Now I would just like to see a cross-platform version of it...please? I think that's much easier said than done, simply because Adium is designed for Mac OS X, which has very specific GUI controls and uses Objective-C for event handling. I don't think it was ever intended to be cross-platformm, anyway...sorry.:/
Just so you know, the article does not actually refer to Coca-Cola, but to drinks like Pepsi MAX. I somehow doubt that all popular sodas contain sodium benzoate. I've seen it in several other soda's ingredient lists, but not, as you discovered, in Coke's.
That being said, I still wouldn't touch a Coke or many other soft drinks for their carbonic acid! >P
From my personal experience, I must disagree. I was homeschooled through grades 3-12, having no major lack of friends or teamwork situations. For example, I've just completed the second of two college courses in software practice, requiring collaboration on a multi-team scale, and not only was I in several respects the leading figure of our four-man team, but we were able to consistently impress the faculty. The proposal that lack of a more public schooling environment eliminates social interaction and collaboration is flawed.
I comply on almost all points. I too have horrible linux tweaking habits, and have about the same view of wimbows, but Macs take me a bit more than 15 minutes. I rely on a good number of 3rd party apps (Quicksilver presiding) to satisfy my quirks. Then again, I install them as I need them, each taking about 3 minutes to google, download, and copy to/Applications.
I agree completely with this statement. All of the most respected game companies—Square Enix, Blizzard, Nintendo— have used this strategy consistently throughout their lifetimes, and I believe it has payed off for them. I waited for FF III, and had no regrets. I waited for the Wii, and it was certainly worth it. Now, I'm waiting for Phantom Hourglass and Metroid Prime 3, and I don't expect to be disappointed, either. It takes considerable time and effort to become the best, and the best games are undoubtedly worth the wait...Neverwinter Nights, anyone?
Oo! Oo! That reminds me! A friend and I came up with this idea last month:
Instead of caching pieces of the OS for boot-time, why don't we use flash to persist the entire RAM? You could close your laptop to hibernate and restore almost instantly hours later, with no battery use in between. You'd never need to shut it down! Wouldn't that be considerably more useful? It's also simple than relying on the OS to handle paging and whatnot; it could be implemented entirely in hardware.
Fuck you, Jobs. You don't know what I want. Stop telling me what to do! Do you seriously believe that Jobs will keep the back door closed? Did you WTFKeynote? The thing runs OS X. Not a mini version of it. Sure, it doesn't have the same interface, but it's the same OS. The Cocoa interface framework is there, Safari services are there, AppleScript is there, everything is there. Why would they do that for a closed device when they could surely go by with much less, both in size and effort? It doesn't make sense unless they are planning to open it up, eventually.
This decision isn't about what the users want. They're not forced to buy it (although what the device is good for is substantial). There are plenty of reasons for them to restrict it for the time being. Maybe they don't want 3rd parties to screw it up yet; they want to first show the industry what good design is. They might not even have a stable development platform yet. It seems obvious, though, that this restriction will not last (as it didn't for iPod).
With respect to phones, I think the iPhone is going to be a flop. When it's all said and done, it's a $3000 phone (can't get one without 2 years of Cingular's worthless service) that plays mp3s and videos and has a calendar and web browser with... OS X. $3000 is an exaggeration and you know it. You can get a very nice Cingular plan (450 anytime minutes + unlimited data, since SMS/email probably used more than phone) for $60/mo. Two years of that is $1440, plus iPhone is under $2000. That cost can flex considerably depending on how much you plan to use it. Besides, you're going to pay about that much anywhere for equivalent service.
wtf. Go buy 10 different USB wireless cards. Maybe 2 will have a driver for OSX. I have a pile of them here that don't work on my MacBook. You got lucky.
Yeah, that's a bit disappointing, but Apple sells a wireless card that works with all versions of its OS and on all available Mac models. Most models even come with sn AirPort card! Windows and Linux running on a Mac have no* problems interfacing with the card.
The point is that most wireless cards weren't designed with Macs in mind, and Macs weren't designed with 3rd party wireless cards in mind. Apple already provides a complete setup, so no one bothers writing extra Mac OS drivers.
One of the two links at the bottom of the article describes the addition of HiDPI, making the UI resolution-independent. It explains why they're changing its name.
You make it sound as if it was hard to make it better than its predecessors. Did you RTFA or WTFV? 50 million lines of code. 50 million!! How can that be easy to change to any extent, when half of it is undocumented, obfuscated garbage? Those techs have some real guts, IMNSHO.
And BTW, nobody can make you upgrade your current computer to it, and probably for a year or more you'll still be able to buy XP systems from all the major vendors. Very funny. Do you really think the industry will go along with that? If Windows isn't overthrown by OS X or some other unbelievably user-friendly version of BSD within the next year or two (which could happen), there will be no support for big-name XP apps anymore; it will all be "Vista only". This will be especially true for gamers; Vista provides many improvements in 3D rendering, which the game industry will pounce on. You'll be squeezed out of XP from all sides if you're doing anything outside of the daily internet run*.
It's only sad because all of these new features mean nothing. Without any competition, MS does whatever it wants and the industry doesn't bat an eyelash.
Of course, that will all change once Apple gains enough footing to release an x86-compatible version of OS X.
*Actually, for the daily internet run, it's not a bad idea to find a cheap-as-dirt laptop with 128 MB, 2 GB, and a PCMCIA slot for wireless, then install Xubuntu, which comes with Firefox.
Contractions are listed in grammar books; idioms are not.
Well, of course. I wouldn't expect grammar rules to pop up in dictionaries (short of listing parts of speech for a word). Huh? Dictionaries? You lost me.
Grammatically, it still conveys precisely the opposite meaning of what is intended.
And that is a problem for what reason? When it is raining cats and dogs, do you head to the vet for a rabies shot? Or how about when people say, "you can say that again" implying that they understood what was said and it would be unnecessary to say it again. And it doesn't mean the opposite of what it means. It means exactly what everyone that hears it thinks it means. You obviously understand the meaning of the speaker. So you aren't concerned about the problems of understanding, as you claim. You are objecting for one and one reason only. You don't like it. With that as the gauge, you might as well be complaining about contractions. Slow down, Tex. First, leave the contractions out of this. They're an integral part of English grammar now. Idioms are quite different. They are commonly accepted colloquial phrases, which are not (or, at least, shouldn't be) necessary to convey meaning. Second, I don't have anything against idioms in general. If everyone agrees with them, then fine, use them all you want (but not in a research paper). 'Could(n't) care less' is controversial, though, and since idioms, by definition, must be commonly accepted, controversy over idioms is self-justified. Controversy provokes discussion about whether an idiom should be kept or replaced, so that the meaning of the idiom may be more widely recognized. There are many people use each of those two idioms, so the rational decision is to opt toward the one that makes sense outside of its social context.
Holy crap! That's a lot to pay for 9 copies of the same overpriced disc, just to (fail to) beat my naïve argument by $0.35. You should be able to cancel that order up to tomorrow. There are better things to do than buy $100+ of stuff to win a argument (especially) on/. .
Heh. Yeah, barely under $15. You also didn't seem to object to my other comments. Would you agree that if you heard a song on the radio, a REALLY killer rock song (in my case "Take Me Out"), you would at least check out the album and sample the songs on iTMS before you ordered it? Personally, "Take Me Out" is the only song I like on Franz' launch album, and it's a particularly raspy tune, so hi-fi isn't a big deal. The quality of the mpeg-4's on iTMS is probably more than enough for 50% or more of the songs there.
So, for the price of the CD (and I don't know where ya'll are paying $18+ for cd's at..most I see are in the $10-$12 range) Where can you buy Demon Days for less than $15? We're talking mainstream US artists. I'd love to know where you're getting those prices otherwise.
...I can rip it multiple times to the format of choice for usage environment. And I'm not restricted at all to how many copies I can make for myself, nor the quality of such copies.
Which is a better deal now?
Please. Nearly every album on iTMS is $10 flat with (usually) no tax, and has all of the same non-restrictions (just discouragements). Sure, it's lower quality, and I when that matters (classical, jazz...the good stuff), I will definitely buy the disc. But probably 95% of pop and rock is so distorted that it really doesn't matter.
I also didn't mention that with $1 songs, those who know what they like don't have to grumble through the 5-8 filler tracks on nearly every pop album; they can pay half the cost of the CD or less and get the tracks that matter to them.
My understanding is that there was a saying, "I could care less, but I'd have to try." This has been shortened to "I could care less." Ah, I see. I just thought Americans (and I speak for myself) were idiots in using the word 'not'.
The meaning didn't change. It went from correct to an idiom. Idioms have meanings unrelated to the words that combine to make the phrase. It is not incorrect as an idiom, because there is nothing that can be grammatically wrong once it becomes an idiom. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it is incorrect. Grammatically, it still conveys precisely the opposite meaning of what is intended. Besides, many people already use the grammatically correct form; saying that both of them are 'correct' is ridiculous.
For all the usefulness of your complaints, you might as well correct everyone's contractions, complaining that the language wasn't intended to leave out letters like that. Sorry, but that's quite a poor example. Contractions are listed in grammar books; idioms are not. Professional writing would never tolerate the phrase "I could care less."
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Microsoft has been notoriously bad at on-stage demos...
Ooo, spooky...a tablet like that (with an injection of Inkwell) would be the slick, shiny reincarnation of the Newton! Gawks and oglings ensue.
My EARS are GONE!!
Perhaps this is caused by your sex life?
Are you guys lined up for the METHADONE PROGRAM or FOOD STAMPS??
Possibly existential despair are caused by this.
I'm into SOFTWARE!
Is it because of existential despair that you say you are intosoftware?
Just so you know, the article does not actually refer to Coca-Cola, but to drinks like Pepsi MAX. I somehow doubt that all popular sodas contain sodium benzoate. I've seen it in several other soda's ingredient lists, but not, as you discovered, in Coke's. That being said, I still wouldn't touch a Coke or many other soft drinks for their carbonic acid! >P
From my personal experience, I must disagree. I was homeschooled through grades 3-12, having no major lack of friends or teamwork situations. For example, I've just completed the second of two college courses in software practice, requiring collaboration on a multi-team scale, and not only was I in several respects the leading figure of our four-man team, but we were able to consistently impress the faculty. The proposal that lack of a more public schooling environment eliminates social interaction and collaboration is flawed.
I comply on almost all points. I too have horrible linux tweaking habits, and have about the same view of wimbows, but Macs take me a bit more than 15 minutes. I rely on a good number of 3rd party apps (Quicksilver presiding) to satisfy my quirks. Then again, I install them as I need them, each taking about 3 minutes to google, download, and copy to /Applications.
3 seconds! That's far too long. My eyes would melt before I found the menu item.
Duh, sorry. That was HAL.
Oh, I forgot to add Rare. Let's see...Smash Bros., Star Fox, Conker, Viva Piñata...
I agree completely with this statement. All of the most respected game companies—Square Enix, Blizzard, Nintendo— have used this strategy consistently throughout their lifetimes, and I believe it has payed off for them. I waited for FF III, and had no regrets. I waited for the Wii, and it was certainly worth it. Now, I'm waiting for Phantom Hourglass and Metroid Prime 3, and I don't expect to be disappointed, either. It takes considerable time and effort to become the best, and the best games are undoubtedly worth the wait...Neverwinter Nights, anyone?
Oo! Oo! That reminds me! A friend and I came up with this idea last month:
Instead of caching pieces of the OS for boot-time, why don't we use flash to persist the entire RAM? You could close your laptop to hibernate and restore almost instantly hours later, with no battery use in between. You'd never need to shut it down! Wouldn't that be considerably more useful? It's also simple than relying on the OS to handle paging and whatnot; it could be implemented entirely in hardware.
You beat me to it.
With respect to phones, I think the iPhone is going to be a flop. When it's all said and done, it's a $3000 phone (can't get one without 2 years of Cingular's worthless service) that plays mp3s and videos and has a calendar and web browser with
Yeah, that's a bit disappointing, but Apple sells a wireless card that works with all versions of its OS and on all available Mac models. Most models even come with sn AirPort card! Windows and Linux running on a Mac have no* problems interfacing with the card.
The point is that most wireless cards weren't designed with Macs in mind, and Macs weren't designed with 3rd party wireless cards in mind. Apple already provides a complete setup, so no one bothers writing extra Mac OS drivers.
*Japan-local Airport cards have been reported to block wireless access from Windows.One of the two links at the bottom of the article describes the addition of HiDPI, making the UI resolution-independent. It explains why they're changing its name.
It's only sad because all of these new features mean nothing. Without any competition, MS does whatever it wants and the industry doesn't bat an eyelash.
Of course, that will all change once Apple gains enough footing to release an x86-compatible version of OS X.
*Actually, for the daily internet run, it's not a bad idea to find a cheap-as-dirt laptop with 128 MB, 2 GB, and a PCMCIA slot for wireless, then install Xubuntu, which comes with Firefox.
Well, of course. I wouldn't expect grammar rules to pop up in dictionaries (short of listing parts of speech for a word). Huh? Dictionaries? You lost me. Grammatically, it still conveys precisely the opposite meaning of what is intended.
And that is a problem for what reason? When it is raining cats and dogs, do you head to the vet for a rabies shot? Or how about when people say, "you can say that again" implying that they understood what was said and it would be unnecessary to say it again. And it doesn't mean the opposite of what it means. It means exactly what everyone that hears it thinks it means. You obviously understand the meaning of the speaker. So you aren't concerned about the problems of understanding, as you claim. You are objecting for one and one reason only. You don't like it. With that as the gauge, you might as well be complaining about contractions. Slow down, Tex. First, leave the contractions out of this. They're an integral part of English grammar now. Idioms are quite different. They are commonly accepted colloquial phrases, which are not (or, at least, shouldn't be) necessary to convey meaning. Second, I don't have anything against idioms in general. If everyone agrees with them, then fine, use them all you want (but not in a research paper). 'Could(n't) care less' is controversial, though, and since idioms, by definition, must be commonly accepted, controversy over idioms is self-justified. Controversy provokes discussion about whether an idiom should be kept or replaced, so that the meaning of the idiom may be more widely recognized. There are many people use each of those two idioms, so the rational decision is to opt toward the one that makes sense outside of its social context.
Holy crap! That's a lot to pay for 9 copies of the same overpriced disc, just to (fail to) beat my naïve argument by $0.35. You should be able to cancel that order up to tomorrow. There are better things to do than buy $100+ of stuff to win a argument (especially) on /. .
I also found it at Best Buy for $13.99.
Heh. Yeah, barely under $15. You also didn't seem to object to my other comments. Would you agree that if you heard a song on the radio, a REALLY killer rock song (in my case "Take Me Out"), you would at least check out the album and sample the songs on iTMS before you ordered it? Personally, "Take Me Out" is the only song I like on Franz' launch album, and it's a particularly raspy tune, so hi-fi isn't a big deal. The quality of the mpeg-4's on iTMS is probably more than enough for 50% or more of the songs there.
...I can rip it multiple times to the format of choice for usage environment. And I'm not restricted at all to how many copies I can make for myself, nor the quality of such copies.Which is a better deal now?
Please. Nearly every album on iTMS is $10 flat with (usually) no tax, and has all of the same non-restrictions (just discouragements). Sure, it's lower quality, and I when that matters (classical, jazz...the good stuff), I will definitely buy the disc. But probably 95% of pop and rock is so distorted that it really doesn't matter. I also didn't mention that with $1 songs, those who know what they like don't have to grumble through the 5-8 filler tracks on nearly every pop album; they can pay half the cost of the CD or less and get the tracks that matter to them.Sorry, I'm stupid. I get it. Nevermind.
I second the opinion of AC here. Sarcasm is not the issue, it's merely a negligently contorted and thus misused idiom.