Why wouldn't Darwin on PPC be as good, or better, a 'Mac OSX server'? It has a decent user interface for setting anything up (X11) and pushes a lot of the non-server stuff outta the way.
I remember upgrading to a Hercules Graphics card from an IBM MDA card.
The IBM MDA card had a block of RAM on it into which you could push values. Which location you pushed a value into determined where a character would appear on the 80x25 display. The character generator was hardware. There was one font, in one font size. There were a small collection of 'ANSI' graphics characters, to do linedraws and borders.
It was a damn crisp display, but a Hercules card was equally crisp, and had graphics capabilities.
Fair payback by the software company would be to refuse to pay the $1000, since as a lot of people are always claiming 'the terms in EULAs are not enforcable.'
I have a 1986 multi-volume bound copy of the BSD manuals. From 4.3 BSD. CSRC, U of C, Berkeley on the title page copyright. It has the BSD daemon on the cover of each volume. No way in HELL is it going away.
And if you find Apple case designs stupid looking, and prefer PC cases, then I suggest you need a visit to the optician. Apple cases are stunningly well designed.
Where did I say that? All PC cases are neutral/ugly in appearance. Except for some, which look stupid. Apple has made a number of the latter.
I wouldn't mind having an OS X machine, but not at the cost of the larger systems, and not with the limitations of the Mini.
This is one of the coolest kinds of hardware hacking, because it involves totally undoing the limitations that the system vendor places arbitrarily on a 'low end' model. It's like overclocking in that regard.
How can you say that? Perhaps he's a person of great taste. Perhaps he filled the original iMac case full of plaster of paris to make it heavy and lobbed it through the display window of the Apple Store.
That's the kind of thing a true artist would do. Asthetic as all get-out.
Right. Because Apples are computers for rich people.
Snob appeal, and all that. Like when we were all kids. All the gang had cheap Huffy or Sears bikes, and we had a lot of fun with them. The snotty kid on the end of the block had a Schwinn, and all 'Schwinn-approved' accessories on it.
Another $19 cable. They sure like to sell 'extras' for that system, and at healthy markups.
I went to the Apple Store website and discovered that the Mac Mini doesn't come with a keyboard, mouse, or monitor. I added keyboard, mouse, and monitor, and suddently it wasn't a $500 computer any more. It suddenly was a LOT more expensive.
Sure, and then you've got little boxes with cables draped all over the tabletop.
By doing this, he frees up the 2.5" hard drive, which is a good size to upgrade an older laptop, and gets the performance upgrade. And some of us find Apple case designs stupid looking.
And he can sell the original case on eBay to somebody who doesn't find said cases stupid looking.
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Why wouldn't Darwin on PPC be as good, or better, a 'Mac OSX server'? It has a decent user interface for setting anything up (X11) and pushes a lot of the non-server stuff outta the way.
And it's free.
I remember upgrading to a Hercules Graphics card from an IBM MDA card.
The IBM MDA card had a block of RAM on it into which you could push values. Which location you pushed a value into determined where a character would appear on the 80x25 display. The character generator was hardware. There was one font, in one font size. There were a small collection of 'ANSI' graphics characters, to do linedraws and borders.
It was a damn crisp display, but a Hercules card was equally crisp, and had graphics capabilities.
Child porn is about little boys and girls. Usually pre-puberty young boys and girls.
All the 16, 17, 18 year old stuff just muddies up the distinction.
The problem of child porn generally involved people before the age of puberty.
Yes. Pedophiles want to have sex with 6 year old little girls. I have not known any personally, but have known a few through third parties.
It's important to make this distinction in this sort of discussion. Because 'statutory rape' can and often is a foggy area.
It is never a foggy area when an adult wants to have sex with boys or girls before the age of ten.
Fair payback by the software company would be to refuse to pay the $1000, since as a lot of people are always claiming 'the terms in EULAs are not enforcable.'
How does having a person be *directly accountable to the consumers* make things end up less efficient than a monopoly?
An election sounds a lot to me like a winner-take-all monopoly. So your question of how it is less efficientl than a monopoly sounds like nonsense.
This site champions open source concepts.
Why has there been no 'Carly Fiorna fired by HP' article here yet?
Has HP put 'the muscle' on the Slashdot owners, who put 'the muscle' on the Slashdot editors?
Everybody here fucking hates Carly. Why hasn't there been a place for us to discuss her firing?
Maybe I will scan and send in the cover artwork of "Unix Programmers Manual: Supplementary Documents I, UC Berkeley, 1986."
I have a 1986 multi-volume bound copy of the BSD manuals. From 4.3 BSD. CSRC, U of C, Berkeley on the title page copyright. It has the BSD daemon on the cover of each volume. No way in HELL is it going away.
I'm typing this on a Dell. Running NetBSD.
Not complaining either. I got this P3 machine in a large lot of computers at an auction, so it cost me about 80 cents.
No monitor or keyboard for that price, though.
The big box of keyboards was five bucks.
The pretentious poor wear gold-plated jewelry.
The upwardly-mobile-wannabes wear 12K gold jewelry.
The truly rich people wear copper-plated platinum jewelry.
Agreed. And pretentious prigs buy Volkswagen Jettas. Because of 'style.'
I maintain my analogy is correct.
And if you find Apple case designs stupid looking, and prefer PC cases, then I suggest you need a visit to the optician. Apple cases are stunningly well designed.
Where did I say that? All PC cases are neutral/ugly in appearance. Except for some, which look stupid. Apple has made a number of the latter.
Punched paper tape!
Everybody has to send in their email address, plus a 'yes' or 'no', on punched paper tape.
Mylar tape would also be accepted.
No. It's like using a Volkswagen Jetta to haul freight.
Can it with the Ferrari comparisons.
You can only run the X11 half of Darwin on the Semperon box.
'whoah, honey. look, the computer appears to have multipled overnight. Now there are a whole bunch of little cases, all draped together with cords.'
'talented industrial artist'?
The vision that comes up is some shop teacher who knows how to weld together metal scrap to make sculptures.
The appeal to you is the size/form factor.
I wouldn't mind having an OS X machine, but not at the cost of the larger systems, and not with the limitations of the Mini.
This is one of the coolest kinds of hardware hacking, because it involves totally undoing the limitations that the system vendor places arbitrarily on a 'low end' model. It's like overclocking in that regard.
You could bolt some overclocker's dead Athlon to the inside of the case and run that jet turbine fan.
Or two firewire cases. Or five, or seventeen of them.
Cords draped all over the place. Fun!!
How can you say that? Perhaps he's a person of great taste. Perhaps he filled the original iMac case full of plaster of paris to make it heavy and lobbed it through the display window of the Apple Store.
That's the kind of thing a true artist would do. Asthetic as all get-out.
Right. Because Apples are computers for rich people.
Snob appeal, and all that. Like when we were all kids. All the gang had cheap Huffy or Sears bikes, and we had a lot of fun with them. The snotty kid on the end of the block had a Schwinn, and all 'Schwinn-approved' accessories on it.
Nobody liked that kid.
Another $19 cable. They sure like to sell 'extras' for that system, and at healthy markups.
I went to the Apple Store website and discovered that the Mac Mini doesn't come with a keyboard, mouse, or monitor. I added keyboard, mouse, and monitor, and suddently it wasn't a $500 computer any more. It suddenly was a LOT more expensive.
Apple decides beforehand.
They're 'leaders' and 'innovators' and don't you dare presume you know better than them regarding your needs.
Sure, and then you've got little boxes with cables draped all over the tabletop.
By doing this, he frees up the 2.5" hard drive, which is a good size to upgrade an older laptop, and gets the performance upgrade. And some of us find Apple case designs stupid looking.
And he can sell the original case on eBay to somebody who doesn't find said cases stupid looking.