According to the chart in the middle of the page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X), the releases ARE yearly at $129 a pop (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/ AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=83EB328&nclm=Software) . $50/year would be significantly less than they're squeezing out from their customers now.
Unrelated by interesting, compare that to Windows, which is $99 per upgrade for a home user (http://www.microsoft.com/products/info/product.as px?view=22&pcid=a9d2c448-eb05-4a2b-a062-9c711c533e 0c&type=ovr#HowToBuy). Considering that XP was released in 2001, and Vista will be released to home users in 2007, Windows is *significantly* cheaper than OSX.
I've been charging my dog's "invisible fence" collar this way for years. Actually, with that technology, it doesn't even have to touch. It just has to get close to the charger (within an inch or two). Works great. My dog's zapper collar is 100% sealed shut, making it 100% waterproof.
I completely agree. When I have say, a credit card that just won't die, I assume the best I can do is not to contact the company again, hoping that it will eventually be purged from their system after a certain amount of inactivity on my part.
The only way to be sure is not to give out information in the first place and simply pay for things with cash (Wikipedia entry for "Cash" for those of you who are unfamiliar with it).
Really, it's a trade off for using services in our modern culture. The thing is that nobody is forcing you to give away any of your information.
It is possible to keep your data private, if you so choose. My home address, in fact, is in no databases except for my power company, and I receive -zero- mail there, which is, as far as I can tell, the only way to be sure that that particular data isn't floating around out there.
I have no idea what that means, so I'll take your word that that's a new thing. They probably should have said that in the article header for non-cell phone developers (like myself). To me, it looks like just another cell phone gadget.
Aw, heck. Documents are easy compared to other files. Let's say that I want to poke around in my Windows system files to look for files that shouldn't be there (worms, or files from just plain bad installs). How would I "browse" the related files with tags? Hell, how do you find something that is tagged wrong?
Directories are working just fine. I honestly can't think of a simpler, more effective way for handling massive amounts of files. If somebody wants to throw a harebrained "tag" system on top of their directories of files, they certainly can. I honestly can't imagine the nightmare of having a giant soup of files, organized only by tags.
So, instead of having a neat, organized system for finding files among millions of files on PC's, you're saying that it would be *easier* to have "tags"? Riiiight... I would love to use arbitrary words to "organize" the millions of files on my computers. Sounds like fun. I would also love to upgrade all of my PC's to have hardware that could handle this kind of database, as well.
Regardless of the legality of income tax, lots of men with guns will eventually show up to put you in jail. So, you can just think of taxes as your "get out of jail" card. The only problem is that it's not free.
But for regular business use how many companies want to store their data on someone else's server?
Well, for one, anything short of 100% MS Office compatibility isn't an option. But if one of these options were compatible, or if MS offered something like this, then I'd do it. I'd rather trust professional administrators to securing my stuff then I'd trust myself doing some half-assed job. The key to running a good business is not necessarily doing everything yourself, but finding the best people to handle stuff for you, and tying it all together.
I disagree. If an office doesn't have the expertise or money to be able to properly secure their network, then letting professionals handle that is a better option. I was managing my own business' web server, mail server, etc. One day, I realized that I really didn't know enough, and I didn't have the time to learn about it. I outsourced it, and now security is their problem, not mine. Considering that my various hosting thingies are being run by professional admins makes me feel much better than doing my own hosting, and being administered by a weekend hobbyist administrator (me).
It's not the uncrashable behemoth that Mac fanboys would like to pretend it is, though I do find that as a general non-scientific statement it crashes less than Windows.
I've got two questions...
1. Why does OSX crash? They have the hardware lock-in down, so why crashes? Because...
2. I've never seen Windows XP crash, but the *only* time I've seen Windows 2000 crash was because of bad hardware drivers (which will be fixed with "trusted" drivers in Vista). Why is Windows XP crashing for you?
You know, now that you mention it, I have noticed lost of Mac users with pants crusted with semen from constantly jacking off, wearing "Tea shades"... Hmmm...
I think it's a good idea. I'm over 30, and quite honestly, I hate pouring over 10,000 kiddie or Japanime games to find the few good ones. I want my games to be good, but with extra graphic realism, or good acting/scripts. That Mario shit is about as interesting to me as Barney the dinosaur is. So I say, great idea. I'll be able to shop a lot easier.
Here's the definition: the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
Well, the US has singlehandedly killed, by some estimation, over a quarter of a million people in Iraq. Bush says that he's going to keep going until he decides that it's over. I'd say that we're well on our way to genocide. The only end I could possibly see King Bush as being happy with would be to wipe out every living thing in Iraq, and replacing them with white, Christian Americans (like we already did only a few hundred years ago). It may not be genocide yet, but I'd say that it's happening right now.
If this isn't for the users, then who is it for? Do you think that MS is hiring hundreds (thousands?) of people to maintain this for fun? Are they going to make a significant amount of money from this? No, this is most definitely for the users.
I've never seen XP crash, but the last time I've seen Windows 2000 crash was because of drivers. At this point in OS development, there's really no reason for crashing except for bad drivers (And yes, I don't think that OSX should crash ever, since they have hardware lock-in). I'm looking forward to certified drivers, because then I know that I don't have to worry about whatever new doo-dad I have hosing any of my machines.
What about current games about the current US "war" in Iraq? I'd bet every nickel that I own that in 100 years, history textbooks will discuss the US genocide in Iraq and the war crimes that Bush is guilty of. It's pretty horrible, gruesome, and pointless, but there are tons of games celebrating it out now.
Well, I haven't seen a whole heck of a lot of cross-platforms apps, even after the Miracle of Java (tm) was created. About the only progress made in the past two decades is that a PC can read a Mac disk and vice versa. All we really have at this point are hacked together kludges (like WINE). I'll believe it when I see it.
No, having interoperability and standards is better than one major OS in my opinion.
Well, in your Fairy Dream Land, every OS works together and we all hold hands and sing together. The reality is that this has never happened, and if you were around during the birth of PC's in the 80's, you'd remember the nightmare of having several different platforms to develop for.
Actually, if any Slashdot "Editors" read the actual document, you'd see that the document is actually favorable, and says that MS is making good headway with documenting and hand-holding their competitors. The document says that MS has somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 people working to get this documentation done, and that there have been no substantive complaints about MS's compliance.
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According to the chart in the middle of the page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X), the releases ARE yearly at $129 a pop (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/ AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=83EB328&nclm=Software) . $50/year would be significantly less than they're squeezing out from their customers now.
s px?view=22&pcid=a9d2c448-eb05-4a2b-a062-9c711c533e 0c&type=ovr#HowToBuy).
Unrelated by interesting, compare that to Windows, which is $99 per upgrade for a home user (http://www.microsoft.com/products/info/product.a
Considering that XP was released in 2001, and Vista will be released to home users in 2007, Windows is *significantly* cheaper than OSX.
I run a mid-sized web site, and we don't ship outside of the US. Waaay too much fraud.
What a mindless drone, you are. You embody consumerism refined on a level that most marketing people would never even dream of only a few years ago.
I've been charging my dog's "invisible fence" collar this way for years. Actually, with that technology, it doesn't even have to touch. It just has to get close to the charger (within an inch or two). Works great. My dog's zapper collar is 100% sealed shut, making it 100% waterproof.
I completely agree. When I have say, a credit card that just won't die, I assume the best I can do is not to contact the company again, hoping that it will eventually be purged from their system after a certain amount of inactivity on my part.
The only way to be sure is not to give out information in the first place and simply pay for things with cash (Wikipedia entry for "Cash" for those of you who are unfamiliar with it).
Really, it's a trade off for using services in our modern culture. The thing is that nobody is forcing you to give away any of your information.
It is possible to keep your data private, if you so choose. My home address, in fact, is in no databases except for my power company, and I receive -zero- mail there, which is, as far as I can tell, the only way to be sure that that particular data isn't floating around out there.
I have no idea what that means, so I'll take your word that that's a new thing. They probably should have said that in the article header for non-cell phone developers (like myself). To me, it looks like just another cell phone gadget.
I see nothing new about this phone other than it's name. There's nothing that I can see as being newsworthy. I call "Slashvertisement"!
Aw, heck. Documents are easy compared to other files. Let's say that I want to poke around in my Windows system files to look for files that shouldn't be there (worms, or files from just plain bad installs). How would I "browse" the related files with tags? Hell, how do you find something that is tagged wrong?
Directories are working just fine. I honestly can't think of a simpler, more effective way for handling massive amounts of files. If somebody wants to throw a harebrained "tag" system on top of their directories of files, they certainly can. I honestly can't imagine the nightmare of having a giant soup of files, organized only by tags.
So, instead of having a neat, organized system for finding files among millions of files on PC's, you're saying that it would be *easier* to have "tags"? Riiiight... I would love to use arbitrary words to "organize" the millions of files on my computers. Sounds like fun. I would also love to upgrade all of my PC's to have hardware that could handle this kind of database, as well.
...Ex-Lax.
It's better to use real accountants.
Regardless of the legality of income tax, lots of men with guns will eventually show up to put you in jail. So, you can just think of taxes as your "get out of jail" card. The only problem is that it's not free.
But for regular business use how many companies want to store their data on someone else's server?
Well, for one, anything short of 100% MS Office compatibility isn't an option. But if one of these options were compatible, or if MS offered something like this, then I'd do it. I'd rather trust professional administrators to securing my stuff then I'd trust myself doing some half-assed job. The key to running a good business is not necessarily doing everything yourself, but finding the best people to handle stuff for you, and tying it all together.
I disagree. If an office doesn't have the expertise or money to be able to properly secure their network, then letting professionals handle that is a better option. I was managing my own business' web server, mail server, etc. One day, I realized that I really didn't know enough, and I didn't have the time to learn about it. I outsourced it, and now security is their problem, not mine. Considering that my various hosting thingies are being run by professional admins makes me feel much better than doing my own hosting, and being administered by a weekend hobbyist administrator (me).
It's not the uncrashable behemoth that Mac fanboys would like to pretend it is, though I do find that as a general non-scientific statement it crashes less than Windows.
I've got two questions...
1. Why does OSX crash? They have the hardware lock-in down, so why crashes? Because...
2. I've never seen Windows XP crash, but the *only* time I've seen Windows 2000 crash was because of bad hardware drivers (which will be fixed with "trusted" drivers in Vista). Why is Windows XP crashing for you?
You know, now that you mention it, I have noticed lost of Mac users with pants crusted with semen from constantly jacking off, wearing "Tea shades"... Hmmm...
You know, I'd actually make a big effort to get to a store like that and spend money there. That's *exactly* what I want.
I think it's a good idea. I'm over 30, and quite honestly, I hate pouring over 10,000 kiddie or Japanime games to find the few good ones. I want my games to be good, but with extra graphic realism, or good acting/scripts. That Mario shit is about as interesting to me as Barney the dinosaur is. So I say, great idea. I'll be able to shop a lot easier.
Here's the definition:
the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
Well, the US has singlehandedly killed, by some estimation, over a quarter of a million people in Iraq. Bush says that he's going to keep going until he decides that it's over. I'd say that we're well on our way to genocide. The only end I could possibly see King Bush as being happy with would be to wipe out every living thing in Iraq, and replacing them with white, Christian Americans (like we already did only a few hundred years ago). It may not be genocide yet, but I'd say that it's happening right now.
certified drivers,
If this isn't for the users, then who is it for? Do you think that MS is hiring hundreds (thousands?) of people to maintain this for fun? Are they going to make a significant amount of money from this? No, this is most definitely for the users.
I've never seen XP crash, but the last time I've seen Windows 2000 crash was because of drivers. At this point in OS development, there's really no reason for crashing except for bad drivers (And yes, I don't think that OSX should crash ever, since they have hardware lock-in). I'm looking forward to certified drivers, because then I know that I don't have to worry about whatever new doo-dad I have hosing any of my machines.
What about current games about the current US "war" in Iraq? I'd bet every nickel that I own that in 100 years, history textbooks will discuss the US genocide in Iraq and the war crimes that Bush is guilty of. It's pretty horrible, gruesome, and pointless, but there are tons of games celebrating it out now.
Well, I haven't seen a whole heck of a lot of cross-platforms apps, even after the Miracle of Java (tm) was created. About the only progress made in the past two decades is that a PC can read a Mac disk and vice versa. All we really have at this point are hacked together kludges (like WINE). I'll believe it when I see it.
No, having interoperability and standards is better than one major OS in my opinion.
Well, in your Fairy Dream Land, every OS works together and we all hold hands and sing together. The reality is that this has never happened, and if you were around during the birth of PC's in the 80's, you'd remember the nightmare of having several different platforms to develop for.
Actually, if any Slashdot "Editors" read the actual document, you'd see that the document is actually favorable, and says that MS is making good headway with documenting and hand-holding their competitors. The document says that MS has somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 people working to get this documentation done, and that there have been no substantive complaints about MS's compliance.
Read The Fucking Article, Slashdot editors.
What's a B&M? Is that a store?