But, in the end, the capitalist system doesn't "select" what's "best" for the consumer, it selects who was "best" at competing
No it selects whats best for profits and shareholders. I agree that i dont want a bureaucrat deciding on standards, just like i dont want my mechanic to give me an apendectomy (Sp?). I agree that we should all have fiber, but there is one important reason why thats never going to happen, if they can charge $50 a month for service that is currently out there(DSL, Cable, etc), why should they invest in new equipment/r&d and spend all that money just so they can charge you $50 a month for fiber. Corporations settle on different standards for reasons (licensing, trying to cut out the competition, etc..) for reasons normaly financialy related, and in a capitolist society things will never change, personaly i dont mind at all, thats what makes the US great.
the reason why you see a lot of interference on 6 is its normally the default on wi-fi enabled devices, 11 because its one of the only other 2 non overlaping channels, i would suspect that you would probably have the same amoun on channel 1.
Every F4 pilot I ever heard didnt swore by them, they swore at them, they dont call it the "Thud" for nothing, it has the atack angle of a flying brick.
Acctually what i would like is high quality individual tracks of songs, i like to sample and i would pay for just the vocals, groove or beat that i wanted.
3 hours to fix a modem??? any modem??? I would think thats a little long, i use to work for an ISP and tech calls did not last more then 20-40 min and that was if i had to walk them through re-installing their drivers (40 min for the really dense who didnt know their right click from their left click). Its easy to diagnose modem problems, log into the nas (portmaster, ascend max, USR total control, etc..) or look at the radius logs and you can see exactly whats going on. (most of the time it was the user putting in thier email address as a username).
Ok back to the issue at had though, it dosent suprise me that at&t is going to charge for modems, they have been renting comm equipment for years (they hit my grandmother up for 10 a mon for 10 years for a phone (88-98), yeah thats right $1200 for a phone). This will just be another way of them bleading the customer dry, and as far as support for a modem you own, yeah right, you can probably forget about it. I can very easily see the coversation going to "oh you own your own modem, what kind is it, yeah we dont support that one, but you can rent one of ours" whenever a support call comes in.
Cisco/Aironet stuff have removeable pcmcia card radios on their APs, at least they do with thier older BR500 and AP4800's just take out 4 screws and their you go. Although getting the pcmcia card out of the clip is a pain. The newer BR350's might have the same card inside, but ive never opened one up to find out.
Heh, certs arnt the way to go, and unfortunatly the best recomendation i have for you is experiance. Ive been in the field for 8 years now doing this and that (Programming, Sys admin, Consulting, Helldesk, etc...) and have found that nothing beats time under your belt. I only have 2 of my 4 years finished for my BSCS, and i only have one cert (Stupid aironet wireless engineer before they were bought out by cisco) so certs and school arnt the only things that employers are looking for. Know your shit, and know it well and all will be good:)
Mabey it will actually support true HDTV resolutions, but then all the people that bought into the hype of DVD being in HDTV resolutions are going to get pissed and pirate even more crap. Its a vicous cycle isnt it.
With Dawoo, Yamaha, and Mitsubishi and others allready in the game, it wouldt be as far fetched as you think. Im just wondering when sony is going to make a car:)
I work at a helldesk and as a operations, i deal with a clueless userbase every day. Rolling out slowly will not make the clueless any smarter, it will not stop them from calling you up and asking how do i attach a file, etc... Sounds like at your corp that the IS dept runs the show. If you have management that calls in favors to kill your projects then youve got other problems. Management here dictates the change, not the IS group, if they want something rolled out, its out the door with no looking back, damn the users.
Throw them in all at once, The initial shock of changing OS might be steep at first, but having to deal with all the problems up front is better imho. In 2 weeks they should be fairly up to speed. Let them swim or drown in the bits.
Even if Congress focused on hardware and excluded software, we all know that distinction is a matter of modular convenience and industry practice rather than a natural distinction.
We all know that anything that can be implemented in hardware can be implemented in software (sans physical devices like storage etc.), so isnt this point moot?
Your kidding right, Have your programmed for the x86 CPU lately, with all the backwards compatibility crap i think a 4 year old could make a better processor whith these tools. Granted if they had to design the circutry on the die that would be a diferent story, but with these tools you just pick and choose the features you want.
This is a rights issue, i agree that by putting in the chip they have a resonable assurance of QA, but i should have the right to choose if i want to use a HP cart or a JOE-No-Names cart. If they really want to get pissy about QA they can revoke my warenty, i dont really care, but after i have PURCHASED the product, in this case being a printer, i should have the right to do whatever i want with it, weather that be putting a no name printer cart in or throwing it off a cliff.
I have a HP610CL, it cost me $65, the price of the color+ black cartridge is $60, i stoped buying the cartridges about a year ago and have been buying a new printer instead, i have 4 of them in the closet right now:) The plus side, if one dies i toss it and grab one of my "backups", the down side, it gets kind of expensive. If i start printing any more then I have in the past, i will think about buying a color laser, but right now it is as cost effective as im going to get.
While i do agree that HP and compaq Desktop PC's are landfill waiting to happen, i have always said (and recomended) that their notebooks and server lines is rock solid (From both companys) and will continue to recomend them in the future.
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But, in the end, the capitalist system doesn't "select" what's "best" for the consumer, it selects who was "best" at competing
No it selects whats best for profits and shareholders. I agree that i dont want a bureaucrat deciding on standards, just like i dont want my mechanic to give me an apendectomy (Sp?). I agree that we should all have fiber, but there is one important reason why thats never going to happen, if they can charge $50 a month for service that is currently out there(DSL, Cable, etc), why should they invest in new equipment/r&d and spend all that money just so they can charge you $50 a month for fiber. Corporations settle on different standards for reasons (licensing, trying to cut out the competition, etc..) for reasons normaly financialy related, and in a capitolist society things will never change, personaly i dont mind at all, thats what makes the US great.
the reason why you see a lot of interference on 6 is its normally the default on wi-fi enabled devices, 11 because its one of the only other 2 non overlaping channels, i would suspect that you would probably have the same amoun on channel 1.
Every F4 pilot I ever heard didnt swore by them, they swore at them, they dont call it the "Thud" for nothing, it has the atack angle of a flying brick.
Umm what about General Dynamics, or Northrop Grumman.. we will allways have more then one corp that can build fighters.
Acctually what i would like is high quality individual tracks of songs, i like to sample and i would pay for just the vocals, groove or beat that i wanted.
Sounds like your more mad at Al's Meat Market :)
California is the "Republic of California", its printed right on the state flag.
3 hours to fix a modem??? any modem??? I would think thats a little long, i use to work for an ISP and tech calls did not last more then 20-40 min and that was if i had to walk them through re-installing their drivers (40 min for the really dense who didnt know their right click from their left click). Its easy to diagnose modem problems, log into the nas (portmaster, ascend max, USR total control, etc..) or look at the radius logs and you can see exactly whats going on. (most of the time it was the user putting in thier email address as a username).
Ok back to the issue at had though, it dosent suprise me that at&t is going to charge for modems, they have been renting comm equipment for years (they hit my grandmother up for 10 a mon for 10 years for a phone (88-98), yeah thats right $1200 for a phone). This will just be another way of them bleading the customer dry, and as far as support for a modem you own, yeah right, you can probably forget about it. I can very easily see the coversation going to "oh you own your own modem, what kind is it, yeah we dont support that one, but you can rent one of ours" whenever a support call comes in.
Gives a whole new meaning of "going the way of the DoDo" doesent it? ;)
I thought that "Pepsi City" was built in the foothills of "Britneys' Mountains" ;9
Cisco/Aironet stuff have removeable pcmcia card radios on their APs, at least they do with thier older BR500 and AP4800's just take out 4 screws and their you go. Although getting the pcmcia card out of the clip is a pain. The newer BR350's might have the same card inside, but ive never opened one up to find out.
Heh, certs arnt the way to go, and unfortunatly the best recomendation i have for you is experiance. Ive been in the field for 8 years now doing this and that (Programming, Sys admin, Consulting, Helldesk, etc...) and have found that nothing beats time under your belt. I only have 2 of my 4 years finished for my BSCS, and i only have one cert (Stupid aironet wireless engineer before they were bought out by cisco) so certs and school arnt the only things that employers are looking for. Know your shit, and know it well and all will be good :)
Mabey it will actually support true HDTV resolutions, but then all the people that bought into the hype of DVD being in HDTV resolutions are going to get pissed and pirate even more crap. Its a vicous cycle isnt it.
With Dawoo, Yamaha, and Mitsubishi and others allready in the game, it wouldt be as far fetched as you think. Im just wondering when sony is going to make a car :)
I work at a helldesk and as a operations, i deal with a clueless userbase every day. Rolling out slowly will not make the clueless any smarter, it will not stop them from calling you up and asking how do i attach a file, etc... Sounds like at your corp that the IS dept runs the show. If you have management that calls in favors to kill your projects then youve got other problems. Management here dictates the change, not the IS group, if they want something rolled out, its out the door with no looking back, damn the users.
Throw them in all at once, The initial shock of changing OS might be steep at first, but having to deal with all the problems up front is better imho. In 2 weeks they should be fairly up to speed. Let them swim or drown in the bits.
those er... tobaco pipes are more like $40 from what ive heard
Hrmm... I am intrigued by your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter :) Hommer J.
Even if Congress focused on hardware and excluded software, we all know that distinction is a matter of modular convenience and industry practice rather than a natural distinction.
We all know that anything that can be implemented in hardware can be implemented in software (sans physical devices like storage etc.), so isnt this point moot?
Your kidding right, Have your programmed for the x86 CPU lately, with all the backwards compatibility crap i think a 4 year old could make a better processor whith these tools. Granted if they had to design the circutry on the die that would be a diferent story, but with these tools you just pick and choose the features you want.
Not only that but epson carts dont have the print head built into them, so there goes the QA FUD that epson is spouting.
This is a rights issue, i agree that by putting in the chip they have a resonable assurance of QA, but i should have the right to choose if i want to use a HP cart or a JOE-No-Names cart. If they really want to get pissy about QA they can revoke my warenty, i dont really care, but after i have PURCHASED the product, in this case being a printer, i should have the right to do whatever i want with it, weather that be putting a no name printer cart in or throwing it off a cliff.
I have a HP610CL, it cost me $65, the price of the color+ black cartridge is $60, i stoped buying the cartridges about a year ago and have been buying a new printer instead, i have 4 of them in the closet right now :) The plus side, if one dies i toss it and grab one of my "backups", the down side, it gets kind of expensive. If i start printing any more then I have in the past, i will think about buying a color laser, but right now it is as cost effective as im going to get.
While i do agree that HP and compaq Desktop PC's are landfill waiting to happen, i have always said (and recomended) that their notebooks and server lines is rock solid (From both companys) and will continue to recomend them in the future.
Having their DNS sequence??? I think you've been behind a console too long :)