I watch very little TV and had little interest in either Serenity or Firefly... that was before a friend suggested it over the weekend.
I'm up to the 5th episode - and actually look forward to watching a little each night.
Damn. That is a worthy "5, Insightful" if there was one. Not sucking up, but kudos to you and the mods for seeing the whole picture, rather than just the device/object/program itself.
It was a a CWS infection in July 2003 that made me realized I was working for my computer, instead of the other way around. That one piece of malware did more to make me appreciate Linux and OS X than any MS marketing material could ever hope to overcome.
Agree wholeheartedly. I have a colleague that spent a good chunk on a four- or five-year-old Leica just for a month-long shoot in Mississippi.
He had switched to a digital workflow, but wanted the look of silver+Leica+whatever-that-type-of-camera-is-calle d to capture blues musicians. He could not achieve that with digital.
To be fair, he used Ilford stuff (and probably wouldn't have used Kodak products).
You'll be pleased to know that QS is still "required" for 10.4x, as Spotlight for an app launcher doesn't work as well for that. Of course, Spotlight was not designed to be an app launcher, either.
I do find that they complement each other quite nicely.
Agree with you. If they can figure out a way to run 10-20-30% faster on the same chip, or cost 10-20-30% less for the same performance, what's there to lose (for the consumer)?
And OS X, to boot? Count me sold!
Our techs have embraced and extended it to "Unfrozen Caveman Admin."
"But there's one thing I do know: When my company's road warrior plugs in an XP laptop behind the DMZ, and proceeds to bring down the entire LAN with msblast, sasser and the like, then I am entitled to no less than two weeks off at the most hedonistic resort on the face of the planet. Thank you!."
That was my experience, exactly. A couple of colleagues and me managed to stave off a Windows-only mandate my college had adopted with a similar message. We stuck our collective necks out to challenge this policy by saying we could upgrade from 9.2 to Panther, plus 21 sticks of 256 MB modules and save a ton of money on our Replace-A-Lab-Every-Three-Years(TM) plan.
These boxes (five-year-old G4 466s/30MB) cost a pretty penny in their day, but there was really nothing wrong with them, save one or two failed HDDs. They are used for introductory graphics courses and Photoshop labs, and even compared to today's blazers, they are perfect for a teaching environment.
The lab, which is utilized about 26 hours a week, is well into its second semester with nary a hiccup and ZERO maintenance.
I don't know if it will change the mind of our 'Doze-centric admin in the long run, but I admit I chuckle when a two-month old Dell lab box gets pwn3d or upchucks on its own hardware far more frequently than it should.
Boxes that are ordered post-official announce date of availability will have the new OS installed. That was my first-hand experience on a 2x2.0 G5 tower a year and half ago.
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Vista reviewers are coming to a sad realization.
Cancel or Allow.
So Firefox only scored a 1500 on its SAT. IE is still wearing a helmet and drooling on itself as it takes the short bus back to Redmond.
Spot on. Damn funny.
Caveat freakin' emptor.
Kudos for your attitude in wanting to help others. Just be cautious - it can bite you when and where least expect it.
I watch very little TV and had little interest in either Serenity or Firefly ... that was before a friend suggested it over the weekend.
I'm up to the 5th episode - and actually look forward to watching a little each night.
Would MS even feel a $2.4M/day pinch?
Damn. That is a worthy "5, Insightful" if there was one. Not sucking up, but kudos to you and the mods for seeing the whole picture, rather than just the device/object/program itself.
... where turnabout is foreplay.
Why are they suing bitorrent users then? Because suing johnusername @ xxx.xxx.xxx.xx has been deemed legal.
It was a a CWS infection in July 2003 that made me realized I was working for my computer, instead of the other way around. That one piece of malware did more to make me appreciate Linux and OS X than any MS marketing material could ever hope to overcome.
Agree wholeheartedly. I have a colleague that spent a good chunk on a four- or five-year-old Leica just for a month-long shoot in Mississippi.e d to capture blues musicians. He could not achieve that with digital.
He had switched to a digital workflow, but wanted the look of silver+Leica+whatever-that-type-of-camera-is-call
To be fair, he used Ilford stuff (and probably wouldn't have used Kodak products).
You'll be pleased to know that QS is still "required" for 10.4x, as Spotlight for an app launcher doesn't work as well for that. Of course, Spotlight was not designed to be an app launcher, either.
I do find that they complement each other quite nicely.
Don't quote me, but something about "IP" comes to mind. ;)
Agree with you. If they can figure out a way to run 10-20-30% faster on the same chip, or cost 10-20-30% less for the same performance, what's there to lose (for the consumer)?
And OS X, to boot? Count me sold!
I like the way you do business, Jackie.
Easily. (Hypothetically/marketingspeak:)
My 2005 Pontiac G6 is faster than a (unstated) 2004 BMW 32x.
Definitely not cool, but it's done since the inception of advertising.
Our techs have embraced and extended it to "Unfrozen Caveman Admin."
"But there's one thing I do know: When my company's road warrior plugs in an XP laptop behind the DMZ, and proceeds to bring down the entire LAN with msblast, sasser and the like, then I am entitled to no less than two weeks off at the most hedonistic resort on the face of the planet. Thank you!."
Apparently, you are not the only one
Out of curiosity, which version on Panther are you comparing: 1.2 or the recently released 1.3?
Your phone's ringing, Dude.
Who the hell are "the respondents"? What was the methodology? What was the exact wording of the question?
The list goes on
Sorry, I conduct research for a living. This kind of drive-by "journalism," simply report-what-the-findings-were reporting pisses me off to no end.
That was my experience, exactly. A couple of colleagues and me managed to stave off a Windows-only mandate my college had adopted with a similar message. We stuck our collective necks out to challenge this policy by saying we could upgrade from 9.2 to Panther, plus 21 sticks of 256 MB modules and save a ton of money on our Replace-A-Lab-Every-Three-Years(TM) plan.
These boxes (five-year-old G4 466s/30MB) cost a pretty penny in their day, but there was really nothing wrong with them, save one or two failed HDDs. They are used for introductory graphics courses and Photoshop labs, and even compared to today's blazers, they are perfect for a teaching environment.
The lab, which is utilized about 26 hours a week, is well into its second semester with nary a hiccup and ZERO maintenance.
I don't know if it will change the mind of our 'Doze-centric admin in the long run, but I admit I chuckle when a two-month old Dell lab box gets pwn3d or upchucks on its own hardware far more frequently than it should.
Puma was the dev reference to 10.1, but not the externally marketed name, e.g. Jaguar (10.2) and Panther (10.3).
Boxes that are ordered post-official announce date of availability will have the new OS installed. That was my first-hand experience on a 2x2.0 G5 tower a year and half ago.
Thanks. Caught that post-post.
Bob, Doug (and Geddy) would not be proud.