Sun Baked
Aug 27, 05:20 AM
This one wouldn't be any fun at all ... and with the ;) it would be a waste of ammo.
munkle
Oct 13, 04:05 PM
I hear that.
Did you hear the comments after that post too! ;) :)
Hmm, will give Adium and Fire a go. Which do most people prefer?
Edit: Took a look at the Adium website (am at work on a PC so can't try it yet). Looks great! I can't believe I didn't know about this!
Zen
I would go with Adium, a lot prettier in my eyes and development seems to be more active. If you check out the desktops thread, a lot of people are using it.
Did you hear the comments after that post too! ;) :)
Hmm, will give Adium and Fire a go. Which do most people prefer?
Edit: Took a look at the Adium website (am at work on a PC so can't try it yet). Looks great! I can't believe I didn't know about this!
Zen
I would go with Adium, a lot prettier in my eyes and development seems to be more active. If you check out the desktops thread, a lot of people are using it.
MacRumorUser
Mar 19, 01:15 PM
I figure the 'achievements' are gonna come with HOME, isn't that what Sony had said? With those star wars like things in your room?
I think with HOME - its only your TOP achievement that is seen and not your whole achievements like the 360.
That's what the guy demo-ing it on 'gamespot live' said anyway.
My 360 achievement score is fairly average, I'm only at just over 6k after what 14-15 months!, when I know people who are at over 30k :eek: I'll probably only just get to that kind of score when the machines lifecycle is done....
They aren't a huge thing for me, but I know for others they are a major +
I think with HOME - its only your TOP achievement that is seen and not your whole achievements like the 360.
That's what the guy demo-ing it on 'gamespot live' said anyway.
My 360 achievement score is fairly average, I'm only at just over 6k after what 14-15 months!, when I know people who are at over 30k :eek: I'll probably only just get to that kind of score when the machines lifecycle is done....
They aren't a huge thing for me, but I know for others they are a major +
madamimadam
Oct 28, 05:14 PM
Originally posted by gopher
Then explain to me TWO drive failures within the period of three months in a Wallstreet series II? Both were used on the bus, and most of the time put to sleep. No I don't buy the Powerbooks are safe being transported during sleep. If they were, you could transport them anywhere. And no I didn't drop it.
Well, if a hard drive is going to fail, statistics show that it is more likely to do so in its first year. Secondly, I have had more than a few occasions where we do an RMA on an item, not just hard drives, and the replacement is faulty also.
Just as a last note, just because one person has a problem with a machine does not make the model as a whole have a problem and just because you had a problem with a Wallstreet does not mean there is a problem with the iBooks and TiBooks.
Then explain to me TWO drive failures within the period of three months in a Wallstreet series II? Both were used on the bus, and most of the time put to sleep. No I don't buy the Powerbooks are safe being transported during sleep. If they were, you could transport them anywhere. And no I didn't drop it.
Well, if a hard drive is going to fail, statistics show that it is more likely to do so in its first year. Secondly, I have had more than a few occasions where we do an RMA on an item, not just hard drives, and the replacement is faulty also.
Just as a last note, just because one person has a problem with a machine does not make the model as a whole have a problem and just because you had a problem with a Wallstreet does not mean there is a problem with the iBooks and TiBooks.
Mr. Anderson
Sep 6, 08:01 AM
Originally posted by eyelikeart
wow...now that I've read it...I seemed so...timid? :D
yeah, and no smiley faces.....;)
wow...now that I've read it...I seemed so...timid? :D
yeah, and no smiley faces.....;)
MacCoaster
Oct 10, 12:24 PM
Originally posted by benixau
If you have any heart for 25 million of your wiser men, please make apple use the power4 chip at lightning speeds, and please lord, do it soon. It is becoming hard for us mac men to defend ourselves.
Simply won't happen unless you're happy to shell out a half million dollars for a POWER4 supplied Power Mac.
If you have any heart for 25 million of your wiser men, please make apple use the power4 chip at lightning speeds, and please lord, do it soon. It is becoming hard for us mac men to defend ourselves.
Simply won't happen unless you're happy to shell out a half million dollars for a POWER4 supplied Power Mac.
Doctor Q
Apr 28, 01:19 AM
Ever try and get a new AIM buddy name? Almost every combination you can think of that would make sense to others has been taken, so people make crazier and crazier names or just add random digits.
pgwalsh
Oct 1, 02:35 PM
Originally posted by Sun Baked
Oh great, the bodies are starting to pile up around here like a cord of wood. I'm just glad your not Hannible, cause that's not the way I'd want to go.
Oh great, the bodies are starting to pile up around here like a cord of wood. I'm just glad your not Hannible, cause that's not the way I'd want to go.
shadowfax
Nov 2, 11:40 AM
i think the real issue is that DDR RAM costs considerably more per MB, esp at what apple charges. they would probably have to up the high end to 3400$ to go DDR, and they know a lot of people would hate them for that. i don't think they will go DDR.
balamw
May 1, 06:00 PM
After all of the bruhaha from various record label execs screaming for "variable" (read: rip-off) pricing on iTunes, in the end it seems (surprise!) .99 aint so bad after all (http://news.ft.com/cms/s/297eecc2-d934-11da-8b06-0000779e2340.html).
Good news given the new Napster business model!
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=197591
B
Good news given the new Napster business model!
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=197591
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rickvanr
Oct 19, 04:49 PM
scem0
Oct 30, 08:36 PM
IBM or Intel, I care not, as long as it isn't moto :o ...........
Tanker-X
Oct 17, 06:02 PM
The hell with Iwalk and Ipod, Say hello to iTablet. This is definitly the time and the place for this bad boy. With the advent of Windows XP tablet edition. Don't you think Apple would benefit from a tablet computer. Perfect for Photoshop and Illustrator. You could paint right on the screen!. Maybe Steve was right, PDA's have been cornered, its time for tablets! OSX tablet edition. Think about it, why wouldn't they do this!?
.Andy
May 15, 07:33 AM
That does look rather nice - Vaio laptops look fantastic :). Weighing in at 3.8kgs/1.3" thick/1.5 - 2hours battery life I think it's still a little outside what Apple would regard as acceptable at present though. Perhaps rev 2 or 3 of the MBPs.
MacBytes
Mar 17, 01:01 PM
Category: 3rd Party Software
Link: UK firm sees Mac mini media server (http://www.macbytes.com/link.php?sid=20050317140141)
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Approved by Mudbug
Link: UK firm sees Mac mini media server (http://www.macbytes.com/link.php?sid=20050317140141)
Posted on MacBytes.com (http://www.macbytes.com)
Approved by Mudbug
FleurDuMal
Jun 27, 06:20 AM
I do. When I lived in the UK I did not buy from Asda (UK arm of Wal-Mart), I own nothing from Nike. As for Disney, I was unaware of the situation, but generally avoid them for other reasons.
Actually, some people would cite Nike as a success story for the "No Logo" generation (Nike was a major target of that book, along with Disney). Since then, Nike has, to their credit (I don't often give multinationals credit) made a lot of moves to improve the standards in the factories that manufacture their products. Fifteen years ago, no multinationals would have employed a "Community-Relations Director" or whatever to look over how people percieve the ethics of their company. Of course, the flip side of this is that they're only concerned with how the consumer percieves their manufacturing standards - not with what those manufacturing standards actually are. So Nike and co could just be conning us into believing that they've improved the conditions in their factories, much like political parties spin their way into making anything positive.
I personally think the way forward is to put pressure on international and national governmental institutions (UN, EU, NAFTA (if its still called that), etc), those with actually legislative power, to pass directives prohibiting the sale of goods in which have not been manufactured in conditions which can be guaranteed to be humane. A universal living wage, I suppose would be part of that. Even though the biggest multinationals are now more powerful than some nation-states, I think that targeting individual corporations misses the point for three reasons:
1) It isn't just the big multinationals that are employing (either directly or indirectly) slave-labour - its also the unbranded, cheap clothing that you'll buy in street markets. If we concentrate on Nike, GAP, Disney, we're missing a huge player in the perpetuity of slave-labour.
2) Whilst we focus all our efforts on one corporation, another may get away scot-free. Look at all the bad press that has surrounded McDonalds in recent years. Now McDonalds has made credible efforts to make its menu healthier, Burger King, KFC and co have escaped with very little blemishes on their name.
3) There isn't enough information imparted to the consumer to allow us to actually direct our efforts in the right direction anyway. When I buy clothing from H&M or whereever, it says "Made in Sri Lanka" on the label. I have no idea how that was made. I don't want to stop buying clothes made in Sri Lanka based on a prejudice that all manufacturing in the third world is done under terrible conditions. If we all did that, then there'd just be greater destitution in those areas as everyone stops buying products made in that area.
I guess my ideas stem from the belief that the state is still the bastion of political power - the way through which the people should exercise power. It is the state (whether national or internation) which should protect human rights and dignity, not the CEO of Nike. Consumer democracy is BS and unjust; anyone who's not a consumer loses out (those Chinese workers, for example). Whereas we're not all consumers, we're citizens under different governments. Once we recognise that we're all citizens first, consumers second, then we'll recognise reform only lies through the exercies of state power.
Actually, some people would cite Nike as a success story for the "No Logo" generation (Nike was a major target of that book, along with Disney). Since then, Nike has, to their credit (I don't often give multinationals credit) made a lot of moves to improve the standards in the factories that manufacture their products. Fifteen years ago, no multinationals would have employed a "Community-Relations Director" or whatever to look over how people percieve the ethics of their company. Of course, the flip side of this is that they're only concerned with how the consumer percieves their manufacturing standards - not with what those manufacturing standards actually are. So Nike and co could just be conning us into believing that they've improved the conditions in their factories, much like political parties spin their way into making anything positive.
I personally think the way forward is to put pressure on international and national governmental institutions (UN, EU, NAFTA (if its still called that), etc), those with actually legislative power, to pass directives prohibiting the sale of goods in which have not been manufactured in conditions which can be guaranteed to be humane. A universal living wage, I suppose would be part of that. Even though the biggest multinationals are now more powerful than some nation-states, I think that targeting individual corporations misses the point for three reasons:
1) It isn't just the big multinationals that are employing (either directly or indirectly) slave-labour - its also the unbranded, cheap clothing that you'll buy in street markets. If we concentrate on Nike, GAP, Disney, we're missing a huge player in the perpetuity of slave-labour.
2) Whilst we focus all our efforts on one corporation, another may get away scot-free. Look at all the bad press that has surrounded McDonalds in recent years. Now McDonalds has made credible efforts to make its menu healthier, Burger King, KFC and co have escaped with very little blemishes on their name.
3) There isn't enough information imparted to the consumer to allow us to actually direct our efforts in the right direction anyway. When I buy clothing from H&M or whereever, it says "Made in Sri Lanka" on the label. I have no idea how that was made. I don't want to stop buying clothes made in Sri Lanka based on a prejudice that all manufacturing in the third world is done under terrible conditions. If we all did that, then there'd just be greater destitution in those areas as everyone stops buying products made in that area.
I guess my ideas stem from the belief that the state is still the bastion of political power - the way through which the people should exercise power. It is the state (whether national or internation) which should protect human rights and dignity, not the CEO of Nike. Consumer democracy is BS and unjust; anyone who's not a consumer loses out (those Chinese workers, for example). Whereas we're not all consumers, we're citizens under different governments. Once we recognise that we're all citizens first, consumers second, then we'll recognise reform only lies through the exercies of state power.
Peyton
May 21, 10:54 PM
I couldn't believe this (http://www.heavy.com/index.php?videoPath=/content/fakebtmts/flash_video/btmts06_103) :eek:
FelixDerKater
Jun 27, 06:30 PM
What's the point? If anything, this discussion shows our weakness in numbers.
ham_man
Feb 14, 11:36 PM
Everybody with a half a brain saw this coming, and Napster should have...
jefhatfield
Oct 28, 02:27 PM
Originally posted by MacBandit
Now that you have explained your post you are absolutely correct. There will never be a 700Mhz G3 on a 133Mhz Bus. The multiplier is all wrong. On the other hand a 800Mhz G3 could work on a 133Mhz bus with a 6x multiplier.
there are some uncommon multipliers out there, with components/motherboards but i don't think so on the standard 133 mhz bus mac
i hope we can move way past those numbers really soon...like this coming january macworld in san francisco
Now that you have explained your post you are absolutely correct. There will never be a 700Mhz G3 on a 133Mhz Bus. The multiplier is all wrong. On the other hand a 800Mhz G3 could work on a 133Mhz bus with a 6x multiplier.
there are some uncommon multipliers out there, with components/motherboards but i don't think so on the standard 133 mhz bus mac
i hope we can move way past those numbers really soon...like this coming january macworld in san francisco
jefhatfield
Oct 14, 07:55 PM
Originally posted by Chaszmyr
Well there is a marketting problem because "gigahertz" is kinda a cool sounding word, whereas "gigaflop" sounds like a joke
i think so, too
once apple has all their gear beyond 1 ghz, it will all look the same to the consumer
it's the sub 1 ghz macs that look suspiciously slow to the consumer
tibook will get at or over 1 ghz soon
imac and emac will get there not much later
two of three powermacs are there already
ibook and crt imac has a ways to go, but apple should keep the speed increases coming
speed will not be a major issue some months or a year from now since there will been a lot a users who saw that 2 ghz on a pc is really not such a big deal anyway
we can only surf of type so fast, and that's what most of us do anyway, consumer wise
Well there is a marketting problem because "gigahertz" is kinda a cool sounding word, whereas "gigaflop" sounds like a joke
i think so, too
once apple has all their gear beyond 1 ghz, it will all look the same to the consumer
it's the sub 1 ghz macs that look suspiciously slow to the consumer
tibook will get at or over 1 ghz soon
imac and emac will get there not much later
two of three powermacs are there already
ibook and crt imac has a ways to go, but apple should keep the speed increases coming
speed will not be a major issue some months or a year from now since there will been a lot a users who saw that 2 ghz on a pc is really not such a big deal anyway
we can only surf of type so fast, and that's what most of us do anyway, consumer wise
matticus008
Mar 20, 08:15 PM
I'm a little late to this party, but FWIW I don't see much of a difference between this and buying a CD (apart from its tangible nature). CDs are data discs without rights management, after all. It thus similarly boils down to the consumer's conscience.
[...]
Without going into the legal aspects of it, on the whole I cannot fathom any kind of moral problems with this. You're paying for the product -- and the ITMS pays labels a whole lot more than the other options, whether Russian or distributed.
From an alternate point of view, though, nobody in the 'scene' would consider a 128kbit AAC worthwhile downloading anyway..!
It's more than a copyright/fair use issue. Let's step back from that for a moment and consider this. It is different from buying a CD and ripping it to your hard drive. You created an iTunes account under which you explicitly agreed to abide by the terms of said account. Ignoring the issue of whether the copyright laws are fair and whether breaking the law is morally justified, here's the thing. You AGREED not to bypass or attempt to circumvent DRM, not to redistribute the files in any unauthorized manner, and to use iTunes alone to interface with the iTMS. And not just agreed passively, but EXPLICITLY agreed to those terms, and now you are breaking your word. How is that not morally wrong? If you didn't accept the terms presented, then there is no reason you should have agreed to them. It nullifies your power to complain. You said, "I don't think this business model is right" in your head, but clicked "I agree to these terms and conditions" anyway. Then you decide that the terms are inconvenient for you. Now you are breaking those terms, which in addition to being illegal on two fronts (copyright law and a legal TOS contract), is breaking your word. There's no way to construe that as morally sound.
To your final point, I agree that the quality of music sold is inferior, and most who would agree don't use the iTMS anyway. I use it for the incidental track that I like and come across randomly from various artists or that sounds good in the preview. My actual collection of albums demands a higher quality, and I hope iTunes offers 320kbps or lossless in the future for the same price. Then they'd make a lot more money from me, but I know that I'm not necessarily the target demographic. It certainly won't happen if piracy keeps its current rates, though.
[...]
Without going into the legal aspects of it, on the whole I cannot fathom any kind of moral problems with this. You're paying for the product -- and the ITMS pays labels a whole lot more than the other options, whether Russian or distributed.
From an alternate point of view, though, nobody in the 'scene' would consider a 128kbit AAC worthwhile downloading anyway..!
It's more than a copyright/fair use issue. Let's step back from that for a moment and consider this. It is different from buying a CD and ripping it to your hard drive. You created an iTunes account under which you explicitly agreed to abide by the terms of said account. Ignoring the issue of whether the copyright laws are fair and whether breaking the law is morally justified, here's the thing. You AGREED not to bypass or attempt to circumvent DRM, not to redistribute the files in any unauthorized manner, and to use iTunes alone to interface with the iTMS. And not just agreed passively, but EXPLICITLY agreed to those terms, and now you are breaking your word. How is that not morally wrong? If you didn't accept the terms presented, then there is no reason you should have agreed to them. It nullifies your power to complain. You said, "I don't think this business model is right" in your head, but clicked "I agree to these terms and conditions" anyway. Then you decide that the terms are inconvenient for you. Now you are breaking those terms, which in addition to being illegal on two fronts (copyright law and a legal TOS contract), is breaking your word. There's no way to construe that as morally sound.
To your final point, I agree that the quality of music sold is inferior, and most who would agree don't use the iTMS anyway. I use it for the incidental track that I like and come across randomly from various artists or that sounds good in the preview. My actual collection of albums demands a higher quality, and I hope iTunes offers 320kbps or lossless in the future for the same price. Then they'd make a lot more money from me, but I know that I'm not necessarily the target demographic. It certainly won't happen if piracy keeps its current rates, though.
nbs2
Apr 25, 03:26 PM
Ummm. Anyone else notice the person's title? Thats messed up...
of course. only black people are in gangs.:rolleyes:
of course. only black people are in gangs.:rolleyes:
Dreadnought
Jul 19, 11:32 AM
I was, but had some problems with the firewall. Folding couldn't get through, and the IT department also couldn't figure it out and didn't want to spend to much time into it because they didn't support the app. At first I emailed a finished WU to home, opened VPC to send the windoos WU to Stanford and get a new one. Emailed that back to work, but the emailserver@work always said that it was a virus! So, had to upload the new WU to a website and download it at work (don't have an usb stick, do have an iPodwith firewire, but my workpc doesn't have firewire :(). At first this worked, but later, when I did it with several WU's, I didn't get any points for them. So I stopped. Especially because that was the only reason to use my B&W for VPC, didn't had version 7 for the G5. Maybe if I have that, I might start again!
As of today, I started folding@work again. through the above mentioned standard procedure! :D
As of today, I started folding@work again. through the above mentioned standard procedure! :D
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