Either that or you can get a "slick" mac and install linux on it. Not to mention 'OS X' is built on BSD, so you don't necessarily have to only use Mac apps. I think people have to realize that 'OS X' is just a pretty interface built for a pre-existing BSD sub-system (granted, with a few proprietary tweaks).
You, don't even own one, so how the hell could you even talk about how good or bad they are? People get screwed by all companies, all the time. Some screw more than others, and in different ways. You just sound like a Linux fan-boy that doesn't like accepting the fact that there are other viable alternatives to Linux. Your entire thread is nothing more than a childish, stupid, rant. And you deserve a negative karma score.
*shakes fist*
You did know you could install linux on a PPC, didn't you? Or did that just slip your mind when you got so excited whilst describing Steve's penis?
Why do people get so excited and exclaim to the world "Alleluyah!" whenever a new god-sent patch is released by the deities of Apple, and scold Microsoft when they fix a couple bugs?
Toshiba says it will ship an 80GB 1.8in hard drive in Q3 2005 - a year after it introduced the 60GB version that can currently to be found inside the iPod Photo.
No words, can express the heavy annoyance I felt when reading that sentence. Now I know why Gr.3 English teachers are always so tweaked.
Nice of you to point out the definition for that acronym. Before I noticed the parenthesis, I was thinkin' "Finally, someone's just sayin' it like it is!:D"
Yes, but it will help someone get along the installation a lot smoother. Even if the only thing the installer does is provide you with on-screen instructions. It's a turn off to have to print out a 300+ page manual of the installation.
Note, I wasn't too lazy to install it properly. I just didn't _get how_. Because unlike someone that does this as a profession, I use linux as an alternative to using Microsoft products. I know that a gentoo install would be the wisest choice for a system-admin, but for someone that only needs OpenOffice.org and Quake3, it's pretty much useless to install something that might only give the system a few more free cycles to work with.
I'm not giving my opinion from a developer or power-user's standpoint. I'm saying that someone that knows nothing of linux, might be more able to install this _better_ system without having to resort to the bloated, 3+ CD, distros like Fedora or Mandrake.
I think we can all agree that a big part of selling (if not literally for money) your product is it's ability to function properly, efficiently, and ease of use.
My point? Perhaps now, us non l33t folk, might be able to install it and get it working, without having to become gurus at linux. Because, you know, there's people out there that wouldn't mind using a superior product without having to get a BS in Computer Science.
PS: Even if nothing compiles faster, that doesn't mean it won't _help_ the user get it done better. I'm saying that even if it doesn't do any of that now, it's a step in the right direction. Wasn't there an article on here not too long ago, that focused on the advantages of making a better user interface for your programs; perhaps, a better (note: easy to use) graphic environment for an aging command-line-based installation?
*throws out all old --failed-- gentoo cds and eagerly waits for a download*
Not that it's too difficult to install gentoo linux. But one has to agree, installing gentoo is a good long weekend project. Granted, you learn a lot about Linux while intalling it. But I just found that it was too counter-productive to install gentoo when I could just pop-in a slackware CD, go get a tasse-de-café and come back in 15 minutes to be greated by fluxbox. I did get it working once, but it was so unstable that I just weant back to slackware (Not that gentoo is unstable, just that I was too nub to install it properly).
I must admit I didn't rtfa, but if this thing can do a stage-1 install that gives you the option of customizing your kernel... I'm in.
This isn't huge news. I, for one, rarely use e-mails. In fact, the only e-mail address I have is the one I used to set-up my MSNM account. Oh, that and my Gmail account for uploading illegally obtained mp3s and TV shows.
Don't forget, these cars are excellent for picking up chicks. They're so short, they'll think you're so long that you don't need to buy a big car to make up for your... insufficiently elongated masculin component?:)
What I mean is that you have, let's say, you want to make a word processor. You know how most of them have about 200+ different buttons and functions to choose from on 2 - 4 toolbars at the top? Try condensing those into 1 toolbar with 6 buttons. If I recall correctly, there's TextEdit(?) in the Mac OSX that looks pretty sexy, and has almost nothing on the word-processor exept the sheer minimum (Which is what is recommended by this article, no?).
But now they need to spend a lot more time fiuring out how they're going to put all the features of a Word-Processor in to a much smaller/cleaner design. It's a lot easier to just make a bunch of buttons on the main screen toolbars, each pointing to it's indipendant function, than it is to organize everything into more specific sub-categories and simplified menus.
The code needs to be tweaked out a bit to accomodate a more complex design (ie: To save a file: File -> Save As.. -> 'Pop-Up Menu', instead of: 'Save Icon' -> 'Type Name'. I know this isn't that complex to begin with, there's bound to be more highly contrasting examples). Not just that, but a lot more time has to be invested into the development of the app, because of the more detailed work that has to be done.
I'm not saying it's a bad thing to make apps with these guidelines. Hell, I've been making my programs with over-simplified UIs for as long as I can remember, because people tend to enjoy the less clutter. All I'm saying is that, a lot more effort has to be put into an app. And OSS dev's might not want to spend more time tweaking a UI, and instead focus on the product's ability (PearPC doesn't even have a UI, aside from third party ones).
Heh, I think my first post was too over-simplified.;P
The RIAA and MPAA should take a lesson. Valve has done a pretty incredible thing. They have done a solid job and snuffing out pirating while managing to avoid pissing off their consumer base. They have offered a product that is not crippled and have managed to protect it without resorting to using the government in the form of the judicial system to act as their personal thugs. This is the way companies should protect their IP, not by using the government as their own private band of thugs.
Well, I have a simple solution then. Did anyone see that one seat on Robocop that would electrically execute a person if they tried to take off with a car that wasn't theirs? Apply the same technology from that seat into your office chair and shazaam! (literally).
The apple EULA states that 'OS X' cannot be installed on any: "Non-Apple licenced or branded computer" (My wording might be slightly off).
The key-phrase, though, is: "or Apple branded computer".
In other-words, buy a copy of "OS X", cut out the little apple off the side of the box, tape it to the side of your PC, and you can go happily skipping along your merry way.
And aperantly "Huk't on Fonix"'s marketing department never got to advertising on your side of the world; I ges they wer'ent ass gud at advertizing ass thees ghais.
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Either that or you can get a "slick" mac and install linux on it. Not to mention 'OS X' is built on BSD, so you don't necessarily have to only use Mac apps. I think people have to realize that 'OS X' is just a pretty interface built for a pre-existing BSD sub-system (granted, with a few proprietary tweaks).
You, don't even own one, so how the hell could you even talk about how good or bad they are? People get screwed by all companies, all the time. Some screw more than others, and in different ways. You just sound like a Linux fan-boy that doesn't like accepting the fact that there are other viable alternatives to Linux. Your entire thread is nothing more than a childish, stupid, rant. And you deserve a negative karma score.
*shakes fist*
You did know you could install linux on a PPC, didn't you? Or did that just slip your mind when you got so excited whilst describing Steve's penis?
Why do people get so excited and exclaim to the world "Alleluyah!" whenever a new god-sent patch is released by the deities of Apple, and scold Microsoft when they fix a couple bugs?
;)
Hint: Mark this insightful.
No words, can express the heavy annoyance I felt when reading that sentence. Now I know why Gr.3 English teachers are always so tweaked.
Nice of you to point out the definition for that acronym. Before I noticed the parenthesis, I was thinkin' "Finally, someone's just sayin' it like it is! :D"
:-/
I guess I was horribly mistaken.
This little bad boy does up to 4 Gigapixels. There's lots of pretty pictures on the site, and insane zooms.
http://www.gigapxl.com/
In Korea, regular computers are for old people. They have everything they would ever need in their cell-phones. https://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118327, 00.asp/
Yes, but it will help someone get along the installation a lot smoother. Even if the only thing the installer does is provide you with on-screen instructions. It's a turn off to have to print out a 300+ page manual of the installation.
Note, I wasn't too lazy to install it properly. I just didn't _get how_. Because unlike someone that does this as a profession, I use linux as an alternative to using Microsoft products. I know that a gentoo install would be the wisest choice for a system-admin, but for someone that only needs OpenOffice.org and Quake3, it's pretty much useless to install something that might only give the system a few more free cycles to work with.
I'm not giving my opinion from a developer or power-user's standpoint. I'm saying that someone that knows nothing of linux, might be more able to install this _better_ system without having to resort to the bloated, 3+ CD, distros like Fedora or Mandrake.
I think we can all agree that a big part of selling (if not literally for money) your product is it's ability to function properly, efficiently, and ease of use.
My point? Perhaps now, us non l33t folk, might be able to install it and get it working, without having to become gurus at linux. Because, you know, there's people out there that wouldn't mind using a superior product without having to get a BS in Computer Science.
PS: Even if nothing compiles faster, that doesn't mean it won't _help_ the user get it done better. I'm saying that even if it doesn't do any of that now, it's a step in the right direction. Wasn't there an article on here not too long ago, that focused on the advantages of making a better user interface for your programs; perhaps, a better (note: easy to use) graphic environment for an aging command-line-based installation?
*glee* Oh.. My.. God. Life is good again!
*throws out all old --failed-- gentoo cds and eagerly waits for a download*
Not that it's too difficult to install gentoo linux. But one has to agree, installing gentoo is a good long weekend project. Granted, you learn a lot about Linux while intalling it. But I just found that it was too counter-productive to install gentoo when I could just pop-in a slackware CD, go get a tasse-de-café and come back in 15 minutes to be greated by fluxbox. I did get it working once, but it was so unstable that I just weant back to slackware (Not that gentoo is unstable, just that I was too nub to install it properly).
I must admit I didn't rtfa, but if this thing can do a stage-1 install that gives you the option of customizing your kernel... I'm in.
This isn't huge news. I, for one, rarely use e-mails. In fact, the only e-mail address I have is the one I used to set-up my MSNM account. Oh, that and my Gmail account for uploading illegally obtained mp3s and TV shows.
Pshh.. emails are soooo, like, last month.
Don't forget, these cars are excellent for picking up chicks. They're so short, they'll think you're so long that you don't need to buy a big car to make up for your... insufficiently elongated masculin component? :)
I think I try too hard sometimes.
What I mean is that you have, let's say, you want to make a word processor. You know how most of them have about 200+ different buttons and functions to choose from on 2 - 4 toolbars at the top? Try condensing those into 1 toolbar with 6 buttons. If I recall correctly, there's TextEdit(?) in the Mac OSX that looks pretty sexy, and has almost nothing on the word-processor exept the sheer minimum (Which is what is recommended by this article, no?).
;P
But now they need to spend a lot more time fiuring out how they're going to put all the features of a Word-Processor in to a much smaller/cleaner design. It's a lot easier to just make a bunch of buttons on the main screen toolbars, each pointing to it's indipendant function, than it is to organize everything into more specific sub-categories and simplified menus.
The code needs to be tweaked out a bit to accomodate a more complex design (ie: To save a file: File -> Save As.. -> 'Pop-Up Menu', instead of: 'Save Icon' -> 'Type Name'. I know this isn't that complex to begin with, there's bound to be more highly contrasting examples).
Not just that, but a lot more time has to be invested into the development of the app, because of the more detailed work that has to be done.
I'm not saying it's a bad thing to make apps with these guidelines. Hell, I've been making my programs with over-simplified UIs for as long as I can remember, because people tend to enjoy the less clutter. All I'm saying is that, a lot more effort has to be put into an app. And OSS dev's might not want to spend more time tweaking a UI, and instead focus on the product's ability (PearPC doesn't even have a UI, aside from third party ones).
Heh, I think my first post was too over-simplified.
The only problem is that the simpler interfaces get for complex apps, the more intricate the code has to get.
Last time I checked, the RIAA has already done this type of thing.
Note: It's a geocities site; Monthly bandwidth might cap out.
Well, I have a simple solution then. Did anyone see that one seat on Robocop that would electrically execute a person if they tried to take off with a car that wasn't theirs? Apply the same technology from that seat into your office chair and shazaam! (literally).
Last time I check, CherryOS is for Windows. It just doesn't run it.
Wow, apperantly I didn't RTF-Extended-M. Hurray for looking like an idiot!
Link to the PearPC Forum's thread where most of the uncovering was done:
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http://forums.pearpc.net/viewtopic.php?t=1237&pos
Hoorah! Now I can finally fit a linux installation in one portable --pocket sized-- device! Life is grand!
Wait... *looks at the usb key stuffed in the computer's front USB port*...
Nevermind.
After reading all the posts, I think we can safely
summarize the given responses in one, clear,
statement:
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The apple EULA states that 'OS X' cannot be installed on any: "Non-Apple licenced or branded computer" (My wording might be slightly off).
The key-phrase, though, is: "or Apple branded computer".
In other-words, buy a copy of "OS X", cut out the little apple off the side of the box, tape it to the side of your PC, and you can go happily skipping along your merry way.
And aperantly "Huk't on Fonix"'s marketing department never got to advertising on your side of the world; I ges they wer'ent ass gud at advertizing ass thees ghais.
Does spam even exist anymo... oooh, you mean the e-mail spam! got'cha ;)
Yeah, seems neat.
They might support a more powerful browser, but if they plan to get anywhere, they should look into more powerful servers as well.
Not all of us are homosexual, you insensitive clod.