Having played First Person Shooters since Doom, I have to say COD4 on the PC has set the new standard for me. Starting with Doom(never finished), Doom2(finished), Quake 2(Introduced Multiplayer Deathmatch on LAN),Unreal Tournament, Half Life(finished single player several times over), Quake III, MOHAA, COD and COD2(finished single player several times), Far Cry (finished single player), Half Life 2 (finished up to the end of EP1). COD4 has sealed the deal as the greatest so far, w because of 3 scenes. Gunner on an AC-130, sniper with the Ghillie suit and the final, slow-mo scene are the best. For those who haven't made it to the end yet, I'll leave that spoiler for others. I just sat there with my jaw agape as I watched the credits rolling. Just prior to this, I was reminded of the dam(damn?) escape sequence in COD, while riding in the truck shooting the other vehicles that were following. Other highlights, modern weapons, night vision, the Javelin! I almost got wiped out just watching that missile do it's work:) At the same time that I was playing COD4 I was working my way through MOH Airborne. I would not recommend that you do the same, because the gameplay differences are pronounced, with MOHA coming out as the lesser game, both in looks and in gameplay.
I just checked out the multiplayer briefly this morning, and have to say the new class/promotion feature seems to be a refreshing change, as I have seen this on some COD/COD2 mods. I'll have to see how that plays out as I get higher and higher.
Why wouldn't the new MacBooks issues come to the forefront? How many different laptop models does Apple sell?
Doing a quick count in my head, lets just say, 2 model lines. I'll break them down in a bit
Now, lets look at Dell's laptop models. Looks like 4 model lines.
Apples laptop models consist of the MacBook and the MacBook Pro. The MacBook and MacBook Pro each have 3 configurations/pricelines. So a grand total of 6 laptops to choose from.
Dell has 4 model lines: Inspiron, XPS, Latitude, Precision. Breakdown of each line goes like this:
Note: Some models are relabled depending upon the section of Dell's website you are on, Home, Small Business, Large Business, etc... I've tried to combine as many as I can to keep from duplicating models.
So, lets say there is a defect in the 15" MacBook Pro model line, which consists of 2 configuration/pricelines. This is about a 33% recall rate for all current Apple Laptops.
Now lets say Dell has a recall on the 15" Inspiron 6400/E1505 model line. This is equivalent to a 5% recall rate for all current Dell laptops.
Or OS X if you have access to a Mac. iTunes can rip the cd to mp3 or aac without any DRM. You can than burn a CD to use on your PC if need be or just use the original in standard cd players.
In a tent at a former Soviet Air Force base in Karshi-Khanabad, Uzbekistan. In a hanger at a former Soviet Air Force base in Bagram, Afganistan. I'm sure there are some service members in Iraq who can empathize.
My organization has "Windows" and Unix admins. Our desktops machines run Windows NT with Novell client and Novell servers for shares. Our databases, internal and external web servers and middleware run on several flavors of Unix and Linux.
True it's entry level stuff. I do know I got 99% of my current experience, Unix Systems Administrator, while active duty Army. My first experience was with an HP9000/350. My boss asked me to install "Unix" on it. I asked him, "what's Unix?" So I proceded to install HP-UX 3 on that standalone minicomputer and haven't looked back.... now add to that formal HP-UX classes, and Solaris classes along with WinNT 3.51 and self taught PC based hardware/software. Then onto BBS's and finally "discovering" the internet with ftp/telnet/MUD's. Then cisco and Lan technologies. All this while Active Duty. I will tell you this, the IT opportunities in the Army now are much greater than when I first enlisted in 1984. The army has wired a whole division, 4th ID. It's exciting stuff, considering the old way of business with DoD and the new, off-the-shelf way of business.
WOW!!! That is ALOT more in depth than when I went to 74F/Computer Programmer school. We've since merged with 74D/Computer Operators to become 74B what you see listed above. Seems as if the training for 74B is catered alot more towards desktop support as opposed to Cobol and IBM Jcl which I was taught. I would have to agree with you though that it's generally entry level training, as it is geared towards, since most new recruits are 18-20 years old.
For my company it's simple. Some of the powers that be a level or 2 above me have convinced powers above them that we should invest in some Linux infrastructure. The powers at the top would not agree to this unless they could get the same vendor support for Linux as they have for HP-UX, Tru64 and AIX. Thus, we have RH Advance Server 2.1 with a support package from RedHat.
What does that mean for me, one of the lowly SysAdmins? Up2date only. We are not "officially" allowed to install anything from source. That's not to say that there may be a few "unofficial" Redhat 8 and 9 systems around *wink*. This official release of an Enterprise level has opened my eyes a bit as to how far along Linux is for enterprise, and how much farther it has to go, i.e. High Availability, LVM, Dynamic partition resizing..... Things taken for granted on a Alphaserver running Tru64.
Perhaps a trip to your local Psychiatrist is in order? I suggest Valium, stat.
Dude, this is an online forum, no the be all/end all of the worlds existence. So take a chill pill, i.e. Step away from the computer for a bit. Then eat some turkey. Perhaps you'll feel better after that.
Oh, and yes, I have managed to coble together a Linux system with either a free Linux version, in the case of Quake II, or a pieced together version of Wine/WineX/Codeweavers Wine. But, it's MUCH easier to install a decent version of windows, i.e. 2000 or even XP, PLUS whatever game in the same amount of time it takes you to download all the latest patches, updates, tarballs and whatnot needed to even get close to a game running on Linux. Now an opengl accelerated game on Linux? grrrrr
Applications!!!
Face it, everyone uses Microsoft Office. This is a fact. I do feel that this can change, but it will not be overnight, like, the change from WordPerfect to MS Word. If anyone remembers that, you can recall that everyone used WordPerfect, it was THE standard in wordprocessing. Now guess what, Word has completely replaced it, and you know why it replaced it so relatively quickly? I'm not sure with the latest version, but I do recall Word 2.0 up to 2000 being able to open those old Wordperfect files no problem. So, what would need to happen in order for Word to be dethroned? Perhaps a multiplatform, wordprocessor that can open all those legacy Word files. StarOffice? it's getting there. I haven't been able to get Openoffice working yet, but I will give it a try soon, and see how it's progressing. Anyhow, that's just my $.02.
Corporate Standards!!!!
I am forced to use MS Windows at work, due to company policy, but could perform my job equally as well with a Linux workstation. I have even asked if I could install it in a dual boot, but was nixed. So I'll contend with using an Exceed desktop through one of our Unix servers.
Your friendly, local Unix System Admin at your service.
Ahh, but I am distracted the same on the phone or by a passenger. It drives my wife crazy that i'm so quiet in the car when I'm driving, but it takes that much concentration to keep from getting killed by all the idiot drivers out there.
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In the immortal words of Kirk Douglas.... "I'm Republican!!"
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Having played First Person Shooters since Doom, I have to say COD4 on the PC has set the new standard for me. Starting with Doom(never finished), Doom2(finished), Quake 2(Introduced Multiplayer Deathmatch on LAN),Unreal Tournament, Half Life(finished single player several times over), Quake III, MOHAA, COD and COD2(finished single player several times), Far Cry (finished single player), Half Life 2 (finished up to the end of EP1). COD4 has sealed the deal as the greatest so far, w because of 3 scenes. Gunner on an AC-130, sniper with the Ghillie suit and the final, slow-mo scene are the best. For those who haven't made it to the end yet, I'll leave that spoiler for others. I just sat there with my jaw agape as I watched the credits rolling. Just prior to this, I was reminded of the dam(damn?) escape sequence in COD, while riding in the truck shooting the other vehicles that were following. Other highlights, modern weapons, night vision, the Javelin! I almost got wiped out just watching that missile do it's work :) At the same time that I was playing COD4 I was working my way through MOH Airborne. I would not recommend that you do the same, because the gameplay differences are pronounced, with MOHA coming out as the lesser game, both in looks and in gameplay.
I just checked out the multiplayer briefly this morning, and have to say the new class/promotion feature seems to be a refreshing change, as I have seen this on some COD/COD2 mods. I'll have to see how that plays out as I get higher and higher.
Anyhow, I give COD4(PC) 2 thumbs up!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mobile_pho nesThe first handheld 1G mobile phone to become commercially available to the US market was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, which received approval in 1983.
or for that matter, is talking on the cell phone or hands-free cell phone any different than talking to a passenger?
Lets compare Apples to, oh, lets say Dell...
Why wouldn't the new MacBooks issues come to the forefront? How many different laptop models does Apple sell?
Doing a quick count in my head, lets just say, 2 model lines. I'll break them down in a bit
Now, lets look at Dell's laptop models. Looks like 4 model lines.
Apples laptop models consist of the MacBook and the MacBook Pro. The MacBook and MacBook Pro each have 3 configurations/pricelines. So a grand total of 6 laptops to choose from.
Dell has 4 model lines: Inspiron, XPS, Latitude, Precision. Breakdown of each line goes like this:
Inspiron Models: 9400/E1705, 6400/E1505, E1405, 1300/B130, 710m
XPS Models: M2010, M1710, M1210
Latitude Models: D820, D620, D610, X1, D520, D510, D410, 120L
Precision Models: M90, M70, M65
Total model lines: 19
Note: Some models are relabled depending upon the section of Dell's website you are on, Home, Small Business, Large Business, etc... I've tried to combine as many as I can to keep from duplicating models.
So, lets say there is a defect in the 15" MacBook Pro model line, which consists of 2 configuration/pricelines. This is about a 33% recall rate for all current Apple Laptops.
Now lets say Dell has a recall on the 15" Inspiron 6400/E1505 model line. This is equivalent to a
5% recall rate for all current Dell laptops.
Which do you think would garner more press?
food for thought...
So is New York a "Right to Work" state?
Or OS X if you have access to a Mac. iTunes can rip the cd to mp3 or aac without any DRM. You can than burn a CD to use on your PC if need be or just use the original in standard cd players.
I recall vaguely having beer bongs at my 21st birthday party in `87...
In a tent at a former Soviet Air Force base in Karshi-Khanabad, Uzbekistan. In a hanger at a former Soviet Air Force base in Bagram, Afganistan. I'm sure there are some service members in Iraq who can empathize.
My organization has "Windows" and Unix admins. Our desktops machines run Windows NT with Novell client and Novell servers for shares. Our databases, internal and external web servers and middleware run on several flavors of Unix and Linux.
Which Mac file do I download, there are 3 there.
It's been close to 20 years since I read the book. I'll need to refresh my memory.
This sounds good
Are you kidding me? Here in Arizona we were still in the 100's in mid October, with not a cloud in sight.
Yep, if the manufacturers are smart, they'll just sell unformatted cards/sticks and leave it up to whatever system you plug it into to format it.
True it's entry level stuff. I do know I got 99% of my current experience, Unix Systems Administrator, while active duty Army. My first experience was with an HP9000/350. My boss asked me to install "Unix" on it. I asked him, "what's Unix?" So I proceded to install HP-UX 3 on that standalone minicomputer and haven't looked back.... now add to that formal HP-UX classes, and Solaris classes along with WinNT 3.51 and self taught PC based hardware/software. Then onto BBS's and finally "discovering" the internet with ftp/telnet/MUD's. Then cisco and Lan technologies. All this while Active Duty. I will tell you this, the IT opportunities in the Army now are much greater than when I first enlisted in 1984. The army has wired a whole division, 4th ID. It's exciting stuff, considering the old way of business with DoD and the new, off-the-shelf way of business.
WOW!!! That is ALOT more in depth than when I went to 74F/Computer Programmer school. We've since merged with 74D/Computer Operators to become 74B what you see listed above. Seems as if the training for 74B is catered alot more towards desktop support as opposed to Cobol and IBM Jcl which I was taught. I would have to agree with you though that it's generally entry level training, as it is geared towards, since most new recruits are 18-20 years old.
Sorry that had to have been Primenet.
*cries*
For my company it's simple. Some of the powers that be a level or 2 above me have convinced powers above them that we should invest in some Linux infrastructure. The powers at the top would not agree to this unless they could get the same vendor support for Linux as they have for HP-UX, Tru64 and AIX. Thus, we have RH Advance Server 2.1 with a support package from RedHat.
What does that mean for me, one of the lowly SysAdmins? Up2date only. We are not "officially" allowed to install anything from source. That's not to say that there may be a few "unofficial" Redhat 8 and 9 systems around *wink*. This official release of an Enterprise level has opened my eyes a bit as to how far along Linux is for enterprise, and how much farther it has to go, i.e. High Availability, LVM, Dynamic partition resizing..... Things taken for granted on a Alphaserver running Tru64.
Perhaps a trip to your local Psychiatrist is in order? I suggest Valium, stat.
Dude, this is an online forum, no the be all/end all of the worlds existence. So take a chill pill, i.e. Step away from the computer for a bit. Then eat some turkey. Perhaps you'll feel better after that.
Did you at least get a blowjob out of it?
Games!!!
Oh, and yes, I have managed to coble together a Linux system with either a free Linux version, in the case of Quake II, or a pieced together version of Wine/WineX/Codeweavers Wine. But, it's MUCH easier to install a decent version of windows, i.e. 2000 or even XP, PLUS whatever game in the same amount of time it takes you to download all the latest patches, updates, tarballs and whatnot needed to even get close to a game running on Linux. Now an opengl accelerated game on Linux? grrrrr
Applications!!!
Face it, everyone uses Microsoft Office. This is a fact. I do feel that this can change, but it will not be overnight, like, the change from WordPerfect to MS Word. If anyone remembers that, you can recall that everyone used WordPerfect, it was THE standard in wordprocessing. Now guess what, Word has completely replaced it, and you know why it replaced it so relatively quickly? I'm not sure with the latest version, but I do recall Word 2.0 up to 2000 being able to open those old Wordperfect files no problem. So, what would need to happen in order for Word to be dethroned? Perhaps a multiplatform, wordprocessor that can open all those legacy Word files. StarOffice? it's getting there. I haven't been able to get Openoffice working yet, but I will give it a try soon, and see how it's progressing. Anyhow, that's just my $.02.
Corporate Standards!!!!
I am forced to use MS Windows at work, due to company policy, but could perform my job equally as well with a Linux workstation. I have even asked if I could install it in a dual boot, but was nixed. So I'll contend with using an Exceed desktop through one of our Unix servers.
Your friendly, local Unix System Admin at your service.
Ahh, but I am distracted the same on the phone or by a passenger. It drives my wife crazy that i'm so quiet in the car when I'm driving, but it takes that much concentration to keep from getting killed by all the idiot drivers out there.
Join the Army!!!! ...as I type from Uzbekistan....