Are you kidding? We would have lost another chopper! We could ill afford to after the Atlantic Conveyer got smacked by one of those bloody frog fireworks.
surely the comment moderation system used by Slashdot already provides a perfect example of this? Incidentally, wouldn't it be more sensible to allow ALL registered users mod priveleges after Xmonths or Xposts and only allow POSITIVE moderation? Surely we'd end up with a much more democratic system that didn't run the risk of "disappearing" potentially insightful posts? Just a thought.
mod this guy up! this is absolutely the way for the music and film industries to minimize piracy - deliver a high quality product at a reasonable price. CD encryption is, to my mind, a total outrage - particularly in the light of LEGAL RIGHT granted to make copies for personal use - the situation in Germany is extraordinary now in that the music industry has imposed a levy on blank tapes and CDRs, and yet sees no contradiction in promoting CD encryption technologies. Incidentally, in the UK we pay more like $20 for a mainstream CD title - DVDs are often considerably cheaper than CDs here now.
This is hardly surprising - Microsoft DID, after all, invent people to lobby on behalf of it's "Freedom to Innovate" a while back. we don't all hate and deride them for nothing now, do we?
"Also, if the previous directory window has been closed, it is now impossible to navigate backwards. Other systems (Windows included) have found solutions to this problem - why hasn't the Mac?" You raise a lot of valid points, but this one is plain WRONG - to instantly access your folder tree in MacOS, you need only CMD-Click on your window's title and you'll get a pop-out tree hierarchy. You can combine the CMD modifier with the OPTION modifier and gracefully surf back as many levels as you like without spawning any new windows. The ability to COMBINE click modifier keys is another strength of the MacOS approach over Windows' multi-button mouse system. MacOSX also includes a "BACK" command accessible as a kbd shortcut or in the windows' title bar.
you seem to be confusing "what I'm used to" with "what's useful". I can understand the attitude, but it doesn't add anything to the debate now, does it? You're used to file extensions, and comfortable with working around their deficiencies. Great, but the Classic MacOS' Type/Creator codes just allow the whole experience of using the OS to be faster and cleaner. And don't pigeonhole me into some ridiculous Mac-user stereotype. My first computer was a Commodore 64, then I had an Amiga 500, then a 386 running Win3.1, then my first Mac. I now use and maintain a small network (50 machines) of Macs, Quantels and PCs at a TV post production facilty, and am well aware of the advatages and drawbacks of the MacOS as compared with other platforms as a result. No meta data is needed indeed! This isn't the 1950's you know - some of us actually value functionality in IT systems.
Oh dear, I was trying to be reasonable about it but, and I'm only going to say this once, Windows 2000 (at least the 7 workstations and servers I look after) crashes PLENTY, if not as much as the classic MacOS. But far worse is the complete lack of rational to the crashes - an app will work perfectly for a week and then come over all faint during an ovcernight render. With the MacOS, we find that you experience a problem, determine the cause, fix or disable the offending item and that's it, PROBLEM SOLVED. Certainly, some iterations of MacOS are notorious for memory leaks but if you use the good ones along with decent apps, you can keep a Mac running for weeks between crashes no problem.
the MacOS crash is a funny thing - you can FEEL it coming, so you're usually pretty well prepared. Coupled with that is the fact that most Macs restart pretty quickly, and a crash is MUCH less annoying than it is under Windows. You're right though, Macs (Classic macs) DO crash quite a bit.
Very badly - file extensions are both idiotic and competely unnecessary, as amply demonstrated by the Macintosh OS for the last 15 years. Many of us are actively badgering Apple about this stupid situation.
Not likely, considering how much fuss gets made on Slashdot every time some Linux Skinhead tries to rip-off Aqua, and Apple sets the dogs on 'em. Let's face it, Linux guys are engineers rather than designers. They'll make it work better/faster/steadier ad infinitum, but they need someone else to show them where they're going in the first place. They'd be using BeOS otherwise.
"All three ripped the very concept from an in-house windowing environment developed by Xerox." Not quite, Apple entered into a commercial agreement with Xerox for the use of some of PARC's ideas, and Xerox gained Apple stock in return. I know it sounds incredible, but Apple's behaviour in this matter is completely above board - that Xerox had no way of commercially exploiting their great research OTHER THAN via a third party is a reflection on Xerox management's lack of vision only.
but Apple IS the source by virtue of acquisition - the people who created NeXTStep / OpenStep are the SAME PEOPLE working on OSX aren't they? From what I understand, there's been quite a bit of the "reverse takeover" going on at Apple.
the Start menu is simply a rip-off of the Mac's Apple menu - it's in the same place and offers almost exactly the same functionality, I would contend that the Apple menu is slightly better in implementation - although a new user may be unaware that the little Apple icon is a menu at all.
you're right about the batteries, but the Gamegear had some top-class games. I used to love Sonic and Prince of Persia on mine - better than the MegaDrive versions IMHO, though PofP wasn't as good as the Amiga variant. Sing it with me: SAAAY-GAAH!
fuck off - you can get Nero on the Mac (NeroMax) and it's SHIT. Anyway, I don't get coasters at all on my Macs, but I do on my PCs running.... Nero. Same Yamaha SCSI 8x4x24 mechanism too. Get a life AND a decent OS fool.
random data? that's noise isn't it? you can compress noise as much as you want and no-one cares, I've developed a technique based around the insertion of digits into "lugholes" than can "compress" noise by a huge factor.
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Are you kidding? We would have lost another chopper! We could ill afford to after the Atlantic Conveyer got smacked by one of those bloody frog fireworks.
hey! cosmic jellyfish - far out!
surely the comment moderation system used by Slashdot already provides a perfect example of this? Incidentally, wouldn't it be more sensible to allow ALL registered users mod priveleges after Xmonths or Xposts and only allow POSITIVE moderation? Surely we'd end up with a much more democratic system that didn't run the risk of "disappearing" potentially insightful posts? Just a thought.
mod this guy up! this is absolutely the way for the music and film industries to minimize piracy - deliver a high quality product at a reasonable price. CD encryption is, to my mind, a total outrage - particularly in the light of LEGAL RIGHT granted to make copies for personal use - the situation in Germany is extraordinary now in that the music industry has imposed a levy on blank tapes and CDRs, and yet sees no contradiction in promoting CD encryption technologies. Incidentally, in the UK we pay more like $20 for a mainstream CD title - DVDs are often considerably cheaper than CDs here now.
This is hardly surprising - Microsoft DID, after all, invent people to lobby on behalf of it's "Freedom to Innovate" a while back. we don't all hate and deride them for nothing now, do we?
"Also, if the previous directory window has been closed, it is now impossible to navigate backwards. Other systems (Windows included) have found solutions to this problem - why hasn't the Mac?" You raise a lot of valid points, but this one is plain WRONG - to instantly access your folder tree in MacOS, you need only CMD-Click on your window's title and you'll get a pop-out tree hierarchy. You can combine the CMD modifier with the OPTION modifier and gracefully surf back as many levels as you like without spawning any new windows. The ability to COMBINE click modifier keys is another strength of the MacOS approach over Windows' multi-button mouse system. MacOSX also includes a "BACK" command accessible as a kbd shortcut or in the windows' title bar.
you seem to be confusing "what I'm used to" with "what's useful". I can understand the attitude, but it doesn't add anything to the debate now, does it? You're used to file extensions, and comfortable with working around their deficiencies. Great, but the Classic MacOS' Type/Creator codes just allow the whole experience of using the OS to be faster and cleaner. And don't pigeonhole me into some ridiculous Mac-user stereotype. My first computer was a Commodore 64, then I had an Amiga 500, then a 386 running Win3.1, then my first Mac. I now use and maintain a small network (50 machines) of Macs, Quantels and PCs at a TV post production facilty, and am well aware of the advatages and drawbacks of the MacOS as compared with other platforms as a result. No meta data is needed indeed! This isn't the 1950's you know - some of us actually value functionality in IT systems.
Oh dear, I was trying to be reasonable about it but, and I'm only going to say this once, Windows 2000 (at least the 7 workstations and servers I look after) crashes PLENTY, if not as much as the classic MacOS. But far worse is the complete lack of rational to the crashes - an app will work perfectly for a week and then come over all faint during an ovcernight render. With the MacOS, we find that you experience a problem, determine the cause, fix or disable the offending item and that's it, PROBLEM SOLVED. Certainly, some iterations of MacOS are notorious for memory leaks but if you use the good ones along with decent apps, you can keep a Mac running for weeks between crashes no problem.
the MacOS crash is a funny thing - you can FEEL it coming, so you're usually pretty well prepared. Coupled with that is the fact that most Macs restart pretty quickly, and a crash is MUCH less annoying than it is under Windows. You're right though, Macs (Classic macs) DO crash quite a bit.
Very badly - file extensions are both idiotic and competely unnecessary, as amply demonstrated by the Macintosh OS for the last 15 years. Many of us are actively badgering Apple about this stupid situation.
Not likely, considering how much fuss gets made on Slashdot every time some Linux Skinhead tries to rip-off Aqua, and Apple sets the dogs on 'em. Let's face it, Linux guys are engineers rather than designers. They'll make it work better/faster/steadier ad infinitum, but they need someone else to show them where they're going in the first place. They'd be using BeOS otherwise.
Knowing you, Lord Morgan of Glossop, Rest in Piece Ah-Ha!
"All three ripped the very concept from an in-house windowing environment developed by Xerox." Not quite, Apple entered into a commercial agreement with Xerox for the use of some of PARC's ideas, and Xerox gained Apple stock in return. I know it sounds incredible, but Apple's behaviour in this matter is completely above board - that Xerox had no way of commercially exploiting their great research OTHER THAN via a third party is a reflection on Xerox management's lack of vision only.
but Apple IS the source by virtue of acquisition - the people who created NeXTStep / OpenStep are the SAME PEOPLE working on OSX aren't they? From what I understand, there's been quite a bit of the "reverse takeover" going on at Apple.
I'd have to say... the Best of the Beatles.
Cook Pass Babtridge to you too! Anyway, you can move that Windows task bar up top if you want, at which point the theft becomes very plain.
Erm... Apple Computer OWNS NeXT Computer, all of NeXTs assets and staff at the time of purchase moved to Apple.
the Start menu is simply a rip-off of the Mac's Apple menu - it's in the same place and offers almost exactly the same functionality, I would contend that the Apple menu is slightly better in implementation - although a new user may be unaware that the little Apple icon is a menu at all.
I've just been down to Hi-Fi Serious to pick up my new B&O system funnily enough...
you're right about the batteries, but the Gamegear had some top-class games. I used to love Sonic and Prince of Persia on mine - better than the MegaDrive versions IMHO, though PofP wasn't as good as the Amiga variant. Sing it with me: SAAAY-GAAH!
fuck off - you can get Nero on the Mac (NeroMax) and it's SHIT. Anyway, I don't get coasters at all on my Macs, but I do on my PCs running.... Nero. Same Yamaha SCSI 8x4x24 mechanism too. Get a life AND a decent OS fool.
that was Churchill you freakin ignoramous
random data? that's noise isn't it? you can compress noise as much as you want and no-one cares, I've developed a technique based around the insertion of digits into "lugholes" than can "compress" noise by a huge factor.
MAXIMUM RESPEK!
so YOU'RE the reason why the CDDB database is so full of misspelled nsync albums...