If this is about the "crack" I read yesterday (article is completely/.ed to hell) of tipping the bottle to see what's under the cap, all I can say is hoorah! for creative thinking.
When you set up something this stupid, you deserve to be caught with your pants down.
I'd like to think you're right, but keep in mind something is only highly illegal once it has been found so in a court of law. And that could be stretched on for months, and if the victim company is dead by the time it's over, what does it matter to them?
I've worked on closed source applications for over ten years now, and I've never worked on a project that didn't have peer code reviews scheduled. Sometimes they weren't done especially well, but they were done.
I admit, a lot of the tablets out there are useless. But a minimalist (or maybe maximumist) tablet would be a notebook with a rotating screen and pen input.
I'd be very pleased to spend an extra couple hundred dollars over the cost of a notebook for that. (Apple, are you listening? Because my preferreed laptop to add this feature to would be my 12" Powerbook G4!)
My major concern with this deal is that Disney just might be enough of a 600 lb gorilla[0] to fight really dirty on this. Can they leverage Pixar out of the screens when Pixar wants to release a movie? Exactly how much power does Disney have?
[0] - Where does a 600 lb gorilla sleep? Wherever it !@#$ing wants to.
I've owned a Mac since I was in high school in 1993. The only time I've ever needed Apple's help was when I got an early Powerbook G4 with an inverter that whined. It went back to Apple and was returned less than a week later.
In contrast, I've had to return my two most recent PCs numerous times due to heat issues. (And no, my work area isn't bad for heat... each time, it's been the CPU goo.)
Now, if you want to argue monitors, you'll have a much stronger point. I had several AppleVision 1710s blow out on me. Each time, a tech would come out and replace it. Apparently that model was cursed. I eventually got another just because I was tired of the smell.
That's interesting. I wonder if it's being dropped (see other post) because it's not implemented anywhere, or if it's not implemented anywhere because it's being dropped.
If you have virtual PC for OSX, you could do a linux install on that...
I don't -- yet. I think I'm getting it in about a month.
It'll be kinda cool -- two varieties of kernel panics, a blue screen of death and the momentary black flicker of death all from one computer. None can match my geekiness... eat your hearts out, !@#$ers!!
I have a Mac OS X system and a Windows XP system. The Windows XP shows black screens of death (which seem to have replaced blue screens) momentarily (the PC reboots automatically after one) from time to time, but they're mercifully rare since the service pack. Back when I was running Windows 2000, I saw frequent blue screens of death.
You will kindly note that the article is about Windows 2000, not Windows XP.
I do not run Linux. If I had a spare computer around, I might, but I don't.
I'd like to announce the new Blue Screen of Death plugin. This plugin makes a blue screen of death a simple click away. Remove the unpredictability of not knowing exactly when your system will die!
Warning: Does not remove other blue screens of death.
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*points one post down and giggles*
Dude, you called that pefectly... :)
I want those hamsters. My GarageBand music could use a professional touch...
The only chnage I've noticed is that my filters are no longer as effective, now that some of the spams are trying to look legitimate.
If this is about the "crack" I read yesterday (article is completely /.ed to hell) of tipping the bottle to see what's under the cap, all I can say is hoorah! for creative thinking.
When you set up something this stupid, you deserve to be caught with your pants down.
Son of a... you're right! Turns out my arm was measured out in inches and wasn't properly converted to centimeters when the rest of the plans were.
I guiess my first clue should have been everyone calling me "stumpy."
Hmm. I think I just need one with a tether. I mean, cable.
Every time slashdot mentions the ISS is falling apart, my mouse breaks.
* Trillan chucks cordless mouse across the room.
See? Again! I just can't figure it out.
Oh
My
God
Too good to be true! Thanks!
I'd like to think you're right, but keep in mind something is only highly illegal once it has been found so in a court of law. And that could be stretched on for months, and if the victim company is dead by the time it's over, what does it matter to them?
Then it would become L-----s.
(Not that it's likely, of course. Heh.)
I've worked on closed source applications for over ten years now, and I've never worked on a project that didn't have peer code reviews scheduled. Sometimes they weren't done especially well, but they were done.
I don't recall ever writing a test case, though.
I admit, a lot of the tablets out there are useless. But a minimalist (or maybe maximumist) tablet would be a notebook with a rotating screen and pen input.
I'd be very pleased to spend an extra couple hundred dollars over the cost of a notebook for that. (Apple, are you listening? Because my preferreed laptop to add this feature to would be my 12" Powerbook G4!)
My major concern with this deal is that Disney just might be enough of a 600 lb gorilla[0] to fight really dirty on this. Can they leverage Pixar out of the screens when Pixar wants to release a movie? Exactly how much power does Disney have?
[0] - Where does a 600 lb gorilla sleep? Wherever it !@#$ing wants to.
I've owned a Mac since I was in high school in 1993. The only time I've ever needed Apple's help was when I got an early Powerbook G4 with an inverter that whined. It went back to Apple and was returned less than a week later.
In contrast, I've had to return my two most recent PCs numerous times due to heat issues. (And no, my work area isn't bad for heat... each time, it's been the CPU goo.)
Now, if you want to argue monitors, you'll have a much stronger point. I had several AppleVision 1710s blow out on me. Each time, a tech would come out and replace it. Apparently that model was cursed. I eventually got another just because I was tired of the smell.
That's interesting. I wonder if it's being dropped (see other post) because it's not implemented anywhere, or if it's not implemented anywhere because it's being dropped.
It's such a pretty effect.
Holy panic attack, batman!
And I'd only just figured out how to do text shadows today!!
If you have virtual PC for OSX, you could do a linux install on that ...
I don't -- yet. I think I'm getting it in about a month.
It'll be kinda cool -- two varieties of kernel panics, a blue screen of death and the momentary black flicker of death all from one computer. None can match my geekiness... eat your hearts out, !@#$ers!!
Seriously, though, good suggestion. :)
I have a Mac OS X system and a Windows XP system. The Windows XP shows black screens of death (which seem to have replaced blue screens) momentarily (the PC reboots automatically after one) from time to time, but they're mercifully rare since the service pack. Back when I was running Windows 2000, I saw frequent blue screens of death.
You will kindly note that the article is about Windows 2000, not Windows XP.
I do not run Linux. If I had a spare computer around, I might, but I don't.
I'd like to announce the new Blue Screen of Death plugin. This plugin makes a blue screen of death a simple click away. Remove the unpredictability of not knowing exactly when your system will die!
Warning: Does not remove other blue screens of death.
I'm surprised it took this long to discover...
"Insightful! Trillian's comments show a true understanding of the situation!" -- Some Anonymous Reviewer.
"Interesting! Why didn't I think of that?" -- Some Other Anonymous Reviewer.
"Ha ha ha! +1 Funny!" -- A Third Anonymous Reviewer. Definitely not the same as the previous two. Oops!
Not if I plug them into my Powerbook G4 first! :)
How do you want it encoded? :)
Well, if you stop reading slashdot maybe your computer won't notice. :)
Now now. If that were to really happen, we two factions would have no choice but to kill each other...
Right now, we occasionally fight, but we don't have to. We're doing it strictly for fun.
"What a man misses mostly in heaven is company."
-- Mark Twain