They all pale, however, compared to Maxtor's monster, which has a full 300 GB of write space. If you're one of those people for whom "big" isn't big enough, this is the one for you.
300GB of write space... not read/write space. This drive is nothing but a subset of/dev/null with an ATA interface!
Considering the article was written by Gerry Barker, long known as one of our most clueless tech writers, and hot on the heels of problems with Telstra and Optus internal email while all other ISPs are going just fine... I'd say he's doing his usual shilling and putting a less "telstra/optus suck" spin on things.
It's like if Verisign's DNS server fell over, and suddenly you had Darl McBride writing a column stating "Terrorists who write open source software are hacking the net". It's about as believable.
Gerry Barker. pfft.
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Do you really think people will put up with this for 3 more years?
Looking at the past record, going back to Windows 3.x, I don't think another 3 years more of what the last 10 is going to make much difference.
I'm old now. I know young people who are highly computer literate, involved in many parts of IT, and for whom the majority of their computing life has been Windows. Sadly, they've come to expect viruses, worms, trojans, and reinstalls as a part of normal computing life. Just like when I used to get 3 or 4 spam emails a day and they'd shit me to tears, now I get 50 or more and instinctively reach for the delete key. I barely notice spam anymore. For the newer generation coming up who use Windows, worm after virus after trojan day after day is just an accepted part of computing.
Sad, but true. Basically yes I think people will learn to put up with the crap MS hand out.
Downloads of music DVDs may also eventually be offered as the level of broadband penetration increases, he said. "There's no reason why that wouldn't translate online as well"
Telstra are doing everything they can to SLOW broadband takeup in australia, yet they're basing business decisions on selling a product that REQUIRES it?
Curiously when it comes to ripping to MP3 and sharing, what does it mean for dodging RIAA or MPAA suits by setting up private networks for sharing? Something like http://guide.vixmule.net/ which is designed for free data access in australia, where downloads are metered and count towards a grand total. When there are hundreds of these networks appearing I think we'll be able to share music safely, as we have the right to
If it were quick enough and timed well enough, could network bounced packets be enough for some really quick swapped out swap space? gig ethernet gets around 1ms to my next machine, and thats 10 times quicker than my hard drive (10ms access time) so if I could store swap in that space, would that work?
I was thinking of tunneling ssh over sms before this, but that sounds just silly now.
First off, you use the term 'customers'. Telemarketers do not get abused by people who are 'customers'. Telemarketers get abused by people who are sick to fucking death of being called for the seventeenth time IN ONE EVENING for the same old survey, holiday, book of vouchers, comms service or other special deals. They are annoying. They are mosquitos.
If someone employed criminals to break my windows, I would feel just as happy beating their head against the pavement as I would their 'bosses' and the people in your town are no different, they're bringing in money for annoying people, for doing to people what those people DON'T WANT DONE TO THEM.
Those people who phone me are mosquitos, and I will play with them how I like until they respect my simple wish for a quiet evening at home.
Most normal people would have flipped up the keyboard on a TiBook, seen there IS NO FUCKING AIRPORT CARD SLOT THERE then read the instructions on how to do it properly. That is, by unscrewing the base.
Remember when your car gets a flat tire to contact the manufacturer and ask what to do. When they laugh at you, remember to phone again and threaten legal action. Remember also to REFUSE any help from others along the same road as you. Remember to wait for weeks declaring it the manufacturers problem SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU REFUSED TO HELP YOURSELF. Remember after 3 weeks sitting on the side of the road that it's ALL the manufactuerers fault.
I think you've forgotten the whole concept of helping yourself. Just zap the fucking ram
Liebermann claims their desktops AND laptop designs are ready for the first gen of P5 chips. Given the kit they're already coming out with I'd expect they have some pretty awesome hardware in the pipeline.
You're describing something that is technically impossible. It just can't happen. I'd suggest you check your bandwidth use as you're most certainly connecting to a network outside your own with a dedicated base station, probably a neighbour above or below you.
I think their "ease of maintenance" comment is going to come back and bite them on the ass in time. A well run Linux system with OS maintenance using RPM, debian's APT or Gentoo's ports is going to be a lot cleaner system in 12 months than an OSX machine. I can see alot of benefits to OSX on the user side, but OSX's woeful package maintenance is going to lead to pretty untidy systems that'll need full reinstalls in under a year, IMHO. There's just no central tracking of WHAT is on each machine.
And something they've been loathe to implement until now. Not only the concept of selling music by a company NOT traditionally involved in the music biz, but expanding that to an integrated system for taking it with you. The old way of buying a CD, taking it with you on a walkman and risking damage, clutter and scratches to the CD is something I don't want to put up with any longer than I have to. I've used a Sony MP3 player for 8 months and while that's a step in the right direction, it hadn't removed the entire concept of HAVING to sell a digital format (CD audio) on a physical medium
Dell, you are brilliant. Running everything from the music downloads, to an integrated portable player for those, skipping the entire idea of reliance on a physical medium. I predict BIG things for this
> I'd suggest that maybe it's because you, as you said, > smile at them, but I can't really see how that helps, over > the phone and all.
Having worked as a phone support monkey myself, part of MY training was to smile while on the phone. It helps keep my mood up, my voice happy and yes, people can pick up those small cues.
I suggest you keep being a jerk to telemarketers. Hopefully those who call you a jerk will lose their jobs.
Wow. So because someone may watch television and condone commercial activity there, then they automatically wish to have a group call them repeatedly through the evening?
> Be sure to start practicing your "I'm happy with my long-> distance service" speech right now
Nah. I'll stick with my tried and true plan of talking with them, getting them to talk to me as long as they can, then getting stubborn
then sounding positive again
then stubborn once more
then positive
start to ask about options
keep them on for as long as I can, smile and joke with them, get them comfortable
Then launch into abuse. It's fun, it keeps them talking to me more and makes their call success rate lower, AND makes them feel bad. Makes me feel good, and maybe they'll go get a REAL JOB
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/dev/null with an ATA interface!
They all pale, however, compared to Maxtor's monster, which has a full 300 GB of write space. If you're one of those people for whom "big" isn't big enough, this is the one for you.
300GB of write space... not read/write space. This drive is nothing but a subset of
I heard this exact same argument somewhere else... and a while back. It was when 1GB drives started becoming popular
Considering the article was written by Gerry Barker, long known as one of our most clueless tech writers, and hot on the heels of problems with Telstra and Optus internal email while all other ISPs are going just fine... I'd say he's doing his usual shilling and putting a less "telstra/optus suck" spin on things.
It's like if Verisign's DNS server fell over, and suddenly you had Darl McBride writing a column stating "Terrorists who write open source software are hacking the net". It's about as believable.
Gerry Barker. pfft.
Do you really think people will put up with this for 3 more years?
Looking at the past record, going back to Windows 3.x, I don't think another 3 years more of what the last 10 is going to make much difference.
I'm old now. I know young people who are highly computer literate, involved in many parts of IT, and for whom the majority of their computing life has been Windows. Sadly, they've come to expect viruses, worms, trojans, and reinstalls as a part of normal computing life. Just like when I used to get 3 or 4 spam emails a day and they'd shit me to tears, now I get 50 or more and instinctively reach for the delete key. I barely notice spam anymore. For the newer generation coming up who use Windows, worm after virus after trojan day after day is just an accepted part of computing.
Sad, but true. Basically yes I think people will learn to put up with the crap MS hand out.
Downloads of music DVDs may also eventually be offered as the level of broadband penetration increases, he said. "There's no reason why that wouldn't translate online as well"
Telstra are doing everything they can to SLOW broadband takeup in australia, yet they're basing business decisions on selling a product that REQUIRES it?
They're still clueless.
I'll be rich till the end of my days! bonus. *presses the button a few more dozen times*
I know I'd consider for a moment, then press the button. and again. repeatedly, quickly, stabbing for all it's worth.
Curiously when it comes to ripping to MP3 and sharing, what does it mean for dodging RIAA or MPAA suits by setting up private networks for sharing? Something like http://guide.vixmule.net/ which is designed for free data access in australia, where downloads are metered and count towards a grand total. When there are hundreds of these networks appearing I think we'll be able to share music safely, as we have the right to
Oh that sounds amazingly cool as a story. Do you have any other clues as to the author, characters, terminology that could be googleable about it?
If it were quick enough and timed well enough, could network bounced packets be enough for some really quick swapped out swap space? gig ethernet gets around 1ms to my next machine, and thats 10 times quicker than my hard drive (10ms access time) so if I could store swap in that space, would that work?
I was thinking of tunneling ssh over sms before this, but that sounds just silly now.
What a pathetic argument.
First off, you use the term 'customers'. Telemarketers do not get abused by people who are 'customers'. Telemarketers get abused by people who are sick to fucking death of being called for the seventeenth time IN ONE EVENING for the same old survey, holiday, book of vouchers, comms service or other special deals. They are annoying. They are mosquitos.
If someone employed criminals to break my windows, I would feel just as happy beating their head against the pavement as I would their 'bosses' and the people in your town are no different, they're bringing in money for annoying people, for doing to people what those people DON'T WANT DONE TO THEM.
Those people who phone me are mosquitos, and I will play with them how I like until they respect my simple wish for a quiet evening at home.
Most normal people would have flipped up the keyboard on a TiBook, seen there IS NO FUCKING AIRPORT CARD SLOT THERE then read the instructions on how to do it properly. That is, by unscrewing the base.
Remember when your car gets a flat tire to contact the manufacturer and ask what to do. When they laugh at you, remember to phone again and threaten legal action. Remember also to REFUSE any help from others along the same road as you. Remember to wait for weeks declaring it the manufacturers problem SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU REFUSED TO HELP YOURSELF. Remember after 3 weeks sitting on the side of the road that it's ALL the manufactuerers fault.
I think you've forgotten the whole concept of helping yourself. Just zap the fucking ram
And can you tell me ANY manufacturer whose batteries are covered?
Alright, there's probably one. or two. but they're in the minority. Just buy a goddamned new battery, it'll be less trouble and cost.
Liebermann claims their desktops AND laptop designs are ready for the first gen of P5 chips. Given the kit they're already coming out with I'd expect they have some pretty awesome hardware in the pipeline.
Their 16" notebook has me drooling
Not in a TiBook you wouldn't. You need to take the case apart to put an Airport card in.
You're describing something that is technically impossible. It just can't happen. I'd suggest you check your bandwidth use as you're most certainly connecting to a network outside your own with a dedicated base station, probably a neighbour above or below you.
I think their "ease of maintenance" comment is going to come back and bite them on the ass in time. A well run Linux system with OS maintenance using RPM, debian's APT or Gentoo's ports is going to be a lot cleaner system in 12 months than an OSX machine. I can see alot of benefits to OSX on the user side, but OSX's woeful package maintenance is going to lead to pretty untidy systems that'll need full reinstalls in under a year, IMHO. There's just no central tracking of WHAT is on each machine.
And something they've been loathe to implement until now. Not only the concept of selling music by a company NOT traditionally involved in the music biz, but expanding that to an integrated system for taking it with you. The old way of buying a CD, taking it with you on a walkman and risking damage, clutter and scratches to the CD is something I don't want to put up with any longer than I have to. I've used a Sony MP3 player for 8 months and while that's a step in the right direction, it hadn't removed the entire concept of HAVING to sell a digital format (CD audio) on a physical medium
Dell, you are brilliant. Running everything from the music downloads, to an integrated portable player for those, skipping the entire idea of reliance on a physical medium. I predict BIG things for this
> I'd suggest that maybe it's because you, as you said,
> smile at them, but I can't really see how that helps, over
> the phone and all.
Having worked as a phone support monkey myself, part of MY training was to smile while on the phone. It helps keep my mood up, my voice happy and yes, people can pick up those small cues.
I suggest you keep being a jerk to telemarketers. Hopefully those who call you a jerk will lose their jobs.
Yes, why yes I have. Long distance even.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to free my speech at their offices as the phone wasn't answered.
Wonder why
> I knew somebody who worked at a telemarketing firm.
> At each pay period, if they were under 20 sales, they
> were fired.
Fired, that quickly and easily?
very cool. thanks!
Wow. So because someone may watch television and condone commercial activity there, then they automatically wish to have a group call them repeatedly through the evening?
Boy are you stupid!
> Be sure to start practicing your "I'm happy with my long-> distance service" speech right now
Nah. I'll stick with my tried and true plan of talking with them, getting them to talk to me as long as they can, then getting stubborn
then sounding positive again
then stubborn once more
then positive
start to ask about options
keep them on for as long as I can, smile and joke with them, get them comfortable
Then launch into abuse. It's fun, it keeps them talking to me more and makes their call success rate lower, AND makes them feel bad. Makes me feel good, and maybe they'll go get a REAL JOB
However forgetting how to pick "plain old text" isn't fun, and just makes me look like a dipshit!.