Why is it that when the Xbox was released people say it "Is only a PC disguised as a console".
Now that the PS2 runs linux in the states, people are praising the console for becoming an affordable "pc".
If this was linux coming out on the xbox then people would say you can buy a more powerfull pc for the price of the xbox + keyboard + mouse when in all reality by the time you add a hard drive, floppy drive, keyboard, mouse, and monitor to your PS2 you have WELL EXCEEDED the cost of a XP 1900 system with tripple resources.
I don't get it. Do you want a console or another PC or is it only Anti Microsoft that the Xbox is a doomed "pc" and the PS2 is a great "pc"?
Hell, i got linux running on my Dreamcast, which is fine and dandy, but not going to replace my pc. More of a hack and a way to produce my own software and run it on the DC.
So yeah, its cool linux runs on another box, but this ranting and raving about how great a ps2 will be as a "pc" is about as pointless as making my Xbox a PC. They're not designed for that and for christs sake, for once the neither the Xbox or PS2 is standards compliant and both are proprietary systems so why the big fuss from such an anti-proprietary crowd and pro standard group?
What good is california going to do with making this decision? Do you think poor schools in california will get computers with software pre-loaded on it?
Do you think a kid will be more well off With Linux over Windows? Does that teach them anything else other then the philosphy of free software?
I personally want my kids to understand Word and Excell and possibly how to use Photoshop and applications like that for when they go to work. I would want linux to be an afterthought, as it has never occured to me to run it as a core os.
Somehow i don't see Redhat or california providing the means that Microsoft can. Monopoly or not, microsoft has the money and power to provide an education for our kids. Monopoly aside, California has no right deciding this fate.
Put the computer and the software at the kids choice, if RedHat has the means to do this then don't take a free ride off microfts problems, go out there and support our schools.
If you need a journaling filesystem on your handheld, you have problems.
I have had WinCE devices and Palm Devices since basically 1.0 days, and NONE have ever had "corrupted flash memory cards" unless i stuck the thing through a high powered xray machine on one of my hundreds of flights i have taken.
"Considerably more responsive with linux on it"..
Strange, i can watch movies, play mp3's, play doom, and tons of other things on my Compaq running CE 3.0 (as well as surf the net, check email, view appointments, view docs, record memos and voice notes) and my unit "seems considerably more responsive" then i have ever seen linux run on these.
Just because he admits his problems and limitations doesn't make him right. I would say until RMS can listen to what people have to say instead of philosophize about it things won't get any better for GNU.
There are always 2 sides to every story, and just because he admits his arrogrance doesn't me he has the right to ignore the other "story".
He has to be the most un-interesting person to have on a board of directors, while a brilliant person, i couldn't imagine him having anything but a philispohical word on how things SHOULD be when in all reality someone just needs to give direction on HOW THINGS ALREADY ARE.
And that includes software that makes money, manages money, manages business, manages computers, enables people to work effeciently and effortlessly.
And if that costs a few bucks or ends up being proprietary everyone wins. Freedom is the choice of software, not the limitations of it. I don't want to be limited to only running free software and microsoft doesn't limit me to only running Commercial software.
Let freedom speak for itself and let the people chose what they want.
I have purchased 4 dreamcast systems, 2 for me and 2 as gifts, all of them have been able to play cdr's and the one i use i've moded to read cdrw's as well.
It includes 1 09/09/99 unit, 2 sportspack units and one unit purchased at bestbuy on latest batch 3 weeks agai.
All play jap imports using the hacked bootdisk by utopia
Even if Xbox goes where Jaguar and NeoGeo went, It will have some awesome games to go along with it.
I don't know what is up with "fanboys" and console loyalty, but to me, it is about the fun and the games.
I will buy and Xbox, and i'll get my nephew a GameCube, i have no interestd in Pokeman or Mario, i played that back in the 80's when it was fun for me, kind of burned out on that.
People will buy whatever they want, but it is way to early to forecast the death of anything. People say the DC died a horrible death, but it still chugs along. Most stores have long since wiped out the N64 shelves or have moved on to used games only, but even out here in Amishville they carry a great selection of DC games as well as every new release..
buy what you want, but no one is right. Jaguar has some awesome games. And as far as people missing the bandwagon, thats what it appears to me as.
I have yet to see an Xbox game look like a PS1 game. I have yet to see a store anywhere that has an Xbox on the shelf right now as well.
Luigi's mansion "seems like fun"
Super MonkeyBall "havn't unrwapped"
Star was "seens the same as the n64 game"
Buddy, it seems as if you bought the "wrong" video game system.
Dreamcast is awesome, your just missing out on some great gaminng if you didn't buy one. Xbox is awesome to, it will have Shenmue 2 of which i'm buying an Xbox for.
PS2 is nice, but i'm not a fan of really any games out for it, i got bored of Gran Tourismo on the PS1 so why would i fork over 50 bucks for a rehashed version?
Gamecube will sell, but there is no "wrong" console as they all have games.
Dreamcast has 300 titles alone, not including jap releases. Sonic, Sonic 2, Crazy Taxi, Shenmue, Virtua Tennis, NFL2k1, NBA2k1, Unreal Tournament, Quake 3 Arena, Jet Grind Radio, House of the Dead, Sould Calibur, Rayman 2, Mr Driller, 18 Wheeler, Phantasy Star Online, Sega Bass Fishing, Seaman, Samba De Amigo, and much much more are reasons i have a dreamcast. And each console has its own similar reasons.
still no good (bugfree) developer suit, fun fun fun
I'm finding more reasons to use Windows every day. It has great Java support, a polished gui, a great application base, a great office productivity suite and lots of games.
I wouldn't ever recommend windows for a server, nor would i recommend linux. HPUX or Solaris all the way, possibly IBM but i'm not a fan of AIX yet.
I'd never recommend linux on the desktop. It merely makes a good tool to learn from, tinker around with.
The major league baseball is an approved monopoly.. WHY? It isn't like we need a standard in baseball players. The NFL is an approved monopoly.. WHY? Verizon sells worse service and products then microsoft and restricts customers choices, but nobody wants to break a telco..
So why all the resistance on microsoft? Why not make it a perfect world and attack the NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA and your local telco megopoly who restrict your choices and charge you exhuberant prices and rip off the consumer.
For the price of a single NBA game i can buy a copy of WIndows XP Home edition, for 2 games i can upgrade to a 1900 mhz XP Athlon Processor, for 2 games and a beer i can pay my mortgage payment.
I can sell my Copy of XP if i wish, if i sell my NFL tickets it can be scalping.. Microsoft doesn't price point XP, they give it a value. I can buy XP and sell it for 30 bucks or 300 bucks, whatever the consumer is willing to pay. I can't do that with Baseball tickets, nfl tickets ore phone service.
So who is the big looser when microsoft is perpetrated? the consumer who will have to pay higher prices for more buggier software who's only standard is adhering to a licensing body other then microsoft.
It isn't the school you went to, it isn't your gpa, and it isn't who you know that will make you happy in life.
It is only what you choose to do with yourself in life. Forget about money, forget about what everyone else is telling you should do. Take 2 weeks off, buy a mountain bike, head to Durango colorado (bring snow ski's this time of year as well) and free your mind from everything. You will be refreshed and ready to take on anything.
Most of all, READ. Stimulation is the only way to not burn out. You can't rely on work, friends or family to keep you stimulated, and frankly the people who can satisfy there own minds and growth are the most successfull people in the world.
I don't have a lick of college and work on financial applications and database systems. I love my line of work, but i find varying what i want to know and seeking the answer to everything i can has kept me sharp, on edge, and intriguing.
An employeer who sees this in you will snag you up no matter what.
He who dies with the most toys,
Still dies.
He who dies with the most success, dies a successfull and remembered person.
So does my Solaris box and my Linux box running Redhat 7.1 + AC Kernel.
I havn't tried a stock kernel in years, i've been flirting with EXT3 and other AC features for a while. AC kernels were the only ones that let my laptop monitor run in AGP mode with XFree86 4.x without much problems.
Doesn't take a scientist to figure that one out. Win2k was never a "home" os, and therefore you should upgrade to the "business" version of XP to get the same bang for your buck as you do with 2k.
IMHO, XP is worth it. Bootup speed, full sleep compatibility, better removeable device support, customizeable interface, remote desktop, remote support (like dell being able to login to fix there own crap instead of me waisting my time to fix it), windows update with more features, easier administration, better support with IPSec, built in PPEO driver, directx 8 support, same innards from home to pro now.
It is simply about time this product was released, xp is what 2k should have been.
Don't tell me it is expensive either, redhat 7.2 pro is 199.00, i can get the upgrade for an OS i already have for 99 bucks.
The fact it can boot up in 30 seconds on my dell laptop is sweet. When i come into work and have a tons of stuff to catch up on, having my pc booted by the time i get my coffee is worth it.
The task bar sorting is nice, grouping applications together cleans up the desk space alot.
VPN seems more stable, i don't have weird problems like i did in 2k. (IPsec)
Builtin PPoE is a godsend for verizon dsl customers, no more having to chase down 3rd party vendors for software. I have a linksys that does this for me, but for some people, this alone is worth the money for the upgrade.
Interface is "bubbly" but just goes to show you how much you can change these days.
Stability is nice. I have random complete reboots in 2k, doesn't happen under XP.
i work better, it has smoothed out the rough edges of 2k as far as compatibility and speed, and kept the stability as well as added support for DX8, better media support and whatever.net has to offer.
Plus Java 1.4 with the WinXP look and feel makes java look native as far as interface and you get the added benifits of the new release.. even if.net doesn't take off it is still a great java platform!
It wasn't until last week that verizon's magically changed. Infact if you *STILL* call sales they repeatedly state "You can run servers".
After all, the limited output is supposed to be what keeps the service levels on par. Your not paying for a "consumer" plan, your paying for an "Internet service".
There is no such thing as consumer on the internet. You can be a consumer and order stuff online or consume commercial content, but as soon as you send email, chat, icq or IM of any sorts your doing two way interaction that requires "servers" to be running to provide servie that uses the internet to work..
There is no way to win unless we support ISP's who give users what they want.. and that is simply the internet connection @ the bandwidth they pay for.
I pay 100 bucks a month for 1.54 down 384k out.. verizon limited my bandwidth so i'm moving to earthlink at 1.54 down / 128k out and only paying 40.00 a month.. verizon has lost 1,200 easy cash from me a year...
atleast with earthlink they offer static ip's and better support and to view the online status you don't have to be a "portal" member or provide information on everything you do..
Verizon has to be the worst telco company out there. The terms of service now ban you from any "Server activity" which can include napster,
musiccity/morpheus/winmx or anything that acts as a server to share files.
Verizon is the first company to force "Net Consumer" where your connection is effectively limited to "consuming" the commercial aspects of the internet.
This will be the death of the internet IMHO. The internet existed long before monopolies like verizon were able to control the whole east coast portion of it.
It has been discussed on http://www.dslreports.com, but i can't say it enough. Send in your complaints. They're making people who need to to "use" the internet purchase a much more expensive "commercial" dsl connection.
Why is it considered commercial for me to be able to send/receive email from work, login to my home pc and test things i want to learn? Why am i being charged more for not "consuming" what verizon shoves down my throat?
To add to it, even when you signon to verizon's support website you have to register for there portal, there is no escaping the commercial grip verizon is enforcing on customers that don't want it.
I think DSL companies are killing themselves.. no simpler way to say it. The internet isn't a system to consume like television, it is a 2 way interactive street. I want to run a node in which people can interact with me and i pay 100.00 bucks a month for the speed/connectivity to run a node and verizon now says that is illegal.
I'm sorry, but verizon doesn't own the internet. Sure they own the pop, but the "internet connectivity" isn't Verizon's to filter and put laws on. Verizon doesnt own the content, sites, and ip that i use when i connect, so how can they claim responsibility to limit it when infact on the top of the TOS they say it isn't there's to limit.
its hogwash i tell you. Verizon is like Comcast but changing the TV shows and overriding commercials and putting in what THEY think is right, how they think they can get away with that is beyond me.
Q: How is Bin Laden like Fred Flintstone?
A: Both may look out their windows and see Rubble.
For the simple sake it is nice to use with the broadband adaptor. Now i can play mp3's on my network through the web browser on the two tv's i have with DC's hooked up.
Can also bootup in a minute and read news, check cnn.com, view weather.com and news.com in less time it takes for a laptop to resume from power saving.
The DC is far from dead as long as these games are still playable. for 80 bucks you can't go wrong. From what i've heard expect the DC to be 59.00 by christmas. Worth that price alone for colectors.
I for one need my Laptop. I use it at work while docked, use it at home and use it at remote locations.
Compiling code, monitoring systems, working on spreadsheets, logged into Oracle applications and spotlighting several huge oracle databases.
I wouldn't want to do this on a crappy 266.
If you bought a 1.2ghz laptop you would see most come with dual nics, modem, infrared, 802b.11 support built in or for another 50 bucks. Not to push dell but i have 2 batteries, dvdrom, 2internal 10/100 nics, built in v.90 modem, and a large lcd screen at 1600x1200 with a fast video card that works great in hi-res/high color on my 21 inch monitor. I need the screen real-estate since i'm monitoring many systems or utilizing many windows. Hell i even have dual display when i'm at home which is great. That is the beauty of a powerfull laptop.
There are a ton of users who have to take there work home with them, and a laptop is the easiest way. Just because people are mobile doesn't make there work or productivity less computationaly stressfull and thus there is no reason for not having a comparible workstation for use.
Caldera Linux 3.1 is known to *HATE* via/amd chipsets and won't install on a majority of these systems.
Dunno how that got around there testing.
Caldera has always been a nice OS, one of the first to get accepted at major retailers, at the same time being one of the first to get rejected as of lately.
LIcensing, Pricing and Support are all out of whack, and the newsgroup is simply pathetic. I hope Caldera spends some time to turn it around or just sell applications for linux as a whole instead of there own distro
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This is simply BS. If your offering new products and services you obviously have to train people, if your hirring newbies and you don't want to pay qualified people then you have to train people.
Many times people are more loyal to the company then the company is loyal to the employees. Bad decisions, waistefull spending and crazy take home pay by execs are what screws up businesses, not end users finding another more rewarding job.
If you can't reward your employees with training, then i do hope they quit working for you, if you expect a reward for training, again, i hope they quit working for you.
On the other hand, if i work for you and get the job done, i expect that paycheck. The big problem is most companies work so far into debt they don't have that paycheck and they're not honest to the employees.
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Why is it that when the Xbox was released people say it "Is only a PC disguised as a console".
:)
Now that the PS2 runs linux in the states, people are praising the console for becoming an affordable "pc".
If this was linux coming out on the xbox then people would say you can buy a more powerfull pc for the price of the xbox + keyboard + mouse when in all reality by the time you add a hard drive, floppy drive, keyboard, mouse, and monitor to your PS2 you have WELL EXCEEDED the cost of a XP 1900 system with tripple resources.
I don't get it. Do you want a console or another PC or is it only Anti Microsoft that the Xbox is a doomed "pc" and the PS2 is a great "pc"?
Hell, i got linux running on my Dreamcast, which is fine and dandy, but not going to replace my pc. More of a hack and a way to produce my own software and run it on the DC.
So yeah, its cool linux runs on another box, but this ranting and raving about how great a ps2 will be as a "pc" is about as pointless as making my Xbox a PC. They're not designed for that and for christs sake, for once the neither the Xbox or PS2 is standards compliant and both are proprietary systems so why the big fuss from such an anti-proprietary crowd and pro standard group?
Oh well, somethings i will never understand
Somehow, i don't think slashdot "thinks" anymore.
What good is california going to do with making this decision? Do you think poor schools in california will get computers with software pre-loaded on it?
Do you think a kid will be more well off With Linux over Windows? Does that teach them anything else other then the philosphy of free software?
I personally want my kids to understand Word and Excell and possibly how to use Photoshop and applications like that for when they go to work. I would want linux to be an afterthought, as it has never occured to me to run it as a core os.
Somehow i don't see Redhat or california providing the means that Microsoft can. Monopoly or not, microsoft has the money and power to provide an education for our kids. Monopoly aside, California has no right deciding this fate.
Put the computer and the software at the kids choice, if RedHat has the means to do this then don't take a free ride off microfts problems, go out there and support our schools.
I don't understand how they can sell a product like that?
I mean for even an app requiring somewhat of a cursor mouse feel diagonals are pretty important..
and just being able to play a game on the road is a lifesaver for any traveling veterans...
as who else spends 500 bucks on these things!
What is there to gain from being an anonymous coward?
just curious..
If you need a journaling filesystem on your handheld, you have problems.
I have had WinCE devices and Palm Devices since basically 1.0 days, and NONE have ever had "corrupted flash memory cards" unless i stuck the thing through a high powered xray machine on one of my hundreds of flights i have taken.
"Considerably more responsive with linux on it"..
Strange, i can watch movies, play mp3's, play doom, and tons of other things on my Compaq running CE 3.0 (as well as surf the net, check email, view appointments, view docs, record memos and voice notes) and my unit "seems considerably more responsive" then i have ever seen linux run on these.
oh well, to each there own.
There are always 2 sides to every story, and just because he admits his arrogrance doesn't me he has the right to ignore the other "story".
He has to be the most un-interesting person to have on a board of directors, while a brilliant person, i couldn't imagine him having anything but a philispohical word on how things SHOULD be when in all reality someone just needs to give direction on HOW THINGS ALREADY ARE.
And that includes software that makes money, manages money, manages business, manages computers, enables people to work effeciently and effortlessly.
And if that costs a few bucks or ends up being proprietary everyone wins. Freedom is the choice of software, not the limitations of it. I don't want to be limited to only running free software and microsoft doesn't limit me to only running Commercial software.
Let freedom speak for itself and let the people chose what they want.
I have purchased 4 dreamcast systems, 2 for me and 2 as gifts, all of them have been able to play cdr's and the one i use i've moded to read cdrw's as well.
It includes 1 09/09/99 unit, 2 sportspack units and one unit purchased at bestbuy on latest batch 3 weeks agai.
All play jap imports using the hacked bootdisk by utopia
I don't look forward to it on a ps2.. just a fun game on the Dreamcast.
:) I want "Shenmue 2" as stated.
I don't own a PS2, i look forward to an Xbox
Even if Xbox goes where Jaguar and NeoGeo went, It will have some awesome games to go along with it.
I don't know what is up with "fanboys" and console loyalty, but to me, it is about the fun and the games.
I will buy and Xbox, and i'll get my nephew a GameCube, i have no interestd in Pokeman or Mario, i played that back in the 80's when it was fun for me, kind of burned out on that.
People will buy whatever they want, but it is way to early to forecast the death of anything. People say the DC died a horrible death, but it still chugs along. Most stores have long since wiped out the N64 shelves or have moved on to used games only, but even out here in Amishville they carry a great selection of DC games as well as every new release..
buy what you want, but no one is right. Jaguar has some awesome games. And as far as people missing the bandwagon, thats what it appears to me as.
Are you on crack?
I have yet to see an Xbox game look like a PS1 game. I have yet to see a store anywhere that has an Xbox on the shelf right now as well.
Luigi's mansion "seems like fun"
Super MonkeyBall "havn't unrwapped"
Star was "seens the same as the n64 game"
Buddy, it seems as if you bought the "wrong" video game system.
Dreamcast is awesome, your just missing out on some great gaminng if you didn't buy one. Xbox is awesome to, it will have Shenmue 2 of which i'm buying an Xbox for.
PS2 is nice, but i'm not a fan of really any games out for it, i got bored of Gran Tourismo on the PS1 so why would i fork over 50 bucks for a rehashed version?
Gamecube will sell, but there is no "wrong" console as they all have games.
Dreamcast has 300 titles alone, not including jap releases. Sonic, Sonic 2, Crazy Taxi, Shenmue, Virtua Tennis, NFL2k1, NBA2k1, Unreal Tournament, Quake 3 Arena, Jet Grind Radio, House of the Dead, Sould Calibur, Rayman 2, Mr Driller, 18 Wheeler, Phantasy Star Online, Sega Bass Fishing, Seaman, Samba De Amigo, and much much more are reasons i have a dreamcast. And each console has its own similar reasons.
What are you talking about?
Redone vm, fun fun fun
Commercial apps dont, work, fun fun fun
New kernels almost every other day, fun fun fun
Bloated new apps, fun fun fun
still no good office suit, fun fun fun
still no good (bugfree) developer suit, fun fun fun
I'm finding more reasons to use Windows every day. It has great Java support, a polished gui, a great application base, a great office productivity suite and lots of games.
I wouldn't ever recommend windows for a server, nor would i recommend linux. HPUX or Solaris all the way, possibly IBM but i'm not a fan of AIX yet.
I'd never recommend linux on the desktop. It merely makes a good tool to learn from, tinker around with.
The major league baseball is an approved monopoly.. WHY? It isn't like we need a standard in baseball players. The NFL is an approved monopoly.. WHY? Verizon sells worse service and products then microsoft and restricts customers choices, but nobody wants to break a telco..
So why all the resistance on microsoft? Why not make it a perfect world and attack the NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA and your local telco megopoly who restrict your choices and charge you exhuberant prices and rip off the consumer.
For the price of a single NBA game i can buy a copy of WIndows XP Home edition, for 2 games i can upgrade to a 1900 mhz XP Athlon Processor, for 2 games and a beer i can pay my mortgage payment.
I can sell my Copy of XP if i wish, if i sell my NFL tickets it can be scalping.. Microsoft doesn't price point XP, they give it a value. I can buy XP and sell it for 30 bucks or 300 bucks, whatever the consumer is willing to pay. I can't do that with Baseball tickets, nfl tickets ore phone service.
So who is the big looser when microsoft is perpetrated? the consumer who will have to pay higher prices for more buggier software who's only standard is adhering to a licensing body other then microsoft.
joy.
It isn't the school you went to, it isn't your gpa, and it isn't who you know that will make you happy in life.
It is only what you choose to do with yourself in life. Forget about money, forget about what everyone else is telling you should do. Take 2 weeks off, buy a mountain bike, head to Durango colorado (bring snow ski's this time of year as well) and free your mind from everything. You will be refreshed and ready to take on anything.
Most of all, READ. Stimulation is the only way to not burn out. You can't rely on work, friends or family to keep you stimulated, and frankly the people who can satisfy there own minds and growth are the most successfull people in the world.
I don't have a lick of college and work on financial applications and database systems. I love my line of work, but i find varying what i want to know and seeking the answer to everything i can has kept me sharp, on edge, and intriguing.
An employeer who sees this in you will snag you up no matter what.
He who dies with the most toys,
Still dies.
He who dies with the most success, dies a successfull and remembered person.
Success is not money.
Windows XP does it great :)
So does my Solaris box and my Linux box running Redhat 7.1 + AC Kernel.
I havn't tried a stock kernel in years, i've been flirting with EXT3 and other AC features for a while. AC kernels were the only ones that let my laptop monitor run in AGP mode with XFree86 4.x without much problems.
Its not my fault you live in canada. And yes, i you signed up for announcements or had half a brain you could get XP pro upgrade for 99 bucks.
Not my fault you get ripped off and have to curse because thats all you can do!
Doesn't take a scientist to figure that one out. Win2k was never a "home" os, and therefore you should upgrade to the "business" version of XP to get the same bang for your buck as you do with 2k.
IMHO, XP is worth it. Bootup speed, full sleep compatibility, better removeable device support, customizeable interface, remote desktop, remote support (like dell being able to login to fix there own crap instead of me waisting my time to fix it), windows update with more features, easier administration, better support with IPSec, built in PPEO driver, directx 8 support, same innards from home to pro now.
It is simply about time this product was released, xp is what 2k should have been.
Don't tell me it is expensive either, redhat 7.2 pro is 199.00, i can get the upgrade for an OS i already have for 99 bucks.
The fact it can boot up in 30 seconds on my dell laptop is sweet. When i come into work and have a tons of stuff to catch up on, having my pc booted by the time i get my coffee is worth it.
.net has to offer.
.net doesn't take off it is still a great java platform!
The task bar sorting is nice, grouping applications together cleans up the desk space alot.
VPN seems more stable, i don't have weird problems like i did in 2k. (IPsec)
Builtin PPoE is a godsend for verizon dsl customers, no more having to chase down 3rd party vendors for software. I have a linksys that does this for me, but for some people, this alone is worth the money for the upgrade.
Interface is "bubbly" but just goes to show you how much you can change these days.
Stability is nice. I have random complete reboots in 2k, doesn't happen under XP.
i work better, it has smoothed out the rough edges of 2k as far as compatibility and speed, and kept the stability as well as added support for DX8, better media support and whatever
Plus Java 1.4 with the WinXP look and feel makes java look native as far as interface and you get the added benifits of the new release.. even if
Don't tell me it will be RedHat XP :)
It wasn't until last week that verizon's magically changed. Infact if you *STILL* call sales they repeatedly state "You can run servers".
After all, the limited output is supposed to be what keeps the service levels on par. Your not paying for a "consumer" plan, your paying for an "Internet service".
There is no such thing as consumer on the internet. You can be a consumer and order stuff online or consume commercial content, but as soon as you send email, chat, icq or IM of any sorts your doing two way interaction that requires "servers" to be running to provide servie that uses the internet to work..
There is no way to win unless we support ISP's who give users what they want.. and that is simply the internet connection @ the bandwidth they pay for.
I pay 100 bucks a month for 1.54 down 384k out.. verizon limited my bandwidth so i'm moving to earthlink at 1.54 down / 128k out and only paying 40.00 a month.. verizon has lost 1,200 easy cash from me a year...
atleast with earthlink they offer static ip's and better support and to view the online status you don't have to be a "portal" member or provide information on everything you do..
oh well..
Verizon has to be the worst telco company out there. The terms of service now ban you from any "Server activity" which can include napster,
musiccity/morpheus/winmx or anything that acts as a server to share files.
Verizon is the first company to force "Net Consumer" where your connection is effectively limited to "consuming" the commercial aspects of the internet.
This will be the death of the internet IMHO. The internet existed long before monopolies like verizon were able to control the whole east coast portion of it.
It has been discussed on http://www.dslreports.com, but i can't say it enough. Send in your complaints. They're making people who need to to "use" the internet purchase a much more expensive "commercial" dsl connection.
Why is it considered commercial for me to be able to send/receive email from work, login to my home pc and test things i want to learn? Why am i being charged more for not "consuming" what verizon shoves down my throat?
To add to it, even when you signon to verizon's support website you have to register for there portal, there is no escaping the commercial grip verizon is enforcing on customers that don't want it.
I think DSL companies are killing themselves.. no simpler way to say it. The internet isn't a system to consume like television, it is a 2 way interactive street. I want to run a node in which people can interact with me and i pay 100.00 bucks a month for the speed/connectivity to run a node and verizon now says that is illegal.
I'm sorry, but verizon doesn't own the internet. Sure they own the pop, but the "internet connectivity" isn't Verizon's to filter and put laws on. Verizon doesnt own the content, sites, and ip that i use when i connect, so how can they claim responsibility to limit it when infact on the top of the TOS they say it isn't there's to limit.
its hogwash i tell you. Verizon is like Comcast but changing the TV shows and overriding commercials and putting in what THEY think is right, how they think they can get away with that is beyond me.
Q: How is Bin Laden like Fred Flintstone?
A: Both may look out their windows and see Rubble.
For the simple sake it is nice to use with the broadband adaptor. Now i can play mp3's on my network through the web browser on the two tv's i have with DC's hooked up.
Can also bootup in a minute and read news, check cnn.com, view weather.com and news.com in less time it takes for a laptop to resume from power saving.
The DC is far from dead as long as these games are still playable. for 80 bucks you can't go wrong. From what i've heard expect the DC to be 59.00 by christmas. Worth that price alone for colectors.
I for one need my Laptop. I use it at work while docked, use it at home and use it at remote locations.
Compiling code, monitoring systems, working on spreadsheets, logged into Oracle applications and spotlighting several huge oracle databases.
I wouldn't want to do this on a crappy 266.
If you bought a 1.2ghz laptop you would see most come with dual nics, modem, infrared, 802b.11 support built in or for another 50 bucks. Not to push dell but i have 2 batteries, dvdrom, 2internal 10/100 nics, built in v.90 modem, and a large lcd screen at 1600x1200 with a fast video card that works great in hi-res/high color on my 21 inch monitor. I need the screen real-estate since i'm monitoring many systems or utilizing many windows. Hell i even have dual display when i'm at home which is great. That is the beauty of a powerfull laptop.
There are a ton of users who have to take there work home with them, and a laptop is the easiest way. Just because people are mobile doesn't make there work or productivity less computationaly stressfull and thus there is no reason for not having a comparible workstation for use.
Doesn't the Palomino support SSE2 optimizations as well, so it is on par with PIII instructions as well as its own 3dnow.
Caldera Linux 3.1 is known to *HATE* via/amd chipsets and won't install on a majority of these systems.
Dunno how that got around there testing.
Caldera has always been a nice OS, one of the first to get accepted at major retailers, at the same time being one of the first to get rejected as of lately.
LIcensing, Pricing and Support are all out of whack, and the newsgroup is simply pathetic. I hope Caldera spends some time to turn it around or just sell applications for linux as a whole instead of there own distro
This is simply BS. If your offering new products and services you obviously have to train people, if your hirring newbies and you don't want to pay qualified people then you have to train people.
Many times people are more loyal to the company then the company is loyal to the employees. Bad decisions, waistefull spending and crazy take home pay by execs are what screws up businesses, not end users finding another more rewarding job.
If you can't reward your employees with training, then i do hope they quit working for you, if you expect a reward for training, again, i hope they quit working for you.
On the other hand, if i work for you and get the job done, i expect that paycheck. The big problem is most companies work so far into debt they don't have that paycheck and they're not honest to the employees.