It is rumored that 10.6 is going to be the end of PPC support. I suppose it's time, although there are some PPC machines that are less than 4 years old. Still, as bittersweet as it is, it's probably time to let go of the legacy code and firm up the OS. I'm happy running Leopard on my Frankenmac 1.8ghz (Sonnet upgraded).
See above. There's no difference between the parties anymore. Time for a change. Too bad very few of us vote for that change and "throw away our vote."
Yeah. I used them for years until I got this Alltel phone. Paid about $20 every 2 months for minutes, occasionally breaking that if I made any calls. I don't care about ringtones, so that's no biggie for me.
Where I work, we have free wifi. It's Directway/DirectPC, and it's so throttled (about 10k/sec average) that no one could possibly abuse it. Those who have tried have pretty much given up. At most, we have two or three people at one time who sit and drink their bottomless cup of coffee and use the wifi for more than a couple of hours,and that's usually during third shift when the place is dead anyway.
I signed a two year contract with Alltel in April of 2006, and find that I use my phone for text messaging 99% of the time. $55 a month (2 phones @ $110/mo, actually) is wayyy too much to pay for text messaging.
I'm going back to cheapo Tracfones when my contract is up; that is, if they still have the phones that only charge you units for sending and not for receiving texts.
And they never will again. It almost killed them in the mid 90s. Apple is NOT, nor never will be, a commodity box manufacturer. Their business model works and is highly profitable. Why would they change that to chase the cheapo enterprise and Wal-Mart PC market, especially since the margins on those boxes/laptops are so pathetic?
The only thing that pisses me off about the editors is that they are SO FUCKING QUICK to flag something as "vandalism", even if it's so obviously true. For this reason, the release date for the original iMac was 1997 for a few years until I tried for a SECOND TIME to change it, and bitched about the lame ass bureaucracy that Wikipedia has become.
The principles (sp?) of that community wish to run it in almost a cult-like scientologist manner, with total control over the distribution of tables, executables, and all other files needed. They also clamp down on any sort of dissent on the forums. It's the most pathetic thing I've ever seen. Years ago, Vintage Gaming wanted to distribute some of the files needed for vpinball, and they raised a HUGE stink about it. It was so laughingly pathetic, but there wasn't jack shit they could do but whine whine whine.
Thankfully, we have usenet and torrents, where I can leech all I want, without having to submit myself to the cult, their asshole "leaders", and that fucking forum.
I don't recall any games that had magnets drawing the ball towards a drain. There was Williams' MagnaSave, which drew the ball towards a scoring lane towards a flipper, though.
I always put in bulbs that were step down in wattage to counteract their tendancy to melt the caps or other plastics. Sure, they didn't last as long, but plastics are more expensive to replace than a bulb.
Oh Christ, you aren't kidding. Every three days, it was something else. I finally just pulled it from the location and sold it.
It was one of Steve Ritchie's finest moments as far as play goes. But as a reliable moneymaker... forget it. It belongs in a home with a patient owner.
A reliable machine? Bally's Party Zone. You couldn't kill that thing with a sledgehammer. Too bad the sun faded the left side of the cabinet artwork on mine:(
TZ is a great one. I should tell the guy running the TZ owners database that I sold mine years ago, though:)
I think it'll also take linux apps to be packaged in shiny little boxes; at least from shiny little websites. Ma and pa would just get confused on sourceforge or any of the other app distribution sites. Of course, it's been years since I've run a distro of linux and things may have changed since then. I'll investigate.
But my point still stands. People like shiny, neat little packages. I haven't seen anything from any linux distro or app that matches what MS or especially Apple, or any of the myriad of app writers for these systems, puts out as far as packaging goes.
Tiger will install on the PowerCenter no problem. Just use XPostFacto. I use this to run Tiger on my two Wallstreet 300mhz Powerbooks. Runs great with enough memory.
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Inferiority complex much?
Then you reply, "You're new here, aren't you?"
Musn't forget that little nugget.
I'm sure it'll all come out in the wash later. Perhaps they're gauging the reaction to just the rumors of dropping PPC support.
We shall see. We shall see...
It is rumored that 10.6 is going to be the end of PPC support. I suppose it's time, although there are some PPC machines that are less than 4 years old. Still, as bittersweet as it is, it's probably time to let go of the legacy code and firm up the OS. I'm happy running Leopard on my Frankenmac 1.8ghz (Sonnet upgraded).
A good analysis of this decision can be read at RoughlyDrafted Magazine.
See above. There's no difference between the parties anymore. Time for a change. Too bad very few of us vote for that change and "throw away our vote."
Yeah. I used them for years until I got this Alltel phone. Paid about $20 every 2 months for minutes, occasionally breaking that if I made any calls. I don't care about ringtones, so that's no biggie for me.
I see nothing has changed with them. Good.
Thanks for the info.
Where I work, we have free wifi. It's Directway/DirectPC, and it's so throttled (about 10k/sec average) that no one could possibly abuse it. Those who have tried have pretty much given up. At most, we have two or three people at one time who sit and drink their bottomless cup of coffee and use the wifi for more than a couple of hours,and that's usually during third shift when the place is dead anyway.
I signed a two year contract with Alltel in April of 2006, and find that I use my phone for text messaging 99% of the time. $55 a month (2 phones @ $110/mo, actually) is wayyy too much to pay for text messaging.
I'm going back to cheapo Tracfones when my contract is up; that is, if they still have the phones that only charge you units for sending and not for receiving texts.
These are the kids that will be running the country soon. I would have suffocated myself.
Not in this case, obviously :)
"and now to Wii Fit â" which according to some initial rumors is selling out across the globe in its debut"
:)
:)
So now it can join the Wii in the vaunted ranks of "perpetually sold out"
What the hell. I've got karma to burn
Exactly. All of it.
Apple will ignore this, as they should.
"Apple just doesn't do bargain basement."
And they never will again. It almost killed them in the mid 90s. Apple is NOT, nor never will be, a commodity box manufacturer. Their business model works and is highly profitable. Why would they change that to chase the cheapo enterprise and Wal-Mart PC market, especially since the margins on those boxes/laptops are so pathetic?
It's not ever gonna happen. PERIOD.
The only thing that pisses me off about the editors is that they are SO FUCKING QUICK to flag something as "vandalism", even if it's so obviously true. For this reason, the release date for the original iMac was 1997 for a few years until I tried for a SECOND TIME to change it, and bitched about the lame ass bureaucracy that Wikipedia has become.
The principles (sp?) of that community wish to run it in almost a cult-like scientologist manner, with total control over the distribution of tables, executables, and all other files needed. They also clamp down on any sort of dissent on the forums. It's the most pathetic thing I've ever seen. Years ago, Vintage Gaming wanted to distribute some of the files needed for vpinball, and they raised a HUGE stink about it. It was so laughingly pathetic, but there wasn't jack shit they could do but whine whine whine.
Thankfully, we have usenet and torrents, where I can leech all I want, without having to submit myself to the cult, their asshole "leaders", and that fucking forum.
Thanks!
Nudging the machine was ALWAYS part of the game.
I don't recall any games that had magnets drawing the ball towards a drain. There was Williams' MagnaSave, which drew the ball towards a scoring lane towards a flipper, though.
You mean like this one?
:)
I always put in bulbs that were step down in wattage to counteract their tendancy to melt the caps or other plastics. Sure, they didn't last as long, but plastics are more expensive to replace than a bulb.
I think Flash was the first pin Eugene Jarvis did sound on for Williams. All of the Ritchie/Jarvis pins sound like Defender :)
"at least vpinmame will save pinball."
Too bad their community (vpforums) sucks.
Oh Christ, you aren't kidding. Every three days, it was something else. I finally just pulled it from the location and sold it.
:(
:)
It was one of Steve Ritchie's finest moments as far as play goes. But as a reliable moneymaker... forget it. It belongs in a home with a patient owner.
A reliable machine? Bally's Party Zone. You couldn't kill that thing with a sledgehammer. Too bad the sun faded the left side of the cabinet artwork on mine
TZ is a great one. I should tell the guy running the TZ owners database that I sold mine years ago, though
Got a link for this company? Thanks!
I think it'll also take linux apps to be packaged in shiny little boxes; at least from shiny little websites. Ma and pa would just get confused on sourceforge or any of the other app distribution sites. Of course, it's been years since I've run a distro of linux and things may have changed since then. I'll investigate.
But my point still stands. People like shiny, neat little packages. I haven't seen anything from any linux distro or app that matches what MS or especially Apple, or any of the myriad of app writers for these systems, puts out as far as packaging goes.
Tiger will install on the PowerCenter no problem. Just use XPostFacto. I use this to run Tiger on my two Wallstreet 300mhz Powerbooks. Runs great with enough memory.