I'd be interested in getting an inexpensive, headless server to install Apple's Darwin on as well as Darwin Streaming Server). Has anyone tried this with these Walmart windows-less systems? Success? Failure? I don't care about the modem, only ethernet. Note, I'm speaking as a person who has never installed any form of Unix on anything, other than indirectly in the form of Mac OS X.
There is a TIFF version which I didn't opt to download (too big), but here is one of the full size images in jpg format. It's 3690x3743. I grabbed this one from the official web site earlier today. I, like others no doubt, can't get there now, so I figured others might like a way to get at at least one full rez picture....
Windows may be a different story, but I have been using Macs since the days of the SE-30 and have never once encountered a virus of any sort and I've been far from careful. The vast majority of that time I have not had so-called virus protection software installed because... I certainly have run into problems with virus protection software.
1. Because my colleague's windows laptop offers no even marginally convenient way to switch between two different 128-bit encrypted wireless networks, he can play Minesweeper on his laptop really fast in our lab, while I am forced to get work done wirelessly after the flip of a switch (in Mac OS X it's just a single menu selection to switch locations which can have entirely different settings, types and sets of connections). Play vs. Work? It's a no brainer - Windows wins this round.
2. My windows colleague gets lots of face-to-face quality time with tech support staff. My PowerBook means no chat time with Bob & Timmy, Microsoft-trained support wizards for rooms 213b *and* c, and that means, yet again, I have to work. Good conversation vs. Work? Windows takes this round easily as well.
3. My windows colleague doesn't have to manually surf for porn, rather, some people in Uzbekistan put child porn on his system for him. What a time saver! Windows wins again.
4. Blue is a pretty color. This ones close, but Windows squeaks it out.
The final tally is 4 in favor of Windows and none for lowly OS X. How sad.
All of my colleagues use Windows 2000 PCs. We work on a project that involves writing code for some old technology and that development is primarily done on VMS machines. My Win2K colleagues are using VMS's editor to edit code and have been using it for a long time. I use BBEdit via Interarchy to pretty seamlessly remotely edit. What has that alleged speed of Windows gained them? I suppose they can type ctrl-b ctrl-j faster than I can....
Mozilla itself is pretty awful, IMHO, due to it not looking or working like any other Mac OS X (or OS 9 for that matter) application. The weird differences aren't beneficial either. However, Chimera, based on Mozilla but sporting a Mac OS X Quartz UI and page rendering is looking to be a really great thing. I'm very excited about what happens with Chimera but don't forsee installing another version of Mozilla itself.
At least my 2.4 GHz phone and my Airport Base Station do not. I did a test, using my phone at the same time as a download via the basestation had absolutely zero impact on the download speed or the signal strength. In fact the download speed happened to slightly increase, though certainly unrelated. I suppose if I kept trying different channels on the base station until I hit the one that the phone uses I'd see a problem, but I didn't bother to try it.
So, will this be an obvious way to add the much needed wireless keyboard and mouse to the new iMac? Are there bluetooth keyboards and mice? The idea would be to plug the bluetooth USB adapter into one of the ports on the back of the iMac.
For that matter, what about providing a wireless bluetooh USB hub?!? That would be kind of nice. Then you could use any old USB keyboard and mouse, plugged into the wireless hub. Better still, I could plug my iMic into the hub in order to wirelessly transmit digital audio from my computer to my stereo.
Do I have to design, build and sell these things myself?
The question is not are temperatures higher now on average than they were X years ago. The question is, WHY? Is it due to humans mucking with things, or is it just a natural phenomena, a waxing and waning of average temperature over time? Not being a really climate savvy person I can't answer that, but if I were to guess, I would do so safely and say, it's probably a mix.
Bluetooth is cool, but I want to be able to use the wireless network here at work when I'm at meetings and such, as well as mt airport network at home when I'm relaxing on the couch watching bikes, booze and bimbos when I want to look up the specs on the latest harley. For that I need 802.11b, not bluetooth.
It seems to me that it isn't in the best interest of advertisers for a site to offer a pay-for-ad-free version of their site, so any such venture will inevitably result in lower advertising revenue and a catch-22. Can you have your cake and eat it too?
All I can say is that I love my Visor Platinum. I'm the forgetful sort and it has saved me so many times it isn't even funny. Aside from the obvious appointments/alarms/contacts, one really key use for me is securely storing the bazillions of accounts/passwords, serial numbers, etc, that I have to deal with. But when you get down to it what really makes it useful is that it fits in my pocket. As a result I have it on me, as opposed to having it sitting on my desk.
Very simple. It tried Ogg Vorbis and found that it required more computing power both to encode and play back and yet the sound quality was WORSE than the equivalent size MP3 file. I listened to both and found MP3 to sound better. Given all that, why in the world would I choose to use Ogg Vorbis?
Somebody please mod this guy's post up. After that, go out, buy an Xbox and rather than mod'ing it, take a blow torch to it, thus ensuring a loss for MS. Hurry up, though, before the blow torch is made by MS too.
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Next thing you know you'll probably claim those round shiny things with movies on them aren't tapes too.
Steve
I bought a used HP LaserJet 4M for $60 with a full tank o' ink. Oh well.
"Samsung Inside"?
I'd be interested in getting an inexpensive, headless server to install Apple's Darwin on as well as Darwin Streaming Server). Has anyone tried this with these Walmart windows-less systems? Success? Failure? I don't care about the modem, only ethernet. Note, I'm speaking as a person who has never installed any form of Unix on anything, other than indirectly in the form of Mac OS X.
There is a TIFF version which I didn't opt to download (too big), but here is one of the full size images in jpg format. It's 3690x3743. I grabbed this one from the official web site earlier today. I, like others no doubt, can't get there now, so I figured others might like a way to get at at least one full rez picture....
You trust Outlook's uninstaller?
Windows may be a different story, but I have been using Macs since the days of the SE-30 and have never once encountered a virus of any sort and I've been far from careful. The vast majority of that time I have not had so-called virus protection software installed because... I certainly have run into problems with virus protection software.
1 Year of 10 Year Old Code. Hoorah!
Myself, I chose to ditch windows because it sucked royally.
Perhaps once Mr. Christoph has his speedy new Windows portable he'll be able to type trolls even faster. I can't wait!
1. Because my colleague's windows laptop offers no even marginally convenient way to switch between two different 128-bit encrypted wireless networks, he can play Minesweeper on his laptop really fast in our lab, while I am forced to get work done wirelessly after the flip of a switch (in Mac OS X it's just a single menu selection to switch locations which can have entirely different settings, types and sets of connections). Play vs. Work? It's a no brainer - Windows wins this round.
2. My windows colleague gets lots of face-to-face quality time with tech support staff. My PowerBook means no chat time with Bob & Timmy, Microsoft-trained support wizards for rooms 213b *and* c, and that means, yet again, I have to work. Good conversation vs. Work? Windows takes this round easily as well.
3. My windows colleague doesn't have to manually surf for porn, rather, some people in Uzbekistan put child porn on his system for him. What a time saver! Windows wins again.
4. Blue is a pretty color. This ones close, but Windows squeaks it out.
The final tally is 4 in favor of Windows and none for lowly OS X. How sad.
All of my colleagues use Windows 2000 PCs. We work on a project that involves writing code for some old technology and that development is primarily done on VMS machines. My Win2K colleagues are using VMS's editor to edit code and have been using it for a long time. I use BBEdit via Interarchy to pretty seamlessly remotely edit. What has that alleged speed of Windows gained them? I suppose they can type ctrl-b ctrl-j faster than I can....
Microsoft apps for the Mac aren't much like their Windows counterparts. They're generally more sensibly written
I think you left out the words "relatively speaking". Perhaps IE removed them as a defensive action?
Mozilla itself is pretty awful, IMHO, due to it not looking or working like any other Mac OS X (or OS 9 for that matter) application. The weird differences aren't beneficial either. However, Chimera, based on Mozilla but sporting a Mac OS X Quartz UI and page rendering is looking to be a really great thing. I'm very excited about what happens with Chimera but don't forsee installing another version of Mozilla itself.
This day is no exception
How many episodes would fit on a Tivo?
At least my 2.4 GHz phone and my Airport Base Station do not. I did a test, using my phone at the same time as a download via the basestation had absolutely zero impact on the download speed or the signal strength. In fact the download speed happened to slightly increase, though certainly unrelated. I suppose if I kept trying different channels on the base station until I hit the one that the phone uses I'd see a problem, but I didn't bother to try it.
So, will this be an obvious way to add the much needed wireless keyboard and mouse to the new iMac? Are there bluetooth keyboards and mice? The idea would be to plug the bluetooth USB adapter into one of the ports on the back of the iMac.
For that matter, what about providing a wireless bluetooh USB hub?!? That would be kind of nice. Then you could use any old USB keyboard and mouse, plugged into the wireless hub. Better still, I could plug my iMic into the hub in order to wirelessly transmit digital audio from my computer to my stereo.
Do I have to design, build and sell these things myself?
Secondly, can we do anything about it?
Thirdly, should we do anything about it?
Bluetooth is cool, but I want to be able to use the wireless network here at work when I'm at meetings and such, as well as mt airport network at home when I'm relaxing on the couch watching bikes, booze and bimbos when I want to look up the specs on the latest harley. For that I need 802.11b, not bluetooth.
It seems to me that it isn't in the best interest of advertisers for a site to offer a pay-for-ad-free version of their site, so any such venture will inevitably result in lower advertising revenue and a catch-22. Can you have your cake and eat it too?
All I can say is that I love my Visor Platinum. I'm the forgetful sort and it has saved me so many times it isn't even funny. Aside from the obvious appointments/alarms/contacts, one really key use for me is securely storing the bazillions of accounts/passwords, serial numbers, etc, that I have to deal with. But when you get down to it what really makes it useful is that it fits in my pocket. As a result I have it on me, as opposed to having it sitting on my desk.
Very simple. It tried Ogg Vorbis and found that it required more computing power both to encode and play back and yet the sound quality was WORSE than the equivalent size MP3 file. I listened to both and found MP3 to sound better. Given all that, why in the world would I choose to use Ogg Vorbis?
Actually they improved XP. It wasn't hard.
Somebody please mod this guy's post up. After that, go out, buy an Xbox and rather than mod'ing it, take a blow torch to it, thus ensuring a loss for MS. Hurry up, though, before the blow torch is made by MS too.