It was important. When processor speeds were doubling in a matter of months, and several desktop apps could slow down a box. Opening up a box and dropping in more ram or a compatible new cpu was cheaper than getting a new box. Such advances made old laptops virtually unusable.
It's no longer true today. I use a 800 MHz PC in an office setting with no problems.
Kind of prove my point there, how long ago was it that 800 mhz was top or even just medium spec. So why have people suddenly decided now that laptops are sufficient ?. It's because of the other factors that have been mentioned (laptops catching up with desktops basically).
Is this a sign that 'joe user' starting to realize that software is no longer requiring upgrades every 6 months? (ease of Desktop ugrade is no longer a driving factor)...
This is such an ignorant generalization. Firstly if you are a gamer then you still need to upgrade every 6 months to keep up with the jones's (I get away with upgrading evey two years tho).
Secondly, if this a thinly veiled attack at M$ bloat then it doesn't make sense, when was windows xp released ?, when will the next windows be released ?, and why are ppl are only now realising they do or don't need to upgrade ?.
Basically I don't think that easy upgrade was ever an important for consumers. Generally people have bought computers when they need them, just like any other appliance. There are many reasons why laptops are selling well, other posters have commented that laptops are reaching a kind of maturity that theu previously didn't have (large hard drives, decent screens, capable 3D graphics chips).
This seems to be the most controversial argument when people talking about linux taking over the desktop.
I predict that linux will come become a mainstream OS in the same way that windiows did. People will use it at work first (corporations will implement it beacuse it is cheaper and has the advantages of being open source), then it will trickle on to people's desktops at home. To think that it will happen any other way seems a bit naive considering how much M$ can afford to spend on making sure home desktops stay windows. In fact I think that we may see both OS's co existing, could be worng tho.
Japan is important in the long term, but you mustconsider that XBox, like it's sony competitor, is only the first step in the larger goal of dominating the living room. I think that considering that the XBox has been quite successful in the west (in terms of market penetration, obviously not financially yet), the next iteration of the XBox will almost certainly be better recieved in Japan than the current XBox is.
The whole argument that "M$ loses money on hardware while Sony and the big N are making money" is niave and ignorant. M$ almost certianly has a financial strategy that is planned out for the next 10 to 15 years. I will not be surprised if it works for them either.
Not to be trollish but... at the moment it is pretty much china who are trying to do anything itneresting.
Besides all the infomation gathering probes which make beareded scientists very happy the only major space aim that NASA has is a vague ambition to maybe, possibly, put a man on mars within a couple of decades.
China are actually aiming to create not just a permanent presence in space or even a space industry but more a soceitry in space.
SCO's lawsuit asserts that IBM has breached contractual obligations between the two companies, and also that IBM has incorporated trade secret information concerning the design of the UNIX operating system into what SCO calls generally ``Linux.'' This latter claim has recently been expanded in extra-judicial statements by SCO employees and officers to include suggestions that ``Linux'' includes material copied from UNIX in violation of SCO's copyrights. An allegation to this effect was contained in letters apparently sent by SCO to 1500 of the world's largest companies warning against use of free software on grounds of possible infringement liability.
First off I must admit that I do have a hard time following the whole affair.
Why are they warning companies away from free software ?. Surely the companies in violation are potential customers of SCO's ?. At best this is SCO trying to force a buyout by putting pressure on IBM's customers and other users of free software. At worst this is SCO blatantly leading a crusade against the whole notion and existance of free software and open source. Why would they be doing that ?, I guess this is the origins of all the thoeries that say that it is M$ that put SCO up to this.
My install of Mandrake 9.1 was lightyears ahead of the install I did of MSDOS 6.22 / Windows for Workgroups last week for playing those tons of old LucasArts CDS that barely run on XP.
Lol, I too am impressed with MDK 9.1 because it detected my alcatel speedtouch usb modem, the only configuring I had to do was with gShield to share the connection over my home network. My previous installation was RedHat 9.0 and although I got it to work with the modem it was a lot of hassle (I'm a linux newbie and had to mess about with lots of configuration scripts, not easy).
Now all I want is a firewall/router distro on a cd that supports my usb modem and doesn't need to touch the hard drive.
I like reviewing what each update does, whether I need it, and if anyone has experienced any problems with it.
Every update ?, maybe on a server that might make sense. Afterall on a web server you probably shouldn't be running anything other than the OS and web server software so the amount of updates would be small.
But on a desktop you could have many different applications that the user will need. Would checking every update really be an effecient use of time ?. Generally desktops aren't as mission critical as server's as well.
Your absolutely right, fact is that if people really care about the quality of the programing they watch then they will pay for higher quality. If no one watches adverts anymore then companies should stop paying for them.
Essentially good telly costs money and I am quite certain that every thing will sort itself out just fine.
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If you are annoyed by children, why the hell do you spell "fucking" with a "v" ?
So, does that mean if i Buy a gun, I'm allowed to shoot someone with it.
No, but no one would stop you if you wanted to take it apart and see how it works.
Or, if i buy some paper, and a fancy printer, i'm allowed to make counterfeit bills? Your logic is flawed.
I guess making them is prolly illegal, but you would not be likely to get in any trouble as long as you dind't try to spend them (which would technically be stealing from whoever you are trying to pass them off to).
Personally I think the flaws in both your analogies are obvious but each to his own.
"if the DMCA didn't exist then they wouldn't need to blackmail M$."
And if I were rich, I wouldn't have to rob a bank.
So does the fact that I'm not rich justify my robbing a bank?
Hmmm, the issue is this, if someone buys an xbox then they should be able to do whatever they like with it since they own it. The DMCA places restrictions on what you can do, it inhibits your freedom.
The bank was never yours to begin with. Now go away and don't come back until you have found a better metaphor.
I agree, the one point you didn;t make quite clearly enough though is that consoles live and die by the quality and number of games they have. More consoles sold will attract more publishers.
It's called blackmail, and it's illegal for a reason, asshole.
if the DMCA didn't exist then they wouldn't need to blackmail M$. If you want to prove that a law is unjust then this is eactly what you need, normaly law abiding people (as most geeks are I assume) having to resort to illegal methods to get things done.
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It was important. When processor speeds were doubling in a matter of months, and several desktop apps could slow down a box. Opening up a box and dropping in more ram or a compatible new cpu was cheaper than getting a new box. Such advances made old laptops virtually unusable.
It's no longer true today. I use a 800 MHz PC in an office setting with no problems.
Kind of prove my point there, how long ago was it that 800 mhz was top or even just medium spec. So why have people suddenly decided now that laptops are sufficient ?. It's because of the other factors that have been mentioned (laptops catching up with desktops basically).
Is this a sign that 'joe user' starting to realize that software is no longer requiring upgrades every 6 months? (ease of Desktop ugrade is no longer a driving factor)...
This is such an ignorant generalization. Firstly if you are a gamer then you still need to upgrade every 6 months to keep up with the jones's (I get away with upgrading evey two years tho).
Secondly, if this a thinly veiled attack at M$ bloat then it doesn't make sense, when was windows xp released ?, when will the next windows be released ?, and why are ppl are only now realising they do or don't need to upgrade ?.
Basically I don't think that easy upgrade was ever an important for consumers. Generally people have bought computers when they need them, just like any other appliance. There are many reasons why laptops are selling well, other posters have commented that laptops are reaching a kind of maturity that theu previously didn't have (large hard drives, decent screens, capable 3D graphics chips).
This seems to be the most controversial argument when people talking about linux taking over the desktop.
I predict that linux will come become a mainstream OS in the same way that windiows did. People will use it at work first (corporations will implement it beacuse it is cheaper and has the advantages of being open source), then it will trickle on to people's desktops at home. To think that it will happen any other way seems a bit naive considering how much M$ can afford to spend on making sure home desktops stay windows. In fact I think that we may see both OS's co existing, could be worng tho.
By definition, history is comprised solely of OLD information.
Well donbe for killing the joke einstein.
Japan is important in the long term, but you mustconsider that XBox, like it's sony competitor, is only the first step in the larger goal of dominating the living room. I think that considering that the XBox has been quite successful in the west (in terms of market penetration, obviously not financially yet), the next iteration of the XBox will almost certainly be better recieved in Japan than the current XBox is.
The whole argument that "M$ loses money on hardware while Sony and the big N are making money" is niave and ignorant. M$ almost certianly has a financial strategy that is planned out for the next 10 to 15 years. I will not be surprised if it works for them either.
yeah but I bet ze germans stole the ideas from the US in the first place.
I think it's clear that china has strong intentions. The issue is whether we want to wait and see if they make any progress or make a start now.
In the long run I don't really care if they're Chinese, Indian, American, or even French
naa, we don't want the french in space, leave them here when we all migrate to a better planet.
Not to be trollish but... at the moment it is pretty much china who are trying to do anything itneresting.
Besides all the infomation gathering probes which make beareded scientists very happy the only major space aim that NASA has is a vague ambition to maybe, possibly, put a man on mars within a couple of decades.
China are actually aiming to create not just a permanent presence in space or even a space industry but more a soceitry in space.
If your not part of the solution then your part of the problem.
Of course everyone at SCO say that phrase the othere way round.
SCO's lawsuit asserts that IBM has breached contractual obligations between the two companies, and also that IBM has incorporated trade secret information concerning the design of the UNIX operating system into what SCO calls generally ``Linux.'' This latter claim has recently been expanded in extra-judicial statements by SCO employees and officers to include suggestions that ``Linux'' includes material copied from UNIX in violation of SCO's copyrights. An allegation to this effect was contained in letters apparently sent by SCO to 1500 of the world's largest companies warning against use of free software on grounds of possible infringement liability.
First off I must admit that I do have a hard time following the whole affair.
Why are they warning companies away from free software ?. Surely the companies in violation are potential customers of SCO's ?. At best this is SCO trying to force a buyout by putting pressure on IBM's customers and other users of free software. At worst this is SCO blatantly leading a crusade against the whole notion and existance of free software and open source. Why would they be doing that ?, I guess this is the origins of all the thoeries that say that it is M$ that put SCO up to this.
My install of Mandrake 9.1 was lightyears ahead of the install I did of MSDOS 6.22 / Windows for Workgroups last week for playing those tons of old LucasArts CDS that barely run on XP.
Lol, I too am impressed with MDK 9.1 because it detected my alcatel speedtouch usb modem, the only configuring I had to do was with gShield to share the connection over my home network. My previous installation was RedHat 9.0 and although I got it to work with the modem it was a lot of hassle (I'm a linux newbie and had to mess about with lots of configuration scripts, not easy).
Now all I want is a firewall/router distro on a cd that supports my usb modem and doesn't need to touch the hard drive.
I like reviewing what each update does, whether I need it, and if anyone has experienced any problems with it.
Every update ?, maybe on a server that might make sense. Afterall on a web server you probably shouldn't be running anything other than the OS and web server software so the amount of updates would be small.
But on a desktop you could have many different applications that the user will need. Would checking every update really be an effecient use of time ?. Generally desktops aren't as mission critical as server's as well.
Your absolutely right, fact is that if people really care about the quality of the programing they watch then they will pay for higher quality. If no one watches adverts anymore then companies should stop paying for them.
Essentially good telly costs money and I am quite certain that every thing will sort itself out just fine.
If you are annoyed by children, why the hell do you spell "fucking" with a "v" ?
Be consistent, man.
It's for effect, all the cool kids are doing it.
if only I had a mod point
So, does that mean if i Buy a gun, I'm allowed to shoot someone with it.
No, but no one would stop you if you wanted to take it apart and see how it works.
Or, if i buy some paper, and a fancy printer, i'm allowed to make counterfeit bills? Your logic is flawed.
I guess making them is prolly illegal, but you would not be likely to get in any trouble as long as you dind't try to spend them (which would technically be stealing from whoever you are trying to pass them off to).
Personally I think the flaws in both your analogies are obvious but each to his own.
"if the DMCA didn't exist then they wouldn't need to blackmail M$."
And if I were rich, I wouldn't have to rob a bank.
So does the fact that I'm not rich justify my robbing a bank?
Hmmm, the issue is this, if someone buys an xbox then they should be able to do whatever they like with it since they own it. The DMCA places restrictions on what you can do, it inhibits your freedom.
The bank was never yours to begin with. Now go away and don't come back until you have found a better metaphor.
I agree, the one point you didn;t make quite clearly enough though is that consoles live and die by the quality and number of games they have. More consoles sold will attract more publishers.
if your tinfoil is in a roll and not already on your head then you are comprimised.
It's called blackmail, and it's illegal for a reason, asshole.
if the DMCA didn't exist then they wouldn't need to blackmail M$. If you want to prove that a law is unjust then this is eactly what you need, normaly law abiding people (as most geeks are I assume) having to resort to illegal methods to get things done.
Sounds like a good way to end up in jail.
gotta love that DMCA.
Call it what it is, a Microsoft virus.
That kind of implies that Microsoft made the virus so it doesn't seem like a very accurate description to me (unless you know something we don't ?).
Besides, it gives me an informed opinion. poke poke
I tried to get past the first page I really did, but... well... it's a fvcking childrens book.