I've been following this somewhat. Minnesota was one of the original states in the anti-trust trial that went nowhere. Frankly, I'm expecting the same from this. Coupons, vouchers, and 'free' educational software that will be charged against the judgment at full retail value.
Score one for the little guy? I doubt it.
MS should have been broken up like Ma Bell a long time ago.
Shock: "What? G4s in the IBOOKS? Denial: "This must be some poorly researched article on/." Bargaining: "Maybe I can return my powerbook and get an iBook..." Fear: "What if Apple won't let me return it because its a build to order??" Anger: "Those SOBs KNEW and didn't tell me before I spent all that money!" Despair: "Now my Powerbook will have no resale value when I have to eBay it for the new G5 laptops!!" Acceptance: "Wait a minute - this this Powerbook kicks ass! The girls want to be with me, the guys want to be me, and I consistently get benchmarks higher than a dual 1 ghz G4 Powermac. The Airport Extreme rules, the battery life is lengthy, it runs nice and warm and winter is coming! I guess I did ok..."
Fast forward one year. "The G5 laptops are OUT?!?...."
(This is a repost of an old post of mine, but as relevant today as it was then...:)
If you have windows machine as the main one: VNC2VNC. Works with anything that I can get VNC on, although the scroll wheel doesn't work. I use it to control my Beige g3 from my Northgate keyboard (on XP).
This works just like multiple monitors, and I highly recommend it if you have several computers sitting next to each other.
If you want 'virtual monitor spanning' here you go.
If you have windows machine as the main one VNC2VNC. Works with anything that I can get VNC on, although the scroll wheel doesn't work. I use it to control my Beige g3 from my Northgate keyboard (on XP).
If you have two OS X Macs, Teleport does a fine job.
Both of these solutions require two cpus and two monitors, but they work pretty well for this.
You post a long-winded rant that calls interactive fiction the 'worst episode evar!', and derides Slashdotters for not showering. You feel the might of thousands of negative comments weighing you down and the heat of flames licking your feet. You have fallen prey to the vicious Homonym!
>Run away
You can't, as your feet are on fire.
>Put fire out with funny post
It's too late. The bloodthirsty Slashdotters have beaten you to -1 Troll, and the vicious Homonym has picked your bones clean! You're banned for the day!
How subtle TV marketing is? As in a new movie is on it's way out the door, and slowly the number of shows and rebroadcasts featuring the star of the new movie increase. It's not obvious at first, just an increase in face time.
I especially noticed when 'Road to Perdition' with Tom Hanks came out, and suddenly there was a 'Bosom Buddies' marathon, and a selection of Tom's movies like Splash, Forrest Gump, Big, You've Got Mail, and WTF?! MAZES AND MONSTERS (arguably his best/worst).
I said, WTF? What's with the Tom Hanks Super Exposure Week? I then realize I'll be seeing ads for the new Tom Hanks movie anytime.
Comedy Central is especially good/bad at this, as they do it often, but it is more obvious.
Next time you notice a strange movie on TV, and think "Why this flick? Odd...", make a note of the star of the film. Chances are there will be trailers for the new 'feel good romp of the summer'.
Just remember, nothing on the Tube is left to chance. Always ask yourself, 'Why am I seeing this?' and 'Who are they marketing to?' and you'll be surprised how subtle/evil/disturbingly tied-in the entertainment industries are.
I'm not actually arguing anything, I'm just pointing out that if Apple was in MS's shoes, we'd see much the same behavior. Apple has sent (and sued) people for releasing software that changes 'their' interface in OS 9, and even/. has a story about Apple going after someone that made an 'Aqua-esqe' theme.
I agree they have to go after the DRM breakers, for the same reason you mentioned.
I'm just saying that it is my impression that Apple seems to send C&Ds out far more than average. Perhaps that is because they are the most imitated in design and software, or because they are evil hidden behind lovely hardware, and a great UI.
Not that I'm surprised that Apple's chasing after this and other things that 'damage' their business, but it always disturbs me to hear about the army of Apple lawyers that descend on people when something isn't to their liking.
I don't recall MS sending out C&Ds like they are Christmas cards, but maybe they don't need to as MS has whores and drug pushers working directly with congress.
The undercurrent of control makes me wonder what Apple would be like if they ever deposed MS as market leader.
I love my mac, but don't want to be thrown in the gulag if I change a.plist file. Maybe Steve needs a vacation - relax, take in the scenery, enjoy a massage with a happy ending.
I'd like Apple to do well, but not at the loss of freedom to use my computer and the files I make and use with it.
I will admit, it is tough to get going - I had trouble with the CD drive, had to burn a new copy of the install, reset the nvram, replaced the pram battery (which seemed to do the trick) before I got going.
I then had to only install the combo updates - not software update until I was up to 10.2.8.
It's running fine now, and software update works fine as well.
Do you want to lose 10, 20, even 30 megs of data? Then you need new patented MS Cortislim! MS Cortislim works by blocking the use of FAT by your computer when it is under stress, running SETI@home, or any Open Source software.
Remember, MS Cortislim isn't for everyone - only those who want to lose 10, 20, 30 megs of data or more should use MS Cortislim.
Call now and you'll receive an extra 1 month license for every 2 months you purchase!
Panther support for the Beige's ATI rage is still rough according to XPostFacto. I am happily running 10.2.8 on mine (with 384 megs of ram), installed with the stable XPostFacto. It did take awhile to get right - I found that running the combo updates rather than Software Update helped, and leaving the Java one till last.
Once I got it set up, I of course, had to overclock it to 333 (300 mhz g3). It has run without one crash, or 'unexpected quit' since (4 months).
I suggest hanging with 10.2.8 - Apple maintains it with Security Updates (no problems there either) and it runs like a dog in heat.
This weekend I will BE introducing someone new to BeOS - I can't wait to see his face when his PC is suddenly amazingly fast.:)
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but why not buy a $100 Beige G3, and give them OS 9 or hell, for a few bucks more(for ram) OS X? They're cheap and speedy, they handle pictures and Gramma-letters great, no viruses, and have the fortune of being designed by some of the greatest UI designers in the world?
Rarely do I come across UIs on the mac that are confusing. Grammas everywhere should be so lucky.
What better way to mete out punishment than intentionally speed, and force everyone else to stop at my red light? This will be great, as I am a sullen teen with nothing better to do than make driving unsafe and annoying for others.
I look forward to making your 45 minute commute into an hour and a half teeth gnasher.
You'll know me by the visible laughter, and middle finger. Oh, and the 'R' sticker I got from my cousin.
I was also under the impression that Extreme cards can't spoof the MAC address, except under linux, but it looks like that's wrong too. (Although this doesn't specifically mention Extreme)
That's what I get for posting from memory at 2:30 am. The Donald just fired me.
One reason to run Linux on a Powerbook is to go wardriving. Apple hasn't released the specs for their Airport card, so the only way to passively scan and/or spoof your MAC addy is to run Linux.
Granted, this is offtopic as I'm not talking about a G5 or 64 bits of anything, but I think this demonstrates that there are uses for Linux on a mac.
Of course, I would run Mac on Linux if I was going to do this, but it definitely shows that Open Source has advantages over closed and can do things that closed source can't because of licensing, lawsuits, and lameness.
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Score one for the little guy? I doubt it.
MS should have been broken up like Ma Bell a long time ago.
Thank you! Thank you! That would be post 2000! w00t!
Fast forward one year. "The G5 laptops are OUT?!?...."
(This is a repost of an old post of mine, but as relevant today as it was then...:)
This works just like multiple monitors, and I highly recommend it if you have several computers sitting next to each other.
If you have windows machine as the main one VNC2VNC. Works with anything that I can get VNC on, although the scroll wheel doesn't work. I use it to control my Beige g3 from my Northgate keyboard (on XP).
If you have two OS X Macs, Teleport does a fine job.
Both of these solutions require two cpus and two monitors, but they work pretty well for this.
You post a long-winded rant that calls interactive fiction the 'worst episode evar!', and derides Slashdotters for not showering. You feel the might of thousands of negative comments weighing you down and the heat of flames licking your feet. You have fallen prey to the vicious Homonym!
>Run away
You can't, as your feet are on fire.
>Put fire out with funny post
It's too late. The bloodthirsty Slashdotters have beaten you to -1 Troll, and the vicious Homonym has picked your bones clean! You're banned for the day!
Do you want to try again?
>N
I especially noticed when 'Road to Perdition' with Tom Hanks came out, and suddenly there was a 'Bosom Buddies' marathon, and a selection of Tom's movies like Splash, Forrest Gump, Big, You've Got Mail, and WTF?! MAZES AND MONSTERS (arguably his best/worst).
I said, WTF? What's with the Tom Hanks Super Exposure Week? I then realize I'll be seeing ads for the new Tom Hanks movie anytime.
Comedy Central is especially good/bad at this, as they do it often, but it is more obvious.
Next time you notice a strange movie on TV, and think "Why this flick? Odd...", make a note of the star of the film. Chances are there will be trailers for the new 'feel good romp of the summer'.
Just remember, nothing on the Tube is left to chance. Always ask yourself, 'Why am I seeing this?' and 'Who are they marketing to?' and you'll be surprised how subtle/evil/disturbingly tied-in the entertainment industries are.
I agree they have to go after the DRM breakers, for the same reason you mentioned.
I'm just saying that it is my impression that Apple seems to send C&Ds out far more than average. Perhaps that is because they are the most imitated in design and software, or because they are evil hidden behind lovely hardware, and a great UI.
I don't recall MS sending out C&Ds like they are Christmas cards, but maybe they don't need to as MS has whores and drug pushers working directly with congress.
The undercurrent of control makes me wonder what Apple would be like if they ever deposed MS as market leader.
I love my mac, but don't want to be thrown in the gulag if I change a .plist file. Maybe Steve needs a vacation - relax, take in the scenery, enjoy a massage with a happy ending.
I'd like Apple to do well, but not at the loss of freedom to use my computer and the files I make and use with it.
Have you partitioned your HD to less than 8 gigs for the first partition? That was something that held me up for a while.
I highly reccomend reading the docs for XPF and checking out osxhints.com for some things.
I will admit, it is tough to get going - I had trouble with the CD drive, had to burn a new copy of the install, reset the nvram, replaced the pram battery (which seemed to do the trick) before I got going.
I then had to only install the combo updates - not software update until I was up to 10.2.8.
It's running fine now, and software update works fine as well.
Remember, MS Cortislim isn't for everyone - only those who want to lose 10, 20, 30 megs of data or more should use MS Cortislim.
Call now and you'll receive an extra 1 month license for every 2 months you purchase!
Once I got it set up, I of course, had to overclock it to 333 (300 mhz g3). It has run without one crash, or 'unexpected quit' since (4 months).
I suggest hanging with 10.2.8 - Apple maintains it with Security Updates (no problems there either) and it runs like a dog in heat.
OpenBeos will be releasing the new name in June. If you've read my journal, and postulate some, you'll know something I know to BE the truth, and you'll also know I *am* a true BEliver... ;)
Rarely do I come across UIs on the mac that are confusing. Grammas everywhere should be so lucky.
Unless of course, YOU DON'T LOVE YOUR GRAMMA!!!
Bradley A. Buckles, Former Head of the ATF is now Director In Charge of Kopyrights.
D.I.C.K.head Bradley A. Buckles.
It doesn't roll off the tongue very well...
Mandrake is just trying to trick people into thinking that it's OS X. It'll never work! Mandrake doesn't come with white spots!
I mean, I'm like totally sidetalkin', and this bums me out.
It's about time the common man can let Clear Channel know how they feel.
That is contrary to the nature of the software, which is to hide, report on your actions, enable remote operations, reproduce and the like.
Spammers are going to ignore this, just like an unsubscribe link.
I look forward to making your 45 minute commute into an hour and a half teeth gnasher.
You'll know me by the visible laughter, and middle finger. Oh, and the 'R' sticker I got from my cousin.
I was also under the impression that Extreme cards can't spoof the MAC address, except under linux, but it looks like that's wrong too. (Although this doesn't specifically mention Extreme)
That's what I get for posting from memory at 2:30 am. The Donald just fired me.
Granted, this is offtopic as I'm not talking about a G5 or 64 bits of anything, but I think this demonstrates that there are uses for Linux on a mac.
Of course, I would run Mac on Linux if I was going to do this, but it definitely shows that Open Source has advantages over closed and can do things that closed source can't because of licensing, lawsuits, and lameness.
I always wanted to use my computer for 30 seconds at a time.
but what does Gilbert Godfrey have to do with wooden speakers?
I am so tired of waiting.