Just nitpicking, but Konfabulator was a shareware, not OSS. Spotlight was predated by Sherlock 2 which was released as a part of Mac OS 8.5, years before beagle's 0.0.0 release.
I agree with your point, Apple 'borrows' ideas and code from anywhere regardless of their origins, but at least get the facts straight and don't guess if you really don't know. It only undermines your claim.
and Apple usually does it right more often than others when it comes to UI.
I have keyboards that use Electric Capacitance switches, Alps, Cherry, and Membrane rubber switch. Would it be safe for all these? and for buckling switches?
shaking up the mobile phone industry. Something that service providers, manufacturers, and consumers desperately need.
Really? It doesn't look like it though. Most people happily live with vendor lock-ins and keep paying ridicuolus fees for what should have been free or affordable (2$ for ringtone while keeping users form uploading their own files? Come on, how much does it cost to show caller ID?, and don't even get me started on data packet rate). Service providers are happy with the status quo because they are in the driver's seats. Perhaps phone manufacturers want some change, but definetely not the services providers and (most) consumers.
The proper mac way to do what you're saying is is cmd+left / right keys. In Mac OS, Home/End keys should show you the head / tail of a document, rather than move the cursor to the begining/end of a line. What are broken are apps written by the developers who have the mindset of windows/unix users, not the old school Mac apps.
If the business plan is too difficult for slashdot geeks to understand, it's too difficult. I failed to see such an incomprehensible business plan would convince enough number of people to invest their precious money, time and energy. I'm a student majoring computer science at Simon Fraser University, and I believe I know a little about co-op, open-source, and business (well, give me a break), but have no idea what the plan is. Count me out.
Yeah, things have sorted out and settled quite nicely, especially around Ubuntu st., but I still ocasionally replied, when I ask for direction in Linuxvill, that "RTFMap, n00b". But the maps are often usually criptic, which only Linixvill old timer can decyper. I'm not stupid, but not knowledgable enough to become a landed immigrant in Linuxville. So I'm still living in MacTown, paying small sum of taxes every now and then.
True, but drivers for mainboard chipsets Apple hasn't used are also important. With the sources at your hand, it would be easier to build a custom kernel that runs on non-Apple board and devices.
I don't know about you or your job, but picking up a new language is not always as easy as you may think, especially you need to learn a completely new paradigm.
For instance, learning Java would take only a few week (if not days) for a seasoned C++ coder, but learing a language based on fundamentally different paradigms, such as Lisp/Haskel/Prolog, would take months.
I was a 4.0 student at my school and have coded more than a decade (I started coding when I was 12, and I studied BASIC, C/CC++, ASMs for several different CPUs, JAVA, Object-C, and other script languages before), but picking up a functional language (not just syntex, but also "being good with it") took me about two months, while I learned Obj-C and Cocoa framework, and felt comportable with it in a few weeks. You can call me stupid, but I'm quite confident that I'm at least as good as average, if not better.
I read every letter printted on every rebate form and reciept, I make sure to send the rebate forms within a week (usually about 2 weeks before they expire), I check my mail box every day.I tripple check when I send anything via mail. True, I recieved about twenty mail-in rebates successfully. Still, I didn't recieved an rebate I should have recieved. (Kingston, I'm talking about you).
Not supprisingly, I always prefer lower up-front price to any mail-in rebates. Not to mention the needless tax I pay for the amount of rebates.
Indeed, even Powerpoint for Mac does not reliably show the graphics embeded in the.ppt file I always recieve. The only way to see them correctly is to open the files with Powerpoint for Windows.
he should have compensate Konfab people reasonably by buying their codes up. Now backed by Yahoo, which I think has more clue than Sun (bought and pointlessly ditched Watson), Konfab can certainly be way more popular than it used to be, even more so than Apple's Dashboard now is. In perception, there's one less Mac OS X EXCLUSIVE killer feature.
I know there's enough TECHNICAL diffirences between Konfab and Dashboard, but I think the idea is the same. Apple admittedly came up with better implementation, yeah I know.
I just hope BSA hit everyone as hard as they can.
I hope BSA act like MPAA/RIAA.
Then finally people realize what 'free' (as in both freedom and beer) software are all about, and why MS's business model is evil.
This is THE reason for which I might upgrade to Longhorn. I know, I can rename those folders, but other "My' folders like 'My eBooks' keep comming back everytime I remove them.
Korea is indeed haven for compromized servers, but I almost all spam I recieve are written in English, and target residents of North America. Certainly Koreans are responsible for being too stupid or lazy (or both) to properly maintain their systems, but I believe majority of the spammers who actually send out the junk messages lives outside of Korea.
not only consumers buy pcs (in general term), big corps and institutions also buy them. and they care more about budgets ticket prices, and volume discounts. sounds simple to me.
fink, open darwin, gentoo, or what-nots.
pick whatever you want, if you ever try Mac OS X.
especially, try to connect to http://packages.opendarwin.org in Finder (cmd+K), then see how it works. If you had, you'll understand.
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Better yet, how about "Zed needs to learn manners or I will rip his mouth apart."
Please execuse my English.
Just nitpicking, but Konfabulator was a shareware, not OSS. Spotlight was predated by Sherlock 2 which was released as a part of Mac OS 8.5, years before beagle's 0.0.0 release.
I agree with your point, Apple 'borrows' ideas and code from anywhere regardless of their origins, but at least get the facts straight and don't guess if you really don't know. It only undermines your claim.
and Apple usually does it right more often than others when it comes to UI.
You can call me an Apple fanboy.
GNOME HIG
http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/
Apple's HIG
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGIntro/chapter_1_section_1.html
I have keyboards that use Electric Capacitance switches, Alps, Cherry, and Membrane rubber switch. Would it be safe for all these? and for buckling switches?
Just wonder.
Really? It doesn't look like it though. Most people happily live with vendor lock-ins and keep paying ridicuolus fees for what should have been free or affordable (2$ for ringtone while keeping users form uploading their own files? Come on, how much does it cost to show caller ID?, and don't even get me started on data packet rate). Service providers are happy with the status quo because they are in the driver's seats. Perhaps phone manufacturers want some change, but definetely not the services providers and (most) consumers.
The proper mac way to do what you're saying is is cmd+left / right keys. In Mac OS, Home/End keys should show you the head / tail of a document, rather than move the cursor to the begining/end of a line. What are broken are apps written by the developers who have the mindset of windows/unix users, not the old school Mac apps.
If the business plan is too difficult for slashdot geeks to understand, it's too difficult. I failed to see such an incomprehensible business plan would convince enough number of people to invest their precious money, time and energy. I'm a student majoring computer science at Simon Fraser University, and I believe I know a little about co-op, open-source, and business (well, give me a break), but have no idea what the plan is. Count me out.
When girls sucks at something, it's cultural, environmental issue. When boys sucks at something, it's because boys are just stupid.
Yeah right.
Yeah, things have sorted out and settled quite nicely, especially around Ubuntu st., but I still ocasionally replied, when I ask for direction in Linuxvill, that "RTFMap, n00b". But the maps are often usually criptic, which only Linixvill old timer can decyper. I'm not stupid, but not knowledgable enough to become a landed immigrant in Linuxville. So I'm still living in MacTown, paying small sum of taxes every now and then.
They support their games because they are still actively played (and sold). It's pointless to patch games that nobody play.
True, but drivers for mainboard chipsets Apple hasn't used are also important. With the sources at your hand, it would be easier to build a custom kernel that runs on non-Apple board and devices.
Nexttime Bill says "C# is great" or John says "Java is King" I'll be the first to submit the news Bill/John says C#/Java is PERFECT.
In korea, PowerCom is offering Fast Ethernet Spped Internet access(100 MB/s), and it turned out to be a great success. End of discussion.
For instance, learning Java would take only a few week (if not days) for a seasoned C++ coder, but learing a language based on fundamentally different paradigms, such as Lisp/Haskel/Prolog, would take months.
I was a 4.0 student at my school and have coded more than a decade (I started coding when I was 12, and I studied BASIC, C/CC++, ASMs for several different CPUs, JAVA, Object-C, and other script languages before), but picking up a functional language (not just syntex, but also "being good with it") took me about two months, while I learned Obj-C and Cocoa framework, and felt comportable with it in a few weeks. You can call me stupid, but I'm quite confident that I'm at least as good as average, if not better.
I read every letter printted on every rebate form and reciept, I make sure to send the rebate forms within a week (usually about 2 weeks before they expire), I check my mail box every day.I tripple check when I send anything via mail. True, I recieved about twenty mail-in rebates successfully. Still, I didn't recieved an rebate I should have recieved. (Kingston, I'm talking about you). Not supprisingly, I always prefer lower up-front price to any mail-in rebates. Not to mention the needless tax I pay for the amount of rebates.
Indeed, even Powerpoint for Mac does not reliably show the graphics embeded in the .ppt file I always recieve. The only way to see them correctly is to open the files with Powerpoint for Windows.
Even 6200 series is going to get the feature (already got it?). why not more expensive/later model wouldn't? see it for youreself at nvidia's page
he should have compensate Konfab people reasonably by buying their codes up. Now backed by Yahoo, which I think has more clue than Sun (bought and pointlessly ditched Watson), Konfab can certainly be way more popular than it used to be, even more so than Apple's Dashboard now is. In perception, there's one less Mac OS X EXCLUSIVE killer feature.
I know there's enough TECHNICAL diffirences between Konfab and Dashboard, but I think the idea is the same. Apple admittedly came up with better implementation, yeah I know.
I just hope BSA hit everyone as hard as they can. I hope BSA act like MPAA/RIAA. Then finally people realize what 'free' (as in both freedom and beer) software are all about, and why MS's business model is evil.
This is THE reason for which I might upgrade to Longhorn. I know, I can rename those folders, but other "My' folders like 'My eBooks' keep comming back everytime I remove them.
It's a remake of a classic.
http://frigate.free.fr/screenshots.html
1) the author of the article is idiot
2) the story submitter is idiot
3) slashdot editors are idiot
4) all of above
Korea is indeed haven for compromized servers, but I almost all spam I recieve are written in English, and target residents of North America. Certainly Koreans are responsible for being too stupid or lazy (or both) to properly maintain their systems, but I believe majority of the spammers who actually send out the junk messages lives outside of Korea.
not only consumers buy pcs (in general term), big corps and institutions also buy them. and they care more about budgets ticket prices, and volume discounts. sounds simple to me.
fink, open darwin, gentoo, or what-nots. pick whatever you want, if you ever try Mac OS X. especially, try to connect to http://packages.opendarwin.org in Finder (cmd+K), then see how it works. If you had, you'll understand.