It's got everything: Charlie Sheen as a vengeful teen back from the dead, Sherilyn Fenn as his uber-hot love interest, Randy Quaid as a laconical sheriff, scenery-chewing villianry from Nick Cassavetes, the hilarious tag-team duo of paint-thinner chuggers Skank and Gutter-Boy ("man, that stuff's got some kick!"), and even a memorable role for Clint Howard! Plus a rockin' 80's metal soundtrack, gorgeously filmed Arizona scenery, pumped-up would-be muscle cars like the Shelby Daytona, and of course, the Turbo Interceptor, the coolest PPG Indy pace car ever.
Whenever I catch this classic on TNT at 1 AM, I inevitably end up staying up late to watch it all the way through. It's cheesy and goofy, but eminently rewatchable. Now if only the rumored re-release on DVD comes through....
.... and it'll only be offered with a 2-year contract, which doesn't guarantee I get to keep my number or even my phone if I switch to another plan, and requires me to jump through all kinds of hoops to get the features and rates I want, plus requires me to pay for incoming *and* outgoing calls, and that's not even counting the lousy service coverage once you go fifteen miles outside a major city....
I'd love to replace my landline with a cell phone, but not until the U.S. catches up to the rest of the world in service.
For our standard desktop image at work, with things like Office, FileMaker, and so on, the most recent version topped out at well over 2 GB. Note that we won't be netbooting it regularly, but it would be nice to be able to do so on occasion for troubleshooting purposes, and to use NetInstall to just install the whole thing at once.
Personally, I'm more excited by this part of the update details:
Support for IP over FireWire. This enhancement enables Mac OS X Server to utilize high speed, low latency interconnects for clustering and IP failover solutions over FireWire. You no longer need to use ports on your gigabit Ethernet switch in order to use IP failover.
This could be a great solution for building a cluster of server machines while still allowing each one independent access to the network.
I downloaded one of the tests for the Mac a long, long time ago. Gameplay seemed intriguing, but what really hooked me was the music by Stefan Poiss (I play the three tracks on my MP3 player over and over). Anybody know if there's other tracks available by him? I haven't checked the site in a while and it seems to be well and truly slashdotted now.
For a real movie scoops & news page with an accompanying gaming site, check out Coming Attractions and their sister site, Test Pattern. It's been up for several months already (CA has been around for over six years), features timely reviews of the latest games, and best of all, both are actually designed to be readable by humans instead of Harry Knowles wannabes.
The Bird of Prey (it looks more like the Klingon Bird of Prey from Star Trek than any feathered creature) is a prototype for a very stealthy fighter or tactical bomber.
/begin TREK_GEEK I was always under the impression that the Bird of Prey was a Romulan design, as first revealed in the TOS episode "Balance of Terror". I don't recall the Klingon version appearing until "Star Trek III: The Search For Spock", and the canonical explanation was that the Romulans and Klingons had entered into a sort-of free-trade agreement for sharing technology..../end TREK_GEEK
...but it's been a long time since I studied any of this stuff hard-core. (I'm married now.:P)
The lions share of requests have been for QuantaGold on OS X so far.
The number one most useful product they could offer OS X users right now is a port of the Connector!
Microsoft has stonewalled on delivering a native Exchange client for Mac OS X. In fact, according to a recent posting on Macintouch (scroll down to the second or third message), their official recommendation is that you set up a separate PC and use the new Remote Desktop client to access it!
Here at NIH, we want to move to OS X soon but the lack of a native Outlook client is really going to hurt us. If Evolution+Connector were available instead, we would likely take a serious look at spending some serious money on it.
Hmm... how to get StuffIt on the G3.... download it... nope because it's a.sit. Put it on a floppy? Nope. No floppy. I finally had to BURN A DAMN CD just to copy it over.
Hmmm, that sure is strange, considering StuffIt has been part of the goddamned system for at least two years prior to the G3's introduction. Plus, Aladdin has a handy guide for people just like you. Try a little harder next time, maybe?
I ended up buying a USB floppy driver for her because I got sick of that kind of crap.
True, Apple has said that OS 9 is dead, but there's a hell of a lot of installations out there, and they all use an insecure Software Update mechanism as well. Apple needs to do the right thing and fix it for those who haven't upgraded because they can't (like those with hardware whose drivers haven't been updated yet), and to prevent Classic from becoming its own security hole.
I think Linux will take over the desktop, and I think the reason it will doesn't have much to do with whether we clean up and polish our interfaces or not. Linux will take over the desktop because as the price of desktop machines drops, the Microsoft tax represents a larger and larger piece of OEM margin. There's going to come a point at which that's not sustainable, and at which OEMs have to bail out of the Microsoft camp in order to continue making any money at all. At that point, Linux wins even if the UI sucks.
And frankly, the UI doesn't suck. It's not perfect, it's got a few sharp edges and a few spikes on it, but so does Windows.
Oh dear god, this is the funniest thing I've read on slashdot in six months. So no matter how bad a computer interface is, all it has to do is cost less than Windows for everybody to adopt it? Well, hell, I'd better dust off my Apple II then!
Quite frankly, if this comment was a serious statement of HP's intent then it would have been made to a more respected media outlet, such as the Wall Street Journal or a Ziff Davis title, or via a major press conference, rather than the less-than-heavyweight USA Today.
While I agree completely, I must express dismay at your decision to use the terms "respected media outlet" and "Ziff Davis" so closely together. Thank god you didn't mention The Register as well.......
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On behalf of Mac OS X users everywhere, thank you very much, Mr. Allison.
Whenever I catch this classic on TNT at 1 AM, I inevitably end up staying up late to watch it all the way through. It's cheesy and goofy, but eminently rewatchable. Now if only the rumored re-release on DVD comes through....
I'd love to replace my landline with a cell phone, but not until the U.S. catches up to the rest of the world in service.
Personally, I'm more excited by this part of the update details:
Support for IP over FireWire. This enhancement enables Mac OS X Server to utilize high speed, low latency interconnects for clustering and IP failover solutions over FireWire. You no longer need to use ports on your gigabit Ethernet switch in order to use IP failover.
This could be a great solution for building a cluster of server machines while still allowing each one independent access to the network.
Maybe they'll schedule it to air right after the annual Super Bowl parody (the ones with Tom vs. Jerry, Sylvester vs. Tweety, etc.)? :D
Well, it certainly isn't as slashdotted as that one is....
I was always under the impression that the Bird of Prey was a Romulan design, as first revealed in the TOS episode "Balance of Terror". I don't recall the Klingon version appearing until "Star Trek III: The Search For Spock", and the canonical explanation was that the Romulans and Klingons had entered into a sort-of free-trade agreement for sharing technology....
The number one most useful product they could offer OS X users right now is a port of the Connector!
Microsoft has stonewalled on delivering a native Exchange client for Mac OS X. In fact, according to a recent posting on Macintouch (scroll down to the second or third message), their official recommendation is that you set up a separate PC and use the new Remote Desktop client to access it!
Here at NIH, we want to move to OS X soon but the lack of a native Outlook client is really going to hurt us. If Evolution+Connector were available instead, we would likely take a serious look at spending some serious money on it.
The ability to modify contact entries and enter brief notes would mean I can stop having to find space in my backpack for my Newton.
Hmm... how to get StuffIt on the G3.... download it... nope because it's a .sit. Put it on a floppy? Nope. No floppy. I finally had to BURN A DAMN CD just to copy it over.
Hmmm, that sure is strange, considering StuffIt has been part of the goddamned system for at least two years prior to the G3's introduction. Plus, Aladdin has a handy guide for people just like you. Try a little harder next time, maybe?
I ended up buying a USB floppy driver for her because I got sick of that kind of crap.
Yeah, it must suck to be an idiot.
True, Apple has said that OS 9 is dead, but there's a hell of a lot of installations out there, and they all use an insecure Software Update mechanism as well. Apple needs to do the right thing and fix it for those who haven't upgraded because they can't (like those with hardware whose drivers haven't been updated yet), and to prevent Classic from becoming its own security hole.
Fuckers.
VMS will outlive us all, if there's any justice in the IT world.
(rest in peace, DEC.)
I think Linux will take over the desktop, and I think the reason it will doesn't have much to do with whether we clean up and polish our interfaces or not. Linux will take over the desktop because as the price of desktop machines drops, the Microsoft tax represents a larger and larger piece of OEM margin. There's going to come a point at which that's not sustainable, and at which OEMs have to bail out of the Microsoft camp in order to continue making any money at all. At that point, Linux wins even if the UI sucks.
And frankly, the UI doesn't suck. It's not perfect, it's got a few sharp edges and a few spikes on it, but so does Windows.
Oh dear god, this is the funniest thing I've read on slashdot in six months. So no matter how bad a computer interface is, all it has to do is cost less than Windows for everybody to adopt it? Well, hell, I'd better dust off my Apple II then!
Granted, Pentiums haven't been commonplace in most consumer PCs for some time now, but there's still nothing at all wrong with their claims.
"If you legally acquire music, you need to have the right to manage it on all other devices that you own," said Jobs.
Goddamned right.
2-4 of these cars
some Lego figures
iMovie + digital camcorder
Why wait two years for the sequel to "The Fast And The Furious" when you can make your own?
Depends on your definition of "quickly"; it can be done, but you'll need another Mac handy....
It may already be too late to prevent that, I'm afraid.
The mere posting of this story is a hate crime against computer geeks everywhere. You should be ashamed...
Quite frankly, if this comment was a serious statement of HP's intent then it would have been made to a more respected media outlet, such as the Wall Street Journal or a Ziff Davis title, or via a major press conference, rather than the less-than-heavyweight USA Today.
While I agree completely, I must express dismay at your decision to use the terms "respected media outlet" and "Ziff Davis" so closely together. Thank god you didn't mention The Register as well.......