Artful Dodger
Jun 3, 11:14 PM
Hi all, I'm having trouble trying to figure out what will be best for me as far as hosting goes (I know nothing about it). I have read what people have said here before on MR so that lead me looking here...https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/hosting/shared.asp?se=%2B&ci=260 Now what I'm going to do is the following...Political Illustrations/cartoons from Flash/Painter, some type of a blog (to blow off daily steam at parts of society) with a reply/comment section if possible and also a few pages to see my work (online portfolio of static images/drawings).
I don't know how much transfer/bandwidth (in the realworld) I'd go through but I'm going to plaster links all over the place to get things rolling for a daily cartoon and as said before Political Illustrations. I may use iWeb to start just to keep it simple and then upload it or if most here think a .mac account would be better with "BUYING" a go daddy Domain name then I'll try that.
The main thing is I want a specfic Domain Name (I have a .com in mind that isn't used yet) and easy to upload my cartoons with blog features (replys could go to an email address and not on the blog page/site itself).
Does that link with the middle of the road package sound good for a start or not enough of what I need for people to look at the cartoons?
Thanks for the help and input on this everyone :D
I don't know how much transfer/bandwidth (in the realworld) I'd go through but I'm going to plaster links all over the place to get things rolling for a daily cartoon and as said before Political Illustrations. I may use iWeb to start just to keep it simple and then upload it or if most here think a .mac account would be better with "BUYING" a go daddy Domain name then I'll try that.
The main thing is I want a specfic Domain Name (I have a .com in mind that isn't used yet) and easy to upload my cartoons with blog features (replys could go to an email address and not on the blog page/site itself).
Does that link with the middle of the road package sound good for a start or not enough of what I need for people to look at the cartoons?
Thanks for the help and input on this everyone :D
iGary
Apr 3, 07:18 PM
I don't believe it.
I mean how do we know you are real, you haven't even posted a picture in the user forum yet.
I don't think you exist.
:p
I mean how do we know you are real, you haven't even posted a picture in the user forum yet.
I don't think you exist.
:p
vniow
Apr 29, 12:55 AM
Originally posted by eyelikeart
yes...and we must teach by example...
ie...no starting useless threads like ones that discuss bodily functions...
No, none of the top-notch mods on Macrumors would ever think of such a thing!
yes...and we must teach by example...
ie...no starting useless threads like ones that discuss bodily functions...
No, none of the top-notch mods on Macrumors would ever think of such a thing!
Project
Apr 30, 08:21 AM
You know how TV tuners require a license? What if I was simply watching previous episodes of the Apprentice on the BBC website? Woudl that require a TV license?
celebrian23
Jun 21, 10:53 PM
I completely agree... it is so annoying. I have to mute the volume or click a link before the video starts.
Me too. Why would they do that? I hate the videos they love to put up. Especially when I'm listening to itunes and I start hearing voices ruining my music :mad:
Me too. Why would they do that? I hate the videos they love to put up. Especially when I'm listening to itunes and I start hearing voices ruining my music :mad:
vikings72888
Nov 12, 02:47 PM
i have an old mac with spreadsheets on it and i have to convert beagle works (BWss) files so that i can run them on my new system i dont know how to do this, i bought a converter software but nothing i buy supports beagle works someone help please
ddtlm
Oct 2, 02:51 PM
Interesting pic.
Not that I have any reason to disbelieve this pic, but has anyone done the usual close-up examinations, looking for photoshopping such as Toms Hardware got caught doing with an "exclusive preview" of unreleased P4's?
Not that I have any reason to disbelieve this pic, but has anyone done the usual close-up examinations, looking for photoshopping such as Toms Hardware got caught doing with an "exclusive preview" of unreleased P4's?
iMax
Oct 14, 10:38 PM
The product matrix as it is doesn't really match up.
the ibook is a notebook still perrellelling the old iMac - it also costs less than the new iMac, and doesnt have a g4, or the same cockspeeds.
the powerbook, at this point, is basically a portable new iMac.... 15: screen, 800mhz g4. the only real difference is the level 3 cache.
the main factor keeping the Tibook from being a performance monster that competes with the PowerMacs is the fact that is has to be thin and light. That also keeps the price up.
What if apple introduced a thicker laptop with a bigger battery and a superdrive, better cooling system, faster processors, etc? It would kick the arse of anything else on the market, and would serve as a true desktop replacement. perhaps it could even have 2 processors, but only activate one when it's running on battery, or something like that. There are plenty of PC manufacturers that have sub notebooks, thin and light notebooks, and a desktop replacement.
Why not apple? with their talent for design and execution, it would blow anything else out of the water.
-iMax
the ibook is a notebook still perrellelling the old iMac - it also costs less than the new iMac, and doesnt have a g4, or the same cockspeeds.
the powerbook, at this point, is basically a portable new iMac.... 15: screen, 800mhz g4. the only real difference is the level 3 cache.
the main factor keeping the Tibook from being a performance monster that competes with the PowerMacs is the fact that is has to be thin and light. That also keeps the price up.
What if apple introduced a thicker laptop with a bigger battery and a superdrive, better cooling system, faster processors, etc? It would kick the arse of anything else on the market, and would serve as a true desktop replacement. perhaps it could even have 2 processors, but only activate one when it's running on battery, or something like that. There are plenty of PC manufacturers that have sub notebooks, thin and light notebooks, and a desktop replacement.
Why not apple? with their talent for design and execution, it would blow anything else out of the water.
-iMax
hob
Apr 12, 02:18 PM
BBc does Click Online! Right? That show is mighty un-apple. But it is always good to see Apple making front page news.
I don't know if I'm being unecessarily harsh, but Click Online is possibly one of the worst-made BBC shows I've ever seen! The production values are a bit off - sometimes there's a studio, but often there's not.
I do remember that the guy who did Click Online was reading the BBC One News on the day of the BBC Strike last year though... that made me chuckle!!
Can't remember exactly where but I'm sure that I read that the BBC are in the process of introducing into the TV & Radio resources side of things all things apple, possibly to do with XSAN and the like.
Ever since this (see link below) came about last year, they seem to be more cautious, like other tv companies in the uk about apple products, that whenever they now have them in tv programmes a proportion of the computers have the apple logo covered over.
http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/br/article/518896/bbc-removes-apple-logo-spooks-amid-product-placement-furore/%20
I can believe that Spooks was investigated, it seems to have Apple equipment everywhere, so much so that my Mum noted I might want to start working for MI5 ;)
It does seem a little silly to be investigating them though - those guidelines are there to stop people making money off of product placement. If a producer decides they want to use apple equipment in their show because it looks modern and cool, then why not?? They certainly never show Mac OS X, no matter what equipment they're using, the screens always seem to be running some sort of MoD OS!
I don't know if I'm being unecessarily harsh, but Click Online is possibly one of the worst-made BBC shows I've ever seen! The production values are a bit off - sometimes there's a studio, but often there's not.
I do remember that the guy who did Click Online was reading the BBC One News on the day of the BBC Strike last year though... that made me chuckle!!
Can't remember exactly where but I'm sure that I read that the BBC are in the process of introducing into the TV & Radio resources side of things all things apple, possibly to do with XSAN and the like.
Ever since this (see link below) came about last year, they seem to be more cautious, like other tv companies in the uk about apple products, that whenever they now have them in tv programmes a proportion of the computers have the apple logo covered over.
http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/br/article/518896/bbc-removes-apple-logo-spooks-amid-product-placement-furore/%20
I can believe that Spooks was investigated, it seems to have Apple equipment everywhere, so much so that my Mum noted I might want to start working for MI5 ;)
It does seem a little silly to be investigating them though - those guidelines are there to stop people making money off of product placement. If a producer decides they want to use apple equipment in their show because it looks modern and cool, then why not?? They certainly never show Mac OS X, no matter what equipment they're using, the screens always seem to be running some sort of MoD OS!
Doctor Q
Aug 13, 05:23 PM
Hmm.. gotta clear 'em out...Maybe you should save them in case there is ever a million subscription contest.
sparkleytone
Sep 15, 01:49 AM
so whens the g5 comin p58??
4JNA
Mar 4, 06:07 PM
:rolleyes: i actually debated trying to start an 'igeek' heater project. one computer in each room, add wifi, and turn the thermostat down....
wife said 'hell no', and don't put any more computers in guest rooms...
oh well... :rolleyes:
wife said 'hell no', and don't put any more computers in guest rooms...
oh well... :rolleyes:
Over Achiever
Oct 16, 02:05 PM
Originally posted by impierced
11/10/1997 PowerBook G3 250MHz
05/06/1998 PowerBook G3 233/250/292 MHz (6 months)
09/01/1998 PowerBook G3 233/266/300 MHz (4 months)
05/10/1999 PowerBook G3 333/400 Mhz (8 months)
02/16/2000 PowerBook G3 400/500 MHz (9 months)
01/09/2001 PowerBook G4 400/500 MHz (11 months)
10/16/2001 PowerBook G4 550/667 MHz (9 months)
04/29/2002 PowerBook G4 667/800 MHz (6.5 months)
No real pattern, but since inception of the PowerBook G3 (hacked hybrid of the PowerBook 3400) Apple has updated their hardware an average of every 7.5 months.
Given that we should expect to see an update around November 15th. Though I'm not holding my breath and expect to have to wait until MacWorld Expo San Fran. 2003. *sigh*
Well, according to your calculations...7.5 months from the previous update would put the next update at December 15 ;) Then new pbs after MWSF is very likely according to that.:(
Don't forget, the 11 months between the G3 to G4 was a big step...and the 9 months was partly because of the 500/550 MHz Motorola screw up. (I think)
11/10/1997 PowerBook G3 250MHz
05/06/1998 PowerBook G3 233/250/292 MHz (6 months)
09/01/1998 PowerBook G3 233/266/300 MHz (4 months)
05/10/1999 PowerBook G3 333/400 Mhz (8 months)
02/16/2000 PowerBook G3 400/500 MHz (9 months)
01/09/2001 PowerBook G4 400/500 MHz (11 months)
10/16/2001 PowerBook G4 550/667 MHz (9 months)
04/29/2002 PowerBook G4 667/800 MHz (6.5 months)
No real pattern, but since inception of the PowerBook G3 (hacked hybrid of the PowerBook 3400) Apple has updated their hardware an average of every 7.5 months.
Given that we should expect to see an update around November 15th. Though I'm not holding my breath and expect to have to wait until MacWorld Expo San Fran. 2003. *sigh*
Well, according to your calculations...7.5 months from the previous update would put the next update at December 15 ;) Then new pbs after MWSF is very likely according to that.:(
Don't forget, the 11 months between the G3 to G4 was a big step...and the 9 months was partly because of the 500/550 MHz Motorola screw up. (I think)
steamboat26
Mar 21, 09:44 PM
the 90 day return policy only applies to computers, tv's, mp3 players, cell phones, cameras and the like. game systems are covered for life, so i would be comfortable buying one from costco now. also, should the system break down on you in a month or two years from now or ever, you don't have to deal with microsoft. simply return it and get another. and who knows, it may even be cheaper later on, so you might get some money back (!).
How can costco afford to cover game systems for life? Wouldn't something like 10-20% of the people who buy 360s come back with a dead console? Seems a little too good to be true, i looked on their website, and their return policy seems very ambiguous, nothing about a lifetime return policy.
On a side note, i know where i am buying my 360 now...
How can costco afford to cover game systems for life? Wouldn't something like 10-20% of the people who buy 360s come back with a dead console? Seems a little too good to be true, i looked on their website, and their return policy seems very ambiguous, nothing about a lifetime return policy.
On a side note, i know where i am buying my 360 now...
e-coli
Oct 16, 10:47 PM
well, I'm certain this is fake, but nobody even considered that they could be using the palm to test a hand-held version of the Mac OS.
bet you jokers never though of that, did ya?
DOH!
bet you jokers never though of that, did ya?
DOH!
AtHomeBoy_2000
Apr 22, 05:47 PM
The current UMPCs are marketed as something that will run tons of things (games, presentation, word, ect.) Basically, anything short of Photoshop. Hence the "Go anywhere. Do Anything" idea.
To me, i think that might be the wrong angle. Apple needs to do to the UMPC what iPod did to mobile audio. Make it do a few things VERY well. Make it a kick butt mobile web browser (include Wi-FI and EV-DO). Make it great for mobile video/audio (think oversized iPod video meets portable DVD player). Make it great for taking notes in class and creating/running presentation. THink along those lines. DON"T try to make it do everything, make it do a few things well. How much should this cost? Well, with a processor designed to maximize video, and built in Wi-Fi/EV-DO, I think it could be about $500-$600.
To me, i think that might be the wrong angle. Apple needs to do to the UMPC what iPod did to mobile audio. Make it do a few things VERY well. Make it a kick butt mobile web browser (include Wi-FI and EV-DO). Make it great for mobile video/audio (think oversized iPod video meets portable DVD player). Make it great for taking notes in class and creating/running presentation. THink along those lines. DON"T try to make it do everything, make it do a few things well. How much should this cost? Well, with a processor designed to maximize video, and built in Wi-Fi/EV-DO, I think it could be about $500-$600.
Nermal
Mar 18, 01:16 AM
This will probably only interest about 3 people :rolleyes:
Fedora Core 4 now has support for PowerPC. Presumably this means Mac. Don't ask me for any more details as that's all I know.
Fedora Core 4 now has support for PowerPC. Presumably this means Mac. Don't ask me for any more details as that's all I know.
Mainyehc
Dec 22, 10:31 PM
Hmmm... I'd really like to try this out, but since I've bought my iPod in March, I'm a bit afraid that this could void my warranty... do you know if it does?
They don't say anything about that, just something along these lines: "this can harm your iPod but since we started the project in 2002 we've never heard of that happening", so, cool then... But when I saw that screenshot of the installer, which displayed a progress bar and a message saying "Installing modified firmware", I started thinking twice about it... ;)
They don't say anything about that, just something along these lines: "this can harm your iPod but since we started the project in 2002 we've never heard of that happening", so, cool then... But when I saw that screenshot of the installer, which displayed a progress bar and a message saying "Installing modified firmware", I started thinking twice about it... ;)
space2go
Dec 15, 07:45 AM
If you ignore the extreme buzzword bingo score it just says:
Let's do webapplications without HTML and call it 'Intelligent Documents'
Let's do webapplications without HTML and call it 'Intelligent Documents'
pseudobrit
Apr 8, 01:41 AM
Gamefly is testing a new drop facility in Pittsburgh to reduce shipping delays. I'm happy overall with the service but I don't really have time to play games all that much either.
Rower_CPU
Sep 13, 06:16 PM
Obviously this isn't wanted here. Perhaps a mod can end it for us?
Done. :)
Done. :)
john123
Feb 11, 12:45 AM
Originally posted by themadchemist
NOOOO! Not matrices! Can't I just do some integration of multivariables instead?! Although that can require a Jacobian, which is derived from a matrix...Although I don't seem to mind it as much as, say, Linear Algebra. Blech!
Haha.
Fellow math geeks unite!
NOOOO! Not matrices! Can't I just do some integration of multivariables instead?! Although that can require a Jacobian, which is derived from a matrix...Although I don't seem to mind it as much as, say, Linear Algebra. Blech!
Haha.
Fellow math geeks unite!
gbojim
Sep 10, 06:22 PM
Ummm
Unless I'm missing some sarcasm here, this was announced with the XServe back in May. Ship time is late this year.
Unless I'm missing some sarcasm here, this was announced with the XServe back in May. Ship time is late this year.
ahunter3
May 19, 11:48 PM
But the Windows platform by now had another player on the field, Windows NT, which was a server OS but obviously being groomed to be more than just that. It was a pseudo-port of VMS, not a refinement of the DOS-Windows family. (Developers from a Digital Equipment Corp project for porting VMS to standard PC hardware jumped ship to Microsoft when the DEC project was cancelled, and while NT isn't verbatim VMS-for-x86, they certainly brought their experience, ideas, and probably some devcode they'd worked on to refer back to when they came over). VMS was a solid, stable, no-kidding multitasking memory-protected multiuser security-conscious modern (albeit elderly in direct roots & origin) fiend of an OS, better than anything running on consumer hardware, and with a Windows GUI slapped onto it (first 3.x but soon Windows95-style GUI) it looked to be a robust beast of an OS. NT interacts with the hardware via a hardware abstraction layer, so the codebase is largely independent of the hardware it runs on and is easily compiled to run on other standard hardware.
Apple, after having abandoned A/UX (an Apple Unix for 68K hardware) in part because it had extensive System V underpinnings that were going to keep it out of pricerange, and then falling on its corporate face with Taligent and Copland, finally bought up NeXT and ported the NeXT OS (or, rather, OpenStep) to the PowerPC Mac platform, while porting Steve Jobs back to CEO of Apple. NeXT was a Unix derivative, a FreeBSD variant, and as such a solid, stable, no-kidding multitasking memory-protected multiuser security-conscious modern (albeit elderly in direct roots & origin) fiend of an OS, and with a slick new GUI slapepd onto it (Aqua) it was a robust beast of an OS, initially a somewhat-inefficient resource hog but faster and slicker with every release as the codebase matured. OS X interacts with the hardware via a hardware abstraction layer, so the codebase is largely independent of the hardware it runs on and is easily compiled to run on other standard hardware.
Soon, MacOS X natively supported SMB, the modernized version of PC networking that replaced NetBIOS in Windows, and the platforms could do resource sharing easily. (Via 3rd-party stacks such as Extreme Z-IP, the modern implementaiton of AppleTalk can be put on Windows PCs as well)
Then Apple ditched the floppy drive entirely, ditched the propretary ADB and classic Mac serial port in favor of USB (a standard-in-coming on the PC) and shortly afterwared ditched SCSI external port in favor of FireWire, and introduced AirPort.
The PC embraced AirPort under the monicker of "Wi-Fi", finished embracing USB and extended the protocol to USB-2, and at least half-heartedly included generic FireWire (IEEE 1394) among hardware offerings, while the Microsoft OS (by now Windows 2000 / XP, later derivatives of NT) was given drives to support it.
Then Apple released a two-button mouse, finally, and ported the Mac platform to the Intel chips used by PCs. Whatever differences remain in the hardware are negligible, architecturally speaking, especially given the hardware abstraction layer of the two operating systems, and so before long some clever hackers had gotten XP to install onto Mac hardware, and Apple then released BootCamp to make it easier and simpler and more user-friendly to do so.
So from a beginning point of no interaction beyond text-only files over a serial cable, we now have hardware that is essentially hybrid: the Intel-based Macs are PCs as well as Macs in every meaningful sense of the word. Most applications � all but a handful of the mainstream ones, and a decent portion even of the specialized & small-market packages �*come in a Mac and a PC version and can read saved files generated by the other operating syttem's version. Thanks to the internet and easy file sharing on LANs, as well as the rise of CD and DVD burning and the tendency towards unified standards thereof, moving files back and forth is scarcely more complicated than moving them from one Mac to another, or from one PC to another.
And still some people complain about the lack of fully fluid integration, not knowing how good they've got it nowadays! :D
Apple, after having abandoned A/UX (an Apple Unix for 68K hardware) in part because it had extensive System V underpinnings that were going to keep it out of pricerange, and then falling on its corporate face with Taligent and Copland, finally bought up NeXT and ported the NeXT OS (or, rather, OpenStep) to the PowerPC Mac platform, while porting Steve Jobs back to CEO of Apple. NeXT was a Unix derivative, a FreeBSD variant, and as such a solid, stable, no-kidding multitasking memory-protected multiuser security-conscious modern (albeit elderly in direct roots & origin) fiend of an OS, and with a slick new GUI slapepd onto it (Aqua) it was a robust beast of an OS, initially a somewhat-inefficient resource hog but faster and slicker with every release as the codebase matured. OS X interacts with the hardware via a hardware abstraction layer, so the codebase is largely independent of the hardware it runs on and is easily compiled to run on other standard hardware.
Soon, MacOS X natively supported SMB, the modernized version of PC networking that replaced NetBIOS in Windows, and the platforms could do resource sharing easily. (Via 3rd-party stacks such as Extreme Z-IP, the modern implementaiton of AppleTalk can be put on Windows PCs as well)
Then Apple ditched the floppy drive entirely, ditched the propretary ADB and classic Mac serial port in favor of USB (a standard-in-coming on the PC) and shortly afterwared ditched SCSI external port in favor of FireWire, and introduced AirPort.
The PC embraced AirPort under the monicker of "Wi-Fi", finished embracing USB and extended the protocol to USB-2, and at least half-heartedly included generic FireWire (IEEE 1394) among hardware offerings, while the Microsoft OS (by now Windows 2000 / XP, later derivatives of NT) was given drives to support it.
Then Apple released a two-button mouse, finally, and ported the Mac platform to the Intel chips used by PCs. Whatever differences remain in the hardware are negligible, architecturally speaking, especially given the hardware abstraction layer of the two operating systems, and so before long some clever hackers had gotten XP to install onto Mac hardware, and Apple then released BootCamp to make it easier and simpler and more user-friendly to do so.
So from a beginning point of no interaction beyond text-only files over a serial cable, we now have hardware that is essentially hybrid: the Intel-based Macs are PCs as well as Macs in every meaningful sense of the word. Most applications � all but a handful of the mainstream ones, and a decent portion even of the specialized & small-market packages �*come in a Mac and a PC version and can read saved files generated by the other operating syttem's version. Thanks to the internet and easy file sharing on LANs, as well as the rise of CD and DVD burning and the tendency towards unified standards thereof, moving files back and forth is scarcely more complicated than moving them from one Mac to another, or from one PC to another.
And still some people complain about the lack of fully fluid integration, not knowing how good they've got it nowadays! :D
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