Or you could just look for the little triangle under the app. If there is a black triangle under the app in the dock then the application is running.
Unless your desktop pict obscures such things, as mine does. It ain't always easy to tell if the little triangle is there or not. I wish that Apple would 'theme' the 'launching' and 'open' visuals for the Dock. Rather than bouncing, make the icon 'glow', and rather than an obscure little triangle, outline the app. Or something along those lines. I wonder how hard it would be to hack this in.
One of the biggest gripes that I've heard regarding laptops, particularly Macs, is the ability to close the lid while using an external keyboard and monitor. The design you suggest would prevent this, unless there was a fan that kicked in when the lid was closed while the computer was in use.
I've a Wallstreet 300 with 10.3.4 via XPostFacto, Dev tools, fink, VirtualPC w/ Win98SE and MS DOS 2000, dosbox w/ the Radnor frontend, REALbasic, USB Overdrive X, MySQL, you get the idea. I really really want a new laptop, but this one just keeps chuggin' along. And for you who stated that all Windows apps can be used without a mouse, I suggest you download the US Forest Service's ExamsPC software, and then explain to me how I 'Save' tree damage info without the mouse. I swear, the govt makes the crappiest software. I've spent more time this summer getting their fscking FIA (forest inventory analysis) DOS program to work than I care to think about (their CE/PocketPC version was too bug-ridden and crash-prone to release this year - morons). And as for their ExamsPC software, well, lets just say that it breaks just about every UIG that I've read. And the truly humorous part? I've had better luck running their POS Windows/DOS-only software on my Powerbook than others have had on native machines.
Try the 'soft' reset: command+cntrl+power. If that don't work, try 'fn+cntrl+shift+power'; this is the 'hard' reset. Either may work; however, my PB is 6 years old, and times may have changed.
So far people have mentioned that apps under OS X generally don't quit when you close the window, although there are exceptions (System Preferences come to mind), but rather remain loaded in memory until you 'Command-Q' or 'File->Quit'. But that can get a little confusing. Here's what you need to know to surely quit that app - click on the Dock icon, but don't release the button; hold it until a menu pops up. If it says 'Show in Finder', well, then the app ain't running. But if the app is running, then you will get a menu that, at the very least, will have a 'Quit' option at the bottom. Personally, I dislike the Dock, but this is one feature that is quite handy. One can quit any running app at any time from any other app, regardless of the number of windows related to that app. Sure, you can do this in Windows by closing out all app-related windows in the task bar, but it ain't as elegant or easy.
You'll basically need to open an application then go through another procedure to maximise it, instead of the typical "launch an app, use the app" approach most people prefer.
Yeah, because developers and web designers and graphic artists and sysadmins and accountants and the like never have the need for more than one window open at a time. Maximized windows are great for single-tasking. And ya know, when I buy a stereo or tv or refrigerator or microwave I have to configure some initial settings; same thing with any app, Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris, whatever. First run requires a little bit o' extra messing around to make it the way one wants it. After that, settings should stay the same. They do on my Macs, at least.
PCs have mouses with 3 or more buttons, and often a convenient scroll wheel. These functions are customisable, but you will not have this capability on Mac).
Um, you do realize that you can go by just about any multibutton mouse, and it will work, usually out of the box, under OS X. Me, I use a Microsoft Intellipoint Wheelmouse Optical on my desktop (a G3 iMac) and used to use one on my laptop (circa 1998 Powerbook - 'Wallstreet') before returning to an older ADB single-button mouse (the Wallstreet model was pre-USB, so I gotta use a cardbus adapter which is sometimes a pain).
You will not be able to buy parts off the shelf and install them and have them work
You mean like the previously mentioned USB cardbus adapter that I picked up at Fry's? How about that USB keyboard that I can just plug in? Or what about that HDD that I also purchased from Fry's, used in my home-grown Win98/SuSE box, then used as a replacement when the HDD in my iMac fried? I thought EIDE was a standard used in x86 machines. Or how about the external Sony CD burner that I bought? Or the memory?
Someone get this fool a helmet before he hurts himself.
Apples codec is far superior to WMA...because of it's lossless charachter
AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) is the successor to MP3. It's also known as M4A (unprotected) and M4P (protected, or DRM'd). AAC is not lossless; that would be the Apple Lossless Encoder, which claims to be able to compress to half the size of uncompressed with no loss of sound quality. Mention of it is made on Apple's site here and here.
There are a couple of frontends for dosbox for OS X. I use Radnor, it allows you to specify different 'C' drives, and even specific apps to launch. There is also dOSboX (note the case), which works fine, but seems less configurable. Anyways, I use Radnor/dosbox to run old govt. DOS apps, and I've had far less trouble than those using a DOS window from Windows, PocketDOS (a WinCE/PocketPC DOS emulator), or even native DOS machines. I love my Mac. And it loves me. Baby.
'Things like shoes, cars, and houses are all property. Property is excludable -- it is easy to prevent others from using it -- and rival -- meaning that one person's use of it will interfere with another person's use of it. Spectrum has neither characteristic.
Wrong, at least in part. If I broadcast on a spectrum being used by another, it can interfere. And by interfering, I can exclude others from using it. However, this may be purely semantics on my part, since one depends on the other.
Because Shrek is generally accepted as a funny, quality movie packed into a tight 90 minute package.
Riiiiight... Except that the submitter asked
What would you consider the worst movie ever made?
Do you understand what this means? The submitter is asking for an opinion. How can an opinion be wrong? You may disagree with it, but to label it a 'troll' since you disagree, especially when the commenter explained why they didn't like it, is, well, facist.
The article says that the Genesis could load one image while drawing the next. 'Rendering' and 'drawing' are pretty much the same thing (at least in this context), so yeah I definately mis-quoted. My bad. As I asked the last comment, did it perhaps have more pipelines to work with, or some other aspect of the hardware that allowed it to perform multiple tasks at once?
You're right in that the terminology I used was incorrect. However, you seem to be calling those who wrote the article, and those who designed the original Genesis, liars. I'm not going to believe that (although I will believe that marketers will stretch the truth to sell their product). Rather, I'm going to believe the people who make a living researching and writing about games. What use do they have to lie? The Genesis could load one image while rendering another. This speeded up the game. It also had a faster processor. This as well speeded things up. You seem to know more in general about this than I, so I ask you - did the 16-bitness of the Genesis give it more pipelines to work with? How about across the controller boards? As far as additional procs in the game cartridges themselves, I've never heard of that, although it makes sense. Personally, I've always prefered cartridges over discs.
Again, if I'm misinformed, I apologize. But I did RTFA before commenting. The whole thing. Really.
Was "blast processing" anything more than a superficial marketing term? Was it referring to anything in particular with the hardware?
Ya know, I try to be nice on these forums, but could you RTFA before asking questions? 'Cause this is answered there. 'Blast Processing' refered to 1) the fact that the CPU in the Genesis ran more than twice as fast as in the SNES (7.6MHz vs. 3.58MHz) and 2) that the Genesis could draw one screen while rendering another. Yeah, I know, I shoulda just linked to the article. That woulda been the smart-ass thing to do...
What is this 'boot' process of which you speak? When I wish to use my computer I 'wake' it. Takes about 3 seconds, and I'm in. Even when I have to use Windows, I simply 'restore' it. Takes about 5 seconds. And this on a 6-yr-old laptop. I'd imagine that newer machines are even faster. Oh, now I get it. Re-'booting' is what I sometimes have to do when I do a 'Software Update...'. Even then, that only takes about 30 seconds.;-)
It would depend. If it was a side-addition, then probably. Lumber prices have gone up, though, in recent months (at least from my perspective; every time I go to the lumber yard it seems stuff is more costly). However, I'm not in the construction biz, per se. My father used to be a contractor, and I did a bit of work for him in years past, though, so I have some small experience. If it was to be an additional story, then I don't know. If you could re-use the trusses, you could save a lot. But removing a roof can be costly; it's difficult to save shingles. And a new roof alone can cost upwards of $5000 (we had our house in Bend re-roofed a couple of years ago, and thats about what it cost. And this on a ranch-style, with no added cost for risk that 2+ story jobs bring). When adding a second story, one also must consider if the foundation and first-story structure can support it. You might have to add structural support, and that can add up quick. Often what happens is that someone lives in a house for many years, pays down the mortgage, and then refinances for a home-improvement loan. And you usually pay for what you gain. Again, though, I'm speaking of my experience in the Pac NW, where home prices have sky-rocketed in the last several years. It will probably be different in other parts of the nation.
Does the incremental cost increase substantially going from a modest house to a bigger house?
Yes, it does, since the greatest cost in building a house generally is the labor involved, although property costs (without a structure) have also risen. I live in the Pac NW, though, so I've been witness to the extreme in this case. Just witness the West Hills of Portland, OR. Or Bend. Large 'starter' homes that are advertised as 'affordable' starting at $180,000. These homes are also generally 2-story. 'Starter' 1-story houses (2bed-2bath), in Bend at least, start at ~$140,000. Those extra couple of rooms on the top floor (couple o' beds maybe and a bath) add about a proportional cost when compared to the overall size of the house. One might argure that ~28.5% (40/140) price increase for almost double the 'rooms' is a great deal, but then you're not considering the living room, kitchen, or garage. And where is the dining room? Naw, builders aren't thinking 'middle class' when they build. 'Cause "there ain't gonna be any middle any more".
Don't have the stats on hand, but as I understand it, most new housing being built is single-family and geared towards upper income. The sqr-footage of the average house has almost doubled (IIRC) while the size of the family has shrunk. Room size, not number of them, has increased (ok, # of rooms has gone from 5.8 to 6.1, but that ain't proportional to the size increase).
Ain't no profit to be made building for the middle class, apparently.
Invaluable in my opinion, to have a fully functional mouse-driven interface. I want to read and article using only one input device while adequately operating the browser. This is not possible with a one-button mouse. Period.
Which is effectively a four-button mouse, with chording, that you have to operate using both hands. But somehow Apple consider this to be the user-friendly way to do things...
Yes it is, for me at least. It's easier to keep one hand on the keyboard and hold down on one or two extra keys as needed than trying to click-n-thumbclick-n-pinkyclick or whatever. I have big hands. Why would I want to contort one around a multi-button mouse when I have 105+ extra keys that I can access with the other?
Pr0n aside, how does one handed person use a single button mouse?
Sticky keys. It's in System Prefs->Universal Access. Although I would recommend a multi-button mouse. Remember, I'm talking about what works for me. One thing that would be nice is if Apple further implemented the click-n-hold feature, as with the Dock, for other items, such as hyperlinks (click-n-hold a Dock icon and a menu will appear).
Yeah, I used to use a MS Intellipoint Optical Wheelmouse with my 2 macs, still use it on one. However, for my old laptop I've gone back to the ol' one-button. Why? I've decided that the original paradigm is better; the keyboard has far more functionality than any mouse, with the exception of the scroll wheel.
In Safari, if you want to open a link in another tab, just command-click. In another window? Alt-command-click. Want a menu? Ctrl-click.
For dealing with files, open 2 finder windows in column view, and stack them on the screen. Want to cut-n-paste? Drag-n-drop. Want to copy? Alt drag-n-drop. Want a shortcut? Alt-command drag-n-drop.
The more I use a one-button mouse, the more I like it. YMMV.
What about last months? One of the first pics of the playmate of the month had her wearing nothing but a pink miniPod. Heard about it on Talk of the Nation: Science Friday. First Playboy I ever bought.
Kinda sad, really, when you stop and think about it...
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Digitally remastered. Great. 'Cause we all know that digital effects are so much better than, say, models.
I walked away from Lucas after Phantom. Never going back. No reason to. His movies are crap.
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Unless your desktop pict obscures such things, as mine does. It ain't always easy to tell if the little triangle is there or not.
I wish that Apple would 'theme' the 'launching' and 'open' visuals for the Dock. Rather than bouncing, make the icon 'glow', and rather than an obscure little triangle, outline the app. Or something along those lines.
I wonder how hard it would be to hack this in.
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One of the biggest gripes that I've heard regarding laptops, particularly Macs, is the ability to close the lid while using an external keyboard and monitor. The design you suggest would prevent this, unless there was a fan that kicked in when the lid was closed while the computer was in use.
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I've a Wallstreet 300 with 10.3.4 via XPostFacto, Dev tools, fink, VirtualPC w/ Win98SE and MS DOS 2000, dosbox w/ the Radnor frontend, REALbasic, USB Overdrive X, MySQL, you get the idea. I really really want a new laptop, but this one just keeps chuggin' along.
And for you who stated that all Windows apps can be used without a mouse, I suggest you download the US Forest Service's ExamsPC software, and then explain to me how I 'Save' tree damage info without the mouse. I swear, the govt makes the crappiest software. I've spent more time this summer getting their fscking FIA (forest inventory analysis) DOS program to work than I care to think about (their CE/PocketPC version was too bug-ridden and crash-prone to release this year - morons). And as for their ExamsPC software, well, lets just say that it breaks just about every UIG that I've read.
And the truly humorous part? I've had better luck running their POS Windows/DOS-only software on my Powerbook than others have had on native machines.
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Try the 'soft' reset: command+cntrl+power. If that don't work, try 'fn+cntrl+shift+power'; this is the 'hard' reset. Either may work; however, my PB is 6 years old, and times may have changed.
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So far people have mentioned that apps under OS X generally don't quit when you close the window, although there are exceptions (System Preferences come to mind), but rather remain loaded in memory until you 'Command-Q' or 'File->Quit'. But that can get a little confusing. Here's what you need to know to surely quit that app - click on the Dock icon, but don't release the button; hold it until a menu pops up. If it says 'Show in Finder', well, then the app ain't running. But if the app is running, then you will get a menu that, at the very least, will have a 'Quit' option at the bottom. Personally, I dislike the Dock, but this is one feature that is quite handy. One can quit any running app at any time from any other app, regardless of the number of windows related to that app. Sure, you can do this in Windows by closing out all app-related windows in the task bar, but it ain't as elegant or easy.
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Yeah, because developers and web designers and graphic artists and sysadmins and accountants and the like never have the need for more than one window open at a time. Maximized windows are great for single-tasking.
And ya know, when I buy a stereo or tv or refrigerator or microwave I have to configure some initial settings; same thing with any app, Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris, whatever. First run requires a little bit o' extra messing around to make it the way one wants it. After that, settings should stay the same. They do on my Macs, at least.
Um, you do realize that you can go by just about any multibutton mouse, and it will work, usually out of the box, under OS X. Me, I use a Microsoft Intellipoint Wheelmouse Optical on my desktop (a G3 iMac) and used to use one on my laptop (circa 1998 Powerbook - 'Wallstreet') before returning to an older ADB single-button mouse (the Wallstreet model was pre-USB, so I gotta use a cardbus adapter which is sometimes a pain).
You mean like the previously mentioned USB cardbus adapter that I picked up at Fry's? How about that USB keyboard that I can just plug in? Or what about that HDD that I also purchased from Fry's, used in my home-grown Win98/SuSE box, then used as a replacement when the HDD in my iMac fried? I thought EIDE was a standard used in x86 machines. Or how about the external Sony CD burner that I bought? Or the memory?
Someone get this fool a helmet before he hurts himself.
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Or maybe, just maybe, he's bound by an NDA or some such.
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Umm, dude, do you?
AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) is the successor to MP3. It's also known as M4A (unprotected) and M4P (protected, or DRM'd). AAC is not lossless; that would be the Apple Lossless Encoder, which claims to be able to compress to half the size of uncompressed with no loss of sound quality. Mention of it is made on Apple's site here and here.
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There are a couple of frontends for dosbox for OS X. I use Radnor, it allows you to specify different 'C' drives, and even specific apps to launch. There is also dOSboX (note the case), which works fine, but seems less configurable.
Anyways, I use Radnor/dosbox to run old govt. DOS apps, and I've had far less trouble than those using a DOS window from Windows, PocketDOS (a WinCE/PocketPC DOS emulator), or even native DOS machines.
I love my Mac. And it loves me. Baby.
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Wrong, at least in part. If I broadcast on a spectrum being used by another, it can interfere. And by interfering, I can exclude others from using it.
However, this may be purely semantics on my part, since one depends on the other.
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Riiiiight... Except that the submitter asked
Do you understand what this means? The submitter is asking for an opinion. How can an opinion be wrong? You may disagree with it, but to label it a 'troll' since you disagree, especially when the commenter explained why they didn't like it, is, well, facist.
Of course, this is just my opinion. Jackass.
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The article says that the Genesis could load one image while drawing the next. 'Rendering' and 'drawing' are pretty much the same thing (at least in this context), so yeah I definately mis-quoted. My bad.
As I asked the last comment, did it perhaps have more pipelines to work with, or some other aspect of the hardware that allowed it to perform multiple tasks at once?
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You're right in that the terminology I used was incorrect. However, you seem to be calling those who wrote the article, and those who designed the original Genesis, liars. I'm not going to believe that (although I will believe that marketers will stretch the truth to sell their product). Rather, I'm going to believe the people who make a living researching and writing about games. What use do they have to lie? The Genesis could load one image while rendering another. This speeded up the game. It also had a faster processor. This as well speeded things up. You seem to know more in general about this than I, so I ask you - did the 16-bitness of the Genesis give it more pipelines to work with? How about across the controller boards? As far as additional procs in the game cartridges themselves, I've never heard of that, although it makes sense. Personally, I've always prefered cartridges over discs.
Again, if I'm misinformed, I apologize. But I did RTFA before commenting. The whole thing. Really.
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Ya know, I try to be nice on these forums, but could you RTFA before asking questions? 'Cause this is answered there. 'Blast Processing' refered to
1) the fact that the CPU in the Genesis ran more than twice as fast as in the SNES (7.6MHz vs. 3.58MHz) and
2) that the Genesis could draw one screen while rendering another.
Yeah, I know, I shoulda just linked to the article. That woulda been the smart-ass thing to do...
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What is this 'boot' process of which you speak? When I wish to use my computer I 'wake' it. Takes about 3 seconds, and I'm in. Even when I have to use Windows, I simply 'restore' it. Takes about 5 seconds. And this on a 6-yr-old laptop. I'd imagine that newer machines are even faster. ;-)
Oh, now I get it. Re-'booting' is what I sometimes have to do when I do a 'Software Update...'. Even then, that only takes about 30 seconds.
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It would depend. If it was a side-addition, then probably. Lumber prices have gone up, though, in recent months (at least from my perspective; every time I go to the lumber yard it seems stuff is more costly). However, I'm not in the construction biz, per se. My father used to be a contractor, and I did a bit of work for him in years past, though, so I have some small experience.
If it was to be an additional story, then I don't know. If you could re-use the trusses, you could save a lot. But removing a roof can be costly; it's difficult to save shingles. And a new roof alone can cost upwards of $5000 (we had our house in Bend re-roofed a couple of years ago, and thats about what it cost. And this on a ranch-style, with no added cost for risk that 2+ story jobs bring). When adding a second story, one also must consider if the foundation and first-story structure can support it. You might have to add structural support, and that can add up quick.
Often what happens is that someone lives in a house for many years, pays down the mortgage, and then refinances for a home-improvement loan. And you usually pay for what you gain.
Again, though, I'm speaking of my experience in the Pac NW, where home prices have sky-rocketed in the last several years. It will probably be different in other parts of the nation.
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Yes, it does, since the greatest cost in building a house generally is the labor involved, although property costs (without a structure) have also risen. I live in the Pac NW, though, so I've been witness to the extreme in this case. Just witness the West Hills of Portland, OR. Or Bend. Large 'starter' homes that are advertised as 'affordable' starting at $180,000. These homes are also generally 2-story. 'Starter' 1-story houses (2bed-2bath), in Bend at least, start at ~$140,000. Those extra couple of rooms on the top floor (couple o' beds maybe and a bath) add about a proportional cost when compared to the overall size of the house. One might argure that ~28.5% (40/140) price increase for almost double the 'rooms' is a great deal, but then you're not considering the living room, kitchen, or garage. And where is the dining room?
Naw, builders aren't thinking 'middle class' when they build. 'Cause "there ain't gonna be any middle any more".
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Don't have the stats on hand, but as I understand it, most new housing being built is single-family and geared towards upper income. The sqr-footage of the average house has almost doubled (IIRC) while the size of the family has shrunk. Room size, not number of them, has increased (ok, # of rooms has gone from 5.8 to 6.1, but that ain't proportional to the size increase).
Ain't no profit to be made building for the middle class, apparently.
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Some might argue otherwise.
Just imagine what can be done 'tween the button-down and button-up events.
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Or get MC Pee Pants to sponsor...
"I need candy!"
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Yes it is, for me at least. It's easier to keep one hand on the keyboard and hold down on one or two extra keys as needed than trying to click-n-thumbclick-n-pinkyclick or whatever. I have big hands. Why would I want to contort one around a multi-button mouse when I have 105+ extra keys that I can access with the other?
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Sticky keys. It's in System Prefs->Universal Access. Although I would recommend a multi-button mouse. Remember, I'm talking about what works for me.
One thing that would be nice is if Apple further implemented the click-n-hold feature, as with the Dock, for other items, such as hyperlinks (click-n-hold a Dock icon and a menu will appear).
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Yeah, I used to use a MS Intellipoint Optical Wheelmouse with my 2 macs, still use it on one. However, for my old laptop I've gone back to the ol' one-button. Why? I've decided that the original paradigm is better; the keyboard has far more functionality than any mouse, with the exception of the scroll wheel.
In Safari, if you want to open a link in another tab, just command-click. In another window? Alt-command-click. Want a menu? Ctrl-click.
For dealing with files, open 2 finder windows in column view, and stack them on the screen. Want to cut-n-paste? Drag-n-drop. Want to copy? Alt drag-n-drop. Want a shortcut? Alt-command drag-n-drop.
The more I use a one-button mouse, the more I like it. YMMV.
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What about last months? One of the first pics of the playmate of the month had her wearing nothing but a pink miniPod. Heard about it on Talk of the Nation: Science Friday. First Playboy I ever bought.
Kinda sad, really, when you stop and think about it...
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