I've completely disabled Dashboard on my iBook. I can't see the advantage of it over standard desktop apps - especially given that they each use about 10MB of real RAM.
Give me Calculator.app any day. Launches in a single bounce, and has a whole ton more functionality than the widget.
Many if not most of the widgets don't take advantage of the ability to write Obj-C code, making them simple Javascript/HTML apps. Those things I'd rather look at in my browser window.
You obviously care too much. This is your 5th sarcastic post on this topic alone. What on earth happened to you to make you sit on Slashdot, reloading this topic and posting over and over?
Did anyone actually catch the movies of this game in action? It's physically revolting. I've played several violent video games, and I'm able to distinguish between what's real and what's fake. I love Deus Ex, even though it's a rather gory game. But this game emphasises plain brutality.
It is a perfectly legitimate concern. Not letting 12 year old boys get a kick out of jamming a crowbar through someone's head and watching blood pour out isn't just being "moral," it's simply common decency. Just typing that makes me sick.
On the contrary, really. It's not a joke, it's a serious area of research for astrobiologists...
Check this article for instance: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mfogg/paper1.htm
That's really not that crazy. Terraforming is an important goal of astrobiology. There are significant risks, and several ethical questions involved, but it's not unrealiseable. Within 100 years we could warm Mars to almost the same temperature of Earth - the seas that we think existed would flow again, and *cross fingers* we'd see a whole new biology erupt before our eyes. It's really very exciting. Check out Nasa's Astrobiology website for more details at: http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/
I took a course on it at my university - I'd assume other colleges offer similar courses. They come highly recommended. I have a real appreciation for the work the biologists do in determining the origins of life, both here and *out there*. Neat stuff...
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I've completely disabled Dashboard on my iBook. I can't see the advantage of it over standard desktop apps - especially given that they each use about 10MB of real RAM. Give me Calculator.app any day. Launches in a single bounce, and has a whole ton more functionality than the widget. Many if not most of the widgets don't take advantage of the ability to write Obj-C code, making them simple Javascript/HTML apps. Those things I'd rather look at in my browser window.
You obviously care too much. This is your 5th sarcastic post on this topic alone. What on earth happened to you to make you sit on Slashdot, reloading this topic and posting over and over?
Did anyone actually catch the movies of this game in action? It's physically revolting. I've played several violent video games, and I'm able to distinguish between what's real and what's fake. I love Deus Ex, even though it's a rather gory game. But this game emphasises plain brutality.
It is a perfectly legitimate concern. Not letting 12 year old boys get a kick out of jamming a crowbar through someone's head and watching blood pour out isn't just being "moral," it's simply common decency. Just typing that makes me sick.
On the contrary, really. It's not a joke, it's a serious area of research for astrobiologists... Check this article for instance: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mfogg/paper1.htm
That's really not that crazy. Terraforming is an important goal of astrobiology. There are significant risks, and several ethical questions involved, but it's not unrealiseable. Within 100 years we could warm Mars to almost the same temperature of Earth - the seas that we think existed would flow again, and *cross fingers* we'd see a whole new biology erupt before our eyes. It's really very exciting. Check out Nasa's Astrobiology website for more details at: http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/ I took a course on it at my university - I'd assume other colleges offer similar courses. They come highly recommended. I have a real appreciation for the work the biologists do in determining the origins of life, both here and *out there*. Neat stuff...