This article and all comments seem to be a little twisted.
What's an epoch in this context? An epoch for dates is usually the year after which the entered year is assumed to be the next century rather than the previous one.
For Macs, this has varied over the years with different software releases.
The other way to look at it might be the date it "rolls over." But date 4,294,967,295 is not for something like 35 years. I think it's in 2040, but I'm not entirely sure. I haven't had to deal with it in a while.:)
The only significance of today's date is that it's 100 years after time 0.
(And, of course, there are other APIs available on the Macintosh that won't break even then.)
When the time comes, please add some code to switch to a light design when browsing with a PDA. I know right now you can select light mode, but it affects all browsers used from an account which isn't at all what I want...
It's an interesting thought, except that iTunes already does that with music.
I don't think it's a concept that goes well with other types of documents, unless you're willing to manually enter enough metadata (keywords, etc.) that you'd probably be better off just setting up a decent organization and using aliases.
I mean, Word already has files of metadata for documents. How many of us do anything with it, other than maybe clearing it out over concern with privacy issues?:)
...it will be much more bloated, include DRM, have graphical overhead not designed for computers it will run on, use up more of the screen real-estate with 'sidebars,' dumb things down so that grandma can do it but i have to step through 10 steps to fucking print, and overall make the task of using your computer all the more unrefined.
Most of the ease of use enhancements in Windows have been for people trying to break in to your system anyway.
I've expected this since Delphi for.NET was released.
It's too bad. Delphi's version of Pascal is a wonderfully simplistic yet capable language. If the compiler was more widely hosted, I'd pick it over C++ any day.
Similiar problem with a Windows 2000 server using Services for Macintosh. Microsoft uses an old authentication model which doesn't support long passwords... unless you install Microsoft's client-side authentication model, which is too buggy to use (i.e. authentication windows pop up BELOW everything else).
It's also worth mentioning that there's an SDK available for connecting iTunes to other music players. Missing Link uses it. So it isn't as if people need to use an iPod -- someone just needs to write drivers for the music device.
C&G was just a distributor for SoundJam. Apple actually bought SoundJam from the developers, and it became iTunes. Some things were improved, some features added, some taken away in the interest of interface simplicty. Overall, I liked iTunes much better right from the start, and it's certainly better now.
I really wonder why people complain about iTunes not connecting to music devices. The SDK is available for connecting to other music devices; Missing Link uses it.
It's terrible! If you want to use an iPod, you're supposed to use iTunes! And iTunes only supports the iPod directly! Talk about an unfair system -- imagine, giving software away for free that integrates only with their hardware!
By the way, these ATi drivers work great with my nVidia card. I don't know why I didn't think to try this years ago.
The closest Mac store is terrible. It's at a horrible location, it's grungy and dirty, and most of the hardware is used crap like 6100s. The software is often very old, and frequently mislabeled. The copy of Panther I bought from them was already opened, and they admitted they'd made copies of it for their own use (store and personal).
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This article and all comments seem to be a little twisted.
What's an epoch in this context? An epoch for dates is usually the year after which the entered year is assumed to be the next century rather than the previous one.
For Macs, this has varied over the years with different software releases.
The other way to look at it might be the date it "rolls over." But date 4,294,967,295 is not for something like 35 years. I think it's in 2040, but I'm not entirely sure. I haven't had to deal with it in a while. :)
The only significance of today's date is that it's 100 years after time 0.
(And, of course, there are other APIs available on the Macintosh that won't break even then.)
I wasn't familiar with the handheld media.
As long as it can select sheets based on browser agent, yeah. :)
A simple popup in the Preferences doesn't do it...
No, it's more about not wanting to appear to be two different people depending on where I post from.
When the time comes, please add some code to switch to a light design when browsing with a PDA. I know right now you can select light mode, but it affects all browsers used from an account which isn't at all what I want...
I guess with guns so much smaller than in classic gangster movies, they can now vit them in laptop bags instead of violin cases.
As the article says about lawyers, it 'turns out you can't leave Earth without them.'
Unlike Kennedy, no one speaks of "returning [them] safely to the Earth."
It's an interesting thought, except that iTunes already does that with music.
I don't think it's a concept that goes well with other types of documents, unless you're willing to manually enter enough metadata (keywords, etc.) that you'd probably be better off just setting up a decent organization and using aliases.
I mean, Word already has files of metadata for documents. How many of us do anything with it, other than maybe clearing it out over concern with privacy issues? :)
Most of the ease of use enhancements in Windows have been for people trying to break in to your system anyway.
""I should not care about location when I save," says Microsoft VP Chris Jones.
Didn't we have that once? I'm sure we did. It was called MFS.
Is the exact wording of the subpoena available anywhere?
I'm not really familiar with US subpoenas, so I'm not sure if it would actually be helpful or not.
No reaction to the article. It seems to be void of actual content. But yeah, Daniel Lyons seems to be clued in now.
It's on Tools->Misc.
This weekend only! Live in Hollywood!
In this corner, the reigning heavyweight champion, with millions of dollars in court awards over the years: The heavyweight champion, the MPAA!
In this corner, the challenger, featherweight SCO. With no significant assets, no business plan, and no hope in hell, SCO.
Personally, I don't really care who wins. I'm just hoping it goes the distance and we see a lot of blood...
I've expected this since Delphi for .NET was released.
It's too bad. Delphi's version of Pascal is a wonderfully simplistic yet capable language. If the compiler was more widely hosted, I'd pick it over C++ any day.
Well, perhaps it's a beginning of the end of the beginning of the end... but I'm sure we'll be laughing at "BLUETOOTH IS DEAD!" for months to come.
Meanwhile, I'll just keep using it.
I was just teasing, man...
But hearing you actually worked with people who did that is kind of scary.
You've reached new heights (or lows?) of laziness. :)
Similiar problem with a Windows 2000 server using Services for Macintosh. Microsoft uses an old authentication model which doesn't support long passwords... unless you install Microsoft's client-side authentication model, which is too buggy to use (i.e. authentication windows pop up BELOW everything else).
A study a year or so back indicated that the most popular choice for a password is, in fact, the word password.
My Dog Has Fleas is a positively fantasic password compared to the usual choice of a middle name, spouse's name, child's name or birthdate.
Or, of course, the infamous "password."
It's also worth mentioning that there's an SDK available for connecting iTunes to other music players. Missing Link uses it. So it isn't as if people need to use an iPod -- someone just needs to write drivers for the music device.
You mean SoundJam?
C&G was just a distributor for SoundJam. Apple actually bought SoundJam from the developers, and it became iTunes. Some things were improved, some features added, some taken away in the interest of interface simplicty. Overall, I liked iTunes much better right from the start, and it's certainly better now.
I really wonder why people complain about iTunes not connecting to music devices. The SDK is available for connecting to other music devices; Missing Link uses it.
It's terrible! If you want to use an iPod, you're supposed to use iTunes! And iTunes only supports the iPod directly! Talk about an unfair system -- imagine, giving software away for free that integrates only with their hardware!
By the way, these ATi drivers work great with my nVidia card. I don't know why I didn't think to try this years ago.
I wish we had an Apple store here.
The closest Mac store is terrible. It's at a horrible location, it's grungy and dirty, and most of the hardware is used crap like 6100s. The software is often very old, and frequently mislabeled. The copy of Panther I bought from them was already opened, and they admitted they'd made copies of it for their own use (store and personal).
Bring on the Apple store.
Ah, okay. That looks pretty reasonable to me.