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He estado experimentando recientemente con AWT en vez del oscilación en Java. AWT es el toolset "original" del widget del GUI, y esencialmente ata derecho a los widgets nativos del GUI de la plataforma del anfitrión de la máquina virtual de Java. Usándolo, usted no puede dejar tener una "mirada nativa y sentirse".
posted by ruffin
at 10/29/2004 08:55:00 PM
For anyone other than programmers and gamers, at least in the Windows and Linux world, computers have had plenty of power to do whatever you've wanted them to for a very long time. It's about time we had something like this:
AMD, which plans to start shipping the low-cost PCs soon after the model's Oct. 28 release, is calling the new machine the Personal Internet Communicator. It will cost $185 just for the computer, and $249 for both the computer and a 15-inch monitor.
I hope it's trivial to install a Java virtual machine there.
posted by ruffin
at 10/22/2004 08:35:00 PM
I think I've blogged this before, but while I was thinking about it, I'm constantly impressed with how slick the iTunes Music Store's format is. Sure, I can crack the AAC or m4p or whatever to allow it to play elsewhere without regard for DRM, but I haven't seen a "magic button app" that makes them all mp3, which, let's admit, is "the" format for listening to your stuff everywhere. We've got an mp3 player in the car, for example, that'll read a data disc, but when I burn my favorite tunes to a data disc from iTunes -- yep, nothing I downloaded from the iTMS plays.
So b/c I don't feel like another excruciating wrestling match with configure & make, Apple's got me right where they want me. If I had an iPod & the FM broadcast dongle, I wouldn't have to worry about this mess. If I used iTunes everywhere I listened to music, perfect. But as is, I find it easier not to listen to my iTMS music anywhere but on my Mac.
That's a little overstatement -- I have gone through the trouble to burn the whole CDs I've purchased, and then I usually rip those CDs to my other Mac rather than play the m4p files. Your heard correctly. I'd *rather* have mp3. Singles I've download remain singles for the most part, as I'd rather not burn to CD, rip, replace the ID3 info, etc, before having a useful mp3.
It's not all that much work to process the iTMS songs, but it's just enough that I'm not going to bother. This is, give or take, what I was talking about, heck, over a year and a half ago here. Don't go into making a license key 100% foolproof; you're wasting time getting the last 10% to register who probably wouldn't anyhow. Use that time to make your app better, appealing to a broader market, or making a new app altogether. Welp, I believe I've beaten that theme to death in this blog by now...
Anyhow, you likely get the point. Not the best writing on freakinname (nor the worst, I imagine) nor a very complete argument, but I think you get the point.
posted by ruffin
at 10/20/2004 03:38:00 PM
When I'm "really researching" I find I start using more than one browser. Firefox still crashes on me periodically and even Safari has its moments of colorful spinning wheels o' death. I wouldn't be surprised to find out you could run different instances of Firefox at once, and if so I'd like to know how. If not, hop on it, FF developers!
Interesting, this is one spot IE on Windows has done things right for a while now. Last I recall (not using Windows boxes daily any more, thank heavens, though I only used IE for microsoft.com and other sites that [at least partially] required it), bringing down one window of IE rarely affected the others.
In other news, if you're looking for a new laptop, the new iBook looks nice. Finally fast enough (I assume; haven't touched one yet) to run OS X acceptably, and a bit of a steal with 6 hours battery life and 802.11g included for a grand.
posted by ruffin
at 10/20/2004 03:23:00 PM
Here's an Applescript I'd rather not lose that allows one to, say, rotate movies they take with their digital camera when they're using it in "portrait" mode.
set originalMovie to choose file with prompt "Select a movie to rotate:"
display dialog "Rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise?" buttons {"Clockwise", "Counter-Clockwise"}
set turnChoice to button returned of the result
set saveRef to choose file name with prompt "Save a new copy of the movie here:"
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
open originalMovie
tell movie 1
if turnChoice = "Clockwise" then
rotate right (the first track whose kind is "video")
else
rotate left (the first track whose kind is "video")
end if
save in saveRef as self contained
end tell
end tell
posted by ruffin
at 10/11/2004 07:50:00 PM
What was that bulge in the back of President Bush's suit jacket at the presidential debate in Miami last week?
Not sure how to even pretend this is freakinname worthy, but under the auspices of "wireless technology" -- come on folk, he's the president. You think those Secret Service guys who wear earpieces are running around with people saying, "Left foot, right foot" in their ear? I'm not saying Bush didn't have "answers" plugging into his ear, though the quotes around the word "answer" should hint to you I find it hard to believe that was happening. His repsonses would've been better. But what if another important situation occurred that required the attention of the proverbial leader of the proverbially free world? Shouldn't he know immediately without having someone run on stage with an envelope? And have the chance to decide whether or not he should field the issue?
Thinking mtn from molehill here. He's the president. He's got reasons to be connected other than a debate.
posted by ruffin
at 10/09/2004 09:39:00 PM
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