And it would be a bad thing if Apple started patenting user interfaces... really.
Are you being sarcastic? I can't tell.
Apple already owns tons of user interface patents. They own a patent on "a system and method for customising appearance and behaviour of graphical user interfaces".. you know, skinning.
You know that little history dropdown that your URL bar has? The one that shows "a list of most recently used URLs"? Apple has a patent on that too.
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The default apache is installed with MaxClients at a pathetic 150.. it's obviously not suitable for serious web serving.
Sheesh.. boost the number of connections on mysql.
You see that big list of Supported Commands? Safari only supports bold, italic, and undo.
Even worse, Safari doesn't support the StyleWithCSS command, and the actual code output is a mess of Apple-specific classes and spans everywhere. I've seen cleaner code come out of frontpage.
Good luck upgrading your kernel or X.org or switching processor architectures if you're using NVidia's binary blob.
One, I'm using nvidia's binary blob and whenever there's a new kernel, the nice people at livna put out a corresponding nvidia driver for it. And upgrading X.org hasn't been a problem since 7.0 split into modules.
Two, if I switch processor architectures, it's a given I can't take nvidia's *hardware* with me, so the binary driver for it is pointless.
Writely works great then, even though it is listed as unsupported.
If by "works great" you mean "only bold and italic are supported, no font changes, no font size changes, no links, lists, images, or any of the other stuff" then yes.. it works great.
The reason iPods use a DB to track music is that they can load the entire DB in RAM at once and don't have those horrible gaps most MP3 players do while reading and caching new ID3 tags after you add files.
That's the Apple response, and it's a complete lie. All of Sandisk's players use a DB.. but the *player* is the one that builds it. As soon as you unhook a Sandisk player from the PC, it scans the drive and rebuilds its database. Takes 5 seconds.
Apple's artificial binding of iTunes and the iPod is just their pathetic attempt to leverage their mp3 player monopoly.
But Apple does not put in the upgrade file checks to look for older versions so people get confused. $129 is the "upgrade" price.
No. $129 is the full price. The upgrade price is $69, and you can get it from any Apple resaler (just not Apple itself). The upgrade does require the previous version to be installed. I have a copy of the Tiger upgrade (which requires Panther, will *not* install on a Jaguar machine) in my desk drawer right this very second.
What about encoding floats as a pair of ints or longs:
That's called fixed-point. It's a hallmark of the demoscene. One, back in the 90's (the hey-day of the demoscene), floating point math was a lot slower than fixed point, and two, precision was guaranteed.
Also of note, the "ufo" power adapters that shipped originally on the ibook G3s are much much worse. They are known for failure where the DC cord meets the computer plug and where the AC cord meets the connector that plugs into the pack.
That's true. I think it's something to do cracks or holes in the plastic. In every UFO PS at work, they'd die at the DC plug, and you can clearly see that the copper wire had oxidized and turned green.
If Apple can pull it off, it will be the beginning of the post-Windows era, when Microsoft's marketshare falls below 75%, the competition heats up, and software companies begin to deliver programs that actually save time and money for everyday office work.
Apple will get out of the hardware business and make an OEM OSX for Dell and HP long before Apple ever gets 25% of the market.
The one exception I remember is when they promised 3GHz G5s.
That's because Apple got burned badly with Copland. 10 years of development, announcments, product demos, development releases, and they had nothing to show for it. They'll not make that mistake again. That's why we find out years later than Apple has had an x86 OSX all along... they've been planning a switch to x86 for years.
How so? I mean it's very cool as a technology, but I don't see an immediate application beyond screensavers.
Seriously.. the majority of developers won't give two shits about core animation. Unless Apple is trying to get every app to look like a geocities website (they've already started with Timemachine).
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Are you being sarcastic? I can't tell.
Apple already owns tons of user interface patents. They own a patent on "a system and method for customising appearance and behaviour of graphical user interfaces".. you know, skinning.
You know that little history dropdown that your URL bar has? The one that shows "a list of most recently used URLs"? Apple has a patent on that too.
The default apache is installed with MaxClients at a pathetic 150.. it's obviously not suitable for serious web serving.
Sheesh.. boost the number of connections on mysql.
No it isn't. It's not even POSIX.
Well, I don't see how launchd helps with security. Replacing several well tested unix apps with a single proprietary app isn't what I'd call "secure".
Plus we find these:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18724
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13899
Funny. It makes me think of ivory soap.
My Sansa e130 came with an arm strap. In fact, from what I can tell, every Sansa comes with an armstrap.
http://www.mozilla.org/editor/midas-spec.html
You see that big list of Supported Commands? Safari only supports bold, italic, and undo.
Even worse, Safari doesn't support the StyleWithCSS command, and the actual code output is a mess of Apple-specific classes and spans everywhere. I've seen cleaner code come out of frontpage.
One, I'm using nvidia's binary blob and whenever there's a new kernel, the nice people at livna put out a corresponding nvidia driver for it. And upgrading X.org hasn't been a problem since 7.0 split into modules.
Two, if I switch processor architectures, it's a given I can't take nvidia's *hardware* with me, so the binary driver for it is pointless.
If by "works great" you mean "only bold and italic are supported, no font changes, no font size changes, no links, lists, images, or any of the other stuff" then yes.. it works great.
Not suprising, Safari's DesignMode support is pathetic. You'll have to wait until Leopard.
The $500 SKU was only created so Sony could say "the base price is only $500!"
In reality, the $500 version will be impossible to find.. Over 90% of what Sony will be shipping will be the $600 versions.
The only place you'll find the $500 PS3 in the next year will be on Ebay.. for $600.
That's the Apple response, and it's a complete lie. All of Sandisk's players use a DB.. but the *player* is the one that builds it. As soon as you unhook a Sandisk player from the PC, it scans the drive and rebuilds its database. Takes 5 seconds.
Apple's artificial binding of iTunes and the iPod is just their pathetic attempt to leverage their mp3 player monopoly.
Sounds more like a software problem than a keyboard problem. Even web forms can automatically translate a form field to all caps.
(really, you can do a css "text-transform: uppercase;" on an input field and everything you type will be translated.. including accented characters).
No. $129 is the full price. The upgrade price is $69, and you can get it from any Apple resaler (just not Apple itself). The upgrade does require the previous version to be installed. I have a copy of the Tiger upgrade (which requires Panther, will *not* install on a Jaguar machine) in my desk drawer right this very second.
That's called fixed-point. It's a hallmark of the demoscene. One, back in the 90's (the hey-day of the demoscene), floating point math was a lot slower than fixed point, and two, precision was guaranteed.
That's true. I think it's something to do cracks or holes in the plastic. In every UFO PS at work, they'd die at the DC plug, and you can clearly see that the copper wire had oxidized and turned green.
Are you talking about Desk Accessories? Sorry, those are nothing like Konfabulator widgets.
Desk Accessories were just little programs that used ROM tricks to enable a really poor pre-emptive multitasking.
Widgets were closer to Active Desktop than anything else.
Apple will get out of the hardware business and make an OEM OSX for Dell and HP long before Apple ever gets 25% of the market.
That's because Apple got burned badly with Copland. 10 years of development, announcments, product demos, development releases, and they had nothing to show for it. They'll not make that mistake again. That's why we find out years later than Apple has had an x86 OSX all along... they've been planning a switch to x86 for years.
By "funky double wide hyphen character" you mean industry standard UTF-8 representation of em-dash?
True.. Nat Friedman demoed Beagle long before Spotlight existed.
Nope. It was lifted directly from Compiz/XGL.
Seriously.. the majority of developers won't give two shits about core animation. Unless Apple is trying to get every app to look like a geocities website (they've already started with Timemachine).
Wine is as much an emulator as Firefox is a Mosaic Emulator.