Would love to see Best Buy carry these, but I can only imagine the torrent of customers we'd get trying to understand what something other than Windows is. Also hope they include a disc or flash drive with a Ubuntu installer on it for when it randomly decides to not load up anymore.
I live in California. Global warming and climate change (yes I know half of/. doesn't believe in this, not saying it's true or not. Hold your horses.) hasn't taken hold fast enough to cause snow while I was in school:(
I whole heartedly disagree. Hard drives and boards in consumer laptops die a lot, and there's not much a user can do to prevent it aside from not using their machines (which completely defeats the purpose of owning one).
The Network+ is decent for getting a general idea, but it doesn't give you many practical examples or skills. The CCNA was great for learning how to actually configure a switch/router (at least the book by Odom was. Amazing books by that guy). If you aren't planning on getting certified, you can probably go through the CCNA books in about two weeks of solid reading, and the CCNP book isn't too bad, either, if you're the same way I am and just find out you like networking. Not sure what to say on the whole server side of it though, since I haven't delved that far into that side of it yet, but I'm sure others here will have a wealth of information on where to look to learn that sort.
I'll give you the HD and RAM are easy to upgrade. Problem we had was a CD stuck in the drive and the eject button not working, so we had to pop it open and take the CD out of the drive. Tons of screws to get the case and keyboard off, then unfastening other parts and moving the bluetooth antenna just got annoying.
Depends. I don't mind buying Sony things like my Playstation because I don't have the need to mod it. I enjoy that it's a bluray player on top of having games I like (and am willing to pay for when they come down in price. Never have bought anything from them for more than 40, and that was Borderlands Game of the Year with all the DLC). Add to it that I can transfer movie files in vob or avi format to it over a flash drive and I'm a happy camper. The free multiplayer aspect also helped with my decision to buy it, as I tend to play more online than single player, and didn't want to put any money into that feature. Only other thing I have from them though is a television, but I was working retail at the time and received a sweet rebate that made it far cheaper than even the generic televisions we sold. As for the evil company part, pretty much every company out there is evil in some way. You pretty much have to just come to realize that and go about your life, or not buy anything at all.
While we're on the topic of TAOCP, I have the first one and have tried reading through it (currently starting as a junior CS student), but have been struggling a little bit with the language he uses for his examples. What language is that, and are there any good tutorials online so I can just sort of pick it up and figure out the rest of it so I can understand his use of algorithms?
Eh, I think copper just in general has enough worth to make it worth stealing whenever. I know people who have been stockpiling every bit of copper they can cheaply get for years now.
The original statement wasn't about population. If there were a large population in the area then we'd probably have a decent transportation system. Notice I said "large areas" originally, not "densely populated."
I remember when the prequels were coming out there was talk of him doing an episode 7-9 series. Can always hope he gets taken out before that ever happens.
I didn't even hear about Wave until the last three months of it being supported by Google, but I liked what I saw from the demonstration on Youtube from their convention, and from actual use. If only they had integrated Gmail into it so I wouldn't need two different windows open and if it were something like a mix of Meebo (browser based instant messaging) then it'd be perfect.
Heh, I've noticed it varies by office. One office I worked in had pretty much everyone smoking, but when I worked as an intern for the State everyone was middle aged with families and very Christian with the whole no smoking/drinking.
You'd be surprised by how often cords are found laying around the setup tables or behind them from people forgetting to include them in the boxes after doing the startup stuff for computers (they bitch if we don't do about 60 computers in 2 hours, so it's a lot of juggling to get them packed/unpacked between installing garbage on them). Don't think I've ever seen presetups being done on anything but computers at our store though.
What exactly do they mean by USB devices? I use an external hard drive or sometimes a flash drive to put movies onto the PS3 so I can watch them on my TV. Will this feature still work, or will I need to stay with the old firmware now?
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Didn't they do this with the playstation recently?
Would love to see Best Buy carry these, but I can only imagine the torrent of customers we'd get trying to understand what something other than Windows is. Also hope they include a disc or flash drive with a Ubuntu installer on it for when it randomly decides to not load up anymore.
I've seen probably six or seven come in to Geek Squad with it. Super easy to remove, but it's out there.
Second word of the summary is Canadian...
Show was Walking Dead on AMC. They referenced it briefly in the article. Also an absolutely amazing comic if you're into the zombie thing.
I live in California. Global warming and climate change (yes I know half of /. doesn't believe in this, not saying it's true or not. Hold your horses.) hasn't taken hold fast enough to cause snow while I was in school :(
I whole heartedly disagree. Hard drives and boards in consumer laptops die a lot, and there's not much a user can do to prevent it aside from not using their machines (which completely defeats the purpose of owning one).
Logic fail. Do you know how to fix everything with your television, car, or any other appliance or gadget in your home?
The Network+ is decent for getting a general idea, but it doesn't give you many practical examples or skills. The CCNA was great for learning how to actually configure a switch/router (at least the book by Odom was. Amazing books by that guy). If you aren't planning on getting certified, you can probably go through the CCNA books in about two weeks of solid reading, and the CCNP book isn't too bad, either, if you're the same way I am and just find out you like networking. Not sure what to say on the whole server side of it though, since I haven't delved that far into that side of it yet, but I'm sure others here will have a wealth of information on where to look to learn that sort.
I'll give you the HD and RAM are easy to upgrade. Problem we had was a CD stuck in the drive and the eject button not working, so we had to pop it open and take the CD out of the drive. Tons of screws to get the case and keyboard off, then unfastening other parts and moving the bluetooth antenna just got annoying.
Ugh, did you open up the casing of that MBP at all? Every time I have to open a Mac I want to kick Steve Jobs.
Depends. I don't mind buying Sony things like my Playstation because I don't have the need to mod it. I enjoy that it's a bluray player on top of having games I like (and am willing to pay for when they come down in price. Never have bought anything from them for more than 40, and that was Borderlands Game of the Year with all the DLC). Add to it that I can transfer movie files in vob or avi format to it over a flash drive and I'm a happy camper. The free multiplayer aspect also helped with my decision to buy it, as I tend to play more online than single player, and didn't want to put any money into that feature. Only other thing I have from them though is a television, but I was working retail at the time and received a sweet rebate that made it far cheaper than even the generic televisions we sold. As for the evil company part, pretty much every company out there is evil in some way. You pretty much have to just come to realize that and go about your life, or not buy anything at all.
While we're on the topic of TAOCP, I have the first one and have tried reading through it (currently starting as a junior CS student), but have been struggling a little bit with the language he uses for his examples. What language is that, and are there any good tutorials online so I can just sort of pick it up and figure out the rest of it so I can understand his use of algorithms?
Eh, I think copper just in general has enough worth to make it worth stealing whenever. I know people who have been stockpiling every bit of copper they can cheaply get for years now.
The original statement wasn't about population. If there were a large population in the area then we'd probably have a decent transportation system. Notice I said "large areas" originally, not "densely populated."
Now compare the size of the entire bay area to the size of the entire San Joaquin and you'll see what I mean about large parts of California.
Those people are in towns/cities that have reliable public transportation. Not very feasible in large parts of California.
I remember when the prequels were coming out there was talk of him doing an episode 7-9 series. Can always hope he gets taken out before that ever happens.
I didn't even hear about Wave until the last three months of it being supported by Google, but I liked what I saw from the demonstration on Youtube from their convention, and from actual use. If only they had integrated Gmail into it so I wouldn't need two different windows open and if it were something like a mix of Meebo (browser based instant messaging) then it'd be perfect.
Heh, I've noticed it varies by office. One office I worked in had pretty much everyone smoking, but when I worked as an intern for the State everyone was middle aged with families and very Christian with the whole no smoking/drinking.
Ha, that was a pretty elegant way to say "tits or gtfo."
Starting is 10.77 in California. Lot better than the 8 dollar minimum wage :p
You'd be surprised by how often cords are found laying around the setup tables or behind them from people forgetting to include them in the boxes after doing the startup stuff for computers (they bitch if we don't do about 60 computers in 2 hours, so it's a lot of juggling to get them packed/unpacked between installing garbage on them). Don't think I've ever seen presetups being done on anything but computers at our store though.
I thought New York was one of the states with a budget problem recently. Good job, paper pushers.
What exactly do they mean by USB devices? I use an external hard drive or sometimes a flash drive to put movies onto the PS3 so I can watch them on my TV. Will this feature still work, or will I need to stay with the old firmware now?