"Usage Note: The words ironic, irony, and ironically are sometimes used of events and circumstances that might better be described as simply "coincidental" or "improbable," in that they suggest no particular lessons about human vanity or folly. Thus 78 percent of the Usage Panel rejects the use of ironically in the sentence In 1969 Susie moved from Ithaca to California where she met her husband-to-be, who, ironically, also came from upstate New York. Some Panelists noted that this particular usage might be acceptable if Susie had in fact moved to California in order to find a husband, in which case the story could be taken as exemplifying the folly of supposing that we can know what fate has in store for us. By contrast, 73 percent accepted the sentence Ironically, even as the government was fulminating against American policy, American jeans and videocassettes were the hottest items in the stalls of the market, where the incongruity can be seen as an example of human inconsistency.
I'm not a grammar nazi, but most of the time when people use the word ironic, they really don't mean ironic. If you have ever listened to that famous Alanis Morissette song Ironic, not a single thing she points out is actually ironic, they are just coincidental.
Seriouly off topic but this reminded me of this:
When Apple came out with the first PowerPC mac, they called it the PowerMac, as opposed to the regular Mac. When they came out with the PPC PowerBook, I thought they should have called it the Power PowerBook. That would make the manual that came with it the "Power PowerBook Book". . . never mind, I should stop drinking in the middle of the day. . . .
Maybe you misinterpreted what I wrote, or mabye I wasn't clear, but please point out where I was convaying propaganda. I didn't bash the pc nor did I bash MS. I simply stated that Halo was announced for the Mac. I did not say it was exclusively for the mac, nor did I say that Bungie was a mac only shop. The point I intended to come across was that Bungie had a dedication to the Mac platform because that was where they got their start.
Build a time machine and go back to murder whoever initiated the deal to purchase bungee, then buy it for the PC the way it was originally planned.
Bungie was one of the few Mac only game houses that produced good games for the mac all the way back to my first first person shooter, Marathon.
Most people don't realize, but Halo was announced for the Mac.
If you look here you can find links to the video of the premere of Halo for the mac at Macworld '99 New York. I was at that keynote when Steve Jobs introduced the 2 minute movie for Halo rendered using the game engine in real time, not pre recorded. I almost creamed my pants. I remember thinking to my self that this was the game that was finaly going to bring the Mac into the gaming arena. Even my PC using Mac bashing friend who I dragged with me was drooling over it. Alas, before it's Macintosh release, Microsoft bought out bungie and made them the "X-Box Development Team". That was a sad day for us Apple people all over. Bungie was known in the mac community as a top noch developer of mac games including one of our first first-person shooters, Marathon. At least you can still pick up the Bungie Mac Action Sack and try some of the awsome games this company once made for the macintosh.
Hey, Halo was originally announced at a MacWorld. You think you're bitter? =)
And you think you're bitter, I was at that keynote when Steve Jobs introduced the 2 minute movie for Halo rendered using the game engine in real time, not pre recorded. I almost creamed my pants. For a while, (and I still believe it happens today) the only way to get the newest offerings from nVida and ATI was to get them in a new Mac. I remember thinking to my self that this was the game that was finaly going to bring the Mac into the gaming arena. Even my PC using Mac bashing friend who I dragged with me was drooling over it. Alas, before it's Macintosh release, Microsoft bought out bungie and made them the "X-Box Development Team". That was a sad day for us Apple people all over. Bungie was known in the mac community as a top noch developer of mac games including one of our first first-person shooters, Marathon. At least you can still pick up the Bungie Mac Action Sack and try some of the awsome games this company once made for the macintosh. BTW: here is the link to the Halo video from the Macworld Expo in NY for all you nonbelievers
If you read the page currently posted here, the reason that Glider Pro (and practically all the rest of the software they sold) went back to the author was that Casady & Greene were merely software distributors. When C&G the folded, the software was no longer under contract, and the rights reverted back to the author.
It depends on the reseller. I had some pretty amazing experiences with the folks over at Tekserve. I purchased my TiBook from them and have had it serviced by both them, and the Apple Store, and can safely say that they both provided me with the same degree of service. If your located near NYC I would definitely recommend them to anyone. And if your a mac fan and in the area, I suggest just stopping by and having a look around. I always thought of them as The Apple Store before apple ever had one. From the second you walk in the front door and see the couch made out of old mac classics, to the random collection of obscure Apple related hardware, you know that your repair is in good hands.
How is his off topic? I understand that it was posted by an anonymous coward, It's a "first post" and the domain of the link is a little unusual, but really, did anyone actually click on the link? It really is a mirror of the quicktime movie from the page that is now slash-doted. I'm not trying to flame, but really, who modded this down based on an assumption without looking?
If I recall correctly, iTunes uses the same system wide QuickTime frame work as any other application, including all of the QuickTime software, so, yes, it's the same encoder and decoder used in iTunes
Ah. . . yes, thank you. I haven't heard "Corp Por" sense I stopped playing Ultima Online a long time ago. Thank you for bring back my vision of playing for hours on end, running around naked with my deadly poisoned noobie katana (no one ever saw that one coming) trying to find the bastards who PKed me, just so I can get killed again when I found them. Again, thank you for reminding me of those numerous hours of my life wasted on a virtual world. Oh well, I left Ultima when they split it into the two worlds (pk, and no pk) Hearing those words just makes me want to go back. Mabye when Ultima Online 2 comes out. Untill then, at least I have Shadowbane to keep me company now
I believe he isn't refering to the actual pixel by pixel resolution as being standard, he is refering to the aspect ratio. Film and HDTV have the same 16x9 dimenttions, no matter how big or small it's scaled, it's always the same correlation.
Out of all the games to pick from, that exist on the PC and not the Mac, you had to pick this one. I just finished playing a Free-For-All death match with a group of my friends, only I was using my Mac.
When Apple's support # used to be 1-800-SOS-APPL, People would frequentlu mis-dial using a zero instead of the letter O in the SOS part.. This would lead to being connected to "The nations hotest gay male phone sex" I know because my mom made this mistake once when her Performa wouldnt boot once.
Back when I was a paperboy, I received one or two "cease and desist" letters from the postal service demanding that I stop putting peoples newspapers in their mailboxes. At the time, I thought it was pretty ridiculous.
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while your in the finder, you can hit command-k for connect to server. All of your apple share volumes will show up in the window on the top, but if you go to the bottom where you put the address in manually, you can ftp in the format: ftp://192.168.1.1 or what ever the ftp server address is. The ftp server will be mounted on your desktop as a shared volume. you can even use ftp://login@pass:192.168.1.1 to login if you have an account.
Don't forget about Metal of Honor: Allied Asault I've been playing this one on the mac for a while. . . Quite a stable port, too. I have to give credit to Aspyr for all the games that they are trying to give to the mac platform.
Yet another time I wish I didn't squander my mod points all at once. I should have listened to my mother and saved some for later. . . Oh well, sombody should mod the parent up. . .
I agree. Adobe had their spotlight on the front page for bashing Apple. It even got about 842 comments. Now this response to it is hidden on the Apple page of Slashdot. This seems like a retraction a newspaper had to print on a cover story, and put it on the 17th page where no one will see it.
The offical story line for their demise was said to be "inventory and support problems, divisions in management, and heavy capital losses" but it is also well known that PowerComouting repeatedly bit the hand that fed them. At the time, PowerComputing was producing clones that were faster than the ones Apple were making at the time. Their slogan was "Were fighting back for the Mac, Lets Kick Intel's Ass" They were also drawing away developers from apple because of this. As you can tell, Apple didn't like this, so they quickly put an end to this.
To this day, my PowerComputing Power Tower Pro 180 is functioning quite well. It has a G3 upgrade card in it from Sonnet Technologies bringing it up to 300mhz, and its even running OS X
Dont get me wrong, Im as big of an apple person as they come (I refuse to use a windows machine) but as the page stated (and jobs in his keynote) many times: It's Beta. . . use at your own risk. . . Im sure once it goes to a full release it will be the most kickass browser around, but untill then, I keep my copy of opera in the dock, right next to safari.
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This is from the American Heratige Dictionary:
I'm not a grammar nazi, but most of the time when people use the word ironic, they really don't mean ironic. If you have ever listened to that famous Alanis Morissette song Ironic, not a single thing she points out is actually ironic, they are just coincidental.
Seriouly off topic but this reminded me of this: When Apple came out with the first PowerPC mac, they called it the PowerMac, as opposed to the regular Mac. When they came out with the PPC PowerBook, I thought they should have called it the Power PowerBook. That would make the manual that came with it the "Power PowerBook Book". . . never mind, I should stop drinking in the middle of the day. . . .
Maybe you misinterpreted what I wrote, or mabye I wasn't clear, but please point out where I was convaying propaganda. I didn't bash the pc nor did I bash MS. I simply stated that Halo was announced for the Mac. I did not say it was exclusively for the mac, nor did I say that Bungie was a mac only shop. The point I intended to come across was that Bungie had a dedication to the Mac platform because that was where they got their start.
Build a time machine and go back to murder whoever initiated the deal to purchase bungee, then buy it for the PC the way it was originally planned.
Bungie was one of the few Mac only game houses that produced good games for the mac all the way back to my first first person shooter, Marathon. Most people don't realize, but Halo was announced for the Mac. If you look here you can find links to the video of the premere of Halo for the mac at Macworld '99 New York. I was at that keynote when Steve Jobs introduced the 2 minute movie for Halo rendered using the game engine in real time, not pre recorded. I almost creamed my pants. I remember thinking to my self that this was the game that was finaly going to bring the Mac into the gaming arena. Even my PC using Mac bashing friend who I dragged with me was drooling over it. Alas, before it's Macintosh release, Microsoft bought out bungie and made them the "X-Box Development Team". That was a sad day for us Apple people all over. Bungie was known in the mac community as a top noch developer of mac games including one of our first first-person shooters, Marathon. At least you can still pick up the Bungie Mac Action Sack and try some of the awsome games this company once made for the macintosh.
It was FOX that pushed this tech in their broadcast of hockey games. I believe they called it the "FOX tail"
Hey, Halo was originally announced at a MacWorld. You think you're bitter? =)
And you think you're bitter, I was at that keynote when Steve Jobs introduced the 2 minute movie for Halo rendered using the game engine in real time, not pre recorded. I almost creamed my pants. For a while, (and I still believe it happens today) the only way to get the newest offerings from nVida and ATI was to get them in a new Mac. I remember thinking to my self that this was the game that was finaly going to bring the Mac into the gaming arena. Even my PC using Mac bashing friend who I dragged with me was drooling over it. Alas, before it's Macintosh release, Microsoft bought out bungie and made them the "X-Box Development Team". That was a sad day for us Apple people all over. Bungie was known in the mac community as a top noch developer of mac games including one of our first first-person shooters, Marathon. At least you can still pick up the Bungie Mac Action Sack and try some of the awsome games this company once made for the macintosh. BTW: here is the link to the Halo video from the Macworld Expo in NY for all you nonbelievers
If you read the page currently posted here, the reason that Glider Pro (and practically all the rest of the software they sold) went back to the author was that Casady & Greene were merely software distributors. When C&G the folded, the software was no longer under contract, and the rights reverted back to the author.
It depends on the reseller. I had some pretty amazing experiences with the folks over at Tekserve. I purchased my TiBook from them and have had it serviced by both them, and the Apple Store, and can safely say that they both provided me with the same degree of service. If your located near NYC I would definitely recommend them to anyone. And if your a mac fan and in the area, I suggest just stopping by and having a look around. I always thought of them as The Apple Store before apple ever had one. From the second you walk in the front door and see the couch made out of old mac classics, to the random collection of obscure Apple related hardware, you know that your repair is in good hands.
How is his off topic? I understand that it was posted by an anonymous coward, It's a "first post" and the domain of the link is a little unusual, but really, did anyone actually click on the link? It really is a mirror of the quicktime movie from the page that is now slash-doted. I'm not trying to flame, but really, who modded this down based on an assumption without looking?
If I recall correctly, iTunes uses the same system wide QuickTime frame work as any other application, including all of the QuickTime software, so, yes, it's the same encoder and decoder used in iTunes
Ah. . . yes, thank you. I haven't heard "Corp Por" sense I stopped playing Ultima Online a long time ago. Thank you for bring back my vision of playing for hours on end, running around naked with my deadly poisoned noobie katana (no one ever saw that one coming) trying to find the bastards who PKed me, just so I can get killed again when I found them. Again, thank you for reminding me of those numerous hours of my life wasted on a virtual world. Oh well, I left Ultima when they split it into the two worlds (pk, and no pk) Hearing those words just makes me want to go back. Mabye when Ultima Online 2 comes out. Untill then, at least I have Shadowbane to keep me company now
I believe he isn't refering to the actual pixel by pixel resolution as being standard, he is refering to the aspect ratio. Film and HDTV have the same 16x9 dimenttions, no matter how big or small it's scaled, it's always the same correlation.
How about Medal of Honor: Allied Assault? There isn't a Mac Client for that either...
What is this you say?
Out of all the games to pick from, that exist on the PC and not the Mac, you had to pick this one. I just finished playing a Free-For-All death match with a group of my friends, only I was using my Mac.
When Apple's support # used to be 1-800-SOS-APPL, People would frequentlu mis-dial using a zero instead of the letter O in the SOS part.. This would lead to being connected to "The nations hotest gay male phone sex" I know because my mom made this mistake once when her Performa wouldnt boot once.
Back when I was a paperboy, I received one or two "cease and desist" letters from the postal service demanding that I stop putting peoples newspapers in their mailboxes. At the time, I thought it was pretty ridiculous.
while your in the finder, you can hit command-k for connect to server. All of your apple share volumes will show up in the window on the top, but if you go to the bottom where you put the address in manually, you can ftp in the format: ftp://192.168.1.1 or what ever the ftp server address is. The ftp server will be mounted on your desktop as a shared volume. you can even use ftp://login@pass:192.168.1.1 to login if you have an account.
Don't forget about Metal of Honor: Allied Asault I've been playing this one on the mac for a while. . . Quite a stable port, too. I have to give credit to Aspyr for all the games that they are trying to give to the mac platform.
Ask any wise mountain climberand they'll tell you: It's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the end.
Yet another time I wish I didn't squander my mod points all at once. I should have listened to my mother and saved some for later. . . Oh well, sombody should mod the parent up. . .
I agree. Adobe had their spotlight on the front page for bashing Apple. It even got about 842 comments. Now this response to it is hidden on the Apple page of Slashdot. This seems like a retraction a newspaper had to print on a cover story, and put it on the 17th page where no one will see it.
Sprite is caffine-free. Dont feel bad, I used to think the same thing about my Sunkist Orange Soda.
Anyone remember the fiasco when they tried to let other companies put out Mac Clones in the 80s?
I remember when Apple did the clone thing for a while, but that was the mid to late 90's I saw a PowerComputing mac clone for the first time at the 1996 Macworld in Boston. PowerComputing was one of the largest and best known MacOS Clone companies, and sold them from 1995 to 1997. In 1997, Apple purchased PowerComputing's which included "the right to retain key employees with expertise in direct marketing, distribution, and engineering, Power Computing's customer database, and the license to distribute the MacOS."
The offical story line for their demise was said to be "inventory and support problems, divisions in management, and heavy capital losses" but it is also well known that PowerComouting repeatedly bit the hand that fed them. At the time, PowerComputing was producing clones that were faster than the ones Apple were making at the time. Their slogan was "Were fighting back for the Mac, Lets Kick Intel's Ass" They were also drawing away developers from apple because of this. As you can tell, Apple didn't like this, so they quickly put an end to this.
To this day, my PowerComputing Power Tower Pro 180 is functioning quite well. It has a G3 upgrade card in it from Sonnet Technologies bringing it up to 300mhz, and its even running OS X
Dont get me wrong, Im as big of an apple person as they come (I refuse to use a windows machine) but as the page stated (and jobs in his keynote) many times: It's Beta. . . use at your own risk. . . Im sure once it goes to a full release it will be the most kickass browser around, but untill then, I keep my copy of opera in the dock, right next to safari.