You know, it really doesn't - at least, not the fink version. I tried the other day and it died in the middle of compiling some gnome lib. I forget which, unfortunately.
And yet, with all of that equipment, it's amazing how dog slow LJ really still is. Just goes to show, nothing - absolutely nothing - will keep up with intrepid, well-meaning, angsty teenage goths who want to whine about their lack of a sex life and make friend with other angsty teenage goths.
I figure he probably knew enough to install Windows, which honestly a trained monkey could do nowadays, but not enough to try Linux - so he went with his other major alternative, a Mac. Though honestly, RH8 is probably easier to install than Windows XP. I mean, really.
I figure the guy just really, really had a few grand to blow and really, really wanted an excuse to buy a Mac.;)
Frankly, I've tried to discuss that option (OOo or StarOffice, etc.) with people in the past. Honestly, this guy strikes me like those people do - as knowing just enough to get his job done, including installing Windows (which could be done by a trained monkey, for the most part). It's possible that he, like the people I've talked to in the past, really either (a) think there's some kind of "catch" in free software or are unwilling to adjust to something they perceive as being radically different than their comfy MS Office (which, I suppose, it is a little different, but not that bad), or (b) this guy really, really wanted to try a Mac anyway and this was just a convenient excuse.
I almost want to bet on the latter.
Just in case anyone cares or wonders, I'm running 10.2.4 - and using OpenOffice under X11. I love it.
Either that, or he really enjoys using Outlook under Classic... which, if he has to use any calendars from an Exchange server, would be his only option. At least, until summer, when there will supposedly be a new version of Entourage with Exchange integration (I'm not holding my breath. I'm betting fall, at the earliest.)
Yeah, except they all really obviously say "Windows XP Professional" in the corner. Granted, maybe MS didn't change it for an alpha - and we're assuming for a second these are real, which I believe about as far as I can throw them - but still. Give me a break. These were the worst photo edits of all.
I was wondering that myself. I think I read something about it on Macdevcenter, over at O'Reilly, but they (or whoever wrote the article I was reading) implied it would be out, oh, last week. I'd love to have a native OOo using Aqua's widget set, but it's starting to look like I'm going to have to do it myself!:\
In our entry level courses, which start with Java, we are presented with free copies of Borland JBuilder (the windows version) but are told we can write our code on anything, so long as it works.
I used emacs and the JDK. Problem solved.
In the next level course up, we are REQUIRED to use Microsoft Visual C++. Why? Because the professor doesn't want just the code, which is the part that proves we know what we're doing. Instead, it's simply because he's too damned lazy to create a new project with each of our sources - he wants us to include the.dsp,.dsw, etc. files with each assignment. Luckily, he's not up for tenure.
If this trend continues, this may be a problem. Currently I write my C code using emacs and compile it using gcc, then move it to one of the open labs and drop it into VC++. However, this is an annoyance.
I guess slightly off-topic, has anyone ever had any success using VC++ with VirtualPC (for Mac) or Wine (for Linux)? I have access to both, and I'm considering both just to make my life easier.
It's got full documentation on developer.apple.com,
just as Cocoa does. They're even the same documentation - but you can choose to view either rhe Cocoa version of a class, or the Java version. For the most part, the classes have the same names, the same functions, but you just use either the Java or Cocoa documentation. The only real reason to use Cocoa-Java over Cocoa, in my opinion, is the fact that if you've already got Java classes you'd like to integrate - like, say, the Helma XML-RPC classes, which beat the arse off Apple's XML-RPC [which tends to miscode things] - then it's easy to import those and use them.
Then again, it's your call - it depends on what you already know, and what you'd like to learn.
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I did. I was even getting excited. "Oh boy! A BSD-powered coffeemaker?" What the hell? I need to get out more.
End. Of. Discussion.
Kefka's laugh from FFIII, the first attempt Square made at including any kind of voice acting. Creepy clown villains... ugh. UWEE HEE HEE HEE HEE!
Smack yourself, dolt. From dictionary.com: tr.v. tasked, tasking, tasks 1. To assign a task to or impose a task on. 2. To overburden with labor; tax.
You know, it really doesn't - at least, not the fink version. I tried the other day and it died in the middle of compiling some gnome lib. I forget which, unfortunately.
And yet, with all of that equipment, it's amazing how dog slow LJ really still is. Just goes to show, nothing - absolutely nothing - will keep up with intrepid, well-meaning, angsty teenage goths who want to whine about their lack of a sex life and make friend with other angsty teenage goths.
Why not just call it 'BigRedLizard' and get it over with? I know I'd use BigRedLizard (and it's mail/news brother, BigMailLizard).
No, frankly, it's not funny anymore. It was amusing the first time it was put in an Apple threat. Maybe the second time. Now it's just annoying.
I figure he probably knew enough to install Windows, which honestly a trained monkey could do nowadays, but not enough to try Linux - so he went with his other major alternative, a Mac. Though honestly, RH8 is probably easier to install than Windows XP. I mean, really. I figure the guy just really, really had a few grand to blow and really, really wanted an excuse to buy a Mac. ;)
Frankly, I've tried to discuss that option (OOo or StarOffice, etc.) with people in the past. Honestly, this guy strikes me like those people do - as knowing just enough to get his job done, including installing Windows (which could be done by a trained monkey, for the most part). It's possible that he, like the people I've talked to in the past, really either (a) think there's some kind of "catch" in free software or are unwilling to adjust to something they perceive as being radically different than their comfy MS Office (which, I suppose, it is a little different, but not that bad), or (b) this guy really, really wanted to try a Mac anyway and this was just a convenient excuse. I almost want to bet on the latter. Just in case anyone cares or wonders, I'm running 10.2.4 - and using OpenOffice under X11. I love it.
Either that, or he really enjoys using Outlook under Classic... which, if he has to use any calendars from an Exchange server, would be his only option. At least, until summer, when there will supposedly be a new version of Entourage with Exchange integration (I'm not holding my breath. I'm betting fall, at the earliest.)
Yeah, except they all really obviously say "Windows XP Professional" in the corner. Granted, maybe MS didn't change it for an alpha - and we're assuming for a second these are real, which I believe about as far as I can throw them - but still. Give me a break. These were the worst photo edits of all.
...yes, there are companies in Asia that make the hardware for multiple companies.
I was wondering that myself. I think I read something about it on Macdevcenter, over at O'Reilly, but they (or whoever wrote the article I was reading) implied it would be out, oh, last week. I'd love to have a native OOo using Aqua's widget set, but it's starting to look like I'm going to have to do it myself! :\
In our entry level courses, which start with Java, we are presented with free copies of Borland JBuilder (the windows version) but are told we can write our code on anything, so long as it works. I used emacs and the JDK. Problem solved. In the next level course up, we are REQUIRED to use Microsoft Visual C++. Why? Because the professor doesn't want just the code, which is the part that proves we know what we're doing. Instead, it's simply because he's too damned lazy to create a new project with each of our sources - he wants us to include the .dsp, .dsw, etc. files with each assignment. Luckily, he's not up for tenure.
If this trend continues, this may be a problem. Currently I write my C code using emacs and compile it using gcc, then move it to one of the open labs and drop it into VC++. However, this is an annoyance.
I guess slightly off-topic, has anyone ever had any success using VC++ with VirtualPC (for Mac) or Wine (for Linux)? I have access to both, and I'm considering both just to make my life easier.
It's got full documentation on developer.apple.com, just as Cocoa does. They're even the same documentation - but you can choose to view either rhe Cocoa version of a class, or the Java version. For the most part, the classes have the same names, the same functions, but you just use either the Java or Cocoa documentation. The only real reason to use Cocoa-Java over Cocoa, in my opinion, is the fact that if you've already got Java classes you'd like to integrate - like, say, the Helma XML-RPC classes, which beat the arse off Apple's XML-RPC [which tends to miscode things] - then it's easy to import those and use them.
Then again, it's your call - it depends on what you already know, and what you'd like to learn.