If you're going to point to someone's opinion and say it's bullshit, you have to say why you think that is.
One point in particular:
For example, networking in an environment where multiple servers are used is decidedly flaky,
This was definitely my experience. I bought my wife an iBook to use while she was on rotations. On OSX, I could not find a way to keep a god damn "drive mapped", or whatever the hell you call it, across a sleep. It would just disappear when it woke up. I tried both SMB and NFS to an export on my Linux system. I posted in several forums, and no one had an answer. On Windows, this "just works".
Anecdote, I know, but a true story from the "trenches" from a pretty experienced user and professional Linux sysadmin.
I seem to remember Red Hat making Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Desktop.
GP's point was that they didn't make anything. They took an existing product (i.e. Linux) and started to support it. I realize there's much more to it than that, but they essentially do support.
The company formally known as Mandrake.
Thanks for the info, I didn't know that. Nonetheless, the above point stands: Mandriva didn't make anything.
they have also become increasingly aggressive about pushing Solaris as a standalone product on Intel hardware.
GP's point still stands: do you think that Sun cares what hardware you run Solaris x86 on? Of course they do. They want you to buy it from them, because they can't make any money from selling just the OS. (Of course, they can't make money doing anything, but that's another discussion)
If such was the case, then SOMEONE would be able to tell me what hardware/software combination would yield Linux-like stability.
Dell SC400, factory config, for $300. Put in a AGP ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon and installed Windows 2000. It surfs, prints, scans, syncs, plays music and TV. It's solid as a fucking rock. It's never crashed, and I never reboot it. I only shut it down when I'm gone for more than one night. People bash Dell all the time, but this is the best PC purchase I've ever made. And it's damn near silent most of the time.
Just an anecdote, I know. Just wanted to give you an example. I'm ready to buy a G5, but if you have to use Windows, 2000 is the cat's meow.
I decided a couple weeks ago that I wanted to Switch(tm). Tiger release gets announced, I'm good there. Now I have another reason I have to wait for! It's all good though, the Dual 1.8 is the one I want, and I expect the refurb prices to drop like a rock once the new ones come out. Anyone know if this will be the case?
Just caught this on the page for new Safari features:
Surf Securely
Safari protects your personal information on shared or public Macs when surfing the Web. Go ahead and check your bank account and.Mac email at the library or shop for birthday presents on the family Mac. Using Safari's new Private Browsing feature, no information about where you visit on the Web, personal information you enter or pages you visit are saved or cached. It's as if you were never there.
The only way you get a free upgrade to the new version is if you buy the computer after the new OS's release date is announced.
I'm not sure that's true. If you purchase now (i.e. after the release date is announced), you qualify for the discounted upgrade price of $9.95. So it's not "free".
They will give themselves Admin rights using a disk freely available on the internet and then try to change things that they shouldn't. By the time I get the computer it is a real mess and they know enough to plead ignorance.
BIOS password + no boot from removable media + no admin rights = easy solution. Any other setup in a corporate environment is sheer lunacy.
Maybe my ignorance is showing here, but does any installation use outside air for cooling? It seems that it would make sense in places that have cold winters (like here in the midwest).
He gave you a link to a product that satisfies all of the requirements you listed initially: a fanless AGP video card. It's not his fault you were vague.
In these tight economic times, why would a city consider it a wise move to spend tax payer monies on project like this just escapes me. How is this system going to pay for itself?
For fuck's sake, at least read the summary...
The WiFi project is a public/private partnership not funded by taxpayers, and comes at no charge to the end user.
That's for sure. There are a few big businesses downtorn, but that's about all that's good. The rest is pretty ghetto. Luckily, nice suburbs aren't far away (if you like that sort of thing).
It's cool that they're doing this, but the problem is, there's not really much reason to go downtown in Dayton. They just built the new ballpark, but other than that, it's really a pretty crappy place.
You're probably right about the proximity syncing...
Re:expect... No, they DO ask it all the time
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Bluetooth is beautiful - you will, I am sure, find BluePhoneElite and Salling Clicker amusing if not essential toys.
Thanks for the links. I was looking through some of the features of those tools. Doesn't OS X have some of the same features? I know that caller ID popup when a call comes in was built-in. I also heard once that "proximity monitoring" was built in, but I never confirmed that. Do you know? That was one of the big selling points for my wife: that her phone will be synced without her even taking it out of her purse.
I installed iTunes on a friend's Windows XP machine the other day, and she was almost bowled over (she has rather poor balance) by the simplicity of iTunes.
I had this exact experience 2 days ago. My friend and I heard this funny/stupid song at a bar last weekend. I had iTunes installed on my laptop already, but had never used the store, or the burn feature. I wanted to get this song and put it on a CD for humor's sake, but we were leaving soon and I was afraid I wouldn't have time. I already set up my account (5 free songs with PayPal sign up). Once I found the song, I think it was 5 clicks before I had it burned on a CD. Maybe this is possible with other software, I don't know. But I was impressed, and it makes me think there are more good things to come.
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The typical switcher we get - I work in a big Apple Centre in the Netherlands - is the slightly geeky guy on a budget. The type that cares a bit above average about computers, never used Linux because they couldn't figure out how to install it in the amount of time they wanted to commit themselves to it and besides that just mature enough to be tempted by the idea that *it* might JustWork(TM)
You have a good view, but let me give you a data point. I'm a Linux sysadmin by day. My "server" at home runs Linux. My desktops at home run sort of Windows by necessity: one is for my wife, the other is my laptop that I need to use with a Centrino wireless card, and VPN for work. I know that I could "train" my wife to use Linux. I also know that I could get my finicky laptop to work. Point is, I don't want to. By the time I get home, I don't feel like it.
From reading (mostly on/.), I'm about to switch. I want a machine that will allow my wife and I to use with sessions running simultaneously. I want mail and printing and scanning to work right. I want Bluetooth syncing to our phones and my wife's Tungsten to work. I want to be able to use my iPod, and my digital camera, and edit videos. I want it to all be integrated, and I want it to, yes, "just work".
I mess around with things enough at work and home. When I want to play, I have plenty of things to play with. But I want something that I don't have to think about unless I want to. I don't want to have to edit a single god damn configuration file to accomplish the above tasks. Is the Mac the right answer? I think it might be. But if it's not, that's okay. I can go back to the old way, and when I do, I'll sell the Mac for damn near what I paid for it.
I never thought I would be this way. But I've reached a time in my life where I have less patience and willingness to sacrifice free time. I also have lots more money. That's why I'm giving it a shot.
Take any graphics designer who wears photoshop like a pair of well broken-in briefs, sit 'em down in front of GIMP, and tell 'em to do whatever it is they do.... It's like giving a soldier in the Russian army a traditional Scottish tartan, telling them the tartan is their new pants, and expecting them to know exactly what to do with it.
Another experiment: take someone like me, who doesn't know the first god damn thing about graphic design. Tell that person to open the GIMP, and draw a fucking circle. Honestly, I'm not sure if Photoshop has this ability -- like I said, I know precisely jack shit about graphic design. However, I do know that I have flipped over to my Windows machine on several occasions, just to use Microsoft fucking Paint to draw a circle. Maybe it's not what the tool is designed for, but considering that it's bundled with so many distributions, it seems like a big omission.
And let's face it, the equipment can't be all that expensive (for them).
You can get an 80 hour TiVo for $99 after rebate. Do you think it costs them less than that to produce the hardware?
Is there such a thing out there without me having to build a MythTV box?
Yes, there are lots of them. Find anything that comes with the "TiVo Basic" service, and it's a device exactly like you describe. They're expensive, sometimes costing more than a TiVo with lifetime service.
Every time there's a discussion about cell phone features, someone pipes in with this "if I don't need it no one does" crap. Let me clue you in a little bit. Just because you don't find any use for other features doesn't mean that they're not useful. For instance:
I have a friend that takes pictures of his child every morning and sends them to his family. He wouldn't carry around a dedicated camera for this, and I assure you, his family enjoys getting the pictures.
SMS is handy sometimes when you can't talk.
A phone with bluetooth and a lightweight calendar application is a very handy. It eliminated my need for a PDA.
Games are great for riding the subway, sitting in a doctors office waiting room, or sitting on the shitter.
I'm just scratching the surface. Maybe it's all about talking for you, but it's not for everyone. Some people do care, and it's got nothing to do with being proud of your manhood (whatever the hell that means). It's about making your life easier and better.
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If you're going to point to someone's opinion and say it's bullshit, you have to say why you think that is.
One point in particular:
For example, networking in an environment where multiple servers are used is decidedly flaky,
This was definitely my experience. I bought my wife an iBook to use while she was on rotations. On OSX, I could not find a way to keep a god damn "drive mapped", or whatever the hell you call it, across a sleep. It would just disappear when it woke up. I tried both SMB and NFS to an export on my Linux system. I posted in several forums, and no one had an answer. On Windows, this "just works".
Anecdote, I know, but a true story from the "trenches" from a pretty experienced user and professional Linux sysadmin.
Yeah, something like appending "_THIS_IS_FOR_REAL_NOT_A_FAKE" to each of the filenames should work just fine.
I seem to remember Red Hat making Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Desktop.
GP's point was that they didn't make anything. They took an existing product (i.e. Linux) and started to support it. I realize there's much more to it than that, but they essentially do support.
The company formally known as Mandrake.
Thanks for the info, I didn't know that. Nonetheless, the above point stands: Mandriva didn't make anything.
they have also become increasingly aggressive about pushing Solaris as a standalone product on Intel hardware.
GP's point still stands: do you think that Sun cares what hardware you run Solaris x86 on? Of course they do. They want you to buy it from them, because they can't make any money from selling just the OS. (Of course, they can't make money doing anything, but that's another discussion)
(And for the record, there is no "Novell OS".
YHBT. HAND.
You can't. But you can download it for free here: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp, then buy support if you wish.
Oh, you were trolling? Sorry, I didn't mean to give you a real answer and ruin your fun.
If such was the case, then SOMEONE would be able to tell me what hardware/software combination would yield Linux-like stability.
Dell SC400, factory config, for $300. Put in a AGP ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon and installed Windows 2000. It surfs, prints, scans, syncs, plays music and TV. It's solid as a fucking rock. It's never crashed, and I never reboot it. I only shut it down when I'm gone for more than one night. People bash Dell all the time, but this is the best PC purchase I've ever made. And it's damn near silent most of the time.
Just an anecdote, I know. Just wanted to give you an example. I'm ready to buy a G5, but if you have to use Windows, 2000 is the cat's meow.
If you're reading slashdot, what's the poor mechanical engineer doing?
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Christ, man, you even suck at slacking!
I decided a couple weeks ago that I wanted to Switch(tm). Tiger release gets announced, I'm good there. Now I have another reason I have to wait for! It's all good though, the Dual 1.8 is the one I want, and I expect the refurb prices to drop like a rock once the new ones come out. Anyone know if this will be the case?
Just caught this on the page for new Safari features:
.Mac email at the library or shop for birthday presents on the family Mac. Using Safari's new Private Browsing feature, no information about where you visit on the Web, personal information you enter or pages you visit are saved or cached. It's as if you were never there.
;)
Surf Securely
Safari protects your personal information on shared or public Macs when surfing the Web. Go ahead and check your bank account and
I can think of a few uses for that...
The only way you get a free upgrade to the new version is if you buy the computer after the new OS's release date is announced.
I'm not sure that's true. If you purchase now (i.e. after the release date is announced), you qualify for the discounted upgrade price of $9.95. So it's not "free".
Does anyone know what percentage of patents actually come into being one way or another?
Hmm. The way you worded your question makes it easy to answer: 100% of patents come into being, one way or another.
Try being a little more specific.
Looks like 2cpu.com could use another 2 CPUs...
They will give themselves Admin rights using a disk freely available on the internet and then try to change things that they shouldn't. By the time I get the computer it is a real mess and they know enough to plead ignorance.
BIOS password + no boot from removable media + no admin rights = easy solution. Any other setup in a corporate environment is sheer lunacy.
Maybe my ignorance is showing here, but does any installation use outside air for cooling? It seems that it would make sense in places that have cold winters (like here in the midwest).
He gave you a link to a product that satisfies all of the requirements you listed initially: a fanless AGP video card. It's not his fault you were vague.
Note to poster: DEADFEDDEADFEADDEADFED is also a poor choice.
Indeed it is. It's several characters too short.
Note to self: change WEP key to something other than "DEADBEEFDEADBEEFDEADBEEFDE".
In these tight economic times, why would a city consider it a wise move to spend tax payer monies on project like this just escapes me. How is this system going to pay for itself?
For fuck's sake, at least read the summary...
The WiFi project is a public/private partnership not funded by taxpayers, and comes at no charge to the end user.
That's for sure. There are a few big businesses downtorn, but that's about all that's good. The rest is pretty ghetto. Luckily, nice suburbs aren't far away (if you like that sort of thing).
It's cool that they're doing this, but the problem is, there's not really much reason to go downtown in Dayton. They just built the new ballpark, but other than that, it's really a pretty crappy place.
Apple's site says that the Address Book application will do CID. Linky: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=517 80
You're probably right about the proximity syncing...
Bluetooth is beautiful - you will, I am sure, find BluePhoneElite and Salling Clicker amusing if not essential toys.
Thanks for the links. I was looking through some of the features of those tools. Doesn't OS X have some of the same features? I know that caller ID popup when a call comes in was built-in. I also heard once that "proximity monitoring" was built in, but I never confirmed that. Do you know? That was one of the big selling points for my wife: that her phone will be synced without her even taking it out of her purse.
I installed iTunes on a friend's Windows XP machine the other day, and she was almost bowled over (she has rather poor balance) by the simplicity of iTunes.
I had this exact experience 2 days ago. My friend and I heard this funny/stupid song at a bar last weekend. I had iTunes installed on my laptop already, but had never used the store, or the burn feature. I wanted to get this song and put it on a CD for humor's sake, but we were leaving soon and I was afraid I wouldn't have time. I already set up my account (5 free songs with PayPal sign up). Once I found the song, I think it was 5 clicks before I had it burned on a CD. Maybe this is possible with other software, I don't know. But I was impressed, and it makes me think there are more good things to come.
The typical switcher we get - I work in a big Apple Centre in the Netherlands - is the slightly geeky guy on a budget. The type that cares a bit above average about computers, never used Linux because they couldn't figure out how to install it in the amount of time they wanted to commit themselves to it and besides that just mature enough to be tempted by the idea that *it* might JustWork(TM)
/.), I'm about to switch. I want a machine that will allow my wife and I to use with sessions running simultaneously. I want mail and printing and scanning to work right. I want Bluetooth syncing to our phones and my wife's Tungsten to work. I want to be able to use my iPod, and my digital camera, and edit videos. I want it to all be integrated, and I want it to, yes, "just work".
You have a good view, but let me give you a data point. I'm a Linux sysadmin by day. My "server" at home runs Linux. My desktops at home run sort of Windows by necessity: one is for my wife, the other is my laptop that I need to use with a Centrino wireless card, and VPN for work. I know that I could "train" my wife to use Linux. I also know that I could get my finicky laptop to work. Point is, I don't want to. By the time I get home, I don't feel like it.
From reading (mostly on
I mess around with things enough at work and home. When I want to play, I have plenty of things to play with. But I want something that I don't have to think about unless I want to. I don't want to have to edit a single god damn configuration file to accomplish the above tasks. Is the Mac the right answer? I think it might be. But if it's not, that's okay. I can go back to the old way, and when I do, I'll sell the Mac for damn near what I paid for it.
I never thought I would be this way. But I've reached a time in my life where I have less patience and willingness to sacrifice free time. I also have lots more money. That's why I'm giving it a shot.
Take any graphics designer who wears photoshop like a pair of well broken-in briefs, sit 'em down in front of GIMP, and tell 'em to do whatever it is they do. ... It's like giving a soldier in the Russian army a traditional Scottish tartan, telling them the tartan is their new pants, and expecting them to know exactly what to do with it.
Another experiment: take someone like me, who doesn't know the first god damn thing about graphic design. Tell that person to open the GIMP, and draw a fucking circle. Honestly, I'm not sure if Photoshop has this ability -- like I said, I know precisely jack shit about graphic design. However, I do know that I have flipped over to my Windows machine on several occasions, just to use Microsoft fucking Paint to draw a circle. Maybe it's not what the tool is designed for, but considering that it's bundled with so many distributions, it seems like a big omission.
And let's face it, the equipment can't be all that expensive (for them).
You can get an 80 hour TiVo for $99 after rebate. Do you think it costs them less than that to produce the hardware?
Is there such a thing out there without me having to build a MythTV box?
Yes, there are lots of them. Find anything that comes with the "TiVo Basic" service, and it's a device exactly like you describe. They're expensive, sometimes costing more than a TiVo with lifetime service.
- I have a friend that takes pictures of his child every morning and sends them to his family. He wouldn't carry around a dedicated camera for this, and I assure you, his family enjoys getting the pictures.
- SMS is handy sometimes when you can't talk.
- A phone with bluetooth and a lightweight calendar application is a very handy. It eliminated my need for a PDA.
- Games are great for riding the subway, sitting in a doctors office waiting room, or sitting on the shitter.
I'm just scratching the surface. Maybe it's all about talking for you, but it's not for everyone. Some people do care, and it's got nothing to do with being proud of your manhood (whatever the hell that means). It's about making your life easier and better.