A modern diesel pickup that spews visible smoke is not stock, it has been modified.
And the black soot they put out is heavy stuff, and while it is more visible than what comes from a gasoline engine, it does far less harm to the air at any altitude.
If I had to pick the one thing I appreciate the most about OSX, it is the portability of the applications. Drag the Firefox icon from the installer image to the applications folder and you're done. Or put it somewhere else of your choice, whatever floats your boat. Everything needed to run that application is contained within that "icon". Really it's a folder, not a file, and so there is great flexibility in the data that can be contained within.
Right there I think OSX has one-upped both Windows and Linux. Never install anything, per se. And with disk space and bandwidth both being fairly plentiful these days, let's move away from shared libraries for everything that isn't seriously fundamental to the OS. Windows applications can do way too much damage to each other by way of the system32 folder IMO. And the registry... well, we don't even need to talk about that;-). For Unix, the whole "dump it all in/usr/local/bin" irritates the crap outta me. Great, so when I want to nuke it later on or upgrade it, how do I know I got it all?
I used to hate MacOS. But I gotta say they made some really well thought out changes to OSX that are a generation ahead of what other OS's are doing at this time.
Totally off topic, but the real question in my mind is why do the two most popular GUI's for Linux insist upon copying Windows in the first place? OSX provded that you do not need a start button to have a good GUI. I'd like Linux a lot better if the developers could get a little more original with the GUI. Or if they'd at least target a *good* GUI to copy;-)
"... Unix, which has notoriously inconsistent user interface design..."
I do not think this is specific to Unix. Windows is equally as bad. The most consistent modern OS I have encountered is OSX, and even then there are a number of notable exceptions.
Overall it was really a pointless article. Yes, movies frequently play fast and loose with reality. So what? Is that not what movies are all about?
I think it's just a slow news day. Come to think of it, why the heck am I spending time on Slashdot on Christmas Eve??? LOL.
MacOSX has the best GUI, hands down. The BSD underpinnings are nice, but Linux has better driver support. So, switch MacOSX from BSD to Linux;-). Let Linux work out the compatibility with hardware, let Apple run the GUI, and voila, you have your next dominant OS.
Wasn't Win32 actually available in 3.1? It's been so long that my memory may be incorrect, but I think I remember that Freecell was available for 3.1, and in fact it was created as a demo of Win32 API usage.
For someone who does anything and everything with their webmail service, then having all possible choices a mere one-click away probably seems like heaven. But take someone whose usage consists entirely of "Compose", "Reply", "Forward" and "Delete" -- for him, having the other 20 buttons on the screen is just clutter and distracts from what he is looking for.
I suspect the latter is the much more common type of user. Part of my job is designing user interfaces (though I am by no means an expert), and this is a constant point of discussion. How to make it functional without making it unuseable.
but it sounds to me like this is a classic case of "not enough research"
A rather funny comment coming from someone who presumably tested one system and found it to work, so therefore all systems must work.
Au contraire. You misread what I wrote if you think I made any absolute claim that all systems worked. All I did was point out that the summary & headline's assertion that Vista did not hibernate correctly is flawed. They found a few systems where it failed, and quickly extrapolated that to a general case.
Frankly I'd have to see a lot more than eight systems tested before it becomes a pattern. For all I know, the six systems that failed were all identical hardware. That would sort of cast the test in a different light, however, so I do not expect that level of detail to be given.
(disclaimer: I hate Microsoft products with a passion. If I have to be the voice of reason then you are really a nutcase;-))
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I just opened my laptop and turned it on, and it resumed from a hibernate just fine (running Vista Business release version). No blue screen, no network problems, it put me right back where I was before with a perfectly functional session. I hate Windows as much as every other Unix geek, but it sounds to me like this is a classic case of "not enough research"... or if you prefer, "fud".
The article reads like an advertisement for Microsoft products. The article has a nice catchy subject line and the proceeds to explain how Microsoft leverages such neat toys as Exchange proxies, Microsoft Office Communicator, etc. The article is so heavy on naming each little piece of software that it reads like a big advertisement. How much do you want to bet it is a press release from Microsoft reprinted by Computerworld?
Huh?
Tightly integrating it with OSX does not drive sales of OSX. People buying Macs buy the OS with the computer either way.
If anything he is trying the reverse -- have OSX drive sales of the phone. In that regard it might benefit him to include a good Windows application to support the phone as well.
Given that several other OS's have been created and used by a significant number of people without becoming spam zombies, I think it is perfectly fair to place a good amount of the blame for the current situation directly on Microsoft. It has become generally accepted that Microsoft provides low security software -- and this did not happen overnight. Microsoft has known for a long time security was inadequate, and yet they continue to push features as priority #1. They absolutely should bear the consequences of that choice.
I think it's pretty hard to argue against a minivan -- cars just don't cut it for any family bigger than four. My brother is getting married in a few months, and his fiance already has a child from a previous marriage. He has two of his own. Unless they want to take two cars everywhere (do the gas mileage math on that one) they will need to get a big minivan or SUV.
And 25 mpg for a minivan seems pretty good to me. I drive a four cylinder compact car that gets ~21 mpg on average. And usually it's just carrying myself, not a family of four+.
I tend to agree. But Oracle does have a point. Trying to distill a security argument down to number of bugs is oversimplifying. The severity of the bugs, how easy they are to exploit, etc are all important to consider. Even more important in my opinion is how quick the vendor is at fixing them. If Oracle's average time to fix was 24 hours compared to six months for Microsoft, the 4:1 bug ratio is not such a big deal.
Well, there is one important difference between these and screws. Screws can un-screw. That is an advantage, but also a disadvantage if you are stricly concerned with longevity.
An interesting proposition. But given how long it takes Microsoft to build software, and their track record at building *good* software, I would not worry much about this happening. What you described would take a few years to put together, and by then Novell will be long forgotten and out of date.
Good luck with that. There is no such thing as news that is not biased. If you think you know of any, then it just proves that they are either good at hiding their bias, or they happen to have precisely the same bias you already have.
Seriously. Point and shoot cameras' biggest weakness in my experience is the inability to zoom in. I picked up a Canon S2 IS, and with 12X zoom and image stabilization, I've been taking shots I never dreamed were possible. I can go to the races and get reasonable shots of the cars on the track, and I can get fantastic pictures of closer objects without having to resort to huge resolution and a later crop with photoshop. Try a *good* point and shoot camera before deciding you need the hassle and expense of a DSLR.
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A modern diesel pickup that spews visible smoke is not stock, it has been modified. And the black soot they put out is heavy stuff, and while it is more visible than what comes from a gasoline engine, it does far less harm to the air at any altitude.
If I had to pick the one thing I appreciate the most about OSX, it is the portability of the applications. Drag the Firefox icon from the installer image to the applications folder and you're done. Or put it somewhere else of your choice, whatever floats your boat. Everything needed to run that application is contained within that "icon". Really it's a folder, not a file, and so there is great flexibility in the data that can be contained within.
;-). For Unix, the whole "dump it all in /usr/local/bin" irritates the crap outta me. Great, so when I want to nuke it later on or upgrade it, how do I know I got it all?
Right there I think OSX has one-upped both Windows and Linux. Never install anything, per se. And with disk space and bandwidth both being fairly plentiful these days, let's move away from shared libraries for everything that isn't seriously fundamental to the OS. Windows applications can do way too much damage to each other by way of the system32 folder IMO. And the registry... well, we don't even need to talk about that
I used to hate MacOS. But I gotta say they made some really well thought out changes to OSX that are a generation ahead of what other OS's are doing at this time.
Totally off topic, but the real question in my mind is why do the two most popular GUI's for Linux insist upon copying Windows in the first place? OSX provded that you do not need a start button to have a good GUI. I'd like Linux a lot better if the developers could get a little more original with the GUI. Or if they'd at least target a *good* GUI to copy ;-)
I wouldn't think he'd be aerydynamic enough with a sack that large hanging underneath..
I do not think this is specific to Unix. Windows is equally as bad. The most consistent modern OS I have encountered is OSX, and even then there are a number of notable exceptions.
Overall it was really a pointless article. Yes, movies frequently play fast and loose with reality. So what? Is that not what movies are all about?
I think it's just a slow news day. Come to think of it, why the heck am I spending time on Slashdot on Christmas Eve??? LOL.
MacOSX has the best GUI, hands down. The BSD underpinnings are nice, but Linux has better driver support. So, switch MacOSX from BSD to Linux ;-). Let Linux work out the compatibility with hardware, let Apple run the GUI, and voila, you have your next dominant OS.
Wasn't Win32 actually available in 3.1? It's been so long that my memory may be incorrect, but I think I remember that Freecell was available for 3.1, and in fact it was created as a demo of Win32 API usage.
Windows 95 added the start button. Yay.
I suspect the latter is the much more common type of user. Part of my job is designing user interfaces (though I am by no means an expert), and this is a constant point of discussion. How to make it functional without making it unuseable.
The last updates to that site seem to have occured nearly two years ago. Are you sure they are still working on anything?
but it sounds to me like this is a classic case of "not enough research"
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A rather funny comment coming from someone who presumably tested one system and found it to work, so therefore all systems must work.
Au contraire. You misread what I wrote if you think I made any absolute claim that all systems worked. All I did was point out that the summary & headline's assertion that Vista did not hibernate correctly is flawed. They found a few systems where it failed, and quickly extrapolated that to a general case.
Frankly I'd have to see a lot more than eight systems tested before it becomes a pattern. For all I know, the six systems that failed were all identical hardware. That would sort of cast the test in a different light, however, so I do not expect that level of detail to be given.
(disclaimer: I hate Microsoft products with a passion. If I have to be the voice of reason then you are really a nutcase
I just opened my laptop and turned it on, and it resumed from a hibernate just fine (running Vista Business release version). No blue screen, no network problems, it put me right back where I was before with a perfectly functional session. I hate Windows as much as every other Unix geek, but it sounds to me like this is a classic case of "not enough research" ... or if you prefer, "fud".
The article reads like an advertisement for Microsoft products. The article has a nice catchy subject line and the proceeds to explain how Microsoft leverages such neat toys as Exchange proxies, Microsoft Office Communicator, etc. The article is so heavy on naming each little piece of software that it reads like a big advertisement. How much do you want to bet it is a press release from Microsoft reprinted by Computerworld?
Huh? Tightly integrating it with OSX does not drive sales of OSX. People buying Macs buy the OS with the computer either way. If anything he is trying the reverse -- have OSX drive sales of the phone. In that regard it might benefit him to include a good Windows application to support the phone as well.
Given that several other OS's have been created and used by a significant number of people without becoming spam zombies, I think it is perfectly fair to place a good amount of the blame for the current situation directly on Microsoft. It has become generally accepted that Microsoft provides low security software -- and this did not happen overnight. Microsoft has known for a long time security was inadequate, and yet they continue to push features as priority #1. They absolutely should bear the consequences of that choice.
I think it's pretty hard to argue against a minivan -- cars just don't cut it for any family bigger than four. My brother is getting married in a few months, and his fiance already has a child from a previous marriage. He has two of his own. Unless they want to take two cars everywhere (do the gas mileage math on that one) they will need to get a big minivan or SUV. And 25 mpg for a minivan seems pretty good to me. I drive a four cylinder compact car that gets ~21 mpg on average. And usually it's just carrying myself, not a family of four+.
Oregon pioneered the idea of bottle deposits. How about we extend the idea to electronics? 1% of the purchase price, with lower and upper caps.
Errr... all of your postal mail is already routinely handled not only mechanically, but by real live people.
I tend to agree. But Oracle does have a point. Trying to distill a security argument down to number of bugs is oversimplifying. The severity of the bugs, how easy they are to exploit, etc are all important to consider. Even more important in my opinion is how quick the vendor is at fixing them. If Oracle's average time to fix was 24 hours compared to six months for Microsoft, the 4:1 bug ratio is not such a big deal.
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He could be using a Mac. On my Windows laptop, my iPod Nano is visible as USB storage. On my Mac Mini, it is only accessible by using iTunes.
An interesting proposition. But given how long it takes Microsoft to build software, and their track record at building *good* software, I would not worry much about this happening. What you described would take a few years to put together, and by then Novell will be long forgotten and out of date.
Good luck with that. There is no such thing as news that is not biased. If you think you know of any, then it just proves that they are either good at hiding their bias, or they happen to have precisely the same bias you already have.
Seriously. Point and shoot cameras' biggest weakness in my experience is the inability to zoom in. I picked up a Canon S2 IS, and with 12X zoom and image stabilization, I've been taking shots I never dreamed were possible. I can go to the races and get reasonable shots of the cars on the track, and I can get fantastic pictures of closer objects without having to resort to huge resolution and a later crop with photoshop. Try a *good* point and shoot camera before deciding you need the hassle and expense of a DSLR.
That's kinda the point.
Perhaps because "winning" in certain ways is not really winning. Unseating Microsoft is not a particularly good goal. Making better software is.