You can get PPC linuc boxes from the people who make Yellowdog linux, and there are a couple of other PPC computer makers. Also, Apple has no reason to get into the Linux market, they already hav the best desktop Unix.
Perhaps, but the YDL PowerPC boxes have not yet materialized. Some are starting to doubt if they ever will.
Hey, maybe they wrote that so people would COME TO THE WEBSITE!
Please mod it down.
What's the larger discourtesy -- re-broadcasting copyrighted text, or bringing a server to its knees by way of a Slashdotting?
Bandwidth costs money and when people want to drive traffic to their site, few (if any) have a slashdotting in mind. Posting article texts is merely a way to lessen the effect.
Actually, I use Mac-on-Linux pretty frequently. Linux has pretty weak support for HFS+ partitions -- even with the hfstools package. If I ever need to access a HFS+ formatted CD, I fire up MOL, mount my linux Home directory via netatalk, pop in the CD, and copy the needed files.
"We're just as concerned as the next person with protecting privacy," commented Poindexter in a videophone interview from his volcanic island fortress somewhere in the South Pacific. "I mean, throw me a frickin' bone here, people. It's not like I'm trying to take over the world."
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Tablets are alive and probably replacing a laptop near you
Just because they're manufacturing them doesn't mean we're buying them. Stacks of Tablet PCs will probably be on clearance at a retailer near you.
It seems like they need to find an adhesive that performs better.
Perhaps they should try a design with feet that snap into place instead of relying on adhesive.
Imagine how a politician would fare if it became known she'd been tweaked in utero.
GM Humans would be easy to spot...just look for people with four asses.
You can get PPC linuc boxes from the people who make Yellowdog linux, and there are a couple of other PPC computer makers. Also, Apple has no reason to get into the Linux market, they already hav the best desktop Unix.
Perhaps, but the YDL PowerPC boxes have not yet materialized. Some are starting to doubt if they ever will.
Did you see the Copyright notice?
Hey, maybe they wrote that so people would COME TO THE WEBSITE!
Please mod it down.
What's the larger discourtesy -- re-broadcasting copyrighted text, or bringing a server to its knees by way of a Slashdotting?
Bandwidth costs money and when people want to drive traffic to their site, few (if any) have a slashdotting in mind. Posting article texts is merely a way to lessen the effect.
I think the repetitive duplicate posts ARE Taco's April Fool's jokes...a bit of self-deprecating humor for his dupe reputation.
Just mine the dark side -- we never see it anyway.
...Robert Thomson's half-assed article mentioned in this previous slashdot post
How many sysadmins, after reading this, are deleting their old logfiles right now?
Actually, I use Mac-on-Linux pretty frequently. Linux has pretty weak support for HFS+ partitions -- even with the hfstools package. If I ever need to access a HFS+ formatted CD, I fire up MOL, mount my linux Home directory via netatalk, pop in the CD, and copy the needed files.
"We're just as concerned as the next person with protecting privacy," commented Poindexter in a videophone interview from his volcanic island fortress somewhere in the South Pacific. "I mean, throw me a frickin' bone here, people. It's not like I'm trying to take over the world."
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That every cloud of fluorocarbons has a silver lining.
IIRC from The Dark Knight Returns, didn't Batman admit that he had Wayne Enterprises synthesize the Kryptonite he used to beat Superman?