I spec'ed out the xoticpc as closely as I could to the MBP 17" stock model at $2499. It came to $1218.
However, it has a 1400x900 display (vs 1920x1200), no wireless-n option, no GeForce 9400M/9600M GT graphics, no information about weight and, possibly most importantly, no information about battery life.
While it does come in significantly less expensive, I don't think that you can argue that they are equivalent.
It's not hard to write a better one. It's hard to write one that's still compatible with the a) unpublished, b) quirkily implemented, c) voluminous spec that is MS word. At least sufficiently well enough to be a modest replacement.
I'm sure the folks at OO.o have been trying VERY hard to match Word behavior, but it's obviously not that simple.
I've run into several issues where OO.o doesn't render word docs properly and many more where an OO.o saved doc doesn't render properly at all in Word.
A shame, really. But that's the reason that we still have MS Office in the house. My wife and I use it for work just often enough that we can't afford not to have it.
When _I_ read the headline, I thought it was an announcement of a new product called "Microsoft Caves", which would change security in Windows 7.
I figured that in order to improve security, they would put you in your own "cave" (figuratively or, perhaps, literally). Seemed like a terrible concept, but from the makers of "Bob", who knows...
"User switching now called 'visiting another person's cave'!"... uh... wait... maybe not.
Maybe Wal-Mart customers aren't so bad where you live, but here in Arizona, going to a Wal-Mart is not a fun experience, unless you like tripping over countless undisciplined children running amok and throngs of non-English speaking customers who walk very slowly and always insist on taking up the entire aisle, instead of staying to one side so you can get by.
There's a reason I'll only shop at Wal-Mart after 11pm.
Isn't that when all the parents take their kids there?
My Walmart horror story: I have a vivid memory of going to pick up baby formula (something that couldn't wait) at 0730 on a Sunday morning and passing a streetwalker near the food section who'd apparently just gotten off her shift.
I'm hoping she was a working girl, given the scariest leopard print dress and tallest heels I've ever seen.
Uh... they do. They have the same sort of records for the breathalyzers. I was "fortunate" enough to be chosen for a DWI jury in Texas and we were offered testimony and evidence of exactly that.
Sadly, we had a hung jury because two jurors thought he "didn't look that drunk", even though he was clearly not behaving the way a sane, sober person would act in a situation with that much on the line and he blew more than twice the legal limit (while under age, no less).
that no one else can _EVER_ make this thing again?
*fingers crossed*
Joking aside, I do see many practical applications for a device such as this, as long as the software that comes with it is better than the bloated, ad-ware infested stuff that came with the original.
One could probably argue that this more or less balances out over the course of a year. I know I sure wouldn't mind 100s-1000s fewer watts of heating during the summer months.
So, savings in the summer, higher gas/electric bills in the winter.
It might also have the advantage of shifting some of the load off of the summer months, theoretically lowering prices, too. (I know that would probably only line the pockets of the electric cos.)
I had a vision of a vast array of semi-aquatic rodents with wi-fi repeaters strapped to their backs.
And lasers to implement security.
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I'll second the "stay away from MyBook" drives. I bought two 500GB firewire drives and set up a mirrored RAID on my Mac Mini. Loved it, until one of the drives stopped responding after 17 mos (12 mo warranty). I replaced it with another brand and not 2 months later the second MyBook went out.
It turns out the drives are fine (using them elsewhere now), but the enclosures both died. In both cases, they showed no signs of failure, all the lights still worked, the drives seemed to spin up, etc.
The one upside appears to be that they use the WD Raid Edition drives (which by themselves carry a 5-year warranty, but put in a shiny enclosure takes the warranty down to 1-year). I've had good experience with these drives, but not the overall product.
(With all due respect to the brave men and women of the fire department, couldn't resist)
Ray: "Everything would have been fine if dickless here hadn't shut off the main power grid!" Walter Peck: "These men caused an explosion!" Mayor: "Is this true?" Peter Venkman: "Yes, it's true... this man has no dick."
The reason we have courts-martial and attorneys general is because martial and general are the modifiers.
Courts-martial are courts where martial law is adjudicated and attorneys general are the general practice attorneys for the government.
Looking at it the other way, attorney generals would be generals (military, I presume) each of whom is an attorney, and martials doesn't make sense as plural.
As an aside, one of my Dad's biggest pet peeves was RBIs in baseball. Again, it should be Runs Batted In (RBI), not Run Batted Ins.
"Start burning rubber with our Performance Plus (8 Mpbs) service! And now with PowerBoostâ, our fast connection gets even faster, with an extra burst of speed up to 16 Mbps when you're downloading large files like videos and games." --Comcast web site
I'm sure they determine WHICH large files they'll allow the "burst" for.
I develop primarily in Eclipse and find that the widescreen allows me to have a nice large editing window with several ancillary areas (outline, debug, file browser) in the extended part around what would be a 4x3 screen.
Personal preference, certainly, but it works nicely for me.
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Yeah, the pilots should go back to bangin' the steward/ess from First Class...
Wait a minute... You're a pilot, aren't you?
Hint: PASSWD VARCHAR(8)
Gosh... I hope Xfinity isn't taken!
I spec'ed out the xoticpc as closely as I could to the MBP 17" stock model at $2499. It came to $1218.
However, it has a 1400x900 display (vs 1920x1200), no wireless-n option, no GeForce 9400M/9600M GT graphics, no information about weight and, possibly most importantly, no information about battery life.
While it does come in significantly less expensive, I don't think that you can argue that they are equivalent.
It's not hard to write a better one. It's hard to write one that's still compatible with the a) unpublished, b) quirkily implemented, c) voluminous spec that is MS word. At least sufficiently well enough to be a modest replacement.
I'm sure the folks at OO.o have been trying VERY hard to match Word behavior, but it's obviously not that simple.
I've run into several issues where OO.o doesn't render word docs properly and many more where an OO.o saved doc doesn't render properly at all in Word.
A shame, really. But that's the reason that we still have MS Office in the house. My wife and I use it for work just often enough that we can't afford not to have it.
That's Diet Coke breaks(tm) for those of us on this side of the pond. :)
Caught me off guard there thinking "That's not the way the commercials went..."
Dammit... there you go leaking national security secrets.
Now we'll have to come up with something else to make them out of.
Paper towel rolls and Dixie cups with tissue paper for "flames", perhaps?
Congratulations! You have just expedited your addition to the no-fly list by using those two words in the same sentence!
Now you can get "assistance" at the airport when bringing your replacement batteries along!
--Your friends at the TSA (or your local equivalent)
It wouldn't be a /. car analogy if it wasn't flawed...
When _I_ read the headline, I thought it was an announcement of a new product called "Microsoft Caves", which would change security in Windows 7.
I figured that in order to improve security, they would put you in your own "cave" (figuratively or, perhaps, literally). Seemed like a terrible concept, but from the makers of "Bob", who knows...
"User switching now called 'visiting another person's cave'!"... uh... wait... maybe not.
Think of the ear-infection diagnostic opportunities!
Argh... if only it had a flash.
Maybe Wal-Mart customers aren't so bad where you live, but here in Arizona, going to a Wal-Mart is not a fun experience, unless you like tripping over countless undisciplined children running amok and throngs of non-English speaking customers who walk very slowly and always insist on taking up the entire aisle, instead of staying to one side so you can get by.
There's a reason I'll only shop at Wal-Mart after 11pm.
Isn't that when all the parents take their kids there?
My Walmart horror story:
I have a vivid memory of going to pick up baby formula (something that couldn't wait) at 0730 on a Sunday morning and passing a streetwalker near the food section who'd apparently just gotten off her shift.
I'm hoping she was a working girl, given the scariest leopard print dress and tallest heels I've ever seen.
Scary, scary stuff, that early on a Sunday.
</trauma>... <please /trauma?>
Uh... they do. They have the same sort of records for the breathalyzers. I was "fortunate" enough to be chosen for a DWI jury in Texas and we were offered testimony and evidence of exactly that.
Sadly, we had a hung jury because two jurors thought he "didn't look that drunk", even though he was clearly not behaving the way a sane, sober person would act in a situation with that much on the line and he blew more than twice the legal limit (while under age, no less).
DNRTFA: Do Not Resuscitate The Fine Article?
A modest proposal in so many cases...
that no one else can _EVER_ make this thing again?
*fingers crossed*
Joking aside, I do see many practical applications for a device such as this, as long as the software that comes with it is better than the bloated, ad-ware infested stuff that came with the original.
--Chris
We need a "Way TOO Informative" mod... :)
One could probably argue that this more or less balances out over the course of a year. I know I sure wouldn't mind 100s-1000s fewer watts of heating during the summer months.
So, savings in the summer, higher gas/electric bills in the winter.
It might also have the advantage of shifting some of the load off of the summer months, theoretically lowering prices, too. (I know that would probably only line the pockets of the electric cos.)
I had a vision of a vast array of semi-aquatic rodents with wi-fi repeaters strapped to their backs.
And lasers to implement security.
I'll second the "stay away from MyBook" drives. I bought two 500GB firewire drives and set up a mirrored RAID on my Mac Mini. Loved it, until one of the drives stopped responding after 17 mos (12 mo warranty). I replaced it with another brand and not 2 months later the second MyBook went out.
It turns out the drives are fine (using them elsewhere now), but the enclosures both died. In both cases, they showed no signs of failure, all the lights still worked, the drives seemed to spin up, etc.
The one upside appears to be that they use the WD Raid Edition drives (which by themselves carry a 5-year warranty, but put in a shiny enclosure takes the warranty down to 1-year). I've had good experience with these drives, but not the overall product.
--Chris
(With all due respect to the brave men and women of the fire department, couldn't resist)
Ray: "Everything would have been fine if dickless here hadn't shut off the main power grid!"
Walter Peck: "These men caused an explosion!"
Mayor: "Is this true?"
Peter Venkman: "Yes, it's true... this man has no dick."
The reason we have courts-martial and attorneys general is because martial and general are the modifiers.
Courts-martial are courts where martial law is adjudicated and attorneys general are the general practice attorneys for the government.
Looking at it the other way, attorney generals would be generals (military, I presume) each of whom is an attorney, and martials doesn't make sense as plural.
As an aside, one of my Dad's biggest pet peeves was RBIs in baseball. Again, it should be Runs Batted In (RBI), not Run Batted Ins.
Could be like Comcast in Houston, TX...
"Start burning rubber with our Performance Plus (8 Mpbs) service! And now with PowerBoostâ, our fast connection gets even faster, with an extra burst of speed up to 16 Mbps when you're downloading large files like videos and games." --Comcast web site
I'm sure they determine WHICH large files they'll allow the "burst" for.
iOughttaByte? WhyNottaYouByte?
Next advance: d20. Still 1 -> you are innocent.
I prefer the widescreen.
I develop primarily in Eclipse and find that the widescreen allows me to have a nice large editing window with several ancillary areas (outline, debug, file browser) in the extended part around what would be a 4x3 screen.
Personal preference, certainly, but it works nicely for me.