That's not an answer at all, it's a tautology. What does 'scalable' mean in this context? That you can climb to the top of it? To say that you can't build a cluster of Macs because they're 'not scalable' is the same as saying 'because you can't build a cluster of them'. The answer is probably that you get more performance for less cost from Intel or AMD setups, rather than technical issues.
The person hosting the file surely doesn't have permission to redistribute it. The person downloading it is probably breaking the law also, but no reasonable person could argue that he was really hurting anyone by downloading a replacement for what he'd already bought.
Why would you expect hyperthreading to speed up a game? Aren't they all pretty much single-process beasts? If you want to criticize you should make at least a token effort to understand what you're talking about.
The problem is the original poster is running OS X and none of the programs you listed are available for it. Perhaps Chimera would be a better choice for a Gecko-based browser? You can find out about it at mozilla.org.
If I got a message back from someone asking me to resend it with a key word in the subject line, they'd get a message with the key phrase "fuck you". Geez, talk about rude! Passing along the inconvenience to everyone else is not a viable solution to spam.
I used to have panics on wakeup sometimes on my iBook. I swapped out the 512M DIMM I'd added for an old 128M one and the problem went away. I then put the 512M one back in just to check and haven't had any problems for months. Must have been seated badly in the socket or something...
I guess if I really wanted it I could sign up for a trial.Mac membership. Whether I could still use it or not after the trial was over depends on the license I guess. I'm not curious enough to bother performing the experiment.:-)
I don't see any backup software on my Mac, which is running a boxed copy of 10.2. Can I download it from Apple without signing up for.Mac? I don't see it anywhere.
Yeah, remember how reliable American cars were before the Japanese imports came along? Heck, it wasn't unusual to hear of a car that lasted three or even four years before needing replacement!
That's what I would suggest too, although in my case since my iBook doesn't have USB 2.0 I bought an external 60G Firewire drive for a couple hundred bucks. I use half of it to hold my MP3s and the other half for backing up the iBook hard drive. It lives under the couch within easy reach and it works great. If you want something portable I think you can get smaller versions that take their power straight from the cable instead of requiring AC.
iTunes uses that much on my iBook too, without any visualization or anything like that. It's definitely an iTunes issue rather than processor speed, because I can play the same files using mpg123 from a Terminal window and it only uses ~2% of the CPU. I don't know why iTunes is so pokey, fortunately I only use it for ripping CDs and downloading the files into my iPod. I use the iPod for playback to spare my CPU (OS X needs all it can get...)
I think the difference between decoding Oggs and MP3s is that at least until a couple of months ago the freely available Ogg codecs required floating point math. Since most any desktop machine has hardware floating point this isn't an issue, but many portable devices use CPUs with no floating point hardware so it's a show-stopper there.
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I wonder how many hours you have to log on Zaxxon before you can be a Space Shuttle pilot? I may have a whole new career ahead of me!
That's not an answer at all, it's a tautology. What does 'scalable' mean in this context? That you can climb to the top of it? To say that you can't build a cluster of Macs because they're 'not scalable' is the same as saying 'because you can't build a cluster of them'. The answer is probably that you get more performance for less cost from Intel or AMD setups, rather than technical issues.
The person hosting the file surely doesn't have permission to redistribute it. The person downloading it is probably breaking the law also, but no reasonable person could argue that he was really hurting anyone by downloading a replacement for what he'd already bought.
Big changes in the computer industry over a 5-10 year period? Wow, what a bold prediction! That would be totally unprecedented!
Maybe someone got tricked into clicking a goatse.cx link?
Why would you expect hyperthreading to speed up a game? Aren't they all pretty much single-process beasts? If you want to criticize you should make at least a token effort to understand what you're talking about.
The problem is the original poster is running OS X and none of the programs you listed are available for it. Perhaps Chimera would be a better choice for a Gecko-based browser? You can find out about it at mozilla.org.
If I got a message back from someone asking me to resend it with a key word in the subject line, they'd get a message with the key phrase "fuck you". Geez, talk about rude! Passing along the inconvenience to everyone else is not a viable solution to spam.
That's a nice theory, except Apple doesn't use a BSD kernel or X11. Other than those minor points though, I'm totally following you.
Being able to read an e-mail, tap a bottom, ...
Won't that get you fired for sexual harrassment?
I used to have panics on wakeup sometimes on my iBook. I swapped out the 512M DIMM I'd added for an old 128M one and the problem went away. I then put the 512M one back in just to check and haven't had any problems for months. Must have been seated badly in the socket or something...
You didn't used to write for "Three's Company" did you? I can just picture Janet overhearing Jack talking about "popping it into her box."
You'd keep the mail on the 5-1/4" B: drive of course! We *are* talking about old computers here, right?
I guess if I really wanted it I could sign up for a trial .Mac membership. Whether I could still use it or not after the trial was over depends on the license I guess. I'm not curious enough to bother performing the experiment. :-)
I don't see any backup software on my Mac, which is running a boxed copy of 10.2. Can I download it from Apple without signing up for .Mac? I don't see it anywhere.
In Slashdot-land the word 'proprietary' doesn't have a well-defined meaning, it is just a general-purpose pejorative.
The word is "remuneration", vocabulary-boy. Next time stick to "pay" instead of trying to show off.
I love the way the Starbuck's ads refer to their employees as "barristas". Is that Italian for "cashier"? LOL.
If they removed the stealware there'd be nothing left!
Yeah, remember how reliable American cars were before the Japanese imports came along? Heck, it wasn't unusual to hear of a car that lasted three or even four years before needing replacement!
That's what I would suggest too, although in my case since my iBook doesn't have USB 2.0 I bought an external 60G Firewire drive for a couple hundred bucks. I use half of it to hold my MP3s and the other half for backing up the iBook hard drive. It lives under the couch within easy reach and it works great. If you want something portable I think you can get smaller versions that take their power straight from the cable instead of requiring AC.
iTunes uses that much on my iBook too, without any visualization or anything like that. It's definitely an iTunes issue rather than processor speed, because I can play the same files using mpg123 from a Terminal window and it only uses ~2% of the CPU. I don't know why iTunes is so pokey, fortunately I only use it for ripping CDs and downloading the files into my iPod. I use the iPod for playback to spare my CPU (OS X needs all it can get...)
I think the difference between decoding Oggs and MP3s is that at least until a couple of months ago the freely available Ogg codecs required floating point math. Since most any desktop machine has hardware floating point this isn't an issue, but many portable devices use CPUs with no floating point hardware so it's a show-stopper there.
Hey Jack, loved your work on General Hospital. I'm glad to see you've found an another outlet for your creative energies. Keep up the good work!
Netcraft has confirmed - Catholocism is dying!
I heard some sad news on talk radio today...