Comment Re:Patent pending... (Score 1) 82
Oh, for mods points today. Well done (ethnic slurs aside).
Comment I Like My Mac (Score 1) 771
Our office started having problems with Thinkpads after years of trouble-free use (oops, Lenovo), so I took the chance to see if we could use Macs. I got a big 17" MacBook Pro.
I run Win XP via Parallels, and will get around to installing Ubuntu as well.
Things work pretty well. Not perfectly, but pretty well. I currently spend ~70% of my time using Windows stuff, but I anticipate that going down to 30% or so as I get smart about doing stuff on the Mac side without losing file compatibility with my peers. It's *really* nice to be able to switch back and forth seamlessly. And though I am by temperament more of a Linux guy, I find myself quite happy with OS X.
I'm not an Apple fan-boi; I don't ignore imperfections in Apple and their products. That said, when my old PC laptop died at home, I found that we were left with 3 Macs- my work Mac, my wife's, and our Mac Mini media center/kid computer/home automation thingy.
I just hope Apple's market share doesn't grow too high (I'm not that worried); competition (plus open standards) is a good thing.
Submission + - Tamil Nadu (India) may shut door on Microsoft
aprasadh writes: "Government of Tamil Nadu(a state in India) has started initiatives to fully convert their IT systems of all of their departments to OSS based software. A news item appeared recently in Deccan chronicle, an English Daily. A copy of the news item can be retrieved from this link. Mr. Umashankar, managing director of ELCOT(procurement,consulting and training agency for the Government of Tamil Nadu for the procurement and supply of the IT and IT related products) describes us about how he dealt with Microsoft executives and also about the reasons why he has chosen OSS."
Submission + - UFO's over Chicago O'Hare!!!
chuckbag writes: From NPR: "In November, a gray, metallic, saucer-like object was spotted hovering above Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. As many as 12 United Airlines employees spotted the object and filed reports with United.
Officials at the airline say they have no knowledge of the incident, and the Federal Aviation Administration is not investigating.
Melissa Block speaks with Chicago Tribune transportation reporter Jon Hilkevtich, who reported on the incident."
Journal Journal: Old sigs
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Journal Journal: Mac
This is a boring read; I'm just documenting progress in the home LAN.
I just got my wife a 12" Powerbook (and just heard today that new Powerbooks may be announced in a week- d'oh!).
So now we're running Windows (my work notebook), Linux/Wn98 dual (old desktop in the cellar), and OS X.
