Websites that charge for content!! Gasp. Frankly, I've been wondering how long before sites like Washingtonpost.com, USAToday, etc started charging for subscriptions. Seems natural as putting all of your print content online for free would, as more and more people are online, likely cannibalize (sp) your paid subscriptions. I've been paying for the WSJ for a couple of years now. I've got no beef with that. This sort of business is a natural subscription business. The pay-per-byte DSL worries me a alot - I hope it never comes to that. The music part seems pre-ordained as the RIAA, et.al. seems prepared to spend whatever sum it requires to make it real. Yes, I realize this is somewhat schizo but well, that's me...:)
well, the wireless keyboard and mouse that I got (logitech) have a range of about 4 or 5'. Can't get them to the couch! The TV quality of the AIW on a TV ain't that great. I setup the thing so that the kid could use the TV as a monitor but messed around with the ATI TV application and it isn't all that. I also use it to stream MP3's to the stereo.
No, I bought it so that my kid could use the TV as a monitor as our TV room can accomodate a small pc case but not a monitor. The TV comment was just my experience with the thing.
and it works really good (the remote is really well designed) with one or two exceptions that I was pretty much ready for: Using a TV as your monitor sucks. The text is unreadable, even set to a larger size. The TV picture in a window looks really clear on the TV and monitor. However, if you maximize the tv picture (when using the TV as your monitor), the resolution goes to shit and the TV picture isn't that clear. The Tivo software works good but the TV guide program doesn't seem to work with DirecTV but I haven't really tried hard yet. It was really easy to install on XP but under 98 (don't ask) it had serious issues which were probably related to the machine I was using.
AMD seems to be aware of this. I read somewhere on the web (maybe here) that for the next gen (hammer ?) of AMD chips, they designed the chipset right along with or in advance of the processor.
any episode of "Law and Order" or any other court show - once the horse has left the barn it's too late to all but the most informed. "So, Mr. defendant, you remember trying to stuff an Intel PentiumPro up his butt!!" Objection!! but it's too late. The Jury has already heard it. This report is no different. You will read about how bogus this report may/may not be somewhere on the web but I'll hear from my customers that they saw a report saying that AMD chips are slow/prone to failure/catch on fire/whatever.
Why is this so "scary" ?? If it was gov't mandated then it might be "scary to say the least" but it's just a product for sale!? You are not compelled to buy the damn thing. In addition, This company may decide that the next step is an implanted transmitter but, again, that doesn't mean you have run out and buy one to stick inside your kid.
you're right. Little kids don't have much in the way of an expectation of privacy. Parents do, however, have a giant obligation to look after their little ones. How they opt to do it is their affair. Having said that, I'm not sure that unlesss your kid is lost in the woods or something that this would be terribly useful.
and (IMHO) what *initially* killed Wordperfect in the market at large was not the lack of an office suite but the lack of a timely, stable, windows-based version. The debate back then was whether to use best-of-breed software vs. integrated suite. Most agreed that WP DOS was a superior product but they (WP) stumbled badly with their Windows release and MS took over, with Word leading the way. The first versions of WP/Win sucked - it couldn't, for example, reliably cut and past from other apps but Word could. Now, whether Microsoft's more stable product was due to usage of "hidden" features, etc. is best dealt with somewhere else.
How can this be? If there are 261,914 sq mi of land shouldn't there be somewhere around 800,000 sq mi of water? I thought 3/4 of "Earth" is under water...?
ah bull, haven't you seen that space shuttle movie with James Garner? They've got that little pipe that shoots outta the side of the shuttle on which they slide out in case of trouble....:)
probably isn't worth it to most people. Face it, when MS has 90% of the office market and businesses are willing to pay, it just doesn't seem worth it. Could there come a point when you could get a sizable number of defectors to switch? Yes, but MS isn't going to price their cash cow in such a manner as to kill it. A bit off-topic but one interesting facet to this argument is the one about purchasing from MS as they provide "support". When was the last time that your average business user called MS for support?
True, I've heard good things about Cisco and Orinoco. The flip side is that the Cisco 350 costs around $1000. Not exactly the great $150 equalizer that the evangelists would like for us to believe.
Don't get me wrong, 802.11b rocks but the range is generally for shit. The box that I bought my AP in said that I would get like 200' indoors - my ass. More like 40'. It also said I would get 800' - 1000' outside which I find laughable. On the salt flats out west, maybe. I don't think you're going to see joe average setup AP's and wire up extenal antenna so that everyone else can use their connection and with the lousy range, this is what will have to happen.
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there aren't any "local family grocers" left. There is a farmers market but they don't sell toilet paper, razor blades, etc etc etc.
All they do is use counter-strike!!
can you do this with windows? It's a pain in the neck to have to have everyone download the same patches.
I don't think that the southern ice cap melting would have much/any effect. Doesn't the vast majority of that ice already float on the water?
and we just got (pinky in mouth) One Million...oh wait, this is enemy territory....never mind...
Websites that charge for content!! Gasp. Frankly, I've been wondering how long before sites like Washingtonpost.com, USAToday, etc started charging for subscriptions. Seems natural as putting all of your print content online for free would, as more and more people are online, likely cannibalize (sp) your paid subscriptions. I've been paying for the WSJ for a couple of years now. I've got no beef with that. This sort of business is a natural subscription business. The pay-per-byte DSL worries me a alot - I hope it never comes to that. The music part seems pre-ordained as the RIAA, et.al. seems prepared to spend whatever sum it requires to make it real. Yes, I realize this is somewhat schizo but well, that's me...:)
well, the wireless keyboard and mouse that I got (logitech) have a range of about 4 or 5'. Can't get them to the couch! The TV quality of the AIW on a TV ain't that great. I setup the thing so that the kid could use the TV as a monitor but messed around with the ATI TV application and it isn't all that. I also use it to stream MP3's to the stereo.
No, I bought it so that my kid could use the TV as a monitor as our TV room can accomodate a small pc case but not a monitor. The TV comment was just my experience with the thing.
I'm reasonably sure that the DV option includes firewire ports.
and it works really good (the remote is really well designed) with one or two exceptions that I was pretty much ready for: Using a TV as your monitor sucks. The text is unreadable, even set to a larger size. The TV picture in a window looks really clear on the TV and monitor. However, if you maximize the tv picture (when using the TV as your monitor), the resolution goes to shit and the TV picture isn't that clear. The Tivo software works good but the TV guide program doesn't seem to work with DirecTV but I haven't really tried hard yet. It was really easy to install on XP but under 98 (don't ask) it had serious issues which were probably related to the machine I was using.
here leaning out their windows screaming at passers-by that they need Orinoco cards 'cause they'll get 500 yard rage....:)
AMD seems to be aware of this. I read somewhere on the web (maybe here) that for the next gen (hammer ?) of AMD chips, they designed the chipset right along with or in advance of the processor.
any episode of "Law and Order" or any other court show - once the horse has left the barn it's too late to all but the most informed. "So, Mr. defendant, you remember trying to stuff an Intel PentiumPro up his butt!!" Objection!! but it's too late. The Jury has already heard it. This report is no different. You will read about how bogus this report may/may not be somewhere on the web but I'll hear from my customers that they saw a report saying that AMD chips are slow/prone to failure/catch on fire/whatever.
Why is this so "scary" ?? If it was gov't mandated then it might be "scary to say the least" but it's just a product for sale!? You are not compelled to buy the damn thing. In addition, This company may decide that the next step is an implanted transmitter but, again, that doesn't mean you have run out and buy one to stick inside your kid.
you're right. Little kids don't have much in the way of an expectation of privacy. Parents do, however, have a giant obligation to look after their little ones. How they opt to do it is their affair. Having said that, I'm not sure that unlesss your kid is lost in the woods or something that this would be terribly useful.
and (IMHO) what *initially* killed Wordperfect in the market at large was not the lack of an office suite but the lack of a timely, stable, windows-based version. The debate back then was whether to use best-of-breed software vs. integrated suite. Most agreed that WP DOS was a superior product but they (WP) stumbled badly with their Windows release and MS took over, with Word leading the way. The first versions of WP/Win sucked - it couldn't, for example, reliably cut and past from other apps but Word could. Now, whether Microsoft's more stable product was due to usage of "hidden" features, etc. is best dealt with somewhere else.
pardon me. An office xp "killer" eh? That's rich. Here's how, in order of importance, one would start "killing" office of any flavor:
1. Reads and writes office format (FLAWLESSLY)by default. not export/import.
2. Cheaper than office
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99. Uses fewer resources.
not too long ago. I avoided an argument by just using a different service but the poster is right. The approval code is the same every time.
I agree the timing was bad and people should also understand that it wasn't Mandrake that put a price on SO.
How can this be? If there are 261,914 sq mi of land shouldn't there be somewhere around 800,000 sq mi of water? I thought 3/4 of "Earth" is under water...?
ah bull, haven't you seen that space shuttle movie with James Garner? They've got that little pipe that shoots outta the side of the shuttle on which they slide out in case of trouble....:)
probably isn't worth it to most people. Face it, when MS has 90% of the office market and businesses are willing to pay, it just doesn't seem worth it. Could there come a point when you could get a sizable number of defectors to switch? Yes, but MS isn't going to price their cash cow in such a manner as to kill it. A bit off-topic but one interesting facet to this argument is the one about purchasing from MS as they provide "support". When was the last time that your average business user called MS for support?
you mean if you're idle you're auto-logged out? or you have to reauthenticate every 10 regardless?
True, I've heard good things about Cisco and Orinoco. The flip side is that the Cisco 350 costs around $1000. Not exactly the great $150 equalizer that the evangelists would like for us to believe.
Don't get me wrong, 802.11b rocks but the range is generally for shit. The box that I bought my AP in said that I would get like 200' indoors - my ass. More like 40'. It also said I would get 800' - 1000' outside which I find laughable. On the salt flats out west, maybe. I don't think you're going to see joe average setup AP's and wire up extenal antenna so that everyone else can use their connection and with the lousy range, this is what will have to happen.