Even the System 7 Finder had a feature [still exists in OS X] for creating "stationary".
Any file with the "Stationary" checkbox checked, becomes a template of sorts and opens not the original, but a copy of the stationary, ready for saving, etc.
You figure with all the massive amounts of obvious prior art that the USPTO would be slightly less broken about this one.
Sigh
More accessories...
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Why exactly is the ability to attach more electrical crap to my car a good thing?
Oh, I know... It's so I can check my email, sip my Vente Latte, talk on the phone, keep my McMuffin warm all while driving.
Woo Hoo! I am so glad I will be able to do that. I hate it when I get distracted by driving.
What some people are missing is that Jobs dislikes TV quite a bit. He's gone on record saying that he doesn't see TV as a part of the "Digital Hub" strategy, as it is a passive medium. With music, you can bring it anywhere with you. With television, you're prettymuch resigned to sitting on the sofa and letting the cool rays wash over you. Apple has always promoted a "lifestyle". This "lifestyle" is active, smart and creative. It involves doing things, *making* videos, *making* music, not "just sitting there".
I don't think he'd [Jobs] go for buying TiVo. It isn't part of "The Grande Vision"
While it is good to see FFTactics up in the top 10, I think it should rate much higher than it does.
It seems to me that the more modern FF series were all pretty boring and similar. Yes, the plots are different, but it's still "kill guys in random encounters to level yourself and get yummies, watch an hour of CG footage that you can't get out of, fight big boss battle, repeat" Granted, that is most of the RPG genre, but it seems Square's system tends to be a bit more monotonous than most.
FF2 [Jap] gave us the Job system. This was an interesting twist that allowed your characters to gain abilities from a broad number of disciplines. When it was refined in FF Tactics, I thought the world was complete. Add that to the very engaging plot [check out the final scene in the epilogue for the "twist"], and you had a brilliant addition to the FF universe. It is a shame that they never made a sequal to the game.... until now. The Gameboy advance version of Tactics "FF Tactics Advance" plays quite well, but my limited Japanese prevents me from truely enjoying the game. Luckily it will be available in an Engrish version RSN.
It seems that the minimum spec is a bit high, as I am able to play the game at quite a high FPS [well over 30+] on a G4 450DP with all the goodies turned onto full. Granted, the sound is probably offloaded to the second processor.
One catch to this though.... I have a "non standard" video card for my machine. It's the OEM GeForce 3 card that I stuck in a few months ago to play WarCraft III. As long as you've got a good GPU, you should be golden. It is a fun game once you configure the settings [for some reason the mouse is set to *amazingly* slow and useless by default. Once I changed it to somewhere in the 16+ range, I 0wn3z]
Ok, perhaps I am missing the point, but what is easier, downloading a single file, or uploading all your source to a remote server, hitting the "go" button, then downloading the binary?
It seems to me that DLing the JDK would be much simpler
While what you say is true, it seems that there are some companies that are trying to do something about colour accuracy. Apple for instance sells SWAP certified LCDs. The monitors that are SWAP certified are *quite* good, and the technology will only improve, get cheaper, and trickle down to the smaller LCDs.
I've proofed on one of the SWAP monitors, and *damn* Quite nice. Of course, all ouput is different, YMMV, etc.
Given the battery life of an iBook, adding a fuel cell to an iBook probably means you could extract 8 or 9 hours.
Don't tell me that wouldn't be convenient, with a recharge being as simple as swapping methanol cartridges.
While ~10 hours is cooler than 5, I don't think it is that much better [yes, technically it is *double*]. For it to make sense, it would need to last 20h at minumum to convince the majority of manufacturers and users to make the switch. It would also be nice to not have to throw away a spent cart.
It's a value proposition. Can companies make more money by switching to the fuel cell technology? My guess is that it isn't at this time. Maybe in a few years when everything gets smaller/faster, but not now.
I still think fuel cells in cars is a better idea than laptops.... of course now we're talking about a completely different fuel.
As others have pointed out, 5 hours on a laptop is *nothing* The batteries on my iBook do that just fine. Sure it takes me a couple of hours to fully recharge, but that's what a second battery is for, should I need one. Also, I don't have to refill, nor throw away spent fuel cells. It sounds like manually refueling would be a pain in the arse [for a laptop]. Vehicles using fuel cells sound much more interesting
What would be interesting would be a fuel cell laptop that got maybe 24 hours on a "charge".
I understand what you are saying, but I totally disagree that any good can come of this.
Even if they move from an X86 emulator, to a win32 API virtual machine, yes, it may run faster [this is all pure speculation], but it still wouldn't be native, and therefore won't behave like a mac application. Also, the point of VPC was that it was a HW emulator, so I could run X86 versions of Linux/BSD/solaris/etc, as well as win32. Now that possibility could be limited to *only* running win32.
I'd even venture to say that it is, infact, easier to emulate an entire X86 machine, than it would be to port the win32 APIs to the mac *and make them work with off-the-shelf windows binaries*.
> Not DOJ. The SEC is the one that would block a purchase of this sort.
Understood. I was more thinking along the lines of "I wonder if the DOJ even cares.... that they created this mess by merely slapping them on the wrist"
It has been stated that VPC for Macintosh is now under the control of the Macintosh Business Unit. [MBU]
The biggest problem with this, of course, is the fact that Bill and Co. may just decide that the only application that the MBU needs to push out is VPC. This means no more Office X, no more native X applications, just run the Windows version of the app in VPC [slowly and painfully]
Oh man this is bad news. I wonder if the DOJ even cares.
I'm guessing the installer/updater plays along with the *NIX user system, right? So what about "chmod a-w httpd.conf" for protecting your httpd settings? If you don't want your settings modified by Apple, use the power of *NIX against it!
That won't work, as in order to update the system, you must supply the admin password. The admin [root, but not exactly] can do anything.
I thought it was rather odd as well. I had icons for iChat, the addressbook, and some other applications that weren't on the dock pre-update. My time wasn't affected to my recollection, but some of my other prefs were.
Know what I did? I removed the icons, and fixed my prefs. Then I promptly forgot about the whole thing and got on with my life.
I did find it strange though... That sort of thing has never happened to me before
Hmm, it seems that no one bothered to comment. Perhaps I will.
Considering that Priests/Clergy have been making alcohol for centuries, this doesn't seem all that odd. Replace the traditional tun [vat/cask] with a washing machine.
The problem is that is *isn't* fully functional. If it were, it would render CSS 1 and 2 correctly. As it stands, iCab does a pretty poor job of CSS. The features of the browser are pretty cool though.
> Tabs are nice and all, but what Safari really > needs us Keychain utilization and stability fixes.
Actually, Safari does utilise the keychain. What it *doesn't* do is auto-fill forms.
If you go to a site that uses HTTP authentication [as opposed to a web form a la/.], it will read/write to the keychain.
This is a dupe from a few hours ago
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Linux on the iPod
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...but I want to stay on topic, so I will add something.
I like the idea of this, but I am not sure how useful a machine like this is. The viewport is very small [but you can remote X11 in the future, I imagine], you'd have to make your own keyboard/mouse work with the remote, etc.
That being said, using the iPod as a wearable could be interesting
While I completely agree with your statement, the problem is reality seldom works that way. I have no problem getting passed for a position because the other candidate[s] are more qualified.
I *do* however have a problem with hiring someone who is less qualified but will either work for less money [often the case in H1-B visa] or is of a "minority" [blacks, women, etc] because the company has a hiring quota. I've been in both positions, and I must say, it sucks.
Every bit of legislation that tries to "even out" the playing field for workers has another side, one that is often overlooked, and detrimental to the advancement of the company, although not usually to their books.
having an Irish father and an English mother, I am genetically pre-disposed to blowing up my own car =)
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I just got back from seeing it... possible spoiler
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I am going to make this as spoiler free as humanly possible, but for some who take things to an extreme, turn back now.
That being said, I will go on.
The movie is 2h 10minutes long, I really liked what I'd say was the 80-90 minutes of the film. Finally a villian who could act, and one with a *mean* side. I expected the film to really drive his point home [bad pun... once you see the film], but it seems that all the good writing, acting, and SFX were *totally* blown out the airlock in the final minutes of the film. Suddenly everything was rushed, and it ended, without even any suspense. It's like they were doing a live impromptu taping, and suddenly the teleprompters stopped working, and they rolled credits.
I am normally very hard with regard to film. So often character development has given way to "crap that blows up", and in this movie, I was tricked... It started out so well, only to let me down in the end.
Sigh. At least I didn't want my money/time back
Re:Did the Houston Chronicle reviewer watch it?
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His speaking lines were cut, but you can still see him...barely... in the beginning of the film.. and he's in the credits
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Even the System 7 Finder had a feature [still exists in OS X] for creating "stationary".
Any file with the "Stationary" checkbox checked, becomes a template of sorts and opens not the original, but a copy of the stationary, ready for saving, etc.
You figure with all the massive amounts of obvious prior art that the USPTO would be slightly less broken about this one.
Sigh
Why exactly is the ability to attach more electrical crap to my car a good thing?
Oh, I know... It's so I can check my email, sip my Vente Latte, talk on the phone, keep my McMuffin warm all while driving.
Woo Hoo! I am so glad I will be able to do that. I hate it when I get distracted by driving.
...no pun intended.
What some people are missing is that Jobs dislikes TV quite a bit. He's gone on record saying that he doesn't see TV as a part of the "Digital Hub" strategy, as it is a passive medium. With music, you can bring it anywhere with you. With television, you're prettymuch resigned to sitting on the sofa and letting the cool rays wash over you. Apple has always promoted a "lifestyle". This "lifestyle" is active, smart and creative. It involves doing things, *making* videos, *making* music, not "just sitting there".
I don't think he'd [Jobs] go for buying TiVo. It isn't part of "The Grande Vision"
While it is good to see FFTactics up in the top 10, I think it should rate much higher than it does.
It seems to me that the more modern FF series were all pretty boring and similar. Yes, the plots are different, but it's still "kill guys in random encounters to level yourself and get yummies, watch an hour of CG footage that you can't get out of, fight big boss battle, repeat" Granted, that is most of the RPG genre, but it seems Square's system tends to be a bit more monotonous than most.
FF2 [Jap] gave us the Job system. This was an interesting twist that allowed your characters to gain abilities from a broad number of disciplines. When it was refined in FF Tactics, I thought the world was complete. Add that to the very engaging plot [check out the final scene in the epilogue for the "twist"], and you had a brilliant addition to the FF universe. It is a shame that they never made a sequal to the game.... until now. The Gameboy advance version of Tactics "FF Tactics Advance" plays quite well, but my limited Japanese prevents me from truely enjoying the game. Luckily it will be available in an Engrish version RSN.
I can't wait!
It seems that the minimum spec is a bit high, as I am able to play the game at quite a high FPS [well over 30+] on a G4 450DP with all the goodies turned onto full. Granted, the sound is probably offloaded to the second processor.
One catch to this though.... I have a "non standard" video card for my machine. It's the OEM GeForce 3 card that I stuck in a few months ago to play WarCraft III. As long as you've got a good GPU, you should be golden. It is a fun game once you configure the settings [for some reason the mouse is set to *amazingly* slow and useless by default. Once I changed it to somewhere in the 16+ range, I 0wn3z]
Is it totally unacceptable to parody *several* things simultaneously? That seems a bit short sighted, no?
Ok, perhaps I am missing the point, but what is easier, downloading a single file, or uploading all your source to a remote server, hitting the "go" button, then downloading the binary?
It seems to me that DLing the JDK would be much simpler
Is anyone else scared that the Canadians will make a race of genetically superior "Super Girl Groups"
"Antibody Spice" is just the beginning!
Be afraid, be very afraid!
While what you say is true, it seems that there are some companies that are trying to do something about colour accuracy. Apple for instance sells SWAP certified LCDs. The monitors that are SWAP certified are *quite* good, and the technology will only improve, get cheaper, and trickle down to the smaller LCDs.
I've proofed on one of the SWAP monitors, and *damn* Quite nice. Of course, all ouput is different, YMMV, etc.
Given the battery life of an iBook, adding a fuel cell to an iBook probably means you could extract 8 or 9 hours.
Don't tell me that wouldn't be convenient, with a recharge being as simple as swapping methanol cartridges.
While ~10 hours is cooler than 5, I don't think it is that much better [yes, technically it is *double*]. For it to make sense, it would need to last 20h at minumum to convince the majority of manufacturers and users to make the switch. It would also be nice to not have to throw away a spent cart.
It's a value proposition. Can companies make more money by switching to the fuel cell technology? My guess is that it isn't at this time. Maybe in a few years when everything gets smaller/faster, but not now.
I still think fuel cells in cars is a better idea than laptops.... of course now we're talking about a completely different fuel.
As others have pointed out, 5 hours on a laptop is *nothing* The batteries on my iBook do that just fine. Sure it takes me a couple of hours to fully recharge, but that's what a second battery is for, should I need one. Also, I don't have to refill, nor throw away spent fuel cells. It sounds like manually refueling would be a pain in the arse [for a laptop]. Vehicles using fuel cells sound much more interesting
What would be interesting would be a fuel cell laptop that got maybe 24 hours on a "charge".
This just seems like gadgetry for its own sake
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I understand what you are saying, but I totally disagree that any good can come of this.
Even if they move from an X86 emulator, to a win32 API virtual machine, yes, it may run faster [this is all pure speculation], but it still wouldn't be native, and therefore won't behave like a mac application. Also, the point of VPC was that it was a HW emulator, so I could run X86 versions of Linux/BSD/solaris/etc, as well as win32. Now that possibility could be limited to *only* running win32.
I'd even venture to say that it is, infact, easier to emulate an entire X86 machine, than it would be to port the win32 APIs to the mac *and make them work with off-the-shelf windows binaries*.
> Not DOJ. The SEC is the one that would block a purchase of this sort.
Understood. I was more thinking along the lines of "I wonder if the DOJ even cares.... that they created this mess by merely slapping them on the wrist"
It has been stated that VPC for Macintosh is now under the control of the Macintosh Business Unit. [MBU]
The biggest problem with this, of course, is the fact that Bill and Co. may just decide that the only application that the MBU needs to push out is VPC. This means no more Office X, no more native X applications, just run the Windows version of the app in VPC [slowly and painfully]
Oh man this is bad news. I wonder if the DOJ even cares.
That won't work, as in order to update the system, you must supply the admin password. The admin [root, but not exactly] can do anything.
I thought it was rather odd as well. I had icons for iChat, the addressbook, and some other applications that weren't on the dock pre-update. My time wasn't affected to my recollection, but some of my other prefs were.
Know what I did? I removed the icons, and fixed my prefs. Then I promptly forgot about the whole thing and got on with my life.
I did find it strange though... That sort of thing has never happened to me before
Hmm, it seems that no one bothered to comment. Perhaps I will.
Considering that Priests/Clergy have been making alcohol for centuries, this doesn't seem all that odd. Replace the traditional tun [vat/cask] with a washing machine.
Pretty straightforward, really
The problem is that is *isn't* fully functional. If it were, it would render CSS 1 and 2 correctly. As it stands, iCab does a pretty poor job of CSS. The features of the browser are pretty cool though.
> Tabs are nice and all, but what Safari really
/.], it will read/write to the keychain.
> needs us Keychain utilization and stability fixes.
Actually, Safari does utilise the keychain. What it *doesn't* do is auto-fill forms.
If you go to a site that uses HTTP authentication [as opposed to a web form a la
...but I want to stay on topic, so I will add something.
I like the idea of this, but I am not sure how useful a machine like this is. The viewport is very small [but you can remote X11 in the future, I imagine], you'd have to make your own keyboard/mouse work with the remote, etc.
That being said, using the iPod as a wearable could be interesting
While I completely agree with your statement, the problem is reality seldom works that way. I have no problem getting passed for a position because the other candidate[s] are more qualified.
I *do* however have a problem with hiring someone who is less qualified but will either work for less money [often the case in H1-B visa] or is of a "minority" [blacks, women, etc] because the company has a hiring quota. I've been in both positions, and I must say, it sucks.
Every bit of legislation that tries to "even out" the playing field for workers has another side, one that is often overlooked, and detrimental to the advancement of the company, although not usually to their books.
it's true...
having an Irish father and an English mother, I am genetically pre-disposed to blowing up my own car =)
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I am going to make this as spoiler free as humanly possible, but for some who take things to an extreme, turn back now.
That being said, I will go on.
The movie is 2h 10minutes long, I really liked what I'd say was the 80-90 minutes of the film. Finally a villian who could act, and one with a *mean* side. I expected the film to really drive his point home [bad pun... once you see the film], but it seems that all the good writing, acting, and SFX were *totally* blown out the airlock in the final minutes of the film. Suddenly everything was rushed, and it ended, without even any suspense. It's like they were doing a live impromptu taping, and suddenly the teleprompters stopped working, and they rolled credits.
I am normally very hard with regard to film. So often character development has given way to "crap that blows up", and in this movie, I was tricked... It started out so well, only to let me down in the end.
Sigh. At least I didn't want my money/time back
His speaking lines were cut, but you can still see him ...barely... in the beginning of the film.. and he's in the credits