The fool (supposedly) shipped it via plain parcel post and no small wonder, it went missing. Rather than own up to it, and realize he made a mistake he figured it'd be easier to hang me out to dry.
Needless to say, I cancelled the credit card transaction (got my money back fine) but refused to stop there.
I sicked Discover, USPS, eBay, Billpoint/PayPal, FBI and other agencies on him for interstate mail fraud, credit card fraud, etc.
I also turned up some things in my own research - wife's name, address, phone number, etc. But the best part was having actual aerial photos of his HOUSE!
Yep, gotta love the Internet. :)
This REALLY had me cracking up... You mean YOU, Bernie - an operation of ONE. LOL!
I can picture Popeye, just kind of puffing up his chest and flexing his muscles.
We all know that the real work will be done by a woMAN right? :)
Bastards...
But I tip my hat to you. I've never been married, but I doubt I'd ever care for a job that much... ;)
Sorry to hear that, man. :(
I had to of course take a poke at the ex-boss at that point and said, "...and right before Christmas, too. That must make you very proud."
They timed it so I couldn't even go to the company Christmas party that weekend.
Bastards...
Oh well... :(
Hehehe. :)
It depends on what you're doing, too. Carbon is the easiest method, IMO and lends itself highly to porting existing applications. It contains most if not all of the previous Mac APIs and uses C, which is relatively easy to boot.
Cocoa is better if you're writing something from scratch and by "real deal" I mean that is what specifically for-MacOS X applications are written in. Carbon is a sort of stop-gap or "migrating method" to bridge MacOS 9 and X.
IMO, there's a MUCH better book on Carbon programming out now, which is about 1.75" thick and darned heavy - I think it's called "Carbon Programming" or vice versa... D'ohhh.
Keep in mind, too - what the difference is between Cocoa and Carbon. The former being Objective C (object oriented and much like C++) and the "real deal" for MacOS X programming, and the latter being based on C. The benefit of the latter being that it will run on either MacOS 9 or X. Then again, there's higher level languages that you can use like RealBasic or Applescript - or hell, Perl. :)
Be sure to check out Everything Mac for loads of MacOS X goodness.