My (educated) guess was that it is still Carbon based. Plus, it relies on QuickTime. Porting Carbon and QuickTime to Linux would take a long time and a lot of money.
Just to make sure, I used otool to see what see what libraries iTunes links to. Sure enough: Carbon, QuickTime, Core Audio, IOKit, Core Services, OpenGL (and some others).
Considering that Linux is mainly used on servers, not desktops, I don't see the point in spending that kind of money to bring all the enabling technologies over. I know that OpenGL is probably already supported on Linux, but Carbon and QuickTime are not and they would not be easy to port.
The Newton was great. One problem it had, though, was that the learning curve to develop for it - even for experienced programmers - was too steep. For example, the soups as persistent storage were very cool, but hard to understand at first if you were used to files.
I don't think Hypercard could be called a failure. It was widely used. The first version of Myst was done in Hypercard. So were many early CD-ROM titles. Apple just didn't continue to evolve Hypercard.
Ever notice that a geek will say something will happen "soon" and mean "in the next 50 million years", then turn around and complaign that something else is "taking forever" when they mean "3-400 milliseconds"?
is that you can only rent disney movies through it. I hear the first month will feature "Herbie the Love Bug Goes to Camp" and "Don Knotts vs. The Kicking Mule".
If the ACLU were involved, it would be (as always) on the side of the constitution. So, they would probably be on the side of the telemarketers. They probably figured the case was being adequately pursued.
The sales tax amazon would collect goes to the state where the buyer lives.
This would not "kill most internet businesses". If you buy something from Amazon and live in Washington state, you pay Washington state sales tax on it *right now*. I live in Washington. Does this stop me from buying from Amazon? No. Not if they are the only store that has what I want. On the other hand, if I can find the book I want at Borders, why should I wait a week and pay shipping since I have to pay taxes anyway?
If you buy something from Apple's online store, they probably collect sales tax on it. At least every time I do, they want to know what *county* I live in so they can pay the right tax. Does this stop me from buying from their store? No. However, if I can get the same thing cheaper elsewhere I do. In fact, I bought my daughter an iBook recently from Frys in Wilsonville, OR so I wouldn't have to pay tax on it. If I hadn't been down here anyway, I wouldn't have bothered because it wouldn't have been worth the drive from Seattle just for that, but I was in Oregon anyway on business.
Yes, I do pay attention to the cost of the tax, but no I don't let it get in the way of getting something I need.
One way or the other we need to balance the state budget. I find it amusing that a whole bunch of people on Slashdot think every state should cut its spending. Half the people on here probably were on unemployment at least sometime in the past two years. (Thank God I narrowly avoided that when my company went under! I got another job right away by pure luck.)
The taxes we pay go to take care of our public infrastructure, to educate our children, and to take care of each other when something bad happens (like unemployment!). I'm against the government being wasteful too. Maybe we should stop power washing the streets and, yes, we probably shouldn't have gone to war in Iraq, and we could probably save some money in some other areas. However, when my neighbors (i.e. my physical neighbors, but also you reading this) loose jobs through no fault of your own, I want unemployment to be there to help you get back on your feet. If you get in an accident and lose your eyesight, I want you to be taken care of without having to worry about being tossed into the street.
>A seller on eBay would need to compute that tax for the buyer
Sales taxes do not apply to used goods (such as garage sales). I don't think the seller on eBay would have to compute any sales tax. However, eBay would have to charge sales tax to the seller on the fee for hosting the auction.
Second, kids will see right through this. One poster said kids today are too dumb to understand the message. On the contrary, they are too smart to be taken in by the message.
Its just like anti-drug "education". Kids generally see through the lies.
This is why I learned (at great effort) to *love* C++ and STL. First, I had to learn C++, then get good at it, then start to like it, then become a C++ snob.
Now, I am a C++ snob and I make lots of money.
If I hadn't been willing to do all that work to love C++, I'd be broke and programming in Dylan while riding the bus.
So if you find a vulnerability in Windows and try to report it to Microsoft, you can be put in prison. They don't want to hear that shit. They just pay Symantec to make the statement because MS has no more credibility.
>Seriously how much is an extra gig or 2 going to cost them?
If you're the only manfufacturer doing it that way, it will cost you a ton of sales.
Apple used to be the only company honestly advertising their display sizes. They were getting killed in the marketplace because of it, then they had to quit doing it, then they (and everyone else) got sued.
So now they do it right (again), but at least aren't at a disadvantage in being honest.
I was thinking about the various reports I've heard about deflecting an asteroid or shooting it with a missle. One idea I just thought of would be to somehow increase the speed of the asteroid so that it would miss earth. Maybe by using a solar sail or attaching rockets to it that would increase it's speed. If you had enough warning ahead of time then maybe you wouldn't actually have to have much acceleration as long as it was continuous (such as the solar sail idea).
Do you think that would be possible? Would it work any better than blowing it up or deflection?
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It would even be better if you could spell "Ridiculous".
iTunes originally started as an OS 9 app.
My (educated) guess was that it is still Carbon based. Plus, it relies on QuickTime. Porting Carbon and QuickTime to Linux would take a long time and a lot of money.
Just to make sure, I used otool to see what see what libraries iTunes links to. Sure enough: Carbon, QuickTime, Core Audio, IOKit, Core Services, OpenGL (and some others).
Considering that Linux is mainly used on servers, not desktops, I don't see the point in spending that kind of money to bring all the enabling technologies over. I know that OpenGL is probably already supported on Linux, but Carbon and QuickTime are not and they would not be easy to port.
The Newton was great. One problem it had, though, was that the learning curve to develop for it - even for experienced programmers - was too steep. For example, the soups as persistent storage were very cool, but hard to understand at first if you were used to files.
I don't think Hypercard could be called a failure. It was widely used. The first version of Myst was done in Hypercard. So were many early CD-ROM titles. Apple just didn't continue to evolve Hypercard.
Ever notice that a geek will say something will happen "soon" and mean "in the next 50 million years", then turn around and complaign that something else is "taking forever" when they mean "3-400 milliseconds"?
is that you can only rent disney movies through it. I hear the first month will feature "Herbie the Love Bug Goes to Camp" and "Don Knotts vs. The Kicking Mule".
>Reverse engineering PD software is easy (you have the source). How is it "reverse engineering" if you have the source?
I told Orvin and I told Wilbur and now I'm telling you: That thing will never fly and congress should pass a law before you break your fool necks!
I'm not a democratic voter. I'm a republican voter-againster.
imagine walking into a bar and every girl already having a "NO" sign on them.
When you look like I do, you don't have to imagine.
If the ACLU were involved, it would be (as always) on the side of the constitution. So, they would probably be on the side of the telemarketers. They probably figured the case was being adequately pursued.
This is silly.
The sales tax amazon would collect goes to the state where the buyer lives.
This would not "kill most internet businesses". If you buy something from Amazon and live in Washington state, you pay Washington state sales tax on it *right now*. I live in Washington. Does this stop me from buying from Amazon? No. Not if they are the only store that has what I want. On the other hand, if I can find the book I want at Borders, why should I wait a week and pay shipping since I have to pay taxes anyway?
If you buy something from Apple's online store, they probably collect sales tax on it. At least every time I do, they want to know what *county* I live in so they can pay the right tax. Does this stop me from buying from their store? No. However, if I can get the same thing cheaper elsewhere I do. In fact, I bought my daughter an iBook recently from Frys in Wilsonville, OR so I wouldn't have to pay tax on it. If I hadn't been down here anyway, I wouldn't have bothered because it wouldn't have been worth the drive from Seattle just for that, but I was in Oregon anyway on business.
Yes, I do pay attention to the cost of the tax, but no I don't let it get in the way of getting something I need.
One way or the other we need to balance the state budget. I find it amusing that a whole bunch of people on Slashdot think every state should cut its spending. Half the people on here probably were on unemployment at least sometime in the past two years. (Thank God I narrowly avoided that when my company went under! I got another job right away by pure luck.)
The taxes we pay go to take care of our public infrastructure, to educate our children, and to take care of each other when something bad happens (like unemployment!). I'm against the government being wasteful too. Maybe we should stop power washing the streets and, yes, we probably shouldn't have gone to war in Iraq, and we could probably save some money in some other areas. However, when my neighbors (i.e. my physical neighbors, but also you reading this) loose jobs through no fault of your own, I want unemployment to be there to help you get back on your feet. If you get in an accident and lose your eyesight, I want you to be taken care of without having to worry about being tossed into the street.
>also notice that things such as food are exempt from sales tax.
Some states, maybe (California, I believe). In many states food is NOT exempt.
>A seller on eBay would need to compute that tax for the buyer
Sales taxes do not apply to used goods (such as garage sales). I don't think the seller on eBay would have to compute any sales tax. However, eBay would have to charge sales tax to the seller on the fee for hosting the auction.
And remember the days when you could get a free ice cream cone if you told the clerk at Baskin Robbins that you used an Amiga?
Ah, the good old days...
Why am I being forced to pay for this nonsense?
Second, kids will see right through this. One poster said kids today are too dumb to understand the message. On the contrary, they are too smart to be taken in by the message.
Its just like anti-drug "education". Kids generally see through the lies.
You still have to follow the law, regardless of the size of a particular lynchmob. The number of people who signed up is totally irrelevant.
Even if Congress gave the authority to the FTC, the judge ruled that the law was unconstitutional. You lose.
I don't think the FCC has jurisdiction over phones. Maybe if the telemarketers were on a CB.
This is why I learned (at great effort) to *love* C++ and STL. First, I had to learn C++, then get good at it, then start to like it, then become a C++ snob.
Now, I am a C++ snob and I make lots of money.
If I hadn't been willing to do all that work to love C++, I'd be broke and programming in Dylan while riding the bus.
So if you find a vulnerability in Windows and try to report it to Microsoft, you can be put in prison. They don't want to hear that shit. They just pay Symantec to make the statement because MS has no more credibility.
But they you'd have SCO owning the whole banking system, the concept of money, and let's face it, the whole world.
>Seriously how much is an extra gig or 2 going to cost them?
If you're the only manfufacturer doing it that way, it will cost you a ton of sales.
Apple used to be the only company honestly advertising their display sizes. They were getting killed in the marketplace because of it, then they had to quit doing it, then they (and everyone else) got sued.
So now they do it right (again), but at least aren't at a disadvantage in being honest.
>2^3 bytes = 1 kilobyte = 1024 bytes
The last time I checked, two to the third power (2^3) is eight.
To get 1024, you would bit shift the binary value 1 up 10 places. (110)
You make your living off of modifying C=64s?
Where can I get a cool job like that?
They do work. Generally they make clothes, license plates, etc. or, as you suggest, work fixing roads, breaking rocks, etc.
I know this is a little off topic, but...
I was thinking about the various reports I've heard about deflecting an asteroid or shooting it with a missle. One idea I just thought of would be to somehow increase the speed of the asteroid so that it would miss earth. Maybe by using a solar sail or attaching rockets to it that would increase it's speed. If you had enough warning ahead of time then maybe you wouldn't actually have to have much acceleration as long as it was continuous (such as the solar sail idea).
Do you think that would be possible? Would it work any better than blowing it up or deflection?