Via the new Web, an astronomer in Amsterdam can remotely manipulate a telescope, study a distant nebula, and then participate in an international videoconference to discuss his or her findings.
GREAT - how PC - but what/I/ want to know is how fast will QIII CTF run.
its all about the apps - Inet2 means nothing if I cant get the advantage in MMORPG or QIII + similar.
Also think of it this way. I would give your left arm for a 10Mb uplink!
imagine this pricing perspective:
Qwest charges $900.00/Mb to the internet - a 10Mb link wouild be $9,000.00/Mo.
You pay for tuition and get a $9K pipe to the internet - you are STOKED! (maybe you dont get the full pipe - but it is bound to be better than anything else)
"diagrams, math in geometric form, modern physics stuff"
BAH! I dont know about you - but if we CAN put images up there, I'll doctor up a photo of me having sex with Natalie Portman, then they will look back and say "OH - so that guy is Jesus!"
Sounds like you work at Intel. one other thing to note about the Intel environ - is that EVERYTHING is a dull grey. I had the best environment you could ever want while there - the intel game lab. The entire time I was there - I never once sat in my cube.
a friend of mine that is still there - has been there for four years, and his cube is used for storage..
anyway - I am appalled at some of the working environments that companies provide to employees.
NOTE TO EMPLOYERS: If you want productive happy employees who will stay with you for a long time - you better make damn sure the environment you provide is the best you can make it.
Example - one company I was at some employee had printed out a coupon for a few dollars off on an oil-change from jiffy lube or something. Apparently they forgot the coupon in the printer, the coupon was taped up on the wall with "Once again, DO NOT! use company property for personal use" written on it.
I received a fax from an attorney after a death in the family, and was repremanded for using company property - I said "you know how much time I spend here - I did use company property and I will continue to use company property. If that is not acceptable I will leave the office to conduct my personal business."
Companies need to encourage people to conduct personal business from their desks, it makes them happier and more productive - for the most part. You will always see people who slack.... but they are not the majority.
well, one of the problems you get is the tiered structure of DSL industry. I live in a black hole for bandwidth in san jose, I get crappy dial up - no cable modem, and VERY slow dsl.
I had to wait over a year for IDSL prices to drop to an affordable rate, I pay $50./mo for 144/144 sycronous (sp?) - I get between 3 and 20k dload speeds.
I cant switch providers, as Pac Bell provides the physical wire, Covad provides the cicuit, and flashcom provides the "service".
fortunatley - I can afford the 50/mo to get just bareley out of dial-up hell. Any other DSL provider will be in the same structure - circuit will prolly be covad's so no matter where I go, I cant get any better. (i live 24,000 ft. from the co - and i am not yet ready to move just for bandwidth)
I understand that - but you do not say that the borders assist in shielding etc...
even if there is some distortion - i dont see the need for the border.
but what about the possibility that they will allow port it over - but you will have to rent it?
based on M$ history - you can bet they have something up their sleeves... I am sure that the whole reason it has taken them this long to make it happen is that it took them this long to figure out a way that they can make the ROI that is acceptable.
Philippa Wagner, of Philips Design, said clothing was currently being developed which could be used to monitor people's health, with the fabric itself acting as the electricity conductor
Just what I have always wanted - a fully conductive outfit to wear around during lightning storms!!
At the intel Game Demo lab we have a 52" plasma screen that we play quake - or any other game - on.
it is great - except the fact that it is wider than your direct vision... and in a fast paced CTF game, it makes it really hard to track foes.
your conical vision is much better suited for 20 - 30"
But it is REALLY cool to play on a 52" plasma monitor! even if you do get whacked a few more than normal....
also, You can get dual monitor cards and run multiples in a 98... so for not way too much $$ it would be pretty easy to get 4 monitors on a box. (not too much $ for the cards that is... not the monitors;)
but the real problem with multi-screen gaming is the LARGE ASS PLASTIC BORDERS that the monitor manufacturers dont seem to realize are both useless and a pain in the ass. They should focus on full use monitors that allow you to put them next to eachother without big chunks. (the only time this would be semi cool - is if you desing a cockpit interface that thinks the monitor breaks are the window support arms.....)
Easy - get us the "source" and/. readers will gladly build one - if it doesnt work.... then we know that it is once again time to overthrow the fat useless overpaid pigs in washington - and reclaim our freedom.
-damn that just setoff a crap load of flags with echelon via carnivore... i think someone just entered my house.... gotta go. call 911!!
really... microsoft is looking to phase out _*all*_ shrinkwrapped software in stores and move to a subsciption based service. ok, so not REALLY distributed - but here are it coming bugs^H^H^H^H er... features:
microsoft.net - online OS and apps services. subscription/rental use. all stored on a centralized set of hardware (centralized meaning that your account is in one location... there will be many hosting facilities holding many accoutns) your environment will sit on the microsoft.net and you will just pay an additional $5/mo for office, $2 for frontpage etc....
then if you want to buy games - you buy/rent them and when you click - it will schedule an auto install onto your system.
then the future is that - microsoft has no middle men, they get all the $ for their products. they get to market this is the greatest INNOVATION in computing history - even better than the invention of computing itself. and all the stores and computer dealers can no longer sell MS products. (good and bad - many will go out of business - hopefully most will just sell linux on the boxes instead)
so - it will have a big impact on the high-tech economy, and it seems that it is M$' way of giving DOJ the finger with a message "See? See? See what happens when you screw with a company that is big enough to be able to change the course of the computing industry with one fell swoop."
we will see what will come of this - but be ready. gather your alternative OS' and get ready to fight.... I sure as hell will not let MS hold my OS and force me to rent it, and turn it off, corrupt or lose my data at any time (hotmail anyone?)
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Via the new Web, an astronomer in Amsterdam can remotely manipulate a telescope, study a distant nebula, and then participate in an international videoconference to discuss his or her findings.
/I/ want to know is how fast will QIII CTF run.
GREAT - how PC - but what
its all about the apps - Inet2 means nothing if I cant get the advantage in MMORPG or QIII + similar.
kewl - you funding it?
Also think of it this way. I would give your left arm for a 10Mb uplink!
imagine this pricing perspective:
Qwest charges $900.00/Mb to the internet - a 10Mb link wouild be $9,000.00/Mo.
You pay for tuition and get a $9K pipe to the internet - you are STOKED! (maybe you dont get the full pipe - but it is bound to be better than anything else)
so - 10Mb is fast as hell - dont complain.
"diagrams, math in geometric form, modern physics stuff"
BAH! I dont know about you - but if we CAN put images up there, I'll doctor up a photo of me having sex with Natalie Portman, then they will look back and say "OH - so that guy is Jesus!"
:)
you are lucky to work in a great environment.
the good news for everyone is that there REALLY are good companies out there that realize that employees are actually valuable!
Sounds like you work at Intel. one other thing to note about the Intel environ - is that EVERYTHING is a dull grey. I had the best environment you could ever want while there - the intel game lab. The entire time I was there - I never once sat in my cube.
a friend of mine that is still there - has been there for four years, and his cube is used for storage..
anyway - I am appalled at some of the working environments that companies provide to employees.
NOTE TO EMPLOYERS: If you want productive happy employees who will stay with you for a long time - you better make damn sure the environment you provide is the best you can make it.
Example - one company I was at some employee had printed out a coupon for a few dollars off on an oil-change from jiffy lube or something. Apparently they forgot the coupon in the printer, the coupon was taped up on the wall with "Once again, DO NOT! use company property for personal use" written on it.
I received a fax from an attorney after a death in the family, and was repremanded for using company property - I said "you know how much time I spend here - I did use company property and I will continue to use company property. If that is not acceptable I will leave the office to conduct my personal business."
Companies need to encourage people to conduct personal business from their desks, it makes them happier and more productive - for the most part. You will always see people who slack.... but they are not the majority.
well, one of the problems you get is the tiered structure of DSL industry. I live in a black hole for bandwidth in san jose, I get crappy dial up - no cable modem, and VERY slow dsl.
I had to wait over a year for IDSL prices to drop to an affordable rate, I pay $50./mo for 144/144 sycronous (sp?) - I get between 3 and 20k dload speeds.
I cant switch providers, as Pac Bell provides the physical wire, Covad provides the cicuit, and flashcom provides the "service".
fortunatley - I can afford the 50/mo to get just bareley out of dial-up hell. Any other DSL provider will be in the same structure - circuit will prolly be covad's so no matter where I go, I cant get any better. (i live 24,000 ft. from the co - and i am not yet ready to move just for bandwidth)
I understand that - but you do not say that the borders assist in shielding etc... even if there is some distortion - i dont see the need for the border.
um, the whole reason the desktop is lacking is the lack of apps.
what this would mean is that Linux users can run a stable OS but still be able to run productivity apps. This means less of the pie in total for MS.
yes, yes, they can of course raise the price of office etc... but at least you wont need win to run it.
but this also means that Sun may throw more resources at star office to combat the coming challenge.
but what about the possibility that they will allow port it over - but you will have to rent it?
based on M$ history - you can bet they have something up their sleeves... I am sure that the whole reason it has taken them this long to make it happen is that it took them this long to figure out a way that they can make the ROI that is acceptable.
incontheivable!
Philippa Wagner, of Philips Design, said clothing was currently being developed which could be used to monitor people's health, with the fabric itself acting as the electricity conductor
Just what I have always wanted - a fully conductive outfit to wear around during lightning storms!!
WOO HOO
At the intel Game Demo lab we have a 52" plasma screen that we play quake - or any other game - on.
;)
it is great - except the fact that it is wider than your direct vision... and in a fast paced CTF game, it makes it really hard to track foes.
your conical vision is much better suited for 20 - 30"
But it is REALLY cool to play on a 52" plasma monitor! even if you do get whacked a few more than normal....
also, You can get dual monitor cards and run multiples in a 98... so for not way too much $$ it would be pretty easy to get 4 monitors on a box. (not too much $ for the cards that is... not the monitors
but the real problem with multi-screen gaming is the LARGE ASS PLASTIC BORDERS that the monitor manufacturers dont seem to realize are both useless and a pain in the ass. They should focus on full use monitors that allow you to put them next to eachother without big chunks. (the only time this would be semi cool - is if you desing a cockpit interface that thinks the monitor breaks are the window support arms.....)
You failed to see the sarcasm in the post.
I am NOT an M$ fan (atic).... I cant believe that even *they* dont see how bad an idea this is....
and yes it is the OS... they want the OS to be isolated to their backend. and yes - it will be distributed/clustered.
SO - dont give me your "I am too smart for you, condesending, super-geek" *sigh* BS...
You missed the point.
OS uptime means EVERYTHING to me - thats why I dont run M$ for mission critical - you dont look to be too confident in your design/admin abilities.
Easy - get us the "source" and /. readers will gladly build one - if it doesnt work.... then we know that it is once again time to overthrow the fat useless overpaid pigs in washington - and reclaim our freedom.
-damn that just setoff a crap load of flags with echelon via carnivore... i think someone just entered my house.... gotta go. call 911!!
really... microsoft is looking to phase out _*all*_ shrinkwrapped software in stores and move to a subsciption based service. ok, so not REALLY distributed - but here are it coming bugs^H^H^H^H er... features:
microsoft.net - online OS and apps services.
subscription/rental use.
all stored on a centralized set of hardware (centralized meaning that your account is in one location... there will be many hosting facilities holding many accoutns)
your environment will sit on the microsoft.net and you will just pay an additional $5/mo for office, $2 for frontpage etc....
then if you want to buy games - you buy/rent them and when you click - it will schedule an auto install onto your system.
then the future is that - microsoft has no middle men, they get all the $ for their products. they get to market this is the greatest INNOVATION in computing history - even better than the invention of computing itself. and all the stores and computer dealers can no longer sell MS products. (good and bad - many will go out of business - hopefully most will just sell linux on the boxes instead)
so - it will have a big impact on the high-tech economy, and it seems that it is M$' way of giving DOJ the finger with a message "See? See? See what happens when you screw with a company that is big enough to be able to change the course of the computing industry with one fell swoop."
we will see what will come of this - but be ready. gather your alternative OS' and get ready to fight.... I sure as hell will not let MS hold my OS and force me to rent it, and turn it off, corrupt or lose my data at any time (hotmail anyone?)
rant rant rant...
p.s. - its real - its in beta now!