I'll second that, the book was PKD style messed up reality, rethink your universe cool.
The movie was a simple generic filme noire with little relation to the main themes of the book.
That reminds me of a gem I heard the other day while picking up a spindle of CD-Rs. There was this guy badgering the sales person in the next isle...
Clueless guy: So, if I buy this game and it doesn't work can I take it back?
Salesman: well, not really, because of regulations about copying, you're technically only allowed exchanging it for the same thing.
cluelessguy: Oh, well what if it doesn't work.
salesman: well, it should, it's not a new game (diablo 2). What kind of computer do you have, we can check the system requirements.
clueless guy: microsoft office 96
Salesman: ummmm....
do you know if it's a pentium or not?
clueless guy: no, it's not a pentium, it's microsoft office 96. it's a macintosh windows computer.
maybe you had to be there, but the look on the salesmans face was priceless; it was kind of a oh crap, do i smile and nod (lie) or should I teach this guy computer-ology 101... Oh crap Oh crap I don't want to be here!
There is NO SUCH THING as a scientific proof.
science works like this.
problem--> hypothesis--> data.
if data support hypothesis, do not throw out.
If data shows hypothesis is wrong, throw it out.
When something hasn't been thrown out for a while, it becomes a theory, though it can still be edited modified or thrown out if something better comes along.
There are no Proven scientific anythings.
I am new to the Mac coming from windows, I'm a university student who's eager to learn wtf Unix is and how I can make it work to my advantage. The terminal application means that I can do this some of the time and still have a working machine when I'm not learning.
I tried learning on a linux box at first dual booting my machine but it was too much trouble getting basic things to work for the uninitiated.
I'm a double major in Microbiology and Immunology(Science) and East Asian studies (arts).
for the sciencey stuff, nothing beats a legal pad and a stiff drink. Drawings come up frequently, diagrams, Rxn mechanisms, metabolism paths etc...
for the Artsy type stuff, nothing beats my ibook, I can type much faster than I can write so I can get down everything prof of the day says. I can also write down a timeline as shown on the overhead projector, then add in details as we go along. Instead of (as with pen and paper) kind of guessing at where the hell the teacher is planning on going today and scribbling in the margins.
for studying, I just pop down to the library, re-read the notes, put them into some sort of format that's presentable form and print them. While I'm doing this I add in my own ideas for good places to start essay questions and maybe future term papers.
Studying in science (FYI): Memorize the fuck out of 400 pages of random acronyms... Promptly forget everything.
16) Apple made a computer that doesn't crash, one that I can use, and I'm just some guy.
17) Apple gets that while functional is good, functional and stylish is better.
18) Apple made a computer that I'm proud to bring with me.
Example: The other night I was at a screening of a foreign movie on some sort of esoteric VCD format that the language lab computer (running XP pro) couldn't play under RealOne, WMP9 or the other DVD software installed. Soooo, just as the professor was about to send everyone home, I offered to try it out on my ibook.
I put in the disc, "DVD Player" started up, the movie started, I plugged in the projector cable, the controller faded away subtly and seemlessly and we watched the movie. I sat back with a grin, as if it was me who did something right... As if I was the one who fixed the movie player with my Apple.
So what's my point again?
Apple is great because it makes my life easier, my computer does the work I want it to when I want it to and I'm proud when it does so.
Windows implodes all the time, it needs to be reinstalled every 8 months and anything you install integrates itself into the computer in an almost borg-like fashion.
My gf's computer had no antivirus, so she downloaded AVG, it worked for the 30 days trial and after uninstalling it decided it didn't want to leave; the unisntaller crashed. Now, whenever she starts the computer (this is XP pro mind you) it cries out that AVG cannot find "blah blah.dll"...
Going into standby, the computer tends to scream for 30 seconds and then not wake up until you reset it and remove the battery.
blah blah blah... i have to go now, class is starting.
I know my epson printer seems to have been made to break.
I was in the middle of a last minute, graphic heavy term paper when one of the ink heads (or something) blew up and splattered black all over the non-reachable insides of my printer.
Ever since, black comes out splotchy and the residual ink that I haven't cleaned off the paper feeding gears leaves a trail going up the middle of all my output.
However, my original contention was that 90% of apple's market approach was not "go for the underdog" but rather "it REALLY does work well". The reasons given were naturally, my opinions as to why it works well.
This isn't an essay/term paper/research proposal and I don't need to post stats, I wouldn't even know where to start looking for unbiased user stats about these things. I'm allowed to say, I think apple makes its products work well as an integrated solution instead of churning out cheap stuff that neither looks good or works well.
Assertion, reasons for assertion, end communique.
As for more secure, the last security update took how long to show up after the vulnerability was reported? They get patched, but how many OS X viruses are out there?OS X runs which account as default? What do you mean there's no root by default...
Compared to windows I suppose would have been a nice modifier to add, but I thought it was implied.
As for your two button mouse, that's fine i use one too.
People should use what they like but I think Apple's appeal is that the thing they make is made pretty well.
Apple stuff is inherently more secure, so while there might be more viruses, iHighly doubt that it would reach the "more than on windows" level.
90% of apple's marketing is oriented on having nice looking equipment that works well. This is also a different way of looking at computing. People who make the switch say things like this:
"Well, it doesn't have 2800Mhz processor, but damn, this thing has looks great and has features I actually like using!"
Mail is better than outlook, more polished than mozilla. Quicktime works better than WMP9 or Mplayer. Address book has no rival. iTunes is better than winamp, iPhoto becomes indispensable almost instantaneously....
Dude, just try one, they're really where it's at right now.
I know what you're talking about and I hear it loud and clear but...
Apple has actually been innovating in the user-computer interaction department, they are easy to use and they tend to work most if not all of the time.
Case study: As a sort of fund raiser, an organisation i belong to was screening lock stock and two smoking barrels. We were presenting it via dvd in a laptop to projector route.
I put the DVD into my ibook,
dvdplayer opens, goes full screen (on its own)
and starts playing the movie.
Unfortunately I was called away last minute so here's what things would have gone like on the PC laptop being used if I hadn't set it up before hand (I set it up because I knew it wouldn't work right away).
Put in CD.
Do you want to play the dvd in windows media player 9?
Sure why not.
Windows media player cannot play the selected file. (WMP9 freezes)
close WMP 9.
Open Realone, DVD starts, video driver bugs up,
physical dump.
BSOD.
reboot.
Reconfigure videocard.
reboot.
Try again in realone player.
It works, fullscreen option only gives "original sized movie"
Clicky clicky, full screen "theatre mode" is ACTUALLY fullscreen.
Put on stand by. Hope it doesn't explode from when I touched it to when they start the screening.
So, whenever a PC person complains about their problems I tell them, I have a consulting fee of food. Otherwise please see www.apple.ca
The system is being paid for partially by student fees.
So, I'm spending money to make sure I'm not cheating.
The school could just pay for more TAs, have smaller classes and offer an honour system with the penalty of expulsion for cheaters. This way, the TAs could teach smaller conferences, maybe get to know some of the students and learn which ones know enough that which was contained in their papers.
En lieu of this reasonably affordable solution, the school takes the position that we are all guilty until proven innocent, that they would rather contract out our papers than get to know us and that this is in fact, a good idea.
I have never cheated and I resent the implication, McGill's administration is completely asshat backwards.
This is actually Espescially true of McGill, where I am in the process of finishing my major right now.
The programs center around multiple choice tests and mindless regurgitation. The courses are so over crowded as to require one lecture hall of which seats 800 in a course with over 1000 people registered.
The departmental profs and admins do not care, at all, to interact with students on any level requiring them to raise their asses.
Example: I tried to organize something new for our open house, I'm in the microbiology and Immunology department; Infectious diseases and host responses. There are one or two interesting things to say on the subject of infectious diseases lately and So I asked profs to supervise and maybe guide small groups of students in creating something original on the subject. That way, at the open house, we could have something students made, to impress some professors and maybe get a reference letter or two, which would be both topical and interesting to show/give applicants.
In any other School, in any other program I can see dozens of students and professors leaping at the oppurtunity to create something worth having. I received ZERO volunteers.
Profs see as a waste of time, a waste of money and a waste of space. they like nothing better than to cram all 30k of us into one lecture hall and automate our teaching/testing process.
As of this moment I'm writing on my ibookg4 and I love it. It hasn't had any problems at all and it's definitely hands down more functional and practical than my Dell P4 2.8 desktop which crashed on a bidaily basis.
I've heard a lot about the ibook G3s but I think they might have stepped up quality control a notch this generation.
Don't get me wrong. $800 is still real money, and is still more expensive than a Dell box.
This is suprisingly not TOTALLY true. My last box was a dell, they also charge about 160CDN for shipping on their lower ended models. Apple didn't charge me at all for shipping.
So, The price difference is only about 100-200. I found it to be seriously worth it to go from a P4, 2.8 desktop to the new G4 ibook.
I humbly apologize for the use of the word "retarded", it carried no malice or venom. I am not angry.
I am special. I am in the special class. My mittens are sewn to my jacket.
But, Mac's are still a good deal and they're quite drool resistant.
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I'll second that, the book was PKD style messed up reality, rethink your universe cool. The movie was a simple generic filme noire with little relation to the main themes of the book.
That reminds me of a gem I heard the other day while picking up a spindle of CD-Rs. There was this guy badgering the sales person in the next isle...
Clueless guy: So, if I buy this game and it doesn't work can I take it back?
Salesman: well, not really, because of regulations about copying, you're technically only allowed exchanging it for the same thing.
cluelessguy: Oh, well what if it doesn't work.
salesman: well, it should, it's not a new game (diablo 2). What kind of computer do you have, we can check the system requirements.
clueless guy: microsoft office 96
Salesman: ummmm....
do you know if it's a pentium or not?
clueless guy: no, it's not a pentium, it's microsoft office 96. it's a macintosh windows computer.
maybe you had to be there, but the look on the salesmans face was priceless; it was kind of a oh crap, do i smile and nod (lie) or should I teach this guy computer-ology 101... Oh crap Oh crap I don't want to be here!
There is NO SUCH THING as a scientific proof. science works like this. problem--> hypothesis--> data. if data support hypothesis, do not throw out. If data shows hypothesis is wrong, throw it out. When something hasn't been thrown out for a while, it becomes a theory, though it can still be edited modified or thrown out if something better comes along. There are no Proven scientific anythings.
Like a lot of hot air.
That signature is ridiculously funny!
That's not entirely true.
I am new to the Mac coming from windows, I'm a university student who's eager to learn wtf Unix is and how I can make it work to my advantage. The terminal application means that I can do this some of the time and still have a working machine when I'm not learning.
I tried learning on a linux box at first dual booting my machine but it was too much trouble getting basic things to work for the uninitiated.
0.02$ canadian.
I'm a double major in Microbiology and Immunology(Science) and East Asian studies (arts).
for the sciencey stuff, nothing beats a legal pad and a stiff drink. Drawings come up frequently, diagrams, Rxn mechanisms, metabolism paths etc...
for the Artsy type stuff, nothing beats my ibook, I can type much faster than I can write so I can get down everything prof of the day says. I can also write down a timeline as shown on the overhead projector, then add in details as we go along. Instead of (as with pen and paper) kind of guessing at where the hell the teacher is planning on going today and scribbling in the margins.
for studying, I just pop down to the library, re-read the notes, put them into some sort of format that's presentable form and print them. While I'm doing this I add in my own ideas for good places to start essay questions and maybe future term papers.
Studying in science (FYI): Memorize the fuck out of 400 pages of random acronyms... Promptly forget everything.
16) Apple made a computer that doesn't crash, one that I can use, and I'm just some guy.
17) Apple gets that while functional is good, functional and stylish is better.
18) Apple made a computer that I'm proud to bring with me.
Example: The other night I was at a screening of a foreign movie on some sort of esoteric VCD format that the language lab computer (running XP pro) couldn't play under RealOne, WMP9 or the other DVD software installed. Soooo, just as the professor was about to send everyone home, I offered to try it out on my ibook.
I put in the disc, "DVD Player" started up, the movie started, I plugged in the projector cable, the controller faded away subtly and seemlessly and we watched the movie. I sat back with a grin, as if it was me who did something right... As if I was the one who fixed the movie player with my Apple.
So what's my point again?
Apple is great because it makes my life easier, my computer does the work I want it to when I want it to and I'm proud when it does so.
Are you kidding or not?
.dll"...
Windows implodes all the time, it needs to be reinstalled every 8 months and anything you install integrates itself into the computer in an almost borg-like fashion.
My gf's computer had no antivirus, so she downloaded AVG, it worked for the 30 days trial and after uninstalling it decided it didn't want to leave; the unisntaller crashed. Now, whenever she starts the computer (this is XP pro mind you) it cries out that AVG cannot find "blah blah
Going into standby, the computer tends to scream for 30 seconds and then not wake up until you reset it and remove the battery.
blah blah blah... i have to go now, class is starting.
that's how you know you're supposed to get a new one...
OTOH, my ibook got scuffed a little right after i got it because plastic scratches easy in a schoolbag.
Example: Ibook is cheap plastic, Powerbook is shiny metal. eMac is cheap plastic, PowerMac is shiny metal.
virii are something else involving wierd little things... don't ask. the plural of virus is viruses. http://www.perl.com/language/misc/virus.html
It was an official Epson branded Ink cartridge and the printer was 6 months old. The model was The epson C62.
Why would I complain if MY corner cutting resulted in my problems?
I know my epson printer seems to have been made to break.
I was in the middle of a last minute, graphic heavy term paper when one of the ink heads (or something) blew up and splattered black all over the non-reachable insides of my printer.
Ever since, black comes out splotchy and the residual ink that I haven't cleaned off the paper feeding gears leaves a trail going up the middle of all my output.
for sure.
However, my original contention was that 90% of apple's market approach was not "go for the underdog" but rather "it REALLY does work well". The reasons given were naturally, my opinions as to why it works well.
This isn't an essay/term paper/research proposal and I don't need to post stats, I wouldn't even know where to start looking for unbiased user stats about these things. I'm allowed to say, I think apple makes its products work well as an integrated solution instead of churning out cheap stuff that neither looks good or works well.
Assertion, reasons for assertion, end communique.
As for more secure, the last security update took how long to show up after the vulnerability was reported? They get patched, but how many OS X viruses are out there?OS X runs which account as default? What do you mean there's no root by default...
Compared to windows I suppose would have been a nice modifier to add, but I thought it was implied.
As for your two button mouse, that's fine i use one too.
People should use what they like but I think Apple's appeal is that the thing they make is made pretty well.
Apple stuff is inherently more secure, so while there might be more viruses, iHighly doubt that it would reach the "more than on windows" level.
90% of apple's marketing is oriented on having nice looking equipment that works well. This is also a different way of looking at computing.
People who make the switch say things like this:
"Well, it doesn't have 2800Mhz processor, but damn, this thing has looks great and has features I actually like using!"
Mail is better than outlook, more polished than mozilla. Quicktime works better than WMP9 or Mplayer. Address book has no rival. iTunes is better than winamp, iPhoto becomes indispensable almost instantaneously....
Dude, just try one, they're really where it's at right now.
I know what you're talking about and I hear it loud and clear but... Apple has actually been innovating in the user-computer interaction department, they are easy to use and they tend to work most if not all of the time. Case study: As a sort of fund raiser, an organisation i belong to was screening lock stock and two smoking barrels. We were presenting it via dvd in a laptop to projector route. I put the DVD into my ibook, dvdplayer opens, goes full screen (on its own) and starts playing the movie. Unfortunately I was called away last minute so here's what things would have gone like on the PC laptop being used if I hadn't set it up before hand (I set it up because I knew it wouldn't work right away). Put in CD. Do you want to play the dvd in windows media player 9? Sure why not. Windows media player cannot play the selected file. (WMP9 freezes) close WMP 9. Open Realone, DVD starts, video driver bugs up, physical dump. BSOD. reboot. Reconfigure videocard. reboot. Try again in realone player. It works, fullscreen option only gives "original sized movie" Clicky clicky, full screen "theatre mode" is ACTUALLY fullscreen. Put on stand by. Hope it doesn't explode from when I touched it to when they start the screening. So, whenever a PC person complains about their problems I tell them, I have a consulting fee of food. Otherwise please see www.apple.ca
I'm a McGill student.
The system is being paid for partially by student fees.
So, I'm spending money to make sure I'm not cheating.
The school could just pay for more TAs, have smaller classes and offer an honour system with the penalty of expulsion for cheaters. This way, the TAs could teach smaller conferences, maybe get to know some of the students and learn which ones know enough that which was contained in their papers.
En lieu of this reasonably affordable solution, the school takes the position that we are all guilty until proven innocent, that they would rather contract out our papers than get to know us and that this is in fact, a good idea.
I have never cheated and I resent the implication, McGill's administration is completely asshat backwards.
This is actually Espescially true of McGill, where I am in the process of finishing my major right now.
The programs center around multiple choice tests and mindless regurgitation. The courses are so over crowded as to require one lecture hall of which seats 800 in a course with over 1000 people registered.
The departmental profs and admins do not care, at all, to interact with students on any level requiring them to raise their asses.
Example: I tried to organize something new for our open house, I'm in the microbiology and Immunology department; Infectious diseases and host responses. There are one or two interesting things to say on the subject of infectious diseases lately and So I asked profs to supervise and maybe guide small groups of students in creating something original on the subject.
That way, at the open house, we could have something students made, to impress some professors and maybe get a reference letter or two, which would be both topical and interesting to show/give applicants.
In any other School, in any other program I can see dozens of students and professors leaping at the oppurtunity to create something worth having. I received ZERO volunteers.
Profs see as a waste of time, a waste of money and a waste of space. they like nothing better than to cram all 30k of us into one lecture hall and automate our teaching/testing process.
As of this moment I'm writing on my ibookg4 and I love it. It hasn't had any problems at all and it's definitely hands down more functional and practical than my Dell P4 2.8 desktop which crashed on a bidaily basis.
I've heard a lot about the ibook G3s but I think they might have stepped up quality control a notch this generation.
This is suprisingly not TOTALLY true. My last box was a dell, they also charge about 160CDN for shipping on their lower ended models. Apple didn't charge me at all for shipping.
So, The price difference is only about 100-200. I found it to be seriously worth it to go from a P4, 2.8 desktop to the new G4 ibook.
Because I was just at the website and the store says 799$ for the emac right now. Shipping included.
Airport may be expensive, but you don't have to get it. In my laptop it was cheaper than the PC equivalent.
The initial cost of 800 does cost more than a PC, but they also don't become obsolete AS quickly so it's a neat trade off.
I stand corrected, retard.
I humbly apologize for the use of the word "retarded", it carried no malice or venom. I am not angry. I am special. I am in the special class. My mittens are sewn to my jacket. But, Mac's are still a good deal and they're quite drool resistant.
the big bucks for apple?
what are you retarded or something?
Taken two minutes ago from apple and dell:
Apple emac 800 $USD shipping included
Dell dimension 2400: 771$USD shiping included
My brand new ibookG4 costed 1350, Canadian (with edu discount).
That's like, what, 7 bucks american?!?