Okay, so lot's of things are allready over priced because "that's what the market will bear."
Up 'till now, the calculations to determine what the market will bear have been based mostly on speculation. Now marketing departments everywhere will have a reliable way to drive prices through the roof without worrying. Damn.
I find that while I don't focus especially well at work, I do get by. The problem is at night when it is time to focus on sleep. Anything, and I mean anything is more entertaining/interesting than sleep. As a consequence, I have a very hard time waking up in the morning.
Sounds like it's going the way of calligraphy, where a minority will know how it's done, but most people won't care.
My handwriting stopped evolving in the second grade. I learned cursive, but quickly forgot. So long as I can read it (and I can) I'm happy. There's never any reason to use cursive as opposed to good-old prining.
I'm probably gonna sound like a fool asking this, but I am not a programmer, so my knowledge of such things is limited.
How can.NET compete with Java? I can accept that.NET may be a wonderful platform, but doesn't it only run on Windows by design? I know about mono and it's work to bring.NET to Linux, but that's incomplete is it not? Isn't the cross-platform nature of Java the most compelling reason to use it?
I know there's something that I'm missing here, there must be.
Heck, I use it to wash my clothes all the time. Out of laundry detergent? Use dishsoap? Out of shampoo? Use dishsoap. That's why I get apple scented stuff. That dishsoap's good for all sorts of things.
How 'bout getting a resonably fast PC with an amazing video card for a couple hundred bucks? That's the only reason I'd get an xbox. I don't play many games, but a PIII-700 (That's what's inside an xbox, isn't it?) would replace my pII-400 nicely.
Microsoft is going to wait untill some pieces of the Linux kernel resembles WinCE just enough that they can scream 'Copyright Infringement!!' and ruin the party for everyone. Sure, Linux development will continue, but I can see them making it as painful and complicated as possible.
They are a little company with a product called 'Canaveral IQ' that is a direct competitor to Citrix. It's very powerfull, cheap, and claims to overcome the hellish prinint that plagues Citrix by using either PostScript or EMF (I can't remember which). My company just got a demo version, and it kicks ass. Windows only on the server side, it sits on top of a Windows Terminal Server, but the client is available for just about anything. Version 2.0 is due out in a couple of months, and it looks quite nice.
Only thing that makes me nervous is that they are VERY Pro-Microsoft. The entire setup operates over RDP, which they have licensed from MS. If you contact them, expect some MS-Cheerleaders to answer the phone.
Bias aside though, it is a phenomenal product.
This still isn't anything new. There were also few keys going around for Windows XP that allowed you to install it without activation over the internet. I can understand why their frustrated, but I cant't see why this is attracting such attention.
This idea sucks. Bundling 'Free' music with expensive things like cars and even MP3 players would put it far out of reach of many people. How are teenagers working at the local Burger King gonna be able to afford this sort of 'Free' music?
I hate "Sales and Marketing", and all the crap it produces.
Isn't this what ALSA in the 2.5 kernel is supposed to address? It's a very capable API, it supports old/dev/dsp interfaces, multiple channels and no longer requires patching. Sounds good to me.
Mind you, I do little with sound beyond playback of MP3/OGG/DivX, so perhapse I am missing a big part of the picture.
You can't simply assume that it will lose because it is bad for the consumer. Sure, it's restrictive next to a TiVo, but I know of very few non-geeks who have a clue what a PVR is. When AOL begins marketing this, it will be the first introduction to PVR technology for most people, they will not compare it to TiVo. People are going to love this.
Pity.
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Up 'till now, the calculations to determine what the market will bear have been based mostly on speculation. Now marketing departments everywhere will have a reliable way to drive prices through the roof without worrying. Damn.
It sucks, though I'm sure I'm not alone here.
I would expect that the guidance systems for most rockets built in recent years would use a real-time OS like QNX or Chorus, not Linux.
Sounds like it's going the way of calligraphy, where a minority will know how it's done, but most people won't care.
My handwriting stopped evolving in the second grade. I learned cursive, but quickly forgot. So long as I can read it (and I can) I'm happy. There's never any reason to use cursive as opposed to good-old prining.
Heck, I even print my signature.
I'm probably gonna sound like a fool asking this, but I am not a programmer, so my knowledge of such things is limited. How can .NET compete with Java? I can accept that .NET may be a wonderful platform, but doesn't it only run on Windows by design? I know about mono and it's work to bring .NET to Linux, but that's incomplete is it not? Isn't the cross-platform nature of Java the most compelling reason to use it?
I know there's something that I'm missing here, there must be.
Heck, I use it to wash my clothes all the time. Out of laundry detergent? Use dishsoap? Out of shampoo? Use dishsoap. That's why I get apple scented stuff. That dishsoap's good for all sorts of things.
You're right, RPM's are a pain. Use Debian.
How 'bout getting a resonably fast PC with an amazing video card for a couple hundred bucks? That's the only reason I'd get an xbox. I don't play many games, but a PIII-700 (That's what's inside an xbox, isn't it?) would replace my pII-400 nicely.
Microsoft is going to wait untill some pieces of the Linux kernel resembles WinCE just enough that they can scream 'Copyright Infringement!!' and ruin the party for everyone. Sure, Linux development will continue, but I can see them making it as painful and complicated as possible.
They are a little company with a product called 'Canaveral IQ' that is a direct competitor to Citrix. It's very powerfull, cheap, and claims to overcome the hellish prinint that plagues Citrix by using either PostScript or EMF (I can't remember which). My company just got a demo version, and it kicks ass. Windows only on the server side, it sits on top of a Windows Terminal Server, but the client is available for just about anything. Version 2.0 is due out in a couple of months, and it looks quite nice. Only thing that makes me nervous is that they are VERY Pro-Microsoft. The entire setup operates over RDP, which they have licensed from MS. If you contact them, expect some MS-Cheerleaders to answer the phone. Bias aside though, it is a phenomenal product.
This still isn't anything new. There were also few keys going around for Windows XP that allowed you to install it without activation over the internet. I can understand why their frustrated, but I cant't see why this is attracting such attention.
This idea sucks. Bundling 'Free' music with expensive things like cars and even MP3 players would put it far out of reach of many people. How are teenagers working at the local Burger King gonna be able to afford this sort of 'Free' music? I hate "Sales and Marketing", and all the crap it produces.
Sounds like we're getting closer to a universal identity number. Kinda creepy, kinda cool.
Isn't this what ALSA in the 2.5 kernel is supposed to address? It's a very capable API, it supports old /dev/dsp interfaces, multiple channels and no longer requires patching. Sounds good to me.
Mind you, I do little with sound beyond playback of MP3/OGG/DivX, so perhapse I am missing a big part of the picture.
You can't simply assume that it will lose because it is bad for the consumer. Sure, it's restrictive next to a TiVo, but I know of very few non-geeks who have a clue what a PVR is. When AOL begins marketing this, it will be the first introduction to PVR technology for most people, they will not compare it to TiVo. People are going to love this. Pity.