Some of the new pressure-assisted or vacuum-assisted water saving toilets do a great job of...cutting the crap. It took a while, but eventually the technology caught up to the legislation.
This is an HCI issue. "Cut" by itself is a destructive operation. Apple considers destructive operations on file system objects to be a Bad Thing, since it would be too easy for a novice user to remove a file this way. Remember, the Mac UI is supposed to be safe before powerful. You are, of course, free to disagree.
The page also gives hints to the reason why iPod was first to succeed: it was 100 grams lighter than any previous device, and used FireWire instead of USB 1.1
Without any idea of what you consider "poweruser friendly," I'd have to suggest you 1) Investigate Audion, if you haven't already, since it's now free, and 2) Investigate the power-user features of iTunes, like Smart Playlists and the Browser.
Point taken. I was making some historical generalizations regarding the initial deployment of the various technologies. Mobile phone service is now fairly affordable everywhere in the world, and becoming more affordable and universal as we speak. (The US mobile phone operators don't charge too much more for airtme than the UK ones do, from what I can see.)
Almost every developing nation has a higher rate of cell-phone coverage than the US (and many other "western" nations.)
The Bell System and the various state-owned monopolies built reliable, universal landline networks across these countries almost a century ago. Since the majority of the infrastructure has already been made and paid off decades ago, use of these networks today is commonplace (and very affordable.) The technology is often proven, well tested, and reliable (often regulated.) Cell phones, on the other hand, are more expensive and less reliable.
In developing nations, the landline systems are often unreliable and not much cheaper (if at all) than mobile systems. Users in these countries have every reason to invest in mobile phones. I wonder if this will continue to be the case with the deployment of VoIP systems.
Okay, so I haven't R'ed TFA. But it seems they're talking about the fab process, not the CPUs. Which means that IBM is gunning for higher clock rate CPUs, at the expense of having a higher percentage of dies fail testing. The unreliable dies that fail will never be released to be put into servers, or will be clocked down enough that the do run reliably.
Taken a sociology class lately? Almost every problem is a social problem. Crime is a social problem. Poverty is a social problem. Discrimination is a social problem. But we still create laws against crime, welfare programs, and anti-discrimination laws, even though we know we'll never eliminate these problems. Legislation can never completely solve social problems, but if enacted and enforced well, it can reduce them. Not by stopping each and every spammer or malware creater on the planet, but by taking out the big fish and keeping the small fry intimidated enough that they never grow too big.
Ah. Never had much use for the rewards section. (Don't use those services, so they're not worth the additonal money.) Performance seems acceptable, but I've never used Firefox on that site, so I can't compare.
Just keep calling them "crapintoshes." If you say that often enough, it will make you look so knowlegable about computer platforms that people will accept your sneers as gospel.
Umm..."Mac" (the computer platform sold by Apple) is not an acronym. Which is exactly the point: MAC can have any of several meanings, but "Macintosh" is not one of them.
As I understand it, Searchlight is implemented as indexed metadata in additon to the standard Mac OS HFS+ file system. It's not a true "database," but rather a quick and fairly functional facsimile. (Similarly, WinFS is not a FS at all, anymore.)
Slashdot Mirror
http://oldphones.com/
Okay, so it's now wireless. But I bet it'll have less space than a Nomad.
Lame.
RealNetworks definitely owes you a refund.
Some of the new pressure-assisted or vacuum-assisted water saving toilets do a great job of...cutting the crap. It took a while, but eventually the technology caught up to the legislation.
I wish Safari had a web spellcheck.
Edit > Spelling > Check Spelling As You Type
This is an HCI issue. "Cut" by itself is a destructive operation. Apple considers destructive operations on file system objects to be a Bad Thing, since it would be too easy for a novice user to remove a file this way. Remember, the Mac UI is supposed to be safe before powerful. You are, of course, free to disagree.
Nice history; I was only aware of the Nomad.
The page also gives hints to the reason why iPod was first to succeed: it was 100 grams lighter than any previous device, and used FireWire instead of USB 1.1
Without any idea of what you consider "poweruser friendly," I'd have to suggest you 1) Investigate Audion, if you haven't already, since it's now free, and 2) Investigate the power-user features of iTunes, like Smart Playlists and the Browser.
...this time, it's from NASA. http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/nasa_super computer_040809.html
There's been a lot of turnover recently. For those of you keeping track at home, it's now:
IBM BlueGene/L (70.7 teraflops, up from36 in your article)
(?) NEC SX-8 (Not yet installed anywhere; estimated 58.5)
NASA/SGI Columbia (42.7)
NEC Earth Simulator (35.9)
Point taken. I was making some historical generalizations regarding the initial deployment of the various technologies. Mobile phone service is now fairly affordable everywhere in the world, and becoming more affordable and universal as we speak. (The US mobile phone operators don't charge too much more for airtme than the UK ones do, from what I can see.)
Almost every developing nation has a higher rate of cell-phone coverage than the US (and many other "western" nations.)
The Bell System and the various state-owned monopolies built reliable, universal landline networks across these countries almost a century ago. Since the majority of the infrastructure has already been made and paid off decades ago, use of these networks today is commonplace (and very affordable.) The technology is often proven, well tested, and reliable (often regulated.) Cell phones, on the other hand, are more expensive and less reliable.
In developing nations, the landline systems are often unreliable and not much cheaper (if at all) than mobile systems. Users in these countries have every reason to invest in mobile phones. I wonder if this will continue to be the case with the deployment of VoIP systems.
Yes, the cat looks pretty miserable. I enjoyed it immensely.
(I routinely have to chase neighborhood cats away from my "prey-animal" pets.)
...a cell phone that plays music via iTunes?
Okay, so I haven't R'ed TFA. But it seems they're talking about the fab process, not the CPUs. Which means that IBM is gunning for higher clock rate CPUs, at the expense of having a higher percentage of dies fail testing. The unreliable dies that fail will never be released to be put into servers, or will be clocked down enough that the do run reliably.
Taken a sociology class lately? Almost every problem is a social problem. Crime is a social problem. Poverty is a social problem. Discrimination is a social problem. But we still create laws against crime, welfare programs, and anti-discrimination laws, even though we know we'll never eliminate these problems. Legislation can never completely solve social problems, but if enacted and enforced well, it can reduce them. Not by stopping each and every spammer or malware creater on the planet, but by taking out the big fish and keeping the small fry intimidated enough that they never grow too big.
Ah. Never had much use for the rewards section. (Don't use those services, so they're not worth the additonal money.) Performance seems acceptable, but I've never used Firefox on that site, so I can't compare.
Just keep calling them "crapintoshes." If you say that often enough, it will make you look so knowlegable about computer platforms that people will accept your sneers as gospel.
Odd. I have no problems using americanexpress.com to manage my account and pay bills in Safari.
Yeah, funny how the review said Cats don't smell bad. Maybe they don't, but the houses they live in do, no matter how often you clean the litterbox.
Umm..."Mac" (the computer platform sold by Apple) is not an acronym. Which is exactly the point: MAC can have any of several meanings, but "Macintosh" is not one of them.
It was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. Where do you get this "future?"
*sound of windows user hitting head against wall*
Mac User: My head hurts much less since I stopped hitting my head aginst the wall
Windows user: Damned Mac assholes, always making snide comments about how superior they are.
What are they going to do, sell you a CD with MP3 files on it?
Or was this a joke that the mods and I didn't pick up on?
Hope you (or they) never have to call 911 (or whatever your emergency number is) during a power outage.
There are way too many points of failure for VoIP to be my sole link to the outside. A good ol' local-only landline has its uses.
As I understand it, Searchlight is implemented as indexed metadata in additon to the standard Mac OS HFS+ file system. It's not a true "database," but rather a quick and fairly functional facsimile. (Similarly, WinFS is not a FS at all, anymore.)