Did you honestly expect Psystar would honor the 'promise' they made to you when the steal, and re-sell the hard work of the hackintosh community in order to allow you to steal the intellectual property of Apple?
The entire company was based on stealing the property of others hard work.
Now, what I would have liked to have seen, is Psystar would have worked to improve Linux using some good ideas from OSX. Lets face it, Linux is not perfect, it has sever shortcomings, thats why people pay money for OSX. OSX does several things right, like application deployment (everything packed in a single directory), why not incorporate some of these ideas into Linux? Well, that would require hard work, instead of stealing from others.
Jeeez, this thing is UGLY, and freaking cheap looking. Looks like they found the absolute cheapest POS mouse they could get a hold of, the kind where the wheel binds, nothing really fits right, the $5 WalMart special, and bunch of really ugly button on it.
Why not just use the keyboard??? If you are going to have this many keys, at least the keyboard keys have letters on them to remember what they do (Ctrl-C copy, Ctrl-P, print, etc...).
The new Apple mighty mouse may be a bit expensive, but at least it has some really really cool functionality, but this thing???
Could someone please explain how is Geocities fundamentally different from facebook or myspace?
As far as I can tell, all of them are for creating personal websites, right? It just seems like facebook might have better built in tools for creating sites, whereas, with Geocities, you used your own html editor. So, any fundamental differences???
So, why is facebook the biggest thing around today, and Geocities is dead?
Forgive me if I just don't get this facebook thing, I spend my days writing neural simulations, and not browsing for the latest Indianapolis Colts or Pacers fan sites, or whatever fan sites people post on facebook.
Python especially with scipy libraries works extremely well in science, and mplotlib is an excellent and extremely simple to use plotting framework.
Python seems to be pretty much becoming the standard language in science (at least in physics, is it, I'm a physics PhD student). Almost all new stuff is written in f90 or c++ and tied together with Python, and as a stand alone language, Python is slowly replacing Matlab (thank the gods).
If you like Mac Book Pros (so do I), just get some JB-Weld, its basically a really really really strong epoxy which has about the same color as a Mac Book Pro. You can get it an any hardware store.
Just stick some over the camera hole, let it dry.
Or, to match perfectly, again, use JB-Weld, and get a small plug of aluminum, say from a coke can, and glue it over the camera.
Wrong end of the economic spectrum, Zimbabwe has NO government controls, and no democracy, thus allowing corrupt warlords, corporations, scam artists to control the country. The saying spread the wealth around belongs on the other end of the economic spectrum, the socialist side with countries (in increasing order) England, Germany, France, Sweden.
I know I would rather be in a country with a democratically elected government that can enact laws to regulate corporations and scam artists like England, rather than no government controls like Zimbabwe.
Believe it or not, I actually have ran keyboards through the dishwasher on numerous occasions. After they get 'crusty', I have taken them apart, placed the circuit board in the dishwasher, used NO DETERGENT, and just ran them on a standard cycle, let them dry for a few days, and works good as new.
I suspect, that this might work for other electronics as well.
Just make sure that you only run PCBs and so forth, and NOT hard drives through the dishwasher.
My first degree is in Computer Engineering, I always wanted to be in a research oriented environment. I tried to get a science oriented job for TEN YEARS, I applied for thousands of jobs research labs, defense contractors, or anything research related and GOT NOWHERE!!!.
I eventually gave up, quite my BS corporate jobs, went back to college and got a second degree in physics, and I am now a doctoral student in physics, and I FINALLY get to write research oriented software (simulations of molecular bonding).
With a computer engineering degree, you are condemned to the world of B2B web pages, enterprise blah blah, and whatever is the latest horse sh!t fad of the month in corporate America. Computer engineering is a black hole, watch out.
Right out of Bush's and the multi-national corporations playbook:
1: Suppress labor unions, we can not let labor have any power, how could we control them then?
2: Control political parties, we only need one party (one that is propped up and controlled by the corporations) , after all, it worked in Communist Russia!
3: Warrantless Searches - need to keep us safe from terrorism
4: Bribery - err, did I mean Lobyists???
5: Propaganda - terrorists are a threat...
I highly doubt that Sun would sue you for porting / using ZFS, consider how supportive they are of Apple and BSD using ZFS.
Sun was making Apple / ZFS announcements way before ZFS was ready on Apple. Looks like Sun wants others to use ZFS.
Personally, I think the big problem is the zealots over at FSF. I think the GPL is good idea, so far everything I have written has been released under GPL. Now granted that I have not used any CDDL code in my stuff, I think that it is ridiculous that the FSF could potentially threaten me with legal action for my own software if I used CDDL code.
On a side note, does anybody know of a license that mandates source distribution (like GPL), but can allow the inclusion of code from BOTH GPL, CDDL and others?
Suppose I ported ZFS to Linux (not that I could, just suppose) as a native kernel module, and published the source code. If then I used ZFS on Linux, and some others also grabbed the 'Linux ZFS' code, built it and used it.
What laws if any would I be breaking?
Who and under what grounds could sue me / Linux ZFS users?
Does anyone know where you can get jackets like the ones worn by Bruce Boxleitner and Michael Straczynski in the behind the scenes trailers???
Those are freaking great and I WANT TO BUY ONE.
Ever hear of X-Windows and X-Terminals ???
Run Open Office on a server(s), and each user just access though X-Windows.
You get the same functionality as a native application because it is a native application, just running on a server.
I've tried them (Google apps).
The web based word processor is roughly identical to wordpad (free with Windows), or the text editor with OSX.
This is a MASSIVE reduction in functionality compared to word or open office.
I do not understand how this web based word processor can be used for anything more complicated than a simple memo. I suspect that if you put down any user remotly farmiliar with MS-Office and force them to use Google apps, there will be some serious revolt. Put them behind Open Office, which may be somewhat different than MS Office, but HAS SIMILAR CAPABILITIES, that user will learn to use it with possibly minimal rumblings.
What is wrong with Open Office? Why would anyone choose Google apps which have I estimate 5% of the functionality of Open Office ???
So, IMO, any web based attempt at anything as remotely complex as a office suite is going to suck so freaking hard compared to a desktop application, no mater what the platform be it Linux, OSX or Windows.
I have the same problem with a MacPro bumped up to 2 gig ram. Happens when I run all 4 processors at max load for several hours. Strange thing is I am not accessing any opengl functionality when the kernel pannic happens. I've taken it to the local Apple store and they will not do anything because I have not added 'official Apple ram'.
Looking at the backtrace, I suspect there is some issue in the interupt controller, AppleAPIC. I'm not exactly sure what the AppleMCEDriver does, this is not in the darwin source, but in Linux land, mce.h is machine check handlers. I've looked at the AppleMCEDriver kext binary, and it does have the string "uncorrectable Fbd memory error detected. ferr", so looks like whatever traps the memory handle calls a function in AppleMCEDriver to write it to the kernel panic log.
Anybody have any ideas how to get Apple to acknowledge this error and do something about it???
Anyway, the error, which apperently quite a few people have is this:
msgc_ObjSend without the GCC 4.0 optimization is 22 cycles.
This might be true in an absolute best case scenario, compare this with a method call in Java, C#, C, C++, etc). Here you depending on the architecture, for a static function, push the function adress on the stack or load the function adress in a register, push or load each function argument, and do an unconditional branch. For a virtual function, it takes another 2 - 3 instructions to get the function adress from the vtable. So, even for a virtual function, you are looking at around 5 instructions for a function call.
The message send overhead in objective c is in the absolute best case a 2 - 3 times slower than Java, C#, C, C++, and in the worst case 20 times slower.
even in the best case of a 2 - 3 times slowdown, this will kill performance in a loop where you call numerous other functions (msg sends in the case of objective c).
Now I did not even mention the lack of gargbage collection in objective c. C/C++ are great languages for operating systems and performance intensive libraries. Java / C# are great for applications. Objective C pretty much sucks at everything.
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Did you honestly expect Psystar would honor the 'promise' they made to you when the steal, and re-sell the hard work of the hackintosh community in order to allow you to steal the intellectual property of Apple? The entire company was based on stealing the property of others hard work. Now, what I would have liked to have seen, is Psystar would have worked to improve Linux using some good ideas from OSX. Lets face it, Linux is not perfect, it has sever shortcomings, thats why people pay money for OSX. OSX does several things right, like application deployment (everything packed in a single directory), why not incorporate some of these ideas into Linux? Well, that would require hard work, instead of stealing from others.
Also heard a lot of good things about Boxee, any thoughts.
I myself am planning on getting a WDTV some time soon, nice small, compact, does not need a computer. And runs Linux, and is totally hackable.
Jeeez, this thing is UGLY, and freaking cheap looking. Looks like they found the absolute cheapest POS mouse they could get a hold of, the kind where the wheel binds, nothing really fits right, the $5 WalMart special, and bunch of really ugly button on it.
Why not just use the keyboard??? If you are going to have this many keys, at least the keyboard keys have letters on them to remember what they do (Ctrl-C copy, Ctrl-P, print, etc...).
The new Apple mighty mouse may be a bit expensive, but at least it has some really really cool functionality, but this thing???
Could someone please explain how is Geocities fundamentally different from facebook or myspace?
As far as I can tell, all of them are for creating personal websites, right? It just seems like facebook might have better built in tools for creating sites, whereas, with Geocities, you used your own html editor. So, any fundamental differences???
So, why is facebook the biggest thing around today, and Geocities is dead?
Forgive me if I just don't get this facebook thing, I spend my days writing neural simulations, and not browsing for the latest Indianapolis Colts or Pacers fan sites, or whatever fan sites people post on facebook.
I think I might work on a sequel...
Build a 747 with nothing but stone knives and bear skins...
Python especially with scipy libraries works extremely well in science, and mplotlib is an excellent and extremely simple to use plotting framework.
Python seems to be pretty much becoming the standard language in science (at least in physics, is it, I'm a physics PhD student). Almost all new stuff is written in f90 or c++ and tied together with Python, and as a stand alone language, Python is slowly replacing Matlab (thank the gods).
in the wise words of Ash.
Connect all the copper to a alarm in each room, and have it go off every 108 minutes. Then rig up a console where you can type in a code to reset it.
If you like Mac Book Pros (so do I), just get some JB-Weld, its basically a really really really strong epoxy which has about the same color as a Mac Book Pro. You can get it an any hardware store.
Just stick some over the camera hole, let it dry. Or, to match perfectly, again, use JB-Weld, and get a small plug of aluminum, say from a coke can, and glue it over the camera.
err, I meant Collider
I know I would rather be in a country with a democratically elected government that can enact laws to regulate corporations and scam artists like England, rather than no government controls like Zimbabwe.
And probably destroy most the electronics, along with the microwave. Remember, microwave is EM radiation.
Believe it or not, I actually have ran keyboards through the dishwasher on numerous occasions. After they get 'crusty', I have taken them apart, placed the circuit board in the dishwasher, used NO DETERGENT, and just ran them on a standard cycle, let them dry for a few days, and works good as new. I suspect, that this might work for other electronics as well. Just make sure that you only run PCBs and so forth, and NOT hard drives through the dishwasher.
So, what's the plot about, Kirk is grounded by his parents, but sneaks out and steals the Enterprise?
My first degree is in Computer Engineering, I always wanted to be in a research oriented environment. I tried to get a science oriented job for TEN YEARS, I applied for thousands of jobs research labs, defense contractors, or anything research related and GOT NOWHERE!!!.
I eventually gave up, quite my BS corporate jobs, went back to college and got a second degree in physics, and I am now a doctoral student in physics, and I FINALLY get to write research oriented software (simulations of molecular bonding).
With a computer engineering degree, you are condemned to the world of B2B web pages, enterprise blah blah, and whatever is the latest horse sh!t fad of the month in corporate America. Computer engineering is a black hole, watch out.
It wasn't until Bush got into power that these tactics were used on our own people.
Right out of Bush's and the multi-national corporations playbook:
1: Suppress labor unions, we can not let labor have any power, how could we control them then?
2: Control political parties, we only need one party (one that is propped up and controlled by the corporations) , after all, it worked in Communist Russia!
3: Warrantless Searches - need to keep us safe from terrorism
4: Bribery - err, did I mean Lobyists???
5: Propaganda - terrorists are a threat...
Sun was making Apple / ZFS announcements way before ZFS was ready on Apple. Looks like Sun wants others to use ZFS.
Personally, I think the big problem is the zealots over at FSF. I think the GPL is good idea, so far everything I have written has been released under GPL. Now granted that I have not used any CDDL code in my stuff, I think that it is ridiculous that the FSF could potentially threaten me with legal action for my own software if I used CDDL code.
On a side note, does anybody know of a license that mandates source distribution (like GPL), but can allow the inclusion of code from BOTH GPL, CDDL and others?
Suppose I ported ZFS to Linux (not that I could, just suppose) as a native kernel module, and published the source code. If then I used ZFS on Linux, and some others also grabbed the 'Linux ZFS' code, built it and used it. What laws if any would I be breaking? Who and under what grounds could sue me / Linux ZFS users?
How can we (United States) have export bans on components which are ALL made in China???
Does anyone know where you can get jackets like the ones worn by Bruce Boxleitner and Michael Straczynski in the behind the scenes trailers??? Those are freaking great and I WANT TO BUY ONE.
Ever hear of X-Windows and X-Terminals ??? Run Open Office on a server(s), and each user just access though X-Windows. You get the same functionality as a native application because it is a native application, just running on a server.
I've tried them (Google apps). The web based word processor is roughly identical to wordpad (free with Windows), or the text editor with OSX. This is a MASSIVE reduction in functionality compared to word or open office. I do not understand how this web based word processor can be used for anything more complicated than a simple memo. I suspect that if you put down any user remotly farmiliar with MS-Office and force them to use Google apps, there will be some serious revolt. Put them behind Open Office, which may be somewhat different than MS Office, but HAS SIMILAR CAPABILITIES, that user will learn to use it with possibly minimal rumblings. What is wrong with Open Office? Why would anyone choose Google apps which have I estimate 5% of the functionality of Open Office ??? So, IMO, any web based attempt at anything as remotely complex as a office suite is going to suck so freaking hard compared to a desktop application, no mater what the platform be it Linux, OSX or Windows.
I have the same problem with a MacPro bumped up to 2 gig ram. Happens when I run all 4 processors at max load for several hours. Strange thing is I am not accessing any opengl functionality when the kernel pannic happens. I've taken it to the local Apple store and they will not do anything because I have not added 'official Apple ram'.
Looking at the backtrace, I suspect there is some issue in the interupt controller, AppleAPIC. I'm not exactly sure what the AppleMCEDriver does, this is not in the darwin source, but in Linux land, mce.h is machine check handlers. I've looked at the AppleMCEDriver kext binary, and it does have the string "uncorrectable Fbd memory error detected. ferr", so looks like whatever traps the memory handle calls a function in AppleMCEDriver to write it to the kernel panic log.
Anybody have any ideas how to get Apple to acknowledge this error and do something about it???
Anyway, the error, which apperently quite a few people have is this:
msgc_ObjSend without the GCC 4.0 optimization is 22 cycles.
This might be true in an absolute best case scenario, compare this with a method call in Java, C#, C, C++, etc). Here you depending on the architecture, for a static function, push the function adress on the stack or load the function adress in a register, push or load each function argument, and do an unconditional branch. For a virtual function, it takes another 2 - 3 instructions to get the function adress from the vtable. So, even for a virtual function, you are looking at around 5 instructions for a function call.
The message send overhead in objective c is in the absolute best case a 2 - 3 times slower than Java, C#, C, C++, and in the worst case 20 times slower.
even in the best case of a 2 - 3 times slowdown, this will kill performance in a loop where you call numerous other functions (msg sends in the case of objective c).
Now I did not even mention the lack of gargbage collection in objective c. C/C++ are great languages for operating systems and performance intensive libraries. Java / C# are great for applications. Objective C pretty much sucks at everything.