I just had a bit of a panic and cancelled my aTV order. I was able to fix quicktime on my Mini to play a52 audio, but it's a dealbreaker for the aTV if I can't pull the same trick.
I know that it *says* Intel Processor, but the iTV has a slightly iPod feel about it, especially the limited looking range of supported formats.
I'll probably dedicate a Mini and an AA960 to drive my HD (Component only - stupid WalMart), unless someone can tell me if I can get a52 audio to work on aTV.
Yes, there's so much stuff on a mac these days that you can't get to it all. Core Image funhouse, all the dev kits etc etc. I have Common Lisp (SBCL) and CLSQL and mySQL on mine.
If you need a laptop, get a basic MacBook and throw some more memory in it. The screen is great, and the machine seems pretty tough. The main bugs of discolored plastic and the random stops have been exorcised.
If you want to go cheap, get the base Mini. It's awesome. Runs Parallels, which in turn runs XP, Ubuntu, OLPC etc etc.
Maybe you can't easily attach a raptor, but you can hook up and boot from a fast external over firewire.
My Macs run way better booted from external than internal (5400RPM 2.5" Drives), and SuperDuper takes about an hour to create an bootable partition on an external. (Not an image)
Ironically in view of your comment, Edgy Eft actually fails miserably on a ThinkPad (600x) too. If you 'google' it, you may find that the 'alternate install' works, though it is a text-based old-school installer and not a fancy graphic one like the LiveCD.
I installed from the alternate and my ThinkPad is running great. Even the wireless is working , though it needed some prodding of the/etc/network/interfaces file since it seems preferable to have the wireless card configured *prior* to ifup'ing it.
I didn't bother to read those links. Just downloaded SuperDuper and backed up my wife's MacBook, and my PowerBook to (separate) WD 250 Gig External USB/FW drives. It worked faultlessly, first time for both machines.
Both machines booted happily from the back-ups. I'm sure happy to have both machines backed-up.
It's not a clone either, since the backups are missing all the pre-linky goodness of OS X until you actually boot from them.
The whole point is that they found dupes in the cosmic microwave background that at least support the theory. i.e. duplicates that occur at angles consistent with the theory.
They are waiting on a satellite to help tell us whether the planck constant is where it needs to be to support the model.
I'm a Mac guy, but most of those could be seen as applying to OS X, or even Ubuntu or SUSE.
I believe that we are possibly shaping up for a long overdue OS war, with obviously Windows XP being currently dominant, but with the possibility to move to similar Intel-based hardware, but with 3 radically different operating system choices.
In particular the re-training and hardware upgrade requirements for Vista and Office make it more likely that companies are going to say enough and start to move to OS X or Linux, now that both these operating systems present a reasonable alternative to the status quo.
I installed SQL Server Express 2005 on Windows XP and had no way to get a query plan. This is completely useless to me, so I uninstalled it again.
Back to the arms of MySQL where these things aren't limited, and maybe I should give PostgreSQL a shot. Btw, I run Oracle at my deskjob, so don't flame me about MySQL, it's still pretty good despite some limitations.
Oh shit, I just realized, I installed the free edition. Well, still pretty useless, especially to people on Vista, which isn't really that great anyway.
I had an occasion recently to repair an Excel file that crashed Excel 2003 on load. Open Office Calc loaded the file, complained about a (corrupt) number of rows, but then displayed the file faultlessly. Saving the file yielded a file that worked fine in Excel.
This saved one of my co-workers untold grief retyping the file.
Go Open Office!
And, btw, Calc at least starts up in just a few seconds on an Ubuntu 6.10 VM with 512 Megs in Parallels on a Mac Mini Core Duo 1.66
Be careful that you remember to disconnect any USB devices if you expect it to sleep when you close the lid. Macs will function in a lid closed mode if any USB devices are connected. In this case, closing the lid merely turns the screen off.
Look for the light on the front to start 'snoring' before you slide it into its traveling bag.
Yeah, you know, the car analogy fits like a glove. Look at the god-awful Pontiac Aztec POS !!!! You really think that they would seriously have sold that thing if there was *any* way they could have done another iteration, refactored, started from a blank sheet of paper etc., etc.
In that case, GM was practically bankrupt, and they had to take whatever shit the 'waterfall' car design process spat out on the first turn of the crank.
There doesn't seem to be much between agile, and simply "being a good software engineer", which includes:
- Building stuff fast (Usually a good thing) - Being ready to refactor if it all goes a bit 'Pete Tong' (Another good thing) - Writing clear and commented code a junior developer could maintain (Developers will love you) - Being always ready to assist and/or mentor other programmers where required (Bosses will love you)
Expressed this way, nothing seems particularly contentious, though it definitely de-emphasizes the "centralized control" of the fabulously craptastic "Waterfall Method". Rrrrrr.
If your time is chargeable, at say $150/hour, and you are working on a time and materials project, why would your company *want* to make you any more efficient?
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I just had a bit of a panic and cancelled my aTV order. I was able to fix quicktime on my Mini to play a52 audio, but it's a dealbreaker for the aTV if I can't pull the same trick.
I know that it *says* Intel Processor, but the iTV has a slightly iPod feel about it, especially the limited looking range of supported formats.
I'll probably dedicate a Mini and an AA960 to drive my HD (Component only - stupid WalMart), unless someone can tell me if I can get a52 audio to work on aTV.
Sweet, I can have a 'desktop' of a Rolex on my iPhone. Excellent.
I thought that name was familiar. I wonder if that's the last thing she did. Best wishes for the future Wendy.
Yes, there's so much stuff on a mac these days that you can't get to it all. Core Image funhouse, all the dev kits etc etc. I have Common Lisp (SBCL) and CLSQL and mySQL on mine.
If you need a laptop, get a basic MacBook and throw some more memory in it. The screen is great, and the machine seems pretty tough. The main bugs of discolored plastic and the random stops have been exorcised.
If you want to go cheap, get the base Mini. It's awesome. Runs Parallels, which in turn runs XP, Ubuntu, OLPC etc etc.
Is he Korean by any chance?
What? Like a picture of your ex-wife?
Maybe you can't easily attach a raptor, but you can hook up and boot from a fast external over firewire.
My Macs run way better booted from external than internal (5400RPM 2.5" Drives), and SuperDuper takes about an hour to create an bootable partition on an external. (Not an image)
Thanks, I'll get my coat.
The 'flying pigs' just got a lot closer when Apple switched to Intel.
And that is what has been spurring porcine aeronautics, lo these 6 months.
Ironically in view of your comment, Edgy Eft actually fails miserably on a ThinkPad (600x) too. If you 'google' it, you may find that the 'alternate install' works, though it is a text-based old-school installer and not a fancy graphic one like the LiveCD.
/etc/network/interfaces file since it seems preferable to have the wireless card configured *prior* to ifup'ing it.
I installed from the alternate and my ThinkPad is running great. Even the wireless is working , though it needed some prodding of the
I didn't bother to read those links. Just downloaded SuperDuper and backed up my wife's MacBook, and my PowerBook to (separate) WD 250 Gig External USB/FW drives. It worked faultlessly, first time for both machines.
Both machines booted happily from the back-ups. I'm sure happy to have both machines backed-up.
It's not a clone either, since the backups are missing all the pre-linky goodness of OS X until you actually boot from them.
I was very happy to pay the $30 for SuperDuper.
Read the article. In fact, read the summary.
The whole point is that they found dupes in the cosmic microwave background that at least support the theory. i.e. duplicates that occur at angles consistent with the theory.
They are waiting on a satellite to help tell us whether the planck constant is where it needs to be to support the model.
Nope, I have mine tightened down a bit in size, and 'greened', and it looks awesome. I move it to all the Windows machines I use.
The XP Luna buttons are actually really nicely designed and scale well.
Now it sucks when I use Citrix and have to put up with the grey flat W95 style UI. Yuck.
I'm a Mac guy, but most of those could be seen as applying to OS X, or even Ubuntu or SUSE.
I believe that we are possibly shaping up for a long overdue OS war, with obviously Windows XP being currently dominant, but with the possibility to move to similar Intel-based hardware, but with 3 radically different operating system choices.
In particular the re-training and hardware upgrade requirements for Vista and Office make it more likely that companies are going to say enough and start to move to OS X or Linux, now that both these operating systems present a reasonable alternative to the status quo.
I installed SQL Server Express 2005 on Windows XP and had no way to get a query plan. This is completely useless to me, so I uninstalled it again.
Back to the arms of MySQL where these things aren't limited, and maybe I should give PostgreSQL a shot. Btw, I run Oracle at my deskjob, so don't flame me about MySQL, it's still pretty good despite some limitations.
Oh shit, I just realized, I installed the free edition. Well, still pretty useless, especially to people on Vista, which isn't really that great anyway.
The saddest part of this whole farce was the desperate attempt to get 'happening' operating system Linux ported to the lame-ass Zune(ral).
Man, that's just so sad. Pleeeease make us hip. Yeeeeaaaccccchhhhh!
I had an occasion recently to repair an Excel file that crashed Excel 2003 on load. Open Office Calc loaded the file, complained about a (corrupt) number of rows, but then displayed the file faultlessly. Saving the file yielded a file that worked fine in Excel.
This saved one of my co-workers untold grief retyping the file.
Go Open Office!
And, btw, Calc at least starts up in just a few seconds on an Ubuntu 6.10 VM with 512 Megs in Parallels on a Mac Mini Core Duo 1.66
Be careful that you remember to disconnect any USB devices if you expect it to sleep when you close the lid. Macs will function in a lid closed mode if any USB devices are connected. In this case, closing the lid merely turns the screen off.
Look for the light on the front to start 'snoring' before you slide it into its traveling bag.
Why not just uninstall Oracle and use MySQL? ;-)
Why, oh why, oh why do so many companies apps *still* use MFC? Even the non-GUI ones !!!!!
Stupid, bad, bad bad CString.
Of course, now, it's just toooo much effort to port to Linux.
Sadly the upgrade to iTunes version 25 will wipe out most peoples' entire gigabit collection of 'accidentally' revealed popstar nipples.
Yeah, you know, the car analogy fits like a glove. Look at the god-awful Pontiac Aztec POS !!!! You really think that they would seriously have sold that thing if there was *any* way they could have done another iteration, refactored, started from a blank sheet of paper etc., etc.
In that case, GM was practically bankrupt, and they had to take whatever shit the 'waterfall' car design process spat out on the first turn of the crank.
There doesn't seem to be much between agile, and simply "being a good software engineer", which includes:
- Building stuff fast (Usually a good thing)
- Being ready to refactor if it all goes a bit 'Pete Tong' (Another good thing)
- Writing clear and commented code a junior developer could maintain (Developers will love you)
- Being always ready to assist and/or mentor other programmers where required (Bosses will love you)
Expressed this way, nothing seems particularly contentious, though it definitely de-emphasizes the "centralized control" of the fabulously craptastic "Waterfall Method". Rrrrrr.
You put your finger on it in the last sentence.
/hour, and you are working on a time and materials project, why would your company *want* to make you any more efficient?
If your time is chargeable, at say $150