it's fine you own an xbox, whatever, its a console. Windows blows because it is full of security holes, etc. We all know this, you probably do as well, but seem to be too closed-minded to do a bit of research or admit that you might have made some bad purchases.
Surely you realize that wmv and wma look and sound terrible, and that they're the most difficult form of media to work with. To keep your movies on the original DVDs is the reverse of what we talk about here, the ability to be able to back up your own movies, should the disc get damaged over years of use. (and it will)
I don't know how you can claim they make "all this crap" work together. If you want to see an example of integration, check out iLife, by Apple. They're doing things that are truly integrated, and don't treat their customers like criminals the way MS does.
Should I go on? Nah.. the people who consider MS to be giving them 'good' solutions and products will eventually see the truth.. even if it takes a while.
Any EPROM card will work without special drivers, as long as you have an appropriate system installed. 6.0.8 and up, I believe.
Your LC II can only run from System 7.0.1 to 7.5.5, and those have been made available for free download on Apple's site, at their Older Software Downloads page. Heh, there's even Windows software there!
Most EPROM-labeled stuff carries somewhat of a rule of thumb with it.. either it works with the default OS install or it's dead. They were all built to Apple's specs.
..and although I too don't see this as much of a/. question, it does show just how far the good Dot has come. The shift in attitude may only be as a result of OS X, but that's alright. However, rbanffy, you should really post this on something like the XLR8YourMac.com forums or such.. you'll get the same answer, faster.
I think this is overly optimistic, as Apple doesn't like to service cheap items. Colours maybe, hopefully not in the same shades as the iPod ads.. but not minis.
Having just assembled my music collection this week, and finding that I have close to 70 GB of mp3s and mp4s (m4a), I won't be buying anything smaller, that's for sure.. hope they drop a big (80 or so) one on us.
Going to put them on DVD now, as half the CDs I've burned with MP3s (over 100) are suffering from data loss due to unreadable files.. only 2 years after being burned! Any of the Kodak ones are still working fine.. just other brands. Hope to get a home jukebox for MP3 DVDs.
Get the heck off Norton, it's a waste of money. None of their programs are of any use on a Mac running OS X, and if you run Panther, the updates don't even exist for some of the apps. Filesaver is one sure way to damage a drive badly, as well as make a mess of your system (throwing many files everywhere) and slow everything down by half, making a point to rescan and log every single file you open or move, as well as many other things you might do in regular use. In all I've seen, heard, and read, it has *never* been used reliably to recover a drive to a fully usable state. Antivirus is full of crap, it's lying to you that it's doing anything useful. If you're really *that* paranoid to want a commercial virus-checker on a Mac, get Virex.
My Jaguar partition is still on 10.2.6, as I have the Gigabit Ethernet Dual 450, and was spooked after learning of the first 10.2.8 update that killed the ethernet.kext file, and left users without a net-enabled machine. I do have a few other machines online, but didn't bother doing it or the re-released update, as everything works fine with 10.2.6.
My current Panther install (I usually Carbon Copy Clone my main boot drive to an external firewire drive, then do an upgrade install on that drive to the newer system version; done for 10.1->10.2 and 10.2->10.3 once I see what's what in terms of settings, apps running or needing fresh prefs files, etc. I do a clean install on a blank partition and start building my 'new' machine, it's more fun that way) is running great, with my all my apps looking nicer, running (it seems) a bit faster, and acting more nicely with things like Expose.
I have discovered Another Launcher, a great replacement for every quickeys-type app ever made. It's a great donation-ware app. My main apps are the ones I sweat over, wondering whether they will work with the new system, and both Reason (save for a few drop-down menus going cleartext until clicked, hasn't affected anything else, I can run the same amount of tracks/effects) and RTCW MP Test2 (can finally command-tab out of it when needed) are seemingly healthy.
Today I had a kernel panic upon boot, the same thing I saw a G4 come in for in the service dept. at work (also today), so I'll be keeping an eye out for anything interesting going on.
What matters is that Ryan in Apple support blew it.
Yes, he certainly deserves to have the hate of millions, for the unpardonable sin of being new and not being clear on all aspects of all products. I hope I get a question that I don't know at the computer store where I work, just so I can hope to see a movie about people protesting the company/device and my name plastered all over/. That's the plan, man.
Maverick? You mean Madonna's label? Heh, once, while trying to convince Rancid (circa 1995 methinks) to leave Epitaph Records, she sent a nude photo of herself with the contract. Guess she wasn't convincing enough.
so.. to my fellow indie musicians.. the IUMA is another choice of places to get exposure, and if you're getting yourself broadcasted on Rant Radio (if you're industrial) then you have even more opportunity for exposure.
It would need a base. (assuming you don't get a plate for mounting it directly to your desk or wall)
Apple wouldn't want this base to be useless, therefore it would have to serve some sort of purpose. They could put a FireWire/USB hub in it instead of the LCD itself, but at that point, why not throw a G4 and optical drive in too? Meh.. whatever.
Almost anything can be linked to addiction. If a person has an addictive personality, they have the natural instinct to repeat something that feels good, moreso than the average person.
Don't think it's dotted (yet) but here's the text anyway..
Frequently Asked Questions about the Glider Emblem 29 Oct 03
Glider pattern from the Game of Life
What is the emblem?
The graphic at the top of the page is called a glider. It's a pattern from a mathematical simulation called the Game of Life. In this simulation, very simple rules about the behavior of dots on a grid give rise to wonderfully complex emergent phenomena. The glider is the simplest Life pattern that moves, and the most instantly recognizable of all Life patterns.
Why have an emblem at all?
To some hackers, having an emblem might smack too much of groupthink. But the hacker community is, in fact, a community, knit together by trust bonds over the Internet. One thing we've learned since 1991 is that visible emblems of community are just as valuable to hackers as they are to other kind of human beings. They help us recognize each other, help us affirm common values and cooperate more closely. They're useful social engineering.
Using this emblem means something a little different from just presenting yourself as a Linux fan, or a Perl-monger, or a member of any of the hacker subtribes that have become so successful since the mid-1990s. These are relatively recent developments in a tradition that goes back decades.
The hackers, in the broadest sense, are the people who built the Internet, and Unix, and the World Wide Web; our dreams of freedom have changed the world everybody lives in. See How To Become A Hacker for an in-depth look at what that means. If you find yourself nodding in agreement as you read that document, you are one of the people who should be using this emblem.
Why this emblem?
The glider is an appropriate emblem on many levels. Start with history: the Game of Life was first publicly described in Scientific American in 1970. It was born at almost the same time as the Internet and Unix. It has fascinated hackers ever since.
In the Game of Life, simple rules of cooperation with what's nearby lead to unexpected, even startling complexities that you could not have predicted from the rules (emergent phenomena). This is a neat parallel to the way that startling and unexpected phenomena like open-source development emerge in the hacker community.
The glider fulfils the criteria for a good logo. It's simple, bold, hard to mistake for anything else, and easy to print on a mug or T-shirt. It could be varied, combined with other emblems, or modified and infinitely repeated for use as a background.
Why from you?
Because I maintain the How To Become A Hacker document, A Brief History of Hackerdom, the Jargon File, and am more or less the hackers' resident historian. It's my job to think of these things.
I sincerely hope not. Camino (formerly Chimera) has been the browser that I use the most on my G4 for a number of reasons. I'm posting in it now. Would like the live spell-checking from Safari, but that's a Cocoa feature. (hmmm.. a Cocoa rewrite? Nah, it'll never happen. Or maybe that's what they've been doing with their time lately, yeah, that's it)
Firebird is getting better, but Camino has the best tabs.
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nice, thanks for the links. I'm getting 240 KB/sec DL for the Last Chance To See game. It sucks that it won't most likely include the Mac version.
That may be true, but they were most likely running the LAN (non-steam) version if they had no problems with that many players.
it's fine you own an xbox, whatever, its a console. Windows blows because it is full of security holes, etc. We all know this, you probably do as well, but seem to be too closed-minded to do a bit of research or admit that you might have made some bad purchases.
Surely you realize that wmv and wma look and sound terrible, and that they're the most difficult form of media to work with. To keep your movies on the original DVDs is the reverse of what we talk about here, the ability to be able to back up your own movies, should the disc get damaged over years of use. (and it will)
I don't know how you can claim they make "all this crap" work together. If you want to see an example of integration, check out iLife, by Apple. They're doing things that are truly integrated, and don't treat their customers like criminals the way MS does.
Should I go on? Nah.. the people who consider MS to be giving them 'good' solutions and products will eventually see the truth.. even if it takes a while.
it's my domain, 68kmla.ca
;)
But it's running some crap MS board.. it dies if there's more than like 70 people on it.. please don't visit haha
Wanted to moderate, had to participate.
/. question, it does show just how far the good Dot has come. The shift in attitude may only be as a result of OS X, but that's alright. However, rbanffy, you should really post this on something like the XLR8YourMac.com forums or such.. you'll get the same answer, faster.
Any EPROM card will work without special drivers, as long as you have an appropriate system installed. 6.0.8 and up, I believe.
Your LC II can only run from System 7.0.1 to 7.5.5, and those have been made available for free download on Apple's site, at their Older Software Downloads page. Heh, there's even Windows software there! Most EPROM-labeled stuff carries somewhat of a rule of thumb with it.. either it works with the default OS install or it's dead. They were all built to Apple's specs.
..and although I too don't see this as much of a
please explain the ass-kicking.
Making you a /. friend, as I grew up in Ottawa. Cheers, go Sens!
no, to Open Firmware. Wasn't a C: prompt.
Gator is spyware.
no, it was made very clear on Apple's site, for each model that was released, which kind of dvd burner was inside.
I think this is overly optimistic, as Apple doesn't like to service cheap items. Colours maybe, hopefully not in the same shades as the iPod ads.. but not minis.
Having just assembled my music collection this week, and finding that I have close to 70 GB of mp3s and mp4s (m4a), I won't be buying anything smaller, that's for sure.. hope they drop a big (80 or so) one on us.
Going to put them on DVD now, as half the CDs I've burned with MP3s (over 100) are suffering from data loss due to unreadable files.. only 2 years after being burned! Any of the Kodak ones are still working fine.. just other brands. Hope to get a home jukebox for MP3 DVDs.
pansy-ass whiners. Same with the Powerbook G3 owners that whined about X running slow until they got partial refunds.
Do some research, buy what you want, and know that you can get battery replacements from 3rd party houses. Enough raping of Apple.
Get the heck off Norton, it's a waste of money. None of their programs are of any use on a Mac running OS X, and if you run Panther, the updates don't even exist for some of the apps.
Filesaver is one sure way to damage a drive badly, as well as make a mess of your system (throwing many files everywhere) and slow everything down by half, making a point to rescan and log every single file you open or move, as well as many other things you might do in regular use. In all I've seen, heard, and read, it has *never* been used reliably to recover a drive to a fully usable state.
Antivirus is full of crap, it's lying to you that it's doing anything useful. If you're really *that* paranoid to want a commercial virus-checker on a Mac, get Virex.
My Jaguar partition is still on 10.2.6, as I have the Gigabit Ethernet Dual 450, and was spooked after learning of the first 10.2.8 update that killed the ethernet .kext file, and left users without a net-enabled machine. I do have a few other machines online, but didn't bother doing it or the re-released update, as everything works fine with 10.2.6.
My current Panther install (I usually Carbon Copy Clone my main boot drive to an external firewire drive, then do an upgrade install on that drive to the newer system version; done for 10.1->10.2 and 10.2->10.3 once I see what's what in terms of settings, apps running or needing fresh prefs files, etc. I do a clean install on a blank partition and start building my 'new' machine, it's more fun that way) is running great, with my all my apps looking nicer, running (it seems) a bit faster, and acting more nicely with things like Expose.
I have discovered Another Launcher, a great replacement for every quickeys-type app ever made. It's a great donation-ware app. My main apps are the ones I sweat over, wondering whether they will work with the new system, and both Reason (save for a few drop-down menus going cleartext until clicked, hasn't affected anything else, I can run the same amount of tracks/effects) and RTCW MP Test2 (can finally command-tab out of it when needed) are seemingly healthy.
Today I had a kernel panic upon boot, the same thing I saw a G4 come in for in the service dept. at work (also today), so I'll be keeping an eye out for anything interesting going on.
What matters is that Ryan in Apple support blew it.
/. That's the plan, man.
Yes, he certainly deserves to have the hate of millions, for the unpardonable sin of being new and not being clear on all aspects of all products.
I hope I get a question that I don't know at the computer store where I work, just so I can hope to see a movie about people protesting the company/device and my name plastered all over
Maverick? You mean Madonna's label? Heh, once, while trying to convince Rancid (circa 1995 methinks) to leave Epitaph Records, she sent a nude photo of herself with the contract. Guess she wasn't convincing enough.
so.. to my fellow indie musicians.. the IUMA is another choice of places to get exposure, and if you're getting yourself broadcasted on Rant Radio (if you're industrial) then you have even more opportunity for exposure.
It would need a base. (assuming you don't get a plate for mounting it directly to your desk or wall)
Apple wouldn't want this base to be useless, therefore it would have to serve some sort of purpose. They could put a FireWire/USB hub in it instead of the LCD itself, but at that point, why not throw a G4 and optical drive in too? Meh.. whatever.
damn, man, xlr8 isn't built to take that kind of a hit.. it's dropping all over the place now.
You realize of course that those aren't personal computers.. right?
Don't be such a pompous ass.
Almost anything can be linked to addiction. If a person has an addictive personality, they have the natural instinct to repeat something that feels good, moreso than the average person.
okay, so funneling money through them is how MS is going to get around the obvious need to buy people into Windows and Windows support?
Don't think it's dotted (yet) but here's the text anyway..
Frequently Asked Questions about the Glider Emblem 29 Oct 03
Glider pattern from the Game of Life
What is the emblem?
The graphic at the top of the page is called a glider. It's a pattern from a mathematical simulation called the Game of Life. In this simulation, very simple rules about the behavior of dots on a grid give rise to wonderfully complex emergent phenomena. The glider is the simplest Life pattern that moves, and the most instantly recognizable of all Life patterns.
Why have an emblem at all?
To some hackers, having an emblem might smack too much of groupthink. But the hacker community is, in fact, a community, knit together by trust bonds over the Internet. One thing we've learned since 1991 is that visible emblems of community are just as valuable to hackers as they are to other kind of human beings. They help us recognize each other, help us affirm common values and cooperate more closely. They're useful social engineering.
Using this emblem means something a little different from just presenting yourself as a Linux fan, or a Perl-monger, or a member of any of the hacker subtribes that have become so successful since the mid-1990s. These are relatively recent developments in a tradition that goes back decades.
The hackers, in the broadest sense, are the people who built the Internet, and Unix, and the World Wide Web; our dreams of freedom have changed the world everybody lives in. See How To Become A Hacker for an in-depth look at what that means. If you find yourself nodding in agreement as you read that document, you are one of the people who should be using this emblem.
Why this emblem?
The glider is an appropriate emblem on many levels. Start with history: the Game of Life was first publicly described in Scientific American in 1970. It was born at almost the same time as the Internet and Unix. It has fascinated hackers ever since.
In the Game of Life, simple rules of cooperation with what's nearby lead to unexpected, even startling complexities that you could not have predicted from the rules (emergent phenomena). This is a neat parallel to the way that startling and unexpected phenomena like open-source development emerge in the hacker community.
The glider fulfils the criteria for a good logo. It's simple, bold, hard to mistake for anything else, and easy to print on a mug or T-shirt. It could be varied, combined with other emblems, or modified and infinitely repeated for use as a background.
Why from you?
Because I maintain the How To Become A Hacker document, A Brief History of Hackerdom, the Jargon File, and am more or less the hackers' resident historian. It's my job to think of these things.
Duh.. that's QT 4.. hasn't been on a machine since '98 or so. It was quickly changed.
It's still here, and they still offer it for free, even if they didn't develop the original code.
Cha info
Cha blood ftp
"Didn't Camino development freeze a while ago?"
I sincerely hope not. Camino (formerly Chimera) has been the browser that I use the most on my G4 for a number of reasons. I'm posting in it now. Would like the live spell-checking from Safari, but that's a Cocoa feature. (hmmm.. a Cocoa rewrite? Nah, it'll never happen. Or maybe that's what they've been doing with their time lately, yeah, that's it)
Firebird is getting better, but Camino has the best tabs.