The Apple Software Update allows you to check off whatever software you choose to update and ignores any unchecked updates. About the only problems I've had with it have been related to the "ignore update" option. This is supposed to prevent stuff you don't want (such as updates for software you dont use) from showing up as an option every time you run Update. It doesn't always work, though. It's mildly annoying but nothing more than that.
I used to administer a pair of Macintosh file servers running the "Classic" Mac OS that would crap out on me pretty regularly. I ended up naming them Fat Man and Little Boy.
Rats did as much damage to the ecology of Easter Island as humans did, which led to extinctions on the island
True, as far as it goes. But you're leaving out one important point, namely, that the rats didn't get to Easter Island by themselves, they were brought there--by humans.
At the other end of the transporter, you need to have some blob of atoms that represents Captain Kirk but has no infomation in it. What would that look like?
A lot like William Shatner currently does, I would imagine.
At most, 3D and transparency effects should be subtle and a visual cue to the eye, not yelling "HEY LOOK AT ME, I DO TRANSPARENCY AND 3D EFFECTS!!!111eleventyone", like Vista does.
Good insight. And if the rumors currently circulating about the UI of Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) are true, Apple has apparently come to the same conclusion. Supposedly, they've toned down the eye candy and 3D effects considerably.
Many TV productions that claim to be "filmed in front of a live audience" often use a professional audience--people who are paid to be wildly enthusiastic and to laugh at the merest suggestion of a joke. That's why the audience reaction seems so fake in certain situations; it is fake.
the world is run by the nearly and the wholly sociopathic.
Not that I'm disagreeing completely with that statement but I don't think Jobs is anything like sociopathic. Egotistical and obsessive, perhaps, maybe narcissistic as well, but not sociopathic.
He is inarguably brilliant, in any case--not that I'd want to work closely with him.
Virtually all of their marketing is based on their position as the smug, elite minority
I think that's more due to Apple dealing realistically with their role as a minority platform than actually wanting to be one. That is, while they'd undoubtedly be happy to be the dominant computing platform, they fact is that they aren't, so they're using the "elite minority" thing to make the best of their market position.
Beppe Grillo [...] tried (so far in vain) to promote laws signed by the populace, which would not allow politicians to be in the Parliament if they have been convicted by courts.
On any other country (well, most of them) this would be implied, wouldn't it?
Oddly enough, not in the United States. Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska (he of "the Internet is a series of tubes" fame) was convicted of multiple felonies yet was not barred from office. This had the Republicans in a bit of a pickle until he was defeated in his re-election bid
BTW, I'm an Italian-American and my relatives in Italy all refer to Berlusconi as "The Dwarf." I don't know if that's commonplace elsewhere in Italy.
Sirius did lose some channels after the merger, including Sirius Disorder, my personal favorite. We have two receivers but we're going to let the subscription on at least one and possibly both of them expire next month because of that.
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Balun war? You mean people are fighting over impedance-matching transformers now?
I'm tellin' ya, this world is going to hell in a hand basket--with a wire handle.
That's not quite correct. Check out Article I, Section 9, paragraph 2 of the U.S. Constitution:
"The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it."
I think the Civil War could accurately be considered a case of rebellion.
No, it's not true.
The Apple Software Update allows you to check off whatever software you choose to update and ignores any unchecked updates. About the only problems I've had with it have been related to the "ignore update" option. This is supposed to prevent stuff you don't want (such as updates for software you dont use) from showing up as an option every time you run Update. It doesn't always work, though. It's mildly annoying but nothing more than that.
I used to administer a pair of Macintosh file servers running the "Classic" Mac OS that would crap out on me pretty regularly. I ended up naming them Fat Man and Little Boy.
True, as far as it goes. But you're leaving out one important point, namely, that the rats didn't get to Easter Island by themselves, they were brought there--by humans.
... Edward Teller, the self-described father of the hydrogen bomb.
Other people who worked on the project tend to disagree with that title.
From TFA:
A lot like William Shatner currently does, I would imagine.
Good insight. And if the rumors currently circulating about the UI of Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) are true, Apple has apparently come to the same conclusion. Supposedly, they've toned down the eye candy and 3D effects considerably.
No, Windows has a larger distribution because of unethical and often illegal business practices.
See above, Re: unethical and illegal business practices.
Nice try Mr. Ballmer.
Many TV productions that claim to be "filmed in front of a live audience" often use a professional audience--people who are paid to be wildly enthusiastic and to laugh at the merest suggestion of a joke. That's why the audience reaction seems so fake in certain situations; it is fake.
Hey, I was an frickin' art major and I know that that magnets have poles.
That's a terrible mischaracterization. He's a 50-something balding man in a black mock turtleneck.
Yeah, it is. Almost as hot as Bakersfield in August, even.
They don't even need that. The Apple SDK comes bundled as a free, optional install with every Mac or OS X upgrade disk.
By the way, the MPW is old tech that died along with the "Classic" Mac OS.
Can't think of a better reason to use a Zune than getting one for free. In fact, I can't of any reason to use a Zune other than getting one for free.
Not that I'm disagreeing completely with that statement but I don't think Jobs is anything like sociopathic. Egotistical and obsessive, perhaps, maybe narcissistic as well, but not sociopathic.
He is inarguably brilliant, in any case--not that I'd want to work closely with him.
Yep. I own an iPhone and so am currently tied to AT&T. I would, however, migrate to Verizon in a second if given the opportunity.
Actually, OS X is fully POSIX compliant.
I think that's more due to Apple dealing realistically with their role as a minority platform than actually wanting to be one. That is, while they'd undoubtedly be happy to be the dominant computing platform, they fact is that they aren't, so they're using the "elite minority" thing to make the best of their market position.
LIDAR, actually.
Oddly enough, not in the United States. Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska (he of "the Internet is a series of tubes" fame) was convicted of multiple felonies yet was not barred from office. This had the Republicans in a bit of a pickle until he was defeated in his re-election bid
BTW, I'm an Italian-American and my relatives in Italy all refer to Berlusconi as "The Dwarf." I don't know if that's commonplace elsewhere in Italy.
Funny you should say that--I'm listening to it right now. It's not bad, but it lacks the musical breadth of the old Disorder.
Sirius did lose some channels after the merger, including Sirius Disorder, my personal favorite. We have two receivers but we're going to let the subscription on at least one and possibly both of them expire next month because of that.
But the iPhone is GSM only. It doesn't have the hardware necessary to connect to a CDMA network.
Imagine a Beowulf....
nevermind