Example: a consumer goes grocery shopping and wants to get some tortilla chips to make some nachos. They see two kinds: Tostitos - the name brand and Stop and Shop (or A&P - whatever) store brand tortilla chips
I'd guess that (assuming Tostitos' popularity via advertisement, etc.) that the consumer might be more inclined to lean towards the brand name.
Now take that to Dell. User goes to buy a computer, doesn't know printers that well, but has heard of HP being a solid brand of printers. Sees the Dell brand as a "cheesy rip off store brand" and buys the HP...
P.S. I have nothing against store brand tortilla chips.;^)
it sounds like you're getting all you're going to get out of these laptops and compaq. whether or not you can prove them wrong when they say that no one else is complaining is a rather moot point, apart from the bad press they just got here on/. (i dunno how highly they were thought of before around here, all i know is that i'd certainly not buy one, had too many troubles with their desktops, let alone trying the laptops.)
vote with your dollars, and don't give compaq/HP/whoever anymore of your business. sounds like you've gotten as good as you're gonna get from them.
Well, I've never had the problem you had when going from Basic to Dynamic, but when I was doing software mirroring, it was on a HP LPr rackserver with a pretty simple 2 disk setup. All done through Windows, never noticed any before/after performance loss. In my testing, I had to do was move the original disk out of the slot, put the mirror copy in it's place, and it booted right up. Then if I broke the mirror it was ready to start all over again.
Right now (moved on to a different - less technical - company), I have a Dell PowerEdge server that I inherited using a PERC 2/Si RAID 5 config. Windows 2000 (just upgraded from NT4) is none the wiser as to how it's setup, and lists the disk as Basic. Downside is, the Dell RAID setup is pricey, and if your customers are cheap, well...
If worse came to worse, I'm sure booting off of the Win2k CD and going into the Recovery Console with a will save you if the drive does act flaky, but I dunno the specifics on that.
A friend of mine was living in Japan when the PS2 was released there. He got one pretty soon after they came out. He has now moved back to the US after 5 years living abroad and has discovered that he can't play games that he buys here on it. A modchip could help that (that is, if either of us could pull off the soldering work...)
Mod chips are also used in the reverse situation. There are a lot of cool games that are only released in Japan than will never make it to the shores of the US. With a modchip installed, you can play those games.
In both cases, all the developers got their money from the games, and Sony sold them each a console. I don't see any harm in this.
Not trying to "flame away" at you, but there are alternative uses for mod chips. And I'm sure you're right in saying that my two examples are exceptions to the rule, but it's not absolute.
The only time I really saw this game played was when my brother had it. His character had an attractive next door neighbor, the only problem was, she was married. So, he invited the husband into the backyard for a cookout, and then built a shed around him with no doors.
After a little while of begging to be let out, complaining that he was hungry and needed to use the bathroom, he died. My brother then started to woo the poor widow, and they were married shortly after.
So you see, almost any inane game can be made interesting... if you're sick enough. After that instance however, the game DID get rather boring rather quickly.
my finance guys are worried about increased spending on even the software that we already own.
You don't have to pay for software you already own. If you don't sign up for the new MS license programs before the end of July however, you WILL have to pay full price to go to newer versions in the future.
If you're happy with what you have and think that it will carry you for the next two years (which is how long the upgraded license would take you), stay with what you got. Leave the poor desktop users alone if possible and go to Linux servers if you need upgrades on that side of things. Samba, Apache - they're your FRIENDS.
I too am the IT Manager for a small company, and we're more or less "forced" to stay with Windows because of the Tax/Audit software that we use 24-7. We're using the new license agreement to go to XP, but that's more of a desire to get the hell away from NT4 (thank the deity of your choice, anything's better than NT4).
Go for college man - it means VOLUMES on your CV (resume).
I went to school, ended up getting a BA in Psychology. Not that I wanted to DO anything in Psych when I graduated, but I really enjoyed the classes. Wasn't thinking with my career cap on I guess. Worked in the campus computer labs for my work study cash and learned how to deal with users there.
Programming classes did nothing but annoy me, so I didn't take that route. When I graduated, my degree and experience was enough to get me in the door doing telephone tech support for an MS outsourcer (yep, we were busy). Four years and a SysAdmin job pass and now I'm the IT Manager at an accounting firm. Who knew?
It's hard to say where you'll end up from today, but you gotta keep your options open. College will do that for you. Build networking (people) skills in school and use those connections to get you the job finally decide you want when you graduate.
Actually no. The Xbox lacks some PC components (second IDE channel, keyboard and mouse interfaces, CMOS-RAM, CMOS-RTC, BIOS,...), has some others in addition (a PIC controlling buttons, LEDs, RTC,...) and differs in implementation in some aspects (kernel in ROM, boot sequence, hard disk partitioning,...). That means that you cannot just insert your RedHat/SuSE/Mandrake/Debian CD-ROM into the Xbox and install Linux.
Yeah great, and now that they have your name, all the ETs have to do is a Google search and you'll start getting collect telemarketing calls from outer space!
...if they treat the bad guys the way they have in the previous movies:
jango fett: "hey george, can i have more that 5 minutes of total screentime in this trilogy?"
lucas: "no. you're going to be cut in half and thrown in the sarlac pit just like all the other cool enemies. it's better that way, else i'll have to take off your mask and show how much of a wuss you really are"
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gawd i hope so. that's the one thing that's keeping me from seriously looking into an iBook.
default map them all to the same function if you like apple, but at least give us the OPTION!
How about the Dell Precision M50? Two HDD bays, the RAID would have to be software... expensive, yes - but it's an option.
umm, what's with the Ottawa postcard link?
was it the mod chips they got him on, or the line of 413 pirated video games that he was selling the reason for his downfall?
i wouldn't have thought the mod chip selling was illegal, seeing how they're selling all over the place. does anyone have any more detail?
I'd think this would HELP HP sales...
Example: a consumer goes grocery shopping and wants to get some tortilla chips to make some nachos. They see two kinds:
Tostitos - the name brand
and
Stop and Shop (or A&P - whatever) store brand tortilla chips
I'd guess that (assuming Tostitos' popularity via advertisement, etc.) that the consumer might be more inclined to lean towards the brand name.
Now take that to Dell. User goes to buy a computer, doesn't know printers that well, but has heard of HP being a solid brand of printers. Sees the Dell brand as a "cheesy rip off store brand" and buys the HP...
P.S. I have nothing against store brand tortilla chips. ;^)
it sounds like you're getting all you're going to get out of these laptops and compaq. whether or not you can prove them wrong when they say that no one else is complaining is a rather moot point, apart from the bad press they just got here on /. (i dunno how highly they were thought of before around here, all i know is that i'd certainly not buy one, had too many troubles with their desktops, let alone trying the laptops.)
vote with your dollars, and don't give compaq/HP/whoever anymore of your business. sounds like you've gotten as good as you're gonna get from them.
I dunno, getting email from Patsy and Edina could be fun, no? :^)
Well, I've never had the problem you had when going from Basic to Dynamic, but when I was doing software mirroring, it was on a HP LPr rackserver with a pretty simple 2 disk setup. All done through Windows, never noticed any before/after performance loss. In my testing, I had to do was move the original disk out of the slot, put the mirror copy in it's place, and it booted right up. Then if I broke the mirror it was ready to start all over again.
Right now (moved on to a different - less technical - company), I have a Dell PowerEdge server that I inherited using a PERC 2/Si RAID 5 config. Windows 2000 (just upgraded from NT4) is none the wiser as to how it's setup, and lists the disk as Basic. Downside is, the Dell RAID setup is pricey, and if your customers are cheap, well...
If worse came to worse, I'm sure booting off of the Win2k CD and going into the Recovery Console with a will save you if the drive does act flaky, but I dunno the specifics on that.
60 feet long is enough for a lot of calimari.
Yes, and studying too little in English class is not enough for a lot of studying.
IIS and Apache are irrelevant for the average user. Plus, you can use Apache on Windows, and Windows XP home has IIS Personal Edition on it.
Don't mean to nitpick (but I will), but XP Home does not come with IIS Personal, only XP Professional does - and that's an extra $100.
Sorry, I'll go mind my own business now. ;^)
Check this out.
Virtual Desktop Manager for Windows XP. Pretty neat, methinks.
A friend of mine was living in Japan when the PS2 was released there. He got one pretty soon after they came out. He has now moved back to the US after 5 years living abroad and has discovered that he can't play games that he buys here on it. A modchip could help that (that is, if either of us could pull off the soldering work...)
Mod chips are also used in the reverse situation. There are a lot of cool games that are only released in Japan than will never make it to the shores of the US. With a modchip installed, you can play those games.
In both cases, all the developers got their money from the games, and Sony sold them each a console. I don't see any harm in this.
Not trying to "flame away" at you, but there are alternative uses for mod chips. And I'm sure you're right in saying that my two examples are exceptions to the rule, but it's not absolute.
Am I missing something? All I see is an answer.
I can't wait till WalMart pulls the OS from their laptops lines. That'll be sweet.
No kidding. It shows WAY more colors than Q1.
yeah great, so now billg will have a stronghold on software AND oil. ;^)
Depends what you do with it...
The only time I really saw this game played was when my brother had it. His character had an attractive next door neighbor, the only problem was, she was married. So, he invited the husband into the backyard for a cookout, and then built a shed around him with no doors.
After a little while of begging to be let out, complaining that he was hungry and needed to use the bathroom, he died. My brother then started to woo the poor widow, and they were married shortly after.
So you see, almost any inane game can be made interesting... if you're sick enough. After that instance however, the game DID get rather boring rather quickly.
And yes, sometimes I do worry about him. ;^)
So if someone comes out and says that they prefer Windows, that automatically makes them a paid deceptor sent by "The Enemy"...
Well at least /. never has to worry about running out of things to be paranoid about...
my finance guys are worried about increased spending on even the software that we already own.
You don't have to pay for software you already own. If you don't sign up for the new MS license programs before the end of July however, you WILL have to pay full price to go to newer versions in the future.
If you're happy with what you have and think that it will carry you for the next two years (which is how long the upgraded license would take you), stay with what you got. Leave the poor desktop users alone if possible and go to Linux servers if you need upgrades on that side of things. Samba, Apache - they're your FRIENDS.
I too am the IT Manager for a small company, and we're more or less "forced" to stay with Windows because of the Tax/Audit software that we use 24-7. We're using the new license agreement to go to XP, but that's more of a desire to get the hell away from NT4 (thank the deity of your choice, anything's better than NT4).
Wow, a server crash that /. didn't cause.
Go for college man - it means VOLUMES on your CV (resume).
I went to school, ended up getting a BA in Psychology. Not that I wanted to DO anything in Psych when I graduated, but I really enjoyed the classes. Wasn't thinking with my career cap on I guess. Worked in the campus computer labs for my work study cash and learned how to deal with users there.
Programming classes did nothing but annoy me, so I didn't take that route. When I graduated, my degree and experience was enough to get me in the door doing telephone tech support for an MS outsourcer (yep, we were busy). Four years and a SysAdmin job pass and now I'm the IT Manager at an accounting firm. Who knew?
It's hard to say where you'll end up from today, but you gotta keep your options open. College will do that for you. Build networking (people) skills in school and use those connections to get you the job finally decide you want when you graduate.
Best of luck...
from the h07.org faq:
The Xbox is a standard PC, isn't it?
Actually no. The Xbox lacks some PC components (second IDE channel, keyboard and mouse interfaces, CMOS-RAM, CMOS-RTC, BIOS, ...), has some others in addition (a PIC controlling buttons, LEDs, RTC, ...) and differs in implementation in some aspects (kernel in ROM, boot sequence, hard disk partitioning, ...). That means that you cannot just insert your RedHat/SuSE/Mandrake/Debian CD-ROM into the Xbox and install Linux.
Yeah great, and now that they have your name, all the ETs have to do is a Google search and you'll start getting collect telemarketing calls from outer space!
Break out of "the MS control"? What the hell...Newsflash: IT'S A GAME. Play it, enjoy it, move on. Not everything has to hold this anti-MS stigma.
*groan*
...if they treat the bad guys the way they have in the previous movies:
jango fett: "hey george, can i have more that 5 minutes of total screentime in this trilogy?"
lucas: "no. you're going to be cut in half and thrown in the sarlac pit just like all the other cool enemies. it's better that way, else i'll have to take off your mask and show how much of a wuss you really are"