Your clamshell design changed portable computing. I remember the days when the portable Osborne I and the Kaypro had their keyboards in the lid and were like carrying a sewing machine around the airport. Even my first non-CPM computer, the Compaq portable used the keyboard as a lid but thanks to the plasma screen it was more like carrying a heavy lunchbox.
When portables based on the Grid Compass design began to appear, I upgraded to a heavy ass MS-DOS portable with a bluish LCD (forgot the brand) and it looked almost like the grid except it was beige. That made carrying and boarding a plane with a portable computer much easier.
The taxi stand is not public property, and the airport is perfectly free to decide that "only taxicabs approved by the New York Association of Whatever can pick up fares here".
While the taxi stand may not be open to the general public (which is what you really meant), most (if not all) major passenger airports in the US are in fact owned by the public. All the airports that I go to is owned in some form by the municipality. This would mean that the city would need to come up with a way to vet the taxi cabs that go to the airport which, by the way is very valuable to the taxi, but wasn't that what you argued against?
Out-of-town business travelers should be able to choose to trust whoever they like, whether it's someone vetted by the City of New York or someone vetted by the National Taxi Vetting Association or whatever.
Yes. After flying most of the day, I'll have time to decide which cabs in the taxi stand are vetted by some association. That's if the taxi stand is large enough to have enough reputable taxis mixed in with the gypsies. Oh wait, you're stuck with the cab at the head of the queue. I hope he is one of the "vetted" cabs.
And I have to put up with guys at bus stops asking me for fiddy cent for crack all the time; why are gypsy cabs any different?
I've had more than my share of beggars and they usually move on when you say no. The independent entrepreneurs I've bumped into during my travels are a little more determined.
If some company does their own independent vetting of their drivers, and builds up public trust, then why shouldn't people be allowed to choose them?
Yes because tourists and out-of-town business travelers would know who to trust right? Not to mention we all enjoy being pestered by drivers of "gypsy cabs", while we wait for our driver to arrive at the airport.
There are still limitations like: How many cabs can operate in the market and still remain profitable while not trying to cut corners on safety (which is a problem in the private bus industry)? How many cabs can stand at popular locations without impeding other traffic? How many cab companies can exist and still be able to be inspected for regulation compliance (which include safety, liability, and driver hiring practices) at intervals that are practical enough to maintain the objectives of regulation.
The Glider Robot provides more data that CAN be used to increase the accuracy of hurricane prediction models.
The track prediction for Hurricane Isaac has been revised at almost every full advisory update, so I wouldn't use it as an example of its prediction capabilities.
Until OS X Lion I would have disagreed, but with Lion they're making it harder and harder to use a mac as a dev machine for anything other than apple products.
This is news to me, since I haven't ran into any issues that prevent me from developing non-apple software.
The command line tools are no longer even automatically installed with XCode, and they're less well behaved than they were in Snow Leopard.
To be fair that was to make the packaging more compatible with their App store. I don't see it that much of a big deal.
Old way:
Download X-Code from App store, run the installer that was downloaded.
New way:
Download X-Code from App store, click on install command line tools within the drop down menu.
Hate to hear about people having problems with their compiler.
I have no such problems with compiling anything in particular, and I have complicated dependencies. I have to handle projects that are C based and depend on Intel Fortran, IDL, some custom perl scripts, and DISLIN. I would rank the complexity involved and the troubleshooting of the build about equal when compared with Linux. I base this on first hand knowledge of supporting RPM and APT based linux (SL & Ubuntu in particular) as well as OS X (L, SL, L, & ML).
I like xmonad, but it's not exactly mainstream. I'm mostly using CLI and I like how it automatically lays out the terminal sessions. The x-window layout is something to get used to. Thankfully the window floating mode is there to help with programs not designed for auto-layout.
On OS X, I use iTerm2 for the multiple terminal sessions, but I haven't found anything similar to xmonad for the GUI. I have made a positioning applescript that I call using quicksilver, and after a while I gotten to like that slightly better anyway.
According to the website, Geenz Spad and Mimika Oh made some fixes in the OS X build.
But since you are comparing it with installing using the package manager on Ubuntu, why wouldn't you just use one of the binaries they provide on their website? It's simply a matter of downloading the dmg file, opening it, and dragging a file into the application folder. How much "just work" do you need?
Because all closed code is at the mercy of whatever company owns it. Its support can be dropped at a whim of the management, thus "at the mercy" is an accurate description...
I don't know what you are talking about, but what the rest of us are talking about is MacPorts and Homebrew which are open source package repositories.
The most important question to ask is "Does it work for me?". If you answered yes, then why should you care what someone else use?
I use Linux on the server and OS X on the desktop. I like both.
I don't know why the Linux fanbois are getting all riled up.
1) We are talking about Miguel de Icaza's opinion.
2) Truth is much worse. Linux had its own desktops fucked up by their respective projects. Just look at all the bitching and moaning on Slashdot when someone brings up Unity (the default on Ubuntu), Gnome 3, or even KDE 4. (I think KDE is the least offensive).
Personally I think the reason this topic raises the noise level on Slashdot is the posers that like to boaster their "credentials" by making derogatory remarks about something they don't understand.
You must be doing something wrong. I use homebrew and had no problems getting it to work. You may want to read the caveats that come up when you install a package, or run "brew doctor" to see what is misconfigured.
It's also 3rd-party and at the mercy of Apple and requires a bunch of prerequisites.
At the mercy of Apple? It's amazing how much anti-Apple bullshit gets modded as "insightful".
Let's not forget Homebrew. Homebrew does a nice job of packaging programs that coexist with the versions of prerequisite programs that are included in the OS X system files.
Why doesn't Samuel Vimes save up for the better boots? He can pay up front for the ten dollar boots that lasts a year, and set aside money during that year to buy the better boots the following year. Even if it took him several cheap boots to finally purchase the good boots, he still spends less during the ten year period than this story projects.
The problem with the "Sam Vimes Boot of Economic Injustice" story is that the reader assumes his only option is to pay a fixed price every year for the cheap boots, when it may be possible for Sam Vimes to purchase the better boots eventually.
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3D? That's how you know the studio is serious about the film!
Your clamshell design changed portable computing. I remember the days when the portable Osborne I and the Kaypro had their keyboards in the lid and were like carrying a sewing machine around the airport. Even my first non-CPM computer, the Compaq portable used the keyboard as a lid but thanks to the plasma screen it was more like carrying a heavy lunchbox.
When portables based on the Grid Compass design began to appear, I upgraded to a heavy ass MS-DOS portable with a bluish LCD (forgot the brand) and it looked almost like the grid except it was beige. That made carrying and boarding a plane with a portable computer much easier.
Fine Job. May you rest in peace.
I don't think Google is as hands off as you say. I just typed Mitt Romney in the search box and I got:
"Mitt Romney on issues"
"Mitt Romney vp"
"Mitt Romney tax returns"
"Mitt Romney wiki"
Judging by the commercials on television, I'd expect at Google to at least suggest some non-flattering search terms.
While the taxi stand may not be open to the general public (which is what you really meant), most (if not all) major passenger airports in the US are in fact owned by the public. All the airports that I go to is owned in some form by the municipality. This would mean that the city would need to come up with a way to vet the taxi cabs that go to the airport which, by the way is very valuable to the taxi, but wasn't that what you argued against?
Yes. After flying most of the day, I'll have time to decide which cabs in the taxi stand are vetted by some association. That's if the taxi stand is large enough to have enough reputable taxis mixed in with the gypsies. Oh wait, you're stuck with the cab at the head of the queue. I hope he is one of the "vetted" cabs.
I've had more than my share of beggars and they usually move on when you say no. The independent entrepreneurs I've bumped into during my travels are a little more determined.
Yes because tourists and out-of-town business travelers would know who to trust right? Not to mention we all enjoy being pestered by drivers of "gypsy cabs", while we wait for our driver to arrive at the airport.
There are still limitations like: How many cabs can operate in the market and still remain profitable while not trying to cut corners on safety (which is a problem in the private bus industry)? How many cabs can stand at popular locations without impeding other traffic? How many cab companies can exist and still be able to be inspected for regulation compliance (which include safety, liability, and driver hiring practices) at intervals that are practical enough to maintain the objectives of regulation.
Except for all the prior art...
I believe image is 100% of most companies' marketing strategy.
The Glider Robot provides more data that CAN be used to increase the accuracy of hurricane prediction models.
The track prediction for Hurricane Isaac has been revised at almost every full advisory update, so I wouldn't use it as an example of its prediction capabilities.
This is news to me, since I haven't ran into any issues that prevent me from developing non-apple software.
To be fair that was to make the packaging more compatible with their App store. I don't see it that much of a big deal.
Old way:
Download X-Code from App store, run the installer that was downloaded.
New way:
Download X-Code from App store, click on install command line tools within the drop down menu.
Hate to hear about people having problems with their compiler.
I have no such problems with compiling anything in particular, and I have complicated dependencies. I have to handle projects that are C based and depend on Intel Fortran, IDL, some custom perl scripts, and DISLIN. I would rank the complexity involved and the troubleshooting of the build about equal when compared with Linux. I base this on first hand knowledge of supporting RPM and APT based linux (SL & Ubuntu in particular) as well as OS X (L, SL, L, & ML).
I like xmonad, but it's not exactly mainstream. I'm mostly using CLI and I like how it automatically lays out the terminal sessions. The x-window layout is something to get used to. Thankfully the window floating mode is there to help with programs not designed for auto-layout.
On OS X, I use iTerm2 for the multiple terminal sessions, but I haven't found anything similar to xmonad for the GUI. I have made a positioning applescript that I call using quicksilver, and after a while I gotten to like that slightly better anyway.
You mean the same Gatekeeper that allows me to allow downloaded programs from anywhere?
I put that conspiracy theory in the same category as "Linux makes you a communist".
According to the website, Geenz Spad and Mimika Oh made some fixes in the OS X build.
But since you are comparing it with installing using the package manager on Ubuntu, why wouldn't you just use one of the binaries they provide on their website? It's simply a matter of downloading the dmg file, opening it, and dragging a file into the application folder. How much "just work" do you need?
I don't know what you are talking about, but what the rest of us are talking about is MacPorts and Homebrew which are open source package repositories.
The most important question to ask is "Does it work for me?". If you answered yes, then why should you care what someone else use?
I use Linux on the server and OS X on the desktop. I like both.
I don't know why the Linux fanbois are getting all riled up.
1) We are talking about Miguel de Icaza's opinion.
2) Truth is much worse. Linux had its own desktops fucked up by their respective projects. Just look at all the bitching and moaning on Slashdot when someone brings up Unity (the default on Ubuntu), Gnome 3, or even KDE 4. (I think KDE is the least offensive).
Personally I think the reason this topic raises the noise level on Slashdot is the posers that like to boaster their "credentials" by making derogatory remarks about something they don't understand.
You must be doing something wrong. I use homebrew and had no problems getting it to work. You may want to read the caveats that come up when you install a package, or run "brew doctor" to see what is misconfigured.
At the mercy of Apple? It's amazing how much anti-Apple bullshit gets modded as "insightful".
Let's not forget Homebrew. Homebrew does a nice job of packaging programs that coexist with the versions of prerequisite programs that are included in the OS X system files.
Why doesn't Samuel Vimes save up for the better boots? He can pay up front for the ten dollar boots that lasts a year, and set aside money during that year to buy the better boots the following year. Even if it took him several cheap boots to finally purchase the good boots, he still spends less during the ten year period than this story projects.
The problem with the "Sam Vimes Boot of Economic Injustice" story is that the reader assumes his only option is to pay a fixed price every year for the cheap boots, when it may be possible for Sam Vimes to purchase the better boots eventually.
I agree.
Maybe the turnover rate is so high that they have to mitigate it with pair programming.
Pair programming is a subset of extreme programming. Extreme programming deservedly fell out of favor at the end of the 1990's.
Can we attribute the less then stellar applications coming from these two firms to the pair programming paradigm?
I'm sure there are better examples to use besides these two.
Sure there is some youtube links on Google's mashup site.
More timely information can be found on the National Hurricane Center's interactive website