Yes, at my school we have several computer labs of dell machines all with LCDs and I noticed the ghosting is so bad that it appears to lag. They reminded me of 1994 passive black and white LCDs on laptops in their response.
You've always had to eject volumes in Mac OS before removing them, don't act like it's something new.
iBooks are weird with some USB devices, mine won't recognize my Intellimouse Explorer mouse unless I insert it fast and cleanly enough (push it in half way, pause, then all the way, the light may go on but it won't work), although that's the only USB device that gives me problems on it.
Anyway, Mac OS wasn't programmed for ripping devices out the port without notifying the OS that you want to so it can be sure there is nothing being written or read from it. Note how you cannot open optical disc drives or even eject a floppy unless the OS okays it first?
Some people hate it, I personally don't care because I don't get myself in a situation where those '5 seconds' it takes to eject will get me in trouble. Before anybody dismisses this as some kind of bias, I work between both Windows and Mac OS simultaneously.
The extra drive would also cause even more heat, the laptop would have to be designed to take into account better cooling. You'll probably end up with a larger laptop as I said too, or at least a laptop with no internal optical drive. Either way you're trading off something due to space limitations even if the drives are not that much heavier and even if they can be made fairly small.
Personally though, I'll stick with a single internal drive and an external firewire drive to copy important files to on demand.
In laptops that would kill battery life, excess weight, and if you still want things such as an internal optical disc drive it adds to the size. Remember laptops are suppose to be portable and usable when no AC outlet is available. You're probably better of simply backing up your laptop drive to an external drive for when you're at home, you could even backup onto your desktop's raid array over gigabit ethernet.
Final Fantasy XI and all the software that comes with it takes up about 12 gigs by itself. I imagine game devs could easily use 25 gigs with large RPG games, especially if they start using FMVs and voiceovers. Granted FFXI would need a hard drive anyway because of the cycle of updates, but it still shows that games can get extremely large.
word processing: to change to italics, bold, or underline without having to go back and do it after you type. Also some people (like me) who got used to unstable systems have learned that a period isn't just the '.' key but '.' and then ctrl+s (or command+s when typing on a Mac).
Just keep programming, you'll get faster. Between programming and normal school papers I learned to type very fast and fairly accurately, although my max typing speed is much slower when I'm typing like this instead of copying text from somewhere (I guess grammar, spelling, and thinking at the same time slows me down).
But that's a good thing, otherwise Slashdot's post rate limit would start nagging more often.
Randomly choosing 20 minutes of songs every time you open iTunes is pointless, why would you want a smart playlist for that when shuffling your music for 20 minutes is pretty much the same thing without a playlist that you can burn to CD.
Me being an idiot or not, you're pretty stupid for thinking such an obscure feature such as creating a new random playlist every time you start iTunes not being present it the software's code being some kind of 'downfall'. The random selection on playlists is there so you can tell iTunes to randomly select some amount of music for you to make a CD with.
You said you wanted 20 minutes of music to exercise to that was selected randomly, that's what the damn shuffle is for.
Your idea is stupid and pointless, give me (and Apple) a REAL reason for making iTunes do that and I might respect your idea more (and they might add it). Until then I'll just assume you're being a nitpicked asshole because it's related to Apple (why aren't you nitpicking all those other media players out there that don't even have the create a random playlist function. Next you'll be saying that all Apple computers should have a fan sticking off the side that randomly turns on and off to make you cool, your idea is equally as pointless and I bet you won't be bitching about Dell not having this 'feature'.
If Apple sees enough demand for iTunes for linux from iPod owners or prospective iPod owners than they might do it. But generally most linux users I know of don't want to deal with Fairplay AAC in the first place.
An entire CD costs $10, a single song $1. If you only like certain songs on the CD you buy them separately, you save money from buying the entire album, that's the point. If you do like the entire CD, well most CDs on iTMS cost more than $10 if you buy the hard copy.
That's the stupidest reasoning I've ever heard as to why iTunes shouldn't be scriptable.
Write this down: For your iPod: Main Menu>Settings>Shuffle - Set it to songs.
In iTunes: lower left corner, second button from the left OR Menus: Control>Shuffle
All you have to do is select your playlist (or entire library) and turn those options on, instant random song playback.
So immediately that 'no way to get functionality' is WRONG.
Now back to how stupid it is to say Applescript is a downfall. AppleScript IS suppose to allow you to add new functions to OSX and it's programs, so what? What's so bad about it? Are you saying you would rather not have the option to make your computer perform things that other software developers didn't think of? Gee I guess BASIC was a big downfall of older computers.
The only time I've used Applescript in OS X was to write an Address Book plugin that allowed me to send SMS messages through Proteus from the address book without having to manually enter +(phone number) into a messaging box for AIM. You can't expect Apple to write programs that have every single feature and interconnective option possible with every single program in the world just because they try to.
That being said, I'd like to see you find a valid place where Applescript is the only solution to something that really should be built into the program. Interconnecting products of two different developers doesn't count.
You're missing a sound card, monitor, mouse and keyboard, speakers, hard drive, network card, modem, firewire ports, usb ports (okay go and leave the last two and the network card out since they are on most mother boards now) and operating system in that setup. Now tell me how much it costs.
Seriously, I agree that you can BUILD a slightly more powerful non-mac PC for cheeper but if you buy a prebuilt one from Dell or some other vendor you shouldn't be surprised to find that the PC doesn't really perform all that much better than the mac at the same price.
Companies have to make money to survive, you can't really expect Apple to sell their computers at the same prices it would cost to build their computers (if you could) on your own.
Even leaving out the monitor, that's an inferior processor, inferior graphics card/chipset, inferior sound card, and let me guess, inferior disc drive? Need I go on? Processor frequency isn't all that matters to some people.
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What if I connected six 800 watt subwoofers to my CPU and started blasting my music from that?
Because we all know that ADULTS should be getting addicted to more 'grown up' games such as GTA.
Yes, at my school we have several computer labs of dell machines all with LCDs and I noticed the ghosting is so bad that it appears to lag. They reminded me of 1994 passive black and white LCDs on laptops in their response.
I....knew...that...*mods self -1, dumbass*
My point was that it wasn't near $1000. To me the LCD was worth it, and the fact is that CRTs are cheeper partially because of the LCD monitors.
Those of us who are easily annoyed by the high pitched ringing CRT TVs make also like LCDs.
Also those negative points don't seem to really be a problem with the LCD in front of me.
Funny I have a 17" of 1280x1024 and it only cost me $400, it's really responsive and bright too.
You've always had to eject volumes in Mac OS before removing them, don't act like it's something new.
iBooks are weird with some USB devices, mine won't recognize my Intellimouse Explorer mouse unless I insert it fast and cleanly enough (push it in half way, pause, then all the way, the light may go on but it won't work), although that's the only USB device that gives me problems on it.
Anyway, Mac OS wasn't programmed for ripping devices out the port without notifying the OS that you want to so it can be sure there is nothing being written or read from it. Note how you cannot open optical disc drives or even eject a floppy unless the OS okays it first?
Some people hate it, I personally don't care because I don't get myself in a situation where those '5 seconds' it takes to eject will get me in trouble. Before anybody dismisses this as some kind of bias, I work between both Windows and Mac OS simultaneously.
Argh, that video should be banned.
Best lock ever...
Actually I kinda wish I could get a stick death security system for my bike.
I've seen the brake based 'club' that only depends on the floor of your car and the brake peddle.
Yeah even then, I've seen saws cut easily through steering wheels.
The extra drive would also cause even more heat, the laptop would have to be designed to take into account better cooling. You'll probably end up with a larger laptop as I said too, or at least a laptop with no internal optical drive. Either way you're trading off something due to space limitations even if the drives are not that much heavier and even if they can be made fairly small.
Personally though, I'll stick with a single internal drive and an external firewire drive to copy important files to on demand.
In laptops that would kill battery life, excess weight, and if you still want things such as an internal optical disc drive it adds to the size. Remember laptops are suppose to be portable and usable when no AC outlet is available. You're probably better of simply backing up your laptop drive to an external drive for when you're at home, you could even backup onto your desktop's raid array over gigabit ethernet.
Final Fantasy XI and all the software that comes with it takes up about 12 gigs by itself. I imagine game devs could easily use 25 gigs with large RPG games, especially if they start using FMVs and voiceovers. Granted FFXI would need a hard drive anyway because of the cycle of updates, but it still shows that games can get extremely large.
You don't know how many times I've thought that when moderating.
word processing: to change to italics, bold, or underline without having to go back and do it after you type. Also some people (like me) who got used to unstable systems have learned that a period isn't just the '.' key but '.' and then ctrl+s (or command+s when typing on a Mac).
Funny, I use the left shift key and have never touched the right shift key on this keyboard.
I use my left thumb for all modifiers
The key I tend to 'smack' really hard is the space bar, in fact I've broken a space bar doing it (became a one-sided see-saw).
I also hit Y and B with the wrong hand.
Just keep programming, you'll get faster. Between programming and normal school papers I learned to type very fast and fairly accurately, although my max typing speed is much slower when I'm typing like this instead of copying text from somewhere (I guess grammar, spelling, and thinking at the same time slows me down).
But that's a good thing, otherwise Slashdot's post rate limit would start nagging more often.
Randomly choosing 20 minutes of songs every time you open iTunes is pointless, why would you want a smart playlist for that when shuffling your music for 20 minutes is pretty much the same thing without a playlist that you can burn to CD.
Me being an idiot or not, you're pretty stupid for thinking such an obscure feature such as creating a new random playlist every time you start iTunes not being present it the software's code being some kind of 'downfall'. The random selection on playlists is there so you can tell iTunes to randomly select some amount of music for you to make a CD with.
You said you wanted 20 minutes of music to exercise to that was selected randomly, that's what the damn shuffle is for.
Your idea is stupid and pointless, give me (and Apple) a REAL reason for making iTunes do that and I might respect your idea more (and they might add it). Until then I'll just assume you're being a nitpicked asshole because it's related to Apple (why aren't you nitpicking all those other media players out there that don't even have the create a random playlist function. Next you'll be saying that all Apple computers should have a fan sticking off the side that randomly turns on and off to make you cool, your idea is equally as pointless and I bet you won't be bitching about Dell not having this 'feature'.
If Apple sees enough demand for iTunes for linux from iPod owners or prospective iPod owners than they might do it. But generally most linux users I know of don't want to deal with Fairplay AAC in the first place.
An entire CD costs $10, a single song $1. If you only like certain songs on the CD you buy them separately, you save money from buying the entire album, that's the point. If you do like the entire CD, well most CDs on iTMS cost more than $10 if you buy the hard copy.
That's the stupidest reasoning I've ever heard as to why iTunes shouldn't be scriptable.
Write this down:
For your iPod:
Main Menu>Settings>Shuffle - Set it to songs.
In iTunes: lower left corner, second button from the left OR
Menus: Control>Shuffle
All you have to do is select your playlist (or entire library) and turn those options on, instant random song playback.
So immediately that 'no way to get functionality' is WRONG.
Now back to how stupid it is to say Applescript is a downfall. AppleScript IS suppose to allow you to add new functions to OSX and it's programs, so what? What's so bad about it? Are you saying you would rather not have the option to make your computer perform things that other software developers didn't think of? Gee I guess BASIC was a big downfall of older computers.
The only time I've used Applescript in OS X was to write an Address Book plugin that allowed me to send SMS messages through Proteus from the address book without having to manually enter +(phone number) into a messaging box for AIM. You can't expect Apple to write programs that have every single feature and interconnective option possible with every single program in the world just because they try to.
That being said, I'd like to see you find a valid place where Applescript is the only solution to something that really should be built into the program. Interconnecting products of two different developers doesn't count.
You're missing a sound card, monitor, mouse and keyboard, speakers, hard drive, network card, modem, firewire ports, usb ports (okay go and leave the last two and the network card out since they are on most mother boards now) and operating system in that setup. Now tell me how much it costs.
Seriously, I agree that you can BUILD a slightly more powerful non-mac PC for cheeper but if you buy a prebuilt one from Dell or some other vendor you shouldn't be surprised to find that the PC doesn't really perform all that much better than the mac at the same price.
Companies have to make money to survive, you can't really expect Apple to sell their computers at the same prices it would cost to build their computers (if you could) on your own.
Even leaving out the monitor, that's an inferior processor, inferior graphics card/chipset, inferior sound card, and let me guess, inferior disc drive? Need I go on? Processor frequency isn't all that matters to some people.