Yes, but where are you going to find an Apple server that scalable to 64 processors? I think Apple has a lot of headroom in their capability, but a deal with Sun would sure bootstrap them.
OTOH, if they come out with a quad-processor G5 machine (rumor started just this minute), they would be well on the way to showing capability in the enterprise server market. Considering the small relative marketshare for large Sun servers, Apple probably wouldn't need them.
I wonder if the teacher realizes that he/she is also being watched in this little experiment. I can just see large scale future deployments of these systems, and the resulting end-of-year reviews by faculty management:
"We see, Mr. Smith, that your students are fairly unruly in class, and that they often speak to each other in languages that your resume doesn't indicate that you know. Also, for the 14.6 minutes per hour (average, of course) that your back is to the students, a full 26% of your class cheats on exams and other work. We don't feel that you have effective control of your classrooms, and therefore are choosing to terminate your contract."
I just looked on my phone (LG TP5250, CDMA/Analog), and it says "Dual-Band." Whatever the technical realities are, the phones are being marketed as "Dual-Band" and "Tri-Band."
Furthermore, don't the different "modes" require different "bands" for communication? I.e. isn't CDMA at 1900 MHz and analog at 850 MHz?
I don't have a license available to check, but I believe the license is tied to the hardware. Corporations that buy mass quantities of PCs and have volume license agreements with Microsoft get double-whacked because of this if they don't have an agreement with the OEM that will get them PCs without OSes.
Something you've got to understand: It's The Oregonian. Yellow journalism at its finest. The only thing I read it for is the Fry's ad, the Sunday comics and Dave Barry, all imported from other sources.
I doubt a lot of people would get into actually going to the events, as they would involve a lot of standing around and watching people get ready to launch, only to have a few second thrill while the rocket blasts out of sight. An hour later it might come back down, offering more excitement, but the long lag times in between would be kind of boring.
Of course, accidents would have bigger impacts than stock cars...;^)
They might try something like having giant display screens showing views from cameras mounted to the rockets. And, if the rockets were actually flying simultaneously, there would be some orbital excitement as one caught up to the other (or not).
But the real draw would be in the day-later replay footage, time compressed to show what happened in an easy-to-digest hour-long... um... capsule.:^) I think something like that would get lots of viewership from those that have a passing interest, leaving the live action events for the real nutcases (where do I get a ticket?).
Do you have a brand name on that thing? I need to get one for my wife. I only get about three or four bites a year, but my wife gets eaten alive by the little pests. I attribute it to not eating {beef, pork, lamb, chicken, etc.}, so I don't give off any mosquito-attractive odors (or, for that matter, any odors that attract anything/anyone else).:^)
Yeah, I bought a LocalTalk to Ethernet bridge about a year ago on eBay for $45, brand new in the box (well, it was old shelf stock, but never used). I unsealed the manuals to see how hard it would be to use, then the client I had bought it for (data migration project) decided that the data just wasn't that important. The bridge just sits there, taking up space on my desk. I keep thinking that I'll put it on the network and hook up some old Macs, but haven't had the time.:-(
Ah, you're bringing back memories now. I didn't have the "upside down chip" issue, but I fully remember the happy day when I received and installed my battery-backed RAMdisk from Applied Engineering. I think it had a meg on it. Wow, did that machine ever boot fast.
Maybe because Micro$oft does not put out a competing version of a video editing tool (like Premier), or a high-end image manipulation tool (like Photoshop)?
Try here. And they used to make PhotoDraw as part of the Office2000 package. They suspiciously discontinued it with little fanfare. While it wasn't a very high-end photo editor, I got quite a bit out of it for general business photo editing. I use GIMP now, and miss Photoshop, which I can't afford.
I couldn't find it either. From reading the spec sheet, it looks like they include Mandrake as part of the base package, so you're buying an XP license whether or not you're going to use it.
I believe there's a free version for personal use. Download the SDK and start fiddling. Let me know if you get anything good going, 'cause I've always thought it was cool tech, but didn't know what to do with it.
I'm not sure it's "da bomb" for browser navigation, but it is at least innovative. It definitely needs some work. I wish it were open source so we (the OSS community) could fiddle with the design at a basic level until it worked better.
Well, it's not so much an issue with my wife; Stuck with XP on the laptop until I can get Linux installed on it, my wife and I have separate logins. (OT: Anyone know how to get Mandrake installed on a Compaq Armada 3500? It's non-trivial, it seems)
The issue is which browser I have (can have) on my machine at work, where I get about 70% of my browsing time. IE is the corporate standard, and destined to stay that way.
Well, when my wife and I were in France a couple years ago, we couldn't stand drinking the tap water that was so mineral laden. We chose to buy and drink bottled water, which only tasted bad instead of horrible. When we go back, we'll take our Sweetwater water filter with us.
My point? I've got a perfectly good source of vast quantities of purified water right here, easy to use and inexpensive (oddly enough, a lot like my computer, an Internet connection and a CD burner is for software...)
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Yes, but where are you going to find an Apple server that scalable to 64 processors? I think Apple has a lot of headroom in their capability, but a deal with Sun would sure bootstrap them.
OTOH, if they come out with a quad-processor G5 machine (rumor started just this minute), they would be well on the way to showing capability in the enterprise server market. Considering the small relative marketshare for large Sun servers, Apple probably wouldn't need them.
"We see, Mr. Smith, that your students are fairly unruly in class, and that they often speak to each other in languages that your resume doesn't indicate that you know. Also, for the 14.6 minutes per hour (average, of course) that your back is to the students, a full 26% of your class cheats on exams and other work. We don't feel that you have effective control of your classrooms, and therefore are choosing to terminate your contract."
Thbbttttt....
"I learned that someone named Big Brother is watching my every move, and that it's okay."
Furthermore, don't the different "modes" require different "bands" for communication? I.e. isn't CDMA at 1900 MHz and analog at 850 MHz?
I don't have a license available to check, but I believe the license is tied to the hardware. Corporations that buy mass quantities of PCs and have volume license agreements with Microsoft get double-whacked because of this if they don't have an agreement with the OEM that will get them PCs without OSes.
GNOS?
IN SOVIET RUSSIA, algorithms are confused with YOU!
Something you've got to understand: It's The Oregonian. Yellow journalism at its finest. The only thing I read it for is the Fry's ad, the Sunday comics and Dave Barry, all imported from other sources.
Yeah, not anybody like RocketGuy. Couldn't have anyone like that.
You know, some places in the world, they have vehicles with right-hand drive...
(okay, I know, that was really wierd)
While I appreciate your play on words, one of the ultimate goals of the X-prize project is to encourage development of just that: STOCK rockets.
I doubt a lot of people would get into actually going to the events, as they would involve a lot of standing around and watching people get ready to launch, only to have a few second thrill while the rocket blasts out of sight. An hour later it might come back down, offering more excitement, but the long lag times in between would be kind of boring.
;^)
:^) I think something like that would get lots of viewership from those that have a passing interest, leaving the live action events for the real nutcases (where do I get a ticket?).
Of course, accidents would have bigger impacts than stock cars...
They might try something like having giant display screens showing views from cameras mounted to the rockets. And, if the rockets were actually flying simultaneously, there would be some orbital excitement as one caught up to the other (or not).
But the real draw would be in the day-later replay footage, time compressed to show what happened in an easy-to-digest hour-long... um... capsule.
The Mac marketshare isn't large in the overall pool of computer users, but it's very high (dunno the statistics) in the DTP vertical market.
They seem to be slashdotted already. How do the screenshots look?
Do you have a brand name on that thing? I need to get one for my wife. I only get about three or four bites a year, but my wife gets eaten alive by the little pests. I attribute it to not eating {beef, pork, lamb, chicken, etc.}, so I don't give off any mosquito-attractive odors (or, for that matter, any odors that attract anything/anyone else). :^)
Yeah, I bought a LocalTalk to Ethernet bridge about a year ago on eBay for $45, brand new in the box (well, it was old shelf stock, but never used). I unsealed the manuals to see how hard it would be to use, then the client I had bought it for (data migration project) decided that the data just wasn't that important. The bridge just sits there, taking up space on my desk. I keep thinking that I'll put it on the network and hook up some old Macs, but haven't had the time. :-(
Ah, you're bringing back memories now. I didn't have the "upside down chip" issue, but I fully remember the happy day when I received and installed my battery-backed RAMdisk from Applied Engineering. I think it had a meg on it. Wow, did that machine ever boot fast.
Not so dumb. Ever use one?
Maybe $20 to a nostalgia nut. Maybe $2 to anyone else.
Try here. And they used to make PhotoDraw as part of the Office2000 package. They suspiciously discontinued it with little fanfare. While it wasn't a very high-end photo editor, I got quite a bit out of it for general business photo editing. I use GIMP now, and miss Photoshop, which I can't afford.
I couldn't find it either. From reading the spec sheet, it looks like they include Mandrake as part of the base package, so you're buying an XP license whether or not you're going to use it.
Thbbtttttt!!!
I believe there's a free version for personal use. Download the SDK and start fiddling. Let me know if you get anything good going, 'cause I've always thought it was cool tech, but didn't know what to do with it.
I'm not sure it's "da bomb" for browser navigation, but it is at least innovative. It definitely needs some work. I wish it were open source so we (the OSS community) could fiddle with the design at a basic level until it worked better.
Well, it's not so much an issue with my wife; Stuck with XP on the laptop until I can get Linux installed on it, my wife and I have separate logins. (OT: Anyone know how to get Mandrake installed on a Compaq Armada 3500? It's non-trivial, it seems)
The issue is which browser I have (can have) on my machine at work, where I get about 70% of my browsing time. IE is the corporate standard, and destined to stay that way.
My point? I've got a perfectly good source of vast quantities of purified water right here, easy to use and inexpensive (oddly enough, a lot like my computer, an Internet connection and a CD burner is for software...)