They're a (relatively) big company. Big companies are supposed to be evil, yet they do lots of Good Stuff(tm) like supporting and using OSS.
This is what Apple's always done that's kept them around... their products are dirt simple, yet really powerful in hands that know how to put them to work.
In the words of a motivational book-on-tape foisted on me recently, it's not enough to have satisfied customers, you need to create raving fans. I bought my first Apple (Pbook G4 1.25) in May, and I've been raving about it ever since. mmm.... iMac...
...I hear about something like this, I just have to wonder how we know what we're looking for. I mean, seriously... life outside of our solar system is probably not at all like the life we find here on Earth. At least, I sure hope it's not. In any case, how do we even know what to start looking for?
I have to wonder how this thing would hold up, though. I'm rough on pocketknives, and while it's true that there aren't many parts, I don't think it would take me long to render the flash drive useless.
Ok... so when do I get to stroll downstairs in the morning and say "Energize" to some guy standing at the controls of my transporter pad to get to work, rather than driving?
Granted, my understanding of electronics isn't what it should be, but I always find it amazing that the processors used in these things can be so slow considering the requirements of most PC software these days.
This is great news. Hopefully we'll start to see more and more companies start to do this. It's a great step forward for consumers' rights, as a company is actually acknowledging that their customers own the devices they buy rather than insisting that they're simply 'licensing' them.
SP2, from what I understand, limits the number of outgoing connections a PC can make. Could it be that HP was just a bit too slow to market on this one? Why pay for a product that does something your OS is about to start doing for free?
The implementation in this area runs to a box on a utility pole outside. That box is a wireless AP. You can't plug directly into it, you need to have an 802.11b-compatible wireless adapter in your computer or home access point. Thus, WPA or even WEP would be very nice things to have.
I spoke with one of the more technically versed sales reps for the roll-out here in eastern PA, and they assured me it was secure because they "only allow certain mac addresses to connect". No WPA, not even WEP. All in all, fairly disappointing. I'll have to get -much- more sick of my one-way cable modem to consider switching.
The only app I still really use on my windows box is MS Money, and that's only because quicken for mac is horrid. If I could get that over on my powerbook, I'd be in heaven.
What happens when our entire ecosystem becomes "artificial"? The coral can't survive unless we're zapping the rocks they adhere to. I shudder to think how we're going to keep the elephants around...
I swore by the "for Dummies" books back when I was getting started with computers. DOS 3.something, iirc, and the book showed up around version 5. I had all of them for a while, there.
To be honest, I haven't picked any of the new ones up in a while, but the old ones just don't have enough pictures for someone like my mom. I tried sitting down with her several times and showing her how to use e-mail, but it wasn't until I got her a picture book for Christmas that she actually got it. It's got a little cartoony window that walks you through each step in 8x10 color glossy photos with circles and arrows and a paragraph next to each one.
It's just easier when you've got something you can look at and compare to your screen, I guess.
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They're a (relatively) big company. Big companies are supposed to be evil, yet they do lots of Good Stuff(tm) like supporting and using OSS.
This is what Apple's always done that's kept them around... their products are dirt simple, yet really powerful in hands that know how to put them to work.
In the words of a motivational book-on-tape foisted on me recently, it's not enough to have satisfied customers, you need to create raving fans. I bought my first Apple (Pbook G4 1.25) in May, and I've been raving about it ever since. mmm.... iMac...
...I hear about something like this, I just have to wonder how we know what we're looking for. I mean, seriously... life outside of our solar system is probably not at all like the life we find here on Earth. At least, I sure hope it's not. In any case, how do we even know what to start looking for?
...and he's currently playing tuxracer in his eyepiece.
I'm stuck with a one-way cable modem, you insensitive clod!
What? This isn't a poll?
Are there any members of the Verisign board that also have significant interests in SCO?
It's behind a small door, so the robot can't get in.
I have to wonder how this thing would hold up, though. I'm rough on pocketknives, and while it's true that there aren't many parts, I don't think it would take me long to render the flash drive useless.
Anyone have Darl's phone number?
I've got well over a hundred in the box under my desk. Unfortunately, it's just that. A box of over 100 CPUs, mostly Pentiums/Pentium IIs.
Ok... so when do I get to stroll downstairs in the morning and say "Energize" to some guy standing at the controls of my transporter pad to get to work, rather than driving?
The world needs more interviews like this.
...or maybe...
Tomorrow on Dateline NBC, Matt Lauer interviews Dick Cheney in a vat of Jello(tm).
This week, on Meet the Press: Tim Russert and President Bush have a heart-to-heart in a kiddie pool of rice pudding.
I've got it. I could've saved them a lot of time...
"We would happily toss our salad with it,"
They need a much, much better PR person.
Washington Post link, free reg. req.
Granted, my understanding of electronics isn't what it should be, but I always find it amazing that the processors used in these things can be so slow considering the requirements of most PC software these days.
This is great news. Hopefully we'll start to see more and more companies start to do this. It's a great step forward for consumers' rights, as a company is actually acknowledging that their customers own the devices they buy rather than insisting that they're simply 'licensing' them.
SP2, from what I understand, limits the number of outgoing connections a PC can make. Could it be that HP was just a bit too slow to market on this one? Why pay for a product that does something your OS is about to start doing for free?
If you're in the US, it's anyone the current government doesn't like who also happens to own or have access to a computer.
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The implementation in this area runs to a box on a utility pole outside. That box is a wireless AP. You can't plug directly into it, you need to have an 802.11b-compatible wireless adapter in your computer or home access point. Thus, WPA or even WEP would be very nice things to have.
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John's having a press conference tomorrow to announce some big new crack-down. Details here, free reg. req. Yada yada.
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I spoke with one of the more technically versed sales reps for the roll-out here in eastern PA, and they assured me it was secure because they "only allow certain mac addresses to connect". No WPA, not even WEP. All in all, fairly disappointing. I'll have to get -much- more sick of my one-way cable modem to consider switching.
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The first trilogy was excellent.
The second trilogy has, to date, been somewhere between lousy and sub-par.
I'm no mensa member, but I can spot a pattern here.
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The only app I still really use on my windows box is MS Money, and that's only because quicken for mac is horrid. If I could get that over on my powerbook, I'd be in heaven.
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What happens when our entire ecosystem becomes "artificial"? The coral can't survive unless we're zapping the rocks they adhere to. I shudder to think how we're going to keep the elephants around...
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I swore by the "for Dummies" books back when I was getting started with computers. DOS 3.something, iirc, and the book showed up around version 5. I had all of them for a while, there.
To be honest, I haven't picked any of the new ones up in a while, but the old ones just don't have enough pictures for someone like my mom. I tried sitting down with her several times and showing her how to use e-mail, but it wasn't until I got her a picture book for Christmas that she actually got it. It's got a little cartoony window that walks you through each step in 8x10 color glossy photos with circles and arrows and a paragraph next to each one.
It's just easier when you've got something you can look at and compare to your screen, I guess.