really now. I cant say I knew it was that easy on a macbook. I too have one. All I recall is the ridiculous amount of pain it was on my thinkpad. Enough pain I gave up on it.
I'm sorry, I know it's tempting to think that, but by saying that you disrespect what happened at both Dawson College and École Polytechnique, and even Taber.
These tragedies are not uniquely American, no more than rape and murder are.
I'm not sure really if it even matters. I'm not sure when, or if, we'll find out what's really going on behind closed doors at Cupertino. What really matters is what comes out in October. It matters that leopard is feature complete, and as bug free as reasonably possible considering the complexity of the project.
On the one hand, I'm almost certain (IANAL) that there's a provision in copyright and trademark laws about protection of trademark (Sue or Loose it kind of deal). On the other hand, I think the definition of "infringing" has become a ridiculous farce. What kind of person could honestly say that Gaim and AIM have more than a passing similarity.
I suppose we should have seen it coming when Lindows lost to Windows.
True, but the spirit of my original point holds: It's an annoying thing to see so much time, energy, resources etc. wasted in the name of trademark law.
Oh, I know that, intimately. I'm not advocating we abandon Copyright,IP or anything. I just wish that less time would be spent on it, and more time on the development that leads to that IP and copyright.
It's called AdiumX, and it's easily the best IM client I've ever used (also, built off of libgaim (I mean, libpurple (easily the most disappointing name in all this name change))). Alas, it's only for OS X. If you ever pick up an OS X box, do yourself a favour, and pick it up.
To which I completely agree. It's about the fifth story I've read today on slashdot and other sources about intellectual property and licensing and copyright. And god, is ever saddening to see such a massive amount of resources and time and energy spent on those issues, rather than everything else that should be done.
Of course, then I have a cynical moment and think here I am writing a comment about a story about an IM client's name change, rather than rather really changing what matters in the world, like disease. It's these kind of moments when I wonder about why we do what we do.
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The emphasis is mine, with relation to the project's aims in their name selection.
I think it's a good name, if a little weird to think of after years and years of gaim.
I agree with everyone else above. That was the best post on slashdot I've read in quite a long time. It was so good, I took a couple of minutes and made a prettified version, and uploaded it here. If you feel that's inappropriate, please, message me and I'll take it down. But thank you very much.
That would be my guess. I'd love to see QT4 on OSX, just to find out about a couple of behaviors (like, does it support native drag-and-drop, which find myself using infinitely more since moving to a mac. Does it support the mac top bar... thing.. I have no clue what to call it. Tool bar? File edit view bar? The one with the apple on it gosh darnit. That'd be a sticking point for me. I've used other apps (*cough*openoffice*cough*) on a mac, that don't use the top toolbar, and you have no idea how much it slows you down till you try it. ).
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I also agree with the reasoning as far as why TextMate isn't open source.
Yeah, I don't know what's different about the iTunes video core, or why they're not using straight quicktime, but the itunes HUD sucks, and playback seems to take twice the CPU of either NicePlayer (Which I highly recommend) or straight QuickTime. It's odd.
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really now. I cant say I knew it was that easy on a macbook. I too have one. All I recall is the ridiculous amount of pain it was on my thinkpad. Enough pain I gave up on it.
I'm sorry, I know it's tempting to think that, but by saying that you disrespect what happened at both Dawson College and École Polytechnique, and even Taber.
These tragedies are not uniquely American, no more than rape and murder are.
I probably would switch, if there was a simple way to reconfigure my keyboard. Alas, laptops are not exactly amenable to keyboard layout switches.
I'm not sure really if it even matters. I'm not sure when, or if, we'll find out what's really going on behind closed doors at Cupertino. What really matters is what comes out in October. It matters that leopard is feature complete, and as bug free as reasonably possible considering the complexity of the project.
Here's a congratulations. You have no idea how much that read like a Fake Steve post. Or maybe you do. Either way. Congratulations.
I can't fathom where that extra M came from. It's not like they're mmmuffins or anything.
How about future successes ?
Please don't tell me it's the spellings that bother you. Beyond that, let's try to read beyond the errors, and into what was actually said.
And now I know something new I didn't know before. I honestly thought they had lost (and the name change resulted).
Because I am an impressive failure.
Damn. What a goof.
Thanks for pointing it out.
If only I had A) Previewed B) Access to an edit button.
On the one hand, I'm almost certain (IANAL) that there's a provision in copyright and trademark laws about protection of trademark (Sue or Loose it kind of deal). On the other hand, I think the definition of "infringing" has become a ridiculous farce. What kind of person could honestly say that Gaim and AIM have more than a passing similarity.
I suppose we should have seen it coming when Lindows lost to Windows.
True, but the spirit of my original point holds: It's an annoying thing to see so much time, energy, resources etc. wasted in the name of trademark law.
Oh, I know that, intimately. I'm not advocating we abandon Copyright,IP or anything. I just wish that less time would be spent on it, and more time on the development that leads to that IP and copyright.
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It's called AdiumX, and it's easily the best IM client I've ever used (also, built off of libgaim (I mean, libpurple (easily the most disappointing name in all this name change))). Alas, it's only for OS X. If you ever pick up an OS X box, do yourself a favour, and pick it up.
To which I completely agree. It's about the fifth story I've read today on slashdot and other sources about intellectual property and licensing and copyright. And god, is ever saddening to see such a massive amount of resources and time and energy spent on those issues, rather than everything else that should be done.
Of course, then I have a cynical moment and think here I am writing a comment about a story about an IM client's name change, rather than rather really changing what matters in the world, like disease. It's these kind of moments when I wonder about why we do what we do.
The emphasis is mine, with relation to the project's aims in their name selection.
I think it's a good name, if a little weird to think of after years and years of gaim.
Yeah. Still haven't gotten my Solaris DVD either. In Canada.
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I agree with everyone else above. That was the best post on slashdot I've read in quite a long time. It was so good, I took a couple of minutes and made a prettified version, and uploaded it here. If you feel that's inappropriate, please, message me and I'll take it down. But thank you very much.
The prettified version lives Here.
Nifty. I did not know that. Of course, having said that, I've not used one of the above, except google earth, and that was quite a while ago.
That would be my guess. I'd love to see QT4 on OSX, just to find out about a couple of behaviors (like, does it support native drag-and-drop, which find myself using infinitely more since moving to a mac. Does it support the mac top bar... thing.. I have no clue what to call it. Tool bar? File edit view bar? The one with the apple on it gosh darnit. That'd be a sticking point for me. I've used other apps (*cough*openoffice*cough*) on a mac, that don't use the top toolbar, and you have no idea how much it slows you down till you try it. ).
I also agree with the reasoning as far as why TextMate isn't open source.
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Yeah, I don't know what's different about the iTunes video core, or why they're not using straight quicktime, but the itunes HUD sucks, and playback seems to take twice the CPU of either NicePlayer (Which I highly recommend) or straight QuickTime. It's odd.
Best tidbit? I disagree: Mac compatibility is the best tidbit.
Finally, an awesome mac game. That's not WOW.