The "average cell phone" costs well over $100. The only reason you ever see it cheaper is because of subsidies by cell phone providers, who are willing to cough up some of the phone cost in exchange for committing customers to their networks.
So now what's to encourage companies to develop for OS X? Now that this works, won't many of them attempt to ignore OS X on the pretext that any Mac user who wants to use their software can simply boot into XP?
Well, obviously the same thing that keeps companies developing for Linux!
I don't program at this level, but think of it this way: Virtual PC exists now for PowerPC and it's not just an x86 emulator. It also provides a virtual BIOS under which PC operating systems can run. This virtual BIOS was able to run on machines that didn't have BIOS - Macs. Emulation is not what the Mac needs to run Windows - it's a virtual BIOS.
And WINE's progress is a poor example. Part of the reason for its slow pace is that there hasn't really been as strong a need for it as there is today. Until Intel-based Macs appeared, there was no real compelling need for WINE - it ran on x86 boxes that could boot Windows anyway. Now we have x86 boxes that can't boot Windows, WINE's API-level Windows app support is a somewhat interesting for Mac users.
But even WINE isn't about the low-level virtual BIOS that is required for Intel Macs to boot the Windows OS. That product will come, probably much sooner now that Microsoft has broken yet another promise about Vista. I guarantee there are dozens of programming groups hard at work, trying to be first-to-market with precisely such a program right now.
You're a bloody idiot. You have been given so many opportunities in this thread to come up with a single example of one thing you believe to be innovative, that was done by anybody. You have failed. If you're not trolling, then you must be about 13.
If you're signed in as an admin user you have full write access to the/Applications directory. As a result this executable, when launched, can infect your apps without requiring further interaction, when you are signed in as an administrator.
A rectangle would most certainly be a funny shape for a battery, since it would have to exist in only two dimensions. I think the word you're looking for is (say it with me now)... hexahedron.
This is what I used to do back when I cared about ID3 tags... Find a command line ID3 tag editor. There are several out there. Put each album in its own directory. Name the files appropriately (put track titles, track numbers, etc) so that a shell script can extract the relevant fields and set the appropriate ID3 fields. for i in/path/to/album/*.mp3; do id3_tag_edtior [args]; done
I see lots of people on/. concerned about the 1-button mouse on Apple notebooks. All you need to do is spend a day with an Apple notebook you will actually prefer the 1-button scheme. I am constantly clicking the wrong button on my Windows laptop, but on my iBook, right-clicking can still be done with one hand just by ctrl-clicking. One button under the trackpad is way better, trust me.
Microsoft has no option here. They have no product but they have a dire need to get the word out there that they are catching up. If they can make their service sound compelling enough, maybe they can make a few people hold off before picking up that sexy iPod nano (ha!)
Unfortunately what the geek squad at MS fail to realize is that their target market is not looking for "choice". They want that blend of features, coolness and simplicity that the iPod hits just perfectly. And unlike most products in Apple's history, iPod is even overtaking the competition in terms of "price to performance ratio" (in this case $/gigabyte).
MS faces a serious uphill battle here, and I think it's one they will sink a lot of money into before they realize they won't win without hardware that can compete with the iPod.
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I just checked the site and they're still only showing faces.
Another reason they may have scrapped the iPod dock: The Mini's circuit board puts FireWire connectivity where a dock would have been likely. While the Mini was in development, Apple's iPod group was probably deciding that future iPods (Shuffle, Nano, Video) would be USB-only. When the Mac Mini design group was showing off their product in devlopment, somebody from the iPod group likely stood up and said "um, you're going to hate us for this, but..."
Apple provides a viable way for record labels to transition from media-based distribution to an on-line model, and the labels in turn slap Apple in the face and say they're not making enough money.
Jobs was absolutely right to publicly go on record saying this behaviour is "greedy". The arrogant fat cats who run the music industry will, in the end, price themselves into extinction.
There is value in a unified pricing model that consumers find attractive. I believe the increased volume would make up for the few extra cents a song they're wanting to charge.
When sites don't work properly in IE, maybe Microsoft will fix it.
How is it that Firefox is rapidly gaining marketshare, even though many sites still don't work in Firefox? Why haven't the Mozilla developers been working on making IE-coded pages display properly in their browser?
Some of us do in fact have agendas. While I doubt they will ever "take down" Microsoft, I support web developers who attempt to reclaim standards which were once open, so that we might one day have web development tools that actually work. Who knows - maybe Microsoft might actually fix IE.
Nobody should care about my "browser of choice", because the difference between browsers should have little or nothing to do with rendering and more to do with features (UI, security, speed). Web developers should be more worried about content than compatibility.
I think you miss the GP's point: the site makes a statement by adhering to standards and subsequently not working with IE. Imagine how much of a better place the web would be, from a standards perspective, if all web designers did this.
>As wierd as it may be to you, Firefox is the NON Standard browser until it gains the majority marketshare.
It's not "the" standard browser, but it is based on published "standards". The contention is that MS takes standards, then deviates from them just enough so that they can control and dominate it. If you have a browser in a dominant position, such as IE, deviating from established standards make those standards meaningless in the first place. Suddenly instead of having a democratic body determining how the web "works" with technologies like http, html, java, css, etc., MS takes their majority marketshare and uses it to their advantage by implementing those technologies, but just a little differently than they're supposed to.
Lazy web designers who only bother to ensure their page works in IE are not doing the world any favours.
FYI: Analog-to-digital converters (ADC's) used in professional recordings have input filtering on the top and bottom end.
Sub-audible frequencies are also generally reduced in mastering, because they only serve to "muddy" up the sound. Since nobody is actually composing sound in that register (if they were most monitor speakers wouldn't even reproduce them anyway), 25 Hz is rolled off in most recordings because all there generally is down there is mic handling noise.
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The "average cell phone" costs well over $100. The only reason you ever see it cheaper is because of subsidies by cell phone providers, who are willing to cough up some of the phone cost in exchange for committing customers to their networks.
Wicked files (including what appears to be everything I need to perform this installation myself), thanks
Oh, wait...
Emulation is I think the wrong word here.
I don't program at this level, but think of it this way: Virtual PC exists now for PowerPC and it's not just an x86 emulator. It also provides a virtual BIOS under which PC operating systems can run. This virtual BIOS was able to run on machines that didn't have BIOS - Macs. Emulation is not what the Mac needs to run Windows - it's a virtual BIOS.
And WINE's progress is a poor example. Part of the reason for its slow pace is that there hasn't really been as strong a need for it as there is today. Until Intel-based Macs appeared, there was no real compelling need for WINE - it ran on x86 boxes that could boot Windows anyway. Now we have x86 boxes that can't boot Windows, WINE's API-level Windows app support is a somewhat interesting for Mac users.
But even WINE isn't about the low-level virtual BIOS that is required for Intel Macs to boot the Windows OS. That product will come, probably much sooner now that Microsoft has broken yet another promise about Vista. I guarantee there are dozens of programming groups hard at work, trying to be first-to-market with precisely such a program right now.
You're a bloody idiot. You have been given so many opportunities in this thread to come up with a single example of one thing you believe to be innovative, that was done by anybody. You have failed. If you're not trolling, then you must be about 13.
Besides, Audacity is a free download for the Mac, too.
Agreed, however: for somebody who wants to mess around with creating music, you can't beat GarageBand.
Troll much?
TFA's author says IE7 is a compelling reason to go to Vista - but won't it be available for other flavours of Windows?
Is this a "security flaw"?
/Applications directory. As a result this executable, when launched, can infect your apps without requiring further interaction, when you are signed in as an administrator.
If you're signed in as an admin user you have full write access to the
A rectangle would most certainly be a funny shape for a battery, since it would have to exist in only two dimensions. I think the word you're looking for is (say it with me now)... hexahedron.
I have to disagree. OS X 10.4, as wonderful an OS as it is, uses LOTS of memory. Dashboard is a notorious hog, as is the core OS.
My G4/1.4 GHz is definitely much snappier at everything with a gig than 512.
I think these benchmarks are a little off, because nobody in their right mind would leave this machine at 512 MB in this day and age.
I see lots of people on /. concerned about the 1-button mouse on Apple notebooks. All you need to do is spend a day with an Apple notebook you will actually prefer the 1-button scheme. I am constantly clicking the wrong button on my Windows laptop, but on my iBook, right-clicking can still be done with one hand just by ctrl-clicking. One button under the trackpad is way better, trust me.
Um.... what exactly would be the advantage to having the USB ports on the same side of the laptop?
Microsoft has no option here. They have no product but they have a dire need to get the word out there that they are catching up. If they can make their service sound compelling enough, maybe they can make a few people hold off before picking up that sexy iPod nano (ha!)
Unfortunately what the geek squad at MS fail to realize is that their target market is not looking for "choice". They want that blend of features, coolness and simplicity that the iPod hits just perfectly. And unlike most products in Apple's history, iPod is even overtaking the competition in terms of "price to performance ratio" (in this case $/gigabyte).
MS faces a serious uphill battle here, and I think it's one they will sink a lot of money into before they realize they won't win without hardware that can compete with the iPod.
I just checked the site and they're still only showing faces.
Another reason they may have scrapped the iPod dock: The Mini's circuit board puts FireWire connectivity where a dock would have been likely. While the Mini was in development, Apple's iPod group was probably deciding that future iPods (Shuffle, Nano, Video) would be USB-only. When the Mac Mini design group was showing off their product in devlopment, somebody from the iPod group likely stood up and said "um, you're going to hate us for this, but..."
(my speculation)
Apple provides a viable way for record labels to transition from media-based distribution to an on-line model, and the labels in turn slap Apple in the face and say they're not making enough money.
Jobs was absolutely right to publicly go on record saying this behaviour is "greedy". The arrogant fat cats who run the music industry will, in the end, price themselves into extinction.
There is value in a unified pricing model that consumers find attractive. I believe the increased volume would make up for the few extra cents a song they're wanting to charge.
When sites don't work properly in IE, maybe Microsoft will fix it.
How is it that Firefox is rapidly gaining marketshare, even though many sites still don't work in Firefox? Why haven't the Mozilla developers been working on making IE-coded pages display properly in their browser?
Some of us do in fact have agendas. While I doubt they will ever "take down" Microsoft, I support web developers who attempt to reclaim standards which were once open, so that we might one day have web development tools that actually work. Who knows - maybe Microsoft might actually fix IE.
Nobody should care about my "browser of choice", because the difference between browsers should have little or nothing to do with rendering and more to do with features (UI, security, speed). Web developers should be more worried about content than compatibility.
Are you saying it's better to author for MSIE than Firefox, or are you digressing?
I think you miss the GP's point: the site makes a statement by adhering to standards and subsequently not working with IE. Imagine how much of a better place the web would be, from a standards perspective, if all web designers did this.
>As wierd as it may be to you, Firefox is the NON Standard browser until it gains the majority marketshare.
It's not "the" standard browser, but it is based on published "standards". The contention is that MS takes standards, then deviates from them just enough so that they can control and dominate it. If you have a browser in a dominant position, such as IE, deviating from established standards make those standards meaningless in the first place. Suddenly instead of having a democratic body determining how the web "works" with technologies like http, html, java, css, etc., MS takes their majority marketshare and uses it to their advantage by implementing those technologies, but just a little differently than they're supposed to.
Lazy web designers who only bother to ensure their page works in IE are not doing the world any favours.
FYI: Analog-to-digital converters (ADC's) used in professional recordings have input filtering on the top and bottom end.
Sub-audible frequencies are also generally reduced in mastering, because they only serve to "muddy" up the sound. Since nobody is actually composing sound in that register (if they were most monitor speakers wouldn't even reproduce them anyway), 25 Hz is rolled off in most recordings because all there generally is down there is mic handling noise.