Aside from the likes of Intel and AMD, PCs are a commodity. There is *zero* profit to building a PC in the US unless it's a rare custom gaming or workstation rig. In fact, some say that Dell loses money on every PC and laptop sold, but make up for it in extended warranty plans and accessories. That's how bad selling a PC in America has become. PCs are cheap, easy to build, and with crap quality that most companies and users could give two-shits about. In fact, it's far easier to throw away that disposable computer when it gets infected with a virus. Hell, throw it away when the user becomes frustrated. So cheap that user aggravation is a good enough motivator to buy another (the messed up their local profile for example) and get a hardware upgrade in the process.
And don't get me started on the cost of PC support. Even Comcast will provide cleanup services for a low monthly fee. The days of a mom and pop computer shop are long over. Those that remain don't even know their number is up. Quite a relic.
I stand corrected. I was under the impression that the new 27" Apple Displays had two Thunderbolt ports for daisy-chaining to another display. Guess not. Bummer.
I'm looking to increase my backup times to an external USB3 drive. My PC only supports USB2, but I'm looking to drop in a card to support USB3. Last I checked, all the on-board USB controllers on new motherboards are still somewhat dicey (crap). Does anyone here have a good recommendation as to what USB3 controller based card I should get (2 to 4 port is ok)? The goal is for direct drop-in (no fancy drivers) for Server 2008 and Win7, and the least hardware bug prone. Cost is not an issue.
Still falling... By the time he reaches the bottom, he may have died of old age. As for the future children. Who really cares about them? No seriously. We hear people and politician's mantra of "think of the children", but it's all bullshit. I haven't seen any future planning worth talking about. So here's what will happen. Oil will eventually get too expensive to burn and thus the children will be left to engineer solutions around it. No big deal, they'll manage. At least we can be honest about it right?
Be careful with giving that advice. Dell for example know's the amount of RAM the machine was shipped with. So when it comes time for hardware warranty support, they may ask the user to remove any user installed memory in order to isolate the faulty module. Installing your own RAM doesn't void warranty support, but it does make the whole troubleshooting process much more of a pain in the ass. This advise doubly so for their server side support. If I'm not mistaken, the DSET diagnostic utility run on PowerEdge units will probe the SPD EPROM and thus provide Dell the make and model of all memory modules installed.
There's a difference between extending the useful life of a machine by purchasing additional RAM at time of purchase, and installing the maximum amount the machine can physically address. One's being wise while the other just wasteful.
You're giving the Communist way too much credibility here with regards to religion. The reason Communists don't like religion is because it's a culture that provides self governance. They absolutely hate that. They hate the idea of anyone not looking to them as the solution and focal point in their lives. To the Communist, there is no God, only man. The closest you get to God *IS* the Government. It's your mother, father, and absolute provider. It also provides the Communist absolute power to the point of being demi-gods themselves.
N. Korea is textbook case of this. The Kim Il family is practically worshipped.
Pissing around online is perfectly acceptable so long as he's doing it on his own personal time and not that of his firm's and/or client's. For example, while on lunch break.
While the outcome may be obvious, there's still a strategic advantage of stringing the whole thing out. The idea being that if you have deeper pockets, you'll force your opponent into bankruptcy. Sacrifice your own money to bleed them dry.
I have a better idea. Why not create a fake solar plant and sell the energy created by this cold-fusion or whatever and sell it cheap. Only after you start raking in the cash do you tip your hand as to how your really generating the power. Via some unknown but effective method. Scientists are welcome to observe and discover the raw physics behind it.
Making money with a product speaks louder than hand-waving.
Actually, you could create spider mines. Or worse, jumping spider mines that attach themselves to the poor SOB prior to detonation. Maybe have them communicate in a hive-mind so they surround a platoon agree on picking targets just prior to rushing in for the kill. Now that's nasty.
I have clients that can't use their check scanner for online corporate banking if JRE gets upgraded. Of all the PCs in the office, that's the one you do NOT want to get infected with a rootkit and keylogger for obvious reasons.
All led by the US run-away fiat currency (inflation), housing bubbles, wars and the European style of socialism. Of course we have no money left to give away. The middle east was always sucking of the financial tit of the west (investments and donations). Only when the nipples started producing less milk did they start to cry. So ya, Arab Spring was bound to happen in such a global financial environment.
Unless you've got something to claim when going through customs, I don't know how they're getting searched. Usually my phone is turned off laying at the bottom of my carry-on bag when going through Pudong airport. I only take it for when I'm leaving the US and returning home. You never know when you need to call a cab or resolve connecting flight issues.
Fortune 500s tend to only hire employees with degrees because it puffs up the credibility of an organization as a whole. Also there's that whole attitude of alumnis pulling for fellow recent graduates as well. You can thank the HR culture for that one really.
I wouldn't worry too much about it though. Most of corporate America is SMB. Those will hire based on experience over degrees based on what I've seen. Unfortunately you don't get the cushy job perks and title that do go with a fortune 500 company. Consider it payback for that massive tuition debt you're now having to pay off.
If you think that's bad, check out how much RAM each browser instance uses (with multiple tabs). And to think running Windows XP SP3 can run under a fraction of that amount. Bloat city.
I seem to remember a slashdot article that ultimately the future of Firefox will not have a versioning system. The engine and other components would get updated multiple times a day like an anti-virus definition. So if you run into a crash or some other bug, it may not show up the next day. Conversely, you may now have a buggy webpage rendering improperly where there was never a problem before.
Sounds like it would make for an impossible app to load in a Terminal Server environment. Too bad as I prefer TS users to use this over IE.
If they're really concerned about this, they should torrent out the research and other documentation. I'm not worried though. Even if the whole thing were to "disappear" over night, at least people know it's now possible to do. That in of itself is a motivator to re-invent the stuff knowing it has been done before.
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Aside from the likes of Intel and AMD, PCs are a commodity. There is *zero* profit to building a PC in the US unless it's a rare custom gaming or workstation rig. In fact, some say that Dell loses money on every PC and laptop sold, but make up for it in extended warranty plans and accessories. That's how bad selling a PC in America has become. PCs are cheap, easy to build, and with crap quality that most companies and users could give two-shits about. In fact, it's far easier to throw away that disposable computer when it gets infected with a virus. Hell, throw it away when the user becomes frustrated. So cheap that user aggravation is a good enough motivator to buy another (the messed up their local profile for example) and get a hardware upgrade in the process.
And don't get me started on the cost of PC support. Even Comcast will provide cleanup services for a low monthly fee. The days of a mom and pop computer shop are long over. Those that remain don't even know their number is up. Quite a relic.
I stand corrected. I was under the impression that the new 27" Apple Displays had two Thunderbolt ports for daisy-chaining to another display. Guess not. Bummer.
Now with Thunderbolt do you really want to have unplug your display to mount and unmount an ext hdd?
Why not chain the HDD off the display instead?
I'm looking to increase my backup times to an external USB3 drive. My PC only supports USB2, but I'm looking to drop in a card to support USB3. Last I checked, all the on-board USB controllers on new motherboards are still somewhat dicey (crap). Does anyone here have a good recommendation as to what USB3 controller based card I should get (2 to 4 port is ok)? The goal is for direct drop-in (no fancy drivers) for Server 2008 and Win7, and the least hardware bug prone. Cost is not an issue.
You do know that withdrawal can actually kill, right?
Still falling... By the time he reaches the bottom, he may have died of old age. As for the future children. Who really cares about them? No seriously. We hear people and politician's mantra of "think of the children", but it's all bullshit. I haven't seen any future planning worth talking about. So here's what will happen. Oil will eventually get too expensive to burn and thus the children will be left to engineer solutions around it. No big deal, they'll manage. At least we can be honest about it right?
Be careful with giving that advice. Dell for example know's the amount of RAM the machine was shipped with. So when it comes time for hardware warranty support, they may ask the user to remove any user installed memory in order to isolate the faulty module. Installing your own RAM doesn't void warranty support, but it does make the whole troubleshooting process much more of a pain in the ass. This advise doubly so for their server side support. If I'm not mistaken, the DSET diagnostic utility run on PowerEdge units will probe the SPD EPROM and thus provide Dell the make and model of all memory modules installed.
There's a difference between extending the useful life of a machine by purchasing additional RAM at time of purchase, and installing the maximum amount the machine can physically address. One's being wise while the other just wasteful.
Command and Control.
You're giving the Communist way too much credibility here with regards to religion. The reason Communists don't like religion is because it's a culture that provides self governance. They absolutely hate that. They hate the idea of anyone not looking to them as the solution and focal point in their lives. To the Communist, there is no God, only man. The closest you get to God *IS* the Government. It's your mother, father, and absolute provider. It also provides the Communist absolute power to the point of being demi-gods themselves.
N. Korea is textbook case of this. The Kim Il family is practically worshipped.
Pissing around online is perfectly acceptable so long as he's doing it on his own personal time and not that of his firm's and/or client's. For example, while on lunch break.
While the outcome may be obvious, there's still a strategic advantage of stringing the whole thing out. The idea being that if you have deeper pockets, you'll force your opponent into bankruptcy. Sacrifice your own money to bleed them dry.
I have a better idea. Why not create a fake solar plant and sell the energy created by this cold-fusion or whatever and sell it cheap. Only after you start raking in the cash do you tip your hand as to how your really generating the power. Via some unknown but effective method. Scientists are welcome to observe and discover the raw physics behind it.
Making money with a product speaks louder than hand-waving.
Actually, you could create spider mines. Or worse, jumping spider mines that attach themselves to the poor SOB prior to detonation. Maybe have them communicate in a hive-mind so they surround a platoon agree on picking targets just prior to rushing in for the kill. Now that's nasty.
I have clients that can't use their check scanner for online corporate banking if JRE gets upgraded. Of all the PCs in the office, that's the one you do NOT want to get infected with a rootkit and keylogger for obvious reasons.
Or when flash mobs are almost always made up of blacks? PC at its finest.
All led by the US run-away fiat currency (inflation), housing bubbles, wars and the European style of socialism. Of course we have no money left to give away. The middle east was always sucking of the financial tit of the west (investments and donations). Only when the nipples started producing less milk did they start to cry. So ya, Arab Spring was bound to happen in such a global financial environment.
What, you're saying their full of shit?? Hmmm
Unless you've got something to claim when going through customs, I don't know how they're getting searched. Usually my phone is turned off laying at the bottom of my carry-on bag when going through Pudong airport. I only take it for when I'm leaving the US and returning home. You never know when you need to call a cab or resolve connecting flight issues.
Isn't this a form of Paper Terrorism?
No. Building a financial war chest prior to taking on an 800 lb gorilla or two.
Fortune 500s tend to only hire employees with degrees because it puffs up the credibility of an organization as a whole. Also there's that whole attitude of alumnis pulling for fellow recent graduates as well. You can thank the HR culture for that one really.
I wouldn't worry too much about it though. Most of corporate America is SMB. Those will hire based on experience over degrees based on what I've seen. Unfortunately you don't get the cushy job perks and title that do go with a fortune 500 company. Consider it payback for that massive tuition debt you're now having to pay off.
If you think that's bad, check out how much RAM each browser instance uses (with multiple tabs). And to think running Windows XP SP3 can run under a fraction of that amount. Bloat city.
Fuck that. It's scorched earth policy now. Just ask the unemployed that span the political spectrum.
I seem to remember a slashdot article that ultimately the future of Firefox will not have a versioning system. The engine and other components would get updated multiple times a day like an anti-virus definition. So if you run into a crash or some other bug, it may not show up the next day. Conversely, you may now have a buggy webpage rendering improperly where there was never a problem before.
Sounds like it would make for an impossible app to load in a Terminal Server environment. Too bad as I prefer TS users to use this over IE.
If they're really concerned about this, they should torrent out the research and other documentation. I'm not worried though. Even if the whole thing were to "disappear" over night, at least people know it's now possible to do. That in of itself is a motivator to re-invent the stuff knowing it has been done before.