- Apple's Calendar Server is indeed open source, unlike mentioned above. - Apple's current implementation of recurring events in their CalDav server has some issues.
Disclaimer: It should also be noted that I work for Oracle in the very same division responsible for the calendaring stuff and that my intent is not to diminish Apple's offering. Oracle aims for full interoperability with other CalDAV-compliant offerings, including that of Apple.
Yeah. There's more to Time Machine than just a one-off backup of your data. TM aggregates changes and you can roll back to any point in time.
Think of it as CVS. It tages backup times but actually only copies new data as it's checked in.
Also, TM is not confined to the Finder per say. if you're in Address Book and lost a contact, type in the filter string to locate it. Still can't find it? Right there from Address Book, hit Time Machine and Address Book will be served with backed-up address book data, filtering on the fly, as you go back in time until you find what you've been looking for.
Same thing for anything spotlight-able.
So, yeah, it's got a pretty interface, but TM goes way beyon just file/backup management.
Well, while the message is pompous, there is some truth to it. There already was a Linux-based open platform announced (I forgot the details but it has something to do with TrollTech's Qt thing if I remember correctly).
No one cared but the project is kinda moving forward with a couple of Linux phones also being available.
Now Google announce the same thing (which is probably how we ended up with 350+ Linux distros in the first place). now, Google is much larger and has more resources so I suppose next week we can expect something rather nice and complete (and full of adds), but it would have been nice for the "open" nature of this actually looked at and embraced other "open" solutions.
This is going to look as silly as the Blur Ray/HD-DVD war going on.
Absolutely everything is wrong with flash-based video. Skip, fast-forward, replay control is always fucked up. Buf... wait... buf... wait... buffering is a constant issue and I dont care about features to come. Right now, flash based videos is a bit to use, a bitch to watch and a bitch to listen to.
As far as awfulness is concerned, I put in the same spot as Real player.
I actually despise having to register accounts to read or comment on things. It ticks me off to a degree that if I dont consider the site to be worthy of my time to register, I often just dont come back.
When I do have to register, I often end up using the same nick: mouser. however, because mouser seems to be a hot pick, when it's not available, I prepend my initials.
Since I tend not to pus insane comments (though I did post anonymously a couple of times), I dont feel like I have to cover my tracks and change alias every now and then. I've been using the alias "mouser" for more than 20 years in everything from BBS accounts to email addresses.
I got on relatively early because a co-worker got me into reading/.
Eventually, I got involved in a few discussions so I registered. Wit that, I still managed a low 4 digit UID. But no one was looking at UIDs back then.
polyvalent |?päli?v?l?nt| adjective Chemistry having a valence of three or more. Medicine having the property of counteracting several related poisons or affording immunity against different strains of a microorganism. Medicine another term for multivalent . figurative having many different functions, forms, or facets : as emotion, love is polyvalent. DERIVATIVES polyvalence noun
Third sense. Also main with valence, in linguistics:
valence |?v?l?ns| noun Chemistry the combining power of an element, esp. as measured by the number of hydrogen atoms it can displace or combine with : carbon always has a valence of 4. [as adj. ] relating to or denoting electrons involved in or available for chemical bond formation : molecules with unpaired valence electrons. Linguistics the number of grammatical elements with which a particular word, esp. a verb, combines in a sentence. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin valentia 'power, competence,' from valere 'be well or strong.'
Most of my colleges that bought Mac laptops in the past 2 years have done so because they can multi-boot Windows and Mac OS X. They do so because as product managers, developers and marketing directors, they can show off and test our products wich are multiplatform. They now carry a single machine for all 3 platforms rather than 2 machines, or only a Windows box.
Friends of mine that were not on Macs (I call them computationally-challenged friends:-) and that have bought Macs recently (laptop or not) have done so because they could use it for their strict university or work environment requirements wich requires Windows. Some have eventually, as you say, decided to live in Mac OS X, but some, at times, will boot in Windows for one reason or another.
For this, I count about 20 non-Mac heads that have gotten Macs in that two year spawn.
Actually, as someone that actually works at oracle, I can tell you that Oracle's pretty serious about it's Linux offering and open source, regardless as what you may think of them.
The official OS within Oracle is being transitioned to this Linux dist of them (Unbreakable Linux) and the official Windows base install in the company (for non dev people) is not even XP.
I work on Macs so none of these OSes concern me but we keep getting internal memos about Oracle's Linux.
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Mine certainly is unlocked and jailbroken.
And I have this to say to Apple and Jobs.
... liver costs will skyrocket.
Nah. The turn signal also applies to Europe. Most people just dont use them. Anywhere.
Your joke failed. Most americans dont know what a roundabout it, less even navigate one.
Yeah, but they've recorded you as not having downloaded it. Either way, you've been accounted.
It should be noted that
- Apple's Calendar Server is indeed open source, unlike mentioned above.
- Apple's current implementation of recurring events in their CalDav server has some issues.
Disclaimer:
It should also be noted that I work for Oracle in the very same division responsible for the calendaring stuff and that my intent is not to diminish Apple's offering. Oracle aims for full interoperability with other CalDAV-compliant offerings, including that of Apple.
Woah. Just, woah.
But you *are* affected.
One less telecom fighting for your dollars means one less competitors and thus less consumer options, even for just internet access.
"Writing", actually ;-)
Yeah. There's more to Time Machine than just a one-off backup of your data. TM aggregates changes and you can roll back to any point in time.
Think of it as CVS. It tages backup times but actually only copies new data as it's checked in.
Also, TM is not confined to the Finder per say. if you're in Address Book and lost a contact, type in the filter string to locate it. Still can't find it? Right there from Address Book, hit Time Machine and Address Book will be served with backed-up address book data, filtering on the fly, as you go back in time until you find what you've been looking for.
Same thing for anything spotlight-able.
So, yeah, it's got a pretty interface, but TM goes way beyon just file/backup management.
Well, while the message is pompous, there is some truth to it. There already was a Linux-based open platform announced (I forgot the details but it has something to do with TrollTech's Qt thing if I remember correctly).
No one cared but the project is kinda moving forward with a couple of Linux phones also being available.
Now Google announce the same thing (which is probably how we ended up with 350+ Linux distros in the first place). now, Google is much larger and has more resources so I suppose next week we can expect something rather nice and complete (and full of adds), but it would have been nice for the "open" nature of this actually looked at and embraced other "open" solutions.
This is going to look as silly as the Blur Ray/HD-DVD war going on.
Absolutely everything is wrong with flash-based video. Skip, fast-forward, replay control is always fucked up. Buf... wait... buf... wait... buffering is a constant issue and I dont care about features to come. Right now, flash based videos is a bit to use, a bitch to watch and a bitch to listen to.
As far as awfulness is concerned, I put in the same spot as Real player.
How many Star Wars versions do you own?
Amen.
I actually despise having to register accounts to read or comment on things. It ticks me off to a degree that if I dont consider the site to be worthy of my time to register, I often just dont come back.
When I do have to register, I often end up using the same nick: mouser. however, because mouser seems to be a hot pick, when it's not available, I prepend my initials.
Since I tend not to pus insane comments (though I did post anonymously a couple of times), I dont feel like I have to cover my tracks and change alias every now and then. I've been using the alias "mouser" for more than 20 years in everything from BBS accounts to email addresses.
I'm predictable that way.
I got on relatively early because a co-worker got me into reading /.
Eventually, I got involved in a few discussions so I registered. Wit that, I still managed a low 4 digit UID. But no one was looking at UIDs back then.
Here:
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(gosh I hate the lameness filter... ruins the fun...)
Designed for a 90 day mission, and here we are at over 13 times that number of days
Well, the S.S. Minnow's crew was out only for a 3 hour tour and see how long they lasted on that island?
polyvalent |?päli?v?l?nt| adjective Chemistry having a valence of three or more. Medicine having the property of counteracting several related poisons or affording immunity against different strains of a microorganism. Medicine another term for multivalent . figurative having many different functions, forms, or facets : as emotion, love is polyvalent. DERIVATIVES polyvalence noun
Third sense. Also main with valence, in linguistics:
valence |?v?l?ns| noun Chemistry the combining power of an element, esp. as measured by the number of hydrogen atoms it can displace or combine with : carbon always has a valence of 4. [as adj. ] relating to or denoting electrons involved in or available for chemical bond formation : molecules with unpaired valence electrons. Linguistics the number of grammatical elements with which a particular word, esp. a verb, combines in a sentence. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin valentia 'power, competence,' from valere 'be well or strong.'
Second sense.
Now, lookup "dunce".
Well, I didn't mention that those 20-some people were all in software development (though I must admit many are).
Some are school teachers, in finance, retired and two students (hi-ed).
Dont worry. When you grow up, you'll learn to use new words.
As for polyvalent, it so happens it's a very common word in french and it's meaning, even in english, is spot on to what I intended to convey.
(Lookup "convey" before you make an ass of yourself again...)
Your guesses dont count as market data.
:-) and that have bought Macs recently (laptop or not) have done so because they could use it for their strict university or work environment requirements wich requires Windows. Some have eventually, as you say, decided to live in Mac OS X, but some, at times, will boot in Windows for one reason or another.
Most of my colleges that bought Mac laptops in the past 2 years have done so because they can multi-boot Windows and Mac OS X. They do so because as product managers, developers and marketing directors, they can show off and test our products wich are multiplatform. They now carry a single machine for all 3 platforms rather than 2 machines, or only a Windows box.
Friends of mine that were not on Macs (I call them computationally-challenged friends
For this, I count about 20 non-Mac heads that have gotten Macs in that two year spawn.
You're missing a key point: Boot Camp and the promise of multi-boot makes getting an Apple machine a polyvalent solution.
Your plan is missing a very important and crucial step:
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Actually, as someone that actually works at oracle, I can tell you that Oracle's pretty serious about it's Linux offering and open source, regardless as what you may think of them.
The official OS within Oracle is being transitioned to this Linux dist of them (Unbreakable Linux) and the official Windows base install in the company (for non dev people) is not even XP.
I work on Macs so none of these OSes concern me but we keep getting internal memos about Oracle's Linux.