Unfortunately, you have to take into account the economy of scale. PC's are built for the masses; As remote services kick in, and the PC becomes a web-appliance, those web appliances will get cheap and the 'workstations' more expensive. Consumer electronics research and design will go with the mass market ( IMHO, having worked as a design engineer in consumer electronics for 20 years ).
Back when I started computers, we had dumb terminals with applications running on mainframes. I had no ability to write my own code; I had no right to execute CPU cycles for anything other than work. And nor could I, as CPU cycles were audited and 'billed' against each department.
And so we will return. The server based module of applictaion licencing will suit the likes of Microsoft enormously. They want a constant revenue stream, not just intermittent ( but huge ) income on new product releases.
More insidiously though, this move will start to erode our usgae 'rights' again . Little by little we will be discouraged from installing applications on our PC's.
There are good aspects to server hosted applications and data storage, but also some very bad ones.
"We tested his clothes with a static electricity field meter and measured a current of 40,000 volts, which is one step shy of spontaneous combustion, where his clothes would have self-ignited"
Do firefighters in Australia carry ESD meters now? Wow, I thought they only carried can openers.
I had the same problem 22 years ago when I was about to start a Computer Science degree at Sussex. Back in those days, if you wanted to end up doing real work, you went to a polytechnic. If you wanted a career in science, you went to university.
I would repeat the usual mantra: A degree shows your ability to study, absorb information and repeat it.
Some of the best programmers that I have met had degrees in unrelated subjects.
Whatever courses you study, try to come out of the time with a well rounded personality. With no employment history the only thing they can judge you on is "Do I want to work with this person? Will they fit in?"
I just installed voipbuster and tried it out. Cool. Any idea how they can offer free international calls? Is there some sneaky marketing / advertising going on? I dont believe in getting something for nothing....
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>I certainly wouldn't store my tax return on this server.
:o)
I dont think it's your tax return you need to worry about. Indeed quite the oppostite; It's the stuff that didn't go on the tax return
http://www.cutepdf.com/
Been using it for years. Great printer driver; It just works. Even with my CAD application.
I've had a fanless graphics card since 1983. Still got it. Hercules MDA.
Pah!
Unfortunately, you have to take into account the economy of scale. PC's are built for the masses; As remote services kick in, and the PC becomes a web-appliance, those web appliances will get cheap and the 'workstations' more expensive. Consumer electronics research and design will go with the mass market ( IMHO, having worked as a design engineer in consumer electronics for 20 years ).
"Software has gotten too fat and unreliable, so we started with Linux," he said.
;o)
No KDE desktop then, hey?
Back when I started computers, we had dumb terminals with applications running on mainframes. I had no ability to write my own code; I had no right to execute CPU cycles for anything other than work. And nor could I, as CPU cycles were audited and 'billed' against each department.
And so we will return. The server based module of applictaion licencing will suit the likes of Microsoft enormously. They want a constant revenue stream, not just intermittent ( but huge ) income on new product releases.
More insidiously though, this move will start to erode our usgae 'rights' again . Little by little we will be discouraged from installing applications on our PC's.
There are good aspects to server hosted applications and data storage, but also some very bad ones.
At least blogs are well contained and dont run rampant around the internet like a Chavs offspring in a shopping mall.
>any news Web site that reports "false or distorted information"
:o)
That will put the Xinhua news agency out of business then
Why is the above comment scored as flame bait?
I completely agree with the poster, and the others also modded offtopic/troll.
slashdot: Pull yourself together. Recognise that the link is crap, and deal with the criticism.
Mike.
From the reporting by the BBC, this is appearing as a cosmetic procedure rather than life saving.
As one seriously disfigured guy said: "Why should I change my appearance to better meet your desire to see a perfect face?"
Who exactly is this procedure for, eh?
"We tested his clothes with a static electricity field meter and measured a current of 40,000 volts, which is one step shy of spontaneous combustion, where his clothes would have self-ignited"
Do firefighters in Australia carry ESD meters now? Wow, I thought they only carried can openers.
I think I have heard it used, but not as much as the 'We was'. My father still says it.
:o)
Having lived in dublin for a few years I've now moved onto a completely new set of english grammar violations
It's a lot easier to parse
I was
you was
We was
simple!
Return codes? bah. What do you think void was invented for?
And it's bloody annoying.
I had the same problem 22 years ago when I was about to start a Computer Science degree at Sussex. Back in those days, if you wanted to end up doing real work, you went to a polytechnic. If you wanted a career in science, you went to university.
I would repeat the usual mantra: A degree shows your ability to study, absorb information and repeat it.
Some of the best programmers that I have met had degrees in unrelated subjects.
Whatever courses you study, try to come out of the time with a well rounded personality. With no employment history the only thing they can judge you on is "Do I want to work with this person? Will they fit in?"
Good luck!
I should have realised something was wrong when the download stopped at 20MB. It played ok for about 10 minutes, until Andy melts on camera.
:o)
http://www.drivesentinel.co.uk/mac.jpg
Jeez, it was like watching a horror movie
I dont consider Europe 'a handfull of places' :o)
Anyway, I'll enjoy it while I can.
I just installed voipbuster and tried it out. Cool. Any idea how they can offer free international calls? Is there some sneaky marketing / advertising going on? I dont believe in getting something for nothing....
Mike.
Why was this modded Insightful rather than funny?
Surprised the NRA haven't suggested it.
lol.
:o)
Just how I felt
Best language there is for programming.
Man, I hope web pages like these are not the future, or my broadband costs are going to rocket.
Does anyone write 25kb html pages any more?
How long before the battery goes flat? :o)
Then the car becomes just a big custom PC case