Well, there is the one architecture not really been touched, it's the old microchannel RS/6000's (CHRP) that could use a good port. AIX 5.1 might be nice, but it's the last thing those machines will run.
...Who might end up taking IBM's place for the high quality, no compromise in quality or service laptop? IBM definitely will lose it if they become just another part of the crowd versus the one who's willing to have the well-known US designed, serviced and controlled PC that doesnt cut any corners? There is a market for these machines, and IBM is screwing with a sizable amount of people with a lot of money. Not everyone wants a Dell or HP that has no corner left uncut in quality.
If one does some research on General Dynamics, you'll see that they have done 3d tank simulations. If this appears to be anything related, and if the licensing is right, I'd bet on them picking it up if they can figure a way to keep it secret.
Mind that the A31 is a $2000-3000+ machine and the G series is the lowend. If you really wanted to drop bluetooth and wireless, you could have gone for a T42p around $2000-3000 with all the build quality and trimmings not found in the accursed Lenovo line. Given Lenovo's reputation, they might as well just sell G series laptops with the inherent lack found in most Chinese built machines. You'd have to wait about 30 years for Lenovo to even approach the quality of a 701.
They're the new (supposedly) English language division of Legend. By the looks of their machines, IBM has now officialy sold their soul for the Almighty Dollar.
Not exactly conventional or slim depending on sleeve usage, but usable as a phone or data. Not limited to GSM or Windows as well, either can be replaced (Linux and 802.11b via pcmcia). Bluetooth can be added or removed as needed. Only problems are related to Carly's manglement of HP and them removing sleeves out of the iPaq line.
Ha. I laugh. This is akin to saying, "I want to play this great new Half-Life 2, and need to know what I need to do to my 233mhz Pentium with 64 megs of ram and a tnt2 to get good frame rates." It's just not going to happen.
Well, stranger things have happened (Voodoo on Half-Life 2 with reasonable framerates), so it could happen with the right hardware, but not necessarily from the Glitter Machines Company or something on Windows
The only difference is that Ben Stein didnt have the game rigged for him to generate 1)free publicity for 2 sponsors at the end of the planned 75 game stunt and 2)ratings. At least the $64000 Dollar question was more honest, and it was rigged as well.
Well, I'd not mind if they still kept the sun4m if not the full sun4 series in the code release. Sure, they might be old machines, but not giving the code out says they're up to the same games. Drop support for something in less than one version (Sun ZX 3d framebuffer). Drop it completely if it would work well. If it's possible to have the ability to have the code and to have it workable with the sun4's there'd be not much of a problem in the whole implementation. 2.6/7/8/9 break a bit too many things - ZX purposefully broken in 7 onward, dependencies on things unable to handle 2.6 as well as no way to even get 2.6 if you wanted to get a sparc running it.
...but I'm on the side of Big Blue. If this does indeed happen, I hope they dont nix their RS/6000 line or make it anything like the Xserves. I dont mind dropping 10k on a machine, but I dont want to pay 10k to get the Apple glitter, philosophy or operating system. I'll take my robustly built machines, the operating system "made by aliens", SMIT and make things work.
Until I see Apple supporting something like the GXT6500P or come out with something glitter free, they might as well not exist. The merger might make at least one of those things come true, and I'm betting on the glitter.
I'll take Mabel until credible retraining programs exist that put you on the exact same footing in the new industry as the old one. Leveling the practical playing(as opposed to the theoretical playing field) field in this manner so that Ivy League candidates dont get to jump the queue would remove a few arguments against outsourcing (as well as dealing with the issue of the displaced workers).
That's why you keep a backup so that in case Valve pulls that, you arent banned permanently. If you have to go to that point to use less than legitimate versions, put them on their own accounts and when they get banned, rinse and repeat.
Which models? I look on mine (A31P and a 600E) and I'd only think the 600E had a chance on that one. The A31p I have is Mexican made, and only has hardware similarities to the T40-T42p series. If you could say which models were made by Acer, I'd not mind knowing that one.
Does this kind of support extend to the RS/6000 or pSeries line? Not every PPC machine is a overchromed box or an upgraded Amiga, and there's some nice hardware that could use some more distribution support other than the quad digit priced varieties.
And, it will probably be about 2025 before this old saw finally is put to rest.
Explain the timing on this one, since you'd have to wait to 2045 to get rid of the current crop.
What I find interesting is that the very force that allows outsourcing to India allows people in the Midwest to find work elsewhere.
Well, there is the military- and with SDI coming back, India be best looking skyward lest someone in the US "accidentally" fires upon Bangalore or gets Pakistan to start the war the outsourcers wanted gone.
Somebody has to create every job. Either you do it, and do what you decided to do, or you let somebody else do it, and accept work on their terms. Pick one, but don't whine that there's no job because somebody didn't create one for you!
Find a need, then fill it! It's just wrong to think that there is no need... Do something somebody else is doing, only do it better, or cheaper, or both. Listen to people complain about the services/products they buy. Particularly listen to groups of people or individuals with money/power. If you listen carefully, you'll hear the jingle of valuable coin in those whines!
Only if they're willing to give some of that said money/power over for me to do the work for a long enough term to make it profitable. Also, I'd give no preference with my ear to any particular class until I'm selling.
Well, some people dont care for the sandbox that goes along with J2ME, let alone the delivery methods. That's one reason some go to Symbian based phones, since there is a cost but not the clear premise of avarice ala BREW. Also, you dont have to deal with the code possibly being somewhere else. It's on the phone.
However, they use the loophole of putting absurd requirements beyond the existence of a said product or technology(ex. 5 years experience in Windows Server 2003, or 10 years in Java - mind these arent exact figures, but are examples of what's been done) for the jobs offered to Americans to say they "dont have any". That's the part where they dont let legality go against them.
If it wasnt for the (illogical) skip from PCI->AGP but the one to PCI-X (and then to 2.0), there'd be plenty of systems out there with the I/O (read: server type boards with loads of PCI-X/PCI-X 133 slots). At 3-5 slots average, you'd have more trouble finding LCD's to use with them.
When there's a known checksum of the real release, faking wont work - since the checksums of the real release will be made public and anything not matching the real releases will end up being nuked.
Well, if the selectivity wasnt in these colleges, these colleges wouldnt have most of these inflated prices - but then it wouldnt look good if anyone could get access to the best education. After all, we wouldnt want the masses able to move the privleged out of their well established (multigenerational) comfort zones. Just let the masses in and let their own effort sort them out. Enough that we have some of the results of theseselectivecolleges. With all the money they're raking in, I wont mind if I have to deal with some of the optional promotions if it means that it'd make the tuition 1/4-1/5th of its current cost due to more people paying in. They dont have problems getting the money, so they could afford to allow open admissions.
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Actually, if you want to consider me a zealot, I use FreeBSD, Linux, Windows and Mac OS X for all sorts of different purposes by my own choice.... daily. Consider that. I didnt call you as a zealot, rather that there are people who are more blind to anything but their platform of choice (I deal with Sun and Intel machines as well as the RS/6000's, and I've) seem to muddy the pool.
but comparing AIX to Mac OS X is nothing more than saying: "They both have commercial UNIX". That's what I was saying, with the point being that they're open. Just that they might be for different people.
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Well, there is the one architecture not really been touched, it's the old microchannel RS/6000's (CHRP) that could use a good port. AIX 5.1 might be nice, but it's the last thing those machines will run.
...Who might end up taking IBM's place for the high quality, no compromise in quality or service laptop? IBM definitely will lose it if they become just another part of the crowd versus the one who's willing to have the well-known US designed, serviced and controlled PC that doesnt cut any corners? There is a market for these machines, and IBM is screwing with a sizable amount of people with a lot of money. Not everyone wants a Dell or HP that has no corner left uncut in quality.
If one does some research on General Dynamics, you'll see that they have done 3d tank simulations. If this appears to be anything related, and if the licensing is right, I'd bet on them picking it up if they can figure a way to keep it secret.
Mind that the A31 is a $2000-3000+ machine and the G series is the lowend. If you really wanted to drop bluetooth and wireless, you could have gone for a T42p around $2000-3000 with all the build quality and trimmings not found in the accursed Lenovo line. Given Lenovo's reputation, they might as well just sell G series laptops with the inherent lack found in most Chinese built machines. You'd have to wait about 30 years for Lenovo to even approach the quality of a 701.
They're the new (supposedly) English language division of Legend. By the looks of their machines, IBM has now officialy sold their soul for the Almighty Dollar.
Maybe the statistical calculations were out-sourced.
Or maybe the question is that can we trust outsourced (to other countries) calculations.
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Not exactly conventional or slim depending on sleeve usage, but usable as a phone or data. Not limited to GSM or Windows as well, either can be replaced (Linux and 802.11b via pcmcia). Bluetooth can be added or removed as needed. Only problems are related to Carly's manglement of HP and them removing sleeves out of the iPaq line.
Ha. I laugh. This is akin to saying, "I want to play this great new Half-Life 2, and need to know what I need to do to my 233mhz Pentium with 64 megs of ram and a tnt2 to get good frame rates." It's just not going to happen.
Well, stranger things have happened (Voodoo on Half-Life 2 with reasonable framerates), so it could happen with the right hardware, but not necessarily from the Glitter Machines Company or something on Windows
The only difference is that Ben Stein didnt have the game rigged for him to generate 1)free publicity for 2 sponsors at the end of the planned 75 game stunt and 2)ratings. At least the $64000 Dollar question was more honest, and it was rigged as well.
Well, I'd not mind if they still kept the sun4m if not the full sun4 series in the code release. Sure, they might be old machines, but not giving the code out says they're up to the same games. Drop support for something in less than one version (Sun ZX 3d framebuffer). Drop it completely if it would work well. If it's possible to have the ability to have the code and to have it workable with the sun4's there'd be not much of a problem in the whole implementation. 2.6/7/8/9 break a bit too many things - ZX purposefully broken in 7 onward, dependencies on things unable to handle 2.6 as well as no way to even get 2.6 if you wanted to get a sparc running it.
...but I'm on the side of Big Blue. If this does indeed happen, I hope they dont nix their RS/6000 line or make it anything like the Xserves. I dont mind dropping 10k on a machine, but I dont want to pay 10k to get the Apple glitter, philosophy or operating system. I'll take my robustly built machines, the operating system "made by aliens", SMIT and make things work.
Until I see Apple supporting something like the GXT6500P or come out with something glitter free, they might as well not exist. The merger might make at least one of those things come true, and I'm betting on the glitter.
I'll take Mabel until credible retraining programs exist that put you on the exact same footing in the new industry as the old one. Leveling the practical playing(as opposed to the theoretical playing field) field in this manner so that Ivy League candidates dont get to jump the queue would remove a few arguments against outsourcing (as well as dealing with the issue of the displaced workers).
That's why you keep a backup so that in case Valve pulls that, you arent banned permanently. If you have to go to that point to use less than legitimate versions, put them on their own accounts and when they get banned, rinse and repeat.
Which models? I look on mine (A31P and a 600E) and I'd only think the 600E had a chance on that one. The A31p I have is Mexican made, and only has hardware similarities to the T40-T42p series. If you could say which models were made by Acer, I'd not mind knowing that one.
It didnt stop government contractors from using 3DFX before they were cursed by Nvidia.
Does this kind of support extend to the RS/6000 or pSeries line? Not every PPC machine is a overchromed box or an upgraded Amiga, and there's some nice hardware that could use some more distribution support other than the quad digit priced varieties.
And, it will probably be about 2025 before this old saw finally is put to rest.
Explain the timing on this one, since you'd have to wait to 2045 to get rid of the current crop.
What I find interesting is that the very force that allows outsourcing to India allows people in the Midwest to find work elsewhere.
Well, there is the military- and with SDI coming back, India be best looking skyward lest someone in the US "accidentally" fires upon Bangalore or gets Pakistan to start the war the outsourcers wanted gone.
Somebody has to create every job. Either you do it, and do what you decided to do, or you let somebody else do it, and accept work on their terms. Pick one, but don't whine that there's no job because somebody didn't create one for you!
Find a need, then fill it! It's just wrong to think that there is no need... Do something somebody else is doing, only do it better, or cheaper, or both. Listen to people complain about the services/products they buy. Particularly listen to groups of people or individuals with money/power. If you listen carefully, you'll hear the jingle of valuable coin in those whines!
Only if they're willing to give some of that said money/power over for me to do the work for a long enough term to make it profitable. Also, I'd give no preference with my ear to any particular class until I'm selling.
Well, some people dont care for the sandbox that goes along with J2ME, let alone the delivery methods. That's one reason some go to Symbian based phones, since there is a cost but not the clear premise of avarice ala BREW. Also, you dont have to deal with the code possibly being somewhere else. It's on the phone.
However, they use the loophole of putting absurd requirements beyond the existence of a said product or technology(ex. 5 years experience in Windows Server 2003, or 10 years in Java - mind these arent exact figures, but are examples of what's been done) for the jobs offered to Americans to say they "dont have any". That's the part where they dont let legality go against them.
Obvioulsly you'd call the Manhattan Project too risky not for its nuclear potential, but how the funding was drummed up.
If it wasnt for the (illogical) skip from PCI->AGP but the one to PCI-X (and then to 2.0), there'd be plenty of systems out there with the I/O (read: server type boards with loads of PCI-X/PCI-X 133 slots). At 3-5 slots average, you'd have more trouble finding LCD's to use with them.
When there's a known checksum of the real release, faking wont work - since the checksums of the real release will be made public and anything not matching the real releases will end up being nuked.
Well, if the selectivity wasnt in these colleges, these colleges wouldnt have most of these inflated prices - but then it wouldnt look good if anyone could get access to the best education. After all, we wouldnt want the masses able to move the privleged out of their well established (multigenerational) comfort zones.
Just let the masses in and let their own effort sort them out. Enough that we have some of the results of these selective colleges. With all the money they're raking in, I wont mind if I have to deal with some of the optional promotions if it means that it'd make the tuition 1/4-1/5th of its current cost due to more people paying in. They dont have problems getting the money, so they could afford to allow open admissions.
Actually, if you want to consider me a zealot, I use FreeBSD, Linux, Windows and Mac OS X for all sorts of different purposes by my own choice.... daily. Consider that.
I didnt call you as a zealot, rather that there are people who are more blind to anything but their platform of choice (I deal with Sun and Intel machines as well as the RS/6000's, and I've) seem to muddy the pool.
but comparing AIX to Mac OS X is nothing more than saying: "They both have commercial UNIX".
That's what I was saying, with the point being that they're open. Just that they might be for different people.