I guess people prefer not having to reboot their phones.
I have to do that already about once a week with my PalmOS Samsung SPH-300I:-( MUCH less stable than my old WinCE PDA (but at least it's one device instead of two).
Down in Antarctica, the only internet access available is by satellite -- and it's so impossibly slow...
I'm reminded of Sam Kinnison's advice to the Ethiopians - "See this? This is SAND. Nothing grows here. Nothing with ever grow here. Move where the food is!
"Satellite = bad idea" may be true in Antarctica, but for people within, say, 60 degrees latitude of the equator it's a viable option.
Can I burn both DVD-R and DVD+R? How about DVD-RW and DVD+RW?
RTFA. That's the big selling feature of this drive, is that it does burn all four of the above.
What about reader... and settop box compatibility?
That's going to be a factor of the media type (-R, +R, -RW, +RW) that you choose. The burner won't help, other than if you have, for example, a settop DVD that reads +R but not -R, you have the flexibility of choosing that media.
Can I use the thing under Linux as well?
I though that was the great thing about Linux, if it doesn't do something you can write it yourself;-P
There may be good reasons to go external (tho the only one I can come up with is if you use a laptop for your primary PC)... but the reasons you cite aren't worth the additional cost of an external unit. I would expect this drive to be obsolete about as fast as my PC. Believe-you-me, I didn't move my 8X CDRW drive when I upgraded computers, I just got a new 48X drive for about $80 instead.
Oh? That isn't the way the post was positioned: designed to be a drop in replacement for Exchange 5.5 users who don't want to pay the MS tax of going to Exchange 2000.
The presumed customer already has Exchange 5.5, and an OS that it is running on.
Is it only your own country which has anything worthwhile in it?
Certainly not! However, there are a few countries that have events and issues that are newsworthy to the rest of the world... and Iceland and Finland, and the others vaunted in this article, are less frequently among that group.
The point I'm trying to make is that an article stating that the US is 17th in "Freedom of the Press" is like saying that Moosejaw, Montana* is doing a better job than Los Angeles, California at managing rush-hour traffic congestion. You can't make blanket comparisons between the United States and most other countries in an apples-to-apples manner, as this article tried to do.
If... you download it yourself, $0.20 or so seems more reasonable.
Apparently you do download it yourself (their client software does so, anyway, and burns it to your CD-R drive).
I'd do this if they had a "pre-paid" model. I use a service called Shutterfly that makes prints from my digital images and sends them to me. If you buy onesy-twosy, you pay $0.49 per 4x6 print, but if you prepay $99, you can get 340 prints at $0.29 apiece. Order prints one or 100 at a time, doesn't matter. You pay postage per shipment, but that isn't part of the equasion with the burn-it-yourself CD model.
If this CD service worked the same way, giving tracks for $0.99 if you want to "try" it but down to around $0.20-$0.30/track if you prepay $100 or so, I think they'd have a winner.
Intel is also very aware, I imagine, of what happened when IBM tried a total redesign woth the EISA bus
Valid point, but to pick a nit... EISA was a joint venture between several companies (Compaq, Tandy, etc., but not IBM). IBM's redesign was Micro Channel (MCA).
Most is overstating a bit... SOME commercial aircraft (newer 747-400, 777, probably the latest Airbus) have autoland, but really a small percentage of the total. I believe it's more common on military craft. The airport and the aircraft both have to be properly equipped in order for it to work.
Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, and Cingular all offer dual-mode phones that will roam off their native digital network, even into AMPS (analog) territory. 'New Yawkers' might never leave the big city, but those of us that like to travel have no use for T-Mobile.
If Netflix opened a warehouse on the East Coast...
I'm in Indiana - My NetFlix DVDs ship from and to Michigan, which is pretty consistently next-day service. I kind of assumed that they had several locations, and that they shipped out of the one closest to you, but I don't see specific info to that effect on their Web site.
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I have to do that already about once a week with my PalmOS Samsung SPH-300I :-( MUCH less stable than my old WinCE PDA (but at least it's one device instead of two).
I'm reminded of Sam Kinnison's advice to the Ethiopians - "See this? This is SAND. Nothing grows here. Nothing with ever grow here. Move where the food is!
"Satellite = bad idea" may be true in Antarctica, but for people within, say, 60 degrees latitude of the equator it's a viable option.
How can you forget the legendary Emmy-award winning Ewoks: the Battle for Endor!
I read about these a couple of years ago. They install spoilers on the wings to eliminate any lift.
And Win98, for what it was worth.
2. This will be seemless to properly configured DNS.
3. This was to move the server to a different subnet from it's 'mirror' for significantly improved reliability.
4. Profit!!!
Eh, what's the use...
RTFA. That's the big selling feature of this drive, is that it does burn all four of the above.
What about reader... and settop box compatibility?
That's going to be a factor of the media type (-R, +R, -RW, +RW) that you choose. The burner won't help, other than if you have, for example, a settop DVD that reads +R but not -R, you have the flexibility of choosing that media.
Can I use the thing under Linux as well?
I though that was the great thing about Linux, if it doesn't do something you can write it yourself ;-P
There may be good reasons to go external (tho the only one I can come up with is if you use a laptop for your primary PC)... but the reasons you cite aren't worth the additional cost of an external unit. I would expect this drive to be obsolete about as fast as my PC. Believe-you-me, I didn't move my 8X CDRW drive when I upgraded computers, I just got a new 48X drive for about $80 instead.
RTFA. This is a temporary cluster.
The presumed customer already has Exchange 5.5, and an OS that it is running on.
Certainly not! However, there are a few countries that have events and issues that are newsworthy to the rest of the world... and Iceland and Finland, and the others vaunted in this article, are less frequently among that group.
Let's take a look at what is on the front page of one of Reykjavik's major newspapers today... Well, quite a bit of news from the USA! Hmm, how about the New York Times? Or the London Times? Or the Moscow News? Any stories about Iceland there? Not likely.
The point I'm trying to make is that an article stating that the US is 17th in "Freedom of the Press" is like saying that Moosejaw, Montana* is doing a better job than Los Angeles, California at managing rush-hour traffic congestion. You can't make blanket comparisons between the United States and most other countries in an apples-to-apples manner, as this article tried to do.
If you have the extra $800 to burn, go for it.
Apparently you do download it yourself (their client software does so, anyway, and burns it to your CD-R drive).
I'd do this if they had a "pre-paid" model. I use a service called Shutterfly that makes prints from my digital images and sends them to me. If you buy onesy-twosy, you pay $0.49 per 4x6 print, but if you prepay $99, you can get 340 prints at $0.29 apiece. Order prints one or 100 at a time, doesn't matter. You pay postage per shipment, but that isn't part of the equasion with the burn-it-yourself CD model.
If this CD service worked the same way, giving tracks for $0.99 if you want to "try" it but down to around $0.20-$0.30/track if you prepay $100 or so, I think they'd have a winner.
What would a Finnish, Icelandic, etc. reporter be restricted from reporting? Lutefisk production numbers?
I use Blazer on my Samsung SPH-I300 phone with PalmOS. It does the same trick with tables.
Valid point, but to pick a nit... EISA was a joint venture between several companies (Compaq, Tandy, etc., but not IBM). IBM's redesign was Micro Channel (MCA).
The people on board the elevator at the time might argue with that statement... :-/
Most is overstating a bit... SOME commercial aircraft (newer 747-400, 777, probably the latest Airbus) have autoland, but really a small percentage of the total. I believe it's more common on military craft. The airport and the aircraft both have to be properly equipped in order for it to work.
Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, and Cingular all offer dual-mode phones that will roam off their native digital network, even into AMPS (analog) territory. 'New Yawkers' might never leave the big city, but those of us that like to travel have no use for T-Mobile.
'While I agree that this is really a bit of a scam, it is a way for me to get music and movies for free while not adversely affecting my bank account'
Sheesh...
What did the Z-80 in the TRS-80 Model I clock in at? Somewhere around 2MHz (2,000 KHz)? That would be my introduction to PC computing.
But I sure do like my 2.53GHz P4, at 1000X the clock speed. Plus, no need to solder in a piggyback chip to get lower-case characters :-D
Commander Taco - obliterates Web sites with a single post!
Wow, you're right - that WAS easy!
I'm in Indiana - My NetFlix DVDs ship from and to Michigan, which is pretty consistently next-day service. I kind of assumed that they had several locations, and that they shipped out of the one closest to you, but I don't see specific info to that effect on their Web site.
OK, you have a valid point - this practice CAN dramatically improve some films ;-D