1) $999 computer which works, period, and doesn't have popups, viruses, or any of that other stuff - and looks nice. 2) $600 computer which works, barel, and has popups, viruses, and any number of other problems, including a plethoria of requisite programs they've got no idea about in order to keep it working. Oh, and it looks like an other PC.
I predict it won't make a bit of difference to the consumer market - other than cheaper Apple systems and better performance - in the long run. Why?
Because I think Apple will lock OS X into only supporting a single (or single set of) chipset(s) and/or motherboards which they will design themselves. There will be no support for Via motherboards, as these manufacturers will not have licensing rights on Apple's slightly-off-spec DRM-type hardware modifications which only allow OS X to run (and the software, then, subsequently requires this hardware).
Let's hope it doesnt come to something which would destroy the government, but somehow still manages to destroy the Marxist element of our society.
Social-safety net? Aside from the theoretical Communistic/socialistic safety net philosophy, the only one I'm aware of involves some twine, interwoven into canopies on large ships to prevent people from falling overboard.
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Breakfree CLP. Wonderful gun cleaning/lubricant. AR15 rifles such as they're using over there jam all the time due to the high amounts of dust and the high precision of those specific rifles. They have to clean them constantly.
Breakfree CLP is a non-oily lubricant, so it won't inherrently collect dust while still lubricating and protecting, helping prevent various malfunctions.
Considering the time they spend cleaning their guns (I would hope quite a lot, so they continue to fire for them when needed - I know the Marines do), and how long it takes to properly break down an AR15 ("M4" in military parlance, I guess), it would be greatly appreciated, I'm sure.
You could try sending them stuff like Guns & Ammo - give the magazine a call, they might be able to give you a discount rate (or simply ship a couple extras for you to send over). They're good Americans, generally speaking.
If it's name brand and not cheap (as opposed to simply a year or so behind the 'cutting edge', which is even more likely to be supported), it's going to work. Most stuff these days (aside from printers) is prett standardized, too.
I don't buy that many gargets, but checking to see if linux is supported is one of the last things I do these days; even 'exotic' laptops usually have full support within a couple months of initial offering.
Nonsense. It replaced them both. The "this is replacing NT and adding a lot of features!" bit was just marketing.
Reality is, they merged the code bases and worked in the best parts of each system, and spent (much more than likely) a huge amount of time refinging things so they'd be more stable.
That's why it shipped for home users almost right away, and why at the same time they were releasing corporate licensing.
I bought a new computer to play games again at Christmas 2000 because of Windows 2000 (and had been using Linux exclusively for 2 years at the time), and due to the positive reviews I'd heard from other CS students who had copies of the later betas.
I had been slow to move to Windows 2000 on my own PC because I had severe problems with the Windows 95 -> 98 shift.
I personally think their security measures will be partially effective for several years, as all their initiatives have been. And they'll continue tacking worthless shit onto an otherwise improved operating system. And they'll continue using a 15-year-old code base as a basis for their next major release.
But that is, I guess, what one gets. can't complain too loud.:P I just won't pay for it.
looks like I switched from using testing (to ubuntu) just in time to avoid the influx of sid packages! Glad I avoided that this time around. It's broken a couple installs for me beyond the point of patience.
I see this as either just another business move or a potentially huge move by Apple to retake the home and business market.
In my mind, it all depends on Apple's OSX licensing restrictions (and associated difficutlties) and the range of driver support that is available when it ships (ie, will run of the mill Dells work with it, or are they going to only ship it on new x86 Apple systems?)
I don't doubt that if the price is right ($150 being the ceiling, IMO) they would see massive adoption in the PC world (if indeed it had a lot of available drivers - might they use GPL drivers? it would not surprise me.) That would leave MS reeling - both from lost market share, and having to cope with being undersold by a superior product which they wouldn't be able to buy out - not with Apple having MS by the balls.
And, conceiveably, it wouldn't be long until developers would realize that MacOS X is the up-and-coming 'gamer' OS, and would start developing for it. Undoubtedly, the adoption would be slow at first, but as market share increased, it would potentially become viable for companies to start offering their games for Linux (as there would be a lot more crossover from OS X to Linux - if only to use them both - than there is from Windows to Linux, IMO, after having become familiar with the interface. Maybe.)
And I don't see it as being anything but a Good Thing. Unlike Bill Gates and kin, the general Apple mentality seems to be of benevolent consumerist servitude - as a capitalistic commercial company should be run! And they make a damn fine product (no, I don't own any of them).
A microphone does not falsify or validify anything directly. It simply picks up multiple states of data - hard data - to later be analyzed by detectives.
Besides, the functionality and technical information on how microphones (and "spy microphones") work is general public knowledge. You can find out how construct your own long-distance spy microphone online from an inexpesive (several hundred dollars) industrial boom mike (such as those used in radio, television, and movies).
Unlike the alcohol detection devices, it is very difficult to falsify or misrepresent what is being said without it being either obvious or observeably tampered with. This isn't the case with alcohol detection devices, as they simply give a BAC readout and not an individual chemical composition breakdown (as they should).
Were the technical specifications of these alcohol detection devices available to the public (as is the case with things like recorders and microphones), it would be another matter. But they're not. IIRC, the police specify what recording equipment was employed during the trial of cases, though I might be mistaken. They use trajectory and ballistic information on firearms when they are involved in a case; why not do the equivilant for a device which has similar impedement possibilities for the freedoms of a citizen?
I know of people that have gotten off multiple times, either by asking for information on how the detectors work so they can see all the evidence against them (several people), or by bringing a college/grad school (don't recall which, think it was grad school) technical paper to court with them (written by themselves) detailing how fundamentally flawed the various types of radar and laser speed detectors are (single person).
Apparently none of them have ever gotten tickets when they've done it; they've always been dismissed.
They'll actually be announcing that they'll be moving to Transmeta processors. They're not the Transmeta processors we're used to, however. They're the same Transmeta processors which have been in development for the last 10 years under top-secret raps.
Yes, they are indeed the Cell processors that IBM and Sony are said to be developing (actually funding). It will revolutionize the PC industry. Leave such a development to Transmeta - they've definately got the "think outside the box" mindset to make a big step like that work.
This is also why we haven't seen the Cruesoe chips performing competitively; they've not been doing mcuh development on them.
It would be absolutely incredible if we got some good RPG/fps games like Deus Ex out there which focus on story and development over fraps. Half-life 2 was good, but it was pathetically short and unfulfilling when it came down to it for the wait involved (apparently due to their massive engine development). Seriously, what are the Quake 3 or UT game engines not good for when graphics are not your intended selling point? Sure, I like it to look pretty, but for consumers, they're not going to be able to tell the difference with a 1x1.5" box picture. They'll still buy it.
But I think something like Opie (ie, opie.handhelds.org) would be much better suited, as it has the flexibility to also be powerful for non-newbies (were it to be cleaned up a bit).
I know Linuxesque Mac users who buy Macs partially for the OS, but first and foremost for their processors and hardware (ie, not the glitterdust that the consumer sees on the case).
Going to x86 would be suicidal. Most of Apple's clients aren't far from the level of zealotry of Linux users. Ruining their one trump card? Might as well run Windows.
You're kidding, right? It's not like that, at all.
What you've basically described is MacOS 7 or so. Simple, to the point, and nothing but functional. There are simply too many options on computers for modern users (I know; I do phone tech support, and you would not believe how many people are confused by the simplest of computer/Windows operational things like "Shutting down", "restarting", or "right clicking").
If cars were designed to the complexity of Windows, you would have three different ways to turn on the windshield wipers and turn signals. Sometimes they would share the same lever and switch, sometimes they would not. One button would need to be pushed and held, while the other would need to only be pushed. There would be two omnidirectional "joysticks" - one to operate the windows, and the other one to adjust the heat.
What MS needs to do is create an entirely new Windows design. It's been my experience that over 90% of Windows users still can't multitask. When they are multitasking, it's with no more than two - maybe three - windows.
A truly functional "consumer computer" which would not irritate the piss out of computer folks of all stripes would: - have no "system tray". There would be an "information bar" at the border of the screen which - have every application automatically be fullscreen. Users are constantly getting confused about which window is active. - all dialog windows which open would not be able to open a subsequent 'sub' dialog window. It would all have to be contained within a single window. - simplify the user's file management experience. There is only one directory or path which they can view. Double-clicking would be the operative means of opening; single clicking would open up a graphical side-panel containing a small list of file manipulation options (copy, delete, move, rename).
Anyway, I could go on and on... but all the modern premutations of operating systems are still too difficult for most people to use. Most people just want to get "work" done: write a letter, surf the internet, chat with friends. All of the mainstream consumer GUIs are designed from the perspective of "one size fits all". Not a good design ethic; just imagine what kind of shit any given auto maker would be in if the interiors of all their vehicles were identical. They'd be out of business within a year.
Dude, you can do whatever the fuck you want; it still won't make you cool (if you aren't already - and I'm led to believe you aren't, due to the fact that you'd even suggest a thing).
I'll just stay being myself, thanks - cool or not.
So you say, but the word which concerns me is "intent". Intent is something impossible to prove except through correlation. For someone politically motivated and encouraged to dislike firearms - having been basically told by school and various institutions that all firearms are evil and those that own them are evil - might see that alone as 'intent'.
A bit far fetched, but then so is the idea that a country would ban pointed knives (sale and posession) because they're dangerous; it's starting to happen in Britian.
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In other words, there's no concrete path to discovery, they're waiting for a miraculous crack breakthrough, like Newton's laws of general physics.
Because it will be fast.
Let's see, which would someone rather have:
1) $999 computer which works, period, and doesn't have popups, viruses, or any of that other stuff - and looks nice.
2) $600 computer which works, barel, and has popups, viruses, and any number of other problems, including a plethoria of requisite programs they've got no idea about in order to keep it working. Oh, and it looks like an other PC.
I predict it won't make a bit of difference to the consumer market - other than cheaper Apple systems and better performance - in the long run. Why?
Because I think Apple will lock OS X into only supporting a single (or single set of) chipset(s) and/or motherboards which they will design themselves. There will be no support for Via motherboards, as these manufacturers will not have licensing rights on Apple's slightly-off-spec DRM-type hardware modifications which only allow OS X to run (and the software, then, subsequently requires this hardware).
Let's hope it doesnt come to something which would destroy the government, but somehow still manages to destroy the Marxist element of our society.
Social-safety net? Aside from the theoretical Communistic/socialistic safety net philosophy, the only one I'm aware of involves some twine, interwoven into canopies on large ships to prevent people from falling overboard.
Breakfree CLP. Wonderful gun cleaning/lubricant. AR15 rifles such as they're using over there jam all the time due to the high amounts of dust and the high precision of those specific rifles. They have to clean them constantly.
Breakfree CLP is a non-oily lubricant, so it won't inherrently collect dust while still lubricating and protecting, helping prevent various malfunctions.
Considering the time they spend cleaning their guns (I would hope quite a lot, so they continue to fire for them when needed - I know the Marines do), and how long it takes to properly break down an AR15 ("M4" in military parlance, I guess), it would be greatly appreciated, I'm sure.
You could try sending them stuff like Guns & Ammo - give the magazine a call, they might be able to give you a discount rate (or simply ship a couple extras for you to send over). They're good Americans, generally speaking.
Why bother even verifying that it's supported?
If it's name brand and not cheap (as opposed to simply a year or so behind the 'cutting edge', which is even more likely to be supported), it's going to work. Most stuff these days (aside from printers) is prett standardized, too.
I don't buy that many gargets, but checking to see if linux is supported is one of the last things I do these days; even 'exotic' laptops usually have full support within a couple months of initial offering.
Nonsense. It replaced them both. The "this is replacing NT and adding a lot of features!" bit was just marketing.
Reality is, they merged the code bases and worked in the best parts of each system, and spent (much more than likely) a huge amount of time refinging things so they'd be more stable.
That's why it shipped for home users almost right away, and why at the same time they were releasing corporate licensing.
Exactly.
:P I just won't pay for it.
I bought a new computer to play games again at Christmas 2000 because of Windows 2000 (and had been using Linux exclusively for 2 years at the time), and due to the positive reviews I'd heard from other CS students who had copies of the later betas.
I had been slow to move to Windows 2000 on my own PC because I had severe problems with the Windows 95 -> 98 shift.
I personally think their security measures will be partially effective for several years, as all their initiatives have been. And they'll continue tacking worthless shit onto an otherwise improved operating system. And they'll continue using a 15-year-old code base as a basis for their next major release.
But that is, I guess, what one gets. can't complain too loud.
So much for the whole, "only as complex as a fruit fly" blurb which people use to say humans are simple creatures.
looks like I switched from using testing (to ubuntu) just in time to avoid the influx of sid packages! Glad I avoided that this time around. It's broken a couple installs for me beyond the point of patience.
I'm surprised that's all their worth.
I mean, aren't these old manuscripts we're talking about here? Or are these modern rewritings?
Seems they could solve the problem by simply keeping them in a safe and using the buddy system, etc.
I see this as either just another business move or a potentially huge move by Apple to retake the home and business market.
In my mind, it all depends on Apple's OSX licensing restrictions (and associated difficutlties) and the range of driver support that is available when it ships (ie, will run of the mill Dells work with it, or are they going to only ship it on new x86 Apple systems?)
I don't doubt that if the price is right ($150 being the ceiling, IMO) they would see massive adoption in the PC world (if indeed it had a lot of available drivers - might they use GPL drivers? it would not surprise me.) That would leave MS reeling - both from lost market share, and having to cope with being undersold by a superior product which they wouldn't be able to buy out - not with Apple having MS by the balls.
And, conceiveably, it wouldn't be long until developers would realize that MacOS X is the up-and-coming 'gamer' OS, and would start developing for it. Undoubtedly, the adoption would be slow at first, but as market share increased, it would potentially become viable for companies to start offering their games for Linux (as there would be a lot more crossover from OS X to Linux - if only to use them both - than there is from Windows to Linux, IMO, after having become familiar with the interface. Maybe.)
And I don't see it as being anything but a Good Thing. Unlike Bill Gates and kin, the general Apple mentality seems to be of benevolent consumerist servitude - as a capitalistic commercial company should be run! And they make a damn fine product (no, I don't own any of them).
That's a rediculous analogy.
A microphone does not falsify or validify anything directly. It simply picks up multiple states of data - hard data - to later be analyzed by detectives.
Besides, the functionality and technical information on how microphones (and "spy microphones") work is general public knowledge. You can find out how construct your own long-distance spy microphone online from an inexpesive (several hundred dollars) industrial boom mike (such as those used in radio, television, and movies).
Unlike the alcohol detection devices, it is very difficult to falsify or misrepresent what is being said without it being either obvious or observeably tampered with. This isn't the case with alcohol detection devices, as they simply give a BAC readout and not an individual chemical composition breakdown (as they should).
Were the technical specifications of these alcohol detection devices available to the public (as is the case with things like recorders and microphones), it would be another matter. But they're not. IIRC, the police specify what recording equipment was employed during the trial of cases, though I might be mistaken. They use trajectory and ballistic information on firearms when they are involved in a case; why not do the equivilant for a device which has similar impedement possibilities for the freedoms of a citizen?
I know of people that have gotten off multiple times, either by asking for information on how the detectors work so they can see all the evidence against them (several people), or by bringing a college/grad school (don't recall which, think it was grad school) technical paper to court with them (written by themselves) detailing how fundamentally flawed the various types of radar and laser speed detectors are (single person).
Apparently none of them have ever gotten tickets when they've done it; they've always been dismissed.
They'll actually be announcing that they'll be moving to Transmeta processors. They're not the Transmeta processors we're used to, however. They're the same Transmeta processors which have been in development for the last 10 years under top-secret raps.
Yes, they are indeed the Cell processors that IBM and Sony are said to be developing (actually funding). It will revolutionize the PC industry. Leave such a development to Transmeta - they've definately got the "think outside the box" mindset to make a big step like that work.
This is also why we haven't seen the Cruesoe chips performing competitively; they've not been doing mcuh development on them.
Sources? Where are your sources? I thought IBM and Sony were doing this design.
Though, considering the bright minds at Transmeta, it certianly would not surprise me in the least bit.
Man, one can only WISH!
It would be absolutely incredible if we got some good RPG/fps games like Deus Ex out there which focus on story and development over fraps. Half-life 2 was good, but it was pathetically short and unfulfilling when it came down to it for the wait involved (apparently due to their massive engine development). Seriously, what are the Quake 3 or UT game engines not good for when graphics are not your intended selling point? Sure, I like it to look pretty, but for consumers, they're not going to be able to tell the difference with a 1x1.5" box picture. They'll still buy it.
Yeah, to a degree.
But I think something like Opie (ie, opie.handhelds.org) would be much better suited, as it has the flexibility to also be powerful for non-newbies (were it to be cleaned up a bit).
Absolutely.
I know Linuxesque Mac users who buy Macs partially for the OS, but first and foremost for their processors and hardware (ie, not the glitterdust that the consumer sees on the case).
Going to x86 would be suicidal. Most of Apple's clients aren't far from the level of zealotry of Linux users. Ruining their one trump card? Might as well run Windows.
I'm willing to put my money on this:
If there's a major security breach in Win2k between the time of this rollup's deployment and the official EOL, win2k will not see a fix for it.
You're kidding, right? It's not like that, at all.
What you've basically described is MacOS 7 or so. Simple, to the point, and nothing but functional. There are simply too many options on computers for modern users (I know; I do phone tech support, and you would not believe how many people are confused by the simplest of computer/Windows operational things like "Shutting down", "restarting", or "right clicking").
If cars were designed to the complexity of Windows, you would have three different ways to turn on the windshield wipers and turn signals. Sometimes they would share the same lever and switch, sometimes they would not. One button would need to be pushed and held, while the other would need to only be pushed. There would be two omnidirectional "joysticks" - one to operate the windows, and the other one to adjust the heat.
What MS needs to do is create an entirely new Windows design. It's been my experience that over 90% of Windows users still can't multitask. When they are multitasking, it's with no more than two - maybe three - windows.
A truly functional "consumer computer" which would not irritate the piss out of computer folks of all stripes would:
- have no "system tray". There would be an "information bar" at the border of the screen which
- have every application automatically be fullscreen. Users are constantly getting confused about which window is active.
- all dialog windows which open would not be able to open a subsequent 'sub' dialog window. It would all have to be contained within a single window.
- simplify the user's file management experience. There is only one directory or path which they can view. Double-clicking would be the operative means of opening; single clicking would open up a graphical side-panel containing a small list of file manipulation options (copy, delete, move, rename).
Anyway, I could go on and on... but all the modern premutations of operating systems are still too difficult for most people to use. Most people just want to get "work" done: write a letter, surf the internet, chat with friends. All of the mainstream consumer GUIs are designed from the perspective of "one size fits all". Not a good design ethic; just imagine what kind of shit any given auto maker would be in if the interiors of all their vehicles were identical. They'd be out of business within a year.
Dude, you can do whatever the fuck you want; it still won't make you cool (if you aren't already - and I'm led to believe you aren't, due to the fact that you'd even suggest a thing).
I'll just stay being myself, thanks - cool or not.
Green?
Fuck that dude, mine's going to be red.
Yes, that would be dumb.
No, I imagine people actively revolting would be a bit more intelligent in their organization than a bunch of hippies.
So you say, but the word which concerns me is "intent". Intent is something impossible to prove except through correlation. For someone politically motivated and encouraged to dislike firearms - having been basically told by school and various institutions that all firearms are evil and those that own them are evil - might see that alone as 'intent'.
A bit far fetched, but then so is the idea that a country would ban pointed knives (sale and posession) because they're dangerous; it's starting to happen in Britian.