The megabyte requirements you quoted for Office XP are for *hard drive* space, not RAM. Try this: 128 MB RAM for WinXP Pro + 8 MB for Word + 8 MB for Excel + 8MB for Access + 8MB for Outlook (how often do you expect to run all those simultaneously, anyway?) = 160 MB RAM, not 242 - 277 MB.
Also, Suse Linux 9.0 recommends at least 96 MB of RAM. Theoretically you can run it with less RAM and it'll compensate by swapping out to virtual RAM (ie the hard drive), but I didn't have much luck two days ago installing it on a 200 MHz Pentium with 64 MB RAM.
I don't have a problem with the point you're making, but your facts needed checking.
I agree 100%. I've never felt like we needed a replacement for paperback books. This is the first ebook device that sounded like something I might take to as readily as a paperback, but it better be cheap! Frankly, I probably wouldn't pay much more than the price of a paperback for one of these, say $10. If the whole market is like me, then none of the current ebook device makers stand a chance!
Good point. I was wondering why a beta was released at 1.0, which implies, to me, a production release. If it were up to me, I'd release a beta at 0.9 or something.
If it's stable then they should probably drop the beta suffix.
In my experience, the actual work you do has far less to do with job satisfaction than do the people you work with. If you do work you love with people that you just don't click with, you'll probably start to hate that work. If you clean toilets all day with a great bunch of cow-orkers, I don't think it'd be as bad as it sounds.
After you get your snazzy new 100-year copyright you just won't be happy with your frumpy old 10-year domain name ownership. 100-year domain name ownership is the perfect accessory!
How could the guy expect Google to pay him not to run his program if he couldn't guarantee that someone else wouldn't come up with a similar program? Forget law and morals; he had nothing useful to sell to Google. Their money would be better spent finding and fixing any security holes.
Doesn't Fraunhofer publish release notes? #&*@!!! That's where I'd look for the addition of both surround sound and DRM.
The DRM that Fraunhofer's planning to add to MP3 is their LWDRM, right? Here's their press release about surround-sound-enabled MP3s, but there's no mention of DRM.
I don't get satellite TV or even cable, but I still get Viacom's little bitch-fest ads on my TV. I should just stop watching TV, but the damage is done; Viacom already got on my nerves.
Newsgroups is a good suggestion. Along those lines, also check out mailing lists. I'm on several (mostly for bread recipes) and the vast majority are hosted by groups.yahoo.com. In particular, check out: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/global-epicure /
When you get tired of cooking, check out: http://chefmoz.org/
I hate the idea of being "in touch" all the time. If I had a cell phone I'd keep it shut off whenever possible and would thus possibly miss such a text message.
Maybe all the ex-employees of MP3.com landed on their feet, but looking through the pictures I imagine people who were living the high life and then got the rug pulled out from under them.
If you read carefully you'll notice that the Hummer and Harley were not owned by MP3.com. In their words: This item was not owned by MP3.COM, Inc. and is consigned by a third party.
Friday was a strange day indeed! Neither my mother's computer with Windows XP, nor my sister's computer with Windows ME crashed! They downloaded free software and music all day long and experienced not a single pop-up, BHO, spyware, or virus!
Okay, I lied. My mother's computer failed to recognize the USB hub until it was unplugged and re-plugged, and neither of them download much of anything.
When I hear a car alarm go off, I look intently at who's near the car, which I hope will discourage someone who's up to no good. That may not work, but I can also give a description of the person to the police later, if necessary.
Yeah, I'm a weenie, but I wouldn't say car alarms are *completely* useless.
That's an odd argument when you consider that cell phones interfere with hospital equipment. Have you noticed the signs in hospitals that say to shut off cell phones?
Earwax removal: You can buy the earwax removal chemical at your local pharmacy without a prescription. Buy that and a rubber bulb and clear your own ears for around $10. The hard part is figuring out that earwax is the problem in the first place.
I think we should get rid of malpractice insurance altogether. If a doctor does things right and well then he/she can save the money that would've gone to insurance premiums. If that doctor screws up then they're going to feel the pain of a lawsuit a lot more than if the insurance company shielded him/her from it. Some doctors would end up financially ruined, but (in theory) that would only happen to doctors who shouldn't be in practice in the first place. A patient who sued a relatively poor doctor might not get much recompense from a lawsuit, but I don't think that's any worse than our current situation. Why do we pay insurance companies? Insurance is just another word for gambling.
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The megabyte requirements you quoted for Office XP are for *hard drive* space, not RAM. Try this: 128 MB RAM for WinXP Pro + 8 MB for Word + 8 MB for Excel + 8MB for Access + 8MB for Outlook (how often do you expect to run all those simultaneously, anyway?) = 160 MB RAM, not 242 - 277 MB.
Also, Suse Linux 9.0 recommends at least 96 MB of RAM. Theoretically you can run it with less RAM and it'll compensate by swapping out to virtual RAM (ie the hard drive), but I didn't have much luck two days ago installing it on a 200 MHz Pentium with 64 MB RAM.
I don't have a problem with the point you're making, but your facts needed checking.
Gah. I hope for the best, but fear the worst. TechTV is one of the few channels I still watch occasionally. I sure hope Comcast doesn't screw it up.
I agree 100%. I've never felt like we needed a replacement for paperback books. This is the first ebook device that sounded like something I might take to as readily as a paperback, but it better be cheap! Frankly, I probably wouldn't pay much more than the price of a paperback for one of these, say $10. If the whole market is like me, then none of the current ebook device makers stand a chance!
Good point. I was wondering why a beta was released at 1.0, which implies, to me, a production release. If it were up to me, I'd release a beta at 0.9 or something.
If it's stable then they should probably drop the beta suffix.
In my experience, the actual work you do has far less to do with job satisfaction than do the people you work with. If you do work you love with people that you just don't click with, you'll probably start to hate that work. If you clean toilets all day with a great bunch of cow-orkers, I don't think it'd be as bad as it sounds.
After you get your snazzy new 100-year copyright you just won't be happy with your frumpy old 10-year domain name ownership. 100-year domain name ownership is the perfect accessory!
How could the guy expect Google to pay him not to run his program if he couldn't guarantee that someone else wouldn't come up with a similar program? Forget law and morals; he had nothing useful to sell to Google. Their money would be better spent finding and fixing any security holes.
Doesn't Fraunhofer publish release notes? #&*@!!! That's where I'd look for the addition of both surround sound and DRM.
The DRM that Fraunhofer's planning to add to MP3 is their LWDRM, right? Here's their press release about surround-sound-enabled MP3s, but there's no mention of DRM.
Based on the headline, I thought this was going to be an article about testing the air for bio-hazards, or maybe airborne by-products from explosives.
Weren't there hard-drive-based MP3 players before the ipod?
Personally, I'd wait until I could afford an Athlon 64. :P
This explains where The Brain came from, but what about Pinky?
I don't get satellite TV or even cable, but I still get Viacom's little bitch-fest ads on my TV. I should just stop watching TV, but the damage is done; Viacom already got on my nerves.
Ah. Thanks for reminding me!
Is WinFX what I remember from running WinNT on an Alpha, that would allow you to run (some) x86 programs on the Alpha under Windows?
Newsgroups is a good suggestion. Along those lines, also check out mailing lists. I'm on several (mostly for bread recipes) and the vast majority are hosted by groups.yahoo.com. In particular, check out:e /
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/global-epicur
When you get tired of cooking, check out:
http://chefmoz.org/
I hate the idea of being "in touch" all the time. If I had a cell phone I'd keep it shut off whenever possible and would thus possibly miss such a text message.
We actually passed a law that says the content of a website has to match the domain name? Man, they snuck that one by me!
Sure, the guy in question was scum for misdirecting kids to a porn site, but this law doesn't seem like a good solution to me.
"If you were to throw a black cape
and a tall hat on him, he could be a circus magician."
You misspelt "Mandrake the Magician."
HTH
Maybe all the ex-employees of MP3.com landed on their feet, but looking through the pictures I imagine people who were living the high life and then got the rug pulled out from under them.
If you read carefully you'll notice that the Hummer and Harley were not owned by MP3.com. In their words:
This item was not owned by MP3.COM, Inc. and is consigned by a third party.
Friday was a strange day indeed! Neither my mother's computer with Windows XP, nor my sister's computer with Windows ME crashed! They downloaded free software and music all day long and experienced not a single pop-up, BHO, spyware, or virus!
Okay, I lied. My mother's computer failed to recognize the USB hub until it was unplugged and re-plugged, and neither of them download much of anything.
When I hear a car alarm go off, I look intently at who's near the car, which I hope will discourage someone who's up to no good. That may not work, but I can also give a description of the person to the police later, if necessary.
Yeah, I'm a weenie, but I wouldn't say car alarms are *completely* useless.
That's an odd argument when you consider that cell phones interfere with hospital equipment. Have you noticed the signs in hospitals that say to shut off cell phones?
Earwax removal:
You can buy the earwax removal chemical at your local pharmacy without a prescription. Buy that and a rubber bulb and clear your own ears for around $10. The hard part is figuring out that earwax is the problem in the first place.
I think we should get rid of malpractice insurance altogether. If a doctor does things right and well then he/she can save the money that would've gone to insurance premiums. If that doctor screws up then they're going to feel the pain of a lawsuit a lot more than if the insurance company shielded him/her from it. Some doctors would end up financially ruined, but (in theory) that would only happen to doctors who shouldn't be in practice in the first place. A patient who sued a relatively poor doctor might not get much recompense from a lawsuit, but I don't think that's any worse than our current situation. Why do we pay insurance companies? Insurance is just another word for gambling.