Now that IBM printing is splitting off into InfoPrint Solutions, this is an especially bad time for such an announcement.
A decent amount of our business (not "most" though) are in high-volume POD accounts
Although, those are always the pickiest and highest-cost accounts by far. It's much cheaper to print billions of phone bills where no one gives a shit about print quality.
I don't, but my impression of Opera hasn't been that it wishes to expand my webapps elsewhere...unless I'm just missing where they are going with the program.
I tend to agree. I think this is fine for the crowd that knows nothing about computers and WANTS to know nothing about computers. You doubleclick one icon and it does everything, they can't tell it's laggy and they don't care.
Techies need techy programs, quick/fast/onlywhatyouneed. For some reason FF3 (which I have been impressed with up until now) has seemed to lag quite a bit lately. I'm trying out Opera 9.5 (my 3rd go at their beta) and Webkit (forced to use windows here, webkit is my choice on OSX). Both have quite a bit of merit.
Sure would be nice, then, to be offered 2 versions of drivers straight from OEM.
I know there are enthuisiast sites which hack the drivers to make them more "gameable", and most do a great job of it. However, it would be nice to have a 'reference' driver which kept up with some of the latest features (but not as aggressive timings).
I agree. Vista's interface may have been designed by the Microsoft branch on the moon but it is unfair to criticize startup/shutdown times, at least when there are no updates involved. Every computer I have tried it on has booted/rebooted quickly.
I don't care if this is a "mandatory" component of iTunes, or if Apple is "just" trying to sneak it in... WHY do this? It's not mandatory, and it's not an auto-install.
Yay/. FUD
Seconded, I've always had trouble with multi-drive multi-boot setups and Windows. Win just doesn't play nicely with GRUB.
As far as WUBI goes, I'm surprised to read so many comments like it's a new thing. It's essentially a dual-boot setup which doesn't require its own partition, it worked plenty well on 7.04 and I would expect the same thing for 8.04 (which I have installed now, and it looks nice but there are some polishings that need to occur.)
Just don't forget folks, this is an Alpha release which is usually intended for developers only. Don't start selling Grandma on 8.04 just yet!
The problem IBM has (which I'm sure is prevalent at so many other companies) is the internal software management programs, which I'm sure are maintained by your region. The garbage *required* to be on any inventoried system is just ridiculous.
I would understand if the reasoning was for an actual needed level of security, but they are stupid "helper" apps which amount to not much more than something one would receive by clicking a context ad on a google search. Most departments around me are still running on older-than-shit laptops, which are dramatically hindered by such software.
Of course, with the coming move to Infoprint, we'll see if Ricoh has anything better planned:)
As we all know the definition of "unlimited" can be quite varied in the world today.
Last night I was in Applebee's with my son and we were reading the latest promotion for "a year's worth of free ice cream!!!" While one would not expect unlimited or maybe even daily ice-cream supply...I was surprised to find it was not even weekly. A "years worth of ice cream" is one scoop per month, for a year. Printed right on the card. At seven years old my son already knows to distrust marketing.
I run various Linux distros professionally, so I'm well aware of what is possible with Ubuntu.... The fact that a skilled nerd can make some of these apps work under Ubuntu is no more interesting than the fact that a skilled nerd can run OSX on his Dell.
Same feelings here, I have a split OSX/Linux household and you really can't compare the "fit and finish" of the two operating systems. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love what has been done with Linux in recent years, however the days of using Apple-EVERYTHING and only staring at flying toasters for entertainment are long gone.
I totally love what Ubuntu has made possible for people for no cost, but it DOES still take a geek to make the advanced stuff happen. Linux is the best for starting from scratch and getting to a HTML browser or email access. Adding Office compatibility beyond OO.org (yes, some people need more) takes a bit more time but is certainly possible.
My opinions on the recent surge in Apple success (14% of PC sales in the last month is a "surge" to be sure) have more to do with Vista than anything else. Just the other night I was messing around with a Vista install to see if I could make any sort of worthwhile Media Center out of it (a true critic should try and try again), and it hit me. Vista is SO unlike XP that one is essentially learning a new operating system, with at least an idea of what it should be. If Microsoft changes things so much that we're having to learn something entirely new, why not try something else? Learning OSX was, honestly, easier than learning Vista.
For example, why is it when we're all sitting at a red light that we don't all take our foot off the brake once the light turns green?
If it is a simple issue like seeing the light, then how about we place several lights further back?
Of course, people are idiots so it cannot work...but would be nice in a perfect world:D
> Gravity is a force that we exploit as a source of potential and kinetic energy. How do you think weight-driven clocks, hydroelectricity, or tidal energy work?
Hydroelectricity works by solar energy - the heat of the sun evaporates water, raising it into the atmosphere and increasing its potential energy. We extract some of that energy as it condenses, rains down, and flows through our generators, but the actual source is the sun, not gravity. Hmmm, sounds like gravity is sure helping the situation...
I like Apple products, but not in the cult-following sort of way.
What bugs me, specifically, is their attitude towards Leopard. I understand a released OS having some bugs, I think everyone does, but when the bugs are not acknowledged by such an allegedly-wonderful company...it's a bit too much.
Why does Leopard have such a hard time remembering my network settings? Why can I not place the desired attachment/network/password into a "location"? Why does it disconnect and then disappear from the list to where I have to manually add it?
I don't like to broadcast my SSID, but Leopard should be able to remember what network I was using without me having to add it every time I disconnect.
Regardless of the resistance from local urbanites, the only thing which can slow down Walmart's progress is the presence of many Targets. People can proclaim how evil Walmart is, but the overwhelming majority still shop there. The almighty dollar will always be a driving force in society, and until someone else can provide grocery shopping for $60 instead of $100 (insert your own figures here), Walmart will always survive just fine.
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Now that IBM printing is splitting off into InfoPrint Solutions, this is an especially bad time for such an announcement.
A decent amount of our business (not "most" though) are in high-volume POD accounts
Although, those are always the pickiest and highest-cost accounts by far. It's much cheaper to print billions of phone bills where no one gives a shit about print quality.
Took 6 hours for someone to say what I knew when I posted it :D
I don't, but my impression of Opera hasn't been that it wishes to expand my webapps elsewhere...unless I'm just missing where they are going with the program.
I tend to agree. I think this is fine for the crowd that knows nothing about computers and WANTS to know nothing about computers. You doubleclick one icon and it does everything, they can't tell it's laggy and they don't care.
Techies need techy programs, quick/fast/onlywhatyouneed. For some reason FF3 (which I have been impressed with up until now) has seemed to lag quite a bit lately. I'm trying out Opera 9.5 (my 3rd go at their beta) and Webkit (forced to use windows here, webkit is my choice on OSX). Both have quite a bit of merit.
Cleartype fonts will clear that right up.
Sure would be nice, then, to be offered 2 versions of drivers straight from OEM.
I know there are enthuisiast sites which hack the drivers to make them more "gameable", and most do a great job of it. However, it would be nice to have a 'reference' driver which kept up with some of the latest features (but not as aggressive timings).
No sane computer user would ever have two monitors on one desk, and 640k is enough for anyone.
I agree. Vista's interface may have been designed by the Microsoft branch on the moon but it is unfair to criticize startup/shutdown times, at least when there are no updates involved. Every computer I have tried it on has booted/rebooted quickly.
So, your reply to the article is "Painting is Hard"?
It's not mandatory, and it's not an auto-install.
Yay
Seconded, I've always had trouble with multi-drive multi-boot setups and Windows. Win just doesn't play nicely with GRUB. As far as WUBI goes, I'm surprised to read so many comments like it's a new thing. It's essentially a dual-boot setup which doesn't require its own partition, it worked plenty well on 7.04 and I would expect the same thing for 8.04 (which I have installed now, and it looks nice but there are some polishings that need to occur.) Just don't forget folks, this is an Alpha release which is usually intended for developers only. Don't start selling Grandma on 8.04 just yet!
This just in - Most traffic accidents are caused by cars with four wheels.
The problem IBM has (which I'm sure is prevalent at so many other companies) is the internal software management programs, which I'm sure are maintained by your region. The garbage *required* to be on any inventoried system is just ridiculous.
I would understand if the reasoning was for an actual needed level of security, but they are stupid "helper" apps which amount to not much more than something one would receive by clicking a context ad on a google search. Most departments around me are still running on older-than-shit laptops, which are dramatically hindered by such software.
Of course, with the coming move to Infoprint, we'll see if Ricoh has anything better planned :)
As we all know the definition of "unlimited" can be quite varied in the world today.
Last night I was in Applebee's with my son and we were reading the latest promotion for "a year's worth of free ice cream!!!" While one would not expect unlimited or maybe even daily ice-cream supply...I was surprised to find it was not even weekly. A "years worth of ice cream" is one scoop per month, for a year. Printed right on the card. At seven years old my son already knows to distrust marketing.
I run various Linux distros professionally, so I'm well aware of what is possible with Ubuntu. ... The fact that a skilled nerd can make some of these apps work under Ubuntu is no more interesting than the fact that a skilled nerd can run OSX on his Dell.
Same feelings here, I have a split OSX/Linux household and you really can't compare the "fit and finish" of the two operating systems. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love what has been done with Linux in recent years, however the days of using Apple-EVERYTHING and only staring at flying toasters for entertainment are long gone.
I totally love what Ubuntu has made possible for people for no cost, but it DOES still take a geek to make the advanced stuff happen. Linux is the best for starting from scratch and getting to a HTML browser or email access. Adding Office compatibility beyond OO.org (yes, some people need more) takes a bit more time but is certainly possible.
My opinions on the recent surge in Apple success (14% of PC sales in the last month is a "surge" to be sure) have more to do with Vista than anything else. Just the other night I was messing around with a Vista install to see if I could make any sort of worthwhile Media Center out of it (a true critic should try and try again), and it hit me. Vista is SO unlike XP that one is essentially learning a new operating system, with at least an idea of what it should be. If Microsoft changes things so much that we're having to learn something entirely new, why not try something else? Learning OSX was, honestly, easier than learning Vista.
For example, why is it when we're all sitting at a red light that we don't all take our foot off the brake once the light turns green? If it is a simple issue like seeing the light, then how about we place several lights further back? Of course, people are idiots so it cannot work...but would be nice in a perfect world :D
+10 funny
Hope you never need a new graphics card, motherboard, CPU, etc...
Hydroelectricity works by solar energy - the heat of the sun evaporates water, raising it into the atmosphere and increasing its potential energy. We extract some of that energy as it condenses, rains down, and flows through our generators, but the actual source is the sun, not gravity. Hmmm, sounds like gravity is sure helping the situation...
I like Apple products, but not in the cult-following sort of way. What bugs me, specifically, is their attitude towards Leopard. I understand a released OS having some bugs, I think everyone does, but when the bugs are not acknowledged by such an allegedly-wonderful company...it's a bit too much. Why does Leopard have such a hard time remembering my network settings? Why can I not place the desired attachment/network/password into a "location"? Why does it disconnect and then disappear from the list to where I have to manually add it? I don't like to broadcast my SSID, but Leopard should be able to remember what network I was using without me having to add it every time I disconnect.
Excellent post, thanks for the links and the backstory. I hope this opens some eyes.
I always like to read things like this, it's stuff I am not industrious enough to do myself but certainly enjoy reading :D
Regardless of the resistance from local urbanites, the only thing which can slow down Walmart's progress is the presence of many Targets. People can proclaim how evil Walmart is, but the overwhelming majority still shop there. The almighty dollar will always be a driving force in society, and until someone else can provide grocery shopping for $60 instead of $100 (insert your own figures here), Walmart will always survive just fine.
Just hope that no one injected a keylogger onto the live CD and remembered to change the MD5 sum as well... That sure is some paranoid browsing...