64-bit Solitarire is going to rock! I can't wait!
Minesweeper will seem so much better with all those extra bits. It's definately worth the upgrade price.
The editors changed my submission omitting key details.
You mean the Slashdot editors edited? This could be a first, because we've seen no evidence of this before. Maybe all the complaining is getting to them.
Except that Apple has had its widgets since 1984 -- almost a decade longer than the gDesklets you mention. And that lineage was picked up by Konfabulator, again, long before gDesklets. The same with scripting -- Apple had Applescript before Linux was even invented. Perhaps you should be ashamed for not doing your research. One day Linux and the OSS movement may start innovating and making really wild stuff. I hope they do. But right now, every Linux distribution I've seen is just copying the ideas of the big boys, and more often than not Microsoft.
Dashboard is a stupid technology, it doesn't scale.
Who says it doesn't scale? And more importantly -- why should it? Do we need scalable calculators?
This means that I have to clutter my desktop with useless shit (interactive widgets)
Except that you won't because Dashboard isn't on the desktop at all. It's there on demand and goes away when you're done with it. It uses NO desktop space. You really have no idea what you're talking about. Further, you aren't forced to populate the Dashboard with any widgets you don't want. If you don't want interactive widgets, don't add them. Simple as that. What the Wintel Fanboi in you fails to grasp is that you have the CHOICE of what to put on your Dashboard.
To start a calculator I can already do Start+R, calc, Enter.
So... seven keypresses in Windows to accomplish what Dashboard does with one [F12]. I guess at least Windows users won't have fat fingers because they get that extra finger workout to start their calculators.
Now take your game-playing fingers and go home. Some of us want to get some REAL work done with our Unix-based operating systems.
The iPod shuffle is a pretty lousy MP3 player and a pretty lousy USB storage device: it has no display and it keeps music and data files in separate areas.
You can get lots of USB MP3 players that let you play MP3 files from the file system and that have a display.
So, what are you complaining about? Go buy something else. My wife has a Shuffle and it's fabulous. I hope to get one, too. No wires. It integrates with the nearly 7,000 songs I have in iTunes. And I consider separate areas for music and data to be a benefit, not a liability.
No one's forcing you to buy it. So what are you bitching about?
Yes, you are correct. But I dummed my post down for the friendly neighborhood Slashdotters who think AM is only 540-1710, and FM is 88.1-107.9 Anything else will just confuse them.
You're absolutely right -- it's all about content. This is one of the areas that shortwave radio has addressed for years. The U.S. government beams regular programming into impoverished areas in their native languages teaching them how to improve crop yields, build safer sturdier homes from available materials, build new types of tools, and provide basic education to children.
Most/.ers have never heard of it because shortwave is so 20th Century, but it's an effective method for blanketing a region, even an entire continent, with useful content. Many developing regions don't have AM or FM stations -- they use shortwave because it goes farther on less power.
Many/.ers also haven't heard of it because the programs are transmitted in languages other than English.
Oh, and many/.ers haven't heard of it because we're supposed to go along with the dominant/. worldview that America is full of fat evil people who want to strip mine the Third World.
Yes, those are sterotypes. But that doesn't make them untrue.
They are very real situations for thousands of children. The number of people in the world living in homes made of straw and mud with no electricity, running water, or even floors might surprise you.
$100 laptops is a good idea for developing regions. But there are also regions where a $100 laptop is beyond the realm of possibility.
Would they use Iridium phones up there? I'd think something along the lines of Inmarsat would be better suited for the task.
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I was yelling "this is a load of SHIT!" when I threw the magazine.
Dude, you should invest in some anger management classes. Or maybe spend a relaxing weekend debugging your registry and flushing your system of spyware.
There's a difference between a copyright date and the date a photograph was taken. Naturally, they can't fly over every point of the Earth every couple of days. Calgary will get it's turn again eventually. As for the copyright date, it's updated automatically to the current year, just like the copyright date at the bottom of most web pages. You can look at a two-year-old story on Slashdot, and it will still say "1997-2005" at the bottom. Duh.
Then you're not working on the street. Maybe you're one of those "journalists" who does his work from the safety of a desk high in a tower. Or maybe one of those people who spell journalist b-l-o-g.
As a professional journalist for one of the five largest media companies in the United States, I know that most of the reporters and photographers in my office have such IDs. They keep them hanging around their necks at all times in case they have to run out the door to cover a story.
Now go back to your blog, and let the real journalists do real work.
And last I checked, there was no federal or state government license required to be a journalist.
Check again, if you ever checked in the first place, which I seriously doubt. Many states, and most large cities, require journalists to carry press photo IDs issued by the State Police/Patrol and/or the local police department.
I have a 1.5 Ghz Powerbook, and a 500 Mhz iBook. I'll be upgrading both. A lot of Wintel-types will complain that $129 is too much for a point release. But there are a lot of reasons I'll be shelling out my $200 that haven't been covered on the rumor sites, and will work fine on the older iBook:
- Preview now reads Adobe DNG images.
- Preview now reads RAW images.
- Built-in no internet connection needded dictionary.
- Built-in language translator.
- Built-in flight tracker.
- Envelope printing from Address Book.
- Fax status in the menu bar.
- Built-in unit conversion.
- Burn folders.
- Preview slide show (the only reason I still keep Graphics Converter around).
- Inline Safari PDF viewing (about time).
- Wireless image capture.
- Jabber IM support.
- Firewall stealth mode.
- Burn DVDs for other file systems.
Unfortunately, some of the 200 new features that Apple claims on this page are duplicates, or things that were already implemented, like Bluetooth headset support (I've been doing that in Panther for almost eight months). But still, there are a lot of reasons to upgrade, even if you don't have the latest greatest hardware.
I could have sworn that I read somewhere that Apple will give you a free upgrade
Yeah, that'll hold up in court.
There has to be a cut-off somewhere, and no matter where that cut is made, someone is going to be hurt. This time it's you. I guess that's what happens when you make financial decisions based on internet rumors.
But only a small percentage of Americans depend on over-the-air transmission of any kind, most are on cable or satellite
This is a common misperception in tech-savvy communities like Slashdot. The fact is that the majority of Americans get their TV from cable or satellite, but it's far from an overwhelming majority, especially in urban areas.
As recently as 2000 only 51% of TVs in the Houston, Texas market (about 3 million people in the market) were on cable or satellite. The rest were OTA. Numbers for Chicago are similar. Also, remember that New York City was one of the last cities to get seriously cabled, though that was partially because of political and financial problems.
I didn't know that we had mandatory death sentence for murder. Is that new?
No, it's not new at all. Perhaps it's just new to you. It depends on which state you live in. Perhaps you should be more informed about more than your own backyard before you go out trolling.
I can't speak for him, but I know of a few good-sized companies (300+ employees) who have a few 3.1 boxes running here and there. It's because they bought certain hardware like robotics that came with control software that only runs on 3.1. The robotics still work fine today, so there's no reason to upgrade the software, and no way to since the company that made it has either moved on, gone out of business, or no longer supports that hardware. Replacing it all and starting fresh is sometimes not an option, either, as there may not be an equivalent piece of hardware being manufactured today.
You're barking up the wrong tree with that one. With so many shady characters on Slashdot, you're bound to find one with roots in the heart of the problem. Then again, if you're lucky you might find one with a deciduous personality who won't needle you about it.
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Or you could click "Next" and continue reading the article for free.
But it's already obvious that reading isn't one of your strong suits.
64-bit Solitarire is going to rock! I can't wait! Minesweeper will seem so much better with all those extra bits. It's definately worth the upgrade price.
The editors changed my submission omitting key details.
You mean the Slashdot editors edited? This could be a first, because we've seen no evidence of this before. Maybe all the complaining is getting to them.
Well, I use linux and we have Beagle.
For windows, there is the Google Toolbar.
In other words, "no." He has no idea what you are talking about, and therefore he has no basis for comparison and is talking out his ass.
Except that Apple has had its widgets since 1984 -- almost a decade longer than the gDesklets you mention. And that lineage was picked up by Konfabulator, again, long before gDesklets. The same with scripting -- Apple had Applescript before Linux was even invented. Perhaps you should be ashamed for not doing your research. One day Linux and the OSS movement may start innovating and making really wild stuff. I hope they do. But right now, every Linux distribution I've seen is just copying the ideas of the big boys, and more often than not Microsoft.
Dashboard is a stupid technology, it doesn't scale.
Who says it doesn't scale? And more importantly -- why should it? Do we need scalable calculators?
This means that I have to clutter my desktop with useless shit (interactive widgets)
Except that you won't because Dashboard isn't on the desktop at all. It's there on demand and goes away when you're done with it. It uses NO desktop space. You really have no idea what you're talking about. Further, you aren't forced to populate the Dashboard with any widgets you don't want. If you don't want interactive widgets, don't add them. Simple as that. What the Wintel Fanboi in you fails to grasp is that you have the CHOICE of what to put on your Dashboard.
To start a calculator I can already do Start+R, calc, Enter.
So... seven keypresses in Windows to accomplish what Dashboard does with one [F12]. I guess at least Windows users won't have fat fingers because they get that extra finger workout to start their calculators.
Now take your game-playing fingers and go home. Some of us want to get some REAL work done with our Unix-based operating systems.
Slashdot works because we, the readers, also read other news outlets and post things to slashdot.
Ahhh... the glory of "journalism" in the internet age.
The iPod shuffle is a pretty lousy MP3 player and a pretty lousy USB storage device: it has no display and it keeps music and data files in separate areas.
You can get lots of USB MP3 players that let you play MP3 files from the file system and that have a display.
So, what are you complaining about? Go buy something else. My wife has a Shuffle and it's fabulous. I hope to get one, too. No wires. It integrates with the nearly 7,000 songs I have in iTunes. And I consider separate areas for music and data to be a benefit, not a liability.
No one's forcing you to buy it. So what are you bitching about?
Yes, you are correct. But I dummed my post down for the friendly neighborhood Slashdotters who think AM is only 540-1710, and FM is 88.1-107.9 Anything else will just confuse them.
Excellent information. Thanks.
You're absolutely right -- it's all about content.
/.ers have never heard of it because shortwave is so 20th Century, but it's an effective method for blanketing a region, even an entire continent, with useful content. Many developing regions don't have AM or FM stations -- they use shortwave because it goes farther on less power.
/.ers also haven't heard of it because the programs are transmitted in languages other than English.
/.ers haven't heard of it because we're supposed to go along with the dominant /. worldview that America is full of fat evil people who want to strip mine the Third World.
This is one of the areas that shortwave radio has addressed for years. The U.S. government beams regular programming into impoverished areas in their native languages teaching them how to improve crop yields, build safer sturdier homes from available materials, build new types of tools, and provide basic education to children.
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gratuiously give wildcard bans to entire domains that have something with "counter" or "ad" in name.
What do you have against Counterstrike and the Mod Squad?
Yes, those are sterotypes. But that doesn't make them untrue.
They are very real situations for thousands of children. The number of people in the world living in homes made of straw and mud with no electricity, running water, or even floors might surprise you.
$100 laptops is a good idea for developing regions.
But there are also regions where a $100 laptop is beyond the realm of possibility.
Would they use Iridium phones up there? I'd think something along the lines of Inmarsat would be better suited for the task.
I was yelling "this is a load of SHIT!" when I threw the magazine.
Dude, you should invest in some anger management classes. Or maybe spend a relaxing weekend debugging your registry and flushing your system of spyware.
There's a difference between a copyright date and the date a photograph was taken. Naturally, they can't fly over every point of the Earth every couple of days. Calgary will get it's turn again eventually. As for the copyright date, it's updated automatically to the current year, just like the copyright date at the bottom of most web pages. You can look at a two-year-old story on Slashdot, and it will still say "1997-2005" at the bottom. Duh.
Then you're not working on the street. Maybe you're one of those "journalists" who does his work from the safety of a desk high in a tower. Or maybe one of those people who spell journalist b-l-o-g.
As a professional journalist for one of the five largest media companies in the United States, I know that most of the reporters and photographers in my office have such IDs. They keep them hanging around their necks at all times in case they have to run out the door to cover a story.
Now go back to your blog, and let the real journalists do real work.
And last I checked, there was no federal or state government license required to be a journalist.
Check again, if you ever checked in the first place, which I seriously doubt. Many states, and most large cities, require journalists to carry press photo IDs issued by the State Police/Patrol and/or the local police department.
I have a 1.5 Ghz Powerbook, and a 500 Mhz iBook. I'll be upgrading both. A lot of Wintel-types will complain that $129 is too much for a point release. But there are a lot of reasons I'll be shelling out my $200 that haven't been covered on the rumor sites, and will work fine on the older iBook:
- Preview now reads Adobe DNG images.
- Preview now reads RAW images.
- Built-in no internet connection needded dictionary.
- Built-in language translator.
- Built-in flight tracker.
- Envelope printing from Address Book.
- Fax status in the menu bar.
- Built-in unit conversion.
- Burn folders.
- Preview slide show (the only reason I still keep Graphics Converter around).
- Inline Safari PDF viewing (about time).
- Wireless image capture.
- Jabber IM support.
- Firewall stealth mode.
- Burn DVDs for other file systems.
Unfortunately, some of the 200 new features that Apple claims on this page are duplicates, or things that were already implemented, like Bluetooth headset support (I've been doing that in Panther for almost eight months). But still, there are a lot of reasons to upgrade, even if you don't have the latest greatest hardware.
I could have sworn that I read somewhere that Apple will give you a free upgrade
Yeah, that'll hold up in court.
There has to be a cut-off somewhere, and no matter where that cut is made, someone is going to be hurt. This time it's you. I guess that's what happens when you make financial decisions based on internet rumors.
But only a small percentage of Americans depend on over-the-air transmission of any kind, most are on cable or satellite
This is a common misperception in tech-savvy communities like Slashdot. The fact is that the majority of Americans get their TV from cable or satellite, but it's far from an overwhelming majority, especially in urban areas.
As recently as 2000 only 51% of TVs in the Houston, Texas market (about 3 million people in the market) were on cable or satellite. The rest were OTA. Numbers for Chicago are similar. Also, remember that New York City was one of the last cities to get seriously cabled, though that was partially because of political and financial problems.
They'll probably look like trash cans on wheels with poles sticking out.
Dr. Who won't be far behind.
I didn't know that we had mandatory death sentence for murder. Is that new?
No, it's not new at all. Perhaps it's just new to you. It depends on which state you live in. Perhaps you should be more informed about more than your own backyard before you go out trolling.
I can't speak for him, but I know of a few good-sized companies (300+ employees) who have a few 3.1 boxes running here and there. It's because they bought certain hardware like robotics that came with control software that only runs on 3.1. The robotics still work fine today, so there's no reason to upgrade the software, and no way to since the company that made it has either moved on, gone out of business, or no longer supports that hardware. Replacing it all and starting fresh is sometimes not an option, either, as there may not be an equivalent piece of hardware being manufactured today.
Apologies for the bad puns.
You're bark ing up the wrong tree with that one. With so many shady characters on Slashdot, you're bound to find one with roots in the heart of the problem. Then again, if you're lucky you might find one with a deciduous personality who won't needle you about it.