read up on mac os x... i think you'll find while it has its shortcomings (and what OS doesn't?) it has a lot of power, extensibilty, and most of all, promise.
mac os x can really be whatever you want - consumer desktop OS, corporate exchange client and office productivity system, video editing powerhouse, rock solid server, UNIX development station, whatever.
It answers the question "What do you want to do today?" by saying "How about we do it all?"
Never ceases to amaze me how much people dismiss Apple out-of-hand simply because its not a free OS.
I love Linux and what it represents, but it is NOT a viable alternative for people who just want a computer to WORK out of the box when they bring it home.
It is NOT a viable alternative for graphics professionals, video professionals, and although can be suited for use as a desktop OS in a corporate "office" type environment, it lacks the easy-to-install-and-configure aspect that is holding it back from displacing Windows entirely in corporate America (who could save billions every year by switching to Linux if they were smart).
Apple, to be fair, is more pricey. But as has been noted MANY times, the total cost of ownership over time is dramatically lower. Linux and Apple should co-exist peacefully. If I want a box for internet surfing and mail checking and light office work and didn't want to spend much $, you're damn right I'd build a cheap linux box. But if I want a computer I can use for EVERYTHING, that works as advertised, with minimal effort in maintenance, where everything i do and need and use on a daily basis is provided immediately upon opening the box and plugging it in, I'll take a Mac, thank you.
Oh, and as a side note, i have never in over 2 years recieved a single bit of spam at my Mac.Com email address. Wanna know why? They don't sell out their customers.
And don't give me the upgradability thing..... I just took my B&W G3 350 purchased almost 3 years ago and once again made it a screamer with 1GB of RAM, a new G4 500 proc., an 80GB drive, and a new Radeon 7000. Plus a nice FireWire 16x10x40. It can still crush a P4 1GHz easy. yes, I know they're up to 2.2 Ghz, but Apple's got dual 1GHz... heh.
Slashdot got Aquified!! i hope this isn't some sort of plot to keep us apple-ites separated from you "real" computer enthusiasts;) J/K, I have noticed a lot more coverage of Apple stuff since OS X started gaining steam in the tech community, and I really appreciate it. Also i think its funny that you guys remade the UI elements in aqua fashion.
Mac users may have to fight for respect and fend off the "condolences" of our Windows counterparts a lot of the time, but its nice to know that we have Slashdot on our side, or at least not berating us. Thanks for the recognition guys!!!
Oh, and 10.1.3 RULES. easy flawless upgrade. System keeps getting snappier and more impressive. I'm dying to see 10.2: The Return of Sping-Loaded Folders! Excuse me while i trip out to my killer iTunes visuals on my 27" television:)
You, sir, are a Nazi, who, spiritually impovershed from your lifetime of hatred, bigotry, and self-righteousness, should be locked away in a cage somewhere very hot, and very very moist, in full view of hungry cheetas.
Man, I sure hope this was some kind of tongue-in-cheek, sarcasm thing. Otherwise... jeez.
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Why don't you pay attention to whatever it is you enjoy doing and ignore what they are doing. If your not going to ignore it, then do something about it besides piss and moan.. Jeez.
That's why M$ has a monopoly now, people like you... and by discussing it and espousing ideas, we ARE doing something about it - i.e., reinforcing the fact that M$ is not the only alternative, that there ARE other ways to get work done, that there ARE other options and viable alternatives in almost any business area they practice in.
Taco, you rule. Congratulations to you both!!! Now I have to go see if I can find a rose in a 30 mile radius so my g.f. doesn't think i forgot;)
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Just like Microsoft - rather than improve upon industry standards and embrace the hard work and advancements of other projects, they steal the good parts, muck them up in a proprietay format, then give it a stupid name and unleash it on the world as The Next Coming.
When are the majority of people going to tire of M$'s nonstop efforts to digitize our lives at the expense of our humanity? I envision a future where code monkeys are like steel workers and car plant workers during the early days of the industrial revolution, worked to death to build products they can't afford to use while at the same time making BANK for the higher-ups.
If I were a professional programmer, I'd start a completely non-M$ union, go national, and use the power of a union structure to develop world-class solutions competing directly with M$. Distribute source code through the chain where locals can make changes to highten relevance and usefullness in their market area. Offer low-cost custom built boxes running a GPL'd OS that meet the client's needs, not charge them outrageous fees for hardware they won't ever get full use of. Keep the profit where the work is, on the local level, with moderate dues to support the structure as a whole.
The only way to beat Microsoft is to code them out of relevance.
how about I insist that you're an idiot for thinking OS X is of any use, when all the real application support out there is with the Win32 side of the industry?
Hehehehehe I can run any x86 app I want on my Mac thru VirtualPC. I can even run any variety of Linux or Winblows I want, up to 10 different virtual machines running whatever app i throw at them, all at once. All your apps are belong to us!
But, geez, I'm sorry, you can't run Final Cut Pro on your side of the industry can you? Nor Burning Monkey Solitaire, the true king of all solitaire games. Or the most elegant OS on the planet. In fact, the entire argument of "more apps for x86!" isn't really valid in the least, unless you're talking games. But at this point, if you really wanna play games, consoles are the way to go. And heck, you can even put your precious Linux on those too.
When I bought my first Mac, the only thing I missed was Minesweeper. Then I found a nice copy for MacOS. Now there's even some native X minesweeper games. Haven't looked back since.
OK. I first have to admit that I do watch some television. The Simpsons, and Buffy. Buffy is my guilty pleasure. Well, I smoke too, but I don't feel guilty about that.
But if I had to give it all up tomorrow, you're damn right I would. What happened to television is a sad and pathetic story of an amazing new technology that could have been used to educate and better the world at large. It is, many years later, nothing more than an outlet for stupifying worthless garbage that does more to keep the populace stuck in their seats getting fatter and more reclusive with each passing moment of escapist fluff.
That is not to say that there are not programs and services available over television that are worthwhile, or that there is a lack of satire or true art on television. But really, does it matter?
The buying power of the exact same John Q. Public that can't figure out tech stuff are the ones that drive this economy. Their piddly expenditures on a daily basis reflecting the flashing lights they say last night in between their tired, rehashed, stale-joke sitcoms and Robitussin-like news programs ("it'll be over quick, and it won't be especially pleasant, but we'll dress it up and make you feel better!").
Frankly, I'd like to see a grand majority of the American public DISALLOWED TO WATCH TELEVISION. Go to your room America, no TV and no dessert. NOW SIT AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
And rather than lament the fact that the same horrid fate is befalling the internet at a much quicker rate, we sit here discussing what's wrong with America that they don't want TV to be easier. HOW MUCH EASIER CAN IT GET? They just want to veg out and waste their precious moments drooling at the flickering box. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE MORONS THAT POPULATE THIS INTELLECTUAL WASTELAND TO WATCH EVEN MORE TELEVISION?
Why don't you just get them a nice couch w/ an intravenous nutrient delivery method built into the arm and a toilet underneath that only requires them to think about it to flush, oh, and while you're at it, embed the remote control at their fingers (Bonus: They can't fight back when we instate military rule!) while you're at it....
Sheesh... FOUR WORDS: TURN OFF THE #*(#@@$*&#@()!!&@#) BOX!
But I have to say, the_rev_matt, your signature struck a sweet note in my mind:)
I have quite the affinity for Faith No More, and that is one of my favorite Pattonisms. I wonder how many Slashdotters have heard the exquisite rant that is "Naked In Front of the Computer."
You might need to chop the tracks up yourself unless you can find a way to use the digi out on the MiniDisc to the Mac directly... perhaps a USB or Firewire solution?
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I am cringing.
Perhaps from the agnozing irony of that statement.
Perhaps because the author might actually think that's true.
That the iMac is intended for end users who want a computer without hassle that is also very powerful and customizeable.
It is NOT a computer for those looking to hack hardware or software aspects of it.
That's what cheap early model G3's and late model 604e's are for;) snag one and install any flavor of *nix you want, even hack OS X onto it and see how much that GUI eats up processor cycles.
Of COURSE the iMac isn't made for the Slashdot crowd. At least not as a project machine;) Perhaps as just a no-hassle, no-trouble, always reliable, personal life enhancer.
>and your rationalisation is a piece of shit. fuck off.
Wow, now if that isn't the epitome of the Christian spirit I don't know what is.
This is totally off-topic, but this Xmas I had this woman trying to convert me from Zen Buddhism to Christianity. She mentioned something about all muslims being evil terrorist murderers, and I just had to chuckle, cuz Christians have killed WAAAAAAAY more people than muslims, and probably every other faith, COMBINED.
The crusades, the inquisition, slavery, the decimation of the Native Americans... the list gets longer every day.
Christians are like cockroaches. Eventually evolution WILL relegate them to only coming out when no one else is around and scurrying when they see superior beings.
I mean jeez, go ahead, be a closed-minded self-centered, uneducated moron. But don't try to bring ME down, too.
It'll be the same NT techs - they're much more like cockroaches than you might imagine. they're stupid, determined, move in groups, supplant any intelligent life through suffocation, and will more than likely outlast real humans.
Comcast here in Baltimore is test-marketing this to their employees currently... so my friend who works for them gets to order up any VOD he wants for free right now, the lucky bastard. he demo'ed it for me, and it really is supercool. he used to work for Blockbuster, and he's counting the days until VOD puts them OOB (out-of-business).
me too, really. When large scale video chains aren't buying up DVD's, the companies might have to charge less for them to recoup the sales numbers from the general populace;)
There is always be death. There will always be criminals. There will always be those who disagree with the powers that be. There were always be terrorists. There will always be discomfort. There will always be backaches. There will always be stiff, aching joints. There will always be home-made bombs. There will always be thugs. There will always be police brutality. There will always be corrupt governments. There will always be secret socities of Masons and the Illuminatis running the world under the guise of democracy. There will always be disobedience. There will always be hijackers. There will always be unpleasantness.
Trying to control chaos is futile. For every measure of security, there will be a new kind of crack. For every length of dictatorship and oppression, there will be a spark of dissent. It comes and goes in waves. Right now, the US occupies the same slot that we rebelled against England for having over 200 years ago. Now look at England: socialized medicine, a happy, respectful populace... it took England getting bitchslapped the world over and its empire stripped from it for it to become what is now a model free society. The royal family are relics of what once was... and as soon as those inbred twits die off, the better.
The same will happen to the US. National ID cards, even subcutaneous implants will not stop the rising tide of Hungry Freaks. It is pointless, expensive, and thoroughly unwarranted and authoritarian.
But, much like Christians scare people with the idea of Hell into becoming raving lunatics (merry f-ing xmas, you stupid cultists), the US has whipped up the populace into a fit of nationalism with the threat of TERRORISTS! (i'm shaking!). Now we'll take any sort of rights-revoking freedom-raping with a big, sloppy, give-it-to-me grin.
the words "intellectual property" make me cringe. Its the kind of half-assed capatalism that has ensnared our culture through greed and the distant promise of new toys to keep our minds off the fact that spiritualy, our lives are devoid of meaning, and only the accumulation of material wealth will bring us happiness and that prosperity is not harmony with ourselves, our surroundings, and our world, but the false security of an overstocked pantry, big-screen TV, and plenty of eye candy fodder.
You know what's a real crime? The ecological impact that all the toxic chemicals that are produced and used in the manufacture of computers leaking into landfills, poisoning the earth and the population. The 3rd world working-class wage-slavery that allows us to play with our nifty little toys. The blatant disregard for the scarcity of natural resources that results in using petroleum products to press hundreds of billions of CDs that never get sold because the price is too high. Bill Gate's bank account and the millions starving on the streets of America.
It is pathetic that the American gov't can find no nobler, better thing to do than continue to protect the interets of the nations wealthiest 1%, offering security to the sad-sack investors and their billion dollar chump-change stocks while offering no security of something as simple as being fed and having a roof. The American gov't is in a position to globally wipe out hunger, homelessness, and illiteracy, if we weren't spending our time spelunking in Afghanistan and busting college kids for trying to keep up with the latest software so they can get jobs and do something TRULY heinus, like EAT. (sarcasm included without charge)
When you steal a car, you are deprving someone of a mode of transportation that they worked very hard to earn and buy. When you steal a loaf of bread from a store, you very much drive the cost up for everyone else because the resources that went into that bread are not duplicable, they are physical entities unto themselves that cannot be reproduced. Software, on the other hand, when reproduced, does not have this effect. When you copy software, you are not depriving someone else of it. Are you driving costs up? No, and I'll tell you why - software has ALWAYS been ridiculously expensive, even before the advent of broadband internest and CD burners. M$ and others have ALWAYS charged an arm and a leg for their software, even before duplication was as practical and easy as it is today. And I'll tell you something else - if I had the money, I'd buy EVERY LAST BIT OF SOFTWARE I USE. If I could afford it, I'd send Adobe TWICE the cost of their software because I think its worth AT LEAST that. In the meantime however, I'm sick of being told that just because I was born into an extremely poor family, spent time homeless, and have since worked my ass off just to keep food in my mouth and a roof over my head, that I am NOT ALLOWED to use this software to learn a skill that will prevent me from becoming homeless again sometime in my adulthood simply because I can't pony up the $500. Do you know how long it takes the average Joe to make $500? I'm not talking about a priveledged programmer who had the luxury of a parental-paid education at a really nice school and the security of somewhere to fall back to in the case of emergency, I'm talking about Mr. Working-Hand-To-Mouth-Paycheck-To-Paycheck who just wants the OPPORTUNITY to get some more security in the TRULY IMPORTANT THINGS, like HOUSING and FOOD. And if he has to pirate software to learn it so that he may aquire a skill that will keep him from being homeless, SO BE IT.
I'm sick of capatalism in general. But this "intellectual property" thing just STINKS. Because if ANYONE should be getting rich off this code, its the actual coders, not some guy behind a desk to signs papers and twiddles his thumbs while the stockholders light their cigars with $20 bills. I have NO SYMPATHY for the rich. I have NO SYMPATHY for M$. And if all those programmers got together outside of work and coded for themselves, they could make scads more money by selling a comprable product to 5 times as many people at HALF the cost.
There is NO JUSTIFICATION for software manufacturers to charge what they do. And they could, VERY EASILY, recoup the losses by reducing the price of their software to the point where it becomes a viable option for 5 to 10 times more people to buy. Its not as if CDs are expensive to produce. And if you stick to electronic documentation (and why wouldn't you? We're running out of trees and the DEA is banning ALL hemp products!), you don't even have to pay the printing costs for those pretty books.
SCREW the software manufacturers, SCREW the American gov't, and SCREW the rich. Its EXACTLY this kind of self-centered profit-motivated behavior that got NYC and DC blown to shit a couple months ago.
If we actually cared about humans instead of profit, maybe we wouldn't be so hated around the world.
Oh, and one last point: guess who is being stolen from to FUND these raids, and the subsequent trials and imprisonment of these "criminals"? EVERY SINGLE LAST ONE OF US. Just watch your taxes rise and try to tell yourself that its going to Social Security. Feh.
Oh my god, you keep ready-to-spill beer cans next to your computer?!?!
More importantly, you drink beer out of CANS?!?!
And if you want to be able to search by content, buy a Mac. It'll automaticaly index your drives, and let you search for a file by the actual text content. Neat, huh?
I would prefer to have none but there are three that you just can't get rid of on Windows...
You can get rid of these three by removing them in the registry.
Oh sure, just jump through this hoop and that, then upgrade and jump through the same hoops over and over while at the same time forking over lots and lots of money.
This has been done - its called the Dock in OS X. Also, the OS X Toolbar is completely customizable, allowing the user to place links to files, folders, disks, websites, anything, within reach in ANY open Finder window. And if you have a folder tucked into your toolbar, you can drag and drop files into that folder through the toolbar.
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of course you hate your job. of course you hate your managers. of course you'd rather be doing something else.
now shut up and get back to work!
-- the management
read up on mac os x ... i think you'll find while it has its shortcomings (and what OS doesn't?) it has a lot of power, extensibilty, and most of all, promise.
mac os x can really be whatever you want - consumer desktop OS, corporate exchange client and office productivity system, video editing powerhouse, rock solid server, UNIX development station, whatever.
It answers the question "What do you want to do today?" by saying "How about we do it all?"
Never ceases to amaze me how much people dismiss Apple out-of-hand simply because its not a free OS.
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I love Linux and what it represents, but it is NOT a viable alternative for people who just want a computer to WORK out of the box when they bring it home.
It is NOT a viable alternative for graphics professionals, video professionals, and although can be suited for use as a desktop OS in a corporate "office" type environment, it lacks the easy-to-install-and-configure aspect that is holding it back from displacing Windows entirely in corporate America (who could save billions every year by switching to Linux if they were smart).
Apple, to be fair, is more pricey. But as has been noted MANY times, the total cost of ownership over time is dramatically lower. Linux and Apple should co-exist peacefully. If I want a box for internet surfing and mail checking and light office work and didn't want to spend much $, you're damn right I'd build a cheap linux box. But if I want a computer I can use for EVERYTHING, that works as advertised, with minimal effort in maintenance, where everything i do and need and use on a daily basis is provided immediately upon opening the box and plugging it in, I'll take a Mac, thank you.
Oh, and as a side note, i have never in over 2 years recieved a single bit of spam at my Mac.Com email address. Wanna know why? They don't sell out their customers.
And don't give me the upgradability thing..... I just took my B&W G3 350 purchased almost 3 years ago and once again made it a screamer with 1GB of RAM, a new G4 500 proc., an 80GB drive, and a new Radeon 7000. Plus a nice FireWire 16x10x40. It can still crush a P4 1GHz easy. yes, I know they're up to 2.2 Ghz, but Apple's got dual 1GHz
check out:
http://www.apple.com/myths
http://www.appl
Slashdot got Aquified!! i hope this isn't some sort of plot to keep us apple-ites separated from you "real" computer enthusiasts ;) J/K, I have noticed a lot more coverage of Apple stuff since OS X started gaining steam in the tech community, and I really appreciate it. Also i think its funny that you guys remade the UI elements in aqua fashion.
:)
Mac users may have to fight for respect and fend off the "condolences" of our Windows counterparts a lot of the time, but its nice to know that we have Slashdot on our side, or at least not berating us. Thanks for the recognition guys!!!
Oh, and 10.1.3 RULES. easy flawless upgrade. System keeps getting snappier and more impressive. I'm dying to see 10.2: The Return of Sping-Loaded Folders! Excuse me while i trip out to my killer iTunes visuals on my 27" television
You, sir, are a Nazi, who, spiritually impovershed from your lifetime of hatred, bigotry, and self-righteousness, should be locked away in a cage somewhere very hot, and very very moist, in full view of hungry cheetas.
Man, I sure hope this was some kind of tongue-in-cheek, sarcasm thing. Otherwise ... jeez.
Why don't you pay attention to whatever it is you enjoy doing and ignore what they are doing. If your not going to ignore it, then do something about it besides piss and moan.. Jeez.
... and by discussing it and espousing ideas, we ARE doing something about it - i.e., reinforcing the fact that M$ is not the only alternative, that there ARE other ways to get work done, that there ARE other options and viable alternatives in almost any business area they practice in.
That's why M$ has a monopoly now, people like you
Taco, you rule. Congratulations to you both!!! Now I have to go see if I can find a rose in a 30 mile radius so my g.f. doesn't think i forgot ;)
Just like Microsoft - rather than improve upon industry standards and embrace the hard work and advancements of other projects, they steal the good parts, muck them up in a proprietay format, then give it a stupid name and unleash it on the world as The Next Coming.
When are the majority of people going to tire of M$'s nonstop efforts to digitize our lives at the expense of our humanity? I envision a future where code monkeys are like steel workers and car plant workers during the early days of the industrial revolution, worked to death to build products they can't afford to use while at the same time making BANK for the higher-ups.
If I were a professional programmer, I'd start a completely non-M$ union, go national, and use the power of a union structure to develop world-class solutions competing directly with M$. Distribute source code through the chain where locals can make changes to highten relevance and usefullness in their market area. Offer low-cost custom built boxes running a GPL'd OS that meet the client's needs, not charge them outrageous fees for hardware they won't ever get full use of. Keep the profit where the work is, on the local level, with moderate dues to support the structure as a whole.
The only way to beat Microsoft is to code them out of relevance.
how about I insist that you're an idiot for thinking OS X is of any use, when all the real application support out there is with the Win32 side of the industry?
Hehehehehe I can run any x86 app I want on my Mac thru VirtualPC. I can even run any variety of Linux or Winblows I want, up to 10 different virtual machines running whatever app i throw at them, all at once. All your apps are belong to us!
But, geez, I'm sorry, you can't run Final Cut Pro on your side of the industry can you? Nor Burning Monkey Solitaire, the true king of all solitaire games. Or the most elegant OS on the planet. In fact, the entire argument of "more apps for x86!" isn't really valid in the least, unless you're talking games. But at this point, if you really wanna play games, consoles are the way to go. And heck, you can even put your precious Linux on those too.
When I bought my first Mac, the only thing I missed was Minesweeper. Then I found a nice copy for MacOS. Now there's even some native X minesweeper games. Haven't looked back since.
OK. I first have to admit that I do watch some television. The Simpsons, and Buffy. Buffy is my guilty pleasure. Well, I smoke too, but I don't feel guilty about that.
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... FOUR WORDS: TURN OFF THE #*(#@@$*&#@()!!&@#) BOX!
But if I had to give it all up tomorrow, you're damn right I would. What happened to television is a sad and pathetic story of an amazing new technology that could have been used to educate and better the world at large. It is, many years later, nothing more than an outlet for stupifying worthless garbage that does more to keep the populace stuck in their seats getting fatter and more reclusive with each passing moment of escapist fluff.
That is not to say that there are not programs and services available over television that are worthwhile, or that there is a lack of satire or true art on television. But really, does it matter?
The buying power of the exact same John Q. Public that can't figure out tech stuff are the ones that drive this economy. Their piddly expenditures on a daily basis reflecting the flashing lights they say last night in between their tired, rehashed, stale-joke sitcoms and Robitussin-like news programs ("it'll be over quick, and it won't be especially pleasant, but we'll dress it up and make you feel better!").
Frankly, I'd like to see a grand majority of the American public DISALLOWED TO WATCH TELEVISION. Go to your room America, no TV and no dessert. NOW SIT AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
And rather than lament the fact that the same horrid fate is befalling the internet at a much quicker rate, we sit here discussing what's wrong with America that they don't want TV to be easier. HOW MUCH EASIER CAN IT GET? They just want to veg out and waste their precious moments drooling at the flickering box. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE MORONS THAT POPULATE THIS INTELLECTUAL WASTELAND TO WATCH EVEN MORE TELEVISION?
Why don't you just get them a nice couch w/ an intravenous nutrient delivery method built into the arm and a toilet underneath that only requires them to think about it to flush, oh, and while you're at it, embed the remote control at their fingers (Bonus: They can't fight back when we instate military rule!) while you're at it
Sheesh
Okay, 10 words.
But I have to say, the_rev_matt, your signature struck a sweet note in my mind :)
I have quite the affinity for Faith No More, and that is one of my favorite Pattonisms. I wonder how many Slashdotters have heard the exquisite rant that is "Naked In Front of the Computer."
Yeah me too. They are making me want to abandon my upgrades plans for my B&W G3 tower and just get one of those instead.
I'm just waiting for my tax return so i can get this thing up to a dual G4.
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... perhaps a USB or Firewire solution?
http://www.griffintechnology.com/audio/imic_mai
You might need to chop the tracks up yourself unless you can find a way to use the digi out on the MiniDisc to the Mac directly
I am cringing.
Perhaps from the agnozing irony of that statement.
Perhaps because the author might actually think that's true.
*shudder*
That the iMac is intended for end users who want a computer without hassle that is also very powerful and customizeable.
;) snag one and install any flavor of *nix you want, even hack OS X onto it and see how much that GUI eats up processor cycles.
;) Perhaps as just a no-hassle, no-trouble, always reliable, personal life enhancer.
It is NOT a computer for those looking to hack hardware or software aspects of it.
That's what cheap early model G3's and late model 604e's are for
Of COURSE the iMac isn't made for the Slashdot crowd. At least not as a project machine
well, honestly, that just sort of goes without saying.
and i'd say chimpanzees got the better end of the evolutionary deal. but that's just me.
and i don't EVER want to see ANYONE go digging in what little is left of the rainforest.
frankly, it doesn't matter whether creationism or evolution is true.
what matters is that we're here now. make the best of it and be good to each other.
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>and your rationalisation is a piece of shit. fuck off.
... the list gets longer every day.
Wow, now if that isn't the epitome of the Christian spirit I don't know what is.
This is totally off-topic, but this Xmas I had this woman trying to convert me from Zen Buddhism to Christianity. She mentioned something about all muslims being evil terrorist murderers, and I just had to chuckle, cuz Christians have killed WAAAAAAAY more people than muslims, and probably every other faith, COMBINED.
The crusades, the inquisition, slavery, the decimation of the Native Americans
Christians are like cockroaches. Eventually evolution WILL relegate them to only coming out when no one else is around and scurrying when they see superior beings.
I mean jeez, go ahead, be a closed-minded self-centered, uneducated moron. But don't try to bring ME down, too.
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It'll be the same NT techs - they're much more like cockroaches than you might imagine. they're stupid, determined, move in groups, supplant any intelligent life through suffocation, and will more than likely outlast real humans.
Comcast here in Baltimore is test-marketing this to their employees currently ... so my friend who works for them gets to order up any VOD he wants for free right now, the lucky bastard. he demo'ed it for me, and it really is supercool. he used to work for Blockbuster, and he's counting the days until VOD puts them OOB (out-of-business).
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me too, really. When large scale video chains aren't buying up DVD's, the companies might have to charge less for them to recoup the sales numbers from the general populace
There is always be death. There will always be criminals. There will always be those who disagree with the powers that be. There were always be terrorists. There will always be discomfort. There will always be backaches. There will always be stiff, aching joints. There will always be home-made bombs. There will always be thugs. There will always be police brutality. There will always be corrupt governments. There will always be secret socities of Masons and the Illuminatis running the world under the guise of democracy. There will always be disobedience. There will always be hijackers. There will always be unpleasantness.
... it took England getting bitchslapped the world over and its empire stripped from it for it to become what is now a model free society. The royal family are relics of what once was ... and as soon as those inbred twits die off, the better.
Trying to control chaos is futile. For every measure of security, there will be a new kind of crack. For every length of dictatorship and oppression, there will be a spark of dissent. It comes and goes in waves. Right now, the US occupies the same slot that we rebelled against England for having over 200 years ago. Now look at England: socialized medicine, a happy, respectful populace
The same will happen to the US. National ID cards, even subcutaneous implants will not stop the rising tide of Hungry Freaks. It is pointless, expensive, and thoroughly unwarranted and authoritarian.
But, much like Christians scare people with the idea of Hell into becoming raving lunatics (merry f-ing xmas, you stupid cultists), the US has whipped up the populace into a fit of nationalism with the threat of TERRORISTS! (i'm shaking!). Now we'll take any sort of rights-revoking freedom-raping with a big, sloppy, give-it-to-me grin.
Sad.
the words "intellectual property" make me cringe. Its the kind of half-assed capatalism that has ensnared our culture through greed and the distant promise of new toys to keep our minds off the fact that spiritualy, our lives are devoid of meaning, and only the accumulation of material wealth will bring us happiness and that prosperity is not harmony with ourselves, our surroundings, and our world, but the false security of an overstocked pantry, big-screen TV, and plenty of eye candy fodder.
You know what's a real crime? The ecological impact that all the toxic chemicals that are produced and used in the manufacture of computers leaking into landfills, poisoning the earth and the population. The 3rd world working-class wage-slavery that allows us to play with our nifty little toys. The blatant disregard for the scarcity of natural resources that results in using petroleum products to press hundreds of billions of CDs that never get sold because the price is too high. Bill Gate's bank account and the millions starving on the streets of America.
It is pathetic that the American gov't can find no nobler, better thing to do than continue to protect the interets of the nations wealthiest 1%, offering security to the sad-sack investors and their billion dollar chump-change stocks while offering no security of something as simple as being fed and having a roof. The American gov't is in a position to globally wipe out hunger, homelessness, and illiteracy, if we weren't spending our time spelunking in Afghanistan and busting college kids for trying to keep up with the latest software so they can get jobs and do something TRULY heinus, like EAT. (sarcasm included without charge)
When you steal a car, you are deprving someone of a mode of transportation that they worked very hard to earn and buy. When you steal a loaf of bread from a store, you very much drive the cost up for everyone else because the resources that went into that bread are not duplicable, they are physical entities unto themselves that cannot be reproduced. Software, on the other hand, when reproduced, does not have this effect. When you copy software, you are not depriving someone else of it. Are you driving costs up? No, and I'll tell you why - software has ALWAYS been ridiculously expensive, even before the advent of broadband internest and CD burners. M$ and others have ALWAYS charged an arm and a leg for their software, even before duplication was as practical and easy as it is today. And I'll tell you something else - if I had the money, I'd buy EVERY LAST BIT OF SOFTWARE I USE. If I could afford it, I'd send Adobe TWICE the cost of their software because I think its worth AT LEAST that. In the meantime however, I'm sick of being told that just because I was born into an extremely poor family, spent time homeless, and have since worked my ass off just to keep food in my mouth and a roof over my head, that I am NOT ALLOWED to use this software to learn a skill that will prevent me from becoming homeless again sometime in my adulthood simply because I can't pony up the $500. Do you know how long it takes the average Joe to make $500? I'm not talking about a priveledged programmer who had the luxury of a parental-paid education at a really nice school and the security of somewhere to fall back to in the case of emergency, I'm talking about Mr. Working-Hand-To-Mouth-Paycheck-To-Paycheck who just wants the OPPORTUNITY to get some more security in the TRULY IMPORTANT THINGS, like HOUSING and FOOD. And if he has to pirate software to learn it so that he may aquire a skill that will keep him from being homeless, SO BE IT.
I'm sick of capatalism in general. But this "intellectual property" thing just STINKS. Because if ANYONE should be getting rich off this code, its the actual coders, not some guy behind a desk to signs papers and twiddles his thumbs while the stockholders light their cigars with $20 bills. I have NO SYMPATHY for the rich. I have NO SYMPATHY for M$. And if all those programmers got together outside of work and coded for themselves, they could make scads more money by selling a comprable product to 5 times as many people at HALF the cost.
There is NO JUSTIFICATION for software manufacturers to charge what they do. And they could, VERY EASILY, recoup the losses by reducing the price of their software to the point where it becomes a viable option for 5 to 10 times more people to buy. Its not as if CDs are expensive to produce. And if you stick to electronic documentation (and why wouldn't you? We're running out of trees and the DEA is banning ALL hemp products!), you don't even have to pay the printing costs for those pretty books.
SCREW the software manufacturers, SCREW the American gov't, and SCREW the rich. Its EXACTLY this kind of self-centered profit-motivated behavior that got NYC and DC blown to shit a couple months ago.
If we actually cared about humans instead of profit, maybe we wouldn't be so hated around the world.
Oh, and one last point: guess who is being stolen from to FUND these raids, and the subsequent trials and imprisonment of these "criminals"? EVERY SINGLE LAST ONE OF US. Just watch your taxes rise and try to tell yourself that its going to Social Security. Feh.
Brainwashed capatalist stooges.
Oh my god, you keep ready-to-spill beer cans next to your computer?!?!
More importantly, you drink beer out of CANS?!?!
And if you want to be able to search by content, buy a Mac. It'll automaticaly index your drives, and let you search for a file by the actual text content. Neat, huh?
I would prefer to have none but there are three that you just can't get rid of on Windows ...
You can get rid of these three by removing them in the registry.
Oh sure, just jump through this hoop and that, then upgrade and jump through the same hoops over and over while at the same time forking over lots and lots of money.
Makes me wish we were all acrobats.
This has been done - its called the Dock in OS X. Also, the OS X Toolbar is completely customizable, allowing the user to place links to files, folders, disks, websites, anything, within reach in ANY open Finder window. And if you have a folder tucked into your toolbar, you can drag and drop files into that folder through the toolbar.
Its really quite nifty.