I tried, I really tried to give my kid a Linux PC for Xmas. Mandrake install locked up. RedHat ran fine but guess what? No games (nothing special at least.) And then there's the sound cards and video cards, and a certain wireless NIC I had to run out to CompUSA to buy. This is saving money?
So what do I do? Win98. I'm pissed more than feeling guilty. I came close to getting her an eMac but come on! $800!?
Besides, Mac OS X offers me enough Linux for a client PC. I'll have nothing but Macs in my house someday, when I can afford it.
Apple is more about art and the creative side of everyone. Look at their latest product releases. They see gold in people's creative needs and urges. Garage Band, iPhoto, iMovie, etc...all art-related goods. And iTunes of course.
They're going after a niche market, which makes sense since Mac is a niche product (so far.) What makes this space "niche" to date, however, is that is has been largely ignored. Until now.
MS is saying that if they sold this software, they would reap $1B. Therefore, they can say they are ostensibly giving away $1B. At least, that's what their tax return will state.;-)
It might not a bad idea to hardwire the laptop, tho I prolly don't have a full idea of his constraints preventing this. The G3/600 can only use an 802.11b Airport IIRC, which brings the whole wireless network down to ~22MBps.
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You know, this could be a watershed event, where Apple really flexes their marketshare muscle in the music arena and starts calling their own shots, just like MS has been able to do ad nauseum as a result of their dominance in the PC arena.
Apple definitely is ballsy lately, let's hope it doesn't morph into overconfidence and miscalculation. But for now I say "Go Apple!"
Wow...didn't mean to come off all high and mighty. I totally did miss the mark tho. I really don't have any proof that my vote was counted. My bad.
It's like Ranten_N_Raven quoted: It doesn't matter who votes, what matters is who counts the votes. Also how the votes are counted. So, while I don't have much faith in the power of the individual vote (the 2000 Presidential Vote really did a number on me), I do like the little machines with the blinking red Vote button. It's soooo soothing.
I will continue to vote, but whether my votes are counted as intended I will never, ever know. And this has been the case since the beginning, and will forever be. No technological advances will change this either IMHO. Peace, Rev.
I voted in the last 2 local referendum elections using touch screen. I go into the voting depot, they find my name on a paper list and I initial next to my name. Next a volunteer take a cartridge to an open voting machine, slaps it in, presses the big red button and I'm good to go. I press various checkboxes on the touchscreen, a yes/no pair for each question. At the end I get a review of my selections with the option of making changes. Satisfied, I hit the flashing red Vote button and viola my votes have been cast.
Now, there's no receipt mind you. Just put them on the web IMO.
Here's the problem. Access rocks for learning the concepts: joining tables, primary keys, etc. Wonderful. But this quickly turns into a comfort zone for the users. They start developing in Access, and their databases grow and grow, and before long they have a 2GB Access database that is trying to support 17 concurrent users.
I guess for some work environments you have to treat Access like candy. Moderate its use, and always explain to them it is a learning or prototyping tool *only*, and not the final solution.
That's the problem w/ some MS tools I find. They're so damn easy sometimes that the people who develop with them don't understand things like estimated growth or concurrency. They just go "hey, look at me! I'm tracking inventory!" If these users don't get weened from Access early in the game they will soon be spending their days repairing and compacting their databases every 4 hours and fielding unending "why can't I connect to the database" calls.
"Hey Bob...did you patch this?"
"No, I thought you did."
"Phil!"
"What?"
"Is this your patch?"
"Not me. No patches in December, remember? It's our gift to the world."
"Then who the hell...hey Eddie!"
"Not now...I'm trying to track down this patch..."
"Crap."
There's more to her 2 minute consult that just those 2 minutes she sees you. She had to analyze the EKG results, perhaps even get a second opinion. Yes, they rush you in and out of the doctor's office (my doc does the same) because they so little time. Most of the time is spent on researching results and administration (documenting results.) Blame all the paperwork they have to do on the short amount of time spent on personal patient care.
And remember...she's prolly paying upwards of $50K/year in malpractice insurance. Lawyers are the reason for high insurance premiums, period.
I know where you're coming from (no trolling intended), but I do know it's not a free ride for the doctors by any means either. It's all a vicious cycle where everyone suffers and the lawyers go to Tahiti.
I always hated Compaq before, from days of doing modem phone support. They stored the BIOS on a bios partition, so if you wiped your drive your BIOS disappeared. A little annoying. But I inherited this AMD Presario years ago and it's been a solid little performer. I've gutted and put it back together several times, run different flavors of Windows, and now is my little Apache server on Mandrake. And the integrated sound and video card even works still!
If you're a start up, like me, do not, repeat, *do not* make the government your first contract. They will bleed you dry with all the waiting due to red tape and politics.
Yes, I remember that X2 analysis feature, don't remember the commands tho:) The USR BBS were X2 Total Control racks. Part of the negotiation is a line analysis phase, which was used to determine the best protocol to use (that's the bonging noises testing for 56K capability.)
I think the V.FC couriers needed a daughterboard upgrade in order to support the X2/56K code; the V.34's just needed to flash update their ROM. USR supported the hell out of their Couriers--they knew who their important customers were IMO.
The Whitney was USR's most reliable platform. You could tell what board you had by the last few numbers of your modem's serial number. I think if it ended with 00 you had a Whitney.
Don't know the Courier daughterboard name. There was no Houston IIRC. The modem names were based on Harley Davidson motorcycle names (Courier, Sportster) Not sure where the internal board names came from...
I worked for R&D at US Robotics for the first 56K rollout. Cots in the lab, X2 coffee (twice the grounds) as I used to call it, all week and weekend, to beat Rockwell to the punch. And we did. The first batches of course hit in mid-40's but steadily improved. Rockwell would *report* 53K or so but the actual thruput was far less.
It was one of the last great times in R&D I had.
Line noise is the limit. It explots the digital switching on the network.
Good times.
We're on the cutting edge of a new music purchasing paradigm! Downloadable DVD's to follow next year!
Yes, it's easier to buy those chunks of plastic at BestBuy, and this is the comfort zone for many still.
Of course it's much easier for me to waste $9.99 on a crappy album. That translucent "Buy Now" button is hypnotic sometimes...
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I tried, I really tried to give my kid a Linux PC for Xmas. Mandrake install locked up. RedHat ran fine but guess what? No games (nothing special at least.) And then there's the sound cards and video cards, and a certain wireless NIC I had to run out to CompUSA to buy. This is saving money?
So what do I do? Win98. I'm pissed more than feeling guilty. I came close to getting her an eMac but come on! $800!?
Besides, Mac OS X offers me enough Linux for a client PC. I'll have nothing but Macs in my house someday, when I can afford it.
Apple is all about music these days...
Apple is more about art and the creative side of everyone. Look at their latest product releases. They see gold in people's creative needs and urges. Garage Band, iPhoto, iMovie, etc...all art-related goods. And iTunes of course.
They're going after a niche market, which makes sense since Mac is a niche product (so far.) What makes this space "niche" to date, however, is that is has been largely ignored. Until now.
And it's all tax-deductable.
MS is saying that if they sold this software, they would reap $1B. Therefore, they can say they are ostensibly giving away $1B. At least, that's what their tax return will state. ;-)
Maybe tidy up the "lab" a little next time? You are being /.'d after all.
It might not a bad idea to hardwire the laptop, tho I prolly don't have a full idea of his constraints preventing this. The G3/600 can only use an 802.11b Airport IIRC, which brings the whole wireless network down to ~22MBps.
How soon until anyone can become the ultimate expansion card? Sign me up!
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Yet another one for the Social Side-Effects Of Internet Use
You know, this could be a watershed event, where Apple really flexes their marketshare muscle in the music arena and starts calling their own shots, just like MS has been able to do ad nauseum as a result of their dominance in the PC arena.
Apple definitely is ballsy lately, let's hope it doesn't morph into overconfidence and miscalculation. But for now I say "Go Apple!"
Another great book for starting your own bidness: You Need to Be A Little Crazy: The Truth About Starting and Growing Your Business
I just like the book...no vested interest involved. We need more entreprenuers and less paycheck earners to keep this economy going!
Soon to be outsourced to China and India, however...
IBM escalates outsourcing to India and China
Wow...didn't mean to come off all high and mighty. I totally did miss the mark tho. I really don't have any proof that my vote was counted. My bad.
It's like Ranten_N_Raven quoted: It doesn't matter who votes, what matters is who counts the votes. Also how the votes are counted. So, while I don't have much faith in the power of the individual vote (the 2000 Presidential Vote really did a number on me), I do like the little machines with the blinking red Vote button. It's soooo soothing.
I will continue to vote, but whether my votes are counted as intended I will never, ever know. And this has been the case since the beginning, and will forever be. No technological advances will change this either IMHO. Peace, Rev.
I voted in the last 2 local referendum elections using touch screen. I go into the voting depot, they find my name on a paper list and I initial next to my name. Next a volunteer take a cartridge to an open voting machine, slaps it in, presses the big red button and I'm good to go. I press various checkboxes on the touchscreen, a yes/no pair for each question. At the end I get a review of my selections with the option of making changes. Satisfied, I hit the flashing red Vote button and viola my votes have been cast.
Now, there's no receipt mind you. Just put them on the web IMO.
Here's the problem. Access rocks for learning the concepts: joining tables, primary keys, etc. Wonderful. But this quickly turns into a comfort zone for the users. They start developing in Access, and their databases grow and grow, and before long they have a 2GB Access database that is trying to support 17 concurrent users.
I guess for some work environments you have to treat Access like candy. Moderate its use, and always explain to them it is a learning or prototyping tool *only*, and not the final solution.
That's the problem w/ some MS tools I find. They're so damn easy sometimes that the people who develop with them don't understand things like estimated growth or concurrency. They just go "hey, look at me! I'm tracking inventory!" If these users don't get weened from Access early in the game they will soon be spending their days repairing and compacting their databases every 4 hours and fielding unending "why can't I connect to the database" calls.
- A foolish, inept, or unattractive person.
- A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is
felt to be socially inept.
I'm just gonna crawl into bed now until New Years..."Hey Bob...did you patch this?" "No, I thought you did." "Phil!" "What?" "Is this your patch?" "Not me. No patches in December, remember? It's our gift to the world." "Then who the hell...hey Eddie!" "Not now...I'm trying to track down this patch..." "Crap."
Fin.
You forgot: G5's eyecandy design: $500.00
In the link, knock out the space before limits-1.html and you're all set.
There's more to her 2 minute consult that just those 2 minutes she sees you. She had to analyze the EKG results, perhaps even get a second opinion. Yes, they rush you in and out of the doctor's office (my doc does the same) because they so little time. Most of the time is spent on researching results and administration (documenting results.) Blame all the paperwork they have to do on the short amount of time spent on personal patient care.
And remember...she's prolly paying upwards of $50K/year in malpractice insurance. Lawyers are the reason for high insurance premiums, period.
I know where you're coming from (no trolling intended), but I do know it's not a free ride for the doctors by any means either. It's all a vicious cycle where everyone suffers and the lawyers go to Tahiti.
I always hated Compaq before, from days of doing modem phone support. They stored the BIOS on a bios partition, so if you wiped your drive your BIOS disappeared. A little annoying. But I inherited this AMD Presario years ago and it's been a solid little performer. I've gutted and put it back together several times, run different flavors of Windows, and now is my little Apache server on Mandrake. And the integrated sound and video card even works still!
This Compaq was a nice surprise in quality.
If you're a start up, like me, do not, repeat, *do not* make the government your first contract. They will bleed you dry with all the waiting due to red tape and politics.
I now understand the $700 toilet seat:
* $5.95 for materials
* $694.05 for overhead
Completely justified IMHO
Yes, I remember that X2 analysis feature, don't remember the commands tho :) The USR BBS were X2 Total Control racks. Part of the negotiation is a line analysis phase, which was used to determine the best protocol to use (that's the bonging noises testing for 56K capability.)
I think the V.FC couriers needed a daughterboard upgrade in order to support the X2/56K code; the V.34's just needed to flash update their ROM. USR supported the hell out of their Couriers--they knew who their important customers were IMO.
The Whitney was USR's most reliable platform. You could tell what board you had by the last few numbers of your modem's serial number. I think if it ended with 00 you had a Whitney.
Don't know the Courier daughterboard name. There was no Houston IIRC. The modem names were based on Harley Davidson motorcycle names (Courier, Sportster) Not sure where the internal board names came from...
HTH
I worked for R&D at US Robotics for the first 56K rollout. Cots in the lab, X2 coffee (twice the grounds) as I used to call it, all week and weekend, to beat Rockwell to the punch. And we did. The first batches of course hit in mid-40's but steadily improved. Rockwell would *report* 53K or so but the actual thruput was far less. It was one of the last great times in R&D I had. Line noise is the limit. It explots the digital switching on the network. Good times.
We're on the cutting edge of a new music purchasing paradigm! Downloadable DVD's to follow next year!
Yes, it's easier to buy those chunks of plastic at BestBuy, and this is the comfort zone for many still. Of course it's much easier for me to waste $9.99 on a crappy album. That translucent "Buy Now" button is hypnotic sometimes...
woohoo! second post to AC...i'll take it!
Apple still rulez. Damn MS minions spreading untruths. Is 97% marketshare not enough for these folks!?
FP?