Perhaps. I think it'd be more like the old BBS's still. Slow, inefficient, and not really worth your time. The reason the internet is as good as it is now is because there are enough of your windows users buying enough technology to foster technological advancement in in routers, switches, modems, etc. If 1/2 of 1 % of the population used the net, do you actually think Asante or Cisco would still be around? Would people have any jobs doing web development? Would most software be as good as it is? Nope, because development and prices stagnate when there is no demand for them. The net would only be a basement nerd's toy, instead of the functional medium it is.
How is nobody realizes that most students in schools are in Elementary or Middle school, and most of the students in high schools are only a shade more literate than your PHB.
When school systems factor in costs, they can't count on there to be geeks to help run things. They aren't accountable for their actions in the way an employee, so they have no need to keep things running. They can go play soccer or work on a play instead, and the school is out of luck. Schools make strides to not let the students have access to systems, they aren't going to factor it into their IT plan to let students run things.
How can a school weight the gains a couple of students getting mutiplatform experience versus the extra confusion of the other 99% of the students at having things different at every lab they go into. Again, remember that most students are not all the computer literate. Better than the people you may have to support, but they're a whole different world away from being a tech.
Right. And just how pertinent are the details of the OS you used on the computers when you were in school to what you do now?
Do you really think wether you school had an Apple IIe or a 286 makes a bit of difference? Anything specific to an OS kids learn now will be long out of date by the time they get to the real world.
Most of the cost of the book has nothing to do with the actual physical printing of it. It paying for content and layout, which have to be done wether its a printed book or an ebook. Layout would probably have to be done a second for an ebook.
The actual cost of printing a book is trivial when you;re making a few thousand of them. How else do you think book sellers can sell you a paperback for 5.95, and still let everyone involved make a profit?
Sure you can in a republic. Its actually a hell of a lot easier to convince a group of 300 people to do something as opposed to the billion people they represent.
But if your car is seen at the crime with a liscense match, you've got a much rougher case, since its hard to prove most of the time that you loaned you car to a friend and he's the one who ran over the old lady.
Just saw one before Spy Kids 3D (my girlfriend likes them, thus I get dragged). The ad had a sound tech talking about how piracy hurts him, when all he wants to do is make movies. Not very effective, but might have been more persuasive to the target demographic of that movie.
I know you're making a joke, but the psoter has an extremely valid point. As somebody who's girlfriend is 2 time zones away, with the money I'm saving using VoIP stuff, it easily covers a dozen flowers delivered to her school every now and again, or *gasp* flying out to see her for a weekend.
Besides, VoIP isn't much worse than most international calls I've had.
Depends on the version of windows. If they're still using Win 3.11 for instance (and there have been references to it though most posting, so I'll assume thats the case), then they can do pretty much whatever they want with it. Licenses didn't start getting nasty til quite a bit after that.
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Perhaps. I think it'd be more like the old BBS's still. Slow, inefficient, and not really worth your time. The reason the internet is as good as it is now is because there are enough of your windows users buying enough technology to foster technological advancement in in routers, switches, modems, etc. If 1/2 of 1 % of the population used the net, do you actually think Asante or Cisco would still be around? Would people have any jobs doing web development? Would most software be as good as it is? Nope, because development and prices stagnate when there is no demand for them. The net would only be a basement nerd's toy, instead of the functional medium it is.
How is nobody realizes that most students in schools are in Elementary or Middle school, and most of the students in high schools are only a shade more literate than your PHB.
When school systems factor in costs, they can't count on there to be geeks to help run things. They aren't accountable for their actions in the way an employee, so they have no need to keep things running. They can go play soccer or work on a play instead, and the school is out of luck. Schools make strides to not let the students have access to systems, they aren't going to factor it into their IT plan to let students run things.
How can a school weight the gains a couple of students getting mutiplatform experience versus the extra confusion of the other 99% of the students at having things different at every lab they go into. Again, remember that most students are not all the computer literate. Better than the people you may have to support, but they're a whole different world away from being a tech.
Right. And just how pertinent are the details of the OS you used on the computers when you were in school to what you do now?
Do you really think wether you school had an Apple IIe or a 286 makes a bit of difference? Anything specific to an OS kids learn now will be long out of date by the time they get to the real world.
Dude. The Sims doesn't count,
Most of the cost of the book has nothing to do with the actual physical printing of it. It paying for content and layout, which have to be done wether its a printed book or an ebook. Layout would probably have to be done a second for an ebook.
The actual cost of printing a book is trivial when you;re making a few thousand of them. How else do you think book sellers can sell you a paperback for 5.95, and still let everyone involved make a profit?
Gotta disagree with the separate islands comment. Software being open, and standards being public are related, but not necessary for one another.
You mistyped that. I think you meant "You won't find BeOS users."
Sure you can in a republic. Its actually a hell of a lot easier to convince a group of 300 people to do something as opposed to the billion people they represent.
Have you seen the price of Office for Mac, versus the cost of Office for windows? No wonder they're making so much money.
Its an on/off option to be backwards compatible or not.
Good one. She just has the sense of humor of a child.
But if your car is seen at the crime with a liscense match, you've got a much rougher case, since its hard to prove most of the time that you loaned you car to a friend and he's the one who ran over the old lady.
Just saw one before Spy Kids 3D (my girlfriend likes them, thus I get dragged). The ad had a sound tech talking about how piracy hurts him, when all he wants to do is make movies. Not very effective, but might have been more persuasive to the target demographic of that movie.
"that money we were saving for a TiVo is up for grabs."
I'll take it!
Then I pity you for the school you went to. None of mine were anything like that.
I know you're making a joke, but the psoter has an extremely valid point. As somebody who's girlfriend is 2 time zones away, with the money I'm saving using VoIP stuff, it easily covers a dozen flowers delivered to her school every now and again, or *gasp* flying out to see her for a weekend.
Besides, VoIP isn't much worse than most international calls I've had.
Damnit, all this time they told me I was in IT.
But most places have a combination to the door locks (keypads). So you don't need to use the elevator.
Depends on the version of windows. If they're still using Win 3.11 for instance (and there have been references to it though most posting, so I'll assume thats the case), then they can do pretty much whatever they want with it. Licenses didn't start getting nasty til quite a bit after that.
Which is still one step forward.
Thats why there are burn bags, baby! Heck, we've got a central chute in the building thats just for those.
Sheesh, you've obviously never worked at a place that disposed of copiers via sledge hammers and acid baths.
Currently, its not.
I just think its funny how you have the exact same problems you used to on your G3.
Yup, but if you can afford an analog card to use with Final Cut, then you can probobly afford the extra $500.
No, but they might have ads the interest you. I'd much rather get ads for new processors or MP3 players than hair spray or vaginal ointments.