I just set up a brand new G4-466 128/30 with the CD-RW. PCConnection threw in an extra 256MB of RAM (384MB total) for the base $1699. Pretty sweet. There's a fourth PCI slot in there now, but at the cost of one of the RAM slots (which aren't at the end of the sidepanel's moment arm anymore - so they'll stay socketed better.
The software bundled on the CD includes minor stuff, like Apple and Netscape's contributions to the OpenLDAP (I think, definitely LDAP-ish) source tree (.c and.h included) and WhatRoute (now a Mac can ping out of the box). I'd like to see WhatRoute end up installed since it's a really nice tracert et al utility. I hope Apple hired the author.
The CD burning is sweet. The Finder recognizes a blank cd and prompts for format (HFS+/ISO 9660, AUdioCD, ISO 9660). The cd then mounts normally as a volume with 660MB free. Drag files in, then pick Burn CD... from the menu and it burns the disk. I haven't tried to multisession it yet. I did burn an ISO 9660 (listed as an MP3 format) and put some media files on it for my boss (PC user). I had forgotten to add extensions to the files, but File Exchange (a control panel) added the extensions based on the Mac file type. Sweet.
Nobody else has anything like it. It gets OS X on Monday.
It was probably the default footer for whatever mail server they hijacked to send the spam.
heh.... maybe you could put a 'bounty' url in the footer so any spam sent can be reported and billed for. You'd need to put an announcement in the smtp hello to this effect, but I'm quite sure you could make something legally binding. At, say $50 per message. Collecting is left as an exercise for the reader.
Of course, if the free mail servcies would do this, they'd have the resources to sue a bunch of spammers out of existence.
Battlefront's Combat Mission is getting a fair amount of press as "the future of gaming". It's a paradigm shifter for wargaming. And I dearly want to see some science fiction done with that engine. Close Combat (also a lot of fun, and pretty realistic) was going to be used for a Hammer's Slammers game, now we can hope for a Combat Mission-based game. Or maybe 'Gear Krieg' from www.dp9.com would be a good fit for this engine.
we can also hope they start licensing their engine. And that more companies share their success in Internet-only sales.
You *must* try the demo, but be aware that the atmospheric effects and scenarios are *even better still* in the full version.
That's odd, I just declined a cookie from www.law.com, and got the page anyways.
There's room on the web for a lot of things, anal-retentive webmasters with no clue is not one of them.
try that as
"The people who wrote the original code licensed under the GPL have the audacity to tell us (Microsoft) how we can use their code in our products!!!"
I'd say that parses better. Sorry, we just had an editorial moment.
It's not a tax on copying, its a tax on being able to make copies. Even if you never do.
Frankly, I'd want to see very clear and convincing numbers the prove specific amounts of lost sales directly related to sales of CR-R media et al. Until I see those, it may not be socialism per se but you can call a corporate handout whatever you want.
Geeze, I thought a week in the mail (each way) between Phoenix and Tucson was bad ! On the behalf of everyone who's so much as watched a Wildcats game on the tube, I salute you.
This isn't just a bad link, but a link off into Never-Never Land (TM)
I tried a few (dozen) of the links off of whois.org's search results page, but they don't seem to have a host for worldgame.org. I suppose hiding is one answer to a severe slashdotting, but I wanted to run this by one of the producers here (educational websites). Their loss.
Start: 2/13/01 4:20:32 PM
;; Query: worldgame.org,type = ANY , class = ANY
;; ANSWERS:
worldgame.org. 163953 IN NS ns1.hostgo.com.
worldgame.org. 163953 IN NS ns2.hostgo.com.
;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
worldgame.org. 163953 IN NS ns1.hostgo.com.
worldgame.org. 163953 IN NS ns2.hostgo.com.
;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
ns1.hostgo.com. 172583 IN A 209.217.19.181
ns2.hostgo.com. 172583 IN A 209.217.19.182
DNR Query complete 2/13/01 4:20:32 PM
WHOIS information for worldgame.org:
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
Organization: WORLD GAME INSTITUE
address: 3215 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104 US
Admin contact: Pyne, Stephen
email: wgame@LIBERTYNET.ORG
phone: 215 2870220
fax:
Tech contact: Rudasill, Daniel C.
email: rudasill@LIBERTYNET.ORG
phone: 215 3876440
fax:
The amusing thing is, theres something on DVDs which looks like a license and you have to watch every time you play the disk (unless you have a good DVD player). It's the notorious FBI warning. Asides from basic copyright law, the kind that doesn't need to accompany the work in question, that's the only legalese you'll see. Nothing on the outside of the package, nothing on the inside, no "by viewing this disk you agree that it is licensed not sold, etc."
Since we 'agree' (for small values of agree) to that, how can a copyright holder enforce other provisions, like reverse engineering or 'authorized players only' ? Will the EFF try this tack during the appeals ?
One promise that OS X holds is for simple apps that rpovide a GUI for various command-line functionality. RealBasic is capable fo driving the comamnd line, sort of VisualBasic for Unix:-). And the Cocoa development tools are relatively simple. On top of that, I expect to see a Hypercard update based on the Quicktime file format for easily creating media-rich applications
The interest and tools just aren't there on Linux (or we'd have them already).
Apple created a programming platform for Everyman with Hypercard, there were a LOT of amateur apps done in HC, personal finance, PIM, games... etc. Bring that to Unix will be a Good Thing. But don't expect it before MWSF2003.
Actually, Apple has done a fair amount of work in the "beginner" settings. The Finder in 8.5 (maybe 8.0) had a "Simple Finder" setting that removed a lot of the menu options. They've done a "panel" based interface with icons rendered as single-click buttons. (the button mode isn't in OS X PB). The MultipleUsers option has a simplified mode with only specified apps available. Combined with a home folder, it covers most of what, oh... my mom would use.
And under OS 9 the function keys can be mapped to launch applications. Ta-freaking-da. And, since a compiled Applescript is an application, then you can... oh nevermind. Raskin's target audience thinks script is what the read out over the phone while at work:-)
I have never wanted moderator points more than I do right now.
Maybe Raskin will eventually figure out something for those people who "just want it to work" and have to deal with an Enterprise-level directory structure filled with documents of widely varying types.
Until he shows me at least a prototype, heck a screen mockup, Jef Raskin can just shut up.
On second thought, Bruce Tognazzini already prototyped one of those for Sun. See The Starfire Project for more details on a really powerful but very usable system.
And Steve Jackson is doing GURPS Traveller and hired Loren Weiseman to handle the line (plus aline editor to do the proofreading and coordinate playtests). So far its been pretty good material.
Someone, probably Far Future, is also reprinting the original Traveller books and supplements in very nice large paperback editions.
I've seen in this in action (this was during a Rhapsody demo at MacWorld SF98). You basicaly get a Beowulf cluster anytime you network two NeXTs (that's an awesome simplification, but gets it into Slashdot terms).
I also saw an example of DisplayPostScript being used to run a program residing on an x86 from a PPC machine. This had X.Windows beat all hollow. I'm hoping that a. those engineers are still at Apple (they had a great love for their work) and b. that you can still use zila and that D-PS trick on OS X.
Tip: For the"getting slower and slower" problem, it's usually a LaunchCSMApp process getting stuck and eating CPU, kill it from command-line or ProcessViewer.
Apple has been pretty good lately about keeping their developer docs on the web. Right now, there's a fair amount of stuff missing and incomplete amongst the OS X documentation (notably a full Quartz API) but there's still plenty to read. I also note that they now have a print-on-demand service through FatBrain, which appears to be a good sign.
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The software bundled on the CD includes minor stuff, like Apple and Netscape's contributions to the OpenLDAP (I think, definitely LDAP-ish) source tree (.c and .h included) and WhatRoute (now a Mac can ping out of the box). I'd like to see WhatRoute end up installed since it's a really nice tracert et al utility. I hope Apple hired the author.
The CD burning is sweet. The Finder recognizes a blank cd and prompts for format (HFS+/ISO 9660, AUdioCD, ISO 9660). The cd then mounts normally as a volume with 660MB free. Drag files in, then pick Burn CD... from the menu and it burns the disk. I haven't tried to multisession it yet. I did burn an ISO 9660 (listed as an MP3 format) and put some media files on it for my boss (PC user). I had forgotten to add extensions to the files, but File Exchange (a control panel) added the extensions based on the Mac file type. Sweet.
Nobody else has anything like it. It gets OS X on Monday.
Does it still count as a GUI if there are big, ugly gaping holes in the features exposed ?
Why doesn't anybody ever design software for the Greatest Common Denominator instead of always going for the LCD ?
heh.... maybe you could put a 'bounty' url in the footer so any spam sent can be reported and billed for. You'd need to put an announcement in the smtp hello to this effect, but I'm quite sure you could make something legally binding. At, say $50 per message. Collecting is left as an exercise for the reader.
Of course, if the free mail servcies would do this, they'd have the resources to sue a bunch of spammers out of existence.
The Lensman anime movie is *much* closer to Star wars than to the novels. It's a rental folks, don't say I didn't warn you.
I've got two volumes, I believe there's a third. Disk two has the historical restrospective on the sinking of the Yamato. That's pretty cool.
we can also hope they start licensing their engine. And that more companies share their success in Internet-only sales.
You *must* try the demo, but be aware that the atmospheric effects and scenarios are *even better still* in the full version.
That's odd, I just declined a cookie from www.law.com, and got the page anyways.
There's room on the web for a lot of things, anal-retentive webmasters with no clue is not one of them.
as a senior Mac tech, guys like that keep me in steak and whiskey
try that as
"The people who wrote the original code licensed under the GPL have the audacity to tell us (Microsoft) how we can use their code in our products!!!"
I'd say that parses better. Sorry, we just had an editorial moment.
Keep in mind, the FTC wants to know why Corel failed too....
Frankly, I'd want to see very clear and convincing numbers the prove specific amounts of lost sales directly related to sales of CR-R media et al. Until I see those, it may not be socialism per se but you can call a corporate handout whatever you want.
Geeze, I thought a week in the mail (each way) between Phoenix and Tucson was bad ! On the behalf of everyone who's so much as watched a Wildcats game on the tube, I salute you.
I tried a few (dozen) of the links off of whois.org's search results page, but they don't seem to have a host for worldgame.org. I suppose hiding is one answer to a severe slashdotting, but I wanted to run this by one of the producers here (educational websites). Their loss.
Since we 'agree' (for small values of agree) to that, how can a copyright holder enforce other provisions, like reverse engineering or 'authorized players only' ? Will the EFF try this tack during the appeals ?
The interest and tools just aren't there on Linux (or we'd have them already).
Apple created a programming platform for Everyman with Hypercard, there were a LOT of amateur apps done in HC, personal finance, PIM, games... etc. Bring that to Unix will be a Good Thing. But don't expect it before MWSF2003.
Actually, Apple has done a fair amount of work in the "beginner" settings. The Finder in 8.5 (maybe 8.0) had a "Simple Finder" setting that removed a lot of the menu options. They've done a "panel" based interface with icons rendered as single-click buttons. (the button mode isn't in OS X PB). The MultipleUsers option has a simplified mode with only specified apps available. Combined with a home folder, it covers most of what, oh... my mom would use.
And under OS 9 the function keys can be mapped to launch applications. Ta-freaking-da. And, since a compiled Applescript is an application, then you can... oh nevermind. Raskin's target audience thinks script is what the read out over the phone while at work :-)
Maybe Raskin will eventually figure out something for those people who "just want it to work" and have to deal with an Enterprise-level directory structure filled with documents of widely varying types.
Until he shows me at least a prototype, heck a screen mockup, Jef Raskin can just shut up.
On second thought, Bruce Tognazzini already prototyped one of those for Sun. See The Starfire Project for more details on a really powerful but very usable system.
Someone, probably Far Future, is also reprinting the original Traveller books and supplements in very nice large paperback editions.
I also saw an example of DisplayPostScript being used to run a program residing on an x86 from a PPC machine. This had X.Windows beat all hollow. I'm hoping that a. those engineers are still at Apple (they had a great love for their work) and b. that you can still use zila and that D-PS trick on OS X.
-1: Troll +2: freakin' hilarious I count six errors in three sentences.
Ok, you've got a good point there.
Tip: For the"getting slower and slower" problem, it's usually a LaunchCSMApp process getting stuck and eating CPU, kill it from command-line or ProcessViewer.
Apple has been pretty good lately about keeping their developer docs on the web. Right now, there's a fair amount of stuff missing and incomplete amongst the OS X documentation (notably a full Quartz API) but there's still plenty to read. I also note that they now have a print-on-demand service through FatBrain, which appears to be a good sign.