Thats not bad, but virtualization is coming and that will be better.
Imagine, instead, an 8-core Mac, possibly with a handful of drives attached, running OS X as its primary OS, with some subset of {Win98, Win2000, WinNT, WinXP, Linux (your choice of distribution), *BSD, etc.}, simultaneously each in a window of its own. Ideally, you could even virtualize another layer of OS X as a testing sandbox. If any OS goes down, you kill the process and load from some previously saved memory state. Screw rebooting.
As of right now their nothing more than a glorified Dell with their own proprietary OS.
Thats like saying a porsche is nothing more than a glorified VW bug with a better engine.
What does that have to do with running Linux on a Macbook Pro? The question is not why would one install Linux, ever. Its why would one want Linux and OS X on the same machine, when OS X will run most linux software already anyway?
When first launched in Japan in 1980 by Namco, the game received a lukewarm response, as Space Invaders and other games of similar ilk were far more popular at the time.
However, that same year, the game was picked up for manufacture in the U.S. by Bally division Midway, under the altered title Pac-Man. American audiences welcomed a breakaway from conventions set by Space Invaders, which resulted in unprecedented popularity and revenue that rivaled its successful predecessor...
So at least at one point in time Americans valued originality more than the Japanese.
The white brick is the one I am associating the "death hook" name with. I assume the death hook refers to the little tabs that fold out to wrap the wires around.
Apple's newest power adapters are identical to ours, except by the method they use to attach to the laptop. Instead of plugging in, they have a magnet that holds the connector in place. Maybe the parent was referring to those specifically...not sure.
If even one sentence of this article has come off as condescending or mocking toward Nintendo fans or any kind of video game fans, we apologize. That wasn't the point, which is why we never pointed out that the Revolution is the first console in history that can be played while masturbating.
And Nintendo says they aren't targetting hard-core gamers...
Yes, Dean Chris is a real person. I talk to him frequently, and also received the email in question.
What possible motivation for fabricating such an email in the first place isn't exactly clear to me, though.
Clearly, the cannon is going to have to come back to Mudd now. We had an agreement not to take the cannon from CalTech again (although I hear that agreement expired some time ago). We have no such contract with the Michegan Institute of Taxidermy, so far as I know.
They did nothing for their 25th. I see no reason why they wwould do anything for their 30th. Maybe we'll see something for the 50th, but don't hold your breath.
seeing as how this update only affects 5th generation iPods and iPod nanos, Apple is clearly and deliberately leaving those of us with older iPods in harms way. they should give me a new iPod to protect my hearing. either that or a million dollars. they have a moral obligation.
jar jar binks die at the beginning of every episode, where by the beginning, i mean everything before the closing credits. each week, we are shown new and creative ways for jar jar to die slowly and painfully. For the first episode, I propose the use of any combination of at least 4 of the following: chain saws with dull rusty teeth, bolt cutters, horse syringes, ewoks, various acids and bases, hot molten stuff, pixie cups, and/or freddy kreuger.
ok, we need to have a discussion on the meaning of "wearable." i could put backpack straps on any dell at best buy and it would be "wearable." the question is whether i am willing to wear it, not whether i am capable of wearing it.
For that matter, there is no significant amount of caffiene in coffee beans until they are roasted. So unless pre-muslim goat herders were picking berries, roasting them, and feeding them to their goats, said goats were not becoming "livelier" by eating coffee beans.
I don't personally support the practice of citing myths as historical accounts of technological progress.
more like converting a queue of video_ts folders to H.264, or long computations in mathematica or matlab. and i could probably think of some other marathons i've put my machine through. yes, a desktop would be better for these tasks, but as a student i dont have the cash flow for a tower and a powerbook, and I live off campus so its a pain to use computer labs. besides that, i dont like trying to keep files in sync between two computers.
I don't want to sound like an Apple troll, but I would like to point out that I have been using my powerbook for well over 2 years now, and while it doesn't have the horse power of a "desktop replacement", it has been my only computer, has seen many 48 and 72 hour tasks and is as stable today as the day I bought it.
In the final third of the LAN, however, we began to notice increased instability that was not allayed by restarts. All the games we played would switch to the desktop, though strangely not crash entirely, at random intervals. This was an annoyance, needless to say, and damn well fatal during one or two of our more infamous matches.
We can only put the instability down to sheer wear and tear.
Wait a second. This machine got a positive review. I'm sorry, but I don't see how instability after 24 hours of usage on a brand new machine can in any way be considered tolerable unless usage involves throwing large blunt objects at the thing. What am I missing here? I can think of a lot of processor intensive tasks that take longer than 24 hours to complete, and I *really* do not want to see any instability while they are in the middle of running. Are my expectations out of line here?
To your average iPod buyer, no amount of accessories will make another player as attractive as the iPod.
Do you have any basis for this statement at all?
Customer walks into store.
Man: "Hi, I would like to buy an MP3 player, a protective case, a dock with build in speakers, and an adapter to use it with my car stereo."
Sales rep: "Do you see that wall over there? Those are iPod accessories. You can get cases ranging from $10 to $500 in plastic, silicon, or leather in any of 800 million colors from companies ranging from Nike to Gucci. There are suitable speaker systems and car adapters from a plethora of manufacturers in virtually any price range."
Customer: "What if I don't want an iPod."
Rep: "Oh, hmm... Well, in that case you could buy this Rio and keep it in a sock, and if you're handy with a soldering iron, maybe you could hack one of the iPod accessories to fulfill your other needs."
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What post are you replying to? There is no thread called "Why boot linux here?" and your time stamp precedes any posts on that topic. Troll.
Thats not bad, but virtualization is coming and that will be better.
Imagine, instead, an 8-core Mac, possibly with a handful of drives attached, running OS X as its primary OS, with some subset of {Win98, Win2000, WinNT, WinXP, Linux (your choice of distribution), *BSD, etc.}, simultaneously each in a window of its own. Ideally, you could even virtualize another layer of OS X as a testing sandbox. If any OS goes down, you kill the process and load from some previously saved memory state. Screw rebooting.
As of right now their nothing more than a glorified Dell with their own proprietary OS. Thats like saying a porsche is nothing more than a glorified VW bug with a better engine.
What does that have to do with running Linux on a Macbook Pro? The question is not why would one install Linux, ever. Its why would one want Linux and OS X on the same machine, when OS X will run most linux software already anyway?
The white brick is the one I am associating the "death hook" name with. I assume the death hook refers to the little tabs that fold out to wrap the wires around.
Apple's newest power adapters are identical to ours, except by the method they use to attach to the laptop. Instead of plugging in, they have a magnet that holds the connector in place. Maybe the parent was referring to those specifically...not sure.
My new fangled death hook adapter is going on 3 years now, without problem.
agreed. but RvB might not be eligible, since it isn't "original" programming. lame, but that sort of crap happens a lot.
Yes, Dean Chris is a real person. I talk to him frequently, and also received the email in question.
What possible motivation for fabricating such an email in the first place isn't exactly clear to me, though.
Clearly, the cannon is going to have to come back to Mudd now. We had an agreement not to take the cannon from CalTech again (although I hear that agreement expired some time ago). We have no such contract with the Michegan Institute of Taxidermy, so far as I know.
They did nothing for their 25th. I see no reason why they wwould do anything for their 30th. Maybe we'll see something for the 50th, but don't hold your breath.
seeing as how this update only affects 5th generation iPods and iPod nanos, Apple is clearly and deliberately leaving those of us with older iPods in harms way. they should give me a new iPod to protect my hearing. either that or a million dollars. they have a moral obligation.
no, they need to introduce some new bugs as well. no one would buy it just for the new logo.
jar jar binks die at the beginning of every episode, where by the beginning, i mean everything before the closing credits. each week, we are shown new and creative ways for jar jar to die slowly and painfully. For the first episode, I propose the use of any combination of at least 4 of the following: chain saws with dull rusty teeth, bolt cutters, horse syringes, ewoks, various acids and bases, hot molten stuff, pixie cups, and/or freddy kreuger.
In the second season, they kill George Lucas.
That means I can play Spore on it!
ok, we need to have a discussion on the meaning of "wearable." i could put backpack straps on any dell at best buy and it would be "wearable." the question is whether i am willing to wear it, not whether i am capable of wearing it.
For that matter, there is no significant amount of caffiene in coffee beans until they are roasted. So unless pre-muslim goat herders were picking berries, roasting them, and feeding them to their goats, said goats were not becoming "livelier" by eating coffee beans.
I don't personally support the practice of citing myths as historical accounts of technological progress.
1. ... communicate the truth - which is a function of PR,
Thats hilarious.
more like converting a queue of video_ts folders to H.264, or long computations in mathematica or matlab. and i could probably think of some other marathons i've put my machine through. yes, a desktop would be better for these tasks, but as a student i dont have the cash flow for a tower and a powerbook, and I live off campus so its a pain to use computer labs. besides that, i dont like trying to keep files in sync between two computers.
it actually has two hard drives, so its a little RAID. that seems a bit ridiculous to me, but not as bad as having two optical drives.
I don't want to sound like an Apple troll, but I would like to point out that I have been using my powerbook for well over 2 years now, and while it doesn't have the horse power of a "desktop replacement", it has been my only computer, has seen many 48 and 72 hour tasks and is as stable today as the day I bought it.
In the final third of the LAN, however, we began to notice increased instability that was not allayed by restarts. All the games we played would switch to the desktop, though strangely not crash entirely, at random intervals. This was an annoyance, needless to say, and damn well fatal during one or two of our more infamous matches.
We can only put the instability down to sheer wear and tear.
Wait a second. This machine got a positive review. I'm sorry, but I don't see how instability after 24 hours of usage on a brand new machine can in any way be considered tolerable unless usage involves throwing large blunt objects at the thing. What am I missing here? I can think of a lot of processor intensive tasks that take longer than 24 hours to complete, and I *really* do not want to see any instability while they are in the middle of running. Are my expectations out of line here?
is there a reason this got modded troll? will someone give this guy his karma back?
To your average iPod buyer, no amount of accessories will make another player as attractive as the iPod.
Do you have any basis for this statement at all?
Customer walks into store.
Man: "Hi, I would like to buy an MP3 player, a protective case, a dock with build in speakers, and an adapter to use it with my car stereo."
Sales rep: "Do you see that wall over there? Those are iPod accessories. You can get cases ranging from $10 to $500 in plastic, silicon, or leather in any of 800 million colors from companies ranging from Nike to Gucci. There are suitable speaker systems and car adapters from a plethora of manufacturers in virtually any price range."
Customer: "What if I don't want an iPod."
Rep: "Oh, hmm... Well, in that case you could buy this Rio and keep it in a sock, and if you're handy with a soldering iron, maybe you could hack one of the iPod accessories to fulfill your other needs."
catheter + pr0n = bad times