They should just replace the entry with a competitor's name (get permission first of course). Although to "Altavista" isn't as catchy, and to "Yahoo!" has already been overused in a different context by Yahoo!'s marketing machine.
Dell is dropping the floppy as part of their standard configuration and they seem to be favoring USB flash dongles and CD-RWs. Gateway has started including a 6 in 1 (Sd/MMC, CF, SM, etc) card readers with one of their Laptop Models (The 400L). The new technologies will battle it out for the "Ubiquitous" title. I'm voting for the USB dongle since it seems to be the most univeral.
The point is that the only reason floppies are still around is that so many of us "old folk" are comfortable with them. There is better technology available! You can boot from CD, or even from USB dongles if you need to. (Maybe we could market a l33t h@x0r pw reset USB dongle...)
Let it go.. We let go of the 8-track (most of us any way), we let go of our Commodore 64s, our Apple IIs, the 5.25" Drive. It's time to let go of the venerable 3.5" and make room for new and better solutions.
If there's something that you can do with a floppy that you can't do with SD/MMC, CDR/RW, or a USB dongle, speak up, I'd love to hear it!
The screen is a bit larger than a postage stamp... It's resolution (when open) is 208x320 pixels, just a little lower than most PocketPCs (320x240) and much higher than the old-generation PalmOS PDAs (160x160).
When compared with a PalmOS pda, the screen is smaller (about 60% the area), but it's still 2.5 times the area of the screen on the t68i.
I wonder how many people would buy a game where the entire premise was hunting down spammers. I'm envisioning a cross between Rainbow 6 and Grand Theft Auto. We can call it "SpamHunter: Hero of the Internet".
"I need a 10t store at "Yahoo" (pick your flavor) for $5 amonth with a data access rate in the 5ms range accessable from any spot on earth"
While we're argueing specifics, we might as well argue semantics as well... You missed that he used a lowercase "earth", so he's probably just talking about a pile of dirt out in his back yard.
My reaction was based on the term "Tax Break", since they are rarely constructed in such a way that they are not abused. While I agree that there should be a way to redistribute excess processing power, the technology hasn't quite developed far enough yet. This discussion makes that IBM from a few days back make a bit more sense. Anyway, if CPU time was commoditized, then donations could be deducted using the current tax laws. No need to add complexity to the already bloated tax code.
Remember, any additions to the tax code would have to be reviewed & passed by the same folks that pushed the DMCA through. Do you think they could come up with technically sound guidelines for a CPU-Time tax break?
Every dollar lost because of a corporate tax break either:
1. Gets taken away from government programs. 2. Gets added to the tax burdon placed on the populace.
So, if you're really for this, start offering to send YOUR money to coorporations if they're willing to run these distributed computing clients. Personally, I'd like to keep my money...
Really? I didn't know that it cost $10,000,000 to record a mildly successful song. Do they burn down the recording studio when they're done? The problem that most people have with RIAA et. al. is that the current system pads the wallets of executives in addition to the primadonna artists who don skimpy outfits and wiggle around for our enjoyment (What's that? They sing too?).
Seriously, if my $1.50 per song went straight to the artist, with just a small percentage skimmed off the top to pay some audio and computer geeks to maintain the production/distribution infrastructure, I bet that the artists _and_ the geeks would be happy. The RIAA would lose their meal ticket though, and they're trying to use their monopoly-like powers to protect their out-of-date business model. Let's sick judge T.P. Jackson on them!
Don't knock the safety goggles.. My brother works in a manufacturing plant, and while he was using a high-speed bandsaw to take a sample of a metal part for destructive testing, the part self destructed sending a _very_ high velocity projectile directly at his face. The face shield absorbed some of the impact as it cracked, and the safety glasses under the face shield distributed the remaining force accross the bridge of his nose and cheekbones. He had a broken nose and racoon-style black eyes for a couple weeks, but at least he still has the use of both eyes.
And we computer geeks have the nerve to whine about our arses getting sore... There's a simple solution: Drink 2 quarts of water every work day. You'll be surprised how many levels this will work on: 1. You'll have to get up and take a walk to the loo at least every hour. This excercise and stretching will help eliminate the aches & pains. 2. With the extra water, your body will be more efficient at eliminating toxins, and you'll generally feel better and more alert. 3. Keeping a steady flow of water will eliminate cravings for junk food & soda. This will have the long term effect of making you more attractive to the opposite sex!
Considering that most of the symptoms (including eye-strain) can be compounded by cronic dehydration, this regimin is worth a try!
No I don't work for them. I've used GV and GS in the past, but I don't recall them having the "print-to-pdf" function. Please correct me if I'm wrong. PDF995 installs with minimal effort, and users can use any application's print function to create a PDF file. I know you can probably manage to get similar results using some combination of RedMon and GS, but it's not quite the same as PDF995's one file install.
These background pictures could contain copyrighted content. This Move2Mac product is obviously designed to circumvent the digital rights of artists, and should be banned immediatly!
The only way this will be adopted by consumers is if it is cheaper to rent processing eq than it would've been to buy it. The only way that it good for IBM is if it's cheaper to build than it is to rent. i.e.
|-New Model Profit-| Cost to Buy > Cost to Rent > Cost to Build
|----------Old Model Profit----|
The only advantage is if IBM limits the "peak" processing power of the system, but then businesses will lose the immediacy of available processing power and we'll probably end up with ridiculous price scales like we see in the peak/off-peak cell phone plans.
Exactly which part of the hardware is the OEM license tied to? If I replace all of the guts of the computer, boot once, and then transfer the guts to a new case, can the OEM license go with the guts?
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They should just replace the entry with a competitor's name (get permission first of course). Although to "Altavista" isn't as catchy, and to "Yahoo!" has already been overused in a different context by Yahoo!'s marketing machine.
Dell is dropping the floppy as part of their standard configuration and they seem to be favoring USB flash dongles and CD-RWs. Gateway has started including a 6 in 1 (Sd/MMC, CF, SM, etc) card readers with one of their Laptop Models (The 400L). The new technologies will battle it out for the "Ubiquitous" title. I'm voting for the USB dongle since it seems to be the most univeral.
The point is that the only reason floppies are still around is that so many of us "old folk" are comfortable with them. There is better technology available! You can boot from CD, or even from USB dongles if you need to. (Maybe we could market a l33t h@x0r pw reset USB dongle...)
Let it go.. We let go of the 8-track (most of us any way), we let go of our Commodore 64s, our Apple IIs, the 5.25" Drive. It's time to let go of the venerable 3.5" and make room for new and better solutions.
If there's something that you can do with a floppy that you can't do with SD/MMC, CDR/RW, or a USB dongle, speak up, I'd love to hear it!
The screen is a bit larger than a postage stamp... It's resolution (when open) is 208x320 pixels, just a little lower than most PocketPCs (320x240) and much higher than the old-generation PalmOS PDAs (160x160).
When compared with a PalmOS pda, the screen is smaller (about 60% the area), but it's still 2.5 times the area of the screen on the t68i.
Devices like these have to make compromises.
Since many of us read in the ad-supported mode, doesn't that mean that the advertisers are stealing from our employers?
It's obvious that everyone was trying to read the article _before_ they replied... Just like they always do.
I wonder how many people would buy a game where the entire premise was hunting down spammers. I'm envisioning a cross between Rainbow 6 and Grand Theft Auto. We can call it "SpamHunter: Hero of the Internet".
"I need a 10t store at "Yahoo" (pick your flavor) for $5 amonth with a data access rate in the 5ms range accessable from any spot on earth"
While we're argueing specifics, we might as well argue semantics as well... You missed that he used a lowercase "earth", so he's probably just talking about a pile of dirt out in his back yard.
They keep glowing and glowing and.....
Energizer will have to change their mascot to a Mutant Bunny...
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Fast electrons? How fast? Faster than the beam of electrons that's drawing the pretty picture on my monitor 75 times a second?
They forgot to mention the super-secret "the-fcc-isn't-watching-boost-power-to-10-watts" switch...
My reaction was based on the term "Tax Break", since they are rarely constructed in such a way that they are not abused. While I agree that there should be a way to redistribute excess processing power, the technology hasn't quite developed far enough yet. This discussion makes that IBM from a few days back make a bit more sense. Anyway, if CPU time was commoditized, then donations could be deducted using the current tax laws. No need to add complexity to the already bloated tax code.
Remember, any additions to the tax code would have to be reviewed & passed by the same folks that pushed the DMCA through. Do you think they could come up with technically sound guidelines for a CPU-Time tax break?
Every dollar lost because of a corporate tax break either:
1. Gets taken away from government programs.
2. Gets added to the tax burdon placed on the populace.
So, if you're really for this, start offering to send YOUR money to coorporations if they're willing to run these distributed computing clients. Personally, I'd like to keep my money...
I have a lead from a gentleman in Nigeria. He says that he can get you a PPC Amiga as early as next month. He'll be contacting you by email shortly...
Really? I didn't know that it cost $10,000,000 to record a mildly successful song. Do they burn down the recording studio when they're done? The problem that most people have with RIAA et. al. is that the current system pads the wallets of executives in addition to the primadonna artists who don skimpy outfits and wiggle around for our enjoyment (What's that? They sing too?).
Seriously, if my $1.50 per song went straight to the artist, with just a small percentage skimmed off the top to pay some audio and computer geeks to maintain the production/distribution infrastructure, I bet that the artists _and_ the geeks would be happy. The RIAA would lose their meal ticket though, and they're trying to use their monopoly-like powers to protect their out-of-date business model. Let's sick judge T.P. Jackson on them!
Don't knock the safety goggles.. My brother works in a manufacturing plant, and while he was using a high-speed bandsaw to take a sample of a metal part for destructive testing, the part self destructed sending a _very_ high velocity projectile directly at his face. The face shield absorbed some of the impact as it cracked, and the safety glasses under the face shield distributed the remaining force accross the bridge of his nose and cheekbones. He had a broken nose and racoon-style black eyes for a couple weeks, but at least he still has the use of both eyes.
And we computer geeks have the nerve to whine about our arses getting sore... There's a simple solution: Drink 2 quarts of water every work day. You'll be surprised how many levels this will work on:
1. You'll have to get up and take a walk to the loo at least every hour. This excercise and stretching will help eliminate the aches & pains.
2. With the extra water, your body will be more efficient at eliminating toxins, and you'll generally feel better and more alert.
3. Keeping a steady flow of water will eliminate cravings for junk food & soda. This will have the long term effect of making you more attractive to the opposite sex!
Considering that most of the symptoms (including eye-strain) can be compounded by cronic dehydration, this regimin is worth a try!
regards,
-sg
No I don't work for them. I've used GV and GS in the past, but I don't recall them having the "print-to-pdf" function. Please correct me if I'm wrong. PDF995 installs with minimal effort, and users can use any application's print function to create a PDF file. I know you can probably manage to get similar results using some combination of RedMon and GS, but it's not quite the same as PDF995's one file install.
The article states "A new, more secure version of AOL Instant Messenger, or AIM, will enable businesses to read instant messages sent by employees..."
Umm... if it's more secure, how can the employers eavesdrop? The answer, it's not more secure!
PDF995 is a free PDF Clone (Adware, pops up ad after program use). Getting rid of the ads is _very_ cheap compared to Adobe products.
PDF995
At least with Microsoft involved, we'll never have to worry about truly unbreakable copy protection in PDFs!
These background pictures could contain copyrighted content. This Move2Mac product is obviously designed to circumvent the digital rights of artists, and should be banned immediatly!
The only way this will be adopted by consumers is if it is cheaper to rent processing eq than it would've been to buy it. The only way that it good for IBM is if it's cheaper to build than it is to rent.
i.e.
|-New Model Profit-|
Cost to Buy > Cost to Rent > Cost to Build
|----------Old Model Profit----|
The only advantage is if IBM limits the "peak" processing power of the system, but then businesses will lose the immediacy of available processing power and we'll probably end up with ridiculous price scales like we see in the peak/off-peak cell phone plans.
Exactly which part of the hardware is the OEM license tied to? If I replace all of the guts of the computer, boot once, and then transfer the guts to a new case, can the OEM license go with the guts?
"All your idea are belong to us."
I plan to patent the process by which you can render a undesirable company's website effectively useless by repeatedly posting stories about it to /.