Great. You left half the components out and it came to $1,000 less. Go figure. (The base config is really awesome with its 1GB of RAM) If you add the second CPU, memory, the cheapest 512MB video card, a gigabit NIC, a Firewire card, and a DVD burner you'll see that the price is over $3000.
My post was in reply to, "the mac pro is bad as they can get a systems from dell , hp and others for about $1000-$1500 less with more ram and better base video card." If you actually go to Dell's site and try to build a an eight-core Xeon machine with all of the same specs as the Mac Pro you'll only save a couple hundred dollars. An eight-core HP costs several hundred more than the Apple. Go try it for yourself.
I'll bite, you troll.
A Dell eight 2.26GHz, 6GB of RAM, a 512MB video card, and a 500GB hard drive is $3,157. That's $142 less than a Mac Pro with the same specs (though the Mac has a hard drive with 140GB more space). $142 less - for a Dell.
Try to build an eight-core HP for less than $4,000. Good luck!
It's still all voodoo when you're talking about audible frequencies! Straightened coat hangers aren't going to sound any worse than your $2/foot cable. What you're talking about doesn't apply until the radio frequency range.
My point exactly. I also work in a very large SOX-regulated company, and have webmail, ssh, and pretty much open Internet access. Our financial and HR systems, however, are very tightly controlled and monitored.
I am approaching this argument as someone involved in the definition, auditing, and enforcement of my company's security restrictions. I am not trying to demonstrate how smart I am by circumventing security restrictions, but instead am demonstrating how smart I am by not wasting time on creating useless security restrictions such as disabling USB, IM, and other things.
I know SOX quite well, as internal SOX auditing is part of my job. Nice try. It seems like you're misinformed about SOX. SOX doesn't force IT departments to do anything, let alone "drastic measures."
Like I said in my original post, it's a good thing you're focused on the important activities of, "blocking mail apps, IM apps, USB drives and the like." You better ban laptops too! While you're at it, kill your users. They might *speak*. Well, you could rip out their vocal cords so they can't do that, but then they might use semaphores. Better ban flags too!
What you fail to realize is that your data is only secure as your users. I would say that you do not "get it" at all.
Where do you work? I'd like to know so that I do not inadvertently apply for work at your company.
Then again, I'm sure you've addressed all of your company's really important network concerns first before moving on to this. Or, maybe you were sure to restrict all of the workstations such that no one can change their desktop wallpaper and things like that.
Which webmail system do I use while at work? I use my own squirrelmail installation. I bet you'd really hate that!
I have a "batch two" DS-X and liked it so much I bought a "batch four" unit for my wife. Both have been flawless. It sounds like you gave up after the last firmware update. I can't imagine that Aphex or Guru left you with a bricked unit. Besides, most problems people have with 1.10 are because they didn't follow the instructions.
You say these problems are "rather common." What leads you to that conclusion? Yes, there was a change at the plant once. That caused the infamous "qkin" problem that was fixed in about a week.
Yes, the DS-X is $125 for a 512MB cartridge. However, it is the only cartridge able to play Nintendo download play games with un-flashed DS units. Features are more important than capacity to some people.
I'm using 2650mAh rechargeable batteries and they work great. The Wii's surround sound is great if you have a receiver that supports Dolby Pro Logic II. (Notice the "II").
You may not know this, but if you tagged your mp3s appropriately, you wouldn't need to scroll through a list of 10,000 songs. You can have your songs arranged by artist, album, or even genre. Now this doesn't apply if you've got some strange album with 10,000 songs on it.
Like someone else pointed out, iTunes and iPod are not easy.
Not only do I disagree, but I think millions of iPod users would too. iTunes is one of the easiest applications I've encountered, epecially considering what it does.
Easy is being able to plug the device in and use any client to talk to it through a standard mass storage protocol, without having to transcode your files. iPod does not do this.
Since when does iPod transcode mp3s? Nice FUD.
You need a special, non free client to load it.
Don't like iTunes? Use Ephpod. There are other free applications that will work too.
Yeah, steps 1, 2, and 3 are rocket science for sure. It takes all of three seconds to set that up.
Besides, it's you that's missing the point. The point was that the iPod plays non-DRM mp3 files without issue. The anti-iPod nerds always want to skip past that bit.
Maybe the video-trading family example is weak. I'll offer you a real example instead:
Mandrake Club. Mandrake Club members pay an annual fee for access to expanded versions of the Mandrake distribution. This depends on the level (read: cost) of your membership. In all cases, the content that members can download is different from the freely-available Mandrake content.
Now, why would Mandrake or its club members want non-members using their private bittorrent distrubution method? In this case, they certainly own the content.
The spelling and grammar are no worse than what I see here. Besides, the beauty of digg is that everyone can moderate the stories. In fact, the only way stories make it to the main page is if they've been moderated (or dugg) up.
I know I'd love the ability to mod down obvious fanboy bias like "Windowsz".
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Great. You left half the components out and it came to $1,000 less. Go figure. (The base config is really awesome with its 1GB of RAM) If you add the second CPU, memory, the cheapest 512MB video card, a gigabit NIC, a Firewire card, and a DVD burner you'll see that the price is over $3000.
My post was in reply to, "the mac pro is bad as they can get a systems from dell , hp and others for about $1000-$1500 less with more ram and better base video card." If you actually go to Dell's site and try to build a an eight-core Xeon machine with all of the same specs as the Mac Pro you'll only save a couple hundred dollars. An eight-core HP costs several hundred more than the Apple. Go try it for yourself.
I'll bite, you troll. A Dell eight 2.26GHz, 6GB of RAM, a 512MB video card, and a 500GB hard drive is $3,157. That's $142 less than a Mac Pro with the same specs (though the Mac has a hard drive with 140GB more space). $142 less - for a Dell. Try to build an eight-core HP for less than $4,000. Good luck!
In what way was the Apple II an open system? I owned a IIe and a IIgs and never thought of them as being especially open.
100,000MB is 100GB. That's 1/10th of a terabyte.
It's still all voodoo when you're talking about audible frequencies! Straightened coat hangers aren't going to sound any worse than your $2/foot cable. What you're talking about doesn't apply until the radio frequency range.
My point exactly. I also work in a very large SOX-regulated company, and have webmail, ssh, and pretty much open Internet access. Our financial and HR systems, however, are very tightly controlled and monitored.
I chose to ignore GLBA because it doesn't apply to my company. Imagine that!
Though it may apply to your company, I'm sure it doesn't demand draconian IT practices.
I am approaching this argument as someone involved in the definition, auditing, and enforcement of my company's security restrictions. I am not trying to demonstrate how smart I am by circumventing security restrictions, but instead am demonstrating how smart I am by not wasting time on creating useless security restrictions such as disabling USB, IM, and other things.
I know SOX quite well, as internal SOX auditing is part of my job. Nice try. It seems like you're misinformed about SOX. SOX doesn't force IT departments to do anything, let alone "drastic measures."
Like I said in my original post, it's a good thing you're focused on the important activities of, "blocking mail apps, IM apps, USB drives and the like." You better ban laptops too! While you're at it, kill your users. They might *speak*. Well, you could rip out their vocal cords so they can't do that, but then they might use semaphores. Better ban flags too!
What you fail to realize is that your data is only secure as your users. I would say that you do not "get it" at all.
Where do you work? I'd like to know so that I do not inadvertently apply for work at your company.
Then again, I'm sure you've addressed all of your company's really important network concerns first before moving on to this. Or, maybe you were sure to restrict all of the workstations such that no one can change their desktop wallpaper and things like that.
Which webmail system do I use while at work? I use my own squirrelmail installation. I bet you'd really hate that!
I have a "batch two" DS-X and liked it so much I bought a "batch four" unit for my wife. Both have been flawless. It sounds like you gave up after the last firmware update. I can't imagine that Aphex or Guru left you with a bricked unit. Besides, most problems people have with 1.10 are because they didn't follow the instructions.
You say these problems are "rather common." What leads you to that conclusion? Yes, there was a change at the plant once. That caused the infamous "qkin" problem that was fixed in about a week.
Yes, the DS-X is $125 for a 512MB cartridge. However, it is the only cartridge able to play Nintendo download play games with un-flashed DS units. Features are more important than capacity to some people.
I'm using 2650mAh rechargeable batteries and they work great. The Wii's surround sound is great if you have a receiver that supports Dolby Pro Logic II. (Notice the "II").
You may not know this, but if you tagged your mp3s appropriately, you wouldn't need to scroll through a list of 10,000 songs. You can have your songs arranged by artist, album, or even genre. Now this doesn't apply if you've got some strange album with 10,000 songs on it.
Flocking? I bought the iPod so I wouldn't have to take binders full of CDs in my car everywhere I went, not to feel "unique" or "cool".
You know, air is so overrated. I mean, that's what EVERYONE is breathing.
Some people buy the iPod without any desire to be part of some so-called fad. It is a nice mp3 player after all.
Like someone else pointed out, iTunes and iPod are not easy.
Not only do I disagree, but I think millions of iPod users would too. iTunes is one of the easiest applications I've encountered, epecially considering what it does.
Easy is being able to plug the device in and use any client to talk to it through a standard mass storage protocol, without having to transcode your files. iPod does not do this.
Since when does iPod transcode mp3s? Nice FUD.
You need a special, non free client to load it.
Don't like iTunes? Use Ephpod. There are other free applications that will work too.
Yeah, steps 1, 2, and 3 are rocket science for sure. It takes all of three seconds to set that up.
Besides, it's you that's missing the point. The point was that the iPod plays non-DRM mp3 files without issue. The anti-iPod nerds always want to skip past that bit.
Maybe the video-trading family example is weak. I'll offer you a real example instead: Mandrake Club. Mandrake Club members pay an annual fee for access to expanded versions of the Mandrake distribution. This depends on the level (read: cost) of your membership. In all cases, the content that members can download is different from the freely-available Mandrake content. Now, why would Mandrake or its club members want non-members using their private bittorrent distrubution method? In this case, they certainly own the content.
You might need an amplifier that goes up to eleven for that.
WMware works on Linux too!
You're new to pundits, aren't you?
Wow. I did do a Google image search and you're right! No eyebrows to be found! That's hilarious. And strange.
The spelling and grammar are no worse than what I see here. Besides, the beauty of digg is that everyone can moderate the stories. In fact, the only way stories make it to the main page is if they've been moderated (or dugg) up. I know I'd love the ability to mod down obvious fanboy bias like "Windowsz".
Yeah, though it's not exactly the same kind of site, I've found myself visiting digg.com more often because of this kind of childishness.