Yes, everything you said about Linux is true. The problem is that OS X also "doesn't blue-screen, crash, corrupt and die every few months/years, I can leave it running overnight and not worry about if it'll crash before it finishes it's downloads, I can access it remotely (a good thing when you're working behind restrictive child-safe proxies all the time), and I can do things without wizards, dogs and paperclips jumping up to 'help me find a file'." Oh, and also the sound just works out of the box.
Linux is going to have to get better if it's going to compete with OS X. Competing against Windows isn't that hard. Linux is basically at par with it in most areas. The real problem for Linux is that it has to be not just as good as Windows, but better than Windows and its other competitors. And right now, other competitor #1 is OS X, and OS X just 'stole' a Linux developer by being easier to set up sound cards.
Is it a little thing? Yes, and that's exactly the problem: In OS X, the little things, just work!
Because we can reinvent folders when we feel like it and we can do new things when we feel like doing that. It's called "choice." Spotlight allows us to choose between the folder metaphor and new filing systems of our own devising, instead of locking us into using hierarchical filing alone.
But in OS 10.4 a search can be saved as a Smart Folder. You don't have to spend your time creating the same searches over and over, just make it once and save it. Then make a smart folder that contains all your old smart folders, sorted by date, whenever you want to go back to that search pattern again in a couple months. Thus, the functionality of regular folders can be replicated and enhanced (since files can be added to multiple projects by adding multiple keywords, no need for symlinks) using just keywords and saved searches.
I had to go to TRU to pick up Electroplankton, since my normal store didn't have it. But yeah, they're seriously overpriced.
Also, I've already sent two pink DSes to girls in America. I think a dude could make a decent business out of it, at least until the US version is released.
Oregon Trail taught me a lot of valuable historical information-- such as when to ford rivers, that bankers are more likely to survive the trek out west, that shooting buffalo is fun but you can only use the first hundred pounds of meat, and that dysentery is another word for diarrhea. This information that I use in my job, everyday without exception, and it's what's given me the edge to get to the top of my profession.
What's my job, you ask?
I'm bat shit insane.
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My old roommate collected NES games like nobody's business, and I only have 70 megs worth of his stuff on my hard drive now. I also have 80 megs of SNES game and a decent variety to choose from there. I don't know about much about N64 games, but I still think the average gamer will be able to fit what they need into a half a gig. As long as there's some sort of upgrade option available, just in case, I got no beef.
Man, what the hell places are you guys going to that you can get refills? And what is the Japanese for refill anyway? The closest I've been able to come up with is "drink service."
Yeah, I think I agree with you. It's been my opinion for a while that Apple should add a standard way to make/control tabbed windows to OS X, so that people don't end up reinventing it all the time. (Not sure how familiar you are with OS X apps, but see also: Adium, TextMate, etc., etc.). Another advantage of Apple adding a standard way to do tabs is that Exposé could then easily have the tabs pop into view when people hit F9 or F10. Oh well, it would be nice
I agree with you on some points, but I also agree with the root post on some points.
The root problem is not people wanting to do this, genius, it's dictator regimes and dictator wannabees. Suicide bombers don't just pop up wanting to explode, they are recruited and brainwashed.
Most of the 9-11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia and Egypt, our supposed allies. True, neither is a democracy, but neither is quite a dictatorship either.
Sure, Mr. Online Expert...
How old are you, expert?
Ad hominem attack. You fail it.
Anyhow, let's say your goal is to avoid being murdered by thugs. How would you go about that?
Method One: Go into the bad neighborhoods and shoot every crook and thug until your the last one standing.
Method Two: Stay the hell away from the bad neighborhood yourself, but let people know that we provoked you will defend yourself. Meanwhile, pay other people go to the bad neighborhood and do "Books for Thugs" programs or whatever, to try to get the thugs to turn good.
My point is that sometimes it's best not to kick over the hornet's nest, if you're not willing to swat down every bug. It's ok to take out a hornet's nest sometimes if it's in your way, but you have to be prepared and do it right.
This basically amounts to a strip search? Aren't there laws regarding strip searching? Not sure about the US but there are in Ireland.
Amendment IV to the U. S. Constitution (1791):
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
So basically, the question is "is being scanned by this machine an 'unreasonable' search or not?" To be honest, I think that if we'd all act like grown ups (hint, not: "OMG! I CAN SEE BO0O0BS!"), the public might decide that this is a reasonable tradeoff for security... Then again, it might not.
"You see this painting?" "Yeah." "See the brush work? Notice how the hatching here accentuates the light on the foreground? And you see how the painter has created a soft focus here that creates an illusion of three dimensionality?" "Oh yeah, I guess so." "... . You racist bastard!"
I know how you feel. In high school, my friend was like, "Hey, check out this new thing called 'Napster.'" I took a look, but decided that it could never compete with palavista and the other FTP search & trade sites. Napster was kid's stuff. All the real MP3 heads will stick with their FTP sites, thank-you-very-much.
Of course for real vision, no one beats CmdrTaco's "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."
I know you'll groan, but "that's a feature, not a bug." For real!
Most users neither know, nor care what's in their System or Library folders, hence it's not indexed by Spotlight. Personally, I think we should have an option for power users to be able to index it, instead of it being hard wired as out of bounds, but them's the brakes, as the kids say.
Also, as the other poster said, the best app launcher is quicksilver.
Hmm, sounds like an interesting story... Or at least it was, the first two times Slashdot wrote it up.
For real, this story isn't even a dupe-- it's a TRUPE!!!
Oh boy, I get to read all the posters who say, "But why install linux on a Mac?" again. It sure was interesting the first two times, so this time, I know it'll be awesome for sure.
Seriously, I can understand some dupes popping up, when two editors post links to the same story that seems interesting, but this isn't even interesting. A Mac Mini is just a normal Mac. It's no surprise that you can put Linux on it. You can put Linux on any Mac. Hell, you can put Linux on an iPod. As for those who are obsessed with asking "why," why should we install Linux on anything? Because we can! That's good enough, isn't it? This story isn't News, it's only barely for Nerds, and it definitely doesn't Matter, when you consider that anyone who wants to put Linux on their Mac Mini already did so back when they were released.
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IBM is just doing Linux as a hobby? News to me.
Yes, everything you said about Linux is true. The problem is that OS X also "doesn't blue-screen, crash, corrupt and die every few months/years, I can leave it running overnight and not worry about if it'll crash before it finishes it's downloads, I can access it remotely (a good thing when you're working behind restrictive child-safe proxies all the time), and I can do things without wizards, dogs and paperclips jumping up to 'help me find a file'." Oh, and also the sound just works out of the box.
Linux is going to have to get better if it's going to compete with OS X. Competing against Windows isn't that hard. Linux is basically at par with it in most areas. The real problem for Linux is that it has to be not just as good as Windows, but better than Windows and its other competitors. And right now, other competitor #1 is OS X, and OS X just 'stole' a Linux developer by being easier to set up sound cards.
Is it a little thing? Yes, and that's exactly the problem: In OS X, the little things, just work!
Because we can reinvent folders when we feel like it and we can do new things when we feel like doing that. It's called "choice." Spotlight allows us to choose between the folder metaphor and new filing systems of our own devising, instead of locking us into using hierarchical filing alone.
But in OS 10.4 a search can be saved as a Smart Folder. You don't have to spend your time creating the same searches over and over, just make it once and save it. Then make a smart folder that contains all your old smart folders, sorted by date, whenever you want to go back to that search pattern again in a couple months. Thus, the functionality of regular folders can be replicated and enhanced (since files can be added to multiple projects by adding multiple keywords, no need for symlinks) using just keywords and saved searches.
We need folders why?
I had to go to TRU to pick up Electroplankton, since my normal store didn't have it. But yeah, they're seriously overpriced.
Also, I've already sent two pink DSes to girls in America. I think a dude could make a decent business out of it, at least until the US version is released.
Oregon Trail taught me a lot of valuable historical information-- such as when to ford rivers, that bankers are more likely to survive the trek out west, that shooting buffalo is fun but you can only use the first hundred pounds of meat, and that dysentery is another word for diarrhea. This information that I use in my job, everyday without exception, and it's what's given me the edge to get to the top of my profession.
What's my job, you ask?
I'm bat shit insane.
My old roommate collected NES games like nobody's business, and I only have 70 megs worth of his stuff on my hard drive now. I also have 80 megs of SNES game and a decent variety to choose from there. I don't know about much about N64 games, but I still think the average gamer will be able to fit what they need into a half a gig. As long as there's some sort of upgrade option available, just in case, I got no beef.
Man, what the hell places are you guys going to that you can get refills? And what is the Japanese for refill anyway? The closest I've been able to come up with is "drink service."
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Life in the inaka sucks.
Silly, Jason Kottke, won't you ever learn? Trolls are for kids.
For the record, Netscape versions 4 - 8 have sucked.
Nah, I'm a time traveller, and let me tell you, the Xbox $7.20 sucked!! I guess it just goes to show, you get what you pay for.
Yeah, I think I agree with you. It's been my opinion for a while that Apple should add a standard way to make/control tabbed windows to OS X, so that people don't end up reinventing it all the time. (Not sure how familiar you are with OS X apps, but see also: Adium, TextMate, etc., etc.). Another advantage of Apple adding a standard way to do tabs is that Exposé could then easily have the tabs pop into view when people hit F9 or F10. Oh well, it would be nice
I agree with you on some points, but I also agree with the root post on some points.
The root problem is not people wanting to do this, genius, it's dictator regimes and dictator wannabees. Suicide bombers don't just pop up wanting to explode, they are recruited and brainwashed.
Most of the 9-11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia and Egypt, our supposed allies. True, neither is a democracy, but neither is quite a dictatorship either.
Sure, Mr. Online Expert...
How old are you, expert?
Ad hominem attack. You fail it.
Anyhow, let's say your goal is to avoid being murdered by thugs. How would you go about that?
Method One: Go into the bad neighborhoods and shoot every crook and thug until your the last one standing.
Method Two: Stay the hell away from the bad neighborhood yourself, but let people know that we provoked you will defend yourself. Meanwhile, pay other people go to the bad neighborhood and do "Books for Thugs" programs or whatever, to try to get the thugs to turn good.
My point is that sometimes it's best not to kick over the hornet's nest, if you're not willing to swat down every bug. It's ok to take out a hornet's nest sometimes if it's in your way, but you have to be prepared and do it right.
Amendment IV to the U. S. Constitution (1791):
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
So basically, the question is "is being scanned by this machine an 'unreasonable' search or not?" To be honest, I think that if we'd all act like grown ups (hint, not: "OMG! I CAN SEE BO0O0BS!"), the public might decide that this is a reasonable tradeoff for security... Then again, it might not.
I really want a Hitler painting:
"You see this painting?"
"Yeah."
"See the brush work? Notice how the hatching here accentuates the light on the foreground? And you see how the painter has created a soft focus here that creates an illusion of three dimensionality?"
"Oh yeah, I guess so."
"... . You racist bastard!"
You can pretend that a sniper's about to shoot it, and your day at the office is about get interesting.
Or you'll die.
Or something.
I know how you feel. In high school, my friend was like, "Hey, check out this new thing called 'Napster.'" I took a look, but decided that it could never compete with palavista and the other FTP search & trade sites. Napster was kid's stuff. All the real MP3 heads will stick with their FTP sites, thank-you-very-much.
Of course for real vision, no one beats CmdrTaco's "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."
I know you'll groan, but "that's a feature, not a bug." For real!
Most users neither know, nor care what's in their System or Library folders, hence it's not indexed by Spotlight. Personally, I think we should have an option for power users to be able to index it, instead of it being hard wired as out of bounds, but them's the brakes, as the kids say.
Also, as the other poster said, the best app launcher is quicksilver.
One roll of tinfoil: $3.57
One month of psychiatric help: $357
Keeping the neighbor's dog from reading your mind: Priceless.
If I had a space ship, I would line up a bunch of stars into the shape of a sad face (then set off a bomb to blow them all up).
Nobody does it like Molten Boron, geez.
Hmm, sounds like an interesting story... Or at least it was, the first two times Slashdot wrote it up.
For real, this story isn't even a dupe-- it's a TRUPE!!!
Oh boy, I get to read all the posters who say, "But why install linux on a Mac?" again. It sure was interesting the first two times, so this time, I know it'll be awesome for sure.
Seriously, I can understand some dupes popping up, when two editors post links to the same story that seems interesting, but this isn't even interesting. A Mac Mini is just a normal Mac. It's no surprise that you can put Linux on it. You can put Linux on any Mac. Hell, you can put Linux on an iPod. As for those who are obsessed with asking "why," why should we install Linux on anything? Because we can! That's good enough, isn't it? This story isn't News, it's only barely for Nerds, and it definitely doesn't Matter, when you consider that anyone who wants to put Linux on their Mac Mini already did so back when they were released.
"Have you ever read Slashdot, man?"
"Well, yeah, uh I guess..."
"But have you ever read Slashdot -- on weed."
I have an aphorism I like:
"Reality means even in the dark, you can stub your toe."
In other words, just because you don't know it or believe it (even subconsciously), that doesn't mean it can't affect you.