I know you're talking about normal America, but have you seen a HDTV broadcast on an HDTV?
I don't like football, yet I watched half of a game! If they do come down in price, I find it reasonable for more normal people to realize that it is a step up...
I don't work for a dot com; I actually work for a more respectable, quite "large" company.
Their tactics? I've seen it twice:
1. Shuffle the person(s) into a room.
2. Confront them about a meaningless violation of policy (i.e. something that should be a slap on the hand) which has no bearing on why they're being "fired".
3. Give employee option of A. Early Retirement (you must qualify), B. Resignation, or C. Termination.
It was kind of funny the first time I saw it happen: one employee came to work and the secretary took his badge and told him to leave -- then she had to make up some weird story about how it really wasn't him that she needed to keep out of the building.
After someone gets fired, management scurries us all in to a room (usually 1 day after) and then tells us what the employee chose, making it sound like their choice. They NEVER say that the people in question were fired.....
blah. Sometimes I catch myself looking over my shoulder, making sure I'm crossing my t's and dotting my i's.
well, if done right, it would all be done (mostly, except for the license passing back and forth) in hardware.
There would be added latency for the additional hardware to pass the info back and forth, but hopefully it would be much less of a hit than CPU (however, you made a good point -- CPU is cheap, and nowadays, CPU is fast.....)
Let's say that you get your 10$/mo subscription to this service, and can download all you want. What's to stop you from being a "nice guy" to friends (perhaps to get them hooked, or perhaps they don't have a fast connection) and getting songs to them?
Unfortunately, with an "unsecured" format, the RIAA would never get into a business like this. They'd shoot themselves in the foot. People could pay for the service, then fire up napster on their machine, and then what would happen?
A lot of people could technically get good mp3's for free (granted, only the ones you downloaded, but I could see where you could build a request program etc... you see where I'm going with this)?
At least, that's the thought that runs through my head. If it's unsecure, the RIAA doesn't want any part of it, and if it's secure, most (if not all) intelligent people wouldn't want it either (because of copy "protection" or not being able to use the file in all places etc...)
ooo - you just made me think of something better -- VBR instead of a constant wasteful 128kbps.
Even transmitting 64kbps (we do only need mono, right?) and using some form of "high-quality" VBR solution, we could probably save a lot more bandwidth and still have the conversations come out crystal clear. I don't think it "should" carry things like music etc as well as voice, because in that type of communications, all we're worried about is voice...
in fact, I bought an AMD Athlon 900 with performance enhancing cache. Being slightly out of it, I asked the guy selling it to me if it was for sure a T-Bird, and he said " check the serial if you don't believe me"...
I felt pretty stupid. Nowhere on the box did it say "Thunderbird"... just Athlon.
From where I stand, though, it already seems like you dumped a few hundred down on video... in fact, in my opinion, you have 2 cards that are much better than my teenie v3 3000.
But...
At the recent computer show, I was going to buy a GeForce2 GTS Ultra to go with my tbird 950. Then I looked at the price tag again, and promptly put it back on the table.
I can't remember a time when top of the line video cards cost so much -- I was most estatic to get this v3 at time of release for $169. I don't think I could stand to pay 250$+ for a card right now -- plus, if it's all for games, and games aren't my game, heh, well...
actually, I just bought a KT7-raid board, and the main IDE controller is run at ATA-66, not ATA-100. So I use the Highpoint to run my drive at 100, and throw cdrom/dvd/zip onto the ata-66.
do a traceroute sometime and see where you're going -- you may be "connected" to a router in another part of the country... that's what I've seen with speakeasy.net -- their router is located in Seattle, WA, so it's a frame-relay (200ms) jump from a friend's apartment to seattle... ugh.
I've seen that using some higher-bandwidth programs that require consistent connectivity (vnc) drop like crazy. I believe Darwin networks may be at fault, but it's just as likely that it's the cable modem on my end as well.
Add in a good socket A mobo. *smack*. 125-160$. That's what makes the difference for most people.
I had a k6-2 450 for my main machine, and suprisingly enough, a thunderbird 900 was my purchase this last weekend. I decided to not purchase a video card, and continue to use my v3-3000. While it does better in 3d things, it's just not able to push any polys at the higher resolutions.
Was the jump worth it? Maybe, maybe not. The system is "quicker"....
if I could just keep my roomate from loading software on it......
The coaster issue you're talking about should be solved with the purchase of a Plextor 12/10/32 (read some reviews on it... dear god they're sweet...):) good luck!
Hear me out: I like the similar button layout to the playstation pad, but the directional pad leaves a LOT to be desired. When playing in mame or a SNES emu of SF2 (or any other game with "combos"), you tend to not get the exact directions you want, and in other cases (mame32+contra arcade) it's nearly impossible to use (try to push down without wavering to a sse or ssw position... it's frustrating!)
I had a roomate that built an adapter for the PS pad --> computer, and it worked well.. Methinks I'll go pick up an extension cable and a parallel port cable:)
highly trained and paid employees don't have to maintain a toilet. Perhaps if there was a 200$ "per port" fee for each toilet (which you could actually say the cost + install of a toilet would outshine this), as well as administration for that "port", then yes.
Another thought is that I can easily "plug" up my employers' network with junk mail etc. That has an effect on everyone here, not just on my port. An aside, however, is you could "plug" up the toilet. But, this only affects the people coming into the restroom (gag, cough)... and the other ports are still open for full bandwidth "dumping".
It is illegal to sell a CONSUMER GRADE VCR which can record Macrovosion infested signals without degradation.
Similar to the whole hubub around DAT, there is professional gear that can get around the "protection". (heck, there's even some non-pro gear that has hidden "menus"... heh heh)
hmmm.. Will these boards be affected as much by different processor "steppings" as of the earlier intel dual-board designs (ppro springs to mind)? I would think with the advanced bus architecture (tm) that this may not be an issue... any thoughts, anyone?
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I know you're talking about normal America, but have you seen a HDTV broadcast on an HDTV?
I don't like football, yet I watched half of a game! If they do come down in price, I find it reasonable for more normal people to realize that it is a step up...
I don't work for a dot com; I actually work for a more respectable, quite "large" company.
Their tactics? I've seen it twice:
1. Shuffle the person(s) into a room.
2. Confront them about a meaningless violation of policy (i.e. something that should be a slap on the hand) which has no bearing on why they're being "fired".
3. Give employee option of A. Early Retirement (you must qualify), B. Resignation, or C. Termination.
It was kind of funny the first time I saw it happen: one employee came to work and the secretary took his badge and told him to leave -- then she had to make up some weird story about how it really wasn't him that she needed to keep out of the building.
After someone gets fired, management scurries us all in to a room (usually 1 day after) and then tells us what the employee chose, making it sound like their choice. They NEVER say that the people in question were fired.....
blah. Sometimes I catch myself looking over my shoulder, making sure I'm crossing my t's and dotting my i's.
:(
Don't take this as a flame, but what do you have to back this up?
more specifically,
are you running applications that will utilize the special features of a box such as this??
well, if done right, it would all be done (mostly, except for the license passing back and forth) in hardware.
There would be added latency for the additional hardware to pass the info back and forth, but hopefully it would be much less of a hit than CPU (however, you made a good point -- CPU is cheap, and nowadays, CPU is fast.....)
Here's the problem with that scenario that I see:
Let's say that you get your 10$/mo subscription to this service, and can download all you want. What's to stop you from being a "nice guy" to friends (perhaps to get them hooked, or perhaps they don't have a fast connection) and getting songs to them?
Unfortunately, with an "unsecured" format, the RIAA would never get into a business like this. They'd shoot themselves in the foot. People could pay for the service, then fire up napster on their machine, and then what would happen?
A lot of people could technically get good mp3's for free (granted, only the ones you downloaded, but I could see where you could build a request program etc... you see where I'm going with this)?
At least, that's the thought that runs through my head. If it's unsecure, the RIAA doesn't want any part of it, and if it's secure, most (if not all) intelligent people wouldn't want it either (because of copy "protection" or not being able to use the file in all places etc...)
Just my 2c
I don't know if you've ever walked past a KFC before, but that's not an appealing smell at all.
I think the marketing gurus were out to lunch at McDonalds that day.
I just thought of it -- The VooDoo Rush! :) that was their first 2d/3d offering... now look at everyone, offering good quality 2d with blazing 3d....
but not many people remember 3dfx for their voodoo rush card... thank goodness.
ooo - you just made me think of something better -- VBR instead of a constant wasteful 128kbps.
Even transmitting 64kbps (we do only need mono, right?) and using some form of "high-quality" VBR solution, we could probably save a lot more bandwidth and still have the conversations come out crystal clear. I don't think it "should" carry things like music etc as well as voice, because in that type of communications, all we're worried about is voice...
hmmmm..
that reminds me of some of the logon banners of FTP sites:
:)
"I verify that I am not a law enforcement agent" etc -- how would we know anyways?
in fact, I bought an AMD Athlon 900 with performance enhancing cache. Being slightly out of it, I asked the guy selling it to me if it was for sure a T-Bird, and he said " check the serial if you don't believe me"...
I felt pretty stupid. Nowhere on the box did it say "Thunderbird"... just Athlon.
I don't mean to rant, but AFAIK, my 2 k6-2's are "100% Intel i686 MMX etc compatible."
:) )
Unless I'm wrong - I was always able to run everything my heart desired. (other than those darn p3 sites...
hold on there, chief.
I don't think he said that Air Switch was sat-based... it looks to either be land line or LOS...
....
From where I stand, though, it already seems like you dumped a few hundred down on video... in fact, in my opinion, you have 2 cards that are much better than my teenie v3 3000.
But...
At the recent computer show, I was going to buy a GeForce2 GTS Ultra to go with my tbird 950. Then I looked at the price tag again, and promptly put it back on the table.
I can't remember a time when top of the line video cards cost so much -- I was most estatic to get this v3 at time of release for $169. I don't think I could stand to pay 250$+ for a card right now -- plus, if it's all for games, and games aren't my game, heh, well...
back to the drawing board....
actually, I just bought a KT7-raid board, and the main IDE controller is run at ATA-66, not ATA-100. So I use the Highpoint to run my drive at 100, and throw cdrom/dvd/zip onto the ata-66.
I'm not trying to flame -- I'm just curious -- what is your option then when you do get a bad crc on a floppy?
do a traceroute sometime and see where you're going -- you may be "connected" to a router in another part of the country... that's what I've seen with speakeasy.net -- their router is located in Seattle, WA, so it's a frame-relay (200ms) jump from a friend's apartment to seattle... ugh.
I've seen that using some higher-bandwidth programs that require consistent connectivity (vnc) drop like crazy. I believe Darwin networks may be at fault, but it's just as likely that it's the cable modem on my end as well.
Add in a good socket A mobo. *smack*. 125-160$. That's what makes the difference for most people.
I had a k6-2 450 for my main machine, and suprisingly enough, a thunderbird 900 was my purchase this last weekend. I decided to not purchase a video card, and continue to use my v3-3000. While it does better in 3d things, it's just not able to push any polys at the higher resolutions.
Was the jump worth it? Maybe, maybe not. The system is "quicker"....
if I could just keep my roomate from loading software on it......
The coaster issue you're talking about should be solved with the purchase of a Plextor 12/10/32 (read some reviews on it... dear god they're sweet...) :) good luck!
I have a gamepad pro, and I hate it.
:)
Hear me out: I like the similar button layout to the playstation pad, but the directional pad leaves a LOT to be desired. When playing in mame or a SNES emu of SF2 (or any other game with "combos"), you tend to not get the exact directions you want, and in other cases (mame32+contra arcade) it's nearly impossible to use (try to push down without wavering to a sse or ssw position... it's frustrating!)
I had a roomate that built an adapter for the PS pad --> computer, and it worked well.. Methinks I'll go pick up an extension cable and a parallel port cable
Most cars do have the cat converters, but isn't it true that some "older" cars (1960's or before) are not required to have them?
Kinda like the seat belts.... same deal (never installed by the factory)...
one difference:
highly trained and paid employees don't have to maintain a toilet. Perhaps if there was a 200$ "per port" fee for each toilet (which you could actually say the cost + install of a toilet would outshine this), as well as administration for that "port", then yes.
Another thought is that I can easily "plug" up my employers' network with junk mail etc. That has an effect on everyone here, not just on my port. An aside, however, is you could "plug" up the toilet. But, this only affects the people coming into the restroom (gag, cough)... and the other ports are still open for full bandwidth "dumping".
Just my thoughts...
my problem would be when I change video cards (granted doesn't happen often, but just a nitpick)
I know this is a nitpick, but this should read:
It is illegal to sell a CONSUMER GRADE VCR which can record Macrovosion infested signals without degradation.
Similar to the whole hubub around DAT, there is professional gear that can get around the "protection". (heck, there's even some non-pro gear that has hidden "menus"... heh heh)
there's also an option in qt4 "shareware" that lets you kind of save files:
open up quicktime, click "Later" to the nag, click on "Edit - Preferences - General..."
At the top, you should see a drop-box -- choose "browser plug-in", and here you can check to "save movies in disk cache".
yes, it is a work-around, but all you have to do from here is just search for that file (or file size) in your browser's cache file locales...
hope this helps...
hmmm.. Will these boards be affected as much by different processor "steppings" as of the earlier intel dual-board designs (ppro springs to mind)? I would think with the advanced bus architecture (tm) that this may not be an issue... any thoughts, anyone?