Damn I was hoping they would bring out the PIV soon, so that the price of 1Ghz PIII's became afforable.
Being too lazy to buy another motherboard, I'd love to replace my aging PII 233
(The last one died 9 months ago when I found how easy it was to blow a 200 watt power supply)
As Intel is upping the cache on the celeron, I guess that would be a cheaper option.
An before you flame me. I know I sure really pull my finger out and get a thunderbird or duron, but then I'd have to include the cost of a new mobo.
Next time I upgrade my mobo I'm going AMD
Buy a new case just to upgrade my computer, what next water cooling becomes standard for Pentium 5's ?
Going back several years I've seen chapter xx in IT books, with just one page saying see included cd rom. At least its for computer based materials like IT books where they can assume you can read pdf files.
This is just a standard way to reduce the amount of dead trees they use and is all about profit margins no more no less
They don't put the shnrink wrap license on their to stop you reading the offending chapter before you buy, its just the standard legal droids guff they use...theres no intentional harm here I'm sure
After all don't all cd roms usually have those shrink wrap agreements ?
Too much post Napster paranoia is going down here, this is just standard business practices no conpiracy, no deal to screw the consumer its just plain old cost cutting
Iomega do not charge for support (at least not here in Europe) I have phoned them regarding the 'blue click of death' there was no mention of charges for customer support
Admittenly nothing got done about so when my drive finally diedI phoned their support, told 'em my drive had died and I got the usual it will be.... parts & labour.
I mentioned that it had suffered the dreaded blue click of death , and they had the grace to replace the drive even though it was out of warranty at no charge
So full marks (eventually) to Iomega for getting it sorted
Katz missed out the Dr Who version of the Luddites vs the Industrialists
Didn't anyone ever see the episode where the Master was using mind control drugs to turn the luddites crazy and make them attack the industrialists?
The master aranged for all of Englands greatest inventors and engineers to meet up so that he could use their collective intelligence for another of his dastardly schemes
Of course Dr Who won the day and they all lived happily ever after...
I'm going to patent "I'm going to patent "I'm going to patent "I'm going to patent "I'm going to patent 'I'm going to patent something obvious'"""" stupid comments on/.
Then I'm going to patent the process of submitting a patent application to the patent office just because I can
The classic is example is salesmen selling photocopiers to businesses.
A well known trick was to try and get anyone at the company to sign a contract... a usual ruse being find the cleaner on duty and say we've got a delivery for this photocopier, would you mind signing for it.
Now the poor cleaner had been tricked into thinking they were signing for a delivery, as we all no people don't usually read what their signining.
Thankfully these tactics are outlawed now but I'm sure something similar is happening somewhere in the world today.
Firstly you're right, Microsoft should not be broken up because they are successfull.
But they should be broken up for breaking the law, being a monopoly in the computing field, obusing their monopoly to weaken their opponents (For example giving IE away free to weaken netscape, using the classic monopoly tactic of cross subsidisation)
Whilst neither AOL or Time Warner have broken the law, it could be argued that have a near monopoly in areas of the media and that the proposed merger would not be in the publics interest (basically what the EEC was debating recently)
Didn't you ever wonder why all those 'free' AOL trials require your credit card details (Obviously free as in speech then....)
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Damn I was hoping they would bring out the PIV soon, so that the price of 1Ghz PIII's became afforable. Being too lazy to buy another motherboard, I'd love to replace my aging PII 233 (The last one died 9 months ago when I found how easy it was to blow a 200 watt power supply) As Intel is upping the cache on the celeron, I guess that would be a cheaper option. An before you flame me. I know I sure really pull my finger out and get a thunderbird or duron, but then I'd have to include the cost of a new mobo. Next time I upgrade my mobo I'm going AMD
Buy a new case just to upgrade my computer, what next water cooling becomes standard for Pentium 5's ?
1)Any pdf file is fairly OS independent.
As Adobe gives away the standard version of the reader for free, most OS have a PDF reader of sorts as the standard itself is pretty well known by now
So whether you use MAC's, Windoze,*Nix,BeOs,AmigaDos, hell even my old miggie 2000 reads pdf files!
2) As long as the CD-ROM itself adheres to ISO standards it will be readable on every computer with a CD-ROM drive
Going back several years I've seen chapter xx in IT books, with just one page saying see included cd rom. At least its for computer based materials like IT books where they can assume you can read pdf files.
This is just a standard way to reduce the amount of dead trees they use and is all about profit margins no more no less
They don't put the shnrink wrap license on their to stop you reading the offending chapter before you buy, its just the standard legal droids guff they use...theres no intentional harm here I'm sure
After all don't all cd roms usually have those shrink wrap agreements ?
Too much post Napster paranoia is going down here, this is just standard business practices no conpiracy, no deal to screw the consumer its just plain old cost cutting
Iomega do not charge for support (at least not here in Europe) I have phoned them regarding the 'blue click of death' there was no mention of charges for customer support
.... parts & labour.
Admittenly nothing got done about so when my drive finally diedI phoned their support, told 'em my drive had died and I got the usual it will be
I mentioned that it had suffered the dreaded blue click of death , and they had the grace to replace the drive even though it was out of warranty at no charge
So full marks (eventually) to Iomega for getting it sorted
Katz missed out the Dr Who version of the Luddites vs the Industrialists
Didn't anyone ever see the episode where the Master was using mind control drugs to turn the luddites crazy and make them attack the industrialists?
The master aranged for all of Englands greatest inventors and engineers to meet up so that he could use their collective intelligence for another of his dastardly schemes
Of course Dr Who won the day and they all lived happily ever after...
I thought it was the process conceived when one places a Gremlin in a blender and leaves a heavy weight on the on switch
I'm going to patent "I'm going to patent "I'm going to patent "I'm going to patent "I'm going to patent 'I'm going to patent something obvious'"""" stupid comments on /.
Then I'm going to patent the process of submitting a patent application to the patent office just because I can
Porn for Bender...
Phooorr look at the processors on that one
its given me a full on robot chubby
"I'd love to see a pic of this motherboard (or boards) without its case on"
Seen any horny motherboards lately ?
Go on admit it, you're Bender really aren't you
Well he obviously assumed that the majority of sites targed for DoS attacks use NT servers, hence the assumption of regular reboots.
After all if you were you were going to take down some major corporate site would you go after one running Apache or a Windows boxen ?
Or alternatively just stare at the sun during a total eclipse without using any of those annoying glasses
That'll make your eyes burn for a while guaranteed
No kids don't try this one either (Ok I got away with it...your mileage may vary)
Is hotbot.com (at no 24 in the rankings) a pron site for robots?
Don't flame me for watching too much futurama...
Well it just goes to show that there are lies, damned lies and statistics
.....'
I didn't see a warning saying 'These are the Top 100 sites on the WWW' excluding
If they start excluding anything from the generic top 100 surely the results start getting skewed.
You honestly expect us to believe there are no pron sites in the top 100 www sites ?
No waaaaaay the revolution will be televised, uploaded to Aminet and supplied with full DeCSS source code
What I really want to know are
1)Are there any major employers that are actively seeking people with Linux certification
2) Will employers pay more when hiring prospective employees that have a recognised Linux certification
Yes the corporitisim is distrubing.
But isn't it more disturbing seeing Bill Gates competing in the Swimming events.
You can't miss him...swims fast but looks a lot like John Denver
I entirely agree, employees should have a clause in their contract stating their authority in such matters.
/. in their working time :)
The really stupid thing is a lot of small businsses don't have decent employee contracts.
For example how many small business have a policy regarding acceptable use of e-mail and the internet ?
Too few I'd surmise,but they'll be the first to sack someone if the find they're send pron round the office or even reading
Perhaps you're more clued up in the US, but at least in the 80's I remember cases of companies getting stung for contracts they didn't want.
Well its not always that simple.
The classic is example is salesmen selling photocopiers to businesses.
A well known trick was to try and get anyone at the company to sign a contract... a usual ruse being find the cleaner on duty and say we've got a delivery for this photocopier, would you mind signing for it.
Now the poor cleaner had been tricked into thinking they were signing for a delivery, as we all no people don't usually read what their signining.
Thankfully these tactics are outlawed now but I'm sure something similar is happening somewhere in the world today.
Firstly you're right, Microsoft should not be broken up because they are successfull.
But they should be broken up for breaking the law, being a monopoly in the computing field, obusing their monopoly to weaken their opponents (For example giving IE away free to weaken netscape, using the classic monopoly tactic of cross subsidisation)
Whilst neither AOL or Time Warner have broken the law, it could be argued that have a near monopoly in areas of the media and that the proposed merger would not be in the publics interest (basically what the EEC was debating recently)
Didn't you ever wonder why all those 'free' AOL trials require your credit card details (Obviously free as in speech then....)
Will who ever gives the first speech will be modded down as -1 troll ?
The lego DJ that detects what kind of mood you're in and responds by dispensing the appropriate drugs.
Right next up some banging house, lets hit up with some speed...
Ezer Goode Ezer Goode E's Ebenezzer Goode - The Shamen
RUSH are Canada's best kept secret and one the most underrated bands ever, its about time they became popular again.
As far as I'm aware no one has yet registered the Hot Grits one pour patent
Not forgetting the classic help desk query
"where's the any key"