For a majority of the music I listen to (indie, neo-folk, college, etc...) Vinyl is by far a very viable and popular media. When I buy an LP I feel like I actually own something. The album art is in large format, record labels throw in extra tacks, bonus 7", etc... Most indie labels make great Vinyl releases as they realize this is a product for those who truly love the music embeded in that wax.
A few labels (MERGE) are even beginning to allow you to download MP3s of the LP tracks the second you order-- allowing me to have both a high quality digital recording and the warm wax for my turntable.
In the realm of these independent record labels and their fans, Vinyl is quickly becoming a dominant media-- many fans fighting tooth and nail for limited vinyl pressings and other special releases. Out of print Death Cab for Cutie lps, Sunny Day Realestate lps, and early original Modest Mouse pressing go for over $100 on ebay.
I've heard this rhetoric before and I just don't buy it. Linux as a platform is dependent on itself for applications and not 3rd party commercial suppliers, because on a desktop basis Linux is still more or less a hobbiest OS. Now don't get me wrong, I love my linux boxes, but to doubt the maturity level of Mac OS X over say the Linux 2.6 kernel, Xorg, and KDE 3.4 is just silly.
Mac OS X is, however, a commercial OS. It may not be the most popular OS on the market, but it has a level of clout in the desktop/laptop market that can't be ignored by other commercial developers. So, now that I will be able to run x86 code at native speeds on my Mac will Adobe and other software behemoths expect me to reboot into windows to run their apps? Not if they want my business.
Software developers who have always been serious about developing for the mac platform will most likely continue to do so- I couldn't see Aspyr suddenly demanding that mac users boot up winex or reboot into the windows partition that just every mac user will have.
This processor change is really a lot more minor than people are making it out to be. Nothing is really changing at all-- Apple will still be producing proprietary high end computers and running on it will still be the mature OS that most have come to love.
The intel switch may have been a shock, but its not a paradigm shift by any means.
As a student of Virginia Tech, I've had a good deal of expierence with Blackboard. Now Tech, along with a few others, is now a partner in the Sakai project. I've spoken with some of the professors involved, and all of them seem to question whether or not the final project will be "Free" in any fashion (upper or lowercase).
What I would really look into is building atop the moodle project, although its not nearly as robust, it is completely open and adding to it is actually a breeze-- (we added in university authentication and SSL quite easily).
The widget, by default, isn't installed automatically. I'm running Safari on 10.4, and as per any other widget download, Safari kindly asks me if I want to continue downloading the Widget before it is actually installed.
Is this great? No. Will clueless users still hit yes? Maybe-- I don't know many users (even lusers) that would say "Yes" I want to run this app, when they never requested one to be downloaded in the first place.
This program is almost enough to switch alone. The few mac fanboys in the CS department here use SubEtha to code collaboratively all the time-- really neat to watch.
Other then actual iTMS support-- Amarok has completely replaced any need or want to run iTunes in or next to Linux-- I'd even compile it in for my mac.
Spotlight allows for even more refined searches than jpg of certain resolution-- you can dig into color profiles, dpi, etc.. Its a really incredible system, and its open nature will allow developers to add more and more serch options.
Linux? No seriously, what kind of support does linux have or promise for tablet PCs-- I wouldnt ever want to buy hardware that wasnt going to work in Linux.
Because this is coming from IBM should we expect a very open platform?
Would the editors mind at least explaining the titles of the posts? I know the article link is right their but it'd be nice to even know what I was getting into.
Anyone care to explain what Flickr actually is and why I should care?
/.'s design certainly breaks on Gecko based browsers this has been recognized for some time now. To fix the allignment porblem resize the text up and then back down.
Now the next time you put your foot in your mouth, bite down-- after awhile you might stop.
Upgrading the jag machines won't slow them down-- Panther will actually dramtically speed them up. I did similiar upgrades in an education setting and the difference was quite palpable. Apple releases (for the most part) only speed up (esp. since X was first announced).
As far as the ancient macs, let 'em be. You're right in that case if it's broke don't fix it, but if you're looking to upgrade functionality while mantianing speed-- Linux may be an option.
Actually its quite useful-- runs incredibly fast (on a rather dated system), and allows me to easily distinguish between apps in focus and not. The transparency allows me to see active changes in apps running in the background.
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For a majority of the music I listen to (indie, neo-folk, college, etc...) Vinyl is by far a very viable and popular media. When I buy an LP I feel like I actually own something. The album art is in large format, record labels throw in extra tacks, bonus 7", etc... Most indie labels make great Vinyl releases as they realize this is a product for those who truly love the music embeded in that wax.
A few labels (MERGE) are even beginning to allow you to download MP3s of the LP tracks the second you order-- allowing me to have both a high quality digital recording and the warm wax for my turntable.
In the realm of these independent record labels and their fans, Vinyl is quickly becoming a dominant media-- many fans fighting tooth and nail for limited vinyl pressings and other special releases. Out of print Death Cab for Cutie lps, Sunny Day Realestate lps, and early original Modest Mouse pressing go for over $100 on ebay.
Have you seen Xgl?! Direct rendering of SVG is already here and its running on my Ubuntu box as I type this.
./configure --enable-vv note: this might only be in CVS and not in the Beta release.
yeah, and I'm running it on my pbook too-- but with out a remote it is kind of useless.
it runs on linux.
Heh.
They're redoing the Mortal Kombat movie(s)?!
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Why, Was there something wrong with the originals?
</sarcasm>
I've heard this rhetoric before and I just don't buy it. Linux as a platform is dependent on itself for applications and not 3rd party commercial suppliers, because on a desktop basis Linux is still more or less a hobbiest OS. Now don't get me wrong, I love my linux boxes, but to doubt the maturity level of Mac OS X over say the Linux 2.6 kernel, Xorg, and KDE 3.4 is just silly.
Mac OS X is, however, a commercial OS. It may not be the most popular OS on the market, but it has a level of clout in the desktop/laptop market that can't be ignored by other commercial developers. So, now that I will be able to run x86 code at native speeds on my Mac will Adobe and other software behemoths expect me to reboot into windows to run their apps? Not if they want my business.
Software developers who have always been serious about developing for the mac platform will most likely continue to do so- I couldn't see Aspyr suddenly demanding that mac users boot up winex or reboot into the windows partition that just every mac user will have.
This processor change is really a lot more minor than people are making it out to be. Nothing is really changing at all-- Apple will still be producing proprietary high end computers and running on it will still be the mature OS that most have come to love.
The intel switch may have been a shock, but its not a paradigm shift by any means.
It's priceless when your TAs reply to your /. posts.
Hi Manas-- thanks for the CS1706 lab.
As a student of Virginia Tech, I've had a good deal of expierence with Blackboard. Now Tech, along with a few others, is now a partner in the Sakai project. I've spoken with some of the professors involved, and all of them seem to question whether or not the final project will be "Free" in any fashion (upper or lowercase).
What I would really look into is building atop the moodle project, although its not nearly as robust, it is completely open and adding to it is actually a breeze-- (we added in university authentication and SSL quite easily).
Except that Dashboard widgets don't run while dashboard isn't active.
Dashboard actually does use a lot of resources, but only when open.
The widget, by default, isn't installed automatically. I'm running Safari on 10.4, and as per any other widget download, Safari kindly asks me if I want to continue downloading the Widget before it is actually installed. Is this great? No. Will clueless users still hit yes? Maybe-- I don't know many users (even lusers) that would say "Yes" I want to run this app, when they never requested one to be downloaded in the first place.
This program is almost enough to switch alone. The few mac fanboys in the CS department here use SubEtha to code collaboratively all the time-- really neat to watch.
Other then actual iTMS support-- Amarok has completely replaced any need or want to run iTunes in or next to Linux-- I'd even compile it in for my mac.
No :C, now it's a tiger puzzle and only in Dashboard.
Spotlight allows for even more refined searches than jpg of certain resolution-- you can dig into color profiles, dpi, etc.. Its a really incredible system, and its open nature will allow developers to add more and more serch options.
I saw this after it booted for the first time (notably on the Login screen), but after a reboot and some time working-- I havnt noticed it again.
Linux? No seriously, what kind of support does linux have or promise for tablet PCs-- I wouldnt ever want to buy hardware that wasnt going to work in Linux.
Because this is coming from IBM should we expect a very open platform?
so you're 18, female, you use IRC, read /., and you're near by?!
I knew if I waited you'd finally appear... I mean-- want to go out sometime?
In that case rest easy-- as no one will force you to buy something you don't want. Free will is really great sometimes.
Anyone care to explain what Flickr actually is and why I should care?
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/16
We should just copy and paste all of our old comments over? Why beat a dead horse?
Now the next time you put your foot in your mouth, bite down-- after awhile you might stop.
Upgrading the jag machines won't slow them down-- Panther will actually dramtically speed them up. I did similiar upgrades in an education setting and the difference was quite palpable. Apple releases (for the most part) only speed up (esp. since X was first announced). As far as the ancient macs, let 'em be. You're right in that case if it's broke don't fix it, but if you're looking to upgrade functionality while mantianing speed-- Linux may be an option.
Actually its quite useful-- runs incredibly fast (on a rather dated system), and allows me to easily distinguish between apps in focus and not. The transparency allows me to see active changes in apps running in the background.