Think about how small Bluetooth headsets are already.. even thoug glasses would still have to have some sort of attachment, or maybe just be a bit thicker in the framework. I really don't see this as a big problem.. but that might be because I don't use glasses myself:/
I like the idea of cheap online music.. Hell, I love it.. Unfortunately I can't make us of it, since I am unfortunate enough to live in Denmark.. Why not do something truly innovative and offer your music for download and purchase to the entire world? apple only offers their service to like.. 4-5 countries? You could conquer more land, by going to countries where they are not represented. Would this be a good idea?
Of course it's good business.. Just imagine this scenario.. If you have a couple of million users, how much do you think you could make by say... Letting advertisers spam your users?? And if the users want to avoid the spam, you can let them pay for an upgraded service with a somewhat functional spam filter, and collect your money that way! Not to mention the banner ads.. DON'T even get me started on the banner ads..;)
I work for a danish computer company and we specialize in thin client solutions. We work with thin clients from Neoware and Vxl, and one of our clients is the library of a danish university. They used to have normal workstations before they got citrix and the thin client solution. They have 160 Thin clients now, and they are most happy with this solution. I know you say that money is not an issue, but you will also save a BUNCH of time in pure maintenance. Remember that thin clients have no harddrives, or moving pars = Noiseless operation, less power consumption, less heat, and the best part: you never have to reinstall a client! And if one breaks down, you replace it, and spend less than 5 mins configuring it! [/br] Our beforementioned client have saved 70% of their time in pure maintenance of the entire installation. They are running Linux based Neoware clients. When you say that they are linux based it usually scares most people, but you never acutally have to deal with the linux part. You are given a nice GUI to work with, and it's nice, simple and intuitive to use.
[br] As for floppy drives, there have been some issues with the recent neoware releases and floppy drives that are not working, but with the new Neolinux 3.0 all that should be taken care of. The great thing about thin clients, and this is where neoware stands out from the crowd, is the management! Neowares remote manager is great to work with, and makes administration of the clients simple and easy. much more so than other brands we've tried, and when you use thin clients, administration is 2/3ds of the whole idea.
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What you can do is, try one for free, and make sure to download the remote manager, and try it out! Do the same with other client, and make sure you try their management software!! Most people just test the client, and the best advice I can give is to make sure you thoroughly test the management!!
I hope you find a solution that works for you:)
Well, I guess it was bound to happen some time! Even with failover solutions, backups, mirrors and whatnot.. Statistically something at some point is bound to go wrong. Be it a combination of human error, hardware failure, bad luck, the world ending, you name it. There will almost certainly always be a combination of things that are near impossible to protect against..
Same thing with Ibackup. Imagine if they promised with 100% certainty that your data was safe, and something occured that killed your data. I can imagine the lawsuits!! They would kill that firm first time it happens.
But still.. Instead of saying that you can't provide 100% certainty of backup it would be better to say that you provide 99.99999999956% certainty.. It's still not 100% but it sounds a whole lot better!:)
Wow.. Both you and your mom must be dissapointed quite often if you expect all that;)
Do you also have a tv/vcr that you just plug in, and it automatically sets the time and date, and instinctively know where all the channels are?
Or maybe a microwave oven, that automatically detects what kind of food you just inserted, and what temperature it has, and heats it accordingly?
When you travel abroad, do you also expect all electrical outlets to be the same, and use the same voltage?
And do you also expect people around the world to speak the same language, and have the same customs?
Since I do a lot of tech support, both over the phone, and also on-site, I have learned, that people would rather call and pay obscene amounts of money to ask me how a gadget I've never seen works, without even looking in the manual!! And when they call me, I usually ask them as the first thing if they have, by any small chance, looked in the manual. When I then recommend that they check the manual, most times they are able to figure out their problems on their own, with very little to no help from me.
The world isn't always as easy as it looks. Hell, I would love it if it was all that easy!! I have just realized that it's NOT that easy, and that sometimes you have to do some work yourself to make things work.. If we had no hackers, no viruses, no spam, no mal/spy/annoy-ware, my guess is that it WOULD be a whole lot closer to that ideal place.
Now, I am not a developer, but I do realize that with 65535 different ports to leave open or closed, homebanking, webpages, email, computer games that each use their own port(s) I can not see how it would be possible to create a wireless router, that could guarantee that every port you need is open, and every port you don't is closed.
I really would like to see it all made easier, but I just don't see how it as a reality. I would also love a future where I didn't need to lock my front door each day, but with so many people being the way they unfortunately are, I don't see it as possible.. At least not right now anyway
The problem is not the product, but the consumers. Now, I might be wrong about this, but I am willing to bet that all access points, WNIC's and other accessories come with something called a "manual"!
If you were to actually *read* one of those, by accident or intent, you might discover how to acutally use your newly accuired product! Only thing is that people don't bother anymore... They expect everything to be so userfriendly that it will install itself and automatically know how you want the settings to be!!
Maybe they could put little warnings on the packs like with ciggaretts.. "warning, the DOJ says that not properly securing your accesspoint can be hazardous to your privacy bank account, and or bandwith".. Heh
Heh, this would bring the term Casemodding to a WHOLE new level;) lol.. Forget piercings, tattos and branding. We will start seeing Golden hair upgrade.. Silver/blue flourecent hair upgrade.. Oh NO!!! Does this mean we will actually start seeing people with Anime VHS hair (Vertical Hair Syndrome) Noooooooooooo.....;)
Ok.. Good points.. But according to the lifespan, I don't know anyone who's gone braindead all of a sudden, true that people on drugs sometimes go strange, but the same happens if you don't cool your hardware properly! But then we can maybe combine drugs and hardware. Some meth to keep you hyped, a heatsink on the forehead to cool you down (or a room temp of 10 deg. C.. maybe both) and then find a way to install some kind of ECC chip, and we're rolling;)
Hmm.. Makes you wonder if it's possible to overclock your own brain. Some kind of implant with electric stimuli.. Or maybe some kind of chemical. Only, I can't quite figure out how to make a decent cooling solution, and I absolutely refuse to walk around with a heatsink attached to my forehead!..Or if you find out how to stimulate that part, maybe some good oldfashioned brain exercise to increase your cache and speed. On second thought.. Nah.. Not really geeky enough;)
It's true that scientests DO need to be more associated with sex than they have been of late.. But so do we! I mean, has it been any different for us geeks? We have, and for quite a long time I might add, been associated with unwashed, no style, longhaired, antisocial misfits, and it's not that long ago that has started to turn around. And that has only happened because computers have become more mainstream, and since the need for qualified computer personel has grown out of proportion of everyones expectations. This has meant that we now have a much wider array of people than before.
Although I don't think science will ever become THAT mainstream, it's still not unthinkable that they will follow in the footsteps of the computer geeks, since people now see us as a lot less geeky than before, they might open their eyes to other types of people that have been socially blacklisted if you know what I mean... Then will follow historians, engineers and mathmaticians:)
And as you say, people don't care what others want to be called. We are still, quite often, called nerds, but at least the word has taken on a different meaning than it's had before.. At least where I live (Denmark) now it's considered to be a mainly positive word.
Well, I live in Denmark, and while I would never consider danes to be pagan in any way, we do do celebrate a national holiday called "Sankt Hans", which means "Saint Hans" (isn't danish easy):) well.. this day is celebrated each year on the 23rd of June, which is usually the day after summer solstice. And on this evening we light BIG fires on all our beaches.
Furthermore, it is custum that every fire has a mock witch on top (real live witches are surprisingly hard to come by these days). We say that we, by doing this, are sending all the witches to a town called "bloksbjerg" which is actually a place in germany where we believed that the witches would have a sabbat and meet with the devil on this very night! We then congregate around these massive fires and sing songs about the time when we were vikings, and how much we were able to eat and drink, and how many people we killed, how proud we are of all those things, and how we will still fight back any intruder (with swords, mind you), and at the same time honor our warriors of the past!...
Now in the communications era, we don't have relatives of that kind around the world, but many of us still have one thing in common. Not the past, but the now! We all share our common interest in computers, and my experience tells me that 99% of all nerds are really friendly and helpful, as opposed to many other "normal" people, and most of us would gladly help out a fellow nerd who was ripped off/cheated/decieved etc.
I think it's a good and comforting message a story like this is sending out in todays world that can, at times, be a horrifying and cruel place, with little to no fellowship among men. "Nerds of the world, unite!":)
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Think about how small Bluetooth headsets are already.. even thoug glasses would still have to have some sort of attachment, or maybe just be a bit thicker in the framework. I really don't see this as a big problem.. but that might be because I don't use glasses myself :/
On second thought.. Forget the flashy stuff.. And the explosions ;)
I like the idea of cheap online music.. Hell, I love it.. Unfortunately I can't make us of it, since I am unfortunate enough to live in Denmark.. Why not do something truly innovative and offer your music for download and purchase to the entire world? apple only offers their service to like.. 4-5 countries? You could conquer more land, by going to countries where they are not represented. Would this be a good idea?
Of course it's good business.. Just imagine this scenario.. If you have a couple of million users, how much do you think you could make by say... Letting advertisers spam your users?? And if the users want to avoid the spam, you can let them pay for an upgraded service with a somewhat functional spam filter, and collect your money that way! Not to mention the banner ads.. DON'T even get me started on the banner ads.. ;)
Sorry for the bad html I was distractec by the light from venus being reflected in some swamp gas ;) Or sumthin'... :)
I work for a danish computer company and we specialize in thin client solutions. We work with thin clients from Neoware and Vxl, and one of our clients is the library of a danish university. They used to have normal workstations before they got citrix and the thin client solution. They have 160 Thin clients now, and they are most happy with this solution. I know you say that money is not an issue, but you will also save a BUNCH of time in pure maintenance. Remember that thin clients have no harddrives, or moving pars = Noiseless operation, less power consumption, less heat, and the best part: you never have to reinstall a client! And if one breaks down, you replace it, and spend less than 5 mins configuring it! [/br] Our beforementioned client have saved 70% of their time in pure maintenance of the entire installation. They are running Linux based Neoware clients. When you say that they are linux based it usually scares most people, but you never acutally have to deal with the linux part. You are given a nice GUI to work with, and it's nice, simple and intuitive to use. [br] As for floppy drives, there have been some issues with the recent neoware releases and floppy drives that are not working, but with the new Neolinux 3.0 all that should be taken care of. The great thing about thin clients, and this is where neoware stands out from the crowd, is the management! Neowares remote manager is great to work with, and makes administration of the clients simple and easy. much more so than other brands we've tried, and when you use thin clients, administration is 2/3ds of the whole idea. [br] What you can do is, try one for free, and make sure to download the remote manager, and try it out! Do the same with other client, and make sure you try their management software!! Most people just test the client, and the best advice I can give is to make sure you thoroughly test the management!! I hope you find a solution that works for you :)
Well, I guess it was bound to happen some time! Even with failover solutions, backups, mirrors and whatnot.. Statistically something at some point is bound to go wrong. Be it a combination of human error, hardware failure, bad luck, the world ending, you name it. There will almost certainly always be a combination of things that are near impossible to protect against..
:)
Same thing with Ibackup. Imagine if they promised with 100% certainty that your data was safe, and something occured that killed your data. I can imagine the lawsuits!! They would kill that firm first time it happens.
But still.. Instead of saying that you can't provide 100% certainty of backup it would be better to say that you provide 99.99999999956% certainty.. It's still not 100% but it sounds a whole lot better!
Wow.. Both you and your mom must be dissapointed quite often if you expect all that ;)
Do you also have a tv/vcr that you just plug in, and it automatically sets the time and date, and instinctively know where all the channels are?
Or maybe a microwave oven, that automatically detects what kind of food you just inserted, and what temperature it has, and heats it accordingly?
When you travel abroad, do you also expect all electrical outlets to be the same, and use the same voltage?
And do you also expect people around the world to speak the same language, and have the same customs?
Since I do a lot of tech support, both over the phone, and also on-site, I have learned, that people would rather call and pay obscene amounts of money to ask me how a gadget I've never seen works, without even looking in the manual!! And when they call me, I usually ask them as the first thing if they have, by any small chance, looked in the manual. When I then recommend that they check the manual, most times they are able to figure out their problems on their own, with very little to no help from me.
The world isn't always as easy as it looks. Hell, I would love it if it was all that easy!! I have just realized that it's NOT that easy, and that sometimes you have to do some work yourself to make things work.. If we had no hackers, no viruses, no spam, no mal/spy/annoy-ware, my guess is that it WOULD be a whole lot closer to that ideal place.
Now, I am not a developer, but I do realize that with 65535 different ports to leave open or closed, homebanking, webpages, email, computer games that each use their own port(s) I can not see how it would be possible to create a wireless router, that could guarantee that every port you need is open, and every port you don't is closed.
I really would like to see it all made easier, but I just don't see how it as a reality. I would also love a future where I didn't need to lock my front door each day, but with so many people being the way they unfortunately are, I don't see it as possible.. At least not right now anyway
The problem is not the product, but the consumers. Now, I might be wrong about this, but I am willing to bet that all access points, WNIC's and other accessories come with something called a "manual"! If you were to actually *read* one of those, by accident or intent, you might discover how to acutally use your newly accuired product! Only thing is that people don't bother anymore... They expect everything to be so userfriendly that it will install itself and automatically know how you want the settings to be!! Maybe they could put little warnings on the packs like with ciggaretts.. "warning, the DOJ says that not properly securing your accesspoint can be hazardous to your privacy bank account, and or bandwith".. Heh
Heh, this would bring the term Casemodding to a WHOLE new level ;) lol.. Forget piercings, tattos and branding. We will start seeing Golden hair upgrade.. Silver/blue flourecent hair upgrade.. Oh NO!!! Does this mean we will actually start seeing people with Anime VHS hair (Vertical Hair Syndrome) Noooooooooooo..... ;)
Ok.. Good points.. But according to the lifespan, I don't know anyone who's gone braindead all of a sudden, true that people on drugs sometimes go strange, but the same happens if you don't cool your hardware properly! But then we can maybe combine drugs and hardware. Some meth to keep you hyped, a heatsink on the forehead to cool you down (or a room temp of 10 deg. C.. maybe both) and then find a way to install some kind of ECC chip, and we're rolling ;)
Hmm.. Makes you wonder if it's possible to overclock your own brain. Some kind of implant with electric stimuli.. Or maybe some kind of chemical. Only, I can't quite figure out how to make a decent cooling solution, and I absolutely refuse to walk around with a heatsink attached to my forehead! ..Or if you find out how to stimulate that part, maybe some good oldfashioned brain exercise to increase your cache and speed. On second thought.. Nah.. Not really geeky enough ;)
It's true that scientests DO need to be more associated with sex than they have been of late.. But so do we! I mean, has it been any different for us geeks? We have, and for quite a long time I might add, been associated with unwashed, no style, longhaired, antisocial misfits, and it's not that long ago that has started to turn around.
:)
And that has only happened because computers have become more mainstream, and since the need for qualified computer personel has grown out of proportion of everyones expectations. This has meant that we now have a much wider array of people than before.
Although I don't think science will ever become THAT mainstream, it's still not unthinkable that they will follow in the footsteps of the computer geeks, since people now see us as a lot less geeky than before, they might open their eyes to other types of people that have been socially blacklisted if you know what I mean... Then will follow historians, engineers and mathmaticians
And as you say, people don't care what others want to be called. We are still, quite often, called nerds, but at least the word has taken on a different meaning than it's had before.. At least where I live (Denmark) now it's considered to be a mainly positive word.
"SCIENTISTS no longer want to be called boffins, saying the name conjures an image of weird men in lab coats."
Hmm... when I hear "Boffin" I think of Hobbits.. not scientests!
Well, I live in Denmark, and while I would never consider danes to be pagan in any way, we do do celebrate a national holiday called "Sankt Hans", which means "Saint Hans" (isn't danish easy) :) well.. this day is celebrated each year on the 23rd of June, which is usually the day after summer solstice. And on this evening we light BIG fires on all our beaches.
:)
Furthermore, it is custum that every fire has a mock witch on top (real live witches are surprisingly hard to come by these days). We say that we, by doing this, are sending all the witches to a town called "bloksbjerg" which is actually a place in germany where we believed that the witches would have a sabbat and meet with the devil on this very night! We then congregate around these massive fires and sing songs about the time when we were vikings, and how much we were able to eat and drink, and how many people we killed, how proud we are of all those things, and how we will still fight back any intruder (with swords, mind you), and at the same time honor our warriors of the past!...
Now in the communications era, we don't have relatives of that kind around the world, but many of us still have one thing in common. Not the past, but the now! We all share our common interest in computers, and my experience tells me that 99% of all nerds are really friendly and helpful, as opposed to many other "normal" people, and most of us would gladly help out a fellow nerd who was ripped off/cheated/decieved etc.
I think it's a good and comforting message a story like this is sending out in todays world that can, at times, be a horrifying and cruel place, with little to no fellowship among men. "Nerds of the world, unite!"