I'm not about to fork USD $100 for 128Mb RAM from Apple
OS X is definitely picky about RAM timing tolerances, but that's a quality issue, not a brand name issue. You don't need to buy your RAM from Apple. Just avoid the ultra-cheap stuff from Jim-Bob's House 'o RAM, and buy quality RAM from any decent vendor, such as Crucial or Micron.
I'm certain that one would start writing it using Objective-C and applescripts.
I highly doubt that. Cocoa is a fairly high-level framework, and AppleScript is even higher. You'd more than likely need to work directly with Mach, using C or even PPC assembler.
I guess my 1st question is why do you want to do this? While I'm not aware of any program that does this (unless virtual PC will do it), most any linux program can be run on OSX with a recompile.
True, but for developers simply running the app is not always the point. If you're developing a portable app, you often want to be sure it builds correctly against a particular version of a particular distribution. Being able to run an arbitrary number of different Linux distributions in a "sandboxed" environment would be a much, much smoother way to do that than creating a bunch of partitions and multi-booting.
How many robotics engineers haven't been influenced by Azimov?
I highly doubt that very many roboticists have heard of this Azimov guy. I certainly haven't, and I read *tons* of scifi. There was a guy with a similar name, though - Asimov - who was very, very influential in the field of robotics.
I learn more about people and companies via Google
Please, for the sake of your applicants, be careful when you do that. For curiosity's sake, I did a Google directory search for my real name - and got two matches back. The first was for the Georgia Registry of Sex Offenders, the second a list of soldiers killed in Viet Nam. Anyone who took this list at face value would think I'm a dead pervert.:-(
So, I checked the sites, to see why my name was on these lists. It's not; the first list has someone on it who shares my first name. The second, someone who shares my last name.
Two things: First, the money was a relatively small amount that was paid to settle a lawsuit, not to prop Apple up. And second, MS didn't "keep giving them money" - it was a one-time purchase of APPL stock.
I think the point of the poster was that a story contrary to the tone and message of Tolkien, and clearly exploitative of him, would be shot down.
And my point was that Bored of the Rings is clearly quite contrary to Tolkien's message, and clearly exploitative - and yet, Tolkien's lawyers don't stand a snowball's chance in hell of shooting it down, because parody is completely legal.
I'd imagine that if you made a movie about the Great Hobbit Orgy at Gondor, you'd be bitchslapped back to the First Age.
They might try, but parody is completely legal. Or haven't you heard of Bored of the Rings? The first paragraph pretty well sums up the tone of the whole book:
When Mr. Dildo Bugger of Bug End grudgingly announced his intention of throwing a free feed for the boggies in his part of the Sty, the reaction in Boggietown was immediate - all through the messy little slum could be heard squeals of "Swell!" and "Hot puppies,
grub!" Slavering with anticipation, several recipients of the invitations devoured their little engraved scrolls, temporarily deranged by transports of gluttony. After the initial hysteria, however, the boggies returned to their daily routines, and is their wont, lapsed back into a coma.
Who can forget the song of Tim Benzedrine?
Toke-a-lid! Smoke-a-lid! Pop the mescalino!
Stash the hash! Gonna crash! Make mine methedrino!
Hop a hill! Pop a pill! For Old Tim Benzedrino!
Hilarious stuff - unless, of course, you think of Tolkien as God, and regard any mocking of his work as sacrilege.
the 'net as we know it now didn't exist back then this is all hypothetical
Hardly!. My old VIC-20 had horrible RF shielding, so it borked up the TV reception (no cable!) pretty badly, creating these nasty interference patterns on the TV upstairs. The solution was simple: Whenever my parents wanted to watch TV, I had to turn the computer off.
Great point. The fluid dynamics used to create a spewing carotid artery can be learned just as well by simulating a water cannon - a la "Mario Sunshine."
Yes, but it's not recent. I upgraded a musician friend's PC about a year ago with a controller that cost about $100 or so - I think it was a Promise. It was a RAID controller, but even with only one drive, it was noticably faster.
Several years ago, I had a caching controller with 16MB and its own 68000 CPU. I think I paid a bit over $100 for that, too.
I've never run benchmarks, but the impression I get from informal use is that the onboard controllers on most m/bs are more or less literally a dime a dozen. Criticizing IDE based on their performance would be like criticizing SCSI based on the performance of the no-name ISA controller that came bundled with a scanner I once had.
I must acknowledge that modern IDE drives do haul much ass. The problem is that they require massive amounts of your system's CPU to do so.
That's very true if you use the supplied-by-the-cheapest-bidder controller that's built into most motherboards. But, if you drop a couple of hundred bucks on a decent controller - perhaps even a 64-bit, 66Mhz PCI board - the situation will improve dramatically.
If you're going to compare IDE vs. SCSI, at least be fair about it - don't compare your $300 ultra fast wide SCSI 3 controller to a built-in IDE chipset that probably cost the m/b maker less than $10.
My plan is to just stay in school until the economy gets better
At the rate things are going right now, you might want to start thinking about grad school. I wouldn't expect any drastic changes in two or three years.
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I'm not about to fork USD $100 for 128Mb RAM from Apple
OS X is definitely picky about RAM timing tolerances, but that's a quality issue, not a brand name issue. You don't need to buy your RAM from Apple. Just avoid the ultra-cheap stuff from Jim-Bob's House 'o RAM, and buy quality RAM from any decent vendor, such as Crucial or Micron.
Then the average computer tech will be an AI psychiatrist of a sort!
Will the real Susan Calvin please stand up?
I'm certain that one would start writing it using Objective-C and applescripts.
I highly doubt that. Cocoa is a fairly high-level framework, and AppleScript is even higher. You'd more than likely need to work directly with Mach, using C or even PPC assembler.
I guess my 1st question is why do you want to do this? While I'm not aware of any program that does this (unless virtual PC will do it), most any linux program can be run on OSX with a recompile.
True, but for developers simply running the app is not always the point. If you're developing a portable app, you often want to be sure it builds correctly against a particular version of a particular distribution. Being able to run an arbitrary number of different Linux distributions in a "sandboxed" environment would be a much, much smoother way to do that than creating a bunch of partitions and multi-booting.
when the AIM allaiance was developing the PPC, they all had high hopes that Microsoft would make NT support PPC chips
Early versions of NT *did* support PPC - as well as MIPS, Sparc, and Alpha. MS built it, but nobody came.
How many robotics engineers haven't been influenced by Azimov?
I highly doubt that very many roboticists have heard of this Azimov guy. I certainly haven't, and I read *tons* of scifi. There was a guy with a similar name, though - Asimov - who was very, very influential in the field of robotics.
What is the major advantage of an XML-Database?
Optimized, open, standards-based, buzzword compliance.
select * from users where clue > 0;
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It's like: rather than replacing the entire baby, you only change the diaper. However, after 20 years, it's time to rethink that stategy.
Yes, I'd say it is. If you're still changing diapers after twenty years, it may very well be time to think about replacing the baby.
Am I surrounded by teenagers?
This is slashdot. Of course you are...
8600??? Pentium Pro??? Where do you work, a museum?
That's not an argument, it's just negation. I paid for an argument!
I learn more about people and companies via Google
:-(
Please, for the sake of your applicants, be careful when you do that. For curiosity's sake, I did a Google directory search for my real name - and got two matches back. The first was for the Georgia Registry of Sex Offenders, the second a list of soldiers killed in Viet Nam. Anyone who took this list at face value would think I'm a dead pervert.
So, I checked the sites, to see why my name was on these lists. It's not; the first list has someone on it who shares my first name. The second, someone who shares my last name.
We're not sure what she's going to be like as an adult cat.
One word: Garfield.
Since when is "Chimera" worse from a "legal" standpoint than "Camino?"
"Chimera" was already in use for another web browser. "Camino" was not. Any questions?
Two things: First, the money was a relatively small amount that was paid to settle a lawsuit, not to prop Apple up. And second, MS didn't "keep giving them money" - it was a one-time purchase of APPL stock.
Private citizens should be attempting it because NASA can't launch a shuttle safely.
I think the point of the poster was that a story contrary to the tone and message of Tolkien, and clearly exploitative of him, would be shot down.
And my point was that Bored of the Rings is clearly quite contrary to Tolkien's message, and clearly exploitative - and yet, Tolkien's lawyers don't stand a snowball's chance in hell of shooting it down, because parody is completely legal.
They might try, but parody is completely legal. Or haven't you heard of Bored of the Rings? The first paragraph pretty well sums up the tone of the whole book: Who can forget the song of Tim Benzedrine? Hilarious stuff - unless, of course, you think of Tolkien as God, and regard any mocking of his work as sacrilege.
the 'net as we know it now didn't exist back then this is all hypothetical
Hardly!. My old VIC-20 had horrible RF shielding, so it borked up the TV reception (no cable!) pretty badly, creating these nasty interference patterns on the TV upstairs. The solution was simple: Whenever my parents wanted to watch TV, I had to turn the computer off.
There aren't a lot of "gore-specific" techniques.
Great point. The fluid dynamics used to create a spewing carotid artery can be learned just as well by simulating a water cannon - a la "Mario Sunshine."
Are you speaking from personal experience?
Yes, but it's not recent. I upgraded a musician friend's PC about a year ago with a controller that cost about $100 or so - I think it was a Promise. It was a RAID controller, but even with only one drive, it was noticably faster.
Several years ago, I had a caching controller with 16MB and its own 68000 CPU. I think I paid a bit over $100 for that, too.
I've never run benchmarks, but the impression I get from informal use is that the onboard controllers on most m/bs are more or less literally a dime a dozen. Criticizing IDE based on their performance would be like criticizing SCSI based on the performance of the no-name ISA controller that came bundled with a scanner I once had.
Think the 16x DVD-R would make you blind maybe?
Only if you use it to burn pr0n.
I must acknowledge that modern IDE drives do haul much ass. The problem is that they require massive amounts of your system's CPU to do so.
That's very true if you use the supplied-by-the-cheapest-bidder controller that's built into most motherboards. But, if you drop a couple of hundred bucks on a decent controller - perhaps even a 64-bit, 66Mhz PCI board - the situation will improve dramatically.
If you're going to compare IDE vs. SCSI, at least be fair about it - don't compare your $300 ultra fast wide SCSI 3 controller to a built-in IDE chipset that probably cost the m/b maker less than $10.
My plan is to just stay in school until the economy gets better
At the rate things are going right now, you might want to start thinking about grad school. I wouldn't expect any drastic changes in two or three years.