True. It is but a matter of time, though. As soon as libgaim starts supporting it via libjingle, support will probably trickle down to Adium on Mac OS X, and obviously to Gaim on all platforms it runs on.
Emulation is slow. People who use specialized, non-ported applications and need a computer in order to make money right now, might prefer the PowerPC stuff instead of a kick ass Intel used on Rosetta 90% of the time.
Think movie studios, scientific applications, etc. Some people make money out of their machines, and they need to make it NOW.
It's a transition to Intel processors, not a switch.
Specially if you have never taken courses in foreign languages, I would recommend conversation-based courses to go with whichever method you pick (tapes, Rosetta Stone, etc).
A good conversation course is carried only in the language to be learned. It sounds odd in theory, but it is one of the few alternatives to immersion, short of taking a trip and living abroad for a while.
Soon you learn to ask your question in $LANGUAGE. I remember in Japan I had to ask things like: "What is the opposite of far?". It works pretty well.
The process of learning a new language is sort of like a snowball effect. The more you can use it, the more you will learn it, so it's better to start using it early, instead of worrying about technical details.
My guess is that if you think about Ximian as a standalone company, it might not make sense to open Ximian Connector. But, since Novell considers Ximian only a part of a much bigger "let's go Linux" move, I guess they're rather make Ximian as popular, and as de facto as possible.
Just because the mp3 file is non tangible, it doesn't mean that the *file* is not an entity in itself, separate from the information it contains. Even if it had zero overhead data.
Well, not that I think it is enough to justify superiority, but.debs can be unpacked with tar, ar and gunzip (or is it uncompress?), whilst.rpms (supposedly, not sure here) need the RPM tools.
I know. It took me a long time to only load the page. I clicked on the download link, posted the comment about the slashdotting, went for a beer, and by the time I came back, the download was at sixty something percent. I reloaded the page, checked the screenshots, and it was all nice and fast.
"Oh shit. I'm going to be modded down", I thought.
Oh well. We'll just have to slashdot someone else.:)
I've been saying the same. I am a programmer, and I also have to work with UNIX boxen. I also love the peace of mind of using a UNIX machine at home at not having to spend all weekends configuring something here or there.
But... I've had enough annoyances from Mac OS X so as to think about considering moving back to the free unices when the next upgrade do OS X comes. You know, Finder crashes, one aqua (or quartz I guess) lockup. Very rare, mind you, but I'm spoiled, I used to run Debian, the stable branch.
Anyway, Panther just came out, so I guess I have some more time to take that decision. For the meantime, I try to only use applications and hardware that will not lock me in severely on the platform. I needed a substitute for Gnucash, I bought one that is written in Java, for example. Things like that.
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Touche
What do you mean, *even* have a plasma screen? Has the plasma screen become that much of a commodity in the 5 days I've been out of the US?
True. It is but a matter of time, though. As soon as libgaim starts supporting it via libjingle, support will probably trickle down to Adium on Mac OS X, and obviously to Gaim on all platforms it runs on.
In theory it is now possible to use your own Jabber server, which in turn could use the gateways for MSN, AIM, Y!, etc.
But yeah, you would need a server.
Emulation is slow. People who use specialized, non-ported applications and need a computer in order to make money right now, might prefer the PowerPC stuff instead of a kick ass Intel used on Rosetta 90% of the time.
Think movie studios, scientific applications, etc. Some people make money out of their machines, and they need to make it NOW.
It's a transition to Intel processors, not a switch.
From the looks of the device, you would have to unhook. The load stays on top of the device, not on top of you.
Of course, I have no insider info. That's just what it looks like to me.
Specially if you have never taken courses in foreign languages, I would recommend conversation-based courses to go with whichever method you pick (tapes, Rosetta Stone, etc).
A good conversation course is carried only in the language to be learned. It sounds odd in theory, but it is one of the few alternatives to immersion, short of taking a trip and living abroad for a while.
Soon you learn to ask your question in $LANGUAGE. I remember in Japan I had to ask things like: "What is the opposite of far?". It works pretty well.
The process of learning a new language is sort of like a snowball effect. The more you can use it, the more you will learn it, so it's better to start using it early, instead of worrying about technical details.
My guess is that if you think about Ximian as a standalone company, it might not make sense to open Ximian Connector. But, since Novell considers Ximian only a part of a much bigger "let's go Linux" move, I guess they're rather make Ximian as popular, and as de facto as possible.
Just because the mp3 file is non tangible, it doesn't mean that the *file* is not an entity in itself, separate from the information it contains. Even if it had zero overhead data.
> http://www.apple.com/itunes/playlists.html
Is it just me, or that new blue widget is great? I wish I'd appear in any playlist, as well as on the playlist themselves. Check here for more info.
"Perhaps you'd prefer the dumb-American version, "$0.10 cents", (...)"
:P
That is what I mean. The original poster wrote ".10 cents", which doesn't compute right to me. It sounds like ten tenths of cents.
That's why I asked if he meant "ten cents" or "zero dot ten cents".
Perhaps my confusion comes from me not being dumb-American, or American for that matter.
Ten cents, or 0.10 cents? You guys are getting me confused.
No. It is a stupid way of writing $0.01, which is better said as "one cent".
:)
Why? What makes a .deb so superior to .rpm or .tgz?
.debs can be unpacked with tar, ar and gunzip (or is it uncompress?), whilst .rpms (supposedly, not sure here) need the RPM tools.
Well, not that I think it is enough to justify superiority, but
I don't think they mean POSIX, I think they mean LSB.
I know. It took me a long time to only load the page. I clicked on the download link, posted the comment about the slashdotting, went for a beer, and by the time I came back, the download was at sixty something percent. I reloaded the page, checked the screenshots, and it was all nice and fast.
:)
"Oh shit. I'm going to be modded down", I thought.
Oh well. We'll just have to slashdot someone else.
With 0 comments. Feel the power of Slashdot!
:)
(With a direct link to a 100 meg file, what else do you want??)
There's always intrusion detection systems, you know? Some of those machines had Aide installed on them.
I've been saying the same. I am a programmer, and I also have to work with UNIX boxen. I also love the peace of mind of using a UNIX machine at home at not having to spend all weekends configuring something here or there. But ... I've had enough annoyances from Mac OS X so as to think about considering moving back to the free unices when the next upgrade do OS X comes. You know, Finder crashes, one aqua (or quartz I guess) lockup. Very rare, mind you, but I'm spoiled, I used to run Debian, the stable branch.
Anyway, Panther just came out, so I guess I have some more time to take that decision. For the meantime, I try to only use applications and hardware that will not lock me in severely on the platform. I needed a substitute for Gnucash, I bought one that is written in Java, for example. Things like that.
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