In my code I always put the constant on the lhs so that the difference between the equality (==) and assignment (=) operator are caught by the compiler by accident.
I'd just like to point out that this is one of the badass things about C#. You can't test the truthfulness non-booleans.
Besides, why would anyone want to use a non-Apple music software with an iPod? They know how to address their own products better than anyone.
Why would anyone want to use non-Microsoft software under Windows? They know how to interface with their own OS better than anyone.
Sorry, for Apple's software to break other people's software is not acceptable. Remember, IE used to be better than Netscape.. it's no excuse for heavy handed tactics.
There's your 5, all have 1st party linux versions which came out before the Mac versions. UT2k3, Savage, and Wolf:ET had a Linux version come out at the same time as the windows version.
There are three things about OS X that make it inferior to linux for programming purposes.
One, the terminal app is slow as hell.
Two, you can't have multiple tabs in the terminal window unlike KDE and Gnome's terminals (you can get a 3rd party terminal app for OS X but it's even slower!).
Three, OSX uses the horrible BSD version of vi from 96, rather than the better and newer vim. (Luckily someone finally made a version of vim that works under Jaguar, but not under 10.1 or 10.3)
I use linux on the desktop almost exclusively as well. I have a dual G4 on my desk, but I find the UI maddening. Once you have more than 1 app running, you realize why 90% of mac users use 2 or more monitors.
DragThing and WindowShadeX have made life a little easier, but I think Apple should have made those things part of the OS.
Poptart in the cdrom drive shouldn't do anything to linux. My dvdrom drive died a few months ago, it won't open at all.. yet Linux is still running without a single reboot.
That's not at all what OS X is. Linux has more games than OS X. More often than not, there is a Linux version of the game long before a Mac version (Savage, NWN, etc)
T minus 10 minutes before some PC nut looks at all this, sees that the Mac relies on something a PC can't do, and 'blows the whistle'. T minus 15 minus before they realize it's the OS.
It is the OS, and therefore it isn't something "a PC can't do"
In fact, it's something a PC has been able to do for quite some time. http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/
I kind of prefer mozilla using it's own widgets to safari's use of native widgets. It's annoying to have a webpage that tries to style a submit button to fit the rest of the page only to have this big blue pill jump out at you in safari.
One other thing it has over Safari is the ability to *not* wait for the whole stupid page to load before continuing.
I was testing out some progress-bar code and I've discovered that Safari has a 16k buffer. It will wait until the buffer is full, then draw, then fill the buffer again.
So in order to make my progress bar update on safari, I'd have to send 16k worth of spaces every time the bar moves.
In comparison, IE and Mozilla will draw the page as soon as it receives a closing body tag.
. You have to admit, the Jaguar UI is far better than Gnome, KDE, or any other Linux UI.
I must be the only one in the world who hates the Dock with a passion. "Hey, lets mix running application icons with non-running application icons! How intuitive!"
I also hate the finder. The fact that the finder doesn't update until it gets focus is rediculous. "Where's that file I just saved? It's not on the desktop.. oh wait, let me click on the desktop. there it is"
Not to mention that OSX's terminal is slow as a dog, and doesn't have tabs like Gnome's does.
I have a Dual G4 1.2 ghz, and a P4 2.4 ghz on my desk at work, the P4 gets used far more often because I prefer Gnome to OSX.
Real adults have stopped caring about whether or not we look like kids and will do fun things because they are fun. Nintendo's games are fun. And cheap!
Yup, I'm 26, and have no problem with my gamecube. But here's an even better example, I had a termite guy come out and give me an estimate, he was definately in his late 60s, and he saw me playing zelda and started going on and on about how much he loves that game.
His only complaint was that he didn't have a lot of time to play it since his grandkids would come over and want to play Super Monkey Ball.
Name one piece of functionality you've LOST by the release of 10.2, and you'll be addressing the point the parent made.
I've lost the security of SSH for one. Apple doesn't release security patches for older OSes.. 10.1 still has the SSH vulnerability, and Apple will never fix it. As soon as 10.3 comes out, say good bye to security patches for 10.2
I don't see people complaining that Microsoft didn't give away XP free to windows 2000 users.
That's because MS still releases bug fixes for win2k.. in order to fix the audio panning bug in 10.2, you need to buy 10.3
Apple drops support way too quickly. I haven't found any MS software that requires XP over 2000, yet there's going to be plenty of Apple software that won't work without 10.3, just as there was for 10.2 (iTMS, Safari, etc)
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And who needs to pay again for a copy of Super Mario 3 when you can use the rom on an emu for a handheld machine which is already available?
Maybe because SMB3 for the GBA has completely updated graphics and bonus features? I happily paid the $25 for an updated SMB3.
And I wonder, does C# have a bool type? If so, then wouldnt:
if (c = true)
with c being a bool return a bool type, that code being therefore valid?
You're right. mcs (mono's compiler) doesn't complain, I'm not sure about csc (MS's compiler) since I don't use windows.
In my code I always put the constant on the lhs so that the difference between the equality (==) and assignment (=) operator are caught by the compiler by accident.
I'd just like to point out that this is one of the badass things about C#. You can't test the truthfulness non-booleans.
So if (blah=0) wouldn't compile..
You forgot that the company with ~5% OS marketshare has ~95% Online Music Sales marketshare.
Apple has it's own monopolies.
Besides, why would anyone want to use a non-Apple music software with an iPod? They know how to address their own products better than anyone.
Why would anyone want to use non-Microsoft software under Windows? They know how to interface with their own OS better than anyone.
Sorry, for Apple's software to break other people's software is not acceptable. Remember, IE used to be better than Netscape.. it's no excuse for heavy handed tactics.
Now that iTunes is out, will people be really using music match to sync their ipod when they can do it easier and better in itunes?
I dunno, will people be really using netscape to browse the web when they can do it easier and better in IE?
I can name 30 games where that is blatantly untrue. Can you name even 5 where it is?
Neverwinter Nights
America's Army: Operations
Unreal Tournament 2003
Savage
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
There's your 5, all have 1st party linux versions which came out before the Mac versions. UT2k3, Savage, and Wolf:ET had a Linux version come out at the same time as the windows version.
Now name your 30.
I can tell you have never used a mac.
There are three things about OS X that make it inferior to linux for programming purposes.
One, the terminal app is slow as hell.
Two, you can't have multiple tabs in the terminal window unlike KDE and Gnome's terminals (you can get a 3rd party terminal app for OS X but it's even slower!).
Three, OSX uses the horrible BSD version of vi from 96, rather than the better and newer vim. (Luckily someone finally made a version of vim that works under Jaguar, but not under 10.1 or 10.3)
I use linux on the desktop almost exclusively as well. I have a dual G4 on my desk, but I find the UI maddening. Once you have more than 1 app running, you realize why 90% of mac users use 2 or more monitors.
DragThing and WindowShadeX have made life a little easier, but I think Apple should have made those things part of the OS.
funny, my grandma uses TiVo all the time.
Poptart in the cdrom drive shouldn't do anything to linux. My dvdrom drive died a few months ago, it won't open at all.. yet Linux is still running without a single reboot.
Lots of games. (not Tuxracer!)
That's not at all what OS X is. Linux has more games than OS X. More often than not, there is a Linux version of the game long before a Mac version (Savage, NWN, etc)
jesus, can't you people read? These vulnerabilities have NOTHING to do with the Java vuln that Apple just released a patch to.
How, pray tell, are they planning on detecting these errors?
Probably not too different from how this linux module works: http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/
T minus 10 minutes before some PC nut looks at all this, sees that the Mac relies on something a PC can't do, and 'blows the whistle'. T minus 15 minus before they realize it's the OS.
It is the OS, and therefore it isn't something "a PC can't do"
In fact, it's something a PC has been able to do for quite some time. http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/
oh really? Then where is the SSH patch for 10.1?
I kind of prefer mozilla using it's own widgets to safari's use of native widgets. It's annoying to have a webpage that tries to style a submit button to fit the rest of the page only to have this big blue pill jump out at you in safari.
One other thing it has over Safari is the ability to *not* wait for the whole stupid page to load before continuing.
I was testing out some progress-bar code and I've discovered that Safari has a 16k buffer. It will wait until the buffer is full, then draw, then fill the buffer again.
So in order to make my progress bar update on safari, I'd have to send 16k worth of spaces every time the bar moves.
In comparison, IE and Mozilla will draw the page as soon as it receives a closing body tag.
This is a little late, but I just picked up Super Monkey Ball. The game only uses 1 analog stick, no buttons. Steven Hawking could play this game.
I'm seriously considering switching; when was the last time an MS OS gave you a free IDE? QBASIC?
It's not free, it's included in the price of the OS. It's not like I can download xcode and run it on my 10.2 box.
. You have to admit, the Jaguar UI is far better than Gnome, KDE, or any other Linux UI.
I must be the only one in the world who hates the Dock with a passion. "Hey, lets mix running application icons with non-running application icons! How intuitive!"
I also hate the finder. The fact that the finder doesn't update until it gets focus is rediculous. "Where's that file I just saved? It's not on the desktop.. oh wait, let me click on the desktop. there it is"
Not to mention that OSX's terminal is slow as a dog, and doesn't have tabs like Gnome's does.
I have a Dual G4 1.2 ghz, and a P4 2.4 ghz on my desk at work, the P4 gets used far more often because I prefer Gnome to OSX.
Real adults have stopped caring about whether or not we look like kids and will do fun things because they are fun. Nintendo's games are fun. And cheap!
Yup, I'm 26, and have no problem with my gamecube. But here's an even better example, I had a termite guy come out and give me an estimate, he was definately in his late 60s, and he saw me playing zelda and started going on and on about how much he loves that game.
His only complaint was that he didn't have a lot of time to play it since his grandkids would come over and want to play Super Monkey Ball.
Name one piece of functionality you've LOST by the release of 10.2, and you'll be addressing the point the parent made.
I've lost the security of SSH for one. Apple doesn't release security patches for older OSes.. 10.1 still has the SSH vulnerability, and Apple will never fix it. As soon as 10.3 comes out, say good bye to security patches for 10.2
I don't see people complaining that Microsoft didn't give away XP free to windows 2000 users.
That's because MS still releases bug fixes for win2k.. in order to fix the audio panning bug in 10.2, you need to buy 10.3
Apple drops support way too quickly. I haven't found any MS software that requires XP over 2000, yet there's going to be plenty of Apple software that won't work without 10.3, just as there was for 10.2 (iTMS, Safari, etc)
Care to pull up figures on how well the Original Game Boy sold during it's debut week? Not 540,000 units.
There were 100,000 gameboys sold in Japan its debut week. A year later it launched in the US and 250,000 were sold in the first week.
More than 32 million gameboys were sold in the first 3 years of its life.
The game boy had a stellar launch.