>> If you recall, their management made the (unconvincing) argument >> that 99% of the time people didn't need fluff like: >> * referential integrity (pk & fk constraints) >> * views >> * triggers >> * stored procedures
Their customer base changed. Their goals changed.
I don't think that they were stupid for saying something in the past that's not true now.
Download the new version and OS X then mount it as a disk image.
Drag the Firefox icon from the image folder to your Applications folder and click the OK button to approve the overwrite.
Then, you are done!
Easy.
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>> If laptop parts come down some in price (more than this), and folks are willing to pay the difference to have quiet, smaller, cheaper to run machines, we could see an interesting trend over the next couple of years.
Speaking as a working corporate desktop sysadmin, I certainly hope that doesn't happen.
For some reason, people refuse to believe that trade-offs exist in nature. Everyone wants Small & Cheap & Fast & Reliable.... laptops!!!
Except that the reality is that laptops are much less reliable than desktops, regardless of who makes them (Dell desktops are more reliable than Dell notebooks and Apple desktops are more reliable than Apple PowerBooks.)
When one of my users bitches about their laptop computer's speed or reliability, I remind them that, any time they want, we can solve that speed/reliability problem for them. All they have to do is realign their priorities and put in a request.
They never do.
I don't think this would bother me very much except for all the bitching and complaining that I have to hear.
>> OSX isn't a "free" (as in speech) operating system. It may >> be based on a Unix-like foundation, but thats on excuse. >> We should be promoting Free software, not closed.
Why? What makes you believe all this rubbish?
Perhaps you have Slashdot confused with some other web site.
My bet is that you used a commercial for-profit ISP to connect to Slashdot in the first place, utilizing hardware that was manufactured by companies who's products also aren't "free" (as in speech).
My guess is that the doctor who snatched you from your mother's womb was, likewise, not "free" (as in speech).
>> Almost all browsers support flash, and flash has its own video format which is pretty nice.
I hate Flash. In the past, I've even disabled it because of its obnoxious, abusive use. Mozilla supports it only partly (USA Today is a site where some Flash garbage works and some doesn't... as if I need the sound effect of a camera film-autowinder when I view a picture.)
Flash implies another support requirement, something that this guy is not interested in, specifically.
"Robust" is pretty vague. You oughta seen me naked: I'm robust.
Beta technology was gentler on tape than VHS. The transport system on a Beta deck pulled out a lot more tape than VHS did and was more sophisticated. The benefit was less stress on the tape -- really.
A rewound Beta tape is less taut than a rewound VHS tape and for long term storage that counts for a lot.
I have a related suggestion for any VHS users: when you are done watching your tape, don't rewind it. Let it sit and then rewind it right before you watch it again.
The reason is that fast-rewinds really wrap the tape tightly onto the spindle, stretching it over time. When you watch a tape or fast-scan forward/backward, the tape remains pulled into the machine where it benefits from the relatively gentle handling of the pulleys and capstans.
As an aside, I was an early video adopter, which is to say that I bought Beta. I used my Beta unit for years and then the VHS units began to include video filters for prettier pictures. I bought one of these nice new VHS units but the picture was not superior to my Beta unit.
>> Then upgrade every two versions (e.g. RH9 to FC2 to FC4). That's what I do. There's no requirement for you to upgrade with every release that comes out.
I think his grievance is against actually again monolithic updates in general. I hate 'em, too.
>> "They say that they're 'surprised' that despite the small brain size, they appeared to be quite smart."
Damn straight. Everyone knows that the most intellegent creatures on the earth are whales and elephants whereas squirrel monkeys are barely smart enough to breath.
First, I want to reinterate that I'm referring to what's in the interested of the vast, general population and not in nitch groups.
Since you recommended the lower end of the line to me, let me describe the features of the lower end computer: fast, cheap, and no moving parts (besides the hard drive).
To answer your specific question (since you asked), my complaint is, as it originally was, heat. But now that you bring it up, my secondary complaint is moving part count.
You seem very satisfied with things as they are and I'm not.
I used to be very pleased that my Macs lacked a CPU fan while x86 users where bolting on everything but the kitchen sink in efforts to cool their systems down.
More important, Macs had just one fan -- the power supply fan -- to cool the entire box while x86 systems were fucking festooned with them.
Nowadays, though, a prudent Mac owner should at least consider his home air-conditioning system's cooling capacity since G4's and G5's will definitely heat up a room.
And I don't even want to get into fan counts.
I'd like Apple to make a nice, fast, cool, quiet system... and here's how to do it: underclock.
Modern CPU's are grotesquely overpowered for the needs of 99.9% of the general public. Crank those babies back.
The fruit of research and progress are not merely systems that can run faster and hotter, but faster and cooler... quieter.
Never going happen while there's this pissing contest going on, though.
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I was thinking almost the same thing... "Oh, please, anyone but Motorola..."
If I can't buy one with the pennies that I've been pitching onto the Coke machine down the hall, then it's not affordable.
>> And foreigners wonder why Americans hate them... their lack of sense for sarcasm!!!
Is that sarcasm?
--Richard
Austin, Texas
>> If you recall, their management made the (unconvincing) argument
>> that 99% of the time people didn't need fluff like:
>> * referential integrity (pk & fk constraints)
>> * views
>> * triggers
>> * stored procedures
Their customer base changed. Their goals changed.
I don't think that they were stupid for saying something in the past that's not true now.
>> Some of the early versions of the Mac Plus had this case as well. I guess they were trying to use up the old 128/512 cases.
I don't think that was the case. I had a later platinum Mac Plus and it, too, had raised signitures in the case.
--Richard
Download the new version and OS X then mount it as a disk image.
Drag the Firefox icon from the image folder to your Applications folder and click the OK button to approve the overwrite.
Then, you are done!
Easy.
>> If laptop parts come down some in price (more than this), and folks are willing to pay the difference to have quiet, smaller, cheaper to run machines, we could see an interesting trend over the next couple of years.
Speaking as a working corporate desktop sysadmin, I certainly hope that doesn't happen.
For some reason, people refuse to believe that trade-offs exist in nature. Everyone wants Small & Cheap & Fast & Reliable.... laptops!!!
Except that the reality is that laptops are much less reliable than desktops, regardless of who makes them (Dell desktops are more reliable than Dell notebooks and Apple desktops are more reliable than Apple PowerBooks.)
When one of my users bitches about their laptop computer's speed or reliability, I remind them that, any time they want, we can solve that speed/reliability problem for them. All they have to do is realign their priorities and put in a request.
They never do.
I don't think this would bother me very much except for all the bitching and complaining that I have to hear.
Something for nothing.... sheesh!
>> OSX isn't a "free" (as in speech) operating system. It may
>> be based on a Unix-like foundation, but thats on excuse.
>> We should be promoting Free software, not closed.
Why? What makes you believe all this rubbish?
Perhaps you have Slashdot confused with some other web site.
My bet is that you used a commercial for-profit ISP to connect to Slashdot in the first place, utilizing hardware that was manufactured by companies who's products also aren't "free" (as in speech).
My guess is that the doctor who snatched you from your mother's womb was, likewise, not "free" (as in speech).
Quit being silly.
I have always felt uncomforable with Apple's use of this acronym.
s a- d/chud.htm
It was taken years ago, baby.
http://www.1000misspenthours.com/reviews/review
I'm glad you're studying medicine because my head just fucking blew up reading your gargantuan paragraph.
Is there more than one thought in all of that? I just couldn't get through it.
>> Is it just me, or is this one of the most boring shows on television today??
Yep, you nailed it right on the head. It's you.
One of the other networks is broadcasting Three's Company re-runs. You oughta check'em out. You'll like it.
I have to agree: considering how widespread its use and how critical its role, LDAP docs and tools suck rocks.
It's incredible, really.
>> if everyone ran Linux then there would be plenty of Linux spyware around
That's a faulty line of reasoning that has been shot down in other quarters over and over again. It requires no proof -- it's just a claim. Retire it.
That's a child's reasoning.
He did what he did. That someone else hasn't been caught doesn't make him innocent.
Q: You know who likes Flash?
A: People who make Flash presentations.
Period.
The rest of us think Flash stinks or at least wish it would quietly go away.
>> Almost all browsers support flash, and flash has its own video format which is pretty nice.
I hate Flash. In the past, I've even disabled it because of its obnoxious, abusive use. Mozilla supports it only partly (USA Today is a site where some Flash garbage works and some doesn't... as if I need the sound effect of a camera film-autowinder when I view a picture.)
Flash implies another support requirement, something that this guy is not interested in, specifically.
Nix.
There certainly are a lot of pissed of Windows pirates here.
Just an observation....
"Robust" is pretty vague. You oughta seen me naked: I'm robust.
Beta technology was gentler on tape than VHS. The transport system on a Beta deck pulled out a lot more tape than VHS did and was more sophisticated. The benefit was less stress on the tape -- really.
A rewound Beta tape is less taut than a rewound VHS tape and for long term storage that counts for a lot.
I have a related suggestion for any VHS users: when you are done watching your tape, don't rewind it. Let it sit and then rewind it right before you watch it again.
The reason is that fast-rewinds really wrap the tape tightly onto the spindle, stretching it over time. When you watch a tape or fast-scan forward/backward, the tape remains pulled into the machine where it benefits from the relatively gentle handling of the pulleys and capstans.
As an aside, I was an early video adopter, which is to say that I bought Beta. I used my Beta unit for years and then the VHS units began to include video filters for prettier pictures. I bought one of these nice new VHS units but the picture was not superior to my Beta unit.
--Richard
Do NOT sell access to a Slashdot subscriber.
>> Booyah!
I'm not sure why this was marked as flamebait. Maybe when I check in tomorrow morning it will be fixed because a new PPC LiveCD was badly needed.
The 2004.2 version worked on some Macs but was way broken for others (like mine).
Since I've never used anything like Gentoo it's pretty important that it at least be configured correctly for noobies like me.
--Richard
PS: DL'ing right now!
>> Then upgrade every two versions (e.g. RH9 to FC2 to FC4). That's what I do. There's no requirement for you to upgrade with every release that comes out.
I think his grievance is against actually again monolithic updates in general. I hate 'em, too.
--Richard
>> "They say that they're 'surprised' that despite the small brain size, they appeared to be quite smart."
Damn straight. Everyone knows that the most intellegent creatures on the earth are whales and elephants whereas squirrel monkeys are barely smart enough to breath.
Where do I begin...
First, I want to reinterate that I'm referring to what's in the interested of the vast, general population and not in nitch groups.
Since you recommended the lower end of the line to me, let me describe the features of the lower end computer: fast, cheap, and no moving parts (besides the hard drive).
To answer your specific question (since you asked), my complaint is, as it originally was, heat. But now that you bring it up, my secondary complaint is moving part count.
You seem very satisfied with things as they are and I'm not.
I agree, big time.
I used to be very pleased that my Macs lacked a CPU fan while x86 users where bolting on everything but the kitchen sink in efforts to cool their systems down.
More important, Macs had just one fan -- the power supply fan -- to cool the entire box while x86 systems were fucking festooned with them.
Nowadays, though, a prudent Mac owner should at least consider his home air-conditioning system's cooling capacity since G4's and G5's will definitely heat up a room.
And I don't even want to get into fan counts.
I'd like Apple to make a nice, fast, cool, quiet system... and here's how to do it: underclock.
Modern CPU's are grotesquely overpowered for the needs of 99.9% of the general public. Crank those babies back.
The fruit of research and progress are not merely systems that can run faster and hotter, but faster and cooler... quieter.
Never going happen while there's this pissing contest going on, though.
--Richard
>> Welcome to the world of technology where it's obsolete the moment you buy it.
That's funny and all but I really hate the word "obsolete" being used like that.
When my younger brother was born, I was not rendered obsolete. I continued to function just as before.
My G3/300 with Jaguar... still not obsolete. Still works as it always has. Word processing, spreadsheets, email, web browsing, programming.
My daughter runs Panther on her G3/500 PowerBook and I run it on my upgraded Lombard. Neither are obsolete until they fail.
You quip was humorous, but too many people will take it at face.
--Richard