The simplest way to convince the masses it to lower the price. That's the only thing keeping people away from broadband, and the situation would change overnight. My biggest fear (and I'm not alone) is that I'll take the $40 plunge only to have the rate go up to $50 in six months. I love broadband - I have it at work and it's crippling to have to go home to the 56k at home. But the simple fact is, I just can't make that little extra a month (and the U.S. economy ain't helpin' either.)
I thought that the official explanation was that each "clan" had different types of ridges and some just don't have any. I think I read that in an official Trek book, wish I could remember what it was. It's possible that it created a caste system where some clans are lower than others because of the pattern (or lack thereof)...
Am I the only one who's read this or is it my imagination? It's the best explanation out there, IMO
Every time slashdot takes a hit or crashes it comes back faster and stronger. It is noticeably quicker and more responsive than it was even a year ago.
I seem to remember reading that Bell Labs did extensive research into that area before switching to the 7 - digit base. Also, they spent a lot of time deciding how to arrange the layout of the touchtone keypad, i.e., 123 on the top row or 123 on the bottom row. Ever notice how your keyboard and the telephone don't match?
Yeah, 16 k is pretty small, but remember the scale. What if you had thousands of those 16k memory molecules chained together. Gigabytes of RAM in the size of a penny. Remember to think three dimensionally, also.
Hey, Hell, thanks, that was a nice article. Although the Beowulf cluster has become pretty commonplace, I don't think I've actually seen a history of clusters before.
Okay, so there are a area a lot of Mac people who use Microsoft Word out there. And they have very talented Mac programmers that make pretty good applications - I would go as far to say that their Mac apps are greatly superior to their PC apps. But raise your hand if you actually bought it instead of copying it from a friend.
The reason this project is so important is that, as a community, we should have an option to not have to buy Office X. Or Appleworks, either. As a community, we can create our own applications. And StarOffice sounds like a good start.
(And for those complaining about the OS X IE: All the alternatives, OmniWeb, iCab and my favorite, Opera, are much better. All browsers for OS X are still in beta, so pick another one to use.)
If managed properly, this launching facility should be quite safe to the Christmas Island eco-system. Kennedy Space Center is an incredible example of how, when done right, high technology and the environment can thrive. KSC has all sorts of endangered species that live in and around the spaceport. That's not to say that APSC won't completely screw up the island, but if they do, it'll be a complete shame because there's absolutely no excuse.
Actually, I think the moon vehicle had tires made of mesh that wouldn't stand a chance in Earth's gravity. Perhaps Mars' lower gravity has been taken into account here.
What are you talking about? Since when has media ever been unencumbered? Are you totally a totally spoiled brat, or are you the guy who steals newspapers out of the box, or Time Magazine out of your neighbor's mailbox? What's the difference? Information - yes, it should remain "unobstructed". But "media"? Did you steal a TV from Walmart to watch Nightline? Even in television's case the delivery vehicle isn't free.
Again, as stated in other posts, even though you can't run the full OSX on x86, you can already run the Darwin core on x86. It's open-source, officially supported and freely available. If you have an extra box around, go get it.
(Bally/Midway) were re releasing the classics in cocktail mode. Brand new tables, brand new PCBs, everything. Ms Pac Man, Pac Man, Galaga.
But of course they had to be cheap about it and put all the games in one table and put in a trackball instead of a joystick. Try playing Pac-Man with a trackball!
Damn, Geos was cool. I remember getting a 3 button mouse for my Commodore and felt like a real high roller. Then I used my Atari trackball (same port) and that was really cool. The only downside was that I only had one 1541 so there was a lot of disk swapping (much like my Mac Plus to follow soon after).
There are 2 Space 1999 DVD's available with 6 issues each, remastered from the 35mm prints.
Space 1999
Format:Pan & Scan / Dolby 5.1
Region Code:0
Rating:Original release date: n/a
Video/DVD Release Date: 1/30/2001
UPC: 733961701487
A&E HOME VIDEO
There's always AppleWorks...!
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Not only are Photoshop Elements and GraphicConverter available for OS X, but so is AppleWorks 6, which is included free with the iMacs. That has everything the occasional designer needs, and has a better interface than GraphicConverter. Also you can work in vector graphics, an awesome plus. Besides, the spreadsheet and word processor parts of the suite aren't so bad. Most users have it and don't even realize it.
That said, I've been looking forward to the GIMP port, if no other reason than it'll teach a lot of lessons that will help other open-source apps come to OS X. Maybe us Mac users will be able to shape a product we can use and at the same time help pull GIMP out of the cult-ware category.
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The simplest way to convince the masses it to lower the price. That's the only thing keeping people away from broadband, and the situation would change overnight. My biggest fear (and I'm not alone) is that I'll take the $40 plunge only to have the rate go up to $50 in six months. I love broadband - I have it at work and it's crippling to have to go home to the 56k at home. But the simple fact is, I just can't make that little extra a month (and the U.S. economy ain't helpin' either.)
Well, the Mac community knows all about hacking, it's just Cupertino doesn't know yet.
Damn!
Am I the only one who's read this or is it my imagination? It's the best explanation out there, IMO
Every time slashdot takes a hit or crashes it comes back faster and stronger. It is noticeably quicker and more responsive than it was even a year ago.
We who are about to slash salute you!
Damien Champagne
I seem to remember reading that Bell Labs did extensive research into that area before switching to the 7 - digit base. Also, they spent a lot of time deciding how to arrange the layout of the touchtone keypad, i.e., 123 on the top row or 123 on the bottom row. Ever notice how your keyboard and the telephone don't match?
Put down some of that "Amazing Video Grout" I heard about between 'em...
Yeah, 16 k is pretty small, but remember the scale. What if you had thousands of those 16k memory molecules chained together. Gigabytes of RAM in the size of a penny. Remember to think three dimensionally, also.
Hey, Hell, thanks, that was a nice article. Although the Beowulf cluster has become pretty commonplace, I don't think I've actually seen a history of clusters before.
Okay, so there are a area a lot of Mac people who use Microsoft Word out there. And they have very talented Mac programmers that make pretty good applications - I would go as far to say that their Mac apps are greatly superior to their PC apps. But raise your hand if you actually bought it instead of copying it from a friend. The reason this project is so important is that, as a community, we should have an option to not have to buy Office X. Or Appleworks, either. As a community, we can create our own applications. And StarOffice sounds like a good start. (And for those complaining about the OS X IE: All the alternatives, OmniWeb, iCab and my favorite, Opera, are much better. All browsers for OS X are still in beta, so pick another one to use.)
If managed properly, this launching facility should be quite safe to the Christmas Island eco-system. Kennedy Space Center is an incredible example of how, when done right, high technology and the environment can thrive. KSC has all sorts of endangered species that live in and around the spaceport. That's not to say that APSC won't completely screw up the island, but if they do, it'll be a complete shame because there's absolutely no excuse.
Actually, I think the moon vehicle had tires made of mesh that wouldn't stand a chance in Earth's gravity. Perhaps Mars' lower gravity has been taken into account here.
What are you talking about? Since when has media ever been unencumbered? Are you totally a totally spoiled brat, or are you the guy who steals newspapers out of the box, or Time Magazine out of your neighbor's mailbox? What's the difference? Information - yes, it should remain "unobstructed". But "media"? Did you steal a TV from Walmart to watch Nightline? Even in television's case the delivery vehicle isn't free.
Again, as stated in other posts, even though you can't run the full OSX on x86, you can already run the Darwin core on x86. It's open-source, officially supported and freely available. If you have an extra box around, go get it.
But of course they had to be cheap about it and put all the games in one table and put in a trackball instead of a joystick. Try playing Pac-Man with a trackball!
Damn, Geos was cool. I remember getting a 3 button mouse for my Commodore and felt like a real high roller. Then I used my Atari trackball (same port) and that was really cool. The only downside was that I only had one 1541 so there was a lot of disk swapping (much like my Mac Plus to follow soon after).
Space 1999 Format:Pan & Scan / Dolby 5.1 Region Code:0 Rating:Original release date: n/a Video/DVD Release Date: 1/30/2001 UPC: 733961701487 A&E HOME VIDEO
That said, I've been looking forward to the GIMP port, if no other reason than it'll teach a lot of lessons that will help other open-source apps come to OS X. Maybe us Mac users will be able to shape a product we can use and at the same time help pull GIMP out of the cult-ware category.