Old IBM M-series keyboards, because they make me happy.
Indeed -- I have three of them now, two in active use. Considering purchasing a few more (they cost more on ebay than brand-new el-cheapo keyboards in the store) in case these crap out, but I hate to think what you'd have to do to break one. I've dropped a server case on one keyboard, and dumped a full can of Coke in the other...both still working just fine. IBM really made some fine hardware back in the olden days.
Most controller manufacturers recommend exactly the opposite -- almost every controller I've ever used explicitly stated that best case was to use identical drives in the array.
Someone suggested earlier in the thread to use the same model drive, but get drives from different batches/sources. Seems like a decent way to hedge your bets a little bit.
That's funny, I am still running a couple of 10GB Maxtors from 1999 or so. Since then, I've had 60G, 80G, and 120G WD drives fail...I really wanted to like WD, but I'm afraid I'm done with them for now.
There are new EPA regulations coming out (in Fall 2006 IIRC) that will greatly reduce the allowable sulfur in diesel fuel. From what I've heard, this should go a long way toward allowing diesels to meet tougher emissions standards.
Intel's execution has usually been pretty good, but they always seem to end up backing the wrong horse technologically, or backing the right horse at the wrong time
For $190, you could get a fairly nice television set. Seems a little odd that you would then have to spend another $190 just to downsample a high quality signal to crappy ole NTSC.
In my case, we have two televisions with a total retail cost of about $600. They've been working just fine for about 8 years now. Tell me again why I should pony up $380 just so they can continue to look EXACTLY the same? (OK, maybe not exactly; I don't get any blocky compression artifacts on straight analog)
Sure, I could go out and buy new TVs, but the only remotely reasonable option for HD is still around ~$600 (each). And of course, that's just "HD-ready", so that would not be the end of the equipment purchases.
Perhaps I'm just getting old, but $190/TV, just to maintain the status quo, does NOT seem reasonable.
My company just deployed a new application to help manage employee data, calendars, timesheets, etc. Guess what? We didn't put SSN anywhere near this application. It's a simple enough matter for someone to go to the locked file cabinet in the HR office and grab a number if need be.
It's not like this method is particularly secure, but it doesn't really matter -- a physical break-in seems much more "acceptable" in the eyes of customers etc than does an electronic break-in.
Seems like the sort of brilliant strategic move that Sony's hardware division has mastered over the last 6-8 years or so. How are those NetMDs selling, Sony?
They're so cheap these days (and I do mean cheap...plastic gears suck), it's hardly worth the trouble to try and repair them. One exception might be high-end jukebox type players, but for single-disc players I'll typically just buy a new one.
I do agree though, that longevity seems to be a much bigger issue for DVD players than for CDs. I have one of the original Discmans with skip protection from circa 1993, and it still works just fine. I bought my first DVD player around 1997-8 IIRC, and am now on my third...
I checked Apple's supported hardware, and slot-loading iMacs are listed as supported. However, the "built-in Firewire" requirement is still listed, so I am going to assume the worst.
For awhile, FW was an option on iMacs. My wife has one w/out, but I know you could get one (perhaps an "AV"?) with Firewire at the time. Wonder if we're still S.O.L.?
The last company I worked for had clients in 10-12 different timezones, all looking at events/meetings scheduled in other timezones. These were essentially financial conference calls/presentations, so displaying an incorrect start time to a user was a Big Deal. The OS is great for providing timestamps and other such things, but when you're displaying the same time to many different users, all wanting to see it in their local time, I can assure you it gets very ugly. Add to that having users in each of these timezones actually scheduling these events in their own timezones...ugh.
We didn't even bother to handle things like Arizona not observing DST, or Indiana's totally insane system, and it was still a collosal PITA. And this doesn't begin to touch on the madness of DST in other countries/localities (see: Israel).
Laptops also tend to have a lot more pixels per square inch than a desktop LCD. I have to imagine the fact that everything is smaller doesn't help much.
From what I've heard, you should assume that you won't be able to swap cards out. You might be able to if you stick with the same manufacturer and they're using the same chipsets, but again, don't count on it.
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Nothing will bring pain to you quite like making someone (or some organization) look foolish. Even if you probably are at least somewhat in the right.
Old IBM M-series keyboards, because they make me happy.
Indeed -- I have three of them now, two in active use. Considering purchasing a few more (they cost more on ebay than brand-new el-cheapo keyboards in the store) in case these crap out, but I hate to think what you'd have to do to break one. I've dropped a server case on one keyboard, and dumped a full can of Coke in the other...both still working just fine. IBM really made some fine hardware back in the olden days.
Most controller manufacturers recommend exactly the opposite -- almost every controller I've ever used explicitly stated that best case was to use identical drives in the array.
Someone suggested earlier in the thread to use the same model drive, but get drives from different batches/sources. Seems like a decent way to hedge your bets a little bit.
That's funny, I am still running a couple of 10GB Maxtors from 1999 or so. Since then, I've had 60G, 80G, and 120G WD drives fail...I really wanted to like WD, but I'm afraid I'm done with them for now.
There are new EPA regulations coming out (in Fall 2006 IIRC) that will greatly reduce the allowable sulfur in diesel fuel. From what I've heard, this should go a long way toward allowing diesels to meet tougher emissions standards.
Intel's execution has usually been pretty good, but they always seem to end up backing the wrong horse technologically, or backing the right horse at the wrong time
What do you mean? I heard RamBus was l33t!
Sorry, remove the trailing slash for correct wikipedia link...
Here you go:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonal_functions
I'll reply again in a couple weeks after I've figured out if my functions are orthogonal or not.
For $190, you could get a fairly nice television set. Seems a little odd that you would then have to spend another $190 just to downsample a high quality signal to crappy ole NTSC.
In my case, we have two televisions with a total retail cost of about $600. They've been working just fine for about 8 years now. Tell me again why I should pony up $380 just so they can continue to look EXACTLY the same? (OK, maybe not exactly; I don't get any blocky compression artifacts on straight analog)
Sure, I could go out and buy new TVs, but the only remotely reasonable option for HD is still around ~$600 (each). And of course, that's just "HD-ready", so that would not be the end of the equipment purchases.
Perhaps I'm just getting old, but $190/TV, just to maintain the status quo, does NOT seem reasonable.
More like you have to buy a Campbell's brand can-opener. Imagine the outcry if *that* happened.
I doubt I'll ever buy a $5,000 camera, but I can promise you that if I do, I will not let my images be at the mercy of a single piece of software.
That's not going to stop it either. It may, however, change who does the stealing.
My company just deployed a new application to help manage employee data, calendars, timesheets, etc. Guess what? We didn't put SSN anywhere near this application. It's a simple enough matter for someone to go to the locked file cabinet in the HR office and grab a number if need be.
It's not like this method is particularly secure, but it doesn't really matter -- a physical break-in seems much more "acceptable" in the eyes of customers etc than does an electronic break-in.
Seems like the sort of brilliant strategic move that Sony's hardware division has mastered over the last 6-8 years or so. How are those NetMDs selling, Sony?
They're so cheap these days (and I do mean cheap...plastic gears suck), it's hardly worth the trouble to try and repair them. One exception might be high-end jukebox type players, but for single-disc players I'll typically just buy a new one.
I do agree though, that longevity seems to be a much bigger issue for DVD players than for CDs. I have one of the original Discmans with skip protection from circa 1993, and it still works just fine. I bought my first DVD player around 1997-8 IIRC, and am now on my third...
...could make better decisions than Sony's people.
I checked Apple's supported hardware, and slot-loading iMacs are listed as supported. However, the "built-in Firewire" requirement is still listed, so I am going to assume the worst.
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http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/requirements.
For awhile, FW was an option on iMacs. My wife has one w/out, but I know you could get one (perhaps an "AV"?) with Firewire at the time. Wonder if we're still S.O.L.?
According to TFA, they sold a combined ~$84MM earlier this year. These were, of course, scheduled transactions...
The last company I worked for had clients in 10-12 different timezones, all looking at events/meetings scheduled in other timezones. These were essentially financial conference calls/presentations, so displaying an incorrect start time to a user was a Big Deal. The OS is great for providing timestamps and other such things, but when you're displaying the same time to many different users, all wanting to see it in their local time, I can assure you it gets very ugly. Add to that having users in each of these timezones actually scheduling these events in their own timezones...ugh.
We didn't even bother to handle things like Arizona not observing DST, or Indiana's totally insane system, and it was still a collosal PITA. And this doesn't begin to touch on the madness of DST in other countries/localities (see: Israel).
WEP is like gun laws in the US. They only keep the honest people from having guns
Of course, if everyone in society was honest, we wouldn't need any laws, right?
I find laughing directly in the face of the salesperson who mentions the PSP usually ends the discussion pretty quickly.
Laptops also tend to have a lot more pixels per square inch than a desktop LCD. I have to imagine the fact that everything is smaller doesn't help much.
I think I'm going to send this article around the office, and highlight that particular sentence. Genius!
*cleaning out desk in 3...2...1*
From what I've heard, you should assume that you won't be able to swap cards out. You might be able to if you stick with the same manufacturer and they're using the same chipsets, but again, don't count on it.
Turn on "Automatic Updates" on your server...*groan*