People will almost always believe things that are being told by an "authority". This happens on TV, in newspapers and nearly every other source of information. The only way this is going to change is by shoving down their throat the difference between an authority and a phony, and that's just not going to happen. People want to believe what they're being told, instead of having to think on their own.
It looks like a fine development to me. One of these days the trolls will be too stupid to type in www.slashdot.org All we need now is a program that tracks trolls and removes the URL from their "favorites".
This statement excludes whoever happens to be my girlfriend at the time. The fact that this has already been the same girlfriend for quite some time does not make any form of guarantuee for the future. All rights excluded.
This has been moderated as funny, and rightfully so. However, in the Netherlands you pay a certain percentage extra when buying any form of blank media, which means they are automatically assuming it is going to be used to illegally copy something. In other words, we are paying to listen at home...
You have to expect the recording industry to do everthing in their power to get their fist into our pockets
That's a scary thought. I don't want no record companies doing that. For that matter, I don't want anybody sticking anything in my pockets...or anywhere else.
In that case you might consider this a virtual handshake. My experience is that the TI's almost always work, some of the Topic's might, and the others are a recipe for disaster.
On the other hand, any computer with more than a motherboard, processor and memory is a recipe for disaster, which is why I will never run out of work:-)
First of all, I do not some cock. It's called Tobacco, smartass. Second, I want to turn off just that sound, not all of the other ones. Now reply to that, and have the guts to put a name on it...
Write to the following adress for Europe: techsupport-europe@mobl.com and I will read your mail within 24 hours. Stop whining. You could also check on http://www.mobilityelectronics.com and look on the compatibility list. If your computer is there, it works. If it isn't, it might work, but no guarantuees...
Sorry to pop the bubble, but unless they (we) are going to ship some very nifty driver updates, you'll run into heavy trouble getting those video cards to work. The helpdesk faerie...
The Easidock makes use of a technology called Cardbus. PCMCIA is an extension of the ISA bus and as such 16-bit, while Cardbus comes from the PCI bus, hence 32-bit. The Easidock 5000 uses a Cardbus controller and in order to get the damn thing working the laptop's Cardbus controller needs to be 100% PCI 2.1 compliant. Which is something I have yet to encounter.
Little info for who's interested, Cardbus controllers are backwards compatible and will accept PCMCIA devices. Not the other way around though...
I do know why I'd want to use this baby, as I'm doing the European helpdesk for it right now. They're cool toys, but not really something spectacular. You plug the damn thing in and you've got a couple of ports extra, some PCI slots and two IDE controllers. It's basically a complete computer running on the CPU and memory of your laptop. The only problem is that you can buy a complete system for about the same price...
Don't worry about that. It's appreciated. What's bothering me is that it can't be turned off. I want to be in control of my computer and that means it should not beep.
A solution for your power issue: plug an empty headphone connector into your headphone jack: No sound on startup.
You call that a solution? Where I come from that's called a work-around, and a pretty annoying one at that.(I really need my headphones for other purposes). Besides, it's not really my power issue. I don't touch a Mac unless I have to...
In Aussi-land, where it's good weather all the time, you might get away with this. In some countries in europe, which we will not mention by name, it is always raining and as such a hell of a lot less fun playing around with satellite dishes outside.
Computer should be getting smaller in the future and in the end merge with other household appliances. A cool design would be to have a desk with a computer hidden somewhere in it but still easily accessible for repairs/upgrades etc. and a couple of, say, Firewire connections here and there to hook up things. I don't want no flashy, space-eating cubes on my desk, I want the desk to be the cool cube.
Damn right you are. How much of Apple stock was owned by Microsoft again? And one other thing, so far I have not encountered one Win computer that did not allow me to turn the damn sounds off. Macs still have this "wham" when you push the power button.
On the other hand, if you press the button of the coffee machine at the same time of the sound, you should have a few gallons of coffee by the time Mac OS has loaded.
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People will almost always believe things that are being told by an "authority". This happens on TV, in newspapers and nearly every other source of information. The only way this is going to change is by shoving down their throat the difference between an authority and a phony, and that's just not going to happen. People want to believe what they're being told, instead of having to think on their own.
It looks like a fine development to me. One of these days the trolls will be too stupid to type in www.slashdot.org All we need now is a program that tracks trolls and removes the URL from their "favorites".
Ill buy some. I've always wanted to start a career as a bad guy in a James Bond movie.
Any other countries that someone knows about?
This statement excludes whoever happens to be my girlfriend at the time. The fact that this has already been the same girlfriend for quite some time does not make any form of guarantuee for the future. All rights excluded.
This has been moderated as funny, and rightfully so. However, in the Netherlands you pay a certain percentage extra when buying any form of blank media, which means they are automatically assuming it is going to be used to illegally copy something. In other words, we are paying to listen at home...
You have to expect the recording industry to do everthing in their power to get their fist into our pockets
That's a scary thought. I don't want no record companies doing that. For that matter, I don't want anybody sticking anything in my pockets...or anywhere else.
Three reasons: noise, dust and heat. I don't think this needs explaining.
In that case you might consider this a virtual handshake. My experience is that the TI's almost always work, some of the Topic's might, and the others are a recipe for disaster.
On the other hand, any computer with more than a motherboard, processor and memory is a recipe for disaster, which is why I will never run out of work:-)
First of all, I do not some cock. It's called Tobacco, smartass. Second, I want to turn off just that sound, not all of the other ones. Now reply to that, and have the guts to put a name on it...
The name is Gates, Bill Gates.
I know it's real. Problem is that TI is just about the only one that's compliant. I should know, I do the helpdesk for these things...
Write to the following adress for Europe: techsupport-europe@mobl.com and I will read your mail within 24 hours. Stop whining. You could also check on http://www.mobilityelectronics.com and look on the compatibility list. If your computer is there, it works. If it isn't, it might work, but no guarantuees...
Sorry to pop the bubble, but unless they (we) are going to ship some very nifty driver updates, you'll run into heavy trouble getting those video cards to work. The helpdesk faerie...
using FireWire, which while not as fast as PCMCIA
Ultra Wide SCSI-3, not as fast as a crappy connection to a 16-bit bus? Good thing you're posting anonimously...
The Easidock makes use of a technology called Cardbus. PCMCIA is an extension of the ISA bus and as such 16-bit, while Cardbus comes from the PCI bus, hence 32-bit. The Easidock 5000 uses a Cardbus controller and in order to get the damn thing working the laptop's Cardbus controller needs to be 100% PCI 2.1 compliant. Which is something I have yet to encounter.
Little info for who's interested, Cardbus controllers are backwards compatible and will accept PCMCIA devices. Not the other way around though...
Little inside info: you can't. It won't work well. The helpdesk faerie...
I do know why I'd want to use this baby, as I'm doing the European helpdesk for it right now. They're cool toys, but not really something spectacular. You plug the damn thing in and you've got a couple of ports extra, some PCI slots and two IDE controllers. It's basically a complete computer running on the CPU and memory of your laptop. The only problem is that you can buy a complete system for about the same price...
Don't worry about that. It's appreciated. What's bothering me is that it can't be turned off. I want to be in control of my computer and that means it should not beep.
So what you are saying is that this new flashy, OS-like thingy kicked all competition out of your computer? Sounds familiar...
There is one small difference...A Volkswagen Beetle allows you to build in a Porsche engine...
Say something like, 1200Mhz G4?
Can you imagine your reliable Apple with your professional graphics stuffs suddenly giving blue screens of deaths ?
Yes, I think I can imagine that, sounds pretty good at that, too. Get a real computer!
A solution for your power issue: plug an empty headphone connector into your headphone jack: No sound on startup.
You call that a solution? Where I come from that's called a work-around, and a pretty annoying one at that.(I really need my headphones for other purposes).
Besides, it's not really my power issue. I don't touch a Mac unless I have to...
In Aussi-land, where it's good weather all the time, you might get away with this. In some countries in europe, which we will not mention by name, it is always raining and as such a hell of a lot less fun playing around with satellite dishes outside.
Computer should be getting smaller in the future and in the end merge with other household appliances. A cool design would be to have a desk with a computer hidden somewhere in it but still easily accessible for repairs/upgrades etc. and a couple of, say, Firewire connections here and there to hook up things. I don't want no flashy, space-eating cubes on my desk, I want the desk to be the cool cube.
Damn right you are. How much of Apple stock was owned by Microsoft again? And one other thing, so far I have not encountered one Win computer that did not allow me to turn the damn sounds off. Macs still have this "wham" when you push the power button.
On the other hand, if you press the button of the coffee machine at the same time of the sound, you should have a few gallons of coffee by the time Mac OS has loaded.