I think a lot of the problem is that corporations are using offshoring as a way to dodge the worker and environmental protections we have in the US and Europe.
People bitch and moan about a Microsoft software program that is designed to stop piracy, but when Apple ties its OS to specific machines via a treachorous computing module, people are strangely silent.
Doesn't MS need to recover their R&D costs too??
If MS tied OEM versions of windows to OEM computers via "trusted" computing would people defend them?
Why is pirating windows good and pirating OSX bad?
and was just an attempt by redhat to push the subpar RPM package format. If they were serious about a somewhat standard linux, they would have started with debian.
I'm guessing that apple will make their new lineup similar to their current one. A single dual-core for the low end(conroe), a faster single dual core for the midrange (conroe) and dual dual-core or the high end (woodcrest).
Apple desperately needs to update their powermac line; its embarassing when compared to any current PCs.
Apple: Dual-core 2.3GHz PowerPC G5 processor 512MB of 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-4200) 250GB Serial ATA hard drive 16x SuperDrive (double-layer) NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB GDDR SDRAM $2,499.00
Dell XPS 700: Dual-core 3.0ghz Pentium D 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs 320GB Serial ATA Harddrive 16x DVD-ROM 16x Dual-Layer DVD+/-R/RW Dvd burner Dual 256MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GS in SLI 20 inch UltraSharp(TM) 2007FPW Widescreen Digital Flat Panel $2503
For $4 more, you get a faster processor, 4 times the memory, more harddrive space, dual optical drives, SLI, and a 20" LCD. Apple has done a good job of making sure that they add a lot of mac only accessories (or gimmicks depending on your point of view) that make direct comparisons to a PC harder. Stuff like backlit keyboards with light sensors, integrated webcam, frontrow, firewire, small formfactor, etc.
On a tower, things like expandibility, quiet operation, and size are pretty important and apples last workstation was fairly poor by that standard. The powermac looks nice, but 2 harddrive bays and 1 optical bay aren't going to cut it in such a large case.
Apple's brand is strong enough to command some premium, but they certainly are immune to market pressure and may need to realign their pricepoints. Mac minis need to start at $500, imacs at $1000, and Mac pros at $1500. Notebooks should start at $800 and $1500 respectively.
Apple and Nintendo rely heavily on first-party software to sell their systems. As long as they both create desirable, exclusive software, they will remain relevant, but probably not market leaders.
If apple is going to build computers using standard PC hardware, they shouldn't be very suprised when people with standard hardware use their OS.
Microsoft and Redhat do a decent enough job selling OSs without hardware attached.
Apple may invest billions in R&D creating OSX, but they get a ton of it back selling it to previous mac owners ($129 every 12-18 months).
When a record company creates software that disables the ability to copy a CD its an unacceptable broach of our freedom, but when a computer company adds a treacherous computing module keep software from being used on anything but "approved" computers, its just fine?
Apple will eventually learn the lesson that hardware is a suckers game and that the good margains are in software where they actually offer a superior product. Apple hardware isn't nearly as desirable as Apple software.
on my Gateway laptop and when combined with OSX, its pretty damn slick. If you plan on playing games or video, you should forget about it and just use Boot Camp, but if you're not using very demanding apps, its a godsend. AutoCAD runs really well, and its nice not having to reboot. If you are contemplating a virtualization app, be aware that you will need memory for both operating systems. 512 is painful, 1 gb can get slow at times, and 2gb is the sweet spot. If you are going to virtualize XP, try SP1 instead of 2. SP2 is a lot slower in virtualization (this was the case when using Virtual PC or VMWare).
If I had to hazard a guess, I would say that it is common controls library for a 32-bit system or maybe computer control library (less likely) for 32-bit windows.
when all the folders are 3 letter abbreviations and are found in multiple places. On windows, well behaved programs go in the aptly named "Program Files"; on OSX they go in "Applications"; on linux they go in/usr/bin or is it/bin or is it/local/bin or/wtf.
At least windows supports long enough file names to call their help files "help" and not "man".
are real world apps that your audience will be using. Whenever I read a review of a new CPU or graphics card, I always skip synthetic benchmarks (PCMark, 3Dmark, etc.) and go straight to the real world stuff like media encoding, and gaming benchmarks. Synthetic benchmarks tend to be little more than dick waving contests and have little bearing on the real world. If I see 4000 3Dmarks, its a meaningless number. If I see 58 fps in F.E.A.R. or 45 seconds in Photoshop, I immediately have a decent idea of how the computer is going to perform in real world use.
Trolling someone and pretending to be a woman is hardly pointing a gun at someone. An adult level response to being trolled is to admit that you were trolled and move on with your life. Being petty and vindictive is a sign of immaturity.
In 2002, Fyodor was the victim of an impersonation attack by a Slashdot user who was posing as a woman. Fyodor sent an email to the fake "woman" in an attempt to solicit further conversation and a possible meeting. When the hoax was revealed, the hoaxer insulted fyodor (I believe the word was "wanker").
Fyodor responded by using information disclosure vulnerabilities in yahoo email to find the originating IP address of the Slashdot prankster (SumDeusExMachine) who was at the time a college student based on the Pacific coast. SDEM was using an open X server for windows, MI/X, with no security enabled. Fyodor quickly scanned SDEM's box, found the open X server, and attached to it, monitoring SDEM's life for nine hours. He took many screen shots of SDEM's machine and posted them to his web site, insecure.org.
A lot of personal information was revealed in these screenshots, including the existence and ip address of a "secret troll irc server", which was running an irc bot capable of tracking and posting new stories. Jamie McCarthy used the information disclosed by Fyodor's attack to log onto this server, discover the new-story-bot, and modify Slashdot to break the troll's new-story-robot.
So in short, Fyodor has an open record of malicious entry, and Slashdot's admins have used the information he has gleaned to combat Slashdot trolling.
What you have to understand is that illegal and malicious hacking won't land you in jail. The FBI won't prosecute interstate computer hacking unless there are $5000 or more in damages. In this case, there were no damages, rending the "crime" unprosecuteable. Whether this makes the perpetrator a whitehat, greyhat, or blackhat is an exercise for the reader.
Coal plants only scrub some of what they burn. A friend of mine works for an AEP power plant with 5 units (burner/boiler/turbine groups). They have a scrubber one one of the five.
Far from being poorly supported, Blu-Ray has wide industry support (over 90 companies) and has the following companies on the Blu-Ray Disc Association board of directors.
* Apple Computer
* Dell
* Hewlett Packard
* Hitachi
* LG Electronics
* Mitsubishi Electric
* Panasonic (Matsushita Electric)
* Pioneer Corporation
* Royal Philips Electronics
* Samsung Electronics
* Sharp Corporation
* Sony Corporation
* TDK Corporation
* Thomson
* Twentieth Century Fox
* Walt Disney Pictures
* Warner Home Video Inc.
Of the major media houses, only Universal Pictures has pledged support for HD-DVD.
The bush presidency is like a dam with a crack in it. At present, the crack is fairly small, but water is leaking out and the crack is widening. The question is, when will the dam finally burst? When will we see headlines talking about impeachment? When will people finally wake the fuck up and say enough is enough? Will there ever be an end to the war on terra? Will we ever see a terror level below yellow? Does anyone believe the bushit?
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I think a lot of the problem is that corporations are using offshoring as a way to dodge the worker and environmental protections we have in the US and Europe.
People bitch and moan about a Microsoft software program that is designed to stop piracy, but when Apple ties its OS to specific machines via a treachorous computing module, people are strangely silent.
Doesn't MS need to recover their R&D costs too??
If MS tied OEM versions of windows to OEM computers via "trusted" computing would people defend them?
Why is pirating windows good and pirating OSX bad?
and was just an attempt by redhat to push the subpar RPM package format. If they were serious about a somewhat standard linux, they would have started with debian.
I'm guessing that apple will make their new lineup similar to their current one. A single dual-core for the low end(conroe), a faster single dual core for the midrange (conroe) and dual dual-core or the high end (woodcrest).
Apple desperately needs to update their powermac line; its embarassing when compared to any current PCs.
Apple:
Dual-core 2.3GHz PowerPC G5 processor
512MB of 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-4200)
250GB Serial ATA hard drive
16x SuperDrive (double-layer)
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB GDDR SDRAM
$2,499.00
Dell XPS 700:
Dual-core 3.0ghz Pentium D
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
320GB Serial ATA Harddrive
16x DVD-ROM
16x Dual-Layer DVD+/-R/RW Dvd burner
Dual 256MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GS in SLI
20 inch UltraSharp(TM) 2007FPW Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
$2503
For $4 more, you get a faster processor, 4 times the memory, more harddrive space, dual optical drives, SLI, and a 20" LCD. Apple has done a good job of making sure that they add a lot of mac only accessories (or gimmicks depending on your point of view) that make direct comparisons to a PC harder. Stuff like backlit keyboards with light sensors, integrated webcam, frontrow, firewire, small formfactor, etc.
On a tower, things like expandibility, quiet operation, and size are pretty important and apples last workstation was fairly poor by that standard. The powermac looks nice, but 2 harddrive bays and 1 optical bay aren't going to cut it in such a large case.
Apple's brand is strong enough to command some premium, but they certainly are immune to market pressure and may need to realign their pricepoints. Mac minis need to start at $500, imacs at $1000, and Mac pros at $1500. Notebooks should start at $800 and $1500 respectively.
THe six titles are probably the following:
Madden 07
NBA Live 07
Tiger Woods Golf 07
FIFA 07
Fight Night Round 4
SSX
if they made X natively support more than 3 mouse buttons. Or if X could automatically detect usable refresh rates/screen resolutions for my monitor.
Apple and Nintendo rely heavily on first-party software to sell their systems. As long as they both create desirable, exclusive software, they will remain relevant, but probably not market leaders.
If Linux wins, its a fact.
If M$ wins, its fud and was paid for.
If apple wins, its because of Steve Jobs.
If OS/2 wins, we're trapped in a parallel universe.
If apple is going to build computers using standard PC hardware, they shouldn't be very suprised when people with standard hardware use their OS.
Microsoft and Redhat do a decent enough job selling OSs without hardware attached.
Apple may invest billions in R&D creating OSX, but they get a ton of it back selling it to previous mac owners ($129 every 12-18 months).
When a record company creates software that disables the ability to copy a CD its an unacceptable broach of our freedom, but when a computer company adds a treacherous computing module keep software from being used on anything but "approved" computers, its just fine?
Apple will eventually learn the lesson that hardware is a suckers game and that the good margains are in software where they actually offer a superior product. Apple hardware isn't nearly as desirable as Apple software.
on my Gateway laptop and when combined with OSX, its pretty damn slick. If you plan on playing games or video, you should forget about it and just use Boot Camp, but if you're not using very demanding apps, its a godsend. AutoCAD runs really well, and its nice not having to reboot. If you are contemplating a virtualization app, be aware that you will need memory for both operating systems. 512 is painful, 1 gb can get slow at times, and 2gb is the sweet spot. If you are going to virtualize XP, try SP1 instead of 2. SP2 is a lot slower in virtualization (this was the case when using Virtual PC or VMWare).
If I had to hazard a guess, I would say that it is common controls library for a 32-bit system or maybe computer control library (less likely) for 32-bit windows.
when all the folders are 3 letter abbreviations and are found in multiple places. On windows, well behaved programs go in the aptly named "Program Files"; on OSX they go in "Applications"; on linux they go in /usr/bin or is it /bin or is it /local/bin or /wtf.
At least windows supports long enough file names to call their help files "help" and not "man".
A fool and his money are soon parted.
are real world apps that your audience will be using. Whenever I read a review of a new CPU or graphics card, I always skip synthetic benchmarks (PCMark, 3Dmark, etc.) and go straight to the real world stuff like media encoding, and gaming benchmarks. Synthetic benchmarks tend to be little more than dick waving contests and have little bearing on the real world. If I see 4000 3Dmarks, its a meaningless number. If I see 58 fps in F.E.A.R. or 45 seconds in Photoshop, I immediately have a decent idea of how the computer is going to perform in real world use.
Trolling someone and pretending to be a woman is hardly pointing a gun at someone. An adult level response to being trolled is to admit that you were trolled and move on with your life. Being petty and vindictive is a sign of immaturity.
If a 5 year old came up to you and started talking shit, would you punch him?
In 2002, Fyodor was the victim of an impersonation attack by a Slashdot user who was posing as a woman. Fyodor sent an email to the fake "woman" in an attempt to solicit further conversation and a possible meeting. When the hoax was revealed, the hoaxer insulted fyodor (I believe the word was "wanker").
Fyodor responded by using information disclosure vulnerabilities in yahoo email to find the originating IP address of the Slashdot prankster (SumDeusExMachine) who was at the time a college student based on the Pacific coast. SDEM was using an open X server for windows, MI/X, with no security enabled. Fyodor quickly scanned SDEM's box, found the open X server, and attached to it, monitoring SDEM's life for nine hours. He took many screen shots of SDEM's machine and posted them to his web site, insecure.org.
A lot of personal information was revealed in these screenshots, including the existence and ip address of a "secret troll irc server", which was running an irc bot capable of tracking and posting new stories. Jamie McCarthy used the information disclosed by Fyodor's attack to log onto this server, discover the new-story-bot, and modify Slashdot to break the troll's new-story-robot.
So in short, Fyodor has an open record of malicious entry, and Slashdot's admins have used the information he has gleaned to combat Slashdot trolling.
What you have to understand is that illegal and malicious hacking won't land you in jail. The FBI won't prosecute interstate computer hacking unless there are $5000 or more in damages. In this case, there were no damages, rending the "crime" unprosecuteable. Whether this makes the perpetrator a whitehat, greyhat, or blackhat is an exercise for the reader.
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Coal plants only scrub some of what they burn. A friend of mine works for an AEP power plant with 5 units (burner/boiler/turbine groups). They have a scrubber one one of the five.
I bought the full game of Splinter Cell Chaos Theory for $20 at EB the same day Episode 1 came out.
Far from being poorly supported, Blu-Ray has wide industry support (over 90 companies) and has the following companies on the Blu-Ray Disc Association board of directors.
* Apple Computer
* Dell
* Hewlett Packard
* Hitachi
* LG Electronics
* Mitsubishi Electric
* Panasonic (Matsushita Electric)
* Pioneer Corporation
* Royal Philips Electronics
* Samsung Electronics
* Sharp Corporation
* Sony Corporation
* TDK Corporation
* Thomson
* Twentieth Century Fox
* Walt Disney Pictures
* Warner Home Video Inc.
Of the major media houses, only Universal Pictures has pledged support for HD-DVD.
this story goes under the category "Bushit"
The bit-tech review shows the 2.6ghz Core Duo beating the 2.6ghz dual-core FX-60.
As others have pointed out, the Core Duo only beat out the Athlon64 FX-60 when overclocked.
Both were clocked to 2.6ghz so that a clock for clock comparison could be made...
The bush presidency is like a dam with a crack in it. At present, the crack is fairly small, but water is leaking out and the crack is widening. The question is, when will the dam finally burst? When will we see headlines talking about impeachment? When will people finally wake the fuck up and say enough is enough? Will there ever be an end to the war on terra? Will we ever see a terror level below yellow? Does anyone believe the bushit?