This is fine for small, truly personal projects, but once you have a product with other users (as I do), you end up having to prioritize bug fixes. You simply can't fix every single bug right when it's reported. Bug trackers are also good for keeping track of new features to be added in the future, refactoring you'd like to do, etc.
I use the free FogBugz plan along with Tickets, which is a native Mac client for accessing FogBugz. It has a nice Mail.app-like interface with smart folders, easy sorting, attachment handling, multiple accounts, etc. It has a few bugs, but overall it works very well for me.
I agree the analogy isn't perfect, after all they never are. But, I must say getting up at 4AM to get some fish isn't even close to worth it to me. It wouldn't be worth it even if fish cost three times as much as it does. Then again I don't care for fish at all...
The point was really simply that most hams don't so much do it for utilitarian reasons. Rather, it's like all hobbies in that there's fun and satisfaction to be had in accomplishing things that take learning, practice and skill.
With that said, there are still times and situations where ham radio as a communications technology has its place. In emergencies and remote areas, ham radio will work for communication when cell phones, etc. don't.
With the internet, and cell phones, and all; what is the HAM radio attraction?
People ask me this all the time. Ham radio is a big hobby with lots of areas to be explored, it's not simply about communicating. Some people are interested in building their own gear, some in preparing for emergencies, some in public service (communications for marathons, parades, etc). Some people are paper chasers, working to earn awards for contacting stations in as many different countries as possible, others like to operate in ham radio contests (like this one: http://www.cqww.com/). Some hams even bounce signals off the moon, using it as a giant reflector satellite.
When people ask me why I like ham radio when I could just call someone on my cell phone, I like to compare it to fishing or hunting or any number of other hobbies. After all I can just buy fish to eat at the store. Fishing strictly as a means to obtain fish probably doesn't make a lot of sense, but that's not why people do it. Likewise, strictly communicating with other people isn't really why people do ham radio. There's a lot to learn in ham radio, and it can be a really fun, satisfying hobby.
No, actually this behavior is not new to the latest version of iPhoto and it is specifically covered in Apples (now dated) Human Interface Guidelines. Quoting from the HIG:
"In most cases, applications that are not document-based should quit when the main window is closed. For Example, System Preferences quits if the user closes the window. If an application continues to perform some function when the main window is closed, however, it may be appropriate to leave it running when the main window is closed. For example, iTunes continues to play when the user closes the main window." As iPhoto is not document based nor does it do anything with the main window closed, it should (and does) quit when you close the main window. That said, I agree that there are some inconsistencies that Apple should fix in OS X and Apple first-party applications, just that the example you gave is not one of them.
They'll be DRM-free so of course you can import them into iMovie or Final Cut. Of course, you can already do so even with DRMed iTunes files. Apple has had support for using iTunes purchases in iMovie for a long time.
All that's needed is an adapter. My PowerBook G4 doesn't have an S-Video connector, but a little adapter is all that's needed to get it from the DVI port.
What are you talking about? EA doesn't do the ports themselves but all of the Sim games are available on the Mac. As with a lot of major games, Aspyr has done the ports. I consider Spore to be part of the Sim family, so it would actually be a break from history if Spore were not released on the Mac. We can expect it later than the PC version, but I do expect to see it.
True, but the story here is that WGA is a problem for legitimate customers of Windows. No legitimate OS X customer is ever going to be bothered by or even realize that OS X checks for TPM.
(This assuming that Apple doesn't start doing other, DRM-related stupid stuff with TPM.)
Today's still-current Windows XP was initially released in 2002, which means that operating system is now pushing five years old.
IIRC, Windows XP was released in the fall of 2001. The Wikipedia article on Windows XP confirms this. It was released on October 25, 2001. XP is close to 5 years old, even closer than the article says.
When I first clicked on the link, I thought it looked horrible. Square corners, very plain, hardly a redesign at all. However, it's just that it's slashdotted. If you can actually get it to load, you'll see that it's quite nice looking, with rounded corners and collapsible sections. I like the second place entry too, but given the choice I think Alex's design is the best.
Google Earth for the Mac is a beta just like Google Groups is beta. Everything Google releases is in Beta for a LONG time. Windows Google Earth was beta for a long time too.
Anyway, supposedly it works OK in Rosetta on Intel Macs, but I have no firsthand experience with it except on PPC machines.
By the same reasoning, we should never upgrade any infrastructure or technology if it would require an investment of money to happen. What I'm talking about could very easily be integrated into newly built buildings, and gradually over time, devices could be released to work with the new standard, while still providing adapters for those who are only wired for AC. Eventually, nearly everyone would have buildings wired with DC power distribution systems, and devices would no longer need to be designed to run on 120 V AC power. Similar large scale changes have been implemented in nearly all areas of technology.
No, I'm suggesting a single voltage distribution system, most probably either 12 V or 24 V, or possibly dual rail (±12V). Using relatively large gauge wiring, resistive losses in a single smallish building would not be particularly bad. Wall warts are only multiple voltages because current devices are not engineered with any requirement for operation on a standard voltage. Based on the number of products that have been designed to be powered off of USB ports, it is quite clear that there are few technical reasons for so many different voltages. Engineers who need a different voltage would be free to use an internal regulator.
The long distance power distribution network relies on AC power, for reasons that I assume many/most slashdotters are aware of (high voltage to minimize voltage drop across lines, with transformers at the ends). That said, I've long thought it would be really nice to have a big DC power supply with a DC power distribution system in buildings. Just think about getting rid of all the wall warts and power supplies that we currently have to deal with and instead just having regular straight cables to plug DC-powered electronics in to the wall.
I believe it would also greatly reduce wasted electricity that people complain about now. I know that many wall warts and other power supplies just waste electricity all day when they're plugged in but not being used. With a well designed large central DC power supply for the whole building, efficiency could be greatly improved.
Of course, there are still definite applications where AC is useful. Big appliances with motors (washers, driers, vacuums, etc) are much better suited to running on AC.
This case reminded me of another case I learned about in a psychology class several years ago. There is a British man named Clive Wearing who has a similar condition caused by disease. A video of Wearing showed him greeting his wife as if for the first time in months or years, even if she had only just stepped out of the room for a minute, writing in his journal every couple minutes etc. They did say that he had some vague recollection of major events like the fall of the Berlin wall and the Soviet Union, but not much beyond that. He was also shown playing the piano very fluently, although he went into a seizure as soon as he stopped playing, supposedly because of the "shock" from the music stopping.
Trillian is Windows-only, but there are (IMO, better) similar programs on Linux and OS X. I really don't like Trillians cluttered, hard to decipher UI. Proteus and Adium are both excellent multi-client IM apps for OS X, and GAIM has worked well for me on Linux. I find that I don't even realize that there are 3 (major) different IM networks. They all look and feel the same to me and are handled as if they were one by Proteus.
Disclaimer: I don't use Entourage or Exchange at all, so this is not based on first hand experience.
Supposedly Office 2004 Service Pack 2, which was just released within the last week, greatly improves Exchange support within Entourage. There are a lot of people saying that SP2 finally brings Entourage up to a point where it's useable with Exchange.
Finally, Mac users have a free (as in speech) approach to their filesystem.
I was running KDE alongside Aqua using Fink and Apple's X11 about a year ago just for fun. At that time I had found an article that described exactly how to do it step by step. I don't really see how this is news. An interesting article, yes, but not news.
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They lived with their parents. Or, at least Jobs' did. It was his parents' garage. (Not sure about Woz, who was a bit older.)
This is fine for small, truly personal projects, but once you have a product with other users (as I do), you end up having to prioritize bug fixes. You simply can't fix every single bug right when it's reported. Bug trackers are also good for keeping track of new features to be added in the future, refactoring you'd like to do, etc.
I use the free FogBugz plan along with Tickets, which is a native Mac client for accessing FogBugz. It has a nice Mail.app-like interface with smart folders, easy sorting, attachment handling, multiple accounts, etc. It has a few bugs, but overall it works very well for me.
I agree the analogy isn't perfect, after all they never are. But, I must say getting up at 4AM to get some fish isn't even close to worth it to me. It wouldn't be worth it even if fish cost three times as much as it does. Then again I don't care for fish at all...
The point was really simply that most hams don't so much do it for utilitarian reasons. Rather, it's like all hobbies in that there's fun and satisfaction to be had in accomplishing things that take learning, practice and skill.
With that said, there are still times and situations where ham radio as a communications technology has its place. In emergencies and remote areas, ham radio will work for communication when cell phones, etc. don't.
With the internet, and cell phones, and all; what is the HAM radio attraction?
People ask me this all the time. Ham radio is a big hobby with lots of areas to be explored, it's not simply about communicating. Some people are interested in building their own gear, some in preparing for emergencies, some in public service (communications for marathons, parades, etc). Some people are paper chasers, working to earn awards for contacting stations in as many different countries as possible, others like to operate in ham radio contests (like this one: http://www.cqww.com/). Some hams even bounce signals off the moon, using it as a giant reflector satellite.
When people ask me why I like ham radio when I could just call someone on my cell phone, I like to compare it to fishing or hunting or any number of other hobbies. After all I can just buy fish to eat at the store. Fishing strictly as a means to obtain fish probably doesn't make a lot of sense, but that's not why people do it. Likewise, strictly communicating with other people isn't really why people do ham radio. There's a lot to learn in ham radio, and it can be a really fun, satisfying hobby.
Of course, that's not a true story.
They'll be DRM-free so of course you can import them into iMovie or Final Cut. Of course, you can already do so even with DRMed iTunes files. Apple has had support for using iTunes purchases in iMovie for a long time.
I've seen the same thing, and I'm on a Mac which obviously prevents me from using IE7 if I wanted to (which I don't).
I know your comment was sarcastic/a joke, but I think it's worth noting that the shooter in that incident was not Amish, only the victims were Amish.
All that's needed is an adapter. My PowerBook G4 doesn't have an S-Video connector, but a little adapter is all that's needed to get it from the DVI port.
What are you talking about? EA doesn't do the ports themselves but all of the Sim games are available on the Mac. As with a lot of major games, Aspyr has done the ports. I consider Spore to be part of the Sim family, so it would actually be a break from history if Spore were not released on the Mac. We can expect it later than the PC version, but I do expect to see it.
True, but the story here is that WGA is a problem for legitimate customers of Windows. No legitimate OS X customer is ever going to be bothered by or even realize that OS X checks for TPM. (This assuming that Apple doesn't start doing other, DRM-related stupid stuff with TPM.)
Too bad it reports that all songs are 1:22 seconds long and won't play them in OS X.
When I first clicked on the link, I thought it looked horrible. Square corners, very plain, hardly a redesign at all. However, it's just that it's slashdotted. If you can actually get it to load, you'll see that it's quite nice looking, with rounded corners and collapsible sections. I like the second place entry too, but given the choice I think Alex's design is the best.
Google Earth for the Mac is a beta just like Google Groups is beta. Everything Google releases is in Beta for a LONG time. Windows Google Earth was beta for a long time too. Anyway, supposedly it works OK in Rosetta on Intel Macs, but I have no firsthand experience with it except on PPC machines.
By the same reasoning, we should never upgrade any infrastructure or technology if it would require an investment of money to happen. What I'm talking about could very easily be integrated into newly built buildings, and gradually over time, devices could be released to work with the new standard, while still providing adapters for those who are only wired for AC. Eventually, nearly everyone would have buildings wired with DC power distribution systems, and devices would no longer need to be designed to run on 120 V AC power. Similar large scale changes have been implemented in nearly all areas of technology.
No, I'm suggesting a single voltage distribution system, most probably either 12 V or 24 V, or possibly dual rail (±12V). Using relatively large gauge wiring, resistive losses in a single smallish building would not be particularly bad. Wall warts are only multiple voltages because current devices are not engineered with any requirement for operation on a standard voltage. Based on the number of products that have been designed to be powered off of USB ports, it is quite clear that there are few technical reasons for so many different voltages. Engineers who need a different voltage would be free to use an internal regulator.
The long distance power distribution network relies on AC power, for reasons that I assume many/most slashdotters are aware of (high voltage to minimize voltage drop across lines, with transformers at the ends). That said, I've long thought it would be really nice to have a big DC power supply with a DC power distribution system in buildings. Just think about getting rid of all the wall warts and power supplies that we currently have to deal with and instead just having regular straight cables to plug DC-powered electronics in to the wall. I believe it would also greatly reduce wasted electricity that people complain about now. I know that many wall warts and other power supplies just waste electricity all day when they're plugged in but not being used. With a well designed large central DC power supply for the whole building, efficiency could be greatly improved. Of course, there are still definite applications where AC is useful. Big appliances with motors (washers, driers, vacuums, etc) are much better suited to running on AC.
This case reminded me of another case I learned about in a psychology class several years ago. There is a British man named Clive Wearing who has a similar condition caused by disease. A video of Wearing showed him greeting his wife as if for the first time in months or years, even if she had only just stepped out of the room for a minute, writing in his journal every couple minutes etc. They did say that he had some vague recollection of major events like the fall of the Berlin wall and the Soviet Union, but not much beyond that. He was also shown playing the piano very fluently, although he went into a seizure as soon as he stopped playing, supposedly because of the "shock" from the music stopping.
Trillian is Windows-only, but there are (IMO, better) similar programs on Linux and OS X. I really don't like Trillians cluttered, hard to decipher UI. Proteus and Adium are both excellent multi-client IM apps for OS X, and GAIM has worked well for me on Linux. I find that I don't even realize that there are 3 (major) different IM networks. They all look and feel the same to me and are handled as if they were one by Proteus.
Disclaimer: I don't use Entourage or Exchange at all, so this is not based on first hand experience. Supposedly Office 2004 Service Pack 2, which was just released within the last week, greatly improves Exchange support within Entourage. There are a lot of people saying that SP2 finally brings Entourage up to a point where it's useable with Exchange.
I guess you've never used Photoshop on a Mac then?
I'm posting this from my Power Mac G5.