I see people screwing their bodies up so they can be "healthy."
How is that new? People have been doing stupid things in the name of being healthy for as long as I can remember, and probably a lot longer than that.
I think it's more about the toxins from E.Coli instead of the expulsion, though earlier comments bring up good points about the amount of time the free radicals spend in your system.
All I have to do to browse a Windows network is click in the box in the Connect To Server Windows - everything comes right up, workgroups/domains first.
It doesn't seem unreasonable to me to have the FC card extra. You may not want the Xserve RAID to go with your Xserve, so you can leave out that expense. As for bundling one with your Xserve RAID, what if you'll be connecting to systems that already have Fiber Channel in place? Granted, this scenario isn't as likely (A la CDW, "Fred, we'll be switching to Apple's Fiber Channel tomorrow, can you back up the 2 Terabyte SAN this afternoon?")
The ATA should be more than enough for most people, especially given the 2.16TB with RAID 5 redundancy. With the independant channels, the speed should not be lacking, and the lower cost of replacing IDE drives when they fail is a welcome addition to an IT manager's analysis to the boss.
Hey, maybe I'm crazy, and I just like all the lights on the front.:)
You are not making sense to me. The RAID is the 2.52TB (2.16 with RAID 5), with redundant power supplies. It has two fibre channels. And each of the 14 drives has it's own IDE bus. Try packing 14 IDE busses with hardware RAID (0,1,3,5,0+1,10,30,50), two fibre channels, redundant cooling, front panel monitoring out the wazoo, 72-hour battery backup for the RAID controllers (albeit at an additional cost) and plenty more in a 3U box.
Replacing the Xserve with commodity hardware wouldn't be too hard (hell, replace the Xserve with a PowerMac - almost the same thing, only cheaper) but replacing the Xserver RAID would be.
I haven't played with the new PowerBook, but I do have a few thoughts.
1. Heat - damn right. the 14" iBook is hot enough, and it's bigger, slower, and a little older. The iBook does have Plastic, which isn't as good a heat conductor as aluminum, too. All of my PowerBooks have been hot after long periods of usage.
2. He mentioned the lack of ClearType. If he checks the General panel in System Preferences, he would notice the Font Smoothing with four settings and a minimum font size.
3. While it's not well-known, Apple has a Feedback Section for mostoftheirsoftwareproducts. The DVD issues would fall under Mac OS X, and should be reported. I will check my PowerBook for the DVD issues he noted (haven't played one since upgrading to 10.2). The sleep-while-working issue is something I've noted as well, and reported, though mine doesn't usually blackscreen.
4. Macs have always had slower mouse acceleration than Windows. There have been numerous control panels/extensions/hacks written over time for "Windows users" who can't stand the speed difference. I'm very happy with the speed of my TrackPad.
I think especially as projects get piled on people, the ability to take a break and escape from your projects is of paramount importance. An Internet connection is the water cooler of the future, so to speak.
Perhaps more practical applications for a top-down (or bottom-up) are still reasonable.
Digital Imaging, maps, and other fun things would work well with this. What I'd like to see is something akin to an inset spinning helix that could be projected onto, providing 3D images. This, though, would need a fair amount of under-counter space, as well.
Still, the kitchen projector could be good with a few additions:
1. A simple fabric screen that could slide out of the ceiling or be hidden away to allow you to project onto a surface above the counter if desired (takes away the countertop projection need, though, huh?)
2. As mentioned in the Microsoft article, voice recognition, if only simple voice commands or customizable vocabulary, as well as text-to-speech or voice feedback would be great assistance in this. The counter could be used to see what you need to start, the voice commands to follow steps.
At any rate, it would be fun to throw the iTunes Visualizer on there while you listen to music.
1. It's not Linux, but a BSD distro can do it, out of the box.
2. Some of the suggestions require a little effort on the client side as well (The global iTunes settings, for example).
3. There's a WebDAV module for Apache 2.0. If you don't want to use the one already available on a Mac, and you can't be bothered to set it up yourself, then don't complain about it not already being done for you.
Perhaps the USPTO needs to establish a department to revoke/make recommendations for revokation of those patents that are overly broad and possibly other qualifications, too.
Two things - just nitpicks, not trying to be rude or mean.
1) You (or your company) can buy a USB floppy drive if using Floppies is an important task. Macs, Windows XP (I can't speak for other releases as I haven't tried it) automatically recognize the USB floppy drive and don't require drivers. I don't know about booting, though.
2) WinZip allows spanning across multiple disks. It might take a while, but you could still steal that sensitive data.
More companies are doing what Apple did some time ago, and making BIOS updates self-contained. On a Mac, you run the updater, it restarts the computer, updates the the sytem, and restarts again.
I know some PCs can do essentially the same thing, but I can't recall who does it. Sorry for the lack of details.
The big problem I have with floppies (really the only since I hardly ever use them) is the way they essentially tie up a computer. They bring your system to a grinding halt while they are accessing.
Don't believe me? Share your A: drive, open an FPS or MMPORG and have someone access your A: drive.
Of course, you may have that motherboard with the Manufactured By God label on it, so...
The problem is they made a jump from a one player game to a MMPORG that is vastly different. You can't just frig around with stuff anymore, it's costing you money, and other people are involved.
It's not the same game by any means, even though the name and graphics are the same. That's where the problem is. The original had huge success because it allows people to make a world that they want to be in. MMPORGS take away the control you have over "your" world. It's like switching from WarCraft to EverQuest thinking they're the same thing.
The ultimate is efficient servers, barely larger than the hard drives inside them - having only one cable acting as both data and power, capable of being stacked 595 to a standard 42U rack, giving and incredible density of almost 12 terabytes, double that if you use a back-to-back storage configuration.
Yes, the iPodServe is the most incredible, albeit expensive, server technology available. At just under $300,000 per 42U rack, you couldn't manage more if you had the staff to do so.
Nope, I lied. To make a static image, I had to drag a picture into the timeline, then Choose "Create Still Frame" from the Edit menu (Apple-Shift-S) which turns the image into a clip. This seems like a poor implementation - terribly un-intuitive to turn images into clips to keep them from moving.
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How is that new? People have been doing stupid things in the name of being healthy for as long as I can remember, and probably a lot longer than that.
I think it's more about the toxins from E.Coli instead of the expulsion, though earlier comments bring up good points about the amount of time the free radicals spend in your system.
All I have to do to browse a Windows network is click in the box in the Connect To Server Windows - everything comes right up, workgroups/domains first.
But how do the new Sun servers compare the to new Apple servers?!
And how many lick does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie-Pop?
The world may never know.
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
It doesn't seem unreasonable to me to have the FC card extra. You may not want the Xserve RAID to go with your Xserve, so you can leave out that expense. As for bundling one with your Xserve RAID, what if you'll be connecting to systems that already have Fiber Channel in place? Granted, this scenario isn't as likely (A la CDW, "Fred, we'll be switching to Apple's Fiber Channel tomorrow, can you back up the 2 Terabyte SAN this afternoon?")
Ah, well. Onward.
The ATA should be more than enough for most people, especially given the 2.16TB with RAID 5 redundancy. With the independant channels, the speed should not be lacking, and the lower cost of replacing IDE drives when they fail is a welcome addition to an IT manager's analysis to the boss.
:)
Hey, maybe I'm crazy, and I just like all the lights on the front.
You are not making sense to me. The RAID is the 2.52TB (2.16 with RAID 5), with redundant power supplies. It has two fibre channels. And each of the 14 drives has it's own IDE bus. Try packing 14 IDE busses with hardware RAID (0,1,3,5,0+1,10,30,50), two fibre channels, redundant cooling, front panel monitoring out the wazoo, 72-hour battery backup for the RAID controllers (albeit at an additional cost) and plenty more in a 3U box.
Replacing the Xserve with commodity hardware wouldn't be too hard (hell, replace the Xserve with a PowerMac - almost the same thing, only cheaper) but replacing the Xserver RAID would be.
I haven't played with the new PowerBook, but I do have a few thoughts.
1. Heat - damn right. the 14" iBook is hot enough, and it's bigger, slower, and a little older. The iBook does have Plastic, which isn't as good a heat conductor as aluminum, too. All of my PowerBooks have been hot after long periods of usage.
2. He mentioned the lack of ClearType. If he checks the General panel in System Preferences, he would notice the Font Smoothing with four settings and a minimum font size.
3. While it's not well-known, Apple has a Feedback Section for most of their software products. The DVD issues would fall under Mac OS X, and should be reported. I will check my PowerBook for the DVD issues he noted (haven't played one since upgrading to 10.2). The sleep-while-working issue is something I've noted as well, and reported, though mine doesn't usually blackscreen.
4. Macs have always had slower mouse acceleration than Windows. There have been numerous control panels/extensions/hacks written over time for "Windows users" who can't stand the speed difference. I'm very happy with the speed of my TrackPad.
I think especially as projects get piled on people, the ability to take a break and escape from your projects is of paramount importance. An Internet connection is the water cooler of the future, so to speak.
Perhaps more practical applications for a top-down (or bottom-up) are still reasonable.
Digital Imaging, maps, and other fun things would work well with this. What I'd like to see is something akin to an inset spinning helix that could be projected onto, providing 3D images. This, though, would need a fair amount of under-counter space, as well.
Still, the kitchen projector could be good with a few additions:
1. A simple fabric screen that could slide out of the ceiling or be hidden away to allow you to project onto a surface above the counter if desired (takes away the countertop projection need, though, huh?)
2. As mentioned in the Microsoft article, voice recognition, if only simple voice commands or customizable vocabulary, as well as text-to-speech or voice feedback would be great assistance in this. The counter could be used to see what you need to start, the voice commands to follow steps.
At any rate, it would be fun to throw the iTunes Visualizer on there while you listen to music.
A few things, while you're groggy:
1. It's not Linux, but a BSD distro can do it, out of the box.
2. Some of the suggestions require a little effort on the client side as well (The global iTunes settings, for example).
3. There's a WebDAV module for Apache 2.0. If you don't want to use the one already available on a Mac, and you can't be bothered to set it up yourself, then don't complain about it not already being done for you.
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Bitter? No, I'm not bitter. Semi-sweet, maybe.
The exciting world of legal precedent.
Perhaps the USPTO needs to establish a department to revoke/make recommendations for revokation of those patents that are overly broad and possibly other qualifications, too.
It depends on the mall, now doesn't it?
Some malls have a very nice selection.
But the trans-continental trip for me would be a serious time-consumer.
Already using one, thanks. :)
Two things - just nitpicks, not trying to be rude or mean.
1) You (or your company) can buy a USB floppy drive if using Floppies is an important task. Macs, Windows XP (I can't speak for other releases as I haven't tried it) automatically recognize the USB floppy drive and don't require drivers. I don't know about booting, though.
2) WinZip allows spanning across multiple disks. It might take a while, but you could still steal that sensitive data.
By a CD-RW, or better, a Pocket CD-RW. The initial cost is higher, but you can put more on them and use them plenty of times.
More companies are doing what Apple did some time ago, and making BIOS updates self-contained. On a Mac, you run the updater, it restarts the computer, updates the the sytem, and restarts again.
I know some PCs can do essentially the same thing, but I can't recall who does it. Sorry for the lack of details.
What vendor? Where? I wouldn't mind a legacy-free system.
Hey, we'll almost all be there at some point.
The big problem I have with floppies (really the only since I hardly ever use them) is the way they essentially tie up a computer. They bring your system to a grinding halt while they are accessing.
Don't believe me? Share your A: drive, open an FPS or MMPORG and have someone access your A: drive.
Of course, you may have that motherboard with the Manufactured By God label on it, so...
The problem is they made a jump from a one player game to a MMPORG that is vastly different. You can't just frig around with stuff anymore, it's costing you money, and other people are involved.
It's not the same game by any means, even though the name and graphics are the same. That's where the problem is. The original had huge success because it allows people to make a world that they want to be in. MMPORGS take away the control you have over "your" world. It's like switching from WarCraft to EverQuest thinking they're the same thing.
And with an AMD logo? Must have been hurrying to make sure the boss didn't see it.
around 88-133 MHz, based on some quick searching and a some assumptions. ARM7TDMI type processor.
The ultimate is efficient servers, barely larger than the hard drives inside them - having only one cable acting as both data and power, capable of being stacked 595 to a standard 42U rack, giving and incredible density of almost 12 terabytes, double that if you use a back-to-back storage configuration.
Yes, the iPodServe is the most incredible, albeit expensive, server technology available. At just under $300,000 per 42U rack, you couldn't manage more if you had the staff to do so.
I always preferred UDP, myself.
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Nope, I lied. To make a static image, I had to drag a picture into the timeline, then Choose "Create Still Frame" from the Edit menu (Apple-Shift-S) which turns the image into a clip. This seems like a poor implementation - terribly un-intuitive to turn images into clips to keep them from moving.
To get a static image just drag it directly from the Photo Library into the Timeline. This worked for me.
I'll attest to slow, as well. My PowerBook G3/400 is practically worthless for anything but the Ken Burns Effect in iMovie 3.