Let's examine this assumption: If I don't download music, then I will have to buy a CD. That's what the music industry wants you to believe. The truth is that you have another option: Don't listen at all. Nobody I know in college listens to current music--nobody can get it.
The solution is to vote with your dollars and your minds. Don't pay for CDs and don't pay attention to MTV. Sure, I still listen to music, but it's never the mainstream Justin-Timberlake-Britney-Spears-Hoobastank to which the Industry wants me to listen.
I have been to BestBuy and Circuit City and seen all of the HDTV sets. They look fantastic. But the problem is that nobody wants to replace their TVs just for this advantage. My family has 3 somewhat large TVs and I just don't see us replacing any of them in the next 10 years. We just got rid of one TV that got daily use and it was ~15 years old. It's like saying, "Have you seen Apple's 23" Cinema Display?! Between it and your monitor, which do you prefer?" Well duh, if money was no object, than yes, I would prefer the Cinema Display. However, it's just not practical from a money standpoint and (since I live in a dorm room) a space standpoint.
Also, I don't believe your example really works when you apply it to TVs. First, not many people sit 16 inches away from their TVs trying to blast pin-pricks of light away in Unreal Tournament. Most people (I would assume) watch TV from accross the room. Second, As for me, I rarely _just_ watch TV. Maybe a few shows (Scrubs, Seinfeld, Simpsons) here and there, but for the most part it is just there to keep me company. I might turn on the news while I'm working on homework, or The Price is Right while I am reading the paper. But when was the last time I said to myself, "Self...That picture isn't very clear. I can't accurately count the threads in Bob Barker's suit"?
Is it just me, or do we really not need HDTV? What are the benefits for consumers? Nobody I know has been begging to count the nose hairs in Jay Leno's nose. It seems like The Industry and The Feds have decided that we need this when we very obviously don't. Why do we have to legislate this into existence? Original TVs didn't have to be legislated into existence so that people would buy them. The force from The Industry and The Feds thats is required to prod American Consumers into buying this crap just proves that WE DON'T WANT IT. The only people benefiting from this will be the Japanese TV makers. Wohoo for patriotism!
I've heard first hand of Davidson's strict honor codes. Apparently they don't even pick up change off the sidewalks. Although I have heard of someone picking up a quarter and taping it to the door with the message, "Found near this door."
Maybe you should have read the article. As it was plainly stated, he could not find a teacher or a teacher's assistant because it was an off week for the university.
I understand what you are saying. I understand that most systems that are doing the same thing day in and day out are likely to have a long uptime. However, this is not so with your average desktop machine. I still get frequent lockups with XP (and an annoying bsod that comes up every few hours...though it's probably hardware related.) Still, an OS that doesn't crash under the everyday strain of shareware, betas, and MS software is something that I think OS X handles better than XP (or any other MS OS). Not rebooting also means that the software that I have installed, the OS updates that I have installed--these didn't require a restart. So it's not just crashing that causes rebooting. Also, uptime is increased in OS X because of the superior reliability of its sleep mode. While I might sleep my computer, someone with an MS machine would probably shut down their computer to conserve energy, rather than deal with the historically problematic "hibernate" or whatever they are calling it now. As far as Linux--I don't consider it a serious desktop contender but if it were, uptimes would probably go beyond MS and OS X (as long as the low power consumption mode worked properly.)
So, ok, what am I saying? OS X: It has great desktop uptime when used for everyday tasks than can often be unpredictable. It also handles sleep mode well, which increases up time (no more booting every morning). And, OS X doesn't bug you to restart it every time software is installed or every time it is updated.
...I guess I should have added a little context to my earlier post.
The last time I rebooted was because I thought it had died. Turns out the battery drained when I left it on overnight plugged into a deactivated outlet.
And by the way, I run buggy Microsoft programs, betas, shareware, DivXes--so it's not like I'm not using it. What's the point of speedy boot times when I'm not rebooting? Viva la OS X!
How much would you pay for advertisment-free TV? I know I would be willing to pay a premium sum. That's why I zipped off $5 directly to slashdot. If not to get rid of the ads, to help them out. Everyone needs to quit complaining and remember... IT IS 5 DOLLARS! It's not like/. is asking for your souls.
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...where do you go if you fall?
If you can perpetually ski, can you perpetually fall?
...there won't be much drastic change from now till the next 18 years. For evidence of this, look at the Apple Lisa. The Lisa had windows, icons, a menubar, a WYSIWYG interface, and a mouse. Today's computers are little more than a glorified Lisa interface, whether they are running Mac OS X or Windows XP (I know because I run both.) Like the Lisa, todays computers still crash and still corrupt themselves. I doubt that this could be easilly changed in the next five, ten, or even fifteen years.
I'll believe the distributed file-storage myth when I see it. To me, it sounds as if it would hog bandwidth, just like gnutella does. I don't see any change coming in the way I store files on my computer. It's fast, effecient, and hasn't needed a change.
SysAdmins need not quit their day-jobs. As long as Microsoft is providing this technology, you can be sure that it will run into snags and security vulnerabilities. Increased complexity = increased vulnerability.
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SouthTrust and Wachovia currently work with Chimera--how's that for support?!
Let's examine this assumption:
If I don't download music, then I will have to buy a CD. That's what the music industry wants you to believe. The truth is that you have another option: Don't listen at all. Nobody I know in college listens to current music--nobody can get it.
The solution is to vote with your dollars and your minds. Don't pay for CDs and don't pay attention to MTV. Sure, I still listen to music, but it's never the mainstream Justin-Timberlake-Britney-Spears-Hoobastank to which the Industry wants me to listen.
I have been to BestBuy and Circuit City and seen all of the HDTV sets. They look fantastic. But the problem is that nobody wants to replace their TVs just for this advantage. My family has 3 somewhat large TVs and I just don't see us replacing any of them in the next 10 years. We just got rid of one TV that got daily use and it was ~15 years old. It's like saying, "Have you seen Apple's 23" Cinema Display?! Between it and your monitor, which do you prefer?" Well duh, if money was no object, than yes, I would prefer the Cinema Display. However, it's just not practical from a money standpoint and (since I live in a dorm room) a space standpoint.
Also, I don't believe your example really works when you apply it to TVs. First, not many people sit 16 inches away from their TVs trying to blast pin-pricks of light away in Unreal Tournament. Most people (I would assume) watch TV from accross the room. Second, As for me, I rarely _just_ watch TV. Maybe a few shows (Scrubs, Seinfeld, Simpsons) here and there, but for the most part it is just there to keep me company. I might turn on the news while I'm working on homework, or The Price is Right while I am reading the paper. But when was the last time I said to myself, "Self...That picture isn't very clear. I can't accurately count the threads in Bob Barker's suit"?
Tell me I am wrong.
Is it just me, or do we really not need HDTV? What are the benefits for consumers? Nobody I know has been begging to count the nose hairs in Jay Leno's nose. It seems like The Industry and The Feds have decided that we need this when we very obviously don't. Why do we have to legislate this into existence? Original TVs didn't have to be legislated into existence so that people would buy them. The force from The Industry and The Feds thats is required to prod American Consumers into buying this crap just proves that WE DON'T WANT IT. The only people benefiting from this will be the Japanese TV makers. Wohoo for patriotism!
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Shouldn't we all be dancing in the streets!!?? Microsoft is losing its grip one finger at a time...
Now your wife can keep you "wrapped around her finger" forever.
Well, at least you didn't give her grandma's sentimental diamond engagement ring...you gave her grandma!
Provigil...Pro (for) vigil (staying awake)...Could they be a little more creative? How about Anticoma or just Legalcrack?
I've heard first hand of Davidson's strict honor codes. Apparently they don't even pick up change off the sidewalks. Although I have heard of someone picking up a quarter and taping it to the door with the message, "Found near this door."
Maybe you should have read the article. As it was plainly stated, he could not find a teacher or a teacher's assistant because it was an off week for the university.
I understand what you are saying. I understand that most systems that are doing the same thing day in and day out are likely to have a long uptime. However, this is not so with your average desktop machine. I still get frequent lockups with XP (and an annoying bsod that comes up every few hours...though it's probably hardware related.) Still, an OS that doesn't crash under the everyday strain of shareware, betas, and MS software is something that I think OS X handles better than XP (or any other MS OS). Not rebooting also means that the software that I have installed, the OS updates that I have installed--these didn't require a restart. So it's not just crashing that causes rebooting. Also, uptime is increased in OS X because of the superior reliability of its sleep mode. While I might sleep my computer, someone with an MS machine would probably shut down their computer to conserve energy, rather than deal with the historically problematic "hibernate" or whatever they are calling it now. As far as Linux--I don't consider it a serious desktop contender but if it were, uptimes would probably go beyond MS and OS X (as long as the low power consumption mode worked properly.)
So, ok, what am I saying? OS X: It has great desktop uptime when used for everyday tasks than can often be unpredictable. It also handles sleep mode well, which increases up time (no more booting every morning). And, OS X doesn't bug you to restart it every time software is installed or every time it is updated.
...I guess I should have added a little context to my earlier post.
9:12AM up 13 days, 17:56, 2 users, load averages: 0.64, 0.54, 0.42
The last time I rebooted was because I thought it had died. Turns out the battery drained when I left it on overnight plugged into a deactivated outlet.
And by the way, I run buggy Microsoft programs, betas, shareware, DivXes--so it's not like I'm not using it. What's the point of speedy boot times when I'm not rebooting? Viva la OS X!
Do not click on them unless you want to "sound" like a complete idiot.
Won't everybody just switch to ogg/vorbis then?
How much would you pay for advertisment-free TV? I know I would be willing to pay a premium sum. That's why I zipped off $5 directly to slashdot. If not to get rid of the ads, to help them out. Everyone needs to quit complaining and remember... IT IS 5 DOLLARS! It's not like /. is asking for your souls.
...where do you go if you fall?
If you can perpetually ski, can you perpetually fall?
...there won't be much drastic change from now till the next 18 years. For evidence of this, look at the Apple Lisa. The Lisa had windows, icons, a menubar, a WYSIWYG interface, and a mouse. Today's computers are little more than a glorified Lisa interface, whether they are running Mac OS X or Windows XP (I know because I run both.) Like the Lisa, todays computers still crash and still corrupt themselves. I doubt that this could be easilly changed in the next five, ten, or even fifteen years.
I'll believe the distributed file-storage myth when I see it. To me, it sounds as if it would hog bandwidth, just like gnutella does. I don't see any change coming in the way I store files on my computer. It's fast, effecient, and hasn't needed a change.
SysAdmins need not quit their day-jobs. As long as Microsoft is providing this technology, you can be sure that it will run into snags and security vulnerabilities. Increased complexity = increased vulnerability.
...and that's all I've got to say about that