For a media PC, I'd want a 44 cm or 19" wide pizza box, not a tower. And it still looks like a PC: way too fussy and with blanked-off plastic panels, instead of a metal front plate like other A/V components
Dubey doesn't get why MS is hated, that much is obvious from the "article". Rather than providing arguments, he publishes a load of fanboy drivel that's as inane as any Linux or Mac zealotry I've seen. IOW: Nothing to see here, move along.
Okay, if you insist: FTA: It is about time we stopped being hypocritical and appreciated a job really well done. But it isn't. Popular or not, most of their products are mediocre hack-jobs that thrive despite their quality, not because of it.
Right. Just like the US military / industrial complex had been using silicon chips for 30 years before the Altair, or vacuum tube computers 30 years before the first commercial computer.
FYI, the timeline: 1943: Colossus 1946: ENIAC 1958: first IC 1971: first CPU 1975: Altair
They could've done that in an Apollo capsule much more safely.
No, they couldn't. The internal volume of an Apollo capsule is too small to do much of anything. At least in the Shuttle, the astronauts can move around without putting an elbow up someone's nostril every five seconds. Adding Spacelab (used on 25 Shuttle flights) gave even more volume.
Or, for that matter, in Skylab, launched not by the shuttle by by a stripped-down version of the Saturn V. Spacelab had one advantage over a space station: it could be brought back to Earth and reconfigured. This is a capability we'll lose when the Shuttles are grounded (although, to be fair, Spacelab hasn't been used since 1998).
Also, the Shuttle can carry up to seven astronauts, room enough to take actual scientists into space, rather than having the entire crew mostly focussing on running the ship (as was the case with Apollo).
Prepare to throw the batteries away in 3 years: this is a lot more wasteful than a corded mouse. Also, the batteries make the mouse a lot heavier, increasing hand/wrist strain. And it's YA device you'll have to remember to put in a cradle, rather than leaving it wherever. And then there's BT connection problems.
US cities are built very differently from European cities, who have been used to walking or taking mass transportation Over here (.nl), just about everyone who has a job also owns a car. Cars are by far (90%+) the most popular mode of transport for distances of 5 km+. On average, cars cover 15000 km/year (probably less than in the States). This despite gas prices being at E 1.30/l and rising, plus we pay loads more in road taxes (E 400/yr for a compact car, more for a heavier car) and car purchase taxes (19% VAT plus 25% 'car tax'), than the US. We cope by driving compact cars rather than road boats.
The cost you quote for light rail isn't higher than we pay here, and yet we manage to get a decent infrastructure up and running in our large cities.
The PCs I've used recently can all do the Apple-style Sleep ("Standby"). Hibernate should not close any windows. The batttery dying is more of an issue with laptops that aren't brand new (my 2 year-old Dell wouldn't last one night sleeping).
Granted, 26 kWh isn't that much, and certainly a lot less than my previous Mac. But it adds up (2 computers, 2 VCR, some other audio stuff that keeps drawing power, router, modem, etc) All in all about 10% of the bill is spent on idling machinery.
Tiny? It's 3-5W for my Mac mini. Doesn't sound like much, but it's yet another 26 kWh/year (2% of my power bill). Too much for my taste, especially when it's not the only device that has a large idle/off power draw. My VCRs consume 10W apiece doing nothing, etc.
Cross-platform consistency unnecessarily complicates the user's interaction with the application. It's pointless for most applications and most of the user base.
Internet Archive had no such agreement with this company. And yet the company is sueing Internet Archive for breach of contract. What contract could they mean?
But a bug caused this message not to be delivered If it turns out that a bug was the cause of the problem, it'd be interesting to see the outcome in light of software producers always disclaiming any responsibility for whatever disasters may happen due to bugs in their software.
He's got some space beween the drives, and (on the file server anyway) a pretty big fan aimed right at them, using one fan to cool 4 drives. Doesn't look too bad to me.
I live in.nl. I get several BBC channels via cable, and pay for it (part of my cable fee goes to channel owners). Should I be denied access to bbc.co.uk?
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That only works if you don't mind the adjacent room being noisy, and if you can place the computer near a wall you can drill through.
Is there news on why they landed at the alt instead of Florida?
That was due to the weather conditions in Florida.
For a media PC, I'd want a 44 cm or 19" wide pizza box, not a tower.
And it still looks like a PC: way too fussy and with blanked-off plastic panels, instead of a metal front plate like other A/V components
That's a link to the TNN 500. I can't find the TNN 300 on the Zalman site yet.
The more information you have, the more uncertain you are which information is correct.
Dubey doesn't get why MS is hated, that much is obvious from the "article". Rather than providing arguments, he publishes a load of fanboy drivel that's as inane as any Linux or Mac zealotry I've seen.
IOW: Nothing to see here, move along.
Okay, if you insist:
FTA: It is about time we stopped being hypocritical and appreciated a job really well done.
But it isn't. Popular or not, most of their products are mediocre hack-jobs that thrive despite their quality, not because of it.
Right. Just like the US military / industrial complex had been using silicon chips for 30 years before the Altair, or vacuum tube computers 30 years before the first commercial computer.
FYI, the timeline:
1943: Colossus
1946: ENIAC
1958: first IC
1971: first CPU
1975: Altair
They could've done that in an Apollo capsule much more safely.
No, they couldn't. The internal volume of an Apollo capsule is too small to do much of anything. At least in the Shuttle, the astronauts can move around without putting an elbow up someone's nostril every five seconds.
Adding Spacelab (used on 25 Shuttle flights) gave even more volume.
Or, for that matter, in Skylab, launched not by the shuttle by by a stripped-down version of the Saturn V.
Spacelab had one advantage over a space station: it could be brought back to Earth and reconfigured.
This is a capability we'll lose when the Shuttles are grounded (although, to be fair, Spacelab hasn't been used since 1998).
Also, the Shuttle can carry up to seven astronauts, room enough to take actual scientists into space, rather than having the entire crew mostly focussing on running the ship (as was the case with Apollo).
That wasn't a recommendation, but experience: record-speed flights with the MiG 25 usually resulted in EOLing the engines.
Prepare to throw the batteries away in 3 years: this is a lot more wasteful than a corded mouse.
Also, the batteries make the mouse a lot heavier, increasing hand/wrist strain. And it's YA device you'll have to remember to put in a cradle, rather than leaving it wherever.
And then there's BT connection problems.
The RijnGouweLijn connects two small cities, instead of running right through a major metropolis. Of course that'll be cheaper.
Bordeaux was planning to spend E 1 bn on 43 km (26 miles) of light rail, that's about E 40 mln/mile.
On the other end of the spectrum sits London's Jubilee line extension: 3.5 bn pounds for 10 miles/16 km. That's $ 600 mln per mile.
Interesting. Over here (.nl) G4 prices dropped by 50% when the mini came out.
The introduction of the Mac Mini may also have something to do with it.
Actually, what we need is a messaging protocol that isn't tied to some website.
No Fiat has had its engine in the back or a snap-off roof for about 30 years now.
US cities are built very differently from European cities, who have been used to walking or taking mass transportation
Over here (.nl), just about everyone who has a job also owns a car. Cars are by far (90%+) the most popular mode of transport for distances of 5 km+.
On average, cars cover 15000 km/year (probably less than in the States).
This despite gas prices being at E 1.30/l and rising, plus we pay loads more in road taxes (E 400/yr for a compact car, more for a heavier car) and car purchase taxes (19% VAT plus 25% 'car tax'), than the US.
We cope by driving compact cars rather than road boats.
The cost you quote for light rail isn't higher than we pay here, and yet we manage to get a decent infrastructure up and running in our large cities.
The PCs I've used recently can all do the Apple-style Sleep ("Standby"). Hibernate should not close any windows.
The batttery dying is more of an issue with laptops that aren't brand new (my 2 year-old Dell wouldn't last one night sleeping).
Granted, 26 kWh isn't that much, and certainly a lot less than my previous Mac. But it adds up (2 computers, 2 VCR, some other audio stuff that keeps drawing power, router, modem, etc) All in all about 10% of the bill is spent on idling machinery.
"Unix users" isn't synonymous with "people who'll try running OS X on unsupported hardware".
Tiny? It's 3-5W for my Mac mini. Doesn't sound like much, but it's yet another 26 kWh/year (2% of my power bill). Too much for my taste, especially when it's not the only device that has a large idle/off power draw. My VCRs consume 10W apiece doing nothing, etc.
Make up your mind. Is consistiency good or bad?
Consistency with the client OS is good.
Cross-platform consistency unnecessarily complicates the user's interaction with the application. It's pointless for most applications and most of the user base.
Of course they do. Here's a screenshot of the form after I entered my choice:
[ ] This is a good idea
[ ] This is a kludge
[x] I didn't read TFA, but I like clicking boxes anyway
Internet Archive had no such agreement with this company.
And yet the company is sueing Internet Archive for breach of contract. What contract could they mean?
But a bug caused this message not to be delivered
If it turns out that a bug was the cause of the problem, it'd be interesting to see the outcome in light of software producers always disclaiming any responsibility for whatever disasters may happen due to bugs in their software.
He's got some space beween the drives, and (on the file server anyway) a pretty big fan aimed right at them, using one fan to cool 4 drives. Doesn't look too bad to me.
I live in .nl. I get several BBC channels via cable, and pay for it (part of my cable fee goes to channel owners). Should I be denied access to bbc.co.uk?