If I had an HDTV I'd be all over this, but I don't, so I don't. Halo, KOTOR, Jade Empire at HD resolution without lag could be super w00t, but what are they launching with? Halo 3 woulda been the sale maker for me. The current xbox has good enough 5.1 sound for my 5.1 rig, don't need extra speakers yet.
Also, I wonder if Costco is gonna have the $399 kit (or some variant) at launch? Something to keep in mind..
And I'm pretty sure my nephews will get it for XBoxmas, so I'll bring over my compatible games and let 'em see what they've been missing..
Not like Sun has anything to replace. I know of one B1600 that was sold in this city, whereas I can probably name a hundred of any other machine they've produced in the last five years. The B1600 was a sales disaster.
The secret is to make breakeven with 1us when you go to 50-60% utilization of the chassis. IIRC Sun was just way too cute with its pricing. Mehopes the market has kicked Sun in the balls often enough and hard enough for them to price any new blade system within earshot of Dell's 1855s. No more than $1.5k/blade, $2k for the chassis.
... I will leave you and go to a provider where my stuff _will_ work?
This stupidity will die when the board of directors of the first company that tries this fires the CEO for the inevitable backlash.
How much scarier if the government blocked these services to protect their phone monopoly money? Thank goodness the US telecom market is mostly private...
... is the most obvious oversight, but keep in mind: the base iPod now has a larger screen and larger HDD, for _the same price_ as before. $299. The 60gb iPod is IIRC _cheaper_ than the old 60gb.
In terms of just simple iPod updates, these are pretty good. The video is a nice bonus, and the screen size is appropriate for vodcasts.
Yes, Apple should have a DVR. Yes, Apple should have a DVD 'ripper' into the device so you can watch your own DVD rips without a lot of hoop jumping.
Still, these updates stand on their own, and I may even get the black one, once I land a permanent job...
I want titling on my stereo head, controls integrated with the steering wheel, etc.
There are very few (but, thankfully, slowly increasing) options to get this. BMW's thing is a hack, only AFAICR Alpine, Pioneer, Clarion and Mercedes have it done properly.
Privoxy goes on all my boxes and networks, and I try to pimp it out to everyone I know. Of course it can break a lot of stuff, but it's still worth running.
Cameras can also be handy after an auto accident, like the one I was in last friday. The resolution is good enough for snapping license/insurance/registration as a backup for handwriting, and taking pix of the damage can be helpful as well.
Also, 'citizen journalism'. Camphones are a big win here, and videophones look to be even better.
Also, on my last Grand Tour of Continental Europe, I used my P800's cam to take _all_ my pix, as my PowerShot had given up the ghost a short time before. Even without flash or focus, I could get decent results, especially when watching them as a TV slideshow.
I kind of tune out the 'device purity wars', since in the end it keeps sounding like old coots whingeing about the 'good old days'..
Not surprisingly knowing how anti-public transportation this country is.
Or, maybe, that public transportation is not in keeping with the American character?
Lemme put it this way: wherever there's mass transit in the US, people use it because they _have_ to (anoraks and greenies excepted, as usual). Public transport is either too expensive, smelly, inconvenient, or untimely (at least 2 of those in any particular system). If NYC's transit system is the most comprehensive, it's also the most unpleasant: no AC in the stations with train brakes and ACs dumping heat on the platform, where you end up standing for 10+ minutes between trains outside of "rush" hour. The constant smell of urine and feces, harassment by mentally-unstable indigents, the noise, it's all right out of the fucking nineteenth century!
So, you say, spend $10 billion to fix it. Never gonna happen. So even if gasoline gets to $5-6/gal, I'll be happily motorcycling into work in half the time except when it snows, when I'll be miserable waiting for the ferry, then waiting for the train (and sweating under a winter coat on a 95f platform), and trying desperately not to strangle some loud annoying person.
Hell, maybe I should just be unemployed this winter too.
Lets think about this. Company runs millions of dollars in wire all over the city and into your home.
Whose property are they running wire over/under/thru? If it's public property, there's a balance between bandwidth and safety/sightliness. That is to say, there's a safe and aesthetic maximum to the number of lines or strands on utility poles. Who gets access to build on that public property? That, in theory, should come down to who will provide the public with the best service for the lowest price. Of course, with many localities, it's who's banging the mayor's ugly daughter or paying his country club fees.
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I have to say though that the so-called sequels to Highlander ruined the first one forever.
Bwahahahahahahahahahaa!
/wipe tear
Ohh..
That's funny cuz it hurts inside...
Often times people choose these professions because they lack any sort of social skills needed to interact with people.
Hey, if I wanted to deal with _people_, I'd get a suit and live off commission by selling databases in the most popular colors.
Besides, if I wore a suit & tie, everyone would think I was looking for another job.
If I had an HDTV I'd be all over this, but I don't, so I don't. Halo, KOTOR, Jade Empire at HD resolution without lag could be super w00t, but what are they launching with? Halo 3 woulda been the sale maker for me. The current xbox has good enough 5.1 sound for my 5.1 rig, don't need extra speakers yet.
Also, I wonder if Costco is gonna have the $399 kit (or some variant) at launch? Something to keep in mind..
And I'm pretty sure my nephews will get it for XBoxmas, so I'll bring over my compatible games and let 'em see what they've been missing..
... he'd say "You want variable pricing? You got it! You can charge anything you want, but the cap is still 99 cents!"
Meh.
... "Well they would, wouldn't they?"
Mewonders if this is the same Drew Curtis of FARK infame?
jes' curious...
Not like Sun has anything to replace. I know of one B1600 that was sold in this city, whereas I can probably name a hundred of any other machine they've produced in the last five years. The B1600 was a sales disaster.
The secret is to make breakeven with 1us when you go to 50-60% utilization of the chassis. IIRC Sun was just way too cute with its pricing. Mehopes the market has kicked Sun in the balls often enough and hard enough for them to price any new blade system within earshot of Dell's 1855s. No more than $1.5k/blade, $2k for the chassis.
I was wondering when Sun's blade server updates were gonna show up.. I definitely didn't expect IBM to be supplying them!
(and no, I don't count the Netra blades.. The USIIi is what, 6+ years old now?)
... I will leave you and go to a provider where my stuff _will_ work?
This stupidity will die when the board of directors of the first company that tries this fires the CEO for the inevitable backlash.
How much scarier if the government blocked these services to protect their phone monopoly money? Thank goodness the US telecom market is mostly private...
No really, you can't buy a cellphone. You can only lease one from your provider.
Better not tell the place that sold me my P800 unlocked. GSM fones _can_ be bought fairly straightforwardly without lock (or, of course, subsidy).
Sometimes I have to lie about my phone to get features turned on, but it does work and it can be done.
... Where's the 7800gt/gtx BTO options.. Can the DDR2 take better-timing DIMMS, is it dual (or better) channel..
Most importantly:
How many FPS can one of these get in Ironforge with all chrome on max and max viewing distance?
... is the most obvious oversight, but keep in mind: the base iPod now has a larger screen and larger HDD, for _the same price_ as before. $299. The 60gb iPod is IIRC _cheaper_ than the old 60gb.
In terms of just simple iPod updates, these are pretty good. The video is a nice bonus, and the screen size is appropriate for vodcasts.
Yes, Apple should have a DVR. Yes, Apple should have a DVD 'ripper' into the device so you can watch your own DVD rips without a lot of hoop jumping.
Still, these updates stand on their own, and I may even get the black one, once I land a permanent job...
If Tivo keeps gaining stupidity (fooling with the delete timeouts, intrusive ads, etc) they'll be joining the VCR soon enough..
Meh, too ghetto.
I want titling on my stereo head, controls integrated with the steering wheel, etc.
There are very few (but, thankfully, slowly increasing) options to get this. BMW's thing is a hack, only AFAICR Alpine, Pioneer, Clarion and Mercedes have it done properly.
Privoxy goes on all my boxes and networks, and I try to pimp it out to everyone I know. Of course it can break a lot of stuff, but it's still worth running.
I think the ATHF episode 'Interfection' explains it all, really.. http://www.yzzerdd.com/
Er, that's how much I paid for my 128mb MSDuo... a year ago :p
Close enough for horseshoes, hand grenades, government work, or grassroots journalism....
Cameras can also be handy after an auto accident, like the one I was in last friday. The resolution is good enough for snapping license/insurance/registration as a backup for handwriting, and taking pix of the damage can be helpful as well.
Also, 'citizen journalism'. Camphones are a big win here, and videophones look to be even better.
Also, on my last Grand Tour of Continental Europe, I used my P800's cam to take _all_ my pix, as my PowerShot had given up the ghost a short time before. Even without flash or focus, I could get decent results, especially when watching them as a TV slideshow.
I kind of tune out the 'device purity wars', since in the end it keeps sounding like old coots whingeing about the 'good old days'..
Howsabout making the genkernel --udev option standard now that devfs is totally deprecated?
Also, the last time I tried emerging my home box, it appears that SATA drivers didn't get put in the initramfs. SUCK!!!
Does anyone remember the Spiderman vs. Seabiscuit fiasco?
:p)
Topher Grace was (strongly rumored) to replace Tobey Maguire for Spiderman 2, due to injuries Maguire suffered during the shooting of Seabiscuit.
There were a few refs to it on That '70s Show as well.
(hey, I don't do unemployment that well
Not surprisingly knowing how anti-public transportation this country is.
Or, maybe, that public transportation is not in keeping with the American character?
Lemme put it this way: wherever there's mass transit in the US, people use it because they _have_ to (anoraks and greenies excepted, as usual). Public transport is either too expensive, smelly, inconvenient, or untimely (at least 2 of those in any particular system). If NYC's transit system is the most comprehensive, it's also the most unpleasant: no AC in the stations with train brakes and ACs dumping heat on the platform, where you end up standing for 10+ minutes between trains outside of "rush" hour. The constant smell of urine and feces, harassment by mentally-unstable indigents, the noise, it's all right out of the fucking nineteenth century!
So, you say, spend $10 billion to fix it. Never gonna happen. So even if gasoline gets to $5-6/gal, I'll be happily motorcycling into work in half the time except when it snows, when I'll be miserable waiting for the ferry, then waiting for the train (and sweating under a winter coat on a 95f platform), and trying desperately not to strangle some loud annoying person.
Hell, maybe I should just be unemployed this winter too.
Courtesy of Bob
Lets think about this. Company runs millions of dollars in wire all over the city and into your home.
Whose property are they running wire over/under/thru? If it's public property, there's a balance between bandwidth and safety/sightliness. That is to say, there's a safe and aesthetic maximum to the number of lines or strands on utility poles. Who gets access to build on that public property? That, in theory, should come down to who will provide the public with the best service for the lowest price. Of course, with many localities, it's who's banging the mayor's ugly daughter or paying his country club fees.