I think he meant CD-RW's. Unless my knowledge is way out of date (wouldn't be the first time), CD-RW's work by magnetically changing the surface of the disk. They are still read optically, though. CD-R's aren't magentic, however, which is why once the laser etches the disk, it is permanent.
Now, this is a technology that changes so fast, I could very well be wrong (or, if we wait 10 minutes, I'll be wrong then). Does anybody know if this is done differently now?
The entire article should be two paragraphs long at most. This is just another example of a scientist trying to sound smart by making a very simple concept sound complex.
Some alternatives, like AmigaOS, MacOS, and UNIX were so superior to MS-DOS (and still are) it made one scratch their head and wonder what the developer (whoever that may actually be) was smoking. Even the chip architecture was inferior, having a woefully limited amount of registers, making it horribly inefficient. What made MS-DOS so popular was price, not quality.
My hobby is to assimilate all the different OS's I can possibly get my hands on (at least, the ones accessible by the pocket-books of mere mortals). Over time, I've had extensive experience with MS-DOS, C64, AmigaOS, MacOS (including X, which is my current project), All flavors of Windows, many flavors of UNIX (Solaris, HP/UX, A/UX, BSD, Linux [Debian, Red Hat, Mandrake - I like Debian the best so far, but there are more to try]) and I can say with reasonable authority that MS-DOS is, and always has been, the worst of the lot.
I'm not accusing you of being one -- this is a digression -- I've found that M$ zelots can be the worst of the lot when it comes to fanatical defense of their OS. I find the more the M$ fanatic claims their OS is the best, the less they have used other systems. True M$ fans have never used anything but Windows. Windows XP isn't an unreasonable OS anymore, but next to Linux and MacOS X, it is clearly inferior.
Yes! Amiga users represent! Where have all the Amiga users gone, long time passing? The only OS that seems to finally be approaching the coolness of Amiga is MacOS X.
I just can't figure out why he kidnapped a severely mentally handicapped child. MS-DOS is the best case for abortion I can think of. Nothing that bad should live. Certainly, it shouldn't breed!
I'm sorry, what? If we thought the status quo of Star Trek was tripe, we wouldn't be voting with our money. We want it to continue, not change. It's already getting better - we just want to see it grow to its potential!
What do you imagine we should be doing with our money to change the entertainment industry anyway? What are we not doing that we should be?
So... since the people who claim we're destroying the environment tend not to believe in God (like, aren't we all children of the mighty dolphin or something?), then we are part of nature and everything we're doing is nice and dandy and they should lay-off, right?
This is just another example of some persuader-type's natural tendency to flat-out lie to hide their true agenda which, deep down, they know is offensive.
There is no version of Konqueror for Mac OS X, so I'm out of luck there. I wonder if they might port it? Mac OS X does have excellent X-Windows support and, if Konquerer isn't too dependent on KDE, it might make it over cleanly?
However, if we ever develop artificial intelligence, I truly feel sorry for any robots produced by Microsoft;).
Oh, that's just peachy. An army of Microsoft Robots (TM), all with their security holes, easily programmed to destroy humanity. Good thing they won't work long enough before a reboot to do too much damage!
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Hey, that's old Trek! They're using bio-mimetic gel packs now. Sheesh, you're so 24th century. :-)
I think he meant CD-RW's. Unless my knowledge is way out of date (wouldn't be the first time), CD-RW's work by magnetically changing the surface of the disk. They are still read optically, though. CD-R's aren't magentic, however, which is why once the laser etches the disk, it is permanent. Now, this is a technology that changes so fast, I could very well be wrong (or, if we wait 10 minutes, I'll be wrong then). Does anybody know if this is done differently now?
Oooh, you just HAD to get in a poke at Bush there, didn'cha?
The entire article should be two paragraphs long at most. This is just another example of a scientist trying to sound smart by making a very simple concept sound complex.
Some alternatives, like AmigaOS, MacOS, and UNIX were so superior to MS-DOS (and still are) it made one scratch their head and wonder what the developer (whoever that may actually be) was smoking. Even the chip architecture was inferior, having a woefully limited amount of registers, making it horribly inefficient. What made MS-DOS so popular was price, not quality.
My hobby is to assimilate all the different OS's I can possibly get my hands on (at least, the ones accessible by the pocket-books of mere mortals). Over time, I've had extensive experience with MS-DOS, C64, AmigaOS, MacOS (including X, which is my current project), All flavors of Windows, many flavors of UNIX (Solaris, HP/UX, A/UX, BSD, Linux [Debian, Red Hat, Mandrake - I like Debian the best so far, but there are more to try]) and I can say with reasonable authority that MS-DOS is, and always has been, the worst of the lot.
I'm not accusing you of being one -- this is a digression -- I've found that M$ zelots can be the worst of the lot when it comes to fanatical defense of their OS. I find the more the M$ fanatic claims their OS is the best, the less they have used other systems. True M$ fans have never used anything but Windows. Windows XP isn't an unreasonable OS anymore, but next to Linux and MacOS X, it is clearly inferior.
(Puts on flame-retardant cloak)
Yes! Amiga users represent! Where have all the Amiga users gone, long time passing? The only OS that seems to finally be approaching the coolness of Amiga is MacOS X.
A behavior they later made standard business practice.
I just can't figure out why he kidnapped a severely mentally handicapped child. MS-DOS is the best case for abortion I can think of. Nothing that bad should live. Certainly, it shouldn't breed!
I'm... I'm confused... somebody wants to admit they created MS-DOS?
I'm sorry, what? If we thought the status quo of Star Trek was tripe, we wouldn't be voting with our money. We want it to continue, not change. It's already getting better - we just want to see it grow to its potential!
What do you imagine we should be doing with our money to change the entertainment industry anyway? What are we not doing that we should be?
So... since the people who claim we're destroying the environment tend not to believe in God (like, aren't we all children of the mighty dolphin or something?), then we are part of nature and everything we're doing is nice and dandy and they should lay-off, right?
This guy thinks Linux users are as stupid as business users. Linux users will never swallow MS-Linux. I mean, really; what planet is Dvorak living on?
Whooops, the < symbols were left out. I mean, question = (b << 1) | !(b << 1). Shoulda hit the preview button, I guess :-)
Hehe :-) I could have written it as : question = (b 1) | !(b 1) too, I guess :-)
Wouldn't it be ironic if they found the cure for cancer was to stand really close to your microwave for a while?
Oh, great. If the future of medicine means that cures will be spread via sexual contact, I'm a dead man for sure!
This is just another example of some persuader-type's natural tendency to flat-out lie to hide their true agenda which, deep down, they know is offensive.
Stop... giving... them... ideas!!!
Oh crap, now I have to pay you royalties every time I go outside! Oh wait, I live in Wisconsin. Nevermind.
No wonder it works so well!
And considerably tastier, too.
There is no version of Konqueror for Mac OS X, so I'm out of luck there. I wonder if they might port it? Mac OS X does have excellent X-Windows support and, if Konquerer isn't too dependent on KDE, it might make it over cleanly?
Then again, I can't imagine why they'd bother.
Oh, that's just peachy. An army of Microsoft Robots (TM), all with their security holes, easily programmed to destroy humanity. Good thing they won't work long enough before a reboot to do too much damage!
Aw heck, you can probably find more than a few /.'s that will give you a PC for this. There's certainly enough of them floating around!
This makes official what I've noticed about Mac OS X - Safari is a fantastic browser, even better than Firefox. WTG Apple!