Sounds like you will have a nice facility. I see all kinds of spaces, from _barely_ server rooms that I don't even want to call Tier 1 all the way to true Tier 4 (very rare). Are you Tier 2 or 3? All computers will be required to have dual power inputs supplied from a primary and an alternate source for Tier 3 (and everything needs to be concurrently maintainable). Just curious.
They may have made that a requirement of you to get a discounted price, but this is not, in general, true at Sprint.
Sprint sold me a PPC6700 without a data plan. I had to call CS and add it later. I could still turn it off today, but I really don't see much of a point in having any smart phone without a data plan.
Of course, the $15 Sprint charges makes this an easy choice. Compare that the the current ATT smartphone data plan rates. You quickly see that the purchase price of the iPhone is only a small part the minimum two year cost of ownership.
two weeks after AP runs it and it appears on Yahoo's front page That's nothing. The current news blitz is only about the result of the court case. Those kids were both 14 in 2004 when they first found the lack of "C".
I have a Sprint PPC-6700. That phone was introduced at $599 (not that I paid that much for it). Insurance is $5 per month from Lockline. I expect the iPhone to be similar.
Not at all. What I think it that if you are a business considering using Office 2007 you have already bought and paid for an older version of Office. In my case we have Office 2000 licenses for every desktop and laptopn computer. If I continue to use that software I will not need to shell out any more money to Microsoft for Office 2007.
Linux backend - all my Office 2000 stuff works fine with Linux file and SQL servers, but Outlook + anything but Exchange is a lost cause in my world.
Office 2000 meets both of those requirements. I would think any company considering the switch to Office 2007 already has a site license for Office 2000 (or 2K3), so the added cost is zero. Training shouldn't be an issue either.
Truest statement I've read on Slashdot in a long time. I am sure I am counted as one of the 160,000 since I downloaded the SDK once (to get the emulator). I have written ZERO PalmOS apps and don't plan to ever start.
That's a cool car, I wish I could buy one. It doesn't look too much bigger than a Jetta wagon, so it's a nice size. I have an older VW Golf TDI with a very similar engine and very similar fuel usage (mine was rated 40 city/50 highway MPG and almost always exceeds its ratings). The Touran is only slightly heavier than my Golf (1498kg if I'm reading the sheet correcly vs 1335kg) and nowhere near the size of a US minivan (a Honda Odyssey has a 2700kg curb weight and is rated 19 city/27 highway MPG).
I didn't convert the above fuel economy ratings. Since different testing methods are used in different countries, they aren't really convertible anyway.
The GP is talking about a US minivan that returns 42 MPG, but only 21 MPG with bicycles on top!
I agree. I use two 19" LCD displays and my ability to multi-task is much better than when I used a single display. It also helps me organize my virtual desktop as well as my physical desk. I wonder if a single 30" monitor would be as good?
I didn't know you had to supply a CV to post on Slashdot, but yes - I'm a mathematician. The LZW algoithm only looks obvious in hindsight. When Welch published the paper in '84 it was a total break from any commercially available compression algorithm. No 1000 different engineers coming up with the same idea at the same time. I know Unisys and the patent bomb they tried to drop on the gif format left a bad taste in everyones mouth, but that is no reason to put down the breakthrough that Terry Welch (or Abraham Lempel and Jakob Ziv for that matter) came up with.
Are you saying that the LZW alorithm was an obvious invention? It doesn't look too obvious to me. On the other hand, the patents have all expired, so the obviousness shouldn't matter any more.
Go to http://www.comscore.com/ to see how they measure usage. Basically, they have software (installed on millions of PCs) that logs web info. No exactly spyware, but close. They often refer to it as researchware.
Microsoft has always said "NT" stands for New Technology. That agrees with what I remember when it was announced. This makes the Windows 2000 and XP splash screens that say "based on NT Technology" more humorous than it already is.
I forgot the most importate thing - the phone in the article doesn't have HSDPA. It only has GPRS/EDGE. Hence the OP subject - "GPRS/EDGE makes this already obsolete"
My PPC-6700 has CDMA+EVDO+WiFi. Since it is a CDMA phone, it doesn't have GSM. It came directly from Sprint. You are right though - there is a very small market for that type of phone.
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Sounds like you will have a nice facility. I see all kinds of spaces, from _barely_ server rooms that I don't even want to call Tier 1 all the way to true Tier 4 (very rare). Are you Tier 2 or 3? All computers will be required to have dual power inputs supplied from a primary and an alternate source for Tier 3 (and everything needs to be concurrently maintainable). Just curious.
They may have made that a requirement of you to get a discounted price, but this is not, in general, true at Sprint. Sprint sold me a PPC6700 without a data plan. I had to call CS and add it later. I could still turn it off today, but I really don't see much of a point in having any smart phone without a data plan. Of course, the $15 Sprint charges makes this an easy choice. Compare that the the current ATT smartphone data plan rates. You quickly see that the purchase price of the iPhone is only a small part the minimum two year cost of ownership.
If only I had mod points today! You are 100% right.
I have noticed this on some SD channels, but not HD. Drives me crazy.
Any reason why you keep referring to EDGE/3G? I thought the 3G service from Cingular was UTMS.
I have a Sprint PPC-6700. That phone was introduced at $599 (not that I paid that much for it). Insurance is $5 per month from Lockline. I expect the iPhone to be similar.
The post above mine http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=215016 &cid=17460790 by King_TJ is basically saying the same thing as I am.
Not at all. What I think it that if you are a business considering using Office 2007 you have already bought and paid for an older version of Office. In my case we have Office 2000 licenses for every desktop and laptopn computer. If I continue to use that software I will not need to shell out any more money to Microsoft for Office 2007. Linux backend - all my Office 2000 stuff works fine with Linux file and SQL servers, but Outlook + anything but Exchange is a lost cause in my world.
Office 2000 meets both of those requirements. I would think any company considering the switch to Office 2007 already has a site license for Office 2000 (or 2K3), so the added cost is zero. Training shouldn't be an issue either.
So I didn't mess up.
This doesn't look right either. 70 MPH = (about) 102.67 FPS or 205.33 feet in two seconds or about 1/25 of a mile. Did I mess up too?
Truest statement I've read on Slashdot in a long time. I am sure I am counted as one of the 160,000 since I downloaded the SDK once (to get the emulator). I have written ZERO PalmOS apps and don't plan to ever start.
Doh! I just realized YOU are the GP! Never mind.
That's a cool car, I wish I could buy one. It doesn't look too much bigger than a Jetta wagon, so it's a nice size. I have an older VW Golf TDI with a very similar engine and very similar fuel usage (mine was rated 40 city/50 highway MPG and almost always exceeds its ratings). The Touran is only slightly heavier than my Golf (1498kg if I'm reading the sheet correcly vs 1335kg) and nowhere near the size of a US minivan (a Honda Odyssey has a 2700kg curb weight and is rated 19 city/27 highway MPG). I didn't convert the above fuel economy ratings. Since different testing methods are used in different countries, they aren't really convertible anyway. The GP is talking about a US minivan that returns 42 MPG, but only 21 MPG with bicycles on top!
A modem is a MOdulator/DEModulator. Doesn't change your point any, just thought you might want to know.
I agree. I use two 19" LCD displays and my ability to multi-task is much better than when I used a single display. It also helps me organize my virtual desktop as well as my physical desk. I wonder if a single 30" monitor would be as good?
I didn't know you had to supply a CV to post on Slashdot, but yes - I'm a mathematician. The LZW algoithm only looks obvious in hindsight. When Welch published the paper in '84 it was a total break from any commercially available compression algorithm. No 1000 different engineers coming up with the same idea at the same time. I know Unisys and the patent bomb they tried to drop on the gif format left a bad taste in everyones mouth, but that is no reason to put down the breakthrough that Terry Welch (or Abraham Lempel and Jakob Ziv for that matter) came up with.
Are you saying that the LZW alorithm was an obvious invention? It doesn't look too obvious to me. On the other hand, the patents have all expired, so the obviousness shouldn't matter any more.
Go to http://www.comscore.com/ to see how they measure usage. Basically, they have software (installed on millions of PCs) that logs web info. No exactly spyware, but close. They often refer to it as researchware.
Microsoft has always said "NT" stands for New Technology. That agrees with what I remember when it was announced. This makes the Windows 2000 and XP splash screens that say "based on NT Technology" more humorous than it already is.
Or they could just watch you to see if you have any of those goodies.
I forgot the most importate thing - the phone in the article doesn't have HSDPA. It only has GPRS/EDGE. Hence the OP subject - "GPRS/EDGE makes this already obsolete"
My PPC-6700 has CDMA+EVDO+WiFi. Since it is a CDMA phone, it doesn't have GSM. It came directly from Sprint. You are right though - there is a very small market for that type of phone.