By "refresh rates", I assume you are talking about resolution? The reason why this new card really shows an advantage only on higher resolutions, is because on lower resolutions all hi-end vid-cards are CPU-bound. No matter how fast your vid-card is, the game isn't any faster, since the CPU is holding it back. Bump up the resolution, and add some FSAA and AF to the mix, and this card starts to show it's power.
When you do that, a little cloud next to the icon will show up (while dragging) indicating that dragging things out of the Finder sidebar will make it go poof. This shouldn't be too hard to understand.
I did not get that "cloud" on my system. I grabbed the "Applications"-folder from Finder and dragged it to the dock. Poof, it's gone. No "cloud" warning me about it, no nothing.
And anyway, why on earth did it take you a while to drag the folder back into the sidebar? Was your mouse acting up?
Because I did not know where the "Applications"-folder was on the system. I had used the system for like 15 minutes at that point. Mouse was working just fine, thanks for asking.
On OS X, the dock has buttons to launbch apps. And it also contains icons for your running apps. And they are all mixed-up together. In other systems I have one clear area to launch apps, and running apps to to another area.
And the Dock makes the UI look confusing. If you want to have icons for your communly used apps, you have to have lots of icons there. It looks busy, and it simply overloads the UI with icons. With other systems I could have 2-4 most used apps behind quick-access buttons, and rest in some menu.
And you don't have to dig. Drag the Applications folder to your Dock.
I tried that. It went poof and disappeared. It took me a while to get it back to Finder. What kind of system is this thing where dragging stuff to the desktop/dock REMOVES THEM? In any sane system, those objects get drag 'n dropped, in OS X they are removed.
I have interesting story to tell about installing an USB-keyboard on Linux and Windows. It's an Apple USB-keyboard.
So I plugged it in while the system was running (this was on Linux BTW). Old keyboard was a PS2-keyboard. The new keyboard worked right away. No hassle, no nothing. I then rebooted to Windows (W2K to be exact)....
When I got to the login-screen, I noticed that the keyboard doesn't work. So I had to plug the old keyboard back, so I could log in. After I got to the desktop, the system recognizzed the keyboard, and installed some drivers. It then wanted to reboot, which I did. After the reboot, it still didn't work, so I logged in with the old keyboard. It then installed some more drivers, and rebooted the machine. The keyboard still didn't work. It then installed some more dirvers, and rebooted the machine for a third time! THEN the keyboard started to work!
the processor family really has some legs left to it, but it was killed by HP for mostly political reasons
Are these CPU's REALLY that good in the end? I mean, if we look at this particular CPU: It has 64MB of L2-cache. Now, is this really a kick-ass CPU, or is it a mediocre CPU that hides it's crappiness behind lots and lots of cache? How would Opteron (for example) perform if it were equipped with 64MB of L2-cache? I would bet that it would walk all over this chip.
Yes, this CPU is propably pretty fast. But it seems to me that they gained that performance by having an assload of cache. And that costs ALOT of money. What I would like to see is truly kick-ass CPU's, that kick ass by default, instead of having to rely on assloads of cache in order to get acceptable performance.
In a way, yes. When I planned on buying a Mac Mini, I visited several Mac-related forums. And the fanatism I saw there was a major turn-off. I'm a Linux-user, so I have had my share share of fanatics. But nothing like the Mac-fanatics!
I remember when they found out that Linus Torvalds had had some techincal critique of OS X. In the timespan on 10 minutes, Torvalds was transformed from OK guy in to complete asshole, mediocre programmer, a dictator and complete moron who doesn't know what he's talking about, in the minds of the forum-participants. All that because he criticised some things in OS X (note: things normal users never see).
It didn't stop there. Apparently OS X was flawless (well, it had SOME minor issues), whereas every other system on the planet sucked. OS X was only thing that mattered and none of the other systems had anything worthwhile to contribute. PPC was of course clearly superior to x86 (I wonder what those guys think today....), and Apple's programmers and engineers were the smartest on the planet.
In the end it was all too much. I became very defensive under the assault of the fanboys, and the whole idea of buying the Mini started to lose it's appeal (I did buy it in the end, but NO thanks to the fanboys!). I went there to get information about Macs, but the blind following of all things Apple and hatred towards other systems, and people who had criticised OS X, was a real turn-off. I left the forum, and never returned. And I'm not sure that is that forum an exception, Macs seem to have unusually high fanboy-ratio.
who will buy Mac PowerPC software when it will be obsolete, i.e. run slowly, when they upgrade to an Intel-based Mac?
What makes you think it will run slowly? Because of the emulation? Didn't Jobs say that the emulation is really fast? And besides, when you upgraded your 2x 2.5GHz PM to Intel PM in 2007, you would propably be upgrading it to something like 2x dualcore Pentium-M's (or derivates) running at 3+GHz, with 2+MB of L2-cache, PCI-Express, 1GHz FSB, lots and lots of uber-fast RAM etc. etc. Even if the emulation had a considerable overhead, the apps would still run very fast. Hell, if the emulation reduced performance by 50%, it would still be insanely fast!
When you buy Beatles-records, the profit goes to the band (or rather, the company they set up, Apple Corps). What MJ bought was the right to make remakes of Beatles-songs. He doesn't get any profits from the songs performed by the Beatles.
You seem to have no clue what the legal process is.
I'm well aware what it is. Just because you are set free does not mean that you are not guilty of the crime you were accused of. Was O.J. innocent? Really? How about all those criminals who walked because of some technicality? Were they innocent?
Drunk-drivers of that region have figured a great way tho shirk their responsibilites: as about how the machine works, and you are set free.
Of course, it is possible that those people really weren't drinking and driving. But I think that they most certainly were. Stunts like described in the article don't really reinforce my opinion of them
Oh look I've used my new guilt-o-meter and it says you committed 9 murders... Don't ask me how it works [and in turn determine if it actually works...] for that's proprietary.
They are guilty. You know it, and I know it. It seems that they are not disputing the fact that they had been drinking. They are focusing on the way they got caught.
Who knows, maybe he really wasn't drunk [or that drunk] and the device is buggy or mis-calibrated?
You don't have to be drunk in order to be a danger to other road-users. Again: they don't seem to be disputing the claim that they have been drinking, they are merely whining about the tool that was used to catch them.
If people just carried the responsibility of their actions? Instead of whining about methods they use to test for DUI, maybe the person in question should just admit that "yes your honor! I'm a stupid asshole who thought that rules do not apple to me. Through my selfish activities I not only endangered my life, but life of other road-users". Maybe some day things will be like that. But not today.
Those people are quilty as hell. They just figured out a way to weasel out of their responsibilities. I for one hope that the next time they cross the street, they will get run over by a drunk-driver.
No, they are doing more than most other corporate "consumers" of Open Source. They are actively developing and improving an Open Source code base, not just taking whatever the Open Source community creates and distributing it as their product.
What they did/do is to take KHTML, improve upon it and use it. Then the parade around telling everyone what "good open-source citizens" they are when they release their changes to others (in the form of huge code-blobs. So they are merely following the requirements of the license, that's all. And that doesn't make then "good open-soirce citizens" in my book. If they wanted to be called that, they should ACTIVELY work with others. Merely following the license is not enough.
Do you understand where the beef is? Apple is not "good open-source citizen" just because they release their changes. They are merely following the license, something that is REQUIRED of them. If they want to be viewed as something better, they have to do more than the bare minimium. KDE-guys TRIED to work with them. They gave them accounts to their CVS (so Apple can pick and choose improvements from KHTML to WebCore), they were willing to sign NDA's so they could access their bug-database and/or intenal VCS. Apple refused. They simple were not interested in working with KDE-guys, even though it wouldn't have been that much of hassle for Apple. Since Apple made the conscious decision to NOT work with KDE-guys, I really fail to see how they are "good open-source citizens". Merely doing what the license requires of you is not enough. Of course Apple has the legal right to not work with KDE-guys, and they are not breaking any laws. But they shouldn't then brag what great supporters of open-source they are, since they are not (as far as KHTML is concerned)
You don't seem to understand the situation. Originally KDE-guys beef wasn't with Apple, but with the users who complained. But speaking of Apple: The problem with them is that they tell everyone what a huge supporters of open source they are. But as far as KHTML is concerned, they are not. They are merely following the license (as they are required to do). And in my (and many other's as well) opinion that does not mean that they are "big supporters of open source". Merely following the license is not enough to warrant that title.
If Apple wanted to, they could actively support KHTML-guys. But they choose not to do so. And that is their choice. But if they choose to do so, they shouldn't then march around calling themselves (good open-source-citizens).
The code Webcore-guys generate is next to useless to KHTMl-guyes. Apple gives them no access to their bug-database (so they have no idea what "this fixes bug #32332" means), they have no acces to their internal VCS (so they could track the changes). All they have is megabyte-sized codeblobs.
Webcore-guys DO have access to KDE's bug-database, and they have access to KDE SVN-repository. So all improvement KDE-guys make, can be merged to Webcore. But Webcore-improvements can't be merged to KHTML as easily.
Macromedia already releases a flash player for Windows, MacOS, Linux, PocketPC (wow..), OS/2, Solaris, HPUX, and IRIX..
yes they do. But there is one thing: For example, on Linux they support x86. What if you run Linux on AMD64? Or PPC? Or any other non-x86-platform? Well, you wont get Flash, since it only works on x86-platform!
Drop KDE/GNOME. They have both become too bloated for everyday use.
really? In what way? On my machine, KDE loads in about 5-7 seconds (and since I start the desktop only once, the time it takes for it to start is next to irrelevant), and apps loads in about 1 second. Window-resizes are fast and smooth and apps are responsive and quick. It was similar with Gnome when I tested it a while back.
Please tell me how KDE and/or Gnome are "too bloated for everyday use". I use KDE everyday, and it's sure as hell not "too bloated" for that! it's VERY easy to parade around telling how KDE/Gnome are "bloated", but I very rarely see anyone give any real examples of this "bloat".
I did try XFCE, but I wasn't too thrilled about it.
4, 5, and 6 weren't good acting. OK, perhaps, but not good. Or more precisely, the problems is not the acting as such, it's the dialogue and how it's delivered. In 1, 2, 3, it's bad, ver bad. In fact, I think ep3 has just about the crappiest dialogue and delivery of dialogue of the new trilogy. Yes, I did overall ejoy the movie. but the dialogue was bad. In fact, it was horrible. I think they shot the scenes in 2-3 shots at most.
That's actually quite a bit easier than how many linux distros handle things.
how, exactly? On linux you type in a single command (or click a single button), and the app is installed. No neet to hunt the installer from the net, the OS fetches and install it automatically. So why is Windows-way easier? I really don't see how it is. Only reason why it might APPEAR as easier is that most people have gotten used to doing this the certain way. Objectively looking, Linux-way is easier, but since it's different from Windows, it will appear more difficult to people who are used to Windows-way of doing things.
Installing new software and making it work properly is not trivial.
Is it trivial on Windows? Seriously? IMO, software-installation on Linux is a whole new paradigm when compared to Windows. On Windows, you hunt down the installer on the net, execute it, follow instuctions and install the software. On Linux, you do not need to spend time looking for that installer, since it's already provided by your distributors. Click few icons/type few commands, and the software is installed.
Why is Windows-way easier? Asnwer: It's not. We might have gotten used to that way of installing, but that doesn't mean it's an easy process.
I see. "Betteries are not made by Apple, so they do not count!". What next? "Screen is not made by Apple, so it does not count!", "CPU is not made by Apple, so it does not count!". Hell, since the laptops are made by contractors in Taiwan, and not by Apple themselves, I guess errors in the laptops are not really Apple's problems, but subcontractors problems?
This battery recall has nothing to do with the so-called "frying-penis" problem that you allude to.
And I never claimed that it did! Sheesh! The "frying penis"-incident was caused by overheating HD IIRC.
Why do OSS people attempts to reverse engineer it? Because it's a good piece of software and a lot of people use it.
because alot of people felt that being at the mercy of McVoy was not a smart thing to do. By creating a free altnernative that could interoperate with BK, they would have eliminated that dependancy. And looking at McVoy's behavior in this case, they were 100% correct! Being at a Mercy of someone who can take your tools away from you at will, is NOT a smart thing to do! The one good thing McVoy did was to show what it can mean to be at the mercy of a vendor of proprietary software! What McVoy did could NOT happen with free software!
This guy has all the right to moan and bitch about the software because he wrote it.
Sure. But the fact remains that reverse-engineering is still allowed and legal. What McVoy wanted was for BK to have similar protection as software-patent would have given it, without actually patenting it. He wanted all the "benefits" of patents, without the downsides (bad blood with developer-community for example).
I always thought OSS people are 'liberal' people, but in this case it seems they choke his throat and shake him all around and pretty much force him to comply. Or else they reverse engineer it.
like I said, they did it because they felt that being at the mercy of McVoy was not a smart thing to do. And McVoy kept on changing the license. Hell, the license said that if you USED BK, you are not allowed to work on SCM-systems for several years! What if Microsoft added a clause to their EULA which said "if you use any software written by Microsoft, you are not allowed to use or contribute to open-source-projects"?
As a note, the 12" Powerbook overheating is the BATTERIES only
No, I believe it was HD that was overheating (I believe this was the "frying penis"-incident). And besides, so what if it were batteries? Batteries don't count? I suppose HD doesn't count either? Or the screen? Or the RAM? Or the CD-drive?
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By "refresh rates", I assume you are talking about resolution? The reason why this new card really shows an advantage only on higher resolutions, is because on lower resolutions all hi-end vid-cards are CPU-bound. No matter how fast your vid-card is, the game isn't any faster, since the CPU is holding it back. Bump up the resolution, and add some FSAA and AF to the mix, and this card starts to show it's power.
when is war "merciful"? Was firebombiong of Tokyo "merciful"? Was firebombing of Dresden "Merciful"? Was Battle of Stalingrad "merciful"?
Bombing of Nagasaki was as merciful as other major operation in the war was.
I did not get that "cloud" on my system. I grabbed the "Applications"-folder from Finder and dragged it to the dock. Poof, it's gone. No "cloud" warning me about it, no nothing.
Because I did not know where the "Applications"-folder was on the system. I had used the system for like 15 minutes at that point. Mouse was working just fine, thanks for asking.
On OS X, the dock has buttons to launbch apps. And it also contains icons for your running apps. And they are all mixed-up together. In other systems I have one clear area to launch apps, and running apps to to another area.
And the Dock makes the UI look confusing. If you want to have icons for your communly used apps, you have to have lots of icons there. It looks busy, and it simply overloads the UI with icons. With other systems I could have 2-4 most used apps behind quick-access buttons, and rest in some menu.
I tried that. It went poof and disappeared. It took me a while to get it back to Finder. What kind of system is this thing where dragging stuff to the desktop/dock REMOVES THEM? In any sane system, those objects get drag 'n dropped, in OS X they are removed.
I have interesting story to tell about installing an USB-keyboard on Linux and Windows. It's an Apple USB-keyboard.
So I plugged it in while the system was running (this was on Linux BTW). Old keyboard was a PS2-keyboard. The new keyboard worked right away. No hassle, no nothing. I then rebooted to Windows (W2K to be exact)....
When I got to the login-screen, I noticed that the keyboard doesn't work. So I had to plug the old keyboard back, so I could log in. After I got to the desktop, the system recognizzed the keyboard, and installed some drivers. It then wanted to reboot, which I did. After the reboot, it still didn't work, so I logged in with the old keyboard. It then installed some more drivers, and rebooted the machine. The keyboard still didn't work. It then installed some more dirvers, and rebooted the machine for a third time! THEN the keyboard started to work!
So, installation of USB-keyboard:
Linux: 5 seconds. Works right away
Windows: 5 minutes, three reboots required
Are these CPU's REALLY that good in the end? I mean, if we look at this particular CPU: It has 64MB of L2-cache. Now, is this really a kick-ass CPU, or is it a mediocre CPU that hides it's crappiness behind lots and lots of cache? How would Opteron (for example) perform if it were equipped with 64MB of L2-cache? I would bet that it would walk all over this chip.
Yes, this CPU is propably pretty fast. But it seems to me that they gained that performance by having an assload of cache. And that costs ALOT of money. What I would like to see is truly kick-ass CPU's, that kick ass by default, instead of having to rely on assloads of cache in order to get acceptable performance.
In a way, yes. When I planned on buying a Mac Mini, I visited several Mac-related forums. And the fanatism I saw there was a major turn-off. I'm a Linux-user, so I have had my share share of fanatics. But nothing like the Mac-fanatics!
I remember when they found out that Linus Torvalds had had some techincal critique of OS X. In the timespan on 10 minutes, Torvalds was transformed from OK guy in to complete asshole, mediocre programmer, a dictator and complete moron who doesn't know what he's talking about, in the minds of the forum-participants. All that because he criticised some things in OS X (note: things normal users never see).
It didn't stop there. Apparently OS X was flawless (well, it had SOME minor issues), whereas every other system on the planet sucked. OS X was only thing that mattered and none of the other systems had anything worthwhile to contribute. PPC was of course clearly superior to x86 (I wonder what those guys think today....), and Apple's programmers and engineers were the smartest on the planet.
In the end it was all too much. I became very defensive under the assault of the fanboys, and the whole idea of buying the Mini started to lose it's appeal (I did buy it in the end, but NO thanks to the fanboys!). I went there to get information about Macs, but the blind following of all things Apple and hatred towards other systems, and people who had criticised OS X, was a real turn-off. I left the forum, and never returned. And I'm not sure that is that forum an exception, Macs seem to have unusually high fanboy-ratio.
What makes you think it will run slowly? Because of the emulation? Didn't Jobs say that the emulation is really fast? And besides, when you upgraded your 2x 2.5GHz PM to Intel PM in 2007, you would propably be upgrading it to something like 2x dualcore Pentium-M's (or derivates) running at 3+GHz, with 2+MB of L2-cache, PCI-Express, 1GHz FSB, lots and lots of uber-fast RAM etc. etc. Even if the emulation had a considerable overhead, the apps would still run very fast. Hell, if the emulation reduced performance by 50%, it would still be insanely fast!
When you buy Beatles-records, the profit goes to the band (or rather, the company they set up, Apple Corps). What MJ bought was the right to make remakes of Beatles-songs. He doesn't get any profits from the songs performed by the Beatles.
How many computers does Apple ship? Few hundred thousand every quarter? I think AMD can easily satisfy that demand.
I'm well aware what it is. Just because you are set free does not mean that you are not guilty of the crime you were accused of. Was O.J. innocent? Really? How about all those criminals who walked because of some technicality? Were they innocent?
Drunk-drivers of that region have figured a great way tho shirk their responsibilites: as about how the machine works, and you are set free.
Of course, it is possible that those people really weren't drinking and driving. But I think that they most certainly were. Stunts like described in the article don't really reinforce my opinion of them
They are guilty. You know it, and I know it. It seems that they are not disputing the fact that they had been drinking. They are focusing on the way they got caught.
You don't have to be drunk in order to be a danger to other road-users. Again: they don't seem to be disputing the claim that they have been drinking, they are merely whining about the tool that was used to catch them.
If people just carried the responsibility of their actions? Instead of whining about methods they use to test for DUI, maybe the person in question should just admit that "yes your honor! I'm a stupid asshole who thought that rules do not apple to me. Through my selfish activities I not only endangered my life, but life of other road-users". Maybe some day things will be like that. But not today.
Those people are quilty as hell. They just figured out a way to weasel out of their responsibilities. I for one hope that the next time they cross the street, they will get run over by a drunk-driver.
What they did/do is to take KHTML, improve upon it and use it. Then the parade around telling everyone what "good open-source citizens" they are when they release their changes to others (in the form of huge code-blobs. So they are merely following the requirements of the license, that's all. And that doesn't make then "good open-soirce citizens" in my book. If they wanted to be called that, they should ACTIVELY work with others. Merely following the license is not enough.
Do you understand where the beef is? Apple is not "good open-source citizen" just because they release their changes. They are merely following the license, something that is REQUIRED of them. If they want to be viewed as something better, they have to do more than the bare minimium. KDE-guys TRIED to work with them. They gave them accounts to their CVS (so Apple can pick and choose improvements from KHTML to WebCore), they were willing to sign NDA's so they could access their bug-database and/or intenal VCS. Apple refused. They simple were not interested in working with KDE-guys, even though it wouldn't have been that much of hassle for Apple. Since Apple made the conscious decision to NOT work with KDE-guys, I really fail to see how they are "good open-source citizens". Merely doing what the license requires of you is not enough. Of course Apple has the legal right to not work with KDE-guys, and they are not breaking any laws. But they shouldn't then brag what great supporters of open-source they are, since they are not (as far as KHTML is concerned)
You don't seem to understand the situation. Originally KDE-guys beef wasn't with Apple, but with the users who complained. But speaking of Apple: The problem with them is that they tell everyone what a huge supporters of open source they are. But as far as KHTML is concerned, they are not. They are merely following the license (as they are required to do). And in my (and many other's as well) opinion that does not mean that they are "big supporters of open source". Merely following the license is not enough to warrant that title.
If Apple wanted to, they could actively support KHTML-guys. But they choose not to do so. And that is their choice. But if they choose to do so, they shouldn't then march around calling themselves (good open-source-citizens).
The code Webcore-guys generate is next to useless to KHTMl-guyes. Apple gives them no access to their bug-database (so they have no idea what "this fixes bug #32332" means), they have no acces to their internal VCS (so they could track the changes). All they have is megabyte-sized codeblobs.
Webcore-guys DO have access to KDE's bug-database, and they have access to KDE SVN-repository. So all improvement KDE-guys make, can be merged to Webcore. But Webcore-improvements can't be merged to KHTML as easily.
yes they do. But there is one thing: For example, on Linux they support x86. What if you run Linux on AMD64? Or PPC? Or any other non-x86-platform? Well, you wont get Flash, since it only works on x86-platform!
really? In what way? On my machine, KDE loads in about 5-7 seconds (and since I start the desktop only once, the time it takes for it to start is next to irrelevant), and apps loads in about 1 second. Window-resizes are fast and smooth and apps are responsive and quick. It was similar with Gnome when I tested it a while back.
Please tell me how KDE and/or Gnome are "too bloated for everyday use". I use KDE everyday, and it's sure as hell not "too bloated" for that! it's VERY easy to parade around telling how KDE/Gnome are "bloated", but I very rarely see anyone give any real examples of this "bloat".
I did try XFCE, but I wasn't too thrilled about it.
4, 5, and 6 weren't good acting. OK, perhaps, but not good. Or more precisely, the problems is not the acting as such, it's the dialogue and how it's delivered. In 1, 2, 3, it's bad, ver bad. In fact, I think ep3 has just about the crappiest dialogue and delivery of dialogue of the new trilogy. Yes, I did overall ejoy the movie. but the dialogue was bad. In fact, it was horrible. I think they shot the scenes in 2-3 shots at most.
By my calculations, there were 8 references to "M$", and ONE reference to "MS" in your post. Pay more attention next time! Sheesh!
Actually, the ending of A.I. was the way Kubrick wanted it to be. It was not something Spielberg added to it.
how, exactly? On linux you type in a single command (or click a single button), and the app is installed. No neet to hunt the installer from the net, the OS fetches and install it automatically. So why is Windows-way easier? I really don't see how it is. Only reason why it might APPEAR as easier is that most people have gotten used to doing this the certain way. Objectively looking, Linux-way is easier, but since it's different from Windows, it will appear more difficult to people who are used to Windows-way of doing things.
Is it trivial on Windows? Seriously? IMO, software-installation on Linux is a whole new paradigm when compared to Windows. On Windows, you hunt down the installer on the net, execute it, follow instuctions and install the software. On Linux, you do not need to spend time looking for that installer, since it's already provided by your distributors. Click few icons/type few commands, and the software is installed.
Why is Windows-way easier? Asnwer: It's not. We might have gotten used to that way of installing, but that doesn't mean it's an easy process.
And I never claimed that it did! Sheesh! The "frying penis"-incident was caused by overheating HD IIRC.
because alot of people felt that being at the mercy of McVoy was not a smart thing to do. By creating a free altnernative that could interoperate with BK, they would have eliminated that dependancy. And looking at McVoy's behavior in this case, they were 100% correct! Being at a Mercy of someone who can take your tools away from you at will, is NOT a smart thing to do! The one good thing McVoy did was to show what it can mean to be at the mercy of a vendor of proprietary software! What McVoy did could NOT happen with free software!
Sure. But the fact remains that reverse-engineering is still allowed and legal. What McVoy wanted was for BK to have similar protection as software-patent would have given it, without actually patenting it. He wanted all the "benefits" of patents, without the downsides (bad blood with developer-community for example).
like I said, they did it because they felt that being at the mercy of McVoy was not a smart thing to do. And McVoy kept on changing the license. Hell, the license said that if you USED BK, you are not allowed to work on SCM-systems for several years! What if Microsoft added a clause to their EULA which said "if you use any software written by Microsoft, you are not allowed to use or contribute to open-source-projects"?
No, I believe it was HD that was overheating (I believe this was the "frying penis"-incident). And besides, so what if it were batteries? Batteries don't count? I suppose HD doesn't count either? Or the screen? Or the RAM? Or the CD-drive?