You didn't say:
1. How much money you want to spend, just that $6k is too much.
2. How fast you want it.
3. Whether or not it needs to be quiet or has to run in an unairconditioned garage.
4. Whether or not you want a "headless" server or a Linux box with vga and keyboard
5. Why you're willing to maintain and upgrade it but not build it.
In short, you're probably not a geek else you'd be digging into this and figuring it out yourself. Or at least asking better questions.
MS's behavior is no different than IBM's was at its peak. Look at the history of IBM's antitrust problems with the US government, and the lock-in that IBM achieved with its customers.
Reaches over, grabs his "father" hat and puts it on.
Microsoft's corporate culture, from day one, has been to "game" the system, treat the source as the family jewels and play fast and loose with truth and rules. I honestly believe that they don't know how to behave any differently. Just as Gates used university time on the mainframe to develop his first product then condemned the hobbyists that distributed a few copies, the corporation was built on taking as much out of the community and giving as little back as possible.
BTW, I am aware of Gates' philanthropic endeavors and that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about how he treats his customers and the computing industry in general.
This is the first time I've heard that it was possible with DSL. Please give us more details.
You could also buy a DSLAM. I've got a used CopperEdge I'd like to get rid of. 24 IDSL ports and 24 SDSL ports, routeable from the ethernet jack on the front.
A "scientist" shilling for a corporate client without first shedding the mantle of science is not only of great public interest (so we can be certain whose claims to disregard as corrupt), but attracts the justified anger and ire of real scientists for dirtying the public view of science.
How about a "scientist" shilling for the environmental movement? Any difference there?
And just give it to them.
Next time you need something, you'll be surprised at how generous they are. I've taken my old but serviceable stuff to the local surplus store for years. I've also received stuff I've needed for projects for pennies on the dollar.
Great troll, and slashdot fell for it. I actually believed the website until I came to this line: "I have a hot-key macro that broadcasts, Jesus Loves You! Please Love Him Back or He Will Burn You in Hell! PM Me if you want to learn more!
Of course, to recognize the troll, it helps to have been a fundimentalist Christian in one of your past lives...
Nice guess, but no. I've designed sheetmetal enclosures in both steel and aluminum and there's no significant difference in production costs. If anything, aluminum is a little cheaper to work with because it can be anodized instead of painted.
Shuttle is looking to make the system affordable, so they have decided to use steel for the chassis instead of aluminum. According to Shuttle, this will bring the cost of the XPC system down by $130.00.
Can someone explain to me how in the hell this can be so? Even with a 3x markup, that's $43. There is absolutely no way that a switch to steel can save that much money. $10 maybe, but not $130. Someone is pissing on our backs and telling us it's raining.
A small group of the best employees will get together and buy up enough of the equipment to keep one line running. They will buy the rights to the Ampex name and continue as a boutique manufacturer for high-end enthusists.
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You didn't say:
1. How much money you want to spend, just that $6k is too much.
2. How fast you want it.
3. Whether or not it needs to be quiet or has to run in an unairconditioned garage.
4. Whether or not you want a "headless" server or a Linux box with vga and keyboard 5. Why you're willing to maintain and upgrade it but not build it.
In short, you're probably not a geek else you'd be digging into this and figuring it out yourself. Or at least asking better questions.
Thanks for the coffee spew. Guess I'll have to finally change my sig.
More like birth of musical trash. No, that's not right either...
You've got to be shitting me...
Please, please show me a cite.
Keep in mind that Bill Gates didn't start the company by writing an OS, he did it by buying one.
Wrong. He started the company by writing a BASIC interpreter. And he developed it on a university mainframe on university time.
A small nit perhaps.
MS's behavior is no different than IBM's was at its peak. Look at the history of IBM's antitrust problems with the US government, and the lock-in that IBM achieved with its customers.
Reaches over, grabs his "father" hat and puts it on.
"That doesn't make it right!", he shouts.
Microsoft's corporate culture, from day one, has been to "game" the system, treat the source as the family jewels and play fast and loose with truth and rules. I honestly believe that they don't know how to behave any differently. Just as Gates used university time on the mainframe to develop his first product then condemned the hobbyists that distributed a few copies, the corporation was built on taking as much out of the community and giving as little back as possible.
BTW, I am aware of Gates' philanthropic endeavors and that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about how he treats his customers and the computing industry in general.
The X-Box AS/400.
With ISDN. Lots of folks did it.
This is the first time I've heard that it was possible with DSL. Please give us more details.
You could also buy a DSLAM. I've got a used CopperEdge I'd like to get rid of. 24 IDSL ports and 24 SDSL ports, routeable from the ethernet jack on the front.
To which I would add "Welcome to the Real World"...
Ahhhhhhh......
I'm not sure that all slashdot readers agree with us, given that my post was modded down as a troll.
A "scientist" shilling for a corporate client without first shedding the mantle of science is not only of great public interest (so we can be certain whose claims to disregard as corrupt), but attracts the justified anger and ire of real scientists for dirtying the public view of science.
How about a "scientist" shilling for the environmental movement? Any difference there?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't running Sybian in a Lexis be pretty dangerous?
ZigBee is very cool technology, but the question any slashdotter has to ask is "where do they stand on open source?"
Unfortunately, the answer is "someplace between Sun and SCO".
They want several thousand dollars to license their protocol stack and they seem to be going down the same road to Hell as Lonworks.
A computer system that will pass the Turing Test.
Is a cellsite on a chip and free airwaves. Like they used to be.
Now where did they put that Submit button....
If baseball itself didn't suck so bad.
And just give it to them. Next time you need something, you'll be surprised at how generous they are. I've taken my old but serviceable stuff to the local surplus store for years. I've also received stuff I've needed for projects for pennies on the dollar.
Sign your kid up for Vacation Bible Gun Camp
Great troll, and slashdot fell for it. I actually believed the website until I came to this line: "I have a hot-key macro that broadcasts, Jesus Loves You! Please Love Him Back or He Will Burn You in Hell! PM Me if you want to learn more!
Of course, to recognize the troll, it helps to have been a fundimentalist Christian in one of your past lives...
Nice guess, but no. I've designed sheetmetal enclosures in both steel and aluminum and there's no significant difference in production costs. If anything, aluminum is a little cheaper to work with because it can be anodized instead of painted.
Shuttle is looking to make the system affordable, so they have decided to use steel for the chassis instead of aluminum. According to Shuttle, this will bring the cost of the XPC system down by $130.00.
Can someone explain to me how in the hell this can be so? Even with a 3x markup, that's $43. There is absolutely no way that a switch to steel can save that much money. $10 maybe, but not $130. Someone is pissing on our backs and telling us it's raining.
A small group of the best employees will get together and buy up enough of the equipment to keep one line running. They will buy the rights to the Ampex name and continue as a boutique manufacturer for high-end enthusists.