it is always in the same place and there is an "infinite ceiling" so that you just have to "throw the cursor to the top of the screen" and there you are.
Unless you're on the wrong monitor. And as resolution goes up, that menu gets further and further away.
Look at the overcrowding of toolbars that take place on OSX.. the toolbar has replaced the menubar on OSX because it isn't so far away that you forget about it.
Funny, everytime I've seen a problem with safari it's because safari doesn't support that feature.
For example, text-transform CSS isn't supported in safari. It's part of the standard... all other browsers support it.
Design-mode is almost completely broken in safari. While it isn't standard, it is supported in IE, firefox, and opera. Safari doesn't even correctly respond when you query for supported designmode commands.. it claims to support things that it doesn't.
If we upgrade the mini to match the stats of that HP (gig of ram, 250 gig harddrive, dvd burner) well, we can't even match them, but we get close.. we're still stuck with a worse video card and only 180 gig harddrive.. but it still costs twice as much! $1074 for the closely equipped mini, compared to $549 for the HP.
Maybe you think the athlon64 x2 isn't as good as a core 2 duo.. that's ok, upgrading the PC to a core 2 duo makes it $669. Still cheaper, and the harddrive is even bigger.
Apple doesn't compete in the sub-$1000 range.. the mini is underpowered compared to PCs in the same price range.
Isn't this what you always do when your peripherals don't work?;) I use FreeBSD, Ubuntu, Mac OS X, and occasionally windows at home and none of them can magically fix a broken mouse.
I think he means "peripherals not supported". I have a couple of external dvd burners, not one of them works under OSX.
When my airport card died, I tried using one of my old linksys pccards, not supported. Lucky for me, I could *buy* a driver (aerocard) that would make the linksys card work.
Yeah, popping out the battery and removing two screws is just too much work.
Compared to hitting a tab and having the keyboard pop up, giving easy access to the airport card (you don't even need to turn off the computer)... yes, it is too much work.
I'm curious, besides MS Office and Adobe Photoshop (which are not free), what other free word processing and graphics programs have you found that work fine on Linux and Windows?
There's inkscape for vector, and for bitmap, Paint.NET is amazing.. I love the interface.
Inkscape doesn't run very well on OSX, and Paint.NET doesn't run at all.. yet both run just fine on linux and windows.
Why should someone learn to program HTML just to make a webpage?
They don't.. but if they want to make a dynamic webpage, for a company, for money, they better know HTML. When a page is dynamic, the page needs to be designed with that in mind. You're not designing a flyer, you're designing something that can change drastically depending on what flows into it.
Basically, a web designer who doesn't know html is going to have a hard time finding a job.
Actually, google tends to pull the plug on Safari support, not IE. Mainly because google likes using things like XSLT and Design Mode.. which work in IE/FF/Opera but not in Safari. That's why Google docs and picassa support everything but safari.
However, with 30GB of music, a database makes sense plus it lets me have multiple index to organize (album, artist, genre, rating, etc)
All the other mp3 players you skipped over actually build their own databases. You drag files over, then, when you unplug it, the device itself builds an index.
The fact that a sizeable number of Slashdot posters still think the iPod is successful because of "hype" explains why a sizeable number of Slashdot posters will never be as successful as Steve Jobs.
That's just a dumb thing to say.. why was this modded up?
So, using your logic, Bill Gates being more successful than Steve Jobs means that Steve just doesn't Get It.
He meant that you and other readers are reading these messages at the same time, hence you and the other readers are using a parallel system.
Well then, what's the problem? My browser and other browsers are downloading this exact same page.. look it's parallel programming and no one had to do anything special.
You can still legally get lockout kits, and the (more proficient) car thieves know how to disable most alarms.
Hell, even the less proficient non car thieves know how to do so. My car came with a Karr alarm, and after a few years I lost the keyfob. The alarm wasn't armed, so I just let it be. A year or so later my battery died, and hooking up a new battery set off the alarm. I had no way to disable the alarm. Putting the key into the ignition didn't work (in fact, I couldn't even start the car).
So I looked down by the pedals and off to the left side is a little door, I opened it up and there was the alarm with a giant mass of wires going to a single plug. I unplugged it and boom, no alarm and the car starts fine.
Took me less than a minute to disable my alarm. Maybe my alarm wasn't hooked up right, I don't know, it came with the car.
it's like a door that is installed open, with a sign saying, "Come on in if you want" hanging on it
At no point did I condone entering a house without permission. Can I have some of what you're smoking? Pretty please.
You're trying to say that the default router configuration is the same as someone actually going out of their way to make a sign that says "come on in".
I have a welcome mat on my doorstep.. does that mean you really are welcome to enter my house?
but the result is we have tons of unsecured, open networks whose owners may not want to be open but don't know how to say that in wireless protocol terms.
Exactly.. so michigan solved this ambiguity by passing a law in 2000 that makes it illegal to connect to a wifi network without explicit permission from the OWNER, not the hardware. Doesn't matter if it's an open AP or not.
Why is this so difficult for slashdotters to understand?
Same with an AP that FREEKING BROADCASTS the SSID. It is absolutely a PUBLIC INVITATION to use the network.
No.. it's a FREEKING requirement for WIFI to work. A lot of clients can't connect to so-called "hidden" networks.
Stop being pendatic. The cafe owner has a sign up that says it's for customers only. The cafe owner charges people to use wifi who don't purchase anything.. you can't argue that the default router configuration should override the will of the goddamn cafe owner.
Michigan says it's illegal to connect to ANY wifi network that you don't have explicit permission to use. Deal with it.
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Unless you're on the wrong monitor. And as resolution goes up, that menu gets further and further away.
Look at the overcrowding of toolbars that take place on OSX.. the toolbar has replaced the menubar on OSX because it isn't so far away that you forget about it.
Firefox uses quickdraw to render text on OSX.. so basically it's quickdraw (made by Apple) that's shit.
Webkit started on KHTML, but they've changed it a LOT.
You can check the CSS selectors test.
Safari passes 299/513 tests, firefox passes 314/513, konqueror passes 508/513.
That shows you how far Apple has drifted from KHTML.
Funny, everytime I've seen a problem with safari it's because safari doesn't support that feature.
For example, text-transform CSS isn't supported in safari. It's part of the standard... all other browsers support it.
Design-mode is almost completely broken in safari. While it isn't standard, it is supported in IE, firefox, and opera. Safari doesn't even correctly respond when you query for supported designmode commands.. it claims to support things that it doesn't.
Priced maybe, but feature wise it's not even close. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product
If we upgrade the mini to match the stats of that HP (gig of ram, 250 gig harddrive, dvd burner) well, we can't even match them, but we get close.. we're still stuck with a worse video card and only 180 gig harddrive.. but it still costs twice as much! $1074 for the closely equipped mini, compared to $549 for the HP.
Maybe you think the athlon64 x2 isn't as good as a core 2 duo.. that's ok, upgrading the PC to a core 2 duo makes it $669. Still cheaper, and the harddrive is even bigger.
Apple doesn't compete in the sub-$1000 range.. the mini is underpowered compared to PCs in the same price range.
My kodak easyshare photo printer uses thermal dye transfer. I'd think those would last longer.. hell they're even waterproof.
I have a kodak easyshare photo printer/dock hooked up to my vista box.. works great, no drivers needed.
Why not? Walmart has multiple sub-$600 computers that are suited for "heavy lifting".
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product
That one has a dual core 3800, a gig of ram, dvd burner, 250 gig harddrive, wifi, and a geforce 6150.
Aside from 3d rendering, I can't think of anything that computer would be ill suited for.
I think he means "peripherals not supported". I have a couple of external dvd burners, not one of them works under OSX.
When my airport card died, I tried using one of my old linksys pccards, not supported. Lucky for me, I could *buy* a driver (aerocard) that would make the linksys card work.
Compared to hitting a tab and having the keyboard pop up, giving easy access to the airport card (you don't even need to turn off the computer)... yes, it is too much work.
There's inkscape for vector, and for bitmap, Paint.NET is amazing.. I love the interface.
Inkscape doesn't run very well on OSX, and Paint.NET doesn't run at all.. yet both run just fine on linux and windows.
So? Windows has cygwin.
and GTK apps on windows don't require X11.
Not every program. OSX doesn't have a full /dev tree, so any program that uses hardware or loopbacks won't work.
OSX is NOT posix compliant.. it's missing key libraries. So you often have to install a litany of random crap in order to compile some apps.
Look at subversion or latex. Those two apps install easily on windows, are installed by default on linux, and are a bitch to compile on OSX.
They don't.. but if they want to make a dynamic webpage, for a company, for money, they better know HTML. When a page is dynamic, the page needs to be designed with that in mind. You're not designing a flyer, you're designing something that can change drastically depending on what flows into it.
Basically, a web designer who doesn't know html is going to have a hard time finding a job.
Textures aren't signed.. you can still do wall hacks by changing the wall textures to be transparent.
Actually, google tends to pull the plug on Safari support, not IE. Mainly because google likes using things like XSLT and Design Mode.. which work in IE/FF/Opera but not in Safari. That's why Google docs and picassa support everything but safari.
All the other mp3 players you skipped over actually build their own databases. You drag files over, then, when you unplug it, the device itself builds an index.
That's just a dumb thing to say.. why was this modded up?
So, using your logic, Bill Gates being more successful than Steve Jobs means that Steve just doesn't Get It.
Then why even OWN an iPod?!
Well then, what's the problem? My browser and other browsers are downloading this exact same page.. look it's parallel programming and no one had to do anything special.
Hell, even the less proficient non car thieves know how to do so. My car came with a Karr alarm, and after a few years I lost the keyfob. The alarm wasn't armed, so I just let it be. A year or so later my battery died, and hooking up a new battery set off the alarm. I had no way to disable the alarm. Putting the key into the ignition didn't work (in fact, I couldn't even start the car).
So I looked down by the pedals and off to the left side is a little door, I opened it up and there was the alarm with a giant mass of wires going to a single plug. I unplugged it and boom, no alarm and the car starts fine.
Took me less than a minute to disable my alarm. Maybe my alarm wasn't hooked up right, I don't know, it came with the car.
What? The N64 came out in 96.. the Dreamcast didn't come out until 99.
You're trying to say that the default router configuration is the same as someone actually going out of their way to make a sign that says "come on in".
I have a welcome mat on my doorstep.. does that mean you really are welcome to enter my house?
Exactly.. so michigan solved this ambiguity by passing a law in 2000 that makes it illegal to connect to a wifi network without explicit permission from the OWNER, not the hardware. Doesn't matter if it's an open AP or not.
Why is this so difficult for slashdotters to understand?
No.. it's a FREEKING requirement for WIFI to work. A lot of clients can't connect to so-called "hidden" networks.
Stop being pendatic. The cafe owner has a sign up that says it's for customers only. The cafe owner charges people to use wifi who don't purchase anything.. you can't argue that the default router configuration should override the will of the goddamn cafe owner.
Michigan says it's illegal to connect to ANY wifi network that you don't have explicit permission to use. Deal with it.