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OS X on x86?
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But as the age-old question goes, "What about applications for it?"
I'm by no means a programmer, but it would seem to me a lot of work to port existing apps over to OSX on x86, and I'm guessing that existing x86 apps wouldn't run under it natively.
To do somethig boneheaded like this.
Come to think of it, doesn't the rest of the world always laugh at the French and their silly ideas of how things should be?
Fortunately, I don't live there, and never will.
FD
My firm was contracted to set up a server and 30 computers for a christian private school. They wanted internet access, but also some censor ware (and damn if I cannot remember the name of the CW, probably not one of the more noted ones)
anyway, things went fine until one day we got a call from them, the CW was blocking sports sites, and the teacher wanted her students to write about thier favorite sports team, and could I come down and fix this.
Well sure, no problem, I just set the CW to not block sports-related sites.
To test this (and with a group of kids, christian kids mind you, surrounding me) I went to the NFL home page.
What's on the front site but a full page story about the drug charge/rape/murder investigation of one of the NFL's star athletes.
The 'pilot program' for OSHA's ergonomic program. It's one of the reasons I am no longer a safety and health official.
The original 'guidelines' were so onerous and overbearing that the cost to comply would bankrupt any company smaller than IBM. The rules were simply not based on any reality *I* know of.
Many 'experts' in the ergonomic field were consulted, but apparently that was just for show.
If you knew just who made the OSHA regulations and how they were made, you'd move to another country (as I did) the people in charge have *no clue* as to how things work in the real world (kind of like Congress come to think of it.)
I hope for the sake of the firms that try to comply, that the rules have been fixed....
Digger
I once saw a keyboard for sale at a local computer show that 'broke apart' and angled up to accomplish just that.
It was a very cool device, and you could adjust the angle to suit your needs. Shame it was $130.
But at one point in time *someone* thought it'd be a good idea to market.
Digger
http://www.virginconnect.com/help/faq_ian.html#3
The FAQ states you should return it, but you don't have to, and will NOT be charged if you keep it.
OTOH the guys at the linux-hacker site don't seem to be having much luck getting past the bios password. They tried shorting the CMOS jumpers, but the password seems hardcoded, so now it's time for the REAL hackers/crackers to step forward and help out.
Digger.
But does the Chip have performance issues? If so, I would suspect that Compaq would want to hold off until these issues are resolved. In the laptop wars, speed and battery life is everything...the Chip just may be unproven and Compaq may wait until someone else tests the waters first.
Just a thought.
Digger.
Lawmakers, increasinly in the US anyway, seem out of touch with reality. Perhaps it's a sideeffect of being in power for decades, stagnation sets in.
In any case, lawmakers have shown again and again that they do not, or cannot, grasp modern technology, and the laws they have passed reflect this. Money, as always, talks, and that shows as well (Digital Millenium Copyright Act, for example).
But ironically, technology continues, in spite of the laws passed, or to circumvent a particular law. This will always occur, as the rate of advance of technolgy will always outrun the number of lawmakers who understand what they are trying to regulate.
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But as the age-old question goes, "What about applications for it?"
I'm by no means a programmer, but it would seem to me a lot of work to port existing apps over to OSX on x86, and I'm guessing that existing x86 apps wouldn't run under it natively.
Jelly.
To do somethig boneheaded like this. Come to think of it, doesn't the rest of the world always laugh at the French and their silly ideas of how things should be? Fortunately, I don't live there, and never will. FD
I am now trying it for Windows (here at work) and I must say it's a HUGE improvement (speed wise) over the new Netscape 6.0.
I am saddened that Netscape has fallen so far and so fast. 4.7 was the workhorse of the College and business industry for a long time.
Don't even get me started on IE (random kick outs, BSODs, what a POS. Sure it's fast, at least at crashing.)
This is probably a tad off-topic (sorry).
My firm was contracted to set up a server and 30 computers for a christian private school. They wanted internet access, but also some censor ware (and damn if I cannot remember the name of the CW, probably not one of the more noted ones)
anyway, things went fine until one day we got a call from them, the CW was blocking sports sites, and the teacher wanted her students to write about thier favorite sports team, and could I come down and fix this.
Well sure, no problem, I just set the CW to not block sports-related sites.
To test this (and with a group of kids, christian kids mind you, surrounding me) I went to the NFL home page.
What's on the front site but a full page story about the drug charge/rape/murder investigation of one of the NFL's star athletes.
Whoops....
The filter went back on instantly.
The 'pilot program' for OSHA's ergonomic program. It's one of the reasons I am no longer a safety and health official. The original 'guidelines' were so onerous and overbearing that the cost to comply would bankrupt any company smaller than IBM. The rules were simply not based on any reality *I* know of. Many 'experts' in the ergonomic field were consulted, but apparently that was just for show. If you knew just who made the OSHA regulations and how they were made, you'd move to another country (as I did) the people in charge have *no clue* as to how things work in the real world (kind of like Congress come to think of it.) I hope for the sake of the firms that try to comply, that the rules have been fixed.... Digger
I once saw a keyboard for sale at a local computer show that 'broke apart' and angled up to accomplish just that. It was a very cool device, and you could adjust the angle to suit your needs. Shame it was $130. But at one point in time *someone* thought it'd be a good idea to market. Digger
these new fighter planes aren't controlled by a Windows-based OS. Hell of a Blue Screen Of Death wouldn't you say? Digger.
A beowulf cluster of these... ..oh, sorry, nevermind :-)
Digger
http://www.virginconnect.com/help/faq_ian.html#3 The FAQ states you should return it, but you don't have to, and will NOT be charged if you keep it. OTOH the guys at the linux-hacker site don't seem to be having much luck getting past the bios password. They tried shorting the CMOS jumpers, but the password seems hardcoded, so now it's time for the REAL hackers/crackers to step forward and help out. Digger.
But does the Chip have performance issues? If so, I would suspect that Compaq would want to hold off until these issues are resolved. In the laptop wars, speed and battery life is everything...the Chip just may be unproven and Compaq may wait until someone else tests the waters first. Just a thought. Digger.
Lawmakers, increasinly in the US anyway, seem out of touch with reality. Perhaps it's a sideeffect of being in power for decades, stagnation sets in. In any case, lawmakers have shown again and again that they do not, or cannot, grasp modern technology, and the laws they have passed reflect this. Money, as always, talks, and that shows as well (Digital Millenium Copyright Act, for example). But ironically, technology continues, in spite of the laws passed, or to circumvent a particular law. This will always occur, as the rate of advance of technolgy will always outrun the number of lawmakers who understand what they are trying to regulate.