Apple loves to take the *one* freekin' feature I need to be happy with a free product and reserve it for a paid (pro) version. [*Sigh*]. I know they have to make money, but I'm shipping it off to them as fast as I can already. I can't keep up!
Not to be a heretic and support Non-Apple software, but see my post to this discussion here for my MPlayer post. MPlayer kicks ass and (for me, anyway) beats Quicktime hands down. Check it out, you might not completely hate it... I find it very cool.
Even better, I use MPlayer on the Macintosh instead of Quicktime. Why? Faster, simpler GUI, lets you take Screenshots, better controls, fullscreen mode without paying for a pro version, open source - so I know there's no spyware or big brotherness going on (a la Real, WMP, etc.), plays many many different formats, and it's geek chic.
Where I can, I usually choose free software tools, if only to keep RMS happy so he won't drop down my chimney Christmas Eve and leave Gnu/Coal in my stocking!
I don't get it. This guy just figured out Virtual PC. So what? That's what it does, let you run other OSes.
I've probably run way over 55 systems on my PC over the years. Looking at his list, I've tried most of these, including the ones he couldn't get working. How is this a story? Because it's on a Mac with emulation?
No offense, but his feat gets him into the typical Slashdot geek club, but not much else.
Yeah, it's a pretty sad state of affairs when companies are being this overprotective of their "intellectual property". I remember the good old days when companies actually WANTED customers to see their ads, now the ads themselves are restricted and controlled as if they were a separate product.
Oh well, if I can't see the ad, I can't get hyped about the product, and I'll spend my money elsewhere. They chose control over profits.
On a side note, I'm guessing Apple releases a DVD of all their ads in High-Def pretty soon. No kidding, it'd sell like hotcakes, and only Apple seems to realize that a fanatic fanbase is a GOOD thing.
Did anyone else notice that all the celebrity "wish lists" were chock full of Apple stuff? I mean, nearly every person on there was drooling over one Apple product or another -- except Paris Hilton PhD, who doesn't want an iPod. She wants a telephone with a lie detector on it and a tv as big as a movie screen.
There is a definable link between Apple computers and intelligence, it seems.
Gates? He's not even Number One anymore! I suggest Lindows rename itself to "Ballmerix", at least they'd get the porn addict's vote. And their new slogan, of course, "developers developers give it up for me!!!!!"
Lindows was also ordered to stop crashing so bloody much, as that is obviously another attempt to copy the winning Microsoft formula.
Said a Microsoft spokesman, "Stealing our good name is one thing, but stealing our functionality is clearly another. Our regular crashes are part of the "Microsoft Advantage"(TM), and our astronomically flukey market share is evidence enough that the people want lots of crashes, and we aim to deliver. We give the people what they want. If Lindows starts copying our patented "Crash-n-Burn Technology(TM)", we are liable to lose marketshare, and that is completely unacceptable and is punishable by immediate and lethal MS military action. We WILL defend ourselves against encroachments on our instability monopoly. Word. Oh, yeah, if those Apple guys are listening, I hear they had a security hole or two last week. Better watch it Steve, I don't remember you licensing insecurity from us...."
Apple quickly backed off by patching their security holes as ordered by Microsoft, in what was an obvious attempt to pacify Microsoft's legal department and rectify what Apple still claims was an "accident".
Blake Stowell was quoted as saying, "From preliminary research, we appear to be under some form of 'Slashdot Effect' -- involving both duplicate stories and annoying links."
Blake then continued: "this 'Slashdot effect' on our site was the direct result of one of our employees posting a horrid picture on our server of a man flagrantly spreading his buttcheeks, which millions of Linux users were apparently anxious to see...."
Please God, let it be Jar Jar. Three hours of "Faces of Death"-like gore footage of Jar Jar getting digested by that big sand worm would get *MY* ten bucks.
... he sounds as though a fork would somehow cripple him, leave him powerless. With access to the sourcecode, and a couple hundred bucks or a geeky nephew who likes him, the software is his to modify / improve to his hearts content. He sounds as though he's still reliant on the companies to fix things for him, which he's NOT. True, if there's a fork, the less popular one is in danger of dying (Darwin strikes again), but if there are people willing to prop up a dying fork, it can stay alive for a long time. Just look at all the people propping up that dying and pathetic "Windows" thing. That POS should have died long ago, but a bunch of uninformed people are fighting evolution viciously to keep it alive.
Anyway, a fork is better than proprietary software's habit of just disappearing and not giving people the option of keeping it alive as a community effort. If BeOS was open-sourced, it would be twice as big today as it ever was, due to massive community interest. Instead, we have people trying to rewrite it from scratch with a more open license. Bummer. THey're 5 or 10 years behind because of BeOS' licensing structure.
SCO Part II? The Sequel? The Return of the Son of SCO?
The sequel's NEVER as good as the original, and this case certainly isn't. I mean, the character development's just not there, and it looks like the budget's been slashed after the first SCO failed. Pretty soon, Microsoft will be paying people under the table to reveal that Linus is the name of that kid on Snoopy. Maybe Snoopy will sue us next...
Yeah, that stinking profit is getting in the way of their imminent demise... I predict about 50 years, when we are all using computer chips implanted in our heads and desktops are irrelevant. Because as you know, even if we are getting chips *implanted* into our central nervous system, most people will STILL choose the cheapest generic chip over the more expensive well-engineered chip which boasts good "hardware/software integration".
Unfortunately, in this case, the hardware is the chip, the software is your brain. ZAAAAAPPPPP!!!!!!!
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers" from the chairman of IBM in 1943, and of course 'Apple is dying...' (for the past 25 years)...
One small correction: Apple *IS* dying. Just vewwy vewwy slowly.
apple... sell an experience, not a machine, not a os but an experience. in many ways they are closer to disney or macdonalds then ibm and dell...
The McDonalds Experience? I had McDonald's on the weekend, and I'm *still suffering* from the McDonalds experience. I'm typing this wirelessly from the bathroom, you insensitive clod!
And thank you for bringing up such a painful subject... the first guy who smirkingly sings "I'm Lovin' It" gets sodomized with a frozen McFishStick.
I know everybody is going to come on here and praise the ipod, but if I recall correctly, most slashdotters (even the mac zealots) bashed the ipod when it was launched. Slashdotters not infalliable? That's unpossible!;-)
Please don't forget that we also bashed Windows, and were later proven correct beyond our worst nightmares!
Just a little note for all those left in the cold by Red Hat's recent moves; Kevin Fenzi has a paid subscription service where they supply a customized version of RedHat with all the paid errata and updates and a bunch of extra apps. They also have krud2date, an excellent updating tool. He's doing the support Red Hat doesn't want to do. Check it out - if you're worried about support for your RH system (and you are actually willing to pay for it), it may work for you.
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how you can sue someone for violating your IP rights without legal backing saying your own that IP in the first place... Is it legal to send a big F-U in response?
Not required! If I were Google, I'd simply set my algorithm so that every search for SCO takes you to Goatse, every search for "Dickhead" takes you to SCO, and I'd put Darl McBride's personal email on every google page rendered so the spam spiders will have a field day....
When I was in law class in University, the one rule the teachers always hammered into our heads was "Go for the deep pockets". Suing Joe Average will net you nothing but ill will, and is more trouble than it's worth. Suing Google may net you a bit of cash AND the mandatory ill will. I guess SCO's thinking "at least we will be rich and hated"... Of course, they're forgetting that IBM will soon take everything away from them and leave them a pathetic grovelling scabby pile of homeless losers whining that they "innovated" and weren't respected for it. Them's the breaks. Carpe Diem.
It also seems like Red Hat is neck and neck with Microsoft concerning number of vulnerabilities, as of late... Now that Red Hat is becoming more popular, I see these problems only getting worse.
That's all part of Gentoo's MasterPlan(TM)! We're going to let Red Hat have all the Gnu/Linux Marketshare in order to make them act like a virus honeypot, leaving us little guys in the clear!
I mean, really -- what's wrong with cash? Coins and bills have been around for a long long time, and have worked fine. Why tamper with a system that works? The systems not perfect, but it's not like I'm willing to give up my privacy and get chip implants because I can't sleep at night worrying about counterfeiters.
This is a non-issue, except that some desperate penny stock NEEDS to make it an issue in order to stay alive. I'll stick with cash, thankyouverymuch.
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Apple loves to take the *one* freekin' feature I need to be happy with a free product and reserve it for a paid (pro) version. [*Sigh*]. I know they have to make money, but I'm shipping it off to them as fast as I can already. I can't keep up!
Not to be a heretic and support Non-Apple software, but see my post to this discussion here for my MPlayer post. MPlayer kicks ass and (for me, anyway) beats Quicktime hands down. Check it out, you might not completely hate it... I find it very cool.
Even better, I use MPlayer on the Macintosh instead of Quicktime. Why? Faster, simpler GUI, lets you take Screenshots, better controls, fullscreen mode without paying for a pro version, open source - so I know there's no spyware or big brotherness going on (a la Real, WMP, etc.), plays many many different formats, and it's geek chic.
Where I can, I usually choose free software tools, if only to keep RMS happy so he won't drop down my chimney Christmas Eve and leave Gnu/Coal in my stocking!
Tell that to Linus' Porsche.
Here's an end of your stinkin' DVD regions for ya!
I don't get it. This guy just figured out Virtual PC. So what? That's what it does, let you run other OSes.
I've probably run way over 55 systems on my PC over the years. Looking at his list, I've tried most of these, including the ones he couldn't get working. How is this a story? Because it's on a Mac with emulation?
No offense, but his feat gets him into the typical Slashdot geek club, but not much else.
I bet this is mostly done to prevent copying.
Yeah, it's a pretty sad state of affairs when companies are being this overprotective of their "intellectual property". I remember the good old days when companies actually WANTED customers to see their ads, now the ads themselves are restricted and controlled as if they were a separate product.
Oh well, if I can't see the ad, I can't get hyped about the product, and I'll spend my money elsewhere. They chose control over profits.
On a side note, I'm guessing Apple releases a DVD of all their ads in High-Def pretty soon. No kidding, it'd sell like hotcakes, and only Apple seems to realize that a fanatic fanbase is a GOOD thing.
Did anyone else notice that all the celebrity "wish lists" were chock full of Apple stuff? I mean, nearly every person on there was drooling over one Apple product or another -- except Paris Hilton PhD, who doesn't want an iPod. She wants a telephone with a lie detector on it and a tv as big as a movie screen.
There is a definable link between Apple computers and intelligence, it seems.
Advertising's not the catch, WINDOWS XP is the catch!
Gates? He's not even Number One anymore! I suggest Lindows rename itself to "Ballmerix", at least they'd get the porn addict's vote. And their new slogan, of course, "developers developers give it up for me!!!!!"
Lindows was also ordered to stop crashing so bloody much, as that is obviously another attempt to copy the winning Microsoft formula.
Said a Microsoft spokesman, "Stealing our good name is one thing, but stealing our functionality is clearly another. Our regular crashes are part of the "Microsoft Advantage"(TM), and our astronomically flukey market share is evidence enough that the people want lots of crashes, and we aim to deliver. We give the people what they want. If Lindows starts copying our patented "Crash-n-Burn Technology(TM)", we are liable to lose marketshare, and that is completely unacceptable and is punishable by immediate and lethal MS military action. We WILL defend ourselves against encroachments on our instability monopoly. Word. Oh, yeah, if those Apple guys are listening, I hear they had a security hole or two last week. Better watch it Steve, I don't remember you licensing insecurity from us...."
Apple quickly backed off by patching their security holes as ordered by Microsoft, in what was an obvious attempt to pacify Microsoft's legal department and rectify what Apple still claims was an "accident".
Blake then continued: "this 'Slashdot effect' on our site was the direct result of one of our employees posting a horrid picture on our server of a man flagrantly spreading his buttcheeks, which millions of Linux users were apparently anxious to see...."
Please God, let it be Jar Jar. Three hours of "Faces of Death"-like gore footage of Jar Jar getting digested by that big sand worm would get *MY* ten bucks.
Overrated? Mods on crack.
... he sounds as though a fork would somehow cripple him, leave him powerless. With access to the sourcecode, and a couple hundred bucks or a geeky nephew who likes him, the software is his to modify / improve to his hearts content. He sounds as though he's still reliant on the companies to fix things for him, which he's NOT. True, if there's a fork, the less popular one is in danger of dying (Darwin strikes again), but if there are people willing to prop up a dying fork, it can stay alive for a long time. Just look at all the people propping up that dying and pathetic "Windows" thing. That POS should have died long ago, but a bunch of uninformed people are fighting evolution viciously to keep it alive.
Anyway, a fork is better than proprietary software's habit of just disappearing and not giving people the option of keeping it alive as a community effort. If BeOS was open-sourced, it would be twice as big today as it ever was, due to massive community interest. Instead, we have people trying to rewrite it from scratch with a more open license. Bummer. THey're 5 or 10 years behind because of BeOS' licensing structure.
SCO Part II? The Sequel? The Return of the Son of SCO?
The sequel's NEVER as good as the original, and this case certainly isn't. I mean, the character development's just not there, and it looks like the budget's been slashed after the first SCO failed. Pretty soon, Microsoft will be paying people under the table to reveal that Linus is the name of that kid on Snoopy. Maybe Snoopy will sue us next...
Yeah, that stinking profit is getting in the way of their imminent demise... I predict about 50 years, when we are all using computer chips implanted in our heads and desktops are irrelevant. Because as you know, even if we are getting chips *implanted* into our central nervous system, most people will STILL choose the cheapest generic chip over the more expensive well-engineered chip which boasts good "hardware/software integration".
Unfortunately, in this case, the hardware is the chip, the software is your brain. ZAAAAAPPPPP!!!!!!!
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers" from the chairman of IBM in 1943, and of course 'Apple is dying...' (for the past 25 years)...
One small correction: Apple *IS* dying. Just vewwy vewwy slowly.
STOP shaking your booty, Mandrake! I heard it's SCO!!!
apple... sell an experience, not a machine, not a os but an experience. in many ways they are closer to disney or macdonalds then ibm and dell...
The McDonalds Experience? I had McDonald's on the weekend, and I'm *still suffering* from the McDonalds experience. I'm typing this wirelessly from the bathroom, you insensitive clod!
And thank you for bringing up such a painful subject... the first guy who smirkingly sings "I'm Lovin' It" gets sodomized with a frozen McFishStick.
I know everybody is going to come on here and praise the ipod, but if I recall correctly, most slashdotters (even the mac zealots) bashed the ipod when it was launched. Slashdotters not infalliable? That's unpossible! ;-)
Please don't forget that we also bashed Windows, and were later proven correct beyond our worst nightmares!
Just a little note for all those left in the cold by Red Hat's recent moves; Kevin Fenzi has a paid subscription service where they supply a customized version of RedHat with all the paid errata and updates and a bunch of extra apps. They also have krud2date, an excellent updating tool. He's doing the support Red Hat doesn't want to do. Check it out - if you're worried about support for your RH system (and you are actually willing to pay for it), it may work for you.
This blatant karma whoring post brought to you by bfg9000 and the number 7.
Not required! If I were Google, I'd simply set my algorithm so that every search for SCO takes you to Goatse, every search for "Dickhead" takes you to SCO, and I'd put Darl McBride's personal email on every google page rendered so the spam spiders will have a field day....
When I was in law class in University, the one rule the teachers always hammered into our heads was "Go for the deep pockets". Suing Joe Average will net you nothing but ill will, and is more trouble than it's worth. Suing Google may net you a bit of cash AND the mandatory ill will. I guess SCO's thinking "at least we will be rich and hated"... Of course, they're forgetting that IBM will soon take everything away from them and leave them a pathetic grovelling scabby pile of homeless losers whining that they "innovated" and weren't respected for it. Them's the breaks. Carpe Diem.
That's all part of Gentoo's MasterPlan(TM)! We're going to let Red Hat have all the Gnu/Linux Marketshare in order to make them act like a virus honeypot, leaving us little guys in the clear!
I mean, really -- what's wrong with cash? Coins and bills have been around for a long long time, and have worked fine. Why tamper with a system that works? The systems not perfect, but it's not like I'm willing to give up my privacy and get chip implants because I can't sleep at night worrying about counterfeiters.
This is a non-issue, except that some desperate penny stock NEEDS to make it an issue in order to stay alive. I'll stick with cash, thankyouverymuch.