Cheap RAID controllers suck - at least you can trust Windows to be consistent between installations if need be. External (preferably offsite) backup is also a must! As I'm sure you'll be reminded 1000 times in this thread, RAID is not backup.
Seriously? I don't remember the exact figures, but I believe we're paying under $30/seat for 50 licenses. It's really hard for me to believe it's not worth somewhere in the $1000/yr ballpark to have decent AV protection for your company.
Well below 30 FPS average in Crysis 1920x1200 with only 0xAA and 8xAF? No thanks. Why would I buy a card that's underpowered on today's^H^H^H last year's games at far less than max quality?
We've got a bumper crop of acorns this year. I've never seen anything like it - my front yard is almost literally paved with acorn bits and pieces now. And we're less than 200 miles from the supposed VA dead zone in the article...
FFS, would it be possible to invent some new technology for the purpose of letting us do NEW things, rather than keeping us from doing the things we used to be able to do (and for free, at that)?
I am nervous and sweaty every time I get loaded on to a 20 year old cattle car that has undergone substandard maintenance. And air rage? Well that's just a given these days. Personally, I look forward to saluting my new overlords at Guantanamo (or the EU equivalent) next time I fly.
You're right, I'm sure the reason your manager is clueless is because he's old. No doubt he was a whiz bang product manager when he was your age, and it's just been downhill ever since.
Or maybe he's just a dumbass. Yeah, I know it doesn't make the story quite as juicy...
I'm sure his viewpoint will be thoroughly panned in these comments, but honestly, the computer and tech industries as a whole could do with more of this. Too often we're sold progress just for the sake of progress, without enough benefits to outweigh the cost of transition to a new [platform|framework|device|etc].
I've had a chance to eat some lunch and think this over a bit, and I have to agree in principle - fairly structured tiered pricing is fair (if that makes any sense). I think what is really eating at me here is that my usage patterns are being blamed for Time Warner's crummy business model. On the one hand, they're happy to sell my neighbors cable service, and they can watch all the HBO on-demand they want for "free". On the other hand, they're happy to sell me internet service using the same pipes, but when I watch all the Netflix I want, that's suddenly a problem, and I'm spoiling it for everyone else - that's really the crux of my ill will toward TWC in all this. I have no problem being persecuted if I deserve it (and I probably do, at least a small bit), but from my perspective the whole thing is just dripping with dishonesty. If they'd just fess up and admit that they want to make money off the pipes AND get a cut of everything that travels through it, I might just laugh, suck it up and cut them some slack - and even pay a higher tiered rate! As it is now, my first reaction to their crocodile tears is to tell them to cram their Scientific Atlanta cable boxes where the sun don't shine, and find a business model that works in the 21st century.
Thanks for bearing with my under-caffeinated posts this morning. FWIW, though I probably did download 5GB yesterday, the sum total of my incoming traffic for the last 30 days is "only" about 15GB. If my back of the napkin calculations are correct*, I could probably download that much in 30 days over a 56k modem...which sort of puts the term "broadband" into perspective!
Only thing that's changing is that the party's over for you, and the rest of us won't be charged for your usage anymore.
This is laughable to me - the only thing that's changing is going to be TWC's quarterly profit. In my opinion, this is a cash grab, pure and simple, because most people either don't care or don't understand (or could understand, but are confused by all manner of borderline-fraudulent advertising and terms of use). But I'll tell you what - if TWC implements a tiered system that results in any savings over current rates for the lowest tier (assuming the lowest tier isn't 128kbps or something ridiculous...), I'll come back here and acknowledge that you were right and I was wrong. Fair enough?
Simple - they've been advertising unlimited usage for years now, and explicitly plugging the ability to download music and movies much faster than DSL. I'm not "getting more than I'm paying for", I'm getting exactly what I'm paying for. Yet by doing so, apparently I'm now the bogeyman who is fucking up the internet for everyone else...
I, beavis88, hereby pledge I will immediately terminate my Time Warner Cable "service" in the event they implement this new scheme without SUBSTANTIALLY reducing the price of the "low tier". I don't even run BT or pirate movies/music, and I probably came close to 5GB downloaded *yesterday* - Vista and Windows 2008.isos from MSDN, plus watched a movie online from Netflix. Now if they want to make it worth my while to reduce my usage, I might be amenable - but if they want to cap my usage, and keep charging the same insanely high prices, then fuck it, I'll put up with shitty, slow DSL.
AMD would have the lead for another month if they would ship actual product. But they haven't yet, in usual ATI form, and I wouldn't recommend holding your breath...I would not be at all surprised to see Nvidia's competitor, while delayed, in the hands of actual consumers around the same time as the 3870X2.
I pretty much agree with your entire post - I don't claim labor unions are The Answer by any means, but it's not hard to see why rank-and-file workers like them. It would be nice if there was a little more mutual respect between employers and employees. Too many employers treat their people like so many replaceable parts, and too many employees treat their companies like a source of plunder. Sadly, neither side is likely to blink first, resulting in the predictable arms race to the bottom...
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Cheap RAID controllers suck - at least you can trust Windows to be consistent between installations if need be. External (preferably offsite) backup is also a must! As I'm sure you'll be reminded 1000 times in this thread, RAID is not backup.
Seriously? I don't remember the exact figures, but I believe we're paying under $30/seat for 50 licenses. It's really hard for me to believe it's not worth somewhere in the $1000/yr ballpark to have decent AV protection for your company.
Well below 30 FPS average in Crysis 1920x1200 with only 0xAA and 8xAF? No thanks. Why would I buy a card that's underpowered on today's^H^H^H last year's games at far less than max quality?
We've got a bumper crop of acorns this year. I've never seen anything like it - my front yard is almost literally paved with acorn bits and pieces now. And we're less than 200 miles from the supposed VA dead zone in the article...
1) Let him send the spam
2) Report him to the FTC
FFS, would it be possible to invent some new technology for the purpose of letting us do NEW things, rather than keeping us from doing the things we used to be able to do (and for free, at that)?
Of course McCain and Obama didn't vote - this vote took place in the HOUSE, not the Senate.
I am nervous and sweaty every time I get loaded on to a 20 year old cattle car that has undergone substandard maintenance. And air rage? Well that's just a given these days. Personally, I look forward to saluting my new overlords at Guantanamo (or the EU equivalent) next time I fly.
And here I have been giving you credit for not being a total tool. How wrong I was...
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You're right, I'm sure the reason your manager is clueless is because he's old. No doubt he was a whiz bang product manager when he was your age, and it's just been downhill ever since.
Or maybe he's just a dumbass. Yeah, I know it doesn't make the story quite as juicy...
I'm sure his viewpoint will be thoroughly panned in these comments, but honestly, the computer and tech industries as a whole could do with more of this. Too often we're sold progress just for the sake of progress, without enough benefits to outweigh the cost of transition to a new [platform|framework|device|etc].
I'm just saying tiered pricing is *fair*
I've had a chance to eat some lunch and think this over a bit, and I have to agree in principle - fairly structured tiered pricing is fair (if that makes any sense). I think what is really eating at me here is that my usage patterns are being blamed for Time Warner's crummy business model. On the one hand, they're happy to sell my neighbors cable service, and they can watch all the HBO on-demand they want for "free". On the other hand, they're happy to sell me internet service using the same pipes, but when I watch all the Netflix I want, that's suddenly a problem, and I'm spoiling it for everyone else - that's really the crux of my ill will toward TWC in all this. I have no problem being persecuted if I deserve it (and I probably do, at least a small bit), but from my perspective the whole thing is just dripping with dishonesty. If they'd just fess up and admit that they want to make money off the pipes AND get a cut of everything that travels through it, I might just laugh, suck it up and cut them some slack - and even pay a higher tiered rate! As it is now, my first reaction to their crocodile tears is to tell them to cram their Scientific Atlanta cable boxes where the sun don't shine, and find a business model that works in the 21st century.
Thanks for bearing with my under-caffeinated posts this morning. FWIW, though I probably did download 5GB yesterday, the sum total of my incoming traffic for the last 30 days is "only" about 15GB. If my back of the napkin calculations are correct*, I could probably download that much in 30 days over a 56k modem...which sort of puts the term "broadband" into perspective!
*: ~6 KB/sec * 60 sec/min * 60 min/hr * 24 hr/day ~= 500,000 KB/day...am I missing something here?
Only thing that's changing is that the party's over for you, and the rest of us won't be charged for your usage anymore.
This is laughable to me - the only thing that's changing is going to be TWC's quarterly profit. In my opinion, this is a cash grab, pure and simple, because most people either don't care or don't understand (or could understand, but are confused by all manner of borderline-fraudulent advertising and terms of use). But I'll tell you what - if TWC implements a tiered system that results in any savings over current rates for the lowest tier (assuming the lowest tier isn't 128kbps or something ridiculous...), I'll come back here and acknowledge that you were right and I was wrong. Fair enough?
Satellite? Fractional T1? ISDN? I guess if that were truly my only option, I'd probably lube up and keeping bending over for TWC... :/
What's the problem?
Simple - they've been advertising unlimited usage for years now, and explicitly plugging the ability to download music and movies much faster than DSL. I'm not "getting more than I'm paying for", I'm getting exactly what I'm paying for. Yet by doing so, apparently I'm now the bogeyman who is fucking up the internet for everyone else...
They don't, but fortunately, AT&T doesn't serve my local area anyway. Yet. :|
I, beavis88, hereby pledge I will immediately terminate my Time Warner Cable "service" in the event they implement this new scheme without SUBSTANTIALLY reducing the price of the "low tier". I don't even run BT or pirate movies/music, and I probably came close to 5GB downloaded *yesterday* - Vista and Windows 2008 .isos from MSDN, plus watched a movie online from Netflix. Now if they want to make it worth my while to reduce my usage, I might be amenable - but if they want to cap my usage, and keep charging the same insanely high prices, then fuck it, I'll put up with shitty, slow DSL.
Well shit, serves me right for not checking again - looks like Newegg has some of these in stock and available for purchase, right now. Go ATI!
AMD would have the lead for another month if they would ship actual product. But they haven't yet, in usual ATI form, and I wouldn't recommend holding your breath...I would not be at all surprised to see Nvidia's competitor, while delayed, in the hands of actual consumers around the same time as the 3870X2.
How very odd - an AC had replied to my original post, and I retorted. The AC's reply now seems utterly absent, making me look like I'm insane.
Or maybe I am just insane. But I really don't think so. Seriously...
Condescending attitude? Check No mention of the original topic at hand in the "rebuttal"? Check Ad hominem attack? Check
By golly, I think you really are a Presidential candidate!
Let me start by saying that I am a very strong Republican conservative
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Woah...someone call the EPA...we've got a confirmed sighting of an endangered species here
I pretty much agree with your entire post - I don't claim labor unions are The Answer by any means, but it's not hard to see why rank-and-file workers like them. It would be nice if there was a little more mutual respect between employers and employees. Too many employers treat their people like so many replaceable parts, and too many employees treat their companies like a source of plunder. Sadly, neither side is likely to blink first, resulting in the predictable arms race to the bottom...
What are you, a fucking Presidential candidate? That's not remotely close what I said.
This, folks, is a good example of why labor unions are still around. Not that it's going to help any in this case...