"Masters in Computer Information Systems"!!!, do they actually offer that now? Where I work, at the undegraduate level, CIS is for kids who can't pass a logic course, can't cut it in economics, but can pick up Visual Basic, understand spreadsheet notation, and have a superficial understanding of databases and networks. In other words, the same guys who gave Comp. Sci. and Comp. Eng. a bad name.
"You and the others in the group were prepared to take up arms, and die as martyrs if necessary, to defend the Taliban. Is this true?" U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones asked Hawash during the hearing."
I think these guys are not as primitive as the propaganda machine makes them out to be. They do hide in caves but at the same time they also use the latest US consumer-grade gadgets, and maybe some military-grade gadgets (by way of France... just kidding), including encryption (thank you Pres. Clinton) which requires at least a couple of days to be decrypted*. I would think not all Talibani would just take up arms. Some white collar/geek Talibanis would resort to intellectual terrorism.
This would make a perfect 007 movie plot.
*If my memory stand correct, that was the number of days after 9/11 when some of the intercepted communications were decrypted.
Their tech support is not very "good", their (un)official forums are filled with generic RTF-FAQ written by semi-official MSI mods, but I guess they are doing their best. Just make sure you don't get on MSI's case or they'll remove your messages, and delete your account.
From experience:
CRC problems with KT400 mbs, being blamed on VIA chipset (at least the problem is acknowledged), and still not fix satisfactory after 3/4 years. The "fix" was to slow down the ide bus. Why not product recall!
AMD recommends KT4V based on a bios (1.9) which, 4 months later, it is still not available to the general public.
I was considering this product a few months ago, but after dealing with MSI I have doubts. Anyway, before I go into rant mode, I'd be very skeptical about a company who is into flavor of the month, retires products after 6 months, and doesn't know the meaning of (paying) "customer satisfaction".
Quite defensive there, aren't you, but I had in mind these quote from this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/28/technology/28TUN E.html
"Some of the targeted Internet users expressed shock that they were singled out for an activity that tens of millions of Americans are believed to engage in. Others said they were unaware they were doing anything wrong. Most of those interviewed refused to be identified by name, citing privacy concerns and the potential impending legal action against them."
More exact, this unawareness of "doing anything wrong", which I called "arrognace of the law" should be a crime against civility.
from front page:
"In our application you estimate the number of pages per month you'll print on the FreeColorPrinter. Estimate carefully - if you are accepted this becomes your monthly print commitment."
If you "Estimate" to low, you won't be accepted, and if you "Estimate" to high then your are stuck with that quantity.
Anybody knows what the magic (maximum low) number is to be accepted?
I got this offer at work, and fortuntately I was out of town when the acceptance letter came, because it was based on a "I-always-wanted-to-publish-potential" of 50K pages per month estimate, rather than 4K pages per month of misplaced FAQs, 99% which ends up in the garbage anyway.
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A ballsy mouse!
IBM or linux? I wasn't around a few decades ago, but wasn't IBM the Microsoft of the 50s-60s?
"may"!!!! Do I hear doubts in their decision to re-invent themselves! The stock analysts should have quite a field day.
"Masters in Computer Information Systems"!!!, do they actually offer that now? Where I work, at the undegraduate level, CIS is for kids who can't pass a logic course, can't cut it in economics, but can pick up Visual Basic, understand spreadsheet notation, and have a superficial understanding of databases and networks. In other words, the same guys who gave Comp. Sci. and Comp. Eng. a bad name.
"You and the others in the group were prepared to take up arms, and die as martyrs if necessary, to defend the Taliban. Is this true?" U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones asked Hawash during the hearing."
I think these guys are not as primitive as the propaganda machine makes them out to be. They do hide in caves but at the same time they also use the latest US consumer-grade gadgets, and maybe some military-grade gadgets (by way of France... just kidding), including encryption (thank you Pres. Clinton) which requires at least a couple of days to be decrypted*. I would think not all Talibani would just take up arms. Some white collar/geek Talibanis would resort to intellectual terrorism. This would make a perfect 007 movie plot. *If my memory stand correct, that was the number of days after 9/11 when some of the intercepted communications were decrypted.
A sucker born every minute, and in a few years the sucker gets 10 new email accounts every month!
Just wondering... Do geeks (still) read Wired? I always thought Wired is a mixture between Ikea Catalog and the Circuit Section of the New York Times.
a chipset company, and/or a motherboard company, and someone to clarify the cpu naming mombo-jumbo! Confusion is not the way to compete!
(offtopic, I know, just venting)
Where are the benchmarks?
At least consistently bad is predictable, where as inconsistently good is beyond chaotic - almost emotional.
yes but what is better for a society: consistently bad, or inconsitently not bad!
Their tech support is not very "good", their (un)official forums are filled with generic RTF-FAQ written by semi-official MSI mods, but I guess they are doing their best. Just make sure you don't get on MSI's case or they'll remove your messages, and delete your account.
From experience:
CRC problems with KT400 mbs, being blamed on VIA chipset (at least the problem is acknowledged), and still not fix satisfactory after 3/4 years. The "fix" was to slow down the ide bus. Why not product recall!
AMD recommends KT4V based on a bios (1.9) which, 4 months later, it is still not available to the general public.
I was considering this product a few months ago, but after dealing with MSI I have doubts. Anyway, before I go into rant mode, I'd be very skeptical about a company who is into flavor of the month, retires products after 6 months, and doesn't know the meaning of (paying) "customer satisfaction".
Quite defensive there, aren't you, but I had in mind these quote from this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/28/technology/28TUN E.html
"Some of the targeted Internet users expressed shock that they were singled out for an activity that tens of millions of Americans are believed to engage in. Others said they were unaware they were doing anything wrong. Most of those interviewed refused to be identified by name, citing privacy concerns and the potential impending legal action against them."
More exact, this unawareness of "doing anything wrong", which I called "arrognace of the law" should be a crime against civility.
and ignorance of the law is a crime against civility.
If you are smart enough to steal and not get caught more power to you, but stop rationalizing stealing.
from front page: "In our application you estimate the number of pages per month you'll print on the FreeColorPrinter. Estimate carefully - if you are accepted this becomes your monthly print commitment." If you "Estimate" to low, you won't be accepted, and if you "Estimate" to high then your are stuck with that quantity. Anybody knows what the magic (maximum low) number is to be accepted? I got this offer at work, and fortuntately I was out of town when the acceptance letter came, because it was based on a "I-always-wanted-to-publish-potential" of 50K pages per month estimate, rather than 4K pages per month of misplaced FAQs, 99% which ends up in the garbage anyway.
A few months ago Xerox was offering a "free" color laser printer if you were willing to buy a few hundred $$$ per month in toner from Xerox.