I keep seeing comments about how x86 hoses Altivec and things need to be rewritten for SSE (or not, according to benchmarks).
What is it about the difference(s) between PPC and x86 that precludes the possibility of AltiVec, or a proper byte-endian version thereof, from being implemented on x86 in a similar fashion to how it currently exists on PPC?
Jobs has probably decided the immediate discomfort of platform shift is substantially outweighed by the promise of a future media markplace.
I think he's always decided that. It's been about 15 years since the last processor change (remembering that is reassuring, btw), 5 years since the last dramatic OS change, and neither of them was really all that bad.
So how do you launch apps? Double-click them? Start Menu? You can use the Dock like a Start Menu, you know. You just don't need to have every application on your computer in it. Hell, if you want, drag your hard drive to the Dock and get endless hierarchial menus that way.
It wasn't the graphics. It wasn't the sailing. Those were both fun in their own way.
It was the fact that the game had 5 dungeons instead of 8 or 9.
It's been a while since I've played, but I remember there being 3 dungeons, and then 2 more. Pretty much every other game before it had 8 dungeons, followed by a boss. They were split 3/5 perhaps, but they were there. I finished WW and wondered where the other half of the game was.
Except that Mickey Mouse is still in active use by the Disney company. He's practically the company logo. (Or is he?) It's no big deal if something is still used by the company, but if the last time anyone had seen or heard of Mickey Mouse was 1948, then yeah. I could see him being let into public domain.
I'm going to have to agree with the parent. The concept of teachers evaluating students based on performance, effort, and ability is absurd. Next you know, they're going to start grouping these evaluations into categories and assingning them letters or something.
Also, I don't know about the rest of the world, but here in the US, a student is given exactly one teacher for his entire learning "career", and is disallowed from receiving any sort of feedback from other teachers or parents. Heaven forbid you get that one teacher, because if you do, you're probably going to kill yourself!
Wish I had mod points, as that is brilliant. Someone's going to complain about privacy issues, though. So be creative as to why this is the best/only option.
Claim 1 sounds not unlike a light switch or an internal refrigerator light, using a generic definition of "processor".
1. A method of providing illumination (light) for a household product (wall), comprising: providing a light system (lamp) under the control of a processor (light switch + person) for providing illumination (light) of a selected color (white); and disposing the illumination system in proximity to the household product to light a feature of the household product (putting the lamp near a wall).
Don't like a wall being considered a household object? Fine, pick something else.
If a company doesn't want its secrets published it shouldn't allow the leaks. Apparently Apple doesn't work hard enough at that.
What exactly do you propose they do? Say you work at a company for 20 years. One day, you sign an NDA. Then you tell everyone about it. How was that company supposed to "not allow" that? By being psychic and knowing you were going to do so?
I think plastic is sometimes considered safer because the very hot water from a dishwasher, hot enough to kill bacteria, is okay for a plastic cutting board, but it can warp and ruin a wooden one. I think it takes a while, though.
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I keep seeing comments about how x86 hoses Altivec and things need to be rewritten for SSE (or not, according to benchmarks).
What is it about the difference(s) between PPC and x86 that precludes the possibility of AltiVec, or a proper byte-endian version thereof, from being implemented on x86 in a similar fashion to how it currently exists on PPC?
Jobs has probably decided the immediate discomfort of platform shift is substantially outweighed by the promise of a future media markplace.
I think he's always decided that. It's been about 15 years since the last processor change (remembering that is reassuring, btw), 5 years since the last dramatic OS change, and neither of them was really all that bad.
Dancing menu bar?
So how do you launch apps? Double-click them? Start Menu? You can use the Dock like a Start Menu, you know. You just don't need to have every application on your computer in it. Hell, if you want, drag your hard drive to the Dock and get endless hierarchial menus that way.
Do you enjoy your open/save dialog boxes? You know, the ones that scroll left to right with a vertical list of files, with folders coming first?
I wouldn't be surprised if Intel requires that in all commercials of its clients.
The strange thing is, soon no one will care or know why it's there.
I think I read no support for Classic in Mac OS X X86.
It wasn't the graphics. It wasn't the sailing. Those were both fun in their own way.
It was the fact that the game had 5 dungeons instead of 8 or 9.
It's been a while since I've played, but I remember there being 3 dungeons, and then 2 more. Pretty much every other game before it had 8 dungeons, followed by a boss. They were split 3/5 perhaps, but they were there. I finished WW and wondered where the other half of the game was.
If they want you to pay to put the cable in, work something out where you own it. They have to pay to use it. See how fair that sounds to them.
You can't use your data connection with "server devices"? Isn't that pretty much everything?
I just hate jobs where you're required to join a union (and pay them money) in order to get the job. UPS, for example.
once no one needs to search the internet anymore.
Except that Mickey Mouse is still in active use by the Disney company. He's practically the company logo. (Or is he?) It's no big deal if something is still used by the company, but if the last time anyone had seen or heard of Mickey Mouse was 1948, then yeah. I could see him being let into public domain.
1) Buy new computer.
2) Upgrade processor.
3) Boot. Or not.
Possible scenario?
You know, Sept 16 - Dec 15 would be a 3-month period...
I'm going to have to agree with the parent. The concept of teachers evaluating students based on performance, effort, and ability is absurd. Next you know, they're going to start grouping these evaluations into categories and assingning them letters or something.
Also, I don't know about the rest of the world, but here in the US, a student is given exactly one teacher for his entire learning "career", and is disallowed from receiving any sort of feedback from other teachers or parents. Heaven forbid you get that one teacher, because if you do, you're probably going to kill yourself!
I can install a football team onto my computer?
Wish I had mod points, as that is brilliant. Someone's going to complain about privacy issues, though. So be creative as to why this is the best/only option.
Claim 1 sounds not unlike a light switch or an internal refrigerator light, using a generic definition of "processor".
1. A method of providing illumination (light) for a household product (wall), comprising: providing a light system (lamp) under the control of a processor (light switch + person) for providing illumination (light) of a selected color (white); and disposing the illumination system in proximity to the household product to light a feature of the household product (putting the lamp near a wall).
Don't like a wall being considered a household object? Fine, pick something else.
You're still coding for MacIE? Why?
Stop trying so hard.
No, seriously. The game is easier when you don't try as much.
They've got a feedback score of 0. I'm not so sure I'd want to sell to them...
XCode's a little over the top for PHP code. It wasn't made with that in mind. I'll agree that BBEdit is a good choice for that.
If a company doesn't want its secrets published it shouldn't allow the leaks. Apparently Apple doesn't work hard enough at that.
What exactly do you propose they do? Say you work at a company for 20 years. One day, you sign an NDA. Then you tell everyone about it. How was that company supposed to "not allow" that? By being psychic and knowing you were going to do so?
I think plastic is sometimes considered safer because the very hot water from a dishwasher, hot enough to kill bacteria, is okay for a plastic cutting board, but it can warp and ruin a wooden one. I think it takes a while, though.
Clearly, this is the work of internet piracy in a post-9/11 world. We will now sue people for not buying music.