the average mac gets a lot more user life than the average windows box
A PC is just as good as a Mac. It's actually pretty rare for a PC to be retired because it's broken, people replace them for other reasons. I'd actually flip it the other way - it's practically impossible to repair many older Macs cost effectively (leading to older Macs that break being trashed). My experience is that people tend to milk more life out of their Macs because they cost more to replace.
the mac doesn't need shelling out for antivirus, anti-trojan, anti-whatever on a regular basis
Nor does a PC user, as things like AVG Free, Antivir, Spybot, Hijack this are totally free. Or run Linux. Besides, I wouldn't count on "Macs don't get viruses" to protect you anyway.
The solution I have found is to start some other video player and play a video in it. Doesn't matter what the player/video is, just that it's going. Now start up the video program you want to use, and the video you want to capture, and capture away with the Printscreen key.
It works because the first player ties up the hardware resources, so that the 2nd player has to do everything in software, hence Printscreen works.
Sounds like a hardware problem, to be honest. Like a bad bit or two in low memory, for example... do you have memory testing turned on in your BIOS? If it's set to "fast boot" it will skip nearly all useful testing, fast boot is just a way to generate money for PC repair shops.:)
It's really rare to see any useful testing from the BIOS. I've seen the BIOS give a clean bill of health to SIMMS and DIMMS only half seated in their sockets. I would try memtest86 if you think there is something wrong with the memory.
How would comparing the new prices of something 3 years ago to the used prices of something today work for an inflation index? It makes no sense at all.
Um, dude, you're just wrong. Microsoft has been legally found to be a monopoly, Apple has not. End of story.
The "What about Apple?" question came up in the trial, hence Microsoft was declared a monopoly in the market of operating systems for x86 class processors. Since then, things have changed.
In our age of "0% financing" incentives, this is just not true.
Actually, if you pay attention to the ads, it's usually something along the lines of "Get $3000 cash back or 0% APR!" - note the word "or". It's really just a gimmick - if you go for the 0% you don't get the rebate, so you pay more for the car - which is the same as how it's always worked with cash versus financing. Of course, it still may make more sense to get the loan, but as always pay attention to the fine print.
I'm sure that some point in history, Greenland was covered in forests. However, that would have been long before humans would have been to name it such.
All that the FTC gets when you register is the phone number itself and a valid email address (that can be a throwaway for all they know). All that the phone company would have to do is send the FTC a list consisting of the phone numbers that were disconnected/reassigned and the FTC could then purge the list of all those numbers.
One free program I have found that actually works is Phonetray, that can be found here. I'm not associated with them in anyway, just thought I might be able to save some people some time as I had to try a bunch of other freebies before I found one that worked.
Perhaps a problem with the USB drive itself? I have a bunch of USB harddrives, which I put together using older drives fitted with generic no-name cases, and never had a problem with the USB connection on any of them. The newer cases have firewire, and that has given me trouble with one laptop, which is probably a fluke of the laptop given they work elsewhere.
I wonder if that racket is about to run out on these retailers. Most people who are buying a printer nowadays probably already has a USB A to B cable from an older printer, and if they are a little bit smart they probably realize that they can use the same cable again denying Best Buy of their $29.50 profit on the cable sale. I bet that we'll see USB 3.0 printers soon, despite printers having no use for tha kind of speed. Don't expect a cable in the box, of course.
Is it the Mini-B connector like this? I'm assuming so since every Sony camera I have run accross uses that kind of plug. If so, that's a standard connector that's used by a lot of things (I have a 2 camera's, a MP3 player, a hub, and a card reader that all can use the same cable).
I can see how a CD player would eventually die from dust, so why don't you seal it in a Tupperware container or similar? A portable CD player is not going to make much heat so you're aren't going to fry it. You could cut a few holes to run the wires through, then use caulk to seal it. Get one with a wired remote so you can control it externally. 700MB of music would likely last you an entire day, so you wouldn't be opening the lid up constantly or something.
Otherwise, I would go with the old PC route. A PII would easily suffice, and if you're like most geeks you're probably swimming in suitable, under utilized hardware that would be up to the task. A stereo component designed to play MP3's is probably just going to be generic hardware in a pretty case anyway.
Or the extension is in the form of a pool. The added maintance, associated costs, and other turn-offs of having a pool seems to pretty much offset the benefits of having one when putting a house on the market. I've heard stories of sellers having to fill in the pool to get their house to sell.
The new system is modern. You can buy the machines from Sun today online. The OS is still updated and supported. The parts are commonplace like SATA drives, USB DVD drives, Sun workstations, etc.
I'm sure that in 2037, we'll be laughing at the idea of using DVDs, while scratching our heads trying to remember what SATA and USB was.
So when does the race to unlock the fourth unused core on a triple-core processor start? What's Next? Hard drive platters?
The idea of disabling parts of the CPU in order to make a cheaper part has been around for years. It goes back to atleast the 486SX, which was a 486DX with the math coprocessor disabled. Intel especially likes to use this, as almost all Celerons are basically higher end chips with some of the cache disabled (presumably because it was bad). As far as I know, no one has managed to reenable the disabled parts on any of these chips.
How does this kind of crap get modded up? Just take a look at how Apple tried to lock out 3rd party programs from syncing with an iPod, because that's who you are really dealing with. Apple doesn't want to license Fairplay because they want you to use the iTMS. It's really that simple.
The stupid part of this idea is removing 70-80% (the share of iPods in the portable music market) of the market for your product.
The problem for Universal is that they can't sell DRM'd music for the iPod even if they wanted to, as Apple won't license Fairplay to anyone. Their only options were to sell DRM-free music, or go with WMA. It would seem that they went with the DRM route, we'll just have to see if it works out for them.
I think the point is to get people used to the concept of having to show ID. That way they are less likely to throw a fit when you really want to see their ID, plus it gets them used to the idea that you have to submit to the authorities just to go about your daily business.
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the average mac gets a lot more user life than the average windows box
A PC is just as good as a Mac. It's actually pretty rare for a PC to be retired because it's broken, people replace them for other reasons. I'd actually flip it the other way - it's practically impossible to repair many older Macs cost effectively (leading to older Macs that break being trashed). My experience is that people tend to milk more life out of their Macs because they cost more to replace.
the mac doesn't need shelling out for antivirus, anti-trojan, anti-whatever on a regular basis
Nor does a PC user, as things like AVG Free, Antivir, Spybot, Hijack this are totally free. Or run Linux. Besides, I wouldn't count on "Macs don't get viruses" to protect you anyway.
The solution I have found is to start some other video player and play a video in it. Doesn't matter what the player/video is, just that it's going. Now start up the video program you want to use, and the video you want to capture, and capture away with the Printscreen key.
It works because the first player ties up the hardware resources, so that the 2nd player has to do everything in software, hence Printscreen works.
Sounds like a hardware problem, to be honest. Like a bad bit or two in low memory, for example... do you have memory testing turned on in your BIOS? If it's set to "fast boot" it will skip nearly all useful testing, fast boot is just a way to generate money for PC repair shops. :)
It's really rare to see any useful testing from the BIOS. I've seen the BIOS give a clean bill of health to SIMMS and DIMMS only half seated in their sockets. I would try memtest86 if you think there is something wrong with the memory.
How would comparing the new prices of something 3 years ago to the used prices of something today work for an inflation index? It makes no sense at all.
Um, dude, you're just wrong. Microsoft has been legally found to be a monopoly, Apple has not. End of story.
The "What about Apple?" question came up in the trial, hence Microsoft was declared a monopoly in the market of operating systems for x86 class processors. Since then, things have changed.
In our age of "0% financing" incentives, this is just not true.
Actually, if you pay attention to the ads, it's usually something along the lines of "Get $3000 cash back or 0% APR!" - note the word "or". It's really just a gimmick - if you go for the 0% you don't get the rebate, so you pay more for the car - which is the same as how it's always worked with cash versus financing. Of course, it still may make more sense to get the loan, but as always pay attention to the fine print.
I'm sure that some point in history, Greenland was covered in forests. However, that would have been long before humans would have been to name it such.
All that the FTC gets when you register is the phone number itself and a valid email address (that can be a throwaway for all they know). All that the phone company would have to do is send the FTC a list consisting of the phone numbers that were disconnected/reassigned and the FTC could then purge the list of all those numbers.
One free program I have found that actually works is Phonetray, that can be found here. I'm not associated with them in anyway, just thought I might be able to save some people some time as I had to try a bunch of other freebies before I found one that worked.
Also, don't forget sales tax, that's another 6-7% (around here) added to the price of the bookstore's books.
Perhaps a problem with the USB drive itself? I have a bunch of USB harddrives, which I put together using older drives fitted with generic no-name cases, and never had a problem with the USB connection on any of them. The newer cases have firewire, and that has given me trouble with one laptop, which is probably a fluke of the laptop given they work elsewhere.
I wonder if that racket is about to run out on these retailers. Most people who are buying a printer nowadays probably already has a USB A to B cable from an older printer, and if they are a little bit smart they probably realize that they can use the same cable again denying Best Buy of their $29.50 profit on the cable sale. I bet that we'll see USB 3.0 printers soon, despite printers having no use for tha kind of speed. Don't expect a cable in the box, of course.
Is it the Mini-B connector like this? I'm assuming so since every Sony camera I have run accross uses that kind of plug. If so, that's a standard connector that's used by a lot of things (I have a 2 camera's, a MP3 player, a hub, and a card reader that all can use the same cable).
I can see how a CD player would eventually die from dust, so why don't you seal it in a Tupperware container or similar? A portable CD player is not going to make much heat so you're aren't going to fry it. You could cut a few holes to run the wires through, then use caulk to seal it. Get one with a wired remote so you can control it externally. 700MB of music would likely last you an entire day, so you wouldn't be opening the lid up constantly or something.
Otherwise, I would go with the old PC route. A PII would easily suffice, and if you're like most geeks you're probably swimming in suitable, under utilized hardware that would be up to the task. A stereo component designed to play MP3's is probably just going to be generic hardware in a pretty case anyway.
Or the extension is in the form of a pool. The added maintance, associated costs, and other turn-offs of having a pool seems to pretty much offset the benefits of having one when putting a house on the market. I've heard stories of sellers having to fill in the pool to get their house to sell.
The new system is modern. You can buy the machines from Sun today online. The OS is still updated and supported. The parts are commonplace like SATA drives, USB DVD drives, Sun workstations, etc.
I'm sure that in 2037, we'll be laughing at the idea of using DVDs, while scratching our heads trying to remember what SATA and USB was.
AMD had 486 SX (compatible) chips back then too ya dimwit.
He wasn't complaining about the 486sx, he was complaining about the 487 you dumbass.
So when does the race to unlock the fourth unused core on a triple-core processor start? What's Next? Hard drive platters?
The idea of disabling parts of the CPU in order to make a cheaper part has been around for years. It goes back to atleast the 486SX, which was a 486DX with the math coprocessor disabled. Intel especially likes to use this, as almost all Celerons are basically higher end chips with some of the cache disabled (presumably because it was bad). As far as I know, no one has managed to reenable the disabled parts on any of these chips.
How does this kind of crap get modded up? Just take a look at how Apple tried to lock out 3rd party programs from syncing with an iPod, because that's who you are really dealing with. Apple doesn't want to license Fairplay because they want you to use the iTMS. It's really that simple.
The stupid part of this idea is removing 70-80% (the share of iPods in the portable music market) of the market for your product.
The problem for Universal is that they can't sell DRM'd music for the iPod even if they wanted to, as Apple won't license Fairplay to anyone. Their only options were to sell DRM-free music, or go with WMA. It would seem that they went with the DRM route, we'll just have to see if it works out for them.
That's huge. You can get iPod interfaces for most higher-end car stereos for example, not to mention the plethora of docks, cases, etc.
Apple did change the interface on the newest iPods, rendering a whole of those devices obsolete.
Yes, and also the worlds largest online seller of DRM Free music.
I'm pretty sure Amazon would have them beat there. Same with allofmp3.com, or are they offline again?
Actually, it's Apple Inc. we're talking about here. It seems like Apple Inc. is becoming less and less interested in their computers nowadays.
I think the point is to get people used to the concept of having to show ID. That way they are less likely to throw a fit when you really want to see their ID, plus it gets them used to the idea that you have to submit to the authorities just to go about your daily business.
If the PR department at an ISP doesn't know what a gigabyte is, the ISP needs a new PR department.
Remember, we are talking about Comcast here.