nah. WETA's super strapped for money. They're understaffed in a few of the most critical areas. I don't know if I can tell you where, 'cause I know things that other people don't (disclosure: my dad is the Senior Director of Engineering @ WETA), but it is definitely safe to say that you will be hearing WETA pledge drives for a long time to come:)
it's not working for me. do you have any lines to put in prefs.js or anything like that?
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that's exactly what it does - a single window interface to multiple pages.
why it's cool (in theory - not all of these are implemented in mozilla yet - see my above post):
-able to quickly switch between webpages if you want, instead of cycling through all open apps
-less clutter on your task bar / gnome pager / whatever
-opening a new tab is quicker than a new window - less widgets have to be redrawn
is it perfect? no. but it's definitely a handy feature, and a number of programs have put it to good use. see: opera, xchat, gaim, etc
just curious - do you know a keyboard shortcut to switch between tabs? i think it's a killer feature, but it'd be much better if i didn't have to use the mouse to switch. gaim has it built in, and xchat you can select whatever shortcut you want, which makes tabbed programs some of the best laid out & most pleasing to use. however, i don't really use the tabbed browsing in mozilla 'cause of the fact that i don't know how to switch via the keyboard. any idea?
I have. Those are for Xeon processors. Plain vanilla P4 ain't be doin' dual.
Re:Reality Distortion Field finally let me go.
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Uh... I got 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a kitchen, a living room and a den/basement for $60,000... and you're getting 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom plus I'm assuming a kitchen, dining room, living room, and den area/basement for $105K... and I got ripped off? Maybe I read you wrong.
Anyway, I was just fucking with you. I know how it is - I can't buy as much shit as I want any more, since Jenni lives with me and we're planning for the future and whatnot. I probably won't buy the 5 gig one @ $400 'cause I do agree that it's overpriced. But... it is a hell of a product. A 5 gig mp3 player that's that small, has the interface it does (which is all a matter of preference, but I like it personally), sorts by artist, album, song, and stores playlists... plus acts as a portable hard drive if you need it to, has a 10 hour battery life *and* works over FireWire... all in all, I'd say that's not too bad. Or rather, you could do a hell of a lot worse for that money. And since I have 2 Macs (PowerMac G4 Dual 800 Tower & new iBook), this would integrate very nicely.
Funny thing is, I'm not even a mac guy. I'm writing this from Linux on an AMD processor. The iBook was my first Mac. I just think Apple's got some really great shit lately.
But yeah. Pardon the sardonic mood. I'm a turd, I know.
Good luck on the house. I know it's tough finding the one that just/fits/, both price-wise and in what you're looking for. Hope it turns out well.
Gosh, I guess it really doesn't matter, since the P4 can't BUY a Dual P4 at this time.
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Wow. You are getting INCREDIBLE prices on that 4th bedroom.
I had an addition built onto my house in 1990 and that alone was SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS! In the middle of nowhere! Just for 3 measly bedrooms, a living room, kitchen, 3 bathrooms and a little den area downstairs. Now I find out that I can get an extra room for only $400! I feel so stupid! I had heard that wages for skilled laborers and materials costs were going up with inflation, but I guess I was duped! Gosh, at $400/room, I could have had that addition built for under $4,000! I'm such a sucker!
PhotoShop? Give me a break. Don't tell me you actually hold merit to Apple's "in-house PhotoShop benchmark tests".
No, I trust they're just making the shit up. Pulling numbers out of the air so they can sell a few extra units. Doesn't explain why anything graphics-related on my Dual G4 SMOKES my Thunderbird...
Hell, give me a single P4@2GHz. It'll still be faster than dual PPC's@800MHz
Care to provide some benchmarks? Maybe point us in the direction of ONE article that shows comparable applications being faster than dual 800MHz G4's?
Maybe if you jumped off your horse for a few minutes and actually spent time really USING a high-end Macintosh, you'd come to appreciate the fact that their hardware is top of the line, the operating system is superb, it's *all* easy to use and, yes, it's *fast*.
Re:I'm buying one purely for the tiny firewire hd
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Yeah. If you go to this here page on apple.com it says, under the top picture and to the left, "doubles as a FireWire disk for files and applications." And if you watch the video here, they talk about it as well.
I have a Dual G4 800MHz with 1.152 GB of RAM and an iBook 500MHz G3 with 320 MB of RAM.
It's *really* fast. On both machines.
The things that were slow were window resizing, etc. And that's mostly fixed now (though resizing Internet Explorer or Mozilla still seems to drag a big when it's doing a complex web page, but that's to be expected).
As far as a scale-down... I think they could do it. The biggest resource-eaters would be Aqua & Quartz, two of the underlying graphics technologies. If those were eliminated or replaced with something faster, I'm sure one would get decent performance with a scaled down OS X.
As far as Apple throwing resources at it... we don't really know what "it" is... yet. 17 minutes to go. But really, if it is a small PDA-like device, I think it will be a big hit. People *loved* the Newton and have been dying for something like it for a long time. So yes, it would be worthwhile for Apple to do so.
Re:to forestall the inevitable -- why not reiserfs
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You'll notice how he conveniently left out a test case. As well as any substantiating evidence apart from his opinion. This could also be described as "above AC is full of shit."
Dude, I've got a Dual 800. It launches IE & Mozilla faster than you can say "Holy shit!" (literally), acts as a wireless base-station for my iBook, slices my bread and sucks my toes.
I was doing some stuff with their services (way back in the day, when I was still using Windows - they don't have a Linux version, or didn't when I was doing it), and I always had fun designing cool circuit boards. I'd do stuff like write my name into them, draw silly little straight-lined pictures, etc. Their prices are pretty reasonable too - they're not dirt cheap, but they're not too bad. Highly recommended.
I guess that the point is that they most likely *couldn't* get away with it. America would jump down their throats so quick, they wouldn't know what hit them. They'd lose their re-election, and politicians are all about the money - and it pays to be in office. That's why we have the current welfare system - it buys votes. Mass censorship of the internet, while never working, would cause more uproar than the Holocaust.
no offense, but 3 months is pretty much nothing as far as uptimes go. yes, it's good for windows. yes, w2k is more stable than nt or 9x. no, it still doesn't come close to my slack box at home that's been up for 160 days now, which is measly compared to some of the bsd/linux boxen on uptimes.net... not to flame or troll or anything, but if linux didn't run stable for you, it's because you didn't know how to configure it properly. i've never hung linux so bad that i couldn't get it back without rebooting. i can't say the same for any version of windows... and yes, i run windows at work on database servers and desktops as well, so i know what i'm talking about. don't tout w2k as the best thing to hit computing - it has its strong points, but it will never compete with unix as far as stability goes.
if you want a good fast window manager under gnome, try gnome 1.2 and sawfish. i'm currently running 0.36, and it's proven itself to be quite a worthy replacement for windowmaker (which i used to run, up until about 8 months ago). i personally don't use nautilus, although i'm not resigned to never giving it a chance... as for gtk, it's pretty fast for me... i have no problems whatsoever.
has positively staked his life on releasing by July 8? if you read the article, he says that those are extremely unrealistic dates. he even says that before he starts listing them. sometimes i wish slashdot editors would read what's written carefully instead of glancing over an article and making an assumption.
"Talk about bleak.." applies to "The Sweet Hereafter" if you read the comment how it was written. "unflinchingly realistic" applies to "The Pledge." I think you need to stop finding ways to twist one's words around and focus on intelligent arguments instead.
You're correct. Let me ask you this - do you think Windows 2000 was released as soon as they got the core of the operating system stable? What's your point? Yes, on the day that 2.4.0 is released, there aren't going to be any distros that run it. There is no "behind-the-scenes" collaboration here. When it's done, it's done. Period. RedHat probably has the best idea 'cause Alan Cox really is the lead programmer for the kernel, and he's employed by RedHat. Otherwise, everyone else is going on whatever has been said publicly. No distro has been released yet with 2.4.0 included, but it's not like one couldn't upgrade if they wanted to. I've installed Linux on all the systems I'm going to for a while, and I'm sure as shit not going to be risking system integrity by performing some "Upgrade" option off a bootable cd-rom. I'd much rather have the kernel source in a tarball and be able to upgrade all my machines, and I'm certain a vast majority of the Linux community is with me on that.
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Forget "kill 1" - that's dirty.
Log out from OS X and log in as ">console" with no quotes. Straight to a prompt. Put in your username, password, and enjoy.
Darn tootin', Mr. Shepps. Darn tootin'.
nah. WETA's super strapped for money. They're understaffed in a few of the most critical areas. I don't know if I can tell you where, 'cause I know things that other people don't (disclosure: my dad is the Senior Director of Engineering @ WETA), but it is definitely safe to say that you will be hearing WETA pledge drives for a long time to come :)
it's not working for me. do you have any lines to put in prefs.js or anything like that?
that's exactly what it does - a single window interface to multiple pages.
why it's cool (in theory - not all of these are implemented in mozilla yet - see my above post):
-able to quickly switch between webpages if you want, instead of cycling through all open apps
-less clutter on your task bar / gnome pager / whatever
-opening a new tab is quicker than a new window - less widgets have to be redrawn
is it perfect? no. but it's definitely a handy feature, and a number of programs have put it to good use. see: opera, xchat, gaim, etc
just curious - do you know a keyboard shortcut to switch between tabs? i think it's a killer feature, but it'd be much better if i didn't have to use the mouse to switch. gaim has it built in, and xchat you can select whatever shortcut you want, which makes tabbed programs some of the best laid out & most pleasing to use. however, i don't really use the tabbed browsing in mozilla 'cause of the fact that i don't know how to switch via the keyboard. any idea?
I have. Those are for Xeon processors. Plain vanilla P4 ain't be doin' dual.
Anyway, I was just fucking with you. I know how it is - I can't buy as much shit as I want any more, since Jenni lives with me and we're planning for the future and whatnot. I probably won't buy the 5 gig one @ $400 'cause I do agree that it's overpriced. But... it is a hell of a product. A 5 gig mp3 player that's that small, has the interface it does (which is all a matter of preference, but I like it personally), sorts by artist, album, song, and stores playlists... plus acts as a portable hard drive if you need it to, has a 10 hour battery life *and* works over FireWire... all in all, I'd say that's not too bad. Or rather, you could do a hell of a lot worse for that money. And since I have 2 Macs (PowerMac G4 Dual 800 Tower & new iBook), this would integrate very nicely.
Funny thing is, I'm not even a mac guy. I'm writing this from Linux on an AMD processor. The iBook was my first Mac. I just think Apple's got some really great shit lately.
But yeah. Pardon the sardonic mood. I'm a turd, I know.
Good luck on the house. I know it's tough finding the one that just /fits/, both price-wise and in what you're looking for. Hope it turns out well.
regards,
--Dave
Gosh, I guess it really doesn't matter, since the P4 can't BUY a Dual P4 at this time.
I had an addition built onto my house in 1990 and that alone was SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS! In the middle of nowhere! Just for 3 measly bedrooms, a living room, kitchen, 3 bathrooms and a little den area downstairs. Now I find out that I can get an extra room for only $400! I feel so stupid! I had heard that wages for skilled laborers and materials costs were going up with inflation, but I guess I was duped! Gosh, at $400/room, I could have had that addition built for under $4,000! I'm such a sucker!
No, I trust they're just making the shit up. Pulling numbers out of the air so they can sell a few extra units. Doesn't explain why anything graphics-related on my Dual G4 SMOKES my Thunderbird...
Hell, give me a single P4@2GHz. It'll still be faster than dual PPC's@800MHz
Care to provide some benchmarks? Maybe point us in the direction of ONE article that shows comparable applications being faster than dual 800MHz G4's?
Maybe if you jumped off your horse for a few minutes and actually spent time really USING a high-end Macintosh, you'd come to appreciate the fact that their hardware is top of the line, the operating system is superb, it's *all* easy to use and, yes, it's *fast*.
Yeah. If you go to this here page on apple.com it says, under the top picture and to the left, "doubles as a FireWire disk for files and applications." And if you watch the video here, they talk about it as well.
I have a Dual G4 800MHz with 1.152 GB of RAM and an iBook 500MHz G3 with 320 MB of RAM.
It's *really* fast. On both machines.
The things that were slow were window resizing, etc. And that's mostly fixed now (though resizing Internet Explorer or Mozilla still seems to drag a big when it's doing a complex web page, but that's to be expected).
As far as a scale-down... I think they could do it. The biggest resource-eaters would be Aqua & Quartz, two of the underlying graphics technologies. If those were eliminated or replaced with something faster, I'm sure one would get decent performance with a scaled down OS X.
As far as Apple throwing resources at it... we don't really know what "it" is... yet. 17 minutes to go. But really, if it is a small PDA-like device, I think it will be a big hit. People *loved* the Newton and have been dying for something like it for a long time. So yes, it would be worthwhile for Apple to do so.
You'll notice how he conveniently left out a test case. As well as any substantiating evidence apart from his opinion. This could also be described as "above AC is full of shit."
:)
Dontcha love wasting your breath on those guys?
Man, I love that machine.
i needed that humor to put a smile on my face in a day that was completely lacking in that regard. thank you.
I was doing some stuff with their services (way back in the day, when I was still using Windows - they don't have a Linux version, or didn't when I was doing it), and I always had fun designing cool circuit boards. I'd do stuff like write my name into them, draw silly little straight-lined pictures, etc. Their prices are pretty reasonable too - they're not dirt cheap, but they're not too bad. Highly recommended.
Man. Sure is awful there's only one video card maker around...
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