How about setting up Samba? What about color calibrating your monitor? What about getting your scanner to work? How about USB printing? Burning CDs? Editing DV? Bluetooth?
Of course I'm aware. I have a (basically retired) Powerbook 5300, which won't run OS X. OS X is about more than the Unix, it's about having the kickass development environment, and a bunch of other goodies too. I could convert CRW files on Linux, and then edit them in the Gimp, but it'd be easier and less of a hassle to drive a dull spork through my breastbone.
Some folks like to get work done on their computers, instead of just working on their computer.
I fail to see how KDE is a 'power desktop' - the virtual screens? The lack of tabs in the Terminal (which no seasoned Unix folk should ever need because of GNU screen)? Don't get me wrong, I used KDE for years (before I got my Mac and never looked back towards X11 Window Managers) and it's decent, but it doesn't touch the Mac.
Why not? I never said 'Don't install Linux on your Mac', I said 'Linux on the Mac is for masochists' and it's true. For me, I just have no desire to dick around with Linux while I have a perfectly serviceable Unix (tm) available.
As far as the Mac not being a real Unix, it is far more of a 'real' Unix than Linux. It's directly descended from AT&T Unix. It has a microkernel design, and is definitely BSD. That rant's amusing, but just because it doesn't do what that guy thinks a modern BSD should doesn't make it not BSD. His comment about Apple forking the code so they could take and not give back hold about as much water as your average sieve.
By the way, here's how the genius you quoted could use WPA on OS X:
"Kudos to the Macs for having a very simple WPA configuration. These are complete instructions to connect to dcs-wpa from any Mac running OS X 10.3 with a wireless ("AirPort") card.
Select "Other..." from the list of available wireless networks, either in the wireless ("AirPort") status menu or via Internet Connect, and enter the following information. Wireless Security: WPA Enterprise Network Name: User Name: Password: "
As someone who doesn't just have allergies, but asthma also, I doubt this is real.
In the past decade or so there have been anti-allergy lotions for cats, pills for cats, and other treatments too. They're all expensive and completely worthless. If a cat scratches me, I get a huge welt running down the length of the scratch that weeps lymph (yummm). If a cat licks me, I get a welt. If I pet a cat, and then touch any part of my face without washing my hands vigorously, I turn into a sneezing, runny nose / watery eyed mess.
Considering that PearPC runs PPC instructions hundreds of times slower than a PPC, I don't think anyone will actually be USING OS X on an XBox, or on ANY x86 computer. It's more of a larf. Like having Windows installed on VPC on my Mac.
I don't think SACD or DVD-A is failing (failed?) because of DRM, it's failing because...
1. Most music is mastered for two speakers. A few albums are mastered for 5.1, but they are very few and far between.
2. 16 bit / 44.1 kilohertz is a high enough sampling rate. Most people can't even hear anything above 20 kHz. Therefore, higher sampling rates are wasted on our ears.
3. Even if you do have golden ears, it's difficult to find audio equipment that'll produce such high frequencies with any fidelity. Certainly the majority of listeners don't own a set of reference monitors.
I do agree that the restrictions on SACD and DVD-A suck, but I don't think that's why they are flops.
Good call. Sony tries to sell us a bunch devices which are very VERY compact. They look cool. The problems are twofold with these neato little gadgets, though...
1. They all take the expensive, proprietary Memory Stick.
2. They only play back ATRAC. Why is this a problem? I have a large (over 10,000 songs) library of music ripped from CDs that my wife and I own. I did extensive tests before ripping the whole library, to determine the lowest possible bitrate that I could use and still get good quality on my Klipsch reference monitors. Sony wants me to take my music, ripped just above the threshold of being able to tell it's compressed, and re-compress it! FUCKING FORGET IT YOU JAPANESE WONDER SLUGS!
All players are ultimately doomed if they can't play back MP3s. Any douchebag who is dumb enough to rip his library in.WMP format will find this out after he reinstalls Windows and finds his music library won't work!
I'm sorry, but as a fan of the Newton, I can say that Graffiti is far faster than Newton's HWR. In fact, in the early days of PDAs (before Palm Pilots) Graffiti was available as an app for the Newton, and I and all 3 of my Newton buddies used it instead of the Newton's HWR.
I for one am NOT going to renew my.Mac subscription. Backup will work perfectly after the first check, so I am good there. The storage space is OK, but I have other computers that are permanently attached to the internet, that I don't need to pay to access. Their attempts at spam filtering are miserable. The iDisk was OK, but not that revolutionary. After getting gmail and libgmail up and running, I have NO reason for.Mac any more.
As far as it being more convenient than FTP, BS! I can access files on my FTP server with a URL as well!
The 'forced down' EP-3E was nothing less than a technology gift to China. Standard procedure is to make a water landing, bail out, and let the explosives inside (which are activated by being soaked in salt water) scuttle the plane. Laughable also were the reports of the crew valiantly chopping away at the 'computers' inside, so China couldn't acquire them. Anyone who knows anything would know that the crew was certainly only attacking monitors and keyboards, the real computers being stored in armored racks.
I thought Star Wars: Episodes 1 and 2 were made not with computer generated imagery, but with rat feces and hot grits smeared all over Natalie Portman's tummy tum!
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Ubuntu is as easy to use and install as OS X?
How about setting up Samba? What about color calibrating your monitor? What about getting your scanner to work? How about USB printing? Burning CDs? Editing DV? Bluetooth?
I could go on. Forever.
Of course I'm aware. I have a (basically retired) Powerbook 5300, which won't run OS X. OS X is about more than the Unix, it's about having the kickass development environment, and a bunch of other goodies too. I could convert CRW files on Linux, and then edit them in the Gimp, but it'd be easier and less of a hassle to drive a dull spork through my breastbone.
Some folks like to get work done on their computers, instead of just working on their computer.
'Power Desktop'?
I fail to see how KDE is a 'power desktop' - the virtual screens? The lack of tabs in the Terminal (which no seasoned Unix folk should ever need because of GNU screen)? Don't get me wrong, I used KDE for years (before I got my Mac and never looked back towards X11 Window Managers) and it's decent, but it doesn't touch the Mac.
Why not? I never said 'Don't install Linux on your Mac', I said 'Linux on the Mac is for masochists' and it's true. For me, I just have no desire to dick around with Linux while I have a perfectly serviceable Unix (tm) available.
As far as the Mac not being a real Unix, it is far more of a 'real' Unix than Linux. It's directly descended from AT&T Unix. It has a microkernel design, and is definitely BSD. That rant's amusing, but just because it doesn't do what that guy thinks a modern BSD should doesn't make it not BSD. His comment about Apple forking the code so they could take and not give back hold about as much water as your average sieve.
By the way, here's how the genius you quoted could use WPA on OS X:
"Kudos to the Macs for having a very simple WPA configuration. These are complete instructions to connect to dcs-wpa from any Mac running OS X 10.3 with a wireless ("AirPort") card.
Select "Other..." from the list of available wireless networks, either in the wireless ("AirPort") status menu or via Internet Connect, and enter the following information.
Wireless Security: WPA Enterprise
Network Name:
User Name:
Password: "
From UIUC's department of CS.
I guess the 'fuss' must be because the woman in the orange top's nipples are pointing out a bit.
I usually think that's fine.
I want nothing to do with Sony. Unless I am purchasing a toy from them (like the PS2 or the Aibo).
Why screw around with PPC Linux, when one can run OS X?
Yeah, OK, if you're poor and can't afford OS X. Maybe if you're a developer. But for users?
Bah.
The iPod earbuds are actually surprisingly good. They're also FREE with an iPod.
Then again, earbuds blow goats compared to open air phones from BeyerDynamic. Only a fool would purchase Sony (toy) headphones.
As someone who doesn't just have allergies, but asthma also, I doubt this is real.
In the past decade or so there have been anti-allergy lotions for cats, pills for cats, and other treatments too. They're all expensive and completely worthless. If a cat scratches me, I get a huge welt running down the length of the scratch that weeps lymph (yummm). If a cat licks me, I get a welt. If I pet a cat, and then touch any part of my face without washing my hands vigorously, I turn into a sneezing, runny nose / watery eyed mess.
Many complicated programs have been coded and comprehended by one person. It's not that big a deal.
I don't believe their claims for shit, but not for that reason.
Considering that PearPC runs PPC instructions hundreds of times slower than a PPC, I don't think anyone will actually be USING OS X on an XBox, or on ANY x86 computer. It's more of a larf. Like having Windows installed on VPC on my Mac.
"whee - lookit that"
I don't think SACD or DVD-A is failing (failed?) because of DRM, it's failing because...
1. Most music is mastered for two speakers. A few albums are mastered for 5.1, but they are very few and far between.
2. 16 bit / 44.1 kilohertz is a high enough sampling rate. Most people can't even hear anything above 20 kHz. Therefore, higher sampling rates are wasted on our ears.
3. Even if you do have golden ears, it's difficult to find audio equipment that'll produce such high frequencies with any fidelity. Certainly the majority of listeners don't own a set of reference monitors.
I do agree that the restrictions on SACD and DVD-A suck, but I don't think that's why they are flops.
The fact that folks buy them.
Are you that out of touch?
You can measure the size of a file in seconds now too? All this time I've been thinking of files in terms of bytes. Silly me!
How many seconds is the new Windows going to take up on the hard drive?
Good call. Sony tries to sell us a bunch devices which are very VERY compact. They look cool. The problems are twofold with these neato little gadgets, though...
.WMP format will find this out after he reinstalls Windows and finds his music library won't work!
1. They all take the expensive, proprietary Memory Stick.
2. They only play back ATRAC. Why is this a problem? I have a large (over 10,000 songs) library of music ripped from CDs that my wife and I own. I did extensive tests before ripping the whole library, to determine the lowest possible bitrate that I could use and still get good quality on my Klipsch reference monitors. Sony wants me to take my music, ripped just above the threshold of being able to tell it's compressed, and re-compress it! FUCKING FORGET IT YOU JAPANESE WONDER SLUGS!
All players are ultimately doomed if they can't play back MP3s. Any douchebag who is dumb enough to rip his library in
I'm sorry, but as a fan of the Newton, I can say that Graffiti is far faster than Newton's HWR. In fact, in the early days of PDAs (before Palm Pilots) Graffiti was available as an app for the Newton, and I and all 3 of my Newton buddies used it instead of the Newton's HWR.
Would Michael prefer the documents to be in the more stable and portable Microsoft Word format?
The editorial comments on slashdot make less and less sense with each passing week. Maybe they discovered a new way to smoke pot at the head office?
China just executed two banking executives for fraud.
We need some of that here.
Apparently the part of America that produces sarcasm that certain other people can't understand.
This is why graphic designers were on the 'B' ark...
Yeah, because device drivers and operating systems are being written in Java and deployed in Java all over the world.
Moron.
I for one am NOT going to renew my .Mac subscription. Backup will work perfectly after the first check, so I am good there. The storage space is OK, but I have other computers that are permanently attached to the internet, that I don't need to pay to access. Their attempts at spam filtering are miserable. The iDisk was OK, but not that revolutionary. After getting gmail and libgmail up and running, I have NO reason for .Mac any more.
As far as it being more convenient than FTP, BS! I can access files on my FTP server with a URL as well!
Why is it that Windows PDAs suck so hard? I had a garden hose, a golf ball, and a PocketPC, and ran a little experiment.
The golf ball won.
The 'forced down' EP-3E was nothing less than a technology gift to China. Standard procedure is to make a water landing, bail out, and let the explosives inside (which are activated by being soaked in salt water) scuttle the plane. Laughable also were the reports of the crew valiantly chopping away at the 'computers' inside, so China couldn't acquire them. Anyone who knows anything would know that the crew was certainly only attacking monitors and keyboards, the real computers being stored in armored racks.
I thought Star Wars: Episodes 1 and 2 were made not with computer generated imagery, but with rat feces and hot grits smeared all over Natalie Portman's tummy tum!