I have never lost a system in my company to a virus but it sure does interfere with my work. Updating virus definitions, setting up e-mail filters and sending memos to employees about responsible computer usage ends up causing as much damage to my work day as a virus actually getting through and infecting a computer. Its the main reason I am the only employee that runs a Mac in the company. I can't afford to waste time maintaining and protecting my system against Windows based viruses. There is something to be said for using a computer operating system that only holds 5% to 7% of the market. Virus and worm writers don't waste their time on us.
Disclaimer: I worked for a company that produced anti-virus software in the early 90s that was sold to Symantec.
Its not the screen size that is the issue the visual appeal of the user interface. My Mac at work has 3 monitors running on it, 1 21" and 2 17" which gives me a virtual screen size of 3840x1024. But this is an argument over beauty which in the eye of the beholder as they say. To each their own. I just think the UI in Windows and most, if not all, Window Managers in Linux and BSD (Non-Mac OS X) are just plain ugly.
I completely understand the cost issue. I am fortunate that my employer pays for my home system as a part of my contract and as an incentive to slave away when I am at home -- they know me too well.
Can't say I still I have an Apple ][+ but I have my 1982 Apple//e still in my closet and pull it out every once and a while to play "Cytron Masters". I had an Apple ][ but sold it to buy the Apple//e. Even ran an AE BBS and a Catfur BBS on the Apple//e for a couple of years. I remember when we used to call that the "Golden Age" of Apple.:)
Ew, that's mean!:) I have noticed how UGLY X Windows and their various desktops when I play around with Linux as a Desktop OS. I generally use Linux for as a server OS along with BSD. But then again, I work in the media so looks matter to me. I am sure most engineers and programmers couldn't give a damn if the OS interface is ugly as long as its fast and does the job. To each, there own!
I have but it is currenlty lacking a lot of features I need. The font rendering is almost as good as Omniweb which I think is the most beautiful browser on the planet. I think I need to shoot those guys $25 bucks to help them out.
Well, if web browsing is the primary purpose of your computer, (and for some, this is the case) then it is the best reason to choose one over another.
I have never meet someone that only web surf besides corporate executives (dig). But I guess if that is your only reason for using a computer, my statement would be incorrect. Most people I know do more than click links. They are using digital cameras, scanners, video cameras, printers, mp3 players, web cams, etc. Mac OS X does a great job of making those items easy to connect and interface with the Mac. Its what my Dad and I gave my mother so she would stop calling me and let him sleep at night about the expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted Windows computer. My mother tends to curse like a sailor when she can't get the computer to do what she wants.
When's the last time you downloaded a new one? Mozilla for OS X has had an "Aqua" style appearance for like three or four months now.
That's what I am talking about! I have tried about every build of Mozilla since the beginning for OS X. The Chimera builds show some promise with more incorporation of native widgets but the interface is still ugly. Looks like it was designed by a Windows user.
I run a G4/500 (old PowerMac) and use Internet Explorer using Squid+Squid Guard as my proxy system (protects against ads and "accidental" pr0n). I have no problem with the speed of browsing. Mozilla is a tad bit faster but it is buty-ugly to look at compared to IE. Omniweb is blazing fast and beautiful but it doesn't handle JavaScript and CSS as well as IE, YET! As a Mac user, look and feel is very important to me since I look at my monitor for 8 hours a day for work.
Looking at just web browsing speed on an OS is not a great reason to choose one over an another.
The first eight amendments were meant to preserve specifically named individual rights. (The Ninth Amendment was meant to insure that no one would argue that those first eight were the only individual rights protected from infringment.) The people are mentioned throughout the Bill of Rights. Were the Founding Fathers so careless in constructing a legal document that they would use the word "people" when they meant the "state?" It is unlikely.
With your mentality about "the people", then only "the state" would have freedom of the press, the right against being search and the right against self incrimination. Your definition of "the people" is straight out of Marxism and not a Representative Republic. A Representative Republic deals with the population as individuals and Marxism deals with people as a group.
Also, what part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?
What, do you want rich states to leave annex themselves out of the country if they choose to? No. I don't think many would want states to have unlimited power.
If they wish and their population agrees to it through their state legislature. There is nothing illegal about that. Freedom means being able to break away from a governmental system that violates a population's desire. As for unlimited power, each state has its own Constitution that limits their power over the citizens. The Federal Constitution was not adopted to protect the Government from the People but the People from the Government.
I personally would like to see California leave the Union.:P
You are reading the preamble/introduction of the 2nd Amendment and declaring it law.
(Preamble)A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, (Law) the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
The part of "law" in the 2nd Amendment is "The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed". If this was not true, the 2nd would have been worded to "A well regulated milities is necessary to the security of a free state thus citizens have the right to keep and bear arms if they are a part of that militia". Our founders did not state the 2nd in that manner. The militia section was the reasoning why *all* citizens have the right to bear arms.
Also, the United States of America was funded by pot growing, gun nuts. If they didn't have the guns, they would have never been able to get the English off their collective backs.
Its in the proverbial toilet along with my other civil rights like gun ownership, (2nd), freedom of assembly (1st), freedom from Government searches [i.e., searches at airports by federal employees] (4th) and Federally imposed mandates on the state I live in (10th).
So, people getting shot, mugged, or raped wouldn't turn your stomach more? The NYC PD has its hands full with serious crimes.
Well I don't see people getting shot, mugged or raped when I walk down the street. I see stripped bikes on every block. Property theft is a serious crime. That's why its a felony in most cases for items valued over $500.
Wrong, Wrong, and Wrong. Apple has supprot for putting mixing openGl elements and "normal" elements, but does not treat everything as texteured 3d surfaces. Indeed in the consumer market Windows arrived at the partial solution first.
You are talking about today, not tomorrow. Apple has been working on 3d interfaces with ATI and nVidia utilizing the tech from their recent purchases. I don't hate MS. I use Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage (Mail client) more than any other product besides BBEdit. I just think they are bumbling fools when it comes to their own OS.
I live in NYC and nothing turns my stomach more walking down the sidewalks is seeing a bike chained to a pole stripped everything attached with a bolt. I am an avid cyclist in the city and I would never, ever leave my bike outside because of theft. Cops don't even care. They don't seem to realize that bikes can cost hundred and hundreds of dollars or like my Specialized, thousands. It is a big deal monetarily.
ABC had a 20/20 episode where they had a hidden camera and a bike chained to a post. It took only 5 minutes before the thieves went after it every time they set it up. Typical response of the thief was "Oh, I thought this was my bike. Sorry!", then they would run away.
Wow. So you mean MacOS is leveraging the GPU in your video card to draw the windows on your screen as 3d surfaces? And here I thought it was just alpha transparencies. Get a clue, jackass. The real world does not revolve around apple. What MS is going to be delivering in longhorn will be leaps and bounds what what you cockjockeys are using.
Actually yes and long before Microsoft decided to do it. Once again, Microsoft is playing catch up. Apple innovates, Microsoft immitates. Apple is and has been working closely with nVidia and ATI on a new 3d graphics card utilizing technology they aquired in the last two years from purchasing high end graphic workstation companies.
And when is Microsoft going to deliver "Longhorn"? 2003? 2004? 2005? Maybe much longer because they can't even figure out how to get something as simple as WiFi to work like Apple can.
P.S. Do you kiss your boyfriend with that rude mouth?
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Disclaimer: I worked for a company that produced anti-virus software in the early 90s that was sold to Symantec.
I completely understand the cost issue. I am fortunate that my employer pays for my home system as a part of my contract and as an incentive to slave away when I am at home -- they know me too well.
Can't say I still I have an Apple ][+ but I have my 1982 Apple //e still in my closet and pull it out every once and a while to play "Cytron Masters". I had an Apple ][ but sold it to buy the Apple //e. Even ran an AE BBS and a Catfur BBS on the Apple //e for a couple of years. I remember when we used to call that the "Golden Age" of Apple. :)
Ew, that's mean! :) I have noticed how UGLY X Windows and their various desktops when I play around with Linux as a Desktop OS. I generally use Linux for as a server OS along with BSD. But then again, I work in the media so looks matter to me. I am sure most engineers and programmers couldn't give a damn if the OS interface is ugly as long as its fast and does the job. To each, there own!
Just like Senator McCain who is refered to as Senator John McCain (R-Media).
Jeez, are you still pissed I didn't give you a reach-around? Get over it girlfriend.
I have but it is currenlty lacking a lot of features I need. The font rendering is almost as good as Omniweb which I think is the most beautiful browser on the planet. I think I need to shoot those guys $25 bucks to help them out.
I have never meet someone that only web surf besides corporate executives (dig). But I guess if that is your only reason for using a computer, my statement would be incorrect. Most people I know do more than click links. They are using digital cameras, scanners, video cameras, printers, mp3 players, web cams, etc. Mac OS X does a great job of making those items easy to connect and interface with the Mac. Its what my Dad and I gave my mother so she would stop calling me and let him sleep at night about the expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted, expletivedeleted Windows computer. My mother tends to curse like a sailor when she can't get the computer to do what she wants.
Bell & Howell was the manufacturer. I used to see those models in museums a lot in the early 80s.
That's what I am talking about! I have tried about every build of Mozilla since the beginning for OS X. The Chimera builds show some promise with more incorporation of native widgets but the interface is still ugly. Looks like it was designed by a Windows user.
Accidently stumbling upon pr0n while surfing the net. :)
Looking at just web browsing speed on an OS is not a great reason to choose one over an another.
Javascript pop-ups.
The term "Civil War" is a falsehood, it was the war of Northern Aggression!!! Yee-haw!
With your mentality about "the people", then only "the state" would have freedom of the press, the right against being search and the right against self incrimination. Your definition of "the people" is straight out of Marxism and not a Representative Republic. A Representative Republic deals with the population as individuals and Marxism deals with people as a group.
Also, what part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?
If they wish and their population agrees to it through their state legislature. There is nothing illegal about that. Freedom means being able to break away from a governmental system that violates a population's desire. As for unlimited power, each state has its own Constitution that limits their power over the citizens. The Federal Constitution was not adopted to protect the Government from the People but the People from the Government.
I personally would like to see California leave the Union. :P
I meant founded not funded but then again, I am sure they sold some of that pot to fund the Revolution.
(Preamble)A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, (Law) the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
The part of "law" in the 2nd Amendment is "The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed". If this was not true, the 2nd would have been worded to "A well regulated milities is necessary to the security of a free state thus citizens have the right to keep and bear arms if they are a part of that militia". Our founders did not state the 2nd in that manner. The militia section was the reasoning why *all* citizens have the right to bear arms.
Also, the United States of America was funded by pot growing, gun nuts. If they didn't have the guns, they would have never been able to get the English off their collective backs.
Its in the proverbial toilet along with my other civil rights like gun ownership, (2nd), freedom of assembly (1st), freedom from Government searches [i.e., searches at airports by federal employees] (4th) and Federally imposed mandates on the state I live in (10th).
Well I don't see people getting shot, mugged or raped when I walk down the street. I see stripped bikes on every block. Property theft is a serious crime. That's why its a felony in most cases for items valued over $500.
I am. I have a set up for the city and the country (Garmin GPS equiped...I get lost a lot).
You are talking about today, not tomorrow. Apple has been working on 3d interfaces with ATI and nVidia utilizing the tech from their recent purchases. I don't hate MS. I use Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage (Mail client) more than any other product besides BBEdit. I just think they are bumbling fools when it comes to their own OS.
I live in NYC and nothing turns my stomach more walking down the sidewalks is seeing a bike chained to a pole stripped everything attached with a bolt. I am an avid cyclist in the city and I would never, ever leave my bike outside because of theft. Cops don't even care. They don't seem to realize that bikes can cost hundred and hundreds of dollars or like my Specialized, thousands. It is a big deal monetarily.
ABC had a 20/20 episode where they had a hidden camera and a bike chained to a post. It took only 5 minutes before the thieves went after it every time they set it up. Typical response of the thief was "Oh, I thought this was my bike. Sorry!", then they would run away.
Actually yes and long before Microsoft decided to do it. Once again, Microsoft is playing catch up. Apple innovates, Microsoft immitates. Apple is and has been working closely with nVidia and ATI on a new 3d graphics card utilizing technology they aquired in the last two years from purchasing high end graphic workstation companies.
And when is Microsoft going to deliver "Longhorn"? 2003? 2004? 2005? Maybe much longer because they can't even figure out how to get something as simple as WiFi to work like Apple can.
P.S. Do you kiss your boyfriend with that rude mouth?
Haven't you seen the T-Shirt? The Earth sucks, duh!