It actaully is controlled by the OS but the ROM toolbox present in all Macs keeps this information intact in case of crashes.
Also, something has gone SERIOUSLY wrong if the whole thing crashes, at least regularly.
The current G5's have software controlled fans. But the tower itself gets all rudimentary commands from the firmware. IBM touted this on the fly firmware adjust as a feature of the G5.
The Mac OS is easy to organize and easy to search graphically - widgets and windows are neatly rendered and most every window has an appeal to it. It contributes to creativity and to productivity.
Apple's hardware and software + software guidelines for 3rd parties give you the same kind of feel of having a BMW vs a Hyundai Sonata - the Hyundai has a better engine, better horsepower and more room on the interior + it costs 1/3 of the equivalent BMW. But it's the feeling you have driving a BMW vs that Hyundai that makes the driving experience more enjoyable.
What everyone seems to have not taken away from my parent or learned from the OJ trial is that a new term that is now abused called "reasonable doubt" entered into the english language.
See, no eveidence amounts to hill of beans if the defense can confuse the jury. Do you guys honestly think that people understand all of this the way we understand it and know how to talk about it and hash it out?
No it's EXACTLY like I said - making punishment the deterrent. I said nothing about presumptions or suspicious behavior READ FOR COMPREHENSION AND USE YOUR MODS wisely please,
If you remember back OJ used that exact same defense - really being a pioneer in criminal defense.
He claimed that ALL of the pictures of him wearing Bruno Mali shoes size 14 were doctored/photoshopped. The defense even had a graphic designer come in and show the jury how easy it was to doctor a photo, they put Marcia Clark's shoes on OJ as an example in less than 2 minutes.
I agree with you completely. No evidence is true evidence anymore. This is why we need pre emptive methods of crime control like VERY TOUGH SENTENCING for DUI, castration for rape, and 1 month gauranteed murder conviction to death row.
If you don't drop it & rather than just limit it - it WILL be hacked.
It's a bitch that criminals feel they have the right to abuse the system - thus hurting the legit users.
"A lot of people who run their own mail server do it out of convenience."
Exactly - it's a convenience. You want convenience, you pay for it. Just as you would at a hotel that serves breakfast for free. You want Free B&B - you pay a little more. In most cases, you pay a lot more.
If we don't make it expensive to send junk email it will continue its current trend of making the internet a loathsome place.
I think there could be commercial ISPs (NOT COLOCATIONS) that can exempt themselves with an international charter agreement. But still they would not be able to acquire mail server capability from home.
I agree and I disagree with the stats from the article post.
I say 80% or greater IS coming from home but from people that are joining in with "Opt In Real Big" or "Mail Queen" (or pick another spam haus)
If you need to run a mail server from home, I think you should have to pay for a business account. It's $129.99 vs $29.99.
Even still your solution wouldn't stop people from sending mass email through mass email programs that fake origination and poetically subject the email.
What I think needs to be done is a combination of your solution and criminalization of bulk email software from non commercial entities. Get rich from home and Generic Cialis/Viagra, Mortgage schemes, and Cumfiestas ARE NOT COMMERCIAL they are UNWANTED solicitations PERIOD - and are no different than handbills in a parking lot. (Which is illegal in most places I know of)
Which is a good comparison - I don't want anyone touching my car (the windsheild wiper to place the ad) just as much as I don't want people HACKING into my email inbox. There's no telling what damage they may do.
Lastly, I would be VERY surprised if a good portion of SPAM isn't generated from these AS SEEN ON TV - how to make money on the internet 19.99 packages. A LOT of these deals are now sponsored by SPAM hauses.
You have your access from one access point you give free access from another. Most routers (including the recently hacked Linksys) routers provide MORE than adequate protection with the built in firewall.
Besides a business that has sensitive data connected to a machine 24/7 internet is asking for data to be stolen.
All one has to do is cut the airport signal off in OSX for instance.
We're talking about large corporations here either, we are talking about Starbucks INDIVIDUAL coffee shops or less.
(Yes Yes, I know Starbucks is corporate, but you get my drift)
If spammers use it and abuse it - you simply use software to sniff them out - it's not hard to sniff abusers out.
But what is the cost of adding a router? ALL businesses should have access to the internet. There should just be a one time expense of the router.
So you are correct in a sense that you get what you pay for - cheap router, maybe not always stable, or slow access. At pay sites, like Waypoint for instance - these models work fine because they have exclusitivity in Airports around the country and the access is controlled by very nice quality high end equipment. So you truly are getting what you pay for.
I agree with a post above - businesses will offer wifi just as they offer bathrooms and air conditioning to their customers.
* You can run linux on them * You can reduce the power consumption in the same way (hard drives etc) * They are quite powerful
One thing I didn't understand... although I understand status lights and the fact that the LED lights use VERY little power, why include them? Any power saved in a low power consumption setup is good
For the $1250 that this thing cost to build you could have a much better tested and reliable system. The thing with "homebrews" is... can you REALLY trust your own setup vs a commercially tested system?
You actually had valid points eventhough I disagreed with them up until:
"...yes, Apple actually DOES innovate on occasion!"
Occasion? Are you kidding? Try every couple of 4-8 weeks. If not hardware, then software, if not software then delivery or distribution, if not delivery or distribution, then something completely off the wall comes out.
You took the context of the article wrong too. It said Apple has embraced open source - and it was referring to the fact that Microsoft is fighting it. That has no connotations that Apple is open source itself.
The article I believe means that Apple continues to produce award winning applications like iLife: iTunes, iPhoto, GarageBand, iDVD, iMovie - while Microsoft just puts mediocre apps like Movie Creator and claims it's a value.
The article is essentially saying that Microsoft is so focused on apps that AREN'T selling computers and Apple IS!!
The Seiko Wristwatch TV wasn't a watch and it wasn't just a "thing" on your wrist. It had a breakout box that carried audio and power that fit on your belt. The actual wrist part of the device was MUCH smaller than this device (at least as it appears in the picture)
I got one of the Seiko's off eBay as a novelty item not too long ago. I actually would like it if someone did the same with the breakout box also being an iPod like MP3 player. I'd rather have as small a device as possible on my wrist and have it tell time, if I want higher functions - connect the breakout box.
Being a Philip Smith - I'm glad you pointed that out.
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"100 MB for $100 when Google is giving a GB for free"
Maybe it's because >mac is a real service right now and GMail is still in beta - it is NOT know if Google will be able to keep up and have to backtrack.
Also - I don't see Google offering free software and lots of discounts for Mac products, services and software + exclusive free demos. And can Gmail sync your Mac from work through iSync? Through iCal?
*NOTE - Exact details of this spec list may still subject to change. These specs are accurate up through the E3 Conference release, 05-11-2004
Sony said themselves all the info released in the press was VERY speculative, evn stuff heard at E3. They were pushing for OLED VERY hard due to the battery consumption of LCDs and if you read the spec says (TARGET) in a lot of places.
"ight. Because a lack of compatibility, software and market share in business had nothing to do with Apple's decline.
Price is not the only reason Apple lost marketshare. In fact, it probably wasn't even the primary reason. Your comment is a gross simplification of computing history.
Also, I find it interesting that people still equate not being as successful as MS with being a failure. Apple had some rocky times in the past. But now, they are looking pretty good. This, despite their lack of 80%+ marketshare."
This was a good statement but I have NEVER understood this part (in anyone's "reasons for Apple failures"):
Because a lack of compatibility, software and market share in business had nothing to do with Apple's decline.
What hasn't been compatible? Office? No! Quicken? No! Games? For the most part, no!
What has been compatible (to me in superior fashion on the Mac):
Bluetooth Home Control (for a LONG time) Movie Editting CD Burning and now GarageBand/iTunes
The above also apply to your software statement. As for business. Business and Enterprise is ONLY profitable with service contracts - why doesn't anyone understand that? Boxes are often sold just like they are to education or even leased. Apple would make a Dell margin of 1% -3%. I want Apple to be more in Enterprise, but I want them to have a stable margin too.
I agree with the majority of what you said though.
I have always thought that if I ever subbed again in Math (something I do every now and then) - that I would take my old nintendo and after "the busy work lesson" plan were created the last 10 minutes let the kids play Tetris. (Explaining to them spatial relations, counting, etc.)
I think this is actually a good tool for education and applies more to real world applications than the "train from one way...train from another way" word problems. If people don't know how to organize things in their life they can't possibly concentrate. I think games such as Tetris teach organization AND MATH + hand eye coordination.
I have installed several Mac Based Home Theater Computers for clients. Typically I just use a PowerBook G4 as the main interface and maybe a a Roku Media Player.
Usually I just use a gyration mouse and keyboard - they make these in Bluetooth now.
In the past I have used one of the Grandtec MiniVic Flexible Keyboards it coutour fits really nicely to most arms on leather chairs and kind of looks like a built in.
Take into account there are several USB 1.1 / 2.0 Hubs that are wireless.
I also get my clients to use their T616 bluetooth phones and a program called Romeo (there's another called Salling Clicker) - it allows a VERY CLEAN interface for naigation (use as a mouse) and control of MANY apps visually. It's like having a mouse that has an LCD on it.
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I thought the string theory was the hardest and most useful theory to prove or solve.
Dr Michio Kaku has set out to prove or disprove it and says if solved would allow time travel, teleportation, and agelessness.
It actaully is controlled by the OS but the ROM toolbox present in all Macs keeps this information intact in case of crashes.
Also, something has gone SERIOUSLY wrong if the whole thing crashes, at least regularly.
The current G5's have software controlled fans. But the tower itself gets all rudimentary commands from the firmware. IBM touted this on the fly firmware adjust as a feature of the G5.
It's the whole reason the G5 is possible.
The Mac OS is easy to organize and easy to search graphically - widgets and windows are neatly rendered and most every window has an appeal to it. It contributes to creativity and to productivity.
Apple's hardware and software + software guidelines for 3rd parties give you the same kind of feel of having a BMW vs a Hyundai Sonata - the Hyundai has a better engine, better horsepower and more room on the interior + it costs 1/3 of the equivalent BMW. But it's the feeling you have driving a BMW vs that Hyundai that makes the driving experience more enjoyable.
What everyone seems to have not taken away from my parent or learned from the OJ trial is that a new term that is now abused called "reasonable doubt" entered into the english language.
See, no eveidence amounts to hill of beans if the defense can confuse the jury. Do you guys honestly think that people understand all of this the way we understand it and know how to talk about it and hash it out?
No it's EXACTLY like I said - making punishment the deterrent. I said nothing about presumptions or suspicious behavior READ FOR COMPREHENSION AND USE YOUR MODS wisely please,
If you remember back OJ used that exact same defense - really being a pioneer in criminal defense.
He claimed that ALL of the pictures of him wearing Bruno Mali shoes size 14 were doctored/photoshopped. The defense even had a graphic designer come in and show the jury how easy it was to doctor a photo, they put Marcia Clark's shoes on OJ as an example in less than 2 minutes.
I agree with you completely. No evidence is true evidence anymore. This is why we need pre emptive methods of crime control like VERY TOUGH SENTENCING for DUI, castration for rape, and 1 month gauranteed murder conviction to death row.
If you don't drop it & rather than just limit it - it WILL be hacked.
It's a bitch that criminals feel they have the right to abuse the system - thus hurting the legit users.
"A lot of people who run their own mail server do it out of convenience."
Exactly - it's a convenience. You want convenience, you pay for it. Just as you would at a hotel that serves breakfast for free. You want Free B&B - you pay a little more. In most cases, you pay a lot more.
If we don't make it expensive to send junk email it will continue its current trend of making the internet a loathsome place.
I think there could be commercial ISPs (NOT COLOCATIONS) that can exempt themselves with an international charter agreement. But still they would not be able to acquire mail server capability from home.
I agree and I disagree with the stats from the article post.
I say 80% or greater IS coming from home but from people that are joining in with "Opt In Real Big" or "Mail Queen" (or pick another spam haus)
If you need to run a mail server from home, I think you should have to pay for a business account. It's $129.99 vs $29.99.
Even still your solution wouldn't stop people from sending mass email through mass email programs that fake origination and poetically subject the email.
What I think needs to be done is a combination of your solution and criminalization of bulk email software from non commercial entities. Get rich from home and Generic Cialis/Viagra, Mortgage schemes, and Cumfiestas ARE NOT COMMERCIAL they are UNWANTED solicitations PERIOD - and are no different than handbills in a parking lot. (Which is illegal in most places I know of)
Which is a good comparison - I don't want anyone touching my car (the windsheild wiper to place the ad) just as much as I don't want people HACKING into my email inbox. There's no telling what damage they may do.
Lastly, I would be VERY surprised if a good portion of SPAM isn't generated from these AS SEEN ON TV - how to make money on the internet 19.99 packages. A LOT of these deals are now sponsored by SPAM hauses.
I'm a little concerned that the nature of this device will encourage people not to plug their base station (this device) into a surge protector
You have your access from one access point you give free access from another. Most routers (including the recently hacked Linksys) routers provide MORE than adequate protection with the built in firewall.
Besides a business that has sensitive data connected to a machine 24/7 internet is asking for data to be stolen.
All one has to do is cut the airport signal off in OSX for instance.
We're talking about large corporations here either, we are talking about Starbucks INDIVIDUAL coffee shops or less.
(Yes Yes, I know Starbucks is corporate, but you get my drift)
If spammers use it and abuse it - you simply use software to sniff them out - it's not hard to sniff abusers out.
But what is the cost of adding a router? ALL businesses should have access to the internet. There should just be a one time expense of the router.
So you are correct in a sense that you get what you pay for - cheap router, maybe not always stable, or slow access. At pay sites, like Waypoint for instance - these models work fine because they have exclusitivity in Airports around the country and the access is controlled by very nice quality high end equipment. So you truly are getting what you pay for.
I agree with a post above - businesses will offer wifi just as they offer bathrooms and air conditioning to their customers.
* You can run linux on them
... although I understand status lights and the fact that the LED lights use VERY little power, why include them? Any power saved in a low power consumption setup is good
... can you REALLY trust your own setup vs a commercially tested system?
* You can reduce the power consumption in the same way (hard drives etc)
* They are quite powerful
One thing I didn't understand
For the $1250 that this thing cost to build you could have a much better tested and reliable system. The thing with "homebrews" is
You actually had valid points eventhough I disagreed with them up until:
"...yes, Apple actually DOES innovate on occasion!"
Occasion? Are you kidding? Try every couple of 4-8 weeks. If not hardware, then software, if not software then delivery or distribution, if not delivery or distribution, then something completely off the wall comes out.
You took the context of the article wrong too. It said Apple has embraced open source - and it was referring to the fact that Microsoft is fighting it. That has no connotations that Apple is open source itself.
The article I believe means that Apple continues to produce award winning applications like iLife: iTunes, iPhoto, GarageBand, iDVD, iMovie - while Microsoft just puts mediocre apps like Movie Creator and claims it's a value.
The article is essentially saying that Microsoft is so focused on apps that AREN'T selling computers and Apple IS!!
The Seiko Wristwatch TV wasn't a watch and it wasn't just a "thing" on your wrist. It had a breakout box that carried audio and power that fit on your belt. The actual wrist part of the device was MUCH smaller than this device (at least as it appears in the picture)
I got one of the Seiko's off eBay as a novelty item not too long ago. I actually would like it if someone did the same with the breakout box also being an iPod like MP3 player. I'd rather have as small a device as possible on my wrist and have it tell time, if I want higher functions - connect the breakout box.
Being a Philip Smith - I'm glad you pointed that out.
"100 MB for $100 when Google is giving a GB for free"
Maybe it's because >mac is a real service right now and GMail is still in beta - it is NOT know if Google will be able to keep up and have to backtrack.
Also - I don't see Google offering free software and lots of discounts for Mac products, services and software + exclusive free demos. And can Gmail sync your Mac from work through iSync? Through iCal?
From the page quoted above:
*NOTE - Exact details of this spec list may still subject to change. These specs are accurate up through the E3 Conference release, 05-11-2004
Sony said themselves all the info released in the press was VERY speculative, evn stuff heard at E3. They were pushing for OLED VERY hard due to the battery consumption of LCDs and if you read the spec says (TARGET) in a lot of places.
Good try but the PSP specs called for an OLED - the Clies had no plan to move to OLED any time soon.
Do you have any evidence that supports this... I have been suspect about your assertion for a while.
A school district that I HAD worked with - that was ALL Mac BEFORE and is now all PC because of this.
"ight. Because a lack of compatibility, software and market share in business had nothing to do with Apple's decline.
Price is not the only reason Apple lost marketshare. In fact, it probably wasn't even the primary reason. Your comment is a gross simplification of computing history.
Also, I find it interesting that people still equate not being as successful as MS with being a failure. Apple had some rocky times in the past. But now, they are looking pretty good. This, despite their lack of 80%+ marketshare."
This was a good statement but I have NEVER understood this part (in anyone's "reasons for Apple failures"):
Because a lack of compatibility, software and market share in business had nothing to do with Apple's decline.
What hasn't been compatible?
Office? No!
Quicken? No!
Games? For the most part, no!
What has been compatible (to me in superior fashion on the Mac):
Bluetooth
Home Control (for a LONG time)
Movie Editting
CD Burning
and now GarageBand/iTunes
The above also apply to your software statement. As for business. Business and Enterprise is ONLY profitable with service contracts - why doesn't anyone understand that? Boxes are often sold just like they are to education or even leased. Apple would make a Dell margin of 1% -3%. I want Apple to be more in Enterprise, but I want them to have a stable margin too.
I agree with the majority of what you said though.
I have always thought that if I ever subbed again in Math (something I do every now and then) - that I would take my old nintendo and after "the busy work lesson" plan were created the last 10 minutes let the kids play Tetris. (Explaining to them spatial relations, counting, etc.)
I think this is actually a good tool for education and applies more to real world applications than the "train from one way...train from another way" word problems. If people don't know how to organize things in their life they can't possibly concentrate. I think games such as Tetris teach organization AND MATH + hand eye coordination.
Then again - they may be like "Oddworld" and eat other intelligent species on their planet - they may identify with movies like "Silence Of The Lambs" and ask us for our BBQ recipe.
I have installed several Mac Based Home Theater Computers for clients. Typically I just use a PowerBook G4 as the main interface and maybe a a Roku Media Player.
Usually I just use a gyration mouse and keyboard - they make these in Bluetooth now.
In the past I have used one of the Grandtec MiniVic Flexible Keyboards it coutour fits really nicely to most arms on leather chairs and kind of looks like a built in.
Take into account there are several USB 1.1 / 2.0 Hubs that are wireless.
I also get my clients to use their T616 bluetooth phones and a program called Romeo (there's another called Salling Clicker) - it allows a VERY CLEAN interface for naigation (use as a mouse) and control of MANY apps visually. It's like having a mouse that has an LCD on it.
Virtual PC runs Win 98 VERY well - it's dismal with Win XP though. In my experience VPC is 2x the speed of Bochs if using 98.
I agree - not everyone who wants a computer at an ad agency wants a Mac and not everyone who owns a Mac wants/needs/can afford another.
I wish all Intel/AMD chip benchmarks would include how they rate against the PowerPC.