But Quartz Extreme moves much of that off to the GPU if a suitable one is available (same for Core Image) -and I'm assuming a suitable one will be included in whatever graphics cards Apple uses.
Everyone reading the article knows that we're talking about PCs.
Then there are Mac bigots, like me, who like to point out that Macs are Personal Computers too!
But maybe those are just the old ones who remember when the term "PC" actually encompassed a wide range of choices "IBM compatible PC" was just a marketing phrase.
But, like you said, we all know what we're talking about when the term PC is used.
enough of the information-less, ad-revenue seeking , spectacularly headlined articles about the XBox please. Lets just wait until there is some real news, shall we?
Please, No!
Along that path lies madness in a barrage of more stories about Longhorn. As if its going to arrive sooner than any of these consoles and with any less hype.
I was really enjoying my few days free of every news site having "Breaking/Headline News" about some new Longhorn something or anothing.
Our first one lasted about 16 months. Can't say I'm surprised though with the abuse it got. Things like somebody tripping over a controller cable and pulling the unit off the shelf on occasion. The shelf for the PS2 is only 4-5 inches off the carpeted floor, but still...
Like I said, can't really blame the console maker in my case. Go for the wireless controllers if you have kids. They're not as good (IMO) but they can save you a lot of trouble.
So I can get the kids off the computer and use it myself!
For some reason that reminds me of an old InfoWorld cartoon I used to have taped up at work. Picture a woman standing at the bottom of a set of stairs saying to her husband, "Why are you down here watching TV on the computer while the kids are upstairs surfing the web on the TV?"
Worms 2 is an old app, and thus probably tries to save something in the program directory itself.
Which was a major PITA on OS X when my kids were running games in "Classic". The fix was to simply find the folder the game used for "Save Game" info and change read/write priviliges for that folder. I assume the same could be done on Windows?
Safari downloads it and runs it. Dashboard inserts it in the widget bar.
And it still requires the user to start it from the widget bar. So its not like you can go from clicking on a link to major meltdown without some user action. Still good that Apple plugged that hole.
Funny, very few of the Mac users I know have a virus scanner, and even those who have them, don't use them. The exception seems to be some companies that require their use -and they only seem to pick up Windows viruses that come in through email (don't infect the Mac, but could get propagated if the user intentionally forwards the message to someone else).
The last time I personally know of a Mac user being infected by a computer virus was over a decade ago with the Word Macro Virus. Think about that when considering cost.
I actually think web browsers are much better about keeping it as simple as they can compared to the old browser war days. Those were the days when your web browser tried to be everything from your email client to your web site creator to your file browser...
About a month ago I was talking to my wife (a librarian) about the prospect of these books being available for electronic "readers". Basically a tablet you could download the books to and read. I thought it would be great if the display was good enough.
She looked at me like I was some kind of alien or something.
Apparently for some people, the tactile (feel of the paper & book), auditory (sound of the pages turning) and olfactory (smell of the book) senses are all part of the "reading experience". And they take it serious!
I just had to ask her if she really preferred to spend her time with heavy, smelly things that mostly just sit around and take up space.
She just mentioned something about being married to me.
Google isn't the first map provider. Google is the firs map provider to do it right. To take a good idea and implement it in a useable, technichally sound way often requires much more innovation than simply coming up with an idea.
Take it from a Mac-head, People never buy that argument.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you just create a list that depicts exaclty what was described?
These are all cases where MS saw others develop a market place, then "swooped in". The fact that they haven't won all those markets yet doesn't mean they aren't still trying to "steal" them away from current (or past) leaders.
I was trying to figure that out. If that includes time to actually find the correct information, that may be right. I know I often have to check several candidates before I actually get what I'm looking for.
Not having either of the actual studies in front of me, I was intrigued by the line,
PatchLink's finding is that on a per patch incident basis,
Which raises the question, how often does Windows need to be patched vs. Linux? It seems to be assumed they need to be patched on an equivalent basis and I really have no way of evaluating if that is true or not.
I wonder if that's where he gets the idea that the average search takes 11 minutes -that's the average for him to relay his search request to a subordinate, have the search done, and get the results back from said person.
My experience is closer to 11 seconds, so who out there is taking 20 minutes o do a search?
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Then its Apple who will be acquiring Microsoft?
I'm laughing thinking of Jobs as a MS advisor to Ballmer and Gates.
Then ousting Ballmer to become the iCEO of MS.
But does this mean that future Mac x86s are just going to be PCs with a special "Mac Flag" that OSX will be looking for?
Yes, the flag is an HFS+ formatted hard drive.
But Quartz Extreme moves much of that off to the GPU if a suitable one is available (same for Core Image) -and I'm assuming a suitable one will be included in whatever graphics cards Apple uses.
Everyone reading the article knows that we're talking about PCs.
Then there are Mac bigots, like me, who like to point out that Macs are Personal Computers too!
But maybe those are just the old ones who remember when the term "PC" actually encompassed a wide range of choices "IBM compatible PC" was just a marketing phrase.
But, like you said, we all know what we're talking about when the term PC is used.
You forgot RAM.
c ating ..."
Several years ago, during a yearly refresher course, the instructor put up a slide that went something like:
"What can make RAM Volatile?
Vacuum
Static discharge
Centrifuging
Shaking
Vortexing
Soni
Blender
I really had a hard time not ROTFLMAO as he explained each one.
Of course this was the yearly refresher on handling RadioActive Material.
Amazing!
That big Homeland Security budget is really paying off. And here I thought they wouldn't accomplish anything.
I'm wondering why slashdot seems so impressed by this; this is all common knowlege
/.'s learned this around 2nd grade.
Yeah, I was thinking most
Now if it was a "Dating Hot Babes How-To"...
You really can't see that much.
Yeah, how disappointing. The headline said X-rated, I'm not sure this even qualifies as PG-13.
enough of the information-less, ad-revenue seeking , spectacularly headlined articles about the XBox please. Lets just wait until there is some real news, shall we?
Please, No!
Along that path lies madness in a barrage of more stories about Longhorn. As if its going to arrive sooner than any of these consoles and with any less hype.
I was really enjoying my few days free of every news site having "Breaking/Headline News" about some new Longhorn something or anothing.
Do you have kids?
Our first one lasted about 16 months. Can't say I'm surprised though with the abuse it got. Things like somebody tripping over a controller cable and pulling the unit off the shelf on occasion. The shelf for the PS2 is only 4-5 inches off the carpeted floor, but still...
Like I said, can't really blame the console maker in my case. Go for the wireless controllers if you have kids. They're not as good (IMO) but they can save you a lot of trouble.
I don't think I've ever seen realistic smoke in a console game yet.
When my old Atari system fried years ago, there was plenty of realistic smoke in the console!
Speaking as a parent...
So I can get the kids off the computer and use it myself!
For some reason that reminds me of an old InfoWorld cartoon I used to have taped up at work. Picture a woman standing at the bottom of a set of stairs saying to her husband, "Why are you down here watching TV on the computer while the kids are upstairs surfing the web on the TV?"
Worms 2 is an old app, and thus probably tries to save something in the program directory itself.
Which was a major PITA on OS X when my kids were running games in "Classic". The fix was to simply find the folder the game used for "Save Game" info and change read/write priviliges for that folder. I assume the same could be done on Windows?
Safari downloads it and runs it. Dashboard inserts it in the widget bar.
And it still requires the user to start it from the widget bar. So its not like you can go from clicking on a link to major meltdown without some user action. Still good that Apple plugged that hole.
every Mac user I know uses a virus scanner
Funny, very few of the Mac users I know have a virus scanner, and even those who have them, don't use them. The exception seems to be some companies that require their use -and they only seem to pick up Windows viruses that come in through email (don't infect the Mac, but could get propagated if the user intentionally forwards the message to someone else).
The last time I personally know of a Mac user being infected by a computer virus was over a decade ago with the Word Macro Virus. Think about that when considering cost.
I actually think web browsers are much better about keeping it as simple as they can compared to the old browser war days. Those were the days when your web browser tried to be everything from your email client to your web site creator to your file browser...
About a month ago I was talking to my wife (a librarian) about the prospect of these books being available for electronic "readers". Basically a tablet you could download the books to and read. I thought it would be great if the display was good enough.
She looked at me like I was some kind of alien or something.
Apparently for some people, the tactile (feel of the paper & book), auditory (sound of the pages turning) and olfactory (smell of the book) senses are all part of the "reading experience". And they take it serious!
I just had to ask her if she really preferred to spend her time with heavy, smelly things that mostly just sit around and take up space.
She just mentioned something about being married to me.
Google isn't the first map provider. Google is the firs map provider to do it right. To take a good idea and implement it in a useable, technichally sound way often requires much more innovation than simply coming up with an idea.
Take it from a Mac-head, People never buy that argument.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you just create a list that depicts exaclty what was described?
These are all cases where MS saw others develop a market place, then "swooped in". The fact that they haven't won all those markets yet doesn't mean they aren't still trying to "steal" them away from current (or past) leaders.
At one time, IBM was developing a PPC that also included an x86 core. I believe it was the PPC 615.
I was trying to figure that out. If that includes time to actually find the correct information, that may be right. I know I often have to check several candidates before I actually get what I'm looking for.
Not having either of the actual studies in front of me, I was intrigued by the line,
PatchLink's finding is that on a per patch incident basis,
Which raises the question, how often does Windows need to be patched vs. Linux? It seems to be assumed they need to be patched on an equivalent basis and I really have no way of evaluating if that is true or not.
And if the antelope greased himself with lard...
Haven't heard that one before. At first I was thinking you forgot this is a Family Friendly Forum.
Well, we are talking the BSA here...
They may have resouces, but "clue" aint one of them.
I wonder if that's where he gets the idea that the average search takes 11 minutes -that's the average for him to relay his search request to a subordinate, have the search done, and get the results back from said person.
My experience is closer to 11 seconds, so who out there is taking 20 minutes o do a search?