Newsflash: an increase in tax money received by your precious IRS does NOT equal less tax. Any surplus will immediately be diverted to the War on Americans^W Terror or other creative endeavor. Election promises are like WMD's, they exist only in speeches to justify things which go against all sense.
For ease of understanding, imagine that your gov't is a large school of pirahnas and your tax dollars are budgies. If you throw more budgies into the tank, you get more pirahnas. You don't get your budgies back. The pirahnas will breed, evolve, grow legs and start gnawing you long before you ever see a budgie rebate.
The G5 is obsolete. Apple won't even ship the G5 when Vista comes round, so why even bother mentioning it. The real issue isn't Vista anyways, it's DesktopBSD. Fortunately DesktopBSD supports almost all of the desktop systems available today.
If we agree that there is no such thing as original sin, one can feasibly argue that all sins have prior art & thus sins are not patentable. Anything else is open to patent & therefore infringement. America is sounding cooler all the time:)
Considering the fact that the Device Manager screenshot from the iMac Core Duo shows an abudance of "Unknown devices" (including the display adapter), and considering the drivers for these devices probably do not exist for Windows, I don't see people playing games anytime soon.
not to mention the shitty graphics cards (or integrated *barf* video chipset) you get with most Macs.... I really can't see the point of watching a Quake4 slideshow. I'm looking @ the Apple site, doesn't look like you get much in the way of choices of GPU. No more nVidia?
That RAM consumption figure is almost all due to caching. Cache more filesystem, system goes faster. It's released when needed, of course. I think that's pretty close to the Linux way of doing things - it's just the reporting that's different.
There's no way to win a MMORPG (yet) so it's pointless to say anybody's cheating. You're no further ahead in the end. You respawn every time you die. Everybody does, & is basically equal because of it. Gold doesn't help you win.
I like how the patriot act gets renewed virtually without any coverage, cause Dick Cheney accidently shooting some guy is a much better story than covering an act that restricts our civil liberties.
I like the contrast between Microsoft's approach and Jobs' less visionary leadership. Microsoft wants to run on every computer worldwide, even the servers. They're selling it for $10/license to Dell, yet seem to be staying afloat somehow. Apple wants their OS tied to expensive hardware which the vast majority has no interest in purchasing. Deliberately repressing the installbase is an interesting way to build brand recognition.
Jobs is doing Microsoft's work by preventing OSX from encroaching. Uphold the Windows monopoly as long as possible, at any cost.
The AVI container format is not patented and should be well supported on Linux. AVi is an open, unencumbered format that works well with free codecs like XviD and DivX. Fringe formats like MKV or OGM have greater technical merit but for this article's purpose, are completely unnecessary.
Not to mention the amount of time you waste during an occasional Crusade or a Spanish Inquisition.
Dude, that was centuries ago. Not to be a total nag, but the modern day death toll from clinic burnings and sniping of doctors is dwarfed by the deaths caused by misuse of baby carrots.
I like your post, but have a few questions. Is DDR2 really any better? It's lower power, yes, and slightly faster clocked, but the latency is huge. Dunno about throughput, but I haven't seen anything spectacular from the (admittedly few) examples seen so far. googling for benches, not much to go on here. What exactly are the advantages of DDR2? It's actually cheaper than the old stuff already, so I'm very curious:) Anybody?
This is nothing but ego clash between Apple and hackers. I think apple has every right to shut these people down.
I'd just like to point out that Apple didn't shut down the people who actually violated any copyrights, nor did they serve any actual hackers with the DMCA notice. They did, however, impede free speech on public fora, which is pretty nasty business in my book and hopefully somewhere in yours too. Next time you advocate revoking basic human rights like that, just imagine a world where these human rights violations are commonplace (eg, in modern-day China) and think how wonderful it would be to live under the same conditions. Today it's Apple shutting people up about an operating system; next time it could be the RIAA shutting people up about bittorrent (they want to, that's for sure) and where does it go from there?
The American DMCA is a horrible piece of work. I for one refuse to salute your new human-rights-trampling OSX-purveying neo-Gestapo overlord.
Take a guess, buddy. You'll see Apple voluntarily lower prices when small furry bunnies pop out of Steve Jobs' a-hole. Dell is the guy who cuts margins low as they can go; Apple's what you get when you're rolling in dough.
When I find a Flashblock extension for Opera I'll give 'er another shot. Until then, it's basically useless. Honestly, how did we survive before Flashblock?? And the Gmail Manager, of course:)
holy crap dude, it's not 1995 anymore. Everybody who's bought a PC in the last ten years has an AGP slot. Next you'll be wanting game reviews of Commander Keen and Rick Dangerous.
It's sad, but ppl just don't bother reading public information anymore. FYI the BitComet client has fully recognized & complied with the private flag since version 0.59, which was released many months ago. It's on version 0.60 now... Maybe bother doing some elementary research before dumping on an excellent piece of software. Azureus is a resource-hogging piece of shit in comparison. It's a sadly uninformed person who recommends Azureus over BitComet.
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Newsflash: an increase in tax money received by your precious IRS does NOT equal less tax. Any surplus will immediately be diverted to the War on Americans^W Terror or other creative endeavor. Election promises are like WMD's, they exist only in speeches to justify things which go against all sense.
For ease of understanding, imagine that your gov't is a large school of pirahnas and your tax dollars are budgies. If you throw more budgies into the tank, you get more pirahnas. You don't get your budgies back. The pirahnas will breed, evolve, grow legs and start gnawing you long before you ever see a budgie rebate.
The G5 is obsolete. Apple won't even ship the G5 when Vista comes round, so why even bother mentioning it.
The real issue isn't Vista anyways, it's DesktopBSD. Fortunately DesktopBSD supports almost all of the desktop systems available today.
If we agree that there is no such thing as original sin, one can feasibly argue that all sins have prior art & thus sins are not patentable. Anything else is open to patent & therefore infringement. America is sounding cooler all the time :)
Considering the fact that the Device Manager screenshot from the iMac Core Duo shows an abudance of "Unknown devices" (including the display adapter), and considering the drivers for these devices probably do not exist for Windows, I don't see people playing games anytime soon.
not to mention the shitty graphics cards (or integrated *barf* video chipset) you get with most Macs.... I really can't see the point of watching a Quake4 slideshow. I'm looking @ the Apple site, doesn't look like you get much in the way of choices of GPU. No more nVidia?
Oh, we've seen plenty. Touched [...] hand... (too true! --ed.)
I was going to say that too... but then you have to get rid of the napalm somehow. But then it's not a waste problem anymore. It's a military problem!
Good idea. Who's left to invade?
[x] Kuwait
[x] Iraq
[x] Afghanistan
[ ] Canada
That RAM consumption figure is almost all due to caching. Cache more filesystem, system goes faster. It's released when needed, of course. I think that's pretty close to the Linux way of doing things - it's just the reporting that's different.
There's no way to win a MMORPG (yet) so it's pointless to say anybody's cheating. You're no further ahead in the end.
You respawn every time you die. Everybody does, & is basically equal because of it. Gold doesn't help you win.
outway is my new favourite word of the deigh ;)
I like how the patriot act gets renewed virtually without any coverage, cause Dick Cheney accidently shooting some guy is a much better story than covering an act that restricts our civil liberties.
accidentally? or do you mean, strategically?
For the record, your new owners are Japanese. All your base, baby. w00t!
1) add useless BIOS to clutter up the nice legacy-free design
2) ???
3) Profit!
:p
I like the contrast between Microsoft's approach and Jobs' less visionary leadership.
Microsoft wants to run on every computer worldwide, even the servers. They're selling it for $10/license to Dell, yet seem to be staying afloat somehow.
Apple wants their OS tied to expensive hardware which the vast majority has no interest in purchasing. Deliberately repressing the installbase is an interesting way to build brand recognition.
Jobs is doing Microsoft's work by preventing OSX from encroaching. Uphold the Windows monopoly as long as possible, at any cost.
Which completely open and unpatented video codec would you recommend? All the unencumbered ones I've seen are pretty useless.
The AVI container format is not patented and should be well supported on Linux. AVi is an open, unencumbered format that works well with free codecs like XviD and DivX.
Fringe formats like MKV or OGM have greater technical merit but for this article's purpose, are completely unnecessary.
Not to mention the amount of time you waste during an occasional Crusade or a Spanish Inquisition.
Dude, that was centuries ago. Not to be a total nag, but the modern day death toll from clinic burnings and sniping of doctors is dwarfed by the deaths caused by misuse of baby carrots.
I like your post, but have a few questions. Is DDR2 really any better? It's lower power, yes, and slightly faster clocked, but the latency is huge. Dunno about throughput, but I haven't seen anything spectacular from the (admittedly few) examples seen so far. :)
googling for benches, not much to go on here. What exactly are the advantages of DDR2? It's actually cheaper than the old stuff already, so I'm very curious
Anybody?
This is nothing but ego clash between Apple and hackers. I think apple has every right to shut these people down.
I'd just like to point out that Apple didn't shut down the people who actually violated any copyrights, nor did they serve any actual hackers with the DMCA notice. They did, however, impede free speech on public fora, which is pretty nasty business in my book and hopefully somewhere in yours too.
Next time you advocate revoking basic human rights like that, just imagine a world where these human rights violations are commonplace (eg, in modern-day China) and think how wonderful it would be to live under the same conditions. Today it's Apple shutting people up about an operating system; next time it could be the RIAA shutting people up about bittorrent (they want to, that's for sure) and where does it go from there?
The American DMCA is a horrible piece of work. I for one refuse to salute your new human-rights-trampling OSX-purveying neo-Gestapo overlord.
Take a guess, buddy. You'll see Apple voluntarily lower prices when small furry bunnies pop out of Steve Jobs' a-hole. Dell is the guy who cuts margins low as they can go; Apple's what you get when you're rolling in dough.
When I find a Flashblock extension for Opera I'll give 'er another shot. Until then, it's basically useless. Honestly, how did we survive before Flashblock?? And the Gmail Manager, of course :)
Hasn't konfabulator been out for ages already...
and the press release would read,
"RIAA feeds & entertains starving masses"
holy crap dude, it's not 1995 anymore. Everybody who's bought a PC in the last ten years has an AGP slot.
Next you'll be wanting game reviews of Commander Keen and Rick Dangerous.
beer can crushing is in the latest beta Emacs now. Thanks a lot :P
It's sad, but ppl just don't bother reading public information anymore. FYI the BitComet client has fully recognized & complied with the private flag since version 0.59, which was released many months ago. It's on version 0.60 now...
Maybe bother doing some elementary research before dumping on an excellent piece of software. Azureus is a resource-hogging piece of shit in comparison. It's a sadly uninformed person who recommends Azureus over BitComet.