Interesting that Sony predicts the touch screen of the DS to be a "gimmick", when Nintendo's product is, in my opinion, currently leading in terms of its software library. Since PSP's launch earlier this year, there has been a handful of high quality titles released for it (Wipeout, Lumines, GTA, for example). On many forums, however, it is common to read about people being stuck for choice between the flow of good titles for the DS (Osu! Tatake! Ouendan, Phoenix Wright, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Castlevania, Advance Wars, for example). This, coupled with a highly successful Internet gaming service that "Just Works (tm)", and Nintendo have proven that they are far from irrelevant in the handheld market. In terms of direct competition with the PSP, perhaps they are irrelevant, but that's not through inability to compete, but because they've created a new market with the DS in which they're the leader.
I've not seen a 360 box in real life yet, but I understand that the main unit is around the same size (a bit slimmer) than the original XBox. The original XBox also included the PSU inside the case. The 360, however, has moved to an external PSU. Therefore, in total, the 360 is substantially larger than the original XBox, which was slated for being "a brick".
I suppose the move to an external PSU was driven mainly by the criticism of XBox's size and fear of producing a successor which was as big, if not larger.
I'm mainly a unix user, so have developed good discipline about directory structure in my/home. I tend to carry this same structure over to other OS that I use, Windows, OS X, etc.
Now with the advent of Spotlight, I've found myself wondering whether I really need to structure my files at all, or whether I should just throw them all in to my/home and just use Spotlight. Do we need to have this organised approach to filesystem management any more, when the technology "solves the problem for us"? When "Pictures" or "Documents" is just a Spotlight view on an aggregated blob of files, why should I try to organise my stuff any more?
Yes, backing up may be a problem, but only if there isn't an AppleScript I can write to interface with Spotlight to pull out the necessary files efficiently and reliably.
The whole "meta view" (there's some nice management buzzphrasing) thing could really change the way I manage my personal data.
So if I never use Dashboard, or load any applets, it'll not chew resource? That would be nice. When I first got 10.4, I configured a small bunch of applets for the Dashboard. A week or two later, I was running Top, and noticed just how much memory/CPU these things chew up. I immediately disabled them all.
If Apple wants Dashboard to succeed, they've got to make it much more resource efficient. Even switching to the Dashboard on my iBook G4 1GHz is sluggish - like several seconds while things slowly come up.
My iBook G4 1GHz (640MB) has been losing it's snappy in recent months. Since the 10.4.x updates have arrived, it's been feeling more sluggish and has even required a reboot to refresh its snappy. There are some "workarounds" for Safari to improve performance, but I've found that even Finder and other apps are making 10.4.x require a reboot every now and again.
The last update of Mail broke MacGPG compatibility (fixed with an updated download from http://macgpg.sourceforge.net/). Can anyone using the update tell me whether it is affected with this update?
I'm not an OSS guy, but coupled with some sort of "management of IT systems" and a more IT-oriented course, an OSS element would probably be really useful.
This has also happened with Zebra (http://www.zebra.org/ and Quagga (http://www.quagga.net/ amongst others. Despite a piece of software being released under an open license, either BSD-style or GNU-style, if the community feels that an individual or single organisation has some sense of "ownership", then it seems reluctant to contribute. This has been seen with OpenOffice.org. Even projects such as OpenBSD may suffer from this to a certain extent.
Would anyone like to make some recommendations for game-based books? It'd be interesting to see which books people would recommend from various genres (Sci-Fi, Fantasy etc.). Also, an idea of the book's writing style would be useful - i.e whether it's aimed at younger, teen, or adult, readers.
Given the market share of OS X, it's no wonder that Google is currently focussing on MS Windows. However, I'm sure the Google marketeers are clued up enough to realise that the demographic of OS X users is somewhat different to those on MS Windows. Also, remember that OS X has a good built-in search capability as of 10.4 in the form of Spotlight. I am personally of the opinion that Google and Apple are well aligned, at least from a marketing perspective. They portray a similar public image (OSS-friendly etc.) and have that "chic/cool" image among the more technical Internet/computer users. I would not be surprised if a closer relationship between Google and Apple were revealed in the not too distant future. There are already rumours of an iTunes collaboration. So yes, no Google Desktop for OS X at the moment, but all I would say is "watch this space".
> And while shaving weight do help, it's actually more important trying to get more efficient motors, better power panels and panel placement and better battery while finding a good balance between them.
"This year's race was brought to you in conjunction with The Atkins Diet and Radio Shack."
It has come to our attention that your computer system with IP address 192.168.0.5 has been participating in illegal Peer to Peer network activity. We have witnessed this internet host participating in the unlawful distribution of "W32.Mydoom.CF@MM", which is protected under international copyright law by our client, Mr l3et hax0-r of Plumbeckistan.
We therefore demand that you immediately cease distribution of this copyright software and provide a list of all IP addresses to which it has propogated from your computer system.
Sincerely, The WPAA (Worm Producers Association of America)
Kudos to the Wordpress guys for releasing a fix before the PHP exploit was widely broadcast. The upgrade was simple and fast.
Obviously, those Black Hats who wanted to know this stuff would already know it. The early release of this information to PHP-based developers did, however, limit the damage done by worms based on the exploit (see PHPBB exploit in December 2004).
Given the level of integration between something like iTunes and my iPod, it is much easier (for me) to browse, pay, and download, music, rather than search for and obtain an uncontrolled copy.
Provided you've got the cash means to do it, there's not really any excuse for not using "officially sanctioned", paid-for, download sources.
All we've seen is the industry playing catch-up with a technology which took off much faster than they were able to keep up with.
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What will happen to NeoOffice when the OS X native version of OpenOffice is released?
Good, informative post. However, you mean "Pikmin" and not "Pikman". See http://www.gamerwiki.com/index.php/Pikmin_(GameCub e)
"It's hard, very hard, to know exactly what hardware every company has, and more importantly, how that hardware is used."
So why bother making an estimate?
Either say nothing, or make a statement based on well-understood and well-researched facts.
They're not late to the online gaming table.
They're the FIRST to the portable/handheld online gaming table.
Interesting that Sony predicts the touch screen of the DS to be a "gimmick", when Nintendo's product is, in my opinion, currently leading in terms of its software library. Since PSP's launch earlier this year, there has been a handful of high quality titles released for it (Wipeout, Lumines, GTA, for example). On many forums, however, it is common to read about people being stuck for choice between the flow of good titles for the DS (Osu! Tatake! Ouendan, Phoenix Wright, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Castlevania, Advance Wars, for example). This, coupled with a highly successful Internet gaming service that "Just Works (tm)", and Nintendo have proven that they are far from irrelevant in the handheld market. In terms of direct competition with the PSP, perhaps they are irrelevant, but that's not through inability to compete, but because they've created a new market with the DS in which they're the leader.
I've not seen a 360 box in real life yet, but I understand that the main unit is around the same size (a bit slimmer) than the original XBox. The original XBox also included the PSU inside the case. The 360, however, has moved to an external PSU. Therefore, in total, the 360 is substantially larger than the original XBox, which was slated for being "a brick".
I suppose the move to an external PSU was driven mainly by the criticism of XBox's size and fear of producing a successor which was as big, if not larger.
Damn, I can't wait until someone gets Linux running on this thing so that I can play Angband again.
Despite citing the source, it was not hyperlinked. You can find Edge Online at: http://www.edge-online.co.uk/
I, for one, welcome our wealthy AJAX-on-Rails Overlords.
That's the app I was refering to, sorry, my mistake.
I've also tested this now and it appears to work fine with the update.
thanks.
This is a very interesting point.
/home. I tend to carry this same structure over to other OS that I use, Windows, OS X, etc.
/home and just use Spotlight. Do we need to have this organised approach to filesystem management any more, when the technology "solves the problem for us"? When "Pictures" or "Documents" is just a Spotlight view on an aggregated blob of files, why should I try to organise my stuff any more?
I'm mainly a unix user, so have developed good discipline about directory structure in my
Now with the advent of Spotlight, I've found myself wondering whether I really need to structure my files at all, or whether I should just throw them all in to my
Yes, backing up may be a problem, but only if there isn't an AppleScript I can write to interface with Spotlight to pull out the necessary files efficiently and reliably.
The whole "meta view" (there's some nice management buzzphrasing) thing could really change the way I manage my personal data.
So if I never use Dashboard, or load any applets, it'll not chew resource? That would be nice.
When I first got 10.4, I configured a small bunch of applets for the Dashboard. A week or two later, I was running Top, and noticed just how much memory/CPU these things chew up. I immediately disabled them all.
If Apple wants Dashboard to succeed, they've got to make it much more resource efficient. Even switching to the Dashboard on my iBook G4 1GHz is sluggish - like several seconds while things slowly come up.
My iBook G4 1GHz (640MB) has been losing it's snappy in recent months. Since the 10.4.x updates have arrived, it's been feeling more sluggish and has even required a reboot to refresh its snappy. There are some "workarounds" for Safari to improve performance, but I've found that even Finder and other apps are making 10.4.x require a reboot every now and again.
The last update of Mail broke MacGPG compatibility (fixed with an updated download from http://macgpg.sourceforge.net/). Can anyone using the update tell me whether it is affected with this update?
[]"IPv6? Yes, lovely, I'll take three." ~ Oscar Wilde.
Are you sure he wasn't proposing a course on Operational Support Systems (OSS)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational_Support_S ystems.
I'm not an OSS guy, but coupled with some sort of "management of IT systems" and a more IT-oriented course, an OSS element would probably be really useful.
This has also happened with Zebra (http://www.zebra.org/ and Quagga (http://www.quagga.net/ amongst others. Despite a piece of software being released under an open license, either BSD-style or GNU-style, if the community feels that an individual or single organisation has some sense of "ownership", then it seems reluctant to contribute. This has been seen with OpenOffice.org. Even projects such as OpenBSD may suffer from this to a certain extent.
Would anyone like to make some recommendations for game-based books? It'd be interesting to see which books people would recommend from various genres (Sci-Fi, Fantasy etc.). Also, an idea of the book's writing style would be useful - i.e whether it's aimed at younger, teen, or adult, readers.
Given the market share of OS X, it's no wonder that Google is currently focussing on MS Windows. However, I'm sure the Google marketeers are clued up enough to realise that the demographic of OS X users is somewhat different to those on MS Windows. Also, remember that OS X has a good built-in search capability as of 10.4 in the form of Spotlight.
I am personally of the opinion that Google and Apple are well aligned, at least from a marketing perspective. They portray a similar public image (OSS-friendly etc.) and have that "chic/cool" image among the more technical Internet/computer users. I would not be surprised if a closer relationship between Google and Apple were revealed in the not too distant future. There are already rumours of an iTunes collaboration.
So yes, no Google Desktop for OS X at the moment, but all I would say is "watch this space".
Me: "That tune that goes 'tum te tum badda badda tum tum"
Google (I'm feeling lucky): "Buy 'Pink Floyd: The Wall' from iTunes Music Store Now!"
> And while shaving weight do help, it's actually more important trying to get more efficient motors, better power panels and panel placement and better battery while finding a good balance between them.
"This year's race was brought to you in conjunction with The Atkins Diet and Radio Shack."
Dear Mr $Locke2005$,
It has come to our attention that your computer system with IP address 192.168.0.5 has been participating in illegal Peer to Peer network activity. We have witnessed this internet host participating in the unlawful distribution of "W32.Mydoom.CF@MM", which is protected under international copyright law by our client, Mr l3et hax0-r of Plumbeckistan.
We therefore demand that you immediately cease distribution of this copyright software and provide a list of all IP addresses to which it has propogated from your computer system.
Sincerely,
The WPAA
(Worm Producers Association of America)
Kudos to the Wordpress guys for releasing a fix before the PHP exploit was widely broadcast. The upgrade was simple and fast.
Obviously, those Black Hats who wanted to know this stuff would already know it. The early release of this information to PHP-based developers did, however, limit the damage done by worms based on the exploit (see PHPBB exploit in December 2004).
Given the level of integration between something like iTunes and my iPod, it is much easier (for me) to browse, pay, and download, music, rather than search for and obtain an uncontrolled copy.
Provided you've got the cash means to do it, there's not really any excuse for not using "officially sanctioned", paid-for, download sources.
All we've seen is the industry playing catch-up with a technology which took off much faster than they were able to keep up with.
Hack the phishing server, fire up a torrent tracker and post a link to some US chart music or movie downloads. ref: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/25/22 6228&tid=95&tid=17
That way, the FBI, RIAA, MPAA will all be round there in about 10 minutes flat.