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In the Shallow End 3014
Dan Johnson I'm not going to look for it either, but you did make that claim. Probably looked that way to you, but MS stuff is far worse. They never...
In the Shallow End 3015
No, it's obviously somewhat more than that, since it also works with apps, including apps which don't (only) store regular files in the file...
Oh, man.. Talk about the shallow end
On 2006-08-13 16:58:56 -0700, John C. Randolph I didn't know just how right I was... I just took a look at your "Cellular Automata...
In the Shallow End 3017
The reports so far indicate that it only backs up files. I have not heard of any apps that "don't only store regular files" and work with Time Machine. Macworld's report on this indicated that...
In the Shallow End 3018
We saw a demo of one during the keynote: iPhoto. iPhoto stores files on the disk, but also has a database which has to be...
In the Shallow End 3019
If the database is not too large, they can back it up as a unit; restoring a photo just means re-importing it in the...
In the Shallow End 3020
I am not sure about CoreAnimation. It may indeed be deep; or it may just be publishing some...
In the Shallow End 3021
They showed us some good stuff. They say they've got more. Apple only really needed to show the stuff which had...
In the Shallow End 3022
Very little, in my view. I think the "more" must be behind schedule or something...
In the Shallow End 3023
snip Steve didn't say there was anything else last time, though. And this is a longer release cycle. This doesn't make a lot of sense...
In the Shallow End 3024
That's true. And in truth, I do think that this time is different. But where we differ is this: I don't think Apple meant it to be so. snip Well, if...
In the Shallow End 3025
In the time since Tiger shipped, it's worth remembering that they completed a change of architechture for the operating system, plus all the software that they make. Perhaps the underwhelming...
In the Shallow End 3026
Then re-publishing them when Vista ships will be as easy as doing a Spotlight search :-) Yes...
In the Shallow End 3027
Perhaps so. Still, repebreastion is the key. Let me say that again. Repebreastion is the key; Apple must repeat their announcements...
In the Shallow End 3028
This makes no sense. Or, rather, it buttumes two things which don't make any sense, namely that one must either work on all features...
In the Shallow End 3029
Well, bear in mind that when I say things that do make sense, nobody replies. :( Well, admittedly...
In the Shallow End 3030
Apple only has so much flexibility with when WWDC occurs (or else people would *really* start thinking something was wrong). So, the question...
In the Shallow End 3031
Yes, that was positively shocking, wasn't it? But then, this keynote had about 27% less Steve in it too...
In the Shallow End 3032
Thank you. I think. :D I 'admitted' this to the newsgroup years ago. I revel in it! :D Well, I've always been partial to...
In the Shallow End 3033
Yes, it was too late at night for me to think up some Time Machine...
In the Shallow End 3034
MS promises what they think they can deliver, and lets everyone know so they can support whatever it is. Sometimes they fail, but...
In the Shallow End 3035
EFI is still in, last I heard, but 64-bit only. This is the kind of fiddling around the edges MS can get away with. I had forgotten this one. They did drop...
In the Shallow End 3036
It has been cut from the initial release. The feature itself could have possibly led to better security for end-users. Of course, there were all sorts of plans (in which...
In the Shallow End 3037
In the case of Windows, with the Registry and all that entails, a rewrite is a very good idea. Just because it's got 97% marketshare doesn't make it good any more than having billions upon...
In the Shallow End 3038
No. No, it is not. If you must maintain compatibility with existing apps- and you *must* do this- then you would have...
In the Shallow End 3039
Yes. Yes, it most certainly is. The Registry is a single point of failure. It is also a wonderful place for the less scrupulous to do damage...
In the Shallow End 3040
snip- lets rewrite Windows! No. The registry is divided into multiple files; I've no idea where the idea that it is monolithic came from. It never has been. I do not...
In the Shallow End 3041
Steve Mackay Not the same thing. Once the registry gets hosed by malware, your hard drive is still good, but the...
In the Shallow End 3042
Dan Johnson Games mostly. But that way the software vendor doens't think they have to worry about their own file disappearing. Believe me, go back...
In the Shallow End 3043
Snit how likely is the registry to get corrupt, and how likely is the system folder to get corrupt? using the api to work with the registry...
In the Shallow End 3044
Snit I've worked with A LOT of XP boxes since it came out, I've not seen one single problem with it. I remember some problems in...
In the Shallow End 3045
I don't see anything much in Leopard server; some new server applications, sure, and more importnatly 64-bit support, just like the client. Except for that, it's all in the shallow...
In the Shallow End 3046
snip- MS drops Fortran What are these wonderful DEC development tools you refer to? When I used VMS...
In the Shallow End 3047
Dan Johnson Their languages were complete and well documented. Their libraries were complete and well documented without leaving anything out that one might want...
In the Shallow End 3048
MS usually manages this. I don't recall VMS docs being especially good, though. Better than Unix man pages, sure...
In the Shallow End 3049
Dan Johnson No, they haven't. The DEC docs are legendary. Maybe it is because you were given a simple account and weren't given the huge set of docs to read. The DEC docs were very...
In the Shallow End 3050
If you say so. I haven't read them. But I find your account very vague; I still don't understand what about them made them so good. What simple functions are those? Of course not...
In the Shallow End 3051
Dan Johnson When a document claims how an API is supposed to be used and then...
In the Shallow End 3052
You are still being quite vague. I may say that I find that MS docs are quite accurate, and they do specify which platforms each API is implemented for. And...
In the Shallow End 3053
Dan Johnson It has been my experience a long time ago. Vague in your instance means you have no context to VMS or...
In the Shallow End 3054
It seems to me that if your memory fails you, you are not to blame, but you should...
In the Shallow End 3055
Dan Johnson Just about any stick will do to beat MS up with. No, they...
In the Shallow End 3056
I'd never thought you'd admit to that! snip Since you are unable to back up...
In the Shallow End 3057
Dan Johnson MS is an easy target these days... ever since the DOJ filed the anti-trust suit against M$. Now you are just creating your strawman. Obviously, you aren't a programmer but a basement...
In the Shallow End 3058
snip More vagueness; you don't know, so you subsbreastute low-content MS-bashing. My bet is they didn't do anything as silly as building an RDBMS on RMS; they just build a...
In the Shallow End 3059
Dan Johnson Guffaw!! Now look who is doing the side step shuffle eh. It is quite obvious that you don't know anything about VMS, yet...
In the Shallow End 3060
Tuning parameters are not going to turn an ISAM into an RDBMS. Heh. I just "made up" ACID transactions, eh? Maybe you should. You might...
In the Shallow End 3061
Dan Johnson But it helps make the over all data base more faster and efficient...
In the Shallow End 3062
Providng relational operations on top of an ISAM is possiboe, but it is not particularly efficient or supportable, and it still doesn't buy you ACID transactions. snip I think, in this thread, I've...
In the Shallow End 3063
Dan Johnson Sure. You've already proven to everyone else that you don't know much. Your credibility is...
In the Shallow End 3064
I do hope the transactions of WallStreet are not being done on an obsolete ISAM like RMS...
In the Shallow End 3065
Dan Johnson And this decades old technology is still ahead of current M$ technology or anybody elses, except...
In the Shallow End 3066
Works better, actually. VMS async I-O has a nasty flaw; the completion procedures act like interrupts, transfering control to your callback at an arbitrary point in your...
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