I think you are confusing advertising with reality.
There are quite a few outfits that offer 100Mbs here in Japan, _IF_ you live in the right area. I am 20 minutes out of Shunjuku - in Kawasaki city, 300 meteres out of Tokyo proper - and I can only get 1.5/.5 MBS ADSL. Mind you, at US$35.00 or so uncapped I am not complaining to much. (Yes I know I could get a better deal through YahooBB, but I would have to get a "telephone line" and I swore I would neve do that. Yes I am that pigheaded.)
Why not? From mwhat I have seen it scales down quite well. A dual CPU big ass noisy box in the basement and cheap terminals all around the house... no problem.
Of course, setting things up is not for my grand mother...
you say that "A lot of working families are a heck of a lot better off because discount stores like walmart help them stretch their dollars farther."
I disagree. Sure, it looks that way in the short run, but in the long run those people are gettting the short end of the stick.
For example, about 20 years ago I managed to talk my father into spending "an ungodly amount" - his words - for a nice leather living room set. He was going to go for a "wal-mart set", as had a couple of his neighbours. Now, his neighbours are on their third sets of cheap ass furniture and my fathers still looks in perfect condition - in fact it looks even better now that the leather is worn in here and there. End result, my father is well ahead of the game.
My thinking has always been "I am too poor to buy cheap things." I don't care about price, I _DO_ care about price/performance.
I am assuming that "new drives" refers to these units, rather than MOs in general. I have been using MOs for about ten years or so; started with a 128 and currently use a few 640s. They used to be quite popular in Japan, but these days CDRs and DVD-Rs seem to be the most popular. (And, when DVD+/-R/W burners are 120-140 bucks in Akihabara it's easy to see why.)
Yeah, but this is cheaper, and updating is much less trouble. Also, you can have a couple/few of your buds over and you can all enjoy the view. You'll need a really open minded girlfriend for that.:-)
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most drives are firmware upgradeable to a region free mode. Also, for Windows users, there is "DVD-region free". Ultimately, since drives are under US$40, one can have more than one drive.
Errr... get Scotty to do it? (Use some thin sheet of that transparent aluminum you guys used to house the whales, and nobody will even know you have antennae up there.)
Congrats. Best translation so far. (While neither is my mother tongue, I sometimes need to edit translations and it's nothing worse than someone trying to find 1:1 equivalents for slang/colloquialisms.)
In the US/Canada "you" are still lucky - I say "you" because I am currently residing in Japan. As garbage dumps get fuller, and as people realize the environmental impact they have laws will change. For example, in Tokyo not only do we have to separate garbage into burnables/non-burnables, but they have to be placed in _clear_ plastic bags. Yeah, there was some noise about privacy when the clear bags were first mandated, but it's accepted now.
Or, maybe I am just an optimist, and we will just "export" to garbage to some poor coutry. "garbage credits"...???
This, in my oppinion, is temporary. Wait till the disposal laws catch up, and you will see people only to happy to lease boxex just so that they don't have to pay the disposal fees.
remote samba mounts sound good, till you realize that the CPU has just enough power to decode the MPEG stream. If it also has to fetch the data over the LAN you get dropped frames. My experience on a 800 anyway, could be that the video chip does more decoding work on the M series boards, so you'll be OK. They all use the same shitty - resource hogs - RTL chips for their LAN...
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many TV tuner/capture cards will not fit in that case - even if you do remove the two little fans. I know 'cause I tried.:-( (Thugh, I hear that they changed the design slightly, so maybe now it's OK???)
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yeah. It's why I read Slashdolt(sic.) at home.During the day. With the radio blasting. ;-)
I think you are confusing advertising with reality.
There are quite a few outfits that offer 100Mbs here in Japan, _IF_ you live in the right area. I am 20 minutes out of Shunjuku - in Kawasaki city, 300 meteres out of Tokyo proper - and I can only get 1.5/.5 MBS ADSL. Mind you, at US$35.00 or so uncapped I am not complaining to much. (Yes I know I could get a better deal through YahooBB, but I would have to get a "telephone line" and I swore I would neve do that. Yes I am that pigheaded.)
right you are, and "cheap" is the problem. I would trather have "inexpensive" or 'good value.'
Why not? From mwhat I have seen it scales down quite well. A dual CPU big ass noisy box in the basement and cheap terminals all around the house ... no problem.
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Of course, setting things up is not for my grand mother
you say that "A lot of working families are a heck of a lot better off because discount stores like walmart help them stretch their dollars farther."
I disagree. Sure, it looks that way in the short run, but in the long run those people are gettting the short end of the stick.
For example, about 20 years ago I managed to talk my father into spending "an ungodly amount" - his words - for a nice leather living room set. He was going to go for a "wal-mart set", as had a couple of his neighbours. Now, his neighbours are on their third sets of cheap ass furniture and my fathers still looks in perfect condition - in fact it looks even better now that the leather is worn in here and there. End result, my father is well ahead of the game.
My thinking has always been "I am too poor to buy cheap things." I don't care about price, I _DO_ care about price/performance.
1. make an ISO of your CD using your preffered method.
2.download and install "daemon tools"
3.mount previouly made ISO
4. Enjoy life!
Price cuts look bad.
Price reductions when a new model comes out look "natural".
download RPMs ... NFS share them ... no?
(I do that with RH too, it's fast and convenient - I don't need to swap CD's.)
What you say is true _IF_ you already have the old 386 or P90 bits kicking about...
I am assuming that "new drives" refers to these units, rather than MOs in general. I have been using MOs for about ten years or so; started with a 128 and currently use a few 640s.
They used to be quite popular in Japan, but these days CDRs and DVD-Rs seem to be the most popular. (And, when DVD+/-R/W burners are 120-140 bucks in Akihabara it's easy to see why.)
bench press 150 kg/330.69lb/23.621st... very simple. Not easy.
Yeah, but this is cheaper, and updating is much less trouble. :-)
Also, you can have a couple/few of your buds over and you can all enjoy the view. You'll need a really open minded girlfriend for that.
most drives are firmware upgradeable to a region free mode. Also, for Windows users, there is "DVD-region free".
Ultimately, since drives are under US$40, one can have more than one drive.
Errr ... get Scotty to do it? (Use some thin sheet of that transparent aluminum you guys used to house the whales, and nobody will even know you have antennae up there.)
"Legacy free" and an old IBM keyboard is why I have a USB/PS2 adapter. Never leave home without it.
Congrats. Best translation so far.
(While neither is my mother tongue, I sometimes need to edit translations and it's nothing worse than someone trying to find 1:1 equivalents for slang/colloquialisms.)
Those motors don't run 24/7, do they?
Also, "under-hood" applications don't require so much silencing.
it's worse than that. It's XP home...
In the US/Canada "you" are still lucky - I say "you" because I am currently residing in Japan.
...???
As garbage dumps get fuller, and as people realize the environmental impact they have laws will change. For example, in Tokyo not only do we have to separate garbage into burnables/non-burnables, but they have to be placed in _clear_ plastic bags. Yeah, there was some noise about privacy when the clear bags were first mandated, but it's accepted now.
Or, maybe I am just an optimist, and we will just "export" to garbage to some poor coutry. "garbage credits"
This, in my oppinion, is temporary. Wait till the disposal laws catch up, and you will see people only to happy to lease boxex just so that they don't have to pay the disposal fees.
remote samba mounts sound good, till you realize that the CPU has just enough power to decode the MPEG stream. If it also has to fetch the data over the LAN you get dropped frames. My experience on a 800 anyway, could be that the video chip does more decoding work on the M series boards, so you'll be OK. They all use the same shitty - resource hogs - RTL chips for their LAN ...
many TV tuner/capture cards will not fit in that case - even if you do remove the two little fans. I know 'cause I tried. :-(
(Thugh, I hear that they changed the design slightly, so maybe now it's OK???)
free-for-all ... as far as I can tell.
turn the whole thing into some really expensive form of "PPV over IP" (pay per view over iP).
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Actually, this is one of the stated goals of YBB's system. So, they are willing to drink a lot of red ink for now
Same with running. You can't tell me that records are being broken because of better shoes.
... perhaps not only because of shoes. Look at the research done in the area of running shoe tech at University of Calgary. WOW!
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