This has happened here in Australia. On Telstra's 3 gig plan, they charge about 16c per meg past the cap. My parents got a rude $300 suprise, but that was nothing compared to the $3000 bill that a uni buddy of my friend got.
sierra had a OS9 port of half-life in the works but canned it a few years ago. Their reason was that since half-life used microsofts windows only directplay api's, they couldn't get the mac version to network with the...so i guess this one is more m$'s fault then anything...
i heard a developer reversed engineered directplay when he was porting alien vs predator but i'm not sure if that project ever saw the light of day...i no longer follow the mac scene since i "inherited" a pc...
i find your "you're too smart, go out and play with the plebs" additude a little condescending. the child is doing what he wants and making a contribution to society at the same time, while most of his peers are spending their youths in a candy induced daze infront of a television screen staring at whatever drivel MTV/Coke lets them watch.
The state should not be allowed to dictate what he wants to do with his time. he should not be forced into mediocrity.
Don't police officers and judges and FBI agents and Attourneys General of the United States of America have to swear to protect the american people and uphold the law?
Thanks to a court case back in the 1800's, corporations have the same rights...see this link for more info: http://adbusters.org/magazine/28/usa.html
BeOS had a file system similar to the one you described. You could attach arbitrary meta data to each file and then search the meta data using tracker (their finder). You could also save searches for reuse, and since each file was fully indexed as it was created, searches were almost instantaneous.
Also, Apple were going to introduce similar functionality in Copeland, where you could have folders that were more like database views, meaning you could set a folder up so it showed all the executables on your computer or all the mp3's by your favourite artist. Unfortunately it seems the idea was scrapped when they turned to NeXT for their next generation OS.
While on the subject of using the desktop as storage, in my opinion, the best way to stop desktop clutter, was the launcher that appeared in mac OS 7.5-9. The launcher was a window that you could set to open on startup, which contained one click shortcut buttons to objects on your computer. It also had the ability to add buttons to it that would switch to a new screen, so you could have a screen that would contain shortcuts for all of your apps, one for all of your games etc.
We used to have a set up in my house, where every one would have a folder on the desktop for their personal files and access apps through the launcher. It was as quick, easy and as clean as any GUI I've seen, and a damn sight nicer to use and administer than 2 pc's I use now (linux and winXP).
there is a usage option on their software that they provide you with the modem but when you click on it, it sends you to a webpage informing you that they have concluded a trial of the service and they are in the process of collating and reviewing the data.....read, they are figuring out how much they can get away with charging you
i'm one of those poor users who has just signed up for a 12 month contract with said telstra and what really pisses me off is that as far as i can see, I've got no choice but to live with this for the next 12 months or pay a hefty fine (about $300AUD i think)....unless...any of you budding lawyers out there know if this is in breach of my contract in anyway? i mean i signed up for no download limits..(or don't lawyers read this site)
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This has happened here in Australia. On Telstra's 3 gig plan, they charge about 16c per meg past the cap. My parents got a rude $300 suprise, but that was nothing compared to the $3000 bill that a uni buddy of my friend got.
yeah i read about this in a book...they called it "thoughtcrime" and took you away to the ministry of love...
yeah...
apparently ignorance is bliss...
sierra had a OS9 port of half-life in the works but canned it a few years ago. Their reason was that since half-life used microsofts windows only directplay api's, they couldn't get the mac version to network with the ...so i guess this one is more m$'s fault then anything...
i heard a developer reversed engineered directplay when he was porting alien vs predator but i'm not sure if that project ever saw the light of day...i no longer follow the mac scene since i "inherited" a pc...
i find your "you're too smart, go out and play with the plebs" additude a little condescending. the child is doing what he wants and making a contribution to society at the same time, while most of his peers are spending their youths in a candy induced daze infront of a television screen staring at whatever drivel MTV/Coke lets them watch.
The state should not be allowed to dictate what he wants to do with his time. he should not be forced into mediocrity.
Don't police officers and judges and FBI agents and Attourneys General of the United States of America have to swear to protect the american people and uphold the law?
Thanks to a court case back in the 1800's, corporations have the same rights...see this link for more info: http://adbusters.org/magazine/28/usa.html
BeOS had a file system similar to the one you described. You could attach arbitrary meta data to each file and then search the meta data using tracker (their finder). You could also save searches for reuse, and since each file was fully indexed as it was created, searches were almost instantaneous.
Also, Apple were going to introduce similar functionality in Copeland, where you could have folders that were more like database views, meaning you could set a folder up so it showed all the executables on your computer or all the mp3's by your favourite artist. Unfortunately it seems the idea was scrapped when they turned to NeXT for their next generation OS.
While on the subject of using the desktop as storage, in my opinion, the best way to stop desktop clutter, was the launcher that appeared in mac OS 7.5-9. The launcher was a window that you could set to open on startup, which contained one click shortcut buttons to objects on your computer. It also had the ability to add buttons to it that would switch to a new screen, so you could have a screen that would contain shortcuts for all of your apps, one for all of your games etc.
We used to have a set up in my house, where every one would have a folder on the desktop for their personal files and access apps through the launcher. It was as quick, easy and as clean as any GUI I've seen, and a damn sight nicer to use and administer than 2 pc's I use now (linux and winXP).
there is a usage option on their software that they provide you with the modem but when you click on it, it sends you to a webpage informing you that they have concluded a trial of the service and they are in the process of collating and reviewing the data.....read, they are figuring out how much they can get away with charging you
i'm one of those poor users who has just signed up for a 12 month contract with said telstra and what really pisses me off is that as far as i can see, I've got no choice but to live with this for the next 12 months or pay a hefty fine (about $300AUD i think)....unless...any of you budding lawyers out there know if this is in breach of my contract in anyway? i mean i signed up for no download limits..(or don't lawyers read this site) nim