How does Dvorak stay employed. He's the Chicken Little of the really really REALLY peripheral tech-rag industry. Worse is the fact that he's even mentioned on/.
Que the fan-boys who will yell that burning fossil fuels to generate electricity and then pushing that power over hundreds of miles of cable is more efficient and environmentally sound that directly powering a vehicle via fossil fuel. I'm all for alternative power, and hybrids are a step in the right direction IMO, but plug-in electric? Sorry, it just doesn't make sense.
Can I do iChat AV from it? If so, I'll buy it. Period. If not, don't want it no matter what else it can do. iChat AV is that important to me and being able to use it solely from a handheld/phone (even if it required WiFi to do so) as opposed to having to lug around a MacBook would override any other hesitations I have. I realize that this isn't really a representation of the average customer, but it's my two cents none the less.
In fairness, I'd love 14 hours of battery life. Under Ubuntu (which I currently use) that would translate to like 4 hours!;) Anyway, if they can truly squeeze that kind of battery life out of it, good on 'em. My primary point being that the 'headline' stated that it's the "world's thinnest laptop". But let's face it, no one is reading this now save for you and I./. has posted numerous articles since this sub was posted and as such, no one gives a damn.:) Truth be damned.
A couple of years ago I had a Sharp Actius MM20 that was.62" thick vs. the.7" of Intel's latest. Granted there's more to Intel's prototype than small size, the 'ultra-thin'ness was the focus of this sub. And for the record, the RAZR V3 is.54" thick.
Hahahaha! Funny.:| In all seriousness, that is of real concern to some. Being a Navy Reservist, currently on deployment, on small boats (ie. the type that can be sunk with one good round and YES the Navy DOES have 'boats'), in a place where such rounds are common, (surely I can fit another comma in here some place....grammar be damned) I have a vested (pun intended) interest). Ouch. Anyway...the vests we have now are bulky as hell, and make it VERY hard to 'operate'. Also, they don't transition from waterborne missions to landward. Give me a vest that is bulletproof (reasonably) and shrapnel proof (a much bigger concern) and is of at least neutral buoyancy and you have a proponent.
Sorry mate...I'm using Feisty and it worked straight away. Just ran the installer, then the service packs and all was well. No tweaking necessary. This was on my IBM R50e that I got disgusted with Windows problems on and finally just decided to blow away. Within an hour I was back in business with Feisty Fawn, Office 2003 (with full service packs) and IE6. Not a problem in the world during install.:) Hate to smile in light of your frustrations, but I'm a happy man.
Hmmm...I'm dependant on MS Office as well. And IE6 (for certain work related web sites). So I installed the former using WINE in about 10 minutes (Office 2003) and the latter using IEs4Linux in about 2 minutes. And for the record, neither took any amount of special 'skillz'...nun-chuck or otherwise. While one could argue that a newbie couldn't do it, I found that two quick Google searches produced step by step instruction for each that were about 3 steps per install.
Whuh?! There are lots of comments on/. about goatsecs too, but I doubt you would use that in support of your stance for/against the subject (I don't want to know). If you have a Linux server (or any server for that matter) that requires daily reboots and you can squarely blame it on the OS, why are you running that OS? I've numerous servers running BSD, Linux, OS X, Solaris and yes, even Windows, that are all quite stable and simply do not require reboots save for an occasional reboot on a Windows or OS X box after an update (do not like, but not a big deal if it's planned for). Sorry friend, but your statement is utter rubbish.
When I choose passwords, I make them such that they are memorable by pattern vs. memorable by content. This accomplishes two important things: 1.) This make my password entry VERY fast as it relies on muscle memory to a greater extent than thinking about the words I need to type and then typing them, and 2.) I am able to 'sense' typos without really thinking about it. Adding a system side authentication scheme that sense my tempo, strike, etc. would be cool in order to defeat impostors. Cool stuff.
Yes indeed. Why just yesterday I was trying hard to give them cavities in lieu of killing them (handing out Easter candies that we had been sent while out on a run).
Firstly, I do not have nor have I seen Apple TV. What I have noticed and what I'm commenting on is the poor quality of videos purchased on iTunes. A good example: Before deploying to the middle-east I ripped all of my DVDs using Handbrake so that I didn't have to haul them with me. Included in those rips are a number of TV shows which have new episodes out since I left the States, so I have since purchased them on iTunes. I am really disappointed with the quality of the video. I rip my DVDs at fairly high quality and the resulting file size is pretty predictable. I was shocked at the file size of the iTunes videos given the (in my opinion) very poor quality. Sorry Apple, I'll buy my music from you, but your videos suck.
The bottom line is, well, the bottom line. As I said, you could do this with Linux (but it will be tougher to manage for the end user over time). You can do it with Windows (obviously since the article is posing Leopoard Server as an alternative to Windows). It's a combination of ease of deployment/mgt. and cost. According to the article (see your 'curious' qustion) it wins in both areas. Of course none of us has used it, that's why we're reading an article written by someone with more insite that we have on the matter. Let's not forget, we're discussing the contents of the article as they pertain to the facts that we do know. Don't get so worked up.
You're wrong. No offense intended. Your response is, I suspect, a common one. The reality however is that in the market Apple is targeting with this, MS is the standard. Could you build out a Linux box to do all the same stuff that Apple is doing here? Yeah, pretty much (not sure on the QuickTime streaming). That's not the point. What matters is that Apple HAS built it out. They've used OSS to do it. They wrapped it in a slick package. They've made it super easy to deploy, manage, extend, expand and use. A 'systems consultant' could walk in the door and give a small/medium business a complete solution using the Windows desktop and top notch OSS client software (Thunderbird, etc.) providing a truly complete solution for peanuts compared to what an MS back-end would set you back. Kudos to Apple!
Damn straight (flash back to the late 80's). Seriously, this could really suck. I'm a happy customer of both Telasip and Axvoice. The trickle-down effect that this could have is pretty serious. IANAL, but in this case I sort of wish I was so that I could understand this better. Crap crappity crap!
Man, was this ever timely. I just finished setting up a very complete solution for my current location (forward deployed military in the M.E.). Yes, of course I allow Webmail access. Everyone relies on it for 'reach-back' capability. What I do in an attempt to secure things is to setup a very complete firewall/filtering/etc. box. Is it perfect? No, but it's very effective. I'm running a Linux box with a slew of services(HAVP, P3Scan, ProxSMTP, HAVP, Privoxy, frox, ClamAV, RenAttach, Rules Du Jour and of course IPTables plus a bunch of others) and have had outstanding success. I recommend just using IPCop + BOT + CopFilter if you need something quick and relatively painless. I also do regular automated Nessus scans, etc. Man I love my job!
...doesn't it become a better idea to simply move Googleplex to a new location that isn't overcrowded, overpriced, etc.?
Perhaps (in all seriousness) Google could move the headquarters to a more rural location. Employees could afford to live in mansions? Could drive to work without rush hour, etc. COMMS shouldn't be an issue...just run some fiber. Shoot, Google owns half the dark fiber (exaggerating of course) in the country anyway. Anyway, just thinking out loud.
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assanine, I do see a problem with the homework load kids have in lower grades (as many others have pointed out). My son is in 4th grade, my daughter in Kindergarten. While my daughter doesn't have much homework to speak of, my son does, and has since 1st grade (in the same school as my daughter) have at least 1 - 2 hours per night. He's a very bright kid, but I see him often times burning out due to sheer load. Sadly, most of it too seems like busy work. I think this is a very damaging trend in education today. Sure, highschool and college brings a heavy work load, but at a time in your life where you have the ability to look ahead in order to see the value in it. My son on the other hand is at the age where life is very much about the next 10 minutes. Things are broken.
All times in systems like these are based on ZULU. The on-baord computers on military craft (planes, ships, etc.) don't give a rip if they've crossed over the date line. As far as they're concerned, it's 'such and such time' ZULU. Not only does this story sound unlikely, it sounds downright silly.
"Anyways the WIP300 sucks bad." Hah! Not half as bad as the $300+ WIP-330. What an absolute piece of garbage. Both of them (the 300 and 330) are absolute crap! We bought a dozen of each for T&E for a large project. Of the twelve, not a single one is even remotely stable (all patches applied) and none will stay connected to any of the 4 commercial SIP providers we tested with for more than about half a day. Phones costing far less from other vendors worked swimmingly. To heck with the source code...who'd want the crap?!
...that isn't it. The most accurate description I can give based on the one time I witnessed it is that it looked very similar to the luminescent jellyfish that you might see when boating at night (soft glow, bluish, semi-translucent). That 'look', and the fact that what I saw seemed to 'float' (the video shows something that is most definitely not weightless as it drops and bounces about)leaves me unimpressed. I don't know what causes ball lighting (I'm sure it's rather anticlimactic whatever it is), but this isn't it. Just my two cents.
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How does Dvorak stay employed. He's the Chicken Little of the really really REALLY peripheral tech-rag industry. Worse is the fact that he's even mentioned on /.
Que the fan-boys who will yell that burning fossil fuels to generate electricity and then pushing that power over hundreds of miles of cable is more efficient and environmentally sound that directly powering a vehicle via fossil fuel. I'm all for alternative power, and hybrids are a step in the right direction IMO, but plug-in electric? Sorry, it just doesn't make sense.
I roll out of bed and knock out 100 push-ups as fast as I can. It's a good 'wake me up' and keeps me from getting lazy/smooshy.
Can I do iChat AV from it? If so, I'll buy it. Period. If not, don't want it no matter what else it can do. iChat AV is that important to me and being able to use it solely from a handheld/phone (even if it required WiFi to do so) as opposed to having to lug around a MacBook would override any other hesitations I have. I realize that this isn't really a representation of the average customer, but it's my two cents none the less.
In fairness, I'd love 14 hours of battery life. Under Ubuntu (which I currently use) that would translate to like 4 hours! ;) Anyway, if they can truly squeeze that kind of battery life out of it, good on 'em. My primary point being that the 'headline' stated that it's the "world's thinnest laptop". But let's face it, no one is reading this now save for you and I. /. has posted numerous articles since this sub was posted and as such, no one gives a damn. :) Truth be damned.
A couple of years ago I had a Sharp Actius MM20 that was .62" thick vs. the .7" of Intel's latest. Granted there's more to Intel's prototype than small size, the 'ultra-thin'ness was the focus of this sub. And for the record, the RAZR V3 is .54" thick.
Hahahaha! Funny. :| In all seriousness, that is of real concern to some. Being a Navy Reservist, currently on deployment, on small boats (ie. the type that can be sunk with one good round and YES the Navy DOES have 'boats'), in a place where such rounds are common, (surely I can fit another comma in here some place....grammar be damned) I have a vested (pun intended) interest). Ouch. Anyway...the vests we have now are bulky as hell, and make it VERY hard to 'operate'. Also, they don't transition from waterborne missions to landward. Give me a vest that is bulletproof (reasonably) and shrapnel proof (a much bigger concern) and is of at least neutral buoyancy and you have a proponent.
Hmmmmm...a good question. I did install IE6 first, but I can't say whether or not that made a difference.
Sorry mate...I'm using Feisty and it worked straight away. Just ran the installer, then the service packs and all was well. No tweaking necessary. This was on my IBM R50e that I got disgusted with Windows problems on and finally just decided to blow away. Within an hour I was back in business with Feisty Fawn, Office 2003 (with full service packs) and IE6. Not a problem in the world during install. :) Hate to smile in light of your frustrations, but I'm a happy man.
Hmmm...I'm dependant on MS Office as well. And IE6 (for certain work related web sites). So I installed the former using WINE in about 10 minutes (Office 2003) and the latter using IEs4Linux in about 2 minutes. And for the record, neither took any amount of special 'skillz'...nun-chuck or otherwise. While one could argue that a newbie couldn't do it, I found that two quick Google searches produced step by step instruction for each that were about 3 steps per install.
Whuh?! There are lots of comments on /. about goatsecs too, but I doubt you would use that in support of your stance for/against the subject (I don't want to know). If you have a Linux server (or any server for that matter) that requires daily reboots and you can squarely blame it on the OS, why are you running that OS? I've numerous servers running BSD, Linux, OS X, Solaris and yes, even Windows, that are all quite stable and simply do not require reboots save for an occasional reboot on a Windows or OS X box after an update (do not like, but not a big deal if it's planned for). Sorry friend, but your statement is utter rubbish.
When I choose passwords, I make them such that they are memorable by pattern vs. memorable by content. This accomplishes two important things: 1.) This make my password entry VERY fast as it relies on muscle memory to a greater extent than thinking about the words I need to type and then typing them, and 2.) I am able to 'sense' typos without really thinking about it. Adding a system side authentication scheme that sense my tempo, strike, etc. would be cool in order to defeat impostors. Cool stuff.
Yes indeed. Why just yesterday I was trying hard to give them cavities in lieu of killing them (handing out Easter candies that we had been sent while out on a run).
Firstly, I do not have nor have I seen Apple TV. What I have noticed and what I'm commenting on is the poor quality of videos purchased on iTunes. A good example: Before deploying to the middle-east I ripped all of my DVDs using Handbrake so that I didn't have to haul them with me. Included in those rips are a number of TV shows which have new episodes out since I left the States, so I have since purchased them on iTunes. I am really disappointed with the quality of the video. I rip my DVDs at fairly high quality and the resulting file size is pretty predictable. I was shocked at the file size of the iTunes videos given the (in my opinion) very poor quality. Sorry Apple, I'll buy my music from you, but your videos suck.
The bottom line is, well, the bottom line. As I said, you could do this with Linux (but it will be tougher to manage for the end user over time). You can do it with Windows (obviously since the article is posing Leopoard Server as an alternative to Windows). It's a combination of ease of deployment/mgt. and cost. According to the article (see your 'curious' qustion) it wins in both areas. Of course none of us has used it, that's why we're reading an article written by someone with more insite that we have on the matter. Let's not forget, we're discussing the contents of the article as they pertain to the facts that we do know. Don't get so worked up.
You're wrong. No offense intended. Your response is, I suspect, a common one. The reality however is that in the market Apple is targeting with this, MS is the standard. Could you build out a Linux box to do all the same stuff that Apple is doing here? Yeah, pretty much (not sure on the QuickTime streaming). That's not the point. What matters is that Apple HAS built it out. They've used OSS to do it. They wrapped it in a slick package. They've made it super easy to deploy, manage, extend, expand and use. A 'systems consultant' could walk in the door and give a small/medium business a complete solution using the Windows desktop and top notch OSS client software (Thunderbird, etc.) providing a truly complete solution for peanuts compared to what an MS back-end would set you back. Kudos to Apple!
Damn straight (flash back to the late 80's). Seriously, this could really suck. I'm a happy customer of both Telasip and Axvoice. The trickle-down effect that this could have is pretty serious. IANAL, but in this case I sort of wish I was so that I could understand this better. Crap crappity crap!
Duely noted. Got a suggestion? At this point, I must add in fairness, I simply block offending attachments rather than renaming them. ;)
Man, was this ever timely. I just finished setting up a very complete solution for my current location (forward deployed military in the M.E.). Yes, of course I allow Webmail access. Everyone relies on it for 'reach-back' capability. What I do in an attempt to secure things is to setup a very complete firewall/filtering/etc. box. Is it perfect? No, but it's very effective. I'm running a Linux box with a slew of services(HAVP, P3Scan, ProxSMTP, HAVP, Privoxy, frox, ClamAV, RenAttach, Rules Du Jour and of course IPTables plus a bunch of others) and have had outstanding success. I recommend just using IPCop + BOT + CopFilter if you need something quick and relatively painless. I also do regular automated Nessus scans, etc. Man I love my job!
...doesn't it become a better idea to simply move Googleplex to a new location that isn't overcrowded, overpriced, etc.? Perhaps (in all seriousness) Google could move the headquarters to a more rural location. Employees could afford to live in mansions? Could drive to work without rush hour, etc. COMMS shouldn't be an issue...just run some fiber. Shoot, Google owns half the dark fiber (exaggerating of course) in the country anyway. Anyway, just thinking out loud.
assanine, I do see a problem with the homework load kids have in lower grades (as many others have pointed out). My son is in 4th grade, my daughter in Kindergarten. While my daughter doesn't have much homework to speak of, my son does, and has since 1st grade (in the same school as my daughter) have at least 1 - 2 hours per night. He's a very bright kid, but I see him often times burning out due to sheer load. Sadly, most of it too seems like busy work. I think this is a very damaging trend in education today. Sure, highschool and college brings a heavy work load, but at a time in your life where you have the ability to look ahead in order to see the value in it. My son on the other hand is at the age where life is very much about the next 10 minutes. Things are broken.
All times in systems like these are based on ZULU. The on-baord computers on military craft (planes, ships, etc.) don't give a rip if they've crossed over the date line. As far as they're concerned, it's 'such and such time' ZULU. Not only does this story sound unlikely, it sounds downright silly.
Hmmmm...mine doesn't. Just the normal 'Download" and "View as HTML".
"Anyways the WIP300 sucks bad." Hah! Not half as bad as the $300+ WIP-330. What an absolute piece of garbage. Both of them (the 300 and 330) are absolute crap! We bought a dozen of each for T&E for a large project. Of the twelve, not a single one is even remotely stable (all patches applied) and none will stay connected to any of the 4 commercial SIP providers we tested with for more than about half a day. Phones costing far less from other vendors worked swimmingly. To heck with the source code...who'd want the crap?!
...that isn't it. The most accurate description I can give based on the one time I witnessed it is that it looked very similar to the luminescent jellyfish that you might see when boating at night (soft glow, bluish, semi-translucent). That 'look', and the fact that what I saw seemed to 'float' (the video shows something that is most definitely not weightless as it drops and bounces about)leaves me unimpressed. I don't know what causes ball lighting (I'm sure it's rather anticlimactic whatever it is), but this isn't it. Just my two cents.