Too much hype about apple. Sure the iphone was better, than many others at the time, but it was more evolutionary. It combined some of the best ideas and added a few new ones. Before iPhone, the Palm and Blackberry were standards. The iPhone solved some issues with those for example, it didn't require the server software for email unleashing the market to the masses. The Palms were nice, and many loved them, but they had trouble with stability issues once phones were added.
Much more evolutionary than revolutionary. With that said Apple seemed to have gotten it right and I've been with apple since 4S.
Tivo was cool and still is, it's just too expensive when tacked onto the already excessive cable/satellite bill. It also suffers in that most people equate tivo with a standard dvr, which is wrong, but many just do not understand the benefits of tive. They think that the beat up dvr given to them from the cable company is the same thing and don't realize that tivo has a superior GUI, remote, listings, uptime. Even with all these features it should only be a few dollars per month, not $15 or whatever it is now.
We still have a tivo running the "lifetime" service, which has turned out to be a great deal, now that its been running for about 6 years now. I've already replaced the hard drive once, but as long as the motherboard is okay its still supported. They might have more customers if they brought this back (I'd own another).
In a more general sense, I think TV and cable have priced themselves out of the game. If it wasn't $80 per month +/- to get digital cable (dish, whatever) then more people would probably watch.
You also have to admit that it's much easier to jump on the couch and channel surf something at the end of a long day than to always use netflix or internet.
Agreed. Get your vision checked and get some glasses. I wear glasses now and am amazed how much it helped for such a minor correction. They are made for the distance for reading/computer/piano work. I thought I could see just fine before, but a minor correction really helped on long days.
I also like green on black.
Thats about how I remember it also. 95 did crash, but for daily word processor stuff it wasn't so bad. ME was the WORST and crashed constantly. I was so pissed after paying $80? to "upgrade" from 95 to ME. Somewhere around 98/99 is when I started playing with Linux. It had that remarkable stability that was missing in Windows, even if the KDE at the time was a little buggy.
Then I switched to XP for a couple years, which was pretty good. The main thing that XP solved were the crashes.
Now I'm back to Linux (Ubuntu) for the past 2 years on my home machine. It's so much more fun and I've saved tons of money on software.
This is crazy.
I send clients and associates files by email and most all business correspondence is now email - not chat.
If you want to chat with a friend go ahead and send a quick text message, but the real business world works on email.
Email did replace the fax - haven't used that much over the past couple years.
Email has reduced the number of phone calls - but in the real world we still talk. And for many of my clients, it's the preferred way of doing business - you don't leave a paper trail of everything ever said.
Am I too old and cynical yet?
In case you are serious about this question - I believe it is a reference to the Simpsons.
A quick google found this...http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Nelson-Posters_i424903_.htm
Ditto that post..
I'm sure there are pristine, early pressed vinyl albums out there, that when played on expensive turntables and stereo system might sound better, but for normal people and most audiophiles, CD is way better.
The main point is that there are great sounding turntables/albums and there are also great sounding CD players. For the turntable you've got to spend some serious cash and deal with the hassles. For Cds and computer formats (flac, mp3, etc..) you have to have high bitrates and good D/A converters.
CD players with good D/A converters and design will cost you several hundred $$ to start and should come from a respected name such as NAD.... You should go to a real stereo specialist store for.
For computer based formats try an m-audio2496 as a start. All of those built in soundcards are horrible.
Interesting. I used Kaspersky for some time (about 2 or 3 years ago) on XP and had all sorts of problems. I seem to remember something about these ADS and wonder if this problem was also on XP back then?
This sort of virus scanning and crashing annoyance is one of the reasons I eventually migrated to Linux for all my personal use.
This is really what we want to worry about, the loss of the ability to use whatever traffic we want. Right now my ISP only lets me us Port 25 to send to their servers, even though i have other accounts I'd like to use. This is a "security and spam reduction feature". Like the previous post said, many already have their info blocked or throttled like video or bittorrent, etc.
This is the real worry, that we are forced to use programs and ports that are on the ISPs 'approved list'. What if your ISP is a cable company and they decide that you shouldn't be allowed to download or stream videos except those that they provide? Or you have to provide an extra fee to stream a certain type of content? These are possible without net neutrality.
I completely agree with you on the nvidia cards. I have used them quite a bit in linux and been happy in Ubunutu as long as I don't make too many changes to the system. I even played all of Doom 3 in linux (using nvidia).
However, the problems with Nvidia cards (and non openness) arises when I start to do things such as compiling my own kernel, or switching to newer drivers from the nvidia website. I always have problems with getting the Nvidia graphics to work and spend way too much time messing with it.
For now I'm only using the onboard Intel video in my new computer and it has been great so far. The open GL from the intel chip is acceptable for anything (such as google earth) but the games.
I've never used the AMD stuff, but this is great news - at least it can be considered now.
Amarok and Digikam are the reason I completely switched over to Linux. Both have undergone significant improvements in the last 6 months, so if you tried it a while back you might want to give it another shot.
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Too much hype about apple. Sure the iphone was better, than many others at the time, but it was more evolutionary. It combined some of the best ideas and added a few new ones. Before iPhone, the Palm and Blackberry were standards. The iPhone solved some issues with those for example, it didn't require the server software for email unleashing the market to the masses. The Palms were nice, and many loved them, but they had trouble with stability issues once phones were added. Much more evolutionary than revolutionary. With that said Apple seemed to have gotten it right and I've been with apple since 4S.
Tivo was cool and still is, it's just too expensive when tacked onto the already excessive cable/satellite bill. It also suffers in that most people equate tivo with a standard dvr, which is wrong, but many just do not understand the benefits of tive. They think that the beat up dvr given to them from the cable company is the same thing and don't realize that tivo has a superior GUI, remote, listings, uptime. Even with all these features it should only be a few dollars per month, not $15 or whatever it is now.
We still have a tivo running the "lifetime" service, which has turned out to be a great deal, now that its been running for about 6 years now. I've already replaced the hard drive once, but as long as the motherboard is okay its still supported. They might have more customers if they brought this back (I'd own another).
In a more general sense, I think TV and cable have priced themselves out of the game. If it wasn't $80 per month +/- to get digital cable (dish, whatever) then more people would probably watch.
You also have to admit that it's much easier to jump on the couch and channel surf something at the end of a long day than to always use netflix or internet.
What programs linux applications are you missing? Please be specific. I could recommend some alternatives.
Check out GnuCash. This runs on windows and linux and will import QIF files - maybe that can help you transition from MS Money?
Agreed. Get your vision checked and get some glasses. I wear glasses now and am amazed how much it helped for such a minor correction. They are made for the distance for reading/computer/piano work. I thought I could see just fine before, but a minor correction really helped on long days. I also like green on black.
Thats about how I remember it also. 95 did crash, but for daily word processor stuff it wasn't so bad. ME was the WORST and crashed constantly. I was so pissed after paying $80? to "upgrade" from 95 to ME. Somewhere around 98/99 is when I started playing with Linux. It had that remarkable stability that was missing in Windows, even if the KDE at the time was a little buggy. Then I switched to XP for a couple years, which was pretty good. The main thing that XP solved were the crashes. Now I'm back to Linux (Ubuntu) for the past 2 years on my home machine. It's so much more fun and I've saved tons of money on software.
This is crazy.
I send clients and associates files by email and most all business correspondence is now email - not chat. If you want to chat with a friend go ahead and send a quick text message, but the real business world works on email.
Email did replace the fax - haven't used that much over the past couple years. Email has reduced the number of phone calls - but in the real world we still talk. And for many of my clients, it's the preferred way of doing business - you don't leave a paper trail of everything ever said.
Am I too old and cynical yet?
In case you are serious about this question - I believe it is a reference to the Simpsons. A quick google found this...http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Nelson-Posters_i424903_.htm
Ditto that post..
I'm sure there are pristine, early pressed vinyl albums out there, that when played on expensive turntables and stereo system might sound better, but for normal people and most audiophiles, CD is way better.
The main point is that there are great sounding turntables/albums and there are also great sounding CD players. For the turntable you've got to spend some serious cash and deal with the hassles. For Cds and computer formats (flac, mp3, etc..) you have to have high bitrates and good D/A converters.
CD players with good D/A converters and design will cost you several hundred $$ to start and should come from a respected name such as NAD.... You should go to a real stereo specialist store for.
For computer based formats try an m-audio2496 as a start. All of those built in soundcards are horrible.
Interesting. I used Kaspersky for some time (about 2 or 3 years ago) on XP and had all sorts of problems. I seem to remember something about these ADS and wonder if this problem was also on XP back then? This sort of virus scanning and crashing annoyance is one of the reasons I eventually migrated to Linux for all my personal use.
This is really what we want to worry about, the loss of the ability to use whatever traffic we want. Right now my ISP only lets me us Port 25 to send to their servers, even though i have other accounts I'd like to use. This is a "security and spam reduction feature". Like the previous post said, many already have their info blocked or throttled like video or bittorrent, etc.
This is the real worry, that we are forced to use programs and ports that are on the ISPs 'approved list'. What if your ISP is a cable company and they decide that you shouldn't be allowed to download or stream videos except those that they provide? Or you have to provide an extra fee to stream a certain type of content? These are possible without net neutrality.
I completely agree with you on the nvidia cards. I have used them quite a bit in linux and been happy in Ubunutu as long as I don't make too many changes to the system. I even played all of Doom 3 in linux (using nvidia). However, the problems with Nvidia cards (and non openness) arises when I start to do things such as compiling my own kernel, or switching to newer drivers from the nvidia website. I always have problems with getting the Nvidia graphics to work and spend way too much time messing with it. For now I'm only using the onboard Intel video in my new computer and it has been great so far. The open GL from the intel chip is acceptable for anything (such as google earth) but the games. I've never used the AMD stuff, but this is great news - at least it can be considered now.
I get your point.. BUT. There is a very good NTFS writer for Linux http://www.ntfs-3g.org/
Amarok and Digikam are the reason I completely switched over to Linux. Both have undergone significant improvements in the last 6 months, so if you tried it a while back you might want to give it another shot.