While I can appreciate that this article is aimed at the person who doesn't know anything, they miss a ton of CPU socket types in there. Many of which are either very common right now, or becoming very common.
The article is way too terse, and doesn't really describe much. This same article could have (and probably should have been) 6 or 7 pages long. The fact that it only talks about intel processors is silly as well.
Won't there be some kind of legal issues for doing something like this? You're basicly making a public broadcast of your music collection.
If you're like most people, you're going to have significant amounts of commercial music in your collection. If this kind of thing catches on, I wonder if it will be a brand new attack vector for the RIAA.
Once it's legislated that you can't mess with your hardware, it means you then have to use windows.
Oh, of course. That's why nobody *ever* mods their playstation/xbox, or unlocks the multiplier on their CPU to over clock it. It's also why nobody ever puts a new OS on their PDA that didn't come from the manufacturer who made it.
You can tell people they can't modify their hardware, but that's not going to stop them from doing it. They've tried all kinds of things to stop people, and people just wind up making a living off of defeating those protections. Thanks sony, microsoft, et al, for providing a brand new industry for people to use to put food on their tables:)
Such a company would never let it happen. Even if they started to lose in one market, they'd just switch tactics, and move in to new markets.
To reiterate: MS is not going to die. Not now, not tomorrow, probably not in our lifetimes. They are here, and they are here to stay.
Look at IBM. Many would cite them as an example of the "toppled giant" Microsoft will become, except they didn't actually die. In fact, they're still making money.
Yeah, linux will kill MS, cheap computers will kill MS, your dog will kill MS...
Every few months there is someone predicting the demise of Microsoft. What do all these people have in common? They've all been 100% wrong, 100% of the time. I mean, we're talking about a company that could run at a loss for years and not bat an eye.
(note: I'm a very happy AMD64 owner, so my opinions may be slightly biased)
It's more like Mac vs PC, Not Mac vs Windows. In fact, it should be more like OS X vs Windows.
Any Mac user is going to tell you to sell your PC all together and get a Mac. I have a real problem with this, because the problems are not usually inherant in the PC, but in the operating system that runs on the PC.
I think Mac users really need to step back and really *decide* just what it is they're fighting. If it's just Windows, well, that's all well and good. We all know Windows has some serious issues. But if you're going to try to take the PC on, I think you'll find yourself on the losing side of the battle.
Lets face it, they're (PCs) cheaper, they have a wider range of available operating systems, a wider range of hardware, more software, and there is no hardware lock-in taking place. I can get a PC from a thousand different places. If I want a Mac, I'm buying it from Apple, and getting shafted in the bank account at th same time.
Granted, you can get a Mac mini now for very little, but it really is an underpowered little machine, and for the same amount of money, I can get a PC that will outperform it.
If Apple really wants to start to have their hardware dominate the market in any way, shape or form, they really need to let other people in to help. The PC wouldn't be anywhere today if other people were not allowed to build and sell them, instead of suing anyone who tries. It's unfortunate that on one side of the coin, we have Apple boasting that they really support their users doing things with their hardware. But the instant those same enthusiests try to do something (hardware modification wise) with a Mac and resell it, they're branded as criminals.
In closing, I don't really think Apple embodies the elements of freedom that made the PC popular. It doesn't matter how many fancy cases they design, or how interesting their new hardware is. They will always be playing second fiddle to a behemoth they can't do anything about.
Introducing Das Keyboard, a precision keyboard that says who you are.
A sucker?
This keyboard looks surprisingly similar to the ones i used on the oldish IBM PS/2 back in highschool, sans letters numbers and symbols on the keyboard. I don't see anything too innovative here. If you really don't want markings, 104 squares of black electrician's tape can achieve the same effect for a fraction of the cost.
It must be nice to sit around all day and try to make up what you think might happen after you're dead. I mean, if you're wrong, who cares?
Honestly, I don't put much stock in 'futurology'. I think it's less than 10% science and greater than 90% made-up-on-the-spot bullshit with sketchy backup for 'facts', and way too much buzzword-of-the-day terminology.
I love the idea of the sharp zaurus, but the problem I find with them is the lack of support for key things.
A while ago I bought a SL-5500 just to find out that Sharp wasn't going to support it as soon as the 6000 series came out. This irks me because it's still a decent PDA, but I can't get any real upgrades for it now. In essence, I'm stuck running sharp's horribly outdated rom, or one of the openzaurus roms which are habitually buggy, and don't get updated very often.
Another issue I have with sharp is while they're all about Linux on the PDA, they don't seem interested in writing software to sync the PDA with a Linux workstation. This doesn't make any sense to me at all, since the majority of people who would buy a PDA like this probably run Linux or Unix.
Anyhow, Sharp already got $600 CAD out of me once, I don't know if I'll be willing to go through it again.
The OS X GUI isn't the operating system. The kernel and filesystem are the operating system. This is why Linux is an operating system, and Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, etc, etc are distrobutions.
So yes, BSD was the base for the entire operating system.
Present day: "We want better security in Windows! Why can't it have something like UNIX's security model?"
10 years later: "Those bastards! They copied/snarfed/stole the UNIX security model!"
This is probably what will happen too. People will scream for something to be added to/changed in windows, and then Microsoft will get bad mouthed for implementing it.
I have no sympathy for Steve Jobs, or people who agree with his baseless argument. Lest we forget, the *base* of the *entire* OS X operating system is a BSD core, something Apple didn't invent or innovate in to existance.
I'm noticing an unsurprising trend* here - massive companies like Microsoft and IBM file for ridiculus patents - lots of them. Then, several months later, they call for patent reform.
I see this as large companies trying to shut out other players from the silly patent game once *they* have already secured their key silly patents. I think patent reform should start by examining show stupid some _existing_ patents are, and revoking the over-the-top ones.
* Tinfoil hat recommended, batteries sold separately
Ian should regard this as a fire being lit under Debian's butt. I switched to Ubuntu from debian because I got tired of being left behind again and again because debian just doesn't update nearly enough.
With Ubuntu, I get updates regularly, and I feel more like I'm closer to the up-to-date linux mainstream. Don't get me wrong, I realize Debian's contribution is huge, but if they continue to lag behind like this the net negative for Debian will be Debian, not Ubuntu.
I think it's unfair to complain about Ubuntu taking a great thing and making it better. They're showing initiative that Debian clearly lacks.
What all of you are so elegantly missing is that you don't work on one at a time. I don't know what shop you all worked for, but at ours, we'd do them 10 or 20 at a time, and you use switchboxes so you can have one keyboard, one mouse and one monitor.
So yes, if it takes you 225 hours to do 50 machines, you're pretty useless, because it means you're thinking linearly instead of multitasking like any real professional would.
Could this be it? The case that truly tests the GPL in court? I'm not sure I've ever heard of a GPL-related case ever going to court. Does anyone know of an instance?
Assuming GPL has never been tested in court, and this goes, it might be a *good* thing (apologies to the creators of PearPC for this comment, I do sympathize with your plight, and I hope you sue the ever-loving crap out of them) because it will finally set some court precedance for the GPL.
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While I can appreciate that this article is aimed at the person who doesn't know anything, they miss a ton of CPU socket types in there. Many of which are either very common right now, or becoming very common.
The article is way too terse, and doesn't really describe much. This same article could have (and probably should have been) 6 or 7 pages long. The fact that it only talks about intel processors is silly as well.
Won't there be some kind of legal issues for doing something like this? You're basicly making a public broadcast of your music collection.
If you're like most people, you're going to have significant amounts of commercial music in your collection. If this kind of thing catches on, I wonder if it will be a brand new attack vector for the RIAA.
Once it's legislated that you can't mess with your hardware, it means you then have to use windows.
Oh, of course. That's why nobody *ever* mods their playstation/xbox, or unlocks the multiplier on their CPU to over clock it. It's also why nobody ever puts a new OS on their PDA that didn't come from the manufacturer who made it.You can tell people they can't modify their hardware, but that's not going to stop them from doing it. They've tried all kinds of things to stop people, and people just wind up making a living off of defeating those protections. Thanks sony, microsoft, et al, for providing a brand new industry for people to use to put food on their tables :)
Such a company would never let it happen. Even if they started to lose in one market, they'd just switch tactics, and move in to new markets.
To reiterate: MS is not going to die. Not now, not tomorrow, probably not in our lifetimes. They are here, and they are here to stay.
Look at IBM. Many would cite them as an example of the "toppled giant" Microsoft will become, except they didn't actually die. In fact, they're still making money.
Yeah, linux will kill MS, cheap computers will kill MS, your dog will kill MS ...
Every few months there is someone predicting the demise of Microsoft. What do all these people have in common? They've all been 100% wrong, 100% of the time. I mean, we're talking about a company that could run at a loss for years and not bat an eye.
If 19 months is a lifetime for you, you must have very short lifespans where you come from.
(note: I'm a very happy AMD64 owner, so my opinions may be slightly biased)
It's more like Mac vs PC, Not Mac vs Windows. In fact, it should be more like OS X vs Windows.
Any Mac user is going to tell you to sell your PC all together and get a Mac. I have a real problem with this, because the problems are not usually inherant in the PC, but in the operating system that runs on the PC.
I think Mac users really need to step back and really *decide* just what it is they're fighting. If it's just Windows, well, that's all well and good. We all know Windows has some serious issues. But if you're going to try to take the PC on, I think you'll find yourself on the losing side of the battle.
Lets face it, they're (PCs) cheaper, they have a wider range of available operating systems, a wider range of hardware, more software, and there is no hardware lock-in taking place. I can get a PC from a thousand different places. If I want a Mac, I'm buying it from Apple, and getting shafted in the bank account at th same time.
Granted, you can get a Mac mini now for very little, but it really is an underpowered little machine, and for the same amount of money, I can get a PC that will outperform it.
If Apple really wants to start to have their hardware dominate the market in any way, shape or form, they really need to let other people in to help. The PC wouldn't be anywhere today if other people were not allowed to build and sell them, instead of suing anyone who tries. It's unfortunate that on one side of the coin, we have Apple boasting that they really support their users doing things with their hardware. But the instant those same enthusiests try to do something (hardware modification wise) with a Mac and resell it, they're branded as criminals.
In closing, I don't really think Apple embodies the elements of freedom that made the PC popular. It doesn't matter how many fancy cases they design, or how interesting their new hardware is. They will always be playing second fiddle to a behemoth they can't do anything about.
Good thing I bought an AMD!
People who suggest buying a whole new computer instead of just replacing the windows operating system are at best, funny.
Introducing Das Keyboard, a precision keyboard that says who you are.
A sucker?
This keyboard looks surprisingly similar to the ones i used on the oldish IBM PS/2 back in highschool, sans letters numbers and symbols on the keyboard. I don't see anything too innovative here. If you really don't want markings, 104 squares of black electrician's tape can achieve the same effect for a fraction of the cost.
It must be nice to sit around all day and try to make up what you think might happen after you're dead. I mean, if you're wrong, who cares?
Honestly, I don't put much stock in 'futurology'. I think it's less than 10% science and greater than 90% made-up-on-the-spot bullshit with sketchy backup for 'facts', and way too much buzzword-of-the-day terminology.
IMHO, this isn't even newsworthy.
Think of it as population control. After being seen like that, you know they're not going to be procreating any time soon, if ever. ;)
Oh my, Anonymous Coward knows Kung-Fu!
[..]and to gain Apple switchers by enticing Windows customers."
I too am an Apple switcher. I power down every Mac I come across.
...twice shy
I love the idea of the sharp zaurus, but the problem I find with them is the lack of support for key things.
A while ago I bought a SL-5500 just to find out that Sharp wasn't going to support it as soon as the 6000 series came out. This irks me because it's still a decent PDA, but I can't get any real upgrades for it now. In essence, I'm stuck running sharp's horribly outdated rom, or one of the openzaurus roms which are habitually buggy, and don't get updated very often.
Another issue I have with sharp is while they're all about Linux on the PDA, they don't seem interested in writing software to sync the PDA with a Linux workstation. This doesn't make any sense to me at all, since the majority of people who would buy a PDA like this probably run Linux or Unix.
Anyhow, Sharp already got $600 CAD out of me once, I don't know if I'll be willing to go through it again.
The OS X GUI isn't the operating system. The kernel and filesystem are the operating system. This is why Linux is an operating system, and Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, etc, etc are distrobutions.
So yes, BSD was the base for the entire operating system.
Present day: "We want better security in Windows! Why can't it have something like UNIX's security model?"
10 years later: "Those bastards! They copied/snarfed/stole the UNIX security model!"
This is probably what will happen too. People will scream for something to be added to/changed in windows, and then Microsoft will get bad mouthed for implementing it.
I have no sympathy for Steve Jobs, or people who agree with his baseless argument. Lest we forget, the *base* of the *entire* OS X operating system is a BSD core, something Apple didn't invent or innovate in to existance.
...just not the people recieving the spam! There is a certain irony to the name - it really says it all.
I'm noticing an unsurprising trend* here - massive companies like Microsoft and IBM file for ridiculus patents - lots of them. Then, several months later, they call for patent reform.
I see this as large companies trying to shut out other players from the silly patent game once *they* have already secured their key silly patents. I think patent reform should start by examining show stupid some _existing_ patents are, and revoking the over-the-top ones.
* Tinfoil hat recommended, batteries sold separately
Ian should regard this as a fire being lit under Debian's butt. I switched to Ubuntu from debian because I got tired of being left behind again and again because debian just doesn't update nearly enough.
With Ubuntu, I get updates regularly, and I feel more like I'm closer to the up-to-date linux mainstream. Don't get me wrong, I realize Debian's contribution is huge, but if they continue to lag behind like this the net negative for Debian will be Debian, not Ubuntu.
I think it's unfair to complain about Ubuntu taking a great thing and making it better. They're showing initiative that Debian clearly lacks.
How much do you want to bet the price of these drives will get perpendicular too?
So, it's going to be a show about porn?
What all of you are so elegantly missing is that you don't work on one at a time. I don't know what shop you all worked for, but at ours, we'd do them 10 or 20 at a time, and you use switchboxes so you can have one keyboard, one mouse and one monitor.
So yes, if it takes you 225 hours to do 50 machines, you're pretty useless, because it means you're thinking linearly instead of multitasking like any real professional would.
If it takes you 225 hours to clean up 50 machines, I'd say you're a pretty useless technician.
Could this be it? The case that truly tests the GPL in court? I'm not sure I've ever heard of a GPL-related case ever going to court. Does anyone know of an instance?
Assuming GPL has never been tested in court, and this goes, it might be a *good* thing (apologies to the creators of PearPC for this comment, I do sympathize with your plight, and I hope you sue the ever-loving crap out of them) because it will finally set some court precedance for the GPL.
It's probably because all the editors run Macs now, so they've forgotten what games are.
"You mean, there ARE games OTHER than super breakout?"