It's happened to me more than once in Austin, Texas. Ants kept climbing into my air conditioning compressor, outside my house. The like to get into the power solenoid and would get fried. They liked the ozone, I was told by the service technician.
I'm surprised this theft hasn't attracted more attention in the mainstream media, since "Principia" is generally considered the most important scientific works in history."
Oh, come on. Get real... The Sooners lost to the Aggies in College Station. No mystery here.
For some reason, I seem to be the only person who cares about this.
Don't feel bad.
I had five hard disks on three identical computers wiped clean within two days of each other by a defect in the Mac OS X operating system. Well, they weren't actually wiped clean, which makes everything all the more interesting.
Actually, every file -- including all system files -- where deleted from the hard disk, but every folder (thousands of them) remained in tact.
A study resulting from a collaboration between Consumer Webwatch and The Stanford Pervasive technology Lab reports that even though consumers say that they look for content first when evaluating the credibility of a website, they actually focus primarily on design look and information design/structure (i.e. ease of navigation).
Well, duh!
This is how any recognition process works.
A better question would be "what is it that turns users off of a sight when they've been there for a while?"
As for me, once I see the first spelling error, the site credibility takes a nose dive.
"Use Linux... If not, then use Windows XP, but use Open Office or other compatible tools."
Think outside the box, dude.
A Mac OS X license is cheaper than an XP Prof license, the nearest comparable MS offering, and doesn't contribute a penny to Microsoft. It contains huge chunks for Open Source goodness. It's fun.
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Wow, amazing tip!!!
Now I'm going to tell my grandmother how to do it!
So intuitive!!!
I just love how today's computers lift the burden off of users.
Mac OS X still has a wide lead on best look fonts, but IMO a modern Linux box has superior fonts to any version of Windows."
When you run Mac OS X, you are use some really fine and EXPENSIVE licensed fonts. Steve Jobs jokingly grouses about how much they are paying major font foundries, but it must be worthwhile or they wouldn't spend the money.
Font design today, like it was one-hundred years ago, is an art and not a science.
Wanna see a cheap font fall apart? Examine it at 500-point size.
Now you knew that was going to come sooner or later.
Last year, I had a power outage. My HP Kayak PII/266 was on a UPS and my Mac G3/300 server was on its separate UPS. These machine are almost identical vintage.
I walked into my house only after the power had been out for a while. Only one computer was still running. Guess which one it was.
I think most of the other readers are right. It sounds to me as though you are running more computer than you need.
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Just a little more culture lost it the mists of time.
This seems a little extreme to me, since sitting at the computer just to listen to music is stupid.
Oh, yeah? Well, you're stupid.
I happen to listen to almost all of the music I hear while at my computer so this makes a difference to me.
I have a very old portable CD player somewhere but I couldn't put a hand to it now if I had to.
No, that's a poorly devised sentence. You are mixing present and future tenses. A better version would be:
You really don't do much to improve the image of the Mac userbase.
Speak for yourself, Mr. "Anonymous Coward".
thats a lot of posts.
Yes, it is.
Yes, I've had to chase ants out of my Lombard. They also got into my rather expensive high-end fax machine.
It's happened to me more than once in Austin, Texas. Ants kept climbing into my air conditioning compressor, outside my house. The like to get into the power solenoid and would get fried. They liked the ozone, I was told by the service technician.
What is this thing you call "Windows"?
I've been using computers since 1983 and never owned a "Windows" type computer.
Is is something like a Macintosh? I've used those before. It's like Motif, right?
Can you play a computer game on "Windows"? I bet the kids would like that.
Well, that's all PC's are useful for... so the kiddies can play their little games.
Whenever there is a neat new technology out it always comes out for Windows first, then *nix, then Mac.
Oh... my... God!!!
Yes, Microsoft invented the graphical user interface, the Internet, mice, laser printing, scanners, placing sampled sounds into games, and on and on.
And thank God they did or no one would have gotten around to it!
I'm surprised this theft hasn't attracted more attention in the mainstream media, since "Principia" is generally considered the most important scientific works in history."
Oh, come on. Get real... The Sooners lost to the Aggies in College Station. No mystery here.
Those residing in the US who are using Internet Explorer and who are *not* behind a firewall :-)
...and who hold their tongue on the left side of their mouths.
--Richard
For some reason, I seem to be the only person who cares about this.
Don't feel bad.
I had five hard disks on three identical computers wiped clean within two days of each other by a defect in the Mac OS X operating system. Well, they weren't actually wiped clean, which makes everything all the more interesting.
Actually, every file -- including all system files -- where deleted from the hard disk, but every folder (thousands of them) remained in tact.
Very weird. And no one cared a bit. --Richard
A study resulting from a collaboration between Consumer Webwatch and The Stanford Pervasive technology Lab reports that even though consumers say that they look for content first when evaluating the credibility of a website, they actually focus primarily on design look and information design/structure (i.e. ease of navigation).
Well, duh!
This is how any recognition process works.
A better question would be "what is it that turns users off of a sight when they've been there for a while?"
As for me, once I see the first spelling error, the site credibility takes a nose dive.
...and that it's a standard player (car stereo, home stereo, etc.) and not a computer drive.
What are you talking about? My "standard player" is a computer. Period. No apologies.
Here's the best answer you are going to get on this question:
On fast Macs, OS X is fast. On slow Macs, OS X is slow.
I'm experienced in this matter and I'm not trying to insult anyone, but there it is.
You've got to be kidding...
The day Mozilla can respond to ActiveX is the day a drop Mozilla.
Sheesh!
What is "standard home CD players"?
I haven't used a "standard home CD players" in years. Oh, yes I have! It's called my computer. That's my standard home CD player.
I didn't even listen (directly) to the last CD I bought. I ripped it, encoded it, and listened to the MP3 files that I made from it.
The CD is safely stored away in the dark recesses of my CD rack.
"Adobe trapped themselves into a corner when they devoted themselves to a proprietary file format instead of using XML."
Was XML even an option for Adobe when they began designing PDF?
Honest question: Which came first, PDF or XML?
"Use Linux... If not, then use Windows XP, but use Open Office or other compatible tools."
Think outside the box, dude.
A Mac OS X license is cheaper than an XP Prof license, the nearest comparable MS offering, and doesn't contribute a penny to Microsoft. It contains huge chunks for Open Source goodness. It's fun.
Wow, amazing tip!!!
Now I'm going to tell my grandmother how to do it!
So intuitive!!!
I just love how today's computers lift the burden off of users.
So, cost is your overriding factor, eh? Well, have I've got a deal for you!
Just for you:
Total package is $175 than your best price!!!
Best of all, it's x86-based, just like the orginal author did not want!
Mac OS X still has a wide lead on best look fonts, but IMO a modern Linux box has superior fonts to any version of Windows."
When you run Mac OS X, you are use some really fine and EXPENSIVE licensed fonts. Steve Jobs jokingly grouses about how much they are paying major font foundries, but it must be worthwhile or they wouldn't spend the money.
Font design today, like it was one-hundred years ago, is an art and not a science.
Wanna see a cheap font fall apart? Examine it at 500-point size.
If LCD manufacturers didn't sell a single unit to gamers, they couldn't care less.
Later, when the market is saturated, they start scraping the bottom of the barrel looking for gamers, but right now it not that big of a deal.
--Richard
Now you knew that was going to come sooner or later.
Last year, I had a power outage. My HP Kayak PII/266 was on a UPS and my Mac G3/300 server was on its separate UPS. These machine are almost identical vintage.
I walked into my house only after the power had been out for a while. Only one computer was still running. Guess which one it was.
I think most of the other readers are right. It sounds to me as though you are running more computer than you need.
--Richard