A kit that does exactly that would be great, like the Marathon kits, like the iRack. Sure, it's warranty-violating activity, but when has that stopped anybody?
With Dashboard, the application *is* the icon. The widget does one thing, and the items are all over the screen. Therefore, by having each widget feature it's own distinctive design, the user can find what he needs more quickly. For example I need my stock prices.
BEFORE DASHBOARD: Find browser icon in dock, look for bookmark in row of bookmarks that all look exactly the same.
AFTER DASHBOARD: Press 12, look for big blue box.
But I agree, the Mac UI, while still pretty, is all over the place now. What's with the new Mail interface? That's nothing like anything else in the operating system.
It's also interesting to note that Apple lowered the price of Soundtrack to $199 (from $299). Though Soundtrack is marketed more as an accessory to Final Cut Pro, it still features all of the Apple Loop whatsits that work in GarageBand and have been wedged into the new Logic offerings. In this iLife/Express/Pro product matrix for audio and video, I wonder where this leaves Soundtrack.
You're dead-on correct about the OS X-native Quark XPress. It's also worth mentioning that OS X-native Exchage support has finally reared it's ugly head, making OS X that much easier to deploy. Other than Quark, Exchange support is what was holding up the design department at my office. I hope Apple's homegrown Exchange support includes iCal, since Entourage tends to, you know, suck.
Our preordered G5s should be here soon. Hooray!
Republicans like tort reform because then, when I sue a big corporation for poisoning my water supply by improperly dumping waste, for example, Mr. CEO can put tons of money behind good lawyers. Then when LOSE because I couldn't afford to hire an entire law firm, not only am I stuck with my untreatable cancer, but I'm also stuck with paying for the cost of the trial. With tort reform, the middle-class on down lose big time. Republican ideology (and Libertarians, for that matter) benefit the haves and punish the have-nots for not having. It's American Dream...OR ELSE!
BTW, nuclear energy is the cleanest option we have, and using it to make hydrogen and turning away from an oil-based economy will be the most significant cultural change in the world since the Industrial Revolution. (Had to throw something on-topic into this.)
Considering the business model of pornography, I can't imagine an amateur video shot on a 1-CCD MiniDV camcorder and edited in iMovie is going to scale well to IMAX size.
Besides, even if you did have the budget to shoot in IMAX, even the most, ahem (tug on collar), accommodating porn star will have some aversion to having a camera this big forced into his or her nether-regions.
Damn right its Adobe's fault. It's Microsoft's fault that Windows sucks, is it not? It's not Intel's fault that Microsoft is not writing an operating system that runs smoothly and efficiently on their processors and chipsets. So if Adobe isn't willing to optimize their software to take advantage of Altivec and dual-processors on the platform that made their company what it is today, then I say, "Adobe -- j'accuse!"
I have many of the same feelings about Adobe as I do Microsoft. Adobe had a nearly monopolistic place in the design industry (Photoshop, especially) and they abuse it by filling their software with bloat and not actually improving it. They have a history of making their software incompatible with others (see this article). And let's not forget when they sued Macromedia for using a fairly common UI widget.
When optimized for G4s and multiple G4s, software can be very zippy on a Mac. In raw power, they are still lacking behind in Intel, all us Mac lovers are sad to admit. But this article proves that Macs, compared to PCs in their price point neighborhood, can hold their own if developers like the marketing-driven ones at Adobe, took the time to make their software take full advantage of the machine they're working on.
''For me, it's a dream come true,'' [astronomy professor Paul Sipiera] said. ''I always tell my wife that when I die, I hope I get hit in the head by a meteorite flying through the roof and it came pretty close,'' he said.
To which his wife certainly sighed and replied, "Damn."
Do other scientists feel this way? Does a marine biologist hope to be devoured by sharks? Does a physicist hope an aberration in quantum mechanics obliterates his or her body? Does an anthropologist secretly yearn to be a headhunter's next prize?
In other news, Michael Robertson announces $200,000 in prize money to whomever can boot Linux on a Microsoft arcade console. $100,000 to whomever first boots Linux, and another $100,000 to whomever can do it without a quarter.
My favorite long word
on
A Word a Day
·
· Score: 1
Getting "meta", eh? I'm sure the book includes this word, then:
SESQUIPEDALIAN
n.
A long word.
adj.
Given to the use of long words.
Long and ponderous; polysyllabic.
It's not as much about the skin, fat, and muscle on your face as much as it is how the bones shape the face. The size of your nose comes from that piece of cartilidge. Cheekbones, size of head, location and depth of eyes, jawline, and smile have nothing to do with what this doctor is talking about transplanting. The only unethical problem would be giving face transplants so you can look like someone else, and I'm sure some Columbian drug cartel's retained plastic surgeon can already pull that off. I don't think this is anything to worry about...yet.
...the whole.NET thing? I thought the whole purpose of it was to put file formats into XML so that document data, defined by its metadata, could then be used all over the place no matter what application wants it? According to this C|Net article:
The company is adopting Extensible Markup Language (XML) as a second file format in all Office applications, to enable better data exchange between the productivity suite and back-end software, such as databases. This "opening up" of Office could end Microsoft's lock on document file formats that have boosted Office sales in years past and made the software the de facto standard for desktop productivity.
So if this is Microsoft's plan, then why wouldn't they want to be on this panel and strongarm them into using their particular metadata to describe documents?
Please forgive me if I'm being naive. I'm truly curious.
What exactly did Porche design if they just ripped off Apple's design?
It still doesn't seem as sexy as a TiBook to me. Apple's offering is sleek and flat and thinner. The titanium is all over, including inside. This Porche computer has those funky bevels on top, lots of plastic, and all those bulky, should-be-outmoded serial connections wide open in the back.
But it is kind of retro in that, technically, it's air-cooled like an original 911.
You can also look at it from the completely other direction. Dr. Sykes does say, "There is no ethnic purity." Now where does that leave the KKK and the Nation of Islam?
There are plenty of bands that, though they may not have the level of exposure that the Britneys and Christinas and Avrils have, they have national attention. Sleater-Kinney, for example, are still on an independent label. And they get seriously great press. The only thing they sell out is tickets to their concerts.
So I don't think you have to sell out to a major label. It sounds like the band in question here is doing everything right. But I think the trick is simply to be a really great band. Talk all you want about indie movies and indie music, but the real reason you don't hear about most of it is because it SUCKS. The key to success -- and I'm talking long-term, not flash in the pan -- is to have talent. To engage audiences and re-engage them time and time again. To challenge audiences but still be accessible. Just be a great band and work hard and the audience will come to you. Don't sell-out, but don't suck, either.
When the site isn't/.'ed, I'll be sure to check them out.
Slashdot Mirror
This is a little prettier. Still not the Mac mini style you want, but at least its kitschy.
Oh, I agree, it's hideous. Just wanted to point out that someone with a lot of time on their hands had the idea.
Like this?
A kit that does exactly that would be great, like the Marathon kits, like the iRack. Sure, it's warranty-violating activity, but when has that stopped anybody?
Slightly off-topic, but...
With Dashboard, the application *is* the icon. The widget does one thing, and the items are all over the screen. Therefore, by having each widget feature it's own distinctive design, the user can find what he needs more quickly. For example I need my stock prices.
BEFORE DASHBOARD: Find browser icon in dock, look for bookmark in row of bookmarks that all look exactly the same.
AFTER DASHBOARD: Press 12, look for big blue box.
But I agree, the Mac UI, while still pretty, is all over the place now. What's with the new Mail interface? That's nothing like anything else in the operating system.
Better still... a Rendezvous with a Duo of hot chicks named Lisa.
It's also interesting to note that Apple lowered the price of Soundtrack to $199 (from $299). Though Soundtrack is marketed more as an accessory to Final Cut Pro, it still features all of the Apple Loop whatsits that work in GarageBand and have been wedged into the new Logic offerings. In this iLife/Express/Pro product matrix for audio and video, I wonder where this leaves Soundtrack.
There's nothing wrong with Finland, except that it's so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, and lots of miles from Vietnam.
You're dead-on correct about the OS X-native Quark XPress. It's also worth mentioning that OS X-native Exchage support has finally reared it's ugly head, making OS X that much easier to deploy. Other than Quark, Exchange support is what was holding up the design department at my office. I hope Apple's homegrown Exchange support includes iCal, since Entourage tends to, you know, suck. Our preordered G5s should be here soon. Hooray!
Or just walk to a gym 12 miles away and walk back. You'll never have to even step foot in a gym.
This is off-topic, but I had to respond.
Republicans like tort reform because then, when I sue a big corporation for poisoning my water supply by improperly dumping waste, for example, Mr. CEO can put tons of money behind good lawyers. Then when LOSE because I couldn't afford to hire an entire law firm, not only am I stuck with my untreatable cancer, but I'm also stuck with paying for the cost of the trial. With tort reform, the middle-class on down lose big time. Republican ideology (and Libertarians, for that matter) benefit the haves and punish the have-nots for not having. It's American Dream...OR ELSE!
BTW, nuclear energy is the cleanest option we have, and using it to make hydrogen and turning away from an oil-based economy will be the most significant cultural change in the world since the Industrial Revolution. (Had to throw something on-topic into this.)
RTFA. They aren't MP3s. Their AAC files, which (as I understand it) sound better than their MP3 counterparts at the same bitrate.
Considering the business model of pornography, I can't imagine an amateur video shot on a 1-CCD MiniDV camcorder and edited in iMovie is going to scale well to IMAX size.
Besides, even if you did have the budget to shoot in IMAX, even the most, ahem (tug on collar), accommodating porn star will have some aversion to having a camera this big forced into his or her nether-regions.
Oh, right, it's Adobe's fault. *rolls eyes*
Damn right its Adobe's fault. It's Microsoft's fault that Windows sucks, is it not? It's not Intel's fault that Microsoft is not writing an operating system that runs smoothly and efficiently on their processors and chipsets. So if Adobe isn't willing to optimize their software to take advantage of Altivec and dual-processors on the platform that made their company what it is today, then I say, "Adobe -- j'accuse!"
I have many of the same feelings about Adobe as I do Microsoft. Adobe had a nearly monopolistic place in the design industry (Photoshop, especially) and they abuse it by filling their software with bloat and not actually improving it. They have a history of making their software incompatible with others (see this article). And let's not forget when they sued Macromedia for using a fairly common UI widget.
When optimized for G4s and multiple G4s, software can be very zippy on a Mac. In raw power, they are still lacking behind in Intel, all us Mac lovers are sad to admit. But this article proves that Macs, compared to PCs in their price point neighborhood, can hold their own if developers like the marketing-driven ones at Adobe, took the time to make their software take full advantage of the machine they're working on.
Remember jokes about clueless newbies trying to fax documents by holding them up to the monitor?
Next thing you know, blondes really will be using White-out on their monitors.
To which his wife certainly sighed and replied, "Damn."
Do other scientists feel this way? Does a marine biologist hope to be devoured by sharks? Does a physicist hope an aberration in quantum mechanics obliterates his or her body? Does an anthropologist secretly yearn to be a headhunter's next prize?
In other news, Michael Robertson announces $200,000 in prize money to whomever can boot Linux on a Microsoft arcade console. $100,000 to whomever first boots Linux, and another $100,000 to whomever can do it without a quarter.
Getting "meta", eh? I'm sure the book includes this word, then:
SESQUIPEDALIAN
n.
A long word.
adj.
Given to the use of long words.
Long and ponderous; polysyllabic.
source
AMD and Apple's offspring?
She'll be curvy. And when she runs, she'll be HOT HOT HOT!
You'll want to date her, but when you finally get her home, you realize that the relationship has nowhere else to go.
It's not as much about the skin, fat, and muscle on your face as much as it is how the bones shape the face. The size of your nose comes from that piece of cartilidge. Cheekbones, size of head, location and depth of eyes, jawline, and smile have nothing to do with what this doctor is talking about transplanting. The only unethical problem would be giving face transplants so you can look like someone else, and I'm sure some Columbian drug cartel's retained plastic surgeon can already pull that off. I don't think this is anything to worry about...yet.
What exactly did Porche design if they just ripped off Apple's design?
It still doesn't seem as sexy as a TiBook to me. Apple's offering is sleek and flat and thinner. The titanium is all over, including inside. This Porche computer has those funky bevels on top, lots of plastic, and all those bulky, should-be-outmoded serial connections wide open in the back.
But it is kind of retro in that, technically, it's air-cooled like an original 911.
Because the pilots can't land Steve's plane there.
You can also look at it from the completely other direction. Dr. Sykes does say, "There is no ethnic purity." Now where does that leave the KKK and the Nation of Islam?
Genetics -- proving Facists wrong since 1994
There are plenty of bands that, though they may not have the level of exposure that the Britneys and Christinas and Avrils have, they have national attention. Sleater-Kinney, for example, are still on an independent label. And they get seriously great press. The only thing they sell out is tickets to their concerts.
/.'ed, I'll be sure to check them out.
So I don't think you have to sell out to a major label. It sounds like the band in question here is doing everything right. But I think the trick is simply to be a really great band. Talk all you want about indie movies and indie music, but the real reason you don't hear about most of it is because it SUCKS. The key to success -- and I'm talking long-term, not flash in the pan -- is to have talent. To engage audiences and re-engage them time and time again. To challenge audiences but still be accessible. Just be a great band and work hard and the audience will come to you. Don't sell-out, but don't suck, either.
When the site isn't