seriously though, a friend of mine used to have tv smashing parties every fourth of july (independence day) for about 10 years. He just stopped having the last year which totally sucked because so many people always looked forward to that particular party.
personally, I don't watch tv unless I'm at a bar or someone's house that has one on. I have an eyetv hooked up to my mac, but only use it as a device to play vcr tapes.
I thought they were a little over priced, but did buy one in october right before heading to the airport to fly back to chicago. I bought Frida and it was a great movie to watch on the plane and when I got home gave it to a neighbor to watch before it died. I wasn't going to return it.
they should sell these things in airports and the $7 wouldn't seem like a big deal at all. I also like some of the test marketing things they were doing down there that allowed pizza and other delivery services provide a dvd with your delivered meal- no worry about a return and it comes to you on demand. I didn't really appreciate the idea of the extra waste factor, but face it- we live in an extremely disposable world and I doubt one product would make a difference.
overall, I like the convenience the one time I tried it and found it to useful and assumed that once they were mass marketed the prices would become more reasonable.
Invasion of privacy? Well, only if you consider that they looked to see what you bought..
only if they actually tracked your purchases. I'm a veg-head and I personally would never get a card like that, but I don't think it's bad if they do a blanket broacast of a particular food product had I given them my info (I would personally not). As long as their not sharing the info beyond any agreement I have with them, then I don't see an issue.
ok, it's not a surprising prediction, but with the current state of affairs and how well our current administration handles things, I would seriously be surprised if things get much better in the near future.
It's almost 9 am and i just got home- happy new years...
I'm stilll drunk, in fact I stopped drinking about 10 minutes ago....
this is far from the truth- most apples and ton of pc laptops now come with wireless cards preinstalled. they want the easiest setup possible. free and ad hoc is best.
But we're not charging and the isp (covad) requires email authentication through their servers for any smtp traffic- it would be very difficult to control web based mail.
we basically set it up as a free spot, as the owner didn't want to take any time away from the bartenders serving beer.
it's just a 1.5/384 adsl line from covad with a zyxel prestige 645 and a linksys wap54g- g is easy because it's fully compatble with b and only a slight price increase, I wouldn't mess with a.
zyxel makes a great 'hotspot in a box' that features the reciept printer and seems to do a great job overall. I think it was about $600 at that time.
funny, I submitted a very similar 'ask slashdot' in july and it was rejected- I don't even attept to submit stories anymore, I know someone else will eventually and it will be accepted.
Furthermore, the main reason that Apple hardware is more expensive is the "MacOS X Tax" -- their components certainly aren't more expensive than anyone else's.
I call bullshit on this one- have you used or handled many apple computer in the last few years? They're a hell of a lot more solid then anything from the major pc manufacturers. They higher grade metals and do a better overall job of functionality. Take the 17" powerbook- it weighs 6.8 lbs and the closest pc that came out to copy it is over 10 lbs- that's a huge difference. It also has dvi, usb 2.0, firewire 400/800, bluetooth and 802.11G.
Have you seen and handled a new powermac system? I have a dual g5 and it's amazing- an aluminum case that will rival almost any pc case in quality and worksmanship. the os is super stable and as a unit apples are much more hardware and software friendly. And you can pop a terminal open to the system at any time to get real work done.
I would highly suggest going to your local apple store and checking the machines out before you make another silly statement about the quality of apple hardware.
sidenote: I've only been an apple user for the last year and still do over 90% of my consulting on pc's, but that's changing.
on the business survey this is question #17 and is phrased 'List the top one or two possible improvements that you would like to see made to Windows Server."
I'm a vegetarian, but last time I was down in Austin, my buddy Sam has this bright idea to order lunch from Hilbert's. It's a fuckin' buger joint. The bastard kept reassuring me that it would be ok, but they totally fucked up my order. I hate sam now....
I would have to say that this was personally first problem with Hilbert's, but it was such a large problem that I will never order food from them again.
the siemens s46 does tdma and gsm but not bluetooth. it also has an optional mp3 player that works pretty well. the new siemens s56 is gsm and bluetooth, but not tdma. I don't think at&t offers the 46 anymore. I've had it for 1 1/2 years and it's been an awesome phone, but I can't synch it with my macs.
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seriously though, a friend of mine used to have tv smashing parties every fourth of july (independence day) for about 10 years. He just stopped having the last year which totally sucked because so many people always looked forward to that particular party.
personally, I don't watch tv unless I'm at a bar or someone's house that has one on. I have an eyetv hooked up to my mac, but only use it as a device to play vcr tapes.
I thought they were a little over priced, but did buy one in october right before heading to the airport to fly back to chicago. I bought Frida and it was a great movie to watch on the plane and when I got home gave it to a neighbor to watch before it died. I wasn't going to return it.
they should sell these things in airports and the $7 wouldn't seem like a big deal at all. I also like some of the test marketing things they were doing down there that allowed pizza and other delivery services provide a dvd with your delivered meal- no worry about a return and it comes to you on demand. I didn't really appreciate the idea of the extra waste factor, but face it- we live in an extremely disposable world and I doubt one product would make a difference.
overall, I like the convenience the one time I tried it and found it to useful and assumed that once they were mass marketed the prices would become more reasonable.
I'm really surprised that /. isn't serving up the virus just for us- those that can spread it would be more then happy too.
they didn't even link to sco in the article- that would have helped a little...
someone needs to rescue the economy
this is actually kind of funny. I believe he's talking about john small berries from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. he was an actual charater along with john bigboote
smart move- I checked it out and sure enough there is a goatse shot in there. unfortunately it's the the only scary item in the shot.
how about Steven Hawking's?
Invasion of privacy? Well, only if you consider that they looked to see what you bought..
only if they actually tracked your purchases. I'm a veg-head and I personally would never get a card like that, but I don't think it's bad if they do a blanket broacast of a particular food product had I given them my info (I would personally not). As long as their not sharing the info beyond any agreement I have with them, then I don't see an issue.
or whiskey
http://www.uriah.com/apple-qt/1984.html and new version: notice the ipod?
looks like they got one on kiloWatt
I hope they don't try to sue my friends
it's not secretary, it's now 'administrative assistant'. secretary was way too gender based.
mind you, this has not changed the satus of nurse, but that term has had been much less of a differential then secretary for a much longer time
that it will all suck....
ok, it's not a surprising prediction, but with the current state of affairs and how well our current administration handles things, I would seriously be surprised if things get much better in the near future.
It's almost 9 am and i just got home- happy new years...
I'm stilll drunk, in fact I stopped drinking about 10 minutes ago....
shit, you could be playing diablo on that machine- my dedicated linux firewall is an old 386 with 16MB ram and a 800 MB HDD. and it was free
this is far from the truth- most apples and ton of pc laptops now come with wireless cards preinstalled. they want the easiest setup possible. free and ad hoc is best.
But we're not charging and the isp (covad) requires email authentication through their servers for any smtp traffic- it would be very difficult to control web based mail.
we basically set it up as a free spot, as the owner didn't want to take any time away from the bartenders serving beer.
it's just a 1.5/384 adsl line from covad with a zyxel prestige 645 and a linksys wap54g- g is easy because it's fully compatble with b and only a slight price increase, I wouldn't mess with a.
zyxel makes a great 'hotspot in a box' that features the reciept printer and seems to do a great job overall. I think it was about $600 at that time.
funny, I submitted a very similar 'ask slashdot' in july and it was rejected- I don't even attept to submit stories anymore, I know someone else will eventually and it will be accepted.
Furthermore, the main reason that Apple hardware is more expensive is the "MacOS X Tax" -- their components certainly aren't more expensive than anyone else's.
I call bullshit on this one- have you used or handled many apple computer in the last few years?
They're a hell of a lot more solid then anything from the major pc manufacturers. They higher grade metals and do a better overall job of functionality. Take the 17" powerbook- it weighs 6.8 lbs and the closest pc that came out to copy it is over 10 lbs- that's a huge difference. It also has dvi, usb 2.0, firewire 400/800, bluetooth and 802.11G.
Have you seen and handled a new powermac system? I have a dual g5 and it's amazing- an aluminum case that will rival almost any pc case in quality and worksmanship.
the os is super stable and as a unit apples are much more hardware and software friendly. And you can pop a terminal open to the system at any time to get real work done.
I would highly suggest going to your local apple store and checking the machines out before you make another silly statement about the quality of apple hardware.
sidenote: I've only been an apple user for the last year and still do over 90% of my consulting on pc's, but that's changing.
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thanks for the encouragement!
;)
on the business survey this is question #17 and is phrased 'List the top one or two possible improvements that you would like to see made to Windows Server."
I answered with this link
the same company sells a beer key /.er's would find that a lot more useful ;)
I think
I'm a vegetarian, but last time I was down in Austin, my buddy Sam has this bright idea to order lunch from Hilbert's. It's a fuckin' buger joint. The bastard kept reassuring me that it would be ok, but they totally fucked up my order. I hate sam now....
I would have to say that this was personally first problem with Hilbert's, but it was such a large problem that I will never order food from them again.
and a known patch is on the way. it's a very easy vulnerability to avoid. there's no virus yet...
was it worth the rant, or has he just been waiting a long time to make it?
it's S56, not C
the siemens s46 does tdma and gsm but not bluetooth. it also has an optional mp3 player that works pretty well. the new siemens s56 is gsm and bluetooth, but not tdma. I don't think at&t offers the 46 anymore. I've had it for 1 1/2 years and it's been an awesome phone, but I can't synch it with my macs.