No, "customers" want a cheap games console that is portable and has a good selection of games. I, for one, couldn't care less for video playback and mp3 for a games machine, I have separate devices for that. What you're advocating is Nintendo copying Sony' strategy of creating a portable entertainment centre. Although I believe Sony will produce an excellent product (PSP), there is no way, given the price point they're aiming for, that it's going to be as popular as the GBA.
How do you know it's "cutting into the profit margins"? Maybe the bill of materials dropped by a similar amount and their profit per machine sold is the same as before.
The PS2 can read CD-Rs and DVD-Rs fine. The xbox, or rather most versions of it, cannot read CD-Rs, but CD-RWs and DVD-R(W) are fine. The copy protection is akin to PC-based ones (faulty sectors or uncopiable faults on the disk surface that is checked by the OS/BIOS). The reason a PCI add-on is not the solution is that it would 1. dilute the market and prevent the creation of a proper brand (you're playing your games on a "PC") and 2. complicate troubleshooting and depart from the "instant on" console philosophy.
Running a MAIL SERVER has fuck all to do with running Outlook. Have you used spambayes? I'm willing to bet you haven't. As for the "reinstall Windows" POS, it is a relic of Windows 95, 98 and Me when installing a new driver meant you have to reinstall. The fact is that the myth has been perpetuated by "gurus", such I yourself, I venture, who don't know how to actually solve problems and say "format Windows, it fucks itself after a couple of months".
Bayesian training: What is SO hard about pressing the "This is spam" button instead of "delete". Give people some credit, it's not like you or I have some kind of superintelligence that allows us to excel where others fail miserably.
Updating: I don't understand what the hell you're talking about here. You're saying that Microsoft updates regularly fuck up your computer?
Anti-virus: There are many excellent free solutions for anti-virus on Windows. I use f-prot myself.
Do you even use Windows? And if not, what is the point of your reply?
Virus eradication: All antivirus programs download updates automatically.
So, if you spend your "family" support time doing those things, I'd suggest you admit you know jackshit about Windows. You are able to solve ALL the problems you mention with a 15 minute investment and NO MONEY spent. So, for the sake of your family's computers, STAY AWAY FROM THEM!
Yes, there may be valid reasons for moving to Linux but the ones you mention are most definitely not it.
Wrong. The ST had inferior graphics capabilities compared to the Amiga except for the mono 640x480 mode that was absolutely gorgeous to work with. But the other two modes were crap compared to the Amiga - 640x200, 256 colours and 320x200, 16 colours. The STE made things much, much better. I used to love my ST - I just tolerate my PC nowadays...
What is really fucking annoying is not that his article is a dupe, but by the fact that Taco doesn't even read this fucking site so he knows what the hell is posted.
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Excellent! From the "it-fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand dept." indeed.
Beg your pardon there, mate, but I don't think virus writers are "the crew" in slashdot. While you may feel some misguided sympathy toward the scum who wilfully destroy computers because said computers run an OS you don't like, it doesn't mean they are what makes slashdot well, slashdot. Then again, most people in here who think of people who write open source software as "one of us" have never writen one line of code, so I guess your comment is fair.
I wasted one year of my life and career working for a dot.com. Was I happy? Yes. Was I motivated? Yes. I worked 16 hour days and missed the first 6 months of my daughter's life because of work. We had a game room, we could work as much or as little as we wanted (supposedly) and we were assured, up to the last minute, that not only everything was fine, but that a huge investment was coming in, one that would make all of us into.com millionaires.
I think I'm not the only one who not only was disappointed in the management's (and I use the term loosely) inability to understand that you don't need to have ecstatic people working for you so you have a profit. You don't need to have game rooms and masseurs, you need to have a plan. To be perfectly honest, I haven't met anyone working in IT who would be happy to know that they'd still have a job in a couple of years, let alone have a game room at a company. So, while I understand your point, having lived in that euforia, I ultimately dismiss it as utopic in the current environment of constant fear about the future...
I quit within 2 minutes of receiving the email, tbh. The changes in the past month already alienated most of their fans, especially that idiotic, 40 track limit on the download manager. This was really a last straw.
I don't see the new model as a subscription. I see it as a once-monthly low price for 40 mp3s. But, yes, I do agree with your "no-man's-land" comment...
2500+, no question. Bought 2 last week for both my PCs. Upped the FSB from 166 to 200, maintained all other settings (yes, voltage included). Instant 3200+ for the price of a 2500+. I'm sure I can push it about 100-200 MHz further but it's 100% stable like that, I don't really want to waste time tinkering...
Neither the PS2 nor the xbox are comparable to stand alone dvds for one reason alone: noise. I don't know how current versions are in this aspect but my 2 year old ps2 and 1 year old xbox both make an unacceptably high fan noise when on. You might not care about that when you're playing games (it actually drives me crazy, but anyway), but even a 50EUR stand-alone player is much, much better.
Your ignorance is astounding, so I must suppose you are under 25 years of age, or otherwise blind to the real happenings of this world. In the eighties, Iran was the US's number one enemy. Homeini was something close to the devil. Iraq was an ally to the US, an ally that had ALL the support they needed in order to counterbalance the much stronger Iranian war machine. Of course, Iran was indirectly financed by the Soviets, but that's another matter altogether. Iraq's killing of Kurds was sanctioned by the US and was in line of the sanctioning of the genocide of the Kurd and Armenian minorities in the area, in Turkey for example.
Also the "threatened his neighbours on a regular basis" part is incorrect. Iran's case is not open and shut and there is great enmity between Arabs and Iranians. Kuwait is a special case and it is very well documented that Saddam Hussein was, in fact, set up by Bush I to attack Kuweit so that there could be a pretext for the economic (and actual) annihilation of Iraq.
Sleep safe, Zachary Kessin, for you now sleep in a world ruled by an unelected idiot who does not even care for a pretext when attacking a sovereign country, no matter who rules it. Be a sheep, give up your brain so you don't have to fight for whatever "justice" passes for nowadays.
Stop perpetuating this wrong myth. This was true for the first generation of Athlons (Thunderbirds). The current (and future) generations of Pentium 4s dissipate more than 30% more heat than the current generation of the Athlon. 100W heat dissipation on the Pentium 4 IIRC....
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No, "customers" want a cheap games console that is portable and has a good selection of games. I, for one, couldn't care less for video playback and mp3 for a games machine, I have separate devices for that. What you're advocating is Nintendo copying Sony' strategy of creating a portable entertainment centre. Although I believe Sony will produce an excellent product (PSP), there is no way, given the price point they're aiming for, that it's going to be as popular as the GBA.
How do you know it's "cutting into the profit margins"? Maybe the bill of materials dropped by a similar amount and their profit per machine sold is the same as before.
The PS2 can read CD-Rs and DVD-Rs fine. The xbox, or rather most versions of it, cannot read CD-Rs, but CD-RWs and DVD-R(W) are fine. The copy protection is akin to PC-based ones (faulty sectors or uncopiable faults on the disk surface that is checked by the OS/BIOS). The reason a PCI add-on is not the solution is that it would 1. dilute the market and prevent the creation of a proper brand (you're playing your games on a "PC") and 2. complicate troubleshooting and depart from the "instant on" console philosophy.
Running a MAIL SERVER has fuck all to do with running Outlook. Have you used spambayes? I'm willing to bet you haven't. As for the "reinstall Windows" POS, it is a relic of Windows 95, 98 and Me when installing a new driver meant you have to reinstall. The fact is that the myth has been perpetuated by "gurus", such I yourself, I venture, who don't know how to actually solve problems and say "format Windows, it fucks itself after a couple of months".
Bayesian training: What is SO hard about pressing the "This is spam" button instead of "delete". Give people some credit, it's not like you or I have some kind of superintelligence that allows us to excel where others fail miserably.
Updating: I don't understand what the hell you're talking about here. You're saying that Microsoft updates regularly fuck up your computer?
Anti-virus: There are many excellent free solutions for anti-virus on Windows. I use f-prot myself.
Do you even use Windows? And if not, what is the point of your reply?
Spam: Install spambayes.
Updating and patching: Use automatic update.
Virus eradication: All antivirus programs download updates automatically.
So, if you spend your "family" support time doing those things, I'd suggest you admit you know jackshit about Windows. You are able to solve ALL the problems you mention with a 15 minute investment and NO MONEY spent. So, for the sake of your family's computers, STAY AWAY FROM THEM!
Yes, there may be valid reasons for moving to Linux but the ones you mention are most definitely not it.
Well, given that you've posted something like ten messages in this thread, I find your comment mildly comic.
Yes, the Orchid had mechanical relays. The Diamond one did not, though. Voodoo 2 cards only came with electronic relays afaik.
Wrong. The ST had inferior graphics capabilities compared to the Amiga except for the mono 640x480 mode that was absolutely gorgeous to work with. But the other two modes were crap compared to the Amiga - 640x200, 256 colours and 320x200, 16 colours. The STE made things much, much better. I used to love my ST - I just tolerate my PC nowadays...
Rock on?????? What the hell is this, the 80s?
Being a subscriber, I actually sent an email warning of the fact this was a dupe. Please note the reply
Excellent! From the "it-fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand dept." indeed.
I like your proposal! Here's the new slogan: "Microsoft Windows - pays for itself".
I think I'm not the only one who not only was disappointed in the management's (and I use the term loosely) inability to understand that you don't need to have ecstatic people working for you so you have a profit. You don't need to have game rooms and masseurs, you need to have a plan. To be perfectly honest, I haven't met anyone working in IT who would be happy to know that they'd still have a job in a couple of years, let alone have a game room at a company. So, while I understand your point, having lived in that euforia, I ultimately dismiss it as utopic in the current environment of constant fear about the future...
Sorry about the rant, offtopic, I know...
I don't see the new model as a subscription. I see it as a once-monthly low price for 40 mp3s. But, yes, I do agree with your "no-man's-land" comment...
Better check your mailbox mate, emusic changed into exactly a .99 a song service. It was great while it lasted though...
You are wrong in so many things that it just pains me to keep reading your message. Please stop spreading FUD, it's hilarious, honestly...
2500+, no question. Bought 2 last week for both my PCs. Upped the FSB from 166 to 200, maintained all other settings (yes, voltage included). Instant 3200+ for the price of a 2500+. I'm sure I can push it about 100-200 MHz further but it's 100% stable like that, I don't really want to waste time tinkering...
Great, I mind having a wind-tunel for a console and suddenly, I am a super-sensitive crack addict...
Neither the PS2 nor the xbox are comparable to stand alone dvds for one reason alone: noise. I don't know how current versions are in this aspect but my 2 year old ps2 and 1 year old xbox both make an unacceptably high fan noise when on. You might not care about that when you're playing games (it actually drives me crazy, but anyway), but even a 50EUR stand-alone player is much, much better.
How thoughtful of you to provide an associate's link so you can get the commission. There is a word for you, and the word is spammer.
Personally, I'd rather Britney and Aguilera were naked, but, whatever mate...
Also the "threatened his neighbours on a regular basis" part is incorrect. Iran's case is not open and shut and there is great enmity between Arabs and Iranians. Kuwait is a special case and it is very well documented that Saddam Hussein was, in fact, set up by Bush I to attack Kuweit so that there could be a pretext for the economic (and actual) annihilation of Iraq.
Sleep safe, Zachary Kessin, for you now sleep in a world ruled by an unelected idiot who does not even care for a pretext when attacking a sovereign country, no matter who rules it. Be a sheep, give up your brain so you don't have to fight for whatever "justice" passes for nowadays.
Never heard that one before...
Stop perpetuating this wrong myth. This was true for the first generation of Athlons (Thunderbirds). The current (and future) generations of Pentium 4s dissipate more than 30% more heat than the current generation of the Athlon. 100W heat dissipation on the Pentium 4 IIRC....