The only thing my keyboards lack is the Windows/Command key so they can work on a Mac (via a USB converter).
No kidding. The Model M is my all-time favorite keyboard. I'd pay good money for a USB Model M with Command/Option/Control keys in the place of the Alt/Control keys. A Power button would be nice, but not mandatory.
In the meantime, I'll stick to controlling my G4 with my second favorite keyboard, the Apple Extended Keyboard II (ADB, connected via a Griffin iMate ADB-USB adapter).
Yeah. I have a not-so-old drive in my desk drawer (an Apple-branded Quantum), that instead of being marked as 30GB is marked as 27GB. Still an approximation, but far closer to the actual capacity.
Especially considering that the Atari that made Asteroids is long dead. The company called "Atari" now isn't actually Atari in any form other than the name. Infogrames bought the rights to the Atari name from whoever the last company to own the name was, and changed their name to Atari to try to acquire some brand recognition.
The Atari we all remember is long gone. The company in its somewhat original form was torn apart some time after the Atari Jaguar tanked, IIRC.
(BTW, I'd like to know where this pizza place is so I can steal the Asteroids cabinet.:))
This stuff is hilarious, especially when you get to the format comparisons on the third page:
MP3 robbed Steve Swallow's pulsing bass lines of dynamics and punch on the Carla Bley album, while blunting the shimmer of the brass overtones.
Uh huh.
Both MP3 and AAC began to exhibit a small degree of soundstaging, albeit not with great amounts of front-to-back dimensionality or layering.
Well, shit.
MP3's highs began to lose their stridence, and AAC sounded fairly detailed and revealing.
Woohoo!
Definition, detail, and soundstaging were all impressive, and high-frequency response was almost liquid in its lack of edge effects.
Damn gaseous edge effects.
At this rate, differences between the two formats jumped into sharper focus: MP3 made transients "splashy," while AAC just sounded anemic compared to the original.
I have one or two old Apple ADB mice (the old square kind, after the original/Plus style but before the teardrop) that were made by Logitech. Still a damn fine mouse. Beyond that, all of my old serial and PS/2 Logitech mice and trackballs are still hanging around in working condition, and my current mouse is a 2-3 year old optical Logitech.
In other words, if the first Logitech mouse could be found, I think you'd get that $5.:)
Well, this season's Super Bowl will be the 20th anniversary of the Apple commercial. Maybe this is the beginning of a series, with the last commercial showing during the Super Bowl.
The kid in this commercial will have grown up, and will be the proud owner of a really big hammer. One day, with his trusty hammer at his side (Did I mention he REALLY likes this hammer?), he'll enter a theater at the local multiplex, seeing a room full of drones staring blankly at a giant image of Bill Gates...
AMD's Hypertransport is basically (exactly?) the same thing.
Calling it "AMD's HyperTransport" isn't quite accurate. AMD is part of the HyperTransport executive committee, however. From The HyperTransport Consortium's About Us page:
Advanced Micro Devices, Alliance Semiconductors, Apple Computers, Broadcom Corporation, Cisco Systems, NVIDIA, PMC-Sierra, Sun Microsystems, and Transmeta are charter members and comprise the Executive Committee of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium.
That said, Apple does make use of HyperTransport technology in the Power Mac G5, as is stated on the Architecture page of the G5 site:
...as well as the HyperTransport interface that connects the PCI-X controller and the I/O subsystems to the system controller...
Sorry but the dollar amount matters more than the rock. As I recall, jewlers tell you something like you are supposed to spend a month and a half income on the stone. So if the price drops, you will just have to find something bigger.
Holy shit, imagine when these man-made diamonds get down to $5/carat! You'll have to buy your fiancee a windshield made of pure diamond!
I have to admit, my first thought was, "Great, another competing standard to make things more of a pain in the ass, AND it's slower."
Then I realized that such a thing could have some uses. You know those little 8x24 LCD screens? It'd be cool to be able to mount one of those on the front of your monitor with the computer on the floor, without having to string a serial cable. All kinds of uses right there. Mmmm.
Cars should be a thing of past. Think about this: If everyone moved at the same exact speed there would be no accidents. Certainly this travelator uses this principle, but falls a little behind (and thus has to be restricted to certain speeds).
Instead of walking/standing, imagine your personalized bubble (read: no need to keep your feet on ground), being accelerated in to a fast moving pathway (ofcourse motion being calculated in such a way that there will be no collision when entering the fast pathway).
Mmmm. Now give these bubbles four wheels and an engine, so people can go 75MPH faster than the speed of the road!
How... constructive! Everyone knows it's more fun to be destructive! Last time I was bored enough to take apart a floppy drive, I modified it to fire floppy disks halfway across the room. And yes, it still looked stock from the outside. Unfortunately, after a few super-ejects, the force tore the thing apart on the inside. Oh well.
Here's what you do: Rip them all to a file format that has stood the test of time so far and will likely do so for another 20 years. Dump it all onto some 200GB hard drives (or however big you need). Make three copies. Put each drive in a separate small fire-proof safe. If you can get ahold of some lead and sheet metal to line them, all the better. If not, at least do shaped foam so they don't get jostled. Keep two on site. Use one when you need to, keep the other as a backup. Put the third in a remote location (like a safe deposit box or something), in case your house is swallowed up by the Earth or something. If you need access to the stuff a lot, make VCD/DVDs in addition to the three hard drive copies. Burn the VHS tapes in a bonfire in the yard. Be sure to tell your neighbors not to breathe.
There you go. Should last you a few years.
Oh, wait, you wanted cheap and non-labor-intensive? Sorry, can't help you there.
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In the meantime, I'll stick to controlling my G4 with my second favorite keyboard, the Apple Extended Keyboard II (ADB, connected via a Griffin iMate ADB-USB adapter).
Yeah. I have a not-so-old drive in my desk drawer (an Apple-branded Quantum), that instead of being marked as 30GB is marked as 27GB. Still an approximation, but far closer to the actual capacity.
Steam Man? Electric Man? Automatic Man? Good to hear Dr. Wily was alive and well in the 1800s.
Especially considering that the Atari that made Asteroids is long dead. The company called "Atari" now isn't actually Atari in any form other than the name. Infogrames bought the rights to the Atari name from whoever the last company to own the name was, and changed their name to Atari to try to acquire some brand recognition.
:))
The Atari we all remember is long gone. The company in its somewhat original form was torn apart some time after the Atari Jaguar tanked, IIRC.
(BTW, I'd like to know where this pizza place is so I can steal the Asteroids cabinet.
According to a button on Microsoft's Office System Beta page, you can attend a Microsoft Office System Launch Event, and watch someone get hanged.
(hint: look at the character on the right, and the unfortunate placement of the edge of the whiteboard)
I have one or two old Apple ADB mice (the old square kind, after the original/Plus style but before the teardrop) that were made by Logitech. Still a damn fine mouse. Beyond that, all of my old serial and PS/2 Logitech mice and trackballs are still hanging around in working condition, and my current mouse is a 2-3 year old optical Logitech.
:)
In other words, if the first Logitech mouse could be found, I think you'd get that $5.
Quit hittin' yourself!
*whack*
Quit hittin' yourself!
*whack*
Well, this season's Super Bowl will be the 20th anniversary of the Apple commercial. Maybe this is the beginning of a series, with the last commercial showing during the Super Bowl.
:)
The kid in this commercial will have grown up, and will be the proud owner of a really big hammer. One day, with his trusty hammer at his side (Did I mention he REALLY likes this hammer?), he'll enter a theater at the local multiplex, seeing a room full of drones staring blankly at a giant image of Bill Gates...
Yeah, so it's baseless speculation. So what?
IBM does. And then some. :)
You don't overclock your hard drives?
I have to admit, my first thought was, "Great, another competing standard to make things more of a pain in the ass, AND it's slower."
Then I realized that such a thing could have some uses. You know those little 8x24 LCD screens? It'd be cool to be able to mount one of those on the front of your monitor with the computer on the floor, without having to string a serial cable. All kinds of uses right there. Mmmm.
Not that any of your possibilities are necessarily wrong, but you left out the obvious. :)
4. Because Windows is a piece of shit.
Mmmm. Now give these bubbles four wheels and an engine, so people can go 75MPH faster than the speed of the road!
VROOOOM!
Moland Spring.
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How... constructive! Everyone knows it's more fun to be destructive! Last time I was bored enough to take apart a floppy drive, I modified it to fire floppy disks halfway across the room. And yes, it still looked stock from the outside. Unfortunately, after a few super-ejects, the force tore the thing apart on the inside. Oh well.
Here's what you do: Rip them all to a file format that has stood the test of time so far and will likely do so for another 20 years. Dump it all onto some 200GB hard drives (or however big you need). Make three copies. Put each drive in a separate small fire-proof safe. If you can get ahold of some lead and sheet metal to line them, all the better. If not, at least do shaped foam so they don't get jostled. Keep two on site. Use one when you need to, keep the other as a backup. Put the third in a remote location (like a safe deposit box or something), in case your house is swallowed up by the Earth or something. If you need access to the stuff a lot, make VCD/DVDs in addition to the three hard drive copies. Burn the VHS tapes in a bonfire in the yard. Be sure to tell your neighbors not to breathe.
There you go. Should last you a few years.
Oh, wait, you wanted cheap and non-labor-intensive? Sorry, can't help you there.
*cough*pr0n*cough*
Homer: Mono-- D'OH!
Someone's been watching too much Ren & Stimpy. ;)
SPAAAAAAACE MAAAAAAAADNEEEEEEEEESSSSS!
Sorry.
Worst. Hacker name. Ever.
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