I'm sure they have, just never seen them sold. I figured they were all/mostly in local brick and mortar stores or homebrew.
If I remove my internal zip drive (click-of-death affected) and internal floppy drive (which doesn't even work, I think) I'll have 4 3.5" bays (same amount as my 5.25" bays, oddly enough). Even odder? I don't have enough IDE channels for 7 HDDs and 1 DVD multidrive (HP dvd1040i) so I don't see the point unless I upgrade the motherboard (which means upgrading, at this point, everything else except the year old PSU).
Another professor wanted submissions on floppy. Had to buy a usb floppy drive for my daughter's laptop.
Seems like someone enjoys their tenure. Wow. Needs to be on a floppy? I'd buy some usb sticks and see if he'd accept that. I mean, it's practically the same thing (except, you know, USB sticks are actually used today while floppies, well you know, aren't (except by him!)).
So it surprises me that colleges have seemingly gone 100% PC when their own students are choosing a 50-50 split. I wonder why the schools no longer have Mac labs as they had in the 90s?
Given the cost of Macs and so many universities crying about budget deficits, I'm not surprised at all. The fact they are still using Windows and crying poor does surprise me, though.
I've bought all my systems to date as used systems and I purchased because of price and specs. I'm not really concerned with what to do with them. Even though in introduces a bit more dust, I keep them open so as to allow better airflow.
Sure you can put more 3.5" drives in those bays, but you can only attach one side unless you have something put inside the larger bay so you can stabilize both sides of the drive.
Ok, how many 5.25" drives do you really need in a non CD/DVD replication computer? I have an HP Supermulti-drive (multiple DVD formats, all CD formats) w/Lightrscribe. What other need do I have for a second (third or even fourth) drive? Would you put an external drive out of it's case and put it in your PC? What's the point of buying the external then? I mean seriously.
It's a great archiver. It compresses, generally, better than WinZIP. That being said, using an archiver as your only means of encryption? Are you kidding me? I have a registered copy and it's only "encryption" is a password. Seriously.
I said I want the choice on whether or not I want to reciprocate. Maybe that's the same to you as saying "I don't want to reciprocate, ever." It's not to me. In one instance I'm saying I just want an option, in the other instance you are saying I shouldn't have that option.
Also, if I didn't want people to use my stuff, why would I bother advocating CopyFree policies?
My objections to the Pledge has nothing to do with the words "under God" (which I agree do not belong there, but for reasons different than yours) and everything to do with it's socialist origins.
No, I hate the GPL because it removes the freedom for me to use GPL software in closed-source software or in any way in which I choose, whether or not I reciprocate.
Once I download the software (whether it was distributed freely by the author or I paid for it) I should be able to modify it, license my modifications as I wish, and decide whether or not I want to redistribute the original with my modifications. Yeah, if I sell the original program with my modifications and call it all my own, than that's definitely not good and shouldn't be allowed, but if I sell the original (my copy of the original) as modified by me, and explain that I'm only claiming the modifications as my own, then why should I be forced to contribute back those modifications to the source project? In essence I've forked the project yet the GPL says my modifications need to be GPL'd. I say tough luck, I'm licensing my modifications as I see fit.
I don't see what the issue is as long as the original author is credited appropriately, really.
To not use it would mean a return to closed-source software (which I dislike even more, no chance for anyone with the skills to fix it up and make it better) or use no software at all. How is either choice palatable to anyone?
And yet, once you do, you've been infected. Anything that interfaces with it must be GPL'd according to the folks over at WordPress. Now I'm not so free anymore, am I.
And yet freedom forms the basis of all civilization. If we want to form a stable software society, it must be based on freedom; otherwise, we will maintain this current state of disjointed, warring software fiefdoms led by dictators indefinitely.
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I'm sure they have, just never seen them sold. I figured they were all/mostly in local brick and mortar stores or homebrew.
If I remove my internal zip drive (click-of-death affected) and internal floppy drive (which doesn't even work, I think) I'll have 4 3.5" bays (same amount as my 5.25" bays, oddly enough). Even odder? I don't have enough IDE channels for 7 HDDs and 1 DVD multidrive (HP dvd1040i) so I don't see the point unless I upgrade the motherboard (which means upgrading, at this point, everything else except the year old PSU).
Another professor wanted submissions on floppy. Had to buy a usb floppy drive for my daughter's laptop.
Seems like someone enjoys their tenure. Wow. Needs to be on a floppy? I'd buy some usb sticks and see if he'd accept that. I mean, it's practically the same thing (except, you know, USB sticks are actually used today while floppies, well you know, aren't (except by him!)).
Then they haven't heard of OOo which can read docx just fine (thought it can't write to it, yet).
I have ABP disabled for this page and still see no ads. I can't imagine your karma being that good, though. ;)
So it surprises me that colleges have seemingly gone 100% PC when their own students are choosing a 50-50 split.
I wonder why the schools no longer have Mac labs as they had in the 90s?
Given the cost of Macs and so many universities crying about budget deficits, I'm not surprised at all. The fact they are still using Windows and crying poor does surprise me, though.
Awesome (:
I've bought all my systems to date as used systems and I purchased because of price and specs. I'm not really concerned with what to do with them. Even though in introduces a bit more dust, I keep them open so as to allow better airflow.
Sure you can put more 3.5" drives in those bays, but you can only attach one side unless you have something put inside the larger bay so you can stabilize both sides of the drive.
Ok, how many 5.25" drives do you really need in a non CD/DVD replication computer? I have an HP Supermulti-drive (multiple DVD formats, all CD formats) w/Lightrscribe. What other need do I have for a second (third or even fourth) drive? Would you put an external drive out of it's case and put it in your PC? What's the point of buying the external then? I mean seriously.
It's a great archiver. It compresses, generally, better than WinZIP. That being said, using an archiver as your only means of encryption? Are you kidding me? I have a registered copy and it's only "encryption" is a password. Seriously.
no kidding. when I read that the poster used WinRAR to encrypt/decrypt I about scoffed.
Seriously. WinRAR? Wow.
4096-bit key with a 32+ character pass phrase. (:
Really? Tell that to the BSDs (though they do use a lot of GPL software, they are all slowly removing GPL code from their distributions).
Oh really? Do pray tell enlighten me.
Did I ever say that? Nope.
I said I want the choice on whether or not I want to reciprocate. Maybe that's the same to you as saying "I don't want to reciprocate, ever." It's not to me. In one instance I'm saying I just want an option, in the other instance you are saying I shouldn't have that option.
Also, if I didn't want people to use my stuff, why would I bother advocating CopyFree policies?
My objections to the Pledge has nothing to do with the words "under God" (which I agree do not belong there, but for reasons different than yours) and everything to do with it's socialist origins.
No, I hate the GPL because it removes the freedom for me to use GPL software in closed-source software or in any way in which I choose, whether or not I reciprocate.
Once I download the software (whether it was distributed freely by the author or I paid for it) I should be able to modify it, license my modifications as I wish, and decide whether or not I want to redistribute the original with my modifications. Yeah, if I sell the original program with my modifications and call it all my own, than that's definitely not good and shouldn't be allowed, but if I sell the original (my copy of the original) as modified by me, and explain that I'm only claiming the modifications as my own, then why should I be forced to contribute back those modifications to the source project? In essence I've forked the project yet the GPL says my modifications need to be GPL'd. I say tough luck, I'm licensing my modifications as I see fit.
I don't see what the issue is as long as the original author is credited appropriately, really.
http://www.oldtimeislands.org/pledge/pledge.htm
To not use it would mean a return to closed-source software (which I dislike even more, no chance for anyone with the skills to fix it up and make it better) or use no software at all. How is either choice palatable to anyone?
What about the fact that the pledge was written by a socialist to advance socialist ideas?
Really? So if I make additions to the program I'm using, but DON'T GPL my additions, and still want to distribute them, how does that work.
According to you I can't distribute my additions.
And yet, once you do, you've been infected. Anything that interfaces with it must be GPL'd according to the folks over at WordPress. Now I'm not so free anymore, am I.
And yet freedom forms the basis of all civilization. If we want to form a stable software society, it must be based on freedom; otherwise, we will maintain this current state of disjointed, warring software fiefdoms led by dictators indefinitely.
FTFY
The website is not mine but I will pass on the information.
I have no problems with reciprocating when I am so inclined. To be forced to do so is ridiculous.