First of all, Perl is the ultimate syntax hurdle, and I say this as a fan of Perl.
Second, if you're interested in functional programming, don't shy away from the languages you mention. Neither Common Lisp nor Scheme is particularly difficult (especially Scheme, whose syntax is almost nonexistent) and neither is purely functional.
You argue for higher-density 500GB video media. Fine, though it will be many years before such a disc is available. But then you say this would improve broadcast football games (I assume you mean broadcast, unless you're Netflixing last season). Which is it, disc or broadcast? Distributing a 500GB movie on discs is currently a bit fanciful, but distributing a 500GB movie over the air (in real time? that's 560 Mbps, compared to 19Mbps OTA HD broadcast), or over cable, is laughable.
Lastly, "Is Apple planning native PE execution within OSX?" - if they were _planning_ that, they wouldn't include this into a production release of the OS. This means that it's already used for something.
It's common to include "unused" code and undocumented interfaces in an OS, especially if they are benign.
For example, Quartz 2D Extreme (QuartzGL) has been available since 10.4 was released, and it's still disabled, and enabling it is not officially supported as it may cause stability issues. Yet they did not simply compile it out, but left it in as an undocumented option.
Java used to be a first-class citizen. The writing has been on the wall since before Apple made the announcement, over two years ago, that the Java API for Cocoa is deprecated in Mac OS X version 10.4 and later. Although that's discouraging for Java developers, things do change.
Second, I pay for cable and regularly download shows that I miss.
Yes, exactly. You pay for cable. The parent indicated he was "transitioning away" from cable, at which point I would hope he would stop torrenting non-broadcast shows.
I have no problem with your argument, as it's not related to mine.
Now if you're talking torrents of cable shows, then yeah, maybe there's an argument to be made. But otherwise you can just STFU about how grabbing a torrent of something that is already available for free is "stealing."
In fact, I was talking about torrents of pay cable shows, and that is precisely the argument.
Neither the parent nor I mentioned broadcast, and it's a safe assumption that if your cable bill is outrageous, you're not just watching local broadcast on it. And if you're already getting it for free, it has nothing to do with your outrageous cable bill, anyway.
I'm not sure why you used Heroes, as it's a bad example--being not only available for free over broadcast, but even officially available online.
No, not at all, and I don't see why it would be construed as such. I just think you should find legal ways to obtain content, or boycott it if the available options are unacceptable.
Transitioning to what? Illegal downloads? Cable is too expensive compared to simply stealing the stuff?
What you're saying, I hope, is that for now you're willing to be behind on your shows, and you'll instead buy or rent entire seasons on DVD, or just stick to rented films, until legal downloads / a la carte cable becomes available. I'd suggest iTunes at well under your $5 an episode target, but I assume this is too low-quality for you.
`dpkg --get-selections` is also an excellent routine step to run at backup time. I have successfully used this output to recover a corrupted machine. This method allows you to skip backing up the/usr hierarchy (excepting/usr/local/). Lately I have taken to backing/usr up anyway as direct recovery is faster, especially if you've simply botched a critical file such as libc.
I see; I've only used it on Intel. I have a related but different perspective--Microsoft Office is slow on Intel due to the Rosetta layer, so NeoOffice is faster for me.
Somehow OS X manages to include a bunch of interesting technical features, and still impress the computer illiterate and literate alike. You didn't answer the original question, which was "why should I, who am computer literate, upgrade?" The existence of a "new IP stack" is all well and good, what are the benefits and drawbacks?
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First of all, Perl is the ultimate syntax hurdle, and I say this as a fan of Perl.
Second, if you're interested in functional programming, don't shy away from the languages you mention. Neither Common Lisp nor Scheme is particularly difficult (especially Scheme, whose syntax is almost nonexistent) and neither is purely functional.
Finally, read SICP.
Same exact thing here on OS X 10.4.11.
Forth is interpreted.
Of course! All we need do is drill for new IP blocks in the previously unexplored 355/8, 356/8, and 357/8 tar sands.
Maybe you should take up martial arts?
* One chick at some time.
Sandy Frank, Sandy Frank! Likes to crap in his hands!
I saw that once as a kid, and still recall it instantly upon seeing that name. So Sandy Frank probably has a point.
Sandy Frank, Sandy Frank! He's the source of all our pain!
You argue for higher-density 500GB video media. Fine, though it will be many years before such a disc is available. But then you say this would improve broadcast football games (I assume you mean broadcast, unless you're Netflixing last season). Which is it, disc or broadcast? Distributing a 500GB movie on discs is currently a bit fanciful, but distributing a 500GB movie over the air (in real time? that's 560 Mbps, compared to 19Mbps OTA HD broadcast), or over cable, is laughable.
Lastly, "Is Apple planning native PE execution within OSX?" - if they were _planning_ that, they wouldn't include this into a production release of the OS. This means that it's already used for something.
It's common to include "unused" code and undocumented interfaces in an OS, especially if they are benign.
For example, Quartz 2D Extreme (QuartzGL) has been available since 10.4 was released, and it's still disabled, and enabling it is not officially supported as it may cause stability issues. Yet they did not simply compile it out, but left it in as an undocumented option.
Java used to be a first-class citizen. The writing has been on the wall since before Apple made the announcement, over two years ago, that the Java API for Cocoa is deprecated in Mac OS X version 10.4 and later. Although that's discouraging for Java developers, things do change.
It's an advertisement for GOOG-411. Now all the slashdotters that had never heard of it, have heard of it.
Second, I pay for cable and regularly download shows that I miss.
Yes, exactly. You pay for cable. The parent indicated he was "transitioning away" from cable, at which point I would hope he would stop torrenting non-broadcast shows.
I have no problem with your argument, as it's not related to mine.
Now if you're talking torrents of cable shows, then yeah, maybe there's an argument to be made. But otherwise you can just STFU about how grabbing a torrent of something that is already available for free is "stealing."
In fact, I was talking about torrents of pay cable shows, and that is precisely the argument.
Neither the parent nor I mentioned broadcast, and it's a safe assumption that if your cable bill is outrageous, you're not just watching local broadcast on it. And if you're already getting it for free, it has nothing to do with your outrageous cable bill, anyway.
I'm not sure why you used Heroes, as it's a bad example--being not only available for free over broadcast, but even officially available online.
No, not at all, and I don't see why it would be construed as such. I just think you should find legal ways to obtain content, or boycott it if the available options are unacceptable.
You're right, that's certainly an option and if you can get HD broadcast, it'll probably look a lot better than cable anyway.
It sounded like the parent poster watched non-broadcast channels, though.
Transitioning to what? Illegal downloads? Cable is too expensive compared to simply stealing the stuff?
What you're saying, I hope, is that for now you're willing to be behind on your shows, and you'll instead buy or rent entire seasons on DVD, or just stick to rented films, until legal downloads / a la carte cable becomes available. I'd suggest iTunes at well under your $5 an episode target, but I assume this is too low-quality for you.
Or maybe you'll just steal it.
Ah, a keyboard ... how quaint.
`dpkg --get-selections` is also an excellent routine step to run at backup time. I have successfully used this output to recover a corrupted machine. This method allows you to skip backing up the /usr hierarchy (excepting /usr/local/). Lately I have taken to backing /usr up anyway as direct recovery is faster, especially if you've simply botched a critical file such as libc.
NeoOffice only uses a small amount of Java code for OS X look-and-feel. The guts are C++.
I suspect you won't read that page, Anonymous, but you should.
I see; I've only used it on Intel. I have a related but different perspective--Microsoft Office is slow on Intel due to the Rosetta layer, so NeoOffice is faster for me.
Is there a particular reason you prefer the regular X11 version over the native OS X version (NeoOffice)?
`make -j4` is a compelling real-world reason to have 4 cores. SMP is not limited to multithreading.
Somehow OS X manages to include a bunch of interesting technical features, and still impress the computer illiterate and literate alike. You didn't answer the original question, which was "why should I, who am computer literate, upgrade?" The existence of a "new IP stack" is all well and good, what are the benefits and drawbacks?
Generally true, although the highly popular projects such as Gallery tend to rise to the top nonetheless.
Hell, why not bump it to 1,024 bits per channel and just make up the image data? The sensor just gives you a suggestion.