same old incorrect assupmtion: people would spend all their money on legitimate software if it weren't for the existence of warez.
this might be true in some cases, but i'm certain that a majority of the time people just don't have the money to buy a certain program, because:
-they are poor (software companies wouldn't get their money either way) -they are trying a program out of curiosity and not need (software companies wouldn't get their money either way) -they want the software only for some small aspect of it which is not alone worth anything close to the cost of the full package (software companies wouldn't get their money either way)
sometimes of course professionals pirate software out of greed. but i would be very surprised if this were anything but a small minority of cases. billions of dollars and thousands of jobs.... don't make me laugh.
if the software companies want to eliminate the petty piracy i've outlined above they should devise ways to compete. ie, highly inexpensive "lite" versions, or demo versions that actually WORK a bit, or stripping off various modules from a given software package and selling them at very lo w prices.
it's hard to take the article seriously with its 'talking down to first graders' tone
sentences like this....
It doesn't make Steve Jobs feel warm and fuzzy, however, because he thinks he sees a real nasty, short-term business opportunity....make me feel less than warm and fuzzy
archive your sensitive data, then destroy it in seconds when the police are at the door with a battering ram... while you enjoy a meal (i know i miss breakfast quite often)!
Apple hardware is so expensive BECAUSE it's subsidizing the production of OS X. To survive as software, Apple would have to charge prices people wouldn't pay for software.
don't forget the biggest reason apple is not dead is the great OS/software work they've done.
think about final cut pro, logic audio, os x. all owned by apple. all exclusively mac, and the perfect solution for thousands of amateurs and professionals.
people use apple's OS and software a few times, and they don't want to go back. the hardware is nothing special. it's just the cash cow. their longevity has and will depend on the quality of their software (the balance may be shifting with the introduction of the g5, i must note)
cool article but very short on useful information. we've already seen benchmarks, we've already heard specs, we already know it's fast.
from the article: The obvious conclusion: The Power Mac G5 is a stellar machine for anyone who will be using it for serious processing work. If you're simply surfing the Web and editing the occasional digital picture, it's overkill, of course. One of the single-processor G5s or even a Dual G4, which Apple still sells, is more than enough for those tasks.
and the only conclusion they come to is what they themselves describe (and what i would describe) as 'the obvious conclusion'. yep, sure is obvious. is anyone buying a g5 for yahoo games and tetris anyway?
slightly off topic but... when i was a young geek of about 10 years old, i played a computer game based on reverse polish notation -- robowar (lousy web page, but the few good ones disappeared long ago)
you programmed a robot and then unleashed it against other people's programmed robots in a visual arena. when programming a robot, one had to keep the stack well in mind (stack overflows -- when there are more than 99 instructions on the stack -- and underflows -- when an instruction tries to do something with the stack but nothing's on it -- were common with noob robots). because part of the game involves selecting the maximum number of instructions per unit of time that your robot can execute (you can trade away some computing power for armour) programming strategies developed that involved loading up huge amounts of numbers and commands on the stack when things are quiet, then burning through them when needed.
it really was a fun game (provided one wasn't bored by programming). when i got to high school and they gave us TI-85s i was pissed that my refined RPN skeels couldn't be put to use
A recreation of Columbus' first voyage was scheduled to begin today in Spain, but was called off due to the presence of what the organizers of the event described as "a wave in the ocean."
they want to make a g5 powerbook but the current chips are too hot.
solution: cooling??!??!?!?:D
seriously, not a lot to discuss. the cool part of that article is the info that panther will run dolby 5.1 out the optical port. that's very intriguing for music makers/sound engineers and people who watch a lot of movies on the comp. i'd definitely like to hear more about that.
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i've actually sampled some of this before to use in my own electronic music. it feels very good to put the incoherently blended sounds of a bunch of annoying top 40 songs into a different (less obnoxious) context and call it my own. it's a constructive form of revenge for the pain they inflict on me via radios everywhere:)
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same old incorrect assupmtion: people would spend all their money on legitimate software if it weren't for the existence of warez.
this might be true in some cases, but i'm certain that a majority of the time people just don't have the money to buy a certain program, because:
-they are poor (software companies wouldn't get their money either way)
-they are trying a program out of curiosity and not need (software companies wouldn't get their money either way)
-they want the software only for some small aspect of it which is not alone worth anything close to the cost of the full package (software companies wouldn't get their money either way)
sometimes of course professionals pirate software out of greed. but i would be very surprised if this were anything but a small minority of cases. billions of dollars and thousands of jobs.... don't make me laugh.
if the software companies want to eliminate the petty piracy i've outlined above they should devise ways to compete. ie, highly inexpensive "lite" versions, or demo versions that actually WORK a bit, or stripping off various modules from a given software package and selling them at very lo w prices.
just some ideas.
ok, that's it... i'm not having kids!
i'm going to use the power generated by the booze i pour in to RUN MY OWN BOOZE FACTORY !!!!!!!!!11!!
...but not video compression evidently :(
it's hard to take the article seriously with its 'talking down to first graders' tone
...make me feel less than warm and fuzzy
sentences like this....
It doesn't make Steve Jobs feel warm and fuzzy, however, because he thinks he sees a real nasty, short-term business opportunity.
archive your sensitive data, then destroy it in seconds when the police are at the door with a battering ram... while you enjoy a meal (i know i miss breakfast quite often)!
Apple hardware is so expensive BECAUSE it's subsidizing the production of OS X. To survive as software, Apple would have to charge prices people wouldn't pay for software.
out of curiosity, what's your source for that?
don't forget the biggest reason apple is not dead is the great OS/software work they've done.
think about final cut pro, logic audio, os x. all owned by apple. all exclusively mac, and the perfect solution for thousands of amateurs and professionals.
people use apple's OS and software a few times, and they don't want to go back. the hardware is nothing special. it's just the cash cow. their longevity has and will depend on the quality of their software (the balance may be shifting with the introduction of the g5, i must note)
cool article but very short on useful information. we've already seen benchmarks, we've already heard specs, we already know it's fast.
from the article:
The obvious conclusion: The Power Mac G5 is a stellar machine for anyone who will be using it for serious processing work. If you're simply surfing the Web and editing the occasional digital picture, it's overkill, of course. One of the single-processor G5s or even a Dual G4, which Apple still sells, is more than enough for those tasks.
and the only conclusion they come to is what they themselves describe (and what i would describe) as 'the obvious conclusion'. yep, sure is obvious. is anyone buying a g5 for yahoo games and tetris anyway?
ok, there's probably one of you but...
period. the internet is not a replacement for in-depth books.
slightly off topic but... when i was a young geek of about 10 years old, i played a computer game based on reverse polish notation -- robowar (lousy web page, but the few good ones disappeared long ago)
you programmed a robot and then unleashed it against other people's programmed robots in a visual arena. when programming a robot, one had to keep the stack well in mind (stack overflows -- when there are more than 99 instructions on the stack -- and underflows -- when an instruction tries to do something with the stack but nothing's on it -- were common with noob robots). because part of the game involves selecting the maximum number of instructions per unit of time that your robot can execute (you can trade away some computing power for armour) programming strategies developed that involved loading up huge amounts of numbers and commands on the stack when things are quiet, then burning through them when needed.
it really was a fun game (provided one wasn't bored by programming). when i got to high school and they gave us TI-85s i was pissed that my refined RPN skeels couldn't be put to use
they'd probably like to shut down all unmonitored humans too.
bravo microsoft.
i can see potential problems already.
say i'm sitting on the couch... some loose change falls out of my pocket.... i get up...
now the couch thinks my leperchaun is sitting there and plays the irish channel all day long. that would be so annoying.
some team will back a mouse that never dies. but within 10 years every part of its body will have been replaced at one time or another....
mousenstein.
(you can welcome our undead mouse overlords if you want but i won't be held responsible for lost karma)
A recreation of Columbus' first voyage was scheduled to begin today in Spain, but was called off due to the presence of what the organizers of the event described as "a wave in the ocean."
i like reading news where china is collaborating with the west, rather than taking pains to block it out (eg great firewall of china)
:)
granted, this is a pretty high level program but the idea of it is good.
or maybe china is gearing up for a space coup to take over the world and we're all doomed. i'll need to think about the significance of this one
they want to make a g5 powerbook but the current chips are too hot.
:D
solution: cooling??!??!?!?
seriously, not a lot to discuss. the cool part of that article is the info that panther will run dolby 5.1 out the optical port. that's very intriguing for music makers/sound engineers and people who watch a lot of movies on the comp. i'd definitely like to hear more about that.
electronicscene.com is a hosting site featuring 99.9% un-affiliated artists (to which reviews can be contributed) and musicbboard.com is its companion forum, where un-affiliated artists converse.
anyone's welcome to participate.
it's just ms paint with a web front end and a bunch of offshore labourers visually verifying each one !!!! ! !!
it's 99% accurate because of carelessness and post-lunchbreak bloat factor
i've actually sampled some of this before to use in my own electronic music. it feels very good to put the incoherently blended sounds of a bunch of annoying top 40 songs into a different (less obnoxious) context and call it my own. it's a constructive form of revenge for the pain they inflict on me via radios everywhere :)
it's just a friendly walking dinosaur. what could possiblai.... er.. possibly go wrong?
but women attract more boys than video games :)
my microwave to be an anti-salesman irradiation device
hopefully you also modded your electric toothbrush to be an anti-litigation device
there already is a simulation of quakeworld physics
it's called CPMA (challenge promode arena)
and i used to play it a lot. it's pretty fun. it's not 100% faithful, but it's super fast with insane air control.