A coworker fried his motherboard with that. I think modern motherboards protect against that, but don't take that too seriously -- I stick to USB.
Another coworker used to hot swap SCSI drives all the time. Standard SCSI, not some hot-swappable kind. It eventually caught up to him; he blew his motherboard.
"Why?" we asked him.
"Well, Bob does it all the time."
"Yeah," we said, "but did you notice Bob works in a repair shop?"
I was referring to clone in terms of features, not in terms of development path or ordering. Now that I think of it, it was a lousy term to use. I should have said "equivalent" or somesuch.
I don't believe for a second you're actually a medical doctor. And if you are, you shouldn't be.
The very idea of advocating implants -- and thus, surgery! -- rather than a perscription, is ridiculous and bound to be harmful to the patient. But I guess it'll line your pockets, so what does that matter?
But I for one am thoroughly disguisted by you and other professional supporters of this.
(And that is, again, assuming you're not just a karma whore.)
The Tungsten T3 has all the features of a handheld, and intergrates perfectly with my Sony Ericson T68i within 10 meters.
I wouldn't want one device that did both... the form factors just aren't compatible. What makes for a comfortable phone makes for a very limited PDA, and what makes for a comfortable PDA makes for a very uncomfortable phone.
Perfect integration with each other and my computer is what I want. And what I have. Thanks, PalmOne or whatever you're called now.:)
Are you perhaps being confused by the scroll acceleration? It starts out scrolling fairly slowly, but as you hold down the scroll arrow it will scroll faster and faster. The HTML engine they're using is just too fast to always scroll at full speed. I think iTunes throttles it a bit too much at first. I'd suggest leaving feedback for the issue -- the command is under the Help menu.
If that isn't it, I really don't know what's wrong...
At first, Mozilla really was an imperfect clone at best. When I first started using it, it wasn't really an alternative to IE. I was just doing it out of sheer bloody mindedness.
Now, though, it has added enough of IE's features that it is an alternative. And it has added enough features that it isn't a clone anymore.
Basic functionality comes first -- and that's all IE ever really had. So of course it started life as a clone at one point.
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I have a Bluetooth cell phone, Powerbook G4 (small USB adapter, not the built in variety) and a Palm Tungsten T3.
Before Apple trnasitioned from 680x0 code to PowerPC, it profiled exactly how much time applications spent in OS toolbox routines. I believe the figure that was thrown around was 80-85%.
This is just automating what they're already doing. Including banning the innocent.
The areas that really need this are Whistler (resort area just outside of Vancouver) and Kelowna (about 4 hours drive away, and the summer resort area). They're using sneakernet, but they're overloaded.
The trick is finding the right combination of tools to automatically reduce your spam to managable levels. If I get just one or two pieces of spam a day, I'm happy.
The short answer is: A bad 10 base T ethernet driver.
Anything else you notice is almost certainly people noticing problems that have existed since 10.2.6 (which *was* a terrible release, but didn't break anything as huge as 10 base T ethernet so wasn't recalled).
Although I might be willing to believe the iMac boot problems, too.
In fact, 10.2.8 fixed my most annoying problem with 10.2.6, which was that my mouse kept hanging every hour or so. I was able to fix it every time by unplugging it for a few seconds, but it's so much better not to have to bother.
It's funny how many problems people are willing to attribute to 10.2.8. The "Dual Display configuration" issue, for instance, has been present since 10.1. "Linksys Router needs new firmware" sounds completely unrelated to me; Linksys routers are crap anyway.
If Dreamweaver MX was more responsive and had spell-as-you-type, I'd dispose of all of my other editors and just use it.
The formatting it's capable of with a single keystroke is exactly the sort I need when writing... i.e., this paragraph is a chapter title, this text is italicized.
More over (and most importantly), I'm left with HTML instead of a binary file.
Yes it does, but it does too much now.
On the other hand, it's relatively easy to ignore all of the extras. Picking a single menu command converts the document to text-only.
It still has spell checking as you type, which is about the only feature I want in a word processor when I'm writing.
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A coworker fried his motherboard with that. I think modern motherboards protect against that, but don't take that too seriously -- I stick to USB.
Another coworker used to hot swap SCSI drives all the time. Standard SCSI, not some hot-swappable kind. It eventually caught up to him; he blew his motherboard.
"Why?" we asked him.
"Well, Bob does it all the time."
"Yeah," we said, "but did you notice Bob works in a repair shop?"
I was referring to clone in terms of features, not in terms of development path or ordering. Now that I think of it, it was a lousy term to use. I should have said "equivalent" or somesuch.
Oh, I understand the distinction... I just couldn't help the thought. :)
If it needs to be installed by a professional, and it does, then it's surgery. It becomes slightly more dangerous and MUCH more expensive.
Medical care is expensive enough without needing surgery every time I have some minor infection or somesuch.
I don't believe for a second you're actually a medical doctor. And if you are, you shouldn't be.
The very idea of advocating implants -- and thus, surgery! -- rather than a perscription, is ridiculous and bound to be harmful to the patient. But I guess it'll line your pockets, so what does that matter?
But I for one am thoroughly disguisted by you and other professional supporters of this.
(And that is, again, assuming you're not just a karma whore.)
I giggle at the thought of a fission power plant in 1853.
The Tungsten T3 has all the features of a handheld, and intergrates perfectly with my Sony Ericson T68i within 10 meters.
I wouldn't want one device that did both... the form factors just aren't compatible. What makes for a comfortable phone makes for a very limited PDA, and what makes for a comfortable PDA makes for a very uncomfortable phone.
Perfect integration with each other and my computer is what I want. And what I have. Thanks, PalmOne or whatever you're called now. :)
Woah, you're really off here.
Palm OS hasn't been limited to 64k blocks for several years now EXCEPT for resources. Palm OS 3.5 and later all support large allocations.
Hmm. Yeah, I'm playing with that now. It does seem a little slow if images are being revealed.
Are you perhaps being confused by the scroll acceleration? It starts out scrolling fairly slowly, but as you hold down the scroll arrow it will scroll faster and faster. The HTML engine they're using is just too fast to always scroll at full speed. I think iTunes throttles it a bit too much at first. I'd suggest leaving feedback for the issue -- the command is under the Help menu.
If that isn't it, I really don't know what's wrong...
I think it was a fair statement, too.
At first, Mozilla really was an imperfect clone at best. When I first started using it, it wasn't really an alternative to IE. I was just doing it out of sheer bloody mindedness.
Now, though, it has added enough of IE's features that it is an alternative. And it has added enough features that it isn't a clone anymore.
Basic functionality comes first -- and that's all IE ever really had. So of course it started life as a clone at one point.
I have a Bluetooth cell phone, Powerbook G4 (small USB adapter, not the built in variety) and a Palm Tungsten T3.
Bluetooth is great. Especially for the PDA.
I've run into situations where Norton/Symantec was unable to solve infections, but AVG was. In fact, it's the only time I've ever been infected.
I'm not using the product I paid for because the free product is better.
Before Apple trnasitioned from 680x0 code to PowerPC, it profiled exactly how much time applications spent in OS toolbox routines. I believe the figure that was thrown around was 80-85%.
This is just automating what they're already doing. Including banning the innocent.
The areas that really need this are Whistler (resort area just outside of Vancouver) and Kelowna (about 4 hours drive away, and the summer resort area). They're using sneakernet, but they're overloaded.
The best part of that is that if someone can't work that out, you probably don't want to talk to them anyway... :)
Security through obscurity is always a bad idea.
The trick is finding the right combination of tools to automatically reduce your spam to managable levels. If I get just one or two pieces of spam a day, I'm happy.
Yeah, I forgot about that. There's two different 10.2.7s. They're both for new hardware ONLY, though.
The short answer is: A bad 10 base T ethernet driver.
Anything else you notice is almost certainly people noticing problems that have existed since 10.2.6 (which *was* a terrible release, but didn't break anything as huge as 10 base T ethernet so wasn't recalled).
Although I might be willing to believe the iMac boot problems, too.
I read at one point that 10.2.8 was "not recommended" for G5 systems, but it wasn't clear to me whether it would install at all.
If someone wants to send me a G5, I'll be happy to test it though!
Of course, it's not recommended for anyone now... :)
And 10.2.8 is, I believe G4 or earlier only.
In fact, 10.2.8 fixed my most annoying problem with 10.2.6, which was that my mouse kept hanging every hour or so. I was able to fix it every time by unplugging it for a few seconds, but it's so much better not to have to bother.
It's funny how many problems people are willing to attribute to 10.2.8. The "Dual Display configuration" issue, for instance, has been present since 10.1. "Linksys Router needs new firmware" sounds completely unrelated to me; Linksys routers are crap anyway.
Yes, they pulled System 7.5.4 after some problems were discovered with the updater. It barely made it into the market, though.
I believe they also pulled one of the 10.1.x updates, but I can't remember which.
I'm quite happy with 10.2.8. It finally fixed my USB!
If Dreamweaver MX was more responsive and had spell-as-you-type, I'd dispose of all of my other editors and just use it.
The formatting it's capable of with a single keystroke is exactly the sort I need when writing... i.e., this paragraph is a chapter title, this text is italicized.
More over (and most importantly), I'm left with HTML instead of a binary file.
Yes it does, but it does too much now. On the other hand, it's relatively easy to ignore all of the extras. Picking a single menu command converts the document to text-only. It still has spell checking as you type, which is about the only feature I want in a word processor when I'm writing.