Actually, I'm amusing myself by picturing the/. editors trying to clear the backlog of "Tiger Release Date" submissions sent in by every Mac user in the world. Some submitting it multiple times just because its sooo easy to do with a Mac.
They could be clearing the backlog until after Tiger is released.
At which time they will be flooded with submissions about Tiger review articles. Maybe I should send mine in now.
I can picture them being very anti-Tiger by mid-May.
But wouldn't it make sense for iPhoto to eventually leverage what CoreImage provides? Same for iMovie and iDVD WRT CoreVideo?
I thought a big part of Core* was to create basic frameworks that apps at all levels could use, including free/share-ware.. The general idea being to raise even the lowliest of apps to having an impressive base set of functionality.
In fact, from what I've been told, apps like Photoshop are the ones that won't use CoreImage, because Adobe already has their own equivalent they've been optimizing for years. Why would Adobe use FilterX in CoreImage, when they've already written the same filter and need the solution to be cross-platform?
And in many cases, a trip to a local Apple Store (if you have a local Apple Store) will net you a free copy. Just be sure to bring in the proof-of-purchase paperwork.
They may even do it if you ordered your Mac one day too early.
There was also a recent study where they examined doctors' cell phones. What they were taking home to their families (if their family ever used the cell phone) was downright scary.
Funny they didn't mention pagers, which get shared between docs in some practices. At least they used to before everyone had a cell phone and pagers were still expensive.
Patient A uses computer provided in the hospital room. Next Day, Patient B uses computer in the room. Next Day...
Nurse walks into examination room, pulls up patient record. Patient gets bored, plays around with computer. Doctor walks intor room, uses same computer (but washes hands before touching patient). Patient's kid messes around with computer during exam. Time for next patient -repeat scenario day after day for months.
The problem still exists even if the health-care professionals wash hands and use gloves as they're supposed to. The whole regime is set to prevent the doctor/nurse from being the conduit. Nothing prevents the computer from being the conduit.
You may be right, but I've always thought it interesting that the smaller doctor/dentist offices seem to have Macs. Its the bigger ones that have the PC/Windows solutions.
Maybe that's because there are billing solutions for small businesses available for Macs. I have to wonder what would happen if the equivalent software for larger solutions was also available for the Mac.
AFAIK, Apple has never shipped "just an updater" for a paid update (of course my memory gets fuzzy when you get back before System 7). Its always been the full OS (which comes on DVD these days). That was always a nice touch as apposed to the install DOS-install Win 3.1-Upgrade to Win 95... process involved with a certain other company.
Even with the "free" ($20) upgrades some have gotten in the past, Apple has shipped the entire OS on the CD(s). Its just that the installer checked to make sure you have the previous version before starting the installation process (you could still do a full archive and install). In fact, it didn't take long for people to figure out the trick and image the upgrade CD to disk, remove the bit that checked for the previous system, then burn the "fixed" image to another CD.
What's great about it (and many of the things Apple has done) is that it uses the fastest available hardware to do the job.
You don't have a GPU that can handle the job, Altivec will do it. Don't have Altivec, the core of the CPU will do it.
On other systems, either you have to have the hardware "required", or each developer has to handle checking for hardware and writing/optimizing all the code to handle the different configurations.
That's a huge feature IMO. Its not so much doing things that can't be done on "lesser" hardware, its about always using the fastest hardware available for the job.
As I've said before, Dashboard is great for entry level programming (kind of the Hypercard of the new century). What I'm not so sure of is once again treating "Desk Accessories" as being somehow different than "normal" apps and placing them in their own UI layer.
Well, the old iSync requires a.mac account for Mac-to-Mac syncing, I don't know about the new one. I'm assuming its the same.
And yes, it does seem like a stupid limitation. I can sync my Mac with my phone or PDA without going through.mac, but if I want to sync my desktop to my laptop, I have to send the data through the 'net first. The one nice thing is the.Mac account keeps all the sync information, so you've always got a good backup of all that info.
Regulating video game content is just a hot topic for politicians to use as a soap box. It isn't about protecting anyones right, it's about appealing to lazy parents to get their vote so they can keep their job.
Based on your first sentence, my conclusion would be different. Its not about appealing to lazy parents, its about scaring the ones who aren't into believing government regulation is the only way to protect their children.
Politicians don't care about lazy parents, because they're usually too lazy to vote too.
I just hope those studies are better (or better reported) than the one cited in the article.
Researchers from the University of Oklahoma recently found that two-thirds of school fights were instigated by regular video game players, but in the study of 607 students only four fights were started by children who had never played such games.
Is the reader to "assume" that there were an even number of game players vs. non? Because if 600 of those 607 kids are game players, I'd reach a completely different conclusion.
I'm sure the study has all the info, but reporting like this really bothers me.
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Actually, I'm amusing myself by picturing the /. editors trying to clear the backlog of "Tiger Release Date" submissions sent in by every Mac user in the world. Some submitting it multiple times just because its sooo easy to do with a Mac.
They could be clearing the backlog until after Tiger is released.
At which time they will be flooded with submissions about Tiger review articles. Maybe I should send mine in now.
I can picture them being very anti-Tiger by mid-May.
Well, there are the dual dual-core processor G5s that Apple will be announcing in June.
But wouldn't it make sense for iPhoto to eventually leverage what CoreImage provides? Same for iMovie and iDVD WRT CoreVideo?
I thought a big part of Core* was to create basic frameworks that apps at all levels could use, including free/share-ware.. The general idea being to raise even the lowliest of apps to having an impressive base set of functionality.
In fact, from what I've been told, apps like Photoshop are the ones that won't use CoreImage, because Adobe already has their own equivalent they've been optimizing for years. Why would Adobe use FilterX in CoreImage, when they've already written the same filter and need the solution to be cross-platform?
But didn't Microsoft patent isNot?
Or is that copyright SCO?
And in many cases, a trip to a local Apple Store (if you have a local Apple Store) will net you a free copy. Just be sure to bring in the proof-of-purchase paperwork.
They may even do it if you ordered your Mac one day too early.
There was also a recent study where they examined doctors' cell phones. What they were taking home to their families (if their family ever used the cell phone) was downright scary.
Funny they didn't mention pagers, which get shared between docs in some practices. At least they used to before everyone had a cell phone and pagers were still expensive.
They were also talking about cases like:
Patient A uses computer provided in the hospital room.
Next Day, Patient B uses computer in the room.
Next Day...
Nurse walks into examination room, pulls up patient record.
Patient gets bored, plays around with computer.
Doctor walks intor room, uses same computer (but washes hands before touching patient).
Patient's kid messes around with computer during exam.
Time for next patient -repeat scenario day after day for months.
The problem still exists even if the health-care professionals wash hands and use gloves as they're supposed to. The whole regime is set to prevent the doctor/nurse from being the conduit. Nothing prevents the computer from being the conduit.
For some reason that made me think of a Greek mythology class I took years ago.
You may be right, but I've always thought it interesting that the smaller doctor/dentist offices seem to have Macs. Its the bigger ones that have the PC/Windows solutions.
Maybe that's because there are billing solutions for small businesses available for Macs. I have to wonder what would happen if the equivalent software for larger solutions was also available for the Mac.
Windows looks like the best choice because everything you want is right there, and it looks like less of a hassel.
I guess it depends on what you want. For many people, all they want (email client, web browser, iLife apps etc.) come right in the box.
I guess my first step would be, forget USB, use Firewire. Firewire is a peer-to-peer protocol. All you need is a way to initiate the ransfers.
sucks files from one to the other
Which explains why the thing is really mis-named (IMO).
It would certainly give a higher resolution,
Yep, that's what's really needed for Pong, a higher resolution display. That'd make those big rectangular bricks look so much more realistic!
I'd even go for a plasma display to make the colors look more life-like.
I'm thinking it's going to be at least a year before there are enough must-have apps that are Tiger only to induce upgrades.
OTOH I'm ready to upgrade today!
AFAIK, Apple has never shipped "just an updater" for a paid update (of course my memory gets fuzzy when you get back before System 7). Its always been the full OS (which comes on DVD these days). That was always a nice touch as apposed to the install DOS-install Win 3.1-Upgrade to Win 95... process involved with a certain other company.
Even with the "free" ($20) upgrades some have gotten in the past, Apple has shipped the entire OS on the CD(s). Its just that the installer checked to make sure you have the previous version before starting the installation process (you could still do a full archive and install). In fact, it didn't take long for people to figure out the trick and image the upgrade CD to disk, remove the bit that checked for the previous system, then burn the "fixed" image to another CD.
Or maybe, with the given space, power use, and heat dissapation requirements, its impossible at any price.
But the point is, its not going to be any slower.
What's great about it (and many of the things Apple has done) is that it uses the fastest available hardware to do the job.
You don't have a GPU that can handle the job, Altivec will do it.
Don't have Altivec, the core of the CPU will do it.
On other systems, either you have to have the hardware "required", or each developer has to handle checking for hardware and writing/optimizing all the code to handle the different configurations.
That's a huge feature IMO. Its not so much doing things that can't be done on "lesser" hardware, its about always using the fastest hardware available for the job.
I don't know. What kind of cat eats Longhorns?
I always thought it was amusing that Apple names their OS releases after fast, nimble predators. While MS names theirs after the prey.
So what does that mean?
As I've said before, Dashboard is great for entry level programming (kind of the Hypercard of the new century). What I'm not so sure of is once again treating "Desk Accessories" as being somehow different than "normal" apps and placing them in their own UI layer.
Well, the old iSync requires a .mac account for Mac-to-Mac syncing, I don't know about the new one. I'm assuming its the same.
.mac, but if I want to sync my desktop to my laptop, I have to send the data through the 'net first. The one nice thing is the .Mac account keeps all the sync information, so you've always got a good backup of all that info.
And yes, it does seem like a stupid limitation. I can sync my Mac with my phone or PDA without going through
Regulating video game content is just a hot topic for politicians to use as a soap box. It isn't about protecting anyones right, it's about appealing to lazy parents to get their vote so they can keep their job.
Based on your first sentence, my conclusion would be different. Its not about appealing to lazy parents, its about scaring the ones who aren't into believing government regulation is the only way to protect their children.
Politicians don't care about lazy parents, because they're usually too lazy to vote too.
I just hope those studies are better (or better reported) than the one cited in the article.
Researchers from the University of Oklahoma recently found that two-thirds of school fights were instigated by regular video game players, but in the study of 607 students only four fights were started by children who had never played such games.
Is the reader to "assume" that there were an even number of game players vs. non? Because if 600 of those 607 kids are game players, I'd reach a completely different conclusion.
I'm sure the study has all the info, but reporting like this really bothers me.
After all P2P must show substantial legal uses to gain a favorable ruling.
Actually, some have made the argument that any legal use is sufficient. After all, how do you define "substantial"? Based on quality? Quantity? Need?
full automatic weapons still serve purposes... ... not the least of which is my right to the pursuit of happiness.
Just wondering if I'm the only one picturing you stalking "happiness" through the wilderness, then blasting it to bits.
I just have be faster than YOU.
Being faster than me isn't going to help if you're being chased and I'm on a different continent!