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Why not just give the alpha's a 1.x number, and the betas a 2.x number. That way when you finally release something, it will have a 3.x number. I mean, hey - it worked for Microsoft!
Have you ever installed something that didn't come with one of the windos equivalents of.deb - Installshield,.msi, etc. ?
Yes. A long time ago. Usually involves unzipping something to a directory, copying some files to c:\windows, c:\windows\system, and/or c:\windows\system32, and then making a shortcut to a.exe.
And that's the reason I cringe just about everytime someone brings that show up here on slashdot. They've done some good episodes, but some seem to create more myths than they "bust".
My 1988 Nissan (a boxy 4 door sedan with 4 cylinder engine) actually stated in the owner's manual that is was more efficient to run the A/C at highway speeds than it is to open the windows. Though I certainly wouldn't take the owner's manual of some car as the final word in the matter. Unfortunently, I never did actually get to test that out, because by the time I got the car the A/C had already gone kaput.
Yeah, well, is it still legalized robbery when they pay to have your car replaced and your medical bills paid because of an accident?
The way that insurance works is that they'll increase your rates so that in 5-10 years you will have paid for your new car and medical bills from the money they made from hiking your rates. The only situation I can see insurance being useful in is when something really catastrophic happens - like bills costing over $250k. But for smaller things, people would collectively be better off without insurance and just paying out of pocket if/when shit happens.
I find OSX to be alright if I don't have that much stuff installed and when I only have a few windows open. But get a lot of stuff open and I find it gets cumbersome. Expose is really cool, but in the end it just seems to making up for the lack of a taskbar (which is why I don't miss Expose on Windows/KDE/Gnome). And in OSX I don't see a good, organized way to have a whole lot of programs installed. Get more than about 20 icons things on that dock and things start getting pretty tiny. And I don't like how OSX deals with minimizing windows (I think Apple just expects people to leave them open all time?)
What I think really makes OSX is that it's easy to use, and it has the powerful BSD system behind it. Overall, that makes it a pretty slick package overall if you ask me. But take away the unix-y parts and the rest just doesn't really do anything for me (note: take away the unix-y bits of KDE or Gnome by locking them down in a simular fashion and I would also be quite unhappy).
And as for listing bash twice, I blame my subconcious mind for that one (though it certainly does deserve the dual listing!)
The Mac Mini actually comes in at around 2.9lbs, so it would meet your demands. Of course, you have no screen - but that works for the Shuffle so I think you'll be okay.
Agreed. When are people going to figure out that widescreen is awful for just about every computer task out there besides watching movies and playing certain games?
I've had to use OS X Macs locked down in a school setting. Not too surprisenly, access is denied to all the Unix-y bits. No terminals, no X-Windows, no bash, no SSH, no FTP, no emacs, no vi, no bash, no csh, none of it. And finding myself stuck with just the Apple bits of OSX, I found it nothing special. Essentially a really bad way of navigating the file system (the finder) combined with a lousy way to manage windows and launch applications (the dock), combined with a hack to try to make it useable (expose).
Granted, the Windows desktops weren't much better.
Sigh. If you don't know anything about usability please feel free to shut the hell up. We won't think less of you. In fact, we'd really prefer it.
Yeah, and no one is forcing anyone to use ctrl+c, or ctrl+v, so I don't see it as an issue. Use the mouse, drag and drop, use shift+insert, whatever you find more useable. What's wrong with including the keyboard shortcuts for the people who like to use them?
As a Windows and Mac user, I don't miss Expose on Windows XP because the taskbar is so much better. All that I see Expose as is a cool looking trick to make up for the fact that the Dock sucks.
Actually, it's not a big typo. Only the very first character from the post is missing, a "<" - which of course broke the hyperlink. Probably someone copied this blurb from somewhere else and pasted it into the submission form, not using the Preview button. Then the editors didn't check the submission before allowing it go to the front page.
Being that this slashdot, I find that an entirely plausible scenario.
That may be true, but it isn't helping their reputation any. Look at how the closed Diablo II realms on Battlenet are run - which are overrun by people using hackers and cheats, bots, and duped items, all the while Blizzard does nothing. I would certainly never pay a monthly fee to play on a Blizzard server.
Well based on Blizzard's past track record regarding StarCraft and WarCraft III CD key banning, I have no doubt that the smack stick is going to come down hard on these guys.
And based upon Blizzard's record with Diablo II, I expect jack shit to happen to them.
Judging by the fact that Blizzard's efforts to stop this kind of stuff in Diablo II are half-assed at best (and most of the time non-existant), I would say that WoW will be looking like Diablo II real soon.
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Why not just give the alpha's a 1.x number, and the betas a 2.x number. That way when you finally release something, it will have a 3.x number. I mean, hey - it worked for Microsoft!
Have you ever installed something that didn't come with one of the windos equivalents of .deb - Installshield, .msi, etc. ?
.exe.
Yes. A long time ago. Usually involves unzipping something to a directory, copying some files to c:\windows, c:\windows\system, and/or c:\windows\system32, and then making a shortcut to a
Mythbusters is entertainment, not science.
And that's the reason I cringe just about everytime someone brings that show up here on slashdot. They've done some good episodes, but some seem to create more myths than they "bust".
My 1988 Nissan (a boxy 4 door sedan with 4 cylinder engine) actually stated in the owner's manual that is was more efficient to run the A/C at highway speeds than it is to open the windows. Though I certainly wouldn't take the owner's manual of some car as the final word in the matter. Unfortunently, I never did actually get to test that out, because by the time I got the car the A/C had already gone kaput.
Actually, I find being in a pack of cars annoying. I usually try to get between a packs of cars and then set my speed to try to stay there.
However, I've wondered what the correct answer would be?
"I don't know officer, the little needle doesn't go past 85."
Yeah, well, is it still legalized robbery when they pay to have your car replaced and your medical bills paid because of an accident?
The way that insurance works is that they'll increase your rates so that in 5-10 years you will have paid for your new car and medical bills from the money they made from hiking your rates. The only situation I can see insurance being useful in is when something really catastrophic happens - like bills costing over $250k. But for smaller things, people would collectively be better off without insurance and just paying out of pocket if/when shit happens.
People who use the essay as a defense for DST are missing the point.
The original poster said nothing about using that essay as a defense for DST. He just said it was an enjoyable read, which I have to agree with.
I find OSX to be alright if I don't have that much stuff installed and when I only have a few windows open. But get a lot of stuff open and I find it gets cumbersome. Expose is really cool, but in the end it just seems to making up for the lack of a taskbar (which is why I don't miss Expose on Windows/KDE/Gnome). And in OSX I don't see a good, organized way to have a whole lot of programs installed. Get more than about 20 icons things on that dock and things start getting pretty tiny. And I don't like how OSX deals with minimizing windows (I think Apple just expects people to leave them open all time?)
What I think really makes OSX is that it's easy to use, and it has the powerful BSD system behind it. Overall, that makes it a pretty slick package overall if you ask me. But take away the unix-y parts and the rest just doesn't really do anything for me (note: take away the unix-y bits of KDE or Gnome by locking them down in a simular fashion and I would also be quite unhappy).
And as for listing bash twice, I blame my subconcious mind for that one (though it certainly does deserve the dual listing!)
But how do they get wireless? The iBook lacks a PCMCIA slot. Do they have to use one of those USB adaptors. Or do they just do without?
The Mac Mini actually comes in at around 2.9lbs, so it would meet your demands. Of course, you have no screen - but that works for the Shuffle so I think you'll be okay.
Agreed. When are people going to figure out that widescreen is awful for just about every computer task out there besides watching movies and playing certain games?
Then why even put the port on the machine? Will it overheat if I run a second display in "clone" mode too?
I've had to use OS X Macs locked down in a school setting. Not too surprisenly, access is denied to all the Unix-y bits. No terminals, no X-Windows, no bash, no SSH, no FTP, no emacs, no vi, no bash, no csh, none of it. And finding myself stuck with just the Apple bits of OSX, I found it nothing special. Essentially a really bad way of navigating the file system (the finder) combined with a lousy way to manage windows and launch applications (the dock), combined with a hack to try to make it useable (expose).
Granted, the Windows desktops weren't much better.
Cordless phones definitely "die" during a blackout.
Some cordless phones have a battery in the base to deal with power outages.
Sigh. If you don't know anything about usability please feel free to shut the hell up. We won't think less of you. In fact, we'd really prefer it.
Yeah, and no one is forcing anyone to use ctrl+c, or ctrl+v, so I don't see it as an issue. Use the mouse, drag and drop, use shift+insert, whatever you find more useable. What's wrong with including the keyboard shortcuts for the people who like to use them?
Did you just compare Expose to dragging things to the task bar???
Lame...
Why? It works and has worked for a long time.
As a Windows and Mac user, I don't miss Expose on Windows XP because the taskbar is so much better. All that I see Expose as is a cool looking trick to make up for the fact that the Dock sucks.
Actually, it's not a big typo. Only the very first character from the post is missing, a "<" - which of course broke the hyperlink. Probably someone copied this blurb from somewhere else and pasted it into the submission form, not using the Preview button. Then the editors didn't check the submission before allowing it go to the front page.
Being that this slashdot, I find that an entirely plausible scenario.
WPS and SOM depended a lot on extended attributes. Which (Free) filesystems has those?
What's to stop a new filesystem from being created (or more likely) a hack upon an existing one?
That may be true, but it isn't helping their reputation any. Look at how the closed Diablo II realms on Battlenet are run - which are overrun by people using hackers and cheats, bots, and duped items, all the while Blizzard does nothing. I would certainly never pay a monthly fee to play on a Blizzard server.
Well based on Blizzard's past track record regarding StarCraft and WarCraft III CD key banning, I have no doubt that the smack stick is going to come down hard on these guys.
And based upon Blizzard's record with Diablo II, I expect jack shit to happen to them.
Judging by the fact that Blizzard's efforts to stop this kind of stuff in Diablo II are half-assed at best (and most of the time non-existant), I would say that WoW will be looking like Diablo II real soon.
First doesn't matter. Best, on the other hand, is really all that matters.
Best marketed, that is.
Enter the knockoffs. The companies that can't read the market, because they're too big to have real risk-taking guts.
Apple wasn't first with the iPod, and if they do end up creating a potable video player - they won't be first with that either.