I find things like this shows Apple really has the right idea: Refine an API using your own applications, than open it up to others. They did this, for example, with the address book API, and are doing it again with iSync, Core Video (used in Motion), etc.
Contrast this with Sun ("Let's 'standardize' an impractical Java API and leave it up to somebody else to implement our mess!") or Microsoft ("Let's keep everything under lock-and-key so no other vendor can interfere!").
He's adding in $599 for the required video card to get to (approximately) $3,800. But that's really only relevant if you've already bought a G5 and are now buying this massive monitor. If you're buying a new Mac, the card is "only" a $450 upgrade.
Still too rich for my blood!
For the of you that did RTFA, you may have had the same reaction as I did: The article twice mentions that Microsoft has already open sourced two projects, but neither time mentions what they are.
If you really believe that "the loss of a single innocent civilian life is too great of a price to pay" to justify war, then should we have had no involvement in WW I or WW II? What would the world have been like if we did not? How many millions more would have died?
You conviction sounds great when you say it, but it falls apart upon examination.
That bothers me too, much more than the registration. I've registered for NYT and other online publications, and lost maybe 15 minutes of my life, total. And if I ever had a soul, I'm sure it would still be intact.
Mod me off-topic, but I think registration really isn't that bad, and this "soul-sucking" business is really just part of the Slashdot groupthink encouraged, apparently, by an editor of Slashdot itself.
You're saying you created a car. If you said you created the car, as Gore claimed a role in creating the, I'd say that's quite synonymous with you claiming to have invented the car.
OH! So you're saying Gore BUILT the Internet? Well, in that case, the guy deserves all the credit he can get. Give the man a hand! Hey everybody, Al Gore built the Internet!
Notice that the name of the application in the image has been changed. Apple had to stop using the name "EvilWare" because that product is trademarked by Microsoft.
But they could still get an injunction from them selling in this country, Western Europe, and any other countries that respect copyright/trademark/patent laws (Slashdotonia notwithstanding).
Keep in mind, too, that the companies that Apple successfully sued over copying the look of the original iMac were based in Asia.
But to get to that point, where you have figured out how to "trick" the program, you would have had to feed it hundreds if not thousands of essays. Aside from the issue of writing or acquiring all those essays, there's the problem of access to the grading program. And if a copy "leaked", there's no guarantee that its the same version as that which will actually be used to grade your paper. If you were a student, would you be willing to gamble with your GPA in hopes of "tricking" the grader?
On Windows, the Pro version adds Access and some other components. Access and these other components aren't available for Mac, so until the 2004 version, Microsoft never offered a Pro version (at least not in my memory). Yeah, you don't need VPC to be "Professional," but nor do you need Access. What's in a name? A skunk by any other name...
I'm afraid I don't understand. The only difference between the Professional and Standard versions are that the Pro version comes with Virtual PC. Of course you have to wait for Virtual PC to be ready! If you don't want VPC, just get the Standard version.
Incidentally, I believe the delay is in getting VPC to run on G5s, not getting it to run on Panther.
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Contrast this with Sun ("Let's 'standardize' an impractical Java API and leave it up to somebody else to implement our mess!") or Microsoft ("Let's keep everything under lock-and-key so no other vendor can interfere!").
He's adding in $599 for the required video card to get to (approximately) $3,800. But that's really only relevant if you've already bought a G5 and are now buying this massive monitor. If you're buying a new Mac, the card is "only" a $450 upgrade. Still too rich for my blood!
Well, a bit of Googling turned 'em up: Windows Template Library (WTL) and Windows Installer XML (WiX).
Blah, blah, blah about Gaim et al, let's get to the important stuff: What the hell kinda job do you have, man?
You conviction sounds great when you say it, but it falls apart upon examination.
A great idea, yes. Unfortunately, all the first-movers will soon be dead.
Mod me off-topic, but I think registration really isn't that bad, and this "soul-sucking" business is really just part of the Slashdot groupthink encouraged, apparently, by an editor of Slashdot itself.
Better still, image a Beowulf cluster of said bombs.
swe-eet! I miss the little LCD MHz displays and the accompanying "Turbo" buttons. Whatever came of those?
Gosh, if only I could moderate, so I could mark this diatribe "off-topic".
Yes, exactly, Mr. Gore claimed to have played a role in creating the Internet, which is precisely why we all calling bullshit.
Dammit. I really should have previewed. I meant: ...Gore claimed a role in creating the Internet.
You're saying you created a car. If you said you created the car, as Gore claimed a role in creating the, I'd say that's quite synonymous with you claiming to have invented the car.
OH! So you're saying Gore BUILT the Internet? Well, in that case, the guy deserves all the credit he can get. Give the man a hand! Hey everybody, Al Gore built the Internet!
Notice that the name of the application in the image has been changed. Apple had to stop using the name "EvilWare" because that product is trademarked by Microsoft.
Keep in mind, too, that the companies that Apple successfully sued over copying the look of the original iMac were based in Asia.
That and Ogg Vorbis hippies.
Yeah, but in India, you can get 120 racists for one dime.
But to get to that point, where you have figured out how to "trick" the program, you would have had to feed it hundreds if not thousands of essays. Aside from the issue of writing or acquiring all those essays, there's the problem of access to the grading program. And if a copy "leaked", there's no guarantee that its the same version as that which will actually be used to grade your paper. If you were a student, would you be willing to gamble with your GPA in hopes of "tricking" the grader?
You know what? I'm such a geek, because that's EXACTLY what I thought, without a moment's hesitation.
Sounds like what is needed is a moderation (and meta-moderation) system for essays...
On Windows, the Pro version adds Access and some other components. Access and these other components aren't available for Mac, so until the 2004 version, Microsoft never offered a Pro version (at least not in my memory). Yeah, you don't need VPC to be "Professional," but nor do you need Access. What's in a name? A skunk by any other name...
Incidentally, I believe the delay is in getting VPC to run on G5s, not getting it to run on Panther.
You can create an account with no password, but it is not the default, and Mac OS X will warn you that it is dangerous to do so ("Are you sure...?").
"If your line is too slow and the dmg take too much time to download, reload the page when it is done, as this cannot be checked."
Uh, we were trying to erase your hard drive, but weren't able to. Would you mind reloading the browser page for us? Mm, thanks!