I was searching for a PDF manual. Check the results. Are there _any_ relevant ones?
Shepd, it's not Google's fault that you suck at using web search. Notice that I didn't even bother adding pdf to the search terms and filtering with &lr=lang_en to avoid pages in Chinese.
I thought Apple, Motorola and IBM were in an alliance?
Officially yes, but each partner has a different agenda. Apple wants desktops, IBM wants servers, Motorola wants embedded.
MacSlash had some very good points about this in their article: IBM's chip has "160+ vector instructions"; Motorola's Altivec has 162. IBM's chip has 6.4GB/s bandwidth; Apple is a founding member of HyperTransport, which is 6.4GB/s.
Hopefully the dots will connect and Apple will get out of the Motorola doldrums.
This despicable behavior with regards to Microsoft is appalling and extreme, but it is only a symptom of a much greater, more fundamental, and much more deeply entrenched malaise that affects our entire political culture
You picked a very bad example, Crow. For starters, Britain banned private ownership of handguns 5 years ago. Hunting weapons require a license, and the license application asks why you need one.
Bah. RuleMaster is a pain. Real roleplayers do it with no dice and no rules, just imagination and character play.:p
xDND is like Windows and x86 -- it's annoying and kludgy, still based on old cruft that was a bad idea 25 years ago. But it's also the predominant standard.
Anyone want to complete this analogy for GURPS, Hero System, RuleMaster, RuneQuest, etc?;)
here's a module list on one of the largest fan sites
Is anyone else getting weird defects when visiting NWVault in Mozilla? Yesterday any page I tried would load about 90%, then go to gray and start over. Today the pages load but I'm seeing black text on a black background.
Some settings info: no popups, no status bar scripting, no cookies from ign, no 3rd party images
A puzzle isn't very satisfying when you only have to select one of 3 solutions from a menu, or when you just have to show up with an item
That's why you still need a DM. NWN includes a DM client that can take control of gameplay, allow freeform dialogue, and cause things to happen manually. Yes, even a good NWN module will have scripted puzzles of the choose-your-own-adventure variety, but a really good module will let a human DM turn those off and force the players to think harder.
run a separate program and laboriously pick out which files I want to burn and finally say "go".
It has changed in MacOS X.
Actually Disc Burner is also integrated to the Finder in OS 9. However, neither 9 nor X allow CD-RW to perform one essential feature of floppies -- moving/changing/deleting files on the fly.
The only potential confusion in this case is the lack of a new window popping up. [...] And such behavior could in theory be built into apps as a default option (pop new window if no windows when brought to front).
In fact, the exact behavior that you describe has been part of the Mac Human Interface Guidelines for many years now. Unfortunately many apps don't follow that particular rule. Interestingly, most Microsoft products do.
the University ran fiber optic cable to every dorm room and office several years back (longer back than I remember)
I certainly hope you (as a current student) don't remember, because it happened in 1988. That summer CWRU sent out special computer offers to everyone which included the necessary fiber NIC. Had to give back the NIC when I left, but I kept that SE/30 for a long time.
Foremost, to compete in the low end market where the CRT iMac lead Apple's sales
You know what would sell even better? A pizza-box based on the eMac motherboard with no monitor included at all. Sure the aesthetics won't be perfect, but the shipping cost savings alone would easily let Apple slash the price.
(...and/or include a few useful expansion options like an AGP slot, a PCI slot, and an open bay...)
they don't skimp on some options. You can't by a Mac with too little memory
Huh? The $1400 iMac, the $1200-1500 iBooks, and the $1100 eMac all come with only 128MB, which is certainly too little to run OS X properly.
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How is the MPEG4 Quicktime based
Sheesh, someone here has been living in a cave for the past couple years, apparently with only a copy of Real Player 8 for company.
" The QuickTime file format has been used as the basis of the MPEG-4 standard, developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)."
" [10.9] The MP4 file format is designed to contain the media information of an MPEG-4 presentation in a flexible, extensible format which facilitates interchange, management, editing, and presentation of the media. [...] The design is based on the QuickTime® format from Apple Computer Inc."
They promote the LOCKED soreson as the encoding format
And here again you are living in the past. Take a look at the Apple Quicktime siteright now. You will see a whole lot of promotion of their MPEG-4 cross-compatible codec. Ever since the MPEG-4 project began, Apple has been salivating at the prospects of ditching Sorenson.
Apple used to push in favor of Sorenson, because: (1) it was the best codec, and (2) it was exclusive to QuickTime. Neither of those factors are true any more.
McDonalds was intentionally serving coffee at 180 degrees (too hot to drink, causes severe burns within seconds) and refused to settle with her for $20,000 (her costs for hospitalization and skin grafts). They deserved to lose the case.
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told Linus Torvalds that he "would not get a high grade" for his creation.
Smart professors often make mistakes when it comes to real-world possibilities. The classic example here is that the business plan for Federal Express got a C as an Economics term paper.
On the low end, you have to buy a big, clunky, monitor-included thing. If you want a "component" system, you have to buy a tower, which is big and costs much moolah.
Damn straight. The exact Mac I want would use the motherboard from the eMac (or a G4 nForce2, drool), put the graphics in an AGP slot, ditch the CRT, add a PCI slot & an open drive bay.
Just enough expandability to satisfy a budget-conscious informed user. Why does Lord Steve refuse to sell Macs to this large market segment?
Bad:
- The new iMac is still PC100/800 MHz.
- No "upgrade edition" of Jaguar.
Agreed. Even if the G4 is as "pentium-crushing" as Lord Steve claims, ordinary SDRAM is a nasty bottleneck that leaves us well behind increasingly-common Wintel boxes with DDR or RDR.
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Shepd, it's not Google's fault that you suck at using web search. Notice that I didn't even bother adding pdf to the search terms and filtering with &lr=lang_en to avoid pages in Chinese.
Very cute. The guy who made that site has clearly played PokeThulhu . From the makers of Dork Tower...
Officially yes, but each partner has a different agenda. Apple wants desktops, IBM wants servers, Motorola wants embedded.
MacSlash had some very good points about this in their article: IBM's chip has "160+ vector instructions"; Motorola's Altivec has 162. IBM's chip has 6.4GB/s bandwidth; Apple is a founding member of HyperTransport, which is 6.4GB/s.
Hopefully the dots will connect and Apple will get out of the Motorola doldrums.
I have only one thing to say to you: Why do you hate America so much?
You picked a very bad example, Crow. For starters, Britain banned private ownership of handguns 5 years ago. Hunting weapons require a license, and the license application asks why you need one.
Remember: USA != EarthFluids that compute, eh? How far is it from here to mimetic polyalloys?
Bah. RuleMaster is a pain. Real roleplayers do it with no dice and no rules, just imagination and character play. :p
xDND is like Windows and x86 -- it's annoying and kludgy, still based on old cruft that was a bad idea 25 years ago. But it's also the predominant standard.
Anyone want to complete this analogy for GURPS, Hero System, RuleMaster, RuneQuest, etc? ;)
--FDND now available
Is anyone else getting weird defects when visiting NWVault in Mozilla? Yesterday any page I tried would load about 90%, then go to gray and start over. Today the pages load but I'm seeing black text on a black background.
Some settings info: no popups, no status bar scripting, no cookies from ign, no 3rd party images
That's why you still need a DM. NWN includes a DM client that can take control of gameplay, allow freeform dialogue, and cause things to happen manually. Yes, even a good NWN module will have scripted puzzles of the choose-your-own-adventure variety, but a really good module will let a human DM turn those off and force the players to think harder.
Actually Disc Burner is also integrated to the Finder in OS 9. However, neither 9 nor X allow CD-RW to perform one essential feature of floppies -- moving/changing/deleting files on the fly.
I haven't seen anything so far about Apple support for Mt Rainier. Very disappointing.
I think it's a problem with the font you're using. What is that?
In fact, the exact behavior that you describe has been part of the Mac Human Interface Guidelines for many years now. Unfortunately many apps don't follow that particular rule. Interestingly, most Microsoft products do.
what part of osx is open source ?
This part is open source.
if it's open source then why isn't it free ?
It is free.
Wait another couple months. The SN40 is coming. It's based on the nForce2 chipset, but otherwise expect similar specs to the SS51.
- nVidia press release
- VIAHardware nForce2 article
- Small Form Factor forum (search for SN40)
- or Google it yourself
SN40 is probably the machine that will get me to switch my home computer from PPC to x86.There is. Go to your Comment Preferences and scroll down to the bottom section.
I certainly hope you (as a current student) don't remember, because it happened in 1988. That summer CWRU sent out special computer offers to everyone which included the necessary fiber NIC. Had to give back the NIC when I left, but I kept that SE/30 for a long time.
p.s. Glaser sucks!
Foremost, to compete in the low end market where the CRT iMac lead Apple's sales
You know what would sell even better? A pizza-box based on the eMac motherboard with no monitor included at all. Sure the aesthetics won't be perfect, but the shipping cost savings alone would easily let Apple slash the price.
(...and/or include a few useful expansion options like an AGP slot, a PCI slot, and an open bay...)
they don't skimp on some options. You can't by a Mac with too little memory
Huh? The $1400 iMac, the $1200-1500 iBooks, and the $1100 eMac all come with only 128MB, which is certainly too little to run OS X properly.
Sheesh, someone here has been living in a cave for the past couple years, apparently with only a copy of Real Player 8 for company.
- " The QuickTime file format has been used as the basis of the MPEG-4 standard, developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)."
- " [10.9] The MP4 file format is designed to contain the media information of an MPEG-4 presentation in a flexible, extensible format which facilitates interchange, management, editing, and presentation of the media. [...] The design is based on the QuickTime® format from Apple Computer Inc."
But don't take my word for it -- look it up for yourself.They promote the LOCKED soreson as the encoding format
And here again you are living in the past. Take a look at the Apple Quicktime site right now. You will see a whole lot of promotion of their MPEG-4 cross-compatible codec. Ever since the MPEG-4 project began, Apple has been salivating at the prospects of ditching Sorenson.
Apple used to push in favor of Sorenson, because: (1) it was the best codec, and (2) it was exclusive to QuickTime. Neither of those factors are true any more.
Hey, don't forget his (sadly unimplemented) contribution to improved modem communications:
Number 3: It's the Latency, Stupid
Stuart's official title at Apple is "Wizard Without Portfolio", meaning smart guy not tied to any one department. He's earned that.
Perhaps the damages were too high, but the McDonalds Coffee Lawsuit was NOT frivolous.
McDonalds was intentionally serving coffee at 180 degrees (too hot to drink, causes severe burns within seconds) and refused to settle with her for $20,000 (her costs for hospitalization and skin grafts). They deserved to lose the case.
told Linus Torvalds that he "would not get a high grade" for his creation.
Smart professors often make mistakes when it comes to real-world possibilities. The classic example here is that the business plan for Federal Express got a C as an Economics term paper.
On the low end, you have to buy a big, clunky, monitor-included thing. If you want a "component" system, you have to buy a tower, which is big and costs much moolah.
Damn straight. The exact Mac I want would use the motherboard from the eMac (or a G4 nForce2, drool), put the graphics in an AGP slot, ditch the CRT, add a PCI slot & an open drive bay.
Just enough expandability to satisfy a budget-conscious informed user. Why does Lord Steve refuse to sell Macs to this large market segment?
Bad:
:-)
:-(
- The new iMac is still PC100/800 MHz.
- No "upgrade edition" of Jaguar.
Agreed. Even if the G4 is as "pentium-crushing" as Lord Steve claims, ordinary SDRAM is a nasty bottleneck that leaves us well behind increasingly-common Wintel boxes with DDR or RDR.
Although I'd still be satisfied with a PowerMac LC, my new pipe dream is the PowerMac nForce2 .
And if Apple won't sell me a Jaguar upgrade for $39 or less, I'll probably end up burning a copy.
Apparently I wasn't the only one who wished that Apple would team up with Nvidia.
If there isn't an expandable Mac around $900 by the time the Shuttle SN40 arrives, I'm getting an nForce2.