I love the depth Siracusa goes in his reviews, but I hate having to wade through his obsessive nitpicking. Real users don't care about most of the complaints he has. There's this culture of Apple nerd that has built up the idea of this perfectionist OS X that exists only in their heads, and anything that violates their ideals is some crazy Jobs-mandated idea. Like the translucent menubar, which really just exists because Apple recognized that people are setting their digital photos as their backdrop, so the menubar now tints to blend in instead of being a big white streak across the top. I like it. I also like the 3D dock. I don't nitpick these things or reference Fitt's Law or do any of the other crazy things the hardcore devotees do.
Some suspect that a framework called 'Application Enhancer' by Unsanity LLC may be causing the problem, but there has been no official word from Apple at this point."
There's no suspicion about it; that's exactly what's causing the problem. Application Enhancer is an input manager, and input managers are no longer supported in Leopard. People installing it knew the risks they were taking when they installed it on Tiger. Instructions have already been posted online on how to remove Application Enhancer from the command-line.
Sorry, there's no big "BSOD" error in Leopard's install. It's a hacky piece of software people shouldn't have been installing in the first place.
You are trying to give Apple a pass on an issue they really don't deserve one. They could have used even a nominal virtualization system if they were not going to create a subsystem capable OS structure like MS did with NT to ensure support for non main OS level APIs. (Win16,DOS,POSIX,BSD UNIX,Win32,Win64)
OS X on PPCs was always able to run OS 9 in a window. If not that, applications could be recompiled using Carbon and become modern applications. Maybe you don't realize just how bad OS 9 was, but it's better that everyone was forced to move forward.
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I think friggin' Brain Age in Japan or one of the Pokemon games holds the title of #1 in preorders, as usual. These "hardcore" titles are becoming a thing of the past...and playing consoles with little analog joysticks just makes me laugh.
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Yeah, Spider-man 3 was also supposed to be the big blockbuster of the year, and Vista was supposed to be the biggest release since Windows 95. Marketing doesn't always match reality.
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That's just a marketing department trying to drum up hype and get people to bye a failing game console. They even paid G4 to run their goofy "Live Halo 3 Countdown." Everyone who has told me they want to buy Halo 3 has also told me Microsoft has their Xbox 360 in for repairs. *snicker*
It gets hyped because Microsoft pays channels like G4 to run "Halo 3 Live Countdown" shows. It's all hype. There are more people playing Wii Sports than the total number of Xbox 360 owners in the world.
You could also swap out GCC and Bash for non-GNU alternatives and run that on top of Linux. It's being disingenuous to not acknowledge that Linux got the ball rolling where RMS failed.
Slashdot is the biggest pro-piracy website in tech right now. Everyone here hates copyright, hates artists, and loves piracy (except when it comes to someone pirating GPL code...then all the sudden copyrights are a good thing). I'm sure plenty of readers care about this news.
Opera makes its money from selling its browser to run on small devices, so a small resource footprint is one of its strong points and likely contributes to its rendering speed.
Every day, we get "lol RIAA" articles that blast them for going after pirates. Yet you expect everyone else to follow the copyrights and licensing terms of the GPL. Why the huge freakin' double-standard?
What you really mean is that it gets the liberals all excited, since liberals want a gigantic central government that controls everything and tells everyone how to live. In other worlds, liberalism is the first step to pure fascism.
Yeah, it was friendlier to the casual player until other players came along, killed you, looted your corpse, and broke into your house. Also, competing with other players in dungeons sure was fun. Who needs instances?
It's hardly that much of a phenomenon. Certainly not on the level of, say, World of Warcraft. As for the game sucking, it's still more solid fun than any other game out today--with the exception of Super Mario Bros. 3. If you want to compare phenomena, Mario wins on all counts. He has name recognition on the level of Ronald McDonald and Mickey Mouse. Most Counterstrike players are college kids who outgrow it in a few years, but people have been playing Super Mario Bros. since 1985. My little sister willingly plays it today on her Wii, along with the original Legend of Zelda.
You may admire Counterstrike, but it's a fact that Super Mario Bros. is the best-selling videogame in history. The sales numbers prove that more people have played it than any other game. Everyone knows who Mario is, even your grandma.
some of us like games to be sophisticated simulations that give a sense of immersion as if we are actually in a new environment.
Translation--you want to play tech demos. You're the usual graphics whore.
Sure I like the odd 1992-era candyland bubblegum game from time to time and that's when I break out my console, but for my style of serious gaming let's just say I'm apparently not Nintendo's target market.
I guess you missed the word "ethically" in my signature. I know you're attempting the tried-and-true "it's not theft because you're not physically taking anything" canard, but then why do all Slashdotters refer to "stolen GPL code" all the time?
I want to scream in these executive's faces: "The value of music is not monetary."
Uh, if you rent a studio, hire engineers, record an album, press CDs, and pay distribution costs, then yes the value of music is monetary because what you're then talking about is a PRODUCT.
That's all there is to it. Music obviously can be bought and sold, and I don't care if you buy it or sell it. But the fact that these labels and businessmen cannot fathom a world in which it is not bought or sold is just disgusting.
What makes you think they can't fathom such a world? Because some record stores are annoyed that Prince is denying them sales? It sounds perfectly reasonable to me. If I owned a record store, I would be upset too because I've been selling Prince albums for however many decades. Can Slashdotters really not fathom a world in which you must sell things to make money?
Markets change, douchebags. Everybody lives with it. But the real value of music isn't going to change as long as humans have ears.
Two things, moron:
1.) We're not talking about music, we're talking about a product that lets you listen to someone's music. In this case, a pre-packaged CD. 2.) A multi-millionaire giving something away because he can afford to isn't a fucking market change. Grow a brain.
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Only if you define ten years ago as "in recent years."
Programs can do whatever the hell they want when you agree to the EULA and install them. "Rights" have nothing to do with videogames.
This is the usual Slashdot liberal hippie "let's make an issue out of nothing to make ourselves feel enlightened" story.
I love the depth Siracusa goes in his reviews, but I hate having to wade through his obsessive nitpicking. Real users don't care about most of the complaints he has. There's this culture of Apple nerd that has built up the idea of this perfectionist OS X that exists only in their heads, and anything that violates their ideals is some crazy Jobs-mandated idea. Like the translucent menubar, which really just exists because Apple recognized that people are setting their digital photos as their backdrop, so the menubar now tints to blend in instead of being a big white streak across the top. I like it. I also like the 3D dock. I don't nitpick these things or reference Fitt's Law or do any of the other crazy things the hardcore devotees do.
Regardless of the reason, the risk was still there.
There's no suspicion about it; that's exactly what's causing the problem. Application Enhancer is an input manager, and input managers are no longer supported in Leopard. People installing it knew the risks they were taking when they installed it on Tiger. Instructions have already been posted online on how to remove Application Enhancer from the command-line.
Sorry, there's no big "BSOD" error in Leopard's install. It's a hacky piece of software people shouldn't have been installing in the first place.
OS X on PPCs was always able to run OS 9 in a window. If not that, applications could be recompiled using Carbon and become modern applications. Maybe you don't realize just how bad OS 9 was, but it's better that everyone was forced to move forward.
I think friggin' Brain Age in Japan or one of the Pokemon games holds the title of #1 in preorders, as usual. These "hardcore" titles are becoming a thing of the past...and playing consoles with little analog joysticks just makes me laugh.
Yeah, Spider-man 3 was also supposed to be the big blockbuster of the year, and Vista was supposed to be the biggest release since Windows 95. Marketing doesn't always match reality.
That's just a marketing department trying to drum up hype and get people to bye a failing game console. They even paid G4 to run their goofy "Live Halo 3 Countdown." Everyone who has told me they want to buy Halo 3 has also told me Microsoft has their Xbox 360 in for repairs. *snicker*
It gets hyped because Microsoft pays channels like G4 to run "Halo 3 Live Countdown" shows. It's all hype. There are more people playing Wii Sports than the total number of Xbox 360 owners in the world.
You could also swap out GCC and Bash for non-GNU alternatives and run that on top of Linux. It's being disingenuous to not acknowledge that Linux got the ball rolling where RMS failed.
Slashdot is the biggest pro-piracy website in tech right now. Everyone here hates copyright, hates artists, and loves piracy (except when it comes to someone pirating GPL code...then all the sudden copyrights are a good thing). I'm sure plenty of readers care about this news.
Opera makes its money from selling its browser to run on small devices, so a small resource footprint is one of its strong points and likely contributes to its rendering speed.
You don't care if it's good today? That doesn't make any sense.
I don't understand. What's stupid about the statement? Women are generally physically weaker than men.
Every day, we get "lol RIAA" articles that blast them for going after pirates. Yet you expect everyone else to follow the copyrights and licensing terms of the GPL. Why the huge freakin' double-standard?
What you really mean is that it gets the liberals all excited, since liberals want a gigantic central government that controls everything and tells everyone how to live. In other worlds, liberalism is the first step to pure fascism.
You don't. Buy gear with honor points.
Yeah, it was friendlier to the casual player until other players came along, killed you, looted your corpse, and broke into your house. Also, competing with other players in dungeons sure was fun. Who needs instances?
That's not a hostile takeover. It's a sale.
It's hardly that much of a phenomenon. Certainly not on the level of, say, World of Warcraft. As for the game sucking, it's still more solid fun than any other game out today--with the exception of Super Mario Bros. 3. If you want to compare phenomena, Mario wins on all counts. He has name recognition on the level of Ronald McDonald and Mickey Mouse. Most Counterstrike players are college kids who outgrow it in a few years, but people have been playing Super Mario Bros. since 1985. My little sister willingly plays it today on her Wii, along with the original Legend of Zelda.
You may admire Counterstrike, but it's a fact that Super Mario Bros. is the best-selling videogame in history. The sales numbers prove that more people have played it than any other game. Everyone knows who Mario is, even your grandma.
Translation--you want to play tech demos. You're the usual graphics whore.
In fact, you're a tiny niche market.
I guess you missed the word "ethically" in my signature. I know you're attempting the tried-and-true "it's not theft because you're not physically taking anything" canard, but then why do all Slashdotters refer to "stolen GPL code" all the time?
Uh, if you rent a studio, hire engineers, record an album, press CDs, and pay distribution costs, then yes the value of music is monetary because what you're then talking about is a PRODUCT.
What makes you think they can't fathom such a world? Because some record stores are annoyed that Prince is denying them sales? It sounds perfectly reasonable to me. If I owned a record store, I would be upset too because I've been selling Prince albums for however many decades. Can Slashdotters really not fathom a world in which you must sell things to make money?
Two things, moron:
1.) We're not talking about music, we're talking about a product that lets you listen to someone's music. In this case, a pre-packaged CD.
2.) A multi-millionaire giving something away because he can afford to isn't a fucking market change. Grow a brain.