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Accurate Info Lacking in Sandy Aftermath, JCP&L Told
Officials, residents raise concerns at third BPU hearing about utility company's storm response.
Nearly two months after Hurricane Sandy pummeled through the Northeast, the frustration about the communication from state officials and power companies in the storm aftermath is still a major discussion among members of the public.
The quality and accuracy of the information flow was the key subject brought up at the Board of Public Utilities third public hearing at Hopatcong Middle School Tuesday night.
More than 60 people, including local officials and residents from Morris, Sussex and Passaic counties, attended the meeting where over a dozen people commented and raised concerns to BPU and JCP&L officials about the state's preparedness and response after the storm that left millions across the state without power for days and some for weeks.
Several mayors said the power company provided false restoration numbers, which angered the residents in their municipalities in a time when they needed comfort most.
Hopatcong Mayor Sylvia Petillo told officials that residents wanted to get frequent updates on when the power was coming back, where crews were in town, and how many crews were working, but she couldn't receive any of that information from JCP&L. She added that the false restoration numbers, including the Sunday after the storm when a JCP&L representative said 1,900 homes were going to be the first to get power back, but were never restored, was a major issue.
She suggested having a JCP&L supervisor call the OEM director every morning to provide updates about the crews' daily work routines.
"Then we would have information to give out that would be current and it would be real," Petillo said. "Other than that we can not get the information from the managers that are assigned."
Frankford Mayor Gary Larson, who received an applause after he spoke, said the restoration charts given from the power company kept showing inaccuracies and added to the frustration during the outage.
"I don't understand why you would put those numbers up there," he told the officials. "We had residents coming in and asking us questions and there was very little we could give them."
Other residents who spoke agreed with officials, including Kim Armstrong, of Roxbury.
"I would ask the BPU to seriously consider appointing person to have that information in town so everyone is talking on same page," she said.
Hopatcong resident Carolyn Albanese suggested having JCP&L post updates on social media where crews are working in town, simliar to how she said the Hopatcong Police posted on their Facebook page whenever they saw crews on streets.
BPU president Robert Hanna said in his opening statements that the communication has been by far the biggest public complaint. He said while there were several methods of communication implemented after Hurricane Irene, including having more representatives in the town, greater use of social media, and creating the outage maps, he doesn't believe it was the forms of communication that was the problem, and instead the accuracy.
"The method is not the issue, he said. "There are plenty of methods in this day in age to get information. The problem really was the quality of information getting out there to the public. Many, many complaints of the information posted was inaccurate and incorrect information was given out."
He said while the utility companies can not generate street by street information, he said the companies "have to do a far better job in terms of the quality of information they provide to the public so that people at least can make an intelligent decision about whether they can stay in their homes or not."
JCP&L president Don Lynch said the power company is working to provide more accurate information regarding outages and restoration times.
"While no other utility in the country can currently do that down to the customer level, I am committed to work with the BPU to figure out how we can do that, how can we provide more specific information."
Lynch added that JCP&L is also currently working on a number of other steps to improve communication, including expanding communication channels in texting, emails and other alerts, and making enhancements to the power maps.
Lynch, who said the storm resulted in the largest restoration effort in the history of New Jersey, said nearly all JCP&L customers were effected by the storm with 1.3 million outages in all 236 municipalities.
"The damage that resulted from this storm was more damage than Hurricane Irene plus the snowstorm that hit us last October," he said.
Hanna said there were over 17,000 out-of-state workers that helped restore the power, which was the largest utility workforce ever mobilized in New Jersey.
He added that 71 percent of all New Jersey electrical distribution circuits were damaged from the storm. He said 116,000 trees came down, where over 64,000 of those were in JCP&L territory. There were over 6,700 JCP&L utility poles that came down as well, he said, which is the most of the four electrical companies in the state.
"We are looking at all aspects of preparation and response by the electric utilities in the hopes that we can make this better," Hanna said.
Some of the other issues brought up Tuesday night in the two-and-a-half hour meeting were about the downed wires and trees that remained on the ground for days.
"The biggest issue that I had was that every major way in and out of this town, particularly Lakeside Bouelvard, remained block by downed trees for about a week," Hopatcong resident Andrew Dick said. "Please consider whether the town and county employees could be trained to work in areas where there are downed wires to safely secure wires to get roads open."
Hanna said all comments will be reviewed by state officials to improve the infrastructure.
"We will consider all comments in our proceedings in actions that we take," he said.
More meetings will be scheduled after the new year.
Residents can also submit written comments via email to: email@example.com or by mail to: Kristi Izzo, Secretary of the Board, Board of Public Utilities, 44 South Clinton Ave., 9th Floor, P.O. Box 350, Trenton, NJ 08625-0350.
The written comments should reference Docket Number EO12111050 in the subeject of the emails, or in the heading of a letter.
10:14 am on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Mr. Lynch stated -"nearly all JCP&L customers were effected by the storm with 1.3 million outages in all 236 municipalities". Hopefully, that's the number of municipalities JCP&L serves in NJ because there is a total of 566 municipalities in the state - you didn't "lose" a few towns, did you JCP&L? It has been revealed that much of the system and technology in place is antiquated and not up to current standards. Apparently, JCP&L chooses to reinvest little in it's aging infrastructure. Stop the "band-aid" approach - that's the first course of action the BPU should insist upon. Additionally, with power outages continually increasing in both frequency and duration causing horrendous inconvenience and disruption to its customers, I would like to see JCP&L offer a one time substantial subsidy to it's customers to put towards a temporary power generation system to help us limp by during these extended "black-outs".
10:42 am on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Not to give the power company a free pass, but we should all take a look at the trees on our property and determine if they are a danger to our homes, power wires, and passing cars. Its expensive to cut trees down, but so was that 55" tv. I counted 15 homes struck by trees within a block of mine. Could that have been avoided or minimized with some personal responsibility?
2:52 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
SPky - Sounds like a good idea...I actually tried that very thing. I had a tree service come by to give me an estimate on trimming the trees on my property that overhang the power lines. I was told that they won't touch any trees/limbs/branches hovering over the wires. I was told to call the power company. Now what to do?
Deborah Hanley
11:01 am on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Seriously people... PUT IT BEHIND YOU!!! It was a disaster... AREN'T YOU EXPECTING A LITTLE TOO MUCH?!!! The electric companies are not God, they can only do what they can do. They did their best. It was not fun, but we SURVIVED! All of this concern... about NUMBERS?!!! THERE ARE BIGGER THINGS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD that you could be putting your attention to.
Roseanne Marie S.
10:42 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
Deborah you are right in saying there are bigger things going on in the world and I do think people have put it behind them. However I do think people are afraid of a repeat of the misinformation that ran rampant after the storm. If we don't learn from our mistakes we are doomed to repeat them. There was an instance of an elderly couple in another town choosing to stay in their home cause they believed JCP&L when they first told us power will be restored by Wednesday. As we all know, Wednesday turned into Sunday, and that elderly couple froze to death. I think we all need to look into getting another power company in here that is local. JCP&L had other states like Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia to deal with first, as they made their way down to us. Like they said at one of the meetings, it is too expensive to maintain a crew in every state they service. So I think it's time we find someone who can.
JM Mom
11:59 am on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
More than one person has told me that the power repair workers from out-of-state said that our infrastructure is so old that replacement parts are no longer available. First Energy has not put money into updating our antiquated infrastructure, and we pay the highest rates in the country.
Tracy Tobin
1:15 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Mr. Hanna of the BPU (soon to be a judge) is incorrect. JCP&L put very little of the Post Irene recommendations into place. " HAVING MORE REPRESENTATIVES IN TOWN"? JCP&L was marked ABSENT in our town for days 10-14 of our power outages. The liaison to our town had 50 other towns to cover. Ridiculous in an emergency. The poor guy was probably lucky to get to read 10% of his e-mails from towns he was responsible for. JCP&L failed to provide adequate information to Out of State power restoral crews, which reduced their efficiency in repair efforts. Hazardous tree removal programs over the past year were "Too little Too Late" after 10 years of neglect. JCP&L's "pain" was self inflicted and transfered to it's customers. The BPU should not permit rate increases when JCP&L's neglect of their responsibilities was a major cause of outages. Why are so many power sub stations vulnerable to damage leading to wide spread outages? What did JCP&L learn from IRENE other than to blame Mother Nature for their failure to provide safe and secure infrastructure? The BPU better not try and sell "no one could have foreseen this storm" as a reason to reward JCP&L for their neglect of their responsibilities to their customers.
2:23 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
"He said while the utility companies can not generate street by street information, he said the companies "have to do a far better job in terms of the quality of information they provide to the public so that people at least can make an intelligent decision about whether they can stay in their homes or not."
Why not? Use GPS and location based services with computer automation.
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2:52 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Tracy hit the nail on the head while people like Deborah Hanley are part of the reason we are in this mess. Give them a pass for not doing their jobs of maintaining the lines, trimming back the trees and having proper worst case contingency plans. As corporate greed and maximizing shareholder wealth are their major concerns this type of situation is only going to get worst in the future. It is funny that Europe puts most of their lines underground and their power outage issues are minimal at best. Pays to do it right the first time but everyone here is so shortsighted by short term profits and forget about safety that we are decades behind Europe in our power infrastructure and don't even mention the roads.
Eileen Stokes
3:47 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
And I am wondering who is coordinating follow up on damaged poles and the transfer of ALL wires--electric, cable and phone--to the new poles? Past experience has shown me that this is another source of disconnect. Once one utility has transferred wires--usually the electric lines are first--the finishing process often falls between the cracks. I have on several past occasions contacted the various utilities to find out when work will be completed and the old broken pole removed. Am I the only one thinking that damaged poles continue to constitute a danger, especially as winter weather approaches?
There are 4 or 5 damaged or unfinished utility transfer poles that I pass daily--one pole is completely severed into two pieces with all wires still attached and functioning, but stretched to their limit, another is split vertically with a new pole installed next to it and only electric transferred to the new pole. Is JCP&L responsible for follow up that the other utilities complete their portion of the work.
4:16 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Whew! A meeting! Wow. Everyone feel better? Did I read this correctly? JCP&L is NOW going to get to work on better communication? Did anyone at the meeting bother to ask why that hadn't been done in the year between the two big storms? They are going to use email to inform people who don't have power? Brilliant. This is comical. Please...anyone...let us all know when these new policies have been implemented and how, exactly they will help. If the power company wanted to provide accurate information, they would. It's nice of them to apologize and claim they have to do better, but the question remains...a full year after the first big, destructive storm, what improvements did they make and why would they still be deliberately misleading residents? Of course the answer is meaningless because the all-powerful and totally unaccountable BPU decides what JCP&L does and what it doesn't do. And JCP&L knows it is under no threat whatsoever and will suffer not a single consequence for their actions...or lack thereof. By the way, did JCP&L pro-rate anyone's most recent bill to reflect the days and days without power? Just askin'....
Maryann Edwards
6:40 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Yes, Mine was an estimated bill. I don't understand why they don't read our meters monthly like they used to do. We pay more and more money for less and less services. I am still waiting for the phone call to tell me that my power was restored. This company doesn't care about anything but profits. I was also told that our system is so antiquated that some of the out of state workers had never seen anything like it before. I also didn't see any JCP&L trucks working in my area, only out of state companies.


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Not to nitpick or sound like language-usage police or anything, but this one has been bugging me for a while, and I see it a lot: when and how did 'Hear! Hear!' become 'Here here' on the internetz?
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One detail where Microsoft actually ended being better than the original are jump lists as contrary to the OS X pendant they also work when the application is not running. I usually use them to start an application with a specific recently used document which saves a few clicks. People are also set in their ways as I've experienced two installations by different people where the new task bar was reconfigured to work as closely as the old one did despite the OS X inspired design being far superior imo.
Another detail which I wouldn't mind Apple porting over to 10.7 is that on Windows 7 there's a visual indicator that multiple windows have been collapsed into the icon. On OS X currently you pretty much have to remember it and having to press the mouse button for some time to make them visible in Expose is not as elegant as selecting them directly in the Aero previews with just hovering over the taskbar icon.
Neither of these are "better" it's just your preference.
Opening a document in Mac OS X that you were working on is easier for me because I have quicker access to my documents from the Documents stack which is a a navigable "jump-list" of the all my documents.
The visual indicator for what windows are open with which application is called "pause-click" and is also right on the dock.
Whatever works for you is fine, but overall Mac OS X is better IMO. More logical, more consistent, easier and faster to get at things etc.
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I think what he means by limiting is you van build a system that has a graphic card, esata ports and connect to a hdmi monitor. My 24" HD looks awesome, has 1920x1200 and HDMI and that's how I have my mac connected. My MBPro 15". One of the last with the express slot. Google laptop UAD devices for audio and you'll see how important that alot really is to musicians.
The beauty though is while pystar has this new device that allows you to install a retail disk, they have a free script over at osx86 for FREE and the beauty about a hackntosh, which I still have, is that it never, ever kernal panics on me. But the real hidden beauty is that by default it still has a bios which means you can overclock both the ram and CPU resulting in performances that run circles around Apple high end all for $800
or so and that's with most features you could think of, blue tooth, iChat, esata pcie cards, FireWire and a fast graphics card and in time in addtion to over clocking, if you get the right motherboard, you can swap out a faster CPU when it comes out. Instead of having to buy a new machine. They even have boot screens that can act just like apple and the real kicker is, you can't tell your on a pc, the experience is seemles and works.
That said, I am glad a lot of IT firms, moms, enthusiasts will upgrade as this make apple release more priced fairly computers. I can also give a real life testimwnt to it as well.
When I tried out vista, I was already using mac most off the time.
I have HIGH END FIREWIRE audio devices. It took more than a year for a driver to come out that worked with Vista.
With Windows 7, I attached the device and it just worked. Hardly anything popped up. It just started working so expect all those gamers, prosumers, audio, video users to also upgrade or build a hackntosh, as Apple is missing the mark on the fastest growing segment ever. The prosumer. These are the next big bands, directors, editors, plus as I've already said, game sales are more than music and video combined yet Apple has this fear if they release a headless machine, that pros will buy them. And Apples right, they would, saving the mac pro for the bigger studios, you would see these mid range in studios B and C the same way I saw iMacs back in the day with the PowerPC in the main studio. What Apple fails to get is alll the gamers, prosumers they would hVe. Millions. But ahh, apple runs into a problem. These gamers and enthusiasts that make up more sales than video/music combined, also want fast graphic cards, ao Applw would have to support all these graphic carda and in their eyes. Lose money as they know their markup on ram and gpus are not in line with what you can really get for your dollar.
I say it's all good. Hopefully the courier is by Microsoft only marking the first ever microsoft pc and then maybe apple releases mid range headless and tablet.
In the end. We all win.
WOW great post! I have said the same time and time again. Well done and though out! :-)
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I'm sure OS X was the inspiration as usual, but MS has failed short from the usability goal that OS X has established.
I just spent the entire day yesterday and today (in total almost 20 hr), setting up Windows 7 at work, and I can tell you it's not a pleasant experience. The UI is frustrating to use, and I had cursed out lout many many times, and wanted to break something on few occasions. All I can say is I'm glad it's over, and now I can fire up Korn Shell (yes Korn Shell for Windows 7), and program away.
Windows 7 may be "pretty" to people who like glowing multi color thick bezel windows, but make no mistake, Windows 7 is still the same old crufty Windows rotten core.
I really don't understand what is wrong with Microsoft and how come "they dont' get it". I mean they employ a lot of great and bright people, but some just lack taste and ability to produce something original, cool, and ahead of its time like "that other company" .
i have switched to mac and of course will never go back to pc hell
whenever i have to work with pcs i get so frustrated because navigating through a lot of open windows is just...plain terrible to do
for their next release, microsoft (for their windows X, or windows 10.7, or however they wish to rip apple off again) will steal exposé, and that might make things different
having viruses and registry? those have been around since windows 95, someone tell ballmer that
You are right it does have a KDE look but also has the look of Debian 5.0. Also as someone else mentioned Ubuntu.
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That comment is even more pathetic them something your buddy Quadra or Mouse would say. You guys are neck deep in the kool aid.
i have switched to mac and of course will never go back to pc hell
whenever i have to work with pcs i get so frustrated because navigating through a lot of open windows is just...plain terrible to do
for their next release, microsoft (for their windows X, or windows 10.7, or however they wish to rip apple off again) will steal exposé, and that might make things different
having viruses and registry? those have been around since windows 95, someone tell ballmer that
But they did improve on that stuff, if you've bothered to try it, or at least read some reviews from people who have actually tried it. The stuff MS has "stolen", they have also improved upon. You can grab a window and shake it to clear all other windows from the desktop, for instance. Windows Key+Tab cycles through open windows. The latter has been around (in Windows) since Vista.
I like it, the borrowing back and forth. It makes things better for everyone. If people didn't do that, you'd still be driving around in the first car ever made by the first manufacturer to ever make one. Imagine if Apple died in the 90's, and we got stuck at Windows ME?
I'm a fan of both OS's, they both have their benefit. I'd be even happier if someone else could manage a decent GUI and a solid kernel to improve upon both of these OS designs and backends. Without this bickering back and forth about who's stuff is better, and always trying to one-up the other guy, innovation would be non-existent.
I just spent the entire day yesterday and today (in total almost 20 hr), setting up Windows 7 at work, and I can tell you it's not a pleasant experience. The UI is frustrating to use, and I had cursed out lout many many times, and wanted to break something on few occasions. All I can say is I'm glad it's over, and now I can fire up Korn Shell (yes Korn Shell for Windows 7), and program away.
20hrs? perhaps your company should hire a competent worker?
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As opposed to Apple which is a fascist party - all they do is dictate what people can do with their OS (which g can only be put on their glossy-screened, shiny hardware)
OS X? - based on BSD.. bunch of copy-cats! Oh no wait, I forget, Apple is allowed to copy, because Apple spells copy: i-n-n-o-v-a-t-i-o-n
Get over yourselves. MS saw which parts of OS X are effective and employed those - like every other company does. IMHO Win7 window management is better than on OS X, being able to enlarge windows from every corner, and the new Win7 drag-to-extents feature.
Bah, all this GUI stuff is copied from Xerox anyway.
Shows how little you know about history. Apple paid Xerox for the GUI with shares of stock, then innovated it. All Microsoft did was take 10 years to do what Apple did back in 1985.
What anecdotal evidence you have!
Imagine you never hearing about how Dell, HP, Compaq, Gateway, Asus all recalled their batteries for the same reason that Apple did: Because Sony made them!
Or how that scratchy HDD was Seagate's fault and others suffered the same issues!
Completely erased partitions? Oh, right, never happened to anybody but OSX users, who don't even use 80s style partitions!
Hate to break it to you, but wintards like you are vastly outnumbered here, so save your stupid myths for retarded sites!
Oh, skeeter, just how did you get to be such an angry, bitter person? You haven't managed to make a post in days that wasn't just dripping with hate, resentment and jealousy. Maybe you should run along and play with your themes, it might soothe you.
Yeah I too feel guilty for not reading the paid ads aka review of windows, or that I didn't give a try to the new version crappy software that has taken 15 or so years of my life with crashes, bugs, viruses, bad design, and above all complete and utter impossibility of using the system for more than 20% of the time (the other 80% you are servicing it) to get some actual productive work done.
I feel so guilty that since I switched to apple three years ago (and that includes the iphone) I can actually get my work done and my digital life organized in an intuitive, effective, beautiful looking, and highly productive way.
I feel so guilty for not checking windows 7, for not giving one single toss about microsoft's garbage and actually using my computer instead to enrich and enable my daily life.
But in honesty now, I feel such a damn fool that I didn't switch to apple earlier on, because of all the blah blah of the idiot pc zealots and the sheer lying and b**ing of apple on their price, incompatibility and all the other garbage thrown at apple.
Now when I want to change a setting I just spotlight or search setting instead of ploughing through inane menus and submenus. I have set beautiful icons for my folders that I can quickly and intuitively access. I have arranged my work and digital life there and I can spotlight and find anything in a flash, be it music, pictures, receipts, university papers, books, research, spreadsheets. I can set spaces to keep things separate, hot corners to fastly access functions, expose, multi gestures. I have full drive encryption in file vault and super easy way to make encrypted images for my sensitive data. I now have an app on the iphone with 3DES syncing to my computer.
I have super community support by intelligent people for a change via apple or the user forums, and extra fast updates from apple for any mishap. I have the best music player in the world in itunes that I have only recently realized its huge potential, I have my radio, my beloved podcasts, my huge music library there. I have great open source software from the community that fits in perfectly with apple's interface and I have the option of some fantastic commercial programs that untie my hands. In what is one of my most loved pieces of software, super duper, I can clone my whole hd in a flash and tranfer it as is to any mac, or boot from it, I can update it in a flahsh, I can just choose to take a system clone only. And of course I ve got the best backup in the bussiness in time machine and the easiest most intuitive way to do it in the time capsule. I dont have an antivirus and antimalware bogging my system. (I can go on ad infinitum in this list...but I ll stop)
All these integrate perfectly with my touch and iphone in a seamless way (that could of course improve and I am sure it will).
Recently too, I have got the best cloud service on the planet (after a slow start that apple was generous to admit and compensate ALL users with free months usage) to integrate all my digital life and sync it all together so I am not tied to a single desktop. I can easily share with anyone almost any file size I want...and like I said all that ties in seamlessly by the best mobile platform on the globe, the one where the most innovation and applications happen, the smartest mobile computer in the iphone. And soon this will integrate with the tablet, which will be a revolution so big I wont even go into. I know I am not the super cutting edge with my hardware with apple (like some 0.00001 of the population dealing in experimental projects might be) but I also know that I am on the consumer cutting edge, that whatever new innovation appears I will get it faster than anyone on any other system, and above all much better implemented and completely functional. I will have wifi earlier than anyone else, I will have air tunes and streaming to my stereo earlier than anyone else, a proper digital media store and player earlier than anyone else, intuitive whole computer search earlier than anyone else, the thinnest laptop earlier than anyone else, the best most intuitive wifi backup and server storage station in the time capsule earlier than anyone else, the smallest most practical mini computer and home theatre center than anyone else, the best mobile platform earlier than anyone else, and better than anyone else. A 27 led computer, earlier and cheaper than anyone else, when everyone else will be dishing out the same money for a mere 27 inch monitor.
I, and other switchers reap these benefits.
AND YOU HAVE THE GALL TO ASK US WHY THE F. DIDN'T WE CHECK OUT WINDOWS 7 OR READ THE REVIEWS????? Windows 7 is the thing we care less than anything in the globe. After years and years of torture...
Actually, I had a run of over a year without a BSOD at work. Then 4 in the last two days. Acrobat 9 is the common denominator, but an application should not bring down the whole system, etc, etc.
I've only had 10.6 for two weeks, but so far so good. I skipped Leopard, so the learning curve has been steeper than usual. But not too bad so far.
Well, one word for the outcome: fail. I've evaluated Windows 7. It ain't no MacOS. Not even close. Maybe they added some pretty farkles to the beast, but it's still a beast. For example -- I needed to set the workgroup. In MacOS, just pop into Preferences and there's only two places it could be -- in Networking or in File Sharing. Turns out it's in Networking. In Windows 7.... AGH! You will literally be clicking around for an HOUR trying to find that bloody setting unless you give up and type into the Control Panel search window, "change workgroup". That'll take you right where you need to be, but it's buried like four levels deep in Control panel sub-sub-sub menus.
And the whole friggin' OS is like that. I'm not a Windows simpleton -- see this article about using the 'reg' command, for example -- but Windows 7 keeps all the nasty parts of the Windows OS (like the Registry, which has horrifically primitive tools to deal with searching, querying, and modifying it, unlike the filesystem or real databases), and just layers sugar coating feet deep on top of it. I can't yet evaluate the native performance because Apple hasn't released native Boot Camp drivers yet for Windows 7, but under VMware 3 it runs like a dog even if you turn off all the effects (and that's another beef, why isn't there a simple setting to say "turn off all effects"? Instead, you end up on a search-and-click mission that takes you on a tour of the Control Panel, hitting the graphics section, accessibility, etc.), while Windows XP and Red Hat Linux run quite speedily under VMware (you can tell you're running under virtualization but it's quite acceptable).
In short, they've managed to maybe make it look sorta like MacOS, but you can polish a turd all you want, but in the end, it's still a turd.
No, you're incorrect unfortunately...I didn't ask.
You can come on over and switch to OS X, sure...and turn around and follow the same pattern. Keep yourself in the dark, only follow what's right in front of your face. Being the sheep when the shepherds are idiots doesn't bode well for your IQ.
Bash Windows because right now you're not using it, and don't bother to read anything about it. But make sure you defend people who post bad things today about what shortcomings might have been true 5 years ago.
Time Machine, by the by, failed me miserably on my second backup attempt. It has since been turned off and I'm using iBackup. Firewire connected hard drive, too. It's a shame sometimes things just don't work the way you want them to.
kiddo - HDMI/HDCP is explicitly designed to limit what your media device or computer can output - to enforce the big media co's DRM! it doesn't empower you, it imprisons you! the "flag" activating those controls has never been turned on yet (they are afraid of the backlash), but it is there, ready and waiting. get a clue. the last place you want it is inside your computer. on some peripheral like AppleTV, then it's sandboxed and ok. Apple is very wise to avoid incorporating it in the Mac OS.
of course MS embraces and implements all forms of DRM wholeheartedly, to monetize someday everything, or as much as they can. you suckers are lambs headed to the slaughter.
Apple's practice of placing their hardware on almost complete 'Lock Down' simply provides a Limiting Experience for many users.
My Macs are a lot of things, but 'open' is certainly NOT one of them, and that's why 90% of the time I use one of my Win/Linux-based computers.
right, it's just terrible the way Boot Camp with its optimized drivers (or Parallels etc) lets you run Windows 7 and/or Linux all on just one Mac instead of your half dozen computers! even together at the same time on the same desktop!! and yes even drag and drop between them!!! oh the horrible savage Mac lock down cruelty!!!!
you must be glad MS forgot to copy this in wide-open Windows 7!
True. It's really this simple. Each helped the other BUT one is from an engineering POV the other an artist. Macs, in a way, work the way you would think they should, to some degree that is if you had say used a computer once or twice. Problem is Steve has forgotten all the artists ornhas been extremly hard in them while focusing most of thier attention on consumer electronics and not building the machine that is powerful, without gotchas, strong, fast and priced within reason. Apple still has a huge GAO between the iMac and Mac Pro that one day needs to be addressed. No Steve. You won't lose millions of pro sales if you build mid range high end gpu esata express headless macs. Apple will make more money not less.
Again case in point: Avid/Dugudesign. Owns Avid. Most shows ate down on Avid. Fcp is making some small headway. Friend if mine, foley fx manager for "No Country For Old Med" did a lot of it on FCP. anyway Avid saw computers were getting faster and people no longer needed ro tools TDM cards to off load the processing. And with 16 cores soon. Wow anyway, they bought MAudio which relies all on native FSB CLU GPU FPU processing. Today you can walk around with a 24 track studio in your bacpack. Would have cost $50,000 just 10 years ago if not more.
Apple needs to get it and I don't think they will until Steve steps down. I was right about Aple using intel when everyone said no way. Trust me. It's going to happen. The mac Pro will be 64 core machines and there wil be 8/16 core midrange, user friendly as in you can buy your own graphic card, boxes one day.
But the difference is that one can very easily modify/alter the appearance of almost ANY element of Windows, as opposed to the Mac OS which offers very little by way of 'customization' (of any sort).
Macs are little more than computing appliances, ones that cater to the absolute lowest common denominator of user e.g. those who want every aspect of their computing experience decided for them.
Me, I prefer a bit more involvement...
if you want to customize Mac Finder options or desktop/dock elements, themes, etc. there is plenty of good shareware available to do that. just go get some and use it! it's easy to find and use.
or if you want more advanced control, learn to use the Mac OS Terminal to do these things yourself via Unix commands. oh - but that would be "involvement" in "'customization' (of any sort)" - wouldn't it? ooops.
guess you're glad that is another thing MS forgot to copy in Windows 7.
Uhm, that's software. The dude was talking about hardware. And yes, Apple locks down their hardware. In a Windows or Linux box you can change network cards, graphics cards, upgrade your processor to a faster one, add a hardware RAID controller or just a controller for lots of SATA ports for doing software RAID, and so on and so forth. You can't do that on any Apple hardware other than the Mac Pro, and the Mac Pro only supports a very limited number of Apple-certified or Apple-built devices.
The Apple approach lets them build a very reliable hardware/software combination since it doesn't have to deal with the driver nightmare that faces Linux developers, where a vendor comes out with a new rev of their graphics hardware that happens to need one bit toggled different under very limited conditions and if you don't toggle that bit at exactly the right time and place, it locks up the whole PCI-X bus and takes down your system (since your disk I/O subsystem is dead too at that point). But it does mean that you don't upgrade an Apple -- you sell it to someone upgrading from an even older Apple, and then buy a new one. Which as far as Apple is concerned is all fine and good, but those of us with more technical chops definitely notice the difference, and put up with it only because Macs and the Mac OS just plain *work* without any fuss, muss, or headaches. I develop Linux drivers and software all day long. I don't want to fight with the hardware and software on my development workstation when all I want to do is edit my bloody source file and export it on NFS to the Linux compile farm that compiles it for various Linux distributions. Both Linux and Windows just are too bloody FIDDLY when all I want to do is get work done...
It's certainly better for the use case I described. It takes less clicks to open an application with the desired document. If the amount of clicks is the criteria than Windows 7 has the superior implementation of the same concept.
I guess it really depends if you organize your documents in a flat hierarchy () but navigating several levels of folders until one does find the desired document is anything but quick.
I don't understand what you are saying. The dock does not visually differentiate whether one or more windows are open and so especially minimized windows do not have a visual representation.
Standard Disciple of his Jobness disclaimer. \ Does Apple actually provide these text modules somewhere?
Uhm, that's software. The dude was talking about hardware. And yes, Apple locks down their hardware. In a Windows or Linux box you can change network cards, graphics cards, upgrade your processor to a faster one, add a hardware RAID controller or just a controller for lots of SATA ports for doing software RAID, and so on and so forth. You can't do that on any Apple hardware other than the Mac Pro, and the Mac Pro only supports a very limited number of Apple-certified or Apple-built devices.
nah, go back and look at post #82 in full and the other posts down there by DaHarder, everyone is talking about the OS one way or another. this whole article/thread is about the OS's unless i missed one among the five pages.
It's certainly better for the use case I described. It takes less clicks to open an application with the desired document. If the amount of clicks is the criteria than Windows 7 has the superior implementation of the same concept.
I guess it really depends if you organize your documents in a flat hierarchy () but navigating several levels of folders until one does find the desired document is anything but quick.
You still "drill down in folders"?
Whether in Windows (any version) or on the Mac, I always use an indexing tool of some sort. On the Mac, I use LaunchBar (someone else mentioned it above... it's GREAT!), where as even Spotlight, either in the Taskbar or in every Open/Save dialog is sufficient for most people. Another must have utility on the Mac is DefaultFolder. I've been using it since the early 90's.
Regardless, drilling down in folders is quite primitive in my mind, and very time wasting.
FYI: On Windows, try Launchy or Colibri.
I feel the same way.
Now that Siemens has NX for the Mac platform, there is nothing the Windows platforms can offer me, except misery.
Microsoft copied the "look and feel" of OSX? How about they "steal" other good Apple ideas, like having applications as package/folders instead of allowing developers to dump their files all over the place willy-nilly. There are software packages on WIndows that literally s**t files everywhere. In WINDOWS, WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32, it's home directory, a user's My Documents. Everywhere. DLL files everywhere. It would also help avoid the problem of DLL files accidentally getting moved and breaking programs totally. On a Mac, DLL files are packaged and structured, not just hidden with a default show/hide option.
It's file chaos in Windows...
People are raving about the Windows GUI, like children with a new toy, but the problem with Windows is that this GUI that's so good is still the front-end to something rather badly written and nasty. That, having the operating system and applications organized better, should be Microsoft's priority but I think the NT kernel is beyond the point of salvation.
Windows is just plain awful under the hood. No matter how much perfume you slap over a turd, it's still a turd.
Actually, I don't as I'm mostly working with the keyboard which is usually far more efficient but that's beside the point. My argument is that for people who work primarily with the mouse the Windows jump lists provide a quicker access to recently used documents than the OS X implementation.
And even Spotlight/Windows search is not always a remedy to the problem as sometimes the documents you search are not in the loaded index (i.e. you wait up to 10 seconds and more until the indexing service finds the document) or you get dozens of hits because the keywords you entered unfortunately are present in dozens of documents and than the search refinement game starts (which words to enter to narrow down the result set).
No more "special" than you - I'm just a normal human being whose arm and shoulder will get tired and sore from repeatedly reaching up to the screen. Why, what are you - Robocop? Have you ever had a shoulder injury, or the same pinched nerve that I have? Like I said, painful.
They also had little or no use. They have more these days, but other than the kitchen computer (as invented by Microsoft, see Windows XP packaging), I fail to see what for outside of vertical markets.
What? If you can't give the definitions to your own terms that I asked for, just say so. But in future perhaps you should think about being able to back up your soundbites, in case anyone else asks for a definition.
Ahh, ye olde "web experience" argument, you sound like an advertisement for IE. The last time I used Flash for anything substantial (other than uploading pictures with PhotoBucket) was when I was throwing shoes at George Bush - and that's pretty much all Flash is good for. Any sites based on Flash rarely do anything that can't be accomplished without it. "Whole web experience" -
Do you even know what you are talking about?
1. Flash is made by Adobe, and is not under Apples control.
2. I have Flash installed, for the five times a year I actually need it - once again, not under Apples control. Exactly how am I under Apples control? Ahh, don't bother - we already know you can't back up your soundbites with any kind of fact.
Whatever. Trying to follow your line of reasoning is like herding cats, only less fun.
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Newbee says: Using a Mac "inspires" you, using all others just ... tires you.
Newbee says: Using a Mac "inspires" you, using all others just ... tires you.
Apple supporters and users have already MADE a choice - which is apparently what the masses - such as yourself - don't seem to like. Don't like my choice of computer? Cry me a river.
Quality is in the eye of the beholder. It's also more important than quantity.
I really think political comparisons like this are pretty lame.. it kind of says "I don't actually know anything about fascism, I just call anything I don't like a facist".
You see the big difference here is if you don't like what apple offers you, you can just not buy it! You have a "CHOICE".. thats called democracy.
Democracy and free market capitalism are not synonymous. One is a political structure, the other is an economic model.
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If you're so happy with your PC, good for you, but the thing Is .... why do you and others like you spend so much time on an Apple fan site trying to justify your decision to us? Talk about "penis envy"...... sounds to me like you people have it in spades. \
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And perhaps you don't know your a**hole from your elbow. You want to check out the "true value" of a retail product? .... go to the used/second hand marketplace, see what consumers say with their $$$ as to which computer "holds its value" ..... Invariably Macs retain more of their value, over a longer period of time, day in and day out than any PC. ..... funny isn't it when, according to you, they all use the same hardware pieces.
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Now that fall has finally hit, get slurpy with a bowl of spicy, deceptively rich carrot and chili-spiked soup from Saxon + Parole's Brad Farmerie.
If you're scared to make the fluffy goodness from scratch, stop by the days-old restaurant and ask for some. Also worth the trip: gin and house-made tonics, mushroom mousse with whiskey and truffle jam on toast, and whole-roasted Parmesan- and panko-stuffed branzino. Cheater.
Carrot Cardamom Soup with Aleppo Marshmallow and Pumpkin Seed Oil
Serves eight
For the soup
1¼ tsp. honey
1 can (480 ml) coconut milk
3½ c. hot water
Juice of ½ lemon
2 green cardamom pods
½ of a fist-size white onion, peeled and sliced
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1 thumb ginger, peeled and finely minced (using a microplane is best)
2 oz. unsalted butter (or olive oil)
1⅔ lb. carrots, peeled and sliced
1. Combine liquids (honey, coconut milk, water, lemon juice) and set aside.
2. Combine cardamom, onion, garlic, ginger, and butter in a pot and place over low heat. Sweat until everything is soft and translucent.
3. Add carrots and turn heat to high. Cook 2-3 minutes, stirring, and then add liquids.
4. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to a simmer. Cook until carrots are soft, about 30 minutes. Remove the cardamom pods.
5. Puree soup in a food processor until smooth. Add salt to taste.
For the Aleppo marshmallow
3 egg whites
1 1/8 c. sugar
1½ tsp. Aleppo (Syrian dried chili flakes)
4 sheets of gelatin, soaked in cold water
1. Heat a pot of water on high until it comes to a simmer.
2. Put egg whites, sugar, and chili flakes in the bowl of an electric mixer and place the bowl over simmering water. Stir to melt sugar into egg whites. Remove from heat.
3. Separately, squeeze excess water out of gelatin sheets and place them in a small mixing bowl. Put that bowl over the warm water until the gelatin liquefies. Set aside.
4. Place the bowl with the egg whites into the electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Whisk on high until stiff peaks form.
5. Slow speed to medium and pour in melted gelatin. Whisk until incorporated.
6. Pour mixture onto a half-size sheet pan that's been lightly oiled and dusted well with cornstarch.
7. Sift more cornstarch over the top.
8. Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours. Cut into desired size and shape.
To serve
Herb oil or pumpkin seed oil
Chili flakes
Toasted pumpkin seeds
Picked cilantro (optional)
1. Reheat soup if needed and portion into bowls or teacups.
2. Place a marshmallow in the center of each serving and toast (use a blowtorch or oven broiler).
3. Drizzle oil, sprinkle flakes and seeds, and garnish with cilantro.
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The Cavaliers' offseason was more about who left than who was brought onboard.
Perhaps their most significant transaction occurred when they traded for guard Ramon Sessions from the Minnesota Timberwolves on July 26. He could prove to be a key acquisition, especially if Coach Byron Scott decides to pair him with Mo Williams in his starting backcourt.
Many teams are leaning toward bigger guards. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Sessions said he'd have no reservations playing with the 6-1, 190-pound Williams.
"The NBA is going toward that guard game," he said. "I don't think it would be a bad idea at all. It's something I did in Milwaukee with Luke Ridnour. I played the '2.' I guarded Joe Johnson and those guys.
"I'm here to do whatever they want me to do: Play with Mo, play without Mo, play along with Mo. I'm ready to go."
Scott likes the potential firepower of playing Williams and Sessions together, but Anthony Parker and Daniel Gibson also factor into the equation.
The Cavs coach was impressed with Sessions in practice on Wednesday. Scott likes Sessions' quickness and the ability to see the floor.
"He did some things in our scrimmage that were fantastic," Scott said. "He has a very good presence. He understands the game extremely well. I love what I've seen so far on the offensive end."
After somewhat of a breakthrough year in Milwaukee in 2008-09, Sessions tested the free-agent waters. He signed a four-year, $16 million deal with the Timberwolves. Last season was one of the most frustrating for Sessions. He played in all 82 games, but averaged just 8.2 points.
The Timberwolves hired Coach Kurt Rambis, and he brought the triangle offense with him from the Lakers. Continued...
"It was tough," Sessions said. "I wouldn't say it was a total disaster. Winning 15 games is not easy. In the triangle, it's more pass and cut. With (Scott's Princeton offense), you have to have the ball in your hands a bit more.
"I'm more comfortable with this than I was the triangle. That doesn't suit me. That's best for a shooting point guard like Derek Fisher or Steve Kerr."
Historically, Sessions is a strong pick-and-roll player.
"I love to run pick-and-roll and push the ball," he said. "That's what I do. This is the system for it. I'm more of a point guard coming off pick-and-rolls and having the ball in his hands a bit more."
Sessions, 24, is not overly athletic. Don't expect a lot of high-flying dunks. But he's a pure scorer, even though he's not a 3-point threat.
"I'm not looking to score night in and night out," he said. "But if the team needs me to fill that void, I can put up numbers with the best of the point guards."
Sessions should thrive in Scott's Princeton offense.
"I like it," Sessions said. "It's a lot of movement. A lot of guys get touches. Coach wants to push the ball. You can't complain about that. It's a good offense for us."
Scott came in with the reputation of working the players hard in training camp. He vowed the Cavs won't lose a game because the other team is in better shape than his. Continued...
"It was pretty intense," Scott said. "We had some guys who were pretty sore today."
Sessions heard that Scott ran a tough camp.
"It's been tough, without a doubt, but it's been good," he said. "It will make us better in the long run."
The change of scenery will do him good. Sessions is ready to wipe the slate clean and make a new start.
"It's a new year," he said. "I'm with a new team, and I'm just happy and looking forward to it."
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