The NEC 1760V (Tom's Hardware Guide here)is a 17" display with the same resolution and a 16 ms pixel response. It can be had over at newegg for 430 bucks. Granted, the contrast ratio isn't as good at 450:1, but it should be good for everyday use. Lastly, the dpi is a hell of a lot higher, and a good resolution for viewing it at, instead of 1280 x 1024 on a 29" display. The Samsung would be good for watching TV on, but a larger plasma display can probably be had for around the same price.
It's not the top priority of private schools, either. I go to a private school, and our IT guy knows jack. One of the juniors hacked the printer to say different messages, and it took the guy hours, including calls to HP tech support, to get the thing fixed. Our computer lab is a bunch of 133 MHz Pentiums, most of which don't work (could have something to do with the fact that he's trying to run Windows 2000 on them). I'm positive he doesn't have any kind of computer certification. He can't even maintain a file server well. It took him over a week to discover the 100 MB+ folder containing Risk II that was accessed very frequently, even though other teachers had noticed people playing the (pirated) game...
Gaa... So much for my URLs... Anyway...
http://directory.google.com/Top/Games/Video_Games/ Music_and_Dance/Dance_Dance_Revolution_Series/
P.S. No, that wasn't meant as a troll or anything...:P
Does Sun's Jonathan Schwartz have a better strategy than Microsoft's for surviving the threat of free software?
HOW can you compete with something given away free? That has been the question dogging big software firms, above all Microsoft, ever since free ("open-source") programs made it into the mainstream--notably Linux, which is now a serious rival to costly proprietary operating systems such as Microsoft's Windows. It has also been the chief headache for Jonathan Schwartz since Sun Microsystems put him in charge of its software business a year ago. Although there has long been speculation that Linux might one day kill Windows, Sun has always seemed a more plausible, and imminent, victim of free software. But the Silicon Valley firm is now fighting back: a new approach, the product of Mr Schwartz's labours, was unveiled on May 19th.
Aged 37 and pony-tailed, Mr Schwartz might easily be mistaken for a hacker, or even for one of the Young Turks who developed Linux just for the hell of it--though he also shares the aggression and feistiness for which his boss, Scott McNealy, is well known. He joined Sun in 1996 when it bought his software firm, Lighthouse Design. After that, he was the driving force behind the Liberty Alliance, an industry group developing a rival method to Microsoft Passport for securely and easily moving personal details around the internet. Seasoned observers of the industry are impressed by his grasp of the complicated beast that is software. But will even that be enough?
Ironically, for Sun, in contrast to Microsoft, Linux has been less a software than a hardware challenge. Yes, the program is free--but many firms use it mainly because it allows them to buy cheap servers powered by Intel chips rather than more expensive Sun boxes. Since Sun's flagship Solaris operating system and Linux are both a variant of Unix, an operating-system standard, many applications written for the former can be easily converted to run on the latter. The result is that Sun is rapidly losing market share to makers of Intel-based servers, mainly Dell.
At first, Sun dismissed this threat. Then it tried to embrace Linux--offering its own cheap Intel-based servers running the free operating system. (Mr McNealy even dressed up as a penguin, the Linux mascot, at Sun's 2002 analyst meeting.) Yet the new computers were poorly received. Potential customers doubted that Sun was really serious about Intel-based machines. So what is Mr Schwartz's new strategy? In San Francisco this week, Sun unveiled two new low-priced servers based on Intel chips. It also revealed that Oracle had agreed to make its software work on these machines--adding to speculation that Oracle is about to buy Sun. But much more significant was a subtle but crucial shift in the firm's Linux strategy: as well as Linux, Sun will now also push an Intel-compatible version of Solaris.
Mr Schwartz may seem to want to have it both ways. But he is trying to capitalise on an important trend. Some software users have started to realise that even Linux is not as free as it appears: for instance, it has to be maintained and upgraded. "Linux is like a puppy--in the beginning it's great, but you also have to take care of it," says Mr Schwartz. He hopes that firms will opt for Solaris, because it requires less care.
Simply put, Mr Schwartz wants to give customers a choice. On the one hand, he will offer them an open-source solution, which lets them tinker and benefit from the collective brain power of volunteer developers. On the other, he will offer a proprietary option for customers worried about operational costs.
Contrast this with how Sun's arch rival is dealing with the Linux threat. Microsoft executives no longer call open source a "cancer" and a "destroyer of intellectual property", at least in public. But, if anything, the firm has become more aggressive in competing with Linux. Last week, Microsoft was reported to have set up a special fund to pay for dee
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Got a picture? Or even better, a movie?
Odd, the one I saw in Micro Center looked fine. It may just be resetting things on a resolution change...
The NEC 1760V (Tom's Hardware Guide here)is a 17" display with the same resolution and a 16 ms pixel response. It can be had over at newegg for 430 bucks. Granted, the contrast ratio isn't as good at 450:1, but it should be good for everyday use. Lastly, the dpi is a hell of a lot higher, and a good resolution for viewing it at, instead of 1280 x 1024 on a 29" display. The Samsung would be good for watching TV on, but a larger plasma display can probably be had for around the same price.
You mean the Zire 71?
Never mind, they just partnered up... *smack*
Looking at their website, it looks like they may have been bought up by Sun...
Unless some jock figures out a way to beat you up over the internet, you don't get the experience of a real school!
Ah, yes. That would be a live action roleplaying game (LARP). Basically D&D minus the dice, plus padded weapons. Damned fun, and a good workout. :D
Step 1: Shoot documentary with Smell-o-vision Step 2: Rent gas masks out during showing Step 3: ??? Step 4: Profit!
Wow. I'm not getting a very good download rate... 20 KBps on DSL...
You just put up a link for a 75 meg file you're hosting? 8| *watches as the server sizzles and burns*
It's not the top priority of private schools, either. I go to a private school, and our IT guy knows jack. One of the juniors hacked the printer to say different messages, and it took the guy hours, including calls to HP tech support, to get the thing fixed. Our computer lab is a bunch of 133 MHz Pentiums, most of which don't work (could have something to do with the fact that he's trying to run Windows 2000 on them). I'm positive he doesn't have any kind of computer certification. He can't even maintain a file server well. It took him over a week to discover the 100 MB+ folder containing Risk II that was accessed very frequently, even though other teachers had noticed people playing the (pirated) game...
Maybe Palm is getting some nice patents out of it...
I thought we were going to pull the comet into the Earth... *breathes a sigh of relief*
Does this mean that you have to upgrade your OS every time a new feature comes out?
Whoa... It's a non off-topic or troll first post... Ummm... Guys? Satan's yelling at me to get him a sweater...
Gaa... So much for my URLs... Anyway... http://directory.google.com/Top/Games/Video_Games/ Music_and_Dance/Dance_Dance_Revolution_Series/
P.S. No, that wasn't meant as a troll or anything... :P
New? What are you talking about?
Thanks... You just inspired me to install Ad-aware, Spybot, and Proximitron... What firewall and virus programs would you suggest?
*grumble* No...
It also mentions Microsoft, and the SCO lawsuit.
Need I say more?
The ponytail versus the penguin
Does Sun's Jonathan Schwartz have a better strategy than Microsoft's for surviving the threat of free software?
HOW can you compete with something given away free? That has been the question dogging big software firms, above all Microsoft, ever since free ("open-source") programs made it into the mainstream--notably Linux, which is now a serious rival to costly proprietary operating systems such as Microsoft's Windows. It has also been the chief headache for Jonathan Schwartz since Sun Microsystems put him in charge of its software business a year ago. Although there has long been speculation that Linux might one day kill Windows, Sun has always seemed a more plausible, and imminent, victim of free software. But the Silicon Valley firm is now fighting back: a new approach, the product of Mr Schwartz's labours, was unveiled on May 19th.
Aged 37 and pony-tailed, Mr Schwartz might easily be mistaken for a hacker, or even for one of the Young Turks who developed Linux just for the hell of it--though he also shares the aggression and feistiness for which his boss, Scott McNealy, is well known. He joined Sun in 1996 when it bought his software firm, Lighthouse Design. After that, he was the driving force behind the Liberty Alliance, an industry group developing a rival method to Microsoft Passport for securely and easily moving personal details around the internet. Seasoned observers of the industry are impressed by his grasp of the complicated beast that is software. But will even that be enough?
Ironically, for Sun, in contrast to Microsoft, Linux has been less a software than a hardware challenge. Yes, the program is free--but many firms use it mainly because it allows them to buy cheap servers powered by Intel chips rather than more expensive Sun boxes. Since Sun's flagship Solaris operating system and Linux are both a variant of Unix, an operating-system standard, many applications written for the former can be easily converted to run on the latter. The result is that Sun is rapidly losing market share to makers of Intel-based servers, mainly Dell.
At first, Sun dismissed this threat. Then it tried to embrace Linux--offering its own cheap Intel-based servers running the free operating system. (Mr McNealy even dressed up as a penguin, the Linux mascot, at Sun's 2002 analyst meeting.) Yet the new computers were poorly received. Potential customers doubted that Sun was really serious about Intel-based machines.
So what is Mr Schwartz's new strategy? In San Francisco this week, Sun unveiled two new low-priced servers based on Intel chips. It also revealed that Oracle had agreed to make its software work on these machines--adding to speculation that Oracle is about to buy Sun. But much more significant was a subtle but crucial shift in the firm's Linux strategy: as well as Linux, Sun will now also push an Intel-compatible version of Solaris.
Mr Schwartz may seem to want to have it both ways. But he is trying to capitalise on an important trend. Some software users have started to realise that even Linux is not as free as it appears: for instance, it has to be maintained and upgraded. "Linux is like a puppy--in the beginning it's great, but you also have to take care of it," says Mr Schwartz. He hopes that firms will opt for Solaris, because it requires less care.
Simply put, Mr Schwartz wants to give customers a choice. On the one hand, he will offer them an open-source solution, which lets them tinker and benefit from the collective brain power of volunteer developers. On the other, he will offer a proprietary option for customers worried about operational costs.
Contrast this with how Sun's arch rival is dealing with the Linux threat. Microsoft executives no longer call open source a "cancer" and a "destroyer of intellectual property", at least in public. But, if anything, the firm has become more aggressive in competing with Linux. Last week, Microsoft was reported to have set up a special fund to pay for dee
Just make an indirect reference to how SCO sucks!
That was from the Simpsons...
To the cantennas! Mmm... Free internet access...
Seeing as that article ignores the fact that P2P apps are available for the Mac too...