You were lucky with your TiBook. My TiBook has had a bunch of problems. I had the extended warranty though and it paid off. I had the keyboard replaced (died), screen (plastic hinges broke, way too tight, no easy way to adjust), casing (paint peeling). These are typical problems many other owners experienced (hinges and paint certainly, google for it). Apple service is awesome but the TiBook in whole honesty isn't the best reliability-wise. The new Aluminum PowerBooks (2003 and onwards) are way better.
Not crazy but crooked. That scumbag is trying to extort money out of other companies for a patent that should never have been granted (using computer to route based on lowest cost route, I would have never thought of that!). The fact that the attempted extortion is legal and government sanctioned right now doesn't make it nice or moral.
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They don't take credit cards (I guess I know why now). Good idea though.
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I just got a Pioneer 110D from a sneaky local store. It died 20 days later and as it turns out the store will only warranty their stuff for 2 weeks (nasty, that's posted nowhere and it's not on the receipt). Now, I'm trying to get Pioneer to fix it but they are saying that they have none in stock and are urging it me to deal with the store. The store in the mean time reversed their stance and is now offering to exchange the drive for $20 ("shipping" to the distributor). Anyway, a whole lot of fun. Last Pioneer I buy...
Nonsense. Of course they should be blamed for bad support. They were being abandoned for a different reason in mid nineties. People who buy their products pay more but expect more so why wouldn't that apply to their support? I am about to dump my bank because I'm sick of dealing with the half-wits they hire for phone support. That all said, I had my PowerBook repaired by Apple last year and it was done well and within a reasonable time frame.
I hear you. I am a supporter of open source despite my wanting stable API. It's not necessarily about helping closed source drivers at all. Having a stable API helps open source as much as closed source drivers. Who wants to debug a million drivers every time APIs change? Linux will never (unfortunately) be adopted on desktop until there are stable APIs (not just kernel) and manufacturers are allowed to link in binary drivers. Why is it such a big deal if it helps adoption of open source? Theoretically, manufacturers with open source drivers should do better in the long run because their driver will be higher quality and debugged by more users. OSDL insists on politicizing this issue and instead of Linux, OS X is prospering.
I have been waiting for that for a long time. The lack of a stable interface is hampering adoption of Linux. Not all of the manufacturers are willing to open source drivers or for that matter to continuously change them as the APIs change. This is very welcome but unfortunately, I think they'll fail. There is just too much politics surrounding Linux these days.
That thing (international community supporting war on Serbia) is entirely a figment of your imagination. Clinton used NATO troops with support form a couple of other peace loving nations: Albania, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia. That is a very small part of international community. Also, that way had no UN sanction and was in fact illegal.
Semi-tractor engines? LOL. Check this 225 hp (330 lb torque) turbo diesel engine out. They put that engine in a chassis as small as the Audi A4 and in that configuration it does 0-62 mph in 7.7 secs. Diesels make a lot of sense for hybrids but Japanese were never big on diesel engines. Personally, if I were buying a car today I'd get a Jetta TDi (1.9 liter) because it has is priced decently, has good fuel economy in town, absolutely awesome economy on the highway (unmatched by Prius/Insight) and is a proper car IMO.
The only PSU that ever died on me was the most expensive one: Topower 420. It was in my gaming PC to protect the expensive components. I turn that machine on once a week at best. And no, it wasn't the dust that killed it - it popped a cap and was completely dust free. I also have a no-name PSU that cost me $30 with the case that has been on since mid 2000 (Linux server) with no problems.
This is the acceleration they feel by sitting sill on a table for example.
If you're sitting still, you are NOT, I repeat, NOT accelerating. I almost wet my pants reading this. Also, when they fall, they acclerate exatcly at 9.81 m/s^2. They would accelerate more on Jupiter but here on Earth, it's roughly 9.81.
Speak for yourself. I'd love to see this make it into Linux or OS X. I always seem to have 30+ windows open and never seem to be able to find the correct one to drop into. Two 19'' monitors at 1240x1024 *don't* help. Expose doesn't work because it either shows the desktop (no windows) or all windows. Spring loaded windows are about the only thing that helps in this situation.
I'll clue you in a little bit if you don't mind. The war against Serbia/Kosovo was run by NATO countries (started by US obviously although never actually declared) and enjoyed strong support of some other states (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Malaysia,...). I leave it up to you to decide whether that constitutes wide international support. It most certainly wasn't UN sanctioned. US allies on the ground were the KLA which were listed as a terrorist organisation up to that point by the State Department.
WTF? Stop deluding yourself. Where is that non-secret act? The original Patriot Act was passed with a single Democrat dissenting vote (*all* Democrats but one voted for it). How are the Democrats any different from Republicans?
Was the most expensive one: Topower 420 It was in my gaming PC to protect the expensive components. I turn that thing on once a week at best. I also have a no-name PSU that cost me $30 with the case that has been on for the past five years with zero problems. Go figure.
not because of its appearance but because of the ability to run OS X on the cheap. The OS is the real gem, not the hardware (hardware is still very nice though). What would I do with the $500 PC? Use it as a door stop? I got all the Linux servers I need already. The CPU is a tad slow for Doom III or hard core video/audio editing, otherwise it's just dandy (typing this on a 867 MHz PowerBook). The mini is a well placed product I think although the hard drive does suck.
Seriously, I have given up on Safari. Updates far and between and consistently making the browser slower. It takes a couple of seconds to render up any page on eBay on my 867 PB. FireFox does it in less than half the time. It's kind of funny that they originally went with KHTML instead of Mozilla because KHTML was faster.
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You were lucky with your TiBook. My TiBook has had a bunch of problems. I had the extended warranty though and it paid off. I had the keyboard replaced (died), screen (plastic hinges broke, way too tight, no easy way to adjust), casing (paint peeling). These are typical problems many other owners experienced (hinges and paint certainly, google for it). Apple service is awesome but the TiBook in whole honesty isn't the best reliability-wise. The new Aluminum PowerBooks (2003 and onwards) are way better.
Not crazy but crooked. That scumbag is trying to extort money out of other companies for a patent that should never have been granted (using computer to route based on lowest cost route, I would have never thought of that!). The fact that the attempted extortion is legal and government sanctioned right now doesn't make it nice or moral.
They don't take credit cards (I guess I know why now). Good idea though.
I just got a Pioneer 110D from a sneaky local store. It died 20 days later and as it turns out the store will only warranty their stuff for 2 weeks (nasty, that's posted nowhere and it's not on the receipt). Now, I'm trying to get Pioneer to fix it but they are saying that they have none in stock and are urging it me to deal with the store. The store in the mean time reversed their stance and is now offering to exchange the drive for $20 ("shipping" to the distributor). Anyway, a whole lot of fun. Last Pioneer I buy...
Quit making up countries! You think we can't tell a real country from a phoney one...
Nonsense. Of course they should be blamed for bad support. They were being abandoned for a different reason in mid nineties. People who buy their products pay more but expect more so why wouldn't that apply to their support? I am about to dump my bank because I'm sick of dealing with the half-wits they hire for phone support. That all said, I had my PowerBook repaired by Apple last year and it was done well and within a reasonable time frame.
I hear you. I am a supporter of open source despite my wanting stable API. It's not necessarily about helping closed source drivers at all. Having a stable API helps open source as much as closed source drivers. Who wants to debug a million drivers every time APIs change? Linux will never (unfortunately) be adopted on desktop until there are stable APIs (not just kernel) and manufacturers are allowed to link in binary drivers. Why is it such a big deal if it helps adoption of open source? Theoretically, manufacturers with open source drivers should do better in the long run because their driver will be higher quality and debugged by more users. OSDL insists on politicizing this issue and instead of Linux, OS X is prospering.
I have been waiting for that for a long time. The lack of a stable interface is hampering adoption of Linux. Not all of the manufacturers are willing to open source drivers or for that matter to continuously change them as the APIs change. This is very welcome but unfortunately, I think they'll fail. There is just too much politics surrounding Linux these days.
FYI, completely different code bases I think.
That thing (international community supporting war on Serbia) is entirely a figment of your imagination. Clinton used NATO troops with support form a couple of other peace loving nations: Albania, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia. That is a very small part of international community. Also, that way had no UN sanction and was in fact illegal.
Completely true.
Semi-tractor engines? LOL. Check this 225 hp (330 lb torque) turbo diesel engine out. They put that engine in a chassis as small as the Audi A4 and in that configuration it does 0-62 mph in 7.7 secs. Diesels make a lot of sense for hybrids but Japanese were never big on diesel engines. Personally, if I were buying a car today I'd get a Jetta TDi (1.9 liter) because it has is priced decently, has good fuel economy in town, absolutely awesome economy on the highway (unmatched by Prius/Insight) and is a proper car IMO.
The only PSU that ever died on me was the most expensive one:
Topower 420. It was in my gaming PC to protect the expensive components. I turn that machine on once a week at best. And no, it wasn't the dust that killed it - it popped a cap and was completely dust free. I also have a no-name PSU that cost me $30 with the case that has been on since mid 2000 (Linux server) with no problems.
I was just pointing out to the grand parent that power and heat aren't the same. There is noting to correct so relax please...
No, heat (or energy) is measured in J (Joules) or BTUs. Power is measured in W (Watts). Power = Energy / Time.
Moderators on crack strike again:
This is the acceleration they feel by sitting sill on a table for example.
If you're sitting still, you are NOT, I repeat, NOT accelerating. I almost wet my pants reading this. Also, when they fall, they acclerate exatcly at 9.81 m/s^2. They would accelerate more on Jupiter but here on Earth, it's roughly 9.81.
You got a nice buffer overflow going on there. That strzTemp should be 4 tchars wide to fit in the string terminator.
Speak for yourself. I'd love to see this make it into Linux or OS X. I always seem to have 30+ windows open and never seem to be able to find the correct one to drop into. Two 19'' monitors at 1240x1024 *don't* help. Expose doesn't work because it either shows the desktop (no windows) or all windows. Spring loaded windows are about the only thing that helps in this situation.
He was clearly talking about the war/intervention, not about the successive events.
I'll clue you in a little bit if you don't mind. The war against Serbia/Kosovo was run by NATO countries (started by US obviously although never actually declared) and enjoyed strong support of some other states (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Malaysia, ...). I leave it up to you to decide whether that constitutes wide international support. It most certainly wasn't UN sanctioned. US allies on the ground were the KLA which were listed as a terrorist organisation up to that point by the State Department.
It has been a long time since their reviews had any merit in my eyes. They generally favour their advertisers and aren't very sublte about that.
WTF? Stop deluding yourself. Where is that non-secret act? The original Patriot Act was passed with a single Democrat dissenting vote (*all* Democrats but one voted for it). How are the Democrats any different from Republicans?
Was the most expensive one:
Topower 420
It was in my gaming PC to protect the expensive components. I turn that thing on once a week at best. I also have a no-name PSU that cost me $30 with the case that has been on for the past five years with zero problems. Go figure.
not because of its appearance but because of the ability to run OS X on the cheap. The OS is the real gem, not the hardware (hardware is still very nice though). What would I do with the $500 PC? Use it as a door stop? I got all the Linux servers I need already. The CPU is a tad slow for Doom III or hard core video/audio editing, otherwise it's just dandy (typing this on a 867 MHz PowerBook). The mini is a well placed product I think although the hard drive does suck.
Seriously, I have given up on Safari. Updates far and between and consistently making the browser slower. It takes a couple of seconds to render up any page on eBay on my 867 PB. FireFox does it in less than half the time. It's kind of funny that they originally went with KHTML instead of Mozilla because KHTML was faster.