I used to work for a university, and made $100k+ purchases from sun from time to time... However most frequently we were buying computers in small lots as we could afford to replace them (5 - 10k at a time), and lemme tell you, their sales reps have a *serious* attitude problem. I once had to call the regional manager because our assigned rep *wouldn't take our calls*. However, when we trotted out a 100k purchase they were all over us. I can't wait to see these bastards go out of business.
If you can get assigned a rep, the best thing to do is call 1-800-iforgetsunsphonenumber and get a quote, their tracking system will automatically notify your rep that you got a quote and usually they'll call you to try to get a comission on an easy sale.
However, have you considered ebay or one of the MANY sun resellers?
This isn't really about memory... allow me to [specu/trans]late what the article really said:
Um, Hi... this is Intel. We know you *WANT* 64 bit but, um, you dont NEED it. Really, you dont. You believe that? Great! Basically guys, this is the problem, we *screwed the pooch* on this processor. We've spent 10's of billions of dollars on development, it's years behind schedule, it ain't that fast, and the whole thing just sucks right now. So here's what we're gonna do, We're gonna hold back this technology for like ehh, 6, 7, maybe 8 years SO WE HAVE TIME TO RECOUP THE MONEY WE WASTED by selling the chip as an expensive "workstation" CPU. So, expensive high-profit workstations for now, then you can have it later once it sucks (well it already does, but once it sucks more). Other platforms have had 64 processors for a decade now you say? You want mid 90's processor technology in 2003? FUCK YOU, you can't have it, end of discussion!
OH, and expect some dirty tricks, we know AMD is gonna be ready to sell you 64 bit way before us, so, well... you'll just see;)
I know you think you're being funny, but California's deficit is almost entirely to blame on the price-fixing during the energy shortage which is in fact the fault of, big business.
It is also GW Bush's fault for not intervening (by ordering FIRC to control prices). He chose not to intervene for two reasons: 1: To try to sink Grey Davis (which didn't work), Republicans argued unsuccesfully that the energy shortage was his fault, even though it was a REPUBLICAN governor that deregulated the industry. 2: Enron and other energy companies in which GW Bush is vested in benefited from the energy crisis. Enron avoided bankruptcy for an extra year with the cash from ripping off California.
*grabs phaser to defend captain* Am I the only one who thought wheaton did a good job ? He had an AWFUL part and AWFUL writing and he did more with it than any of you barco-lounger directors could have. Acting is an art and it's *difficult*.
You can't confuse the actor with the part, I used to play *alot* of jazz concerts in my younger days and... we'd get requests for stuff like chuck mangeone (sp?). Guess what, no matter how well we played a chuck mangeone song IT STILL SUCKED because chuck mangeones writing sucks. Same deal with wheaton/crusher, the part sucked, not the actor.
In that vein, does anyone know of a product like this that *is* secure (or atleast has the hope of being secure?)? The only thing I've seen are extremely crappy software modules that end up dumping your data right quick:)
I think you underestimate alot of ANGRY individuals in this economy. I understand the posters feelings exactly. I know 100's of college students who graduated with degrees and cant find jobs in *any* field let along their own field... They are delivering pizzas and living with their parents and they are *livid* that they paid their dues, played the game, did what they were supposed to, and are being shit on, disrespected, and told they are worthless by corporate america. If this trend continues, there really will be a "revolution."
I have been on two (small run) albums, recorded in professional studios and am producing/recording my own...
The real cost isn't equipment, its labor. Equipment is essentially a 1 time investment. I'm producing my album with about 30k of equipment and it will sound as good as a pro studio, however a real studio will have $100k - nearly infinite dollar ammount of equipment... but since I know how to use the equipment LABOR IS FREE. Also alot of the cost of equipment is the building. Real studios have special buildings with modified heating and cooling systems, special wiring ducts, and the rooms are dressed in sonics to reduce sound reflections.
I have no doubt that albums like britney spears cost 1mil to produce. Assuming the studio has all the equipment you need... You need to hire session musicians (drums, bass, keyboard, backup vocalists, string players, guitar). Then you need support staff like vocal coaches, multiple engineers, multiple songwriters, etc etc. All of these people make 25 - 100$ hour, plus the 50 - 500$ you are paying per hour just to be in the studio (the companies may own their own studios, I dont know. They may also have session musicians on salary, thats the way I would do it).
Now a band that comes to a studio with its songs written and well rehearsed, doesn't need anything but a few engineers and THAT can be done on the cheap. Real professionals can do an album for nothing. I've seen all star jazz bands walk into a studio, lay down each song in one take, and be done before lunch. Couple days mixing and the thing is done. But those are guys who've been playing for 35 years.
Good idea, will be abused... Here in california we have a system where anyone can get a law on the books if they collect X number of signatures which allows it to be voted on at the next national election. The problem is the system is abused by interest groups, for instance: Nevada casinos sponsered a bill in california to have gambling in indian casinos made illegal...
You can read some about some of the other problems this good idea has caused http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/books/2000/0005.w eed.html
and yet they dont demand the good writing, character development, drama, and sense-making plots which would make star trek watchable again. Thats the real market-space for independant games / music / movies, using the medium for storytelling like it was meant to.
Ok, this is offtopic because it doesn't really involve undeleting, so mod me off topic if you want, but its still a good story.
When I was 14 or 15 (long ago), I took a trip with my friend to visit his father and step mother for the day. We would have to help his father in his print shop for the day, but my friend promised in return we would be able to sneak access to his dads porn collection.
After we ended up working in his dads shop all day, we had dinner, went to his dads house, and his dad left us alone with his computers to play games on. We had brought a palette of 100 disks to hopefully sneak our porn home on, so we began copying all those pcx and gif files onto disks as fast as we could. We couldn't risk looking at them for fear of being caught. It wasn't that unusual to have a huge pile of disks because that was how things got copied in the olden days, his dad thought we were copying some of his games.
Low and behold, we fill all 100 disks with porn (an incredible stash in like 90 or 91). We go home for the evening to each of our houses, divide up the stash, and we both head straight to the computer to um, count our booty.
I get home, pop the first disk into the computer, and just about then I get a phone call -- its my friend, he says "dude, don't look at the pics, trust me." But he's piqued my interest so I have to. I load one up and what do I see? A big juicy cock. We had copied his dads gay porn stash.
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If you can get assigned a rep, the best thing to do is call 1-800-iforgetsunsphonenumber and get a quote, their tracking system will automatically notify your rep that you got a quote and usually they'll call you to try to get a comission on an easy sale.
However, have you considered ebay or one of the MANY sun resellers?
"yes, i was planning on sitting here listening to emo and crying all day, thank you very much"
Finally!! The guy with the dumbest sig *ever* admits what i've suspected all along, he's a teenager.
Um, Hi... this is Intel. We know you *WANT* 64 bit but, um, you dont NEED it. Really, you dont. You believe that? Great! Basically guys, this is the problem, we *screwed the pooch* on this processor. We've spent 10's of billions of dollars on development, it's years behind schedule, it ain't that fast, and the whole thing just sucks right now. So here's what we're gonna do, We're gonna hold back this technology for like ehh, 6, 7, maybe 8 years SO WE HAVE TIME TO RECOUP THE MONEY WE WASTED by selling the chip as an expensive "workstation" CPU. So, expensive high-profit workstations for now, then you can have it later once it sucks (well it already does, but once it sucks more). Other platforms have had 64 processors for a decade now you say? You want mid 90's processor technology in 2003? FUCK YOU, you can't have it, end of discussion!
OH, and expect some dirty tricks, we know AMD is gonna be ready to sell you 64 bit way before us, so, well ... you'll just see ;)
Thanks, Intel
nahh, southern california im afraid
They also seem to confuse evolution, with the origin of man which are two entirely different subjects.
Don't let Christy Wilson go :)
I don't believe this is the case. Utilities are considered to be "natural monopolies".
The engineering major asks, how does that work? The physics major asks, why does that work? The arts major asks, would you like fry's with that?
How "virtual theft" so closely resembles regular old fraud.
It is also GW Bush's fault for not intervening (by ordering FIRC to control prices). He chose not to intervene for two reasons: 1: To try to sink Grey Davis (which didn't work), Republicans argued unsuccesfully that the energy shortage was his fault, even though it was a REPUBLICAN governor that deregulated the industry. 2: Enron and other energy companies in which GW Bush is vested in benefited from the energy crisis. Enron avoided bankruptcy for an extra year with the cash from ripping off California.
You can't confuse the actor with the part, I used to play *alot* of jazz concerts in my younger days and ... we'd get requests for stuff like chuck mangeone (sp?). Guess what, no matter how well we played a chuck mangeone song IT STILL SUCKED because chuck mangeones writing sucks. Same deal with wheaton/crusher, the part sucked, not the actor.
Usually for an exclusive title the console maker relaxes the licensing fees to compensate the publisher.
On a side note, thanks for the great cartoon guys, it's really about the best thing ever :)
In that vein, does anyone know of a product like this that *is* secure (or atleast has the hope of being secure?)? The only thing I've seen are extremely crappy software modules that end up dumping your data right quick :)
Who modded me Flamebate? I'm so sick of asshole moderators, A: its funny, B: It's a homestarrunner.com reference!
The poopsmith ?
I think you underestimate alot of ANGRY individuals in this economy. I understand the posters feelings exactly. I know 100's of college students who graduated with degrees and cant find jobs in *any* field let along their own field ... They are delivering pizzas and living with their parents and they are *livid* that they paid their dues, played the game, did what they were supposed to, and are being shit on, disrespected, and told they are worthless by corporate america. If this trend continues, there really will be a "revolution."
For music applications 3-5 ms latency is considered "acceptable" but even that can sound kind of crummy in some situations.
The real cost isn't equipment, its labor. Equipment is essentially a 1 time investment. I'm producing my album with about 30k of equipment and it will sound as good as a pro studio, however a real studio will have $100k - nearly infinite dollar ammount of equipment... but since I know how to use the equipment LABOR IS FREE. Also alot of the cost of equipment is the building. Real studios have special buildings with modified heating and cooling systems, special wiring ducts, and the rooms are dressed in sonics to reduce sound reflections.
I have no doubt that albums like britney spears cost 1mil to produce. Assuming the studio has all the equipment you need... You need to hire session musicians (drums, bass, keyboard, backup vocalists, string players, guitar). Then you need support staff like vocal coaches, multiple engineers, multiple songwriters, etc etc. All of these people make 25 - 100$ hour, plus the 50 - 500$ you are paying per hour just to be in the studio (the companies may own their own studios, I dont know. They may also have session musicians on salary, thats the way I would do it).
Now a band that comes to a studio with its songs written and well rehearsed, doesn't need anything but a few engineers and THAT can be done on the cheap. Real professionals can do an album for nothing. I've seen all star jazz bands walk into a studio, lay down each song in one take, and be done before lunch. Couple days mixing and the thing is done. But those are guys who've been playing for 35 years.
You can read some about some of the other problems this good idea has caused http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/books/2000/0005.w eed.html
and yet they dont demand the good writing, character development, drama, and sense-making plots which would make star trek watchable again. Thats the real market-space for independant games / music / movies, using the medium for storytelling like it was meant to.
Fight Club reference. Go see it :)
When I was 14 or 15 (long ago), I took a trip with my friend to visit his father and step mother for the day. We would have to help his father in his print shop for the day, but my friend promised in return we would be able to sneak access to his dads porn collection.
After we ended up working in his dads shop all day, we had dinner, went to his dads house, and his dad left us alone with his computers to play games on. We had brought a palette of 100 disks to hopefully sneak our porn home on, so we began copying all those pcx and gif files onto disks as fast as we could. We couldn't risk looking at them for fear of being caught. It wasn't that unusual to have a huge pile of disks because that was how things got copied in the olden days, his dad thought we were copying some of his games.
Low and behold, we fill all 100 disks with porn (an incredible stash in like 90 or 91). We go home for the evening to each of our houses, divide up the stash, and we both head straight to the computer to um, count our booty.
I get home, pop the first disk into the computer, and just about then I get a phone call -- its my friend, he says "dude, don't look at the pics, trust me." But he's piqued my interest so I have to. I load one up and what do I see? A big juicy cock. We had copied his dads gay porn stash.
i hate that book with a passion unkown. It is horrible, it has no orginization, huge gaps in what it covers ... its not even fit to use as kindling
I read The Source to, but mine had a better ending then yours.