actualy OS X is fairly well aimed at the commen man
I think that's true, but I don't think you should look at it exclusively. I've been using computers since a Commodre 64, have used Linux and Windows extensively and recently bought a Mac. I love OS X... not because I don't know how to use a computer, but because I enjoy using a computer that is not constantly getting in my way and making my life difficult.
OS X I think is appealing to computer veterans, and geeks like myself. Email, photos, music all have extraordinarily good applications, but you can still drop to the command line, do some development if you please on a decent Unix shell. What could be better?
I use a Garmin G76 GPS to record my glider flights. It takes a breadcrumb trail, and can be set to do it pretty damn frequently, at least 1/sec I am pretty sure. You can then download the trace via a serial port to your computer for analysis.
and not one of them has caused iTunes to bat an eyelid.
Yeah definitely. I had a 'copy protected' CD that I couldn't play on my computer - just some stupid little.exe file showed up which couldn't even play the music properly. THen I recently got a Mac Mini and I was busy copying all my CDs to the hard disk when I realised about an hour prior I had copied that protected CD without any issues.
They've got nothing on the Kea, which is a Parrot native to New Zealand.
These are sufficienly curious and smart that they are capable of opening a zipped up bag, pulling out a lunch box, opening that lunchbox and eating what it finds inside.
That's a non-trivial achievement. I've known people that couldn't get that far.
I agree. Since I live in New Zealand, we use the One True Paper format, or A4 for general documents.
Word never seems to understand this. It's one thing to default to A4 when you create a new document, but another entirely to play nice with US Letter.
We have a printer at my work that has A4 paper. That's it. So if I get sent a document from America, I do not want to print it in US Letter. Please don't make me tell you every single time. Thank you.
What the submitter failed to mention is that to read this article you have to stump up with $250. The comment in the submission is merely from the executive summary.
'It's worth it'. Come on, how many people here read the article, let alone will pay $250 for it?
Someone at the gliding club left the electrics on the piper pawnee towplane on for a few days, left the battery flat.
So we pulled around a car, chained together two jumper leads (the battery isn't exactly conveniently located in one of these) and let it charge for about 10 minutes with the car running. Tried to start the plane, just about stalled the car and had no joy on starting it.
Left it to charge another 10 minutes or so, and managed to get the plane started. No problemo!
Speeding tickets has nothing to do with safety, but everything to do with making money in the government. Don't believe me? Check the revenue at the local law enforcement office.
That's the best part - it's a tax that you can avoid paying entirely. Don't speed, and you don't have to pay a penny, yet the police get billions in revenue.
In my books, that's a great deal. The fact that my car (a beautiful 2003 Toyota Camry) has great efficiency at 90kph is just a fringe benefit too.
The company and the people running the company are employed by the shareholders of the company for one purpose: To maximize shareholder value.
If the company decides to be charitable, it is doing so with other people's money. That's dispicable.
Philanthropy is a purely personal decision to make, and should be made with personal funds. Witness that Microsoft does not give to charity, but Bill Gates has given more money to charity than any other person in the history of humanity.
I know you're just trolling, but there is an important difference in the way constitutions across the world are setup. America and many other western countries essentially state:
We the people, allow the government to do the following...
Whereas China and their ilk state:
We the government, allow the people to do the following...
Hate to rain in the parade, but the word was first coined by an American, as Aluminum. The British decided that no self-respecting metal could possibly end in um instead of ium, and added the i. Other counter examples such as platinum didn't seem to bother them.
I bought a Mac Mini. It hasn't arrived yet (mutter mutter mutter) but it's coming real soon now. Used Windows all my life with a bit of Linux on the side.
The Swiss have to account for all of their ammunition, as well as their guns. The Swiss experience should tell you that gun control (as in licensing, not reduction in quantity) is good...
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I think that's true, but I don't think you should look at it exclusively. I've been using computers since a Commodre 64, have used Linux and Windows extensively and recently bought a Mac. I love OS X... not because I don't know how to use a computer, but because I enjoy using a computer that is not constantly getting in my way and making my life difficult.
OS X I think is appealing to computer veterans, and geeks like myself. Email, photos, music all have extraordinarily good applications, but you can still drop to the command line, do some development if you please on a decent Unix shell. What could be better?
It's very simple to use.
Yeah definitely. I had a 'copy protected' CD that I couldn't play on my computer - just some stupid little .exe file showed up which couldn't even play the music properly. THen I recently got a Mac Mini and I was busy copying all my CDs to the hard disk when I realised about an hour prior I had copied that protected CD without any issues.
w00t.
Not so. Could just be a doppler shift that causes it issues.
These are sufficienly curious and smart that they are capable of opening a zipped up bag, pulling out a lunch box, opening that lunchbox and eating what it finds inside.
That's a non-trivial achievement. I've known people that couldn't get that far.
Word never seems to understand this. It's one thing to default to A4 when you create a new document, but another entirely to play nice with US Letter.
We have a printer at my work that has A4 paper. That's it. So if I get sent a document from America, I do not want to print it in US Letter. Please don't make me tell you every single time. Thank you.
Which means it always comes back to the same thing:
'It's worth it'. Come on, how many people here read the article, let alone will pay $250 for it?
So we pulled around a car, chained together two jumper leads (the battery isn't exactly conveniently located in one of these) and let it charge for about 10 minutes with the car running. Tried to start the plane, just about stalled the car and had no joy on starting it.
Left it to charge another 10 minutes or so, and managed to get the plane started. No problemo!
That's about 40km per litre, or about 3.5 times the fuel efficiency of my Camry.
Of course, not practical every day, but who cares?
you should also watch 'The Dish'. It's very good.
That's the best part - it's a tax that you can avoid paying entirely. Don't speed, and you don't have to pay a penny, yet the police get billions in revenue.
In my books, that's a great deal. The fact that my car (a beautiful 2003 Toyota Camry) has great efficiency at 90kph is just a fringe benefit too.
If the company decides to be charitable, it is doing so with other people's money. That's dispicable.
Philanthropy is a purely personal decision to make, and should be made with personal funds. Witness that Microsoft does not give to charity, but Bill Gates has given more money to charity than any other person in the history of humanity.
I know you're just trolling, but there is an important difference in the way constitutions across the world are setup. America and many other western countries essentially state:
Whereas China and their ilk state: Very important distinction.Hate to rain in the parade, but the word was first coined by an American, as Aluminum. The British decided that no self-respecting metal could possibly end in um instead of ium, and added the i. Other counter examples such as platinum didn't seem to bother them.
That seems to be what happens when you are low priority - Apple New Zealand sources from Apple Australia, which itself can't satisfy its own demand.
Very Good!
yes, I am 'toting' an ipod too.
Be careful, they max out at 20d6. We've got a nasty caster on our hands if that's the case though.
All you have to do is serialize your motherboard through an HTML port.
Drivers have nothing to do with DirectX. I suggest you blame your video card manufacturer instead.
The Swiss have to account for all of their ammunition, as well as their guns. The Swiss experience should tell you that gun control (as in licensing, not reduction in quantity) is good...
Well, it would be if they would only just finally deliver my stupid Mac Mini!
American? Hmm. Lead Developer was in my class in Auckland, New Zealand.
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