"a lot of people came out in support of Konfabulator"
Which websites were you reading?
I saw mostly hard facts that Rose was being a baby by claiming Apple copied him.
For a while - the Konfabulator website had a lot of groupie posts
(mainly people that were scared of the very scenario you suggested - having just finished paying for Konfabulator - then being unsupported within a few months)
Then a few posts started popping up that showed how Apple used this same concept of widgets for monitoring and small apps way back in system 6 - just a little before Rose started working at Apple.
If you would like to see a summary of most of the posts here and a general discussion of what Konfabulator does and Arlo Rose's history and general discussion... see a recent story I did on this on my jackwhispers website:
It would be easier for us to consider synthetic alternitives that can run in conventional combustible engines than to switch to a radical new means of energy and horsepower production.
This doesn't mean that car companies in particular should not be MANDATED to produce cars and SUVs that get 40+ mioles to the gallon on a short time table.
The technology is there - it is the reluctance of the car companies (and it's influence from oil companies) to make this small change.
Will it cost money? Yes
But, if high mpg cars could come out at reasonable pricepoints - they would see them like hotcakes and make up for the lower margins.
The key would be combining synthetic with hybrid technology and making batteries that do not pollute the environment when the time to replace the batteries in the hybrid comes.
Fuel cell technology comes to mind.
Oil is not a finite resource if it can be produced organically/synthetically.
Actually it's been final seeded to developers (about a week ago) - it is inevitable that it will be out before February.
Aspyr is saying this because Apple is completely rewriting the video drivers in this next point release.
I would like to see justification for this
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I would like a small blurb on the Aspyr website as to why this very assertive requirement was necessary.
I hardly see why a 1.25 Ghz G4 with a 64MB or better video card could not handle this game.
A 1.25 G4 with 512MB RAM and a 64MB video card is equivalent to the PC and Linux requirements - at least as far as speed and price point equivalency (benchmark tests would indicate so)
I especially can't see why Aspyr can't write something for Dual G4 optimization like Unreal and Call for Duty have.
"Also, if you haven't noticed, the Slashdot poll shows once and for all where Slashdot readers fall on the election"
That you could care less for 18% of your readers... most likely the ones that pay the subsciption fees for ad free page views.
When I wrote you a few weeks back - you replied that the site was getting to partisan and that you'd fix it.
Anakin: "If you didn't notice I came to save you Master" Obi Wan (chained with arms above head looks at Anakin being strung up with chains to be executed): "Good job!"
A local well respected talk show host in my area says he is voting liberatrian.
He claims this is the only person that is fit for the job.
The thing is, the Libertarian candidate has 0% chance vof being elected. So, with that in mind... shouldn't you vote who you most agree with?
A vote as a protest is a wasted vote.
You vote for who will lead this country the best... not who will will lead this country with you in mind first and foremost... don't be selfish.. there are 300 million others that don't have the same beautiful face you do in the mirror.
I remember 2 days after on January 3rd 2000 seeing several ATMs in my area crashed.
They had Windows NT on them. So, I'm not sure where this information comes from that this is a new revelation.
Only the non interactive simple ATMs have the simple proprietary OS any more.
The new multimedia ATMs require a richer background OS.
The other thing I'm aware of is that most cable companies use Windows NT to control their broadband internet servers. Charter often has Windows NT crash screens or just the desktop rebooted on the channel they use (78 in my area) for upstream tests.
I would assume that ATMs are now utilizing broadband rather than just landlines anymore.
There has been a fundamental shift in the way information is perceived.
The current election is the best example. More people have more access to information about this election than in any other part in history. The BLOG has reached new heights because of it. Some larger BLOGs have been able to score advertising dollar. As new topics to discuss become available - other BLOGs will pop up to debate and discuss them.
Once these BLOGs reach a certain point... you have a person who has the ability to write the content but not maintain the advertising, budget, time, maintenance.
This is where the support industry will start to focus - on the upkeep of smaller niche networks.
You'll have 20 smaller clients rather than 3 large accounts.
Cingular/AT&T offer the best technology for phones as far as I can see.
I also like the fact that Apple is in close partnership with Cingular.
I do have one problem though.
I recently had to pay an $850 phone bill due to a Cingular mistake. I kept getting billed for a 000 000 0000 number. They admitted it. I had told them this has been going on for quite a while, but since I have had below plan minute useage (until August) my bill was just being paid.
They claimed that they could only do 3 months worth of removing calls (that's great accept I realized it had stolen almost 400 rollover minutes)
I put the bill into dispute.
They ended the dispute without telling me - turned off my phone service, charged me $30 to turn my phone back on.
For the week that my phone was down (had to get the money up to pay the bill) this message greeted customers:
"The number you are trying to reach is not a working number, please check the number and try your call again"
This most likely cost me a $1000 in business (proveable) as I have only a cellphone - and I have had the same number for over 8 years 905 APPL (i'm an Apple Consultant)
Does anyone know who I can reach high up to complain and possibly get my situation worked out more favorably?
My website in it's original form was done in PostNuke. I had a hack of a time getting the forums stable.
Because of the editorial content that I did there - the accused used the crashing forums [and subsequent deletions of content] as a way to question my credibility as a source of reliable information.
It was also next to impossible to find content within the substrings of data - if you wanted to rebuild the crashed data.
Actually paypal does pay interest on locked funds.
And let me just tell you. All you have to do is send a letter from an attorney and paypal backs down pretty quickly.
The people that bitch about their accounts being frozen because of some censored material are few and far between - they just troll the web so it looks like there's droves of them.
I think that's a great idea... I have even thought about the fact that it would take someone with a real brand name (like eBay) to make such a service viable.
And this is also unfortunately the choice of "seemingly legit" scammers.
Bidpay does NOT insure your purchase in any way - so - scammers will use Bidpay so that you "can pay with your credit card" and send them a money order.
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"a lot of people came out in support of Konfabulator"
Which websites were you reading?
I saw mostly hard facts that Rose was being a baby by claiming Apple copied him.
For a while - the Konfabulator website had a lot of groupie posts
(mainly people that were scared of the very scenario you suggested - having just finished paying for Konfabulator - then being unsupported within a few months)
Then a few posts started popping up that showed how Apple used this same concept of widgets for monitoring and small apps way back in system 6 - just a little before Rose started working at Apple.
If you would like to see a summary of most of the posts here and a general discussion of what Konfabulator does and Arlo Rose's history and general discussion ... see a recent story I did on this on my jackwhispers website:
HERE IT IS
Titled: What A Kon!
www.barefeats.com
here is a page I found as a similar comparison pretty quickly on the barefeats website
It's a myth that oil is a finite resource ...
It would be easier for us to consider synthetic alternitives that can run in conventional combustible engines than to switch to a radical new means of energy and horsepower production.
This doesn't mean that car companies in particular should not be MANDATED to produce cars and SUVs that get 40+ mioles to the gallon on a short time table.
The technology is there - it is the reluctance of the car companies (and it's influence from oil companies) to make this small change.
Will it cost money? Yes
But, if high mpg cars could come out at reasonable pricepoints - they would see them like hotcakes and make up for the lower margins.
The key would be combining synthetic with hybrid technology and making batteries that do not pollute the environment when the time to replace the batteries in the hybrid comes.
Fuel cell technology comes to mind.
Oil is not a finite resource if it can be produced organically/synthetically.
Actually it's been final seeded to developers (about a week ago) - it is inevitable that it will be out before February.
Aspyr is saying this because Apple is completely rewriting the video drivers in this next point release.
I would like a small blurb on the Aspyr website as to why this very assertive requirement was necessary.
I hardly see why a 1.25 Ghz G4 with a 64MB or better video card could not handle this game.
A 1.25 G4 with 512MB RAM and a 64MB video card is equivalent to the PC and Linux requirements - at least as far as speed and price point equivalency (benchmark tests would indicate so)
I especially can't see why Aspyr can't write something for Dual G4 optimization like Unreal and Call for Duty have.
"Also, if you haven't noticed, the Slashdot poll shows once and for all where Slashdot readers fall on the election"
... most likely the ones that pay the subsciption fees for ad free page views.
That you could care less for 18% of your readers
When I wrote you a few weeks back - you replied that the site was getting to partisan and that you'd fix it.
Anakin: "If you didn't notice I came to save you Master"
Obi Wan (chained with arms above head looks at Anakin being strung up with chains to be executed): "Good job!"
Actually no ...
I'm in South Carolina.
I'm voting for Bush. It is a given that my state will give the electoral vote to Bush, but where this state matters the most is the popular vote.
Since a swing state will be close - it will neither add nor subtract (significantly from either candidate's) popular vote.
My state will be a boost to the candidate of my choice and their popular vote total.
I wanted to point out something. It is a given that Republicans will pick up at least 4 seats in the Senate and probably 6 in the house.
How is Kerry going to get anything passed with a majority Senate and a Majority House being Republican?
A local well respected talk show host in my area says he is voting liberatrian.
... shouldn't you vote who you most agree with?
... not who will will lead this country with you in mind first and foremost ... don't be selfish .. there are 300 million others that don't have the same beautiful face you do in the mirror.
He claims this is the only person that is fit for the job.
The thing is, the Libertarian candidate has 0% chance vof being elected. So, with that in mind
A vote as a protest is a wasted vote.
You vote for who will lead this country the best
I remember 2 days after on January 3rd 2000 seeing several ATMs in my area crashed.
They had Windows NT on them. So, I'm not sure where this information comes from that this is a new revelation.
Only the non interactive simple ATMs have the simple proprietary OS any more.
The new multimedia ATMs require a richer background OS.
The other thing I'm aware of is that most cable companies use Windows NT to control their broadband internet servers. Charter often has Windows NT crash screens or just the desktop rebooted on the channel they use (78 in my area) for upstream tests.
I would assume that ATMs are now utilizing broadband rather than just landlines anymore.
There has been a fundamental shift in the way information is perceived.
The current election is the best example. More people have more access to information about this election than in any other part in history. The BLOG has reached new heights because of it. Some larger BLOGs have been able to score advertising dollar. As new topics to discuss become available - other BLOGs will pop up to debate and discuss them.
Once these BLOGs reach a certain point... you have a person who has the ability to write the content but not maintain the advertising, budget, time, maintenance.
This is where the support industry will start to focus - on the upkeep of smaller niche networks.
You'll have 20 smaller clients rather than 3 large accounts.
I agree ... the BBB is a joke now.
They take too long to respond. They are often out of the office and usually don't understand or care to understand technical/technological issues.
I had someone from eBay file a false BBB report on me. It took over a year to resolve the issue.
I vowed that when i opened my brick and mortar business that I would not be bullied into membership (which is $495).
It does help to file a report online and at least have a record of complaint.
thank you.
I have Cingular.
I love the service.
I especially love the SIM card type phones.
Cingular/AT&T offer the best technology for phones as far as I can see.
I also like the fact that Apple is in close partnership with Cingular.
I do have one problem though.
I recently had to pay an $850 phone bill due to a Cingular mistake. I kept getting billed for a 000 000 0000 number. They admitted it. I had told them this has been going on for quite a while, but since I have had below plan minute useage (until August) my bill was just being paid.
They claimed that they could only do 3 months worth of removing calls (that's great accept I realized it had stolen almost 400 rollover minutes)
I put the bill into dispute.
They ended the dispute without telling me - turned off my phone service, charged me $30 to turn my phone back on.
For the week that my phone was down (had to get the money up to pay the bill) this message greeted customers:
"The number you are trying to reach is not a working number, please check the number and try your call again"
This most likely cost me a $1000 in business (proveable) as I have only a cellphone - and I have had the same number for over 8 years 905 APPL (i'm an Apple Consultant)
Does anyone know who I can reach high up to complain and possibly get my situation worked out more favorably?
Your cell phone is still registered your residence - besides you can just give them a neighbor's phone #.
My website in it's original form was done in PostNuke. I had a hack of a time getting the forums stable.
Because of the editorial content that I did there - the accused used the crashing forums [and subsequent deletions of content] as a way to question my credibility as a source of reliable information.
It was also next to impossible to find content within the substrings of data - if you wanted to rebuild the crashed data.
You say it's comparing Apples to Oranges but its not really ...
The VT Supercomputer specs vs the Cray specs page you pointed to:
CRAY 460 GFLOPS per cabinet (96 processors @ 2.4 GHz)
Apple - if my math is right - 420 GFLOPS (100 processors @ 2.0Ghz)
The new specs for the specialized VT Supercluster are pretty impressive.
Their throughput and interconnect is most likely weaker - but still VERY strong with fiber channel.
If the math is right for a 200 CPU system for $2 million ...
That would mean $10,000 per CPU
That would mean 100 Apple XServes
But for the comparison, let's just go with 200 Apple X Serves giving 400 CPUs total
Let's throw in 100 Apple XServe RAIDs fully loaded
1 Xserve G5 Dual 2.0Ghz = $3000
Multiply by 200 = $600,000
For cost savings we'll go with (20) 5.8 terrabyte RAID for $13,000 each
[Instead of 100 1 Terrabyte units for $6000 each]
=$260,000
Total = $860,000 for total system
Throw in approximately $120,000 for setup and integration (as comes with Cray purchases)
NOW double that - what a value for 6 teraflops calculation [extrapolated from Virginia Tech SuperComputer scores]
What a value!! Plus you have money left over to pay the tax!
Ha - well I'm sure the guy behind CherryOS will have a press release that it runs The Mac OS at 30 Terahertz.
Actually paypal does pay interest on locked funds.
And let me just tell you. All you have to do is send a letter from an attorney and paypal backs down pretty quickly.
The people that bitch about their accounts being frozen because of some censored material are few and far between - they just troll the web so it looks like there's droves of them.
I think that's a great idea ... I have even thought about the fact that it would take someone with a real brand name (like eBay) to make such a service viable.
Great insight there.
Paypalsucks dot com is funded by the competition.
Yowcow is VERY shadey. They fund the paypalsucks.com website. That is a very low thing to do.
I did a story about the problems that paypalsucks and yowcow pose.
And this is also unfortunately the choice of "seemingly legit" scammers.
Bidpay does NOT insure your purchase in any way - so - scammers will use Bidpay so that you "can pay with your credit card" and send them a money order.
... and came up with Intego and FUD.
Make no doubt about it. There is a French company that writes Mac software called Intego.
THEY ARE the ones spreading this new rumor, just as they spread the "trojan horse" myth a few months back.
It's time to sell some more software - so it's time spread some more FUD.
A previous story I had done on this