Because Via, Apple, IBM, and others presumably use the same physics without problems?
Yes, but take a look at the harddrives that come with Apple computers. They're almost always 5400 rpm to keep the noise down.
And considering this 400mhz Pismo powerbook runs a lot hotter than my 600mhz Compaq presario, I don't think that Apple really is "without problems".
Every company could make their machines quieter and cooler. Or have you never been near the jetengine that is the xserve or the hotplate that is the thinkpad?
I've been thinking of buying pre-built systems just to get a quieter computer.
I want just the opposite. I want a noisy computer. Preferably one that makes random beeping noises while it's calculating something. Just like in the movies!
I also want a big panel of blinking lights.
And whenever it crashes, smoke should be coming out of it.. with sparks.
I pay $45.00 a month for Directv and Tivo (39.00 for Directv, $4.99 for tivo) I don't have to pay some stupid rental fee for the cable box. I can take the damned thing with me if I want.
I pay $50 a month for Cox Extended Basic and Broadband. No cable box, no rental fees. I don't need another 100 channels of crap... so digital cable/satellite doesn't offer anything for me.
I'll never switch to Satellite until they come up with a broadband solution as good as cable.
Try and remember how you reacted in Matrix: Revolutions when we found out Neo can make a quadgizillion sentinels explode in the real world with sheer thought alone.
This reminded me of a perfect example of logical incosistancy.
In the second matrix, Trinity is falling off that building. So Neo flys off to save her, and "catches" her flying at a speed so fast, that the buildings next to him explode.
If Trinity wasn't turned into a find red mist when Neo "caught" her, then surely she wasn't in any danger from hitting the ground.
I'm not sure whether you're high, or the History channel. The Messerschmitt 262 was the first warbird with jet engines,
Neither of us. I said that the nazis invented the first jet airplane, but I also said it wasn't really usable for 20 years. The bottom of that article you linked to:
The most advanced fighter of the war, it was a delight to fly, but its principal drawbacks were the unreliability of its engines and its endurance of about an hour.
I'm not sure what they mean by "delight to fly".. since the damn thing would literally fall out of the air in 80% of their tests.
I think scramjets are really the solution to low cost travel, including to low-earth orbit and space. I only hope that travel with scramjets will not end up going the way of the Concorde...
I saw a thing on the history channel about the development of the jet engine. It took 20 years before jet engine technology was really usable. (The nazis developed the first jet engine.. and it wasn't until the 60s when jet engines started being really used)
So I'd say the scramjet has room for a few failures.
Thanks, we'll give that a try when we get our xserves. (Right now we're using linux and solaris)
I highly doubt a hack in which the broadcaster records to a file, which can then be configured separately from the 'live' stream couldn't be done in a reasonable amount of time.
It depends on if the broadcaster creates files, or just sends it to QSS/DSS. We'll see when we get our xserves.
Again, I'm open to anything.. because Real really sucks.
Not that I would ever endorse anything from Apple, but their streaming media technology seems fairly competent.
We tried to do streaming media with Darwin Streaming Server.. the problem is that you need Quicktime Pro in order to make streaming quicktimes.
Also, DSS doesn't do on-demand. It works like TV, you can't start at the beginning, you have to "tune in" to the broadcast.
As crappy as realmedia is, we can do live broadcasts, as well as let people listen in from the beginning, all with the same stream. Once we find a solution that lets us do both for relatively cheap, we'll switch.
DSS is almost there, they just need the ability to do on-demand streaming.
If you're proposing to replace the actual li-ion polymer battery, that might open Apple up to liability issues, because those batteries aren't exactly the most stable things in the world.
I heard lithium polymer batteries were *safer* than Lithium-Ion batteries, which is what is in the GBA-SP.
If Nintendo thinks replacing the battery yourself is safe, it's good enough for me. Nintendo actually sells replacement SP batteries for $10.
As far as space is concerned, take a look at a GBA-SP.. I don't see how there's room for anything inside that thing.. half of it is LCD, the other half is battery, controls, and a slot for the game.
Face it, there is no technical reason for Apple to have made replacing the ipod battery so difficult, other than they didn't want to spend the time.
You know, overreacting aside, I find Apple's choice in regards to the iPods battery very odd.
I look at my Sony Clie and my GBA-SP. Both have a tiny little screw that holds the battery cover on. Both my Clie and the GBA-SP are smaller than the iPod, and yet they still managed to provide user-access to the battery.
I haven't seen the miPod up close yet, but I imagine they don't have a battery cover either.
I think Apple just doesn't like screws.. they're definately anti-screw. Maybe it's because Apple hasn't discovered a way to make them glow yet.
working on crazy new things for iLife (like GarageBand).
I can't see GarageBand being a reason to switch to the Mac. GarageBand is a toy for people who are already Mac owners. Windows owners would have to give up the following (better) software packages when they switched to the Mac:
But it's more than just keystrokes and mouse-clicks. The events that make up your interaction are recorded at the semantic level, which makes them a whole lot more useful.
You just described QuicKeys. It does things at a semantic level. It records your actions and then creates a script that has things like "click the button marked 'OK'" and "select the menu iten labeled 'Options...'"
Then it lets you do things like run this script whenever I hit Ctl-F4, or run this script every 30 minutes, or run this script when the computer boots.
www.quickeys.com
We use it here at work to automate a publishing process. There's even a version for Windows.
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Because Via, Apple, IBM, and others presumably use the same physics without problems?
Yes, but take a look at the harddrives that come with Apple computers. They're almost always 5400 rpm to keep the noise down.
And considering this 400mhz Pismo powerbook runs a lot hotter than my 600mhz Compaq presario, I don't think that Apple really is "without problems".
Every company could make their machines quieter and cooler. Or have you never been near the jetengine that is the xserve or the hotplate that is the thinkpad?
I've been thinking of buying pre-built systems just to get a quieter computer.
I want just the opposite. I want a noisy computer. Preferably one that makes random beeping noises while it's calculating something. Just like in the movies!
I also want a big panel of blinking lights.
And whenever it crashes, smoke should be coming out of it.. with sparks.
I can't recall the last time my TV allowed me to read, think, and interact with it.
Turn on CNN Headline news.
You read the ticker.
You think about why someone would use Yahoo's homepage as design inspiration for a TV channel.
You yell at the pundits.
I pay $45.00 a month for Directv and Tivo (39.00 for Directv, $4.99 for tivo) I don't have to pay some stupid rental fee for the cable box. I can take the damned thing with me if I want.
I pay $50 a month for Cox Extended Basic and Broadband. No cable box, no rental fees. I don't need another 100 channels of crap... so digital cable/satellite doesn't offer anything for me.
I'll never switch to Satellite until they come up with a broadband solution as good as cable.
Try and remember how you reacted in Matrix: Revolutions when we found out Neo can make a quadgizillion sentinels explode in the real world with sheer thought alone.
This reminded me of a perfect example of logical incosistancy.
In the second matrix, Trinity is falling off that building. So Neo flys off to save her, and "catches" her flying at a speed so fast, that the buildings next to him explode.
If Trinity wasn't turned into a find red mist when Neo "caught" her, then surely she wasn't in any danger from hitting the ground.
I'm not sure whether you're high, or the History channel. The Messerschmitt 262 was the first warbird with jet engines,
Neither of us. I said that the nazis invented the first jet airplane, but I also said it wasn't really usable for 20 years. The bottom of that article you linked to:
The most advanced fighter of the war, it was a delight to fly, but its principal drawbacks were the unreliability of its engines and its endurance of about an hour.
I'm not sure what they mean by "delight to fly".. since the damn thing would literally fall out of the air in 80% of their tests.
I think scramjets are really the solution to low cost travel, including to low-earth orbit and space. I only hope that travel with scramjets will not end up going the way of the Concorde...
I saw a thing on the history channel about the development of the jet engine. It took 20 years before jet engine technology was really usable. (The nazis developed the first jet engine.. and it wasn't until the 60s when jet engines started being really used)
So I'd say the scramjet has room for a few failures.
Well, considering the open-source Darwin Streaming Server runs on Solaris AND Linux, I don't know why you're waiting forthe Xserve's.
Yes but the Broadcaster requires OSX Server.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/broadcaste r/
Thanks, we'll give that a try when we get our xserves. (Right now we're using linux and solaris)
I highly doubt a hack in which the broadcaster records to a file, which can then be configured separately from the 'live' stream couldn't be done in a reasonable amount of time.
It depends on if the broadcaster creates files, or just sends it to QSS/DSS. We'll see when we get our xserves.
Again, I'm open to anything.. because Real really sucks.
Quicktime Pro was not holding them back fro mgoing to quicktime, its only 30 bucks...atleast I hope not...
Not the price, but the fact that Quicktime pro can't capture a stream and encode it on the fly.
We need to:
A. be able to record and stream a video and audio on the fly
B. allow the user to either tune-in, or play from the beginning.
Realmedia is the only solution I've found that allows both of these. We're always open to other solutions though if you know of any.
Not that I would ever endorse anything from Apple, but their streaming media technology seems fairly competent.
We tried to do streaming media with Darwin Streaming Server.. the problem is that you need Quicktime Pro in order to make streaming quicktimes.
Also, DSS doesn't do on-demand. It works like TV, you can't start at the beginning, you have to "tune in" to the broadcast.
As crappy as realmedia is, we can do live broadcasts, as well as let people listen in from the beginning, all with the same stream. Once we find a solution that lets us do both for relatively cheap, we'll switch.
DSS is almost there, they just need the ability to do on-demand streaming.
Good to see that particular myth busted.
It hasn't been busted, because it's not a myth. You have to immigrate to india, there's no work visa program.
I'm not going become an Indian citizen just to find work.. that's just unacceptable.
How did that joke go? "Fighting for peace is like fscking for virginity"?
I'm sure a lot of virgins run filesystem checks.
Well, it's obviously not spam, if it were spam it would've said "you're" instead of "your"
If you're proposing to replace the actual li-ion polymer battery, that might open Apple up to liability issues, because those batteries aren't exactly the most stable things in the world.
I heard lithium polymer batteries were *safer* than Lithium-Ion batteries, which is what is in the GBA-SP.
If Nintendo thinks replacing the battery yourself is safe, it's good enough for me. Nintendo actually sells replacement SP batteries for $10.
As far as space is concerned, take a look at a GBA-SP.. I don't see how there's room for anything inside that thing.. half of it is LCD, the other half is battery, controls, and a slot for the game.
Face it, there is no technical reason for Apple to have made replacing the ipod battery so difficult, other than they didn't want to spend the time.
Not entirely true. Reason is fully supported on OS X and OS 9.
Cool, I didn't see that. Now to get Cakewalk and Sony to port Sonar and Vegas.
But I think my original point still stands. GarageBand is a toy, not enough to get people to switch to the mac.
You know, overreacting aside, I find Apple's choice in regards to the iPods battery very odd.
I look at my Sony Clie and my GBA-SP. Both have a tiny little screw that holds the battery cover on. Both my Clie and the GBA-SP are smaller than the iPod, and yet they still managed to provide user-access to the battery.
I haven't seen the miPod up close yet, but I imagine they don't have a battery cover either.
I think Apple just doesn't like screws.. they're definately anti-screw. Maybe it's because Apple hasn't discovered a way to make them glow yet.
working on crazy new things for iLife (like GarageBand).
I can't see GarageBand being a reason to switch to the Mac. GarageBand is a toy for people who are already Mac owners. Windows owners would have to give up the following (better) software packages when they switched to the Mac:
Reason 2.5
Sonar 3
Vegas 4
As well as loop software like:
Acid 4
Fruity Loops
I think far more people would use OpenOffice on a mac than GarageBand.
They also fixed the CSS bugs on Mac IE.
Judging from the Mac IE CSS bugs, I'd say that Mac IE uses a completely different CSS engine than Windows IE.
Look here for a list of CSS bugs that Mac IE has that Windows IE doesn't.
Also, Mac IE has the *worst* javascript implementation of any 5.x+ browser.
All in all, Mac IE should be avoided like the plague.. it's on par with Netscape 4.
the 'seminal text on the subject'.
Tell him that his seminal text is seeped in seminal fluid.
Okay, who among the spanish-speakers out there can tell us how well the Chevy Nova went over in Spain?
Actually, it's an urban legend (about the troubles). Even though No Va means No Go in spanish, it didn't really affect sales.
Look at it this way, how many people buy Kia's here? KIA = Killed in Action.
But it's more than just keystrokes and mouse-clicks. The events that make up your interaction are recorded at the semantic level, which makes them a whole lot more useful.
You just described QuicKeys. It does things at a semantic level. It records your actions and then creates a script that has things like "click the button marked 'OK'" and "select the menu iten labeled 'Options...'"
Then it lets you do things like run this script whenever I hit Ctl-F4, or run this script every 30 minutes, or run this script when the computer boots.
www.quickeys.com
We use it here at work to automate a publishing process. There's even a version for Windows.
Anyone else find any irony in the title? Intel shifting 64 bit plans?
Obviously intel has just come up with a faster way to write:
shl edx,1
shl eax,1
setc ebx
or edx,ebx
The real question is have they finally dumped the stupid x86 instruction set in favour of a space/energy/coding efficient RISC set?
I thought we settled this back in the early 90s, there is no such thing as RISC versus CISC. The x86 is not CISC, the PPC is not RISC.
To corrupt the basic ideas and themes of an original work can not be forgiven.
That's ok. He made tons of money, millions of people loved the movies, and you're still a pathetic loser who looks a gift horse in the mouth.