Sure, give them computer education. But I still don't see how learning about an ancient machine is going to help modern kids. I learned about fortran and punch cards when I was in school and I really don't feel like any of it was that valuable.
If anything, why not just have them mess around with a modern computer? If the goal is to just familiarize them with components. Showing someone an ancient machine seems like a waste of time.
If we are training kids for the future we should definitely have them use a windows/linux variant. I remember back in the university our C++ class had a computer lab that was split between Macs and PCs. The PCs would always be all in use and I had to make do on a mac. I definitely did not enjoy having to do everything differently than the majority of the class, but my teacher appreciated me taking one for the team. If anything I think having a multi platform environment would be good for students having to deal with different platforms at different companies.
I was thinking about Sony's consumer electronics strategy. A pair of their most successfully products, the walkman and later the discman were amazingly successful. 1) Because they looked and worked awesome. 2) Used the industry standard media that everyone had.
I remember loving my sony cybershot camera, except to get the photos off I had to use the ghetto sony picture software and a serial connection. (They didn't like usb for a long time for some reason)
It seems that everytime they try and shoehorn us into their (usually inferior) proprietary formats they screw themselves.
Sony makes great looking products, they just need to stop forcing consumers into proprietary shite.
The real way to keep people from pirating a game is to:
a) offer compelling multiplayer
b) require company server authentication of the serial
DONE
Because of this I have actually had to buy
Starcraft
BF2
AOE2
AOE3
HL2
ETC ETC ETC
I don't understand all the comments about immature myspace pages, and high school kids... I mean in theory you are only supposed to add your FRIENDS right?
If you are one of those losers that add a bunch of people you don't know then whos fault is that?
Are you actually speaking from experience? Not notice the slightest slowdown? I was just on my friend's dual-core pimped out T60p and I definetly noticed slowdown in quite a few programs. I mean don't get me wrong, I just ordered a Dual Core notebook and I think they are a good idea, but I don't think they are as good as you described...
Well I guess I won't get gold support. Whatever warranty we get with Dell Small Business gives me next day support. I don't have to deal with five different manufacturers, I can call just one. And in my experience, these days dell doesn't spend a lot of time troubleshooting if you make it clear you've already tried everything.
On the home front, I've purchased a c640 latitude with complete care warranty and YES they come next day with whatever part breaks. In the three years i've owned the c640, I've replaced the lcd twice (two accidental breakings) the keyboard once(broke some keys), the motherboard once (fan died), and finally the dvd/cd-rw (was kind of acting up) just for fun.
I don't think Dell is the god of computer company's but they certainly aren't bad enought to be characterized as crap. Compared to other companies I think they do pretty well for a computer seller.
6 months to get the printer to work?!?!! Its pretty clear to me that from a user experience standpoint, some tasks in linux are just a pain in the arse to get working. Sometimes I wonder if linux people take 5 minutes to imagine if a tool or function is user friendly?
I mean you got to admit the current state of windows for the average user is getting pretty sweet. Peripherals most often can install themselves, drivers are easy to find if not already in windows somewhere, and each new iteration of windows has more legacy support (like hp tcp/ip port support) just built-in.
Don't get me wrong, linux today is way easier than it was 5 years ago. There is more info online, and linux does detect some stuff out of the box. But snobby attitude is only going to hold it back. Macos X is a good example of a basically user friendly unix os. Maybe start there.
I think Netflix is too entrenched to be taken out by another company. However, I do think faster broadband and downloadable (legal) movies like those available on itunes are going to slowly chip away at netflix.
You know I kind of had the same experience. I just picked up an xbox a month or so ago. I was happy that I could pick up maybe 10 or 15 games immediately that I wanted to play.
I did get a ps2 and gamecube fairly soon after launch and ended up not really getting any new games for like a year. I think i'm going to wait a while before getting a 360.
Well they can still use xbl if they turn the chip off. A lot of mod chips have switches for that. Its just like warez'd games. You can't play them online usually so you have to buy the game.
Animal Sperm Collector:
http://www.talkingcock.com/html/article.php?sid=22 5
Choice Quote:
"I never thought I'd be giving an orangutan a hand job every morning," he said somewhat ruefully. "And Ah Meng is the worst. He expects to be kissed first."
Got to the theatre a hour and a half before it was scheduled to start. There was already a line around the block. Stood in line for an hour and DID NOT GET IN!! It was that packed. Can't wait to finally see it today.
last week, what was to really stop the RIAA from changing the terms of the deal when their contract is renewed. They own the content, so they can most likely make the rules.
Its a valiant effort on Apple's part to try and keep music cheap, but in the end I think Jobs will have to fold and charge more.
I can tell you why I didn't stick with Palm.
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I was an early palm adopter. I had a Palm, then a Palm III. At the time it was the best PDA avaiable with a lot of third party software available.
Then color Windows CE devices started coming out. They came with Pocket Word and other apps that integrated easy with Windows. I really like how nice the integration was syncing with outlook. One of the nicer PDAs was an Ipaq. Had to get one.
After that I never looked back to Palm. It got to the point where palm was behind technology wise (took a while for them to get color, wireless, bluetooth, faster processors) and eventually on the software side, they were getting more and more behind.
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Sure, give them computer education. But I still don't see how learning about an ancient machine is going to help modern kids. I learned about fortran and punch cards when I was in school and I really don't feel like any of it was that valuable. If anything, why not just have them mess around with a modern computer? If the goal is to just familiarize them with components. Showing someone an ancient machine seems like a waste of time.
I have setup plenty of hackintoshes and I wouldn't recommend it for high school kids who aren't into computers.
At this stage in the game I don't agree. I used all the computers you mentioned and they don't really have any bearing (sp?) on current computing.
The boss gets to run around with an ipad/macbook air because they don't have to any real work on it.
If we are training kids for the future we should definitely have them use a windows/linux variant. I remember back in the university our C++ class had a computer lab that was split between Macs and PCs. The PCs would always be all in use and I had to make do on a mac. I definitely did not enjoy having to do everything differently than the majority of the class, but my teacher appreciated me taking one for the team. If anything I think having a multi platform environment would be good for students having to deal with different platforms at different companies.
I was thinking about Sony's consumer electronics strategy. A pair of their most successfully products, the walkman and later the discman were amazingly successful. 1) Because they looked and worked awesome. 2) Used the industry standard media that everyone had. I remember loving my sony cybershot camera, except to get the photos off I had to use the ghetto sony picture software and a serial connection. (They didn't like usb for a long time for some reason) It seems that everytime they try and shoehorn us into their (usually inferior) proprietary formats they screw themselves. Sony makes great looking products, they just need to stop forcing consumers into proprietary shite.
The real way to keep people from pirating a game is to: a) offer compelling multiplayer b) require company server authentication of the serial DONE Because of this I have actually had to buy Starcraft BF2 AOE2 AOE3 HL2 ETC ETC ETC
I don't understand all the comments about immature myspace pages, and high school kids... I mean in theory you are only supposed to add your FRIENDS right? If you are one of those losers that add a bunch of people you don't know then whos fault is that?
No, but its cool to connect with people I don't see that often. I graduated from hs in '98 so most of my friends are in their mid 20s.
Is facebook really that great? Everyone I know is on myspace, livejournal, and xanga.
Are you actually speaking from experience? Not notice the slightest slowdown? I was just on my friend's dual-core pimped out T60p and I definetly noticed slowdown in quite a few programs. I mean don't get me wrong, I just ordered a Dual Core notebook and I think they are a good idea, but I don't think they are as good as you described...
Well I guess I won't get gold support. Whatever warranty we get with Dell Small Business gives me next day support. I don't have to deal with five different manufacturers, I can call just one. And in my experience, these days dell doesn't spend a lot of time troubleshooting if you make it clear you've already tried everything. On the home front, I've purchased a c640 latitude with complete care warranty and YES they come next day with whatever part breaks. In the three years i've owned the c640, I've replaced the lcd twice (two accidental breakings) the keyboard once(broke some keys), the motherboard once (fan died), and finally the dvd/cd-rw (was kind of acting up) just for fun. I don't think Dell is the god of computer company's but they certainly aren't bad enought to be characterized as crap. Compared to other companies I think they do pretty well for a computer seller.
6 months to get the printer to work?!?!! Its pretty clear to me that from a user experience standpoint, some tasks in linux are just a pain in the arse to get working. Sometimes I wonder if linux people take 5 minutes to imagine if a tool or function is user friendly? I mean you got to admit the current state of windows for the average user is getting pretty sweet. Peripherals most often can install themselves, drivers are easy to find if not already in windows somewhere, and each new iteration of windows has more legacy support (like hp tcp/ip port support) just built-in. Don't get me wrong, linux today is way easier than it was 5 years ago. There is more info online, and linux does detect some stuff out of the box. But snobby attitude is only going to hold it back. Macos X is a good example of a basically user friendly unix os. Maybe start there.
As opposed to the NEXT DAY a guy rides up with ANY part, and replaces it for you? No thanks.
There you go! That's exactly what i'm talking about. :)
Isn't really an issue if you are running windows, apple, set-top box, which is most likely the target audience.
I think Netflix is too entrenched to be taken out by another company. However, I do think faster broadband and downloadable (legal) movies like those available on itunes are going to slowly chip away at netflix.
It kind of depends though. Is that traffic seeding or leeching?
You know I kind of had the same experience. I just picked up an xbox a month or so ago. I was happy that I could pick up maybe 10 or 15 games immediately that I wanted to play. I did get a ps2 and gamecube fairly soon after launch and ended up not really getting any new games for like a year. I think i'm going to wait a while before getting a 360.
Well they can still use xbl if they turn the chip off. A lot of mod chips have switches for that. Its just like warez'd games. You can't play them online usually so you have to buy the game.
Gotta install it all!
Animal Sperm Collector: http://www.talkingcock.com/html/article.php?sid=22 5
Choice Quote:
"I never thought I'd be giving an orangutan a hand job every morning," he said somewhat ruefully. "And Ah Meng is the worst. He expects to be kissed first."
Got to the theatre a hour and a half before it was scheduled to start. There was already a line around the block. Stood in line for an hour and DID NOT GET IN!! It was that packed. Can't wait to finally see it today.
last week, what was to really stop the RIAA from changing the terms of the deal when their contract is renewed. They own the content, so they can most likely make the rules. Its a valiant effort on Apple's part to try and keep music cheap, but in the end I think Jobs will have to fold and charge more.
I was an early palm adopter. I had a Palm, then a Palm III. At the time it was the best PDA avaiable with a lot of third party software available. Then color Windows CE devices started coming out. They came with Pocket Word and other apps that integrated easy with Windows. I really like how nice the integration was syncing with outlook. One of the nicer PDAs was an Ipaq. Had to get one. After that I never looked back to Palm. It got to the point where palm was behind technology wise (took a while for them to get color, wireless, bluetooth, faster processors) and eventually on the software side, they were getting more and more behind.