I thought we had a "free market". but the more I think about it we don't. We have a monopoly market. There are no real competitors to a lot of things. Software (ie Microsoft), Broadband internet, Cable, Power, Water, etc. the list goes on. Is it just me or the Things we show the most pride in, Free Market, Democracy, etc; Are also the most corrupt items we have?
Actually, it can, if its not positioned correctly, When I first moved to Savannah 4 years ago, I lived on a private island, the cable service sucked. I think 90% of the people out there used Satelite. The crew who first installed it were lazy and incompetant, to the point if it was cloudy, we would have interference. Finally sick of it, We called to cancel, they sent out someone to fix it, They installed a new dish, put it in the yard, (it was attached to the house, with only 6 trees covering its view) Now it gets great reception. Although I do not live in Savannah anymore. lol.
err i forgot something.
I looked up a sample. Freakanomics. its cheaper to buy the paper version then the digital one. That doesn't make any sense. I want to email Mr Levitt and find out if he makes more profit with the digital one. I bet he doesn't. The bandwidth space would be about equal price for a website posting information of the book. Digital conversion of the original would be very little (when was the last time a book was written on a typewriter? Its already in Digital format somewhere. So BASICALLY, The cost of the e-book should be MUCH cheaper than the paper version, which its not. Go Figure.
The Battery is a Lithium-Ion. Are these the re-use apple and dell batteries? sorry couldn't resist. Although it has a black and while screen. How really useful is it that it displays JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP?
Min requirements: Hard Drive: 20MB9 Minimum availible Hard Drive space
Spell check please.
I am surprised it supports SD as well as Microstick. I figured it would only support MS.
No one ever caugh this little detail, have they.
On April 18, 2006, Toshiba released the first HD DVD player for the United States, the Toshiba HD-A1 and Toshiba HD-XA1. They are powered by an Intel Pentium 4 processor and contain 1 GB of RAM; the drive mechanism is also an IDE HD DVD drive. The units run a specialized version of the Linux operating system booting off a USB thumbdrive. Due to high demand, they were reported to be sold out in many stores in the United States after the first shipment. (Although the number of HD DVD players shipped has not been released) (wikipedia)
So if a standard P4 chip works, why do we need dual core? I think a lot of it is to sell more hardware. You know manufactures are tired of selling $300 machines.
like CNC machines, and a like. Hell I think most of the factories in Michigan run on DOS still. lots of terminals still do. (I live in GA, but grew up in MI)
I push linux just as much as the next guy. But when someone is new to linux, they just double click a file they downloaded wheather its a bz2, gz, sh, etc. and expect it to work, and when it doesn't, they get mad at me. Or the ones that realize that.exe won't work on linux (unless you have wine or a derivitive. and then its still a bitch for newbs), they call and ask do i need a tarball, a RPM, Suse RPM, or Redhat RPM is there a difference, etc. Go find someone you know that knows nothing of linux, and show them a few software downloads, and ask them which one they need.
They have a point. There is no standardize API's or installers. There is a difference between propierty and a standard. I have said for a long time a standard needs to come to place.
~SimonTek
PS WHO makes these logon screens? Who can read the picture no problem?
I agree, they can't protect his home, So in a sense, he must. I had cameras on my last house cause I had an @$$hole neighbor (a former cop) who would come into my yard, get my dogs riled up, then call security/police on me. I was finally able to show them him coming into my yard and doing so.
Its rather amazing, I never knew this day would fully come, but we hit a gigahertz wall. AMD can't break 2.8, Intel Can't break 3.8. Thats why everything has changed. But I am still suprised that it happened. When was the last time we hit a wall? It is interesting to see the innovations that come out of it.
The Issue is we are Geeks and we know what we are doing, Average Joe and Jane, Have NO CLUE how to destroy their data. The Best Buy here is known to throw hard drives into the dumpster, give them to employees, or resell them. Cause "its the cheapest way". The issue is though that you tell a customer that you are going to destroy the drive, that tells customers "whew I don't have to worry bout my Identity, and everything else". But when you just throw it away, that opens up many new holes. And theft will happen. Geeks tend to dumpster dive for new toys. Criminals, tend to do it, to get info, anything that they can to steal peoples lives. I have lived both sides once upon a time. Not the greatest, but knowing this helps me protect customers. When I destroy a drive, I do the regular 0's and 1's, then I dismantle and distroy the drive as much as I can (not the magnets, those are fun). I am not into lawsuits, but on this one, I think they should, and send a message to corp america.
Seriously Get back to me on that. I would love to form a tech political party. The way things are going now, I am tempted to run for office. If they can make trouble, I can make more. but in a good way. wait a min, let me go patented thoughts, so when anyone has one I can sue. Actually, I would LOVE to do a heavy reform of the patent office, and lawsuits that can be form. For starters throw out all the current patents, and start from scratch. Have people actually READ and RESEARCH the idea handed to them before giving them the patent. Also on the Law front, Throw out ridiculous lawsuits, like if there is a trademark infringement, give them 2 years to file, not 30. Like the Apple and Beetle companies, have been around for 30 years, its a bit late in my opinion to file a lawsuit. Make it so you actually have Proof before filing a lawsuit, none of this Well they were one of the people on the IP address that month. I am SICK and Tired the way the gov't works for Corps, not THE PEOPLE. Doesn't the constitution say that its for the people by the people. Wait let me guess, we got rid of that already. Or lets buy an island, then allow people with only an IQ of 130 or higher, that can pass a common sense test, then make our own gov't.
10 more years, I will be old enough to run for President, Maybe I should, if for nothing more than the fact that I can.
I recall IBM has a program, where they will make your custom chip. This might have been something in the past, but I think they might still have it.
http://www-03.ibm.com/chips/asics/
Looking at the list Adobe products make up 40% of the list. I think it would be in their best interest to port these applications. Companies use the excuse that "no body runs linux" as a reason not to port. But clearly If Thats what people want, you should give it to them. I love Gimp, but Its not Photoshop. Photoshop is an INDUSTRY standard. My Fiance' (I can not spell that word to save my life), is a Visual Effects Major at SCAD. She loves using linux for her work, but She has to use windows cause CS2 doesn't work in linux. 7 Works fine, but its 2 versions old. I myself Love Dreamweaver. I also do not think WINE isn't stable enough with these 2 pieces of software to do the trick permanitly.
I am a Linux geek like the rest of us. But as much as we love OSS, Commercial software has its place. And its about time, they see Linux is a viable market.
Maya and Apple Shake run better in linux than they do in the native OS they were made for. (we have checked.)
I am curious what the software industry wants, to enable them to port their software. If you they were to port the top 10 list of software, I know that it would also be easier to switch people.
But then again. My arguement for not switching is lack of a standard for installing software such as windows executables. Yes, Industry standard is needed for this debate. end users do not need to learn a million things to do to install and use software. To many people they will argue that this is what makes linux different. But it is also what keeps the general population from trying something different. People do not want to learn to install files they need to use a RPM for this, or ebuild for that, or even to untar a file, configure, make, and install. Thats too much for them.
I have rambled on too much.
SimonTek
Right this second, Any Job I take is gonna be pay-bonus (I am unemployed) but I have always said, and done, work jobs that are fun, not necessarily entertaining, But Its something I am passionate about. I never take a job that will bore me in 3 days. It may sound stupid to some, but I rather enjoy my job and get OK pay than get rich and hate my job. When you dislike your job, you hate waking up in the morning, your work performance is poor. When you like a job, you can't wait to goto work, you volunteer for projects, etc.
Its kind of funny, if you look up the admin's page, one of the people who is putting temp bans on the IP is a 15yr old. Its nice to see that the house has been stopped by him. And they say youths can't do anything right.
As Much of a geek I am, I actually do not rip music, Well not in the past 4 years. I listen to my cd's in the car, and listen to xmradio in the house. (one day I will buy XM for the car.)
Curious, If I F#C# up a computer with windows on it, How supportive will MS be to me. Will they come over, and back up, and format-re-install for me? Or will they tell me I need to do it, and Be left to myself to do. MS gives less help than you find in the OSS community. When the store was up and running (its taking a nap), People flocked to give me a hand with it, and that was a business. I will guaruntee this, With OSS, you get more support than you do with MS.
interesting thought, It really does have the opportunity to change the way we think of technology. Seriously think of all the things you could do with it. My first thought was cpu's of course, but then reading the 1st post, i realized how much this has a potentional to change life. I will read the article now.
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I thought we had a "free market". but the more I think about it we don't. We have a monopoly market. There are no real competitors to a lot of things. Software (ie Microsoft), Broadband internet, Cable, Power, Water, etc. the list goes on. Is it just me or the Things we show the most pride in, Free Market, Democracy, etc; Are also the most corrupt items we have?
Actually, it can, if its not positioned correctly, When I first moved to Savannah 4 years ago, I lived on a private island, the cable service sucked. I think 90% of the people out there used Satelite. The crew who first installed it were lazy and incompetant, to the point if it was cloudy, we would have interference. Finally sick of it, We called to cancel, they sent out someone to fix it, They installed a new dish, put it in the yard, (it was attached to the house, with only 6 trees covering its view) Now it gets great reception. Although I do not live in Savannah anymore. lol.
err i forgot something. I looked up a sample. Freakanomics. its cheaper to buy the paper version then the digital one. That doesn't make any sense. I want to email Mr Levitt and find out if he makes more profit with the digital one. I bet he doesn't. The bandwidth space would be about equal price for a website posting information of the book. Digital conversion of the original would be very little (when was the last time a book was written on a typewriter? Its already in Digital format somewhere. So BASICALLY, The cost of the e-book should be MUCH cheaper than the paper version, which its not. Go Figure.
The Battery is a Lithium-Ion. Are these the re-use apple and dell batteries? sorry couldn't resist. Although it has a black and while screen. How really useful is it that it displays JPEG, GIF, PNG, and BMP? Min requirements: Hard Drive: 20MB9 Minimum availible Hard Drive space Spell check please. I am surprised it supports SD as well as Microstick. I figured it would only support MS.
2003+5 Does not equal 2006. It comes up to 2008. Gee whiz, Where did you goto school. I do not want to send my kids there if the math is that bad.
No one ever caugh this little detail, have they. On April 18, 2006, Toshiba released the first HD DVD player for the United States, the Toshiba HD-A1 and Toshiba HD-XA1. They are powered by an Intel Pentium 4 processor and contain 1 GB of RAM; the drive mechanism is also an IDE HD DVD drive. The units run a specialized version of the Linux operating system booting off a USB thumbdrive. Due to high demand, they were reported to be sold out in many stores in the United States after the first shipment. (Although the number of HD DVD players shipped has not been released) (wikipedia) So if a standard P4 chip works, why do we need dual core? I think a lot of it is to sell more hardware. You know manufactures are tired of selling $300 machines.
like CNC machines, and a like. Hell I think most of the factories in Michigan run on DOS still. lots of terminals still do. (I live in GA, but grew up in MI)
I push linux just as much as the next guy. But when someone is new to linux, they just double click a file they downloaded wheather its a bz2, gz, sh, etc. and expect it to work, and when it doesn't, they get mad at me. Or the ones that realize that .exe won't work on linux (unless you have wine or a derivitive. and then its still a bitch for newbs), they call and ask do i need a tarball, a RPM, Suse RPM, or Redhat RPM is there a difference, etc. Go find someone you know that knows nothing of linux, and show them a few software downloads, and ask them which one they need.
They have a point. There is no standardize API's or installers. There is a difference between propierty and a standard. I have said for a long time a standard needs to come to place.
~SimonTek
PS WHO makes these logon screens? Who can read the picture no problem?
So its like a sudo operation
I found a vunability. Its called the user. lol. i know. off topic.
PS who the hell creates the little image? I can barely read it (Signing in to post this)
I agree, they can't protect his home, So in a sense, he must. I had cameras on my last house cause I had an @$$hole neighbor (a former cop) who would come into my yard, get my dogs riled up, then call security/police on me. I was finally able to show them him coming into my yard and doing so.
Site is down. you would think a room full of hackers, they could fix it. lol.
Its rather amazing, I never knew this day would fully come, but we hit a gigahertz wall. AMD can't break 2.8, Intel Can't break 3.8. Thats why everything has changed. But I am still suprised that it happened. When was the last time we hit a wall? It is interesting to see the innovations that come out of it.
You do realize that you can have other companies, such as IBM make the chip for you? Cyrix did that for years. http://www-03.ibm.com/chips/asics/
The Issue is we are Geeks and we know what we are doing, Average Joe and Jane, Have NO CLUE how to destroy their data. The Best Buy here is known to throw hard drives into the dumpster, give them to employees, or resell them. Cause "its the cheapest way". The issue is though that you tell a customer that you are going to destroy the drive, that tells customers "whew I don't have to worry bout my Identity, and everything else". But when you just throw it away, that opens up many new holes. And theft will happen. Geeks tend to dumpster dive for new toys. Criminals, tend to do it, to get info, anything that they can to steal peoples lives. I have lived both sides once upon a time. Not the greatest, but knowing this helps me protect customers. When I destroy a drive, I do the regular 0's and 1's, then I dismantle and distroy the drive as much as I can (not the magnets, those are fun). I am not into lawsuits, but on this one, I think they should, and send a message to corp america.
Seriously Get back to me on that. I would love to form a tech political party. The way things are going now, I am tempted to run for office. If they can make trouble, I can make more. but in a good way. wait a min, let me go patented thoughts, so when anyone has one I can sue. Actually, I would LOVE to do a heavy reform of the patent office, and lawsuits that can be form. For starters throw out all the current patents, and start from scratch. Have people actually READ and RESEARCH the idea handed to them before giving them the patent. Also on the Law front, Throw out ridiculous lawsuits, like if there is a trademark infringement, give them 2 years to file, not 30. Like the Apple and Beetle companies, have been around for 30 years, its a bit late in my opinion to file a lawsuit. Make it so you actually have Proof before filing a lawsuit, none of this Well they were one of the people on the IP address that month. I am SICK and Tired the way the gov't works for Corps, not THE PEOPLE. Doesn't the constitution say that its for the people by the people. Wait let me guess, we got rid of that already. Or lets buy an island, then allow people with only an IQ of 130 or higher, that can pass a common sense test, then make our own gov't.
10 more years, I will be old enough to run for President, Maybe I should, if for nothing more than the fact that I can.
I recall IBM has a program, where they will make your custom chip. This might have been something in the past, but I think they might still have it.
http://www-03.ibm.com/chips/asics/
Looking at the list Adobe products make up 40% of the list. I think it would be in their best interest to port these applications. Companies use the excuse that "no body runs linux" as a reason not to port. But clearly If Thats what people want, you should give it to them. I love Gimp, but Its not Photoshop. Photoshop is an INDUSTRY standard. My Fiance' (I can not spell that word to save my life), is a Visual Effects Major at SCAD. She loves using linux for her work, but She has to use windows cause CS2 doesn't work in linux. 7 Works fine, but its 2 versions old. I myself Love Dreamweaver. I also do not think WINE isn't stable enough with these 2 pieces of software to do the trick permanitly. I am a Linux geek like the rest of us. But as much as we love OSS, Commercial software has its place. And its about time, they see Linux is a viable market. Maya and Apple Shake run better in linux than they do in the native OS they were made for. (we have checked.) I am curious what the software industry wants, to enable them to port their software. If you they were to port the top 10 list of software, I know that it would also be easier to switch people. But then again. My arguement for not switching is lack of a standard for installing software such as windows executables. Yes, Industry standard is needed for this debate. end users do not need to learn a million things to do to install and use software. To many people they will argue that this is what makes linux different. But it is also what keeps the general population from trying something different. People do not want to learn to install files they need to use a RPM for this, or ebuild for that, or even to untar a file, configure, make, and install. Thats too much for them. I have rambled on too much. SimonTek
Right this second, Any Job I take is gonna be pay-bonus (I am unemployed) but I have always said, and done, work jobs that are fun, not necessarily entertaining, But Its something I am passionate about. I never take a job that will bore me in 3 days. It may sound stupid to some, but I rather enjoy my job and get OK pay than get rich and hate my job. When you dislike your job, you hate waking up in the morning, your work performance is poor. When you like a job, you can't wait to goto work, you volunteer for projects, etc.
Its kind of funny, if you look up the admin's page, one of the people who is putting temp bans on the IP is a 15yr old. Its nice to see that the house has been stopped by him. And they say youths can't do anything right.
As Much of a geek I am, I actually do not rip music, Well not in the past 4 years. I listen to my cd's in the car, and listen to xmradio in the house. (one day I will buy XM for the car.)
Curious, If I F#C# up a computer with windows on it, How supportive will MS be to me. Will they come over, and back up, and format-re-install for me? Or will they tell me I need to do it, and Be left to myself to do. MS gives less help than you find in the OSS community. When the store was up and running (its taking a nap), People flocked to give me a hand with it, and that was a business. I will guaruntee this, With OSS, you get more support than you do with MS.
I am moving to Long Island. Screw Savannah, and the fireants, speaking of which, fireants and fireworks = murdering tons of fireants
interesting thought, It really does have the opportunity to change the way we think of technology. Seriously think of all the things you could do with it. My first thought was cpu's of course, but then reading the 1st post, i realized how much this has a potentional to change life. I will read the article now.
by stopping by my store The Open Store www.theopenstore.net Its a store dedicated to Linux, here in Savannah, GA