True. The only thing that lacks innovation these days terribly is batteries. They are working on fuel cells, but they are far from being as convenient, because they can't be easily "recharged".
If I was motivated, I'd patent this and make something of it, but too lazy. the Power and maybe data cables of computer cases should be integrated into the case. This is mostly due to my like of windows (The physical, not binary type. Linux all the way) and modding a case, and that too many wires uglify the inside of my case. I think it's a good idea. Just have contacts somehow built into the drive bays so that you can just plug a drive in, and it'll run without having to fiddle with wires.
Yeah, but most others are hardcover, and you probably won't need to reference them later on, while with CS books, they will probably be kept as reference material...
Agreed. Most text books are at least $60, and usually $100+ for advanced subjects such as Mathematics and Computer Science... Although most CS books are soft cover (why?), so that helps keep their price down a bit below $100....
He's joking, right? On that little keyboard? I've used little keyboard devices before, they work for some things, but taking notes on it (quickly most likely too) would be hell.... I'd just spend a couple hundred more for a old craptop if I needed something to do that that badly..... Or a cheap PDA and keyboard....
But like others have said, how many non-geeks do you know that would buy a new OS and install it on a computer they already have? Not many. It would sadly be a fairly smooth rollover considering the potential concequences.
Lucky bastard, lol. I had a IIGS, which wasn't very suitable for programming in comparison to other computers as you know ("IBM Compatable" as they were called), and the closest I ever got to programming at an early age was finding a book called "Sound & Graphics on the IIGS". I think it was in BASIC also. But every try learning to program from a book that doesn't really teach? It's rather difficult, especially at such a young age.... It really does make you wonder how many children of the age where they can read could learn something like programming if given the proper teaching and opportunity.... Although they would probably loose motivation after learning how much code it takes to do such simple tasks.
Supercomputers alone will probably keep the PowerPC family healthy. They have proven with BlueGene/L that they are powerful, and IBM's aggressive marketing of BlueGene is quite daring.... I never thought I'd ever see ads for supercomputers on TV....
Ditto that. I recall years ago on the IIGS when our family had software/a modem that would access an online encyclopedia, since the internet had yet to take off. Between that and our scanner that popped into the old imagewriter that could take low-res monochrome scans, we had an unstoppable beast....
Anyone who would agree with this working in the stated way obviously needs a good slashdotting, so they can see for themselves how useful services that mirror their page (such as google's archiving) are....
I'll admit I didn't thuroughly ready the article, but really though. You are payed to manage a given system. This/. article says make it easer for an admin, which would make it harder for all other employees/clients to use it (because the rest of the world isn't used to Linux)? Doesn't seem quite right... Even if it is that much easier, It doesn't seem like a legit reason to switch....
I second that, Canon has been doing the same thing. If there is something that makes it "new", would someone please explain? And will it really be that much cheaper? Makes the price of manufacture go from $8 to $5, and our buying price go from $30 to $28 with how ink goes?
I think notes should be put online for more classes. I agree for some things like liberal arts based ones, notes should be written, because it helps remember. But for some others like Physics and Mathematics, quickly scribbling down what the teacher is going over and understanding it at the same time isn't always possible. Documentation of how to do the homework is also helpful, because then it doesn't have to be gone over in class, and it still shows students how to do things they may have gotten wrong.
Depends, if your dialing an international number, it could get quite long.... Or if you decide to dial in binary.... There's an idea, replace all 12 number keys with just a 1 and a 0....
Also, for some things, seeing through one window to another is useful. Like maps over the displays of some games, although text can be a bit more problematic. I'll just take my multiple desktops over that....
Windows 98 vs. Windows 95.... We all know they improved on the OS a lot, right? Fixed stuff? Ask the typical user, they probably wondered why it was even released because "it looked the same". I'm not trying to be a troll or anything, but I think that a shiny new GUI is probably the most "important" feature to non-techie end-users, because people judge things by the difference they see. Similar to cars, it seems like the biggest difference from one model to another (I'm not an auto repair person, so I'm looking from a novice's perspective) other then maybe a bigger engine or somthing similar is the look of the car.
Good point. And I do recall one of the biggest factors for little pollution difference was the raw energy needed in the conversion, so power plants are still a major part of it (since a lot of fossil-fuel based ones are still in use).
I forget where (possibly wired, but I couldn't find the article, at least not without getting a debt collector after me), but I recall reading that the most cost effective methods (in other words, the ones that will most likely be used for a while) for refining the fuel needed for fuel cells created almost as much pollution as the vehicles themselves would be emitting using gas power. Wish I could find the article again, it was a rather interesting look on the situation.
Never read the mag becuse magazines are prettymuch obsolete with the internet (sans game demos if you are on dial-up or want a demo disc for a console). But I liked Wired's unusual flare a lot of their articles posted on the net have.
My big question (if it was in the article, sorry, It's a lot to read word-by-word) is, is this going to be an upgrade to current services as a lot of ISPs have done over the past 10 years, or a new service that is going to cost $100/mo the first year or so? It'd be nice if it was a free upgrade to existing service, but pretty unlikely with the cost involved....
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True. The only thing that lacks innovation these days terribly is batteries. They are working on fuel cells, but they are far from being as convenient, because they can't be easily "recharged".
If I was motivated, I'd patent this and make something of it, but too lazy. the Power and maybe data cables of computer cases should be integrated into the case. This is mostly due to my like of windows (The physical, not binary type. Linux all the way) and modding a case, and that too many wires uglify the inside of my case. I think it's a good idea. Just have contacts somehow built into the drive bays so that you can just plug a drive in, and it'll run without having to fiddle with wires.
Yeah, but most others are hardcover, and you probably won't need to reference them later on, while with CS books, they will probably be kept as reference material...
Agreed. Most text books are at least $60, and usually $100+ for advanced subjects such as Mathematics and Computer Science... Although most CS books are soft cover (why?), so that helps keep their price down a bit below $100....
He's joking, right? On that little keyboard? I've used little keyboard devices before, they work for some things, but taking notes on it (quickly most likely too) would be hell.... I'd just spend a couple hundred more for a old craptop if I needed something to do that that badly..... Or a cheap PDA and keyboard....
But like others have said, how many non-geeks do you know that would buy a new OS and install it on a computer they already have? Not many. It would sadly be a fairly smooth rollover considering the potential concequences.
Lucky bastard, lol. I had a IIGS, which wasn't very suitable for programming in comparison to other computers as you know ("IBM Compatable" as they were called), and the closest I ever got to programming at an early age was finding a book called "Sound & Graphics on the IIGS". I think it was in BASIC also. But every try learning to program from a book that doesn't really teach? It's rather difficult, especially at such a young age.... It really does make you wonder how many children of the age where they can read could learn something like programming if given the proper teaching and opportunity.... Although they would probably loose motivation after learning how much code it takes to do such simple tasks.
Isn't it our job to keep it alive through torrenting?
Supercomputers alone will probably keep the PowerPC family healthy. They have proven with BlueGene/L that they are powerful, and IBM's aggressive marketing of BlueGene is quite daring.... I never thought I'd ever see ads for supercomputers on TV....
Ditto that. I recall years ago on the IIGS when our family had software/a modem that would access an online encyclopedia, since the internet had yet to take off. Between that and our scanner that popped into the old imagewriter that could take low-res monochrome scans, we had an unstoppable beast....
Anyone who would agree with this working in the stated way obviously needs a good slashdotting, so they can see for themselves how useful services that mirror their page (such as google's archiving) are....
I'll admit I didn't thuroughly ready the article, but really though. You are payed to manage a given system. This /. article says make it easer for an admin, which would make it harder for all other employees/clients to use it (because the rest of the world isn't used to Linux)? Doesn't seem quite right... Even if it is that much easier, It doesn't seem like a legit reason to switch....
Oh? That would be nice. I hate MS's attitude of "This is not a PC, you cannot hook it up to a monitor!" with the X-Box.
Yeah, if you wanna pull out the soldering iron or pay $80 for an adaptor to hoook it up to a monitor....
I second that, Canon has been doing the same thing. If there is something that makes it "new", would someone please explain? And will it really be that much cheaper? Makes the price of manufacture go from $8 to $5, and our buying price go from $30 to $28 with how ink goes?
I think notes should be put online for more classes. I agree for some things like liberal arts based ones, notes should be written, because it helps remember. But for some others like Physics and Mathematics, quickly scribbling down what the teacher is going over and understanding it at the same time isn't always possible. Documentation of how to do the homework is also helpful, because then it doesn't have to be gone over in class, and it still shows students how to do things they may have gotten wrong.
Depends, if your dialing an international number, it could get quite long.... Or if you decide to dial in binary.... There's an idea, replace all 12 number keys with just a 1 and a 0....
Also, for some things, seeing through one window to another is useful. Like maps over the displays of some games, although text can be a bit more problematic. I'll just take my multiple desktops over that....
Windows 98 vs. Windows 95.... We all know they improved on the OS a lot, right? Fixed stuff? Ask the typical user, they probably wondered why it was even released because "it looked the same". I'm not trying to be a troll or anything, but I think that a shiny new GUI is probably the most "important" feature to non-techie end-users, because people judge things by the difference they see. Similar to cars, it seems like the biggest difference from one model to another (I'm not an auto repair person, so I'm looking from a novice's perspective) other then maybe a bigger engine or somthing similar is the look of the car.
Good point. And I do recall one of the biggest factors for little pollution difference was the raw energy needed in the conversion, so power plants are still a major part of it (since a lot of fossil-fuel based ones are still in use).
I forget where (possibly wired, but I couldn't find the article, at least not without getting a debt collector after me), but I recall reading that the most cost effective methods (in other words, the ones that will most likely be used for a while) for refining the fuel needed for fuel cells created almost as much pollution as the vehicles themselves would be emitting using gas power. Wish I could find the article again, it was a rather interesting look on the situation.
Where's the torrent?
Never read the mag becuse magazines are prettymuch obsolete with the internet (sans game demos if you are on dial-up or want a demo disc for a console). But I liked Wired's unusual flare a lot of their articles posted on the net have.
I for one prefer Live Wire.... Tangier of a taste....
My big question (if it was in the article, sorry, It's a lot to read word-by-word) is, is this going to be an upgrade to current services as a lot of ISPs have done over the past 10 years, or a new service that is going to cost $100/mo the first year or so? It'd be nice if it was a free upgrade to existing service, but pretty unlikely with the cost involved....