Same with Stanford. We get free virus protection software and SpySweeper, too. Every dorm has a Resident Computer Coordinator that encourages us to install all of this stuff. Not everyone does (some of them can barely copy and paste), but I know my roommate has been glad to have been told about this. He's not great with computers, but using a different browser, using Spy Sweeper, etc. is not hard and he's happy to do it now that someone told him the risks and provided the software. Incidentally, we Mac folk get free virus protection and whatnot also, but our RCC doesn't even bother explaining it to us (in his words "If you have a Mac, she'll always be happy").
Sure, plants grown to make biodiesel take carbon out of the atmosphere, but burning the fuel and decomposing the rest of the plant puts a lot of it right back! The best you can hope for is that the cycle doesn't end up putting much more carbon out there than there is already (not that biodiesel is not better than fossil fuels in this respect--drilling for oil doesn't take ANY carbon out of the air).
Yeah, that P2P sure doesn't run on Mac! Between those, you can connect _really well_ to limewire networks (Next time you are on a Mac, try Acquisition. It's an absolute dream), just fine to.torrents, and perfectly well to eDonkey, OpenNap and Kazaa networks. Boy, I sure wish I could use P2P on my Mac. Yeah, I never download anything...
The Humane Interface is fine as a thought provoking word processor, but not much else. The GUI we know and love may not be the most efficient, but it works pretty well for most people. After trying THI, I did indeed find the leap functions useful, but I really don't think it's for everyone. MS Word is not very hard to use for basic things; you just click where you want to type. My grandmother, who I imagine Raskin would like to help, had enough trouble figuring this out, so imagine her trying to correct a mistake or scroll down a page by using strange keyboard commands that she might mistype. The GUI is perhaps not the most efficient way to word process, but it is an understandable way for most people to do the things they need. Leaping around iTunes? What's the point? Trying to select a playlist and then a song using Raskin's "efficient" ideas would probably results in so many incorrect choices that just clicking on the damn thing would end up being faster over time. The modern computer does what we need with generally a low level of hassle.
Even the newest Powerbooks have Motorola chips in them, and the next generation may feature dual-core Freescale (Moto) G4's. iBooks don't use IBM chips, either
I want Apple to succeed out of gut favoritism. Competition is good. Open formats are good. But in this particular case, I like Apple and I think their products/music store are so good that it doesn't matter if there is competition. Windows has traditionally been complete crap (taking baby steps away from it now), so I want to see more competition for microsoft from Apple and Linux. But the iTMS is really good. The iPod is really good. Screw competition. If the competition can't keep up, so be it. It's not like Apple is behaving illegally or anything like that. I don't like the fact that they are going to sue Real, but the main reason they are dominant is because they are the best.
I'm a big Apple fan, so I don't want Real to succeed in hurting the iTMS and in their anti-Apple campaign, but I don't like the response they're getting from other Apple fans, either. I'm not going to go on the offensive here to hurt a company that is, I would say, playing fair. I don't think Real's strategy is going to work for them, so I would just let it go. You can only sell half-priced music for so long. I don't like Apple's legal approach. Just issue a software update for the iPod that blocks Real's hack.
Now that I think about it, that's not even a fair comparison. The Vatican does not house the Ark of the Covenant, while Mecca is home to the Kaaba. That's not an exact equivalent by any means, but it's close enough for this purpose
And how many new terrorists would that create? It seems to me that detroying the most sacred places to hundreds of millions of people might piss off more than just the crazy extremists we have coming at us now. Would you suggest attacking the Vatican and killing the pope if a Catholic committed a terrorist act? The problem with the world is "simple" answers like you have given. "Simple" reasoning like this gives us reckless, shortsighted leaders. Please don't vote.
I recently read about some new "stealth" planes; next step, Wraiths. Programs like Ghost experiments are nothing new. We know that electrified anti-RPG armor (Plasma Shields level 1) is in the works. Recent conflicts have seen great use of non-manned equipment like recon planes (Observers) and even bombers (Reavers with wings). The Republicans continue to make noise about really really expensive Missile Turrets to keep us safe from North Korea. At one point, some Terrans use Psi emitters to direct the Zerg against the enemy. Biological warfare?
I'm pretty sure that the rights to the White Album would have been renewed, had it been required. Also, it is still in print. That's not at all what this is talking about. This suit is attempting to require the re-registration of works every so often so that when they go out of print and the owner no longer cares about them, someone else can distribute them. RTFA, or is that too much trouble for the guy who says "somebody forward this" instead of doing it yourself?
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G3 Powerbooks, which support OS X (and run it quite decently), have built in IRda ports
I think you mean _100_ million. A pretty huge gaping hole, indeed
Same with Stanford. We get free virus protection software and SpySweeper, too. Every dorm has a Resident Computer Coordinator that encourages us to install all of this stuff. Not everyone does (some of them can barely copy and paste), but I know my roommate has been glad to have been told about this. He's not great with computers, but using a different browser, using Spy Sweeper, etc. is not hard and he's happy to do it now that someone told him the risks and provided the software. Incidentally, we Mac folk get free virus protection and whatnot also, but our RCC doesn't even bother explaining it to us (in his words "If you have a Mac, she'll always be happy").
Sure, plants grown to make biodiesel take carbon out of the atmosphere, but burning the fuel and decomposing the rest of the plant puts a lot of it right back! The best you can hope for is that the cycle doesn't end up putting much more carbon out there than there is already (not that biodiesel is not better than fossil fuels in this respect--drilling for oil doesn't take ANY carbon out of the air).
You paranoid tinfoil fetishist.
Yeah, that P2P sure doesn't run on Mac! Between those, you can connect _really well_ to limewire networks (Next time you are on a Mac, try Acquisition. It's an absolute dream), just fine to .torrents, and perfectly well to eDonkey, OpenNap and Kazaa networks. Boy, I sure wish I could use P2P on my Mac. Yeah, I never download anything...
The Humane Interface is fine as a thought provoking word processor, but not much else. The GUI we know and love may not be the most efficient, but it works pretty well for most people. After trying THI, I did indeed find the leap functions useful, but I really don't think it's for everyone. MS Word is not very hard to use for basic things; you just click where you want to type. My grandmother, who I imagine Raskin would like to help, had enough trouble figuring this out, so imagine her trying to correct a mistake or scroll down a page by using strange keyboard commands that she might mistype. The GUI is perhaps not the most efficient way to word process, but it is an understandable way for most people to do the things they need. Leaping around iTunes? What's the point? Trying to select a playlist and then a song using Raskin's "efficient" ideas would probably results in so many incorrect choices that just clicking on the damn thing would end up being faster over time. The modern computer does what we need with generally a low level of hassle.
There's always the classic-Mac aquarium. See some at The Apple Collection
Even the newest Powerbooks have Motorola chips in them, and the next generation may feature dual-core Freescale (Moto) G4's. iBooks don't use IBM chips, either
I want Apple to succeed out of gut favoritism. Competition is good. Open formats are good. But in this particular case, I like Apple and I think their products/music store are so good that it doesn't matter if there is competition. Windows has traditionally been complete crap (taking baby steps away from it now), so I want to see more competition for microsoft from Apple and Linux. But the iTMS is really good. The iPod is really good. Screw competition. If the competition can't keep up, so be it. It's not like Apple is behaving illegally or anything like that. I don't like the fact that they are going to sue Real, but the main reason they are dominant is because they are the best.
I'm a big Apple fan, so I don't want Real to succeed in hurting the iTMS and in their anti-Apple campaign, but I don't like the response they're getting from other Apple fans, either. I'm not going to go on the offensive here to hurt a company that is, I would say, playing fair. I don't think Real's strategy is going to work for them, so I would just let it go. You can only sell half-priced music for so long. I don't like Apple's legal approach. Just issue a software update for the iPod that blocks Real's hack.
With the proper software, any number of products like this can be USB-powered access points: http://www.macsense.com/product/broadband/WUA400.h tml
That's a proper noun, though. A strict no-no with everyone I play.
This looks like another ad/press release. First the Nokia phone, now a wifi product. Why are these getting approved?
Arnold Schwarzeneggar pregnant. How, how, how did this man become the governor of my state?
Now that I think about it, that's not even a fair comparison. The Vatican does not house the Ark of the Covenant, while Mecca is home to the Kaaba. That's not an exact equivalent by any means, but it's close enough for this purpose
And how many new terrorists would that create? It seems to me that detroying the most sacred places to hundreds of millions of people might piss off more than just the crazy extremists we have coming at us now. Would you suggest attacking the Vatican and killing the pope if a Catholic committed a terrorist act? The problem with the world is "simple" answers like you have given. "Simple" reasoning like this gives us reckless, shortsighted leaders. Please don't vote.
I recently read about some new "stealth" planes; next step, Wraiths. Programs like Ghost experiments are nothing new. We know that electrified anti-RPG armor (Plasma Shields level 1) is in the works. Recent conflicts have seen great use of non-manned equipment like recon planes (Observers) and even bombers (Reavers with wings). The Republicans continue to make noise about really really expensive Missile Turrets to keep us safe from North Korea. At one point, some Terrans use Psi emitters to direct the Zerg against the enemy. Biological warfare?
I'm pretty sure that the rights to the White Album would have been renewed, had it been required. Also, it is still in print. That's not at all what this is talking about. This suit is attempting to require the re-registration of works every so often so that when they go out of print and the owner no longer cares about them, someone else can distribute them. RTFA, or is that too much trouble for the guy who says "somebody forward this" instead of doing it yourself?
Forget losing your job to a robot--that thing can do a better handstand than I ever could. Robot olympics in 2008?
I'm going to replace my CPU with a mouse and wheel as soon as I get a chance.
So how old is NeXTstep?