Then there should be some interesting adds.... Your playing Diablo III, and all of a sudden you see ads for occult supplies. Or your playing an online game, and some little brat is cussing "cuz hez cool", and you begin to see all sorts of disturbing ads....
Hmmm... 4 AMD systems in the room... It was around 88 in the room on warm (not hot) days..... If me and my roommate both get PowerBooks.... Can you say tropical environment?
Easy, for just $100 or so more, you can get a refurb 12" PowerBook at 1.33 GHz instead of a 1.2 GHz iBook. And from what I've heard, their refurbs are usually high quality and have a full warranty, so not much to worry about there.
Anyone notice PowerBooks are due for upgrading?
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I was looking onto the site that tracks Apple release schedules, and did anyone else notice PowerBooks are due for an upgrade? Not anywhere near as badly as iBooks, but still within two weeks of the average update cycle. I wonder if they will have some enhancements too Tuesday if it does take place?
Agreed. I don't want to fall into a position like that. And I'm man enough to admit when I may not be able to be as completely-dedicated as a lot of game designers/programmers (like VALVe's team). My ideal job is working for a successful company that is small enough so that it wouldn't be feasable to outsource my job to India....
This will be no different for when they were going to drop support for older Windows versions, and extended it by a few years... They either drop IE support for non-XP systems and continue developing security and bug fixes in a pre-XP branch along side IE7, Or let holes in their browser destroy user's systems if this holds. I don't see either happening unless they plan on completely revamping IE7 to completely take advantage of XP (which is doubtful with Longhorn probably much more open to innovations to IE7 then XP by far). With no Firefox, maybe they would try, but probably not at the moment.... People with older systems that use Firefox instead might eventually upgrade to XP/Longhorn like they want.... But I doubt they will leave Firefox behind....
Anyone else remember it? The guy was disabled from the waist down, but using some experimental green "hybrid assistive limb", he was able to walk, shoot some sort of energy weapon, and yeah, be a superhero. I think it was aired during prime-time, but I was young, it may have been cornier then I remember....
I think it was $10/Gig/yr. I was thinking about it it for an offsite backup of my home directory in Linux, but no ftp/ssh access (Only Windows client or web client can be used for sending files), so I figured it wouldn't be the best of choices for automated backups. I also have no clue about the speed (I asked a service rep how fast it could be w/ a maxed out college connection, and he just said it could vary with their server traffic.... The difference between "average 300 k/s" and "average 30 k/s" is pretty important to me.
I haven't really done any carrer-related jobs, but I've worked at a financial institution, and all computers I've seen there were what the company gave the employees (I think they are all Citrix workstations now, but anyways). Are that many businesses really that flexible letting you choose your computer? I would think most wouldn't be due to compatability problems and needing IT people for "the other platform", even if the software you used was on multiple platforms.
If you found a name (whether it's yours or not), post it if you think it's popular (at least in the top 5%). I'm curious as to how popular a name can be found. Plugging in "aim", I got 66160, ranked 141495. Who can beat this by a long shot?
Good point with the statistics, but do you have any clue how many old Apple IIx and other old non-connected computers there are out there? If they are counted, that could cause a pretty big difference between the number of people with computers, and the number of people with internet access.
I agree. One of the main things Google is known for is hiring prodigies that once worked for other companies, and did something groundbreaking in computing. And with their well-known worker perks, he'd be a fool not to say yes.
Oh, wait.... I'm switching from Linux to OS X..... But I Switched from Windows to Linux a little over a year ago..... So by the rule of Hypothetical Syllogism, I conclude I'm going from Windows to OS X.
True. And chances are if less traffic tickets are issued due to something like this becoming common, it would just mean a hike in taxes, or a simple fine for running a stop-sign being worth much much more then it already is.
I've been spending the past couple week seriously comparing and pricing various laptops (and have been researching over the past half year), and am probably going to buy a *Book in about 3 weeks. I was going to get a refurb 12" PowerBook 1.33 (a little more then an iBook), but This announcement may change that if it's a decent upgrade.
He was always thought of as the larger member of the series, yet lived to 85. Must have been large by old standards and not current standards... Anyways, at least he lived a very long and successful life. RIP indeed.
Even if OS/2 cannot be made open source, I think they should at least give it a license so that it can be gotten for free. I've wanted to try it for years, but have never been able to because I'm not going to spend $$$ on something I might not even use after trying. It's a part of computer history that I think should be shown, what Windows could have been (As I understand, OS/2 was a decent competitor to Win 3.1 early on in Win 3.1's life).
He should have thought about it more. Even if the shipping was a hundred or so, I'm sure he could have found people that would be willing to pay much more for it even with shipping since some Star Wars fans can be rather rabid and obsessive... *cough* Time to return to my homemade Star Trek bridge.....
We have all read headlines that have read "Apple in bed with Intel", and similar things, but how many people have actually heard whether or not they will be switching to x86 from a valid source? I would find it more surprising that Apple would be switching to x86 then Intel would be developing a non-x86 processor myself.
The university I attend started Cdigix service last year. I was going to give it a free try, but it only works in Windows, so I never even touched it. Had it worked in Linux, I would have probably given it a try (If they had my type of music), and maybe continued using it.
Not when the software runs like shit. You ever try running a current version of AIM on hardware a decade old on Windows 98? It's not pleasant. I'd say they have more to fear from linux, since a Redhat 8.0 installer has everything you'd need, and runs great on older hardware.
Thus why I put it in quotes. I'm well aware of that. But is it going to be anywhere near as convenient or cheap as just plugging a typical NiMH or similar modern battery into a household charger? And are people going to have Menthynol/Hydrogen piped into there homes or have tanks for this, or are they going to have to stop at the store to get them refilled all the time?
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Click the slashdot article on goggle homepage, go to slashdot, click the google homepage article on slashdot go to google.....
Then there should be some interesting adds.... Your playing Diablo III, and all of a sudden you see ads for occult supplies. Or your playing an online game, and some little brat is cussing "cuz hez cool", and you begin to see all sorts of disturbing ads....
Hmmm... 4 AMD systems in the room... It was around 88 in the room on warm (not hot) days..... If me and my roommate both get PowerBooks.... Can you say tropical environment?
Easy, for just $100 or so more, you can get a refurb 12" PowerBook at 1.33 GHz instead of a 1.2 GHz iBook. And from what I've heard, their refurbs are usually high quality and have a full warranty, so not much to worry about there.
I was looking onto the site that tracks Apple release schedules, and did anyone else notice PowerBooks are due for an upgrade? Not anywhere near as badly as iBooks, but still within two weeks of the average update cycle. I wonder if they will have some enhancements too Tuesday if it does take place?
Agreed. I don't want to fall into a position like that. And I'm man enough to admit when I may not be able to be as completely-dedicated as a lot of game designers/programmers (like VALVe's team). My ideal job is working for a successful company that is small enough so that it wouldn't be feasable to outsource my job to India....
This will be no different for when they were going to drop support for older Windows versions, and extended it by a few years... They either drop IE support for non-XP systems and continue developing security and bug fixes in a pre-XP branch along side IE7, Or let holes in their browser destroy user's systems if this holds. I don't see either happening unless they plan on completely revamping IE7 to completely take advantage of XP (which is doubtful with Longhorn probably much more open to innovations to IE7 then XP by far). With no Firefox, maybe they would try, but probably not at the moment.... People with older systems that use Firefox instead might eventually upgrade to XP/Longhorn like they want.... But I doubt they will leave Firefox behind....
Anyone else remember it? The guy was disabled from the waist down, but using some experimental green "hybrid assistive limb", he was able to walk, shoot some sort of energy weapon, and yeah, be a superhero. I think it was aired during prime-time, but I was young, it may have been cornier then I remember....
I think it was $10/Gig/yr. I was thinking about it it for an offsite backup of my home directory in Linux, but no ftp/ssh access (Only Windows client or web client can be used for sending files), so I figured it wouldn't be the best of choices for automated backups. I also have no clue about the speed (I asked a service rep how fast it could be w/ a maxed out college connection, and he just said it could vary with their server traffic.... The difference between "average 300 k/s" and "average 30 k/s" is pretty important to me.
I haven't really done any carrer-related jobs, but I've worked at a financial institution, and all computers I've seen there were what the company gave the employees (I think they are all Citrix workstations now, but anyways). Are that many businesses really that flexible letting you choose your computer? I would think most wouldn't be due to compatability problems and needing IT people for "the other platform", even if the software you used was on multiple platforms.
If you found a name (whether it's yours or not), post it if you think it's popular (at least in the top 5%). I'm curious as to how popular a name can be found. Plugging in "aim", I got 66160, ranked 141495. Who can beat this by a long shot?
Good point with the statistics, but do you have any clue how many old Apple IIx and other old non-connected computers there are out there? If they are counted, that could cause a pretty big difference between the number of people with computers, and the number of people with internet access.
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I agree. One of the main things Google is known for is hiring prodigies that once worked for other companies, and did something groundbreaking in computing. And with their well-known worker perks, he'd be a fool not to say yes.
Oh, wait.... I'm switching from Linux to OS X..... But I Switched from Windows to Linux a little over a year ago..... So by the rule of Hypothetical Syllogism, I conclude I'm going from Windows to OS X.
True. And chances are if less traffic tickets are issued due to something like this becoming common, it would just mean a hike in taxes, or a simple fine for running a stop-sign being worth much much more then it already is.
I've been spending the past couple week seriously comparing and pricing various laptops (and have been researching over the past half year), and am probably going to buy a *Book in about 3 weeks. I was going to get a refurb 12" PowerBook 1.33 (a little more then an iBook), but This announcement may change that if it's a decent upgrade.
He was always thought of as the larger member of the series, yet lived to 85. Must have been large by old standards and not current standards... Anyways, at least he lived a very long and successful life. RIP indeed.
Even if OS/2 cannot be made open source, I think they should at least give it a license so that it can be gotten for free. I've wanted to try it for years, but have never been able to because I'm not going to spend $$$ on something I might not even use after trying. It's a part of computer history that I think should be shown, what Windows could have been (As I understand, OS/2 was a decent competitor to Win 3.1 early on in Win 3.1's life).
He should have thought about it more. Even if the shipping was a hundred or so, I'm sure he could have found people that would be willing to pay much more for it even with shipping since some Star Wars fans can be rather rabid and obsessive... *cough* Time to return to my homemade Star Trek bridge.....
LFG..... Lvl 23 Wizard. Primary weapon is Magic Missile. Wait, wrong window.....
We have all read headlines that have read "Apple in bed with Intel", and similar things, but how many people have actually heard whether or not they will be switching to x86 from a valid source? I would find it more surprising that Apple would be switching to x86 then Intel would be developing a non-x86 processor myself.
The university I attend started Cdigix service last year. I was going to give it a free try, but it only works in Windows, so I never even touched it. Had it worked in Linux, I would have probably given it a try (If they had my type of music), and maybe continued using it.
Not when the software runs like shit. You ever try running a current version of AIM on hardware a decade old on Windows 98? It's not pleasant. I'd say they have more to fear from linux, since a Redhat 8.0 installer has everything you'd need, and runs great on older hardware.
Thus why I put it in quotes. I'm well aware of that. But is it going to be anywhere near as convenient or cheap as just plugging a typical NiMH or similar modern battery into a household charger? And are people going to have Menthynol/Hydrogen piped into there homes or have tanks for this, or are they going to have to stop at the store to get them refilled all the time?