sexta-feira, 18 de novembro de 2005
Computador a 100 dólares
segunda-feira, 14 de novembro de 2005
sábado, 12 de novembro de 2005
monstros que desfiguram paisagens
Native Wind. 20 Reservas índias têm um potencial de 300 gigawatts de energia eólica. Curioso, fiz alguma investigação sobre este mega projecto e confesso que fiquei desiludido: não encontrei as habituais críticas contra as turbinas que, noutras longitudes, são consideradas monstros que desfiguram paisagens. O browser que utilizo só me trouxe artigos e dados positivos cantando loas ao mega projecto. Estranho…
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quinta-feira, 10 de novembro de 2005
Imperial boredom boredom boredom
Imperial boredom boredom boredom: "True, at its height, the British empire produced magnificent heaps of wealth and power. But according to the historian Jeffrey Auerbach, the empire also generated staggering amounts of boredom....
So begins this week's Improbable Research column in The Guardian"
segunda-feira, 7 de novembro de 2005
sexta-feira, 4 de novembro de 2005
'Back Row' project attempts to mimic Apple's Front Row for Windows
Apple FrontRow provides a basic media experience including Music, Photos, DVD, and Video. They don't even match the functionality provided by the initial MCE (Microsoft Windows Media Center) release," Casey Chesnut writes for brains-N-brawn. "Lack of TV recording is the biggest missing feature. Its only 'innovation' is the 6 button remote control. To get a good idea of its UI and its feature set I looked at the short videos on Apple's website and the press release video at news.com. This work was done by reverse engineering from the videos, I have never touched an iMac (or an iPod) in person ... nor would I ever want to. If I can't program it ... then what's the point?"
Chesnut provides screenshots comparing Apple's Front Row to his "backRow" along with some videos of "backRow" in use via - naturally - Windows Media Player in his full article here.
MacDailyNews Take:
Obviously, Macs can be "programmed" - just not by Chesnut. You'd think Chesnut would want to touch and learn how to program the Mac, since Windows is the preeminent example of a Mac derivative. He'd probably be able to make a better copy of Front Row if he actually tried it, instead of just looking at online videos. The irony, of course, is that Chesnut is making an Apple Front Row derivative to run on the Mac derivative Windows. Mac users sit in the front row of the innovation train, Windows users sit in caboose's back row. Microsoft's Windows is the Velvet Elvis to Apple Mac's Mona Lisa.
You want the real thing?
Get a Mac.
You want a backwards, upside-down, several-versions-old fake Mac on ugly hardware that also runs viruses, spyware, adware, and other assorted malware?
Get a Windows PC.
segunda-feira, 24 de outubro de 2005
16 000 000 [sem virus]
There are "close to 16 million Mac OS X users" in the world and there are still zero (0) viruses. According to CNET, the Windows Vista Beta was released "to about 10,000 testers" at the time the first Windows Vista virus arrived. So much for the security via obscurity myth.






