why is it that when you buy the office suite for that "low" introductory price of $49.95US that you only get their version of Word as a beta release (6.0), yet if you buy the standard version for $24.95US you get both version 5.2 and the beta of 6.0?
shouldn't you only get 5.2 with the standard, and both 5.2 and 6.0 beta with the full version?
In a limited sense. But not in the way most people think of. A friend of mine has 5 DUI's/DWI's (depending on the state) in 4 different states. The last DUI he got in IL showed the one from AZ but not the 2 in CT or the one on FL. That was the only one to see any of the others. Obviously, problems like this will no longer be possible.
If a child molester is convicted and registered in one state, and moves to another, his/her new neighborhood is going to know (can't decide if this is 100% good or not).
When some underage guy/girl goes to buy some liquor and the shop requires their card to be scanned, it should be obvious if it is a fake.
One major problem with all of this: people steal the machinery and the software involved from the state to make and sell fake "real" id's.
In the end, I do not think this will hinder any major criminals who are "well connected" from doing the things that they want to do without the government knowing who they are.
It is nice to see that Apple did not use a larger keyboard for the 14.1" iBook in comparison to the 12.1" version. This should help to keep the costs down, which is a bonus.
Does anybody know if the extra room inside can be utilized in some manner not forseen by Apple?
Does the larger iBook run at a lower temperature, hene making it a better candidate for overclocking?
today NT, tomorrow WinME or Win2k, and next week WinXP.
this one was probably just a test, although i am guessing they did not want to on the radar until they had a bigger badder version that affected all OS's.
You are talking about a remote control. The dvd player is in the XBox from the get-go. If you don't buy the remote, than you are paying $20 plus whatever the profit margin is, on top of the price of the machine for what you are using it for.
If I don't want the DVD functionality, (I have a DVD player already, thanks) then why would I want to pay for it??
I agree with you point for point, except, Linux is trying to expand into the desktop market. Obviously, if the big name, recognizable by the masses, programs are available, Linux has a chance of being successfull. Look at Apple, most of the Microsoft programs that have been ported to Mac, such as IE, are often better than their PC counterpart. If this holds true in the future with OSX, then there is a chance of that kind of benefit for Linux users.
Some businesses are probably willing to spend the money on Microsoft Office, as they have in the past, for Linux knowing that they are compatible with Windows/Mac users of MS Office elsewhere in the business world.
The first benefit would be, of course, cost. No license fees for the OS, and longer lifespan of a machine due to not having to update the OS due to it no longer being "supported," ala Win95. And of course, that "new" OS will not run on your "old hardware." Security increases and things like that are not overly important to the average user, especially in the office setting; "that is what the computer guy is for."
I think there will become a time when poeple are not willing to spend thousands and thousands of dollars for "updates" that give them no real advanced usability over before, IMHO.
Websites like/. would not be so popular if Linux was only a server OS... Whether that is right, or even intended, is no longer applicable.
"On 11th November 1994, we were visited by a reporter from our local radio station, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, to make a report on this service. Naturally we connected a radio to one of our workstations and relayed the broadcast over our local network. The transmission was also recorded digitally, and now you can hear it too (1.5Mb, 3'20").
We are grateful to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire for giving permission to put this audio file on the Web."
I was just wondering, when he goes back to Russia, and Dmitry and his employer decide that the USA has no legal authority over them, and the Russian government agrees, would he still come back to the USA for a trial?
Check out the Intel PIII-M processors. They have double the cache (512K vs 256K) and a 133MHz FSB in comparison to the less expensive Apple referred to above.
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4) discs of tron
when the buffer is 16MB or 32MB like the iPod, then no. obviously the hard drive is not spinning all the time.
Too bad it can't remove songs from the iPod, it only has the ability to add them.
because the boss at work says "we are only going to use a MS solution wrt OS."
or, I don't know how to use Linux, *BSD, OS/2 or whatever, and I am smart enough to know (because someone 1337 told me) to not use IIS.
or, I am tired of doing all the damn patches for MS IIS...
whatever, ad nauseum.
why is it that when you buy the office suite for that "low" introductory price of $49.95US that you only get their version of Word as a beta release (6.0), yet if you buy the standard version for $24.95US you get both version 5.2 and the beta of 6.0?
shouldn't you only get 5.2 with the standard, and both 5.2 and 6.0 beta with the full version?
I love that the 2 examples of "great software" are both Microsoft products.
(Yes, I know they have been redone for the Mac OS)
I think that drives the point home as to why MS will be picked if this does actually go through.
PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair)
;-)
geesh! if you read the entire internet, i thought you would have known that one...
In a limited sense. But not in the way most people think of. A friend of mine has 5 DUI's/DWI's (depending on the state) in 4 different states. The last DUI he got in IL showed the one from AZ but not the 2 in CT or the one on FL. That was the only one to see any of the others. Obviously, problems like this will no longer be possible.
If a child molester is convicted and registered in one state, and moves to another, his/her new neighborhood is going to know (can't decide if this is 100% good or not).
When some underage guy/girl goes to buy some liquor and the shop requires their card to be scanned, it should be obvious if it is a fake.
One major problem with all of this: people steal the machinery and the software involved from the state to make and sell fake "real" id's.
In the end, I do not think this will hinder any major criminals who are "well connected" from doing the things that they want to do without the government knowing who they are.
bigger screen, same 1024 x 768.
It is nice to see that Apple did not use a larger keyboard for the 14.1" iBook in comparison to the 12.1" version. This should help to keep the costs down, which is a bonus.
Does anybody know if the extra room inside can be utilized in some manner not forseen by Apple?
Does the larger iBook run at a lower temperature, hene making it a better candidate for overclocking?
today NT, tomorrow WinME or Win2k, and next week WinXP.
this one was probably just a test, although i am guessing they did not want to on the radar until they had a bigger badder version that affected all OS's.
my $.02
That would be the sv24 made by shuttle, available at Newegg.com.
only 1 expansion slot though...
it sounded cool when we all heard about it before they started, but as soon as it got going... NOTHING.
very weird.
next time, don't blow all of the PR budget before the release, save like 30% for the first few weeks following. TV is good too (for the non-savy).
You are talking about a remote control. The dvd player is in the XBox from the get-go. If you don't buy the remote, than you are paying $20 plus whatever the profit margin is, on top of the price of the machine for what you are using it for.
If I don't want the DVD functionality, (I have a DVD player already, thanks) then why would I want to pay for it??
The easier the life we lead, the longer we live.
Stress comes in many forms; work, disease, environment.
All of which are harder on the body, leading to a shorter lifespan.
because we all know nobody is ever tense/upset at the airport...
"In theory, blood should rush to the eye area of liars, researcher James Levine said, while the innocent remain coolly and calmly unaffected."
uh huh, right!
"What truly baffles me is how something so simple-minded as Shrek is supposed to appeal to adults."
that is why there are fart jokes...
Hated the porn-like ad page that you have to click through before getting to the article!
(was wondering how long it was going to take before that caught on everywhere)
:-(
I agree with you point for point, except, Linux is trying to expand into the desktop market. Obviously, if the big name, recognizable by the masses, programs are available, Linux has a chance of being successfull. Look at Apple, most of the Microsoft programs that have been ported to Mac, such as IE, are often better than their PC counterpart. If this holds true in the future with OSX, then there is a chance of that kind of benefit for Linux users.
/. would not be so popular if Linux was only a server OS... Whether that is right, or even intended, is no longer applicable.
Some businesses are probably willing to spend the money on Microsoft Office, as they have in the past, for Linux knowing that they are compatible with Windows/Mac users of MS Office elsewhere in the business world.
The first benefit would be, of course, cost. No license fees for the OS, and longer lifespan of a machine due to not having to update the OS due to it no longer being "supported," ala Win95. And of course, that "new" OS will not run on your "old hardware." Security increases and things like that are not overly important to the average user, especially in the office setting; "that is what the computer guy is for."
I think there will become a time when poeple are not willing to spend thousands and thousands of dollars for "updates" that give them no real advanced usability over before, IMHO.
Websites like
Star Bridge Systems Inc. is the place NASA went to for their HAL-15, according to newsobserver.com.
the machine i am at right now is a win2k run Dell laptop. installed the plugin for winamp, which took about 0.5 seconds, and off i went.
;-)
worked great. sounded better than Real, and was much quicker to load.
this is just too cool... makes me think I am glad for not putting all my cd's to mp3
"On 11th November 1994, we were visited by a reporter from our local radio station, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, to make a report on this service. Naturally we connected a radio to one of our workstations and relayed the broadcast over our local network. The transmission was also recorded digitally, and now you can hear it too (1.5Mb, 3'20").
We are grateful to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire for giving permission to put this audio file on the Web."
Is Russia an extridition treaty country (IANAL)?
I was just wondering, when he goes back to Russia, and Dmitry and his employer decide that the USA has no legal authority over them, and the Russian government agrees, would he still come back to the USA for a trial?
Seems like a viable option to me, if possible.
Any ideas?
Winton,
Check out the Intel PIII-M processors. They have double the cache (512K vs 256K) and a 133MHz FSB in comparison to the less expensive Apple referred to above.
Here is a list of vendors that sell P3-M laptops.
Dell has one (brand new), it is a Latitude C400 .