Classic isn't pretty with anything less than 128 MB. After all, you have to consider that you're basically running MacOS 9.1 as an application, PLUS also running your classic applications in the same memory space, and then running all of that on top of MacOS X. MacOS X itself will get along with as little as 64MB of RAM. Course it'll be slow, but its still quite usable.
Given the opportunity, the institutional client -- represented by the building committee -- will have its way totally, bullying and badgering the architect until it gets a building that responds perfectly to the budget and program, no matter how ugly or poorly detailed the building might be. This is the proverbial camel, a horse designed by committee
While I've never had the privelage of being carpet-bombed by a B-52, I have been subject to many low level fly-overs. I'm originally from southwest North Dakota in an area where the USAF opeated a radar training range---low level evasion tactics, that is. Of course you got your buzzings by fighters at low-levels and just barely subsonic speeds (they were flying low enough where a sonic boom could seriously hurt someone on the ground), but what really kicked ass where the B-52s and B-1Bs. The B-52s (from Minot AFB) used to fly low and slow---low and slow enough where you could see the emergency hatch access points, and read the crew names off the side of plane. (I'd say 350 feet AGL was their highest ceiling during these runs.) The B-1Bs (Ellesworth AFB) made substantially higher speed runs and just looked wicked streaking across the prairie.
Oh, reason why North Dakota was chosen instead of a similarily isolated part of the country: The climate and geography is very similar to the Russian steppes. Obvious to the reader why the USAF might want to train with those conditions.
Exactly my point---usually the group claiming that games either condone or create violent behavior outright are the same groups that are pro-corportation. IN GENERAL in the US, this means the Republican Party---videogames cause violence, but if they can sell stuff to kids they're good.
Note MTV. It's only the music videos (MTV? Music videos? Hah!) that ever come under fire----the original MTV programming doesn't. There's a lot more sex in MTV's spring break coverage than anywhere else. (Not to mention its a complete reality fuck---ever notice how the only people that ever get selected to appear on-screen are Abercrombie wannabes? Why am I babbling about this shit---the music I listen to can't even be bought in a chain store let alone have a video on MTV.)
Makes perfect sense. Certain groups in the United States believe that videogames can act as a catalyst for violent behavior. Kids that already have violent tendencies see images which desensitize them to violence, making the acting upon of those violent tendencies more likely.
If that reasoning holds true, then the situation simply switches from violence to consumption. Kids that already have consumeristic tendencies see images which desensitize them to pervasive advertising, making the acting upon of those consumeristic tendencies more likely.
(Note: I don't necessarily agree with the above logic myself. Just pointing out the similar pop-psychology.)
>Almost all Mac Applications EVER written. I've used some old text only games from 1985 in OS X already. No problem.
MacPaint won't run under anything more modern than 7.5.5, it seems. My standard way of getting it to work is to run Basillisk w/ System 6.0.8 under MacOS 9.1. Which means under MacOS X, I'll be running 6.0.8 within 9.1 within MacOS X 10.0. At least until Basillisk is Carbonized.
If it is, you won't see it for awhile. iirc, Microsoft will not be Carbonizing Office 2K1 for full MacOS X support. It'll continue to run under classic just fine. (but jeez---I mean, it's a Microsoft product. I don't want it running in a shared memory space with the rest of Classic environment.;-) )
I think Microsoft's rationale here (and their Mac team seems to be far more rational and competent than other segments of the company; Office, Explorer, Outlook, etc. all seem better behaved than their counterparts under Windows) is that, since they just finished Office 2001 about six months ago, it's not worth releasing an upgrade this soon. My guess is that the next version of Office for the Mac (2002?) will be Carbonized. Mac IE is Carbonized and really does work a lot better than Mozilla for the Mac, both running straight in the legacy MacOS (booting directly into MacOS 9.1) and under MacOS X.
Rich man? Ptht. My girlfriend bought a used Tangerine iMac 333 w/ 192MB of RAM for US$400. Bought it from an engineer who works for Adaptec. And it runs MacOS X quite well.
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Kinda a west-side / east-side thing.
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Show me the court case. Really, I'm interested---not flamebaiting.
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The ads ran with the permission of the estate/family of the person featured in the ad.
Apple didn't make Caesar Chavez a sell out. His family did.
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Classic isn't pretty with anything less than 128 MB. After all, you have to consider that you're basically running MacOS 9.1 as an application, PLUS also running your classic applications in the same memory space, and then running all of that on top of MacOS X. MacOS X itself will get along with as little as 64MB of RAM. Course it'll be slow, but its still quite usable.
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>> Imipolex-G
Hah. A Pynchon reading troll
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and don't forget: 20 MP3s, simultaneously playing----BACKWARDS! :)
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-- Roger K. Lewis, architect, The Foutainheadache
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While I've never had the privelage of being carpet-bombed by a B-52, I have been subject to many low level fly-overs. I'm originally from southwest North Dakota in an area where the USAF opeated a radar training range---low level evasion tactics, that is. Of course you got your buzzings by fighters at low-levels and just barely subsonic speeds (they were flying low enough where a sonic boom could seriously hurt someone on the ground), but what really kicked ass where the B-52s and B-1Bs. The B-52s (from Minot AFB) used to fly low and slow---low and slow enough where you could see the emergency hatch access points, and read the crew names off the side of plane. (I'd say 350 feet AGL was their highest ceiling during these runs.) The B-1Bs (Ellesworth AFB) made substantially higher speed runs and just looked wicked streaking across the prairie. Oh, reason why North Dakota was chosen instead of a similarily isolated part of the country: The climate and geography is very similar to the Russian steppes. Obvious to the reader why the USAF might want to train with those conditions.
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Simultaneously playing. I used to do it with BeOS PR4 on a 210MHz PPC box. Be prioritizes multimedia processes above damn near anything else.
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A new RFC is needed for IPX Tunneling through drywall.
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Exactly my point---usually the group claiming that games either condone or create violent behavior outright are the same groups that are pro-corportation. IN GENERAL in the US, this means the Republican Party---videogames cause violence, but if they can sell stuff to kids they're good.
Note MTV. It's only the music videos (MTV? Music videos? Hah!) that ever come under fire----the original MTV programming doesn't. There's a lot more sex in MTV's spring break coverage than anywhere else. (Not to mention its a complete reality fuck---ever notice how the only people that ever get selected to appear on-screen are Abercrombie wannabes? Why am I babbling about this shit---the music I listen to can't even be bought in a chain store let alone have a video on MTV.)
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Makes perfect sense. Certain groups in the United States believe that videogames can act as a catalyst for violent behavior. Kids that already have violent tendencies see images which desensitize them to violence, making the acting upon of those violent tendencies more likely.
If that reasoning holds true, then the situation simply switches from violence to consumption. Kids that already have consumeristic tendencies see images which desensitize them to pervasive advertising, making the acting upon of those consumeristic tendencies more likely.
(Note: I don't necessarily agree with the above logic myself. Just pointing out the similar pop-psychology.)
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Go up to the main site. http://www.entertainfla.com/ Stilts! Stilts! Everywhere!
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Since you have gotten signal, you're fucked unless you take off every zig for great justice.
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Talk to these people. I've always known Richard to be one to thumb his nose at the US government.
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http://www.shorn.com/
Work of Todd Purgason @ JuXT Interactive.
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>Almost all Mac Applications EVER written. I've used some old text only games from 1985 in OS X already. No problem.
MacPaint won't run under anything more modern than 7.5.5, it seems. My standard way of getting it to work is to run Basillisk w/ System 6.0.8 under MacOS 9.1. Which means under MacOS X, I'll be running 6.0.8 within 9.1 within MacOS X 10.0. At least until Basillisk is Carbonized.
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If it is, you won't see it for awhile. iirc, Microsoft will not be Carbonizing Office 2K1 for full MacOS X support. It'll continue to run under classic just fine. (but jeez---I mean, it's a Microsoft product. I don't want it running in a shared memory space with the rest of Classic environment. ;-) )
I think Microsoft's rationale here (and their Mac team seems to be far more rational and competent than other segments of the company; Office, Explorer, Outlook, etc. all seem better behaved than their counterparts under Windows) is that, since they just finished Office 2001 about six months ago, it's not worth releasing an upgrade this soon. My guess is that the next version of Office for the Mac (2002?) will be Carbonized. Mac IE is Carbonized and really does work a lot better than Mozilla for the Mac, both running straight in the legacy MacOS (booting directly into MacOS 9.1) and under MacOS X.
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Rich man? Ptht. My girlfriend bought a used Tangerine iMac 333 w/ 192MB of RAM for US$400. Bought it from an engineer who works for Adaptec. And it runs MacOS X quite well.
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He'd want InDesign on a Mac. TeX is too similar to settying lead or wood type in a chase by hand. ;-)
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The AC might have intended that as a troll, but I gotta agree with him. Why? Franklin was a printer as well ;-)
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Breakout, not Pong. It was only in System 7.5, 7.5.1, and 7.5.2
The significance of Breakout and Apple? Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak worked at Atari and, as partners, created Breakout.
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> XMMS defaults to FreeDB, but in my experience CDDB has had a lot more of my discs than FreeDB does. So it's a shame I can no longer use it.
Then why not enter those discs into FreeDB and solve the problem for future users?
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why wouldn't they run that poll? it's demographic research. if they get a low response on d), that instantly increases their value to advertisers.
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> (I think Cherokee, not certain)
Navajo in WWII, mainly the pacific theater. It was even on the X-Files. Ooooh.
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