But I think they would try to buy VMware instead, just because they're bigger and thus more of the MS corporate culture (which appears to be "corporate for corporate's sake").
And then once they own VMware, they could kill off this whole nasty virtualization thing. Maybe it's bad for profits or something.
Yeah, I see it. Was that icon totally removed from OS X? I can recall seeing that icon more recently than my move to OS X... but I can't guarantee that those occasions haven't all been with Adobe software.
Wasn't the Classic version of Photoshop written in some sort of BASIC?
There was no CS3 delay, they just said they wouldn't patch CS2.
You're right, sorry about that. However they said they couldn't patch CS2 for Intel because they wrote it in CodeWarrior and had no clear path to Intel. That was why they had to start over in Xcode.
Now if they had to tried to move to XCode and reprogram their entire application suite in Cocoa during one release cycle, that may have caused a delay.
But they did have to reprogram the entire application. That's what they said, anyway. So why reprogram it in other than the most modern API? I'm not saying they're anti-Apple (though they seem to give that appearance), just that they seem to be making some really bone-headed decisions about how they program (or else they're simply not telling the truth). After all, their CodeWarrior excuse was pretty thin too... all it meant was that their codebase was becoming archaic and they weren't doing anything to keep it up to date.
Remember the enormous delay Adobe had in bringing CS3 to OS X? Their excuse for that was that they the Intel chipset was making them abandon their CodeWarrior-developed code and they had to start over from scratch.
So now they are saying that when they made the decision to start over from scratch, they chose the older, backward-compatible API instead of a forward-looking modern one? If their mumbling about the delay of CS3 were true, then there was no reason at all that they wouldn't have just moved to Cocoa right then.
Adobe needs to get their lies straight if they hope to be as awful of a company as Microsoft (something they seem to be striving for with increasing vigor).
I can't imagine that MS is completely unaware of this workaround. After all, they have a licensing department that is larger than many (most?) corporations.
That inclines one to suspect that this hack was left in intentionally.
Now why would Microsoft let people steal from them so easily? That seems diametrically opposed to most of their past behavior. However, if their brand is indeed on a "sharp decline," then this action would suddenly make sense.
But it is still amazing to see Microsoft to be (seemingly) actually encouraging theft of their product. What will they think of next? Voluntarily coding to standards?
Besides having very different properties from aluminum, and besides the last sentence stating that they can be upped to 1,200 megapascals; this could be considered a proof of concept. Excuse the tautology, but: as technologies develop, they improve.
"Wikipedia currently runs on dedicated clusters of GNU/Linux servers, 300 in Florida, 26 in Amsterdam and 23 in Yahoo!'s Korean hosting facility in Seoul."
P.S. Gotta love those network topology diagrams. Pretty dang nice for a nonprofit.:)
You can ignore the "10." in Mac OS X version numbers. The transition from Tiger to Leopard is from version 4 to version 5. Yes, that's a big change.
Just because Microsoft can't come out with OS updates but once or twice a decade doesn't mean that Apple isn't providing significant updates to their OS more regularly. People see a reason to spend $130 for Leopard; there must be something new there.
They provide an entire website of documentation about Leopard. http://www.apple.com/support/leopard/ (and yes, they assume you can get to and read a web page).
I see ENORMOUS books on how to use Windows... or even Word for that matter. 600+ pages describing how to use a word processor.
Why doesn't Microsoft give those third-party books away for free?
It provides a great grounding in the science and methodology, and the documentary is narrated by the scientist who did much of the research (a rare treat).
Slashdot Mirror
On IMDB, it scored far better than one would expect.
"Weighing more makes us harder for the aliens to suck out of our cars..."
You could not be more wrong. Read Philip Dick's 1958 short story "Fair Game" to find out why.
(Or if you just want a spoiler, go to http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ousfg/misc/pkd.html and search for Fair Game.)
by Anonymous Coward
It really should say "by courage-challenged person of an alternative identifier."
Anyone know why they chose the name of an existing OSS project?
Dude, that's ingenious enough for Microsoft.
But I think they would try to buy VMware instead, just because they're bigger and thus more of the MS corporate culture (which appears to be "corporate for corporate's sake").
And then once they own VMware, they could kill off this whole nasty virtualization thing. Maybe it's bad for profits or something.
Yeah, I see it. Was that icon totally removed from OS X? I can recall seeing that icon more recently than my move to OS X... but I can't guarantee that those occasions haven't all been with Adobe software.
Wasn't the Classic version of Photoshop written in some sort of BASIC?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B says it was developed in 1979, and named C++ in 1983.
:)
However, the standard wasn't ratified until... 10 years ago, 1998. But I don't think people usually wait for ratification to begin using something.
802.11n is ratified yet and I'm using it right now.
Just what the average computer user needs: something that will encourage and beckon them to pour liquid into their computer.
Try telling me that's not gonna happen.
There was no CS3 delay, they just said they wouldn't patch CS2.
You're right, sorry about that. However they said they couldn't patch CS2 for Intel because they wrote it in CodeWarrior and had no clear path to Intel. That was why they had to start over in Xcode.
Now if they had to tried to move to XCode and reprogram their entire application suite in Cocoa during one release cycle, that may have caused a delay.
But they did have to reprogram the entire application. That's what they said, anyway. So why reprogram it in other than the most modern API? I'm not saying they're anti-Apple (though they seem to give that appearance), just that they seem to be making some really bone-headed decisions about how they program (or else they're simply not telling the truth). After all, their CodeWarrior excuse was pretty thin too... all it meant was that their codebase was becoming archaic and they weren't doing anything to keep it up to date.
No really... we'll get it right next time. The last five years were a mistake, but give us a few more years and we'll be more Mac-like. Honest!
Remember the enormous delay Adobe had in bringing CS3 to OS X? Their excuse for that was that they the Intel chipset was making them abandon their CodeWarrior-developed code and they had to start over from scratch.
So now they are saying that when they made the decision to start over from scratch, they chose the older, backward-compatible API instead of a forward-looking modern one? If their mumbling about the delay of CS3 were true, then there was no reason at all that they wouldn't have just moved to Cocoa right then.
Adobe needs to get their lies straight if they hope to be as awful of a company as Microsoft (something they seem to be striving for with increasing vigor).
I can't imagine that MS is completely unaware of this workaround. After all, they have a licensing department that is larger than many (most?) corporations.
That inclines one to suspect that this hack was left in intentionally.
Now why would Microsoft let people steal from them so easily? That seems diametrically opposed to most of their past behavior. However, if their brand is indeed on a "sharp decline," then this action would suddenly make sense.
But it is still amazing to see Microsoft to be (seemingly) actually encouraging theft of their product. What will they think of next? Voluntarily coding to standards?
Besides having very different properties from aluminum, and besides the last sentence stating that they can be upped to 1,200 megapascals; this could be considered a proof of concept. Excuse the tautology, but: as technologies develop, they improve.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia#Software_and_hardware
:)
"Wikipedia currently runs on dedicated clusters of GNU/Linux servers, 300 in Florida, 26 in Amsterdam and 23 in Yahoo!'s Korean hosting facility in Seoul."
P.S. Gotta love those network topology diagrams. Pretty dang nice for a nonprofit.
I can't understand how anyone can sue anyone for statements made in an openly editable living document.
Wouldn't it be a bit simpler to click the edit button and change the perceived falsehoods in an encyclopedic manner?
I imagine one could even hire a geek to do it for quite a bit less than the price of hiring a lawyer, filing a lawsuit, then pursuing that suit.
Supermodel Adds Credence to Standard Computer
Did Dell get Gisele Bündchen as a spokesmodel or something?
You can ignore the "10." in Mac OS X version numbers. The transition from Tiger to Leopard is from version 4 to version 5. Yes, that's a big change.
Just because Microsoft can't come out with OS updates but once or twice a decade doesn't mean that Apple isn't providing significant updates to their OS more regularly. People see a reason to spend $130 for Leopard; there must be something new there.
They provide an entire website of documentation about Leopard.
http://www.apple.com/support/leopard/
(and yes, they assume you can get to and read a web page).
I see ENORMOUS books on how to use Windows... or even Word for that matter. 600+ pages describing how to use a word processor.
Why doesn't Microsoft give those third-party books away for free?
You do realize this is a third-party book, right?
So can I read it on my iPhone? :P
I cannot believe that this thread does not yet contain a link to this video (that I can see):
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8198147178670424207
"And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_World#Popular_culture
These days, I.T. people love talking about Green Information Technology. E-week can't shut up about it. :)
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Video/Return-on-the-Green-IT-Investment/
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/The-eWEEK-Guide-to-Green-IT/
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Storage/EnergyEfficient-Data-Center/1/
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Infrastructure/Green-Grid-No-Easy-Way-to-Go-Green/
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Infrastructure/Intel-Buys-Green-Power/
(Score:0, Redundant)
Yeah, I suppose a cluster is redundant.
It's nice to know we're that much closer to skynet, but... won't there always be a faster computer?
I think more shocking news would be "No supercomputing records beat this year!" But I suppose that would just be fiction.
If you haven't seen it yet, watch (or read, I suppose) "Journey of Man."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Journey_of_Man:_A_Genetic_Odyssey
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/12/1212_021213_journeyofman.html
It provides a great grounding in the science and methodology, and the documentary is narrated by the scientist who did much of the research (a rare treat).
For reference: Make Love, Not Warcraft.