I really don't think either would happen. First, why would MS be worried about looking like a monopoly? I'm not sure what could be done to them now - but certainly nothing will happen as long as Bush is in the whitehouse.
Only a product running on windows could appear to beat out office.
As an American, I like doing things the easiest way possible.
Finally, a mouse that appeals to my sense of patriotism!
Perhaps we can assume from this quote, that the company also supports the US policy of mucking around in the middle east so we can keep driving our SUVs. Because, as americans, this is easier for us than mass transit or alternative power.
When discussing computer generated child porn, many people ask - why _should_ there be computer generated child porn?
The main argument behind the banning of child porn is that the production of it constitutes the sexual abuse of a child. It has little to do with the effects it has on individuals viewing such material. The argument that viewing child porn would cause someone to become or indicate that they are a pedophile is as logically invalid as the claim that watching porn would indicate or induce some sort of sexual deviance.
There is even an argument for allowing computer generated child porn. (remember - no children are harmed in the digital creation process) What if these images satisfied the sexual urges of pedophiles? Suddenly we'd find that this material our society strongly condems prevents a much worse situation.
Ultimately, computer generated child porn skirts our current definition of child porn (an image in which a child is being sexually abused). When does a digital rendering become too close to that of a real child? Thats something that is VERY difficult to put into words which will be interpreted similarly by many people.
The reason why africa doesn't have enough outgoing content is simply due to poor planning. Everyone knows that porn is always the first content of any new medium. They tried to skip this step and now they're paying for it.
A proprietary standard is better than no standard.
PDF is a very widely used standard. In fact, its about the only standard for exchanging high quality print documents. And yes,.ps files are too problematic for general exchange. In other words, the.pdf file type is that much better than anything else out there.
While PDF may be a proprietary file format, you do not need Adobe software to create or view PDF files. Mac OS X creates and views PDFs with the default - and Adobe free - default install. It just so happens that Adobe currently produces the best software for creating and viewing PDFs.
I'd tell you to take your open source bigotry elsewhere, but this is slashdot...
So if I see a comment posted by someone and I think to myself "Asshole!" Then I click on the *gumdrop* in the header of the message to mark him forever as such?
Why a gum drop? Or is it a robot nipple? Whatever it is, it looks lickable. Its not blue, like Apple's Aqua interface, but it does look like the platinum "theme" in Mac OS X.
Perhaps we can find a more meaningful button? Maybe a text link would work well.
While its not pre-installed, for years it was the first shareware Mac users would come in contact with - Klondike! The mac equivilant of solitare for windows. I believe MS may have even copied Klondike, as it was originally created on a Mac Lisa in 1984.
Anyways, this past week I discovered that not only has Klondike been ported to Mac OS X, but that it still runs on a Mac Plus with System 6! Thats right, the same binary can be run on a Motorola 68000 processor running an operating system without multitasking (unless you count MultiFinder) AND run on a machine with a total of 1.6 gigaherts with a fuly modern operating system, including protected memory.
Perhaps some day my mom will be ready to switch to Mac OS X.
Why would Microsoft need Connectix to provide copies of Virtual PC? Seems like it could only be an attempt to put Windows on Macs. After all, MS Office is avaliable for Mac. I'm sure suitable Mac alternatives could be found for other windows products.
Or perhaps Microsoft would like to point out that Macs make for very slow windows machines.
Once you get into a routine you become passive... and even though 1000 new wonderful things are out there... you lose the motivation to go and find them.
the AVC Soul *IS* the RioVolt. The RioVolt also supports the.m3u files as well as CD-RWs. I believe they may be on slightly different firmware upgrade paths, but they are essentially the same. (Except for the $20 in price)
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as terrible as the event is, i can't help but be thankful that we have something to talk about besides war for a little while.
hrm....if we can just solve the loss of life problem, maybe we can distract Bush from the idea of war until he forgets about it.
I really don't think either would happen. First, why would MS be worried about looking like a monopoly? I'm not sure what could be done to them now - but certainly nothing will happen as long as Bush is in the whitehouse.
Only a product running on windows could appear to beat out office.
Apple can't make a direct competitor to MS Office that would, for any reason, give MS reason to drop the product.
Business people have a hard enough time believing that macs are useful. Now try getting them past no MS office for mac.
ouch.
Who buys 32 Meg DRAM chips anymore?
Suddenly, I feel guilty for maxing out the ram on my Mac LC III.
...to find out if he actually gets a date out of this!
I think it should be called...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
then people will not only understand what it is, but they will go ahead and download it.
would someone explain to me why slashdot is cheering on a disney movie? (The largely fash driven website didn't explain)
yes
It happens automagically on your machine? I have to drag that damn CD icon into my mp3 collection!
mac os x loves dual processors and RAM.
SCSI? only if you have money to waste.
Questions about unreleased software? Ug, just don't ask.
Linux has solved the problem of manual translation....
it doesn't have one!
So if VA knew that slashdot was going to not make any profits, they would shut it down???
What if VA was complaining that k5 was stealing slashdot's source of revenue and argued that the government should step in.
Welfare for the trolls?
As an American, I like doing things the easiest way possible.
Finally, a mouse that appeals to my sense of patriotism!
Perhaps we can assume from this quote, that the company also supports the US policy of mucking around in the middle east so we can keep driving our SUVs. Because, as americans, this is easier for us than mass transit or alternative power.
Be lazy! Anything else would be unamerican!
They would need to cover 1% of the lunar surface on BOTH sides of the moon, because only half of the solar panels would be in sunlight at a time.
I was under the impression that the dark side of the moon got very little sunlight.
When discussing computer generated child porn, many people ask - why _should_ there be computer generated child porn?
The main argument behind the banning of child porn is that the production of it constitutes the sexual abuse of a child. It has little to do with the effects it has on individuals viewing such material. The argument that viewing child porn would cause someone to become or indicate that they are a pedophile is as logically invalid as the claim that watching porn would indicate or induce some sort of sexual deviance.
There is even an argument for allowing computer generated child porn. (remember - no children are harmed in the digital creation process) What if these images satisfied the sexual urges of pedophiles? Suddenly we'd find that this material our society strongly condems prevents a much worse situation.
Ultimately, computer generated child porn skirts our current definition of child porn (an image in which a child is being sexually abused). When does a digital rendering become too close to that of a real child? Thats something that is VERY difficult to put into words which will be interpreted similarly by many people.
The reason why africa doesn't have enough outgoing content is simply due to poor planning. Everyone knows that porn is always the first content of any new medium. They tried to skip this step and now they're paying for it.
They deserve no pity.
I wouldn't pay $4.95/month to have ads removed from slashdot.
...but I would put a $5 bill down CowboyNeal's g-string in exchange for a lapdance.
A proprietary standard is better than no standard.
.ps files are too problematic for general exchange. In other words, the .pdf file type is that much better than anything else out there.
PDF is a very widely used standard. In fact, its about the only standard for exchanging high quality print documents. And yes,
While PDF may be a proprietary file format, you do not need Adobe software to create or view PDF files. Mac OS X creates and views PDFs with the default - and Adobe free - default install. It just so happens that Adobe currently produces the best software for creating and viewing PDFs.
I'd tell you to take your open source bigotry elsewhere, but this is slashdot...
Did anyone else see the article about the Apple II IDE/Compact flash interface?
This is much more exciting news than an autoconfig'ing kernel. Where did the article go?
So if I see a comment posted by someone and I think to myself "Asshole!" Then I click on the *gumdrop* in the header of the message to mark him forever as such?
Why a gum drop? Or is it a robot nipple? Whatever it is, it looks lickable. Its not blue, like Apple's Aqua interface, but it does look like the platinum "theme" in Mac OS X.
Perhaps we can find a more meaningful button? Maybe a text link would work well.
While its not pre-installed, for years it was the first shareware Mac users would come in contact with - Klondike! The mac equivilant of solitare for windows. I believe MS may have even copied Klondike, as it was originally created on a Mac Lisa in 1984.
Anyways, this past week I discovered that not only has Klondike been ported to Mac OS X, but that it still runs on a Mac Plus with System 6! Thats right, the same binary can be run on a Motorola 68000 processor running an operating system without multitasking (unless you count MultiFinder) AND run on a machine with a total of 1.6 gigaherts with a fuly modern operating system, including protected memory.
Perhaps some day my mom will be ready to switch to Mac OS X.
Why would Microsoft need Connectix to provide copies of Virtual PC? Seems like it could only be an attempt to put Windows on Macs. After all, MS Office is avaliable for Mac. I'm sure suitable Mac alternatives could be found for other windows products.
Or perhaps Microsoft would like to point out that Macs make for very slow windows machines.
Once you get into a routine you become passive... and even though 1000 new wonderful things are out there... you lose the motivation to go and find them.
...and thats what the trolls are for.
the AVC Soul *IS* the RioVolt. The RioVolt also supports the .m3u files as well as CD-RWs. I believe they may be on slightly different firmware upgrade paths, but they are essentially the same. (Except for the $20 in price)
Robots that can assemble themselves sound great and all...
but can they disassemble themselves and put their parts into the correct bin before its time for bed?