Why would you think that Windows couldn't boot on an Mac86 machine?
I expect that apple will have some sort of dongle required to run Mac OS X - whether it's merely a crypto-check or something functional like the NeXT's DSP - but that that the dongle won't prevent Windows from booting on the Mac. Apple wins if people buy Macs and multiboot them.
No, it's very clear what happened. IBM told Jobs that he could bank on having 3.0 GHz G5s in 12 months, two years ago. Jobs turned around and made the promise, and IBM still hasn't delivered.
Jobs does not like being humiliated by not being able to deliver on flat-out promises, and IBM had to pay. More rationally, Apple needs to be able to trust that its vendors will at least come close to their road maps... but I bet that the humiliation is really what tipped the decision.
It was interesting... sort of a dumbed-down (but not completely trivial) combination of Myst, Pink Floyd's The Wall, and a porn flick (it included FMV clips from the porn movie, Michael Ninn's Latex).
What was cool about it was that it immersed you in a surreal world, inside the mind of a lunatic. There was an otherworldly quality to it that by far exceeded what one would expect from a game based on a porn flick.
I count it as the only truly sexy (and not braindead) "adult" game.
It's really worth noting that Gaiman began his rise to prominence in the US by taking over characters and titles that Moore had either created (e.g., John Constantine) or done a major overhaul on (e.g., Miracle Man, Swamp Thing, many of the characters appearing in Sandman).
While Moore was resurrecting the entire genre of horror comic books in the US with Jon Totleben in Swamp Thing, Gaiman was saying to himself, "hey! I want to do that sort of thing!"
Gaiman's certainly a major talent in his own right, but he'll be the first to admit that he's standing on Alan Moore's shoulders. As would Warren Ellis (who is another major talent who anybody who likes Moore or Gaiman should check out).
You party with RMS? That's either cool, or very, very sad.:)
Eh, probably both and neither. It was a large internet geek community party, and I was visiting some friends in Boston. It wasn't that big a community, back before the web, especially if you were at or near MIT, CMU, or one of the other universities that were really pushing the net hard.
If you see RMS at a party or a science fiction convention, for the love of all that is good and right, do not let him sing to you. Unless he'll do the Death Metal Remix.
This is Russian law enforcement, that marvel of the 21st century, speaking.
Their logic is probably that because the Russian Police are so good, the fact that there are so many uncaught Russian hackers must mean that the Russian hackers are the best!
when Boing Boing linked to them first, like so much of what appears on Slashdot these days.
Oh, don't exaggerate, it's only a small percentage.
No FSF/GNU/GPL manifestos, no "apple just updated their software again for the third time this week" messages, no permanent floating "the evil of the RIAA" flamefests. None of those "broken record issues" that we've been over a bazillion times. No incompetent "editors" who know neither correct spelling nor grammar, nor what stories have been posted in the last week.
Most are. However, the prion-based spongiform encephalopathies are not, and that's the problem. BSE for cows, vJCD or kuru for humans, there are obvserved cases in squirrels and pigs, as well. This is nasty stuff, and is going to surface any time we create a feedback loop.
Spooks is - it's aired later here in the US as MI-5 on A&E, but with 18 minutes cut out for commercials... The 60-minute UK versions are downloadable well before they air here.
I just wish you made more than ten episodes a year!
Seriously, I'd love to see them do this in Nevada (and Amsterdam, and anywhere else prostitution is legal). They could even license out particular themed costumes...
What I got in 30 minutes was voice mail from Pizza Hut, telling me that they couldn't deliver my pizza because the delivery guy's car broke down. I know that cars are a real rarity in today's culture and that they couldn't have found another one to use no matter how hard they tried...
Interfaces don't help if the technology behind them (and the human management, in this case) are broken.
I think those interviews (which are identical, by the way) make it pretty clear that he's got a good head on his shoulders and has been tracking the issues. It actually makes me respect Clarke's other activities more.
Why in the world do you think that subscription services have such a dramatically higher markup than Apple does? I'd be surprised if the RIAA left that much money on the table - they'd argue that if Apple can make a living with such a low margin, Napster can too, and make it up on volume.
Look at it from the RIAA's point of view: who do they make more money from? Why do a deal with Napster at all, if they make that much more from Apple?
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OpenFirmware won't prevent Windows from booting, any more than lilo will.
Why would you think that Windows couldn't boot on an Mac86 machine?
I expect that apple will have some sort of dongle required to run Mac OS X - whether it's merely a crypto-check or something functional like the NeXT's DSP - but that that the dongle won't prevent Windows from booting on the Mac. Apple wins if people buy Macs and multiboot them.
No, it's very clear what happened. IBM told Jobs that he could bank on having 3.0 GHz G5s in 12 months, two years ago. Jobs turned around and made the promise, and IBM still hasn't delivered.
Jobs does not like being humiliated by not being able to deliver on flat-out promises, and IBM had to pay. More rationally, Apple needs to be able to trust that its vendors will at least come close to their road maps... but I bet that the humiliation is really what tipped the decision.
The one game I can name in this genre that was any good was Michael Ninn's Latex: The Game.
It was interesting... sort of a dumbed-down (but not completely trivial) combination of Myst, Pink Floyd's The Wall, and a porn flick (it included FMV clips from the porn movie, Michael Ninn's Latex).
What was cool about it was that it immersed you in a surreal world, inside the mind of a lunatic. There was an otherworldly quality to it that by far exceeded what one would expect from a game based on a porn flick.
I count it as the only truly sexy (and not braindead) "adult" game.
Maybe I missed a story, but last I had heard they didn't even know whether XBox 1 games would play on it.
While Moore was resurrecting the entire genre of horror comic books in the US with Jon Totleben in Swamp Thing, Gaiman was saying to himself, "hey! I want to do that sort of thing!"
Gaiman's certainly a major talent in his own right, but he'll be the first to admit that he's standing on Alan Moore's shoulders. As would Warren Ellis (who is another major talent who anybody who likes Moore or Gaiman should check out).
You can find much more expensive, such as Doctor Who episodes.
When I went to CMU ('91 BS Physics), your student ID number was the same as your SSN unless you went to great lengths to change it.
I don't know whether they changed the practice, but it would explain why they had the SSNs.
I'm pretty sure that should have started with:
IN A WORLD...
Digging through the HTML, the link should have been to:
t rol-10.html
http://psphacks.blogspot.com/2005/04/psp-home-con
You're welcome, enjoy your new iPod.
If you see RMS at a party or a science fiction convention, for the love of all that is good and right, do not let him sing to you. Unless he'll do the Death Metal Remix.
This is Russian law enforcement, that marvel of the 21st century, speaking.
Their logic is probably that because the Russian Police are so good, the fact that there are so many uncaught Russian hackers must mean that the Russian hackers are the best!
No, I didn't. Not very interested in mob thugs.
Now explain what product placements are paying for "Deadwood."
Face it, there's proof that the subscription model, especially with DVD sales factored in, can support quality productions.
Umm... exactly what "adverts" do you think are footing the bill for HBO shows?
No FSF/GNU/GPL manifestos, no "apple just updated their software again for the third time this week" messages, no permanent floating "the evil of the RIAA" flamefests. None of those "broken record issues" that we've been over a bazillion times. No incompetent "editors" who know neither correct spelling nor grammar, nor what stories have been posted in the last week.
You know, just the good stuff.
Hey, I'm not saying that I want to use the service, but I think it'd be great for them to do it!
"Prostitution is a mix of sex and free enterprise: which one are you against?"
Spooks is - it's aired later here in the US as MI-5 on A&E, but with 18 minutes cut out for commercials... The 60-minute UK versions are downloadable well before they air here.
I just wish you made more than ten episodes a year!
Seriously, I'd love to see them do this in Nevada (and Amsterdam, and anywhere else prostitution is legal). They could even license out particular themed costumes...
I tried this tonight.
What I got in 30 minutes was voice mail from Pizza Hut, telling me that they couldn't deliver my pizza because the delivery guy's car broke down. I know that cars are a real rarity in today's culture and that they couldn't have found another one to use no matter how hard they tried...
Interfaces don't help if the technology behind them (and the human management, in this case) are broken.
I think those interviews (which are identical, by the way) make it pretty clear that he's got a good head on his shoulders and has been tracking the issues. It actually makes me respect Clarke's other activities more.
Why in the world do you think that subscription services have such a dramatically higher markup than Apple does? I'd be surprised if the RIAA left that much money on the table - they'd argue that if Apple can make a living with such a low margin, Napster can too, and make it up on volume.
Look at it from the RIAA's point of view: who do they make more money from? Why do a deal with Napster at all, if they make that much more from Apple?