Their first email program, MS Mail, was made by a small company in Vancouver. They finally shut down the development office there and moved the whole thing to Redmond.
Now compare that to say, MGM, with multiple releases of the James Bond series. Are they getting any better? Not really. Where's the MGM profits going to? Bankrolling sequels to "Legally Blonde"? Yeah, Lucas really bilks us cinema fans alright.
Actually, the same company described in the article is working on the Bond movie prints. Those should be DVDs worth buying.
Riight. Which is why you could convert NT Workstation to NT 4 Server with a Registry setting. And 2000/ 2000 Server are just NT 4 with a new skin. Windows 2000 is just NT version 5. Go on, pull the other one.
See my post above. Graphic artists are crying out for a device like this. Alias Sketchbook Pro turns a tablet into a sketch pad, with infinite sheets of paper, more pencils, pens and brushes than anyone could ever carry and the world's biggest eraser.:)
Photoshop on a tablet would be like interacting directly with the materials; a good graphic artist could take it to a whole new level.
Windows tablets aren't reliable enough for this kind of work, and the Wacom Cintiq is just too damn expensive.
Bingo! Graphics people are the target market for this gizmo, not suits who want to take notes. This is why Windows-based tablets fail, Windows still doesn't really 'get' creative graphics. The killer app for the tablet Mac is Alias Sketchbook Pro which recently became available for the Mac.
It's a pity he covers Windows and Linux but completely ignores Macs. (I checked his website; I'm sure). There must be the same number of home/office users of Macs as Linux, probably more. Although the Mac is secure against spyware, malware and viruses at present, it would be useful to inform people about security considerations for the Mac, how the built-in firewall works, and so forth.
I want a Mac tablet, dammit! Photoshop and the like would just rock on a tablet! Sadly, Apple doesn't seem to be that interested in the Digital media and digital photography markets, concentrating more on the digital video and music segments.
Sorry, but I'm not buying it. Yes, the definition of 'defect' states that it is not a 'bug', but the linked page describing 'bugs' says "A computer bug is an error, flaw, mistake or fault in a computer program which prevents it from working correctly."
And further, "Usage of the term "bug" to describe inexplicable defects has been a part of engineering jargon for many decades;". (Emphasis mine.) I'd like to see something more authoritative than a Wiki entry.
I have been a software developer, and I never claimed that software doesn't have bugs. I'm taking issue with Microsoft (of all people) claiming to have "Zero Defects", especially when "Zero Defects" does not mean zero defects!
Wow, your use of the language is almost as much fun as Microsoft's. Bugs, defects, software issues? A bug is a software issue that hasn't been found? C'mon! That means every piece of software has an infinite number of bugs, by your definition.
Let me clue you into something: Microsoft does not use the term 'bug', because it sounds bad. They prefer the term 'issue', because it is a neutral term. We're talking semantics here, not methodology, because Microsoft is a marketing company, not a software company.
Um, crap. 'Zero Defects' means 'Zero Defects'. If you mean, 'An acceptably small number of defects', then just say so. I still say it's Microsoft double-speak.
Yep, Microsoft double-speak in action. Here's another great example, "Zero defects does not mean that the product does not have bugs" Well, to the rest of the world it bloody well does!
I'd take anything on that site with a large grain of salt. They don't seem to be very detailed, and are more interested in selling their dubious security software than imforming Mac users.
We will rise to this challenge, and we will compete in a fair and responsible manner that puts our customers first. Damn! And you thought when they refocused on the internet it was serious! This time they'll have to change everything about how they do business.
Not quite. The medicinal stuff is very weak, 1% I think. The rocket fuel is 75 - 100%, very volatile and very corrosive. Also hard to manufacture at that strength.
I'm afraid you're too much of an optimist. The sad truth is we're heading towards a prime time populated entirely by 'reality' programming. (I put reality in quotes because anyone who believes reality is really like that needs their head examined.) Those kind of shows are so cheap to make and draw such high ratings that they will completely take over the airwaves in a year or two.
Back on topic, I'm new to OSX and I've been looking at buying a development book (any suggestions?). Install XCode and learn Objective C and Cocoa. Objective C is easy if you know C, and a good book will teach you the Cocoa framework. Try either "Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X" by Aaron Hillegass, or "Building Cocoa Applications : A Step by Step Guide" by Simson Garfinkel and Michael K. Mahoney. I have both and I think they're very good. There's also a book by Scott Anguish, and one by Bill Cheeseman, but I haven't read either of those. Cocoa programming is much easier and more elegant that C++ and MFC. Have fun!
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I heard they were going to get Ashlee Simpson. but they couldn't get the dub to sync up.
Their first email program, MS Mail, was made by a small company in Vancouver. They finally shut down the development office there and moved the whole thing to Redmond.
Now compare that to say, MGM, with multiple releases of the James Bond series. Are they getting any better? Not really. Where's the MGM profits going to? Bankrolling sequels to "Legally Blonde"? Yeah, Lucas really bilks us cinema fans alright.
Actually, the same company described in the article is working on the Bond movie prints. Those should be DVDs worth buying.
Riight. Which is why you could convert NT Workstation to NT 4 Server with a Registry setting. And 2000/ 2000 Server are just NT 4 with a new skin. Windows 2000 is just NT version 5. Go on, pull the other one.
"I'd be a libertarian, if they weren't all a bunch of tax-dodging whiners."
See my post above. Graphic artists are crying out for a device like this. Alias Sketchbook Pro turns a tablet into a sketch pad, with infinite sheets of paper, more pencils, pens and brushes than anyone could ever carry and the world's biggest eraser. :)
Photoshop on a tablet would be like interacting directly with the materials; a good graphic artist could take it to a whole new level.
Windows tablets aren't reliable enough for this kind of work, and the Wacom Cintiq is just too damn expensive.
Bingo! Graphics people are the target market for this gizmo, not suits who want to take notes. This is why Windows-based tablets fail, Windows still doesn't really 'get' creative graphics. The killer app for the tablet Mac is Alias Sketchbook Pro which recently became available for the Mac.
It's a pity he covers Windows and Linux but completely ignores Macs. (I checked his website; I'm sure). There must be the same number of home/office users of Macs as Linux, probably more. Although the Mac is secure against spyware, malware and viruses at present, it would be useful to inform people about security considerations for the Mac, how the built-in firewall works, and so forth.
Can you think of something scarier?
I want a Mac tablet, dammit! Photoshop and the like would just rock on a tablet! Sadly, Apple doesn't seem to be that interested in the Digital media and digital photography markets, concentrating more on the digital video and music segments.
You've carefully ignored the second paragraph of that post, and I emphasized it for you. :P
A number of other posters have said that bugs and defects are the same, too, so you have not convinced me they are different.
Sorry, but I'm not buying it. Yes, the definition of 'defect' states that it is not a 'bug', but the linked page describing 'bugs' says "A computer bug is an error, flaw, mistake or fault in a computer program which prevents it from working correctly."
And further, "Usage of the term "bug" to describe inexplicable defects has been a part of engineering jargon for many decades;". (Emphasis mine.) I'd like to see something more authoritative than a Wiki entry.
I have been a software developer, and I never claimed that software doesn't have bugs. I'm taking issue with Microsoft (of all people) claiming to have "Zero Defects", especially when "Zero Defects" does not mean zero defects!
Wow, your use of the language is almost as much fun as Microsoft's. Bugs, defects, software issues? A bug is a software issue that hasn't been found? C'mon! That means every piece of software has an infinite number of bugs, by your definition.
Let me clue you into something: Microsoft does not use the term 'bug', because it sounds bad. They prefer the term 'issue', because it is a neutral term. We're talking semantics here, not methodology, because Microsoft is a marketing company, not a software company.
Um, crap. 'Zero Defects' means 'Zero Defects'. If you mean, 'An acceptably small number of defects', then just say so. I still say it's Microsoft double-speak.
Yep, Microsoft double-speak in action. Here's another great example, "Zero defects does not mean that the product does not have bugs" Well, to the rest of the world it bloody well does!
I'd take anything on that site with a large grain of salt. They don't seem to be very detailed, and are more interested in selling their dubious security software than imforming Mac users.
Here is the book for you: Memoir from Antproof Case
We will rise to this challenge, and we will compete in a fair and responsible manner that puts our customers first.
Damn! And you thought when they refocused on the internet it was serious!
This time they'll have to change everything about how they do business.
Microsoft wouldn't like that ...
Not quite. The medicinal stuff is very weak, 1% I think. The rocket fuel is 75 - 100%, very volatile and very corrosive. Also hard to manufacture at that strength.
I'm afraid you're too much of an optimist. The sad truth is we're heading towards a prime time populated entirely by 'reality' programming. (I put reality in quotes because anyone who believes reality is really like that needs their head examined.)
Those kind of shows are so cheap to make and draw such high ratings that they will completely take over the airwaves in a year or two.
Erm, s/RIAA/CRIA/
SOCAN is the artists' association.
Back on topic, I'm new to OSX and I've been looking at buying a development book (any suggestions?).
Install XCode and learn Objective C and Cocoa. Objective C is easy if you know C, and a good book will teach you the Cocoa framework.
Try either "Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X" by Aaron Hillegass, or "Building Cocoa Applications : A Step by Step Guide" by Simson Garfinkel and Michael K. Mahoney. I have both and I think they're very good. There's also a book by Scott Anguish, and one by Bill Cheeseman, but I haven't read either of those.
Cocoa programming is much easier and more elegant that C++ and MFC. Have fun!
And an ordinary citizen couldn't have done this?