Fark's doing so is not ironic. This sort of thing is normal, to be expected, and other synonyms for "not news." Digg, on the other hand, is "...all about user powered content. Everything is submitted and voted on by the Digg community. Share, discover, bookmark, and promote stuff that's important to you!"
Camino (called Chimera before they had to change the name due to infringing on someone's trademark) came out before Phoenix (Firefox) in February of the same year Phoenix 0.1 was released. I'm not sure which started development first (as the articles on it seem a bit vague) and there is overlap between the teams who developed the browsers, but Camino had little to nothing to do with Firefox (aside from sharing developers) in its origins, and was about making a clean, lightweight browser based on the Mozilla engine, without the bloat and Mac-unfriendly UI and codebase of Mozilla.
Well, I have a Logitech MX 310, and it works fine for me. It's big, but the buttons come far enough back that I can use it with my fingers without trouble.
Actually, I think the Soviet Union taught us that if you force a country to keep up an insane arms race and flood their economy with counterfeit money, they'll eventually fall and become a charlie-foxtrot of crime and poverty. Some of the former Soviet republics _might_ arguably be better off now than they were under the USSR, but that sure as hell can't be said for Russia. More to the point, the social aspects had very little to do with the collapse of the Soviet Union; it was almost entirely due to economic issues and political corruption.
The 1-button mouse was to keep developers from relying on extra buttons, thus adding to the probable confusion of the end-user. Unfortunately, a vast number of ports never bothered adjusting for that, so eventually Apple caved in and started bundling multi-button mice (and probably because of Boot Camp as well) which are wonderful in theory, and freaking annoying in practice. My Mac Pro came with a Mighty Mouse. The scroll ball is really neat, but the fact that if you hold your mouse like an artist tends to (only using your fingers instead of laying your entire hand on it) it tends to interpret left-clicks as right-clicks.
As for the puck mouse the original one sucked, but the one that came with the G4 was awesome. If someone made a multi-button version of it with a scroll wheel, it would be my favorite mouse. I had no trouble at all using it back in the day, as it had the dimple on the button so you could actually tell which end was the front, and it was a lot easier for me to work with due to its small size and light weight. I seem to be the exception to the rule, though; I also prefer modern Apple keyboards to the IBM Model M.
It's the article writers, submitters, and Slashdot admins. Loaded, misleading headlines and articles--especially ones mentioning Apple--tend to generate the most attention, which gets them lots of ad revenue.
Uhhh... last I checked, Windows still comes bundled with IE, and it can't be removed. Where's the lack of consistency?
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It's still gouging, but not as bad as you think. In order to keep the Mac Pro from sounding like a Jumbo Jet, Apple made its own standard for heat sinks on DDR2 667 RAM. If you get DDR2 667 with normal heat sinks, it won't be able to lose heat fast enough under normal conditions, and will have errors. This isn't FUD, I'd been planning to get a Mac Pro for weeks (just ordered one, too; dual core 3 Ghz) and studied up on the RAM. Any RAM not using the better heat sinks has been tending to cause problems in Mac Pros. If you google it, you will find plenty of accounts of RAM not up to the standard Apple set failing in Mac Pros. However, you can (as I am doing) get 3rd party RAM with adequate heat sinks for reasonably decent prices. Just look around for "Mac Pro RAM" and you'll eventually find stuff that's been tried and tested, but isn't expensive. I found a place I can get 4 GB for less than $500, so I'm happy.
Getting the right RAM 3rd party is a smarter buy than getting it from Apple, but make sure you get the right RAM!
Again, from what I've seen, _be very careful_ getting RAM for the Mac Pro. Make sure it's been thoroughly tested first and had no problems before getting any given brand, and without the proper heat sinks, it seems like you're going to get slowdowns of the RAM and dramatic increases in the use of fans in the Mac Pro. (From what I've seen, though, it's more likely to have errors than just do that, unfortunately.)
Then again, you could probably get away with standard heat sinks if you know how to tweak the fans to run fast enough to keep them from going wonky.
Something light, very portable, rugged, and powered by solar or hand crank, that could handle word-processing easily. Ideally, it could be about the dimensions of a laptop keyboard without numpad, and have a small form-factor, thus being easy to carry along while backpacking. I know it's not exactly a l33t gaming machine, but it's my dream machine.:P
Are these people all getting paid by Sony, or something? Seriously. IANAGA, but it's not rocket science to be able to know the main driving forces behind the console gaming market. The _only_ customers the PS3 attracts are the techno-whores with lots of disposable income, extreme fans of a small handful of exclusives, and people who want a "cheap" Blu-Ray player while it still seems like it could end up being akin to buying a betamax player.
The main factors that drive the console market:
1) Available games. The 360 currently leads the pack, and may continue to do so for some time. It may be passed by the Wii at some point, but is unlikely to be passed by the PS3.
1a) Ease of development. The 360 and Wii are a _hell of a lot_ easier to develop games for than the PS3, and cheaper, too.
2) Total cost of ownership. The 360 and Wii cost less (the Wii a lot less) and the Wii's games cost less. That makes them a lot more attractive to the average consumer thank the PS3.
Exclusive titles, though a definite boost to sales, don't even really factor into the big picture. The Gamecube had several exclusives in franchises that had a great many fans, yet that didn't somehow propel them to the top last generation, and the GC was _cheaper_ than its competitors.
Seriously, I can analogize this situation pretty easily: PC vs. Mac. Apple was top dog back in the pre-GUI days, and they went on to make the Mac. PCs, however, were cheaper, and had more third party support, and got more software. By the logic of a lot of these analysts, the Mac should have come out on top, which is pretty far from what actually happened.:P
Is a really bad analogy, and it also proves that you don't need to remove net-neutrality for the megacorps to have the option to pay a premium to ensure their sites load quickly for everyone. It's a bad analogy because Akamai isn't making other connections slower by its presence, while removing net-neutrality _may_ speed up a handful of sites (I find this arguable, especially when dealing with cable internet, where at a downstream of 300+ KB/s, most sites load so quickly any speed increase would be negligible to the end-user; it only matters for downloading larger files) it is far more likely to slow down many sites for many users.
It worries me that there's actually a chance of net-neutrality being brought down, because I can easily see what _will_ come of it: the slow death (or at least crippling) of homepages, indie-game sites, small businesses, small non-profit organizations, and any other entity not paying a premium to some megacorporation for the privilege of getting what they didn't have to pay extra for before the loss of net-neutrality.
Though his analogy _does_ lead me to think, why not just make more Akamai-like services? Then the ultra-rich could pay for privileged hosting _without_ screwing over everyone else.
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I've been reading through this thread, and this is the most insightful post I've seen in it. Unfortunately, I'm out of mod points. :(
Hey, it worked for Microsoft.
Which doesn't have a supported OS X version. (It does have an OS X version of sorts, but from what I've gathered, it barely works.)
Fark's doing so is not ironic. This sort of thing is normal, to be expected, and other synonyms for "not news." Digg, on the other hand, is "...all about user powered content. Everything is submitted and voted on by the Digg community. Share, discover, bookmark, and promote stuff that's important to you!"
Camino (called Chimera before they had to change the name due to infringing on someone's trademark) came out before Phoenix (Firefox) in February of the same year Phoenix 0.1 was released. I'm not sure which started development first (as the articles on it seem a bit vague) and there is overlap between the teams who developed the browsers, but Camino had little to nothing to do with Firefox (aside from sharing developers) in its origins, and was about making a clean, lightweight browser based on the Mozilla engine, without the bloat and Mac-unfriendly UI and codebase of Mozilla.
Well, I have a Logitech MX 310, and it works fine for me. It's big, but the buttons come far enough back that I can use it with my fingers without trouble.
Actually, I think the Soviet Union taught us that if you force a country to keep up an insane arms race and flood their economy with counterfeit money, they'll eventually fall and become a charlie-foxtrot of crime and poverty. Some of the former Soviet republics _might_ arguably be better off now than they were under the USSR, but that sure as hell can't be said for Russia. More to the point, the social aspects had very little to do with the collapse of the Soviet Union; it was almost entirely due to economic issues and political corruption.
The 1-button mouse was to keep developers from relying on extra buttons, thus adding to the probable confusion of the end-user. Unfortunately, a vast number of ports never bothered adjusting for that, so eventually Apple caved in and started bundling multi-button mice (and probably because of Boot Camp as well) which are wonderful in theory, and freaking annoying in practice. My Mac Pro came with a Mighty Mouse. The scroll ball is really neat, but the fact that if you hold your mouse like an artist tends to (only using your fingers instead of laying your entire hand on it) it tends to interpret left-clicks as right-clicks.
As for the puck mouse the original one sucked, but the one that came with the G4 was awesome. If someone made a multi-button version of it with a scroll wheel, it would be my favorite mouse. I had no trouble at all using it back in the day, as it had the dimple on the button so you could actually tell which end was the front, and it was a lot easier for me to work with due to its small size and light weight. I seem to be the exception to the rule, though; I also prefer modern Apple keyboards to the IBM Model M.
It's the article writers, submitters, and Slashdot admins. Loaded, misleading headlines and articles--especially ones mentioning Apple--tend to generate the most attention, which gets them lots of ad revenue.
Nope, but much to my annoyance, they removed the option to downgrade the HD.
Uhhh... last I checked, Windows still comes bundled with IE, and it can't be removed. Where's the lack of consistency?
It's still gouging, but not as bad as you think. In order to keep the Mac Pro from sounding like a Jumbo Jet, Apple made its own standard for heat sinks on DDR2 667 RAM. If you get DDR2 667 with normal heat sinks, it won't be able to lose heat fast enough under normal conditions, and will have errors. This isn't FUD, I'd been planning to get a Mac Pro for weeks (just ordered one, too; dual core 3 Ghz) and studied up on the RAM. Any RAM not using the better heat sinks has been tending to cause problems in Mac Pros. If you google it, you will find plenty of accounts of RAM not up to the standard Apple set failing in Mac Pros. However, you can (as I am doing) get 3rd party RAM with adequate heat sinks for reasonably decent prices. Just look around for "Mac Pro RAM" and you'll eventually find stuff that's been tried and tested, but isn't expensive. I found a place I can get 4 GB for less than $500, so I'm happy.
Getting the right RAM 3rd party is a smarter buy than getting it from Apple, but make sure you get the right RAM!
Again, from what I've seen, _be very careful_ getting RAM for the Mac Pro. Make sure it's been thoroughly tested first and had no problems before getting any given brand, and without the proper heat sinks, it seems like you're going to get slowdowns of the RAM and dramatic increases in the use of fans in the Mac Pro. (From what I've seen, though, it's more likely to have errors than just do that, unfortunately.)
Then again, you could probably get away with standard heat sinks if you know how to tweak the fans to run fast enough to keep them from going wonky.
Something light, very portable, rugged, and powered by solar or hand crank, that could handle word-processing easily. Ideally, it could be about the dimensions of a laptop keyboard without numpad, and have a small form-factor, thus being easy to carry along while backpacking. I know it's not exactly a l33t gaming machine, but it's my dream machine. :P
Well, South Korea is part of Europe according to the average American's knowledge of geography! ;)
What's "physics based" about pinning frames to the wall?
Maybe if you pick the PS3 up and shake it, it causes a virtualquake, and the pictures fall off the wall?
Are these people all getting paid by Sony, or something? Seriously. IANAGA, but it's not rocket science to be able to know the main driving forces behind the console gaming market. The _only_ customers the PS3 attracts are the techno-whores with lots of disposable income, extreme fans of a small handful of exclusives, and people who want a "cheap" Blu-Ray player while it still seems like it could end up being akin to buying a betamax player. The main factors that drive the console market: 1) Available games. The 360 currently leads the pack, and may continue to do so for some time. It may be passed by the Wii at some point, but is unlikely to be passed by the PS3. 1a) Ease of development. The 360 and Wii are a _hell of a lot_ easier to develop games for than the PS3, and cheaper, too. 2) Total cost of ownership. The 360 and Wii cost less (the Wii a lot less) and the Wii's games cost less. That makes them a lot more attractive to the average consumer thank the PS3. Exclusive titles, though a definite boost to sales, don't even really factor into the big picture. The Gamecube had several exclusives in franchises that had a great many fans, yet that didn't somehow propel them to the top last generation, and the GC was _cheaper_ than its competitors. Seriously, I can analogize this situation pretty easily: PC vs. Mac. Apple was top dog back in the pre-GUI days, and they went on to make the Mac. PCs, however, were cheaper, and had more third party support, and got more software. By the logic of a lot of these analysts, the Mac should have come out on top, which is pretty far from what actually happened. :P
Earbuds/headphones that automatically mute when someone other than their owner tries to listen to music with them?
Ric Romero is submitting articles to Slashdot now?
My best guess...
1)x
2)y
3)z
4)t (time)
5)? (???)
6)p (profit)
Wrong! The sun doesn't rise or set, it just appears to because of the rotation of the Earth.
Is a really bad analogy, and it also proves that you don't need to remove net-neutrality for the megacorps to have the option to pay a premium to ensure their sites load quickly for everyone. It's a bad analogy because Akamai isn't making other connections slower by its presence, while removing net-neutrality _may_ speed up a handful of sites (I find this arguable, especially when dealing with cable internet, where at a downstream of 300+ KB/s, most sites load so quickly any speed increase would be negligible to the end-user; it only matters for downloading larger files) it is far more likely to slow down many sites for many users. It worries me that there's actually a chance of net-neutrality being brought down, because I can easily see what _will_ come of it: the slow death (or at least crippling) of homepages, indie-game sites, small businesses, small non-profit organizations, and any other entity not paying a premium to some megacorporation for the privilege of getting what they didn't have to pay extra for before the loss of net-neutrality. Though his analogy _does_ lead me to think, why not just make more Akamai-like services? Then the ultra-rich could pay for privileged hosting _without_ screwing over everyone else.
...in the music industry?
Television show.
Hahaha! Brilliant! Had me fooled the first couple of times.