Until these things cost the same as a VCR I couldn't possibly justify paying the price
Considering DVR technology is still in its infancy, the price is rather good. In 1983 our RCA VCR/Camcorder combo cost almost $2000. If you wanted to shoot video away from the TV, you were required to carry 3/4 of the twenty pound VCR with you. I think the unit without the camcorder was $1300 or so, adjust that for inflation and your looking at about $2500 for that VCR. Good thing these things aren't at VCR prices..
While this could possibly work for passenger planes if it is was a requirement (I don't see how it could work if a plane was making an uncontrollable decent ie straight down), but what about the millions of other planes out there? What is to stop me from loading a mid-sized private plane full of explosives and flying in to a major city's downtown area?
Instead of worrying about what to do after the hijacking, why don't we just prevent the hijacking in the first place? Personally, I think if we were to see a new 9-11 size terrorist attack, it would be something besides what is expected.
Its a step back if a large amount of people purchase 17in powerbooks just for the size and cool factor. For people who do video and audio editing on the road it makes perfect sense to have a 17in screen, but I would hardly call this innovative, there has been a long running trend towards larger screens concurrent with another trent towards ultraportables, this is why the 12 and 17 were released together.
(gigE standard, Airport built-in, PCI-X (coming), Serial ATA (coming) etc.).
Actually my $500 PC features an Asus A7N8X deluxe board with serial ATA and gige. Wireless is useless in a desktop machine and a good amount of PCI-X ready components wont be around for quite some time.
Someone came up with the parallel that Apple is the BMW of computers.
If they were the BMW of computers, I would expect them to be a lot faster. I think a better comparison would be Mercedes, more emphasis on luxury instead of performance.
In my use of "SUV Mentality" I'm reffering to people making a vehicle purchase based on size instead of Luxury or performance.
I'm sorry but for most people a 17in laptop is way overkill and is too big to be carried around. Personally, I've been sticking with 12in or less ultraportables such as the Fujitsu P-2000 and now the IBM X31. The 17 make sense for two very small groups of people: mobile video editors and mobile music editing, which even though I'm not a big Apple fan, both of those groups should probably stick to Apple. Too bad those groups alone couldn't cover startup costs for such a machine.
This introduction of 17 laptops is just an adoption of SUV culture where bigger is supposedly better. My boss who is a mac fanatic, picked up a 17in powerbook not long after it came out. I haven't seen him bring it out once yet, he still uses his older 800mhz 15 with a big crack in the ti case. The 17 is simply a monster to carry and I know Mac fanboys will blab on about how companies are copying Apple's "innovations" but sticking a 17in LCD in a laptop is not innovation, its a step back.
Besides buying copies of "Mein Kampf" and "The Anarchist's Cookbook,"
Since when is that an indicator of criminal behavior? Millions of each book were sold, probably only a handful of nasty people in the US were found with those books, with the exception of skinheads.
I own both books, I bought the Anarchist Cookbook when I was 12 just because it was a regulated and semi-banned book. I didn't do anything illegal besides a few backyard experiments.
I read Mein Kamph for two history classes, WW II history and a class on the history of the Holocaust. Should I be investigated for this?
With just about everything written in the statement, there is no point in using the SCO situation as an out for explaining the FSF's position on the whole Linux naming crap, which I wish would just keel over already. Its is completely unnecessary and trivial at best to use quotes when mentioning Linux. IMHO, the FSF's and specifically Stallman's obsession with the whole GNU/ naming garbage, has significantly reduced the public's perception of the organization despite all the wonderful things that have come from the FSF. This statement would of been perfect if the FSF practiced a little restraint, and left out the "Linux is only a kernel" garbage.
Please Please people stop doing case mods dealing with "case windows" or Plexiglass. This mod is semi-interesting because of the shape, but overall I think a lot of people are sick of just about every case mod dealing with plexiglass and lightsticks. If this guy wanted to do something really neat with that shape, he should have made a scale model of the Luxor with the light beam coming out the top.
BTW, the only reason wired would focus on such a case mod is because it is a G4, while I like the publication, it goes a little overboard when it comes to Apple cheerleading.
The other issue with the porn industry, which is not P2P or internet related per say, is simply the matter of oversupply. It is too easy to make a porn movie with inexpensive DV equipment, duplicate it, and distribute it. Because of the lack of any signifigant barriers to market entry, there are just too many DVD's, Video's, and websites out there.
Seriously, the jury is out on this one until we see comprehensive benchmarking, optimized and unoptimized for both platforms by a reputable hardware magazine/website. I would like to see Tom's do an analysis.
If your definition of user is someone who uses a platform exclusively, then no I am not a "Mac User." If your definition of a user is someone who uses a platform on a regular basis, ie weekly then yes I am a mac user.
I noticed a lot of people are making comments like it looks true, but who cares?
The reason people care is when you go to the Apple site there is a big headline that the Apple G5 is the world's fastest desktop computer, when in fact any way you cut it, it is not. If any other company pulled this kind of shit it would be ridiculed in a minute, but Apple abuses the loyalty of its users. As someone who uses macs occasionaly at work and home, I like the product but hate the BS tactics of the company and stupidity of a small but vocal portion of its user base.
In two weeks, The SCO Group Inc. intends to begin showing analysts where the Unix code it owns has been illegally copied into the Linux kernel. The source code will be made available to parties who agree not to disclose the Unix source code
If the source code is already widely available why not just show the suspected offending portions? Unix source code has been available to a wide variety of academic institutions and organizations for years, its not like its cutting edge stuff that would be of any use to other companies.
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I forgot to include the link to the unit which is available for about $20 shipped these days.
Considering DVR technology is still in its infancy, the price is rather good. In 1983 our RCA VCR/Camcorder combo cost almost $2000. If you wanted to shoot video away from the TV, you were required to carry 3/4 of the twenty pound VCR with you. I think the unit without the camcorder was $1300 or so, adjust that for inflation and your looking at about $2500 for that VCR. Good thing these things aren't at VCR prices..
Instead of worrying about what to do after the hijacking, why don't we just prevent the hijacking in the first place? Personally, I think if we were to see a new 9-11 size terrorist attack, it would be something besides what is expected.
Its a step back if a large amount of people purchase 17in powerbooks just for the size and cool factor. For people who do video and audio editing on the road it makes perfect sense to have a 17in screen, but I would hardly call this innovative, there has been a long running trend towards larger screens concurrent with another trent towards ultraportables, this is why the 12 and 17 were released together.
Actually my $500 PC features an Asus A7N8X deluxe board with serial ATA and gige. Wireless is useless in a desktop machine and a good amount of PCI-X ready components wont be around for quite some time.
Well thats why I said in the parent post that if you need to do digital video editing ON THE ROAD it makes sense to get a 17in tibook.
If they were the BMW of computers, I would expect them to be a lot faster. I think a better comparison would be Mercedes, more emphasis on luxury instead of performance.
In my use of "SUV Mentality" I'm reffering to people making a vehicle purchase based on size instead of Luxury or performance.
This introduction of 17 laptops is just an adoption of SUV culture where bigger is supposedly better. My boss who is a mac fanatic, picked up a 17in powerbook not long after it came out. I haven't seen him bring it out once yet, he still uses his older 800mhz 15 with a big crack in the ti case. The 17 is simply a monster to carry and I know Mac fanboys will blab on about how companies are copying Apple's "innovations" but sticking a 17in LCD in a laptop is not innovation, its a step back.
A lot of book stores don't carry the book and quite a few require ID to confirm that your over 18.
Since when is that an indicator of criminal behavior? Millions of each book were sold, probably only a handful of nasty people in the US were found with those books, with the exception of skinheads.
I own both books, I bought the Anarchist Cookbook when I was 12 just because it was a regulated and semi-banned book. I didn't do anything illegal besides a few backyard experiments.
I read Mein Kamph for two history classes, WW II history and a class on the history of the Holocaust. Should I be investigated for this?
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What's it like be the richest person in the world?
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How big is your house?
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Do you have a big gold vault like Scrooge McDuck, filled with cash?
I'm glad USA Today surprised me with decent questions, maybe there is hope for other media outlets (cough.. Fox News).Another intel employee rotting away in federal prison as a "material witness" without being charged.
Well it probably wont have any effect on Q4 hardware sales, the release Doom 3 will be delayed until early 2004.
With just about everything written in the statement, there is no point in using the SCO situation as an out for explaining the FSF's position on the whole Linux naming crap, which I wish would just keel over already. Its is completely unnecessary and trivial at best to use quotes when mentioning Linux. IMHO, the FSF's and specifically Stallman's obsession with the whole GNU/ naming garbage, has significantly reduced the public's perception of the organization despite all the wonderful things that have come from the FSF. This statement would of been perfect if the FSF practiced a little restraint, and left out the "Linux is only a kernel" garbage.
BTW, the only reason wired would focus on such a case mod is because it is a G4, while I like the publication, it goes a little overboard when it comes to Apple cheerleading.
The other issue with the porn industry, which is not P2P or internet related per say, is simply the matter of oversupply. It is too easy to make a porn movie with inexpensive DV equipment, duplicate it, and distribute it. Because of the lack of any signifigant barriers to market entry, there are just too many DVD's, Video's, and websites out there.
Seriously, the jury is out on this one until we see comprehensive benchmarking, optimized and unoptimized for both platforms by a reputable hardware magazine/website. I would like to see Tom's do an analysis.
If your definition of user is someone who uses a platform exclusively, then no I am not a "Mac User." If your definition of a user is someone who uses a platform on a regular basis, ie weekly then yes I am a mac user.
Well if I'm not a mac user, what is a TiBook doing in my computer room.. I just received an ibook too.
The reason people care is when you go to the Apple site there is a big headline that the Apple G5 is the world's fastest desktop computer, when in fact any way you cut it, it is not. If any other company pulled this kind of shit it would be ridiculed in a minute, but Apple abuses the loyalty of its users. As someone who uses macs occasionaly at work and home, I like the product but hate the BS tactics of the company and stupidity of a small but vocal portion of its user base.
and both have the performance of a sub-$400 PC..
Microsoft is now bumped down to public enemy #2. We all know who #1 is..
Your 5400 rpm ata-33 hard drive. Seriously though, people put way too much emphasis on CPU and not enough of storage speed.
Apple doesn't make hard drives. Drives in your Apple machine are the same as stock PC drives.
If the source code is already widely available why not just show the suspected offending portions? Unix source code has been available to a wide variety of academic institutions and organizations for years, its not like its cutting edge stuff that would be of any use to other companies.