This was from a friend of mine who works for MS, at one of the yearly MS-employee-brainwash sessions (like the one where the 'monkey-video' was shot at, where this friend was also present, btw).
There is more to this new chip than just 64 bit address space (bringing several terabytes of RAM in range). For instance, 8 intructions per clock cycle, (vs G4's 3 - not sure about P4) and high bandwidth memory access.
I know I'm going to get flamed to pieces for this, but isn't the i* software suite just doing what Microsoft did with Windows and Internet Explorer?
*sigh*
No it's not.
1 You can trash any iApps just as soon as you find a better alternative. No hidden API's in Aqua or Darwin (I think), no 'commingling' of code.
2 No forcing others to behave by illegally abusing one's monopoly (kind of a moot point, since Apple makes the whole machine, but still, no illegal practices)
3 No killing off markets, but inventing them.
how will cat-based purr-petual motion machine work if there's no gravity to pull the cat towards the floor?
according to Einstein, this can be done using radio waves:
"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."
Any normal software vendor facing disappointing sales will try discounts, bundles, advertising, new features (yeah right...)
MS? They stick with their ludicrously overpriced product (virtually unchanged since it's conception), start pointing fingers, spreading FUD and making threats.
You need a forest and water to turn CO2 into Carbon Hydroxides (CHx) and O2.
You only need to run an electrical current through water to produce H2 and O2.
If it were that easy to turn CO2 into O2 we wouldn't have any greenhouse problems on Earth, and we wouldn't even have to bother going all the way to Mars.
repeat after me:
using computers in schools is not about teaching how to operate one. using computers in schools is not about teaching how to operate one. using computers in schools is not about teaching how to operate one.
it's about math, history, language, biology. the OS should get out of the way asap, which is why so many schools prefer macs.
disney is the outfit that dreamt up classics like cinderella 2 and peter pan 2 (wtf?). surely these people don't publish any music that i might ever want to listen to or inspires others to go on a pirating rampage?
Only when you abuse your monopoly power to illegally screw your competitors is when there is actually something to complain about.
Who ever knew that some skulls can be *that* thick?
this would be promotional material lacks all the slickness we have com to expect form apple. not to mention that ridiculous knob that looks like it's glued on - and that's supposed to come from the same people that dreamt up the ipod? nooooo.
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This was from a friend of mine who works for MS, at one of the yearly MS-employee-brainwash sessions (like the one where the 'monkey-video' was shot at, where this friend was also present, btw).
"I don't know how I let anybody talk me in to the X-Box"
Indeed.
The range of humanly audible sound is about 20Hz-20kHz; standard speakers generally do not exceed that range.
So anything coming out of a speaker should be audible.
Don't you know those Canadians are terrorists?
Share price, moral outrage and press backlash fluctuate violently, caused by the wild rumors and expectations that always surround MacWorld.
One of these shows per year seems more than enough, given the 365-day-a-year MacWorld we have right here on the Internet.
Product introductions can be done much cheaper and at Apple's convenience (i.e. when they are ready to deliver) via a webcast (iPod, iBook)
Anyway, that's how I see it.
There is more to this new chip than just 64 bit address space (bringing several terabytes of RAM in range). For instance, 8 intructions per clock cycle, (vs G4's 3 - not sure about P4) and high bandwidth memory access.
With VibraCall alert!
(it's a walkie-talkie)
I know I'm going to get flamed to pieces for this, but isn't the i* software suite just doing what Microsoft did with Windows and Internet Explorer? *sigh* No it's not. 1 You can trash any iApps just as soon as you find a better alternative. No hidden API's in Aqua or Darwin (I think), no 'commingling' of code. 2 No forcing others to behave by illegally abusing one's monopoly (kind of a moot point, since Apple makes the whole machine, but still, no illegal practices) 3 No killing off markets, but inventing them.
how will cat-based purr-petual motion machine work if there's no gravity to pull the cat towards the floor?
according to Einstein, this can be done using radio waves:
"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."
- Albert Einstein, explaining radio
source
Do we now get all kinds of players on all kinds of platorms, thereby releaving M$ of any advantage they have (had) by controlling Windows Media?
Hey, selling 300.000 copies of Office X gets you about $150 million!
MS? They stick with their ludicrously overpriced product (virtually unchanged since it's conception), start pointing fingers, spreading FUD and making threats.
Braindead greedy crooks.
Why do we want 20 different sites all recycling the same content?
I'm not talking about the rumors, this is about the Apple party line, which is what you would get with a MacWorld press pass.
You need a forest and water to turn CO2 into Carbon Hydroxides (CHx) and O2. You only need to run an electrical current through water to produce H2 and O2. If it were that easy to turn CO2 into O2 we wouldn't have any greenhouse problems on Earth, and we wouldn't even have to bother going all the way to Mars.
repeat after me: using computers in schools is not about teaching how to operate one. using computers in schools is not about teaching how to operate one. using computers in schools is not about teaching how to operate one. it's about math, history, language, biology. the OS should get out of the way asap, which is why so many schools prefer macs.
...of course I wasn't the first with that one... what was I thinking?
I think you mean:
'AntiTrustWorthy Computing'
disney is the outfit that dreamt up classics like cinderella 2 and peter pan 2 (wtf?). surely these people don't publish any music that i might ever want to listen to or inspires others to go on a pirating rampage?
Only when you abuse your monopoly power to illegally screw your competitors is when there is actually something to complain about. Who ever knew that some skulls can be *that* thick?
this would be promotional material lacks all the slickness we have com to expect form apple. not to mention that ridiculous knob that looks like it's glued on - and that's supposed to come from the same people that dreamt up the ipod? nooooo.