After reading Definition of Fascism one might actually think so.
With the expanded PATRIOT Act powers recently being approved by the Senate one can’t help but wonder if Lucas timed Star Wars III’s release a little too closely with our own loss of liberties.
Then there are those who lived through McCarthy-ism who say we’re still better off today then we were in the 1950s, so its still A-OK in the U.S. of A. That’s fine and good, but we are now worse off than we were in the 1990s. Why are we going backwards, even if it is by a small amount?
Oh that’s right - the Saudi oil fields may be drying up, so its time to use America’s troops to invade Iraq and secure future oil revenues for our friends in the House of Saud.
I’m only starting to watch season 3 of Red Vs Blue and I can’t get over how funny these folks can really be. The writing is good, the acting is bad, the graphics suck, but it is definately some of the best entertainment available!
I think I only previously saw season 1, and I think I missed season 2 entirely. Fortunately they sell the DVDs. I might have to pick them up.
Unfortunately my wife doesn’t get their humor and hates it when I watch Red Vs Blue when she is home. Her loss.
Well, its true. Apple is switching to x86. And I’m an excellent predictor of when a proprietary operating system company will switch hardware - right after I purchase it. This is now the 3rd time I’ve bought a proprietary machine and its the 3rd time I’ve bought right before the switch.
Buying right before the switch is a bad investment as your equipment will become obsolete at least 2x faster than at any other point in its history. Buying right after the switch is a bad idea as the equipment and OS tend to not be as stable due to their immaturity. sigh
MacNN has coverage of the keynote from Steve Jobs.
Too bad I purchased a Macintosh and helped to prop up Apple as they pulled the rug out from under me for a second time.
Where is that fully open PC platform with great laptop hardware? That plus FreeBSD or Linux looks like the only sure bet towards long-term support.
I really hope John Gruber is right in Daring Fireball: Intel-Apple Odds and Ends.
I just purchased a 15″ PowerBook in late December. I was hoping it would last me the next 3-5 years.
Last time I purchased a Macintosh computer was in 1994. Apple had just introduced the PowerPC line, but I didn’t have the funds for one of the new PowerMacs - so I purchased a Quadra. The Quadras were based on the 68040 processor, and were the last computers shipped by Apple using that CPU. Apple had just started the transition to a new processor platform and I got left behind from day one.
In 1997 when it was time for me to upgrade I went with an SGI O2, as SGI had been on the MIPS architecture for years and showed now signs of leaving it.
A year or so later SGI announced they were eliminating the MIPS processors from their lineup and moving to Intel processors. This didn’t worked out very well for SGI, and I was stuck with a MIPS based SGI. SGI is just barely alive. I’m surprised they haven’t closed their doors yet thanks to that (and other) disasters.
The SGI/Intel event prompted me to move to x86/Linux for several years.
But now I’m back on the PowerPC based Macintosh, as I just got fed up with the GUI environment on Linux not working well, and most laptop hardware is crap (when compared to Apple’s current offerings).
So I guess its just about time for Apple to switch architectures on me. Again. At least I purchased Tiger.
Keep your chicken warm. Don’t you think your chicken will look great with its own little windbreaker? Yea, me neither, but you can get one and try it on him or her anyway.