Windows may have more different kinds of applications for one thing, but OS X generally has more than one. And you only need one application for one thing, the only place where choice matters is that you can get better applications. And other than specialized applications, Macs generally have software that is better.
It may be wrong to buy extravagant things instead of helping those forced into poverty, but it is more wrong to be forced to help them. A good Christian should help the poor, but they government shouldn't force you to be a good Christian.
Health care is not a fundamental human right. And even if it was, it doesn't have to be granted by the government. I have the right to free speech, but that doesn't mean the government has to get me a radio show. I have the right to practice religion as I please, but that doesn't mean the government has to build me a church. To have health care, someone needs to provide medical treatment for me, but no one should be able to force them to.
The government cannot pay for health care. It can force people to pay for it via taxes though. Why should someone be forced pay for someone else's health care? Because it sounds nicer than letting people take care of themselves?
Businesses are free entities, and forcing them to pay for employee health care is a restriction of that freedom that should not be allowed. And it means lower pay.
If you are taken care of by the government stealing money from others and giving you medical care, food, etc. then you are no more free than if the government is telling exactly what you can or cannot say and do.
I outsourced my work during college but still got a degree. Now I'm outsourcing my own job. I get an assignment, I send it to some really good engineer in Asia, I tell him to make a few mistakes, and I give it to my boss. No one notices. I give the engineer enough of my paycheck that it's a really good salary for his country, but I still get to keep much of mine. I get to do very little work and get paid, the engineer who does the work gets paid, my employer doesn't notice the difference.
There are thousands of Mac OS X applications. I doubt there is any kind of software that Windows has and OS X doesn't. But you're right that most games don't come out for OS X.
Yes, in order to view "secure" windows media content, you have to have a special monitor which can decode the encrypted content in the first place. The section of the screen with the media on a regular monitor will be either garbled or blank. This is to prevent people from copying the video by taking the raw stream from the monitor cord.
Has that been implemented yet? I think it is one case of DRM where average people will care, because they don't want to buy new monitors.
That is not always true, exempli gratia: There is always a grammatical error in any statement that points out a flaw in grammar. There is also a flaw in grammar in every signature which is written to show others proper grammar. There is something ironic about this.
If one private library didn't have what you want, you could go to a competitor. If there was none that did, and you think there are a lot of people that would go to one that did, start your own. Freedom. And the US government is certainly not the most corrupt.
If you bought a car without locks and expected it to be secure, that is your fault and you have no place suing anyone. It's widely available information that Windows is not the most secure operating system, but people still choose to buy it and computers with it. That is their fault. Microsoft caused no economic harm. Maybe, the people who bought Windows did, but they brought it upon themselves.
I made these RFID chips for this company. They move to your brain, and then take control of your mind. They'll allow Microsoft to enslave us all. This company is doing this because Darth Gates has offered to spare the CEOs in exchange for it.
I can definitely see credit card sized computers with 10^(10^100) core nanoprocessors. By then, computer enthusiasts will all know that the number of cores is for marketing, and what really matters is yottahertz.
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I'm sure you're right. My point about Carbon and Objective C not being the same thing and being used together still stands, though.
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Carbon applications are usually written in Objective C. Carbon and Cocoa are not programming languages, and generally utilize Objective C.
Well, in my opinion, it would still be the best OS ever even if it was the same as Panther (Although certainly not worth the upgrade price). What's different is that Vista came 5 years after XP, while Tiger came two years after Panther. Then again, Microsoft is adding it's own Spotlight search/smart folders and dashboard widgets.
Is your sarcasm detector malfunctioning? Heh, mine never does 'cause it's running Linux.
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I'm a Mac user and would certainly try this, but there is no Mac version.
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lack of DRM, cross platform code (eventually), open standards
In my experience, most people don't know what those things mean, and even if they did would not care a lot about them. People want software that Just Works(TM).
iTunes doesn't have any more DRM than Songbird inherently. Music from the iTunes Music Store will, but you don't have to buy it, and can rip CDs for all of your music if you want and not have any DRM. iTunes gives you the option to use the ITMS, but doesn't require it. So what is Songbird actually doing about DRM that is better than iTunes? Not being compatible at all? Is that a feature?
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Windows may have more different kinds of applications for one thing, but OS X generally has more than one. And you only need one application for one thing, the only place where choice matters is that you can get better applications. And other than specialized applications, Macs generally have software that is better.
It may be wrong to buy extravagant things instead of helping those forced into poverty, but it is more wrong to be forced to help them. A good Christian should help the poor, but they government shouldn't force you to be a good Christian.
Health care is not a fundamental human right. And even if it was, it doesn't have to be granted by the government. I have the right to free speech, but that doesn't mean the government has to get me a radio show. I have the right to practice religion as I please, but that doesn't mean the government has to build me a church. To have health care, someone needs to provide medical treatment for me, but no one should be able to force them to.
The government cannot pay for health care. It can force people to pay for it via taxes though. Why should someone be forced pay for someone else's health care? Because it sounds nicer than letting people take care of themselves?
Businesses are free entities, and forcing them to pay for employee health care is a restriction of that freedom that should not be allowed. And it means lower pay.
If you are taken care of by the government stealing money from others and giving you medical care, food, etc. then you are no more free than if the government is telling exactly what you can or cannot say and do.
I outsourced my work during college but still got a degree. Now I'm outsourcing my own job. I get an assignment, I send it to some really good engineer in Asia, I tell him to make a few mistakes, and I give it to my boss. No one notices. I give the engineer enough of my paycheck that it's a really good salary for his country, but I still get to keep much of mine. I get to do very little work and get paid, the engineer who does the work gets paid, my employer doesn't notice the difference.
IE7 might be okay, but it doesn't seem amazing, and the GUI is still very ugly. How is it better than Safari?
Yes, most games aren't for OS X.
Yes, a lot of proprietary company software isn't Mac compatible.
No, almost all peripherals work with Macs without having to install anything, even if they say they don't work.
Not really. Those web sites are becoming much less common.
There are thousands of Mac OS X applications. I doubt there is any kind of software that Windows has and OS X doesn't. But you're right that most games don't come out for OS X.
Yes, in order to view "secure" windows media content, you have to have a special monitor which can decode the encrypted content in the first place. The section of the screen with the media on a regular monitor will be either garbled or blank. This is to prevent people from copying the video by taking the raw stream from the monitor cord.
Has that been implemented yet? I think it is one case of DRM where average people will care, because they don't want to buy new monitors.
There = A location
That is not always true, exempli gratia:
There is always a grammatical error in any statement that points out a flaw in grammar. There is also a flaw in grammar in every signature which is written to show others proper grammar. There is something ironic about this.
Well, I'd rather have Vista + DRM/"Shackles" than nothing.
Then again, I'd rather have Mac OS X Tiger than either.
But does Windows Vista come with DRM of any sort? Or are you referring to the music DRM it is compatible with?
If one private library didn't have what you want, you could go to a competitor. If there was none that did, and you think there are a lot of people that would go to one that did, start your own. Freedom. And the US government is certainly not the most corrupt.
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
printf("You don't speak in computer language? What are you doing on Slashdot?");
return 0;
}
If you bought a car without locks and expected it to be secure, that is your fault and you have no place suing anyone. It's widely available information that Windows is not the most secure operating system, but people still choose to buy it and computers with it. That is their fault. Microsoft caused no economic harm. Maybe, the people who bought Windows did, but they brought it upon themselves.
I am not a Windows apologist. I use Mac OS X.
So, in England everything is black and white?
I made these RFID chips for this company. They move to your brain, and then take control of your mind. They'll allow Microsoft to enslave us all. This company is doing this because Darth Gates has offered to spare the CEOs in exchange for it.
I can definitely see credit card sized computers with 10^(10^100) core nanoprocessors. By then, computer enthusiasts will all know that the number of cores is for marketing, and what really matters is yottahertz.
I'm sure you're right. My point about Carbon and Objective C not being the same thing and being used together still stands, though.
Carbon applications are usually written in Objective C. Carbon and Cocoa are not programming languages, and generally utilize Objective C.
Well, in my opinion, it would still be the best OS ever even if it was the same as Panther (Although certainly not worth the upgrade price). What's different is that Vista came 5 years after XP, while Tiger came two years after Panther. Then again, Microsoft is adding it's own Spotlight search/smart folders and dashboard widgets.
Is your sarcasm detector malfunctioning? Heh, mine never does 'cause it's running Linux.
I'm a Mac user and would certainly try this, but there is no Mac version.
In my experience, most people don't know what those things mean, and even if they did would not care a lot about them. People want software that Just Works(TM).
iTunes doesn't have any more DRM than Songbird inherently. Music from the iTunes Music Store will, but you don't have to buy it, and can rip CDs for all of your music if you want and not have any DRM. iTunes gives you the option to use the ITMS, but doesn't require it. So what is Songbird actually doing about DRM that is better than iTunes? Not being compatible at all? Is that a feature?
Can it run Linux? If so, I'm making beowulf cluster of these.
The parent was a troll, there is no reason to respond to them.