There are plenty of places you can put a sticker other than a computer. This is (nearly) free advertising for Apple. Hell, I two of them with my iPod (which isn't even big enough for one).
And yes, the sticker is Apple's trademark, and Apple provided the damn thing in the box! I'd say that's some pretty strong evidence that Apple intended exactly this -- why else would it provide a sticker of its trademarked logo?
The hardest part will be getting OS X installed on a POWER7 machine. POWER is a slight super-set of the PowerPC ISA, so OS X PPC will run just fine, assuming you have an Apple licensed ROM.
No, you don't seem to understand MY point. You can fixate on comparing apples to apples, and I will still want to use the "tastiest" variety of fruit to get my job done.
KDE is a "product". The sum of its parts. And it is a very nice, configurable product. It does a LOT of things, certainly. And most of those are completely unnecessary for my work box, where the only applications I run are konsole (which is ultimately more-or-less an xterm manager), pidgin, firefox, and vim.
So despite KDE's rich features, xmonad is the better product for my needs, specifically because it is a flexible tiling window manager with programmatic configuration.
but I don't think any KDE3 user would have trouble navigating in KDE4 (minus the buggyness of 4.0, I'm talking about the design).
I definitely did. I recently re-did my box at work, and thought I would upgrade to KDE 4. After a few minutes futzing around with getting Vim, Konsole, Firefox, and Pidgin on my launch bar (or whatever they call it now), I quit. I didn't even get far enough into the process to fix up the keyboard shortcuts to my liking. I went back to KDE 3.5, for now, while I figure Haskell out.
Graphic design principle are important (as are typographic principles, and so on), but...
Apple has kept the same keyboard shortcuts for EVER. Apple-C defined the 'copy' operation with the Lisa, in the early 80s. Apple-X is cut, Apple-P is paste. The symbols on the keyboard aren't the same anymore, but the keys are.
Don't think I'm accusing MS (or anyone else) of anything -- they have been consistent too. But KDE broke their consistent streak with KDE 4. That can be a good thing, when a project has a user interface that truly is better for a certain purpose. I don't have a strong opinion about KDE 4, specifically because I couldn't be bothered to figure it out. I tried it, and the basics are fine, but it still lacks some of the features I use in my workflow.
Instead, I'm learning Haskell so I can get xmonad to work how I want it to -- mostly I want vim/OS X-like keyboard shortcuts everywhere. (I do realize OS X uses "emacs style" shortcuts, but ultimately, as long as they don't conflict and can use WINDOWS or APPLE over CTRL, I am happy, just because of ergonomics)
On one hand, this makes me a mega-nerd. I do realize that. On the other, KDE 3 let me nerd out without having to learn much about it. KDE 4 is different enough that I would have to, and I would rather learn something simple instead. xmonad is implemented in under 1500 lines of Haskell. I can completely understand that much code, and bend it to my will without much more effort than installing and reading it.
The punch line to my post is that KDE 4 is a fine open source release, in the sense that fresh development is going on because it came out. It could have been called KDE4-DEV or something, but almost every open source release is a development version. That's kind of the point. On the other hand, it's still not ready for me, so I am actively passing on it.
Yes, it sounds like YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN THE JOKE TO YOU.
WIND TURBINES HAVE FAILED TO DELIVER THE PROMISE OF CAPTURING THE SENATE'S HOT AIR.
Also, I suggest reading the "name" line -- I didn't write the joke in the first place, so that "you" you speak of is not me. Autism and poor reading comprehension do not mix well.
MediaSentry isn't licensed to perform PI work in, for example, Oregon. This bit them in the ass in a relatively well-known case. Ask NYCL for details -- he covered it on slashdot.
This is off-topic, but do you know of anything comparable to wmii with good dual monitor support? I am very much drawn to the metaphors it uses, but it's dual monitor support is severely broken.
That's not true everywhere. In many places, the key condition is that the receiver had a reasonable suspicion that the property was stolen. For example, if the receiver unknowingly bought a stolen computer at a garage sale, he committed no crime. Things like used computers -- small appliances and electronics -- are routinely sold at garage sales. On the other hand, they are not routinely sold in back alleys. In this example, location would be one possible tip-off that the property might be stolen.
But what happens when you have more than one core per thread? Do you just let the unused cores lie idle, or do you further decompose the thread and try to predictively parallelise it?
Yes. You would need thousands for the idea to be effective, though. Each of those cores could run an Erlang machine...
Many core could allow for slower clock speeds, cooler chips and quite computers.
Of course, An OS could be designed so different modular componts run on different cores.
More is possible if you have thousands of cores. A machine with thousands of cores could conceivably pre-compute the possible computational consequences of your in-a-standard-deviation-most-likely actions, based on a genetic learning algorithm to figure out what you do when. In a sense, the more predictable you are, the faster it would get. Imagine an iPhone that does that!
The Internet merely takes that one step farther and creates channels for everything from nude archery to watching people's feet as they walk past aisles of clothing at J.C. Penney.
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There are plenty of places you can put a sticker other than a computer. This is (nearly) free advertising for Apple. Hell, I two of them with my iPod (which isn't even big enough for one).
And yes, the sticker is Apple's trademark, and Apple provided the damn thing in the box! I'd say that's some pretty strong evidence that Apple intended exactly this -- why else would it provide a sticker of its trademarked logo?
To give you a chance to advertise for them.
Because if you don't pay, you don't get service.
Y00t!!! You PPPPPPPwned teh other teem
The hardest part will be getting OS X installed on a POWER7 machine. POWER is a slight super-set of the PowerPC ISA, so OS X PPC will run just fine, assuming you have an Apple licensed ROM.
No, you don't seem to understand MY point. You can fixate on comparing apples to apples, and I will still want to use the "tastiest" variety of fruit to get my job done.
KDE is a "product". The sum of its parts. And it is a very nice, configurable product. It does a LOT of things, certainly. And most of those are completely unnecessary for my work box, where the only applications I run are konsole (which is ultimately more-or-less an xterm manager), pidgin, firefox, and vim.
So despite KDE's rich features, xmonad is the better product for my needs, specifically because it is a flexible tiling window manager with programmatic configuration.
but I don't think any KDE3 user would have trouble navigating in KDE4 (minus the buggyness of 4.0, I'm talking about the design).
I definitely did. I recently re-did my box at work, and thought I would upgrade to KDE 4. After a few minutes futzing around with getting Vim, Konsole, Firefox, and Pidgin on my launch bar (or whatever they call it now), I quit. I didn't even get far enough into the process to fix up the keyboard shortcuts to my liking. I went back to KDE 3.5, for now, while I figure Haskell out.
Graphic design principle are important (as are typographic principles, and so on), but...
Apple has kept the same keyboard shortcuts for EVER. Apple-C defined the 'copy' operation with the Lisa, in the early 80s. Apple-X is cut, Apple-P is paste. The symbols on the keyboard aren't the same anymore, but the keys are.
Don't think I'm accusing MS (or anyone else) of anything -- they have been consistent too. But KDE broke their consistent streak with KDE 4. That can be a good thing, when a project has a user interface that truly is better for a certain purpose. I don't have a strong opinion about KDE 4, specifically because I couldn't be bothered to figure it out. I tried it, and the basics are fine, but it still lacks some of the features I use in my workflow.
Instead, I'm learning Haskell so I can get xmonad to work how I want it to -- mostly I want vim/OS X-like keyboard shortcuts everywhere. (I do realize OS X uses "emacs style" shortcuts, but ultimately, as long as they don't conflict and can use WINDOWS or APPLE over CTRL, I am happy, just because of ergonomics)
On one hand, this makes me a mega-nerd. I do realize that. On the other, KDE 3 let me nerd out without having to learn much about it. KDE 4 is different enough that I would have to, and I would rather learn something simple instead. xmonad is implemented in under 1500 lines of Haskell. I can completely understand that much code, and bend it to my will without much more effort than installing and reading it.
The punch line to my post is that KDE 4 is a fine open source release, in the sense that fresh development is going on because it came out. It could have been called KDE4-DEV or something, but almost every open source release is a development version. That's kind of the point. On the other hand, it's still not ready for me, so I am actively passing on it.
I agree...however it is a technical impossibility to understand the issues BEFORE widespread use.
Not true. This is what science is for.
Even easier: have it shoot electrons at you.
A sentence fragment. The author did not think.
Yes, it sounds like YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN THE JOKE TO YOU.
WIND TURBINES HAVE FAILED TO DELIVER THE PROMISE OF CAPTURING THE SENATE'S HOT AIR.
Also, I suggest reading the "name" line -- I didn't write the joke in the first place, so that "you" you speak of is not me. Autism and poor reading comprehension do not mix well.
Wind power, much like cold fusion, has a lot of potential (specifically with regards to the Senate...) but has failed to deliver.
DO YOU REALLY WANT ME TO EXPLAIN THE JOKE TO YOU?
...
MediaSentry isn't licensed to perform PI work in, for example, Oregon. This bit them in the ass in a relatively well-known case. Ask NYCL for details -- he covered it on slashdot.
I preferred Dino's. Learning multiple scripts is easy, anyway. Just get a fountain pen and go to dover.com if you're interested.
VBA
Illiteracy does much to discredit your "cause".
This is off-topic, but do you know of anything comparable to wmii with good dual monitor support? I am very much drawn to the metaphors it uses, but it's dual monitor support is severely broken.
Also, who cares?
That's not true everywhere. In many places, the key condition is that the receiver had a reasonable suspicion that the property was stolen. For example, if the receiver unknowingly bought a stolen computer at a garage sale, he committed no crime. Things like used computers -- small appliances and electronics -- are routinely sold at garage sales. On the other hand, they are not routinely sold in back alleys. In this example, location would be one possible tip-off that the property might be stolen.
Imagine an Erlang machine running on each of those cores....
But what happens when you have more than one core per thread? Do you just let the unused cores lie idle, or do you further decompose the thread and try to predictively parallelise it?
Yes. You would need thousands for the idea to be effective, though. Each of those cores could run an Erlang machine...
Many core could allow for slower clock speeds, cooler chips and quite computers.
Of course, An OS could be designed so different modular componts run on different cores.
More is possible if you have thousands of cores. A machine with thousands of cores could conceivably pre-compute the possible computational consequences of your in-a-standard-deviation-most-likely actions, based on a genetic learning algorithm to figure out what you do when. In a sense, the more predictable you are, the faster it would get. Imagine an iPhone that does that!
The Internet merely takes that one step farther and creates channels for everything from nude archery to watching people's feet as they walk past aisles of clothing at J.C. Penney.
Both of those are fetishes.
This is completely false. They all have a political aim, and use terror to achieve it.