Such a cheap Mac is going to be filled with horribly cheap parts, and it will likely be a piece of shit. Apple as stayed away from the cheap-o market because you can't make good stuff for that cheap. I see it on a daily basis in the PC market, Customer buys an Asrock motherboard, generic ram, Celeron, crappy power supply -- and wonders why it doesn't work as well as he would've liked.
'Tis not just for things that have little monetary value. It is for people that are generous and would rather give something away than sell it. I have offered many things I simply do not need (but are still useful) on my local Freecycle list. I have also recieved quite a few things (semi-working 50'' TV, will cost a few hundred to get it fixed, coffee table + end tables, various other things).
I know that pain. My school did not even offer Computer Science due to 'lack of interest'...I took Computer Engineering in 10 and 11 and learned Turing, and actually ran a Linux box and did most of my projects in Perl. I do think that the Computer courses in Ontarion, paticularly York Region are horribly outdated.
And on a side note, I think I was put at a significant disadvantage by them not offering CS courses. When finally did start offering them I was in Grade 12 -- but I couldn't take the Grade 12 course because I lacked the fucking prerequiste. My school offered all sorts of things for everything *but* Computer courses, maybe because 'Computer' courses fall under the Technological Education Department and most of that budget goes to the Wood and Metal Shop classes.
High school level computer education is ridiculously bad.
They were actually *my* logs that were created when I was using my ex-girlfriend's Mac. I do not own one, nor have the desire to, but I thought I'd give it a chance while I was there. I wanted my logs, so I ssh'ed them home only to later realize they were almost useless.
p.s. If I had wanted to read my ex's logs, I would've done so while I was there.
My issue is that MacOSX apps aren't useful with anything but other MacOSX apps. Details about them are not disclosed, and they use propriatary formats for everything. Two examples:
1) I needed to read some iChat logs on my Linux machine, there is absolutely *no* app out there that's not OSX specific (why the fuck do you code a log parser in *Aqua*, it's fucking text, jesus), nor could I find any details about the log format (it's binary for christ sake!) so I could whip up a perl script.
2) As a result of that I *did* manage to find an app that claimed to run on all POSIX complaint systems that would parse iChat logs -- but it was packaged in.dmg. So I went on a hunt for a dmg decompressor. After a lot of searching I find something that would mount them as a filesystem, unfortunately the app was also coded for Aqua. Sad.
I ended up using cat file.chat | strings to read them, which was extremely ugly.
MacOSX "Just Works" when you're doing only what it was *explicitly* designed for. Apple software is very simplistic and does not provide many advanced features last time I checked. Maybe this is a good thing, for some people, but last time I used an OSX desktop (3 weeks ago), I wasn't comfortable, or even capable of doing many things I wanted until I had a terminal open and was ssh'ed back home.
I remember seeing World of Warcraft, or at least, the concept for it (from Blizzard's mouth) in a 1997 edition of PC Gamer. It was discussed far before 2002.
I need not post my bitching for the fourth time, but I'm still so sick of these cellphones with all this crap on it. I think it's because people want everything, but only want to pay for one device. I don't know why some people don't worry about quality at all. I don't watch TV much, but I certainly don't want to watch it on a 1'' screen.
It's a Walmart civilization these days. People are told they want the absolute cheapest thing out there, nevermind quality. What is the point in paying for something that only half-works? People buy cellphones that have horrible reception and sound quality -- makes it quite useless as a phone. I work as a computer service technician; we get people in on a daily basis demanding to know why their shit broke. HMM! I don't know. PCchips motherboard, generic ram, FORSA video card. Fujitsu hard drive...Liteon optical. I don't understand these people. They want the world, but they don't want to pay. I used to buy cheap crap. THEN IT BROKE. Then I realized that there is a bit of truth to 'you get what you pay for', at least, for tangible things. After buying a few cheap electronics I decided NO MORE. I don't buy something to have it stop working in a few months.
And in case anyone is wondering, I finally found a phone that works so god damned well as phone. Motorola i90c. I'm using it on the Mike network (ie. iDen) and it's amazing. I get full signal everywhere I've been so far, in places where I got no signal with my Nokia piece of crap.
Can I get a phone that is just a phone please? Or a phone that excels in phone-based things? I've yet to see a cell phone that lets me block numbers at the phone level, rather than PAYING to have a number blocked with the service provider. No I don't want a crappy digital camera on my phone. No I don't want a crappy music player on my phone. No I don't want a crappy web browser on my phone. I WANT A PHONE THAT IS A PHONE. Jesus christ.
The Nokia browser sucks donkey balls. It does not render anything that isn't specificall designed for a phone. Not Google, and espcially not slashdot. I get a 'page too big' error *after* downloading 10 or 20k, at 5 cents per kilobyte.
Can I get a phone that is just a phone please? Or a phone that excels in phone-based things? I've yet to see a cell phone that lets me block numbers at the phone level, rather than PAYING to have a number blocked with the service provider. No I don't want a crappy digital camera on my phone. No I don't want a crappy music player on my phone. No I don't want a crappy web browser on my phone. I don't want a crappy credit card on my phone. I WANT A PHONE THAT IS A PHONE. Jesus christ.
Can I get a phone that is just a phone please? Or a phone that excels in phone-based things? I've yet to see a cell phone that lets me block numbers at the phone level, rather than PAYING to have a number blocked with the service provider. No I don't want a crappy digital camera on my phone. No I don't want a crappy music player on my phone. No I don't want a crappy web browser on my phone. I WANT A PHONE THAT IS A PHONE. Jesus christ.
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Can somebody please explain what this TiVo To Go feature is? Not all of us keep up to date on these things.
Such a cheap Mac is going to be filled with horribly cheap parts, and it will likely be a piece of shit. Apple as stayed away from the cheap-o market because you can't make good stuff for that cheap. I see it on a daily basis in the PC market, Customer buys an Asrock motherboard, generic ram, Celeron, crappy power supply -- and wonders why it doesn't work as well as he would've liked.
'Tis not just for things that have little monetary value. It is for people that are generous and would rather give something away than sell it. I have offered many things I simply do not need (but are still useful) on my local Freecycle list. I have also recieved quite a few things (semi-working 50'' TV, will cost a few hundred to get it fixed, coffee table + end tables, various other things).
Mod parent up, he likes DVORAK
Anyone else notice that anything done in XUL is a sluggish piece of shit? Get it out of my face.
Speaking of sluggish, anyone else notice that firefox still has horrible memory leaks despite being 'stable'? Fucking ridiculous.
I don't know about hardware that let's you set it, but the standard 'ifconfig' will let you spoof it.
I know that pain. My school did not even offer Computer Science due to 'lack of interest'...I took Computer Engineering in 10 and 11 and learned Turing, and actually ran a Linux box and did most of my projects in Perl. I do think that the Computer courses in Ontarion, paticularly York Region are horribly outdated.
And on a side note, I think I was put at a significant disadvantage by them not offering CS courses. When finally did start offering them I was in Grade 12 -- but I couldn't take the Grade 12 course because I lacked the fucking prerequiste. My school offered all sorts of things for everything *but* Computer courses, maybe because 'Computer' courses fall under the Technological Education Department and most of that budget goes to the Wood and Metal Shop classes.
High school level computer education is ridiculously bad.
They were actually *my* logs that were created when I was using my ex-girlfriend's Mac. I do not own one, nor have the desire to, but I thought I'd give it a chance while I was there. I wanted my logs, so I ssh'ed them home only to later realize they were almost useless.
p.s. If I had wanted to read my ex's logs, I would've done so while I was there.
Tis not a problem anymore.
I was simply pointing out a fallacy of the Apple development model anyways.
My issue is that MacOSX apps aren't useful with anything but other MacOSX apps. Details about them are not disclosed, and they use propriatary formats for everything. Two examples:
.dmg. So I went on a hunt for a dmg decompressor. After a lot of searching I find something that would mount them as a filesystem, unfortunately the app was also coded for Aqua. Sad.
1) I needed to read some iChat logs on my Linux machine, there is absolutely *no* app out there that's not OSX specific (why the fuck do you code a log parser in *Aqua*, it's fucking text, jesus), nor could I find any details about the log format (it's binary for christ sake!) so I could whip up a perl script.
2) As a result of that I *did* manage to find an app that claimed to run on all POSIX complaint systems that would parse iChat logs -- but it was packaged in
I ended up using cat file.chat | strings to read them, which was extremely ugly.
MacOSX "Just Works" when you're doing only what it was *explicitly* designed for. Apple software is very simplistic and does not provide many advanced features last time I checked. Maybe this is a good thing, for some people, but last time I used an OSX desktop (3 weeks ago), I wasn't comfortable, or even capable of doing many things I wanted until I had a terminal open and was ssh'ed back home.
I remember seeing World of Warcraft, or at least, the concept for it (from Blizzard's mouth) in a 1997 edition of PC Gamer. It was discussed far before 2002.
Funny. Over here in North America, juice and water are more expensive than soft drinks. I envy you.
We have a 20% failure rate on Lite-on drives at our store. That's whats wrong with them.
I need not post my bitching for the fourth time, but I'm still so sick of these cellphones with all this crap on it. I think it's because people want everything, but only want to pay for one device. I don't know why some people don't worry about quality at all. I don't watch TV much, but I certainly don't want to watch it on a 1'' screen.
It's a Walmart civilization these days. People are told they want the absolute cheapest thing out there, nevermind quality. What is the point in paying for something that only half-works? People buy cellphones that have horrible reception and sound quality -- makes it quite useless as a phone. I work as a computer service technician; we get people in on a daily basis demanding to know why their shit broke. HMM! I don't know. PCchips motherboard, generic ram, FORSA video card. Fujitsu hard drive...Liteon optical. I don't understand these people. They want the world, but they don't want to pay. I used to buy cheap crap. THEN IT BROKE. Then I realized that there is a bit of truth to 'you get what you pay for', at least, for tangible things. After buying a few cheap electronics I decided NO MORE. I don't buy something to have it stop working in a few months.
And in case anyone is wondering, I finally found a phone that works so god damned well as phone. Motorola i90c. I'm using it on the Mike network (ie. iDen) and it's amazing. I get full signal everywhere I've been so far, in places where I got no signal with my Nokia piece of crap.
p.s. windows update only works with IE.
Can I get a phone that is just a phone please? Or a phone that excels in phone-based things? I've yet to see a cell phone that lets me block numbers at the phone level, rather than PAYING to have a number blocked with the service provider. No I don't want a crappy digital camera on my phone. No I don't want a crappy music player on my phone. No I don't want a crappy web browser on my phone. I WANT A PHONE THAT IS A PHONE. Jesus christ.
The Nokia browser sucks donkey balls. It does not render anything that isn't specificall designed for a phone. Not Google, and espcially not slashdot. I get a 'page too big' error *after* downloading 10 or 20k, at 5 cents per kilobyte.
Your design intrigues me. I wish to subscribe to your magazine.
Can I get a phone that is just a phone please? Or a phone that excels in phone-based things? I've yet to see a cell phone that lets me block numbers at the phone level, rather than PAYING to have a number blocked with the service provider. No I don't want a crappy digital camera on my phone. No I don't want a crappy music player on my phone. No I don't want a crappy web browser on my phone. I don't want a crappy credit card on my phone. I WANT A PHONE THAT IS A PHONE. Jesus christ.
Can I get a phone that is just a phone please? Or a phone that excels in phone-based things? I've yet to see a cell phone that lets me block numbers at the phone level, rather than PAYING to have a number blocked with the service provider. No I don't want a crappy digital camera on my phone. No I don't want a crappy music player on my phone. No I don't want a crappy web browser on my phone. I WANT A PHONE THAT IS A PHONE. Jesus christ.
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80% of what I do at work is cleaning spyware. I would be out of a job if it stopped existing.
I think you mean Alderaan.
Your geek license has been revoked.
Is there a Canadian version? I thought the days of US-only were gone.