I personally think that keeping a one button mouse standard for the OS also has other implications, like for input devices for the disabled. There may be situations in which a two button mouse standard impedes or makes it impossible for a disabled person to use a computer depending on the type of input device customised for their disability.
And although I haven't really seen OS X applied in this manner, a single button standard is essential for a touch-screen interface in which you use your finger and not a stylus. I wish that touch-screens actually were common for computers, used in conjunction with current input devices. For example, a person could probably handle a GUI much quicker on a touch-screen laptop compared to one that only has a trackpad. Despite graphics tablets being capable of handling two button interfaces, PDAs rely on a single button standard. If Apple ever comes out with a tablet Mac, OS X is ready for it.
Yeah, 'grid' or 'distributed' computing has become a buzzword...
Just some thoughts I have every time I see an article about 'grid computing.'
Just look at the post...
"integrate numerous, diverse resources"
"comprehensive campus cyber-infrastructure"
"harvesting unused cycles from compute resources"
"compute-intensive"
It looks more like a press release from a marketing department full of jargon and hype targeted at the general public rather than the technically minded. Anything that uses the word "cyber" just rings alarm bells. And anyone that says it either isn't into computers but wants to make others think they know more than they really do, or they are being pressured by upper management into using it. I'm surprised they didn't throw in a little "e-commerce", "scalable and robust", and "solutions".
I thought VLC was under threat from software patents. Not just because of the codecs it handles, but because it can play DVDs. Doesn't that mean it has something to do with the whole DeCSS mess?
I haven't heard the word "micropayment" in a long time. That just got me thinking - if Google came up with a payment service and already have the infrastructure for a micropayment system, perhaps this could result in a revenue system for publishers on the internet. And not just for books, but other forms of media as well.
Yes, but with the switch to the Intel Platform, perhaps Apple may let OS X Server run on servers made by different companies which in turn would come along with WebObjects. For example, Dell, since he said that he would offer OS X to customers if Apple were so willing.
Also, if.Mac Homepages allow for WebObjects, then that would make it interesting. Buy a Mac, subscribe to.Mac, and not only do you have WebObjects, but the server to deploy your site from. And you use iSync to keep what you have online synchronised with what's on your computer.
Nope, there was a program called AppleWorks for the Apple II before ClarisWorks, but that was a completely different program.
I know, I put the same link in my comment. Claris was a spin-off from Apple to separate their software and hardware divisions. Claris got ahold of AppleWorks from Apple, then they also created ClarisWorks, which later was renamed into AppleWorks when Apple got ahold of it. That's why I said it was more of a shuffling around of names for different projects rather than actually being the same one.
Let's hope Numbers take its inspiration from Lotus Improv.
I just read your link and I bet you are absolutely right on that. So much of OS X has been derived from NeXTSTEP, and this part really spells it out...
It was at about this time that Steve Jobs visited and gave them one of the new NeXT computers. The NeXT made Improv possible due to its powerful NeXTSTEP programming environment. Jobs clearly "got it", and became one of the product's biggest supporters and critics, and many of the ideas that appeared in the final product were at his urging.
Improv was so popular that it became one of the few killer apps on the NeXT platform, and machines started showing up in financial officies in the thousands.
And technically ClarisWorks was kind of AppleWorks first, then Apple spun off it's software division into a separate company, calling it Claris. I guess it was more of shuffling around names from one project to another.
It's pervasive across the OS X system, and technically I'm using it right now in this Safari text box.
I didn't realise that. So do some of the GUI features in OS X work like OpenDoc or OLE? I'm not too familiar with what goes on under the hood, but I recall glossing over an Apple developer front page that described how you could easily extend features of OS X applications, like adding a menu to TextEdit that accesses iTunes. However, I wasn't aware that it also had OpenDoc/OLE qualities. Can OS X do things with it's applications and AppleScript kind of like the way you can use OLE or Active X controls in an Access database field and control them with Visual Basic? As for Linux, I know that GNOME stands for GNU Object Model Environment, so I was wondering if GNOME also functioned that way.
From what I've seen, BitTorrent has primarily been a way to relieve the burden of multiple downloads from a single webserver, which is important for things like Linux distro installation disks and LiveCDs.
Doesn't someone have to actually provide a link to a ".torrent" file on a webpage in order for it to function? That doesn't sound like traditional music and movie downloading P2P that tries to mask the source of the downloading, and is a lousy way to do any piracy, because it can be traced back to a user's web page.
I bet the movie is proliferating much more in the real P2P applications that people use to download music and video, but are just blindly picking on BitTorrent. The conspiracy theorist in me says that the RIAA, MPAA, and Microsoft are all together in this one to try and give BitTorrent a bad name since it is Linux's primary method of distribution.
Slashdot Mirror
Oh yes we can handle it. With just one button too.
If someone could just design me a cool looking utility belt, then I'd be set!
Then you'd no longer have a girlfriend, Batman.
I personally think that keeping a one button mouse standard for the OS also has other implications, like for input devices for the disabled. There may be situations in which a two button mouse standard impedes or makes it impossible for a disabled person to use a computer depending on the type of input device customised for their disability.
And although I haven't really seen OS X applied in this manner, a single button standard is essential for a touch-screen interface in which you use your finger and not a stylus. I wish that touch-screens actually were common for computers, used in conjunction with current input devices. For example, a person could probably handle a GUI much quicker on a touch-screen laptop compared to one that only has a trackpad. Despite graphics tablets being capable of handling two button interfaces, PDAs rely on a single button standard. If Apple ever comes out with a tablet Mac, OS X is ready for it.
You just qualified to work for Microsoft.
Yeah, 'grid' or 'distributed' computing has become a buzzword...
Just some thoughts I have every time I see an article about 'grid computing.'
Just look at the post...
It looks more like a press release from a marketing department full of jargon and hype targeted at the general public rather than the technically minded. Anything that uses the word "cyber" just rings alarm bells. And anyone that says it either isn't into computers but wants to make others think they know more than they really do, or they are being pressured by upper management into using it. I'm surprised they didn't throw in a little "e-commerce", "scalable and robust", and "solutions".
What do you get when you take a laptop LCD, a Mini-ITX case and an old marine weather radar?
A slashdotted web server?
Playboy has articles?
Yes. And apparently Slashdot does too, so I've heard.
I thought VLC was under threat from software patents. Not just because of the codecs it handles, but because it can play DVDs. Doesn't that mean it has something to do with the whole DeCSS mess?
I haven't heard the word "micropayment" in a long time. That just got me thinking - if Google came up with a payment service and already have the infrastructure for a micropayment system, perhaps this could result in a revenue system for publishers on the internet. And not just for books, but other forms of media as well.
Yes, but with the switch to the Intel Platform, perhaps Apple may let OS X Server run on servers made by different companies which in turn would come along with WebObjects. For example, Dell, since he said that he would offer OS X to customers if Apple were so willing.
Also, if .Mac Homepages allow for WebObjects, then that would make it interesting. Buy a Mac, subscribe to .Mac, and not only do you have WebObjects, but the server to deploy your site from. And you use iSync to keep what you have online synchronised with what's on your computer.
Nope, there was a program called AppleWorks for the Apple II before ClarisWorks, but that was a completely different program.
I know, I put the same link in my comment. Claris was a spin-off from Apple to separate their software and hardware divisions. Claris got ahold of AppleWorks from Apple, then they also created ClarisWorks, which later was renamed into AppleWorks when Apple got ahold of it. That's why I said it was more of a shuffling around of names for different projects rather than actually being the same one.
Let's hope Numbers take its inspiration from Lotus Improv.
I just read your link and I bet you are absolutely right on that. So much of OS X has been derived from NeXTSTEP, and this part really spells it out...
And technically ClarisWorks was kind of AppleWorks first, then Apple spun off it's software division into a separate company, calling it Claris. I guess it was more of shuffling around names from one project to another.
It's pervasive across the OS X system, and technically I'm using it right now in this Safari text box.
I didn't realise that. So do some of the GUI features in OS X work like OpenDoc or OLE? I'm not too familiar with what goes on under the hood, but I recall glossing over an Apple developer front page that described how you could easily extend features of OS X applications, like adding a menu to TextEdit that accesses iTunes. However, I wasn't aware that it also had OpenDoc/OLE qualities. Can OS X do things with it's applications and AppleScript kind of like the way you can use OLE or Active X controls in an Access database field and control them with Visual Basic? As for Linux, I know that GNOME stands for GNU Object Model Environment, so I was wondering if GNOME also functioned that way.
Answer:
"That is a feature, not a bug"
I'm going to be able to slack off from my virtual life (and say, read slashdot) while I'm slacking off from my real life playing Second Life?
Yes, and you will be able to do it from your virtual mom's virtual basement.
That's a feature, not a bug.
That's the funniest response to a problem I've heard.
Nope, I have, except that logic dictates...
Aha! You have outted yourself, trekkie! Watched too much you're sounding like a Vulcan!
Which goes to show you what all women can learn from Tubgirl - if you're going to have naked photos taken, wear a mask!
But of the tons of people on the internet, how many would you REALLY want to see naked?
http://nudes.google.com/~CowboyNeal
I'll try fscking tonight. I did the permission repair already to no avail but can try again after I fsck it.
Fsck you, mutherfscker! :P
Habla espamol?
From what I've seen, BitTorrent has primarily been a way to relieve the burden of multiple downloads from a single webserver, which is important for things like Linux distro installation disks and LiveCDs.
Doesn't someone have to actually provide a link to a ".torrent" file on a webpage in order for it to function? That doesn't sound like traditional music and movie downloading P2P that tries to mask the source of the downloading, and is a lousy way to do any piracy, because it can be traced back to a user's web page.
I bet the movie is proliferating much more in the real P2P applications that people use to download music and video, but are just blindly picking on BitTorrent. The conspiracy theorist in me says that the RIAA, MPAA, and Microsoft are all together in this one to try and give BitTorrent a bad name since it is Linux's primary method of distribution.
toggleable (is that a word?)
It's a perfectly cromulent word.
This will also force the competition to do the same thing, building a culture that leads to more efficient OS's.
Competition?