How long till bitcoins become illegal tender? I wonder if these coins are being moved around to another exchange, liquidated, and move on to the next one to rob. This is happening way too frequently, and since there isn't any enforcement tied to it, there will be no recourse for these exchanges. Sitting ducks, anyone?
I can see that the camp that develops Windows Phone OS is going to progressively overtake and meld with the software developers of Windows 7. Apple is following that model with iOS becoming integrated with Lion. Just a matter of time before tablet-like computers replace the traditional setup, especially at the office, where terminal style application access could be implemented.
However, XP is going to stick around, whether MS likes it or not. It's paid for, business owners are cheap, and most of their software for day-to-day runs just fine with it. When there are more SaaS options and apps for mobile devices that supersede the need for an XP machine running a bunch of local apps, then XP will be supplanted.
Where's the 17" mammoth? They can't extrude the aluminum slab that big? That's Apple's showpiece, and I'm really surprised it didn't make the cut. Does anyone know the scoop?
I think Apple may get a little upset about that infringement. What's next? They start calling their widgets gadgets? Let's all copy each other instead of being original.
Gentoo is more like here are some seeds, a bucket of water and a knife to make everything. Good luck and maybe your next-of-kin will finish building it.
I think a lot of mac loyalists, including myself, felt like their heart just sunk into their feet and are having massive coronaries. This was a much more profound announcement than the 68k to PPC flip over 10 years ago, but it seems, at least on paper, a Goodthing[tm]. However, since there isn't an immediate offering of a Macintel, you'd think it would stifle sales of their just-released iMac revamped line to the mass audience. The biggest change I see is that it will allow bigger advances in the area of cpu emulation, the likes of which haven't been seen since the 68k emu on PPC601 boxes. I can't stop shaking...
I've had a lot of seat-time with Xandros (Corel Linux) and have been pretty impressed with its abilities out-of-the-box. It's got a decent debian style package builder, which isn't completely reliable with rpms straight-through, but works well with deb packages. 3.0.1 OC runs KDE 3.3, which isn't my cup of tea (wmaker) but works well for those used to a pure GUI environment. It lends its flexibility quite well for those who are used to a *nix environment, as it builds source just like any other, but has the easiest install program this side of Mandr(ake/iva), and it all fits on one CD to keep costs low for a machine as one would only need a CD-ROM drive. My biggest gripe is that the CUPS network printing tool is pretty craptacular, as it takes some screwing around to make it not just find but print to the network printers, but Samba seems to be right at home. Overall, it's probably one of the better Linux standalone operating systems that Grandma Smith could probably handle installing and using on a daily basis. It's no OS X, but isn't a Gentoo bitchfest.
Talk about old BMWs reminds me of my buddy's 1976 2002. After turning the car off, he noticed smoke rising from the hood. Obviously curious about what is causing this, he opens the hood (to those who don't know, the hood hinges from the front of the car) and gets surprised by a nice fireball from a leaky fuel line hitting the hot exhaust manifold. Another time, the carb linkage stuck, which is not cable driven; looks more like a bunch of rods connected to the gas pedal going in perpendicular directions, making for some exciting seat time. I think he particularly enjoyed the 20min startup time in the dead of New England winters in the morning with no heat and a non-operational choke, with the obligatory broken window crank that left the window down just a bit for that extra nipply feeling. Classic cars, especially from post-war recovering sovereign nations should be left in the past. They weren't good then and they're much less goodly now. Hell, even my ye olde Mazda B2200, which was built in modern times, surprised me one morning when the throttle return spring popped off in the driveway while taking off in first, making for a smokey burnout (it was real icy) and watching my custom VDO tach (cause it had none out of the box) swing to redline faster than I've ever imagined possible out of that crapmoblie. I'll stick with my digitized 01 Miata, the first car I've owned that I haven't had to bring a large set of tools along for the ride, thank you. At least I can stop it using the Homer Simpson method of pouring a bucket of water on the ECU.
The most frequent problem with spam I've gotten using 2 carriers (Sprint and KDDI [au]) was with the damn shortmail function. I had the service shortly (pun?) with Sprint, dropping it after the free trial ended. However I still frequently receive spam over that service, which clearly has a different address than the regular phone e-mail address. I could understand that the KDDI plan had spammers, as the service was free with the phone plan unlike Sprint, but I'm more concerned if Sprint factors in a charge for handling spam, as in if they charge the receiver extra for the data transmission in their phone bill. Maybe nothing more than a penny per datagram, but still, I'm sure they're making their cut to handle the spam, especially for users that would get charged if they used the service to delete the offending shortmail and weren't subscribers, as the phone still has the capability for these functions. Kind of a double edged sword for the customer. Get charged for the subscription service and receive spam, or get charged for spam without the subscription.
spend more time and energy building better cars that automate the process of driving in different conditions than to criticize the driver who, by nature, is capable of error. Smarter cars as opposed to more safety watchdogs hounding every driver's move. They're already plenty of those, i.e. other drivers with cell phones.
Hell, maybe they'll get a clue and get on the hybrid bandwagon and build, of all things, an efficient set of vehicles. In So. Cali, with fuel prices soaring above $2/gal, they could penetrate the market where Toyota has succeeded with the Prius. Put their vast portfolio and money where their mouth is.
I've got a Mac 128, still used today, but unfortunately only as my trash can. The board died long ago and she has been relegated to collecting tissues and junk mail. Hooray for the all-in-one box with removable face plate!
As the old attage goes, you can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear. Saving money and upgrading a 7 year old computer should not be in the same sentence. Hell, it sounds like turning water into wine, and I only know of one person that can work miracles, usually not on computers. As Seinfeld said,"Good luck with all that."
I have 10.2 running on several G3 boxes; a Wallstreet, a Gossamer and a Rev B iMac. The Wallstreet, with 192MB of ram and running at 266MHz with 256 L3 cache, works well, but is not quite as fast as it was running 9.2.2. The big problem is that it is hard to slim down OS X to where all the quartz shit is deactivated. Fancy dock and spring loaded folders make for a less responsive interface. However, on the Gossamer, it is fairly sprightly. That machine is running an upclocked 400MHz G3 from a B&W and has 384MB of ram. As a fileserver, it works well and has been using OS X since 10.0.4. 10.2 is far more practical than its previous iterations, but still it is impressive to see it run on such old hardware. The iMac has similar performance to the Gossamer, and it is a bit quicker than the Wallstreet, at least it seems so. However, the BIG limitation with OS X on a G3 is the hard drive partitioning scheme that needs to be enabled. OS X will not install in a partition bigger than 8GB. This is the largest drawback and limits the user to how one may want to configure a new hard drive partitioning scheme. Not to mention the installer application will force all new apps into the Applications directory, thus chewing up that limited space. Also, less important, but no less viable, is that OS X doesn`t support floppy drives. Now, arguably they may be an invalid media transport now, these machines still had the hardware, and one could still go and purchase a VST floppy drive. Shouldn`t it still be supported? Most definitely, as it is stock Apple hardware and probably still used by the owner. It`s these kinds of limitations that have caused dismay with old G3 owners.
My good friend still owns a very well modified Gossamer tower that he purchased brand new. Maxed out with ram and fitted with the optional A/V card, a Voodoo 2 (which took a 3rd party driver to run), 2 monitors and all sorts of other goodies, should he be limited to things like an 8GB installation partition and a dead floppy drive? I have a hard time agreeing with that kind of policy when he could download YDL and configure it any way he wanted, aside from the Voodoo. Sometimes Apple is bizarre and makes unusual policy. With OS X, this was one of those times.
Another one of those "See what I can do, mommy" achievements. What do you want, a junior G man badge? System 7 was bootable on a floppy, but I`m not going to go around and tout it.
I've had over 5 different models of Apple laptops over the years and I've had very few problems. The biggest issues, one machine's hard drive failed within the first year, and another's motherboard quit after 3 years. The first one, a 165c, was covered under warranty at no cost to replace. The second one, which didn't have AppleCare, a Pismo, required it to be returned to Apple for $400, but they replaced the monitor, which had many dents on the LCD from being packed in a bag with books, with a new unit along with a new board. It may be worth it to you considering the abuse that most of those machines sustain, but you should read the information carefully behind the coverage. Some machines aren't covered everywhere in the world, and their service may be much less satisfactory. Personally, for the price, it isn't quite a no-brainer, but if you plan on having the machine for a number of years and will beat on it, I would be tempted to throw down for the extra protection. Apple is quite good at stretching the limits of their warranty and will try to solve the problem as best as they can. A satisfied customer is a loyal customer.
Watsamatta fo you? Noone buys american anymore. North, Central, South, it's all American, yeah, that's it...
Funny how most of the "foreign" makes aren't foreign to our shores anymore, yet the "domestics" are not so domestic. Who cares anymore, in the next 10 years, it's all going to boil down to the real big one: Renault.
I agree about the cheapness of the Dell machines. They have possibly the worst assembly quality of most any mainstream laptop and have plenty of warantee issues, especially bringing it overbroad. My buddy bought one of the lower end units (inspiron 6500) with the 12" screen, and it blew its board out (I personally think it couldn't handle the 100VAC power output from Japan) and had a hell of a time trying to get it fixed, even with their warantee care package. These laptops are not globally minded in construction, and will always be subpar compared to Apple units. I have a Wallstreet II that, if it wasn't for the crappy battery life, I would use daily without issue. As for reference, I brought it to Japan and worked flawlessly for the year I was there while the Dell was down for 6 months, waiting for service to help out.
Not even getting into their cookie cutter form factors that don't change with monitor size, the overall quality and experience was mediocre for such a seemingly esteemed company. Apple books will always be top shelf innovators and be the best. Probably why mine is valued as much as a brandy new Dell mc crapper.
Ok, let's have a little breakdown of price vs. features:
$200 core system
$200 linux kit
$400 15" cheapo LCD flatscreen
$150 external USB CD burner
$50 VGA adapter
----
$1000 PS2 linux computer
or
$1000 eMac + OS X
I'm not sure what most others would choose, but I think I'd go for the Mac. Simple, factory backed and, surprise surprise, works with all the components installed. Not to mention comes with a ton of other features that the 2 year old playstation does not contain. Leave the console to the games, about the only thing it really needs is the HDD so it can store savegame files. It's just a bit too expensive for not as many features when compared to a brand new computer
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How long till bitcoins become illegal tender? I wonder if these coins are being moved around to another exchange, liquidated, and move on to the next one to rob. This is happening way too frequently, and since there isn't any enforcement tied to it, there will be no recourse for these exchanges. Sitting ducks, anyone?
I can see that the camp that develops Windows Phone OS is going to progressively overtake and meld with the software developers of Windows 7. Apple is following that model with iOS becoming integrated with Lion. Just a matter of time before tablet-like computers replace the traditional setup, especially at the office, where terminal style application access could be implemented. However, XP is going to stick around, whether MS likes it or not. It's paid for, business owners are cheap, and most of their software for day-to-day runs just fine with it. When there are more SaaS options and apps for mobile devices that supersede the need for an XP machine running a bunch of local apps, then XP will be supplanted.
Where's the 17" mammoth? They can't extrude the aluminum slab that big? That's Apple's showpiece, and I'm really surprised it didn't make the cut. Does anyone know the scoop?
He once predicted that computers would be so large and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe would own them.
Fuck Microsoft. Enough said.
If you dislike the majority of these new operating systems, explore the Internet on the TeleType!
I think Apple may get a little upset about that infringement. What's next? They start calling their widgets gadgets? Let's all copy each other instead of being original.
Gentoo is more like here are some seeds, a bucket of water and a knife to make everything. Good luck and maybe your next-of-kin will finish building it.
or RDRR...hardee har har
I think a lot of mac loyalists, including myself, felt like their heart just sunk into their feet and are having massive coronaries. This was a much more profound announcement than the 68k to PPC flip over 10 years ago, but it seems, at least on paper, a Goodthing[tm]. However, since there isn't an immediate offering of a Macintel, you'd think it would stifle sales of their just-released iMac revamped line to the mass audience. The biggest change I see is that it will allow bigger advances in the area of cpu emulation, the likes of which haven't been seen since the 68k emu on PPC601 boxes. I can't stop shaking...
I've had a lot of seat-time with Xandros (Corel Linux) and have been pretty impressed with its abilities out-of-the-box. It's got a decent debian style package builder, which isn't completely reliable with rpms straight-through, but works well with deb packages. 3.0.1 OC runs KDE 3.3, which isn't my cup of tea (wmaker) but works well for those used to a pure GUI environment. It lends its flexibility quite well for those who are used to a *nix environment, as it builds source just like any other, but has the easiest install program this side of Mandr(ake/iva), and it all fits on one CD to keep costs low for a machine as one would only need a CD-ROM drive. My biggest gripe is that the CUPS network printing tool is pretty craptacular, as it takes some screwing around to make it not just find but print to the network printers, but Samba seems to be right at home. Overall, it's probably one of the better Linux standalone operating systems that Grandma Smith could probably handle installing and using on a daily basis. It's no OS X, but isn't a Gentoo bitchfest.
Talk about old BMWs reminds me of my buddy's 1976 2002. After turning the car off, he noticed smoke rising from the hood. Obviously curious about what is causing this, he opens the hood (to those who don't know, the hood hinges from the front of the car) and gets surprised by a nice fireball from a leaky fuel line hitting the hot exhaust manifold. Another time, the carb linkage stuck, which is not cable driven; looks more like a bunch of rods connected to the gas pedal going in perpendicular directions, making for some exciting seat time. I think he particularly enjoyed the 20min startup time in the dead of New England winters in the morning with no heat and a non-operational choke, with the obligatory broken window crank that left the window down just a bit for that extra nipply feeling. Classic cars, especially from post-war recovering sovereign nations should be left in the past. They weren't good then and they're much less goodly now. Hell, even my ye olde Mazda B2200, which was built in modern times, surprised me one morning when the throttle return spring popped off in the driveway while taking off in first, making for a smokey burnout (it was real icy) and watching my custom VDO tach (cause it had none out of the box) swing to redline faster than I've ever imagined possible out of that crapmoblie. I'll stick with my digitized 01 Miata, the first car I've owned that I haven't had to bring a large set of tools along for the ride, thank you. At least I can stop it using the Homer Simpson method of pouring a bucket of water on the ECU.
Absolutely right. Basic Newtonian Physics states:
F=ma
Where, in a purely elastic collision, which most automotive ones are not,
force F applied is proportional to mass m of object accelerating, or
decelerating at a, or a more simplified derivative:
M=m(v^2)
Where momentum M, which also can be characterized as a force, is
equal to mass m of object at velocity v squared, which is a positively
increasing parabola, or progressive rate.
Hello, I'm doctor stupid. I'm going to remove your liver-bones.
I think I've seen this episode before...
Lenny: Look, Homer's got one of those new robot cars!
Carl: One of those American robot cars.
The most frequent problem with spam I've gotten using 2 carriers (Sprint and KDDI [au]) was with the damn shortmail function. I had the service shortly (pun?) with Sprint, dropping it after the free trial ended. However I still frequently receive spam over that service, which clearly has a different address than the regular phone e-mail address. I could understand that the KDDI plan had spammers, as the service was free with the phone plan unlike Sprint, but I'm more concerned if Sprint factors in a charge for handling spam, as in if they charge the receiver extra for the data transmission in their phone bill. Maybe nothing more than a penny per datagram, but still, I'm sure they're making their cut to handle the spam, especially for users that would get charged if they used the service to delete the offending shortmail and weren't subscribers, as the phone still has the capability for these functions. Kind of a double edged sword for the customer. Get charged for the subscription service and receive spam, or get charged for spam without the subscription.
spend more time and energy building better cars that automate the process of driving in different conditions than to criticize the driver who, by nature, is capable of error. Smarter cars as opposed to more safety watchdogs hounding every driver's move. They're already plenty of those, i.e. other drivers with cell phones. Hell, maybe they'll get a clue and get on the hybrid bandwagon and build, of all things, an efficient set of vehicles. In So. Cali, with fuel prices soaring above $2/gal, they could penetrate the market where Toyota has succeeded with the Prius. Put their vast portfolio and money where their mouth is.
I've got a Mac 128, still used today, but unfortunately only as my trash can. The board died long ago and she has been relegated to collecting tissues and junk mail. Hooray for the all-in-one box with removable face plate!
As the old attage goes, you can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear. Saving money and upgrading a 7 year old computer should not be in the same sentence. Hell, it sounds like turning water into wine, and I only know of one person that can work miracles, usually not on computers. As Seinfeld said,"Good luck with all that."
I have 10.2 running on several G3 boxes; a Wallstreet, a Gossamer and a Rev B iMac. The Wallstreet, with 192MB of ram and running at 266MHz with 256 L3 cache, works well, but is not quite as fast as it was running 9.2.2. The big problem is that it is hard to slim down OS X to where all the quartz shit is deactivated. Fancy dock and spring loaded folders make for a less responsive interface. However, on the Gossamer, it is fairly sprightly. That machine is running an upclocked 400MHz G3 from a B&W and has 384MB of ram. As a fileserver, it works well and has been using OS X since 10.0.4. 10.2 is far more practical than its previous iterations, but still it is impressive to see it run on such old hardware. The iMac has similar performance to the Gossamer, and it is a bit quicker than the Wallstreet, at least it seems so. However, the BIG limitation with OS X on a G3 is the hard drive partitioning scheme that needs to be enabled. OS X will not install in a partition bigger than 8GB. This is the largest drawback and limits the user to how one may want to configure a new hard drive partitioning scheme. Not to mention the installer application will force all new apps into the Applications directory, thus chewing up that limited space. Also, less important, but no less viable, is that OS X doesn`t support floppy drives. Now, arguably they may be an invalid media transport now, these machines still had the hardware, and one could still go and purchase a VST floppy drive. Shouldn`t it still be supported? Most definitely, as it is stock Apple hardware and probably still used by the owner. It`s these kinds of limitations that have caused dismay with old G3 owners. My good friend still owns a very well modified Gossamer tower that he purchased brand new. Maxed out with ram and fitted with the optional A/V card, a Voodoo 2 (which took a 3rd party driver to run), 2 monitors and all sorts of other goodies, should he be limited to things like an 8GB installation partition and a dead floppy drive? I have a hard time agreeing with that kind of policy when he could download YDL and configure it any way he wanted, aside from the Voodoo. Sometimes Apple is bizarre and makes unusual policy. With OS X, this was one of those times.
Another one of those "See what I can do, mommy" achievements. What do you want, a junior G man badge? System 7 was bootable on a floppy, but I`m not going to go around and tout it.
In this situation, the best thing to do is panic. Throw your arms up, scream at the heavens, run around naked and panic.
I've had over 5 different models of Apple laptops over the years and I've had very few problems. The biggest issues, one machine's hard drive failed within the first year, and another's motherboard quit after 3 years. The first one, a 165c, was covered under warranty at no cost to replace. The second one, which didn't have AppleCare, a Pismo, required it to be returned to Apple for $400, but they replaced the monitor, which had many dents on the LCD from being packed in a bag with books, with a new unit along with a new board. It may be worth it to you considering the abuse that most of those machines sustain, but you should read the information carefully behind the coverage. Some machines aren't covered everywhere in the world, and their service may be much less satisfactory. Personally, for the price, it isn't quite a no-brainer, but if you plan on having the machine for a number of years and will beat on it, I would be tempted to throw down for the extra protection. Apple is quite good at stretching the limits of their warranty and will try to solve the problem as best as they can. A satisfied customer is a loyal customer.
Watsamatta fo you? Noone buys american anymore. North, Central, South, it's all American, yeah, that's it...
Funny how most of the "foreign" makes aren't foreign to our shores anymore, yet the "domestics" are not so domestic. Who cares anymore, in the next 10 years, it's all going to boil down to the real big one: Renault.
I'm buying ukranian next time.
I agree about the cheapness of the Dell machines. They have possibly the worst assembly quality of most any mainstream laptop and have plenty of warantee issues, especially bringing it overbroad. My buddy bought one of the lower end units (inspiron 6500) with the 12" screen, and it blew its board out (I personally think it couldn't handle the 100VAC power output from Japan) and had a hell of a time trying to get it fixed, even with their warantee care package. These laptops are not globally minded in construction, and will always be subpar compared to Apple units. I have a Wallstreet II that, if it wasn't for the crappy battery life, I would use daily without issue. As for reference, I brought it to Japan and worked flawlessly for the year I was there while the Dell was down for 6 months, waiting for service to help out.
Not even getting into their cookie cutter form factors that don't change with monitor size, the overall quality and experience was mediocre for such a seemingly esteemed company. Apple books will always be top shelf innovators and be the best. Probably why mine is valued as much as a brandy new Dell mc crapper.
Ok, let's have a little breakdown of price vs. features:
$200 core system
$200 linux kit
$400 15" cheapo LCD flatscreen
$150 external USB CD burner
$50 VGA adapter
----
$1000 PS2 linux computer
or
$1000 eMac + OS X
I'm not sure what most others would choose, but I think I'd go for the Mac. Simple, factory backed and, surprise surprise, works with all the components installed. Not to mention comes with a ton of other features that the 2 year old playstation does not contain. Leave the console to the games, about the only thing it really needs is the HDD so it can store savegame files. It's just a bit too expensive for not as many features when compared to a brand new computer