Seriously, if down the road someone hacks Linux onto this thing, I wonder if the CPU is compatable-enough with the G4/G5 to run OS X under Mac-On-Linux?
LOL! When I first started working at my current job (in Nov. '99), I was asked to look throughout the office and pick which kind of chair I wanted. I saw a couple of Aeron chairs and thought they looked cool, and didn't feel bad to sit in, so I said "that one". I had absolutely no idea that they were so expensive until maybe a couple of years later!
I'm still using it (in fact sitting in it as I type this). It's OK, but not great; I'd certainly NEVER pay $700 for one!
At home, my old Office Depot chair finally broke after years of use (no, I'm not fat!) and I had to throw it away as it wasn't fixable. By a fortunate coincidence, I saw someone had left an inexpensive-looking office chair out on the sidewalk near my place, obviously to be taken away, so I snagged it! It was very clean and no stains or wear, just a little dusty and had a very slight "old-person" smell, which I washed out. I also had to take a couple of screws out of my old chair to put in my "new" one (maybe that's why they got rid of it?), but that's about it. It's been working great for me.
Why am I telling you this?
That "throwaway" chair is MUCH more comfortable than my $700 Aeron chair at work!
As I see it, the Aeron's only advantage is that it doesn't catch and hold farts.
... at least as long as the songs didn't come from the Apple store. All of mine are ripped from CD's or vinyl to MP3.
The iPod's Music folder is hidden only in the Finder. On a Mac you can still get to it easily enough via the shell or an alternative file browser; go here:
/Volumes/[iPod's name]/iPod_Control/Music/
There are a bunch of folders with names like "F00", "F01", "F02".. up to "F49" on mine. The MP3's are under these folders. The filenames and ID's are still intact, so it'd be easy to import them all into another program.
If you want a nice GUI tool to do this, on Mac there is "iPod Access" and "iPodRip" (both shareware), and there is the free program "gtkpod", which I use on my Linux box at work to listen to my iPod songs.
Apple really doesn't lock you out of your iPod, which is one reason why I love it! Of course, mine's HFS+ formatted; is it hard to do this on Windows?
Well, if there was any way to get her interested in Doom3:-)
I have an 800Mhz model on my desk here at work. Neat computer, but it's getting long in the tooth.
It's too bad that it's crippled by the lack of L3 cache; it would have made a huge difference.
The things are a bitch to take apart and the new iMacs are so easy to get into, but it still would have been cool if Apple could've put a G5 inside and kept the design around.
I admit, booting the system to "what is your bidding my master", sounds appealing."
That sort of thing would get old really fast.
This thing's for 8-year-olds. Rich 8-year-olds. As for adults, it's OK for to like Star Wars, but this crosses a line - to the side that is in Mom and Dad's basement.
there's one overriding factor: the fact that they waited until the day before launch to file this suit. That makes them assholes.
In the past I had heard good things about TigerDirect, but I do most of my ordering from newegg.com. Don't think I'll be trying out TigerDirect any time soon.
I'm really surprised that it ran so well for you; as I said, I had to remove the sound card just to get it to even boot! When it did run, it was killing the hard drive with non-stop swapping. I couldn't have launched even one program.
Oh well, that hardware is long gone now, so no way to check anymore:-)
I used to run XP (and Win2K before that) on a Sony VAIO N505VX laptop, which was maxed out at 128MB; I'd agree with your assessment. It was liveable but not great. I would have kept that notebook if only Sony hadn't put such a stupid memory limit on it. Fedora was just unuseably slow on it.
That's like asking Dell where the 4.0Ghz P4 is.
I can almost guarantee you that they've been asked this, and a lot dumber questions.:-)
Personally, I would also like to see a smaller case if it's possible. The G5 case is a bit on the bulky side; its saving grace is that it's so damn cool-looking!
I'd also prefer more PCI slots; maybe most people won't need them, but how about this:
SATA card - there are internal drive brackets you can buy for additional internal drives to go with this.
SCSI card - for that old scanner maybe or ZIP drive maybe? My G4 came with one. (SANE-Twain is a godsend.)
Video capture card. Sure, there are external USB and FW devices such as the EyeTV, but having an internal card makes for a much cleaner desk.
High-end audio card. (Oops! not enough slots.)
Second NIC so that G5 can be a router/firewall for the cable modem. (Oops! not enough slots.)
PCI video card for more screens. Panoramic flight sim, baby! (Oops! not enough slots.)
Don't underestimate the geek appeal of lots of PCI slots. Not saying the G5 sucks (far from it), just that more slots would be kinda nice; it's certainly big enough to hold them.
Yes, I can see it now - entire industries undoing their time-tested, battle hardend PDF-based workflows with free and open files all for the chance to use patented, pay-for-use Microsoft proprietary workflows, software, and files. Good luck with that, guys."
Kinda like entire industries undoing their time-tested, battle-hardened Netware-based workflows to use patented, pay-for-use Microsoft proprietary file servers.
Back in the day I decided to challenge Microsoft's 4MB RAM minimum for Win95, so I took out the 16MB stick of RAM from my system at the time (AMD 486DX4/120, normally 20MB RAM - funky board with four 30-pin slots and two 72-pin slots), leaving 4MB.
The only way I could get it to even boot was to disable the Soundblaster 16 driver. The drive didn't take a break at all from swapping until I shut down.
Technically, it ran. I'm not looking forward to Longhorn.
To mark the occasion, CopyNight, a monthly gathering of people interested in restoring balance in copyright law, is hosting a get-together tonight in various cities throughout the U.S."
I know this isn't a popular opinion around here, but these days Windows is actually pretty stable; the stability problems really went away with Windows 2000.
Oh sure, crashes happen, but every time I've experienced one it's been due to bad memory or a bad (third-party) driver. Honestly, I've had more crashes under Linux than Windows these days (before Core 3, Fedora really didn't like my Dell laptop).
I just see no need for such an invasion of privacy.
By the way, before blasting me as a Windows fanboi, know that I spend 90% of my work time on Fedora Core 3 and 90% of my computer time at home on Mac OSX. Windows make me nauseous, but not because of instability.
Well, we all know how it ends; it's kinda like spoiling The Titanic.:-)
Well, think about how the prequel saber fights have been more dynamic than the original ones were.
Personally, I think the real reason for this may just be better choreography in these higher-budget prequels; I'm willing to suspend a little disbelief here because I think the fights in the original movies were supposed to be good ones. That's all IMHO, of course and unless Lucas has addressed the issue, I feel this sort of thing is up to the viewer to decide, and wouldn't really argue it either way.
As for force-tampering with cybernetics, they're vulnerable to it.
Glad to hear that Lucas thought of this; this actually gives me some hope about this final movie. I'm definately looking forward to seeing it!
LOL! At this rate I won't even have to watch the movie:-)
I guess the distinction I was making in my previous post was that he recieved the implants/prosthetics necessary to regain lost functionality, versus unneccesary replacement of whatever healthy body parts he had left (like Robocop).
From what you say about the novel, it sounds like Vader got about what I figured he did. He seems to have kept his torso, hence the need for the breathing apparatus and hyperbaric chamber to assist his damaged lungs (they're obviously still there). Since they didn't bother to replace his lungs, then he also probably has all his other major organs. In other words, unlike Grevious, he didn't get a full-body replacement.
The point about the emperor not wanting him to be too independant/powerful is well made; from what I've seen of Grevious (only a little bit of the Clone Wars cartoon), he doesn't exactly seem disabled or dependant on life-support in any way.
On the other hand, I have to wonder how vulnerable cybernetics would be to tampering via the Force, vs. someone who is all-original (force-induced short-circuiting vs. force-choke)? Maybe that gives Vader an edge. (For all I know, this may come up in the movie.)
I dunno, it seems pretty clear that this peripheral is made for the Mac Mini, and everyone who would buy such a thing is sure to know who makes the Mini.
The wood block iPod dock (er, stand?) comes to mind
LOL! Are you talking about this?
That is pretty funny - looks like something out of wood shop.
There certainly are a lot of crap accessories out there, but on the bright side, it's indicative of a healthy market.
Presumably it was General Grevious' choice to take that robotic form; perhaps it resembles his original, organic (non-human) body.
IIRC, somewhere in the Expanded Universe stuff I read that Vader longed to free himself of his "life-support" suit and regain his (physical, at least) humanity. Given that, I can see why he'd prefer to retain a huminoid form. Also, the majority of his body was probably still organic, with the artificial components there just to provide prosthetic replacements to lost limbs and life-support. He might have been pretty pissed if they had gone ahead and "Robo-copped" him.
(I haven't kept up with this stuff enough to be sure of how accurate this is, but I still feel like a big nerd with this post:-)
Are you kidding? This isn't a computer, it's a peripheral. It doesn't compete with the Mini, it enhances it, and if anything it would increase sales of the Mini. In fact, the design and limited number of ports of the Mini scream "accessorize me", and I'm sure Apple did that on purpose in order to create a new market. Apple loves these kind of add-ons.
You'll do great as a lawyer, just stay out of marketing:-)
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Seriously, if down the road someone hacks Linux onto this thing, I wonder if the CPU is compatable-enough with the G4/G5 to run OS X under Mac-On-Linux?
That'd be kinda cool, it a geeky sort of way.
I'm still using it (in fact sitting in it as I type this). It's OK, but not great; I'd certainly NEVER pay $700 for one!
At home, my old Office Depot chair finally broke after years of use (no, I'm not fat!) and I had to throw it away as it wasn't fixable. By a fortunate coincidence, I saw someone had left an inexpensive-looking office chair out on the sidewalk near my place, obviously to be taken away, so I snagged it! It was very clean and no stains or wear, just a little dusty and had a very slight "old-person" smell, which I washed out. I also had to take a couple of screws out of my old chair to put in my "new" one (maybe that's why they got rid of it?), but that's about it. It's been working great for me.
Why am I telling you this? That "throwaway" chair is MUCH more comfortable than my $700 Aeron chair at work!
As I see it, the Aeron's only advantage is that it doesn't catch and hold farts.
The iPod's Music folder is hidden only in the Finder. On a Mac you can still get to it easily enough via the shell or an alternative file browser; go here:
/Volumes/[iPod's name]/iPod_Control/Music/
There are a bunch of folders with names like "F00", "F01", "F02"If you want a nice GUI tool to do this, on Mac there is "iPod Access" and "iPodRip" (both shareware), and there is the free program "gtkpod", which I use on my Linux box at work to listen to my iPod songs.
Apple really doesn't lock you out of your iPod, which is one reason why I love it! Of course, mine's HFS+ formatted; is it hard to do this on Windows?
I have an 800Mhz model on my desk here at work. Neat computer, but it's getting long in the tooth. It's too bad that it's crippled by the lack of L3 cache; it would have made a huge difference. The things are a bitch to take apart and the new iMacs are so easy to get into, but it still would have been cool if Apple could've put a G5 inside and kept the design around.
That sort of thing would get old really fast.
This thing's for 8-year-olds. Rich 8-year-olds. As for adults, it's OK for to like Star Wars, but this crosses a line - to the side that is in Mom and Dad's basement.
His music will bring anybody down.
In the past I had heard good things about TigerDirect, but I do most of my ordering from newegg.com. Don't think I'll be trying out TigerDirect any time soon.
I used to run XP (and Win2K before that) on a Sony VAIO N505VX laptop, which was maxed out at 128MB; I'd agree with your assessment. It was liveable but not great. I would have kept that notebook if only Sony hadn't put such a stupid memory limit on it. Fedora was just unuseably slow on it.
This will take care of the Superdrive.
You sure save a hell of a lot of money that way.
I can almost guarantee you that they've been asked this, and a lot dumber questions.
Personally, I would also like to see a smaller case if it's possible. The G5 case is a bit on the bulky side; its saving grace is that it's so damn cool-looking!
I'd also prefer more PCI slots; maybe most people won't need them, but how about this:
- SATA card - there are internal drive brackets you can buy for additional internal drives to go with this.
- SCSI card - for that old scanner maybe or ZIP drive maybe? My G4 came with one. (SANE-Twain is a godsend.)
- Video capture card. Sure, there are external USB and FW devices such as the EyeTV, but having an internal card makes for a much cleaner desk.
- High-end audio card. (Oops! not enough slots.)
- Second NIC so that G5 can be a router/firewall for the cable modem. (Oops! not enough slots.)
- PCI video card for more screens. Panoramic flight sim, baby! (Oops! not enough slots.)
Don't underestimate the geek appeal of lots of PCI slots. Not saying the G5 sucks (far from it), just that more slots would be kinda nice; it's certainly big enough to hold them.Kinda like entire industries undoing their time-tested, battle-hardened Netware-based workflows to use patented, pay-for-use Microsoft proprietary file servers.
Nah, that could never happen.
The only way I could get it to even boot was to disable the Soundblaster 16 driver. The drive didn't take a break at all from swapping until I shut down.
Technically, it ran. I'm not looking forward to Longhorn.
Wow. Sounds like fun.
If you're a square.
Oh sure, crashes happen, but every time I've experienced one it's been due to bad memory or a bad (third-party) driver. Honestly, I've had more crashes under Linux than Windows these days (before Core 3, Fedora really didn't like my Dell laptop). I just see no need for such an invasion of privacy.
By the way, before blasting me as a Windows fanboi, know that I spend 90% of my work time on Fedora Core 3 and 90% of my computer time at home on Mac OSX. Windows make me nauseous, but not because of instability.
Well, we all know how it ends; it's kinda like spoiling The Titanic. :-)
Well, think about how the prequel saber fights have been more dynamic than the original ones were.
Personally, I think the real reason for this may just be better choreography in these higher-budget prequels; I'm willing to suspend a little disbelief here because I think the fights in the original movies were supposed to be good ones. That's all IMHO, of course and unless Lucas has addressed the issue, I feel this sort of thing is up to the viewer to decide, and wouldn't really argue it either way.
As for force-tampering with cybernetics, they're vulnerable to it.
Glad to hear that Lucas thought of this; this actually gives me some hope about this final movie. I'm definately looking forward to seeing it!
I guess the distinction I was making in my previous post was that he recieved the implants/prosthetics necessary to regain lost functionality, versus unneccesary replacement of whatever healthy body parts he had left (like Robocop).
From what you say about the novel, it sounds like Vader got about what I figured he did. He seems to have kept his torso, hence the need for the breathing apparatus and hyperbaric chamber to assist his damaged lungs (they're obviously still there). Since they didn't bother to replace his lungs, then he also probably has all his other major organs. In other words, unlike Grevious, he didn't get a full-body replacement.
The point about the emperor not wanting him to be too independant/powerful is well made; from what I've seen of Grevious (only a little bit of the Clone Wars cartoon), he doesn't exactly seem disabled or dependant on life-support in any way.
On the other hand, I have to wonder how vulnerable cybernetics would be to tampering via the Force, vs. someone who is all-original (force-induced short-circuiting vs. force-choke)? Maybe that gives Vader an edge. (For all I know, this may come up in the movie.)
Great - someone has succeeded in making the iPod look like a stack of business cards. :-)
I thought I read somewhere that Thomas Jefferson gave the then-new Republic about twenty years; considering that, it's a wonder it's lasted this long.
Must've been one hell of an accident to leave him with just his eyes and brain.
The wood block iPod dock (er, stand?) comes to mind
LOL! Are you talking about this? That is pretty funny - looks like something out of wood shop.
There certainly are a lot of crap accessories out there, but on the bright side, it's indicative of a healthy market.
IIRC, somewhere in the Expanded Universe stuff I read that Vader longed to free himself of his "life-support" suit and regain his (physical, at least) humanity. Given that, I can see why he'd prefer to retain a huminoid form. Also, the majority of his body was probably still organic, with the artificial components there just to provide prosthetic replacements to lost limbs and life-support. He might have been pretty pissed if they had gone ahead and "Robo-copped" him.
(I haven't kept up with this stuff enough to be sure of how accurate this is, but I still feel like a big nerd with this post :-)
You'll do great as a lawyer, just stay out of marketing :-)
The guy really should have put a USB floppy drive behind the floppy slot to make the illusion complete :)
Time to start another off-topic thread:
I remember candy bars being ten cents when I was a kid, and I'm not really that old (I'm routinely mistaken for a college student).