Drag and drop premiered on MacOS and it has always been via the left mouse button, even if you are using a 2 button mouse. Why would OS X need to support it via the right mouse button???
halo was originally coded for the Mac, therefore would have looked sweeet. It would have used open standard everything, the pc port would have been trivial, every one would have been happy.
instead its brilliance was sacrificed in order to be a trojan for the X-box platform. after which 2 of the lamest ports i've seen left Halo a smoking pile of shit on the platform it was oringinally intended for.
Video games are not just about making huge profits. It could be considered an artform. Interestingly not many people draw a parallel between a musician selling out an a company/director selling out.
If one believes that Windows is the future of operating systems & Microsoft is out to improve the IT industry and not just make a shit load of cash from it, and they profess that sentiment in these forums, they will (quite rightly) have their post flamed into oblivion.
why is it any different when someone indirectly advocates a different indefencable/primative perspective. I submit it is societies responsability to advance our conscouise state, not cling to literal interpretations of ancient texts professing supernatural occurances.
that said I would never hunt these people down, i can co-exist quite happily. Just hope that these beliefs die with them and don't spread to other unsuspecting ignoramuses.
and what's wrong with cross-dressing 1st Grade teachers... you intolerant bastard.
If you are watching a movie, your picture has to be wired.. so why do you want wireless audio??
I think the point of the itunes streaming is to be able to easily connect it to any stereo in the house, ie where it may not be practicle to have cables. My system sounds are fine out of the internal speaker, or the audio/vis setup next to my computer.
I had my first experience with OSX and bluetooth a few weeks ago. I bought a Keyspan USB Bluetooth adabter (~$90) to go with my new sonyericsson T610(which is so far a great fone)
It's been possibly the most satisfying new technology experience i've had in a while. I can't fault Apple's bluetooth implementation. It has worked flawlessly in proximity detection, file transfer & sync'ing.
Looking forward to 10.3! There is little doubt now... each release puts OS X users further ahead of their poor sad Windows buddies.
I have never understood why Mac developers and users tolerate Apple screwing them over every couple of years. Say what you will about Microsoft, but they do spent enormous effort trying to avoid this problem on each release, and the effort shows in their market share. And of course open source doesn't require you to wait a few months to recompile...
And when I said #2, I wasn't talking about their position in the market.
You can compile and run stacks of open source projects in OSX... whenever you like.
I seem remember a US court suggesting Microsoft's current market share is a result of an illegal monopoly.
Oh wait. maybe you're right, i sould use windows cause it's bug free and never breaks support with 3rd party developers...
It sounds a lot like you don't understand. It's ok. You can use Windows, and I'll use my g4 with OSX
Now, when I first started reading this thread i'm thinking, sure... gritty real life situation, maybe you have a point.
I was wrong. Clearly you are old, and out of touch. Pride is a bitch.
A. ok. Apple are continuously winning Industrial Design awards becuase they "look like toys". Other companies are scrambling to rip off their designs because they "look like toys". ok.
B. Many observant slashdotters have pointed out many solutions to your (almost unique) need for parallel ports. Get over it.
C. The machine you are referring to is the cheapest that Apple makes, and isn't designed to be upgradable. That suits some people. If that's not you, don't be such a thight arse.
"these other forms of energy" are viable right now. Industry has investment in their own technologies and whether it's good for our planet or not, they will protect those investments.
Government intervention is definitely necessary to force industry to abandon polluting technologies.
Is there anyone who could actually agree with Bush in regards to Kyoto... from the article "6 tonnes of fossil fuels per american citizen." Whole nations will be wiped out because America refuses to take a (perceived) economic hit
So why should governments regulate this? What kind of abuse is going on?
If only one or two companies own the pipes out of the contry they can behave baddly. As the article says, this all stems from a "broadband enquirey". It was highly critical of bigger players protecting their older investments by slowing rollout of broadband technologies.
This is a positive development because decentralised infrastructure will, amongst other things prevent larger organisations from monopolising bandwidth.
I'd been using my x2g4@1ghz exclusively in OSX for at least two months before I had the need to boot OS9. It was a particularly hot day on the Austalian coast, and I got a real shock when I finally heard the fan kick in...
I was in another room, but it sounded like something taking off in my lounge. Wondering out, i discover that my g4 is an industrial exhaust fan wrapped in pretty plastic!!! It's really loud. Strangely enough I ONLY hear it when in OS9, which is just about not at all.
Still the fan replacement thing is a nice suprise.
now this is just unreasonable... not to mention irrational.
The windows are the most fundemental aspect of the UI !?!! Surely this is obvious.
You brought up the laptop bit. Remember:
My dinky (well, maybe not so dinky:) laptop runs circles around any OS X costing twice as much. And I don't have to pay a company that represents everything I think is wrong with the country (sub-par products driven by marketing and style gimickry
It sounds like you know what you're talking about, but it just doesnt gel. check out:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/jaguar/quartzextreme.h tml
here's a quote:
Quartz uses the integrated OpenGL technology to convert each window into a texture, then sends it to the graphics card to render on screen.
haha - oh, get a clue!! I'll take my "subpar" Apple laptop over ANY wintell machine you can suggest. Thanks.
yelling doesn't change the fact you don't know what you're talking about. The windows are the UI and the UI maketh a desktop. The windows in OSX are openGL objects rendered by the VIDEO CARD, via quartz extreme.
I'm almost certain that QE offloads it's alpha needs to the card as well. Why wouldn't it when the window is already buffered as a texture wrapped over an object... In OpenGL it would be simple to give that object an alpha channel.
What's the point spending that much money on protecting the Earth, when George W. Bush has already dictated the way this planet is going to be destroyed.
This is an excellent app. As a designer i've dipped my toes in several programming languages , always planning an app to increase my productivity in specific ways. This is a very sweet development environment for a person in my position.
It also satisfies a need to develop & distribute gorgeous Aqua interfaces for little apps that manage everyday data. I guess that's really the point...
Rockin. These case mods are sweet, but even better, the commentary and site design makes for a very satisfying experience... Well worth the few brain cycles I expended to consume.
you need to quit wrestling with your sausage! I have a 500Mhz TiBook with 512MB RAM. I have so much respect for Apple after buying this. I'l admit i was sceptical (sp?).... However, I have given this machine a veritable caining. The punishment is unending, I do tech support 9-5 and i take this thing with me where EVER i go. That said, it strikes me as wicked when every day this laptop boots up and happily spanks near by pentiums... ( i do lots of 3d work, thank you MAYA)
The issue with oil residue from your fingers going from the keyboard to the screen is valid, and well documented. I can think of worse things than having to drape a piece of cloth over the keyboard when i pack it up...
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Drag and drop premiered on MacOS and it has always been via the left mouse button, even if you are using a 2 button mouse. Why would OS X need to support it via the right mouse button???
halo was originally coded for the Mac, therefore would have looked sweeet. It would have used open standard everything, the pc port would have been trivial, every one would have been happy.
instead its brilliance was sacrificed in order to be a trojan for the X-box platform. after which 2 of the lamest ports i've seen left Halo a smoking pile of shit on the platform it was oringinally intended for.
Video games are not just about making huge profits. It could be considered an artform. Interestingly not many people draw a parallel between a musician selling out an a company/director selling out.
If one believes that Windows is the future of operating systems & Microsoft is out to improve the IT industry and not just make a shit load of cash from it, and they profess that sentiment in these forums, they will (quite rightly) have their post flamed into oblivion.
why is it any different when someone indirectly advocates a different indefencable/primative perspective. I submit it is societies responsability to advance our conscouise state, not cling to literal interpretations of ancient texts professing supernatural occurances.
that said I would never hunt these people down, i can co-exist quite happily. Just hope that these beliefs die with them and don't spread to other unsuspecting ignoramuses.
and what's wrong with cross-dressing 1st Grade teachers... you intolerant bastard.
If you are watching a movie, your picture has to be wired.. so why do you want wireless audio??
I think the point of the itunes streaming is to be able to easily connect it to any stereo in the house, ie where it may not be practicle to have cables. My system sounds are fine out of the internal speaker, or the audio/vis setup next to my computer.
even better use 'locate'. 'find' requires to much muggle.
I had my first experience with OSX and bluetooth a few weeks ago. I bought a Keyspan USB Bluetooth adabter (~$90) to go with my new sonyericsson T610(which is so far a great fone)
It's been possibly the most satisfying new technology experience i've had in a while. I can't fault Apple's bluetooth implementation. It has worked flawlessly in proximity detection, file transfer & sync'ing. Looking forward to 10.3! There is little doubt now... each release puts OS X users further ahead of their poor sad Windows buddies.
I seem remember a US court suggesting Microsoft's current market share is a result of an illegal monopoly.
Oh wait. maybe you're right, i sould use windows cause it's bug free and never breaks support with 3rd party developers...
It sounds a lot like you don't understand. It's ok. You can use Windows, and I'll use my g4 with OSX
Now, when I first started reading this thread i'm thinking, sure... gritty real life situation, maybe you have a point.
I was wrong. Clearly you are old, and out of touch. Pride is a bitch. A. ok. Apple are continuously winning Industrial Design awards becuase they "look like toys". Other companies are scrambling to rip off their designs because they "look like toys". ok. B. Many observant slashdotters have pointed out many solutions to your (almost unique) need for parallel ports. Get over it. C. The machine you are referring to is the cheapest that Apple makes, and isn't designed to be upgradable. That suits some people. If that's not you, don't be such a thight arse.
"these other forms of energy" are viable right now. Industry has investment in their own technologies and whether it's good for our planet or not, they will protect those investments.
Government intervention is definitely necessary to force industry to abandon polluting technologies. Is there anyone who could actually agree with Bush in regards to Kyoto... from the article "6 tonnes of fossil fuels per american citizen." Whole nations will be wiped out because America refuses to take a (perceived) economic hit
This is a positive development because decentralised infrastructure will, amongst other things prevent larger organisations from monopolising bandwidth.
I'd been using my x2g4@1ghz exclusively in OSX for at least two months before I had the need to boot OS9. It was a particularly hot day on the Austalian coast, and I got a real shock when I finally heard the fan kick in...
I was in another room, but it sounded like something taking off in my lounge. Wondering out, i discover that my g4 is an industrial exhaust fan wrapped in pretty plastic!!! It's really loud. Strangely enough I ONLY hear it when in OS9, which is just about not at all.
Still the fan replacement thing is a nice suprise.
You brought up the laptop bit. Remember:
It sounds like you know what you're talking about, but it just doesnt gel. check out
http://www.apple.com/macosx/jaguar/quartzextreme.
here's a quote:
haha - oh, get a clue!! I'll take my "subpar" Apple laptop over ANY wintell machine you can suggest. Thanks.
yelling doesn't change the fact you don't know what you're talking about. The windows are the UI and the UI maketh a desktop. The windows in OSX are openGL objects rendered by the VIDEO CARD, via quartz extreme.
I'm almost certain that QE offloads it's alpha needs to the card as well. Why wouldn't it when the window is already buffered as a texture wrapped over an object... In OpenGL it would be simple to give that object an alpha channel.
-a
or... you get a real workstation and have a sweet hardware accelerated desktop right NOW...
give OS you one X guess Mac.
-a
Do they need any insecteside?
Now it seems comets are coming out...
What's the point spending that much money on protecting the Earth, when George W. Bush has already dictated the way this planet is going to be destroyed.
This is an excellent app. As a designer i've dipped my toes in several programming languages , always planning an app to increase my productivity in specific ways. This is a very sweet development environment for a person in my position. It also satisfies a need to develop & distribute gorgeous Aqua interfaces for little apps that manage everyday data. I guess that's really the point...
Rockin. These case mods are sweet, but even better, the commentary and site design makes for a very satisfying experience... Well worth the few brain cycles I expended to consume.
i was refering to the guy who tried to compare a cheap home built PC to a well configured G4.
You are all fucking stupid. These numbers you are spewinhg are utter crap.
get a grip. That is not even close... why wasn't this marked "rampant troll"
Apple Works rox. you need to extract your head from your ass
he's referring to firewire2, ie 1394b. And yeah, i agree, Apple will release it's next major hardware revision with USB 2.0 and "gigawire". he he. -0-
you need to quit wrestling with your sausage! I have a 500Mhz TiBook with 512MB RAM. I have so much respect for Apple after buying this. I'l admit i was sceptical (sp?).... However, I have given this machine a veritable caining. The punishment is unending, I do tech support 9-5 and i take this thing with me where EVER i go. That said, it strikes me as wicked when every day this laptop boots up and happily spanks near by pentiums... ( i do lots of 3d work, thank you MAYA)
The issue with oil residue from your fingers going from the keyboard to the screen is valid, and well documented. I can think of worse things than having to drape a piece of cloth over the keyboard when i pack it up...
-r