Universities have student governments set up to deal with issues like this. If it _is_ such a problem at your university, get involved with the student government and make sure the change gets brought about.
At most Universities I've seen, this is a very effective form of self-regulation. The University cannot ignore an issue that the entire student government is pushing for.
The U.S. legal system is overburdened enough. It's silly for them to have to regulate bodies that are already regulated...should we have a law for _everything_? And could a law like this really affect private universities, or just public?
Maybe a Slashdot vote? Granted, we have no idea if the fellow is willing--but I couldn't tear myself away from his logical, well written, correctly spelled, and grammatically correct article. Gosh, what a NOVEL concept. [I swear I could spend twenty minutes correcting every error in each Katz 'article' that I've read--does he rely THAT heavily on Word's spell checker?]
I would love to have Mr. Wood writing anything for Slashdot--hell, he could even talk about subjects as vacuous as Katz's; they'd actually be interesting if he was at the keyboard.
My impressions of the 1371 were the same--really nice, for something so cheap (you can pick one up for about $35.) My current card, the Montego A3DXtreme, has the feature I like most on the 1371: A really low signal/noise ratio. If you're going to a real amp (I'm not), keeping the soundcard at a low to medium level will not give you any noise on the line. Then, crank the amp up and boogie.
The higher end sound cards are probably even better that this--but, as noted, they are gonna cost you _quite_ a piece of dough.
Does any true 'audiophile' listen to lossy compressed audio, anyway?
I'm so tired of assholes with their stupid.sig files. Thank you for allowing them to be ignored...I'll never have to look at retardation like "Drink Pepsi!" again.
It completely boggles my mind how a company could make a computer peripheral that could withstand the test of time like these things do. Lemme check the date on the bottom of mine here: IBM, 1984. The damned thing is 15 YEARS OLD, and works just as well as the day it was assembled. Beautiful!
I don't know who the fool was who made the 'cost-saving' move to the new, plastic nastiness keyboards. I find that my typing speed, and most anyone's, _easily_ doubles when they are using one of these dreams.
I usually find surplus/computer auctions have them, if you're lucky. You can sometimes pick up a box full of 'em for under $10:)
This is the only place I've found, so far, that sells them online:
Are you talking about the mezzanine (sp?) slot? Last time I checked, Apple would not even acknowledge that it existed. Is someone making a V2 for that slot? I don't know how Apple is handling addons of those fashion--does it, or does not not void their warranty putting in addin cards that officially aren't meant to be there?
From what I understand, the point is moot now because the mezzanine slot no longer exists on the new iMacs. If anyone can, correct me if I'm wrong...I'm curious to know.
But here's the catch. Stuff a Voodoo card in an iMac and compare it to a top-of-the-line PC costing twice as much (without a Voodoo card) -- the iMac will win. The stock iMac is also probably better than most PC's being sold today. MHz and processor performance is way over-rated in system performance. What matters is what you are doing, and how you configure your machines (and the entire system). Computers are still complex and people place way too much value on processing power, which is a left over from when all the low-level geeks ruled the world. Try out what you are doing to know for sure.
Well, despite the fact that you can't put a Voodoo in an iMac (um, why would anyone buy a Voodoo I anymore?), does this fellow _really_ believe that an iMac with a voodoo is going to outperform a PC that costs _twice_ as much?
Ooooh....I see. We're talking a PC without a 3D card. Hmmm...gosh, isn't that like saying "You can buy the most expensive bicycle you want--it's never going to outperform the Apple Motorcycle."
What a fruit. First say "What matters to you is what you are doing -- not benchmarks", and then claim that Macs perform better, just to praise the Mac. Dude, you need to control your tangents...those three paragraphs made him look like a fool.
Does everyone really believe the color beige is ugly? I, for one, think it is one of the nicest colors that can be applied to computing in general. I mean, what piece of computing hardware _hasn't_ come out in a beige color?
I buy an iMac, but I want to use my old printer [oops...well, have to buy a network box for the printer to use with an iMac.] My old Apple printer, of course, is beige...my iMac is not--Aigh!! Throw that damned laser printer out! It's ugly!
Being the neutral color that is it, what is the problem? It doesn't clash with anything, so why do people think it stands out?
I'd wager that 90% of the fridges/freezers out there are beige or white--so, what's the deal? People generally don't think too hard about the guts of one of these appliances...but in general they come in one basic color. I also question the notion that computers are becoming a commodity. In a sense, they are, but the internals of a computer ARE what define the subjective experience of it. It's great that I can show it to my friends and say "Ain't that great! Blends in with the curtains", but if it is a pain in the ass to use, what good is it to me?
And, tell me the truth--who wants translucent green? I would love to see a room where translucent green 'fits', but beige does not.
Personally, I don't care what Mac does. If you get a Mac, you are certainly going to know that you are buying a proprietary box, anyway. If you bought a standard PC, you would know that you could go anywhere and order parts for it. Buying a proprietary system will guarantee that you will have to order non-standard parts for it. Instead of getting the 50cent faceplate, you will have to order, direct from Apple, the $20 'cranberry' faceplate. Want to order a DVD-RAM drive in Cranberry? Oops..sorry, can't do that.
I worked in the computer retail trenches for years, and some of Schteve's thoughts are accurate--your average MAC user is usually not going to understand what is inside the box, anyway. But a couple of years down the road, when you explain to people that they can't run X software because they didn't get enough RAM when they bought the machine, they get confused and feel like you deceived them, tricking them into buying an inferior product. Do customers ever come back in the store to say "I simply LOVE the computer you sold me. It looks splendid sitting next to the sofa!" No, they come back in irritated at you for selling them a crappy product, and think they are entitled to a refund.
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Universities have student governments set up to deal with issues like this. If it _is_ such a problem at your university, get involved with the student government and make sure the change gets brought about.
At most Universities I've seen, this is a very effective form of self-regulation. The University cannot ignore an issue that the entire student government is pushing for.
The U.S. legal system is overburdened enough. It's silly for them to have to regulate bodies that are already regulated...should we have a law for _everything_? And could a law like this really affect private universities, or just public?
Hear hear!
Maybe a Slashdot vote? Granted, we have no idea if the fellow is willing--but I couldn't tear myself away from his logical, well written, correctly spelled, and grammatically correct article. Gosh, what a NOVEL concept. [I swear I could spend twenty minutes correcting every error in each Katz 'article' that I've read--does he rely THAT heavily on Word's spell checker?]
I would love to have Mr. Wood writing anything for Slashdot--hell, he could even talk about subjects as vacuous as Katz's; they'd actually be interesting if he was at the keyboard.
My impressions of the 1371 were the same--really nice, for something so cheap (you can pick one up for about $35.) My current card, the Montego A3DXtreme, has the feature I like most on the 1371: A really low signal/noise ratio. If you're going to a real amp (I'm not), keeping the soundcard at a low to medium level will not give you any noise on the line. Then, crank the amp up and boogie.
The higher end sound cards are probably even better that this--but, as noted, they are gonna cost you _quite_ a piece of dough.
Does any true 'audiophile' listen to lossy compressed audio, anyway?
I'm so tired of assholes with their stupid .sig files. Thank you for allowing them to be ignored...I'll never have to look at retardation like "Drink Pepsi!" again.
Amen, my brother, Amen.
:)
It completely boggles my mind how a company could make a computer peripheral that could withstand the test of time like these things do. Lemme check the date on the bottom of mine here: IBM, 1984. The damned thing is 15 YEARS OLD, and works just as well as the day it was assembled. Beautiful!
I don't know who the fool was who made the 'cost-saving' move to the new, plastic nastiness keyboards. I find that my typing speed, and most anyone's, _easily_ doubles when they are using one of these dreams.
I usually find surplus/computer auctions have them, if you're lucky. You can sometimes pick up a box full of 'em for under $10
This is the only place I've found, so far, that sells them online:
http//www.pckeyboard.com/IBMSales.htm
Are you talking about the mezzanine (sp?) slot? Last time I checked, Apple would not even acknowledge that it existed. Is someone making a V2 for that slot? I don't know how Apple is handling addons of those fashion--does it, or does not not void their warranty putting in addin cards that officially aren't meant to be there?
From what I understand, the point is moot now because the mezzanine slot no longer exists on the new iMacs. If anyone can, correct me if I'm wrong...I'm curious to know.
But here's the catch. Stuff a Voodoo card in an iMac and compare it to a top-of-the-line PC costing twice as much (without a Voodoo card) -- the iMac will win. The stock iMac is also probably better than most PC's being sold today. MHz and processor performance is way over-rated in system performance. What matters is what you are doing, and how you configure your machines (and the entire system). Computers are still complex and people place way too much value on processing power, which is a left over from when all the low-level geeks ruled the world. Try out what you are doing to know for sure.
Well, despite the fact that you can't put a Voodoo in an iMac (um, why would anyone buy a Voodoo I anymore?), does this fellow _really_ believe that an iMac with a voodoo is going to outperform a PC that costs _twice_ as much?
Ooooh....I see. We're talking a PC without a 3D card. Hmmm...gosh, isn't that like saying "You can buy the most expensive bicycle you want--it's never going to outperform the Apple Motorcycle."
What a fruit. First say "What matters to you is what you are doing -- not benchmarks", and then claim that Macs perform better, just to praise the Mac. Dude, you need to control your tangents...those three paragraphs made him look like a fool.
Does everyone really believe the color beige is ugly? I, for one, think it is one of the nicest colors that can be applied to computing in general. I mean, what piece of computing hardware _hasn't_ come out in a beige color?
I buy an iMac, but I want to use my old printer [oops...well, have to buy a network box for the printer to use with an iMac.] My old Apple printer, of course, is beige...my iMac is not--Aigh!! Throw that damned laser printer out! It's ugly!
Being the neutral color that is it, what is the problem? It doesn't clash with anything, so why do people think it stands out?
I'd wager that 90% of the fridges/freezers out there are beige or white--so, what's the deal? People generally don't think too hard about the guts of one of these appliances...but in general they come in one basic color. I also question the notion that computers are becoming a commodity. In a sense, they are, but the internals of a computer ARE what define the subjective experience of it. It's great that I can show it to my friends and say "Ain't that great! Blends in with the curtains", but if it is a pain in the ass to use, what good is it to me?
And, tell me the truth--who wants translucent green? I would love to see a room where translucent green 'fits', but beige does not.
Personally, I don't care what Mac does. If you get a Mac, you are certainly going to know that you are buying a proprietary box, anyway. If you bought a standard PC, you would know that you could go anywhere and order parts for it. Buying a proprietary system will guarantee that you will have to order non-standard parts for it. Instead of getting the 50cent faceplate, you will have to order, direct from Apple, the $20 'cranberry' faceplate. Want to order a DVD-RAM drive in Cranberry? Oops..sorry, can't do that.
I worked in the computer retail trenches for years, and some of Schteve's thoughts are accurate--your average MAC user is usually not going to understand what is inside the box, anyway. But a couple of years down the road, when you explain to people that they can't run X software because they didn't get enough RAM when they bought the machine, they get confused and feel like you deceived them, tricking them into buying an inferior product. Do customers ever come back in the store to say "I simply LOVE the computer you sold me. It looks splendid sitting next to the sofa!" No, they come back in irritated at you for selling them a crappy product, and think they are entitled to a refund.