If the Dems would stop critisizing Bush, Iraq wouldn't be in this mess...
While on one hand, I'm on Bush's side. On the other hand, I think this is quite possibly the most ignorant thing I have seen written on Slashdot to date.
The war in Iraq is going to crap, and Iraq is on the edge of civil war -- clearly that is the fault of Democrats political rhetoric and gleeful politicizing of the Iraq war in the US Media....
Seriously, that's just stupid. Apple has no right to the word, pod. Hell, they STOLE it.
The term POD has been used for well over a decade, in the TV & radio industry. Hell, even dictionay.com has pod listed as a slang radio/tv term.
I guess if you have enough money to pay enough lawyers to fight enough frivelous lawsuits you can steal just about anything. Even a word.
Pathetic.
Keep it up Apple, you're going to sue yourself out of business. I can tell you neither I, nor any of my friends will be buying another product associated with Apple.
The english language is the property of the people. So, from my view, you're trying to steal from me too. In TFA, it is advised we seek new words to describe the endeavours our generation has sought. (IE audiocast, audcast, etc..) I say screw that. It's OUR word to begin with. Where the hell do you think Apple got the idea from? Just mysteriously decided to give pod a new meaning? Hell no, they took an already widely spoken, common knowledge term, and applied it to their product. Now they are trying to claim rights of ownership to a word they didn't even come up with themselves?
Jesus.
I for one will vote with my dollars. And by God, if I can think of something else I can do to injure Apple's campaign to steal the english language - I will.
Is whether or not the ban is just of sales or posession and sales.
More simply put, can you break a law by simply owning or purchasing a violent game - or is it stores only that this affects.
Something I didn't get from the article.
Sounds like protectionism bullshit to me though, no matter how it's put.
Put ratings on games, sure. Okay. Put age restrictions on violent games, okay, sure. Remove my ability to make judgements in what my child can and can not view/play? Methinks that would be a poor precident to set.
Actually I was just referring to the fact that Vista's main feature was supposed to be a new file system - which eventually got dropped off the feature list.
Apparently, though, some Microsoft employees with moderation points took offense to that. Which actually makes me glad I posted it.:)
Personally, I use windows to play games - and only because I have no choice. I could care less about any changes. I'm just estatic to hear Vista will not be backwards comopatible with older software written for other versions of Windows. Talk about shooting themselves in the foot! If they keep that crap up, I may not [b]have[/b] to use Windows for games anymore!(Yeah, I know - wine/linux - sorry - too much trouble for me)
Ahhh, but people thought this case had something to it. They had patents. SCO on the otherhand has nothing, and even they know it.
Lets not forget IBM was not losing business at all as a result of SCO's suit against them. SCO's suit against IBM has actually been positive publicity for IBM - that much has been apparent since the day it was filed.
The blackberry, on the otherhand, had a lot of people very concerned given the validity the courts gave to the claims (IE: they already won once).
The last slashdot article I read about outsourcing in India link to a article noting a young DOCTOR in India with more than TEN YEARS of C experience was earning what would equate to about $10,000.00 -- and that most people with similar experience levels made more like $5-7k.
What the fark could we, the US, possibly be able to sell India that they cannot produce cheaper themselves?
Please, someone explain to me exactly how the US stands to benefit from trade with India aside from dirt-cheap-labor and goods produced by India?
Is this not the entire point of the PS? To convert AC to DC?
So basically all these new DC computers would be is a computer that relies on yet another source to convert AC to DC then still requires some sort of internal component to convert THAT DC to the correct voltage for the various devices within the computer itself?
I agree. That's like buying a TV with a built in DVD player, VHS, Stereo receiver, gaming platform, and computer all in one package. One part of it breaks and you're out all those devices or paying an insane repair bill and probably going to lose data anyway.
I'm all for nifty gadgets, but I see way to many damaged/broken cell-phones to imagine why someone would spend upwards of $500 for a phone.
The really sad part, though, is that the developers can't even secure something as simple as a damn phone.
I'd also second all the other posts up noting the problems AV software causes with so many systems - and the inhereit threat of AV companies simply developing for a platform seems to mysteriously bring forth viruses. I don't think AV companies make the viruses, personally. But they provide a platform where virus authors gain recognition of sorts, an inspiration if you will.
Personally, I'll stick to my very basic phone - which when destroyed or damaged is no biggie as I'll spend a whopping $50 replacing it and lose no data at all.
Ahh yes but MS has also already stated Halo 3 will be available for Windows Vista only - and will not run on older versions of Windows. (With regards to it's pc deployment of the game).
What I'm getting at is I imagine they hope to use it both as leverage for Windows and against the PS3.
I think in part you're right, they may well be waiting for the PS3 launch. However, most people who would buy a PS3 will buy one regardless.
I think it's more likely they are waiting for Windows Vista - I think MS is more desperate to convert users to Vista than they've been with previous versions.
I think it's funny, personally, that a game developed by a primarily mac company now seems to be a major part of Microsofts business strategies. In fact, were I an investor I would be concerned by Microsofts use of this one game to try and gain market leverege - I don't pretend to know much about OS market outside of a users perspective -- but even as a user it is suspicious they're using this one game as what almost seems to be a crutch.
I suppose it seems very odd to me that a company that used to promote backwards compatability seems to be using a game this way - not to mention it seems to have scoffed off the old backwards compatability practice.
As a somewhat uninformed home PC user (IE I'm a unix geek who has windows at home because all I use my home PC for is games) -- the recent behavior of MS has actually been enough to get me to install a few Linux variants as I seek an alternate desktop - as I've already decided I will not be purchasing Vista. As a consumer, I almost feel like I'm being told by a school bully that after school I'm going to get stomped. If that makes sense. It seems to be a new marketing strategy / business model that I think is going to backfire on MS.
Or fired as in some positions doing well makes you a threat to management.
I've seen it more then once, and been fired once myself -- simply because someone above me feared I was closing in to replace them. Which I was, and later did despite his gracious 3 week paid vacation courtesy of my local unemployment office.
I must admit I'm not an expert when it comes to touchscreens, but I beleive a 30" touchscreen is about $12,000.00. I would imagine something of this nature would be even larger - then tac on the *special* software HP wrote and the desktop PC to run it (with either a special video card or a very expensive one I'm sure) and I'd imagine $20,000.00 would even be too low.
My initial reaction to seeing this....piece -- was that it looked very cool - and would be great at the company I'm working at now. This is exactly the kind of stuff they like. Then five seconds later the reality of cost set in. It would not suprise me to see the lower end versions of these to cost $30,000.00++. That's a rather large sum of money for what is essentially a conference table -- and a small one at that.
If HP could push the price of these units below $10,000.00 -- they'd be viable. Otherwise I think they're worth more to the company as a PR toy then as a real product -- and they'll overprice them so high as to earn greater profits from fewer sales -- which I would be is the most likely to happen.
Yes, and you will not be allowed to make backups of any of those movies and the disks will be designed in such a way that they will fail after being used x amount of times.
I've worked on a lot of networks as a private contractor, and as a direct employee from operator level to executive level. By far the most frightening thing to me was a recent contract I worked on where an entire company wanted laptops and only laptops.
A lot of things have changed since I worked that contract, but one thing I would advise would be to focus on recovery rather than prevention. These students will break their laptops, they will get stolen, they will get damaged in ways you will never forget.
Secure your network from the students, and work towards easy restoration of data.
I would also advise that your school try to find an insurer willing to insure individual laptops against accidental loss, theft, and damage. If they purchase their machine from Dell they can get most of that.
For backups, I would advise students to setup their email to leave copies of all messages on the mail server -- and keep their local mail storage files off of the backup list. This is very cumbersome, and overall is the most annoying thing to deal with on backups. My personal mailbox has over 7,000 messages and it takes me less than a second to connect and check my mail when there is just a message or two that is new - so aside from the mail server itself there is no real additional load by doing this - and it allows the student to recover their mail easily.
Don't bother scripting profile backups - they rarely work and are more difficult to manage then simply recreating a users profile. Instead, focus on making the users profile settings part of your recovery process, with an emphasis on proper documentation procedures.
Find out who your local dell contractor is. Dell has contractors just about everywhere - you can bet there is atleast one near you. Find out who they are and open a line of communication. Let them know what is going on, and what your future purchase plans look like. I imagine this fellow will enjoy hearing from you.
Most importantly, keep excellent documentation of everything you do. Every complaint a sudent makes, every phone call, every change you make, everything. Don't wait until five minutes later, or the next day, document it right on the spot and date/time stamp it. It has been my experience that when users own a PC that you are given minor responsibilities over -- the users seem to think any problem = your problem. Eventually that works it's way up administration and next thing you know you're pulling your hair out. This way when some student with a family member who's friends with administration level faculty -- you've got the data to backup your position when you're in that drab office being asked questions like your a first year intern that cheated his way through school.
Also, I'd keep my resume fresh and an eye on oppertunities in my area. Just in case such a major shift in your work environment changes your outlook on the position.
Dealing with a network full of laptops has it's challenges, but it can also be fun. But it's not for everyone.
An interesting note is that the leather from these toads is a very popular material for hats in Australia. Oddly enough, the hats seem to run around $300 and up. Which I find odd since you can find other leathers for far less - you would think something considered a widespread pest would yield cheap leather.
That just struck me as odd, though I must say the leather is beatiful - and makes for a fantastic Crocadile Dundee style hat.
That, good sir, is an act of desperation I could not conceive.
It's an alarming though, though, that should such practices become commonplace -- one might find themself making just that decision.
Which is exactly why now is the perfect time to say hell no to crap like this.
Another comedic, though not really, thought that comes from this are all the movies where a bad guy pulls someones eye out for a retnal scan. Perhaps the new Sci-Fi flicks will include people having their arms ripped off to pass through RFID scans.
I keep hearing about how US lawmakers don't like that Google, MS, and others have agreed to conform to Chinese law in order to continue doing business in China.
Don't get me wrong, I don't pretend to understand all the issues - or politics really.
But I don't understand why US lawmakers are giving US companies a hard time for complying with Chinese law in China. I mean, seriously - if you go to your local retailer and look at the goods for sale half say "Made in China", 49% more say "Made in Taiwan", and 1% say "Assembled in the USA". (Which reminds me, in Bush's recent state of the uninion didn't he say the foreground of the US economy was going to be our developing manufacturing industry?)
Anyway, point being - if the US lawmakers feel so strongly why are there not import/export sanctions on China rather then politcal badmouthing and epeen flexing?
Like I said, I just don't get it - but sure would like to understand more - I've googled but all I can find is fingerpointing and namecalling rather than any real pertinent information about why it's working this way. (Which I imagine someone is going to say it's political and all there is to be had on the subject is opinions, fingerpointing, and namecalling anyway.)
Ohh well, I suppose were it up to me I'd be doing my best to make sure importing goods evened out with manufacturing them here in the US. Guess that's why it's not up to me! (Kinda like I'd like to see outsourced IT end up costing US companies just as much (yes I know some would argue it already does) as having a US citizen as an employee)
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Yeah, I figured that out after I made the post. I suppose that makes me the moron. :)
The war in Iraq is going to crap, and Iraq is on the edge of civil war -- clearly that is the fault of Democrats political rhetoric and gleeful politicizing of the Iraq war in the US Media....
Moron.
Seriously, that's just stupid. Apple has no right to the word, pod. Hell, they STOLE it.
The term POD has been used for well over a decade, in the TV & radio industry. Hell, even dictionay.com has pod listed as a slang radio/tv term.
I guess if you have enough money to pay enough lawyers to fight enough frivelous lawsuits you can steal just about anything. Even a word.
Pathetic.
Keep it up Apple, you're going to sue yourself out of business. I can tell you neither I, nor any of my friends will be buying another product associated with Apple.
The english language is the property of the people. So, from my view, you're trying to steal from me too. In TFA, it is advised we seek new words to describe the endeavours our generation has sought. (IE audiocast, audcast, etc..) I say screw that. It's OUR word to begin with. Where the hell do you think Apple got the idea from? Just mysteriously decided to give pod a new meaning? Hell no, they took an already widely spoken, common knowledge term, and applied it to their product. Now they are trying to claim rights of ownership to a word they didn't even come up with themselves?
Jesus.
I for one will vote with my dollars. And by God, if I can think of something else I can do to injure Apple's campaign to steal the english language - I will.
And on the other-hand, how do we know the Chinese government didn't force them to say that?!?!
*adjusts tinfoil hat*
Is whether or not the ban is just of sales or posession and sales.
More simply put, can you break a law by simply owning or purchasing a violent game - or is it stores only that this affects.
Something I didn't get from the article.
Sounds like protectionism bullshit to me though, no matter how it's put.
Put ratings on games, sure. Okay. Put age restrictions on violent games, okay, sure. Remove my ability to make judgements in what my child can and can not view/play? Methinks that would be a poor precident to set.
Actually I was just referring to the fact that Vista's main feature was supposed to be a new file system - which eventually got dropped off the feature list.
:)
Apparently, though, some Microsoft employees with moderation points took offense to that. Which actually makes me glad I posted it.
Personally, I use windows to play games - and only because I have no choice. I could care less about any changes. I'm just estatic to hear Vista will not be backwards comopatible with older software written for other versions of Windows. Talk about shooting themselves in the foot! If they keep that crap up, I may not [b]have[/b] to use Windows for games anymore!(Yeah, I know - wine/linux - sorry - too much trouble for me)
Atleast someone can make a new filesystem... *cough* Microsoft *cough*
Ahhh, but people thought this case had something to it. They had patents. SCO on the otherhand has nothing, and even they know it.
Lets not forget IBM was not losing business at all as a result of SCO's suit against them. SCO's suit against IBM has actually been positive publicity for IBM - that much has been apparent since the day it was filed.
The blackberry, on the otherhand, had a lot of people very concerned given the validity the courts gave to the claims (IE: they already won once).
The last slashdot article I read about outsourcing in India link to a article noting a young DOCTOR in India with more than TEN YEARS of C experience was earning what would equate to about $10,000.00 -- and that most people with similar experience levels made more like $5-7k.
What the fark could we, the US, possibly be able to sell India that they cannot produce cheaper themselves?
Please, someone explain to me exactly how the US stands to benefit from trade with India aside from dirt-cheap-labor and goods produced by India?
I see, I misunderstood the intent of the article. It doesn't do a lot of good to RTFA if you don't get it! Heh.
Computers already use DC power?
Is this not the entire point of the PS? To convert AC to DC?
So basically all these new DC computers would be is a computer that relies on yet another source to convert AC to DC then still requires some sort of internal component to convert THAT DC to the correct voltage for the various devices within the computer itself?
The documentation states you have to be a full time student.
The article and most documentation fails to mention this piece of information.
I agree. That's like buying a TV with a built in DVD player, VHS, Stereo receiver, gaming platform, and computer all in one package. One part of it breaks and you're out all those devices or paying an insane repair bill and probably going to lose data anyway.
I'm all for nifty gadgets, but I see way to many damaged/broken cell-phones to imagine why someone would spend upwards of $500 for a phone.
The really sad part, though, is that the developers can't even secure something as simple as a damn phone.
I'd also second all the other posts up noting the problems AV software causes with so many systems - and the inhereit threat of AV companies simply developing for a platform seems to mysteriously bring forth viruses. I don't think AV companies make the viruses, personally. But they provide a platform where virus authors gain recognition of sorts, an inspiration if you will.
Personally, I'll stick to my very basic phone - which when destroyed or damaged is no biggie as I'll spend a whopping $50 replacing it and lose no data at all.
Ahh yes but MS has also already stated Halo 3 will be available for Windows Vista only - and will not run on older versions of Windows. (With regards to it's pc deployment of the game).
What I'm getting at is I imagine they hope to use it both as leverage for Windows and against the PS3.
I think in part you're right, they may well be waiting for the PS3 launch. However, most people who would buy a PS3 will buy one regardless.
I think it's more likely they are waiting for Windows Vista - I think MS is more desperate to convert users to Vista than they've been with previous versions.
I think it's funny, personally, that a game developed by a primarily mac company now seems to be a major part of Microsofts business strategies. In fact, were I an investor I would be concerned by Microsofts use of this one game to try and gain market leverege - I don't pretend to know much about OS market outside of a users perspective -- but even as a user it is suspicious they're using this one game as what almost seems to be a crutch.
I suppose it seems very odd to me that a company that used to promote backwards compatability seems to be using a game this way - not to mention it seems to have scoffed off the old backwards compatability practice.
As a somewhat uninformed home PC user (IE I'm a unix geek who has windows at home because all I use my home PC for is games) -- the recent behavior of MS has actually been enough to get me to install a few Linux variants as I seek an alternate desktop - as I've already decided I will not be purchasing Vista. As a consumer, I almost feel like I'm being told by a school bully that after school I'm going to get stomped. If that makes sense. It seems to be a new marketing strategy / business model that I think is going to backfire on MS.
Or I could just be crazy....
Or fired as in some positions doing well makes you a threat to management.
I've seen it more then once, and been fired once myself -- simply because someone above me feared I was closing in to replace them. Which I was, and later did despite his gracious 3 week paid vacation courtesy of my local unemployment office.
Add another zero to that $2000.
I must admit I'm not an expert when it comes to touchscreens, but I beleive a 30" touchscreen is about $12,000.00. I would imagine something of this nature would be even larger - then tac on the *special* software HP wrote and the desktop PC to run it (with either a special video card or a very expensive one I'm sure) and I'd imagine $20,000.00 would even be too low.
My initial reaction to seeing this....piece -- was that it looked very cool - and would be great at the company I'm working at now. This is exactly the kind of stuff they like. Then five seconds later the reality of cost set in. It would not suprise me to see the lower end versions of these to cost $30,000.00++. That's a rather large sum of money for what is essentially a conference table -- and a small one at that.
If HP could push the price of these units below $10,000.00 -- they'd be viable. Otherwise I think they're worth more to the company as a PR toy then as a real product -- and they'll overprice them so high as to earn greater profits from fewer sales -- which I would be is the most likely to happen.
Yes, and you will not be allowed to make backups of any of those movies and the disks will be designed in such a way that they will fail after being used x amount of times.
Ohh wait.
I've worked on a lot of networks as a private contractor, and as a direct employee from operator level to executive level. By far the most frightening thing to me was a recent contract I worked on where an entire company wanted laptops and only laptops.
A lot of things have changed since I worked that contract, but one thing I would advise would be to focus on recovery rather than prevention. These students will break their laptops, they will get stolen, they will get damaged in ways you will never forget.
Secure your network from the students, and work towards easy restoration of data.
I would also advise that your school try to find an insurer willing to insure individual laptops against accidental loss, theft, and damage. If they purchase their machine from Dell they can get most of that.
For backups, I would advise students to setup their email to leave copies of all messages on the mail server -- and keep their local mail storage files off of the backup list. This is very cumbersome, and overall is the most annoying thing to deal with on backups. My personal mailbox has over 7,000 messages and it takes me less than a second to connect and check my mail when there is just a message or two that is new - so aside from the mail server itself there is no real additional load by doing this - and it allows the student to recover their mail easily.
Don't bother scripting profile backups - they rarely work and are more difficult to manage then simply recreating a users profile. Instead, focus on making the users profile settings part of your recovery process, with an emphasis on proper documentation procedures.
Find out who your local dell contractor is. Dell has contractors just about everywhere - you can bet there is atleast one near you. Find out who they are and open a line of communication. Let them know what is going on, and what your future purchase plans look like. I imagine this fellow will enjoy hearing from you.
Most importantly, keep excellent documentation of everything you do. Every complaint a sudent makes, every phone call, every change you make, everything. Don't wait until five minutes later, or the next day, document it right on the spot and date/time stamp it. It has been my experience that when users own a PC that you are given minor responsibilities over -- the users seem to think any problem = your problem. Eventually that works it's way up administration and next thing you know you're pulling your hair out. This way when some student with a family member who's friends with administration level faculty -- you've got the data to backup your position when you're in that drab office being asked questions like your a first year intern that cheated his way through school.
Also, I'd keep my resume fresh and an eye on oppertunities in my area. Just in case such a major shift in your work environment changes your outlook on the position.
Dealing with a network full of laptops has it's challenges, but it can also be fun. But it's not for everyone.
If apple switched to Windows they would strictly be overpriced hardware.
Period.
An interesting note is that the leather from these toads is a very popular material for hats in Australia. Oddly enough, the hats seem to run around $300 and up. Which I find odd since you can find other leathers for far less - you would think something considered a widespread pest would yield cheap leather.
That just struck me as odd, though I must say the leather is beatiful - and makes for a fantastic Crocadile Dundee style hat.
Tiny projector now to be included in the Phantom Console!
That, good sir, is an act of desperation I could not conceive.
It's an alarming though, though, that should such practices become commonplace -- one might find themself making just that decision.
Which is exactly why now is the perfect time to say hell no to crap like this.
Another comedic, though not really, thought that comes from this are all the movies where a bad guy pulls someones eye out for a retnal scan. Perhaps the new Sci-Fi flicks will include people having their arms ripped off to pass through RFID scans.
I keep hearing about how US lawmakers don't like that Google, MS, and others have agreed to conform to Chinese law in order to continue doing business in China.
Don't get me wrong, I don't pretend to understand all the issues - or politics really.
But I don't understand why US lawmakers are giving US companies a hard time for complying with Chinese law in China. I mean, seriously - if you go to your local retailer and look at the goods for sale half say "Made in China", 49% more say "Made in Taiwan", and 1% say "Assembled in the USA". (Which reminds me, in Bush's recent state of the uninion didn't he say the foreground of the US economy was going to be our developing manufacturing industry?)
Anyway, point being - if the US lawmakers feel so strongly why are there not import/export sanctions on China rather then politcal badmouthing and epeen flexing?
Like I said, I just don't get it - but sure would like to understand more - I've googled but all I can find is fingerpointing and namecalling rather than any real pertinent information about why it's working this way. (Which I imagine someone is going to say it's political and all there is to be had on the subject is opinions, fingerpointing, and namecalling anyway.)
Ohh well, I suppose were it up to me I'd be doing my best to make sure importing goods evened out with manufacturing them here in the US. Guess that's why it's not up to me! (Kinda like I'd like to see outsourced IT end up costing US companies just as much (yes I know some would argue it already does) as having a US citizen as an employee)
I am not confused.
My reference to asbestos, once used as insulation in homes/buildings, was to note the now well known effects of cancer caused by asbestos.
Perhaps in light of this information, my previous post will seem more complete.