It seems odd that he took so much care with the front and then just hacked/chewed the back side for the ethernet/modem/usb connections.
AND
if you look at the front/head on shots of the machine, the speaker grills have a decidedly white backdrop, almost as if they were simpy flushmounted into a niche carved for them, without anything behind them.
It just smells fishy to me and I can't quite put my finger on it.
Hey, who says you have to trust anyone? Moreover, what are you doing expecting others to do what is best for you? That is 100% your job!
Having competition in the marketplace will assuredly make that job easier, if there are more choices monopoly power cannot be exercised, and you'll have more options to employ in that quest to do what is best for you.
I believe Sun porting Star Office to the mac platform to be a great thing, even if I don't end up using it.
Like the mac os or not, isn't this a further implication that the mac platform isn't as dead as everyone has said it was? And again, like the mac or not, isn't that a good thing? Anytime we're given only one choice (or some small number) doesn't it reduce the motivation for improvement and customer care/service?
That's why I really like this development. It shows that there is more life to the home computer industry than just that which one software and one hardware vendor (microsoft/intel) contribute.
With more choices come more options, and more opportunities for us to decide what is best for ourselves...isn't that the idea that echoes through most of the slashdot/linux/opensource world? If you don't like it one way, do it another.
Indeed, the low power FM radio issue has been fought hard for by a local Minnesotan, Alan Freed and his LPFM station, Beat Radio. Beat radio began its broadcasts on 97.7 FM on July 21, 1996. On Nov. 1, 1996 Agents from the FCC raided Beat Radio's studios and seized the broadcast equipment.
That was a blow to Beat Radio, but they didn't quit. They took the FCC to court and they are winning! Additionally, Beat Radio was able to make it back on the air, nationwide from feb. to oct. 1998 on these stations:
Minneapolis/St. Paul: WWTC 1280 AM
Phoenix: KIDR 740 AM
New York: WJDM (now WWRU) 1660 AM
Los Angeles: KPLS 830 AM
Denver: KKYD 1340 AM
Chicago: WAUR 930 AM
Ft. Worth/Dallas: KAHZ 1360 AM
Kansas City: KCAZ (now KUPN) 1480 AM
Philadelphia: WPWA 1590 AM
Detroit: WCAR 1090 AM
So, if you were lucky enough to hear the beat, or would like to hear it on the air again, please check out the Beat Radio Website. There's lots of information about lowpower FM, but probably the most interesting is a scan of an "Action Plan and Resource Kit" distributed by the National Associated of Broadcasters (NAB). The kit was distributed to NAB members in an attempt to rally support AGAINST low power FM!
So, yes, from all the watching I've been doing, the LPFM issue is BIG here in the Twin Cities (as a previous poster had noted.)
Remember, the airwaves are public property, or at least, they shouldn't be only accessible to the rich or powerful corporations, right? It seems to me that if the public doesn't have control of the flow of information, we're that much closer to being led wildly astray. And, the rules governing LPFM seem to fit closely with deciding just WHO has the chance to control that flow of information...
The most popular eight-bit computers are the Commodore 64... the Sinclair ZX Spectrum... and the Apple II line, which went on the market in 1977 and became immensely popular for its educational software. Production had stopped for all these models by the early 1990's because of pressure from the I.B.M. compatibles.
Wait. Did I miss something? I was under the impression that the Apple II lines were discontinued because of the success of the Macintosh line. I'd bet Apple might agree with me too. But hey, it has be true, because a newspaper said so, right? -inco
So wait, $1700-$2400 is cheap ?? Well, then, take a look at the iBook's specs, all for $1599. It's got a fast, 300 MHz G3 processor, which will out perform any PC portable. The case is made of polycarbonate plastic, which is used in construction of bullet proof vests, so the iBook will take a beating too. And there are many other quality things to make note of, but you can find them all on Apple's website.
So as far as I see it, the iBook is another impressive machine from a company that had a reputation for making slower machines, that cost more...and it is neither slow nor comparatively expensive.
People aren't on the net? People don't have computers? I say so what? I don't think this is as important is vaccinating children or school violence.
If there is any one thing that helps reduce violence, it is the tag-team of education and opportunity. The internet and world wide web aide grately in both of those things. Never before has all of this information be at a person's fingertips, readily and rapidly accessable. Vacinating children? Well, yes, this is an important thing too, but I seem to be missing how net access and vacinations are mutually exclusive in any way shape or form. If anything, the web would further enable someone to find information regarding parenting, children's health, and vacination. Maybe it's just me, but all my education has not been in the classroom; most of it has been by my own hand. I learn as I need to, as do most people. Having the resources of the internet at hand can only serve to make self education a more common occurance.
Computers are still intimidating to many people. I have no statistic here, but I'd bet more lower income families are intimidated more than upper income families. Folks with more education would probably be more likely to buy a computer.
H-E-L-L-O!? It's been a long time since I have seen such foolishness passed off as intelectual discourse! Great generalization there bud. The intimidation factor of computers comes from inexperience with them. I know MANY PHD holders who know a fraction of what an average 15 year old knows about computers, the internet etc. Is this because the fifteen year-olds are better educated? hardly. It comes from experience with computers. So, if you wanted to make a useful observation, try this one... if it is true that people in the lower income levels are more intimidated by computers, on average, then WHY might that be? Access. Ability to put your hands to the keyboard (or however you choose to interact with the machine) is the first requirement for computer litteracy. Economic barriers DO exist which restrict many people without large amounts of disposable income from buying computers. Hmm...which do you spend the money on..food? rent? America Online?
I just don't see how access to the net makes me any better than others. There are still those old fashioned library things, but then I'd have to get up off my ass.
Clearly, it doesn't make YOU better, but it does provide you with better opportunities than those presented to people who have little or no access to the internet. If you don't realize this, then I can only pitty you. For at your fingertips, you have an amazing resource. A library? A library doesn't hold a candle to the vast resources of the internet. Have you tried doing research at most public libraries? well, I have. I'll just say that it was terrible at best. A college or university library is a large step up, but it still lacks some things that the internet has. Though, there is much to be lost by ignoring the resources a library does present, please don't get me wrong.
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I'm with you on this...
It seems odd that he took so much care with the front and then just hacked/chewed the back side for the ethernet/modem/usb connections.
AND
if you look at the front/head on shots of the machine, the speaker grills have a decidedly white backdrop, almost as if they were simpy flushmounted into a niche carved for them, without anything behind them.
It just smells fishy to me and I can't quite put my finger on it.
oh well.
The FCC breaks down his door, cuffs him in his bathrobe, scares the crap outta his wife and cat, and then marches away with the 21inch iMac?
I mean, it's not FCC certified for interference, now is it?
Hey, who says you have to trust anyone?
Moreover, what are you doing expecting others to do what is best for you? That is 100% your job!
Having competition in the marketplace will assuredly make that job easier, if there are more choices monopoly power cannot be exercised, and you'll have more options to employ in that quest to do what is best for you.
I believe Sun porting Star Office to the mac platform to be a great thing, even if I don't end up using it.
Like the mac os or not, isn't this a further implication that the mac platform isn't as dead as everyone has said it was? And again, like the mac or not, isn't that a good thing? Anytime we're given only one choice (or some small number) doesn't it reduce the motivation for improvement and customer care/service?
That's why I really like this development. It shows that there is more life to the home computer industry than just that which one software and one hardware vendor (microsoft/intel) contribute.
With more choices come more options, and more opportunities for us to decide what is best for ourselves...isn't that the idea that echoes through most of the slashdot/linux/opensource world? If you don't like it one way, do it another.
You mean, for once, a government agency will actually save us some money by recycling "waste"? wow.
Someone call Perot!
That was a blow to Beat Radio, but they didn't quit. They took the FCC to court and they are winning!
Additionally, Beat Radio was able to make it back on the air, nationwide from feb. to oct. 1998 on these stations:
- Minneapolis/St. Paul: WWTC 1280 AM
- Phoenix: KIDR 740 AM
- New York: WJDM (now WWRU) 1660 AM
- Los Angeles: KPLS 830 AM
- Denver: KKYD 1340 AM
- Chicago: WAUR 930 AM
- Ft. Worth/Dallas: KAHZ 1360 AM
- Kansas City: KCAZ (now KUPN) 1480 AM
- Philadelphia: WPWA 1590 AM
- Detroit: WCAR 1090 AM
So, if you were lucky enough to hear the beat, or would like to hear it on the air again, please check out the Beat Radio Website. There's lots of information about lowpower FM, but probably the most interesting is a scan of an "Action Plan and Resource Kit" distributed by the National Associated of Broadcasters (NAB). The kit was distributed to NAB members in an attempt to rally support AGAINST low power FM!So, yes, from all the watching I've been doing, the LPFM issue is BIG here in the Twin Cities (as a previous poster had noted.)
Remember, the airwaves are public property, or at least, they shouldn't be only accessible to the rich or powerful corporations, right? It seems to me that if the public doesn't have control of the flow of information, we're that much closer to being led wildly astray. And, the rules governing LPFM seem to fit closely with deciding just WHO has the chance to control that flow of information...
The most popular eight-bit computers are the Commodore 64 ... the Sinclair ZX Spectrum ... and the Apple II line, which went on the market in 1977 and became immensely popular for its educational software. Production had stopped for all these models by the early 1990's because of pressure from the I.B.M. compatibles.
Wait. Did I miss something? I was under the impression that the Apple II lines were discontinued because of the success of the Macintosh line. I'd bet Apple might agree with me too. But hey, it has be true, because a newspaper said so, right? -inco
So wait, $1700-$2400 is cheap ?? Well, then, take a look at the iBook's specs, all for $1599. It's got a fast, 300 MHz G3 processor, which will out perform any PC portable. The case is made of polycarbonate plastic, which is used in construction of bullet proof vests, so the iBook will take a beating too. And there are many other quality things to make note of, but you can find them all on Apple's website.
So as far as I see it, the iBook is another impressive machine from a company that had a reputation for making slower machines, that cost more...and it is neither slow nor comparatively expensive.
If there is any one thing that helps reduce violence, it is the tag-team of education and opportunity. The internet and world wide web aide grately in both of those things. Never before has all of this information be at a person's fingertips, readily and rapidly accessable. Vacinating children? Well, yes, this is an important thing too, but I seem to be missing how net access and vacinations are mutually exclusive in any way shape or form. If anything, the web would further enable someone to find information regarding parenting, children's health, and vacination. Maybe it's just me, but all my education has not been in the classroom; most of it has been by my own hand. I learn as I need to, as do most people. Having the resources of the internet at hand can only serve to make self education a more common occurance.
Computers are still intimidating to many people. I have no statistic here, but I'd bet more lower income families are intimidated more than upper income families. Folks with more education would probably be more likely to buy a computer.
H-E-L-L-O!? It's been a long time since I have seen such foolishness passed off as intelectual discourse! Great generalization there bud. The intimidation factor of computers comes from inexperience with them. I know MANY PHD holders who know a fraction of what an average 15 year old knows about computers, the internet etc. Is this because the fifteen year-olds are better educated? hardly. It comes from experience with computers. So, if you wanted to make a useful observation, try this one... if it is true that people in the lower income levels are more intimidated by computers, on average, then WHY might that be? Access. Ability to put your hands to the keyboard (or however you choose to interact with the machine) is the first requirement for computer litteracy. Economic barriers DO exist which restrict many people without large amounts of disposable income from buying computers. Hmm...which do you spend the money on..food? rent? America Online?
I just don't see how access to the net makes me any better than others. There are still those old fashioned library things, but then I'd have to get up off my ass.
Clearly, it doesn't make YOU better, but it does provide you with better opportunities than those presented to people who have little or no access to the internet. If you don't realize this, then I can only pitty you. For at your fingertips, you have an amazing resource. A library? A library doesn't hold a candle to the vast resources of the internet. Have you tried doing research at most public libraries? well, I have. I'll just say that it was terrible at best. A college or university library is a large step up, but it still lacks some things that the internet has. Though, there is much to be lost by ignoring the resources a library does present, please don't get me wrong.