So...tell me just how you'd send something to someone in an attachment, and all they had to do was click (or double-click) it to open it?
Thing is, on OS X, they have to at the very least take the steps of unzipping the attached app bundle to an appropriate location, or mounting the attached disk image, then finding it in the Finder and double-clicking it to run it. You can't simply attach an app, because it's a folder.
You're confusing hybrids with hydrogen/electric cars, methinks. Those require electricity from the grid or a hydrogen fuel cell charged elsewhere to run, and do, indeed, simply move the problem away from consumers (and largely onto the power plants, which I believe run much dirtier than your average auto these days...).
Hybrids, on the other hand, at least as I understand the science, still run on ordinary old gasoline--they just use a lot less of it, 'cause they use some fancy techniques with generators and batteries and a purely electric motor that, when looked at closely, seem awfully like last century's technology...but end up increasing the efficiency of the car a lot.
Yeah, but just because they have power does not at all necessarily mean they will use it for evil ("power corrupts" isn't an absolute, just a guideline). That seems to be the mistake many people are making--automatically assuming that the fact that they are on top of the heap means that they are evil, and must have used unethical means to get there, or intend to use unethical means to stay there.
The problem with this kind of thinking is that Google didn't use unethical means to get there--they just got there by being the best at what they do. And that's all they have to keep doing to stay there.
Google knows what happens when a company starts using their power for evil--they lose all their brownie points and people start leaving them because they don't like being treated that way. It is to their advantage to Stay Good (poing!), and they know it.
Or, for that matter, the old adage, "The plural of anecdote is not data."
And did you ever stop to think that, just maybe, the reason that Consumer Reports consistently rates them highly, while you hear of a few people saying they're junk, is because the junk ones are the exception, rather than the rule?
Or are you just as much of a zealot as you are accusing those mythical ghost-survey-takers of being, and can't possibly believe that Apple might actually care about quality?
Not state of the art, but pretty darn fun. If you don't know about it (which you should), it's the Marathon series of FPS games that made Bungie really famous before the big buyout (or sellout, depending on how bitter I'm feeling on any given day). They open-sourced it, and a community built it up to what is now Aleph One.
Should run on some pretty old hardware, and netgames are as long or short as you want them to be.
Instead of all this college and training crap, societies need to get a grip on the real problems: the overfluidity of capital and the reluctance of governments to regulate capital.
Right; so while "society" is doing that, I'll be making a living over here...what will you be doing?
Don't get me wrong, I agree that there are societal problems that need to be addressed, but you can't just say, "To heck with actually being able to do a job, we need to change society!"
Um, my compromise is sticking with the excellent TrackMan I've already got. I'd just like to remove the extra step of plugging in the receiver.
As to why I'm using a trackball (I wouldn't call it "giant"...), it's because...I like trackballs. I hate, hate, hate those tiny little "pocket mice" which are way too small for me, and I like being able to use the trackball by simply holding it in my hands (thus needing no surface).
Um...he's advocating ONE renewal. The way he worded it is a little ambiguous, but if you read it again, you'll see it's designed to allow a maximum term of 10 years with full protection, or 30 years with limited protection.
Man, doesn't anybody actually read what they reply to? Articles or posts?
I would say that Microsoft cares about making all the money in the world, and their strategy is control, whereas Apple cares about making a good-sized profit, and their strategy is making a good product.
(Though..... s-video? Do you like pain and discomfort? HDMI, man.
Ah...and what about those of us who can't afford the latest, greatest TVs with HDMI inputs? We're just supposed to bow to the will of the rich minority?
Oh, well, I suppose that's the way of things in this country these days.:-P
He said that adding a database layer over an existing FS was a bad idea. If I understand correctly, BeFS was, from the core out, a database-like FS. That's a completely different thing.
If that were what MS were trying to do, that would be a good idea; they'd have to provide a compatibility layer to make it look like the old (current) style of FS, but I can't imagine that could be anywhere near as bad as trying to stick a DB layer on a non-DB FS.
However, since I'm about as rabidly anti-MS as they come, I'm always happy when I see them coming up with more bad ideas;-)
The fact that they pioneered USB and WiFi passed you buy.
Just to forestall the pedants that may latch onto this, let me remind the anal-retentive among you that while Apple may not have invented USB, they certainly did pioneer it--it was the only interface for keyboards, mice, printers, and any other device of that class that the original iMac had.
If the Wintel world had had to get USB moving, we'd still be seeing PS/2 on every computer shipping.
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if a lawyer could convincingly argue that someone that close to being 18 is no different from someone who is 18, and thus get them executed...if that's what you *really* want.
Personally, I don't think there are many things terrible enough to be executed for, and they should all be treated on a case-by-case basis. Unfortunately, the US legal system is so unbelievably screwed up that you can't let anything be taken on a case-by-case basis, you have to draw solid, inflexible lines, because otherwise, unscrupulous lawyers will twist the meanings to say whatever they want them to. (Note: I am saying that the lawyers who are unscrupulous will do this, not that all lawyers are unscrupulous.)
In the end, MoneyT, a line has to be drawn somewhere, and 18 is the most traditional place for doing it. So...um...deal with it?
If you have (or get) Mac OS 10.3 or newer, it will come with Apple's X11.app, which, when you launch it, provides a fully functional installation of X. I just tried the select-to-copy and second-button-to-paste method in it, and it works perfectly, even when my "second button" is actually option+click my trackpad's button. Within a window, and between windows.
You can also install any X program that's been ported to PPC Darwin (and some that haven't!) easily from source, including all the most popular window managers, if you prefer them to the Finder. I'd recommend looking up Fink, a Debian-style package manager for OS X. I've had nothing but excellent luck with it.
Your theory of official translations being better than fan translations doesn't really hold true in practice, at least in my experience.
I know a good deal of Japanese--learned from both college and anime--and I can almost always tell when a sub isn't saying what the speakers are saying. I've seen this far more often in licensed productions than I have in fansubs. Furthermore, the licensed subtitled DVDs I've seen invariably use the blocky, boring, yellow or green "default DVD subtitle font". It looks pretty ugly. On the other hand, some fansubs I've seen are truly masterful. For instance, the new (as in, only 3-4 episodes are yet out in Japan) Aa! Megamisama! series now airing in Japan is being fansubbed by AnimeOne (I think...might have the name wrong), and they are able to put in:
Credits for themselves mixed in with the regular credits in exactly the same font and color
Karaoke notation in the form of falling feathers that fade gently away when they touch the subs, as well as other words that appear and fade out beautifully for the backup singers
Subtitles for on-screen text that is in the same color and style as the on-screen text, and so well positioned and moved about that it looks like it belongs there
And more that just shows the amount of care the people put into these
It's always very clear from the quality of the translation, the culture notes, and the subs that fansubbers are doing this for the love of it, and the "professional" subbers are just doing their job, and trying to save as much money for their company as possible.
Try watching some of the "amateur" subs before you lambast them next time. You might be surprised.
Though I certainly agree that the parent was making an outrageous comparison (and generally being a troll), at the most basic level, the AC has a point. Those who fansub--and, to a lesser degree, those who download fansubs--know that the law says that you're not allowed to do that. They disagree with the law--after all, who the heck is it hurting?--so they disregard it. Though the type of law is clearly very different, and far less oppressive, a case can certainly be made that there's some civil disobedience going on here.
The big difference I see, and the part that gets really contentious, is that in this case it all boils down to money. The big companies want to be able to make more money, we don't think we should have to spend as much money. This makes the issue seem much more petty.
But if the big companies get their way, and no one challenges them, then we may end up with something far worse than high prices for DVDs.
(Of course, those are the same people who know that "decimate" means to destroy only 10% of the subject, and that a tsunami isn't a tradegy, because tradegies are always the victim's own fault...)
Actually, I'd say (without going to a dictionary, 'cause I'm lazy), that "decimate" means "to destroy all but 10% of its original size (or population, or whatever)". So, basically the other way around.
In short, I think we are brewing the perfect economic storm. The Republicans are proposing gimmicks and tax cuts, and saying that deficits don't matter. The Democrats are saying there is no problem and are proposing increases in health care benefits. We are all doomed.
Personally, as a liberal Democrat, I'm pretty disgusted with both sides right now, in large part because NOBODY has the guts to say what the obvious answer to looming debt/deficit problems is: raise taxes.
At some point (not sure when, though I'm sure someone can come up with a date), it became political suicide to even suggest raising taxes. Thus, we get tax cut after tax cut, and the government still has to spend a similar amount, and the inevitable happens.
Even as a strong liberal, I'd be very happy to see a true fiscal conservative in power for a while. It's clearly what we need right now, as unpopular as his solutions might be.
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So...tell me just how you'd send something to someone in an attachment, and all they had to do was click (or double-click) it to open it?
Thing is, on OS X, they have to at the very least take the steps of unzipping the attached app bundle to an appropriate location, or mounting the attached disk image, then finding it in the Finder and double-clicking it to run it. You can't simply attach an app, because it's a folder.
Dan Aris
You're confusing hybrids with hydrogen/electric cars, methinks. Those require electricity from the grid or a hydrogen fuel cell charged elsewhere to run, and do, indeed, simply move the problem away from consumers (and largely onto the power plants, which I believe run much dirtier than your average auto these days...).
Hybrids, on the other hand, at least as I understand the science, still run on ordinary old gasoline--they just use a lot less of it, 'cause they use some fancy techniques with generators and batteries and a purely electric motor that, when looked at closely, seem awfully like last century's technology...but end up increasing the efficiency of the car a lot.
So points for effort, but no, you're wrong.
Dan Aris
Don't you mean Hasta la Vista?
Dan Aris
2000 called, they want their BS anti-Apple complaint back.
Dan Aris
Yeah, but just because they have power does not at all necessarily mean they will use it for evil ("power corrupts" isn't an absolute, just a guideline). That seems to be the mistake many people are making--automatically assuming that the fact that they are on top of the heap means that they are evil, and must have used unethical means to get there, or intend to use unethical means to stay there.
The problem with this kind of thinking is that Google didn't use unethical means to get there--they just got there by being the best at what they do. And that's all they have to keep doing to stay there.
Google knows what happens when a company starts using their power for evil--they lose all their brownie points and people start leaving them because they don't like being treated that way. It is to their advantage to Stay Good (poing!), and they know it.
Dan Aris
Or, for that matter, the old adage, "The plural of anecdote is not data."
And did you ever stop to think that, just maybe, the reason that Consumer Reports consistently rates them highly, while you hear of a few people saying they're junk, is because the junk ones are the exception, rather than the rule?
Or are you just as much of a zealot as you are accusing those mythical ghost-survey-takers of being, and can't possibly believe that Apple might actually care about quality?
Dan Aris
Not state of the art, but pretty darn fun. If you don't know about it (which you should), it's the Marathon series of FPS games that made Bungie really famous before the big buyout (or sellout, depending on how bitter I'm feeling on any given day). They open-sourced it, and a community built it up to what is now Aleph One.
Should run on some pretty old hardware, and netgames are as long or short as you want them to be.
Dan Aris
Instead of all this college and training crap, societies need to get a grip on the real problems: the overfluidity of capital and the reluctance of governments to regulate capital.
Right; so while "society" is doing that, I'll be making a living over here...what will you be doing?
Don't get me wrong, I agree that there are societal problems that need to be addressed, but you can't just say, "To heck with actually being able to do a job, we need to change society!"
Dan Aris
Um, my compromise is sticking with the excellent TrackMan I've already got. I'd just like to remove the extra step of plugging in the receiver.
As to why I'm using a trackball (I wouldn't call it "giant"...), it's because...I like trackballs. I hate, hate, hate those tiny little "pocket mice" which are way too small for me, and I like being able to use the trackball by simply holding it in my hands (thus needing no surface).
Dan Aris
Um...he's advocating ONE renewal. The way he worded it is a little ambiguous, but if you read it again, you'll see it's designed to allow a maximum term of 10 years with full protection, or 30 years with limited protection.
Man, doesn't anybody actually read what they reply to? Articles or posts?
Yeah, yeah, "I must be new here..."
Dan Aris
I would say that Microsoft cares about making all the money in the world, and their strategy is control, whereas Apple cares about making a good-sized profit, and their strategy is making a good product.
Dan Aris
(Though ..... s-video? Do you like pain and discomfort? HDMI, man.
Ah...and what about those of us who can't afford the latest, greatest TVs with HDMI inputs? We're just supposed to bow to the will of the rich minority?
Oh, well, I suppose that's the way of things in this country these days. :-P
Dan Aris
And just how long have you been waiting for an excuse to mention the "Bang and Bracket pub"? (It's brilliant, by the way ;-) )
Dan Aris
I believe it was a Far Side cartoon, and the hands weren't disembodied, but attached to some poor unsuspecting schmuck.
But yeah, that pretty much describes our government.
Dan Aris
Someone actually changes their mind on Slashdot, in response to logical arguments and facts? That's gotta be a first!
Someone tell Taco to get out the record books!
Dan Aris
I would try contacting Apple and telling them of your plight.
I would be surprised if they did not give you back one of your 5 machines.
Dan Aris
Did you actually read his post?
He said that adding a database layer over an existing FS was a bad idea. If I understand correctly, BeFS was, from the core out, a database-like FS. That's a completely different thing.
If that were what MS were trying to do, that would be a good idea; they'd have to provide a compatibility layer to make it look like the old (current) style of FS, but I can't imagine that could be anywhere near as bad as trying to stick a DB layer on a non-DB FS.
However, since I'm about as rabidly anti-MS as they come, I'm always happy when I see them coming up with more bad ideas ;-)
Dan Aris
Just to forestall the pedants that may latch onto this, let me remind the anal-retentive among you that while Apple may not have invented USB, they certainly did pioneer it--it was the only interface for keyboards, mice, printers, and any other device of that class that the original iMac had.
If the Wintel world had had to get USB moving, we'd still be seeing PS/2 on every computer shipping.
Dan Aris
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if a lawyer could convincingly argue that someone that close to being 18 is no different from someone who is 18, and thus get them executed...if that's what you *really* want.
Personally, I don't think there are many things terrible enough to be executed for, and they should all be treated on a case-by-case basis. Unfortunately, the US legal system is so unbelievably screwed up that you can't let anything be taken on a case-by-case basis, you have to draw solid, inflexible lines, because otherwise, unscrupulous lawyers will twist the meanings to say whatever they want them to. (Note: I am saying that the lawyers who are unscrupulous will do this, not that all lawyers are unscrupulous.)
In the end, MoneyT, a line has to be drawn somewhere, and 18 is the most traditional place for doing it. So...um...deal with it?
Dan Aris
If you have (or get) Mac OS 10.3 or newer, it will come with Apple's X11.app, which, when you launch it, provides a fully functional installation of X. I just tried the select-to-copy and second-button-to-paste method in it, and it works perfectly, even when my "second button" is actually option+click my trackpad's button. Within a window, and between windows.
You can also install any X program that's been ported to PPC Darwin (and some that haven't!) easily from source, including all the most popular window managers, if you prefer them to the Finder. I'd recommend looking up Fink, a Debian-style package manager for OS X. I've had nothing but excellent luck with it.
Dan Aris
Then bug Discreet. Apple doesn't make 3DSMax, and I doubt they have much control over it.
On the other hand, if Discreet's customers start telling them that they want, and would buy, a Mac version...
This is hardly brain surgery. Yeesh.
Dan Aris
Your theory of official translations being better than fan translations doesn't really hold true in practice, at least in my experience.
I know a good deal of Japanese--learned from both college and anime--and I can almost always tell when a sub isn't saying what the speakers are saying. I've seen this far more often in licensed productions than I have in fansubs. Furthermore, the licensed subtitled DVDs I've seen invariably use the blocky, boring, yellow or green "default DVD subtitle font". It looks pretty ugly. On the other hand, some fansubs I've seen are truly masterful. For instance, the new (as in, only 3-4 episodes are yet out in Japan) Aa! Megamisama! series now airing in Japan is being fansubbed by AnimeOne (I think...might have the name wrong), and they are able to put in:
- Credits for themselves mixed in with the regular credits in exactly the same font and color
- Karaoke notation in the form of falling feathers that fade gently away when they touch the subs, as well as other words that appear and fade out beautifully for the backup singers
- Subtitles for on-screen text that is in the same color and style as the on-screen text, and so well positioned and moved about that it looks like it belongs there
- And more that just shows the amount of care the people put into these
It's always very clear from the quality of the translation, the culture notes, and the subs that fansubbers are doing this for the love of it, and the "professional" subbers are just doing their job, and trying to save as much money for their company as possible.Try watching some of the "amateur" subs before you lambast them next time. You might be surprised.
Dan Aris
Though I certainly agree that the parent was making an outrageous comparison (and generally being a troll), at the most basic level, the AC has a point. Those who fansub--and, to a lesser degree, those who download fansubs--know that the law says that you're not allowed to do that. They disagree with the law--after all, who the heck is it hurting?--so they disregard it. Though the type of law is clearly very different, and far less oppressive, a case can certainly be made that there's some civil disobedience going on here.
The big difference I see, and the part that gets really contentious, is that in this case it all boils down to money. The big companies want to be able to make more money, we don't think we should have to spend as much money. This makes the issue seem much more petty.
But if the big companies get their way, and no one challenges them, then we may end up with something far worse than high prices for DVDs.
Dan Aris
(Of course, those are the same people who know that "decimate" means to destroy only 10% of the subject, and that a tsunami isn't a tradegy, because tradegies are always the victim's own fault...)
Actually, I'd say (without going to a dictionary, 'cause I'm lazy), that "decimate" means "to destroy all but 10% of its original size (or population, or whatever)". So, basically the other way around.
Dan Aris
In short, I think we are brewing the perfect economic storm. The Republicans are proposing gimmicks and tax cuts, and saying that deficits don't matter. The Democrats are saying there is no problem and are proposing increases in health care benefits. We are all doomed.
Personally, as a liberal Democrat, I'm pretty disgusted with both sides right now, in large part because NOBODY has the guts to say what the obvious answer to looming debt/deficit problems is: raise taxes.
At some point (not sure when, though I'm sure someone can come up with a date), it became political suicide to even suggest raising taxes. Thus, we get tax cut after tax cut, and the government still has to spend a similar amount, and the inevitable happens.
Even as a strong liberal, I'd be very happy to see a true fiscal conservative in power for a while. It's clearly what we need right now, as unpopular as his solutions might be.
Dan Aris