The one app that I use regularly on Windows, which has no Mac counterpart yet is Homesite! There is no Mac editor that will allow me to highlight code the way that Homesite will. Specifically, I'm referring to letting me mod the foreground AND the background colors, based on code syntax. Very disapointing, and I'm a very visual guy, and being able to do this is very important to me. Dreamweaver MX allows me to do this, but it comes with so much bloat that I really hate to use it when all's I really need is a decent editor. If BBEdit allowed me to do this, my life would be much happier!
Check out SubEthaEdit. You can manually modify the language syntax 'modes' to suit your personal prefs. You sould be able to accomplish the look you are shooting for! And it's free!:)
They've parlayed their one-time leadership of the market into a great big bust.
What great big bust? Nintendo has been profitable every fiscal quarter. Is making money bad business these days?
They could hope to catch the low-cost segment of the market with the specs that are given for the Revolution, but that would still require them to take advantage of media events like E3.
They already have a dead lock on the low-cost market. They invented that market, and face little to no competition.
I think they're going the way of Sega and Atari. If they keep it up they won't be able to keep producing their own console.
While you are entitled to your opinion, I fail to see on what you are basing this prediction. Care to cast some light on any facts overlooked?
Microsoft isn't buying them from IBM because Microsoft owns the design, and therefore, the right to have any fab capable of producing them bid on a batch to manufacture. Same for the graphics chip. IBM and ATI are described as design 'partners', not suppliers.
QuickTime 7 is the most important upgrade to QuickTime in the Mac OS X era. It solves long-standing architectural problems, leverages several of Tiger's other new technologies to do things only dreamt of by QuickTime 6 and earlier, includes its own best-of-breed video codec, and is finally embraced by Cocoa. The new QuickTime Player is good enough to be in danger of reinforcing the (largely uninformed) folk wisdom in the Mac community that rewriting an application in Cocoa automatically makes it better. QuickTime 7 has been a long time in coming, but it has turned out to be well worth the wait.
In reality, as cute as it may be to point out the 'imitation' going on here, it might be better to look at the renewed (finally!) competition taking place. For years, Microsoft has been relatively reluctant to do any serious innovation in OS development, instead focusing on the issues that were generating the most complaints. Think about it, from Windows 95 through Windows XP, what major innovations have been introduced?
Now, however, that Mac OS has been making big strides and an ever increasing number of people have started to look at it as a viable alternative (even in my small-business workplace!), Microsoft has seemingly started to take the competition seriously. This is a Good Thing!
Competition always benefits the consumer, and prior to the last couple years, there *was no competition* in the desktop OS category.
Humankind must colonize space, and do it soon. Between the dwindling rescources available to us while we remain shackled to a gravity well, and the impending mass-extinction events (asteroid, pandemic, super-volcano...take your pick), we are left with very little time in which to secure our species' future. Establishing a viable space-community should be the primary goal of the human race.
Wow, well done spreading FUD with little to no scientific backing. Just what we need we it comes to discussing high-capitol, high-risk investments in our future, such as space exploration.
Instead, we should focus on the opportunities to levy the costs on private industry (i.e. X-Prize), where motivated individuals with financial backing/pressure will find the most efficient and sane path towards expanded and improved space tech.
Haven't we taught chimps and apes sign language? Aren't there example of such creatures telling us things spontaneously (the most recent example was when the chimp told some scientists that it had a mildly severe toothache)?
I think 'language' is being defined, in the context of this article, as the creating and communication of hierarchical, and therefore, abstract thought.
It is a big leap between a chimp expressing pain or hunger through hand gestures, and this open debate on the nature of evelutionary changes. (or expressing business logic in Python, for that matter)
This article provides some fascinating topics to ponder when considering the 'big questions' like: "What is life?", "What is its purpose?", and of course, "What is *our* purpose?"
Taking a look at some of these fundamental and extraordinary evelutionary developments might provide some insight into the grand design of things.
It doesn't. The parent poster has no clue about what he/she speaks. OS X simply tries each network interface (listed under "network ports") in order, until one works.
As a side note, if you file trans. was started over the wireless connection, it will continue on that interface until complete. It will not "jump" or "thread" to a faster interface.
I think you have no idea what you are talking about (par for club Slashdot). OS X seq. tries each network interface in your "Network Ports" panel of network settings, T/X over the first avail. *Sigh*
Yet another "switching" question that misses the reason behind the appeal of Macs, and in particular Mac OS X. The OS is just one part of the appeal, and if separated from the Apple hardware, would be just another UNIX, with just another DE, and just as many bugs, configuration issues, and support problems.
While it may make a good BSD style OS for x86 were it ever released, it would pale in comparison to the Macs being sold by Apple for what would be probably be bewildering reasons to those who adopted it expecting x86 hardware to operate like a Mac simply because he/she switched OSs.
I agree, but for the next couple cycles, it would make more sense to get some additional teams up to the 'foundation' that Rutan has achieved. That would enable more teams to realistically compete for some elevated goal, such as orbit.
In other words, I think providing some incentive for other teams to 'catch up' first would speed development towards the next step, whatever that may be.
Thank goodness for DSL. Competition doesn't have to be strictly from within the cable industry to be effective.
In fact, the more services like VoIP push the demand for bandwidth/broadband, the more investment and competition there will be in general. In the long run, bandwidth hungry applications are good for the "Internet Economy."
I can also attest to Skype's call quality. I've only used it and the AIM/iChat VoIP options, so I don't know how they compare with Vonage or CallVantage, but Skype call are typically somewhere between a digital cell phone call and a landline. The AIM voice chat doesn't really compare.
This is actually a great idea and could be the basis for further innovation/exploitation of Linux or alternative and free OSs for distributing products sans the Windows / Direct X / permissions / general configuration headaches. You wouldn't have to worry about what media player or APIs are present on a user's system, instead focusing on creating a robust, stable, and boot-able platform to showcase your wares.
Anyone know of any current projects bent towards this goal? Once the work was done, it could be applied to a variety of software products.
Corporations have money and time to game any system for profit, and no reason not to. Their competition, regular people, don't have the resources or organization, and have human characteristics like "fairness" and "conscience" holding them back.
I would disagree. Corporations (especially large ones) are multifaceted and hardly coordinated. They do, in fact, often lake the capitol resources and collective will to orchestrate such conspiracy.
Their competition, regular people, don't have the resources or organization, and have human characteristics like "fairness" and "conscience" holding them back.
The larger, and more publicly-visible, a corporation is, there more critical the public opinion will be regarding their actions. On the other hand, individual's actions are mostly hidden from the public eye and therefore not held accountable to ideals such as "conscience" and "fairness."
You clearly have no understanding of the concept of a "target market." Kids don't buy a system because it is stylish, while adults may consider sytle a priority. Sony will probably *not* be targeting pre-teens with the PSP, and Nintendo will probably *not* be targeting the 18+ segment.
The real question is weather current DVD+RW drives can adopt to this new media with a firmware upgrade, or whether new drives are necessary.
I hope for the formar, but fear the latter will provide a much richer business op., even if a firmware upgrade *is* possible.
While the methods Apple used may not have been in the best of intentions and possibly missleading, this just underscores the greater difficulties of benchmarking across platforms, specifically processor architectures. The playing field will never really be level using SPEC. The only way to truly determine which machines are "faster" is at the application level, where real work is done.
Still, what use would one have for the increased capacity without the ability to "authorize" a Zen for playback of my AAC files bought from the Apple music store? If creative announces support for AAC with Fairplay (Apple's DRM technology) and Apple supports the Zen in iTunes, then the Zen is the big winner tonight!
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We should tell the greys to move out, and take over their underground bases.
I'm french so i know what i'm talking about.
In the future, there will only be one 'channel': Apple. What a shitty, white world that will be.
Nintendo did miss the boat.
What boat?
They've parlayed their one-time leadership of the market into a great big bust.
What great big bust? Nintendo has been profitable every fiscal quarter. Is making money bad business these days?
They could hope to catch the low-cost segment of the market with the specs that are given for the Revolution, but that would still require them to take advantage of media events like E3.
They already have a dead lock on the low-cost market. They invented that market, and face little to no competition.
I think they're going the way of Sega and Atari. If they keep it up they won't be able to keep producing their own console.
While you are entitled to your opinion, I fail to see on what you are basing this prediction. Care to cast some light on any facts overlooked?
Microsoft isn't buying them from IBM because Microsoft owns the design, and therefore, the right to have any fab capable of producing them bid on a batch to manufacture. Same for the graphics chip. IBM and ATI are described as design 'partners', not suppliers.
One of the highlights in my opinion, FTA:
In reality, as cute as it may be to point out the 'imitation' going on here, it might be better to look at the renewed (finally!) competition taking place. For years, Microsoft has been relatively reluctant to do any serious innovation in OS development, instead focusing on the issues that were generating the most complaints. Think about it, from Windows 95 through Windows XP, what major innovations have been introduced?
Now, however, that Mac OS has been making big strides and an ever increasing number of people have started to look at it as a viable alternative (even in my small-business workplace!), Microsoft has seemingly started to take the competition seriously. This is a Good Thing!
Competition always benefits the consumer, and prior to the last couple years, there *was no competition* in the desktop OS category.
Wow, well done spreading FUD with little to no scientific backing. Just what we need we it comes to discussing high-capitol, high-risk investments in our future, such as space exploration.
Instead, we should focus on the opportunities to levy the costs on private industry (i.e. X-Prize), where motivated individuals with financial backing/pressure will find the most efficient and sane path towards expanded and improved space tech.
I think 'language' is being defined, in the context of this article, as the creating and communication of hierarchical, and therefore, abstract thought.
It is a big leap between a chimp expressing pain or hunger through hand gestures, and this open debate on the nature of evelutionary changes. (or expressing business logic in Python, for that matter)
This article provides some fascinating topics to ponder when considering the 'big questions' like: "What is life?", "What is its purpose?", and of course, "What is *our* purpose?" Taking a look at some of these fundamental and extraordinary evelutionary developments might provide some insight into the grand design of things.
It doesn't. The parent poster has no clue about what he/she speaks. OS X simply tries each network interface (listed under "network ports") in order, until one works. As a side note, if you file trans. was started over the wireless connection, it will continue on that interface until complete. It will not "jump" or "thread" to a faster interface.
I think you have no idea what you are talking about (par for club Slashdot). OS X seq. tries each network interface in your "Network Ports" panel of network settings, T/X over the first avail. *Sigh*
Yet another "switching" question that misses the reason behind the appeal of Macs, and in particular Mac OS X. The OS is just one part of the appeal, and if separated from the Apple hardware, would be just another UNIX, with just another DE, and just as many bugs, configuration issues, and support problems. While it may make a good BSD style OS for x86 were it ever released, it would pale in comparison to the Macs being sold by Apple for what would be probably be bewildering reasons to those who adopted it expecting x86 hardware to operate like a Mac simply because he/she switched OSs.
I agree, but for the next couple cycles, it would make more sense to get some additional teams up to the 'foundation' that Rutan has achieved. That would enable more teams to realistically compete for some elevated goal, such as orbit.
In other words, I think providing some incentive for other teams to 'catch up' first would speed development towards the next step, whatever that may be.
Thank goodness for DSL. Competition doesn't have to be strictly from within the cable industry to be effective. In fact, the more services like VoIP push the demand for bandwidth/broadband, the more investment and competition there will be in general. In the long run, bandwidth hungry applications are good for the "Internet Economy."
I can also attest to Skype's call quality. I've only used it and the AIM/iChat VoIP options, so I don't know how they compare with Vonage or CallVantage, but Skype call are typically somewhere between a digital cell phone call and a landline. The AIM voice chat doesn't really compare.
This is actually a great idea and could be the basis for further innovation/exploitation of Linux or alternative and free OSs for distributing products sans the Windows / Direct X / permissions / general configuration headaches. You wouldn't have to worry about what media player or APIs are present on a user's system, instead focusing on creating a robust, stable, and boot-able platform to showcase your wares. Anyone know of any current projects bent towards this goal? Once the work was done, it could be applied to a variety of software products.
RTFA The text cites the algorithm's preference vs. the news source's preference for full-name vs. only surname.
Actually, I believe it has two.
You clearly have no understanding of the concept of a "target market." Kids don't buy a system because it is stylish, while adults may consider sytle a priority. Sony will probably *not* be targeting pre-teens with the PSP, and Nintendo will probably *not* be targeting the 18+ segment.
The real question is weather current DVD+RW drives can adopt to this new media with a firmware upgrade, or whether new drives are necessary. I hope for the formar, but fear the latter will provide a much richer business op., even if a firmware upgrade *is* possible.
While the methods Apple used may not have been in the best of intentions and possibly missleading, this just underscores the greater difficulties of benchmarking across platforms, specifically processor architectures. The playing field will never really be level using SPEC. The only way to truly determine which machines are "faster" is at the application level, where real work is done.
Still, what use would one have for the increased capacity without the ability to "authorize" a Zen for playback of my AAC files bought from the Apple music store? If creative announces support for AAC with Fairplay (Apple's DRM technology) and Apple supports the Zen in iTunes, then the Zen is the big winner tonight!