For the love of all the is good and right let X die! You want a road map for devlopment, copy each and everything the is in OS X and then go from there. Of course, I am one the weird ones running XFCE with Rox filer.
It is a common fallacy to think that Germany is more precise. While typical German design methodolgy lends towards a highly precise initial design, another German trait is extreme beaurocracy and entrnchment of ideas. Consequently, the US has the highest efficiency for our workers because of our inherent ability to change design or ideas on the fly (sorry I don't have a source for this. I believe it was a report issued by the German government that stunned just about everybody).
Japanese cultural tendency also leads to well designed and well built product and highly competent services. The embarassment and shame of standing out tends to curtail a lot of creative or forward thinking.
Love it or hate it, but Americans cultural tendency to be egotistical, driven, and self-absorbed leads to creative, productive, and innovative products or services. It also leads to greed, which has been our downfall before (man I hated the 80's).
I am looking to go back to school for a law degree after my last two jobs were outsourced to India. Both my little brother and sister have no interest in going into the sciences as there is no future in it. In fact, my brother, who would start college in 2006, sees no reason to go into massive debt by going to college at all.
It's a common fallacy that suburban areas have lower crime rates. Criminals are stupid, but not so stupid that they don't know to go where the money goes. While "quality of life" can subjectively be better in the suburbs (I prefer an urban environment with more clubs, fewer children, greater access to arts, real neighborhoods, etc.) I find life vastly superior in a downtown environment.
The big problem with suburbs is that it erodes the taxe base of whatever city it is attched to. Suburbs are parasitic in nature. In my city, they are starting to combat the looming spector of suburbs (we have two of the fastest growing suburbs in the country) through annexation, state level taxation, and open competition for employers and employees. There is one suburb in particiular in my area thats taxes are going through the roof because they need to build their own water and sewer plant, electrical plant, and are being crushed by their own school system (suburbanites tend to have twice as many children as urbanites). Meanwhile, taxes in the city are going up because of the wealthy moving to suburbs, eroding the tax base. Sooner or later, the city will be forced to annex the suburb to reclaim that tax base. Europe never had a problem with this, why should we. Suburbs exist only to satisfy the me, me, me part of the American psyche and I can't wait for it to die.
Actually, dense urban areas are the most efficient way to keep a large population in a relatively uniform high quality of living. Suburbanism is the least efficient (look what happened to LA).
I'll admit I suck as a programmer, but Eiffel was the first language that actually made sense to me and from what I have been told (I have to trust others on this one), it generates extremely clean and safe programs.
That's a standard point-to-point controller chip. Nothing in Apples design is either innovative or revolutionary. Hell, even the HyperTransport bus used on the Mac is run off an AMD chip. Frankly, I was surprised Apple did not use IBMs controller chip, it is extremely good (but targeted at servers and workstations...not high performance desktops).
Why in the world do you need a self lit keyboard? I can see my keyboard from the glow of the LCD if I so inclined.
Built in 802.11g, gigabit ethernet would be a no (I don't have a gigabit switch yet so it is kinda silly to put this on a laptop...especially considering the load Gb puts on a CPU. I'll wait til TCP offloading becomes normal for Gb chips).
Firewire 400 (1), and USB2 (4). Wide screen display.
It is thicker (has a tray loading CDRW, flash memory readers, and PCMCIA slot to add thickness. Also, as a general rule, the thinner the portable the higher the price. There are much thinner PCs, but that's not what I was after. Besides, it is just.2 inches thicker). It weighs just over 7 lbs. No exposed covers or doors.
And it is a hell of a lot less expensive (with the discount it came under $1300. That's less than the lowest model in Apples lineup. Say what you want, but this makes a massive difference in buying a disposable computer...which is what laptops are).
It isn't as pretty as the PowerBooks. Apple still makes damn sexy machines, but this is a workhorse machine.
I'll see yur OSX and raise you SuSe 9.0 for AMD64 (a true 64 bit operating system) or any of the other 64 bit linuxs or BSDs. Hell even Windows 64 bit will be finished soon (come on ATI).
I wonder if anyone has started a port of Darwin to AMD64?
Well, I had a whole response typed upped but I went and read up on the 970FX on IBMs site and you are indeed correct. They got around the problems of leakage of strained silicon by combining SOI and SS. Pretty cool...literally. They also will be using IBMS voltage island techniques to reduce power (that's the real reason you will be seeing power use decreases, not the die shrink. SOI and SS both have issues as you get smaller. AMD and IBM will be completely combined in process tech starting at 65nm at AMDs new plant that is being built in Dresden and at the East Fiskill plant where the FX will be produced).
The prime benefits of the combined SOI and SS is that you get the ability to run with less power at the same frequency from SS but the SOI keeps the leakage characteristics of SS from generating ridiculous heat (look at Prescott).
The 90nm G5s are already in the new Xserves. Anyone notice they had to remove one of the hard drive bays to allow for the extra airways?
Anyways, I'll put my Athlon 64 laptop against anything Apple can put in a laptop. Escpecially dollar for dollar. And no, I know what you are thinking, it barely gets warm.
Just think, the 35 watt Athlons 64s roll out in the next two months and it will get even better.
Actually SOI heat issues go UP with die shrinks, not the other way around. Now if Apple could license IBMs power island and other power saving/cooling tech, then that would be useful.
So what are they going to do to locate me and my laptop which is running VoIP accross my cell phone line? At the comapny I work for, we can bounce our conversations to any of our office or multicast them (we own our own lines) and we are looking at renting a satellite transponder to go transcontinental to our Japan offices. How in the heck is 911 service going to be implemented when there isn't a way in hell to tell where a call is really originating from? Even an IP trace doesn't work in many instances. Maybe this is an opportunity to finally force the national infrastructure to IPv6.
Sounds like it is time for the govt to start revamping the 911 system to deal with non-locality.
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I have one of the M6805 eMachines, too (my God this thing is fast). The WiFi chip is a Broadcom, so it doesn't look like Linux will recognise it. Hello, Broadcom, we need info to write drivers...
There is a critical shortage of IT personnel (good ones) in many areas of the country. This current trend is all about large multinationals trying to race to the bottom in search of greater margins.
I was just reading up on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and how we have to be responsible for everyone who ever touches or affects our digital documents (and we are financially responsible for damages real or perceived). Our lawyers seem to think that if you read the law strictly (as any lawyer trying to sue would) that means that any offshoring that results in any damage or dissemination of data could cause us an enormous amount of money. We already carry a $100 million bond against accidental release of data (we deal in multi-billion dollar international contracts) and our carry gave a big 'NO" to outsourcing in any way shape or form. Hell, I can't even get opensource software in here because if something goes wrong, there is no one to sue.
Well, since 200 Gig HDs are not uncommon now a days, wouldn't it be more practical to bundle every app as a complete ready to run package and never have to worry about dependencies again.
I would switch in an instant if I could run a distro without ever having to touch the internet for updates to anything. Just be able to buy applications on CD and move on.
I think this is the biggest thing that developers don't get about most end users: I don't care about the OS. It should get out of my way. I care very deeply about my APPLICATIONS because that is what I use as tools to get my work done.
This is also why I would like to see most distros go poof. Even one crappy distro is better than a forest of choices.
I agree. Fram subsidies are unfair to the rest of the world and should be curtailed.
A lot of the factory farming business in the US is driven by the seed companies. Notice every time the US tries to donate grain, they send genetically engineered unmilled grains knowing full well that most people in developing nations will keep some back to plant, thus contaminating their supply (GM grains cross fertilizes with native grains) and gets them kicked out of markets such as Europe which has a ban on GM grains.
If they are working for that pay WITHIN the US where the cost of living is much much higher than in India or China, then they are morons and are selling themselves short.
I make $40,000 a year in a major city and I can barely stay afloat. I used to make $70,000 and was doing well with a retirement plan and my own home. That's all gone now and all I can hope for is to keep working til I drop dead because I will not be able to save for retirement. I got lucky and sweet talked my way into health insurance (45 Million people in the US are uninsured and many more are underinsured...health care is god awful expensive). The idea that somehow Americans are greedy is a load of bull. We are getting squeezed from all sides. Hate our President, hate the greediest of companies that stomp all over people around the world, but don't take it out on the citizenry. We try the best we can, just like you.
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For the love of all the is good and right let X die! You want a road map for devlopment, copy each and everything the is in OS X and then go from there. Of course, I am one the weird ones running XFCE with Rox filer.
It is a common fallacy to think that Germany is more precise. While typical German design methodolgy lends towards a highly precise initial design, another German trait is extreme beaurocracy and entrnchment of ideas. Consequently, the US has the highest efficiency for our workers because of our inherent ability to change design or ideas on the fly (sorry I don't have a source for this. I believe it was a report issued by the German government that stunned just about everybody).
Japanese cultural tendency also leads to well designed and well built product and highly competent services. The embarassment and shame of standing out tends to curtail a lot of creative or forward thinking.
Love it or hate it, but Americans cultural tendency to be egotistical, driven, and self-absorbed leads to creative, productive, and innovative products or services. It also leads to greed, which has been our downfall before (man I hated the 80's).
I am looking to go back to school for a law degree after my last two jobs were outsourced to India. Both my little brother and sister have no interest in going into the sciences as there is no future in it. In fact, my brother, who would start college in 2006, sees no reason to go into massive debt by going to college at all.
It's a common fallacy that suburban areas have lower crime rates. Criminals are stupid, but not so stupid that they don't know to go where the money goes. While "quality of life" can subjectively be better in the suburbs (I prefer an urban environment with more clubs, fewer children, greater access to arts, real neighborhoods, etc.) I find life vastly superior in a downtown environment.
The big problem with suburbs is that it erodes the taxe base of whatever city it is attched to. Suburbs are parasitic in nature. In my city, they are starting to combat the looming spector of suburbs (we have two of the fastest growing suburbs in the country) through annexation, state level taxation, and open competition for employers and employees. There is one suburb in particiular in my area thats taxes are going through the roof because they need to build their own water and sewer plant, electrical plant, and are being crushed by their own school system (suburbanites tend to have twice as many children as urbanites). Meanwhile, taxes in the city are going up because of the wealthy moving to suburbs, eroding the tax base. Sooner or later, the city will be forced to annex the suburb to reclaim that tax base. Europe never had a problem with this, why should we. Suburbs exist only to satisfy the me, me, me part of the American psyche and I can't wait for it to die.
Actually, dense urban areas are the most efficient way to keep a large population in a relatively uniform high quality of living. Suburbanism is the least efficient (look what happened to LA).
I'll admit I suck as a programmer, but Eiffel was the first language that actually made sense to me and from what I have been told (I have to trust others on this one), it generates extremely clean and safe programs.
That's a standard point-to-point controller chip. Nothing in Apples design is either innovative or revolutionary. Hell, even the HyperTransport bus used on the Mac is run off an AMD chip. Frankly, I was surprised Apple did not use IBMs controller chip, it is extremely good (but targeted at servers and workstations...not high performance desktops).
Why in the world do you need a self lit keyboard? I can see my keyboard from the glow of the LCD if I so inclined.
.2 inches thicker). It weighs just over 7 lbs. No exposed covers or doors.
Built in 802.11g, gigabit ethernet would be a no (I don't have a gigabit switch yet so it is kinda silly to put this on a laptop...especially considering the load Gb puts on a CPU. I'll wait til TCP offloading becomes normal for Gb chips).
Firewire 400 (1), and USB2 (4). Wide screen display.
It is thicker (has a tray loading CDRW, flash memory readers, and PCMCIA slot to add thickness. Also, as a general rule, the thinner the portable the higher the price. There are much thinner PCs, but that's not what I was after. Besides, it is just
And it is a hell of a lot less expensive (with the discount it came under $1300. That's less than the lowest model in Apples lineup. Say what you want, but this makes a massive difference in buying a disposable computer...which is what laptops are).
It isn't as pretty as the PowerBooks. Apple still makes damn sexy machines, but this is a workhorse machine.
myHTPC (runs on windows)
MythTV (runs on linux)
Both are free.
I'll see yur OSX and raise you SuSe 9.0 for AMD64 (a true 64 bit operating system) or any of the other 64 bit linuxs or BSDs. Hell even Windows 64 bit will be finished soon (come on ATI).
I wonder if anyone has started a port of Darwin to AMD64?
Well, I had a whole response typed upped but I went and read up on the 970FX on IBMs site and you are indeed correct. They got around the problems of leakage of strained silicon by combining SOI and SS. Pretty cool...literally. They also will be using IBMS voltage island techniques to reduce power (that's the real reason you will be seeing power use decreases, not the die shrink. SOI and SS both have issues as you get smaller. AMD and IBM will be completely combined in process tech starting at 65nm at AMDs new plant that is being built in Dresden and at the East Fiskill plant where the FX will be produced).
The prime benefits of the combined SOI and SS is that you get the ability to run with less power at the same frequency from SS but the SOI keeps the leakage characteristics of SS from generating ridiculous heat (look at Prescott).
It is going to be interesting.
The 90nm G5s are already in the new Xserves. Anyone notice they had to remove one of the hard drive bays to allow for the extra airways?
Anyways, I'll put my Athlon 64 laptop against anything Apple can put in a laptop. Escpecially dollar for dollar. And no, I know what you are thinking, it barely gets warm.
Just think, the 35 watt Athlons 64s roll out in the next two months and it will get even better.
Actually SOI heat issues go UP with die shrinks, not the other way around. Now if Apple could license IBMs power island and other power saving/cooling tech, then that would be useful.
So what are they going to do to locate me and my laptop which is running VoIP accross my cell phone line? At the comapny I work for, we can bounce our conversations to any of our office or multicast them (we own our own lines) and we are looking at renting a satellite transponder to go transcontinental to our Japan offices. How in the heck is 911 service going to be implemented when there isn't a way in hell to tell where a call is really originating from? Even an IP trace doesn't work in many instances. Maybe this is an opportunity to finally force the national infrastructure to IPv6.
Sounds like it is time for the govt to start revamping the 911 system to deal with non-locality.
I have one of the M6805 eMachines, too (my God this thing is fast). The WiFi chip is a Broadcom, so it doesn't look like Linux will recognise it. Hello, Broadcom, we need info to write drivers...
Indianapolis...average wage for Starbucks employee is $10 an hour.
Managers can make over $17 per hour.
And I agree, their coffee approaches sewage in quality. I prefer my "Three Peckered Billy Goat" from Ravens Brew.
The Starbucks employess where I live make about $24K per year on average (along with partial benefits). Why do you think those lattes cost $4?
There is a critical shortage of IT personnel (good ones) in many areas of the country. This current trend is all about large multinationals trying to race to the bottom in search of greater margins.
I was just reading up on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and how we have to be responsible for everyone who ever touches or affects our digital documents (and we are financially responsible for damages real or perceived). Our lawyers seem to think that if you read the law strictly (as any lawyer trying to sue would) that means that any offshoring that results in any damage or dissemination of data could cause us an enormous amount of money. We already carry a $100 million bond against accidental release of data (we deal in multi-billion dollar international contracts) and our carry gave a big 'NO" to outsourcing in any way shape or form. Hell, I can't even get opensource software in here because if something goes wrong, there is no one to sue.
Crazy world...
Well, since 200 Gig HDs are not uncommon now a days, wouldn't it be more practical to bundle every app as a complete ready to run package and never have to worry about dependencies again.
I would switch in an instant if I could run a distro without ever having to touch the internet for updates to anything. Just be able to buy applications on CD and move on.
I think this is the biggest thing that developers don't get about most end users: I don't care about the OS. It should get out of my way. I care very deeply about my APPLICATIONS because that is what I use as tools to get my work done.
This is also why I would like to see most distros go poof. Even one crappy distro is better than a forest of choices.
I agree. Fram subsidies are unfair to the rest of the world and should be curtailed.
A lot of the factory farming business in the US is driven by the seed companies. Notice every time the US tries to donate grain, they send genetically engineered unmilled grains knowing full well that most people in developing nations will keep some back to plant, thus contaminating their supply (GM grains cross fertilizes with native grains) and gets them kicked out of markets such as Europe which has a ban on GM grains.
The reason why American drugs are so cheap in Canada is because the Canadian government controls pricing (it's a socialised medical system).
It has been argued that the US consumer is paying the difference.
Offshoring in India took off when the Indian government gave a 100% TAX BREAK to any company that operates as an offshoring services company.
Gee, fair trade?
If they are working for that pay WITHIN the US where the cost of living is much much higher than in India or China, then they are morons and are selling themselves short.
I make $40,000 a year in a major city and I can barely stay afloat. I used to make $70,000 and was doing well with a retirement plan and my own home. That's all gone now and all I can hope for is to keep working til I drop dead because I will not be able to save for retirement. I got lucky and sweet talked my way into health insurance (45 Million people in the US are uninsured and many more are underinsured...health care is god awful expensive). The idea that somehow Americans are greedy is a load of bull. We are getting squeezed from all sides. Hate our President, hate the greediest of companies that stomp all over people around the world, but don't take it out on the citizenry. We try the best we can, just like you.
By the way, my old job went to India.
Yes the Mobile Athlon 64 has clock throttling. It will modify clock and power draw in respect to both heat and if the processor is idle or not.
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