We're not talking about Hertz; we're talking about hertz.
Yes, but I was talking about Hertz, as in Heinrich Hertz. Thus, my use of the interrogatory 'who,' rather than 'what.'
(The unit is spelled in lower case, to distinguish it from the man it's named after.)
You are correct. Hertz==The Man. hertz==the unit of measurement.
And I know you're joking, but it's a bit silly to get the case wrong when replying to a post pointing out how slashdotters should understand case is important.
It's also a bit silly to point out perceived errors in my post without fully comprehending said post.
In other words, I got the case correct. I was talking about the person, not the unit of measure. Thank you for your concern.
The heat generated by the 2000 Alphas simulates the intense heat at the center of an atomic blast.
And, the power consumption requires an atomic electrical plant to run the system, thus justifying the importation of large amounts of radioactive matter.
What do you guys think about how much the internet has influenced relationships?
I think it has taken courtship back to the days of courting by letter. A good thing, IMHO.
Every successful "internet relationship" I've seen (including my own) has been successful because it began with communication. It wasn't blinded by lust or judgement of physical attributes.
The couple involved in this wedding have apparently been honest enough with each other to agree that they have this in common, and want it to be a part of their lives.
Now, imagine them sitting with their grandkids, looking through the old wedding 'screenshots.' ^_^
I wonder why they would do this with any Mac OS... and apple talk... wouldn't the scalability be lost with the message passing... and using apples tcp/ip stack isn't the best, either... so I think...
They used the MacOS because the machines could still be useful to the staff and students when they were not being used by the cluster.
They didn't use Appletalk. Macs come from the factory with Ethernet. Later Macs have 10/100baseT standard, with Gig available. Is that fast enough for you?
You think that they would have better performance with a better setup... why cripple it from the begining with the Mac OS?
Well then, go right ahead and do that.
You might try reading the Appleseed article first, though.
Apple Computer Corp. has such a history of screwups, bad decisions, bad marketing, etc. et. al. that I have written them off.
Translation: "I got scared during the dark days when Apple was 'beleagered,' so I ran and hid my head in the sand."
I just read this morning how they chose not to give or even sell (at street price) iMacs to freeiMac. The company FreeiMac would give away free iMac computers with the usual 3 years of Earthlink subscription plus accepting advertising.
Translation: "I read somewhere that Apple didn't want to supply tech support to thousands of users too dumb to know that there's no such thing as a free computer, and anyway, Apple already has an Earthlink deal going."
Talk about clueless! They have turned down another opportunity to increase the awareness and use of their computers. They already have an ever decreasing share of the market and decisions like this will only help seal their doom.
Translation: "What is this iMac thing everyone is talking about? Why have I never heard of it? I'm sure glad I sold all my Apple stock when they reached that high of 18."
Jobs is an insane, megalomanial leader of a corporation led by more fools. Not that Apple doesn't do good things -- the Macintosh is an incredible computer and I loved mine. But I bowed to economics and bought a less expensive PC (I prefer Linux or BeOS, thank you).
Translation: I've heard that Steve Jobs runs a tight ship, and forces his employees to work towards a common goal, and to be productive. It must suck to work where you have to earn your paycheck. Since I don't have a paycheck to worry about, I couldn't afford anything but this leftover PII doorstop, and whatever free OS I could find to run on it."
This possible move to the Crusoe processor may be the sign of intelligence: Emulating the G4 in a cheaper and less power-hungry processor == Less expensive G4 == Cheaper Macs == More consumers buying your expensive hardware.
Translation: "I don't know much about the G4, but I assume it uses electricity just as inefficiently as a Pentium. I wonder if I can get a free Crusoe. Too bad I flunked economics."
Uh, it's a trite comment by Automatic. Is there anyone out there that still cares? Is there still a group of Automatic junkies that truly believe then when a scarcity-of-intelligence is combined with a paucity-of-self-esteem, and then divided by a teenage-rebellion-against-large-institutions-that- individually-wrap-cheese, the whole thing equals niche coolness? I think novelty is the highest aspiration for that equation. But hey, if it hadn't been for the Evil Britny Spears... --
Does anyone seriously argue that MacOS is more stable than Windows9x much less NT?
We don't just argue it, we experience it in real life.
I haven't had a system crash on my Mac in more than a year of use with apps such as:
Photoshop
GoLive
Netscape
Outlook Express
AOL (gag)
Unreal Tournament
and piles of lesser apps.
Yes, the apps dump every once in a while (especially GoLive), but they don't bring the system down with them.
I do restart once every week or two, just to clean up the stray RAM caused by memory leaks and such.
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Hence the name "...Rumors" I suppose.
They don't claim to be any more than that.
Actually, they've hit a few things right in the past. But they also get hit with disinformation from many sources, including Apple. At least they give us a chance to judge for ourselves.
When they add the word "Facts" or "News" to their name, then we can get pissed.
Ability to browser spoof - set what your browser tells sites about your system, the browser itself, etc., thereby making idiot sites that ONLY allow Netscape or ONLY allow IE useless.
Y'all might want to sit down for this.
On my Mac (yup, you read correctly) I used to have a version of Netscrape that presented itself to servers like so: (Mozilla 0.32, $, CP/M)
It's a simple resource edit with ResEdit.
I'm sure I was at the bottom of most stats, but it was still fun. It showed that way in email and usenet headers also. ^_^
If you used a modem, and the setting was for ethernet, you got screwed. If you used ethernet, but the setting was suitable for modem, you go screwed.
You are absolutely correct.
Since you are "screwed," allow me to help:
There is a control panel named 'TCP/IP' in your control panels folder. Open this by double-clicking.
At the top of the window that just opened, there it says 'Connect via:' and then a scrolling menu which includes 'PPP' 'Ethernet' and 'Appletalk'. If you're crazy like me, it also includes 'AOL link'.
If you'll be connecting by modem, select 'PPP'.
If you'll be connecting by Ethernet, select 'Ethernet'.
Select 'Quit' from the File menu.
Someday you'll notice that 99.9% of the lusers on all platforms combined don't give a damn about MTU and doesn't know what MTU stands for. They just want to use their "damn computer."
Unless you are looking to charge them $90/hour to set their machine to Ethernet, because there is no obvious way for them to do it. In that case, I can see why Apple pisses you off. Ghod forbid the users gain the power to set that themselves, without at least donating a few hundred dollars to O'Reilly.
DID YOU NOT EVEN BOTHER TO READ ANY OF THE WORDS AFTER "WINDOWS"?
Yes, and my hearing aid works fine. Thank you for your concern.
Second, who said anything about G4 sucking at floating point? I said the G3 sucked at floating point.
Oop, ya got me with that one. I should have recognized that we were comparing 2.5 year old technology (G3) to 0.8 year old technology (Athlon)
The Athlon would have better support for high-performance peripherals too (3d accelerators, faster memory, hard disks, etc...)
It would??
Damn, then I wasted my money on the Voodoo3, all the PC100 RAM, and that 10,000 RPM hard drive for my G3/233 (that I overclocked to 292MHz with a simple jumper change.)
No wonder I get those sucky 28fps average framerates in UT at 1280x1024.
There actually is an option-doubliclick-and-hold -- it's the default action for invoking Apple's silly spring-loaded-folder navigation.
The only default action is to hold the item you want to put in the folder (or farther in) over the folder for a certain length of time (setable in the Finder preferences.) After that length of time, the folder springs open. No extra keys. No extra clicks.
Holding the Option while moving a file (or folder) changes the move action to a copy action.
Moving a file with one click-and-drag to a sub-sub-subdirectory doesn't seem that silly to me.
For instance, we are using CIPE-over-PPP-over-ATM to network ourselves over DSL to another network. It works really well, but it eats up about 60 bytes out of each TCP packet. This is no problem for places where MTU path discovery works, but many places block ICMP, and so MTU discovery doesn't work... in any case, the best solution is to set the max MTU size down to 1440 or so. Under Linux, this is easy... ifconfig eth0 mtu 1440 Under Windows, there is a registry setting. Not the right way to do it in my opinion, but at least it can be done. There is NO WAY to do this under MacOS that I could find. The only solution was some guy who hacked up the TCP/IP stack and wrote a little control panel where you could change the settings. That's not the way to do things.
And just how many people need to do this on their personal computer? 50? 75? Maybe the next MacOS should ship on 3 CD-ROMs, just to accommodate all of the possibilities.
Steve Jobs said that you couldn't buy a faster computer than a G3. Not only could you get a PII to run faster, but he completely neglected the Alpha, UltraSparc, PA-RISC, etc.
Steve said you couldn't by a faster personal computer. Higher clock speed !== faster execution.
How many Alpha, UltraSparc, etc. are being wasted on e-mails to Grandma and on tomorrow's Economics homework?
Or the mouse. I know that Apple people say that one button is easier than 2 or 3, but my Mac friend told me the other day that one of the things I needed to do for something was option-click-click-and-hold. That's EASIER than right-click or middle-click?
There is no Option-doubleclick-and-hold. At least not one that does anything special. Nice little anecdote, though.
...though I still see that they treat seperate partitions as seperate filesystem spaces. D'oh.
Is this a complaint? If it is, I fail to see the problem.
Slashdot Mirror
Maybe.
Maybe not.
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But this is the beta testing. They just got people to spend a few hundred dollars for the privilege to beta test.
Pretty common ploy (*coughM$cough*) these days, it seems.
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Yes, but I was talking about Hertz, as in Heinrich Hertz. Thus, my use of the interrogatory 'who,' rather than 'what.'
(The unit is spelled in lower case, to distinguish it from the man it's named after.)
You are correct. Hertz==The Man. hertz==the unit of measurement.
And I know you're joking, but it's a bit silly to get the case wrong when replying to a post pointing out how slashdotters should understand case is important.
It's also a bit silly to point out perceived errors in my post without fully comprehending said post.
In other words, I got the case correct. I was talking about the person, not the unit of measure. Thank you for your concern.
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I remember back when Netscape cost money, and then became free (as it is now.)
I guess that's not what you meant.
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Some of us old farts still think in cps (cycles per second.)
Of course, for us old farts the frequency's gone down a bit, but that's a whole other topic. ^_^
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The PowerPC 0.15um G4 dissipates about 12 Watts at 500 MHz. Yes, 12.
What was your point again?
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And, the power consumption requires an atomic electrical plant to run the system, thus justifying the importation of large amounts of radioactive matter.
^_^
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Yeah. How long are you gonna continue to be pissed just because they wouldn't let you get in on the IPO?
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Aren't wireless modems and laptops wonderful?
Soundeffects cue: Truck horns and tire squeals, loud.
^(%$##*#NO CARRIER
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I think it has taken courtship back to the days of courting by letter. A good thing, IMHO.
Every successful "internet relationship" I've seen (including my own) has been successful because it began with communication. It wasn't blinded by lust or judgement of physical attributes.
The couple involved in this wedding have apparently been honest enough with each other to agree that they have this in common, and want it to be a part of their lives.
Now, imagine them sitting with their grandkids, looking through the old wedding 'screenshots.' ^_^
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You forgot your 'sarcasm' tags.
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They're running off a RevA iMac (233MHz).
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They used the MacOS because the machines could still be useful to the staff and students when they were not being used by the cluster.
They didn't use Appletalk. Macs come from the factory with Ethernet. Later Macs have 10/100baseT standard, with Gig available. Is that fast enough for you?
You think that they would have better performance with a better setup... why cripple it from the begining with the Mac OS?
Well then, go right ahead and do that.
You might try reading the Appleseed article first, though.
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Translation: "I got scared during the dark days when Apple was 'beleagered,' so I ran and hid my head in the sand."
I just read this morning how they chose not to give or even sell (at street price) iMacs to freeiMac. The company FreeiMac would give away free iMac computers with the usual 3 years of Earthlink subscription plus accepting advertising.
Translation: "I read somewhere that Apple didn't want to supply tech support to thousands of users too dumb to know that there's no such thing as a free computer, and anyway, Apple already has an Earthlink deal going."
Talk about clueless! They have turned down another opportunity to increase the awareness and use of their computers. They already have an ever decreasing share of the market and decisions like this will only help seal their doom.
Translation: "What is this iMac thing everyone is talking about? Why have I never heard of it? I'm sure glad I sold all my Apple stock when they reached that high of 18."
Jobs is an insane, megalomanial leader of a corporation led by more fools. Not that Apple doesn't do good things -- the Macintosh is an incredible computer and I loved mine. But I bowed to economics and bought a less expensive PC (I prefer Linux or BeOS, thank you).
Translation: I've heard that Steve Jobs runs a tight ship, and forces his employees to work towards a common goal, and to be productive. It must suck to work where you have to earn your paycheck. Since I don't have a paycheck to worry about, I couldn't afford anything but this leftover PII doorstop, and whatever free OS I could find to run on it."
This possible move to the Crusoe processor may be the sign of intelligence: Emulating the G4 in a cheaper and less power-hungry processor == Less expensive G4 == Cheaper Macs == More consumers buying your expensive hardware.
Translation: "I don't know much about the G4, but I assume it uses electricity just as inefficiently as a Pentium. I wonder if I can get a free Crusoe. Too bad I flunked economics."
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Uh, it's a trite comment by Automatic. Is there anyone out there that still cares? Is there still a group of Automatic junkies that truly believe then when a scarcity-of-intelligence is combined with a paucity-of-self-esteem, and then divided by a teenage-rebellion-against-large-institutions-that- individually-wrap-cheese, the whole thing equals niche coolness? I think novelty is the highest aspiration for that equation. But hey, if it hadn't been for the Evil Britny Spears ...
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We don't just argue it, we experience it in real life.
I haven't had a system crash on my Mac in more than a year of use with apps such as:
Yes, the apps dump every once in a while (especially GoLive), but they don't bring the system down with them.
I do restart once every week or two, just to clean up the stray RAM caused by memory leaks and such.
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They don't claim to be any more than that.
Actually, they've hit a few things right in the past. But they also get hit with disinformation from many sources, including Apple. At least they give us a chance to judge for ourselves.
When they add the word "Facts" or "News" to their name, then we can get pissed.
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Y'all might want to sit down for this.
On my Mac (yup, you read correctly) I used to have a version of Netscrape that presented itself to servers like so: (Mozilla 0.32, $, CP/M)
It's a simple resource edit with ResEdit.
I'm sure I was at the bottom of most stats, but it was still fun. It showed that way in email and usenet headers also. ^_^
(Yes, a MacHack. Egads!)
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Ow Ow Ow Ow....Stop hitting me!
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You are absolutely correct.
Since you are "screwed," allow me to help:
Someday you'll notice that 99.9% of the lusers on all platforms combined don't give a damn about MTU and doesn't know what MTU stands for. They just want to use their "damn computer."
Unless you are looking to charge them $90/hour to set their machine to Ethernet, because there is no obvious way for them to do it. In that case, I can see why Apple pisses you off. Ghod forbid the users gain the power to set that themselves, without at least donating a few hundred dollars to O'Reilly.
DID YOU NOT EVEN BOTHER TO READ ANY OF THE WORDS AFTER "WINDOWS"?
Yes, and my hearing aid works fine. Thank you for your concern.
Second, who said anything about G4 sucking at floating point? I said the G3 sucked at floating point.
Oop, ya got me with that one. I should have recognized that we were comparing 2.5 year old technology (G3) to 0.8 year old technology (Athlon)
So, about that GUI argument. ^_^
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It would??
Damn, then I wasted my money on the Voodoo3, all the PC100 RAM, and that 10,000 RPM hard drive for my G3/233 (that I overclocked to 292MHz with a simple jumper change.)
No wonder I get those sucky 28fps average framerates in UT at 1280x1024.
^_^
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What do M$'s screwed-up defaults have to do with it? Maybe Apple got it right (strange concept, I know) for 99.9% of their users.
And shut up about faster clock!= faster execution. The G3 sucked at floating point and everybody and their uncle knows it.
Yeah, yeah, my dick's bigger than yours, too.
Sheesh.
(BTW, I've seen RC5 benchmarks ( Scroll down to G4/450 RC5 Results Verified - Faster than 1GHz Athlon and scroll down to More on G4 vs... ) that place the G4 slightly higher than the 1GHz Athlon. Not that that matters, I'm sure.)
Your mileage may vary
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The only default action is to hold the item you want to put in the folder (or farther in) over the folder for a certain length of time (setable in the Finder preferences.) After that length of time, the folder springs open. No extra keys. No extra clicks.
Holding the Option while moving a file (or folder) changes the move action to a copy action.
Moving a file with one click-and-drag to a sub-sub-subdirectory doesn't seem that silly to me.
If I'm wrong, enlighten me.
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And just how many people need to do this on their personal computer? 50? 75? Maybe the next MacOS should ship on 3 CD-ROMs, just to accommodate all of the possibilities.
Steve Jobs said that you couldn't buy a faster computer than a G3. Not only could you get a PII to run faster, but he completely neglected the Alpha, UltraSparc, PA-RISC, etc.
Steve said you couldn't by a faster personal computer. Higher clock speed !== faster execution.
How many Alpha, UltraSparc, etc. are being wasted on e-mails to Grandma and on tomorrow's Economics homework?
Or the mouse. I know that Apple people say that one button is easier than 2 or 3, but my Mac friend told me the other day that one of the things I needed to do for something was option-click-click-and-hold. That's EASIER than right-click or middle-click?
There is no Option-doubleclick-and-hold. At least not one that does anything special. Nice little anecdote, though.
Is this a complaint? If it is, I fail to see the problem.
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