..students represent the long-term viability for a company. Between students and pirates (which are largerly interchangeable terms, anyhow), a large body of young people become familiar with a particular OS/Company/Way.
Once those young people get older and are responsible for making large purchasing decisions (or even moderate decisions year after year), the companies benefit.
It's called a "loss-leader", and is EXACTLY the same reason bars have happy hour and sell wings for a quarter between 7 and 9.
I'm in a bit of a non-standard usage pattern group, though -- I rarely touch internal disk except in the odd case when an application starts to leak core and I start paging.
The reason for this setup is that I run in a virtualized clustered environment -- all storage is external except for the cluster bootstrap, base OS, and swap.
You raise a really interesting question, though: why is it not possible to specify a non-contigous disk slice? That would you could put swap right in the middle and your next busiest partition around it.
> Nowadays, storing mail and documents that way, and sending them over unprotected > WiFi access points, is a huge privacy and security hole
*shrug*
Go ahead an encrypt your e-mail then. That way you won't have to worry about anybody reading it.
As a mail system administrator, I find it *damn* convenient to be able sniff e-mail and such on the fly. Of course, we also right our software so that it's downright annoying for admins to read more than headers. (Not impossible, mind you -- just annoying. I think that's about the right barrier to make admins hurdle. Laws and policies handle everything else).
I consider myself an audiophile. That is to say, I love stereo equipment and always want it to sound great.
On the other hand, my favourite speakers were rescued from a neighbour's lawn, my favourite amplifier is an Harmon-Kardon that was rescued on its way to the dump (I built my 2nd favourite amp myself). And 100% of my speaker cables are honest-to-God lamp cord, around 18 AWG stranded copper.
Maybe I'm just a cheap audiophile, I dunno, but I don't spend stupid amounts of my money on my audio equipment and I think it sounds GREAT. I have received lots of comments to that effect as well.
I believe these factors are most important:
- Amplifier
- Speakers
- Speaker Location
- Source
I use lamp cord rather than something even cheaper (like cat 5) simply because I want flexibility and the ability to handle high current. Also, lamp cord is available in a variety of colours, so I can make it match the furniture, walls, floor, etc as needed to avoid pissing off my wife.
And -- at least in the case of the floppy disk -- can the media spool the data off at a fast enough to rate to play the hi-def content back in real time?
The data transfer rate of a 2MByte 3.5" floppy disk drive is typically 500 kbits/sec. That's significantly slower than broadband internet, and we're not even really streaming HD content over THAT.
Virgin uses Bell Mobility in Ontario, and almost certainly the Bell-allies in the non-Bell provinces.
Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility are the two "national" CDMA carriers, and ALL of the little guys run CDMA. Bell and Telus allow roaming on each other's networks.
Rogers is the only GSM carrier, they bought their competition, Microcell/Fido two years ago.
> I would avoid this thing like the plague. Even if Linux hasn't taken over the > desktop, there are certainly enough Apple users these days that OS portability > should be BUILT-IN to the design process from day one.
Building portability into the design does NOT equate building a final product for zero dollars.
Once the code is written you still have alternate packaging, distribution, and -- especially -- testing. None of which are free, and may not be economically viable.
Mac OS on Intel being the PERFECT example there. You don't think Intel compatibility just sprang from the turtle neck, do you?
You're right of course -- except for the superglue part -- cyanoacrylate has been known to eat copper traces on circuit boards.... Some sort of epoxy should certainly be used.
If it were MY top-secret facility, I think would use that epoxy designed for plugging holes in gas tanks. It goes in just like plasticine, sticks to any plastic or metal, turns hard as a rock, and is highly solvent-resistant.
You know, your description makes him sound like a regular, run-of-the-mill politician and nothing at all special. In fact, I'll bet I could change less than 20 words in your diatribe, and make it describe any PM since Sir John A. MacDonald (and especially him).
I think reminding consumers that they need to watch what their government is doing each and every time they buy something should be lauded.
I truly believe that the GST was the wake-up call many people in this country needed. Transparency in ALL government matters should be our first priority. That is the ONLY way we will get good government (if that's even possible).
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..students represent the long-term viability for a company. Between students and pirates (which are largerly interchangeable terms, anyhow), a large body of young people become familiar with a particular OS/Company/Way.
Once those young people get older and are responsible for making large purchasing decisions (or even moderate decisions year after year), the companies benefit.
It's called a "loss-leader", and is EXACTLY the same reason bars have happy hour and sell wings for a quarter between 7 and 9.
None of those guys make their own disks. They buy 'em from Seagate, Hitachi, etc.
> The only conclusion you can draw if you ask me is that it was obvious.
So, you're saying that because both Leibniz and Newton independently invented calculus, it must be obvious?
Thousands of college freshmen might disagree with you.
That's funny.
All this time, I thought a Water Buffalo was a horrible 1970's-vintage Suzuki motorcycle.
Good points --
I'm in a bit of a non-standard usage pattern group, though -- I rarely touch internal disk except in the odd case when an application starts to leak core and I start paging.
The reason for this setup is that I run in a virtualized clustered environment -- all storage is external except for the cluster bootstrap, base OS, and swap.
You raise a really interesting question, though: why is it not possible to specify a non-contigous disk slice? That would you could put swap right in the middle and your next busiest partition around it.
Is track zero always at the outer edge?
:)
I hope so, because that's where I like to keep my swap partition.
Your answer doesn't need to be universal, I use Seagate drives almost exclusively. Most often FC or LVD SCSI, often sun-branded.
Ever had problems with the power connector on the motherboard? Mine keeps oxidizing and needs a cleaning every few years.
Damn thing's gettin' kinda burnt-lookin', too...
You need to be more sensitive. I think maybe he has a slight case of word-dyslexia, and was, in fact, whining on behalf of the blind coloured people.
> Nowadays, storing mail and documents that way, and sending them over unprotected
> WiFi access points, is a huge privacy and security hole
*shrug*
Go ahead an encrypt your e-mail then. That way you won't have to worry about anybody reading it.
As a mail system administrator, I find it *damn* convenient to be able sniff e-mail and such on the fly. Of course, we also right our software so that it's downright annoying for admins to read more than headers. (Not impossible, mind you -- just annoying. I think that's about the right barrier to make admins hurdle. Laws and policies handle everything else).
Wes
> I'm not sure how to abbreviate it...
Wow, you MUST be new here. The accepted online abbreviation for Commodore is C=
I consider myself an audiophile. That is to say, I love stereo equipment and always want it to sound great.
On the other hand, my favourite speakers were rescued from a neighbour's lawn, my favourite amplifier is an Harmon-Kardon that was rescued on its way to the dump (I built my 2nd favourite amp myself). And 100% of my speaker cables are honest-to-God lamp cord, around 18 AWG stranded copper.
Maybe I'm just a cheap audiophile, I dunno, but I don't spend stupid amounts of my money on my audio equipment and I think it sounds GREAT. I have received lots of comments to that effect as well.
I believe these factors are most important:
- Amplifier
- Speakers
- Speaker Location
- Source
I use lamp cord rather than something even cheaper (like cat 5) simply because I want flexibility and the ability to handle high current. Also, lamp cord is available in a variety of colours, so I can make it match the furniture, walls, floor, etc as needed to avoid pissing off my wife.
I would expect a properly conducted double-blind test over a large, ramdom population sample would do the trick.
You know, you could probably strap a cinder block to a Les Paul and most people wouldn't notice.... yet plenty of people play them.
Guess that shoots the "Weight" part of your equation.
The rest of them can be turned off if something goes wrong.
Sounds like a great way to get in and out of DADGAD etc to me.
Uh, no.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Cn7n17wxE
01:48
Imagine the flame war you could have if you LIT those tapes?
Yes, but the hole punch in the floppy did not increase storage density; rather, it allowed you to use the other side of the media.
That's totally different.
Okay, NOW I understand TFS.
This reminds of drill an extra hole in a 3.5" 720KB floppy diskette.
Or RLLing an MFM drive.
Only with ECC. And light.
And -- at least in the case of the floppy disk -- can the media spool the data off at a fast enough to rate to play the hi-def content back in real time?
The data transfer rate of a 2MByte 3.5" floppy disk drive is typically 500 kbits/sec. That's significantly slower than broadband internet, and we're not even really streaming HD content over THAT.
Birds can't enjoy anything, because they are unfeeling automatons with no self-awareness.
That's why it's okay to eat them.
You shoulda bought from the Apple store, instead of the AT&T store.
Sprint is not a cellular carrier in Canada.
Virgin uses Bell Mobility in Ontario, and almost certainly the Bell-allies in the non-Bell provinces.
Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility are the two "national" CDMA carriers, and ALL of the little guys run CDMA. Bell and Telus allow roaming on each other's networks.
Rogers is the only GSM carrier, they bought their competition, Microcell/Fido two years ago.
> I would avoid this thing like the plague. Even if Linux hasn't taken over the
> desktop, there are certainly enough Apple users these days that OS portability
> should be BUILT-IN to the design process from day one.
Building portability into the design does NOT equate building a final product for zero dollars.
Once the code is written you still have alternate packaging, distribution, and -- especially -- testing. None of which are free, and may not be economically viable.
Mac OS on Intel being the PERFECT example there. You don't think Intel compatibility just sprang from the turtle neck, do you?
Iraq doesn't have Monks, they have Clerics.
So it's not the same thing, see?
Clerics can fight back, only they can't use any weapon with a blade.
Burmese Monks, I mean, what, I don't think they even know Kung Fu!
You're right of course -- except for the superglue part -- cyanoacrylate has been known to eat copper traces on circuit boards.... Some sort of epoxy should certainly be used.
If it were MY top-secret facility, I think would use that epoxy designed for plugging holes in gas tanks. It goes in just like plasticine, sticks to any plastic or metal, turns hard as a rock, and is highly solvent-resistant.
You know, your description makes him sound like a regular, run-of-the-mill politician and nothing at all special. In fact, I'll bet I could change less than 20 words in your diatribe, and make it describe any PM since Sir John A. MacDonald (and especially him).
I think reminding consumers that they need to watch what their government is doing each and every time they buy something should be lauded.
I truly believe that the GST was the wake-up call many people in this country needed. Transparency in ALL government matters should be our first priority. That is the ONLY way we will get good government (if that's even possible).