Indeed.... my Powerbook became known as "My Precious" when I began to act like Gollum (I even got a Ring icon for my HD icon)... I barely let this thing out of my sight, and have been known to sheild it with my own body on occasion.
>Ultimately, ISPs should provide IM servers just like they provide mail servers.
Ever heard of a little thing called IRC? If there were simpler clients out there, it would function almost flawlessly as an AIM replacement, and it's completely open.
For the purposes of simple background music, sure. Where those extra songs come in to play is when a friend mentions a group and you can pull it up in 5 seconds; or a situation reminds you of a funny song you have; etc etc. You can't predict when you'll want to hear a given song, and that's the selling point of the huge MP3 players.
I have 11.88 GB of music, 4.39 of which is on my "Top Rated" playlist (which I almost always have playing). Yet, I go back in to my Library at least once a day to grab a specific song, even though that song may not be on my main rotation. Which is why I plan on getting a full-size iPod (either the 15gb, or whatever they bump the 20gb model up to) the next time the capacity gets bumped. (by which point I hope to have money.)
Mac OS X Server can get a lot of low-ball geeks fired... OR it can help low-ball geeks make a lot of money serving a lot more customers. Its all in how you think about it.
So now we don't just have to worry about outsourcing to India, but outsourcing to our own computers even!
Not really what I'm looking for... although it would probably be about the same for (almost) any webmail I would think.....you might be on to something....
I've noticed that the hosted sites have been running more or less the same despite the huge load... those seem to be on seperate servers from the main page.
I imagine this standard will work its way to home users about the same time that interfaces like Sun's 3D one (whose name I can't remember now) arrive.
I don't think XML would be appropriate at all; the file sizes for an XML 3D model would be pretty unworkable for deployment over the web and such. And what's all this talk about losiness? Aren't most 3D formats essentially groups of points and lines?
Yes, and picture are groups of pixels; just because they're groups of something doesn't mean they can't be compressed lossily. (is that a word?) In fact, in many 3D models, there are a lot of things that can be "lossed" - one example that comes to mind if when there are a group of polygons in what can be changed to a flat plane - which happens a LOT. Most 3D programs have an option to "simplify" the models this way.... there are probably a lot of other ways to lose insignificant data in a 3D model that I can't think of right now.
....and when is the last time you saw a BMP file? AFAIK I haven't seen one since, oh, Windows 95 or so. I see thousands of JPEG's every day. At the risk of sounding redundant, they weren't referring to the compressibility, they were referring to the ubiquity.
I bet this format will eventually be used in the 3D interfaces that will be developed in the coming years, as well as games, animation, etc. A format like this will open the doors for a basic home application to become popular (Similar to MS Paint)
How about "3d all of the above"? I don't see any reason one format could not accomodate all of those things.
JPEG != MP3
What exactly is so different between JPEG's and MP3's, exactly? Both are lossy formats that acheive very good compression because they take advantage of what (most) humans can't perceive.
The percentage of dialup may have remained the same, but the number of total dialup users has decreased (I think), as more and more of the country gets wired with broadband. So while it may be 60% and 60% now, it's probably more like 100 million then and 75 million now. (Numbers completely pulled out of my ass, but you get my point.)
Well, I would prefer a PCMCIA card over USB for the "built-in-ness" - a Bluetooth PCMCIA means not having to plug in a dongle for Bluetooth, for example. GPS, another wifi card (for wardriving), Bluetooth, upgrading my old TiBook with USB 2.0, media readers, and I'm sure a wealth of other things I haven't thought of.....that said, I have yet to actually *use* the PCMCIA slot on my PB.....
Actually, I seem to recall reading that Moore's law is older than computers - extending back to old adding machines, abacus's (abaci?), maybe even older. No idea where I read that though, feel free to disregard it.:)
UL 2043: "Fire Test for Heat and Visible Smoke Release for Discrete Products and Their Accessories Installed in Air-Handling Spaces"....so my new AirPort base has a smoke detector inside it? Why don't they build that into the new Powerbooks?;-)
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Indeed.... my Powerbook became known as "My Precious" when I began to act like Gollum (I even got a Ring icon for my HD icon)... I barely let this thing out of my sight, and have been known to sheild it with my own body on occasion.
>Ultimately, ISPs should provide IM servers just like they provide mail servers.
Ever heard of a little thing called IRC?
If there were simpler clients out there, it would function almost flawlessly as an AIM replacement, and it's completely open.
For the purposes of simple background music, sure. Where those extra songs come in to play is when a friend mentions a group and you can pull it up in 5 seconds; or a situation reminds you of a funny song you have; etc etc. You can't predict when you'll want to hear a given song, and that's the selling point of the huge MP3 players.
I have 11.88 GB of music, 4.39 of which is on my "Top Rated" playlist (which I almost always have playing). Yet, I go back in to my Library at least once a day to grab a specific song, even though that song may not be on my main rotation. Which is why I plan on getting a full-size iPod (either the 15gb, or whatever they bump the 20gb model up to) the next time the capacity gets bumped. (by which point I hope to have money.)
It's my goal to have more than that at my personal disposal someday :->
Give it a week.
OK that's exaggerated, but not by much....
Well looking at his web site, you can see a bunch of mac-related links, if that helps.
Mac OS X Server can get a lot of low-ball geeks fired... OR it can help low-ball geeks make a lot of money serving a lot more customers. Its all in how you think about it.
So now we don't just have to worry about outsourcing to India, but outsourcing to our own computers even!
Not really what I'm looking for... although it would probably be about the same for (almost) any webmail I would think. ....you might be on to something....
On a related note... do any of these 1Gig services support IMAP? I know Spymac doesn't (yet), but what about the Hebrew one and GMail?
Google copied and adapted that feature from Apple's Mail.app, if I understand it correctly. ;)
I've noticed that the hosted sites have been running more or less the same despite the huge load... those seem to be on seperate servers from the main page.
Ah.... or that. :)
I'm surprised none of the standard formats support simple gradients, though. (Assuming that's what you mean by "ramp")
is it 1x1? I'd imagine that would fit the bill.
Imagine the popup ads.... :-D
I imagine this standard will work its way to home users about the same time that interfaces like Sun's 3D one (whose name I can't remember now) arrive.
I don't think XML would be appropriate at all; the file sizes for an XML 3D model would be pretty unworkable for deployment over the web and such.
And what's all this talk about losiness? Aren't most 3D formats essentially groups of points and lines?
Yes, and picture are groups of pixels; just because they're groups of something doesn't mean they can't be compressed lossily. (is that a word?) In fact, in many 3D models, there are a lot of things that can be "lossed" - one example that comes to mind if when there are a group of polygons in what can be changed to a flat plane - which happens a LOT. Most 3D programs have an option to "simplify" the models this way.... there are probably a lot of other ways to lose insignificant data in a 3D model that I can't think of right now.
....and when is the last time you saw a BMP file? AFAIK I haven't seen one since, oh, Windows 95 or so. I see thousands of JPEG's every day. At the risk of sounding redundant, they weren't referring to the compressibility, they were referring to the ubiquity.
I bet this format will eventually be used in the 3D interfaces that will be developed in the coming years, as well as games, animation, etc. A format like this will open the doors for a basic home application to become popular (Similar to MS Paint)
How about "3d all of the above"? I don't see any reason one format could not accomodate all of those things.
JPEG != MP3
What exactly is so different between JPEG's and MP3's, exactly? Both are lossy formats that acheive very good compression because they take advantage of what (most) humans can't perceive.
If I was looking for something, I'd query Lycos, AltaVistas, Infoseek, Excite, Webcrawler, and Magellan.
;-)
That's why metasearch engines popped up. Can't remember any of their names though... Metacrawler maybe? I can't bring myself to Google for them.
I installed that one right after installing RealPlayBUFFERING....
Maybe if someone could read this book and combine Mozilla with Trailblazer we would have the best browser ever.
;-)
And don't suggest me. I'm far too lazy.
Ouch.... it hurts just looking at it.... >.
The percentage of dialup may have remained the same, but the number of total dialup users has decreased (I think), as more and more of the country gets wired with broadband. So while it may be 60% and 60% now, it's probably more like 100 million then and 75 million now. (Numbers completely pulled out of my ass, but you get my point.)
Well, I would prefer a PCMCIA card over USB for the "built-in-ness" - a Bluetooth PCMCIA means not having to plug in a dongle for Bluetooth, for example. GPS, another wifi card (for wardriving), Bluetooth, upgrading my old TiBook with USB 2.0, media readers, and I'm sure a wealth of other things I haven't thought of. ....that said, I have yet to actually *use* the PCMCIA slot on my PB.....
Most (or all, depending on who you ask) external DVD drives don't work with iDVD. Just a heads-up.
Actually, I seem to recall reading that Moore's law is older than computers - extending back to old adding machines, abacus's (abaci?), maybe even older. No idea where I read that though, feel free to disregard it. :)
UL 2043: "Fire Test for Heat and Visible Smoke Release for Discrete Products and Their Accessories Installed in Air-Handling Spaces" ....so my new AirPort base has a smoke detector inside it? Why don't they build that into the new Powerbooks? ;-)
SYSTEM ERROR #43: MOTHERBOARD ON FIRE.