Well, I must say that I'm impressed with the Visor Edge. But I really think it has been released a bit too late (for me at least).
I've had a PalmVx for about a year and a half now. Mine was one of the first ones that do not have the PalmVx logo on the front, but the PalmV, and came with PalmOS 3.3. Check it out on the net, it really is one of the first ones that came out...
The reason why I'm writing this to prove that it took Visor more than a year to catch up with the Palm. And now Palm is planning to move to ARM processors, which are a lot faster than the Motorola ones (200Mhz ARM vs 20Mhz Dragonball I think). It will also mean that all (or at least a large number) of the apps written for OS 3.x will not work on the next verion.
So why buy the Visor Edge? I'll stick with my Vx untill something significantly better comes along.
I am too writing these words in Mozilla, and I must say that rather than speed (for me it runs decently on my dual Celery466), it _has_ to be more stable.
It's ironic that this story should appear only a few minutes after mozilla0.8 crashed and burned, taking my entire box with it... I had to hard reboot, and after fsck finished, I saw this story on/.
Well, in any case, those "minor" mishaps don't stop me from using mozilla as my main browser. I just hope that with the later releases I won't have to watch out all the time for mem leaks and/or crashes.
Lan party case?!? I don't think so.
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Well, it is a very nice looking case. The only problem is that it is definitely not suitable for lan parties. It is definitely a good case for a box that will sit on (or near) your desk at all times, but carying it is no easy task. Anybody who goes to lan parties knows what I mean.
The reason is that it is too big, and it has no handles or anything to make it easier to carry when compared to the case I have right now (a generic mid-tower case with 2 80mm case fans, and a bay cooler).
What would be really cool would be something like the case featured on/. a few months back, made out of a suit case. Now that's a lot easier to carry around. The only problem with that one was that the suit case was plastic, and it was not very durable under higher stresses (such as un/loading it in a car)
And since I'm on the subject, I'm actually looking to build a case like the suit case one. I decided to use an alluminum brief case. But I can't find any alluminum brief cases large enough (biggest one was a bit smaller, but just as wide and long as a mini tower). So any ideeas would be welcome.
If I actually manage to work something out, I'll let you guys know.:)
Well, I've been using Mozilla as my main browser for quite some time. Ok, ok... Just for the past month! And I like it.
I just hope this version won't have the memory leaks of the past version. 0.7 managed to crash my box about 4 times. I mean _really_ crash it. 4.something CPU usage, 247Mb of RAM and 127Mb of swap used (that is all the memory in my box). The only remedy was a hard reset (none of the usual Ctrl+Alt+... keystrokes, kill -9, nothing else would work).
Every time I see something like this, a prediction of all dead-tree books dissapearing, I'm thinking of one thing. Myself.
I can go for hours at a time (my record is around 6 hours), reading from a paper book without even stoping. It does not matter on what topic: novels, computer, math, etc. However, I am simply unable to do the same on a computer. Even on a 17in Samsung 753DF monitor that I have at home, set at 1024x768, I cannot read for more than an hour at a time, and that is a stretch. And laptop displays, or PDAs are even worse for me.
And this is not because I have bad eyes. I just had a check-up, and I have 20/20 vision (or whatever you call not needing any glases of any sort). It's just that I get tired a lot sooner when I have to read from a computer screen then when I read from a paper book.
So as far as I'm concerned, if I'll ever have a choice between an elecronic book and a paper one, I'll always choose the latter. And if only the electonic media would be available, I would still print it out.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but all satelites have one major issue to face. Sooner or later, they all come out of orbit, and burn up somewhere in the atmosphere. The Iridium network is the most recent example of such an event. MIR will soon follow the steps of the two (or something like that) Iridium satellites that deorbited.
And the only way that can be prevented is by using some form of propulsion to correct their orbits every once in a while. Now in a 1 kg, 10cm cube I really have a hard time imagining a rocket, or any kind of propulsion system.
Well, I guess that's one way you can blow $50 000. Then again, I've heard of people being cryogenically frozen so they can live longer, paing for land on the moon, and generally doing stupider things than this. So I guess it's not quite that idiotic...
But if I could convince them to give me those money, I'd probably find something more profitable to do with them.:)
I know this is not completely on-topic, but I have to say it.
Right now there aren't many processor manufacturers in the whole computer industry (PC, Apple, pda's, web appliances, etc). You have Intel, AMD, Transmeta, Motorola, IBM, Sun, Alpha. I know there are more, but those are the major players atm. If I missed any, feel free to add them to this list.:)
So what happens when one of them dissapears? Less choice, less competition. And no matter what these companies will promise (saying that they will keep their speed in developing new technology, and keep costs low) it won't happen. Because developement is driven mainly by competition, and not much else.
I lived for a long time in a comunist (now ex-comunist) country, Romania. And I've seen what happened in an economy that lacked any form of competition. In the 1970s, during a brief period of change in politics, the government bought a lot of top of the line technology (cars, computers, and a lot of other high-tech stuff). But only a few years later, things turned to worse, because the president of the time, Ceausescu closed off the trade with the Western Europe and the US. The decision was to run everything within Romania, without any world contact.
Fast forward to the 1990s... The car designs that were bought in 1968, the Renault 12, was still being built, in it's original shape and form (nothing changed on it). The top of the line computers were some 8086 clones. Everything had stagnated, as if for the whole 20-something years that Romania closed off its borders nothing had happened.
Now granted, this is an extreme case, and the chances of this happening in a capitalist society are very slim. But some of these effects can (and do) take place every day. So I really think that AMD buying Transmeta (or the other way around) can be a very bad thing.
...because atm I'm running a dual Celeron466 on a Abit BP6 mb w/ PC100 RAM. I've been looking for a decent upgrade for this box, and the only options were P3's, which are still very expensive at the higher end (not to mention having to change my RAM and figuring out a way to cool down the BX chipset).
I've got two oversized fans on the processors, and they're running at least 5 degrees cooler than the BX. And this is for a 66Mhz fsb. At 133, which is required for a socket P3, it would be a _lot_ hotter...
So this Celeron, while not performing as well as even a Duron, it makes for a good value option for me. No overheating, no memory change, just get the 2 CPUs and the 2 adapters, and I'm all set.
I especially like the astounding Memopak HRG 192x248...
And I thought my 1024x768 was too small. Just imagine something like that running... well anything for that matter.
The first computer I ever touched was an XT in my mom's computer repair lab (back in those days people with soldering guns could actually fix computers:) It was running Tetris. The funny thing is, I'm yet to be more amazed by any other game since then...
I mean, sure... I love many of the newer games that seem so much better (and they are.) But to a 7 years old, playing on a computer for the first time it was like a whole new world.
I've never said this before, because a lot of other people are doing it, but/. should really check the links and the bandwidth of the server before a story gets posted. There is nothing more annoying than finding an interesting story, only to realize that for whatever reason the information is inaccessible. Be it either because of dead links (as in this case), or the/. effect.
I mean I'm running a small web server (read P100 on a cable modem connection) and I can just imagine what the poor people getting/.-ed are going through.
So please check the links and/or mirror the small sites before posting a story. I mean how hard can that be? And if there is the problem of getting permission from the owner to mirror his site, I know for sure I'd let/. do it, rather than having my whole bandwidth killed...
...is pretty much the most important feature for me. Up to now, going wireless with a PalmVx has been a pretty expensive thing to do. And I've looked into all the options, and even the cheapest one was the mobile phone kit for around $50 for a cable and some software. And it's not even sold in Canada yet (as of a couple of weeks ago).
And the kit also implies having the Palm and a compatible mobile phone.
Now with Bluetooth, you still need the Palm and the compatible mobile, but that's it. And these devices everybody already has. Ok, ok, maybe not everybody, but out of all my friends, I can't think of anybody who doesn't... No other cables, modems, etc. Maybe some software, but I'm betting it will be included in the PalmOS.
So I'll finaly be able to check my email from my Palm, and not have to run around to find a free terminal in school... Wohoo!
I can't say I have first-hand experience with it, however, I know enough people who worked (or are still working) in it. And it's bad.
They're always telling jokes about the dumb people calling in. Everybody know the "pack your computer you're too dumb to use one" story, which is pretty much the height of stupidity in customers. But there are also countless others which are a lot worse. Blown monitors, trashed hdds and fried mbs...
And who'se fault is it? Of course, the tech support guy is all to blame. And if he says there's nothing he can do about it, it's the supervisor's fault. And so on. Now really, how far up the ladder does anybody have to go before they realise that the company they're calling can/will do nothing to help them?
I'm not saying there aren't awfull tech-support people out there. But anybody working such a job are doing it because they need to make a living, doing work that more often than not is just a hassle.
In conclusion, I hope everybody at Pacific Bell Internet becomes a CEO. They deserve it!
This is not about you using a browser to run Word. It's about getting the M$ Office CD, installing it just like you would any other software (e.g. Linux:) and _then_ registering the software with M$. No registration, no use.
But the software is still installed on your own box. M$ does nothing but collect your money on a yearly basis (or whatever) instead of just once, when you buy it.
If office would actually run off the net, then yeah, it would make sense. However, why would you? I eamn, I have cable, so my connection is fairly fast. But it's not 24/7 reliable. So what happens when I have to finish my assignment due tomorrow at 8:30am, it's 12am, and my connection dies?
Of course, that's purely hypotetical, since I almost always use pico, unless I need formatting.
I'm a Rogers@home customer, and to be honest, I am not satisfied with their service. I haven't been since the moment I had it installed, over two years ago. Why am I still using it? Well, the answer is very simple: this was the only choice I had for a cheap broadband connection to the Internet. I couldn't afford ISDN or the faster connections (t1, t3... ok, ok, I know I'm dreaming). Not to mention that except for ISDN nobody would even install it for me, because I live in a residential area. And at the time, ADSL was not available either.
Since then, ADSL is being offered in my area by Sympatico.ca (part of Bell Canada). However, all my friends who have this service, are telling me that while they don't have as much down time as I do, their upload speed is simply too slow.
Those are the reasons why I still am a customer for a service I am not completely satisfied with. It's fast enough for my needs, it cheap, and it works enough times so that it isn't frustrating.
Now to get to the point of my post.
I can't understand why anybody would want to use AOL. It's very expensive when compared to some of the local ISPs in the Toronto area. This should be the case for all of the big cities in Canada and the US. It also uses that annoying proprietary client, which since v.4 I've heard nothing but bad things about it. It is only a dial-up, so it's also very slow.
The only advantages I can see are it's "ease of use" (ugh!). But then, this should not even be a selling point for the/.ers... And the fact that you can connect to it from anywhere in North America (AFAIK). This also isn't much of a selling point, because not a lot of people travel that much. And there are always options, such as Internet Cafe's, or for the corporate world, most companies have 1-800- or even local dial-in accounts for employees.
To sum this up, AOL sucks! The only advantages are not worth the trouble due to the disadvantages. So could anyone tell me why use it in the first place?
At York U, in Toronto, NEdit is the default editor, at least for one of the CS labs (the Ariel lab for those who know my U).
I've never used it though because I thought it was just some editor that comes by default with Solaris. And since they have pico, I didn't bother trying it out...
I guess I'll give it a try now, but still, IMO, the console rules, especially when it comes to writing code...
I'm running a pretty old box, and I'm looking for an upgrade for it. I'm just wondering if the new chipset will support the Duron too.
If not, what would be the reason?
If it does, this will probably be one of the best things to come out since the Abit BP6 w/ dual Celery's. I mean it would still be cheap (or at least fairly priced), and you'd also get great performance.
At the moment, I'm a landed immigrant in Canada, so my status is definitive (that is, I could live my whole life like this). But in a couple of years I have the choice of becoming a Canadian citizen. So as far as I know, Canada doesn't have the kind of problem that the US is facing with the HB-1 visas.
However, in 1991, my parents went to work in Germany, and after 2 years, just when their situation became stable (both had jobs, good incomes, etc), they were forced to leave the country. Why? Their visa had expired, and it wasn't going to be renewed. Citizenship was completely out of the question.
So I can fully understand what these people are going through right now. They're trying to build a future in a foreign coutry (the US is just one place where this is happening), and then, after a while, they are being told that they have to leave.
And what's worse, is that as far as I understood, it's all a matter of bureucracy. It's not like in Europe, where if you're given a visa you _know_ that it's definitely not going to be renewed. Here you live with the hope, just to find out that they're out of luck.
So more visas is a goot thing, even though it's only temporary.
Is it just me, or for each of the tests the reviewer had a little comment to make? Like they didn't have ATA100 drives on the SDRAM system, or they had to turn off the sound in quake, or the DDR system was running at AGP 1X...
I don't know about you, but this doesn't seem to be even a remotely accurate test. And when you're talking about a 10-15% difference, you really do need accuracy.
So if anybody is planning on buying a DDR mb based on this test alone, they're making a big mistake, IMHO. I know I'm not (either planning or buying). I'll be sticking with SDRAM for a while...:P
This is by no means intended to start a flame war, but iMacs?!?
I've actually seen a few, and I've even worked (albeit very little) in Photoshop on one, and I must say that I'm not impressed with their performance at all. My dual Celery is by far faster then the iMac I used, and roughly for the same price... But for the same amount of money, I have a _lot_ more ram, better v-card, etc. So where is the "better competitive price/ performance/ watt ratio?" Maybe they have the/watt part right, but that's about it.
Not to mention that they are by no means upgradeable (try plugging in a DVD, a CD writer _and_ a Zip drive into an iMac all at the same time). And if anyone is going to mention USB, I really don't think USB comes close to even the cheapest Adaptec Ultra SCSI card w/ SCSI disks on it.
The only reason that I can find for this application of iMacs is publicity. Nobody has even thought of doing this before (and why would they?), so it has to make news. And that's fine by me I guess. I'm just very curious who is going to buy such a thing.
Well, I'm starting school tomorrow, and I'm looking for a laptop. New or used, but not more than CAD $2000 (roughly US $1400). I'd rather go for a new one, but a decent one can't really be had for that kind of money.
So I have two questions.
First, what kind of laptop can be bought for US $1400, and second, would the prices for the Intel ones drop after the Crusoe reaches the market? By this I mean, should I wait a while longer, or just get one now?
I can understand that people want faster, better and if possible, at a cheaper price that they can afford. Hey, I want that too!!! And apparently, o/c-ing achieves those goals. But it's only apparent. Granted, by submerging the mb in liquid nitrogen, the CPUs could be o/c-ed very far. It's also probably very impressive.
BUT I DON'T THINK SO!
In my own case, I'm running a Dual Celery 400 o/c-ed at 500... I know it's no big deal, or anything, but in order to achieve that speed, I had to spend a _lot_ of money for new CPU and case fans, thermal grease, etc. I also have to make sure my room doesn't get too hot. And all sorts of other problems.
Soon after I did this, I wanted to push the CPU's even higher. But I realized that I'm spending so much money it wasn't even worth it. All the stuff I bought for o/c-ing cost me much more than the difference in price between my 400s and the 500s.
That's when I realized that I'm doing something silly. I'm spending a lot of money so that I can have an unstable, warranty-voided, pretty fast computer, when I could have a stable, still-under-warranty, just as fast computer, for the same price. So that's when I decided that o/c-ing is not worth the trouble.
But hey, for those who can afford it, it's certainly cool!:)
I mean you have a bunch of artists, with no understanding of computers whatsoever, suing Napster. I'm not even sure they even know what mp3s are, or if they do, they have no ideea what they are dealing with.
I'm just wondering why they're not suing people for burning music CDs (cd-to-cd copy), which in my opinion is almost as easy as ripping a cd. Why aren't they suing the people who used to copy tapes, and all the other people who are infringing on their copirights.
The only answer that I can find is that they're clueless!
I read too many articles discussing how can they take advantage of mp3 sales, how they can't stop people from using mp3s, but I guess they're just too moronic to get it!
Well, feel free to mark me as a troll, or whatever, I just had to say those things.
Well, it would seem that the future is in Copper interconects. I'm just wondering what is Intel going to do about it. Last time I read up on it they refuzed to license the technology from IBM.
Anything I missed? Is Intel going to go Copper, or are they just going to keep on naming their processors so that they sound like it?
And to think that I was considering buying a Jornada a while back...
On a related note, and not to start a flame war, what's the deal with color on the PDAs?
I mean I've seen the color Palm, the Jornada, the Casiopeea, and although I liked the way they looked, I couldn't find any real use for it.
The screen is still too damn small for any interesting graphics to be displayed (imagine viewing an image from digitalblasphemy.com and you'll understand). And what else would you need color for?
Some people said it makes some information more readable, or make certain parts of it stick out, but I can't agree. I've been using my monochrome Palm for a long time, and it's been more than enough....
So Why color? Is this technology for the sake of technology, or is it really useful, and I just don't see it?
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Well, I must say that I'm impressed with the Visor Edge. But I really think it has been released a bit too late (for me at least).
I've had a PalmVx for about a year and a half now. Mine was one of the first ones that do not have the PalmVx logo on the front, but the PalmV, and came with PalmOS 3.3. Check it out on the net, it really is one of the first ones that came out...
The reason why I'm writing this to prove that it took Visor more than a year to catch up with the Palm. And now Palm is planning to move to ARM processors, which are a lot faster than the Motorola ones (200Mhz ARM vs 20Mhz Dragonball I think). It will also mean that all (or at least a large number) of the apps written for OS 3.x will not work on the next verion.
So why buy the Visor Edge? I'll stick with my Vx untill something significantly better comes along.
I am too writing these words in Mozilla, and I must say that rather than speed (for me it runs decently on my dual Celery466), it _has_ to be more stable.
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It's ironic that this story should appear only a few minutes after mozilla0.8 crashed and burned, taking my entire box with it... I had to hard reboot, and after fsck finished, I saw this story on
Well, in any case, those "minor" mishaps don't stop me from using mozilla as my main browser. I just hope that with the later releases I won't have to watch out all the time for mem leaks and/or crashes.
Well, it is a very nice looking case. The only problem is that it is definitely not suitable for lan parties. It is definitely a good case for a box that will sit on (or near) your desk at all times, but carying it is no easy task. Anybody who goes to lan parties knows what I mean.
/. a few months back, made out of a suit case. Now that's a lot easier to carry around. The only problem with that one was that the suit case was plastic, and it was not very durable under higher stresses (such as un/loading it in a car)
:)
The reason is that it is too big, and it has no handles or anything to make it easier to carry when compared to the case I have right now (a generic mid-tower case with 2 80mm case fans, and a bay cooler).
What would be really cool would be something like the case featured on
And since I'm on the subject, I'm actually looking to build a case like the suit case one. I decided to use an alluminum brief case. But I can't find any alluminum brief cases large enough (biggest one was a bit smaller, but just as wide and long as a mini tower). So any ideeas would be welcome.
If I actually manage to work something out, I'll let you guys know.
Well, I've been using Mozilla as my main browser for quite some time. Ok, ok... Just for the past month! And I like it.
:)
I just hope this version won't have the memory leaks of the past version. 0.7 managed to crash my box about 4 times. I mean _really_ crash it. 4.something CPU usage, 247Mb of RAM and 127Mb of swap used (that is all the memory in my box). The only remedy was a hard reset (none of the usual Ctrl+Alt+... keystrokes, kill -9, nothing else would work).
Well, there's always hope.
Every time I see something like this, a prediction of all dead-tree books dissapearing, I'm thinking of one thing. Myself.
I can go for hours at a time (my record is around 6 hours), reading from a paper book without even stoping. It does not matter on what topic: novels, computer, math, etc. However, I am simply unable to do the same on a computer. Even on a 17in Samsung 753DF monitor that I have at home, set at 1024x768, I cannot read for more than an hour at a time, and that is a stretch. And laptop displays, or PDAs are even worse for me.
And this is not because I have bad eyes. I just had a check-up, and I have 20/20 vision (or whatever you call not needing any glases of any sort). It's just that I get tired a lot sooner when I have to read from a computer screen then when I read from a paper book.
So as far as I'm concerned, if I'll ever have a choice between an elecronic book and a paper one, I'll always choose the latter. And if only the electonic media would be available, I would still print it out.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but all satelites have one major issue to face. Sooner or later, they all come out of orbit, and burn up somewhere in the atmosphere. The Iridium network is the most recent example of such an event. MIR will soon follow the steps of the two (or something like that) Iridium satellites that deorbited.
:)
And the only way that can be prevented is by using some form of propulsion to correct their orbits every once in a while. Now in a 1 kg, 10cm cube I really have a hard time imagining a rocket, or any kind of propulsion system.
Well, I guess that's one way you can blow $50 000. Then again, I've heard of people being cryogenically frozen so they can live longer, paing for land on the moon, and generally doing stupider things than this. So I guess it's not quite that idiotic...
But if I could convince them to give me those money, I'd probably find something more profitable to do with them.
I know this is not completely on-topic, but I have to say it.
:)
Right now there aren't many processor manufacturers in the whole computer industry (PC, Apple, pda's, web appliances, etc). You have Intel, AMD, Transmeta, Motorola, IBM, Sun, Alpha. I know there are more, but those are the major players atm. If I missed any, feel free to add them to this list.
So what happens when one of them dissapears? Less choice, less competition. And no matter what these companies will promise (saying that they will keep their speed in developing new technology, and keep costs low) it won't happen. Because developement is driven mainly by competition, and not much else.
I lived for a long time in a comunist (now ex-comunist) country, Romania. And I've seen what happened in an economy that lacked any form of competition. In the 1970s, during a brief period of change in politics, the government bought a lot of top of the line technology (cars, computers, and a lot of other high-tech stuff). But only a few years later, things turned to worse, because the president of the time, Ceausescu closed off the trade with the Western Europe and the US. The decision was to run everything within Romania, without any world contact.
Fast forward to the 1990s... The car designs that were bought in 1968, the Renault 12, was still being built, in it's original shape and form (nothing changed on it). The top of the line computers were some 8086 clones. Everything had stagnated, as if for the whole 20-something years that Romania closed off its borders nothing had happened.
Now granted, this is an extreme case, and the chances of this happening in a capitalist society are very slim. But some of these effects can (and do) take place every day. So I really think that AMD buying Transmeta (or the other way around) can be a very bad thing.
...because atm I'm running a dual Celeron466 on a Abit BP6 mb w/ PC100 RAM. I've been looking for a decent upgrade for this box, and the only options were P3's, which are still very expensive at the higher end (not to mention having to change my RAM and figuring out a way to cool down the BX chipset).
I've got two oversized fans on the processors, and they're running at least 5 degrees cooler than the BX. And this is for a 66Mhz fsb. At 133, which is required for a socket P3, it would be a _lot_ hotter...
So this Celeron, while not performing as well as even a Duron, it makes for a good value option for me. No overheating, no memory change, just get the 2 CPUs and the 2 adapters, and I'm all set.
Wohoo!
I especially like the astounding Memopak HRG 192x248...
:) It was running Tetris. The funny thing is, I'm yet to be more amazed by any other game since then...
And I thought my 1024x768 was too small. Just imagine something like that running... well anything for that matter.
The first computer I ever touched was an XT in my mom's computer repair lab (back in those days people with soldering guns could actually fix computers
I mean, sure... I love many of the newer games that seem so much better (and they are.) But to a 7 years old, playing on a computer for the first time it was like a whole new world.
Ahh... The memories...
Oh well, back to my Quake.
Apparently the link is broken...
/. should really check the links and the bandwidth of the server before a story gets posted. There is nothing more annoying than finding an interesting story, only to realize that for whatever reason the information is inaccessible. Be it either because of dead links (as in this case), or the /. effect.
/.-ed are going through.
/. do it, rather than having my whole bandwidth killed...
I've never said this before, because a lot of other people are doing it, but
I mean I'm running a small web server (read P100 on a cable modem connection) and I can just imagine what the poor people getting
So please check the links and/or mirror the small sites before posting a story. I mean how hard can that be? And if there is the problem of getting permission from the owner to mirror his site, I know for sure I'd let
...is pretty much the most important feature for me. Up to now, going wireless with a PalmVx has been a pretty expensive thing to do. And I've looked into all the options, and even the cheapest one was the mobile phone kit for around $50 for a cable and some software. And it's not even sold in Canada yet (as of a couple of weeks ago).
And the kit also implies having the Palm and a compatible mobile phone.
Now with Bluetooth, you still need the Palm and the compatible mobile, but that's it. And these devices everybody already has. Ok, ok, maybe not everybody, but out of all my friends, I can't think of anybody who doesn't... No other cables, modems, etc. Maybe some software, but I'm betting it will be included in the PalmOS.
So I'll finaly be able to check my email from my Palm, and not have to run around to find a free terminal in school... Wohoo!
...is Tech Support.
I can't say I have first-hand experience with it, however, I know enough people who worked (or are still working) in it. And it's bad.
They're always telling jokes about the dumb people calling in. Everybody know the "pack your computer you're too dumb to use one" story, which is pretty much the height of stupidity in customers. But there are also countless others which are a lot worse. Blown monitors, trashed hdds and fried mbs...
And who'se fault is it? Of course, the tech support guy is all to blame. And if he says there's nothing he can do about it, it's the supervisor's fault. And so on. Now really, how far up the ladder does anybody have to go before they realise that the company they're calling can/will do nothing to help them?
I'm not saying there aren't awfull tech-support people out there. But anybody working such a job are doing it because they need to make a living, doing work that more often than not is just a hassle.
In conclusion, I hope everybody at Pacific Bell Internet becomes a CEO. They deserve it!
Dude! You're missing the whole point, AFAIK.
:) and _then_ registering the software with M$. No registration, no use.
This is not about you using a browser to run Word. It's about getting the M$ Office CD, installing it just like you would any other software (e.g. Linux
But the software is still installed on your own box. M$ does nothing but collect your money on a yearly basis (or whatever) instead of just once, when you buy it.
If office would actually run off the net, then yeah, it would make sense. However, why would you? I eamn, I have cable, so my connection is fairly fast. But it's not 24/7 reliable. So what happens when I have to finish my assignment due tomorrow at 8:30am, it's 12am, and my connection dies?
Of course, that's purely hypotetical, since I almost always use pico, unless I need formatting.
So your post is kinda' off-topic, IMHO.
I'm a Rogers@home customer, and to be honest, I am not satisfied with their service. I haven't been since the moment I had it installed, over two years ago. Why am I still using it? Well, the answer is very simple: this was the only choice I had for a cheap broadband connection to the Internet. I couldn't afford ISDN or the faster connections (t1, t3... ok, ok, I know I'm dreaming). Not to mention that except for ISDN nobody would even install it for me, because I live in a residential area. And at the time, ADSL was not available either.
/.ers... And the fact that you can connect to it from anywhere in North America (AFAIK). This also isn't much of a selling point, because not a lot of people travel that much. And there are always options, such as Internet Cafe's, or for the corporate world, most companies have 1-800- or even local dial-in accounts for employees.
Since then, ADSL is being offered in my area by Sympatico.ca (part of Bell Canada). However, all my friends who have this service, are telling me that while they don't have as much down time as I do, their upload speed is simply too slow.
Those are the reasons why I still am a customer for a service I am not completely satisfied with. It's fast enough for my needs, it cheap, and it works enough times so that it isn't frustrating.
Now to get to the point of my post.
I can't understand why anybody would want to use AOL. It's very expensive when compared to some of the local ISPs in the Toronto area. This should be the case for all of the big cities in Canada and the US. It also uses that annoying proprietary client, which since v.4 I've heard nothing but bad things about it. It is only a dial-up, so it's also very slow.
The only advantages I can see are it's "ease of use" (ugh!). But then, this should not even be a selling point for the
To sum this up, AOL sucks! The only advantages are not worth the trouble due to the disadvantages. So could anyone tell me why use it in the first place?
At York U, in Toronto, NEdit is the default editor, at least for one of the CS labs (the Ariel lab for those who know my U).
I've never used it though because I thought it was just some editor that comes by default with Solaris. And since they have pico, I didn't bother trying it out...
I guess I'll give it a try now, but still, IMO, the console rules, especially when it comes to writing code...
I'm running a pretty old box, and I'm looking for an upgrade for it. I'm just wondering if the new chipset will support the Duron too.
If not, what would be the reason?
If it does, this will probably be one of the best things to come out since the Abit BP6 w/ dual Celery's. I mean it would still be cheap (or at least fairly priced), and you'd also get great performance.
At the moment, I'm a landed immigrant in Canada, so my status is definitive (that is, I could live my whole life like this). But in a couple of years I have the choice of becoming a Canadian citizen. So as far as I know, Canada doesn't have the kind of problem that the US is facing with the HB-1 visas.
However, in 1991, my parents went to work in Germany, and after 2 years, just when their situation became stable (both had jobs, good incomes, etc), they were forced to leave the country. Why? Their visa had expired, and it wasn't going to be renewed. Citizenship was completely out of the question.
So I can fully understand what these people are going through right now. They're trying to build a future in a foreign coutry (the US is just one place where this is happening), and then, after a while, they are being told that they have to leave.
And what's worse, is that as far as I understood, it's all a matter of bureucracy. It's not like in Europe, where if you're given a visa you _know_ that it's definitely not going to be renewed. Here you live with the hope, just to find out that they're out of luck.
So more visas is a goot thing, even though it's only temporary.
Is it just me, or for each of the tests the reviewer had a little comment to make? Like they didn't have ATA100 drives on the SDRAM system, or they had to turn off the sound in quake, or the DDR system was running at AGP 1X...
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I don't know about you, but this doesn't seem to be even a remotely accurate test. And when you're talking about a 10-15% difference, you really do need accuracy.
So if anybody is planning on buying a DDR mb based on this test alone, they're making a big mistake, IMHO. I know I'm not (either planning or buying). I'll be sticking with SDRAM for a while...
This is by no means intended to start a flame war, but iMacs?!?
/watt part right, but that's about it.
I've actually seen a few, and I've even worked (albeit very little) in Photoshop on one, and I must say that I'm not impressed with their performance at all. My dual Celery is by far faster then the iMac I used, and roughly for the same price... But for the same amount of money, I have a _lot_ more ram, better v-card, etc. So where is the "better competitive price/ performance/ watt ratio?" Maybe they have the
Not to mention that they are by no means upgradeable (try plugging in a DVD, a CD writer _and_ a Zip drive into an iMac all at the same time). And if anyone is going to mention USB, I really don't think USB comes close to even the cheapest Adaptec Ultra SCSI card w/ SCSI disks on it.
The only reason that I can find for this application of iMacs is publicity. Nobody has even thought of doing this before (and why would they?), so it has to make news. And that's fine by me I guess. I'm just very curious who is going to buy such a thing.
Well, I'm starting school tomorrow, and I'm looking for a laptop. New or used, but not more than CAD $2000 (roughly US $1400). I'd rather go for a new one, but a decent one can't really be had for that kind of money.
:)
So I have two questions.
First, what kind of laptop can be bought for US $1400, and second, would the prices for the Intel ones drop after the Crusoe reaches the market? By this I mean, should I wait a while longer, or just get one now?
Any ideeas would be appreciated.
I can understand that people want faster, better and if possible, at a cheaper price that they can afford. Hey, I want that too!!! And apparently, o/c-ing achieves those goals. But it's only apparent. Granted, by submerging the mb in liquid nitrogen, the CPUs could be o/c-ed very far. It's also probably very impressive.
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BUT I DON'T THINK SO!
In my own case, I'm running a Dual Celery 400 o/c-ed at 500... I know it's no big deal, or anything, but in order to achieve that speed, I had to spend a _lot_ of money for new CPU and case fans, thermal grease, etc. I also have to make sure my room doesn't get too hot. And all sorts of other problems.
Soon after I did this, I wanted to push the CPU's even higher. But I realized that I'm spending so much money it wasn't even worth it. All the stuff I bought for o/c-ing cost me much more than the difference in price between my 400s and the 500s.
That's when I realized that I'm doing something silly. I'm spending a lot of money so that I can have an unstable, warranty-voided, pretty fast computer, when I could have a stable, still-under-warranty, just as fast computer, for the same price. So that's when I decided that o/c-ing is not worth the trouble.
But hey, for those who can afford it, it's certainly cool!
"as memory comprises 40 to 70 percent of the cost of most NT-based server configurations"
That's because NT is bloatware. Now if everybody would run Linux, there would be no need for this technology, now would there..
I'm sorry, but I just had to post this.
I just don't understand wtf is going on here!
I mean you have a bunch of artists, with no understanding of computers whatsoever, suing Napster. I'm not even sure they even know what mp3s are, or if they do, they have no ideea what they are dealing with.
I'm just wondering why they're not suing people for burning music CDs (cd-to-cd copy), which in my opinion is almost as easy as ripping a cd. Why aren't they suing the people who used to copy tapes, and all the other people who are infringing on their copirights.
The only answer that I can find is that they're clueless!
I read too many articles discussing how can they take advantage of mp3 sales, how they can't stop people from using mp3s, but I guess they're just too moronic to get it!
Well, feel free to mark me as a troll, or whatever, I just had to say those things.
Well, it would seem that the future is in Copper interconects. I'm just wondering what is Intel going to do about it. Last time I read up on it they refuzed to license the technology from IBM.
Anything I missed? Is Intel going to go Copper, or are they just going to keep on naming their processors so that they sound like it?
And to think that I was considering buying a Jornada a while back...
On a related note, and not to start a flame war, what's the deal with color on the PDAs?
I mean I've seen the color Palm, the Jornada, the Casiopeea, and although I liked the way they looked, I couldn't find any real use for it.
The screen is still too damn small for any interesting graphics to be displayed (imagine viewing an image from digitalblasphemy.com and you'll understand). And what else would you need color for?
Some people said it makes some information more readable, or make certain parts of it stick out, but I can't agree. I've been using my monochrome Palm for a long time, and it's been more than enough....
So Why color? Is this technology for the sake of technology, or is it really useful, and I just don't see it?