I wonder if it occurs to the RIAA that music sales decreasing by 4.4 might have something to do with our current economic slowdown? People get tight with their disposable income when unemployment goes up and consumer confidence goes down. But instead of just buckling down and pushing through the hard time like everyone else, they thrash and further upset and alienate their customers.
I don't think any rational person can argue that they deserve to be robbed and don't deserve to protect themselves, but damn. Their methods just seem so sleazy.
I realize you were suggesting that with tongue in cheek, but this still brings up an unfortunate point. We (the Internet community) may very well end up sacrificing our Free(tm) Internet before we'll see effective regulation of Spam and other forms of online abuse.
If a federal body takes control of spammers, there's really not a line that separates other regulation. Next thing you know, we're facing a very real threat of e-mail tax, federal usage fees, etc. It's not a pretty thought.
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High disk utilization is not the same as high IO. There's no disk "O" if grep or find. That's not going to prove much as far as the journaling overhead.
If this were a desktop issue, then perhaps. But these are servers. Even though they look cute and seem friendly, they're really servers. If someone has a server that's important to their business and they don't have the knowlege or time to install and configure it properly, they should hire a pro.
That said, there's a market for out-of-the-box setup's, but changing defaults is going to please some folks and upset others. To try and create a set of defaults that will please everyone will end in failure.
But this is where trending and historical data come in. Markets are predicted all the time. This is how the effectiveness of advertising is determined.
Economists (which I am not) have a whole flavor of science and math that lets them measure these things quite precisely.
Of course, all this is still sort of moot, I think. The argument (the legal one at least) is that Napster encourages theft - a pretty solid platform for the record industry.
...and use another rule of thumb for cabling. Usually figure 10% of total costs should be spent on cables.
If your DVD player and TV allow for it, use a component cable (RGB) for video straight from the DVD to the TV.
Steer clear of stores like Best Buy, Circuit City and just about anything with 'warehouse' in the name. Find a home theater store with lots of choices and sales people who are patient and not too pushy. Listen to lots of different speakers/systems and let your own eyes/ear decide what is best. Also - Make sure you using components similar to yours when trying things out. If they demo speakers with a killer Denon
and a stack of Accuphase amps, you cannot expect the same performance from your $500 JVC.
I haven't seen the article yet, either, but if this is the case, they could just begin their launch from a different place. Shuttle the machine well out of the atmosphere [ISS Alpha] and let it go from there.
Of course, that would just pollute space instead of our planet, but there aren't many protesters in space, right?
The "...ar[e]n't as stable as advertized[sic]..." argument could only fly if they actually advertised the chips overclocking ability as a feature. AMD has never boasted OC as a feature for consumers. I doubt their decision has anything to do with Intel. It's just a natural decision they were forced into because (probably) they get a bad rap when some poor schlep burns up his new computer. The consumer doesn't/shouldn't HAVE to know about overclocking. His first reaction to a fried AMD chip will be "AMD sucks. Their chips don't work." This hurts AMD.
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I don't think any rational person can argue that they deserve to be robbed and don't deserve to protect themselves, but damn. Their methods just seem so sleazy.
Perhaps with a little creativity they can make "Free Martini's" t-shirts... Hmm. Nevermind.
Cupholder.
If a federal body takes control of spammers, there's really not a line that separates other regulation. Next thing you know, we're facing a very real threat of e-mail tax, federal usage fees, etc. It's not a pretty thought.
High disk utilization is not the same as high IO. There's no disk "O" if grep or find. That's not going to prove much as far as the journaling overhead.
If this were a desktop issue, then perhaps. But these are servers. Even though they look cute and seem friendly, they're really servers. If someone has a server that's important to their business and they don't have the knowlege or time to install and configure it properly, they should hire a pro.
That said, there's a market for out-of-the-box setup's, but changing defaults is going to please some folks and upset others. To try and create a set of defaults that will please everyone will end in failure.
How will this help me pick up chicks?
But perhaps the genetically-altered glowing moths will eat the lawyers wearing the suits!
Well said, and that's correct.
But this is where trending and historical data come in. Markets are predicted all the time. This is how the effectiveness of advertising is determined.
Economists (which I am not) have a whole flavor of science and math that lets them measure these things quite precisely.
Of course, all this is still sort of moot, I think. The argument (the legal one at least) is that Napster encourages theft - a pretty solid platform for the record industry.
-Cj
So basicly OGS will *not* be vaporware, but I cannot give you the same warranty that it will not be suckyware ;-)
Now, that's some goal! Really shooting for the stars...
If your DVD player and TV allow for it, use a component cable (RGB) for video straight from the DVD to the TV.
Steer clear of stores like Best Buy, Circuit City and just about anything with 'warehouse' in the name. Find a home theater store with lots of choices and sales people who are patient and not too pushy. Listen to lots of different speakers/systems and let your own eyes/ear decide what is best. Also - Make sure you using components similar to yours when trying things out. If they demo speakers with a killer Denon and a stack of Accuphase amps, you cannot expect the same performance from your $500 JVC.
Of course, that would just pollute space instead of our planet, but there aren't many protesters in space, right?
The "...ar[e]n't as stable as advertized[sic]..." argument could only fly if they actually advertised the chips overclocking ability as a feature. AMD has never boasted OC as a feature for consumers. I doubt their decision has anything to do with Intel. It's just a natural decision they were forced into because (probably) they get a bad rap when some poor schlep burns up his new computer. The consumer doesn't/shouldn't HAVE to know about overclocking. His first reaction to a fried AMD chip will be "AMD sucks. Their chips don't work." This hurts AMD.