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Hohonukai,

Motorolla's RISC (Reduced Instruction Set) chip is actually a really impressive machine. Its architecture makes is inherently superior for sound and video editing as the instruction set was designed to be able to handle computing small amounts of data very quickly, versus doing complex number crunching.

Macs have always had a lot of advantages over their competing CISC (Complex Instruction Set) chips, although I think what you're getting at is the operating system issues. I never figured out MacOS < X. But when I learned OS X ran on top of a BSD based subsystem with a NeXT microkernel, I took a closer look, and found it has a lot of power. I would definitely look into the Macs if you get a chance. And I can't think of anyone who can look at the Apple 23" flat panel and do anything less than drool :-)

"The IEEE was an invention of singles bars to get rid of the hopeless two nights a month."

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Macs have always had a lot of advantages over their competing CISC (Complex Instruction Set) chips, although I think what you're getting at is the operating system issues.

Amie (aka hoho)

PS- Thanks for the detailed info! It makes me want to read more in detail about RISC, CISC, BSD, and Macs.

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I never figured out MacOS < X.

I have to agree with you on that. I have worked with OS 7.x up to the latest X release (not an expert), and in my experience, anyone who might have thought or said that the Mac OS was any more stable than Windows...barely. One of the things that I really like about OS X is FINALLY, you can dig in and kill a process. For that matter, I'm just happy to have a command console.
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And I can't think of anyone who can look at the Apple 23" flat panel and do anything less than drool :-)

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NOw, think of this from the other end of the spectrum. you're a graphic artist who just wants to be able to work on your project, output your project and have it look like what you designed, without having to know cryptic command line what the heck is a registry or permissions or whatever..

Mac is superior in that respect. But then again, they do make flavors of Nix'es that will run on a MAc. Heck for that matter NT4.0 will run on a Mac, although it's not supported any longer

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But I do appreciate the benefits of all the hard work other geeks have contributed into creating the quality we have.
PS- Thanks for the detailed info! It makes me want to read more in detail about RISC, CISC, BSD, and Macs.

:-) Excellent sentiment. You're one of few I've come accross who is willing to put forth the appreciation for the developers. Sadly many products are raced out the door and upon discovery of several performance and reliability problems are labelled "beta" which the manufacturer's insurance policy. Althuogh a lot of hard work went into the project, it wasn't finished. I think it would be like if the waiter took your dinner away from the cook at the restuarant before he was done cooking it. You would look at the cut of meat, the sauce and realize that if he finished cooking it, it would have been outstanding. Sadly most technology is also "half baked". ;-)

As to computers I posted some links on my personal site: http://earth.e-raist.com/~raistlin/synix.html. Its an outdated thing, but has some decent starting points. :-)

Any jumps today?

Painfully Excrutiating and Retarded Language is the PERL of my life.

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One of the things that I really like about OS X is FINALLY, you can dig in and kill a process. For that matter, I'm just happy to have a command console.

No doubt. I just set up a new G4 last week for an employee, with the 23" flat panel - that's not a monitor, that's a decent TV.

Apple is doing some great things with their hardware/software and the technology is becoming more affordable and the unix base of OSX provides some great cross-platform compatibility. Samba, NFS, Apache, etc, all run fine on MacOS X. And the XServe is gorgeous and comes with a kick ass Applecare warranty. Its starting to compete with Sun for the server market, lets see how they do. :-)

How do you like OSX?

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How do you like OSX?

I'm totally digging on OS X. Where I work, on the macs that will support it, we are loading OS X, and trying to 'persuade' the staff to ween themselves off of previous os versions. I really like (for backward compatibility with apps) the 'classic environment', but it does run a bit slower, and a little resource hungry - but it is worth it.
As you mentioned, it's cross platform functionality is nice from what I've seen so far. I still have a bit to learn there. We are really trying to carve out some time to research, and test OS X authentication and security on our network, but you know how that goes with a 100 projects that need to get done before the start of the next school year (about 3 weeks away).
Our split at work is about 35 to 40 percent apple, and 60 to 65 pc. With just over a 1000 desktops, that means there are quite a bit of macs. Unfortunately (I work for a public school) we have to 'recycle', so we have some really old macs out there as well, so we keep babing them along, and obviously can't upgrade the OS. But, as we replace them, we are making sure that OS X is installed on the new ones.

Matt
A well-informed person is somebody who has the same views and opinions as yours.

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I'm totally digging on OS X.

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I'm totally digging on OS X.

Ummm, yep.

xj

"I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."

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Sangiro!!! Please, for the love of God! LOCK THIS THREAD!!!

FallRate

Just kiddin' guys.

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But then again, they do make flavors of Nix'es that will run on a MAc.

Heh. My home webserver is an iMac running Yellow Dog Linux.

- Z
"Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon

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Sangiro!!! Please, for the love of God! LOCK THIS THREAD

Never! Welcome to the thread :-)

{Note: This was SkyDaemon posting under my login, not me! I'm not a geek!}

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maybe we should change the Subject line to read..

"do you have a problem posting with Geek Skydivers?

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Any jumps today?

No. We've been getting ready to move to the North Shore though. We've got a new place! The only downfall is we've seen what the salt air does to computers. Next weekend fo' sure, get a few jumps in. How about you, did you jump?

Thanks for the links! I like the look of your site too. As far as appreciating developers, I work with a few developers who created our in-house database software that works with Oracle. So, I understand some of the work that they live and breathe. They're always working to improve it.

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Ack! No I didn't get to jump all weekend, despite the beautiful weather in the Pacific Northwet!

How's the new place working out for you? Did you move in yet?

I'm glad the links helped if you find any gems, let me know, Its always good to have resources to give people :-)

I bet the developers think you're wonderful, as well they should! Its a strange world they live in. So how did you go from the keyboard to the skyboard (well skydiving anyways)?

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Sangiro!!! Please, for the love of God! LOCK THIS THREAD!!!

muhahaha...this thread will never die! j/k

We haven't moved in yet. August 22nd. Just wondering how much I'm going to have to pay to move the phone and cable over. Bah.

I have plenny links to share! One of my favorites is:
http://www.attrition.org/

Of course, I like this one:
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/resources/

I cruise the forums here:
http://www.arstechnica.com

This one is excellent for security reference:
http://www.securityfocus.com/

This is a great site for hardware reviews:
http://www.tomshardware.com/

And for shopping, I go here (cheap!):
http://www.newegg.com

If I think of anything else, I'll certainly share. The developers don't really move much. Sometimes, I pelt them with this little squeegy Oracle football I have. It's soft enough not to puncture.

And as how I got into skydiving, just wanted to try it while I was still young. Speaking of, I'm a quarter of a century old today!

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muhahaha...this thread will never die! j/k

attrition.org is great :-) I remember having looked at that awhile ago, but its improved greatly.

My boyf and I watched 2600's "Freedom Downtime" which is available off www.2600.com. It was a great film done in the "Roger and Me" style of satire documentry. Something you may get a kick out of if, you enjoy attrition.org.

Well belated 25th Happy Birthday!

What else do you want to do while you're still young?

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attrition.org is great :-) I remember having looked at that awhile ago, but its improved greatly.

It has improved, yes. I think it's because of the turnover of webmasters. It seems they get new ones over time with new additions.

Thanks for the happy b-day wishes! And sorry for the late reply. Been busy getting ready to move.

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My boyf and I watched 2600's "Freedom Downtime" which is available off www.2600.com. It was a great film done in the "Roger and Me" style of satire documentry. Something you may get a kick out of if, you enjoy attrition.org.

Sweet!! I would be interested. I'll have to check it out. A co-worker of mine is suscribed to 2600 and I read the mags. It becomes over my head a little too quickly, and is frustrating when I'd like to understand everything. I'd love to absorb more quickly, as he does.

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What else do you want to do while you're still young?

Ha! Not young anymore! But want to learn how to kite surf (www.kitesurfing.com) and I'd really love to BASE jump. Maybe Angel Falls would be an awesome vacation after learning. How about you? What else would you like to do?

I know this thread is about pau (done) and oh well, I still responded, you are welcome to pm to reply if you'd rather. I know I have a few other questions for you still.

~aloha~
Amie