We had a bunch of TI-82s in high school. Our Algebra teacher helpfully explained that they had been engineered to withstand a waist high drop. Whenever one would inevitably slide off someone's desk, we would exclaim, "waist high!"
I was the nerd who bought his own TI-83 and the Graph-Link cable to plug in to the COM port of his home computer.
Thankfully, I didn't pay $2.4 billion for AT&T's crappy network. (The reception is actually not that bad here, but I'm in a rural area with no 3G, which really sucks.)
Silly state, expecting to get redundancy for only $2.4 billion dollars. Don't they realize they're going to have to pay a lot more than that to get a reliable network?
I'm gonna get flamed for this, but even though I mostly used Netscape, I actually liked IE3--the page rendering seemed to be smoother but it seems like neither browser was all that stable.
Most of the Topix small town boards are complete cesspools. It's like the old fashioned small-town gossip phone tree, except 1) it's completely anonymous and 2) millions of people can access it easily.
A lot of these small towns are trying to increase tourism and bring new industries into their communities. Having a public forum where their citizens are anonymously posting vitriolic comments about other citizens is not going to attract tourism or industry.
Also, what happens once a person has adapted to driving their crash-proof car and all of its corrective actions, and then gets behind the wheel of a different vehicle without the same protection?
Dell is doing this on their newest notebooks. You can get a free restore DVD if you jump through some byzantine menus on their website. We recently ordered two identical Inspirons (separate orders) and I tried to get restore media for both of them (listing the appropriate order numbers on the web form). Dell still treated it like a duplicate order until I pointed out that we had indeed bought two notebooks and wanted restore media for both. Fucking ghetto.
If memory serves, eMachines netbooks also don't come with a restore DVD, and there is of course no DVD burner included so that you can burn your own. Now, most people might be able to scrounge up an external DVD drive if they needed to use a restore DVD, but nobody is going to procure one just to burn a backup that should have been provided with the computer to begin with.
Oh, I bought an inexpensive Compaq (with no CD burner) back in the early 2000s, and it included no restore CDs, but did include software to burn restore CDs if you decided to plunk down $100 for a CD burner and buy $10 worth of media.
I appreciate the good things that come with inexpensive electronics, but I detest this race to the bottom. The more I think about it, the more I respect Apple for not competing in the low end of the market and generally trying to take care of their customers (part of which is providing restore DVDs with every machine).
The studies I have seen indicate that countdown timers increase the incidence of aggressive driving as people try to race to the intersection before the time runs out.
There's only one method I'm aware of which has been proven to reduce the number of people running red lights: increasing the duration of the amber light.
A spike strip which deploys from the road after the light turns red is also likely to reduce the number of people running red lights. After paying a tow bill and buying a new set of tires once or twice, I bet you'd end up with a much more conscientious driver.
How old is the original iPhone? How long do you expect companies to support old tech?
The original iPhone, if you bought one of the first ones, is three years old. The 3G was introduced in July of 2008, so there are two-year-old original iPhones out there that were the best you could buy at the time they were purchased. I'm not certain how much longer Apple continued selling the original model after they introduced the 3G, but it's entirely possible and likely that they continued to sell it for a short while after the 3G was introduced.
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that a "revolutionary, game-changing" piece of technology will continue to receive bug fixes for longer than two years. Buying a new iPhone every time your contract is up may be good for Apple, but it's also at odds with their "we're so green" sustainability pandering.
I've seen motherboards with failed capacitors which were made prior to 2003. I didn't see a lot of failures in new machines, but more like once the machine was a couple of years old (and these were mostly low end systems, so it was easier to just replace the entire computer with another basic model).
The Sony Mavica used to be the bee's knees for this reason. This was before most computers had USB or media readers, so a standard digital camera would plug into your serial port and you'd run through a set of batteries trying to download the pictures to your hard drive. So, for a while, the floppy was the "easiest" way to get pictures off a camera.
Mine is an EDGE model. I would have bought a 3G iPhone if they offered 3G service where I lived. (I could still buy one, but then would have to pay more for 3G service that I can't use.)
My iPhone 2G has survived almost three years of AT&T's spotty reception, their failure to offer a reasonably priced rate plan for people who don't talk much but need data service, their woeful customer service, and their lack of 3G coverage outside metropolitan areas. Other than that, it's been very enjoyable.
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If AMD hated laptop stickers as much as I do, they would have already done away with them. QED.
We had a bunch of TI-82s in high school. Our Algebra teacher helpfully explained that they had been engineered to withstand a waist high drop. Whenever one would inevitably slide off someone's desk, we would exclaim, "waist high!"
I was the nerd who bought his own TI-83 and the Graph-Link cable to plug in to the COM port of his home computer.
Thankfully, I didn't pay $2.4 billion for AT&T's crappy network. (The reception is actually not that bad here, but I'm in a rural area with no 3G, which really sucks.)
Silly state, expecting to get redundancy for only $2.4 billion dollars. Don't they realize they're going to have to pay a lot more than that to get a reliable network?
I'm gonna get flamed for this, but even though I mostly used Netscape, I actually liked IE3--the page rendering seemed to be smoother but it seems like neither browser was all that stable.
"Soulskill just checked in on 4chan's /b/ board."
Most of the Topix small town boards are complete cesspools. It's like the old fashioned small-town gossip phone tree, except 1) it's completely anonymous and 2) millions of people can access it easily.
A lot of these small towns are trying to increase tourism and bring new industries into their communities. Having a public forum where their citizens are anonymously posting vitriolic comments about other citizens is not going to attract tourism or industry.
This makes logical sense to a nerd, but if they start auto-expiring accounts, it reduces the number of users their marketing department can claim.
Also, what happens once a person has adapted to driving their crash-proof car and all of its corrective actions, and then gets behind the wheel of a different vehicle without the same protection?
One of the first and fundamental rules of system administration is never go with what is preinstalled...
This is a lot harder with Windows Genuine Advantage, especially when Microsoft rolls out a new version and the user gets prompted to install it.
Dell is doing this on their newest notebooks. You can get a free restore DVD if you jump through some byzantine menus on their website. We recently ordered two identical Inspirons (separate orders) and I tried to get restore media for both of them (listing the appropriate order numbers on the web form). Dell still treated it like a duplicate order until I pointed out that we had indeed bought two notebooks and wanted restore media for both. Fucking ghetto.
If memory serves, eMachines netbooks also don't come with a restore DVD, and there is of course no DVD burner included so that you can burn your own. Now, most people might be able to scrounge up an external DVD drive if they needed to use a restore DVD, but nobody is going to procure one just to burn a backup that should have been provided with the computer to begin with.
Oh, I bought an inexpensive Compaq (with no CD burner) back in the early 2000s, and it included no restore CDs, but did include software to burn restore CDs if you decided to plunk down $100 for a CD burner and buy $10 worth of media.
I appreciate the good things that come with inexpensive electronics, but I detest this race to the bottom. The more I think about it, the more I respect Apple for not competing in the low end of the market and generally trying to take care of their customers (part of which is providing restore DVDs with every machine).
The studies I have seen indicate that countdown timers increase the incidence of aggressive driving as people try to race to the intersection before the time runs out.
There's only one method I'm aware of which has been proven to reduce the number of people running red lights: increasing the duration of the amber light.
A spike strip which deploys from the road after the light turns red is also likely to reduce the number of people running red lights. After paying a tow bill and buying a new set of tires once or twice, I bet you'd end up with a much more conscientious driver.
That can only mean one thing: /. editors are low-income middle school students.
The original iPhone, if you bought one of the first ones, is three years old. The 3G was introduced in July of 2008, so there are two-year-old original iPhones out there that were the best you could buy at the time they were purchased. I'm not certain how much longer Apple continued selling the original model after they introduced the 3G, but it's entirely possible and likely that they continued to sell it for a short while after the 3G was introduced.
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that a "revolutionary, game-changing" piece of technology will continue to receive bug fixes for longer than two years. Buying a new iPhone every time your contract is up may be good for Apple, but it's also at odds with their "we're so green" sustainability pandering.
Translation: Anyone with an original iPhone can FOAD.
I've seen motherboards with failed capacitors which were made prior to 2003. I didn't see a lot of failures in new machines, but more like once the machine was a couple of years old (and these were mostly low end systems, so it was easier to just replace the entire computer with another basic model).
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Just think, when you crash and your airbag deploys, you could have the world's first iPad implant!
You mean I can donate to Fox News? How did I miss out on this incredible opportunity?
The Sony Mavica used to be the bee's knees for this reason. This was before most computers had USB or media readers, so a standard digital camera would plug into your serial port and you'd run through a set of batteries trying to download the pictures to your hard drive. So, for a while, the floppy was the "easiest" way to get pictures off a camera.
I'm going to 4chan. They're much more friendly.
Anyone who still believes in the myth of southern hospitality needs to visit the Topix message board for any town, large or small, in the south.
Mine is an EDGE model. I would have bought a 3G iPhone if they offered 3G service where I lived. (I could still buy one, but then would have to pay more for 3G service that I can't use.)
My iPhone 2G has survived almost three years of AT&T's spotty reception, their failure to offer a reasonably priced rate plan for people who don't talk much but need data service, their woeful customer service, and their lack of 3G coverage outside metropolitan areas. Other than that, it's been very enjoyable.