He's mostly right about the digging in DC, but the problem was more correctly attributable to the fact that these fly-by-night companies laying the cable did a substandard job repairing roads and other infrastructure they'd just torn up, leaving the city with the bill to fix things.
Once the city demanded these guys fix the things they broke, then all of the sudden "DC is being bureaucratic".
DC has a lot of problems, but being anti-technology isn't one of them.
While the GC has an ATI branded video chip, it was purchased by ATI. The chip that's in the GC now bears no relationship to the current or previous ATI offerings, but likely will make its way into future ATI chips.
BTW, all 3 have roughly equivalent graphics. Nobody has a lead in hardware right now.
And yes, I do own all 3 thanks. They all cost about the same as a top-end graphics card, and aside from the space they take up are worth getting if you like playing games.
But really, these things are self-limiting. If the service becomes so slow, then people simply can't download the big files which will speed up the service.
Things will seek their own level without some ridiculous cap.
"Seriously, to register a derogatory domain name and point it to someone else's webpage is effectively slander"
No, slander is an oral act; you're thinking of libel.
Besides, if I say some brand "sucks", that is an opinion and certainly covered under the 1st amendment. If I put up a sign in my front yard that "Brand XYZ Sucks", I'm ALLOWED to do that, correct? Why does the web get a special set of rules?
Windows doesn't have a HD icon on the desktop does it?
I mean, it has an icon that represents the computer. It may have one to represent the network, it has a trash can, and a folder for "documents".
Now, from a usability standpoint, perhaps you want to abstract the concept of where files are stored physically, but there are two large barriers to this:
1) Removable media - the user knows he just inserted a physical disk into the machine. They want to do something to the data on that media. An abstraction will drive them crazy because it makes it more complex to do the thing the user wants to do ("I want to play that CD!" or "I want to load the spreadsheet from that ZIP disk").
2) The user presumably wants to back-up their data. How will he specify what he wants to store on (again removable) media if he doesn't know where they are?
In short abstractions are great except when the user really doesn't want to interface with the physical: then they're pointlessly complex.
* In the majority of the US, you cannot get DSL.
* In the vast majority of the US, there is no such thing as an 802.11b provider
* The latency on 2-way satellite is so high that web pages actually take longer to download than using a dial-up account (http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1421/byt20011024s 0001/)
* T1 prices with local loop are in the order of $1600-$2000 PER MONTH for the majority of the US
* Dial-up. In the majority of the US, you're lucky to get a 28.8 connection. I get a 21.6 connection.
Why didn't you suggest ISDN? Then you can pay $90/month for 64K access with 600 minutes. What a deal.
You're in a position of having lots of services that will provide you with access. That's fantastic and I envy you. The rest of us don't have a hope of high speed access, and the phone company has basically said F-You with their arbitrary 18,000 foot limit on DSL access.
Dreamcast has the ability to run a version of Windows CE, but many of the games did not use Windows CE, opting instead to just code the machine down to the metal.
Depending on how the AS/400 is configured, its possible all terminal access is via LU 6.2, which means that the 5250 emulation won't do you any good. To use more *nix terms, its possible there is no TCP/IP to the AS/400.
Along those lines, is there a DLC/SNA network stack for Linux?
is that while it has merit, it tries to make ".NET" a giant monolith thing.
Its not.
The Passport portion is the most controversial part of the.NET initiative, but a more interesting technical piece is the Web Services piece that uses UDDI/WSDL/SOAP.
Frankly,.NET is going to be the other big player along side Java. Could it be that Sun would like to purposely indict all of.NET by using the most controversial piece of.NET to criticize it?
I think its the equivalent of smearing Java by claiming Sun won't release it to an ISO standards body.
Its true, its just not a complete picture of what's going on.
It is not possible that a University will teach you the exact skills you'll need on "the job". The reason for this is quite simple: the number of different jobs out there is pretty high, and the most successful workers reinvent themselves essentially every 2 years anyway. So whatever training you might get will be obsolete by the time you graduate anyway.
Therefore, the best skill to learn is the skill of learning. You must be broad before you can become deep.
If you want training in a specific skill, and have no interest in the wider world of learning, then go to a trade school.
But you can't simultaneous want a broad education (University Degree) and narrow tech training (trade school).
There's no shame in either, but pick what's appropriate to you.
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He's mostly right about the digging in DC, but the problem was more correctly attributable to the fact that these fly-by-night companies laying the cable did a substandard job repairing roads and other infrastructure they'd just torn up, leaving the city with the bill to fix things.
Once the city demanded these guys fix the things they broke, then all of the sudden "DC is being bureaucratic".
DC has a lot of problems, but being anti-technology isn't one of them.
He says in the article that Cox is buying AT&T Broadband, but in fact, Comcast has already made a deal for AT&T Broadband.
He's already down to 90% before he issued the prediction...
"Jon Katz is the best writer on slashdot"
Ouch.
While the GC has an ATI branded video chip, it was purchased by ATI. The chip that's in the GC now bears no relationship to the current or previous ATI offerings, but likely will make its way into future ATI chips.
BTW, all 3 have roughly equivalent graphics. Nobody has a lead in hardware right now.
And yes, I do own all 3 thanks. They all cost about the same as a top-end graphics card, and aside from the space they take up are worth getting if you like playing games.
Office for OS X is available now.
It uses the Mac specific API for display, not a generic Unix X model.
...uh...I mean for the kids...yeah..
1P?
Whoops, that's 1.5G a day.
But really, these things are self-limiting. If the service becomes so slow, then people simply can't download the big files which will speed up the service.
Things will seek their own level without some ridiculous cap.
150M isn't very much. 1l5G might be more reasonable.
That means you can't even download an ISO of some distro.
But it does mean that you can look at www.msn.com really really snappy?
Seriously, I'd just as soon switch to some free dial-up ISP with limits like that.
"Seriously, to register a derogatory domain name and point it to someone else's webpage is effectively slander"
No, slander is an oral act; you're thinking of libel.
Besides, if I say some brand "sucks", that is an opinion and certainly covered under the 1st amendment. If I put up a sign in my front yard that "Brand XYZ Sucks", I'm ALLOWED to do that, correct? Why does the web get a special set of rules?
You raise the extreme point and certainly consideration, but overall, we're better off without government interference in these kinds of links.
If I get a GM car and trash Ford by painting something derogatory about Ford, then should either GM or Ford be able to control what I say or do?
Besides, Ford could easily detect the incoming URL as non-standard and put up their own web page explaining the situation.
But I guess its easier to spend $1M on a lawsuit than $5 on a technical fix.
Windows doesn't have a HD icon on the desktop does it?
I mean, it has an icon that represents the computer. It may have one to represent the network, it has a trash can, and a folder for "documents".
Now, from a usability standpoint, perhaps you want to abstract the concept of where files are stored physically, but there are two large barriers to this:
1) Removable media - the user knows he just inserted a physical disk into the machine. They want to do something to the data on that media. An abstraction will drive them crazy because it makes it more complex to do the thing the user wants to do ("I want to play that CD!" or "I want to load the spreadsheet from that ZIP disk").
2) The user presumably wants to back-up their data. How will he specify what he wants to store on (again removable) media if he doesn't know where they are?
In short abstractions are great except when the user really doesn't want to interface with the physical: then they're pointlessly complex.
There's ways to make it a lot more low-impact.
I have a home network, I wired it with cat 5. You put on things like Windows 2000, you install software that your family will need.
You connect it to the internet via a $100 device from compusa. You don't try to do anything tricky.
Its basically no maintenance.
Excite@home is a fundamentally different lesson.
Cable modems will live on because the cable companies control the last mile; the backbone is the easy part (relatively speaking).
The lesson of excite@home and DSL is similar in that neither owned the critical part of the network: the part that connects you to your customers.
Also, consider that Verizon has a monopoly and has shown *zero* interest in DSL, whereas Comcast is agressively seeking new customers.
HALO started as a Mac game.
MS bought the company specifically to port it to the X Box.
* In the majority of the US, you cannot get DSL.s 0001/)
* In the vast majority of the US, there is no such thing as an 802.11b provider
* The latency on 2-way satellite is so high that web pages actually take longer to download than using a dial-up account (http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1421/byt20011024
* T1 prices with local loop are in the order of $1600-$2000 PER MONTH for the majority of the US
* Dial-up. In the majority of the US, you're lucky to get a 28.8 connection. I get a 21.6 connection.
Why didn't you suggest ISDN? Then you can pay $90/month for 64K access with 600 minutes. What a deal.
You're in a position of having lots of services that will provide you with access. That's fantastic and I envy you. The rest of us don't have a hope of high speed access, and the phone company has basically said F-You with their arbitrary 18,000 foot limit on DSL access.
Thanks for the great advice!
...is that a European system will be technically superior, but flawed in implementation.
Probably something like a "GPS Tax" (think about it for a moment).
The end result will be a system that no one will use.
3 games? There are easily several hundred games available for the Dreamcast.
Its worth getting for just 18 Wheeler and Crazy Taxi 2.
Dreamcast has the ability to run a version of Windows CE, but many of the games did not use Windows CE, opting instead to just code the machine down to the metal.
The way god intended people program consoles.
If you're wondering what NUMA stands for (as I did), you can get a good 2 sentence definition at the Webopedia
censure - to subject somebody or something to severe criticism
censor - supervision and control of the information and ideas that are circulated among the people within a society
You're welcome.
Isn't the fly in the ointment SNA?
Depending on how the AS/400 is configured, its possible all terminal access is via LU 6.2, which means that the 5250 emulation won't do you any good. To use more *nix terms, its possible there is no TCP/IP to the AS/400.
Along those lines, is there a DLC/SNA network stack for Linux?
is that while it has merit, it tries to make ".NET" a giant monolith thing.
.NET initiative, but a more interesting technical piece is the Web Services piece that uses UDDI/WSDL/SOAP.
.NET is going to be the other big player along side Java. Could it be that Sun would like to purposely indict all of .NET by using the most controversial piece of .NET to criticize it?
Its not.
The Passport portion is the most controversial part of the
Frankly,
I think its the equivalent of smearing Java by claiming Sun won't release it to an ISO standards body.
Its true, its just not a complete picture of what's going on.
The version of Dark Legacy I had played very well on our PS2.
It really is an excellent game in multiplayer mode. Perhaps one of my favorites.
They're not interested in BeOS,
and they're not interested in the name.
What else did BE own?
It is not possible that a University will teach you the exact skills you'll need on "the job". The reason for this is quite simple: the number of different jobs out there is pretty high, and the most successful workers reinvent themselves essentially every 2 years anyway. So whatever training you might get will be obsolete by the time you graduate anyway.
Therefore, the best skill to learn is the skill of learning. You must be broad before you can become deep.
If you want training in a specific skill, and have no interest in the wider world of learning, then go to a trade school.
But you can't simultaneous want a broad education (University Degree) and narrow tech training (trade school).
There's no shame in either, but pick what's appropriate to you.