Now, the Dell Dimension includes a 19" monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Yes, you could say that you probably don't need these if you already own a PC, but it CAN be used to offset the cost of the PC by either reselling the extra equipment from the Dell or reselling your OLD equipment. The only part I can really say the Mac Mini shines on is the Core 2 Duo by default rather than as an extra. But unfortunately, it doesn't quite make up for the fact that the total in terms of value just isn't good enough yet. Granted, the price of Apple equipment is NOT helped by the monopoly distributor (Renaissance) of Apple equipment, who up until recently drove prices so high that you'd be paying $2,000 for the same machine. Apple are improving this, but they still have a way to go - and MacBook prices are still beyond a joke (MacBook Pro low end model is $3,799 including 12.5% GST).
In terms of driving prices beyond retail - people seeing "No Reserve" auctions think they're getting a deal at twice retail just because it's "No Reserve" - no helping idiots I guess.
Fanboys - yes I agree. Apple fanboys are NOT the only sort. I've seen Microsoft fanboys too (granted, a lot of Microsoft fanboys can admit that Microsoft does make mistakes. I've seen a quite adamant Microsoft fan basically call segments of.NET complete crap for all the brokenness). I've also seen Linux fanboys (is it just me or are these the most rabid?) To be honest, I agree. Each OS should be assessed on it's merits and suitability for your purpose - I must admit, I really liked MacOS 8 (yes, call me crazy if you like) but haven't had a chance to have a go at Mac OS X - Mac machines are just too damned expensive to get one to play with it. I even admit to liking Vista better than XP. In terms of Linux, Fedora's a crap distribution, I like Debian or Ubuntu (no preference, either is good). I can safely say I don't favour any of the three over the other though - just whichever works for what I want to do (Vista not so good for anything graphics-y, OS8 not so good for anything games-y, and Linux not so good for much of what I want to do - but great for oddball stuff like servers, and secure internet browsing).
I'm in New Zealand. I get unconstrained ADSL (not ADSL2+, not VDSL, ADSL) for $69.95 a month, with only 15GB bandwidth allocation. I could pay the same for "unlimited" bandwidth, but then they packet-shape to shit anything other than HTTP. I could pay $269.95 a month for 200GB a month bandwidth, you see what I mean?
I believe Australia is in the same boat, but they DO have ADSL2+ in a few places (or the whole country, I'm not entirely sure).
I can't say anything for the other countries in the world - I'm only familiar with my little segment of it.
Be sort of akin to triple dipping wouldn't it? Considering that CNN is also paying (an absolutely atrociously high!) amount for their bandwidth already... charging them again just so their customers can take advantage of their expensive bandwidth and pipe is ridiculous.
We have absolutely ZERO market for refusbished macs. You have to go to your local auction site for that, and morons drive the price of secondhand Mac machines up to - and past - retail.
And in case you weren't paying attention, I was direct-comparing costs. The cost of getting a new PC versus the cost of getting a new Mac - and included the cost of getting I/O devices for the mini because I did for the Mac. Of course the fanboys would prefer that I tweak my numbers so the Mac would seem a better deal, but guess what - it's not. Until Apple drops their prices, the Mac is simply NOT viable outside the US or UK.
Well, IGN isn't known for benevolence towards small game developers. Srsly.
Also, the submitter is the administrator of the site TFA is on. (In case noone noticed ApacheVE may in fact be Apache from VE3D, who happens to have ve3d.ign.com as their/. website link)
Actually, there was one quest on the 360 version which, when completed, resulted in complete show-stopping CRASH of your Xbox 360. I don't recall it ever being an issue on the PC. That was the quest with the dog statue. The name escapes me.
That's a requirement of ICANN, not theirs. WHOIS information must be Valid, and YOURS (or someone who represents you, privacy services do meet this requirement). So if you don't put your name, address and email, or at least a valid representative of yourself, you can EXPECT your domain to be flushed down the drain.
Compare Windows Vista Ultimate $399 with Mac mini $599. Mac mini has all the same OS features and INCLUDES THE HARDWARE. It's very hard to promote Windows as some kind of cheap option that you make do with because you can't afford a Mac. Are we forgetting having to buy ALL of the input/output hardware seperately? Like, the screen, keyboard and mouse? In this country, that raises the cost of a Mac Mini to well over $1600. Vista Ultimate is something like $800-$1000. If I add appropriate hardware and buy OEM instead it equals maybe $1200. (Buying the equivelant PC hardware as well).
I don't consider the Mac Mini a good deal by any stretch of the term.
That's just for the Word plugin, the command line tool will merely require you install the MS patent litigation timebomb known as "Mono". Doubtless there are thousands of Steve Irwin types who won't flinch at being asked to insert their member in the crocodiles mouth, common sense should prevail for the rest of us. Mono is built from Shared Source code (see: http://www.microsoft.com/sharedsource/) and is perfectly legally licensed to the Mono team. Microsoft cannot open lawsuits against people using code under terms Microsoft and the developers mutually agreed to.
I can't wait to walk into computer labs at school and yell out "rm -rf/" and then walk away whistling. Yes, I'm sure the sudden appearance of "'rm' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file" on everyone's screen will be SO funny, not.
I don't want to get messages from someone for the rest of my life, just because I bought something from them once. At best, that's going to make me regret ever doing business with them. Just because I bought something from your crummy web store, shouldn't give you the right to send crap to me forever; if I haven't made another purchase in a few months, I'm probably not coming back.
*cough* Symantec
Steam isn't the only way either. You can download and boot up a copy of Stardock Central (the integrator behind Object Desktop, the platform WindowBlinds is a part of) and hit the games tab of it to see plethoras of games by all sorts of people you've never heard of - some of which are indeed unique and interesting as well.
Actually, strangely, he speaks truth. Since V4 or V5 or something of Internet Explorer, the Microsoft.XMLHTTP object shipped with the browser. Before that, it was a free download. This is the core of what XMLHTTP is based on - confusingly enough (and perhaps frighteningly) Microsoft was the first to implement XMLHttpRequest in their browser. Unfortunately, it was ActiveX based. But it did get the other browser makers thinking "how about..." which is something that I can only consider to be a Good Thing for us developers and users.
Microsoft was also the first to support the.selectSingleNode and.selectNodes functions of the XMLDocument object. Thankfully Mozilla, Opera and the KHTML team picked up on that pretty fast.
Correction to this, the Windows Media Rights Manager software is licensed at NO CHARGE to virtually anyone willing to use it. All you need to do is prove who you are to Microsoft (by means of using a code signing certificate to sign a dummy executable) and sign an agreement which pretty much amounts to "don't redistribute the rights manager, and don't do bad things like install spyware using the rights manager's 'Acquire License' feature". The only actual requirement is that they'll only give it to you for use on a Windows 2003 Server (which, incidentally, comes bundled with Windows Media streaming services licensed for use with about 6 billion clients.) And to play WMDRM music, they only charge you $0.10 per unit to incorporate the DRM decrypter into your device (annual maximum $400K)
They don't give a rats arse about how restrictive it is - they care that it removes the user's ability to choose to use a non-Apple device instead of an iPod. Microsoft does not do the same with ProbablyPlaysForSureButDontQuoteUsOnThat - that is supported on quite a wide number of platforms (and Microsoft will happily allow you to integrate it in your own device if you are a manufacturer, Apple outright refuses to).
In theory, you're correct. It is a guideline, not a policy. Unfortunately, the majority of editors hold the Guidelines to be sacrosanct and will revert virtually everything that doesn't follow them - no matter how high quality or relevant. And I wouldn't be remiss in pointing out that some of those with the power to blacklist hold similar misguided beliefs. With Wikipedia, guideline may as well be law.
Don't worry, I see that a lot here. It's actually kind of funny. Macromedia must really get dragged through the mud (since they had the name first) thanks that disgusting worthless DRM lot - dwarfed only by Starforce in scumminess. Well, and maybe InterActual.
Oh, please, it's because of the games industry that we have copy protection at all. They invented this boogeyman back in the 1970's and have been fighting this losing battle ever since. The only effect it's had is to make Macromedia rich selling the same defective merchandise over and over again. What's Macromedia got to do with anything? I don't recall Dreamweaver or Flash ever being a copy protection product.
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"C:, are you sure?" Since noone will be entirely sure what that's supposed to MEAN, I'm sure everyone will say "no" or close the Command Prompt.
Yes, here's a quick comparison between Dell and Apple (yes I know, yeech, Dell, but they are oddly enough virtually the cheapest available here)
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.NET complete crap for all the brokenness). I've also seen Linux fanboys (is it just me or are these the most rabid?) To be honest, I agree. Each OS should be assessed on it's merits and suitability for your purpose - I must admit, I really liked MacOS 8 (yes, call me crazy if you like) but haven't had a chance to have a go at Mac OS X - Mac machines are just too damned expensive to get one to play with it. I even admit to liking Vista better than XP. In terms of Linux, Fedora's a crap distribution, I like Debian or Ubuntu (no preference, either is good). I can safely say I don't favour any of the three over the other though - just whichever works for what I want to do (Vista not so good for anything graphics-y, OS8 not so good for anything games-y, and Linux not so good for much of what I want to do - but great for oddball stuff like servers, and secure internet browsing).
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/features
Dell Dimension E520 - Roughly similar hardware to the Mac Mini (except that I did not add the Core 2 Duo - in this I agree that the Mac is somewhat better value)
NZD $1,370.25 (including 12.5% Goods and Services Tax)
http://store.apple.com/0800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/n
Apple Mac Mini Core Duo 1.66GHz - I added the 80GB hard drive to match the 80GB default of the Dell Dimension, which added $160 to the price
NZD $1,228.01 (including 12.5% Goods and Services Tax)
Now, the Dell Dimension includes a 19" monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Yes, you could say that you probably don't need these if you already own a PC, but it CAN be used to offset the cost of the PC by either reselling the extra equipment from the Dell or reselling your OLD equipment. The only part I can really say the Mac Mini shines on is the Core 2 Duo by default rather than as an extra. But unfortunately, it doesn't quite make up for the fact that the total in terms of value just isn't good enough yet. Granted, the price of Apple equipment is NOT helped by the monopoly distributor (Renaissance) of Apple equipment, who up until recently drove prices so high that you'd be paying $2,000 for the same machine. Apple are improving this, but they still have a way to go - and MacBook prices are still beyond a joke (MacBook Pro low end model is $3,799 including 12.5% GST).
In terms of driving prices beyond retail - people seeing "No Reserve" auctions think they're getting a deal at twice retail just because it's "No Reserve" - no helping idiots I guess.
Fanboys - yes I agree. Apple fanboys are NOT the only sort. I've seen Microsoft fanboys too (granted, a lot of Microsoft fanboys can admit that Microsoft does make mistakes. I've seen a quite adamant Microsoft fan basically call segments of
I'm in New Zealand. I get unconstrained ADSL (not ADSL2+, not VDSL, ADSL) for $69.95 a month, with only 15GB bandwidth allocation. I could pay the same for "unlimited" bandwidth, but then they packet-shape to shit anything other than HTTP. I could pay $269.95 a month for 200GB a month bandwidth, you see what I mean?
I believe Australia is in the same boat, but they DO have ADSL2+ in a few places (or the whole country, I'm not entirely sure).
I can't say anything for the other countries in the world - I'm only familiar with my little segment of it.
Be sort of akin to triple dipping wouldn't it? Considering that CNN is also paying (an absolutely atrociously high!) amount for their bandwidth already... charging them again just so their customers can take advantage of their expensive bandwidth and pipe is ridiculous.
And ultimately pay more. Brilliant, I agree wholeheartedly.
We have absolutely ZERO market for refusbished macs. You have to go to your local auction site for that, and morons drive the price of secondhand Mac machines up to - and past - retail. And in case you weren't paying attention, I was direct-comparing costs. The cost of getting a new PC versus the cost of getting a new Mac - and included the cost of getting I/O devices for the mini because I did for the Mac. Of course the fanboys would prefer that I tweak my numbers so the Mac would seem a better deal, but guess what - it's not. Until Apple drops their prices, the Mac is simply NOT viable outside the US or UK.
Well, IGN isn't known for benevolence towards small game developers. Srsly.
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Also, the submitter is the administrator of the site TFA is on. (In case noone noticed ApacheVE may in fact be Apache from VE3D, who happens to have ve3d.ign.com as their
Actually, there was one quest on the 360 version which, when completed, resulted in complete show-stopping CRASH of your Xbox 360. I don't recall it ever being an issue on the PC. That was the quest with the dog statue. The name escapes me.
That's a requirement of ICANN, not theirs. WHOIS information must be Valid, and YOURS (or someone who represents you, privacy services do meet this requirement). So if you don't put your name, address and email, or at least a valid representative of yourself, you can EXPECT your domain to be flushed down the drain.
For the eleventy-billionth time, you can't format an in-use volume. Vista would tell you that the volume is in use, and cannot be formatted.
*cough* Symantec
Steam isn't the only way either. You can download and boot up a copy of Stardock Central (the integrator behind Object Desktop, the platform WindowBlinds is a part of) and hit the games tab of it to see plethoras of games by all sorts of people you've never heard of - some of which are indeed unique and interesting as well.
Only if you check the "Yes, I'm willing to help test Slashdot's new discussion system" box.
Actually, strangely, he speaks truth. Since V4 or V5 or something of Internet Explorer, the Microsoft.XMLHTTP object shipped with the browser. Before that, it was a free download. This is the core of what XMLHTTP is based on - confusingly enough (and perhaps frighteningly) Microsoft was the first to implement XMLHttpRequest in their browser. Unfortunately, it was ActiveX based. But it did get the other browser makers thinking "how about..." which is something that I can only consider to be a Good Thing for us developers and users.
.selectSingleNode and .selectNodes functions of the XMLDocument object. Thankfully Mozilla, Opera and the KHTML team picked up on that pretty fast.
Microsoft was also the first to support the
Correction to this, the Windows Media Rights Manager software is licensed at NO CHARGE to virtually anyone willing to use it. All you need to do is prove who you are to Microsoft (by means of using a code signing certificate to sign a dummy executable) and sign an agreement which pretty much amounts to "don't redistribute the rights manager, and don't do bad things like install spyware using the rights manager's 'Acquire License' feature". The only actual requirement is that they'll only give it to you for use on a Windows 2003 Server (which, incidentally, comes bundled with Windows Media streaming services licensed for use with about 6 billion clients.) And to play WMDRM music, they only charge you $0.10 per unit to incorporate the DRM decrypter into your device (annual maximum $400K)
Apple wont even allow THAT.
They don't give a rats arse about how restrictive it is - they care that it removes the user's ability to choose to use a non-Apple device instead of an iPod. Microsoft does not do the same with ProbablyPlaysForSureButDontQuoteUsOnThat - that is supported on quite a wide number of platforms (and Microsoft will happily allow you to integrate it in your own device if you are a manufacturer, Apple outright refuses to).
Google owns Blogspot, and maintains MANY blogs on it.
In theory, you're correct. It is a guideline, not a policy. Unfortunately, the majority of editors hold the Guidelines to be sacrosanct and will revert virtually everything that doesn't follow them - no matter how high quality or relevant. And I wouldn't be remiss in pointing out that some of those with the power to blacklist hold similar misguided beliefs. With Wikipedia, guideline may as well be law.
Don't worry, I see that a lot here. It's actually kind of funny. Macromedia must really get dragged through the mud (since they had the name first) thanks that disgusting worthless DRM lot - dwarfed only by Starforce in scumminess. Well, and maybe InterActual.
Except that they can't. They're forbidden by WP:COI from editing their own article - under penalty of change reversion and/or blocklisting.