Well, for this to happen, there'd need to be a "registry" of some sort to check to see if it's installed. OSX doesn't have this, the files are in the same state as when they were on the CD. "Installation" means copying the files to your hard disk.
Well, I think that's a little oversimplified. It actually involves clicking "Next" several times as well;)
But I believe his point is that you have control over what's installed on the Mac. If you don't want it installed, don't copy it.
A Windows install is a scripted behind-the-scenes shindig. Who knows what's being added to your registry...where & what files are being installed, etc.
I have a $1500 iMac G3 500 and an Athlon 1.4 Ghz. When ripping MP3's under Slacware 8.0 on the Athlon, the best rate I could get was 3x. The little iMac up starts clocked almost 5x.
Just remember two things:
1) It's not the clock speed that matters
2) RISC rules
I'm neither pro-mac or anti-mac. I use one at home, and I also have multiple PCs. Both have their purposes.
Yet I think having a machine with that much power, with a 10" foot print and a flat screen is far from boring!
I think this is a good progression of the product line. Apple took everything that wasn't great from the original iMac (screen not so nice, weight, etc.) and improved it. I think in any respect, that's good design.
Ah yes...Tradewars 2002. And back then, did we really think we'd be talking about it on the brink of 2002??:)
That truly was an amazing game for it's time. Given the facts that they could only use ANSI art, and everything had to be done remotely it was an in-depth game, and just plain fun. Man..I miss it!
same here. I ran a TAG board from 91-95 in 313, and i found that if you put at least a little effort into it, it could be made to look as good, if not better than renegade. I also felt more solid on TAG than renegade (tried switching at one point). ahhh...those were the days: when 14.4 modems were $299.
According to the article, the industry is claiming that record sales are up only 1% over last year.
Well, maybe it's because they haven't come out with anything *new* in the past year? Most of the music release on any major label is really only the same crap relabelled and repackaged (ie. boy bands, korn look-a-likes, the average mid-rock bands, and the typical adult contemporary).
This seems to be the only industry that can "ship" crap products and blame the consumer for not buying them. Wake up, idiots! Someone in one of these companies needs to grow balls and release some music that's different.
Give people what they want--or at least more choice--and maybe they'll buy something.
Actually, my company just implemented an EMC storage box with fibre channel, and according to the reps, fibre has a theoretical bandwidth limit of 100mb/s. SCSI-3 is higher (though I don't remember how much)
...well, it may not be up to par with the Nomad, but for some people it'll do just fine.
Apple takes a different approach towards its products.
Being on all three sides of the deal (I manage Windows boxes at work, and use Linux / Macs at home)... from exposure, I know there's a good reason ot use each.
1) Windows is there for the suits who want someone to blame.
2) Linux is for people who know PC's what they're doing and want something that works well.
3) Macs are for people who want to get things done without hassle.
Windows keeps the paychecks coming. Linux does my powerhouse work, and for stuff that I need to work and I need to get done without a hassle (like finances, or writing a letter) I use the Mac.
People who have bought into Apple's products expect the same type of simplicity and reliablity as they've gotten used to. Sure, this may not be as smooth or slick (which I think it is) as the Nomad...BUT, I can say confidently that it will work, work well, work every time, and without hassle.
I feel that I've gotten my hands into just about everything, and as far as Apple's approach, I "get it". Sure I love playing around on the Linux box and spending all night tweaking configuration files, and compiling stuff. But when I just want to listen to music or move big files around...hell, I just want to do just that, nothing more.
The iPod does just that, and it works with all the other goodies that I get stuff done with seamlessly.
I remember seeing pics of the old l0pht pad, and they had old circuit boards and hard drives decorating the walls. I'm sure there's enough geeks in the world to take on all the old hardware and turn it into wallpaper, coffee tables, end tables, etc.
I'm running Mozilla 0.9 w/PSM on Win2k and it allowed me to enter the registration process without a problem. Seems like this whole article is a bit over-blown.
It looks like the argument that is spurring is not whether they are releasing the open-source pieces of the code or not, it's whether they are allowed to keep their "proprietary" portions closed-source while their application uses the open-source pieces for most of it's functions.
Part of the GPL states that they're allowed to do this only if their application keeps the code completely seperate, but it doesn't appear that they are.
What do you mean it won't work? This is just a formal proposal to do what they allready do. Every few years release a new version of Windows or Office, and encourage everyone to upgrade.
It won't. We the computer power users are the people that upgrade their systems when new versions come out. Common... how many times have you gone to someone's (as in "non-computer" person) house and seen tha they're running the original release of Windows 95???
People that I work for and support don't care about the newest wizbang features. They simply want to do the 2 or 3 things their computer does for them and that's it. Upgrading to a new version usually means something is going to break for them, and that's how they see it.
I just don't see how this is possibly going to work at this point.
Places like my company have spent WAY too much money to buy site licenses to not have to worry about doing "subscriptions". Besides, I don't think the public is ready for rentable software.
For the most part, if you ask any run of the mill Joe if he owns the software he bought, he's going to say "yes". The general computing public believes that they own the software they buy, just like other tangible items at the store. THey're not going to go for a fee that has to keep getting renewed. If Microsoft thinks that people are going to want to keep paying for the same software title over and over again, they're nuts.
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Google will undoubtedly get backlash from the Scientologists again.
Let them know that you support their actions in putting the listing back in. Send them an email here (comments@google.com)
Actually, it'd be named "CowDellHpway-NFL-AOL-Time Warner-Disneyland"
Well, for this to happen, there'd need to be a "registry" of some sort to check to see if it's installed. OSX doesn't have this, the files are in the same state as when they were on the CD. "Installation" means copying the files to your hard disk.
-brian
Well, I think that's a little oversimplified. It actually involves clicking "Next" several times as well ;)
But I believe his point is that you have control over what's installed on the Mac. If you don't want it installed, don't copy it.
A Windows install is a scripted behind-the-scenes shindig. Who knows what's being added to your registry...where & what files are being installed, etc.
-brian
It is really a GeForce4. Apple told us they'd have it first months ago, because of a deal they struck with Nvidia.
The PC version of the GF4 won't be out for another few months.
Wrong.
I have a $1500 iMac G3 500 and an Athlon 1.4 Ghz. When ripping MP3's under Slacware 8.0 on the Athlon, the best rate I could get was 3x. The little iMac up starts clocked almost 5x.
Just remember two things:
1) It's not the clock speed that matters
2) RISC rules
"Boring?"
And a beige box isn't?
I'm neither pro-mac or anti-mac. I use one at home, and I also have multiple PCs. Both have their purposes.
Yet I think having a machine with that much power, with a 10" foot print and a flat screen is far from boring!
I think this is a good progression of the product line. Apple took everything that wasn't great from the original iMac (screen not so nice, weight, etc.) and improved it. I think in any respect, that's good design.
So what's he running now, Sendmail?? heheh
What a tard. You can't track if someone cuts and pastes it into a new e-mail. Then again, I guess we *are* talking about MS employees.
Ah yes...Tradewars 2002. And back then, did we really think we'd be talking about it on the brink of 2002?? :)
That truly was an amazing game for it's time. Given the facts that they could only use ANSI art, and everything had to be done remotely it was an in-depth game, and just plain fun. Man..I miss it!
same here. I ran a TAG board from 91-95 in 313, and i found that if you put at least a little effort into it, it could be made to look as good, if not better than renegade. I also felt more solid on TAG than renegade (tried switching at one point). ahhh...those were the days: when 14.4 modems were $299.
According to the article, the industry is claiming that record sales are up only 1% over last year.
Well, maybe it's because they haven't come out with anything *new* in the past year? Most of the music release on any major label is really only the same crap relabelled and repackaged (ie. boy bands, korn look-a-likes, the average mid-rock bands, and the typical adult contemporary).
This seems to be the only industry that can "ship" crap products and blame the consumer for not buying them. Wake up, idiots! Someone in one of these companies needs to grow balls and release some music that's different.
Give people what they want--or at least more choice--and maybe they'll buy something.
Actually, my company just implemented an EMC storage box with fibre channel, and according to the reps, fibre has a theoretical bandwidth limit of 100mb/s. SCSI-3 is higher (though I don't remember how much)
Lame?
...well, it may not be up to par with the Nomad, but for some people it'll do just fine.
Apple takes a different approach towards its products.
Being on all three sides of the deal (I manage Windows boxes at work, and use Linux / Macs at home)... from exposure, I know there's a good reason ot use each.
1) Windows is there for the suits who want someone to blame.
2) Linux is for people who know PC's what they're doing and want something that works well.
3) Macs are for people who want to get things done without hassle.
Windows keeps the paychecks coming. Linux does my powerhouse work, and for stuff that I need to work and I need to get done without a hassle (like finances, or writing a letter) I use the Mac.
People who have bought into Apple's products expect the same type of simplicity and reliablity as they've gotten used to. Sure, this may not be as smooth or slick (which I think it is) as the Nomad...BUT, I can say confidently that it will work, work well, work every time, and without hassle.
I feel that I've gotten my hands into just about everything, and as far as Apple's approach, I "get it". Sure I love playing around on the Linux box and spending all night tweaking configuration files, and compiling stuff. But when I just want to listen to music or move big files around...hell, I just want to do just that, nothing more.
The iPod does just that, and it works with all the other goodies that I get stuff done with seamlessly.
To me, that's damn cool.
"We can't come up with anything new or innovating that would entice you to upgrade, so we'll just *force* you to upgrade instead."
Linus holds the trademark on the "Linux" name, but I'm not sure if he holds a copyright on the actual kernel code.
Anyone know?
Decoration!
I remember seeing pics of the old l0pht pad, and they had old circuit boards and hard drives decorating the walls. I'm sure there's enough geeks in the world to take on all the old hardware and turn it into wallpaper, coffee tables, end tables, etc.
:)
Just as a case-in-point...
I'm running Mozilla 0.9 w/PSM on Win2k and it allowed me to enter the registration process without a problem. Seems like this whole article is a bit over-blown.
It looks like the argument that is spurring is not whether they are releasing the open-source pieces of the code or not, it's whether they are allowed to keep their "proprietary" portions closed-source while their application uses the open-source pieces for most of it's functions.
Part of the GPL states that they're allowed to do this only if their application keeps the code completely seperate, but it doesn't appear that they are.
What do you mean it won't work? This is just a formal proposal to do what they allready do. Every few years release a new version of Windows or Office, and encourage everyone to upgrade.
It won't. We the computer power users are the people that upgrade their systems when new versions come out. Common... how many times have you gone to someone's (as in "non-computer" person) house and seen tha they're running the original release of Windows 95???
People that I work for and support don't care about the newest wizbang features. They simply want to do the 2 or 3 things their computer does for them and that's it. Upgrading to a new version usually means something is going to break for them, and that's how they see it.
This is the reason it won't work.
Precisely!
I just don't see how this is possibly going to work at this point.
Places like my company have spent WAY too much money to buy site licenses to not have to worry about doing "subscriptions". Besides, I don't think the public is ready for rentable software.
For the most part, if you ask any run of the mill Joe if he owns the software he bought, he's going to say "yes". The general computing public believes that they own the software they buy, just like other tangible items at the store. THey're not going to go for a fee that has to keep getting renewed. If Microsoft thinks that people are going to want to keep paying for the same software title over and over again, they're nuts.
Use PGP? I know it's a little out in left field, but if you encrypt your emails then just about any filtering won't do you any good?
Just an idea...
Does this give new meaning to the typical "Gold Card"? And when do Platinum card holders get their share?
Uhm... I think you meant to post this in the Apple story?
"Wait wait wait.... they're different?? How come nobody told me about this! Damn! We've got TWO things to buy now!" -Bill Gates