i wonder if Intel feels that they rely too much on M$ to show their power? the general public will never understand Linux on Intel benchmarks to show the power of Intel chips.
when OS X is humming on Intel chips (it sounds like it will be sometime in 2007 before the towers and Xserves switch) they can put an Intel chip running OS X next to an Intel chip running MS windows. any pokiness on one side can be blamed on the OS.
i am sure they also like powering what is considered the cutting edge personal computer company. for their market share, Apple gets a LOT of headlines and that can only help Intel's public profile.
i think it's funny a little while before the announcement there was the mockup of a Mac Mini clone and Intel said they will have Intel powering something like that in the future. who know how right they were! i am guessing around June 2006?
the first true democracy where every person (despite gender, race etc) had an equal vote was on some of the pirate ships. go figure.
there were other forms of democracy going back in history, but many had restrictions, or worked more like a republic. part of the problem being to actually get every citizen (they would let vote) to be able to vote 1,000 years ago was just a mess. mix in a little corruption and it just gets worse.
the other developer releases for OS X have been made so they can not be upgraded with non-developer updates.
meaning if you have the dev builds of 10.4 (or whatever) when the official version ships you have to wipe that drive and reinstall the shipping product. you can download the updates to the developer builds (not sure if they track who downloads that), but when the final thing ships you will have to get another copy. then again the actual OS X for Intel will not run on regular PC hardware... so if this story is even true, you will only have a limited time to keep current. the longest these boxes are allowed out in the wild is the end of 2006, but i do not know at what point they will stop doing updates for the software on them.
wouldn't there be driver issues if somebody tried to install this on their home windows machine? i would think it will only work on limited hardware, if it really works at all.
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/ they have made hardware that uses PPC chips that can not run the Mac OS. there is open firmware or boot rom stuff missing on the motherboard. that stuff does not live in the processor, or on a drive. granted yellowdog is a legit company and had no interest in making machines that booted OS X or OS 9, so a bunch of crafty hackers would be another thing.
just because the processor may be the same as another PC it does not mean the motherboard is, and there may be some key non-open things on there to require OS X to boot. i don't really know though, i would guess with Darwin it may be easier than ever to "emulate" Aqua on an unsupported box.
remember they are making the chips for the Xbox2. they also have the PS3 contract too, right? and i know the gamecube used a G3 or G4 variant.. but i don't know about the new thing. i don't play games so i just heard this stuff from Mac news sources.
i was wondering how IBM would keep up with Apple's orders (which they have had trouble doing, let alone making faster chips) AND pick up the console game work. i had read IBM is building a new Power/PPC plant a few months ago. i don't pay enough attention to know if that is still happening.
there is something ironic that the new Xbox will use PPC chips, and the dev boxes are G5 towers... while Apple is getting cozy with Intel. i would not have seen that coming a year or two ago.
i have seen more and more people using Macs, especially since OS X has gotten into gear. not just creative types, or people somewhat fearful of computers... but a few people that were total Linux/BSD die hards in school. they spend their days using those systems and seem content with OS X for their personal machines. they can install all their favorite X Window stuff, but also have everything else they need readily available.
weren't there ET-like things in the senate? i forget if it was episode 1 or 2, but i am thinking 1. when they pan around all the reps in the senate you can see wookies and whatever else and i am 99% sure there were little ET things. i noticed it in the theater, i am not sure how easy they would be to spot on a TV screen.
maybe with media this large people will be more likely to back up (clone?) their entire hd? maybe not.... but it would make it a lot easier than picking the important files.
even of the slightly more responsible people i know... a few lost their entire mp3 collection when the drive died. i guess they did not have a 200 gig backup drive.
the article says: "The modified policy only applies to eBay sellers who are required to be registered for GST," Mr Samuel said.
i don't know what that means over there, but in the USA you do not have to pay tax if you are selling your own stuff. if you are running an online store or something it is a different story. if you sell an old laptop or a pair of skis then you, in theory, already paid any required possible tax on the item and do not have to again. i think if the item went up in value then you are maybe supposed to pay tax on the increased amount of value.... but for individuals i don't know about that.
i guess the laws for vehicles are different too..... for some reason you have to pay a tax on the amount of the sale when you transfer the title (at least in PA we do).
all that being said i hope we don't get that kind of tax. as of right now i don't see George Bush or the Republicans pushing for it. they have been mostly against internet taxes hoping that SOME part of the economy will do well.
you can also sometimes find midi clips to be used as ring tones. i found a few a while back and can not remember where (a random site of ring tones had them jumbled in). the only one i could find again is the start up audio from Dig Dug. that's my text message alert.
you can probably also track down the audio because people download and play the mame files, and if i remember right you can get the audio from them. it's not a compilation CD, but it would be the actual audio files.
i think the point was that it sold out before the ads were even out. it spread by word of mouth, or online. not shocking to us, but the fact that there were so many people that watched the show (or the DVDs) that still were keeping up to the minute with news.
makes you wonder how the show failed so fast. was it because it was on friday nights, or because it was shown out of sequence (the pilot being shown last) or is the TV rating system flawed enough that they may miss a whole demographic of people that use VCRs/TiVo to catch shows.
i remember LONG before we knew OS X 10.4 would be called Tiger there was a list of cat names Apple had registered or trademarked. it was assumed those couple of names would be the next few versions of OS X. i read it on a rumor site, but it was info they pulled from legit sources.
well maybe Walmart legal was trying to say he obviously downloaded the actual.gif and uploaded it on his webspace, and that is why it is a DMCA issue?
yes, i read the article... but it is about as long as my response so we are all guessing here.
there are some very specific issues for parody uses, but i think he would have been ok. it's another medium, but shows like Saturday Night Live use the parody loophole to do all their spoofs of movies or TV shows. they do not get permission from anyone, and they profit from it.
they do not want people to think they can't see it if they never saw the series. from what i remember, it will take place a few months after the series left off, but it will be done so somebody knowing nothing about the series will understand.
you can watch the trailer tuesday and see what you think. plenty of people go see movies based on a trailer and reviews.... maybe it's something you will like and maybe not.
the series really was derailed by the execs. i don't know if it would have lasted anyway being run on friday nights. my housemate has the series boxset and it makes a lot more sense to see it in order. there are also episodes that were never aired.
you can always get it from netflix or a rental place. or go see the movie and if you like it then get the box set.
what the hell does that mean? the software has to be complete if your distro is 100 copies or 300,000,000,000. the magic of software or music is that once the project is done you just have to distribute it. the only difference in the end is that the company selling more copies will make more money.
as pointed out Apple last had a major release about a year and a half ago. they also have said they are slowing down the release schedule for full version.
how is that different than not looking at every ad in a newspaper or magazine? if i skip over ads and just read articles am i violating some understanding? that would apply for all newspapers, even ones that are not free depend on the ads to make any money. that 50 or whatever doesn't pay for much of anything. in a way those sale brocure type ads stuffed in the middle of the newspaper are no different. am i intended to thumb through all of those? it's amazing how all these issues existed before and were never *that* big a deal. i am guessing that now there is a way to (maybe) stop it, so people get worked up. they never outlawed markers or scissors because you could cut out ads with them.
maybe hacks will come out, but from what i last researched the ways to trick OS X into installing on an older beige Mac did not allow 10.3 because it required built in USB. i would guess the same enabler would not play with the firewire/processor upgrades to the older iMacs (with mezzanine slot).
a lot of people seem to confuse University of Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia) with Penn State.... or they do not realize it is two unrelated schools. when i hear somebody just say "Penn" i assume they mean University of Pennsylvania, but i live in Philadelphia. while Penn State's main campus is in State College, PA... they have satellite campuses all over the place. that may help with the confusion?
social security is not supposed to get "government funding". that money is taken right from taxes and used to pay the people currently getting the checks. if anything social security funds other stuff because the government keeps "borrowing" from it.
some info on the phone did leak out, including that it was flash based. it's not huge capacity or anything. they showed it to the press a day or two before the cancelled release and i guess from there some info came out about how many songs it can hold and whatnot. i don't remember the capacity, because they always talk about it in terms of number of songs (grr) and not MBs.
i don't think it's iPod + phone as much as a phone with a built in flash drive and some slimmed down version of the iPod's software. it has some of the iPod's interface as well as the ability to play iTMS songs... and it can sync with iTunes.
does not mean he can make a better one. that's like assuming that any joker with a wrecking ball could also build a stronger building?
i guess they could hire him (or his crew?) for consulting, but honestly i think Apple knows of the limits of their DRM anyway. they put in JUST ENOUGH for the major labels to give them songs, but not much more. the same way a fairly simple hack reveals the hidden music folder on the iPod. the folder is hidden by default so it takes a deliberate action to reveal it. even if that action is easy, it is not provided by Apple.
while not for anything like broadband, the new Apple Powerbooks are the first machines to ship with Bluetooth2.0 i do not know if BT2.0 has any range improvments? i assume not since it still is not intended to replace WiFi.
from apple.com:
Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, while still backwards-compatible with Bluetooth 1.x, is up to three times faster than its predecessors, offering a maximum data rate of 3Mbps. As the first company to certify a system supporting Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (enhanced data rate) specification with the Bluetooth Qualification Board, Apple continues to popularize Bluetooth technology.
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i wonder if Intel feels that they rely too much on M$ to show their power? the general public will never understand Linux on Intel benchmarks to show the power of Intel chips.
when OS X is humming on Intel chips (it sounds like it will be sometime in 2007 before the towers and Xserves switch) they can put an Intel chip running OS X next to an Intel chip running MS windows. any pokiness on one side can be blamed on the OS.
i am sure they also like powering what is considered the cutting edge personal computer company. for their market share, Apple gets a LOT of headlines and that can only help Intel's public profile.
i think it's funny a little while before the announcement there was the mockup of a Mac Mini clone and Intel said they will have Intel powering something like that in the future. who know how right they were! i am guessing around June 2006?
the first true democracy where every person (despite gender, race etc) had an equal vote was on some of the pirate ships. go figure.
there were other forms of democracy going back in history, but many had restrictions, or worked more like a republic. part of the problem being to actually get every citizen (they would let vote) to be able to vote 1,000 years ago was just a mess. mix in a little corruption and it just gets worse.
the other developer releases for OS X have been made so they can not be upgraded with non-developer updates.
meaning if you have the dev builds of 10.4 (or whatever) when the official version ships you have to wipe that drive and reinstall the shipping product. you can download the updates to the developer builds (not sure if they track who downloads that), but when the final thing ships you will have to get another copy.
then again the actual OS X for Intel will not run on regular PC hardware... so if this story is even true, you will only have a limited time to keep current. the longest these boxes are allowed out in the wild is the end of 2006, but i do not know at what point they will stop doing updates for the software on them.
wouldn't there be driver issues if somebody tried to install this on their home windows machine? i would think it will only work on limited hardware, if it really works at all.
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
they have made hardware that uses PPC chips that can not run the Mac OS. there is open firmware or boot rom stuff missing on the motherboard. that stuff does not live in the processor, or on a drive. granted yellowdog is a legit company and had no interest in making machines that booted OS X or OS 9, so a bunch of crafty hackers would be another thing.
just because the processor may be the same as another PC it does not mean the motherboard is, and there may be some key non-open things on there to require OS X to boot. i don't really know though, i would guess with Darwin it may be easier than ever to "emulate" Aqua on an unsupported box.
remember they are making the chips for the Xbox2. they also have the PS3 contract too, right? and i know the gamecube used a G3 or G4 variant.. but i don't know about the new thing. i don't play games so i just heard this stuff from Mac news sources.
i was wondering how IBM would keep up with Apple's orders (which they have had trouble doing, let alone making faster chips) AND pick up the console game work. i had read IBM is building a new Power/PPC plant a few months ago. i don't pay enough attention to know if that is still happening.
there is something ironic that the new Xbox will use PPC chips, and the dev boxes are G5 towers... while Apple is getting cozy with Intel. i would not have seen that coming a year or two ago.
well, no matter what anyone thinks about Apple or Steve Jobs the company has shown they can be very profitable even with a small market share.
i have seen more and more people using Macs, especially since OS X has gotten into gear. not just creative types, or people somewhat fearful of computers... but a few people that were total Linux/BSD die hards in school. they spend their days using those systems and seem content with OS X for their personal machines. they can install all their favorite X Window stuff, but also have everything else they need readily available.
wow, does that site tell me nothing. it must be a ploy to sell more advil with that annoying fucking YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHH audio loop.
not if it is stuff you personally own. it is like a yard sale. the thinking is that it is worth less than what you paid.
weren't there ET-like things in the senate? i forget if it was episode 1 or 2, but i am thinking 1. when they pan around all the reps in the senate you can see wookies and whatever else and i am 99% sure there were little ET things. i noticed it in the theater, i am not sure how easy they would be to spot on a TV screen.
maybe with media this large people will be more likely to back up (clone?) their entire hd? maybe not.... but it would make it a lot easier than picking the important files.
even of the slightly more responsible people i know... a few lost their entire mp3 collection when the drive died. i guess they did not have a 200 gig backup drive.
the article says: "The modified policy only applies to eBay sellers who are required to be registered for GST," Mr Samuel said.
i don't know what that means over there, but in the USA you do not have to pay tax if you are selling your own stuff. if you are running an online store or something it is a different story. if you sell an old laptop or a pair of skis then you, in theory, already paid any required possible tax on the item and do not have to again. i think if the item went up in value then you are maybe supposed to pay tax on the increased amount of value.... but for individuals i don't know about that.
i guess the laws for vehicles are different too..... for some reason you have to pay a tax on the amount of the sale when you transfer the title (at least in PA we do).
all that being said i hope we don't get that kind of tax. as of right now i don't see George Bush or the Republicans pushing for it. they have been mostly against internet taxes hoping that SOME part of the economy will do well.
you can also sometimes find midi clips to be used as ring tones. i found a few a while back and can not remember where (a random site of ring tones had them jumbled in). the only one i could find again is the start up audio from Dig Dug. that's my text message alert.
you can probably also track down the audio because people download and play the mame files, and if i remember right you can get the audio from them. it's not a compilation CD, but it would be the actual audio files.
i think the point was that it sold out before the ads were even out. it spread by word of mouth, or online. not shocking to us, but the fact that there were so many people that watched the show (or the DVDs) that still were keeping up to the minute with news.
makes you wonder how the show failed so fast. was it because it was on friday nights, or because it was shown out of sequence (the pilot being shown last) or is the TV rating system flawed enough that they may miss a whole demographic of people that use VCRs/TiVo to catch shows.
i remember LONG before we knew OS X 10.4 would be called Tiger there was a list of cat names Apple had registered or trademarked. it was assumed those couple of names would be the next few versions of OS X. i read it on a rumor site, but it was info they pulled from legit sources.
well maybe Walmart legal was trying to say he obviously downloaded the actual .gif and uploaded it on his webspace, and that is why it is a DMCA issue?
yes, i read the article... but it is about as long as my response so we are all guessing here.
there are some very specific issues for parody uses, but i think he would have been ok. it's another medium, but shows like Saturday Night Live use the parody loophole to do all their spoofs of movies or TV shows. they do not get permission from anyone, and they profit from it.
they do not want people to think they can't see it if they never saw the series. from what i remember, it will take place a few months after the series left off, but it will be done so somebody knowing nothing about the series will understand.
you can watch the trailer tuesday and see what you think. plenty of people go see movies based on a trailer and reviews.... maybe it's something you will like and maybe not.
the series really was derailed by the execs. i don't know if it would have lasted anyway being run on friday nights. my housemate has the series boxset and it makes a lot more sense to see it in order. there are also episodes that were never aired.
you can always get it from netflix or a rental place. or go see the movie and if you like it then get the box set.
what the hell does that mean? the software has to be complete if your distro is 100 copies or 300,000,000,000. the magic of software or music is that once the project is done you just have to distribute it. the only difference in the end is that the company selling more copies will make more money.
as pointed out Apple last had a major release about a year and a half ago. they also have said they are slowing down the release schedule for full version.
how is that different than not looking at every ad in a newspaper or magazine? if i skip over ads and just read articles am i violating some understanding? that would apply for all newspapers, even ones that are not free depend on the ads to make any money. that 50 or whatever doesn't pay for much of anything.
in a way those sale brocure type ads stuffed in the middle of the newspaper are no different. am i intended to thumb through all of those?
it's amazing how all these issues existed before and were never *that* big a deal. i am guessing that now there is a way to (maybe) stop it, so people get worked up. they never outlawed markers or scissors because you could cut out ads with them.
maybe hacks will come out, but from what i last researched the ways to trick OS X into installing on an older beige Mac did not allow 10.3 because it required built in USB. i would guess the same enabler would not play with the firewire/processor upgrades to the older iMacs (with mezzanine slot).
a lot of people seem to confuse University of Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia) with Penn State.... or they do not realize it is two unrelated schools. when i hear somebody just say "Penn" i assume they mean University of Pennsylvania, but i live in Philadelphia.
while Penn State's main campus is in State College, PA... they have satellite campuses all over the place. that may help with the confusion?
social security is not supposed to get "government funding". that money is taken right from taxes and used to pay the people currently getting the checks. if anything social security funds other stuff because the government keeps "borrowing" from it.
some info on the phone did leak out, including that it was flash based. it's not huge capacity or anything. they showed it to the press a day or two before the cancelled release and i guess from there some info came out about how many songs it can hold and whatnot. i don't remember the capacity, because they always talk about it in terms of number of songs (grr) and not MBs.
i don't think it's iPod + phone as much as a phone with a built in flash drive and some slimmed down version of the iPod's software. it has some of the iPod's interface as well as the ability to play iTMS songs... and it can sync with iTunes.
does not mean he can make a better one. that's like assuming that any joker with a wrecking ball could also build a stronger building?
i guess they could hire him (or his crew?) for consulting, but honestly i think Apple knows of the limits of their DRM anyway. they put in JUST ENOUGH for the major labels to give them songs, but not much more. the same way a fairly simple hack reveals the hidden music folder on the iPod. the folder is hidden by default so it takes a deliberate action to reveal it. even if that action is easy, it is not provided by Apple.
while not for anything like broadband, the new Apple Powerbooks are the first machines to ship with Bluetooth2.0
i do not know if BT2.0 has any range improvments? i assume not since it still is not intended to replace WiFi.
from apple.com:
Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, while still backwards-compatible with Bluetooth 1.x, is up to three times faster than its predecessors, offering a maximum data rate of 3Mbps. As the first company to certify a system supporting Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (enhanced data rate) specification with the Bluetooth Qualification Board, Apple continues to popularize Bluetooth technology.
http://www.apple.com/bluetooth/