Just what do you require to run on the Windows side that you can't do with a Mac? I use my Mac to run my business and it serves all my needs just fine. Not a flame - just a question. Love the My Cousin Vinny quote... heh
I've actually enjoyed using the beta of NN v9.0 over the last few days. Gone are the e-mail and web design components - this browser is lean and mean, and enjoys two very useful features that aren't bundled with other browsers: Mini Browser and Link Pad. I also like the smaller buttons. Netscape Navigator is FAST - and works with all of Firefox 2.0's plug-ins.
I doubt Netscape Navigator will ever reach its former level of glory, but they've certainly won me with this release.
Dr. Fun was a fun webcomic. 13 years is a long time, and I applaud Dave for sticking with it as long as he did. It's truly the end of an era for webcomics. Thanks for the laughs, Dave!
If more shows migrate towards iTunes I may just wind up cancelling my basic cable. I don't watch much television - I'd prefer paying for shows I like (without ads) a la carte. The Office "Christmas Party" episode was my first video purchase online. Quality overall is pretty good, too.
You are in your mother's basement. It is dark, and you can only see the glowing embers of phosphor highlighting text on an ancient 14" CRT display. On the left of the CRT display are various soda bottle beverages, including a recently opened Mountain Dew. You see a staircase to your left, and an obscenely large comicbook collection on your right. >view monitor The monitor displays a browser with the page open to "Slashdot: News for Nerds". >read page The page includes the following article threads: "Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD Not OVer Yet" and "Games: Loyalists Preserve Past Through Text-Only Games" >read "Games: Loyalists Preserve Past Through Text-Only Games" You are here.
The new Powerbooks offer no real advantage to their predecessors, besides a wider screen. I suspect many people will hold off their purchases on these laptops until Powerbooks ship with Intel processors (and a faster system bus). The PowerMac G5 dual core model has some great potential though. I'd get one if I could afford it. I also think Aperture has the makings of a solid pro app.
Oddly hypnotic yet entertaining. Also, try ActionSoft's Midnight Mansion for OS X. Great side-scrolling game ala Dark Castle and Montezuma's Revenge. I've wasted plenty of time playing that game.
Only the earliest toons (#1 - 20) are in pop-up format, because at the time, I hadn't settled on a regular format. I recommend starting from the latest 'toon and working backwards.
I suppose I can claim success when others start adding The PC Weenies to webcomic threads on Slashdot, without my shameless plugs. But, until then, I guess I've gotta do it. Hopin' the Slashdot crowd likes it.
..the Amiga was a nice machine for its time. I remember checking an A1000 out at a friends place many, many years ago. The graphics and sound on the machine were quite amazing, compared to what was available on the market. Sad that the Amiga never got the recognition it deserved.
20 years huh? Wow, I didn't realize it's been that long.
I typically take the edited footage and back it up to another miniDV tape from the computer (using my miniDV camcorder). I then lock the tape to prevent accidental erasure and store the tapes offsite. For photos, I'm taking my chances and burning them off to DVD. I also periodically make digital prints and send them to my parents and sister, who live in two separate locations. Worst comes to worst, at least they have a hard copy available should I lose the original digital version that I have on my computer.
I agree with parent poster. Survival of the fittest. The weaker of the distros would obviously have to evolve radically or die. Linux faces some big challenges:
1) to have solid easy-to-use bundled apps that work out of the box (ala Apple's iLife suite)
2) to have consistency throughout the OS (actually, this is something that Apple's been having problems with in its own GUI with OS X)
3) Linux needs a much better GUI (and, no - the Windows-like interface doesn't cut it)
...when it comes to criticizing him and so called other 'tech-pundits', as I did a few months ago on my weblog - when I proclaimed the title 'tech pundit' as being completely insulting and off-base for what his 'journalism' (and I use that word loosely) really is.
....that my Dual 2GHz G5 (Rev. A) is still holding onto its value, nearly two years after it was introduced. I suspect that Apple will announce an entirely new form factor in the PowerMac design when they roll out a 3GHz model.
I believe that was the Apple IIGS. Here's how to do it:
1. Remove all disks from the drives 2. Restart the computer 3. When you see the Open-Apple move back and forth, Press Control-OpenApple-Option-N 4. Sit back and enjoy!
Slashdot Mirror
Just what do you require to run on the Windows side that you can't do with a Mac? I use my Mac to run my business and it
serves all my needs just fine. Not a flame - just a question. Love the My Cousin Vinny quote... heh
I've actually enjoyed using the beta of NN v9.0 over the last few days. Gone are the e-mail and web design components - this browser is lean and mean, and enjoys two very useful features that aren't bundled with other browsers: Mini Browser and Link Pad. I also like the smaller buttons. Netscape Navigator is FAST - and works with all of Firefox 2.0's plug-ins.
I doubt Netscape Navigator will ever reach its former level of glory, but they've certainly won me with this release.
I nearly spit my coffee reading that. Hilarious and brilliant!
Dr. Fun was a fun webcomic. 13 years is a long time, and I applaud Dave for sticking with it as long as he did. It's truly the end of an era for webcomics. Thanks for the laughs, Dave!
I, for one, welcome our Nerd celebrity overlords.
In all seriousness, I applaud Stallman's ironic sense of humor.
If more shows migrate towards iTunes I may just wind up cancelling my basic cable. I don't watch much television - I'd prefer paying for shows I like (without ads) a la carte. The Office "Christmas Party" episode was my first video purchase online. Quality overall is pretty good, too.
You are in your mother's basement. It is dark, and you can only see the glowing embers of phosphor highlighting text on an ancient 14" CRT display. On the left of the CRT display are various soda bottle beverages, including a recently opened Mountain Dew. You see a staircase to your left, and an obscenely large comicbook collection on your right.
>view monitor
The monitor displays a browser with the page open to "Slashdot: News for Nerds".
>read page
The page includes the following article threads: "Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD Not OVer Yet" and "Games: Loyalists Preserve Past Through Text-Only Games"
>read "Games: Loyalists Preserve Past Through Text-Only Games"
You are here.
-Krishna
The new Powerbooks offer no real advantage to their predecessors, besides a wider screen. I suspect many people will hold off their purchases on these laptops until Powerbooks ship with Intel processors (and a faster system bus). The PowerMac G5 dual core model has some great potential though. I'd get one if I could afford it. I also think Aperture has the makings of a solid pro app.
Oddly hypnotic yet entertaining. Also, try ActionSoft's Midnight Mansion for OS X. Great side-scrolling game ala Dark Castle and Montezuma's Revenge. I've wasted plenty of time playing that game.
I'm surprised HP chose Netscape over Firefox. What was the rationale behind their decision?
hi Guido:
Only the earliest toons (#1 - 20) are in pop-up format, because at the time, I hadn't settled on a regular format. I recommend starting from the latest 'toon and working backwards.
I suppose I can claim success when others start adding The PC Weenies to webcomic threads on Slashdot, without my shameless plugs. But, until then, I guess I've gotta do it. Hopin' the Slashdot crowd likes it.
Obligatory PC Weenies comic on same subject.
And here are a few other toons on telemarketers, as well.
...I'm giving away two copies over on my website as part of a "Roll your own PCW toon" contest.
Or you could try reading The PC Weenies. Not verboten on Slashdot, well...not yet, anyway.
..the Amiga was a nice machine for its time. I remember checking an A1000 out at a friends place many, many years ago. The graphics and sound on the machine were quite amazing, compared to what was available on the market. Sad that the Amiga never got the recognition it deserved.
20 years huh? Wow, I didn't realize it's been that long.
Or you could just get a Mac...
There can only be ONE Bob Weiner :)
I typically take the edited footage and back it up to another miniDV tape from the computer (using my miniDV camcorder). I then lock the tape to prevent accidental erasure and store the tapes offsite. For photos, I'm taking my chances and burning them off to DVD. I also periodically make digital prints and send them to my parents and sister, who live in two separate locations. Worst comes to worst, at least they have a hard copy available should I lose the original digital version that I have on my computer.
I agree with parent poster. Survival of the fittest. The weaker of the distros would obviously have to evolve radically or die. Linux faces some big challenges:
1) to have solid easy-to-use bundled apps that work out of the box (ala Apple's iLife suite)
2) to have consistency throughout the OS (actually, this is something that Apple's been having problems with in its own GUI with OS X)
3) Linux needs a much better GUI (and, no - the Windows-like interface doesn't cut it)
...when it comes to criticizing him and so called other 'tech-pundits', as I did a few months ago on my weblog - when I proclaimed the title 'tech pundit' as being completely insulting and off-base for what his 'journalism' (and I use that word loosely) really is.
Apparently he can dish it out, but can't take it.
-K
One of the most impressive comics I've seen in a long while. I'd love to see Owly collected into a hardback edition with color.
....that my Dual 2GHz G5 (Rev. A) is still holding onto its value, nearly two years after it was introduced. I suspect that Apple will announce an entirely new form factor in the PowerMac design when they roll out a 3GHz model.
...installed fine on both the single proc. G5 at work and the dual G5 I have at home. Subjectively, it feels faster in the Finder, as well as Safari.
Bring on Tiger!
I believe that was the Apple IIGS. Here's how to do it:
1. Remove all disks from the drives
2. Restart the computer
3. When you see the Open-Apple move back and forth, Press Control-OpenApple-Option-N
4. Sit back and enjoy!