You are absolutely correct... and I'm embarrassed. I humbly withdrawal my complaint and will recede back underneath the rock I came from. Thanks for the tip... you have saved me much future grief.
Can I PLEASE get spotlight to have the option to display any of the columns available in the Finder list view, and PLEASE let me sort by those columns? Spotlight is a pain in the ass to use until these capabilities are back from the 10.3 days. I just want to see the file size without having to open every search result.
And I would consider attempting to get in the habit of putting the number / constant first. If you accidently drop an = from ==, it will be a compiler error. The other way around can be maddening to hunt down and correct... although a good IDE will at least give you a warning. EX:
Not only an oil slick, but also the nuclear fuel of the reactor of most modern US Navy ships. Who knows if the reactor would withstand the torpedo explosion. If there are any nuclear warheads onboard the same goes from them.
Of coarse the radiation from these sources is well contained during normal operations, but I think it would be less of a sure thing after a torpedo explosion (or resulting explosion of ammunitions and fuel onboard), or after sufficient time at the bottom of the sea. I would think the ecological impact from this (and the loss of human life) should be weighed against the potential harm from the sonic defense system... but maybe that's just me:)
Unfortunately we're late to that party. The time to get in was almost exactly a year ago -when AAPL was trading for $16 a share. The subsequent rise to ~$90, and split, has taken a bit of the potential out of the stock...
But who knows, it could still go up with increased market share (The holly grail for Apple folks).
I wonder if they upgraded the hardware while "upgrading" the OS?
I remember when my local WF switched to these ATMs. The first thing I noticed is that the ATM couldn't keep up with me while I enter my long (12 digit) pin. The entire interface is substantially slower, although it does have pretty pictures of happy people doing things with their money!
I seriously don't like the new ATMs simply for the fact that they can't keep up with the buttons I push to get $20 out... as far as I'm concerned, speed is what OS/2 did right.
The fact that animals tend to know these things are coming is probably not due in large part to hearing the sound waves. There are lots of theories, but sound isn't a strong candidate. One theory is the animals are sensitive to various types of seismic "pre-waves".
The waves of a tsunami move incredibly fast. The average speed of a tsunami for the pacific ocean will be around 200m/s. The average speed of sound in air is 331m/s. The difference means that by the time an animal may hear the wave, it isn't that far off.
This random number generator is interesting, but I tend to be skeptical anytime someone says: Event A predicts Event B, but we don't know what Event B will be... so we'll tell you when it happens. TFA did address this question by stating that the scientist have calculated statistically that the chances of these occurrences are 1 in 10^7... but relying on a human to interpret what Event B is will lead to error. Ex: I can tell you something will happen tomorrow... Tomorrow, I'll let you know what it was:)
wtf are you talking about. This is total FUD. ->G5 2.5GHz x 2 w/ 4GB RAM != $12,000 ->no such thing as Altivextreme PCI-X card ->MagicMaestro for DOS does not exist ->You say your G5 is slow, then compare to the G3 iMac and say it was slow, so therefore it must be slow! your G3 iMac is slow at everything - hello?
Very Interesting. I have a couple G5s with 8GB of ram each. They are running some large dbs. This now make sense why I see only 90MBs free in top and VM taking up so much RAM, yet the db process only takes ~ 3GB max.
I wonder if the page in / out counter only counts pages which weren't RAM cached?...
The space elevator, or any other substantial structure / investment, should be design with catastrophic failures evaluated. Whether those failures are at the hands of terrorist or mother nature makes little difference. The defense of the structure needs to be assured. No fly zones and its location in the middle of the ocean at the equator should help... but there are much smarter people than I who will work these things out.
OFF TOPIC RANT:
I'm sorry - this will be unpopular with this crowd but I can't keep from responding any longer. I'll step in and be the one comment that is not anti-american.
I'm glad something is being done in regards to terrorism. Do i think that war is the perfect answer? No! but do I think ignoring it is any better - definitely not. Believe me - I think war is about the last answer... actually second to last. Ignoring terrorism is the last answer. Have a read of this excellent
post. It is the single best post I've ever read on/.
WMDs in Iraq was a bust. Bad intelligence, conspiracy, whatever... One thing that can't be denied is that it was a terrible regime. Lots of people dying and oppressed. Does that mean that the US needs to go in with guns blazing? Probably not. Will they be better off in 10 years? I think so. I wish the US had UN support when it entered Iraq... but guess what - that wouldn't have made WMDs appear.
Italy's withdrawal of troops from Iraq was a sign of weakness, which (I'm afraid) will only bring more terrorism to Italy.
There are plenty of other countries in thia world that have absolutely horrific groups where tragic human rights violations occur constantly... not to mention all the 3rd world countries where the low standard of living is killing 1000's every day. The easiest thing to do is ignore it, play the isolationist game. But that doesn't fix the problem.
I'm all for other cultures having their sovereignty, but there are certain lines that shouldn't be crossed - such as human rights.
One last comment: We are on the verge, if not already into the 3rd world war (if we aren't going to call the cold war WWIII). That sounds extreme, but realize that the world hasn't be this polarized since the last world war. The terrorist groups have declared war on any culture that opposes them. They are attacking, they don't follow conventional war rules, and they will not stop on their own accord. This isn't like the tango... it only takes one to make war... unfortunately.
If you've made it this far - please read the post I linked to. It really is eye opening. Sorry for the rant. I have never posted a political comment before, and I'm not pretending that I have any answers or anything... I just know that something needs to be done.
Thank you for posting the numbers - I was just about to. I read this headline and then read the article expecting to see Microsofts numbers fairly low and OS X's numbers much higher. Then reality hit me:) Although I am surprised by the Linux distro's numbers.
The comment: Microsoft Windows is more secure than you think, and Mac OS X is worse than you ever imagined.
Doesn't that seem a bit dramatic. Yes OS X had a higher % of remote attacks than all but Red hat, but it also had the fewest advisories. Isn't that a bit like saying mad cow disease kills 100% of its victims in the US when only 1 person has been infected? (Okay - my numbers aren't right and it's an extreme example - but you get my point). The fact of the numbers are that bottom line: XP had the most advisories which granted system access. Sure its number of advisories are lower overall - but nearly half of those are granting system access.
Lies work well until they offer you a position and do a back ground check. I sit next to an HR group where I work, and hear them regularly talk about candidates who were misleading on there resumés. If they catch you even in a little lie your chances of getting hired just dropped through the floor.
I think the best thing you can do is try to get a very basic job in the industry you are interested in working in after you're finished with school. For example - you're in college and will be graduating with a CS degree - go find a job at a local ISP doing basic tech support, installation or something like that. That will get your foot in the door and allow you to start Networking (social) with people that are doing what you would like to be doing. This basic job doesn't have to be providing you with the technical experience you're looking for - but it will open doors for you to those position that will. Doing anything (except retail sales) will work in your favor when you actually graduate.
The one problem with this - is that if you're successful in your basic position (tech support or whatever) and move up the ranks even a little bit - you may eventually need to leave the company when you actually do get your degree. Once your in place in that company - getting a degree wont suddenly open a lot more doors there, but it will with other companies who wouldn't have considered you before because of A) lack of a degree or B) lack of experience. Additionally, when the jobs you are applying for say they are looking for 5 years of C++ experience - you can say that you have C++ experience (hopefully from your position that you worked into) and that you have been with the previous company for 4 or 5 years (or at least in the industry for that time)... you let them decide if you actually have 5 years of C++ experience - and you haven't lied, so you may actually get the job;)
I think it is not the intention of the bench mark to make the languages run in the exact same manor. I think the bench mark would be much more useful if it exploited all the features of each language, and then measured how fast it accomplished the task. The fact that Java uses a gc system where as C++ forces the programmer to keep tighter track of memory usage doesn't mean Java is cheating. That is the design of the language. If the intent of the application is to occupy as small a memory foot print as possible - then C++ has some advantages.
Forcing Java to behave like C++ or C++ to behave like java doesn't really have much to do with the bench marks.
Now poorly written code in either language would make the bench marks more susceptible to criticism.
I'm not a microsoft apologist, but hungarian notation helps prevents stupid programmer mistakes... eliminating the need for the compiler to tell the programmer they made a stupid mistake. This reduces the need for the compile - fix - compile fix again cycle. Most professional programmers (worth their weight) will tell you that a longer more descriptive name will save you lots of time, and the time of the programmers who have to maintain your code after you're fired for making stupid coding mistakes and delivering behind schedule trying to fix those stupid mistakes. I use hungarian notation in all of my sql, java, and c++ code... And it helps!
"And it's that user friendliness that virus/trojan/worm authors have come to appreciate over the last decade."
The difference here is that the MacOS asks you if you want to enable the service. It asks you if you want to turn file sharing on, since it is off by default. With it off, Rendezvous will not auto detect the computer on the network.
Windows on the other hand tends to have these types of services on by default, which make unsuspecting users vulnerable to attack.
And it's that user friendliness that virus/trojan/worm authors have come to appreciate over the last decade.
This is one of the dumbest things the government could legislate.
The difference between infomercials and product placement is that infomercials deal specifically with the endorsement of one or more specific products. They cram down the viewers throats garbage about this product being the next best thing since sliced bread - and for only 3 installments of $19.95. Product placement relies on the ability of a brand to distinguish itself among a specific setting... maybe that's not so subtle, but it sure isn't as obnoxious as an infomercial. The show is only indirectly endorsing the product, rather than directly tell the viewer about it.
Additionally, think of the consequences of making the placement of recognizable products in a public broadcast illegal. Anytime a product is vaguely distinguishable it couldn't be used as a prop! That means the TV shows would need to have a bunch of dull looking props - which would make the TV shows even more dull. Think no more fast cars, sony / apple computers, or brand name cloths, just to name a few.
The result: All TV shows would be about a bunch hippie-made clothed individuals driving brown 1970s american station wagons, and interacting with a beige boxed computer to solve the mysteries... CHiPS with Pentium133s!
it seems to be leaps beyond anything that Apple has done recently
Are you serious? If you follow the link provided, then you'll see an "executive overview" of the recent build. Here it is:
1) an enhanced desktop experience that includes advanced 3D graphics capabilities and driver functionality.
2) a new display driver model that will feature radically advanced functionality, stability, and reliability.
3) a radically redesigned user interface with a dynamically composed desktop featuring compelling new visual effects like graphically tumbling, rotating, and warped windows.
4) hardware accelerated and resolution independent anti-aliased 2D scalable graphics that will expose functionality based on the capabilities of your system's 3D video hardware.
5) a rich 3D graphics architecture that is integrated directly into the Windows UI.
Here is my brief overview of when these features were available in MacOSX:
1) Jaguar 10.2
2) Puma 10.0
3) Puma 10.0
4) Jaguar 10.2
5) Jaguar 10.2
Which part of the longhorn preview was innovative? Don't forget about espose in Panther!
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You are absolutely correct... and I'm embarrassed. I humbly withdrawal my complaint and will recede back underneath the rock I came from. Thanks for the tip... you have saved me much future grief.
Bring on the Spotlight improvements!
Can I PLEASE get spotlight to have the option to display any of the columns available in the Finder list view, and PLEASE let me sort by those columns? Spotlight is a pain in the ass to use until these capabilities are back from the 10.3 days. I just want to see the file size without having to open every search result.
Agreed...
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And I would consider attempting to get in the habit of putting the number / constant first. If you accidently drop an = from ==, it will be a compiler error. The other way around can be maddening to hunt down and correct... although a good IDE will at least give you a warning.
EX:
#define UPPER_BOUND 456
if(x == UPPER_BOUND) do_something_useful();
if(x = UPPER_BOUND) assign_upper_bound_to_x(); and_always_evaluate_to_true();
if(UPPER_BOUND = x) compiler_error();
Not only an oil slick, but also the nuclear fuel of the reactor of most modern US Navy ships. Who knows if the reactor would withstand the torpedo explosion. If there are any nuclear warheads onboard the same goes from them.
:)
Of coarse the radiation from these sources is well contained during normal operations, but I think it would be less of a sure thing after a torpedo explosion (or resulting explosion of ammunitions and fuel onboard), or after sufficient time at the bottom of the sea. I would think the ecological impact from this (and the loss of human life) should be weighed against the potential harm from the sonic defense system... but maybe that's just me
Unfortunately we're late to that party. The time to get in was almost exactly a year ago -when AAPL was trading for $16 a share. The subsequent rise to ~$90, and split, has taken a bit of the potential out of the stock...
But who knows, it could still go up with increased market share (The holly grail for Apple folks).
I wonder if they upgraded the hardware while "upgrading" the OS?
I remember when my local WF switched to these ATMs. The first thing I noticed is that the ATM couldn't keep up with me while I enter my long (12 digit) pin. The entire interface is substantially slower, although it does have pretty pictures of happy people doing things with their money!
I seriously don't like the new ATMs simply for the fact that they can't keep up with the buttons I push to get $20 out... as far as I'm concerned, speed is what OS/2 did right.
The fact that animals tend to know these things are coming is probably not due in large part to hearing the sound waves. There are lots of theories, but sound isn't a strong candidate. One theory is the animals are sensitive to various types of seismic "pre-waves".
:)
The waves of a tsunami move incredibly fast. The average speed of a tsunami for the pacific ocean will be around 200m/s. The average speed of sound in air is 331m/s. The difference means that by the time an animal may hear the wave, it isn't that far off.
This random number generator is interesting, but I tend to be skeptical anytime someone says: Event A predicts Event B, but we don't know what Event B will be... so we'll tell you when it happens. TFA did address this question by stating that the scientist have calculated statistically that the chances of these occurrences are 1 in 10^7... but relying on a human to interpret what Event B is will lead to error. Ex: I can tell you something will happen tomorrow... Tomorrow, I'll let you know what it was
What a treasure. Thanks for sharing!
That is the funniest thing I've read on slashdot in months... thank you!
wtf are you talking about. This is total FUD.
->G5 2.5GHz x 2 w/ 4GB RAM != $12,000
->no such thing as Altivextreme PCI-X card
->MagicMaestro for DOS does not exist
->You say your G5 is slow, then compare to the G3 iMac and say it was slow, so therefore it must be slow! your G3 iMac is slow at everything - hello?
I smell TROLL BS...
Very Interesting. I have a couple G5s with 8GB of ram each. They are running some large dbs. This now make sense why I see only 90MBs free in top and VM taking up so much RAM, yet the db process only takes ~ 3GB max.
I wonder if the page in / out counter only counts pages which weren't RAM cached?...
Thanks!
The space elevator, or any other substantial structure / investment, should be design with catastrophic failures evaluated. Whether those failures are at the hands of terrorist or mother nature makes little difference. The defense of the structure needs to be assured. No fly zones and its location in the middle of the ocean at the equator should help... but there are much smarter people than I who will work these things out.
OFF TOPIC RANT:
I'm sorry - this will be unpopular with this crowd but I can't keep from responding any longer. I'll step in and be the one comment that is not anti-american.
I'm glad something is being done in regards to terrorism. Do i think that war is the perfect answer? No! but do I think ignoring it is any better - definitely not. Believe me - I think war is about the last answer... actually second to last. Ignoring terrorism is the last answer. Have a read of this excellent post. It is the single best post I've ever read on /.
WMDs in Iraq was a bust. Bad intelligence, conspiracy, whatever... One thing that can't be denied is that it was a terrible regime. Lots of people dying and oppressed. Does that mean that the US needs to go in with guns blazing? Probably not. Will they be better off in 10 years? I think so. I wish the US had UN support when it entered Iraq... but guess what - that wouldn't have made WMDs appear.
Italy's withdrawal of troops from Iraq was a sign of weakness, which (I'm afraid) will only bring more terrorism to Italy.
There are plenty of other countries in thia world that have absolutely horrific groups where tragic human rights violations occur constantly... not to mention all the 3rd world countries where the low standard of living is killing 1000's every day. The easiest thing to do is ignore it, play the isolationist game. But that doesn't fix the problem.
I'm all for other cultures having their sovereignty, but there are certain lines that shouldn't be crossed - such as human rights.
One last comment: We are on the verge, if not already into the 3rd world war (if we aren't going to call the cold war WWIII). That sounds extreme, but realize that the world hasn't be this polarized since the last world war. The terrorist groups have declared war on any culture that opposes them. They are attacking, they don't follow conventional war rules, and they will not stop on their own accord. This isn't like the tango... it only takes one to make war... unfortunately.
If you've made it this far - please read the post I linked to. It really is eye opening. Sorry for the rant. I have never posted a political comment before, and I'm not pretending that I have any answers or anything... I just know that something needs to be done.
The comment: Microsoft Windows is more secure than you think, and Mac OS X is worse than you ever imagined.
Doesn't that seem a bit dramatic. Yes OS X had a higher % of remote attacks than all but Red hat, but it also had the fewest advisories. Isn't that a bit like saying mad cow disease kills 100% of its victims in the US when only 1 person has been infected? (Okay - my numbers aren't right and it's an extreme example - but you get my point). The fact of the numbers are that bottom line: XP had the most advisories which granted system access. Sure its number of advisories are lower overall - but nearly half of those are granting system access.
Definitely an agenda to this research.
Lies work well until they offer you a position and do a back ground check. I sit next to an HR group where I work, and hear them regularly talk about candidates who were misleading on there resumés. If they catch you even in a little lie your chances of getting hired just dropped through the floor.
;)
I think the best thing you can do is try to get a very basic job in the industry you are interested in working in after you're finished with school. For example - you're in college and will be graduating with a CS degree - go find a job at a local ISP doing basic tech support, installation or something like that. That will get your foot in the door and allow you to start Networking (social) with people that are doing what you would like to be doing. This basic job doesn't have to be providing you with the technical experience you're looking for - but it will open doors for you to those position that will. Doing anything (except retail sales) will work in your favor when you actually graduate.
The one problem with this - is that if you're successful in your basic position (tech support or whatever) and move up the ranks even a little bit - you may eventually need to leave the company when you actually do get your degree. Once your in place in that company - getting a degree wont suddenly open a lot more doors there, but it will with other companies who wouldn't have considered you before because of A) lack of a degree or B) lack of experience. Additionally, when the jobs you are applying for say they are looking for 5 years of C++ experience - you can say that you have C++ experience (hopefully from your position that you worked into) and that you have been with the previous company for 4 or 5 years (or at least in the industry for that time)... you let them decide if you actually have 5 years of C++ experience - and you haven't lied, so you may actually get the job
I think it is not the intention of the bench mark to make the languages run in the exact same manor. I think the bench mark would be much more useful if it exploited all the features of each language, and then measured how fast it accomplished the task. The fact that Java uses a gc system where as C++ forces the programmer to keep tighter track of memory usage doesn't mean Java is cheating. That is the design of the language. If the intent of the application is to occupy as small a memory foot print as possible - then C++ has some advantages.
Forcing Java to behave like C++ or C++ to behave like java doesn't really have much to do with the bench marks.
Now poorly written code in either language would make the bench marks more susceptible to criticism.
FYI - I'm being sarcastic about that.
I'm not a microsoft apologist, but hungarian notation helps prevents stupid programmer mistakes... eliminating the need for the compiler to tell the programmer they made a stupid mistake. This reduces the need for the compile - fix - compile fix again cycle.
Most professional programmers (worth their weight) will tell you that a longer more descriptive name will save you lots of time, and the time of the programmers who have to maintain your code after you're fired for making stupid coding mistakes and delivering behind schedule trying to fix those stupid mistakes.
I use hungarian notation in all of my sql, java, and c++ code... And it helps!
"And it's that user friendliness that virus/trojan/worm authors have come to appreciate over the last decade."
The difference here is that the MacOS asks you if you want to enable the service. It asks you if you want to turn file sharing on, since it is off by default. With it off, Rendezvous will not auto detect the computer on the network.
Windows on the other hand tends to have these types of services on by default, which make unsuspecting users vulnerable to attack.
And it's that user friendliness that virus/trojan/worm authors have come to appreciate over the last decade.
This is one of the dumbest things the government could legislate.
The difference between infomercials and product placement is that infomercials deal specifically with the endorsement of one or more specific products. They cram down the viewers throats garbage about this product being the next best thing since sliced bread - and for only 3 installments of $19.95.
Product placement relies on the ability of a brand to distinguish itself among a specific setting... maybe that's not so subtle, but it sure isn't as obnoxious as an infomercial. The show is only indirectly endorsing the product, rather than directly tell the viewer about it.
Additionally, think of the consequences of making the placement of recognizable products in a public broadcast illegal. Anytime a product is vaguely distinguishable it couldn't be used as a prop! That means the TV shows would need to have a bunch of dull looking props - which would make the TV shows even more dull. Think no more fast cars, sony / apple computers, or brand name cloths, just to name a few.
The result: All TV shows would be about a bunch hippie-made clothed individuals driving brown 1970s american station wagons, and interacting with a beige boxed computer to solve the mysteries... CHiPS with Pentium133s!
Microsoft Ease + Linux Secure = Mac OSX
Apple should be advertising this!
it seems to be leaps beyond anything that Apple has done recently
Are you serious? If you follow the link provided, then you'll see an "executive overview" of the recent build. Here it is:
1) an enhanced desktop experience that includes advanced 3D graphics capabilities and driver functionality.
2) a new display driver model that will feature radically advanced functionality, stability, and reliability.
3) a radically redesigned user interface with a dynamically composed desktop featuring compelling new visual effects like graphically tumbling, rotating, and warped windows.
4) hardware accelerated and resolution independent anti-aliased 2D scalable graphics that will expose functionality based on the capabilities of your system's 3D video hardware.
5) a rich 3D graphics architecture that is integrated directly into the Windows UI.
Here is my brief overview of when these features were available in MacOSX:
1) Jaguar 10.2
2) Puma 10.0
3) Puma 10.0
4) Jaguar 10.2
5) Jaguar 10.2
Which part of the longhorn preview was innovative? Don't forget about espose in Panther!