Great point and the guy that responded to you has no clue..
Some of us just want an mp3 player not a portable backup. How long are you going to be away from your computer anyhow? I see my computer at least once a day (we have a strong relationship, plus i have to offload digicam pics). Currently there are no solid state mp3 players in the 1-2gig range.. sure you could go with an mp3 cd player, but they are a pain (burning disks, they can skip and are far from small).. the smart media / compact flash suffer from small storage that is not cheap (well compared to a hard drive)... Course we could see this change if those couple inch big 2gig hardrives evolve from the vapour (sorry couldn't find the article).
If someone produced an mp3 player in the medium storage range i'd snap it up for sure.
Hey now.. A lot of slashdotters have girlfriends.. They just don't look like girls.
More like a CRT with wires to a grey box with led's and optical drives? The only reason i have a gf is she hasn't read my browser history.. "Oh, you read slashdot?" (puts shirt back on, walks out door).. Now if she found out i posted as well...
..are interesting. Basically all mail would still be delivered in his utopian email system but all untrusted sources would be throttled. Worth a read imho.
actually that's a good pointer to where we are going:
-there will be the people that use computers
-there will be the people that write the software
-there will be a bunch of people stuck on a remote island because they can't do either
coconuts seroiusly.. kinda like tanning lotion or a nice massage oil. For a romantic night i just open up a fresh spindle and light some candles, then do some cd burning...
Microsoft is about marketing and making money, not about making better software. Right now the term "open source" is a huge buzzword. People hear that open source is good.. but microsoft isn't open source so they are bad.. oh but wait now MS is sharing their source, so they are as good as everyone else now...
This is nothing but a marketing ploy, MS will not gpl or bsd license their software.. it will not happen. (my dying words eh)
not only the same game, but the same scene over and over to try to track down a bug and the scenario around that bug.. Even if the game is "fun" as a tester you won't be having fun the way you have to play it at work.
even worse, if yu don't keep up with patches on your enlarger you'll get in fected with a virus or worm (penis slapper anyone?).. last thing i need is my penis exploited.. wait a second...
does the reporter think that "originally" intel would only run MS or something? Prolly the same guy that asks "how do i put columns in my word document?".. "Ah see the little picture of the columns, click on that.."
i'd have to second that.. looks mor like "Deer Hunter" than a decent snowbaording game (i swear even the first cool boarders looked better than that!). They are probably hoping that by releasing the engine someone will fix their engine for free.
thank you, now i know that geforce cards are not supported! Plus nvidea has none (nice that they have freebsd binarys though)... maybe i'm out there but i thought geforce chisets were pretty common.. argh
well, solaris 8 has been free for at least 2 years....
to bad it isn't now, check it out if you don't believe me. $20 american for either solaris 8 or 9 (and i'm canadian! i can't afford $20 american!). By free they mean no licensing (you still have to pay for either the media or the d/l).. don't believe me? check here.
yeah.. last time i was on the sight solaris 8 was like a $40 dl (at one point it was free).. I'm gonna have to check it out, but i'm really doubting that it is a free dl. I love solaris, but when there are so many free distrobutions that do the job for me I think i'll leave solaris for work at the universities and such.
but what do i know?
I love douglas adams and this guys writing style is very similar (very humorous yet full of amazing inovations). His big book "Theif of time". Of course if you haven't read every Isaac Asimov book yet that could keep you busy for a few years.
yeah no kidding. did you notice only 2 fans on one side! so how are you supposed to get airflow over the mainboard? Normally one would have intake fans on one side of the case and exhuast on the other, while this case has two on the same side.. good thinking. POS imho, will not be the big new thang in computing.
experience is the big thing in computers.. although if you have had experience then passing a+ is no proplem, course just because someone is a+ certified doesn't mean i trust them to fix my computer.. if i had a problem with my computer i couldn't fix myself i'd want someone with a little more than a+.. i'd say a+ should be the minmal requirement for the idiots at circuit city and futureshop that defrag yuor harddrive for $40.. it's time to raise the bar.
...then make your site unlinkable(at least no deep linking), or all in flash so no one wants to link to it, or better yet just don't put any interesting information that people would want to link to yur site, kinda like M$.com (ooh that gratuitous microsoft hack)!!
from the article:
"consumer survey that found that 83 percent of people who used PC's at work and 73 percent of PC users at home regarded Windows as a Microsoft trademark and not a generic name "..and how many of those people used computers before 1991 (let alone the early 80's when computers were cost prohibitive) , and how many of those people have ever directly used an os other than a M$ product? what none? so a bunch of people that have only used "windows" thinks that "windows" is a term that M$ pioneered.. go figure. Maybe if they didn't capitolize it just windows, people would remeber they have em in their house ("but i think maybe M$ has the rights to them too"). I'm gonna start a new product called Doors, oh lemme guess that'll dilute windows won't it... geez
don't forget the psx emulator (course you need a modchip).
Seems Matel (or whoever own nintendo now) is sitting on a gold mine.. buy the rights to all the old games put out for the orignal systems (they were just licensed to run on nintedo not own by nintendo right?), then put out an official emulator for the gamecube.. then watch gamecube sales rocket.
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Great point and the guy that responded to you has no clue..
Some of us just want an mp3 player not a portable backup. How long are you going to be away from your computer anyhow? I see my computer at least once a day (we have a strong relationship, plus i have to offload digicam pics). Currently there are no solid state mp3 players in the 1-2gig range.. sure you could go with an mp3 cd player, but they are a pain (burning disks, they can skip and are far from small).. the smart media / compact flash suffer from small storage that is not cheap (well compared to a hard drive)... Course we could see this change if those couple inch big 2gig hardrives evolve from the vapour (sorry couldn't find the article).
If someone produced an mp3 player in the medium storage range i'd snap it up for sure.
ok maybe i meant jacket.. ;)
Hey now.. A lot of slashdotters have girlfriends.. They just don't look like girls.
More like a CRT with wires to a grey box with led's and optical drives? The only reason i have a gf is she hasn't read my browser history.. "Oh, you read slashdot?" (puts shirt back on, walks out door).. Now if she found out i posted as well...
Worth a read imho.
actually that's a good pointer to where we are going:
-there will be the people that use computers
-there will be the people that write the software
-there will be a bunch of people stuck on a remote island because they can't do either
I thought freeBSD had joined forces with netBSD and openBSD....
ah my dreams are foiled.. pf in a bsd distro that people "support"
coconuts seroiusly.. kinda like tanning lotion or a nice massage oil. For a romantic night i just open up a fresh spindle and light some candles, then do some cd burning...
or barron of beef with 'aux jus'.. that's barron of beef with 'with the juices'... damn idiots
I entirely agree.
Microsoft is about marketing and making money, not about making better software. Right now the term "open source" is a huge buzzword. People hear that open source is good.. but microsoft isn't open source so they are bad.. oh but wait now MS is sharing their source, so they are as good as everyone else now...
This is nothing but a marketing ploy, MS will not gpl or bsd license their software.. it will not happen. (my dying words eh)
i can see it now in banners and somputer mags everywhere:
"Does your computer support SATAN ?"
Next thing you know all new dell computers will support SATAN.. imagine the adds, "Dude you're connected with SATAN!"...
ok ok i'm done
not only the same game, but the same scene over and over to try to track down a bug and the scenario around that bug.. Even if the game is "fun" as a tester you won't be having fun the way you have to play it at work.
Microsoft Brand Penis enlargers
even worse, if yu don't keep up with patches on your enlarger you'll get in fected with a virus or worm (penis slapper anyone?).. last thing i need is my penis exploited.. wait a second...
does the reporter think that "originally" intel would only run MS or something? Prolly the same guy that asks "how do i put columns in my word document?" .. "Ah see the little picture of the columns, click on that.."
i'd have to second that.. looks mor like "Deer Hunter" than a decent snowbaording game (i swear even the first cool boarders looked better than that!). They are probably hoping that by releasing the engine someone will fix their engine for free.
thank you, now i know that geforce cards are not supported! Plus nvidea has none (nice that they have freebsd binarys though)... maybe i'm out there but i thought geforce chisets were pretty common.. argh
well, solaris 8 has been free for at least 2 years....
to bad it isn't now, check it out if you don't believe me. $20 american for either solaris 8 or 9 (and i'm canadian! i can't afford $20 american!). By free they mean no licensing (you still have to pay for either the media or the d/l).. don't believe me? check here.
yeah.. last time i was on the sight solaris 8 was like a $40 dl (at one point it was free).. I'm gonna have to check it out, but i'm really doubting that it is a free dl. I love solaris, but when there are so many free distrobutions that do the job for me I think i'll leave solaris for work at the universities and such.
but what do i know?
I love douglas adams and this guys writing style is very similar (very humorous yet full of amazing inovations). His big book "Theif of time". Of course if you haven't read every Isaac Asimov book yet that could keep you busy for a few years.
yeah no kidding. did you notice only 2 fans on one side! so how are you supposed to get airflow over the mainboard? Normally one would have intake fans on one side of the case and exhuast on the other, while this case has two on the same side.. good thinking. POS imho, will not be the big new thang in computing.
experience is the big thing in computers.. although if you have had experience then passing a+ is no proplem, course just because someone is a+ certified doesn't mean i trust them to fix my computer.. if i had a problem with my computer i couldn't fix myself i'd want someone with a little more than a+.. i'd say a+ should be the minmal requirement for the idiots at circuit city and futureshop that defrag yuor harddrive for $40.. it's time to raise the bar.
...then make your site unlinkable(at least no deep linking), or all in flash so no one wants to link to it, or better yet just don't put any interesting information that people would want to link to yur site, kinda like M$.com (ooh that gratuitous microsoft hack)!!
look at al lthe formats it supports:
"Supports all MP3 bit rates and VBR, plus MPEG2."
woohoo i'm in...
from the article: ..and how many of those people used computers before 1991 (let alone the early 80's when computers were cost prohibitive) , and how many of those people have ever directly used an os other than a M$ product? what none? so a bunch of people that have only used "windows" thinks that "windows" is a term that M$ pioneered.. go figure. Maybe if they didn't capitolize it just windows, people would remeber they have em in their house ("but i think maybe M$ has the rights to them too"). I'm gonna start a new product called Doors, oh lemme guess that'll dilute windows won't it... geez
"consumer survey that found that 83 percent of people who used PC's at work and 73 percent of PC users at home regarded Windows as a Microsoft trademark and not a generic name
"
haha you have no life, oh wait a sec....
don't forget the psx emulator (course you need a modchip).
Seems Matel (or whoever own nintendo now) is sitting on a gold mine.. buy the rights to all the old games put out for the orignal systems (they were just licensed to run on nintedo not own by nintendo right?), then put out an official emulator for the gamecube.. then watch gamecube sales rocket.