Unfortunately, in order to do that, we would have to have another round of them this year. I think I'd rather keep the older technology and stay hurricane-free!;-)
To break existing 800 MHz iMacs! Those damn things just keep running!!! How is a self-respecting hardware junkie supposed to talk his wife into letting him purchase the latest and greatest from Apple, when they just keep working:-(
We have two matching 17" LCD, 800 MHz iMacs, purchased in November, 2002. They have run 24x7 since we purchased them, with the exception of the power outages caused by the hurricanes in September of 2004.
While we have enjoyed the "Star Trek Universe" for what seems like decades now, we have begun to get a little nauseated at the thought of YASTS (Yet Another Star Trek Series). Please remember the words of some wise sage from the past: "Everything is good, in moderation" and apply it to future Star Trek endeavors.
If you already have a Mac with these apps, and you perform an upgrade, no. If, however, you decide to do a clean install, you lose a lot of the iLife apps, along with AppleWorks.
Actually, I will buy the family pack 5 license version for $199. My wife and I both own iMacs, and it is cheaper to upgrade them that way. We did the same thing when Panther came out.
I second your opinion on Vim! I've used it for quite a while, and find it makes an excellent programmer's editor. Another thing I like about Vim is the incredible syntax highlighting support it has! I do a lot of legacy DOS application support at work, and a large percentage of the programs I edit were written in Clipper. Vim has out-of-the-box (so to speak) support for Clipper!
My wife and I picked up two kensington Iridio mice, which were plug&play without the need to install drivers. The Iridio features two buttons (the right is for the contextual menu) and a scroll wheel (which works great on all apps under OS X). The price was right, and the styling was good (hey, they are being used on Macs, afterall!;-)
Those responses (the ones in english anyway) were so funny I thought I'd fall out of my chair at work. It's a good thing today is the day before Christmas Eve here, there are a lot less people at work so my laughter didn't bother anyone...
"Early in the mission, the crew deployed Spartan, a freeflying solar instrument package that was supposed to make independent observations of the sun's outer atmosphere and the solar wind. However, the equipment failed upon deployment and was unable to complete its mission. During their first spacewalk Winston Scott and Takao Doi grabbed the spacecraft by hand and berthed it in the payload bay for its return to Earth. Since landing, the Spartan satellite has been impounded for study to determine the cause of the failure."
Granted, the mission wasn't to go up and retrieve a broken satellite, but they did, in fact, retrieve the satellite and bring it back to Earth.
While I agree with what you've said, in principal, I disagree simply because of what I refer to as the "sheep factor". This is the tendency for people to just continue doing or using something the same way, no matter what. This also includes 99.9% of Slashdotters.
The vast majority of people don't play DVD's on their computers (yet). As long as the DVD will play on an "approved" DVD player, they will continue to buy them. Before long, all DVD's will come with DRM.
If people could organize a mass boycott of these DRM'd DVD's, and make it work, the MPAA might take notice. I doubt, however, it would work.
I used to say "vote with your wallet" on these very threads, but I've become disillusioned, and no longer even try.:-(
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Bill, is that you?
Didn't I tell you to quit trolling on Slashdot!!!
- Steve
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!
Unfortunately, in order to do that, we would have to have another round of them this year. I think I'd rather keep the older technology and stay hurricane-free! ;-)
To break existing 800 MHz iMacs! Those damn things just keep running!!! How is a self-respecting hardware junkie supposed to talk his wife into letting him purchase the latest and greatest from Apple, when they just keep working :-(
We have two matching 17" LCD, 800 MHz iMacs, purchased in November, 2002. They have run 24x7 since we purchased them, with the exception of the power outages caused by the hurricanes in September of 2004.
thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!
Dear Rick,
While we have enjoyed the "Star Trek Universe" for what seems like decades now, we have begun to get a little nauseated at the thought of YASTS (Yet Another Star Trek Series). Please remember the words of some wise sage from the past: "Everything is good, in moderation" and apply it to future Star Trek endeavors.
Warmest Regards,
The Star Trek Fans
"If Microsoft made toilet paper it would be called Butt Wiper." Brian Briggs "
If IBM made toilet paper, it would be called "BW/2" DoctorPepper
If you already have a Mac with these apps, and you perform an upgrade, no. If, however, you decide to do a clean install, you lose a lot of the iLife apps, along with AppleWorks.
:-(
I found this out the hard way with Panther
Sorry, but you're wrong. I get every update Apple pushes out, and as of yesterday evening, I was still getting pop-unders in Safari.
Actually, I will buy the family pack 5 license version for $199. My wife and I both own iMacs, and it is cheaper to upgrade them that way. We did the same thing when Panther came out.
I'd take a job schlepping burgers at McDonalds before I'd ever stoop to working anywhere in New York.
I second your opinion on Vim! I've used it for quite a while, and find it makes an excellent programmer's editor. Another thing I like about Vim is the incredible syntax highlighting support it has! I do a lot of legacy DOS application support at work, and a large percentage of the programs I edit were written in Clipper. Vim has out-of-the-box (so to speak) support for Clipper!
Perhaps, but Java/C# don't require all of those unwieldily parenthesis all over the place!
Come on Lisp, you've been around for 50 years, can't you fix that problem with parenthesis?
My wife and I picked up two kensington Iridio mice, which were plug&play without the need to install drivers. The Iridio features two buttons (the right is for the contextual menu) and a scroll wheel (which works great on all apps under OS X). The price was right, and the styling was good (hey, they are being used on Macs, afterall! ;-)
Kensington
I run Linux on an Inspiron, you insensitive clod!
But I doubt I'll be whacking together a dual G5 in 23 years for only 100 bucks
:-)
No, but you will probably be able to get one off of eBay for $50!
Now I can power my 100W radio by solar power on Field Day, and get the contacts AND the extra points for using alternate power!!!
;-)
No more QRP for this ham!
ViM! :-)
Yeah, but by the time you paid to get there, you couldn't afford to eat!
No, you piss-ant, I didn't miss the point.
I posted this because it IS COOL for the sake of being cool and nothing more.
Now go climb back under your frickin keyboard.
Why in hell did you stupid moderators mod the parent insightful?
Those responses (the ones in english anyway) were so funny I thought I'd fall out of my chair at work. It's a good thing today is the day before Christmas Eve here, there are a lot less people at work so my laughter didn't bother anyone...
Only if she sits on them! ;-)
Actually he isn't. STS-87:
"Early in the mission, the crew deployed Spartan, a freeflying solar instrument package that was supposed to make independent observations of the sun's outer atmosphere and the solar wind. However, the equipment failed upon deployment and was unable to complete its mission. During their first spacewalk Winston Scott and Takao Doi grabbed the spacecraft by hand and berthed it in the payload bay for its return to Earth. Since landing, the Spartan satellite has been impounded for study to determine the cause of the failure."
Granted, the mission wasn't to go up and retrieve a broken satellite, but they did, in fact, retrieve the satellite and bring it back to Earth.
While I agree with what you've said, in principal, I disagree simply because of what I refer to as the "sheep factor". This is the tendency for people to just continue doing or using something the same way, no matter what. This also includes 99.9% of Slashdotters.
:-(
The vast majority of people don't play DVD's on their computers (yet). As long as the DVD will play on an "approved" DVD player, they will continue to buy them. Before long, all DVD's will come with DRM.
If people could organize a mass boycott of these DRM'd DVD's, and make it work, the MPAA might take notice. I doubt, however, it would work.
I used to say "vote with your wallet" on these very threads, but I've become disillusioned, and no longer even try.
Please remind why America is not at war with China?
Because they:
(X) Possess Nuclear Weapons
(X) Possess Largest Army on the Earth
Come on, even Dubya isn't that stupid!