Standardizing on Apple's in schools is not really a responsible decision regardless of a lower TCO. If your going to be sending someone into a market where probably in excess of 80% of the computers they'll come in contact with are Microsoft based, you owe it to them to at least include some of those computers in their educational experience.
Baloney. The computers that schools can afford generally are old enough that the delta between what they encounter in the workplace and their experience is great enough that platform doesn't matter.
in the time that it took to produce ONE semi-functional version of Mozilla, Opera Software, a company with not even a tenth of AOLNSCP's resources, produced multiple versions of a fully functional web browser, for all of Mozilla's major target platforms. Not only did they produce, maintain and upgrade native Windows, MacOS and Linux versions of Opera, but they increased their market share, and made money doing it
Hmm, if I recall correctly, I had two children in the time it took Opera to release their Mac browser... If I do not recall correctly, it is due to lack of sleep or under/over caffeination.
The desire to accumulate wealth is not human nature. Humans weren't doing it for thousands of years in the era before recorded history. Native americans weren't doing it either.
wealth == power. is there any proof that the desire to accumulate power is not human nature? Even if not, in any case, what's your plan?
Developers shouldn't care about the market. If you have a quality process in place with requirements that are reviewed by many disciplines (services, product management, etc) then they will modify the product to fit the market.
That's a big if ! But you know, we're not talking about developers, we're talking about software architects. They're not usually interchangeable. Architects need to know a little bit of everything. In particular, seemingly minor points like supporting platform-specific features are often overlooked at the strategic level.
Video games are clocked at 60 turns per second, and the player can't tell. The difference between chess and Starcraft is that in Starcraft, the pieces do not move nearly as far in a "turn".
Ahh, but I have to throw a Heisenberg back at you. "This again emphasizes a subjective element in the description of atomic events, since the measuring device has been constructed by the observer, and we have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning."
We're obsessed with computers and information theory. Naturally, people propose that the universe is actually a computer or that we're living in a simulation. But science isn't about Ultimate Truth: claiming that we're living a simulation, or that we can't prove that we're not living a clocked simulation is completely outside the scope of science.
This could certainly apply to a simulation of our universe, also. Maybe we're all running in slow motion in our simulation, because it takes a minute of real time to simulate a milisecond of our time.
That might work if our reality were clocked. you're talking about the difference between a slow versus a fast chess game (they are identical), whereas "reality chess" would be a turn-less game, where the players can proceed simultaneously without waiting for the opponent to make a move. That's fundamentally different.
If we thought we were seeing too many software/business patents, we're about to really be amazed.
Now we're patenting "features" of software--behaviors even. How about Undo? Oooh, that's worthy of a patent. Or double-click to select a word, triple-click to select a sentence?
This isn't a new game. Microsoft patented their Start button. Apple has some really basic, dumb looking GUI patents as well. Yay. I suggest patenting a new virus mechanism - think DMCA protection!
Does it disgust you to consider obtaining permission before the use of said sample? Let's face it, the original artist did create that sound sample. Thus the copyright does belong to them.
A sample is the same as a literary quotation. One should not need permission to quote someone. I just sampled your post. Mmmmmm. Sosumi.
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the original artist did create that sound sound sound sound sample. Thus the copyright Thus the copyright Thus the copyright Thus the copyright Thus the copyright does belong to them.
One could argue that software can be made perfect because it is based on logic.
One could. However, lacking any actual examples of that, a logical person must conclude that it is unlikely, insofar as software is written by humans and governed by market conditions. Perfection in this environment is judged more by market timing, fitness of purpose, and perceived value than by the structure of the software; the structure may be perfect, but it may not do exactly what people want... and what people want ebbs and flows with the market.
They are also developing long range missiles and working on extending them. They are currently able to strike the state of California.
I've heard this, but the latest issue of the Economist ("Hell Bent") shows their farthest range as being far short of even Alaska. Which could be wrong... but even so, they haven't tested any such missiles.
You left out my favorite, Ultima III! I've completed that game from beginning to end at least 15 times, on various platforms such as C64, Atari ST and PC. The Atari version was the best, if I recall correctly. The PC version was terrible.
Oh, I loved Ultima III also, my friend, it just didn't make the impression on me that either II (my first computer RPG) or IV did (with its added complexity). I wrote interactive map and character editors for both II and IV on the apple ][. 15 times, eh? wow. I never played it in color, can you believe that? only green screen monitors in my neck of the woods (Jakarta, Indonesia at the time).
Remove those freedoms so they (theoretically) have no reason to hate us anymore.
You jest, I know, but it's worth pointing out that the specific freedoms in question are along the lines of : men without beards, women getting an education, Zionism, not requiring everyone to be Muslim, etc.
There doesn't seem to be a viable software product business model for the future. this is what the software industry is dead means. Until something entirely new and different comes around, computing needs are well understood. The word processor, spreadsheet, page layout/design, 3D modeling, pixelpusher, web browser - you name it, and it there are tons of free software projects that aren't going away, even if they suck today relative to their retail counterparts. Everyone in the biz knows this by now, even if they don't understand why anyone would do something for no money. And a lot of those retail versions are feature complete - what could MS Word 2010 possibly offer us in terms of features? In reality, is there anything you need from a word processor that WordStar in 1985 didn't offer? You can get buy a Mac Classic on eBay for $15 and use Word 5.1 and print to any PostScript laser printer ever invented, and it will still be useful for ten more years. (an aside: there is no better computer for working outside where the sun is too bright to see laptop screens) This is the problem we face - why do we need to grow? I'm not saying the answer is we don't, it's just that we're waiting for the next GUI/DTP or WWW. And we haven't finished prosecuting the internet bubble scumbags.
There will always be a need to process data for as long as man exists. If we don't need to think up new and better ways to do that, I'll be very surprised.
This is absolutely true. But those are consultants or IT departments, they live perfectly well with free software.
Yeah, but that didn't hold a candle to the original CW on the Apple ][, for me anyway, probably because by the time Wolf 3D came out, I already understood the way video games all work. Wolfenstein on the Apple// was sufficiently different than other games - being held up at gunpoint or being able to hold them up at gunpoint, having to find a uniform, a bulletproof vest, etc. When the SS got on your trail (after having shot some poor sod) you were in for some scary moments. It was the only game that really made me jump, other than Marathon years later.
The only other games that mattered to me were Ultima II, IV, V.
For the record, my 12" is fine. No problems. I've had it since they became available. The advantage of the metal powerbooks is that there is none of that bending plastic case sound when you pick it up, move the screen, etc. It is rock solid. Getting a coolpad is probably a good idea though if you use it all day.
MS changes the file format to break compatibility on purpose, to force upgrades, and that is something which is well-documented.
Wait, I have an idea. Let's chuck this open-standard "non-proprietary" ASCII crap and return to the standardized, stable, American, and well-documented beauty queen that is EBCDIC. I mean, nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM, and of course ASCII is the domain of hippies and microcomputer losers, which will never succeed, by the way.
I've never understood the fascination of combining digital products together. Cell phones with the Internet, laptops with cameras, etc. The way I see it, if you want a laptop, buy a laptop. If you want a camera, buy a camera.
They are experiments, a celebration of both people and technology. nobody knows what will work, really, and people always find unintended uses for stuff. so yeah, a swiss army knife is an inferior replacement for all the separate components, but the swiss army knife is about convenience, not being the best corkscrew or tweezer in the world.
I'm all for smaller the better, but not in that form. I'd rather have it small enough that it can safely be embedded in a nice leather portfolio, for instance.
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Baloney. The computers that schools can afford generally are old enough that the delta between what they encounter in the workplace and their experience is great enough that platform doesn't matter.
Hmm, if I recall correctly, I had two children in the time it took Opera to release their Mac browser... If I do not recall correctly, it is due to lack of sleep or under/over caffeination.
wealth == power. is there any proof that the desire to accumulate power is not human nature? Even if not, in any case, what's your plan?
That's a big if ! But you know, we're not talking about developers, we're talking about software architects. They're not usually interchangeable. Architects need to know a little bit of everything. In particular, seemingly minor points like supporting platform-specific features are often overlooked at the strategic level.
Its a damned OS, its a TOOL.. its not some drug induced altered state of mind...
I understand that this version has a much-needed upgrade to the subliminal messaging system.
between opportunity and profit is action.
The practice of law. Lawyers. Justice for all. Patriotism. Wal-Mart. 20 ton SUVs. Green, green grass. and... lawyers.
Ahh, but I have to throw a Heisenberg back at you. "This again emphasizes a subjective element in the description of atomic events, since the measuring device has been constructed by the observer, and we have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning."
We're obsessed with computers and information theory. Naturally, people propose that the universe is actually a computer or that we're living in a simulation. But science isn't about Ultimate Truth: claiming that we're living a simulation, or that we can't prove that we're not living a clocked simulation is completely outside the scope of science.
That might work if our reality were clocked. you're talking about the difference between a slow versus a fast chess game (they are identical), whereas "reality chess" would be a turn-less game, where the players can proceed simultaneously without waiting for the opponent to make a move. That's fundamentally different.
This isn't a new game. Microsoft patented their Start button. Apple has some really basic, dumb looking GUI patents as well. Yay. I suggest patenting a new virus mechanism - think DMCA protection!
A sample is the same as a literary quotation. One should not need permission to quote someone. I just sampled your post. Mmmmmm. Sosumi.
Does it disgust you
Does it disgust you
Does it disgust you to consider obtaining permission before the use of said sample? Let's Let's Let's face it, Does it disgust you? Let's face it, does it disgust you? Let's Let's Let's Let's face it, the original artist did create that sound sound sound sound sample. Thus the copyright Thus the copyright Thus the copyright Thus the copyright Thus the copyright does belong to them.
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One could. However, lacking any actual examples of that, a logical person must conclude that it is unlikely, insofar as software is written by humans and governed by market conditions. Perfection in this environment is judged more by market timing, fitness of purpose, and perceived value than by the structure of the software; the structure may be perfect, but it may not do exactly what people want... and what people want ebbs and flows with the market.
I've heard this, but the latest issue of the Economist ("Hell Bent") shows their farthest range as being far short of even Alaska. Which could be wrong... but even so, they haven't tested any such missiles.
Oh, I loved Ultima III also, my friend, it just didn't make the impression on me that either II (my first computer RPG) or IV did (with its added complexity). I wrote interactive map and character editors for both II and IV on the apple ][. 15 times, eh? wow. I never played it in color, can you believe that? only green screen monitors in my neck of the woods (Jakarta, Indonesia at the time).
You jest, I know, but it's worth pointing out that the specific freedoms in question are along the lines of : men without beards, women getting an education, Zionism, not requiring everyone to be Muslim, etc.
There will always be a need to process data for as long as man exists. If we don't need to think up new and better ways to do that, I'll be very surprised.
This is absolutely true. But those are consultants or IT departments, they live perfectly well with free software.
The only other games that mattered to me were Ultima II, IV, V.
Only if their music and slo-mo can follow them.
isn't that what the word "international" means?
For the record, my 12" is fine. No problems. I've had it since they became available. The advantage of the metal powerbooks is that there is none of that bending plastic case sound when you pick it up, move the screen, etc. It is rock solid. Getting a coolpad is probably a good idea though if you use it all day.
Wait, I have an idea. Let's chuck this open-standard "non-proprietary" ASCII crap and return to the standardized, stable, American, and well-documented beauty queen that is EBCDIC. I mean, nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM, and of course ASCII is the domain of hippies and microcomputer losers, which will never succeed, by the way.
They are experiments, a celebration of both people and technology. nobody knows what will work, really, and people always find unintended uses for stuff. so yeah, a swiss army knife is an inferior replacement for all the separate components, but the swiss army knife is about convenience, not being the best corkscrew or tweezer in the world.
I'm all for smaller the better, but not in that form. I'd rather have it small enough that it can safely be embedded in a nice leather portfolio, for instance.
The only thing that matters is where the control key is.