Another expense with Apples is the inability to run new OSes on old hardware.
my school used various generations of macs on campus. the response time for 10.5 leopard was the same on all the machines from the mac pro towers in the media labs to the 1998 imac net nodes tucked away in obscure corners of the more neglected lecture halls.
anyone who has tried to make xp run on hardware dating from a similar time period would fall asleep from boredom waiting for "ye olde exe" to launch.
You are aware that the oldest Mac that will run Snow Leopard (the version discussed in this article) was made in 2006...?
In the Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7 article, I ran across this gem:
By way of contrast, Microsoft has made the decision in Windows 7 to strip out many of the extras in Windows. For example, Windows Movie Maker and Windows Mail -- both very good programs -- shipped with Windows Vista, but will not ship with Windows 7.
That's because they're in the Optional section of Windows Updates on Windows 7, bundled as "Windows Live Essentials."
It's not hard to miss, seeing as it's the only entry in the Optional section (because although Virtual PC and XP Mode are also optional, but they're still release candidates).
Windows 7 does include a usable backup program -- finally -- but it's not up to the standards of Time Machine.
Also, why is Previous Versions not mentioned here? It's not new either, Windows Vista had the Previous Versions functionality.
"If X is the new innovative piece of code within a program, a competitor can buy the program, fire up a debugger, and look at the disassembled code for X. Once he understands how it works (reverse engineering), he can then recreate that code in a higher language, say C. Copyright does not work here. Then there are cases where the code is not that hard, and you can copy the idea by just looking at the end product."
I missed the part where that's a bad thing.
Remind me again: why do people use Open Source licenses rather than making everything public domain?
Steam has an offline mode, though. I'm not sure how long it'll let you run the game in offline mode before it pesters you about it, though. I've heard people say one month.
I'm going to make an assumption that you also do not have cable/satellite TV? I can only imagine that sooner than later game companies are going to start force feeding us ads and tell us that it is value added as the additional cash flow is needed in order maintain and expand on... well, anything they feel like telling us. And the sheep will continue to pay and ask for more...:(
The problem with this comparison is that cable/satellite TV is a service that brings me other peoples products that I otherwise normally wouldn't get. For Internet games, this is what my ISP does. My ISP doesn't have advertisements, but I still see them on the web.
With a game, I've already paid for the product. If it's an online game: well, you should have done the FPS model of having groups host their own servers. However, make sure you choose a good model for this. Valve has this mostly right. Left 4 Dead for PC, however, is a bad example of how to do this, because player groups join random servers by default. This defeats the entire purpose of having separate servers.
Now, getting back to ads in games, some ad game modifications aren't limited to multi-player Internet games. WipEout HD was a good example of this. WipEout HD was updated at some point to add additional advertisements during the game's load screens, even during single player games. The game's level load time was also increased in order to show these ads to you for longer periods of time. Video example.
This update was killed in early August and the advertisements removed because of the uproar it generated in the community.
If you want the literal answer to this question, they're part of Alcatel-Lucent now, after being part of Lucent Technologies since AT&T spun them off in the 90s.
They also strive to show they are actually doing things, like endorsing 43 bills aimed at regulating content or controlling access to video games -- with not a single one of them making it into law. They did put some into effect at the state level; mostly making it a crime to sell mature games to minors.
You have that backwards. The ESA is against these laws because it would limit their sales numbers. They're the ones suing to have these laws repealed.
Is Apple's move the first major step in forcing computer science to adopt the more awkward binary prefixes, breaking decades of accepted (if technically inaccurate) usage of SI prefixes?
Those two should be swapped. With that out of the way...
No, the summary used those correctly. You have the SI prefixes and the SI binary prefixes, which incidentally weren't approved until 1998, decades after computers started using the standard SI prefixes for binary numbers.
Wait, they fake where the CD's were coming from? Wouldn't that constitute as Mail Fraud? And isn't that a Federal offense? Hmmm, it reminds me of the movie "the Firm". Sending a CD with Malware may not be illegal, but faking the source might be. I'm not sure of the law here, but I would think this would draw greater attention to federal authorities.
or not...
You act like impersonating a federal agency isn't a crime in and of itself.
MS already drove WordPerfect almost completely out of the industry using a completely different tactic: selling Office at a loss to get businesses to buy it instead of WordPerfect, then when the next version came out, MS quadrupled prices (iirc). Businesses didn't want to switch away from Office at that point because of the costs incurred to retrain people.
I see what you're saying. It's a moot point, since MS would never ship Office with Windows... Office is their biggest money maker (more-so even than Windows).
DRM exists solely to allow playback of HD content (and is nonexistent when such content isn't being played), something with OSS can't do.
I have quite a few HD (1280x720) videos that MPlayer, Xine, and VLC play just fine. I even have a couple of 1920x1080 videos, even though my laptop display doesn't go that high.
The GP probably should have mentioned HD-DVD discs (now dead) and Blu-Ray discs by name.
No, because even the "35 Days of DRM" page for Vista is hyperbole with no cited examples and Windows Media Player is the same Windows Media Player you can download for XP (and isn't Windows itself).
Seriously, people actually use Windows Media Player? The only thing I use it for is because of the DVD codec that comes with Windows 7, which breaks under MPC Home Cinema.
(Note: I'm not the person you replied to, so they may post a completely different answer.)
Here's one thing I ran into after switching from XP to 7. My "Stereo Mix" option (That's "What U Hear" for you Creative soundcard owners) has disappeared from the sound recording options. Even after ticking the "reveal disabled/hidden devices" thing, it doesn't come up. That means I can't record or stream over (through things like Ventrilo etc.) what I am listening to at the moment on the PC. This was very nice for piping over soundbytes from a tv program I was watching (analog tv card) as well as useful for acting as a bridge between two different voice chat programs. I suspect this is one attempt to "plug the analog hole". With this method you could record soundtracks off YouTube as the video played for example. There's an anti-feature for you, and it sucks.
Correction, you can't record or stream what you're listening to and what you're saying through the microphone at the same time. You can still choose to record or stream the waveout (or whatever it's called these days).
P.S. I haven't checked to see if mine has hidden this or not in Windows 7, as I rarely use it.
Your only half right about the WGA thing as well. Have you ever tried to upgrade you computer by doing questionable things like adding RAM, swapping out a hard drive NIC and video card all at the same time? Better get ready to call MS because they aren't going to let you just activate it. Yes MS has a right to protect their interests, but what about my rights as a consumer? Why should I have to spend my time proving that I'm a legitimate user before I can use the software that I paid for? I would agree that they probably don't scan your hard drive and send the result back to MS, but I don't really know, and even if they don't it doesn't mean WGA is a good thing for anyone but MS.
As I recall, changing the network card alone is enough to force reactivation. Other things that force it are changing out the motherboard or changing out the CPU.
Changing out the video card or changing the amount of RAM (as far as I know) never require reactivation.
The instruction in a Computers class should be along the lines of "what drew this button? what happens inside the hardware/software stack when I click on it?". The layers of knowledge and understanding go deep, just like the turtles, but Microsoft would rather keep the unwashed masses ignorant.
You seem to be confusing classes about how to use computers with classes about how computers work. Non-technical people don't need to understand how they work.
This is probably why most computer fundamentals courses cover what a keyboard and mouse are and how they effect things on the screen; how to turn on a computer, monitor, and printer; how to open programs; and how to use a basic word processor, spreadsheet, email program, and web browser... you know, fundamentals for using a computer and common applications, not necessarily tied to a specific OS.
Maybe it's, "Microsoft is a giant legal entity and doesn't want to be sued for not licensing codecs, not providing protected paths, not simply bundling all kinds of useful things into their OS for fear of being convicted (again) of being monopolistic and so forth."
Which is a good argument for FOSS.
If everyone used Ubuntu (for example) because it's not a monopoly, then it would become a monopoly and be scrutinized for the same reason Microsoft is now.
(I was going to say Linux, but the kernel alone doesn't really apply here.)
I wasn't trying to be a troll, I was just being a bit thick. In my defense, I have lived through several generations of MS Office applications that *did* encourage upgrades in larger user communities by changing the default internal format of the ".doc" file in newer versions. The longer-term customer care that we now enjoy was won due to lots of complaints in the past.
Er... which versions was this again? As I recall, even OpenOffice only has two listings for.doc files: 2000/XP/2003 and 6.0/97).
Last I checked, Apple gives away a free copy of the current version of iWork with every new Mac.
I'm pretty sure Microsoft still sells quite a few copies of MS Office 2008* despite this.
*Office 2008 is a Mac-only product, Office 2007 is a Windows-only product. 2010 is going to be for both, or so I hear, and finally include a real version of Outlook rather than the funky clone Entourage.
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You are aware that the oldest Mac that will run Snow Leopard (the version discussed in this article) was made in 2006...?
No? Well, consider yourself informed.
In the Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7 article, I ran across this gem:
That's because they're in the Optional section of Windows Updates on Windows 7, bundled as "Windows Live Essentials."
It's not hard to miss, seeing as it's the only entry in the Optional section (because although Virtual PC and XP Mode are also optional, but they're still release candidates).
Also, why is Previous Versions not mentioned here? It's not new either, Windows Vista had the Previous Versions functionality.
Remind me again: why do people use Open Source licenses rather than making everything public domain?
Steam has an offline mode, though. I'm not sure how long it'll let you run the game in offline mode before it pesters you about it, though. I've heard people say one month.
The problem with this comparison is that cable/satellite TV is a service that brings me other peoples products that I otherwise normally wouldn't get. For Internet games, this is what my ISP does. My ISP doesn't have advertisements, but I still see them on the web.
With a game, I've already paid for the product. If it's an online game: well, you should have done the FPS model of having groups host their own servers. However, make sure you choose a good model for this. Valve has this mostly right. Left 4 Dead for PC, however, is a bad example of how to do this, because player groups join random servers by default. This defeats the entire purpose of having separate servers.
Now, getting back to ads in games, some ad game modifications aren't limited to multi-player Internet games. WipEout HD was a good example of this. WipEout HD was updated at some point to add additional advertisements during the game's load screens, even during single player games. The game's level load time was also increased in order to show these ads to you for longer periods of time. Video example.
This update was killed in early August and the advertisements removed because of the uproar it generated in the community.
If you want the literal answer to this question, they're part of Alcatel-Lucent now, after being part of Lucent Technologies since AT&T spun them off in the 90s.
I thought they might have not understood "endorsed" either, but the next sentence is implying the ESA got some laws passed at the state level.
You have that backwards. The ESA is against these laws because it would limit their sales numbers. They're the ones suing to have these laws repealed.
No, the summary used those correctly. You have the SI prefixes and the SI binary prefixes, which incidentally weren't approved until 1998, decades after computers started using the standard SI prefixes for binary numbers.
Base 2 is used in electronics because you can check for whether electrical current is present or not.
This also applies to magnetic forces (HDDs) and bumps/pits (optical media).
It's a trap!
What if they aren't "brainless" laptops? After all, what would Skynet do?
(Note: Send Terminators only works for future Skynet)
You act like impersonating a federal agency isn't a crime in and of itself.
MS already drove WordPerfect almost completely out of the industry using a completely different tactic: selling Office at a loss to get businesses to buy it instead of WordPerfect, then when the next version came out, MS quadrupled prices (iirc). Businesses didn't want to switch away from Office at that point because of the costs incurred to retrain people.
I see what you're saying. It's a moot point, since MS would never ship Office with Windows... Office is their biggest money maker (more-so even than Windows).
Question: Who directed Do You Wanna Date My Avatar?
Answer: Jed Whedon.
Question: What else did Jed Whedon work on?
Answer: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog with his brother Joss.
Question: How many times during Commentary: The Musical (on the Dr. Horrible DVD) does Felicia Day mention The Guild?
Answer: At least 3, but it's all part of one song on it.
The GP probably should have mentioned HD-DVD discs (now dead) and Blu-Ray discs by name.
No, because even the "35 Days of DRM" page for Vista is hyperbole with no cited examples and Windows Media Player is the same Windows Media Player you can download for XP (and isn't Windows itself).
Seriously, people actually use Windows Media Player? The only thing I use it for is because of the DVD codec that comes with Windows 7, which breaks under MPC Home Cinema.
(Note: I'm not the person you replied to, so they may post a completely different answer.)
Correction, you can't record or stream what you're listening to and what you're saying through the microphone at the same time. You can still choose to record or stream the waveout (or whatever it's called these days).
P.S. I haven't checked to see if mine has hidden this or not in Windows 7, as I rarely use it.
I thought the BSD TCP stack was the reference implementation, hence everyone copied it.
As I recall, changing the network card alone is enough to force reactivation. Other things that force it are changing out the motherboard or changing out the CPU.
Changing out the video card or changing the amount of RAM (as far as I know) never require reactivation.
You seem to be confusing classes about how to use computers with classes about how computers work. Non-technical people don't need to understand how they work.
This is probably why most computer fundamentals courses cover what a keyboard and mouse are and how they effect things on the screen; how to turn on a computer, monitor, and printer; how to open programs; and how to use a basic word processor, spreadsheet, email program, and web browser... you know, fundamentals for using a computer and common applications, not necessarily tied to a specific OS.
Which CLI: command.com, cmd.exe, or PowerShell?
Before you ask "Wait, PowerShell?", PowerShell 2.0 is included in Windows 7, which this article is about.
Surprise! Microsoft has redone their command line interface!
If everyone used Ubuntu (for example) because it's not a monopoly, then it would become a monopoly and be scrutinized for the same reason Microsoft is now.
(I was going to say Linux, but the kernel alone doesn't really apply here.)
Er... which versions was this again? As I recall, even OpenOffice only has two listings for .doc files: 2000/XP/2003 and 6.0/97).
Last I checked, Apple gives away a free copy of the current version of iWork with every new Mac.
I'm pretty sure Microsoft still sells quite a few copies of MS Office 2008* despite this.
*Office 2008 is a Mac-only product, Office 2007 is a Windows-only product. 2010 is going to be for both, or so I hear, and finally include a real version of Outlook rather than the funky clone Entourage.