What I wonder is whether this compiler will be used in future versions of xCode. If it is, in fact, significantly faster than GCC, it seems logical that Apple would wants it as part of their own developer tools.
In addition, I wonder what this will do for Metroworks' CodeWarrior compiler?
How would this technology do with iTunes-compressed AAC files? One would assume that they wouldn't match up to their MP3 counterparts in the least, but I wonder if the RIAA even scans for these files (since they're used by a minority anyway).
I apologise for being a Unix n00b, (but a long time Mac user). However, I have never understood the difference between the different shells. Are the commands different? The display style? What changes between bash, tsch, and all the others?
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I thought that a certain someone was already building a hidden P2P spam-distribution network.
It suggests Agent Smith takes over the Oracle. That's a potentially big spoiler. Why else would he be in her kitchen laughing maniacally?
This could possible be because the actress who played the Oracle, Gloria Foster passed away before Revolutions was filmed. Agent Smith in the Oracle's kitchen could be a "workaround" for not having the Oracle in the film at all.
If you could create a distro that installed and co-existed on an NTFS partition, you'd have a winner.
See, I would tend to disagree. being a long time Mac user, I've struggled to figure out why the MacOS, which I consider to be clearly superior to Windows, hasn't done better. I finally realised: people are lazy and unlikely to vary from what they're used to.
Sure, the learning curve to switch from Windows to Mac, and the Mac experience is easier to use, more stable, less virus-prone etc etc, but people assume it's different. And just try answering the question "Does the Mac use Windows?"
Linux is an even harder sell, because most of the benefits are technical. With OS X, I can show the cool iTunes visualiser, the pretty Aqua GUI, the Mail.app spam filter etc. But try telling me mom why a recompilable kernel-based OS is superior to a monolithic architecture, and watch her eyes glaze over. Start talking about SMTP, POP, NFS, inetd etc etc and you'll lose her.
I don't see Linux or (sadly) MacOS gaining much dominance because it's a self-perpetuating ycle: the more people use Windows, the more they're used to it, and the less likely they are to change.
It's the same reason many people at eat McDonald's regularily, instead of trying new places
And, of course, good old Virtual PC which, despite being now owned by Microsoft is still a great product, and allows you to run *any* x86-compatible OS on your Mac. And since most of the other OSs you mentioned (OS/2, AtheOS etc) are either old or low-resource, there will be negligible speed hit
In fact, I would go so far as to say that the Mac is the most-compatible platform out there. Personally, I have six different OSs on my Mac right now (Mac OS X, Mac OS 9.1, 9.2.2, Mandrake Linux, Win98 SE and PC-DOS). And that's not even breaking a sweat.
Can anyone please explain to me why the power griod layout PDF is linked to from the article page by a link that reads "Click here for infoporn graphics"?
The problem is that power generation to a large degree and power distribution to a much larger degree, is a "natural monopoly". Due to the inherent start-up costs of power distribution (running mile after tireless mile of wires, and thousands of transformers etc), it would be nigh impossible for a new company to hope to compete with established private power distribution networks.
Your analogy of cellphones is essentially good, however is flawed because the startup costs are signifigantly lower (erect one cell phone tower, cover a few hundred square miles, and possibly millions of customers.
A free-market economy can be very effective in certain situations, but has a tough time in the case of natural monopolies
Obligatory Fight Club Reference: "A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one."
That, ultimately, is the risk of deregulation. That the total economic costs will have much greater importance than any social costs. Even if the hydro companies were to be sued for the disruption (unlikely, IMHO), the cost would still probably be less than it would have been to retrofit the old grid to more-modern standards.
This is not to say that all deregulation will result in this, just that there's a much bigger risk than there is with public industries, since the government (theoretically) has the public interest, rather than profit, as its primary goal.
I don't know if the overload was due to deregulation, but one of the purposes of regulation is to ensure that the power company can satisfy demand, even relatively unlikely peak demand. It's possible that deregulation led to them running leaner with less margin of error for a big spike in demand.
Add to that an unexpected increase in air-conditioner usage and there you go -- overload and outages. That's one possibility. I suppose we'll find out the facts soon enough, though.
I don't think that's it. While we're still waiting for the investigation, it doesn't appear that this was a case of excessive use. After all, this summer has been much cooler than last, when no such problems occurred.
Rather, it appears that this was triggered by some sort of accident or anomolous event.
To protect your identity, all you have to do is make sure your identity isn't worth stealing. I personally suggest going broke, having a crappy job, no car or house, and dumping any signifigant other(s) you may have. Live out of a cardboard box if at all possible. Then NOBODY'll want to steal your identity.
Now SCO's going to have to sue the Navy and Apple.
In other news today: The U.S. Navy today responded to a lawsuit by privately-held company SCO by invading their headquarters, and bombarding it into the ground with cruise missles.
When reached for comment, Admiral trigger-happy said "Fuck it. They were pissing everybody off. I just got bored."
What I have found is missing from a lot of freeware, and even more so from OSS, is the fit and polish that a company writing for profit can give an application. Simply put, when there's millions of dollars at stake, there is a big incentive to add those little nuances and details to the interface and feature set that make a program feel polished, professional and efficient.
COnsistency also suffers when a variety of developers are working on one project. For all the downsides of closed-source, a profit-making company generally has one vision for software, and makes its programmers stick to that. This does generally lead to a level of consistency often unmatched in open-source.
On the page, the font author discusses how to type characters, since they are mapped differently than latin. In order to produce the characters that most closely represent the sounds from the latin characters, he says:
Using a transcriber such as Mans Bjorkman's TengScribe. You only need to type in the desired text in Latin letters (the ones you are currently reading), choose a mode, and tell the transcriber to produce the corresponding Tengwar text.
Anyone out there with more perl knowledge than I want to whip up a script to handle this conversion? Seems like a great cross-platform way to do it!
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That's OK, you can't even spell "say". Or "can't" for that matter.
Incidentally, it's pronounced "Ron-day-voo". If you want to put a proper French sound to it, roll the "R"
What I wonder is whether this compiler will be used in future versions of xCode. If it is, in fact, significantly faster than GCC, it seems logical that Apple would wants it as part of their own developer tools.
In addition, I wonder what this will do for Metroworks' CodeWarrior compiler?
How would this technology do with iTunes-compressed AAC files? One would assume that they wouldn't match up to their MP3 counterparts in the least, but I wonder if the RIAA even scans for these files (since they're used by a minority anyway).
I apologise for being a Unix n00b, (but a long time Mac user). However, I have never understood the difference between the different shells.
Are the commands different? The display style? What changes between bash, tsch, and all the others?
This could possible be because the actress who played the Oracle, Gloria Foster passed away before Revolutions was filmed. Agent Smith in the Oracle's kitchen could be a "workaround" for not having the Oracle in the film at all.
Then why are you asking here? You'll just get more "stories". Well, that and "Soviet Russia" jokes.
Man, if I had this sytem, I could finally stop accidentally smoking my drink, wiping my face on my ashtray and playing three aces plus my napkin!
Man, those are going to be some LONG hydro wires!
See, I would tend to disagree. being a long time Mac user, I've struggled to figure out why the MacOS, which I consider to be clearly superior to Windows, hasn't done better. I finally realised: people are lazy and unlikely to vary from what they're used to.
Sure, the learning curve to switch from Windows to Mac, and the Mac experience is easier to use, more stable, less virus-prone etc etc, but people assume it's different. And just try answering the question "Does the Mac use Windows?"
Linux is an even harder sell, because most of the benefits are technical. With OS X, I can show the cool iTunes visualiser, the pretty Aqua GUI, the Mail.app spam filter etc. But try telling me mom why a recompilable kernel-based OS is superior to a monolithic architecture, and watch her eyes glaze over. Start talking about SMTP, POP, NFS, inetd etc etc and you'll lose her.
I don't see Linux or (sadly) MacOS gaining much dominance because it's a self-perpetuating ycle: the more people use Windows, the more they're used to it, and the less likely they are to change.
It's the same reason many people at eat McDonald's regularily, instead of trying new places
I haven't received my G5 yet!
.....sigh.....
Of course I didn't buy it yet.
or save up the money.
On a Mac, I have:
In fact, I would go so far as to say that the Mac is the most-compatible platform out there. Personally, I have six different OSs on my Mac right now (Mac OS X, Mac OS 9.1, 9.2.2, Mandrake Linux, Win98 SE and PC-DOS). And that's not even breaking a sweat.
Can anyone please explain to me why the power griod layout PDF is linked to from the article page by a link that reads "Click here for infoporn graphics"?
WTF is infoporn?
Your analogy of cellphones is essentially good, however is flawed because the startup costs are signifigantly lower (erect one cell phone tower, cover a few hundred square miles, and possibly millions of customers.
A free-market economy can be very effective in certain situations, but has a tough time in the case of natural monopolies
Obligatory Fight Club Reference:
"A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one."
That, ultimately, is the risk of deregulation. That the total economic costs will have much greater importance than any social costs. Even if the hydro companies were to be sued for the disruption (unlikely, IMHO), the cost would still probably be less than it would have been to retrofit the old grid to more-modern standards.
This is not to say that all deregulation will result in this, just that there's a much bigger risk than there is with public industries, since the government (theoretically) has the public interest, rather than profit, as its primary goal.
Add to that an unexpected increase in air-conditioner usage and there you go -- overload and outages. That's one possibility. I suppose we'll find out the facts soon enough, though.
I don't think that's it. While we're still waiting for the investigation, it doesn't appear that this was a case of excessive use. After all, this summer has been much cooler than last, when no such problems occurred.
Rather, it appears that this was triggered by some sort of accident or anomolous event.
To protect your identity, all you have to do is make sure your identity isn't worth stealing. I personally suggest going broke, having a crappy job, no car or house, and dumping any signifigant other(s) you may have. Live out of a cardboard box if at all possible. Then NOBODY'll want to steal your identity.
In other news today: The U.S. Navy today responded to a lawsuit by privately-held company SCO by invading their headquarters, and bombarding it into the ground with cruise missles.
When reached for comment, Admiral trigger-happy said "Fuck it. They were pissing everybody off. I just got bored."
I would. Hell, one BSOD could light off every missle in their payload, each randomly pointed at a different location!
Man, now I'm getting so excited I want to sue somebody!
C'mon, mom, can I? Can I? All the other nerds are doing it!
AKA, they didn't have any.
What I have found is missing from a lot of freeware, and even more so from OSS, is the fit and polish that a company writing for profit can give an application. Simply put, when there's millions of dollars at stake, there is a big incentive to add those little nuances and details to the interface and feature set that make a program feel polished, professional and efficient.
COnsistency also suffers when a variety of developers are working on one project. For all the downsides of closed-source, a profit-making company generally has one vision for software, and makes its programmers stick to that. This does generally lead to a level of consistency often unmatched in open-source.
Otherwise you might as well just wear an "I'm a big geek" T-shirt. Like, say, this one.
Using a transcriber such as Mans Bjorkman's TengScribe. You only need to type in the desired text in Latin letters (the ones you are currently reading), choose a mode, and tell the transcriber to produce the corresponding Tengwar text.
Anyone out there with more perl knowledge than I want to whip up a script to handle this conversion? Seems like a great cross-platform way to do it!