...also, Microsoft aren't the only people who can supply support. This would be a shot in the arm for 3rd party support companies. Said companies could then open up offices in the US, where they file any bugs with Microsoft.
I had heard that Microsoft support isn't much good anyway - but I've not used it for MS Windows' products. I've used MS support for their Mac version of Office, and it was actually close to excellent (IMO).
just look at China. almost all copies are fake copies. a copy of MS Windows XP Pro costs 5rmb (0.75US$) and office is also 5rmb.... and the CDs come with a *real* self installer (enters the key and everything), plus it installs most other useful s/w at the same time.
i really don't know where I would buy a real copy.
the point being that europe could easily exist without MS doing business there, if it had to.
microsoft's business would just change from selling s/w (or whatever) to prosecuting people (probably just businesses) running illegal copies.
of course, this might help Linux/etc, but I don't see that here in China - Linux looses it's primary advantage since MS Windows is also (essentially) free too.
That's the foundation of the USA, right? Copy, embrace and extend - the market size then dictates that they are now the defacto owner. Microsoft is just behaving like the rest of the USA throughout it's history. Of course, the USA doesn't like people copying it's own original ideas/products/etc, conveniently forgetting it's own history.
I read "Microsoft pulling out of Europe" to mean they won't sell their products there. It doesn't stop people from using their already purchased Microsoft products; nor does it stop anyone providing support for MS products (including MS themselves, I guess). It certainly doesn't stop 3rd parties from selling s/w that runs on MS Windows.
> That will negatively affect stock prices, hence affect Microsoft's ability to operate, compete, etc.
I'm curious about this statement. Isn't it backwards? Why should stock price have any influence on a companies ability to operate or compete?
I suppose it's kind of true though, and illustrates one of the many things (IMO) that is wrong with the stock market; a falling stock price can reduce (ignorant) customer confidence which then reduces sales, which then reduces the stock price, and so on.
I really hate the stock market - it's so fickle and unrepresentative of reality, and just encourages market dominance and diversification. What's wrong with a company doing one thing and doing it well?
I wonder what tech companies are still privately owned?
Ah, so it's not that they think they know (since IT dept people also thing they know), nor whether they actually know or not (since IT dept people can also not know), but whether they are responsible if things go wrong. IE, it's because the fingers only point at the IT dept that's the problem.
Lets face it, people in IT departments are just as capable as screwing things up as anyone else. It's just because they get the blame that they claim they should have (type-A) 'control'.
IMO, the system should be changed so that not just IT people can get the blame....or implement some kind of system where it doesn't matter (so much) if things go wrong in some lab somewhere. Perhaps a network for which IT are responsible (eg only business critical applications) and a network for others (eg gurus and labs) and restrict routing between the two. At least then, it's eas{y,ier} to say it isn't my (whether that be IT or some guru somewhere) fault.
>... People who believe that they 'know about computers'...
How do you distinguish between people who believe they know about computers from those that actually *do* know? After all, you would (presumably) also claim to 'know about computers', right?...or is it all about where you work? IE, if you work in the "IT Department", then you 'know', otherwise you don't.
Ever considered using RAID1 in a backup system? I've not tried it, but it isn't difficult to see how it can be implemented.
Think of it in a similar way as a tape-based backup system...
1) implement RAID1, 2) have many spare disk drives (they're cheap now),
when you want a snapshot backup : 3) 'fail' one of the drives, 4) remove it, 5) install spare drive and add it to the RAID1 (it'll rebuild automatically), 6) take 'failed' drive off site/lock it in safe/whatever you would do with a tape
I'm not entirely sure how one would restore, but it should be fairly easy.
Not everywhere they don't. Also, international numbers can also start with a zero - though I personally prefer the format where they start with a '+', then it works in any country [no, I haven't tried them all].
I can't help but wonder if there is a limit on the length of a song. Is it possible, for example, to have a whole disk as a single 'song'? That's the only way to listen to some music; Pink Floyd, for example[IMO], and lots of classical music. One of the annoying things about the iPod is the gaps it puts between songs....
>...If you're your new to Linux, I'd opt for trying both Unbuntu and Fedora Core, to get a feel for RPM and DPKG based environments).
I would advise immediately installing the smart package manager on which ever distro you use. Makes package management so much easier than either of them, IMO - esp. if you have an amd x86_64 (since it can handle having packages from both x86 and x86_64 installed at the same time).
> Posted by Zonk on 5:05 Wednesday 15 February 2006 >... "As today is one of the top five marketing-induced spending days, the obvious question is, what is love?
I used to live in Ca, but moved to China. I had a ReplyTV (4040, I think) in the US and recorded many shows, which I brought with me. Recording Chinese TV isn't of much interest to me, but I use MythTV to play the shows I already have recorded.
> I never run a computer without a UPS... I've had too many computers die on me due to power issues
I suppose that could be considered a contradiction, however, there was a period of time over which I decided UPSes are essential.
I notice that some RAID cards even have battery packs on their RAM. I look at a UPS in the same light...
In any case, he's only doing one write (*WO*RM), so I think he'd do better making his filesystem read-only anyway, and only making it writable on the (rare) occasions he wants to write (mount -o remount,rw/video or something).
I never run a computer without a UPS. IMO, they should be built into the power supplies (I wonder if you can buy such things...). I guess I've had too many computers die on me due to power issues, but power can be very unreliable in my location. UPSes are so cheap it's not worth it to *not* use them.
I guess it would have to be SGI's Linux or IRIX 6.5.whateveritsuptonow. They're bound to have it all working hunkey-dory.
However, I use it on fedora (I tried it on Ubuntu too, but I gave up on ubuntu because I couldn't get a 32-bit v3.3 toolchain to work (libraries were the problem)).
> I'd like to know if else is making similar hardware. It seems interesting, but before I drop a few hundred bones on one, I'd like to know what everyone has to say about it?"
I think you mean, "...if *anyone* else...", and "...know what *anyone* has to say...". Well, I guess you might want to know what everyone has to say about it, but you won't...
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...also, Microsoft aren't the only people who can supply support. This would be a shot in the arm for 3rd party support companies. Said companies could then open up offices in the US, where they file any bugs with Microsoft.
I had heard that Microsoft support isn't much good anyway - but I've not used it for MS Windows' products. I've used MS support for their Mac version of Office, and it was actually close to excellent (IMO).
oh, come on...get a cllluuuueeee.
... and the CDs come with a *real* self installer (enters the key and everything), plus it installs most other useful s/w at the same time.
it won't stop anyone from using windows at all.
just look at China. almost all copies are fake copies. a copy of MS Windows XP Pro costs 5rmb (0.75US$) and office is also 5rmb.
i really don't know where I would buy a real copy.
the point being that europe could easily exist without MS doing business there, if it had to.
microsoft's business would just change from selling s/w (or whatever) to prosecuting people (probably just businesses) running illegal copies.
of course, this might help Linux/etc, but I don't see that here in China - Linux looses it's primary advantage since MS Windows is also (essentially) free too.
That's the foundation of the USA, right? Copy, embrace and extend - the market size then dictates that they are now the defacto owner. Microsoft is just behaving like the rest of the USA throughout it's history. Of course, the USA doesn't like people copying it's own original ideas/products/etc, conveniently forgetting it's own history.
I read "Microsoft pulling out of Europe" to mean they won't sell their products there. It doesn't stop people from using their already purchased Microsoft products; nor does it stop anyone providing support for MS products (including MS themselves, I guess). It certainly doesn't stop 3rd parties from selling s/w that runs on MS Windows.
> That will negatively affect stock prices, hence affect Microsoft's ability to operate, compete, etc.
I'm curious about this statement. Isn't it backwards? Why should stock price have any influence on a companies ability to operate or compete?
I suppose it's kind of true though, and illustrates one of the many things (IMO) that is wrong with the stock market; a falling stock price can reduce (ignorant) customer confidence which then reduces sales, which then reduces the stock price, and so on.
I really hate the stock market - it's so fickle and unrepresentative of reality, and just encourages market dominance and diversification. What's wrong with a company doing one thing and doing it well?
I wonder what tech companies are still privately owned?
I don't count capital letters as punctuation, and periods are for women.
How about a comma or two, so we can understand your sentence?
I"m not sure I get your point.
I think everyone should take some responsibility for those things too - anything that can effect other people and the company as a whole.
Perhaps you'd like to make your point clearer?
Ah, so it's not that they think they know (since IT dept people also thing they know), nor whether they actually know or not (since IT dept people can also not know), but whether they are responsible if things go wrong. IE, it's because the fingers only point at the IT dept that's the problem.
...or implement some kind of system where it doesn't matter (so much) if things go wrong in some lab somewhere. Perhaps a network for which IT are responsible (eg only business critical applications) and a network for others (eg gurus and labs) and restrict routing between the two. At least then, it's eas{y,ier} to say it isn't my (whether that be IT or some guru somewhere) fault.
Lets face it, people in IT departments are just as capable as screwing things up as anyone else. It's just because they get the blame that they claim they should have (type-A) 'control'.
IMO, the system should be changed so that not just IT people can get the blame.
Some punctuation would be appreciated.
> the total amount of credits, ***plus attorneys fees***, will not exceed $90 million
Well, that must reduce the amount a little, surely...
> ... People who believe that they 'know about computers' ...
...or is it all about where you work? IE, if you work in the "IT Department", then you 'know', otherwise you don't.
How do you distinguish between people who believe they know about computers from those that actually *do* know? After all, you would (presumably) also claim to 'know about computers', right?
Ever considered using RAID1 in a backup system? I've not tried it, but it isn't difficult to see how it can be implemented.
Think of it in a similar way as a tape-based backup system...
1) implement RAID1,
2) have many spare disk drives (they're cheap now),
when you want a snapshot backup :
3) 'fail' one of the drives,
4) remove it,
5) install spare drive and add it to the RAID1 (it'll rebuild automatically),
6) take 'failed' drive off site/lock it in safe/whatever you would do with a tape
I'm not entirely sure how one would restore, but it should be fairly easy.
I'd bet a lot of these are email or pages though - ie not typed into the phone with thumbs...
> Since national telephone numbers start with a 0
Not everywhere they don't. Also, international numbers can also start with a zero - though I personally prefer the format where they start with a '+', then it works in any country [no, I haven't tried them all].
re: 100 song limit on ROKR
I can't help but wonder if there is a limit on the length of a song. Is it possible, for example, to have a whole disk as a single 'song'? That's the only way to listen to some music; Pink Floyd, for example[IMO], and lots of classical music. One of the annoying things about the iPod is the gaps it puts between songs....
Kind of funny when there's many of us who want their hardware, but don't want their OS :)
> ...If you're your new to Linux, I'd opt for trying both Unbuntu and Fedora Core, to get a feel for RPM and DPKG based environments).
I would advise immediately installing the smart package manager on which ever distro you use. Makes package management so much easier than either of them, IMO - esp. if you have an amd x86_64 (since it can handle having packages from both x86 and x86_64 installed at the same time).
http://labix.org/smart
> Posted by Zonk on 5:05 Wednesday 15 February 2006 ... "As today is one of the top five marketing-induced spending days, the obvious question is, what is love?
>
Don't you mean 'yesterday'?
I used to live in Ca, but moved to China. I had a ReplyTV (4040, I think) in the US and recorded many shows, which I brought with me. Recording Chinese TV isn't of much interest to me, but I use MythTV to play the shows I already have recorded.
A similar use to what you describe, I think.
Ah, right. I am always thinking of s/w RAID these days. I don't much care for hardware solutions (too inflexible).
> I never run a computer without a UPS ... I've had too many computers die on me due to power issues
/video or something).
I suppose that could be considered a contradiction, however, there was a period of time over which I decided UPSes are essential.
I notice that some RAID cards even have battery packs on their RAM. I look at a UPS in the same light...
In any case, he's only doing one write (*WO*RM), so I think he'd do better making his filesystem read-only anyway, and only making it writable on the (rare) occasions he wants to write (mount -o remount,rw
I never run a computer without a UPS. IMO, they should be built into the power supplies (I wonder if you can buy such things...). I guess I've had too many computers die on me due to power issues, but power can be very unreliable in my location. UPSes are so cheap it's not worth it to *not* use them.
> Which distro supports XFS the best?
I guess it would have to be SGI's Linux or IRIX 6.5.whateveritsuptonow. They're bound to have it all working hunkey-dory.
However, I use it on fedora (I tried it on Ubuntu too, but I gave up on ubuntu because I couldn't get a 32-bit v3.3 toolchain to work (libraries were the problem)).
> For max size, I think would opt for a RAID5 on 7 disks and keep the 8th drive as a "hot-remplacement" for the soon to be faulty drive...
I would consider RAID6 instead since it uses the 8th drive for more parity storage to give extra reliability.
> I'd like to know if else is making similar hardware. It seems interesting, but before I drop a few hundred bones on one, I'd like to know what everyone has to say about it?"
I think you mean, "...if *anyone* else...", and "...know what *anyone* has to say...". Well, I guess you might want to know what everyone has to say about it, but you won't...