When they say "passable MacOS version", do they mean Classic or MOSX?
They mean classic Mac OS. I got TiK to run on it once; here's a screen shot. There seemed to be no support for the menubar, or right-click contextual menus, or of course sound (since I believe TiK cats.au files to/dev/dsp). I'll see if the newer versions run better.
It would be great to have a follow-up contest to see who can make a bottle travel the furthest distance, not necessarily fastest. The key here would of course be steering. I imagine you could figure out some pretty creative ways to keep a 2-liter bottle going for a mile or so on a flat road.
Seriously, I once booted a Macintosh and the only thing that came on the screen was a little "Sad Macintosh." Apparently means that your system folder is corrupt. How's that for error handling?
Actually the Sad Mac usually indicates hardware failure (failed POST). You'll notice a hex code underneath the icon; the hex code indicates the actual error. One of the reasons it doesn't give plain English errors is, the Sad Mac is in the ROM. Text strings would take more space (think back to 1984 when that was an issue). Also, the Mac hardware isn't supposed to be language-specific (notice that there are no text labels on the ports) - if English isn't your native language, you shouldn't have English error messages. On top of that, Apple originally intended the Mac not to be user-serviceable. If you got a Sad Mac, you were supposed to take it into an Apple-authorized repair center and have an Apple-certified technician (who would have a list of error codes) take a look at it.
Fortunately, Apple has changed their attitude, but the legacy Sad Mac remains. Personally I agree with you, it would be really helpful to have some idea of what the problem is without having to look up a number.
OPB mentioned last week during their pledge drive that they pay about $800,000 a year to NPR; NPR charges them based on how many listeners they have (according to surveys and such). Of course, OPB also buys radio programming from PRI and other organizations, and television programming from PBS and others.
Around 10% of OPB's radio listeners are contributing members. OPB gets 51% of their revenues from member contributions. Last week, 7,000 listeners pledged a little over $500,000.
These are the kinds of numbers we should be hearing from Slashdot.
Slackware has also been consistently profitable. They joined Walnut Creek, then got kicked out when Wind River bought Walnut Creek, but now they're their own company: Slackware, Inc. I don't have any numbers, but it sounds like they're doing quite well.
How much does it cost per month to operate Slashdot? How much for the hosting, and how much in salaries? Just Slashdot, not the rest of OSDN.
How much revenue is generated from the current banner ads? What are the rates charged, and what does that total up to per month?
How much revenue is expected to be generated by the new obnoxious banners? What rates will be charged, and what's the projection for monthly revenues?
How many ads does the average Slashdot reader see, and what does that translate to dollar-wise? What would be a fair amount to pay, to compensate for the loss of banner revenue?
If anyone out there is running Win2k Datacenter, I've got an important question I've been trying to find the answer to, with no luck so far. Can someone finally give me an answer? The question is this:
Does Windows 2000 Datacenter ship with 3-D Pinball installed by default? If so, is it in the Start menu?
I'm sure it could be done, but the software would have to be designed for that, rather than being designed for real-time dictation. So, does the software exist? I don't think so. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
From what little I know, dictation software requires you to speak calmly, clearly, and not too fast. So, it wouldn't work too well on a pre-recorded presentation.
I find it somewhat disturbing as in this case, AOL are profiting directly from the product, meanwhile, they contribute nothing back to the open source community (except bug reports, but what AOL users submit those).
Uhh, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't AOL funding a significant chunk of Mozilla development? Don't they have programmers on staff working on this stuff?
then again i would prefer if AOL would just throw it in and hook into whatever the user's default browser was, or allow the user (assuming he/she was a complete AOL ISP slave) to d/l one of their own....
Oh come on, if the users knew what a default browser was, or how to download a different one, or why they should, they probably wouldn't be using AOL in the first place.
Users will yell if something that worked with IE don't work any more.
When AOL moves 20 million clueless idiots from MSIE to Gecko, Web designers will fix the problems very quickly, making the Web a better place for all of us.
As a professional musician I need to use windows because that is where all the best sequencing/recording/processing technology is (yes, windows is far superior to mac for digital audio).
That's very strange, and contrary to everything I've heard from people who work in that industry. Are you saying Windows in superior to Mac for digital audio because of the applications available, or the hardware, or the operating system itself? I know that many apps that were formerly Mac-only have now been ported to additionally run on Windows, but what's not available for the Mac? As for hardware, the same hardware should work with either platform; all you need is drivers, and any company selling professional audio peripherals without Mac drivers is pretty stupid. Finally, the OS. Windows. I don't think I have to explain why Windows sucks ass.
The activity light is still on rock solid, and there's nothing wrong with the modem. No, I don't have any of the worms because I'm using a broadband firewall.
A firewall will not isolate you from these worms.
The light may be due to Nimda, which is still going, or it may just be your ISP broadcasting unnecessary traffic to you (as some cable providers have been known to do).
At my last count, I receive around 500 attempts by these worms each day, usually by other cable users. Before I got a firewall, loading up my Apache log file crashed notepad.
Notepad? You're using Windows? No wonder it crashed.
My favorite past time has become tracerouting the IPs to see what nearby city they're in.
Sounds like somebody needs a social life! That's the most interesting thing you can think of to do with your time?
If your only experience with MIDI involves a sound card on a PC, then please don't pretend to have an opinion on the technology. You clearly have no idea.
IE5 displays "Friendly error pages" if the error message returned by the server isn't bloated enough. If the error is big enough that it probably contains useful information, you'll get the error from the server; if not, you'll get a "page could not be displayed" error. Presumably in IE6, it redirects to MSN instead of giving you the "page could not be displayed" error, but only if the error page is simple (like, say, the default Apache error messages, especially the ones that say Apache at the bottom, which Microsoft really hates).
but now it will get to the point that if the internet is "owned" my MS and windows, all the Linux users will just "play dumb" to everyone else and just say "sorry cant help you with your problems. I am a newbie, and dont know windows at all"
Play dumb? I know a lot of UNIX users who really honestly don't know Windows very well at all.
Qwest is still providing service for non-Windows users, at least until Microsoft finishes their Mac client for MSN. Hopefully, after the existing qwest.net customers switch to MSN, Qwest will again be free to offer their own Internet services completely independant from Microsoft. If so, I view the MSN buyout as a very good thing.
Putting people in jail for sending mail over a system DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SENDING MAIL is absolutely ridiculous.
FAX machines are designed and implemented for the purpose of sending and receiving FAX transmissions. Cell phones are designed and implemented for the purpose of making and receiving telephone calls away from home. Guess what? In many states, businesses can not legally send you unsolicited commercial FAXes, and telemarketers cannot call cell phones. Why is that? And why are people thankful that these laws exist?
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When they say "passable MacOS version", do they mean Classic or MOSX?
.au files to /dev/dsp). I'll see if the newer versions run better.
They mean classic Mac OS. I got TiK to run on it once; here's a screen shot. There seemed to be no support for the menubar, or right-click contextual menus, or of course sound (since I believe TiK cats
It would be great to have a follow-up contest to see who can make a bottle travel the furthest distance, not necessarily fastest. The key here would of course be steering. I imagine you could figure out some pretty creative ways to keep a 2-liter bottle going for a mile or so on a flat road.
Seriously, I once booted a Macintosh and the only thing that came on the screen was a little "Sad Macintosh." Apparently means that your system folder is corrupt. How's that for error handling?
Actually the Sad Mac usually indicates hardware failure (failed POST). You'll notice a hex code underneath the icon; the hex code indicates the actual error. One of the reasons it doesn't give plain English errors is, the Sad Mac is in the ROM. Text strings would take more space (think back to 1984 when that was an issue). Also, the Mac hardware isn't supposed to be language-specific (notice that there are no text labels on the ports) - if English isn't your native language, you shouldn't have English error messages. On top of that, Apple originally intended the Mac not to be user-serviceable. If you got a Sad Mac, you were supposed to take it into an Apple-authorized repair center and have an Apple-certified technician (who would have a list of error codes) take a look at it.
Fortunately, Apple has changed their attitude, but the legacy Sad Mac remains. Personally I agree with you, it would be really helpful to have some idea of what the problem is without having to look up a number.
It should be noted that MSIE's user agent string begins with "Mozilla" for exactly this reason.
OPB mentioned last week during their pledge drive that they pay about $800,000 a year to NPR; NPR charges them based on how many listeners they have (according to surveys and such). Of course, OPB also buys radio programming from PRI and other organizations, and television programming from PBS and others.
Around 10% of OPB's radio listeners are contributing members. OPB gets 51% of their revenues from member contributions. Last week, 7,000 listeners pledged a little over $500,000.
These are the kinds of numbers we should be hearing from Slashdot.
Slackware has also been consistently profitable. They joined Walnut Creek, then got kicked out when Wind River bought Walnut Creek, but now they're their own company: Slackware, Inc. I don't have any numbers, but it sounds like they're doing quite well.
A few random questions:
How much does it cost per month to operate Slashdot? How much for the hosting, and how much in salaries? Just Slashdot, not the rest of OSDN.
How much revenue is generated from the current banner ads? What are the rates charged, and what does that total up to per month?
How much revenue is expected to be generated by the new obnoxious banners? What rates will be charged, and what's the projection for monthly revenues?
How many ads does the average Slashdot reader see, and what does that translate to dollar-wise? What would be a fair amount to pay, to compensate for the loss of banner revenue?
If anyone out there is running Win2k Datacenter, I've got an important question I've been trying to find the answer to, with no luck so far. Can someone finally give me an answer? The question is this:
Does Windows 2000 Datacenter ship with 3-D Pinball installed by default? If so, is it in the Start menu?
That's all. Thanks.
Whoever you are, whatever you put in the coffeepot at WIPO headquarters, please keep doing it. Thanks.
I'm sure it could be done, but the software would have to be designed for that, rather than being designed for real-time dictation. So, does the software exist? I don't think so. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
From what little I know, dictation software requires you to speak calmly, clearly, and not too fast. So, it wouldn't work too well on a pre-recorded presentation.
29 million clueless idiots.
They won't all upgrade. There are still people running AOL 3.
I find it somewhat disturbing as in this case, AOL are profiting directly from the product, meanwhile, they contribute nothing back to the open source community (except bug reports, but what AOL users submit those).
Uhh, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't AOL funding a significant chunk of Mozilla development? Don't they have programmers on staff working on this stuff?
then again i would prefer if AOL would just throw it in and hook into whatever the user's default browser was, or allow the user (assuming he/she was a complete AOL ISP slave) to d/l one of their own....
Oh come on, if the users knew what a default browser was, or how to download a different one, or why they should, they probably wouldn't be using AOL in the first place.
Is the box made by Gateway? I know AOL announced something about that awhile ago...
Users will yell if something that worked with IE don't work any more.
When AOL moves 20 million clueless idiots from MSIE to Gecko, Web designers will fix the problems very quickly, making the Web a better place for all of us.
As a professional musician I need to use windows because that is where all the best sequencing/recording/processing technology is (yes, windows is far superior to mac for digital audio).
That's very strange, and contrary to everything I've heard from people who work in that industry. Are you saying Windows in superior to Mac for digital audio because of the applications available, or the hardware, or the operating system itself? I know that many apps that were formerly Mac-only have now been ported to additionally run on Windows, but what's not available for the Mac? As for hardware, the same hardware should work with either platform; all you need is drivers, and any company selling professional audio peripherals without Mac drivers is pretty stupid. Finally, the OS. Windows. I don't think I have to explain why Windows sucks ass.
The activity light is still on rock solid, and there's nothing wrong with the modem. No, I don't have any of the worms because I'm using a broadband firewall.
A firewall will not isolate you from these worms.
The light may be due to Nimda, which is still going, or it may just be your ISP broadcasting unnecessary traffic to you (as some cable providers have been known to do).
At my last count, I receive around 500 attempts by these worms each day, usually by other cable users. Before I got a firewall, loading up my Apache log file crashed notepad.
Notepad? You're using Windows? No wonder it crashed.
My favorite past time has become tracerouting the IPs to see what nearby city they're in.
Sounds like somebody needs a social life! That's the most interesting thing you can think of to do with your time?
If your only experience with MIDI involves a sound card on a PC, then please don't pretend to have an opinion on the technology. You clearly have no idea.
Windows emulation is a waste of whose time? Yours?
IE5 displays "Friendly error pages" if the error message returned by the server isn't bloated enough. If the error is big enough that it probably contains useful information, you'll get the error from the server; if not, you'll get a "page could not be displayed" error. Presumably in IE6, it redirects to MSN instead of giving you the "page could not be displayed" error, but only if the error page is simple (like, say, the default Apache error messages, especially the ones that say Apache at the bottom, which Microsoft really hates).
Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q218155
but now it will get to the point that if the internet is "owned" my MS and windows, all the Linux users will just "play dumb" to everyone else and just say "sorry cant help you with your problems. I am a newbie, and dont know windows at all"
Play dumb? I know a lot of UNIX users who really honestly don't know Windows very well at all.
Qwest is still providing service for non-Windows users, at least until Microsoft finishes their Mac client for MSN. Hopefully, after the existing qwest.net customers switch to MSN, Qwest will again be free to offer their own Internet services completely independant from Microsoft. If so, I view the MSN buyout as a very good thing.
Putting people in jail for sending mail over a system DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SENDING MAIL is absolutely ridiculous.
FAX machines are designed and implemented for the purpose of sending and receiving FAX transmissions. Cell phones are designed and implemented for the purpose of making and receiving telephone calls away from home. Guess what? In many states, businesses can not legally send you unsolicited commercial FAXes, and telemarketers cannot call cell phones. Why is that? And why are people thankful that these laws exist?
mac really only has two applications (I say this as a mac user), Photoshop and Finalcut Pro.
That's funny, I'm a Mac user as well, and I don't have either of those installed. Hm. I wonder what I do with my time?