Don't forget students. While they're expensive, one of these can carry around an entire semester's notes, tidily organized. This is a significant improvement over papers strewn on the floor, under the bed, or even in a file cabinet.
And just try taking notes on a normal laptop in an equations-heavy course.
Since this is carbon, would it be possible to begin development on an organic computer that grows? Or is that still a ways off? I mean, I know they have windshield that "heal," and I think that works on a similar idea, but how far away are machines that are grown, rather than built?
That's a good idea, unless you have what happened to me happen, which is a section of the MBR dies, and reinstalling Windows doesn't overwrite it. Windows tries to boot, then says there's an error in the boot partition. Try reinstalling Windows, and that portion of the MBR or boot record (I've long since forgotten the exact error) is still bad. Thus, no Windows.
So I started booting into my Linux partition only.
That was, of course, before the bureaucrat announced that water consumption had gone up four times since he started working there, and then he was put in charge of finding out who was responsible. And then later, he got kicked out and wound up living with his robot friend.
No, I didn't. I'm a college student, I don't have any money. Just Googled for "can be told what the Matrix is" and "when you pay your taxes," then searched and replaced Matrix with Nexus. Then I realized, if MS has their way, this may not be too far off.
Morpheus: I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain. But you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
Neo: The Nexus?
Morpheus: Do you want to know what IT is? The Nexus is everywhere. It is all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind. Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Nexus. is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance.
I had a BJC-240 for a while. During Mandrake setup it was detected, and I never had any issues until it broke (it was four or five years old). I've since replaced it with a HP Inkjet 3820 (I'm a student, I don't have any money for Laserjets). It's given me no problems to date.
Remember DOOM, when you'd log out, and if you had the Shareware version, it would exit with a giant advertisement, and if you had the full version, it would say "Thanks for buying our product, and if you didn't *buy* it, you're the scum of the Earth." The Windows 95 version on startup had a similar message--"Call this number if illegally copied" or something. Neither of these messages had any impact on anyone legal, but I also don't think there were any copy protection mechanisms on DOOM.
Surely that had to have had some effect, and wasn't in any way annoying. You could copy DOOM all you wanted as far as I know (I've changed hard drives, installed my copy on multiple computers, and haven't ever had any problems with it), but the exit message was vaguely threatening to people who didn't buy their product. IdGames put trust in their consumers, and was only in any way menacing to people who had illegally copied their big game. Quite frankly, I'd like to see more of that, because it's funny and poignant at the same time.
Even more relevantly, the main disadvantage of Linux/BSD, and so on, is that it doesn't run software that runs on Windows.
Microsoft is now going to stop supporting Windows, when the current versions hit EOL, in favor of this incompatible operating system. If I'm a business, or even as an individual, and I have the choice between a free (or very close to it) operating system (that also can comparably easily switch to a different vendor), and one from a company that has a "screw you" attitude and is the sole vendor, I'm going to go with the cheaper, better one. Windows has more software for it, which is its sole advantage. It isn't more secure, it isn't cheaper, and it isn't more reliable. (In fairness, I can't *actually* say this about Microsoft's new operating system, but their history makes it reasonable to expect this to be the case.)
Microsoft now wants to sell a product with all the disadvantages of Linux/BSD, plus some more, but none of the advantages. Why would I want that?
If they make the bosses really scary, there will be no "if" about it the first couple of times. Then again, it is the first one, so maybe that should only apply on Ultra-Violence or higher...
I'm afraid not. I checked Google for "blank bumper stickers," but this was the closest I came before getting bored. If you have more success than I did (especially in turning up blank ones), let me know.
Before it goes into production, he wanted to do a stress test. And what better way to do one of those than to get linked from the front page of Slashdot?
Slashdot Mirror
Don't forget students. While they're expensive, one of these can carry around an entire semester's notes, tidily organized. This is a significant improvement over papers strewn on the floor, under the bed, or even in a file cabinet.
And just try taking notes on a normal laptop in an equations-heavy course.
ItLooksLikeYou'reTryingToMakeADocumentReallyFast, DoYouWantSomeHelp?
Since this is carbon, would it be possible to begin development on an organic computer that grows? Or is that still a ways off? I mean, I know they have windshield that "heal," and I think that works on a similar idea, but how far away are machines that are grown, rather than built?
Not to mention the asphyxiation.
That's a good idea, unless you have what happened to me happen, which is a section of the MBR dies, and reinstalling Windows doesn't overwrite it. Windows tries to boot, then says there's an error in the boot partition. Try reinstalling Windows, and that portion of the MBR or boot record (I've long since forgotten the exact error) is still bad. Thus, no Windows.
So I started booting into my Linux partition only.
That was, of course, before the bureaucrat announced that water consumption had gone up four times since he started working there, and then he was put in charge of finding out who was responsible. And then later, he got kicked out and wound up living with his robot friend.
The same could be said for the average number of sit-ups done in 60 seconds.
1) quit Qtopia
:)
2) while it's counting down, hit '/'
3) hit 'a' at the menu to get a console login
4) log in
5) type "telinit 6"
And it's just that easy!
No, I didn't. I'm a college student, I don't have any money. Just Googled for "can be told what the Matrix is" and "when you pay your taxes," then searched and replaced Matrix with Nexus. Then I realized, if MS has their way, this may not be too far off.
If I didn't say this, someone else would.
Morpheus: I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain. But you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
Neo: The Nexus?
Morpheus: Do you want to know what IT is? The Nexus is everywhere. It is all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind. Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Nexus. is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance.
I had a BJC-240 for a while. During Mandrake setup it was detected, and I never had any issues until it broke (it was four or five years old). I've since replaced it with a HP Inkjet 3820 (I'm a student, I don't have any money for Laserjets). It's given me no problems to date.
or find myself sitting on the floor in a concrete basement/closet with my laptop perched on a duct of some sort, patched into the network.
You know, the traditional way of hiding machines in the walls is not to stay with them.
My guess is GPL will appeal to you the most,
Yeah, the GPL does appeal to me. Free software and all, you know?
You mean like DOOM, way back when? Or maybe Quake?
Or maybe you could just use one of the P2P networks to get ahold of it?
Well, one of those three has happened. So, maybe I'll be reading half as much Slashdot.
Remember DOOM, when you'd log out, and if you had the Shareware version, it would exit with a giant advertisement, and if you had the full version, it would say "Thanks for buying our product, and if you didn't *buy* it, you're the scum of the Earth." The Windows 95 version on startup had a similar message--"Call this number if illegally copied" or something. Neither of these messages had any impact on anyone legal, but I also don't think there were any copy protection mechanisms on DOOM.
Surely that had to have had some effect, and wasn't in any way annoying. You could copy DOOM all you wanted as far as I know (I've changed hard drives, installed my copy on multiple computers, and haven't ever had any problems with it), but the exit message was vaguely threatening to people who didn't buy their product. IdGames put trust in their consumers, and was only in any way menacing to people who had illegally copied their big game. Quite frankly, I'd like to see more of that, because it's funny and poignant at the same time.
Even more relevantly, the main disadvantage of Linux/BSD, and so on, is that it doesn't run software that runs on Windows.
Microsoft is now going to stop supporting Windows, when the current versions hit EOL, in favor of this incompatible operating system. If I'm a business, or even as an individual, and I have the choice between a free (or very close to it) operating system (that also can comparably easily switch to a different vendor), and one from a company that has a "screw you" attitude and is the sole vendor, I'm going to go with the cheaper, better one. Windows has more software for it, which is its sole advantage. It isn't more secure, it isn't cheaper, and it isn't more reliable. (In fairness, I can't *actually* say this about Microsoft's new operating system, but their history makes it reasonable to expect this to be the case.)
Microsoft now wants to sell a product with all the disadvantages of Linux/BSD, plus some more, but none of the advantages. Why would I want that?
"If?"
If they make the bosses really scary, there will be no "if" about it the first couple of times. Then again, it is the first one, so maybe that should only apply on Ultra-Violence or higher...
I'm afraid not. I checked Google for "blank bumper stickers," but this was the closest I came before getting bored. If you have more success than I did (especially in turning up blank ones), let me know.
Or Homer's "Alcohol-powered Car" fantasy...
"One for me, one for you, one for me, one for you..."
No, no, no.
Before it goes into production, he wanted to do a stress test. And what better way to do one of those than to get linked from the front page of Slashdot?
Better use noise, since silence has been copywritten.
FFT? There's a band called Fast Fourier Transformation? It must be the geekiest band ever, with their hits, Algorithm Time and Polynomial Evaluation.
This seems appropriate:
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.