Jesus...while reading the responses to this post, I've come to the conclusion that Slashbots above the 1,000,000 user ID have had their humor bit defaulted to OFF.
Can VMWare share a Boot Camp partition like Parallels can? I'm not (just) asking to be snarky - I'm really curious; this is the reason we bought Parallels.
You're getting flak for this, but I read it the same way:
Ars Technica takes a look under the hood of Vista, discussing the need for a new API and comparing the graphics engine in Vista to that of Mac OS X.
Ah, cool. We're going to compare Vista's graphics layer with OS X's. Interesting.
Now, very next sentence:
'With Windows Vista it will be possible to implement Exposé properly-with live window updates and low system overhead.
Oh. So we're comparing OS X and Vista. OS X has Exposé, but Vista's graphics system would be able to implement such a system properly, with live window updates.
Reading these two sentences it's pretty easy to see where the confusion lies. For a second I thought I was crazy, and loaded a quicktime movie and triggered Exposé, just to make sure.
The gnashing of teeth over these decisions is simply awe-inspiring. Basically, the points of contention boil down to:
1. Flickr wants you to signin with a yahoo account.
2. Flickr will limit you to 3000 contacts.
3. Flickr will limit the number of tags on your photos to 75.
That's it. In response:
1. Jesus. Just get a Yahoo ID. Can't find your precious flickr ID on Yahoo (since Yahoo has a mizillion members)? Just take your ID and add "flickr" at the end. It'll probably be available. You can still get email updates at whatever email address you like, and this change doesn't change anything about your nickname on the site! This is LITERALLY a change to the login process, and ONLY the login process.
2. I suspect this measure is probably the first move in Flickr announcing some other social networking features (Friends or some such, some other data type), that will allow you to do much the same thing you do with contacts, allowing contacts to be, you know, PEOPLE YOU FUCKING CONTACT!
3. This move is great. Using the Flickr API can get downright stupid when you attempt to browse a tag and the same damn pictures come up, because some unattractive lady has tagged her picture with a million different keywords. Stop tagspam.
Seriously...what a pathetic display of whining (the vast majority) and opportunism (Mr. Hawk)
Considering the iPhone's screen, aspect sensing capability and coverflow make the current video iPod look positively antiquated, I would not be surprised (indeed, I am expecting) at the eventual introduction of what you've described.
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I'm reposting my comment from MacRumors on this subject...
If I recall correctly, when Soundbooth appeared (along with the accompanying uproar about it being Intel-only) it was revealed that Adobe had either licensed or purchased outright audio technology written, from the ground up, for x86 processors. I imagine they realized this, w/regard to Soundbooth (note: the numbers are purely for an example, they aren't meant to be real-world):
It would cost us 0 dollars to not develop a Mac version of Soundbooth, and we would make 0 dollars by not doing so (heh, this is obvious - I just thought this sentence was funny.)
It would cost us 10 million dollars (and lots of time) to make a completely, from-the-ground-up Universal version of Sound Booth, porting the library (if this is even possible) and we'd make 5 million dollars on sales.
It would cost us 250 thousand dollars (2 programmers for nearly a year, or something) of time to create an Intel-only version of the software, and we'd make 2 million dollars on sales.
Seems to make sense to me. I'd imagine Premiere is similar (although even greater scale, since it's more popular.) Also, consider that they wouldn't have keep both PPC and x86 versions in parity, as they release upgrades, etc...
Although I doubt I'll ever use Premiere on an Intel Mac, I'm excited because Premiere is an application that frequently comes up in lists of software that don't exist on the Mac (in spite of the superiority of Final Cut Express/Pro).
(And by the way, would it kill slashdot to tell me the amount of time I must sit here, twiddling my thumbs, in between hitting reply and hitting "submit" to post a comment?)
Us production folk (at the time) bitched as much about developing for Nutscrape (we weren't the cleverest bunch) as we do about Internet Explorer today.
If they launch this, Apple ought to buy BluePhoneElite and bundle it in the operating system. Seriously, it's awesome with isync and my Sony Ericsson Walkman phone.
(Oddly enough, I find the W810i a great phone for all the reasons except for that which it's been most touted: namely, mp3 playback. Thanks, I've got an ipod for that.)
This is 720p, and looks in-game to me. In fact, all of these latest screenshots do. Granted, the original (which was also 720p, by the way) is slightly smoother, but if you think the screenshot you posted, along with the screenshots out now aren't good representations of the game, you're delusional.
Umm...the same way we've been foiling terrorist plots for years now. Or did you think that every terrorist plot ever conceived has gone undiscovered? If that's the case, those are some pretty lazy terrorists.
In the second picture, maybe he's just doing his part for International Pirate Day.
(Incidentally -only on Slashdot would someone get lambasted for a) losing weight, and b) gaining some semblance of style sense - although the earring is indeed lame.)
Assuming the fixed-width site is built with separated CSS and relatively semantic HTML, the user can apply a custom stylesheet, if he or she feels so strongly.
Hah, fantastic. The malleability of the English language - and the stupidity of many who speak it - has resulted in the creation of a word which contains two exactly contradictory meanings. Wonderful.
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Jesus...while reading the responses to this post, I've come to the conclusion that Slashbots above the 1,000,000 user ID have had their humor bit defaulted to OFF.
Democrat party?
You fail at political dialogue.
Can VMWare share a Boot Camp partition like Parallels can? I'm not (just) asking to be snarky - I'm really curious; this is the reason we bought Parallels.
Now, very next sentence: Oh. So we're comparing OS X and Vista. OS X has Exposé, but Vista's graphics system would be able to implement such a system properly, with live window updates.
Reading these two sentences it's pretty easy to see where the confusion lies. For a second I thought I was crazy, and loaded a quicktime movie and triggered Exposé, just to make sure.
The gnashing of teeth over these decisions is simply awe-inspiring. Basically, the points of contention boil down to:
1. Flickr wants you to signin with a yahoo account.
2. Flickr will limit you to 3000 contacts.
3. Flickr will limit the number of tags on your photos to 75.
That's it. In response:
1. Jesus. Just get a Yahoo ID. Can't find your precious flickr ID on Yahoo (since Yahoo has a mizillion members)? Just take your ID and add "flickr" at the end. It'll probably be available. You can still get email updates at whatever email address you like, and this change doesn't change anything about your nickname on the site! This is LITERALLY a change to the login process, and ONLY the login process.
2. I suspect this measure is probably the first move in Flickr announcing some other social networking features (Friends or some such, some other data type), that will allow you to do much the same thing you do with contacts, allowing contacts to be, you know, PEOPLE YOU FUCKING CONTACT!
3. This move is great. Using the Flickr API can get downright stupid when you attempt to browse a tag and the same damn pictures come up, because some unattractive lady has tagged her picture with a million different keywords. Stop tagspam.
Seriously...what a pathetic display of whining (the vast majority) and opportunism (Mr. Hawk)
it doesn't have a browser with proper AJAX support (Safari doesn't)
Huh? Explain, please.
Considering the iPhone's screen, aspect sensing capability and coverflow make the current video iPod look positively antiquated, I would not be surprised (indeed, I am expecting) at the eventual introduction of what you've described.
If I recall correctly, when Soundbooth appeared (along with the accompanying uproar about it being Intel-only) it was revealed that Adobe had either licensed or purchased outright audio technology written, from the ground up, for x86 processors. I imagine they realized this, w/regard to Soundbooth (note: the numbers are purely for an example, they aren't meant to be real-world):
- It would cost us 0 dollars to not develop a Mac version of Soundbooth, and we would make 0 dollars by not doing so (heh, this is obvious - I just thought this sentence was funny.)
- It would cost us 10 million dollars (and lots of time) to make a completely, from-the-ground-up Universal version of Sound Booth, porting the library (if this is even possible) and we'd make 5 million dollars on sales.
- It would cost us 250 thousand dollars (2 programmers for nearly a year, or something) of time to create an Intel-only version of the software, and we'd make 2 million dollars on sales.
Seems to make sense to me. I'd imagine Premiere is similar (although even greater scale, since it's more popular.) Also, consider that they wouldn't have keep both PPC and x86 versions in parity, as they release upgrades, etc...Although I doubt I'll ever use Premiere on an Intel Mac, I'm excited because Premiere is an application that frequently comes up in lists of software that don't exist on the Mac (in spite of the superiority of Final Cut Express/Pro).
I swear, that's the only reason anyone played The Sims.
Two words: Lesbian Sims.
Best comment ever.
(And by the way, would it kill slashdot to tell me the amount of time I must sit here, twiddling my thumbs, in between hitting reply and hitting "submit" to post a comment?)
It's pretty disingenuous of you to not mention that you're referring to the Core configuration, which has no wireless capability or hard drive.
Heh. No wireless? Let's space than a premium?! There is but one word that can be used to myopically define this configuration...
Clearly, you were not a web developer in 1999.
Us production folk (at the time) bitched as much about developing for Nutscrape (we weren't the cleverest bunch) as we do about Internet Explorer today.
If they launch this, Apple ought to buy BluePhoneElite and bundle it in the operating system. Seriously, it's awesome with isync and my Sony Ericsson Walkman phone. (Oddly enough, I find the W810i a great phone for all the reasons except for that which it's been most touted: namely, mp3 playback. Thanks, I've got an ipod for that.)
This is 720p, and looks in-game to me. In fact, all of these latest screenshots do. Granted, the original (which was also 720p, by the way) is slightly smoother, but if you think the screenshot you posted, along with the screenshots out now aren't good representations of the game, you're delusional.
Heh, shit - meant to bold the playback/battery portion of my reply. Oh well.
Heh, that's 6 and a half hours of video playback, on one battery charge.
Sheesh.
Thank you - I wanted to say the same thing, but you beat me to it.
The PS3 has been quoted as saying, "I'm a computer! Stop all the downloadin'!"
Umm...the same way we've been foiling terrorist plots for years now. Or did you think that every terrorist plot ever conceived has gone undiscovered? If that's the case, those are some pretty lazy terrorists.
In the second picture, maybe he's just doing his part for International Pirate Day.
(Incidentally -only on Slashdot would someone get lambasted for a) losing weight, and b) gaining some semblance of style sense - although the earring is indeed lame.)
Read this, then re-post.
Umm...you're ill-informed if you really believe that the majority of audio professionals don't use Macs.
Assuming the fixed-width site is built with separated CSS and relatively semantic HTML, the user can apply a custom stylesheet, if he or she feels so strongly.
Hah, fantastic. The malleability of the English language - and the stupidity of many who speak it - has resulted in the creation of a word which contains two exactly contradictory meanings. Wonderful.