If you are posting as "Anonymous Coward" you seem to be whoring your own karma points, probably because you thought that post would get modded down. Get off others' cases and stop whoring your own karma.
I know that MS has an agreement with our university that allows students, faculty, and staff to get current MS products for $5 each (Office XP, Win XP, Win 2K Professional, Visual Studio). Granted, these are only upgrade versions, but good luck buying a PC these days w/out a copy of windows. Once you move the project out of academia, however... bring some vasoline.
I work as a multimedia programmer at a start-up. The management issue is the same with us. The best thing we (myself and the lead graphic artist) convinced him that for technological matters, to come to us first. It's a bit more work for us, but it beats the headaches. I'm not saying there aren't still headaches, our management is pretty pathetic and sometimes they still promise the impossible.
But isn't this whole game what makes life interesting? Keep the managers in sales and finance. Leave the technology to the geeks who run it.:)
It really seems much snappier. I updated a G4/450 and a G3/350 without problem, and all window functions and menu functions are really faster. It is most apparent on the G3. THe G4 has a gig of ram, and the g3 has 128, but without classic on the machine, it runs very well and can convert MP3's to an audio CD in iTunes at 8x speed. Not bad for old hardware.
Remeber, "Where do you want to go today?" Now they don't have to ask. They'll know by tracking your phone habbits. Is it going to requre MS long distance? Do you need a passport account to access voicemail or unlock your phone?
"For example, determining the shape of an animal by looking at its bones."
Isn't that exactly what we do with the dinosaurs? Although we can make guesses as to what they used to look like, no palentologist will ever claim they know for sure what any dionsaur looks like or sounds like.
But all this proves is the location and distribution of these nearly burnt-out carbon stars. Perhaps the galaxy does indeed look like all of the previous artist's conceptions, but the arrangement of these near-death stars is oddly disproportionate to the rest of the stars, due to some quirk in physics we have not identified yet. I would not change years of extrapolation and calculations due to the location of only one type of star. That would be like basing the shape of the US landmass on the distribution of mountains only.
Your no good older brother comes by and smashes your changer to bits and pieces, as they tend to do with legos. But that's half the fun with em... build something... DESTROY IT! Maybe it's just me...
except instead of "Quality is Job #1", it is "security is job #1". And if Microsoft's version of security is similar to Ford's version of quality, we will see massive recalls on M$ products. Only M$ won't have Firestone to kick around for their mistakes. I'm sure they'll blame Roxio, Sun, or Apple...
It's then just a matter of time after we learn how to measure something that we understand how to manipulate it. Look at radio waves. Look at radiation. Gravity may be next. Manipulate gravity and propulsion systems of all kinds will be gone forever. If you can have 0 mass, you can move very fast with almost no energy.
I don't think we're ready for that, but hm.... cool.
before rich snobs get to pay $10K/bottle for pure Martian Spring water. I can see it now... "So pure, the source has been untouched for Billions of years!"
Yeah, but an Asian company claimed the same thing (about a large Apple LCD order) 6 months ago, and where was the new iMac then? I'll stick with my comment, thank you very much.
Haven't the "analysts" been saying that for about a year now? Then they covered their own asses by saying that Apple was just waiting until the economy picked up. Well, the economy is still esentially flat, and they are starting this up again? Until I actually see one, I don't care what all these supposed in-the-know people think, since they don't seem to get things right as much as they get things wrong. Remember when they said the iPod was a DVR? Come on guys... creating unsubstantiated rumors don't help anyone, although they do get your name put on a document that will soon be proven wrong.
Oh yeah, I think I read that the new iMac would be completely solar powered and hovers weightless whereever you want it totally negating the need for a desk. And it reads your mind, all thanks to the new G6 processor.;)
The sorenson codec is not developed by apple, it is created by the sorenson media company. I don't think it is fair to blame apple for not releasing the sorenson codec to Linux, it is not theirs to port.
If the darn thing only uses 5 cents of power per day, wouldn't it be possible to hook the darn thing to a solar panel array so it wouldn't even need to be plugged in? Then you'd probably only need a battery 1.2 the size (for rainy days), cutting weight. It could charge itself while you were working, eating a cheeseburger in the park, whatever. As long as it still plugs into a wall, it is adding to the pollution problem since the vast majority of our power comes from coal, gas, or nuclear plants.
Just a thought, but sounds good to me, IMHO. Then again, I also wouldn't pay $3000 for something so small and slow. Does it even come with a helmet for that price? I'm sure there are a lot of people who will be hit by a car with these things. Also, what happens if you go through a puddle that's too deep? Is the thing waterproof, or will it short out and die, negating your $3K investment?
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If you are posting as "Anonymous Coward" you seem to be whoring your own karma points, probably because you thought that post would get modded down. Get off others' cases and stop whoring your own karma.
I know that MS has an agreement with our university that allows students, faculty, and staff to get current MS products for $5 each (Office XP, Win XP, Win 2K Professional, Visual Studio). Granted, these are only upgrade versions, but good luck buying a PC these days w/out a copy of windows. Once you move the project out of academia, however... bring some vasoline.
But isn't this whole game what makes life interesting? Keep the managers in sales and finance. Leave the technology to the geeks who run it. :)
It really seems much snappier. I updated a G4/450 and a G3/350 without problem, and all window functions and menu functions are really faster. It is most apparent on the G3. THe G4 has a gig of ram, and the g3 has 128, but without classic on the machine, it runs very well and can convert MP3's to an audio CD in iTunes at 8x speed. Not bad for old hardware.
Sounds like a good way for them to make money, and push out competitors.
Stay away....
Taco, just wanted to say congrats with the rest of the nameless mass who appreciates the work you all do over there!
Hope this continues!
Isn't that exactly what we do with the dinosaurs? Although we can make guesses as to what they used to look like, no palentologist will ever claim they know for sure what any dionsaur looks like or sounds like.
It all seems a bit premature to me.
Your no good older brother comes by and smashes your changer to bits and pieces, as they tend to do with legos. But that's half the fun with em... build something... DESTROY IT! Maybe it's just me...
Ah crap... nevermind.
except instead of "Quality is Job #1", it is "security is job #1". And if Microsoft's version of security is similar to Ford's version of quality, we will see massive recalls on M$ products. Only M$ won't have Firestone to kick around for their mistakes. I'm sure they'll blame Roxio, Sun, or Apple...
I don't think we're ready for that, but hm.... cool.
Well, when i posted it was still at 1, and hadn't been moderated yet. Sorry for my earliness.
Is that a subtle rip on M$'s stance on people reporting holes, or are you just that lame? Without inflection or emoticons, it's hard to tell.
Shouldn't it say, "released on this day", or, "completed on this day"? It's just a bit misleading :)
before rich snobs get to pay $10K/bottle for pure Martian Spring water. I can see it now... "So pure, the source has been untouched for Billions of years!"
Probably a 22MB script to remove Outlook and anything fun (read, not microsoft)
Can it be adapted to mount on the roof of my car to ward off bad and or slow drivers? It would shave hours of of my weekly traveling.
Yeah, but an Asian company claimed the same thing (about a large Apple LCD order) 6 months ago, and where was the new iMac then? I'll stick with my comment, thank you very much.
Oh yeah, I think I read that the new iMac would be completely solar powered and hovers weightless whereever you want it totally negating the need for a desk. And it reads your mind, all thanks to the new G6 processor. ;)
The sorenson codec is not developed by apple, it is created by the sorenson media company. I don't think it is fair to blame apple for not releasing the sorenson codec to Linux, it is not theirs to port.
CODEC stands for "COmpressor/DECompressor". You've answered your own question. If it is a codec, it must already have a decoder.
Just a thought, but sounds good to me, IMHO. Then again, I also wouldn't pay $3000 for something so small and slow. Does it even come with a helmet for that price? I'm sure there are a lot of people who will be hit by a car with these things. Also, what happens if you go through a puddle that's too deep? Is the thing waterproof, or will it short out and die, negating your $3K investment?
Just some thoughts.