> Of course the meteor would not have had any noteworthy radioactivity and was not in a populated area
How can you be so sure?
I mean, if some people on Earth (it'd be the USA, of course), fire off a nuclear missile at Mars, I can just hear those Martians say, "It won't be radioactive".
OK...looks like you can get them without MS Windows, which is an advantage over Dell (for one) - but I can't seem to get configure web page to take MS Windows out of the bundle to get a price.
Ah - no DVI out (without having to buy a dock). I guess I missed that one on my requirement - I thought it would be a given these days. Bummer.
> In a world in which people switch cell phones just to be fashionable, cable television is ubiquituous, and taking a family of four to see two movies with popcorn and drinks can easily reach $100
Clearly, we're talking about different worlds.
Especially that last bit....$100 just to see a movie! I don't suppose it's like that in Vietnam - I know it isn't in China (though the international cinema can be a bit steep). I also don't think many people in China switch cell phones just to be fashionable (though I'm sure *some* do). Cable TV *is* ubiquetous though, but it's very cheap (some things tend to get cheaper when they're ubiquetous, unlike s/w).
Yes, when I lived in Silicon Valley, a $100 outlay would have hurt much less, but piracy in such places isn't common - I bought real versions of Photoshop (v7, iirc), Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, bla bla bla, even though I didn't need most of the features (the cut down versions of at least the latter two weren't available at that time [for Powerbook], so I had no option, apart from not doing so).
As is often the case[1], the problem is more to do with the words we use. Perhaps 'short-term' and 'long-term' would be better - even if it's just to explain the difference.
[1] Esp. in the open source world - what the heck is 'firefox' anyway? Microsoft have very much 'got it right' in this respect, IMO.
> but with the latest drivers that will be released with Dapper, the ATI mobile GPUs work perfectly.
This might be true for Intel and AMD based computers, but those aren't the only architectures out there.
I'm using Ubuntu on my TiBook/800/DVI - don't expect to get the DVI working without significant effort; and don't expect the S-Video port to work at all....about to switch back to OS X for this very reason (plus the overall unpolished impression Ubuntu presents eg, running without X gives you an unreadable display).
You *want* advertising (unobtrusive, or otherwise)????..or do you mean that you want it to be free (cost) and don't mind that they get their revenue from advertising so long as it is unobtrusive?
ok, for example, at a place I used to live at, they would make you visit a web page and make you log in. That would open a window in which a javascript script would send a 'heart beat' every so often to keep the connection open.
No problem at all accessing the internet with just that.
However, when I use Cisco's VPN client, it'll connect/etc no problem, but when the javascript attempts to send a heart beat, it fails because Cisco's VPN client diverts all traffic over the VPN.
I've seen other places that use a similar method of logging on.
You can configure Cisco's client to allow access to various local networks, but if you move about a lot, it's a cat and mouse game.
If you connect to a service that uses a DHCP server, as many do, then your IP address needs to be renewed every so often. I don't know for sure, but I'll bet the Cisco VPN client doesn't do anything special to renew the address or to allow it to be renewed, meaning it could be assigned to someone else.
Of course, access to the local network is a pain when you want to print and stuff like that too.
Equally of course, the fact that you can't do this sort of thing gives security too, and allowing local network access brings a level of insecurity.
I recommend against Cisco's VPN since they restrict access to local networks, which can be fatal - dhcp, and other 'login' (eg many airports/cafes) mechanisms require access to the local networks. My company moved from a Cisco based system to OpenVPN in order to avoid such issues.
You might want to try contacting the author to see if he is available for consultation. My company hired him to build our prototype system - his rates are very reasonable, and obviously he is the authority since he wrote it.
> they just duplicate someone else's product, which costs nothing to do.
Clearly, this is incorrect - it obviously costs something to duplicate anything.
Also, people here just wouldn't buy DVDs if they were priced the same way as they are in the US (for example) - people don't earn enough. Same for s/w.
I often wonder if Linux would have more chance if everyone had to pay full price for MS Windows.
Also, maybe this doesn't apply for DVDs, but having MS Windows available for cheap means everyone now knows how to use it. Even if people now do have to pay full price, they're all MS Windows users, so they'll tend to choose it over others - which is a choice that follows them into the work place.
> I kid you not, those were the names on the discs. . ....and the spelling mistakes make for some serious laughter sometimes. It makes me think that they do it deliberately, since it would be too easy just to get it right from the one they're copying. The covers/printing is usually pretty good quality, actually - just the spelling sucks.
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> Of course the meteor would not have had any noteworthy radioactivity and was not in a populated area
How can you be so sure?
I mean, if some people on Earth (it'd be the USA, of course), fire off a nuclear missile at Mars, I can just hear those Martians say, "It won't be radioactive".
OK...looks like you can get them without MS Windows, which is an advantage over Dell (for one) - but I can't seem to get configure web page to take MS Windows out of the bundle to get a price.
Ah - no DVI out (without having to buy a dock). I guess I missed that one on my requirement - I thought it would be a given these days. Bummer.
Strange that I couldn't find that before - though Dell's web site is a nightmare to navigate (IMO).
:(
In any case, it doesn't seem to have any firewire
Are there *any* non-Apple laptops with full-sized firewire ports, or should I resign myself to some plug-in option?
Max.
re: ~15" 1920x1200 notebooks.
Well, I can't find any online. They all seem to be 17" and ~15" ones are less resolution.
I have a Apple TiBookIII, and am looking around for a replacement. The features I want, but am unable to find are :
1) full-sized IEEE1394a port (ie has power)
2) ~15" 1920x1200 (I just added this one)
Any recommendations?
Max.
Sounds like something out of a H2G2 computer game :D
Didn't a (babel) fish disappear into a hole in the wall at one point?
However, correct me if I'm wrong, but these numbers are probabilities.
It could be that your first guess would work. It is unlikely, but possible.
It is just as unlikely that it will be your last guess that works.
So, does this result also mean he cannot now bring a "civil suit citing breach of contract"?
...but the *USA* will have those databases.
It seems you have no idea how little EU citizens trust the USA.
> In a world in which people switch cell phones just to be fashionable, cable television is ubiquituous, and taking a family of four to see two movies with popcorn and drinks can easily reach $100
Clearly, we're talking about different worlds.
Especially that last bit....$100 just to see a movie! I don't suppose it's like that in Vietnam - I know it isn't in China (though the international cinema can be a bit steep). I also don't think many people in China switch cell phones just to be fashionable (though I'm sure *some* do). Cable TV *is* ubiquetous though, but it's very cheap (some things tend to get cheaper when they're ubiquetous, unlike s/w).
Yes, when I lived in Silicon Valley, a $100 outlay would have hurt much less, but piracy in such places isn't common - I bought real versions of Photoshop (v7, iirc), Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, bla bla bla, even though I didn't need most of the features (the cut down versions of at least the latter two weren't available at that time [for Powerbook], so I had no option, apart from not doing so).
If you read the post, I think you'll find he wrote 'Photoshop', not 'Photoshop CS'. ...and what makes you think that $100 is an affordable price?
(IMO) it's a good name for a product that shows you what you'll be doing in the near future.
re: memory vs hard drive
As is often the case[1], the problem is more to do with the words we use. Perhaps 'short-term' and 'long-term' would be better - even if it's just to explain the difference.
[1] Esp. in the open source world - what the heck is 'firefox' anyway? Microsoft have very much 'got it right' in this respect, IMO.
> but with the latest drivers that will be released with Dapper, the ATI mobile GPUs work perfectly.
This might be true for Intel and AMD based computers, but those aren't the only architectures out there.
I'm using Ubuntu on my TiBook/800/DVI - don't expect to get the DVI working without significant effort; and don't expect the S-Video port to work at all....about to switch back to OS X for this very reason (plus the overall unpolished impression Ubuntu presents eg, running without X gives you an unreadable display).
> In addition, BBC podcasts work fine as they're hosted at bbc.co.uk, not news.bbc.co.uk.
As do all the radio stations (but don't tell anyone).
You *want* advertising (unobtrusive, or otherwise)???? ..or do you mean that you want it to be free (cost) and don't mind that they get their revenue from advertising so long as it is unobtrusive?
...so it isn't cn blocked anymore.
Won't Garageband do this?
c ording.html> ...or is it not up to snuff?
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/features/re
Ah, ok. I guess that's ok then, if you have control over the server too (which, presumably, the poster would).
ok, for example, at a place I used to live at, they would make you visit a web page and make you log in. That would open a window in which a javascript script would send a 'heart beat' every so often to keep the connection open.
No problem at all accessing the internet with just that.
However, when I use Cisco's VPN client, it'll connect/etc no problem, but when the javascript attempts to send a heart beat, it fails because Cisco's VPN client diverts all traffic over the VPN.
I've seen other places that use a similar method of logging on.
You can configure Cisco's client to allow access to various local networks, but if you move about a lot, it's a cat and mouse game.
If you connect to a service that uses a DHCP server, as many do, then your IP address needs to be renewed every so often. I don't know for sure, but I'll bet the Cisco VPN client doesn't do anything special to renew the address or to allow it to be renewed, meaning it could be assigned to someone else.
Of course, access to the local network is a pain when you want to print and stuff like that too.
Equally of course, the fact that you can't do this sort of thing gives security too, and allowing local network access brings a level of insecurity.
I recommend against Cisco's VPN since they restrict access to local networks, which can be fatal - dhcp, and other 'login' (eg many airports/cafes) mechanisms require access to the local networks. My company moved from a Cisco based system to OpenVPN in order to avoid such issues.
You might want to try contacting the author to see if he is available for consultation. My company hired him to build our prototype system - his rates are very reasonable, and obviously he is the authority since he wrote it.
you don't tell us enough about your proposed VPN topology...
still, OpenVPN can do it all, so I vote for that.
Actually, pirated DVD9 disks are common too, but you pay double for them (20rmb).
I don't think I've seen legitimate DVDs here. Where did you go?
> they just duplicate someone else's product, which costs nothing to do.
Clearly, this is incorrect - it obviously costs something to duplicate anything.
Also, people here just wouldn't buy DVDs if they were priced the same way as they are in the US (for example) - people don't earn enough. Same for s/w.
I often wonder if Linux would have more chance if everyone had to pay full price for MS Windows.
Also, maybe this doesn't apply for DVDs, but having MS Windows available for cheap means everyone now knows how to use it. Even if people now do have to pay full price, they're all MS Windows users, so they'll tend to choose it over others - which is a choice that follows them into the work place.
> I kid you not, those were the names on the discs. . . ...and the spelling mistakes make for some serious laughter sometimes. It makes me think that they do it deliberately, since it would be too easy just to get it right from the one they're copying. The covers/printing is usually pretty good quality, actually - just the spelling sucks.