10.6 requires in Intel Mac. If this was an update right at the beginning of the Intel transition, then yes, people have a right to be upset. But it's not. Apple has been Intel-only since 2006. So it's actually pretty dang likely a good amount of any "legacy" 10.4 installs can upgrade to 10.6 just fine. Also remember this isn't Microsoft--OS X doesn't cost a couple hundred dollars to get the un-neutered version. Snow Leopard is $30.
I'm happy when companies support their old stuff--for a time. After a while, though, it just causes stagnation. I see people complaining all the time about Microsoft having to support legacy stuff and how it bogs down the system, but when Apple cuts off support, they're suddenly in the wrong.
I was just thinking of this, actually. I'm starting a writing project which requires me to look up a lot of seemingly bizarre things--personifications of death, religious views on death, deities related to death, the apocalypse, annual birth rates, annual death rates, norns, fate, etc. Maybe your best defense is "I'm just writing a murder mystery! Honest!"
Exactly. I just went ahead and checked a couple of the ones being spammed in WoW's trade chat. They all offer Paypal. Now, I know we all hate Paypal here, but I can't imagine there's any safer way to do it in this case.
I have no idea of any meaningful measurement of Library of Congress for comparison, sorry.
Got one for you. The Library of Congress has (according to Wikipedia) 21814555 catalogued books. There are 2^128 IPv6 addresses. Thus, each book can have roughly 1.56 * 10^31 addresses assigned to it.
Reading responses here, I'm becoming more and more aware of the fact that my high school's CS program was actually pretty dang good. You had the choice of C++ or Java and learned the programming techniques at your own pace. There were 20 or so modules and the only requirement was that you do your best. If you were good, you might complete a module every week or so. If not...considerably less. Or if you were like me and a couple others, you would complete all of them in half a semester and be given some other project to work on, such as *nix maintenance or robotics.
You could also take a CCNA class and even get certified, provided you worked fast enough and took the tests. I took two of them before I realized it wasn't something I wanted to do.
I always thought that "ignorance of the law does not exempt you from punishment". And how does inserting a pirated game mean he knows that modding the Xbox is illegal? At best, it means he knows that modding the Xbox can let you play pirated games, which is illegal. But I can sharpen a knife and then stab somebody with it. Doesn't mean that the knife or the act of sharpening are illegal.
Of course, the usual disclaimers: IANAL, and of course I didn't RTFA.
I would imagine it depends on the part of the country you live in. Here in California, I've seen nothing like what you just described, though I did see some similar stuff for Bush (including a house that had a Bush effigy hung from a tree). I wouldn't be surprised if such exists for Obama in other parts of the country, though.
I never said I thought shooting up cities was mature. What I do want are games with more complex themes than "rescue the princess". For the most part, what I've seen on the Wii are a lot of simple games that are kid-friendly. Now, don't get me wrong--these games can be fun, but sometimes I want something with more substance to it. Something like Heavy Rain, Bioshock, Red Dead Redemption, or Dragon Age. He'll, even Ratchet and Clank is more mature than many Wii games.
It's the same reason I don't only watch Pixar movies.
And before somebody comes in with random examples of mature Wii games: I know they exist. But they aren't the norm, and you have to wade through the family stuff and the junk in order to find them.
I wasn't aware that Nintendo was still strict on what could appear on their system(s). Last I knew, they'd relaxed quite a bit; BMX XXX had the topless stuff in it, while it was censored on the PS2. Granted, I'm unaware of anything like that on the Wii or DS...
As an aside, I really hate how you have to click through the "health and safety tips" every time you turn on the Wii or DS. Put in the light of being "family-friendly", it makes more sense that it's been included. That, or Nintendo is even more terrified of lawsuits than other corporations.
I've long thought the ability to issue patches is the reason PC games have a lot more issues than their counterparts. Unfortunately, this generation has added that capability to consoles, as well. In theory, it's a good thing; issues that come up can be fixed without going through ridiculous rigmarole (just look at the Metroid thing with Nintendo). In practice, it means developers get to release buggy products. Just look at Fallout: New Vegas. It was basically unplayable on the consoles and little better on the PC. The massive patch that came out (how big was it again? 500MB?) fixed a lot of things, but there's still lots of stupid bugs.
As games become more complex, there are more areas for problems to occur, but it's pretty tacky to release something when you know it has huge bugs in it, many of them game-breaking.
I would say the main problem with the Wii is its library. And this comes from somebody who owns one. I really don't care about its graphics, but there just isn't much that interests me on the platform. I have 7 Wii games, while I have 42 or so PS3 games and 17 360 games. Granted, there are a few games that I'm interested in, but it's only 3 or so. So much of the library is dedicated to shovelware games and kid stuff.
I think the culprit behind this is that publishers want to make multiplatform games to maximize returns. It's easy to match the 360 and PS3 games, as they're of like performance. The Wii? Not so much (due to both the hardware limitations and the different default control scheme). Exclusives for it would be better, but exclusives aren't what make the most money these days. So developers make the big games for the 360 and PS3, but give the Wii spin-offs or other budget titles that just aren't as good. Case in point: the 360 and PS3 got Resident Evil 5. The Wii? Umbrella Chronicles and a re-release of RE4.
Of course, none of this matters to Nintendo, as the Wii is basically a license to print money. It's great for those who were never really into gaming before this generation, but the "traditional" gaming segment is more or less left out.
Actually, yes, I do think it's better, especially from a readability standpoint. I find I don't need nearly as many reference windows open for Objective-C than I do for other languages. I will agree that function overloading can make editing easier/quicker, though, and it would be nice if Obj-C had it as an option.. To each his own.
As for Xcode, yeah, its autocomplete sucks. Xcode 4 is a lot nicer (or seemed to be during the brief time I checked it out). Too bad it's on developer preview still; I haven't even heard any news about when it's coming out. Last info I saw on it was from July.
There are legitimate complaints of Objective-C (just as there are for all languages), but to say that its method syntax is unclear is...baffling. Let's see some random, naive method I just made up for Java. It will display a Window on a Screen at a certain location with fading. (I realize this isn't how you do it in Swing.)
Even if you assume 100% of pirates wouldn't have bought the game if they couldn't get it for free, what gives them the right to play the game without paying for it? I used to think as you did, but now I'm not so sure. I don't think exorbitant fines (such as the *AA enjoy) are the answer (in fact, I find them reprehensible), but neither can I condone piracy.
Or how about a different example. Are you in favor of people sneaking in to movie theaters? Assuming a non-full showing, it doesn't "hurt" the theater one bit, but it's obviously the wrong thing to do.
I sense a -5: Redundant in my future! Anyways, I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't picture chicken egges when they hear "ovum", hence my continued horror at the name.
Well, that sure got changed for the better. Old name sounded too much like "OVUM-altine", which gives weird and creepy connotations. 'Course, maybe I'm parsing it wrong.
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10.6 requires in Intel Mac. If this was an update right at the beginning of the Intel transition, then yes, people have a right to be upset. But it's not. Apple has been Intel-only since 2006. So it's actually pretty dang likely a good amount of any "legacy" 10.4 installs can upgrade to 10.6 just fine. Also remember this isn't Microsoft--OS X doesn't cost a couple hundred dollars to get the un-neutered version. Snow Leopard is $30.
I'm happy when companies support their old stuff--for a time. After a while, though, it just causes stagnation. I see people complaining all the time about Microsoft having to support legacy stuff and how it bogs down the system, but when Apple cuts off support, they're suddenly in the wrong.
I was just thinking of this, actually. I'm starting a writing project which requires me to look up a lot of seemingly bizarre things--personifications of death, religious views on death, deities related to death, the apocalypse, annual birth rates, annual death rates, norns, fate, etc. Maybe your best defense is "I'm just writing a murder mystery! Honest!"
And while we're at it, let's trademark the trademark symbol
I don't know about tires or gas, but oil and air filters? You bet. Ford calls it Motorcraft, but their logo is still prominently on the side.
Exactly. I just went ahead and checked a couple of the ones being spammed in WoW's trade chat. They all offer Paypal. Now, I know we all hate Paypal here, but I can't imagine there's any safer way to do it in this case.
I'll try...
I have no idea of any meaningful measurement of Library of Congress for comparison, sorry.
Got one for you. The Library of Congress has (according to Wikipedia) 21814555 catalogued books. There are 2^128 IPv6 addresses. Thus, each book can have roughly 1.56 * 10^31 addresses assigned to it.
Reading responses here, I'm becoming more and more aware of the fact that my high school's CS program was actually pretty dang good. You had the choice of C++ or Java and learned the programming techniques at your own pace. There were 20 or so modules and the only requirement was that you do your best. If you were good, you might complete a module every week or so. If not...considerably less. Or if you were like me and a couple others, you would complete all of them in half a semester and be given some other project to work on, such as *nix maintenance or robotics.
You could also take a CCNA class and even get certified, provided you worked fast enough and took the tests. I took two of them before I realized it wasn't something I wanted to do.
Cool, thanks for the info.
I always thought that "ignorance of the law does not exempt you from punishment". And how does inserting a pirated game mean he knows that modding the Xbox is illegal? At best, it means he knows that modding the Xbox can let you play pirated games, which is illegal. But I can sharpen a knife and then stab somebody with it. Doesn't mean that the knife or the act of sharpening are illegal.
Of course, the usual disclaimers: IANAL, and of course I didn't RTFA.
"Every time a disc stops working"? How often does that happen?
I would imagine it depends on the part of the country you live in. Here in California, I've seen nothing like what you just described, though I did see some similar stuff for Bush (including a house that had a Bush effigy hung from a tree). I wouldn't be surprised if such exists for Obama in other parts of the country, though.
I never said I thought shooting up cities was mature. What I do want are games with more complex themes than "rescue the princess". For the most part, what I've seen on the Wii are a lot of simple games that are kid-friendly. Now, don't get me wrong--these games can be fun, but sometimes I want something with more substance to it. Something like Heavy Rain, Bioshock, Red Dead Redemption, or Dragon Age. He'll, even Ratchet and Clank is more mature than many Wii games.
It's the same reason I don't only watch Pixar movies.
And before somebody comes in with random examples of mature Wii games: I know they exist. But they aren't the norm, and you have to wade through the family stuff and the junk in order to find them.
Maybe I need to RTFA, but I just went to http://google.com/wave and it worked fine. I know it's no longer developed, but it still exists
I wasn't aware that Nintendo was still strict on what could appear on their system(s). Last I knew, they'd relaxed quite a bit; BMX XXX had the topless stuff in it, while it was censored on the PS2. Granted, I'm unaware of anything like that on the Wii or DS...
As an aside, I really hate how you have to click through the "health and safety tips" every time you turn on the Wii or DS. Put in the light of being "family-friendly", it makes more sense that it's been included. That, or Nintendo is even more terrified of lawsuits than other corporations.
I've long thought the ability to issue patches is the reason PC games have a lot more issues than their counterparts. Unfortunately, this generation has added that capability to consoles, as well. In theory, it's a good thing; issues that come up can be fixed without going through ridiculous rigmarole (just look at the Metroid thing with Nintendo). In practice, it means developers get to release buggy products. Just look at Fallout: New Vegas. It was basically unplayable on the consoles and little better on the PC. The massive patch that came out (how big was it again? 500MB?) fixed a lot of things, but there's still lots of stupid bugs.
As games become more complex, there are more areas for problems to occur, but it's pretty tacky to release something when you know it has huge bugs in it, many of them game-breaking.
I would say the main problem with the Wii is its library. And this comes from somebody who owns one. I really don't care about its graphics, but there just isn't much that interests me on the platform. I have 7 Wii games, while I have 42 or so PS3 games and 17 360 games. Granted, there are a few games that I'm interested in, but it's only 3 or so. So much of the library is dedicated to shovelware games and kid stuff.
I think the culprit behind this is that publishers want to make multiplatform games to maximize returns. It's easy to match the 360 and PS3 games, as they're of like performance. The Wii? Not so much (due to both the hardware limitations and the different default control scheme). Exclusives for it would be better, but exclusives aren't what make the most money these days. So developers make the big games for the 360 and PS3, but give the Wii spin-offs or other budget titles that just aren't as good. Case in point: the 360 and PS3 got Resident Evil 5. The Wii? Umbrella Chronicles and a re-release of RE4.
Of course, none of this matters to Nintendo, as the Wii is basically a license to print money. It's great for those who were never really into gaming before this generation, but the "traditional" gaming segment is more or less left out.
(Or maybe I need to look harder?)
Actually, yes, I do think it's better, especially from a readability standpoint. I find I don't need nearly as many reference windows open for Objective-C than I do for other languages. I will agree that function overloading can make editing easier/quicker, though, and it would be nice if Obj-C had it as an option.. To each his own.
As for Xcode, yeah, its autocomplete sucks. Xcode 4 is a lot nicer (or seemed to be during the brief time I checked it out). Too bad it's on developer preview still; I haven't even heard any news about when it's coming out. Last info I saw on it was from July.
If Objective-C has the performance of a scripted language, then how is it that my Mac runs as fast or faster than my Windows machine?
There are legitimate complaints of Objective-C (just as there are for all languages), but to say that its method syntax is unclear is...baffling. Let's see some random, naive method I just made up for Java. It will display a Window on a Screen at a certain location with fading. (I realize this isn't how you do it in Swing.)
screen.showWindow(window, 20, 20, 100, 200, true);
Here is the same thing in Objective-C:
[screen showWindow:window
atX:20
atY:20
width:100
height:200
fade:YES];
Yes, it's longer. But unreadable? Hardly.
Even if you assume 100% of pirates wouldn't have bought the game if they couldn't get it for free, what gives them the right to play the game without paying for it? I used to think as you did, but now I'm not so sure. I don't think exorbitant fines (such as the *AA enjoy) are the answer (in fact, I find them reprehensible), but neither can I condone piracy.
Or how about a different example. Are you in favor of people sneaking in to movie theaters? Assuming a non-full showing, it doesn't "hurt" the theater one bit, but it's obviously the wrong thing to do.
Actually, the Chicago Manual of Style allows " Asus' " as an alternative to "Asus's". Just make sure to be consistent.
Easiest way to enable it on the Mac is to find a program called "Hacktivator".
http://netputing.com/2010/11/11/airprint-hacktivator/
I did it with the GM, and it works perfectly.
I sense a -5: Redundant in my future! Anyways, I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't picture chicken egges when they hear "ovum", hence my continued horror at the name.
Well, that sure got changed for the better. Old name sounded too much like "OVUM-altine", which gives weird and creepy connotations. 'Course, maybe I'm parsing it wrong.
I'm pretty sure the idea is it's much more expensive to get a top-of-the-line PC than it is to get a top-of-the-line console.