You bring up an interesting point. I guess I am being insensitive to disabled people when I say "retarded", but I don't even realize that. It's a common part of many people's vocabulary so I really don't think twice about saying it.
If an airline wanted to only make their site compatible MSIE, they would most likely lose my business. Sure I would think it's a stupid decision on their part, but I wouldn't go suing them for it.
Also, like the other reply states, this isn't flamebait for fsck's sake. Mod this guy up accordingly; he makes some excellent points (even though they may be at my expense heh).
It is retarded to be suing over this. Not to be insensitive to disabled people, but if you are blind and want to fly with Southwest, pick up a damn phone and call them. You can do everything over the phone that you could online. If you are really this angry about Southwest's site not being compatible with a screen reader, don't give them your business. There are plenty of other airlines out there.
Humans are affected by their environment as well, so things such as changes in temperature etc could affect the outcome
Changes in temperature won't affect the outcome? Let's take away the heatsink/fan and see does. Man: 1, Egg cooker formerly known as a mutliprocessor chess computer: 0.
Heh, I'll take it you are new to our little ghetto known as the Apple stories that don't go front page. It's like the "BSD is dying" troll in the BSD section; a thread wouldn't be complete without it.
There are still no known Mac OS X virii/trojans/worms last time I checked, but while this makes me very happy as an OS X user I'm not naive enough to believe this will be the case forever. Eventually a few will come our way just like on OS 9 and earlier OSes, but Windows will always get more because A) their security record is horrible and B) why write a virus for 5% of the market when you can hit 90% of the market?
Actually Steve has come out and said straight up that he is against DRM. Apple has and always will be about the user's rights. I just wish I could find a stupid link to prove it.
If you actually read the article (which I highly doubt you did), you would realize basically that all they are doing is limiting how the UI can be tweaked. Aqua is their little baby and they don't want people messing around with it too much. If you have such a huge problem, you can install GNOME and/or KDE. They are both available via Fink. Next time do a little research before you want to argue the merits of OS X.
Sorry, but _your_ argument fails on one fundamental level: Apple is not required in the slightest to open source anything under any license. You should be happy that they have chosen to open source a lot of stuff under an OSI acceptable license. It's trolls like you who forget that Apple is a company, a company that needs to make a profit.
My knee-jerk reaction to Palladium has always been the same as your average/.'er: bitter hatred towards M$ and their stupid attempts to run your computer, control your life, and ultimately own your soul (I swear that clause is in the EULA somewhere). However, once I thought about it some more, I realized that this may end being a huge blessing in disguise.
When it comes down to it, you can lump home computer users into 3 categories: Mac users, Windows users, and Linux users. (Yes I know there are others like *BSD, but these form the 3 of significant numbers). Look at how M$'s implementation of Palladium will affect each of these three groups:
Windows users: They will be subject to the computer hell that Palladium has been predicted to be. Frankly, I have no sympathy for these people because they chose to run Windows in the first place.
Linux users: When the new chips first come out, it may take a little longer to get the kernel working on the new hardware, but it will get done (a la XBox). Do you honestly think a kernel hacker is going to go out of his way to make sure that the kernel tells the hardware you are playing an mp3? Hell no. So maybe it's a minor inconvenience at the start, but business as usual in the long run.
Mac users: We are going to be laughing at Windows users like we always have. Apple has ALWAYS put the users' needs as its top priority. Jobs has spoken about before about how people shouldn't be taking away the legal rights of users by taking away technology that COULD possibly be used illegally.
In the end, I see this boosting both Mac and Linux marketshares. You can only screw people so long before they get tired of it, and I think this will hopefully be the step to knock a healthy chunk out of M$'s marketshare. If Apple and Linux gain more users, the developers will inevitably follow. No longer would we have to whine about the games that are only out on Windows. No longer would we have to search for software that there are not necessarily good ports or quality alternatives for.
So far, Apple has done NOTHING to give consumers any reason to fear they will start implementing DRM and becoming Nazis like M$. Want to know the single most drastic measure I can remember of Apple taking against piracy? It was the little sticker on my iPod that said "Don't steal music." That's it, a damn sticker. Meanwhile, they have provided iTunes to let people rip mp3's, iTunes to burn CDs, and iDVD to burn DVDs. Quit spreading baseless FUD.
Also, Apple does not have strong political ties to Hollywood. The reason why Macs are used so much in movies is because they are easy to license; you only need to go to one company for the whole hardware/software setup. Also, they do tend to look a lot better than ugly beige boxes.;)
I don't think anyone has to be too worried about Apple implementing DRM on their computers. If there are two things Apple has stood for through the years, it has been a progressive, user-friendly philosophy and sticking it to M$ any chance they get (well, just so long as they don't stick it TOO bad to where they lose Office heh). Going against DRM would be in line with both of these ideas. It would still allow Macs to be the "digital hub" they are touted as without forcing the user to jump through hoops to use iTunes or anything like that. Also, don't you think it would make a very nice "Switch" commercial to have someone talking about how they can finally rip mp3's, burn DVDs/CDs, etc.?
These cameras are positioned for the professional photographer, but with list prices from under $4k to $6k, they're not out of reach for the 'pro-sumer' market either.
Since when was $4k-6k "pro-sumer" range? I'm no photography/digital camera buff by any stretch of the imagination so maybe this is just my naivete but I can't see spending that much money on one of these cameras unless you are professional when a 4-6 megapixel camera delivers damn good quality pictures and will be significantly less expensive.
Actually 1 gig at 5k/sec takes 209,715.2 secods. Remember, 1024 megs in a gig, 1024k in a meg. With that, you come out to a little more than 58 hours, which factoring in the download of a 9 gig file comes out to three weeks and the better part of a day.
Finisterre--who also goes by "dotslash"
Hey Taco, you better go after this copyright infringer! You can sick the DMCA... uhh or... the RIAA... uh or... well that's gotta be an acronym to help prosecute him.
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My two favorites were:
rm -rf/Applications/Internet\ Explorer.app
rm -rf/Volumes/OS\ 9/Applications\ \(Mac\ OS\ 9\)/Microsoft*
Then I just used an.smi and a CD to install Appleworks and Mozilla. Nothing better than removing all traces of M$ from my system with the shiny new command line (this was when I first got OS X) and then getting to still use my lovely GUI to put on better, cheaper (or free) alternatives.
The problem is my previous used pentium III 700 from June 2000 is almost as powerfull as the current low end powermacs.
How do you get off thinking that a 700 mhz P3 is anywhere close to any G4, let alone the new Powermacs. I have a 500 mhz G4 in my TiBook and that will blow away any 700 mhz P3 without breaking a sweat. The current low end Powermac is a DP 867 mhz G4 which would mop the floor with any P3.
I never assumed it's trivially easy for other people to get into a stereotypical "good" body. Hell, I know I am of better metabolism than most and I must still work my ass off and do tons of situps to get rid of my gut. What I do assume (and I don't think that this is a big assumption) is that if people eat healthy and do some sort of regular exercise they will get into better shape. Due to genetics, some people may not achieve this ideal society has set forth, but I'm sure as hell they will be better off than without such a diet/exercise plan. What I really have no sympathy for is the people who try 20 different diets, pills, etc. and complain because they can't keep weight off.
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You bring up an interesting point. I guess I am being insensitive to disabled people when I say "retarded", but I don't even realize that. It's a common part of many people's vocabulary so I really don't think twice about saying it.
If an airline wanted to only make their site compatible MSIE, they would most likely lose my business. Sure I would think it's a stupid decision on their part, but I wouldn't go suing them for it.
Also, like the other reply states, this isn't flamebait for fsck's sake. Mod this guy up accordingly; he makes some excellent points (even though they may be at my expense heh).
It is retarded to be suing over this. Not to be insensitive to disabled people, but if you are blind and want to fly with Southwest, pick up a damn phone and call them. You can do everything over the phone that you could online. If you are really this angry about Southwest's site not being compatible with a screen reader, don't give them your business. There are plenty of other airlines out there.
Humans are affected by their environment as well, so things such as changes in temperature etc could affect the outcome
Changes in temperature won't affect the outcome? Let's take away the heatsink/fan and see does. Man: 1, Egg cooker formerly known as a mutliprocessor chess computer: 0.
Now if only I could set up Software Update to install the nightly build of Chimera I would be set. That and never give me an IE update again.
What a stupid and childish comment.
Heh, I'll take it you are new to our little ghetto known as the Apple stories that don't go front page. It's like the "BSD is dying" troll in the BSD section; a thread wouldn't be complete without it.
Well, since this is /. we have to at least give them some credit for spelling "stranded" correctly.
There are still no known Mac OS X virii/trojans/worms last time I checked, but while this makes me very happy as an OS X user I'm not naive enough to believe this will be the case forever. Eventually a few will come our way just like on OS 9 and earlier OSes, but Windows will always get more because A) their security record is horrible and B) why write a virus for 5% of the market when you can hit 90% of the market?
Actually Steve has come out and said straight up that he is against DRM. Apple has and always will be about the user's rights. I just wish I could find a stupid link to prove it.
Well you are trolling, but I gotta bite.
If you actually read the article (which I highly doubt you did), you would realize basically that all they are doing is limiting how the UI can be tweaked. Aqua is their little baby and they don't want people messing around with it too much. If you have such a huge problem, you can install GNOME and/or KDE. They are both available via Fink. Next time do a little research before you want to argue the merits of OS X.
If the devil came to you and said you could have all your wishes and desires fulfilled as long as you sold your soul to him, would you do it?
This whole time we have been blaming our electricity problems here in California on deregulation, Davis' failure to secure contracts, etc.
It's been those punks at Intel with this chip all along!!
In other news, a small heat wave hit San Jose a few days ago. Amazingly, the source of this heat seemed to be centered at Intel's R&D headquarters.
Sorry, but _your_ argument fails on one fundamental level: Apple is not required in the slightest to open source anything under any license. You should be happy that they have chosen to open source a lot of stuff under an OSI acceptable license. It's trolls like you who forget that Apple is a company, a company that needs to make a profit.
My knee-jerk reaction to Palladium has always been the same as your average /.'er: bitter hatred towards M$ and their stupid attempts to run your computer, control your life, and ultimately own your soul (I swear that clause is in the EULA somewhere). However, once I thought about it some more, I realized that this may end being a huge blessing in disguise.
When it comes down to it, you can lump home computer users into 3 categories: Mac users, Windows users, and Linux users. (Yes I know there are others like *BSD, but these form the 3 of significant numbers). Look at how M$'s implementation of Palladium will affect each of these three groups:
Windows users: They will be subject to the computer hell that Palladium has been predicted to be. Frankly, I have no sympathy for these people because they chose to run Windows in the first place.
Linux users: When the new chips first come out, it may take a little longer to get the kernel working on the new hardware, but it will get done (a la XBox). Do you honestly think a kernel hacker is going to go out of his way to make sure that the kernel tells the hardware you are playing an mp3? Hell no. So maybe it's a minor inconvenience at the start, but business as usual in the long run.
Mac users: We are going to be laughing at Windows users like we always have. Apple has ALWAYS put the users' needs as its top priority. Jobs has spoken about before about how people shouldn't be taking away the legal rights of users by taking away technology that COULD possibly be used illegally.
In the end, I see this boosting both Mac and Linux marketshares. You can only screw people so long before they get tired of it, and I think this will hopefully be the step to knock a healthy chunk out of M$'s marketshare. If Apple and Linux gain more users, the developers will inevitably follow. No longer would we have to whine about the games that are only out on Windows. No longer would we have to search for software that there are not necessarily good ports or quality alternatives for.
It drived my teacher insane.
If that was your English teacher, I doubt that's the only thing that drove her crazy.
So far, Apple has done NOTHING to give consumers any reason to fear they will start implementing DRM and becoming Nazis like M$. Want to know the single most drastic measure I can remember of Apple taking against piracy? It was the little sticker on my iPod that said "Don't steal music." That's it, a damn sticker. Meanwhile, they have provided iTunes to let people rip mp3's, iTunes to burn CDs, and iDVD to burn DVDs. Quit spreading baseless FUD.
;)
Also, Apple does not have strong political ties to Hollywood. The reason why Macs are used so much in movies is because they are easy to license; you only need to go to one company for the whole hardware/software setup. Also, they do tend to look a lot better than ugly beige boxes.
I don't think anyone has to be too worried about Apple implementing DRM on their computers. If there are two things Apple has stood for through the years, it has been a progressive, user-friendly philosophy and sticking it to M$ any chance they get (well, just so long as they don't stick it TOO bad to where they lose Office heh). Going against DRM would be in line with both of these ideas. It would still allow Macs to be the "digital hub" they are touted as without forcing the user to jump through hoops to use iTunes or anything like that. Also, don't you think it would make a very nice "Switch" commercial to have someone talking about how they can finally rip mp3's, burn DVDs/CDs, etc.?
These cameras are positioned for the professional photographer, but with list prices from under $4k to $6k, they're not out of reach for the 'pro-sumer' market either.
Since when was $4k-6k "pro-sumer" range? I'm no photography/digital camera buff by any stretch of the imagination so maybe this is just my naivete but I can't see spending that much money on one of these cameras unless you are professional when a 4-6 megapixel camera delivers damn good quality pictures and will be significantly less expensive.
So will BOFH go from being "Bastard Operator From Hell" to "Bastard OS From Hell"?
Actually 1 gig at 5k/sec takes 209,715.2 secods. Remember, 1024 megs in a gig, 1024k in a meg. With that, you come out to a little more than 58 hours, which factoring in the download of a 9 gig file comes out to three weeks and the better part of a day.
When I first read the blurb without reading the whole story, I was thinking to myself, "So do kernel hackers fall under the grey hat?"
These writers really need a geek consultant to get their terminology correct.
Finisterre--who also goes by "dotslash"
Hey Taco, you better go after this copyright infringer! You can sick the DMCA... uhh or... the RIAA... uh or... well that's gotta be an acronym to help prosecute him.
My two favorites were: /Applications/Internet\ Explorer.app /Volumes/OS\ 9/Applications\ \(Mac\ OS\ 9\)/Microsoft*
.smi and a CD to install Appleworks and Mozilla. Nothing better than removing all traces of M$ from my system with the shiny new command line (this was when I first got OS X) and then getting to still use my lovely GUI to put on better, cheaper (or free) alternatives.
rm -rf
rm -rf
Then I just used an
The problem is my previous used pentium III 700 from June 2000 is almost as powerfull as the current low end powermacs.
How do you get off thinking that a 700 mhz P3 is anywhere close to any G4, let alone the new Powermacs. I have a 500 mhz G4 in my TiBook and that will blow away any 700 mhz P3 without breaking a sweat. The current low end Powermac is a DP 867 mhz G4 which would mop the floor with any P3.
I never assumed it's trivially easy for other people to get into a stereotypical "good" body. Hell, I know I am of better metabolism than most and I must still work my ass off and do tons of situps to get rid of my gut. What I do assume (and I don't think that this is a big assumption) is that if people eat healthy and do some sort of regular exercise they will get into better shape. Due to genetics, some people may not achieve this ideal society has set forth, but I'm sure as hell they will be better off than without such a diet/exercise plan. What I really have no sympathy for is the people who try 20 different diets, pills, etc. and complain because they can't keep weight off.