Grudging acceptance that there is no very good or workable solution to your problem under Linux, coupled with castigation of the iniquities of the software industry. ("Well, of course the real trouble is that HP won't open the driver source specifications so the project has to be carried out on the island of Nauru. Damn that DMCA! I heard Bruce Perens talking about a secret data repository under the sea like in this Neal Stephenson novel...."
Go ahead and value your tiny expression of liberty. The rest of us will be enjoying the liberty Mac OS X gives us to spend our time more wisely than dicking around all day with our OS.
Well, just for instance: "After the hype about Mac Mini, a GNU/Linux consultant wrote a detailed guide on how to install Debian on Mac Mini. The whole procedure takes about an hour, but you will need to erase the hard disk and learn to live without the AirPort Extreme, since it's unsupported."
Its scripting speed may be poor, but it's much faster at rendering static pages, as the article shows. Also, KHTML supports a few CSS properties that Gecko doesn't (like text-shadow) and doesn't suffer from a few bugs present in Gecko (like text-transform on a first-line pseudoelement, if memory serves--it's been a while). Of course, I'm sure Gecko also supports things KHTML doesn't... I think my point is that they're different engines each with their own strengths, and neither is categorically superior to the other.
Look, not everyone has the time or desire to correct everything that's wrong with Wikipedia. Faced with the prospect of getting sucked into disputes and mediation on this online community, why wouldn't you just go consult a reliable source instead?
(When I say reliable source, I mean a reference that stands behind its words and protects its brand, instead of hiding behind an "everything could be lies; you have only yourself to blame" disclaimer on every page.)
Microsoft's not coercive, but the USPS is? And violent, too? Please.
Incidentally, I just did a Google search for post office pynchon, and the search results include the term "postal service," bolded. Is Google smarter than it lets on?
I thought the errors came in the form of additional streets out in the middle of nowhere, not renaming streets people actually live on. At least, wouldn't that be the smart way to do it?
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Have you tried PithHelmet for adblocking in Safari? I don't use it myself, but I've heard it's fast and effective.
I'll also add that in terms of interface, Firefox is ugly everywhere Safari is beautiful. Opening Firefox reminds me of the travesty that was Word 6.0 for Mac.
I used to think it would be a bad idea too. But software seems to be a pretty reliable "golden egg" for Microsoft, and I don't see why it wouldn't work just as well for Apple?
I mean, Apple could continue, as always, to manufacture and sell hardware for people who care about both functionality and style, usability and good taste. They could keep using the PowerPC and supporting its development. I mean, there's nothing that says an OS can't run and be sold on two architectures--it's just never been tried in the consumer market on such a large scale, as far as I know. Third-party programs (binaries) would have to be packaged and sold according to the architecture, or maybe they could be "fat" apps like we had for a while transitioning from 68k to PowerPC.
I remember C&G's SoundJam too, and the article actually mentions it and Apple's "cannibalization," as you put it, of its development staff. The details don't really seem to jibe with what I remember, though--did Fortune magazine get it wrong?
One was a company called SoundStep, founded by a then 28-year-old software engineer with an MBA named Jeff Robbin, who had left Apple literally the month Jobs returned. His program, SoundJam, wasn't ready for market, but Jobs bought the company anyway, primarily because Robbin had impressed people while at Apple before.
The alacrity and breadth of what transpired over the next 13 months are hard to believe in hindsight. Robbin and a couple of other programmers started over from scratch and pounded out the first version of iTunes in less than four months. That was just in time for Steve to show it off at the annual Macworld trade show.
If you want to read the full article, you need a subscription to FORTUNE magazine. Specifically, you need to enter the mailing address where your subscription is delivered.
By the way, I have it on good authority that NYU's Bobst Library, at 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, subscribes to a whole bunch of periodicals.
What the hell, it's only karma. Listen up, son, and listen closely because no one's ever going to bother telling you this again. You're the worst kind of prick: a prick so blithely (and incorrectly) convinced of your own moral and intellectual superiority, you have no idea that every arrogant word escaping your mouth only serves to underscore your foolishness to the world at large. Mired as you are in your own fetid vanity, you will doubtlessly let this lesson slip away. Ah well, can't say I didn't try.
According to your parent poster, our value system is a product of nature, too. It's natural because it's evolved over time to suit our needs, just like everything else about us humans.
Ultimately, I think the parent is right. Whether defining "natural" in this all-encompassing way is actually helpful is another issue...
In this case, it's pretty clear that the Mozilla suite's toolbar editor is pretty much a widget-for-widget, if not pixel-for-pixel knockoff of Cocoa's.
And while I certainly don't think Apple is the font of all wisdom, even I've gotta say this is far from the only example of OSS copying interface features from the Mac. Frankly, I'd be happy if they copied less from Windows and more from the Mac OS.:)
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Read, and laugh. It's funny. :)
Go ahead and value your tiny expression of liberty. The rest of us will be enjoying the liberty Mac OS X gives us to spend our time more wisely than dicking around all day with our OS.
Retro is in. Didn't you know?
Though if you're trying to be hep, a Mac Plus might be more appropriate hardware.
Well, just for instance: "After the hype about Mac Mini, a GNU/Linux consultant wrote a detailed guide on how to install Debian on Mac Mini. The whole procedure takes about an hour, but you will need to erase the hard disk and learn to live without the AirPort Extreme, since it's unsupported."
I thought the browser with the least number of vulnerabilities was Safari. And according to the article, Safari's faster than both Firefox and IE.
Its scripting speed may be poor, but it's much faster at rendering static pages, as the article shows. Also, KHTML supports a few CSS properties that Gecko doesn't (like text-shadow) and doesn't suffer from a few bugs present in Gecko (like text-transform on a first-line pseudoelement, if memory serves--it's been a while). Of course, I'm sure Gecko also supports things KHTML doesn't... I think my point is that they're different engines each with their own strengths, and neither is categorically superior to the other.
Look, not everyone has the time or desire to correct everything that's wrong with Wikipedia. Faced with the prospect of getting sucked into disputes and mediation on this online community, why wouldn't you just go consult a reliable source instead?
(When I say reliable source, I mean a reference that stands behind its words and protects its brand, instead of hiding behind an "everything could be lies; you have only yourself to blame" disclaimer on every page.)
Dude, you've gotta relax.
Microsoft's not coercive, but the USPS is? And violent, too? Please.
Incidentally, I just did a Google search for post office pynchon, and the search results include the term "postal service," bolded. Is Google smarter than it lets on?
While I mostly agree with you, that's not a very productive attitude to adopt if you want people to, you know, actually use your product.
Gobble shit.
I thought the errors came in the form of additional streets out in the middle of nowhere, not renaming streets people actually live on. At least, wouldn't that be the smart way to do it?
Have you tried PithHelmet for adblocking in Safari? I don't use it myself, but I've heard it's fast and effective.
I'll also add that in terms of interface, Firefox is ugly everywhere Safari is beautiful. Opening Firefox reminds me of the travesty that was Word 6.0 for Mac.
Don't forget Beleaguered in Cupertino. :)
This has to be the most incoherent thing I've ever written. Dear Slashdot, please accept my apology.
I used to think it would be a bad idea too. But software seems to be a pretty reliable "golden egg" for Microsoft, and I don't see why it wouldn't work just as well for Apple?
I mean, Apple could continue, as always, to manufacture and sell hardware for people who care about both functionality and style, usability and good taste. They could keep using the PowerPC and supporting its development. I mean, there's nothing that says an OS can't run and be sold on two architectures--it's just never been tried in the consumer market on such a large scale, as far as I know. Third-party programs (binaries) would have to be packaged and sold according to the architecture, or maybe they could be "fat" apps like we had for a while transitioning from 68k to PowerPC.
So what am I missing here?
I remember C&G's SoundJam too, and the article actually mentions it and Apple's "cannibalization," as you put it, of its development staff. The details don't really seem to jibe with what I remember, though--did Fortune magazine get it wrong?
If you want to read the full article, you need a subscription to FORTUNE magazine. Specifically, you need to enter the mailing address where your subscription is delivered.
By the way, I have it on good authority that NYU's Bobst Library, at 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, subscribes to a whole bunch of periodicals.
Never gonna happen... fortunately.
What the hell, it's only karma. Listen up, son, and listen closely because no one's ever going to bother telling you this again. You're the worst kind of prick: a prick so blithely (and incorrectly) convinced of your own moral and intellectual superiority, you have no idea that every arrogant word escaping your mouth only serves to underscore your foolishness to the world at large. Mired as you are in your own fetid vanity, you will doubtlessly let this lesson slip away. Ah well, can't say I didn't try.
Best wishes.
Hi there, CrackerJack9. I wrote about you in my Slashdot journal. I hope you enjoy reading my inaugural entry.
...they're not a bunch of smelly, disgusting communists. Tee hee!
According to your parent poster, our value system is a product of nature, too. It's natural because it's evolved over time to suit our needs, just like everything else about us humans.
Ultimately, I think the parent is right. Whether defining "natural" in this all-encompassing way is actually helpful is another issue...
I heartily second--er, third--make that fourth, actually, the other AC posters.
In this case, it's pretty clear that the Mozilla suite's toolbar editor is pretty much a widget-for-widget, if not pixel-for-pixel knockoff of Cocoa's.
:)
And while I certainly don't think Apple is the font of all wisdom, even I've gotta say this is far from the only example of OSS copying interface features from the Mac. Frankly, I'd be happy if they copied less from Windows and more from the Mac OS.