...Apple has tried to crow about OS X being based on Open Source components, and even going as far as thinking that millions of people are going to help develop Darwin just because it is open source...
I don't think Apple assumed that at all. Releasing the source to Darwin was not that big of a step given its roots, but more importantly it scored them some marketing points with a faction of the tech community. Between Linux, *BSD, and Darwin, which kernel do you think will recieve the most bug fixing patches from the world at large? Would anyone put effort into Debian/Darwin over Debian/BSD or Debian/Hurd? Certainly Apple has a more benevolent attitude towards open source software than Microsoft, but let's not kid ourselves. Some wonder whether Apple is a hardware or software company. I think we should ask if Apple is a computer or lifestyle marketing company. My response is that they are both. That explains why going to an Apple store is a bit like going to The Gap and why I tend to feel a bit miffed when I read/. stories about why the author of fink is abandoning his project.
is for booming bass at all costs even if it means making a human sound like Thor in the halls of Valhalla. There is something about "EQ" I find obnoxious as a "product". Why is it impossible to listen to the radio (even involuntarilly, in the back of a cab for example) without hearing people speak with the most unnatural boost in the low frequency. What people want in a sound system -- thanks to the abuse of equalizer systems -- is not to listen to music, but to have their limbic systems pulverized with sensation. That radio DJs can't broadcast without having their voices tweaked into oblivion is a direct byproduct of people expecting any hearable medium to ROCK THEIR WORLD. They have come to desire this because cheap accessories made it possible.
My television is a 13" black and white thrift store job with rabbit ears culled from a dumpster. I'm "limited" to PBS, ABC (World News Now), and KBHK (Simpsons). I don't feel like I'm missing anything.
The parent really means right now while its worth $22+. It's possible to know SCO is full of shit and still want to make money off their stock. The only question for such an investor is how long to wait before bailing out.
I've never heard ANYBODY refure to Tom's Hardware as the "weekly world news" of the computer world.
THG has had a poor reputation for years now. I personally don't trust his site. I know that many, if not most, feel the same way. You may find your arguments more successful if you avoid mentioning THG as a source.
You don't know what you're talking about. Stallman may be rabid in his distaste for proprietary software, but that doesn't mean he wants you to go out of business. The GPL itself is simply a legal tool that protects a public development model from theft. It says nothing and can do nothing to propietary software houses who will always be free to sell closed software. Your disposition reminds me of what H.L. Mencken said of puritans: They know that someone somewhere is having fun.
As far music, architecture and the rest go you have no point to make because...
1) Software may have the same kind of beauty that Mathematics may have, and may be a vehicle of personal expression for gifted programmers, but it is not Art. No one need worry that the runway lights or air traffic control system will fail because Seurat didn't invite the public to add a few dots to Sunday in the Park. I'm not sure anything invites, allows, or could benefit as much from collaboration the way software can.
2) Keep in mind that when Picasso remarked that good artists copy and great artists steal he was only half kidding. Every original in a given medium starts from scratch, works through the path blazed by those who came before, and then adds something new. Indeed, most arts have standard forms that everyone wants to make a mark in. Michelangelo's Pieta was (when he made it at least) a Pieta first, a Michelangelo second.
Yeah, I've got to wonder who these guys think their audience is. I'd be surprised to find that anyone really wants to use their `NIX let alone gives a shit about their political activism. And what's with the air-quotes used when mentioning Linux?
What's more, for a non-profit organization, Debian does a good job at "value added" service to upstream sources. The gtk2 file selector widget is a good example here. There's more to "stable" than binaries that won't segfault too. There is a rock-solid inevitability about the way packages are integrated with each other. Debian's greatest strength lies in the granularity and flexibility of it's packaging system which places everything within the context of the whole repository. That Debian makes it easy to install Woody and "upgrade" to Sid is remarkable.
... and I read about it here on Slashdot. This generator has the same design as the aforementioned pump. It works on the same principals. The only difference is what direction the energy conversion is flowing; i.e. motor vs dynamo.
Paper and pen are just fine. Print the names of the candidates on a sheet of paper and have voters circle the one they choose. It really is that simple.
1) Chomsky is very smart. He might be separating two issues that always go hand in hand -- Holocaust denial and anti-semitism -- for the same reason criminals caught red-handed must be proved guilty in court.
Are you going to tell me that Macworld disabled smp before running Premiere and Photoshop? If they didn't wouldn't this comparison be more just if the x86 machines were dual processor as well? Could you explain to us all exactly how this magazine managed to leverage it's alleged bias into these benchmarks? Could you show us where in the "How we test" section the conspiracy lies? From what I can see the bias is in your head.
my response would have been different. Penn & Teller's joke played on the way people are willing to take a stand on something and publicly display a righteous opinion despite ignorance. Do you really thing it's reasonable to consider yourself informed after a three minute conversation with a stranger who has a stake in getting your signature? Just because the activist isn't out for cash it doesn't mean the transaction is any more noble than what one would get from a used car salesman. Ask me about water and I'll say I need it to live. Ask me about "dihydrogen monoxide" and I (would) have said, "What the fuck is that?".
I wondered the same thing. Since current polarity could alter the direction a bridge leans, they might interlace "to" and "fro" columns optimised for a given direction and keep said columns on different circuits. But then one has to wonder if they could rough up the surfaces cheaply. In any event the article is missing a critical detail.
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I don't think Apple assumed that at all. Releasing the source to Darwin was not that big of a step given its roots, but more importantly it scored them some marketing points with a faction of the tech community. Between Linux, *BSD, and Darwin, which kernel do you think will recieve the most bug fixing patches from the world at large? Would anyone put effort into Debian/Darwin over Debian/BSD or Debian/Hurd? Certainly Apple has a more benevolent attitude towards open source software than Microsoft, but let's not kid ourselves. Some wonder whether Apple is a hardware or software company. I think we should ask if Apple is a computer or lifestyle marketing company. My response is that they are both. That explains why going to an Apple store is a bit like going to The Gap and why I tend to feel a bit miffed when I read /. stories about why the author of fink is abandoning his project.
is for booming bass at all costs even if it means making a human sound like Thor in the halls of Valhalla. There is something about "EQ" I find obnoxious as a "product". Why is it impossible to listen to the radio (even involuntarilly, in the back of a cab for example) without hearing people speak with the most unnatural boost in the low frequency. What people want in a sound system -- thanks to the abuse of equalizer systems -- is not to listen to music, but to have their limbic systems pulverized with sensation. That radio DJs can't broadcast without having their voices tweaked into oblivion is a direct byproduct of people expecting any hearable medium to ROCK THEIR WORLD. They have come to desire this because cheap accessories made it possible.
My television is a 13" black and white thrift store job with rabbit ears culled from a dumpster. I'm "limited" to PBS, ABC (World News Now), and KBHK (Simpsons). I don't feel like I'm missing anything.
The parent really means right now while its worth $22+. It's possible to know SCO is full of shit and still want to make money off their stock. The only question for such an investor is how long to wait before bailing out.
`glxinfo | grep direct'
If that shell command returns, "direct rendering: Yes" then you've got hardware GL.
THG has had a poor reputation for years now. I personally don't trust his site. I know that many, if not most, feel the same way. You may find your arguments more successful if you avoid mentioning THG as a source.
You should also check out synaptic.
As far music, architecture and the rest go you have no point to make because...
1) Software may have the same kind of beauty that Mathematics may have, and may be a vehicle of personal expression for gifted programmers, but it is not Art. No one need worry that the runway lights or air traffic control system will fail because Seurat didn't invite the public to add a few dots to Sunday in the Park. I'm not sure anything invites, allows, or could benefit as much from collaboration the way software can.
2) Keep in mind that when Picasso remarked that good artists copy and great artists steal he was only half kidding. Every original in a given medium starts from scratch, works through the path blazed by those who came before, and then adds something new. Indeed, most arts have standard forms that everyone wants to make a mark in. Michelangelo's Pieta was (when he made it at least) a Pieta first, a Michelangelo second.
How could Apple possibly lose money by keeping Darwin closed?
Yet?
Yeah, I've got to wonder who these guys think their audience is. I'd be surprised to find that anyone really wants to use their `NIX let alone gives a shit about their political activism. And what's with the air-quotes used when mentioning Linux?
Add unstable to your apt sources, pin everything but mozilla and upgrade.
What's more, for a non-profit organization, Debian does a good job at "value added" service to upstream sources. The gtk2 file selector widget is a good example here. There's more to "stable" than binaries that won't segfault too. There is a rock-solid inevitability about the way packages are integrated with each other. Debian's greatest strength lies in the granularity and flexibility of it's packaging system which places everything within the context of the whole repository. That Debian makes it easy to install Woody and "upgrade" to Sid is remarkable.
Antec's "TruePower" series are quiet.
... and I read about it here on Slashdot. This generator has the same design as the aforementioned pump. It works on the same principals. The only difference is what direction the energy conversion is flowing; i.e. motor vs dynamo.
Am I the only one a bit uncomfortable with that term?
Paper and pen are just fine. Print the names of the candidates on a sheet of paper and have voters circle the one they choose. It really is that simple.
1) Chomsky is very smart. He might be separating two issues that always go hand in hand -- Holocaust denial and anti-semitism -- for the same reason criminals caught red-handed must be proved guilty in court.
2) He's a crank.
If that's true then I can't wait to find out how I can reattach that pin...
Are you going to tell me that Macworld disabled smp before running Premiere and Photoshop? If they didn't wouldn't this comparison be more just if the x86 machines were dual processor as well? Could you explain to us all exactly how this magazine managed to leverage it's alleged bias into these benchmarks? Could you show us where in the "How we test" section the conspiracy lies? From what I can see the bias is in your head.
The other day I saw a flock of gooses flying over a herd of sheeps.
Google tells me that this is a myth. Nobel wasn't married. He just wasn't interested enough in Mathematics.
Psyche! Off topic, burn-karma-burn, pun intended, so long suckers, etc...
my response would have been different. Penn & Teller's joke played on the way people are willing to take a stand on something and publicly display a righteous opinion despite ignorance. Do you really thing it's reasonable to consider yourself informed after a three minute conversation with a stranger who has a stake in getting your signature? Just because the activist isn't out for cash it doesn't mean the transaction is any more noble than what one would get from a used car salesman. Ask me about water and I'll say I need it to live. Ask me about "dihydrogen monoxide" and I (would) have said, "What the fuck is that?".
I wondered the same thing. Since current polarity could alter the direction a bridge leans, they might interlace "to" and "fro" columns optimised for a given direction and keep said columns on different circuits. But then one has to wonder if they could rough up the surfaces cheaply. In any event the article is missing a critical detail.