that's alot of work just to duplicate your favorite film and it's not like they'll make anything from the effort other than the satisfaction of having done it.
But then, back in my teens in the mainframe and paper tape days, I wrote my own version of the ever popular Star Trek game. I didn't need to, I could play the original all I wanted. Even the source code was available. But I thought I could do the same job in a more easily understood manner. So I coded up a virtually identical version. It was much less code and alot easier to read, although the original was a little faster.
So I guess remaking something you like just because you can must be some kind of teen geek ritual.
I firmly believe that the strongest reason for Apple's longevity has been in consistency in the UI. There is a bible with laws and you follow them. Command-P is ALWAYS Print. Command-F is ALWAYS Find. Not like on MS products where Control-F or Alt-F-F or F5 or nothing but mousing up to the Menu is Find. Simple, consistent rules makes operating the computer intuitive and lets you focus on what you got the darned thing for in the first place.
I skimmed the interview and other than that, know relatively little about XD2. But they seem to get it. I'll probably install it before too long and check it out. I love Linux, but it still shows it's roots. That it's created by a loosely organized, widely separated community. Consistency lacks in that environment, which makes the overall system prone to productivity loss.
XD2 may well go a long way in addressing this. While I rarely print, the description on auto discovery and config of printers sounded pretty dang slick if you ask me. If you have a powerful OS and system, shouldn't it do alot of that kind of thing FOR you? It shouldn't prevent you from changing or customizing things, but basic setup can often be automated in a manner like that. All it takes is some foresight and vision.
I look forward to this and future releases to see if XD can bring a highly functional and intuitive GUI to Linux.
GPS track your vehicle to determine miles driven? And this will affect your gas tax?
How about you tax based on the gas you use, you know... LIKE EVERYONE DOES NOW? If you get better mileage, you use less gas. You still pay the same tax per gallon, but less tax per month since you USE LESS.
Why does it matter WHERE you go? For a road tax I can see some legitimacy of this as an idea, but it's over the top and would be expensive to implement.
I suppose if they GPS me as being at the local brother instead of the bar next door I'd pay extra tax?
It's perfectly legal to take pictures from public areas, which is where the helicopter is when it's mapping the coastline.
What's really ironic is that Babs is a big supporter of environmental causes and this project is helping map and track erosion and other environmental problems.
It's not like you can tell WHERE in California her house is or that it is identified AS her house. No street addresses are shown. Sure, someone really determined can find out, but then a quick trip online or to the DMV can get her address anyways.
Sounds like a classic case of the overly paranoid to me.
After all the crap Microsoft has taken from people over the years (and probably rightfully so),this is their opportunity to get back at those naysayers and say:
I'm all for privacy, but not to the point of needless paranoia. TiVo selling this aggregate information is a good thing.
It delivers REAL statistics. This means the decision makers have better information about what shows to keep and what shows to drop. This also provides better information to advertisers.
Most of us have learned to tune out ads because they so rarely advertise something we're interested in. I'm not in the field of advertising, but if nearly every ad I saw was based on my interests, I'd probably watch more ads and hell, I might actually buy more of their product. Why? Because it applies to me and while it is largely computerized, at least SOME effort was put into determining WHAT to send to me, as opposed to the buckshot approach of spam.
SGI ships the fastest Linux machines on earth. Sure, it's not an option as a purchase for your or I, but for organizations needing serious power, and there are plenty of them, they are a viable consideration. Steven Hawkings' group just purchased 1024 CPUs worth of SGI Linux, for instance.
The problem with SGI is they didn't cut enough. They are in a cycle of having continual losses followed by the obligatory cuts. It's going to be a never ending cycle unless they cut HARD and dig in for the long run. The IRIX stuff is holding it's own with DoD and the rest of its installed base and the new Altix (Linux) machines are coming on strong, VERY strong. With that in mind, I think SGI could hang on and turn itself around if it was willing to cut deep enough.
Larry's always been a bit over the top. I think he speaks more of what he'd LIKE to see happen.
IIS isn't irrelevant (as much as I'd like it to be). Quite a few sites are running Abysmally Slow Pages (ASP). Sure, Apache is the most prevalent http server in the world. But that doesn't mean the rest are irrelevant.
While I'm a Linux fan, I don't see it contesting for the title of King of the Desktop. Even with Gnome and such Linux just doesn't have the refined UI that Windows and OS X have. Linux doesn't even have painless installs down yet. Case in point: Install RH9. Choose install everything. Use graphical login. Good luck logging in! The problem is the installers assumes if you want NIS and yp installed, you want the servers running and configured, etc. To be cliche, I was once told, never assume...
I've always been a firm believe in the right tool for the job. Linux and unix OSes are best for engineering and servers. Windows is great for games and application availability (the power of market share). OS X is great for creative people as well as some cross over unix geeks.
Ideally, I'd like to see OS X become 'all that it can be' and rule the desktop and server space. But I don't think Apple knows how to make that happen and I know their Marketing dept won't know how to work in any but a consumer space anyways.
With 93+% of the desktop space MS isn't going anywhere soon and in order for them to start losing ground some big things have to happen. People aren't going to dump their investments in software and hardware. And they won't do it for something that's a little better. It's going to have to: 1) completely eclipse Windows in speed/ease of use/nifty widgets/etc, 2) run their windows software, 3) run on their PC.
Linux has 2 and 3 covered, although it's not that great at 2. And it's a LONG, LONG way from handling 1.
But I'm with Larry in spirit. I'd love to see MS become just another player in the market with say 20-30% share. I think it would be better for everyone.
I couldn't start up a DL until I got home from work (damned fascist firewalls at work) and when I did, I was getting results like this:
Download rate: 1kB/sec
Upload rate: 14kB/sec
Not sure how people were grabbing 14k off me since I didn't have squat on my box yet, but given 3000 people doing P2P for this, I would expect to at least receive as much as I give...
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that's alot of work just to duplicate your favorite film and it's not like they'll make anything from the effort other than the satisfaction of having done it.
But then, back in my teens in the mainframe and paper tape days, I wrote my own version of the ever popular Star Trek game. I didn't need to, I could play the original all I wanted. Even the source code was available. But I thought I could do the same job in a more easily understood manner. So I coded up a virtually identical version. It was much less code and alot easier to read, although the original was a little faster.
So I guess remaking something you like just because you can must be some kind of teen geek ritual.
I firmly believe that the strongest reason for Apple's longevity has been in consistency in the UI. There is a bible with laws and you follow them. Command-P is ALWAYS Print. Command-F is ALWAYS Find. Not like on MS products where Control-F or Alt-F-F or F5 or nothing but mousing up to the Menu is Find. Simple, consistent rules makes operating the computer intuitive and lets you focus on what you got the darned thing for in the first place.
I skimmed the interview and other than that, know relatively little about XD2. But they seem to get it. I'll probably install it before too long and check it out. I love Linux, but it still shows it's roots. That it's created by a loosely organized, widely separated community. Consistency lacks in that environment, which makes the overall system prone to productivity loss.
XD2 may well go a long way in addressing this. While I rarely print, the description on auto discovery and config of printers sounded pretty dang slick if you ask me. If you have a powerful OS and system, shouldn't it do alot of that kind of thing FOR you? It shouldn't prevent you from changing or customizing things, but basic setup can often be automated in a manner like that. All it takes is some foresight and vision.
I look forward to this and future releases to see if XD can bring a highly functional and intuitive GUI to Linux.
GPS track your vehicle to determine miles driven? And this will affect your gas tax?
... LIKE EVERYONE DOES NOW? If you get better mileage, you use less gas. You still pay the same tax per gallon, but less tax per month since you USE LESS.
How about you tax based on the gas you use, you know
Why does it matter WHERE you go? For a road tax I can see some legitimacy of this as an idea, but it's over the top and would be expensive to implement.
I suppose if they GPS me as being at the local brother instead of the bar next door I'd pay extra tax?
It's perfectly legal to take pictures from public areas, which is where the helicopter is when it's mapping the coastline.
What's really ironic is that Babs is a big supporter of environmental causes and this project is helping map and track erosion and other environmental problems.
It's not like you can tell WHERE in California her house is or that it is identified AS her house. No street addresses are shown. Sure, someone really determined can find out, but then a quick trip online or to the DMV can get her address anyways.
Sounds like a classic case of the overly paranoid to me.
After all the crap Microsoft has taken from people over the years (and probably rightfully so),this is their opportunity to get back at those naysayers and say:
Lick me!
I'm all for privacy, but not to the point of needless paranoia. TiVo selling this aggregate information is a good thing.
It delivers REAL statistics. This means the decision makers have better information about what shows to keep and what shows to drop. This also provides better information to advertisers.
Most of us have learned to tune out ads because they so rarely advertise something we're interested in. I'm not in the field of advertising, but if nearly every ad I saw was based on my interests, I'd probably watch more ads and hell, I might actually buy more of their product. Why? Because it applies to me and while it is largely computerized, at least SOME effort was put into determining WHAT to send to me, as opposed to the buckshot approach of spam.
SGI ships the fastest Linux machines on earth. Sure, it's not an option as a purchase for your or I, but for organizations needing serious power, and there are plenty of them, they are a viable consideration. Steven Hawkings' group just purchased 1024 CPUs worth of SGI Linux, for instance.
The problem with SGI is they didn't cut enough. They are in a cycle of having continual losses followed by the obligatory cuts. It's going to be a never ending cycle unless they cut HARD and dig in for the long run. The IRIX stuff is holding it's own with DoD and the rest of its installed base and the new Altix (Linux) machines are coming on strong, VERY strong. With that in mind, I think SGI could hang on and turn itself around if it was willing to cut deep enough.
The article doesn't confirm that IBM is developing the chips for Apple or anything such.
The closest it gets to that is saying that the chips it IS developing would work on the Apple platform.
That is a far cry from IBM confirming development of chip for next generation of Macs.
and spread em wiiiiiiide...
Ok, while this might be ergonomic once you adjust it and all, it obviously fails in ergonomics in one basic fact:
You'll break your neck getting in and out of this contraption!
Could this lead to a large influx of men contacting doctors regarding blue laser surgery?
more on irregardless: irregardless adv : in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks; "he carried on regardless of the difficulties" [syn: regardless, irrespective, disregardless, no matter, disregarding]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
Sounds like a word to me. And what defines a word? Something that is in common use in the language, which 'irregardless' is. It is therefore, by definition, a word.
Larry's always been a bit over the top. I think he speaks more of what he'd LIKE to see happen.
IIS isn't irrelevant (as much as I'd like it to be). Quite a few sites are running Abysmally Slow Pages (ASP). Sure, Apache is the most prevalent http server in the world. But that doesn't mean the rest are irrelevant.
While I'm a Linux fan, I don't see it contesting for the title of King of the Desktop. Even with Gnome and such Linux just doesn't have the refined UI that Windows and OS X have. Linux doesn't even have painless installs down yet. Case in point: Install RH9. Choose install everything. Use graphical login. Good luck logging in! The problem is the installers assumes if you want NIS and yp installed, you want the servers running and configured, etc. To be cliche, I was once told, never assume...
I've always been a firm believe in the right tool for the job. Linux and unix OSes are best for engineering and servers. Windows is great for games and application availability (the power of market share). OS X is great for creative people as well as some cross over unix geeks.
Ideally, I'd like to see OS X become 'all that it can be' and rule the desktop and server space. But I don't think Apple knows how to make that happen and I know their Marketing dept won't know how to work in any but a consumer space anyways.
With 93+% of the desktop space MS isn't going anywhere soon and in order for them to start losing ground some big things have to happen. People aren't going to dump their investments in software and hardware. And they won't do it for something that's a little better. It's going to have to: 1) completely eclipse Windows in speed/ease of use/nifty widgets/etc, 2) run their windows software, 3) run on their PC.
Linux has 2 and 3 covered, although it's not that great at 2. And it's a LONG, LONG way from handling 1.
But I'm with Larry in spirit. I'd love to see MS become just another player in the market with say 20-30% share. I think it would be better for everyone.
I couldn't start up a DL until I got home from work (damned fascist firewalls at work) and when I did, I was getting results like this: Download rate: 1kB/sec Upload rate: 14kB/sec Not sure how people were grabbing 14k off me since I didn't have squat on my box yet, but given 3000 people doing P2P for this, I would expect to at least receive as much as I give...