"Give me something that's gonna survive daily duty in the back of a pack or the bottom of a briefcase."
the iBook *will* survive daily duty in a back pack or the bottom of a briefcase. I should know, because that's what I use to carry mine around (a back pack because I don't want people to know that I have a laptop). Anyway, i've dropped mine and it's been banged up here and there and still no problems. I even know of someone who's (accidentally) ran over theirs, and it still boots up. No major problems. I absolutely love Apple's laptops, mainly because they are so well built. I've been using them for a decade now and have no intentions to stop -- they're awesome machines.
If you can afford it, definitely an LCD display would be best. Their speed, brightness, resolution, and color accuracy can't be beat.
If an LCD is out of your budget, then when looking for a CRT, make sure it's got a low dot pitch. The smaller the dot pitch, the sharper the image and therefore less strain on the eyes.
Also, make sure the monitor has a high refresh rate for the resolution you'll have it set at. The higher the refresh rate, the smoother and more flicker-free the display will be, also having the effect of reducing eye strain. Look for something with an 85Hz refresh rate or better would be best.
And of course, the bigger the monitor the better. But that goes without saying.
According to the X-Files news section, Sky One will air Season 9 in the UK beginning 5 April at 9PM, with repeats on Monday at 10PM. Also in the UK, BBC2 will air Season 8 in the Spring. Season 9 is tentatively scheduled for Autumn 2002.
For people in other countries:
Australia's Network 10 will air Season 9 in July.
In Denmark, TV2 will air Season 9 in late April.
Norway will get Season 9 in September on TV2.
HMG in Holland is currently running Season 8, and they are expected to begin Season 9 in late September.
TV4 in Sweden is also currently showing Season 8. They will air Season 9 in September as well.
Near where I live, there's a pizza shop (Hard Times) which actually, at the end of the night, gives away its unsold slices of pizza and stuff to the homeless.
At the retailer I work for, we are often instructed to do the same thing to software (i.e. Red Hat Linux, Mandrake Linux, Peachtree Accounting, Quickbooks, etc). Sometimes, manufacturers instruct us to send the items back to them, but that's getting rare.
Employees aren't even allowed to take them home or have the items donated. I've asked. If we want them, we have to pay FULL retail for them.
Supposedly, the manufacturer reimburses the company the full cost of the items once they're destroyed.
I've discovered that once a "destroy order" has been issued, that item usually gets marked down to.01 cent later on. And if the company accidentally sells that item for.01 cent, the company must (so I've been told) pay the manufacturer the original full retail for it.
"If you can sell *virtual* (fake) gold pieces, why not start selling Monopoly money, "get out of jail free" cards..."
I'm sure you could, but I doubt anyone would be interested in Monopoly money and such. The thing is, there are actually people out there who are willing to pay for these items/accounts. Since there's obviously a demand for these things, people will supply them.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Emusic.com owned by Vivendi Universal, the very same company trying to implement copy-protection technologies on their CDs? If so, wouldn't you still be financing the very same "opporessive major label?" Besides, couldn't it be possilbe for Emusic.com to copy prevent their MP3s or at least have them set to expire after, say, 30 days?
"Cnet is reporting that Doubleclick closed down its ad tracking program as of Dec 31 2001, and is shifting from a media company to research and development for online ventures."
Who else read that and initially thought it said "Cnet is reporting that Doubleclick closed down its ad tracking program as of Dec 31 2001, and is shifting from a media company to research and development for online viruses"?
"What worries me, is that there have been no changes to the professional line"
My guess is that when the new iMacs are made available in March, Jobs will announce updated PowerMacs (hopefully with the rumored G5s) sometime then. And if G5s are around the corner, this gives them extra time to test the stability of the faster chips, not to mention time to ramp up production of enough chips to satisfy demand (I for one will be getting one if it is a G5).
Apple has always (as far as I can remember) distinguished their consumer models from their pro lines with different processors (603/603e vs. 604/604e, G3 vs. G4).
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You think that's bad? Well, I'm addicted to pocket pool. And I've played (with) it over 1500 times.
the iBook *will* survive daily duty in a back pack or the bottom of a briefcase. I should know, because that's what I use to carry mine around (a back pack because I don't want people to know that I have a laptop). Anyway, i've dropped mine and it's been banged up here and there and still no problems. I even know of someone who's (accidentally) ran over theirs, and it still boots up. No major problems. I absolutely love Apple's laptops, mainly because they are so well built. I've been using them for a decade now and have no intentions to stop -- they're awesome machines.
If you can afford it, definitely an LCD display would be best. Their speed, brightness, resolution, and color accuracy can't be beat.
If an LCD is out of your budget, then when looking for a CRT, make sure it's got a low dot pitch. The smaller the dot pitch, the sharper the image and therefore less strain on the eyes.
Also, make sure the monitor has a high refresh rate for the resolution you'll have it set at. The higher the refresh rate, the smoother and more flicker-free the display will be, also having the effect of reducing eye strain. Look for something with an 85Hz refresh rate or better would be best.
And of course, the bigger the monitor the better. But that goes without saying.
I guess they don't care about the bad publicity that this will generate, not to mention how absurd this really is. This is not very INTEL-ligent.
2002-03-28 21:38:14 Unisys, MSFT to attack Unix with new ads (articles,unix) (rejected)
You mean you didn't get that hint? You fool, you could've had him. He wanted you,... BAD!
In addition to the Monday, March 18 @ 9:00PM ET showing, you'll also be able to catch it on:
Friday, March 22 @ 6:00 PM ET
Sunday, March 24 @ 1:00 PM ET
Sunday, March 31 @ 9:00 PM ET
Windows? break?
If you haven't already done so, please contact your Senators.
Do you mean X10?
Would you like fries with that?
For people in other countries:
Australia's Network 10 will air Season 9 in July.
In Denmark, TV2 will air Season 9 in late April.
Norway will get Season 9 in September on TV2.
HMG in Holland is currently running Season 8, and they are expected to begin Season 9 in late September.
TV4 in Sweden is also currently showing Season 8. They will air Season 9 in September as well.
Near where I live, there's a pizza shop (Hard Times) which actually, at the end of the night, gives away its unsold slices of pizza and stuff to the homeless.
At the retailer I work for, we are often instructed to do the same thing to software (i.e. Red Hat Linux, Mandrake Linux, Peachtree Accounting, Quickbooks, etc). Sometimes, manufacturers instruct us to send the items back to them, but that's getting rare.
.01 cent later on. And if the company accidentally sells that item for .01 cent, the company must (so I've been told) pay the manufacturer the original full retail for it.
Employees aren't even allowed to take them home or have the items donated. I've asked. If we want them, we have to pay FULL retail for them.
Supposedly, the manufacturer reimburses the company the full cost of the items once they're destroyed.
I've discovered that once a "destroy order" has been issued, that item usually gets marked down to
I'm sure you could, but I doubt anyone would be interested in Monopoly money and such. The thing is, there are actually people out there who are willing to pay for these items/accounts. Since there's obviously a demand for these things, people will supply them.
Their press release.
Actually, according to this article, Sharman Networks (who bought Kazaa) has made it available for downloading again.
Here's some more info. Nothing exciting!
Maybe China forgot that the extra $20 million they spent were for the bugs.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Emusic.com owned by Vivendi Universal, the very same company trying to implement copy-protection technologies on their CDs? If so, wouldn't you still be financing the very same "opporessive major label?" Besides, couldn't it be possilbe for Emusic.com to copy prevent their MP3s or at least have them set to expire after, say, 30 days?
I think it's called capitalism and pure evil greed.
Who else read that and initially thought it said "Cnet is reporting that Doubleclick closed down its ad tracking program as of Dec 31 2001, and is shifting from a media company to research and development for online viruses"?
My guess is that when the new iMacs are made available in March, Jobs will announce updated PowerMacs (hopefully with the rumored G5s) sometime then. And if G5s are around the corner, this gives them extra time to test the stability of the faster chips, not to mention time to ramp up production of enough chips to satisfy demand (I for one will be getting one if it is a G5).
Apple has always (as far as I can remember) distinguished their consumer models from their pro lines with different processors (603/603e vs. 604/604e, G3 vs. G4).
I was able to mirror the first two pages before they pulled them. Page 1 and Page 2.
- http://www.timecanada.com/index.adp
- http://www.timecanada.com/story.adp?storyid=1
- http://www.timecanada.com/story.adp?storyid=1&par
t =2
- http://www.timecanada.com/story.adp?storyid=1&par
t =3
- http://www.timecanada.com/story.adp?storyid=1&par
t =4
- http://www.timecanada.com/story.adp?storyid=1&par
t =5
- http://www.timecanada.com/story.adp?storyid=1&par
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. Any and all pages are now being redirected to http://www.time.com/time/. So does this mean that www.timecanada.com messed up, BIG time?