On the Mac, you never, ever find yourself in a situation where access to equivalent of the BIOS would be helpful to troubleshoot Mac OS X boot problems. Ever.
I respectfully disagree with this statement in so many ways.
As an Apple technician, I found many times when having BIOS or EFI access would have saved me hours of time running diagnostics from optical discs and tearing apart the system trying to get access to the hardware, which is another problem I have with their design, but that will have to wait for another post.
If you are just an end user and were lucky enough to be able to use your Mac for what it is intended for, kudos. If you ever had to figure out why it stops booting, having access to the BIOS/EFI is extremely important.
As another poster pointed out, the OS does indeed show this information, and it is available to a non-booting system through disc-based diagnostics, but other than that if you do not have access to these, you are SOL.
No, In Soviet Russia, you take one after another, after another, for the glory of Mother Russia, and like it!
Yeah, doesn't quite roll off the tongue as nicely though...
I remember those days as well, when we picked up our TL2, they had that pack of games available, except instead of Camelot, we got Welltris (tetris in a well, didn't play it all that much) with HQ and Bubble Bobble. I spent hours playing Hero's quest, and was very disappointed when I found out that the files for the end of the game were corrupted and would lock up every time I was about to finish.
I don't believe that adding technology to the classrooms is a good thing. Giving calculators to school kids before they get into more difficult mathematics courses takes away from their ability to solve even the most basic problems. I also believe that young kids should only be using computers for typing practice and for learning games up until High School, so they can get the chance to develop a stronger grasp on the concepts of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and so on. Computers may make things easier for people in business and at home, but I think it is actually detracting from students getting a proper education. I believe there is a proper time and place for technology, putting it into the hands of our students too early is not it though. Just my 2 cents.
My older brother isn't what you call the brightest bulb on the tree. I would honestly have to say that my younger sister got the brains in my family (I'm adopted so I got my own brains:D)
If you figure on the millions of people who have had to deal with spam emails, 65 years isn't that much.
65 years is approx. 34 million minutes. If he affected 34 million people, he will be serving 1 minute in prison for each person he affected, who spent hours cleaning up their machine, or hundreds of dollars to have someone else do it.
Mindy: What's wrong?
Homer: Oh, yeah, like you don't know. We're gonna have sex!
Mindy: Oh...well, we don't have to.
Homer: Yes we do! The cookie told me so.
Mindy: Well...desserts aren't always right.
Homer: But they're so sweet!
I agree with the parent on this. To make the electoral college more fair, I think the "all or none" policy behind it should be changed to allow for a fair percentage split of the electoral votes based on the popular vote in that particular state. It will more accurately represent the popular vote and still mean that each state has a fair say based on current representation. And it should still allow for the needed 270 electoral votes to win the election.
Its the same if you leave your door unlocked, or window open. Alot of businesses I work with have been avoiding using Wireless technology because they are afraid it will make them more vulnerable. Its more that they don't understand how to implement and secure it properly, and don't want to spend the time or money to do so.
Any time you create a product out of the least expensive components you can get, you always end up with an inferior product. All the box brands are guilty of this, but not just because they are evil corporations. People are demanding cheaper computers.
But most businesses I deal with aren't buying the systems available from Best Buy, WalMart, or any of the other consumer lines. They get business-class models, which are built totally differently than their home-user counterparts. They cost more than the $399 special advertised on TV, but they work better, are easier to fix, and are just a far superior product.
Thats my 10 bits:)
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Only reason I buy a console is so I can play games like Final Fantasy and RPGs in general.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/31/final-fantasy-iii-launching-on-ouya
Any other reasons?
But then I thought has this silliness gone on long enough and....whoosh?
The next challenge is decrypting Finnegans Wake.
Its much easier to understand, and enjoy, after having a few pints.
We are talking about the Irish drinking song, right?
What do you plan to do from now on? Are you going to pursue the Peter Gibbons dream of doing nothing?
That, or two chicks at the same time.
I thought this would be about how to get away from Apple headquarters.
Boy do I feel silly....
On the Mac, you never, ever find yourself in a situation where access to equivalent of the BIOS would be helpful to troubleshoot Mac OS X boot problems. Ever.
I respectfully disagree with this statement in so many ways.
As an Apple technician, I found many times when having BIOS or EFI access would have saved me hours of time running diagnostics from optical discs and tearing apart the system trying to get access to the hardware, which is another problem I have with their design, but that will have to wait for another post.
If you are just an end user and were lucky enough to be able to use your Mac for what it is intended for, kudos. If you ever had to figure out why it stops booting, having access to the BIOS/EFI is extremely important. As another poster pointed out, the OS does indeed show this information, and it is available to a non-booting system through disc-based diagnostics, but other than that if you do not have access to these, you are SOL.
In Soviet Russia the team takes one for you?
No, In Soviet Russia, you take one after another, after another, for the glory of Mother Russia, and like it! Yeah, doesn't quite roll off the tongue as nicely though...
I remember those days as well, when we picked up our TL2, they had that pack of games available, except instead of Camelot, we got Welltris (tetris in a well, didn't play it all that much) with HQ and Bubble Bobble. I spent hours playing Hero's quest, and was very disappointed when I found out that the files for the end of the game were corrupted and would lock up every time I was about to finish.
I don't believe that adding technology to the classrooms is a good thing. Giving calculators to school kids before they get into more difficult mathematics courses takes away from their ability to solve even the most basic problems. I also believe that young kids should only be using computers for typing practice and for learning games up until High School, so they can get the chance to develop a stronger grasp on the concepts of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and so on. Computers may make things easier for people in business and at home, but I think it is actually detracting from students getting a proper education. I believe there is a proper time and place for technology, putting it into the hands of our students too early is not it though. Just my 2 cents.
My older brother isn't what you call the brightest bulb on the tree. I would honestly have to say that my younger sister got the brains in my family (I'm adopted so I got my own brains :D)
If you figure on the millions of people who have had to deal with spam emails, 65 years isn't that much.
65 years is approx. 34 million minutes. If he affected 34 million people, he will be serving 1 minute in prison for each person he affected, who spent hours cleaning up their machine, or hundreds of dollars to have someone else do it.
If you ask me, he would be getting off light.
DAVE? DAVE's not here man.
Mindy: What's wrong?
Homer: Oh, yeah, like you don't know. We're gonna have sex!
Mindy: Oh...well, we don't have to.
Homer: Yes we do! The cookie told me so.
Mindy: Well...desserts aren't always right.
Homer: But they're so sweet!
I agree with the parent on this. To make the electoral college more fair, I think the "all or none" policy behind it should be changed to allow for a fair percentage split of the electoral votes based on the popular vote in that particular state. It will more accurately represent the popular vote and still mean that each state has a fair say based on current representation. And it should still allow for the needed 270 electoral votes to win the election.
Its the same if you leave your door unlocked, or window open. Alot of businesses I work with have been avoiding using Wireless technology because they are afraid it will make them more vulnerable. Its more that they don't understand how to implement and secure it properly, and don't want to spend the time or money to do so.
Any time you create a product out of the least expensive components you can get, you always end up with an inferior product. All the box brands are guilty of this, but not just because they are evil corporations. People are demanding cheaper computers. But most businesses I deal with aren't buying the systems available from Best Buy, WalMart, or any of the other consumer lines. They get business-class models, which are built totally differently than their home-user counterparts. They cost more than the $399 special advertised on TV, but they work better, are easier to fix, and are just a far superior product. Thats my 10 bits :)