the figure of $-126 per x-box 360 is inaccurate. There's also marketing, R&D, Sales Team salary, Shipping, middlemen, etc. So the figure should be somewhere like 250-300.
I'm going to have to go with being a tad bit suspicious. The words that these kids were using arn't even part of most college kids vocabulary. For instance...Instead of saying, "Tim: What? There's no power-ups in Pong. The concept of a power-up hadn't been invented yet," wouldn't most kids replace the word concept with idea? If kids are talking like this now then I really have to give a slap on the back of our education system for making kids use larger words than I did in Grade School.
They say Miniture but what does miniture mean, the size of a watch or the size of a car? Nowhere in the article does it state the size of miniture. Arn't Radars currently the size of an 18 wheeler?
I also agree that the green isn't the best choice of colors but you have to remember that he's Canadian and they do things a tad different up there. But at the same time I don't agree that Standard Grey would be the best of choices either. If your going to be different already then you should go for the whole nine yards.
What kind of practical uses can this have? I mean a computer does the same thing...it associates 1's and 0's to their respected files so why is this considered a step forward??? So now to open a document or a file we have to scan in an image...isn't that counter productive?
For Defendant: Aaron Sherman Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Senior's case I was a beta tester. The original program's name in beta test form was called SLUT and was hosted by a friend of mine on our network at school In Northern New York. Since I was one of the people who used this "spider" program could or would I some how get involved. Only a few people knew of it on the campus while it was up and it was like 2-3 years ago. Or could the guy who hosted it on our server get involved???
Well, it all depends on what exactly you have, how much you can carry, and the space allowed. I work for a computer repair center on my schools campus that fixes everything from disks (whatever can be done to them), to OS/software problems (99% M$), to Hardware problems. If you had to carry something in your jacket pocket I would stick with the OS CD's that you would be using and a boot disk (if they wern't bootable). I am aware that most people have already said these things but hardly anyone if anyone at all has thought about hardware (there were a few mentions) but lets face it, not everyone is as civil to computers as we [nerds] are. People come to the office with everything from spilling soda, water, coffee, or anything else on keyboards. Why not throw in those expandable keybords that can fold up with a USB/ps2 mouse. If I had a dollar for everytime someone comes to the office with a CD-rom with a broken tray or just a old burnt out CD-Rom I would be able to retire soon. So what about a nice USB external CD Burner if you need to make copies (it's very useful) and it can double as a regular CD-Rom (of course). Ram doesn't need to be thrown into this toolbox because how often do you see ram break? A PCI video card would be handy (stay away from AGP because not everyone has AGP). If Floppies are still around when you make this "toolbox" throw in an extra floppy drive (very cheap ~ $5.00). Now of course this "toolbox" wouldn't be something that you would take into the jungle but if you were in a stationary place for a month or two it might be useful. Also useful is everything that everyone was talking about in all the previous posts but burn everything to CD (make backups if needed) and throw them in a 25 CD booklet or a 12 CD booklet or even a 4 CD booklet so they are secure from dirt and anything else that may come in harms way. Just throw all this in a small tool kit (plastic), or a box, from lowe's or the home depo and you've got yourself an emergency computer repair toolbox.
If you wanted to get into more detail and if you had more room there is always the choice of lugging around an extra power supply becuase they go every so often. There was a post about a hard drive but I want to stay away from them because in a plastic box they might get fried or damaged and just from moving it across the room let alone the world can just be a waste of time. But bring the essential tools, Phillips head (small, medium), Flat head (small, medium), needle nose plyers (for jumpers on mobo or master\slave jumpers).
Just think of how long your going to be there, what kind of computers will you encounter, How easy is it to get supplies if you need them, and all you can do is be prepared. A computer nerd can never bring to much computer stuff to prevent home sickness!
I thought that several years ago someone already went up against a computer...an IBM I believe...anyways...to make a long story short...he lost and the computer won. What is going to make humans any better...an upgrade. Computers already won the first time and they only get smarter...We on the other hand learn but not as fast.
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so what, what does this have to do about computers? What's next, more information on hte Lacy Peterson case?
the figure of $-126 per x-box 360 is inaccurate. There's also marketing, R&D, Sales Team salary, Shipping, middlemen, etc. So the figure should be somewhere like 250-300.
I'm going to have to go with being a tad bit suspicious. The words that these kids were using arn't even part of most college kids vocabulary. For instance...Instead of saying, "Tim: What? There's no power-ups in Pong. The concept of a power-up hadn't been invented yet," wouldn't most kids replace the word concept with idea? If kids are talking like this now then I really have to give a slap on the back of our education system for making kids use larger words than I did in Grade School.
They say Miniture but what does miniture mean, the size of a watch or the size of a car? Nowhere in the article does it state the size of miniture. Arn't Radars currently the size of an 18 wheeler?
A few buddies and I are getting together next weekend to LAN it up...do you think that they will toss us 1 or 2 thousand?
Yeah and the failing music industry is now saying that the CD sales are failing because of cheeseburgers
I"m going to have to back you up on this and say this article was an awesome read
I also agree that the green isn't the best choice of colors but you have to remember that he's Canadian and they do things a tad different up there. But at the same time I don't agree that Standard Grey would be the best of choices either. If your going to be different already then you should go for the whole nine yards.
What kind of practical uses can this have? I mean a computer does the same thing...it associates 1's and 0's to their respected files so why is this considered a step forward??? So now to open a document or a file we have to scan in an image...isn't that counter productive?
yeah...that might be good...until your processor gets wicked hot and starts a fire.
It's a shame that we couldn't do that twenty to thirty years ago or else Bill Gates could of gotten 20 years of coal mining in PA.
E-mail will soon run the post office into Chapter 11 so eventually you can e-mail it but can they charge for e-mail?
For Defendant: Aaron Sherman Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Senior's case I was a beta tester. The original program's name in beta test form was called SLUT and was hosted by a friend of mine on our network at school In Northern New York. Since I was one of the people who used this "spider" program could or would I some how get involved. Only a few people knew of it on the campus while it was up and it was like 2-3 years ago. Or could the guy who hosted it on our server get involved???
Well, it all depends on what exactly you have, how much you can carry, and the space allowed. I work for a computer repair center on my schools campus that fixes everything from disks (whatever can be done to them), to OS/software problems (99% M$), to Hardware problems. If you had to carry something in your jacket pocket I would stick with the OS CD's that you would be using and a boot disk (if they wern't bootable). I am aware that most people have already said these things but hardly anyone if anyone at all has thought about hardware (there were a few mentions) but lets face it, not everyone is as civil to computers as we [nerds] are. People come to the office with everything from spilling soda, water, coffee, or anything else on keyboards. Why not throw in those expandable keybords that can fold up with a USB/ps2 mouse. If I had a dollar for everytime someone comes to the office with a CD-rom with a broken tray or just a old burnt out CD-Rom I would be able to retire soon. So what about a nice USB external CD Burner if you need to make copies (it's very useful) and it can double as a regular CD-Rom (of course). Ram doesn't need to be thrown into this toolbox because how often do you see ram break? A PCI video card would be handy (stay away from AGP because not everyone has AGP). If Floppies are still around when you make this "toolbox" throw in an extra floppy drive (very cheap ~ $5.00). Now of course this "toolbox" wouldn't be something that you would take into the jungle but if you were in a stationary place for a month or two it might be useful. Also useful is everything that everyone was talking about in all the previous posts but burn everything to CD (make backups if needed) and throw them in a 25 CD booklet or a 12 CD booklet or even a 4 CD booklet so they are secure from dirt and anything else that may come in harms way. Just throw all this in a small tool kit (plastic), or a box, from lowe's or the home depo and you've got yourself an emergency computer repair toolbox.
If you wanted to get into more detail and if you had more room there is always the choice of lugging around an extra power supply becuase they go every so often. There was a post about a hard drive but I want to stay away from them because in a plastic box they might get fried or damaged and just from moving it across the room let alone the world can just be a waste of time. But bring the essential tools, Phillips head (small, medium), Flat head (small, medium), needle nose plyers (for jumpers on mobo or master\slave jumpers).
Just think of how long your going to be there, what kind of computers will you encounter, How easy is it to get supplies if you need them, and all you can do is be prepared. A computer nerd can never bring to much computer stuff to prevent home sickness!
I thought that several years ago someone already went up against a computer...an IBM I believe...anyways...to make a long story short...he lost and the computer won. What is going to make humans any better...an upgrade. Computers already won the first time and they only get smarter...We on the other hand learn but not as fast.