No, it wont be the first OS to support it out of the box. HP has already been doing this with windows and their security tools.
And if you're going to say "but windows doesn't really do it by itself out of the box," then be fair - linux doesn't either. Linux does almost nothing out of the box, and everything it does do is an add on.
I ordered the IDE belt about 3 weeks ago, and infally got it the other day (same day shipping = 2 1/2 week wait?!). It's pretty cool, but I don't think it functions that well as a belt. It needs to be like 10 IDE cables glued together or something.
12:59 on Dec. 31st is the only time in the whole year that people are paying attention to the seconds. Why not choose some other time when it's not going to screw up my countdown?
IBM will end up paying out maybe less then 5 claims. And here's why:
Q. What if I no longer have a receipt or any other supporting documentation?
A. You must produce a receipt or other supporting documentation evidencing the purchase of an eligible 75GXP hard disk drive, or you will not receive any Settlement Benefits.
Well let's see. I bought my deskstar in 2000, let me grab my file for that year... Ah yes, it's here under D, next to the receipt for that donut I bought.
Seriously I will be impressed if anyone can provide the required "supporting documentation." How lame is it to win a lawsuit that will apply to almost nobody?
Crappy thing is, I seriously have a stack of these deskstars sitting here. My last one went bad not even two weeks ago.
If you cannot identify your serial number, you can download a utility from them here. But if your hard drive is broken, why would it still be in your computer, and how would your computer be running to run this utility?
Seriously... it's like using a spoon to repair an engine. I had to flash my bios and didn't have any floppy disks. So here I am at the store at 2am buying a package of ten floppy disks (of which I will use only 1) for $10 - more expensive then cds I could have burned the image onto.
Anyway, I got home only to realize the computer didn't even have a floppy drive. Throw me a freakin' bone here.
It's not the way p2p networks are set up that makes people want to use them, it's the fact that they can get free music. Putting an online store into the format of a p2p network doesn't make it cool, because it negates the point or reason that people use p2p. Wow, now I can get crappy speeds AND I get to pay for it!
Hopefully internet companies will follow suit with this new business model. You get your own backbone connection to the internet, and then they just charge you for the right to get bills from them. I could see a benefit for gas companies too - you provide your own gas, but you pay them to let you look good standing by their pump.
This is seriously retarded. Wow, I get to pay for music and I get to act as their server! Whats to keep someone from switching songs around and ending up charging people for the wrong song?
This isn't an error at all, it's actually a *feature* of your credit card agreement. Gets your card number out there so you don't have to bother giving it to retailers - they already have it!
With all the trucks coming in and never leaving, we figured they were just putting up rosanne bar and the trucks were full of twinkies...
seriously though, it's not like the trucks drove there and stayed. They left, and unless they were uncovered, people couldn't tell what was coming and going.
If NASA is being at all inovative with their anti-blur technology, it would be cool to see it integrated into existing sharpen tools in gimp or picassa.
I can see some major potential here for a partnership with FOX. You see, SETI could listen in on people's calls and then sell the best ones to FOX for a hit new reality TV show "skycalls!"
Okay, so that's a pretty stupid idea, I admit... but its the sheer stupidity that almost guarantees it WILL be on fox next season.
It burns the image onto a wedge of cheese, which it then incinerates. No possible way to recover the data, or break through the advanced ash cryptography.
Every new DRM just makes it harder to listen to your damn music.
If you don't need the network acces, check out geexbox - a bootable linux iso that will play all the media you need. That and a wireless keyboard and you're in business.
My pentium 2 (or is it a 3?) 400Mhz actually runs windows xp, and plays videos just fine in all sorts of formats. It also runs tightVNC server so I can control it from the couch with my notebook, tablet, other desktop, etc.
Best part is you can probably find one at your local salvation army for $25.
And yet they've already done it in Provo, Utah (of all places...) It's called iProvo - and it's not as awesome as it sounds...
More info iprovo.net. It is offered as a public utility from the power company. Read a little history on the project to find out why fiber to the home might not be such an awesome idea... at least not for provo.
They already offer voip wireless basestations. The handsets are cell phones that automagically connect to your wifi when you're close enough, or connect through your cell carrier when you're away. Haven't seen anything like this in the US yet.
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So if if Lenova was the first, then I guess HP just stole the idea pre-emptively? http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/thinclients/ind ex_t5000.html
And if you're going to say "but windows doesn't really do it by itself out of the box," then be fair - linux doesn't either. Linux does almost nothing out of the box, and everything it does do is an add on.
As for your iPod, turn it into a belt buckle!
12:59 on Dec. 31st is the only time in the whole year that people are paying attention to the seconds. Why not choose some other time when it's not going to screw up my countdown?
Q. What if I no longer have a receipt or any other supporting documentation?
A. You must produce a receipt or other supporting documentation evidencing the purchase of an eligible 75GXP hard disk drive, or you will not receive any Settlement Benefits.
Well let's see. I bought my deskstar in 2000, let me grab my file for that year... Ah yes, it's here under D, next to the receipt for that donut I bought.
Seriously I will be impressed if anyone can provide the required "supporting documentation." How lame is it to win a lawsuit that will apply to almost nobody?
Crappy thing is, I seriously have a stack of these deskstars sitting here. My last one went bad not even two weeks ago.
If you cannot identify your serial number, you can download a utility from them here. But if your hard drive is broken, why would it still be in your computer, and how would your computer be running to run this utility?
I got dibs on in.tel
I had to flash my bios and didn't have any floppy disks. So here I am at the store at 2am buying a package of ten floppy disks (of which I will use only 1) for $10 - more expensive then cds I could have burned the image onto.
Anyway, I got home only to realize the computer didn't even have a floppy drive. Throw me a freakin' bone here.
The sex offender marked as living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue moved out 5 years ago...
It's not the way p2p networks are set up that makes people want to use them, it's the fact that they can get free music. Putting an online store into the format of a p2p network doesn't make it cool, because it negates the point or reason that people use p2p. Wow, now I can get crappy speeds AND I get to pay for it!
This is seriously retarded. Wow, I get to pay for music and I get to act as their server! Whats to keep someone from switching songs around and ending up charging people for the wrong song?
This isn't an error at all, it's actually a *feature* of your credit card agreement. Gets your card number out there so you don't have to bother giving it to retailers - they already have it!
seriously though, it's not like the trucks drove there and stayed. They left, and unless they were uncovered, people couldn't tell what was coming and going.
I was not aware we were considering Osama Bin Laden a celebrity now. Is he A list or what?
If NASA is being at all inovative with their anti-blur technology, it would be cool to see it integrated into existing sharpen tools in gimp or picassa.
He said the room only had one window, about knee high. That's obviously wrong, as the house is MADE of windows(tm)!
Okay, so that's a pretty stupid idea, I admit ... but its the sheer stupidity that almost guarantees it WILL be on fox next season.
Scientist 2: Yeah, hold on... I forgot to put in the crystals.
Michael Jackson owns the rights to the beatles catalog, not record companies.
They will be using intel chiops and just showed osx running on a p4. How long until the next version of osx is cracked to run on any x86?
Every new DRM just makes it harder to listen to your damn music.
If you don't need the network acces, check out geexbox - a bootable linux iso that will play all the media you need. That and a wireless keyboard and you're in business.
Best part is you can probably find one at your local salvation army for $25.
More info iprovo.net. It is offered as a public utility from the power company. Read a little history on the project to find out why fiber to the home might not be such an awesome idea ... at least not for provo.
They already offer voip wireless basestations. The handsets are cell phones that automagically connect to your wifi when you're close enough, or connect through your cell carrier when you're away. Haven't seen anything like this in the US yet.