The law of entropy mandate that all energy conversions suffer losses. Any kind of system or engine that converts fuel energy to heat, then to mechanical energy and finally to electricity can't possibly be anywhere near as efficient as a device which directly converts fuel energy directly to electric power. The turbines will never compete on efficiency with fuel cells, but a gas turbine can put out a lot of mechanical power for its size/weight. Another problem with turbines is that they are not exactly quiet. Turbines run at very high RPMs and having a screaming micro turbine in a laptop may not go over too well. My vote for a good electricity source for the future is a hydrogen powered fuel cell. It is efficient, long understood technology with no moving parts to wear out or need maintenance.
Is there a solution as far as the internet is concerned?
I would not call it a solution, but I think that if you don't give out any correct information unless you initiate the transaction, it would go a long ways in slowing this sort of attack way down. That is what I have always done, not only on the net, but also on the phone. I have gotten requests for information, some of which were clearly scams and others where I did not know for sure if they were legit. In all cases I filled out the forms with info I invented out of thin air right at that time.
Generally being trusting is a good thing, but not with the anonymity the Internet provides. If everyone abided by the simple rule not to give *any* information out to anyone who asks for it out of the blue, whether on the net or the phone or at the front door, these scams would not work.
We should be the ones who take responsibility to ensure..... We created the technology that created the problem....
I would like you to name me just ONE technology from the wheel and fire onward that has NOT been used for both good and evil! Until evil is purged from the human heart, every new technology will ALWAYS be used for both good and bad.
Technology itself is neutral and its creators cannot be held responsible for how it might be abused by evildoers. There are many natural substances which if rightly used are very beneficial, but can be used to kill also.
...Since you really can't run the current Mac Os X on that G3...
We run the latest version of OSX 10.3.5 on an upgraded (RAM and HD) old purple G3 iMac. We don't do games, graphics or video, but it works great for browsing the web, the kid's homework and as an iTunes server for our home network.
Most ordinary Joe users couldn't care less about hardware, they just want to do certain things with their box. It's the total system that matters, and that's why Macs are easier to use and secure by non-geeks. A computer savy/. user will almost always be better off with an x86 box, especially if it runs Linux. Windows running on a PPC chip would not give the average user any advantage over the x86 boxes.
For this reason, any manufacturer would have a hard time selling such boxes, even if MS made their OS run on such a box. Another problem would all the other software, which would have to be, at the very least, be recompiled, but often re-written. Mac users can buy Virtual PC with Windows if they need to run some specialized programs that are only made for Windows. I don't think Bill Gates would make much money from a PPC Windows.
It isn't the case that the court upheld the law. So many judges these days MAKE laws. The laws (statutes) made by legislators clearly spell out what a legally binding agreement must have in order to be enforceable. If it cannot be established WHO the least 2 parties are that are agreeing to something and WHEN this agreement was made and THAT there was no coercion of anyone, and that the parties were legally qualified, there CANNOT be a contract.
The A at the end of EULA stands for agreement. An agreement cannot be with just one party, it takes at least two. Just clicking a mouse does NOT put anyone in communication with some other party. It is a one sided thing, not an agreement. In law an agreement is a properly executed document in writing that clearly and unambigously states WHAT is being agreed to and WHO is doing the agreeing and WHEN it was agreed. Furthermore, it has to be established that the parties were mentally and legally competent to enter into an agreement and that it was done freely, without coercion. At least that has it been with every binding, legal agreement I have ever entered into.
In clicking some mouse button there is no way to identify WHO clicked it and WHEN it was clicked, only that it was (maybe) clicked by someone at some point in time. I can set the date on my computer to almost any date.
A computer could be programmed to automatically click OK on every so called EULA. Then the computer or programmer thereof would have to be sued. The computer did it I did not. The devil made me do it.:-)
It seems that everyone assumes as gospel truth that global warming due to man's activity is a given. There is evidence that the climate on Earth goes in cycles and it will likely get cooler again after it has gotten warmer. Long before man started burning fossil fuels, there are indications from tree ring and glacier data that there were times when the earth was much warmer than today. We find tropical creatures fossilized in today's arctic areas and also coal and oil. Coal and oil was formed from plant matter growing in unimaginable abundance in times past, in regions of the earth now covered with ice and snow.
Even if this global warming thing could be proven to be true, all energy (except nuclear) used by humanity ultimately comes from the sun. That will be true until the same fusion reaction that powers the sun can be economically duplicated in some sort of power station. Right now we are using stored solar energy from oil, coal and natural gas. The amount of energy man uses for all purposes is miniscule compared to what the Earth receives from the Sun. Rather than using stored solar energy from the past, it would be better to figure out how to efficiently use the solar energy we get for free every single day.
The programs runs with a gadget called a Dovefax+ voice data modem which is plugged into the serial modem port. It can do data, fax and voice and was made in 1991.
Indeed, for many, if not all/.ers a do it yourself kit x86 is THE way to go. I wonder if you have ever added the cost of all the parts. Of course since computers is your hobby, the labor is free. I was talking mostly about the non techies who constituite the vast majority of computer users and they mostly run bug infested, malware plagued windows boxes.
Since all flavors of *nix are true multiuser systems from the ground up, they are by nature much more secure than windows.
Contrary to the fervent wishes and hopes of Linux savy/.ers there is unfortunately no flavor of *nix as usable by the kinds of users who don't know a bit from a byte except the Mac. Someday, anytime, real soon now! maybe that will change and Linux will be able to be handled by those kinds of users.
Short of replacing the mobo, there is really nothing even you as a geek can do to *really* dramatically improve the performance of any given computer. Maxing out the RAM and perhaps a hot drive can give an older box a new lease on life, but then a savy user can do that to a Mac also.
You, like most/.ers have the expertise to do all that wonderful techie stuff and you SHOULD be using as fancy a system you can afford. By replacing the mobo and all the other components you mention, you do in effect have new computer in an old box. I know that buiding your own computer, just exactly the the way you want/need is the way to go if you know how, which you obviously do.
I was talking about the vast majority of computer users out there who *don't* have your ability and many of them do care about more than just raw performance.
Certainly, for you (and most/. readers) a flexible box is a much better choice. Because you are running a true multi-user *nix based system, your box is intrinsically much more secure than any flavor of windows. Most non-geeks however run windows and are afraid to even look inside their computer. For them an iMac is a better choice since it is less likely to give troubles they wouldn't be able to deal with.
As far as games.... well if I was into them I'd probably get an x-box. However I do have a teenager in the house, and he still plays some games on the old iMac even though he also has an x-box. I am not sure, but I think he still plays Starcraft and Age of Empires on that old iMac.
You sound like the kind of person who is quite adept with computers, not being afraid unlike most ordinary users, even to look inside the box. I do computer consulting and always get asked to recommend systems. For someone like you, who LIKES computers and knows how to do all the things you mentioned, I *always* tell them to get an x86 box, preferably build one, just to their needs.
The vast majority of computers however, are sold to people who don't know a bit from a byte. They just want to use them as a tool without careing too much about the inner workings. For such users, a Mac is a better choice because it is much more likely to just work out of the box, and even more likely to still work after the user has installed a variety of programs. Anyone writing software or designing hardware/drivers for a Mac has a much more narrowly defined system since there is only one manufacturer who has integrated the hardware and software really well.
No matter WHAT the license says, if I buy it it is MINE and I can flush it down the toilet or sell it to someone else or whatever. What I am not allowed to do is make a copy of it and sell or give it to someone else. If you think the vendor might try to enforce the EULA, just make sure a minor clicks the mouse to install it. Then the EULA becomes useless.
To be safe against *any* such court ruling, just have a 12 year old kid install the software for you. Kids cannot enter into an enforcaeable legal agreement. If they did try to enforce the EULA, that should stop them in their tracks.
Simple, just have your 12 year old or the neighbor's kid install the software. Minors are not able to enter into a binding legal contract of any type whatsoever.
"not possible" and "cannot be done" are dangerous statements.
It was said "It couldn't be done" and then they went and did it anyway. I remember being told that when the endeavor to go to the moon was started. There were many that said it will never happen, but it did.
Wait a while and soon you'll know whether "the impossible" was done.
There is no reason why Cherry would have to get Apple's blessing for this if the emulator/translator emulates the PPC on an x86 box. Apple does not make the PPC chip and if none of Apple's code is used, they will not be able to sic their lawyers on Cherry.
Using the word "impossible" is dangerous. There have been too many times in history where such sentiments were expressed by skeptics, but what "could not be doen" was done, often to the chagrin of such skeptics. The proof of the pudding is of course easily checked out. Risk $50 +$130 for the Mac OS and try it.
If the sellers didn't charge too much, most people would buy it rather than spend lots of time looking for and downloading what they want. Also a lot of stuff being downloaded is no longer for sale, except maybe as used goods.
There was an informal survey here on/. a while back which showed that the vast majority of music files on computers were ripped from CD's that were owned by the people that also owned the computers. I wonder if the readers of these forums are much different from the general population in this regard.
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The law of entropy mandate that all energy conversions suffer losses. Any kind of system or engine that converts fuel energy to heat, then to mechanical energy and finally to electricity can't possibly be anywhere near as efficient as a device which directly converts fuel energy directly to electric power. The turbines will never compete on efficiency with fuel cells, but a gas turbine can put out a lot of mechanical power for its size/weight. Another problem with turbines is that they are not exactly quiet. Turbines run at very high RPMs and having a screaming micro turbine in a laptop may not go over too well. My vote for a good electricity source for the future is a hydrogen powered fuel cell. It is efficient, long understood technology with no moving parts to wear out or need maintenance.
I mean, they look _really_ official......
No matter how official it looks, just feed them garbage.
Is there a solution as far as the internet is concerned?
I would not call it a solution, but I think that if you don't give out any correct information unless you initiate the transaction, it would go a long ways in slowing this sort of attack way down. That is what I have always done, not only on the net, but also on the phone. I have gotten requests for information, some of which were clearly scams and others where I did not know for sure if they were legit. In all cases I filled out the forms with info I invented out of thin air right at that time.
Yes, people are too trusting far too often....
Generally being trusting is a good thing, but not with the anonymity the Internet provides. If everyone abided by the simple rule not to give *any* information out to anyone who asks for it out of the blue, whether on the net or the phone or at the front door, these scams would not work.
We should be the ones who take responsibility to ensure.....
We created the technology that created the problem....
I would like you to name me just ONE technology from the wheel and fire onward that has NOT been used for both good and evil! Until evil is purged from the human heart, every new technology will ALWAYS be used for both good and bad.
Technology itself is neutral and its creators cannot be held responsible for how it might be abused by evildoers. There are many natural substances which if rightly used are very beneficial, but can be used to kill also.
...Since you really can't run the current Mac Os X on that G3...
We run the latest version of OSX 10.3.5 on an upgraded (RAM and HD) old purple G3 iMac. We don't do games, graphics or video, but it works great for browsing the web, the kid's homework and as an iTunes server for our home network.
I thought VPC comes with windows
Most ordinary Joe users couldn't care less about hardware, they just want to do certain things with their box. It's the total system that matters, and that's why Macs are easier to use and secure by non-geeks. A computer savy /. user will almost always be better off with an x86 box, especially if it runs Linux. Windows running on a PPC chip would not give the average user any advantage over the x86 boxes.
For this reason, any manufacturer would have a hard time selling such boxes, even if MS made their OS run on such a box. Another problem would all the other software, which would have to be, at the very least, be recompiled, but often re-written. Mac users can buy Virtual PC with Windows if they need to run some specialized programs that are only made for Windows. I don't think Bill Gates would make much money from a PPC Windows.
It isn't the case that the court upheld the law. So many judges these days MAKE laws. The laws (statutes) made by legislators clearly spell out what a legally binding agreement must have in order to be enforceable. If it cannot be established WHO the least 2 parties are that are agreeing to something and WHEN this agreement was made and THAT there was no coercion of anyone, and that the parties were legally qualified, there CANNOT be a contract.
The A at the end of EULA stands for agreement. An agreement cannot be with just one party, it takes at least two. Just clicking a mouse does NOT put anyone in communication with some other party. It is a one sided thing, not an agreement. In law an agreement is a properly executed document in writing that clearly and unambigously states WHAT is being agreed to and WHO is doing the agreeing and WHEN it was agreed. Furthermore, it has to be established that the parties were mentally and legally competent to enter into an agreement and that it was done freely, without coercion. At least that has it been with every binding, legal agreement I have ever entered into.
:-)
In clicking some mouse button there is no way to identify WHO clicked it and WHEN it was clicked, only that it was (maybe) clicked by someone at some point in time. I can set the date on my computer to almost any date.
A computer could be programmed to automatically click OK on every so called EULA. Then the computer or programmer thereof would have to be sued. The computer did it I did not. The devil made me do it.
It seems that everyone assumes as gospel truth that global warming due to man's activity is a given. There is evidence that the climate on Earth goes in cycles and it will likely get cooler again after it has gotten warmer. Long before man started burning fossil fuels, there are indications from tree ring and glacier data that there were times when the earth was much warmer than today. We find tropical creatures fossilized in today's arctic areas and also coal and oil. Coal and oil was formed from plant matter growing in unimaginable abundance in times past, in regions of the earth now covered with ice and snow.
Even if this global warming thing could be proven to be true, all energy (except nuclear) used by humanity ultimately comes from the sun. That will be true until the same fusion reaction that powers the sun can be economically duplicated in some sort of power station. Right now we are using stored solar energy from oil, coal and natural gas. The amount of energy man uses for all purposes is miniscule compared to what the Earth receives from the Sun. Rather than using stored solar energy from the past, it would be better to figure out how to efficiently use the solar energy we get for free every single day.
The programs runs with a gadget called a Dovefax+ voice data modem which is plugged into the serial modem port. It can do data, fax and voice and was made in 1991.
Just because a game is good, doesn't mean it is a top seller. It's the top sellers that generally do get ported to the Mac
Indeed, for many, if not all /.ers a do it yourself kit x86 is THE way to go. I wonder if you have ever added the cost of all the parts. Of course since computers is your hobby, the labor is free. I was talking mostly about the non techies who constituite the vast majority of computer users and they mostly run bug infested, malware plagued windows boxes.
/.ers there is unfortunately no flavor of *nix as usable by the kinds of users who don't know a bit from a byte except the Mac. Someday, anytime, real soon now! maybe that will change and Linux will be able to be handled by those kinds of users.
Since all flavors of *nix are true multiuser systems from the ground up, they are by nature much more secure than windows.
Contrary to the fervent wishes and hopes of Linux savy
Short of replacing the mobo, there is really nothing even you as a geek can do to *really* dramatically improve the performance of any given computer. Maxing out the RAM and perhaps a hot drive can give an older box a new lease on life, but then a savy user can do that to a Mac also.
You, like most /.ers have the expertise to do all that wonderful techie stuff and you SHOULD be using as fancy a system you can afford. By replacing the mobo and all the other components you mention, you do in effect have new computer in an old box. I know that buiding your own computer, just exactly the the way you want/need is the way to go if you know how, which you obviously do.
I was talking about the vast majority of computer users out there who *don't* have your ability and many of them do care about more than just raw performance.
Certainly, for you (and most /. readers) a flexible box is a much better choice. Because you are running a true multi-user *nix based system, your box is intrinsically much more secure than any flavor of windows. Most non-geeks however run windows and are afraid to even look inside their computer. For them an iMac is a better choice since it is less likely to give troubles they wouldn't be able to deal with.
.... well if I was into them I'd probably get an x-box. However I do have a teenager in the house, and he still plays some games on the old iMac even though he also has an x-box. I am not sure, but I think he still plays Starcraft and Age of Empires on that old iMac.
As far as games
You sound like the kind of person who is quite adept with computers, not being afraid unlike most ordinary users, even to look inside the box. I do computer consulting and always get asked to recommend systems. For someone like you, who LIKES computers and knows how to do all the things you mentioned, I *always* tell them to get an x86 box, preferably build one, just to their needs.
The vast majority of computers however, are sold to people who don't know a bit from a byte. They just want to use them as a tool without careing too much about the inner workings. For such users, a Mac is a better choice because it is much more likely to just work out of the box, and even more likely to still work after the user has installed a variety of programs. Anyone writing software or designing hardware/drivers for a Mac has a much more narrowly defined system since there is only one manufacturer who has integrated the hardware and software really well.
For you, the x86 is definitely the better choice.
No matter WHAT the license says, if I buy it it is MINE and I can flush it down the toilet or sell it to someone else or whatever. What I am not allowed to do is make a copy of it and sell or give it to someone else. If you think the vendor might try to enforce the EULA, just make sure a minor clicks the mouse to install it. Then the EULA becomes useless.
To be safe against *any* such court ruling, just have a 12 year old kid install the software for you. Kids cannot enter into an enforcaeable legal agreement. If they did try to enforce the EULA, that should stop them in their tracks.
Simple, just have your 12 year old or the neighbor's kid install the software. Minors are not able to enter into a binding legal contract of any type whatsoever.
"not possible" and "cannot be done" are dangerous statements.
It was said "It couldn't be done" and then they went and did it anyway. I remember being told that when the endeavor to go to the moon was started. There were many that said it will never happen, but it did.
Wait a while and soon you'll know whether "the impossible" was done.
There is no reason why Cherry would have to get Apple's blessing for this if the emulator/translator emulates the PPC on an x86 box. Apple does not make the PPC chip and if none of Apple's code is used, they will not be able to sic their lawyers on Cherry.
Using the word "impossible" is dangerous. There have been too many times in history where such sentiments were expressed by skeptics, but what "could not be doen" was done, often to the chagrin of such skeptics. The proof of the pudding is of course easily checked out. Risk $50 +$130 for the Mac OS and try it.
Handguns -- in fact all guns -- would have been banned long ago if it were'nt prohibited by the Constitution.
If the sellers didn't charge too much, most people would buy it rather than spend lots of time looking for and downloading what they want. Also a lot of stuff being downloaded is no longer for sale, except maybe as used goods.
There was an informal survey here on/. a while back which showed that the vast majority of music files on computers were ripped from CD's that were owned by the people that also owned the computers. I wonder if the readers of these forums are much different from the general population in this regard.