"The only people that I can see buying one are people who are hooked on GT, or PS2 fanboys who would buy a PS3 if all it did was make toast."
The first category are people who are hooked on GT (although other PS2-only games could fit here also). That seems to fit you from what I've read in your posts. I'm not saying anything bad about you or even Sony. Just that the PS3 doesn't really have the advantage over it's competitors that it needs.
I owned a PS2 before I ever got a GC, and I really like GT. But the problem I see both Sony and MS facing is that the graphics can only get so good. The higher the detail, the more time and money has to be sunk into game development. We are going to reach a point where the console hardware is capable of producing a level of realism that no studios are going to be able to afford to produce games at. When the PS5 games look just like the PS4 games they are going to have a problem. That is why Nintendo is going the way they are (for better or worse). They realize that it is getting useless to fight the graphics war.
If all you care about is graphics you can get an xbox 360. If you want good games get the Revolution. What is the point of the PS3? The only people that I can see buying one are people who are hooked on GT, or PS2 fanboys who would buy a PS3 if all it did was make toast.
What kind of moron would use this service on company files, or on documents with information you need kept secure? We've been over this same thing with gmail. If your dumb enough to publish secrets to another company's system you deserve what you get.
And besides, the goverment will just be able to crack into your computer and take anything they want soon anyway. Why bother with Google?
Am I the only one actually looking forward to Vista? As a current XP/OSX user I get really excited every year when Apple announces their next OS and shows what cool/useful features it will have. It finally seems like Windows will be able to compete in that area. Of course it's still a MS product, so we know not to expect it to be perfect, but that shouldn't keep you from seeing the good in it.
As someone who grew up on pre-PPC Macs, let me tell you that they sucked. Apple didn't have a decent OS until OSX. From a technical standpoint, a usability standpoint, or from a reliability standpoint.
The Wavebird controller for Gamecube would be my vote for best controller if not for the 'z' button. Other than that it kicks PS, xbox, and N64 controller's butts.
My MCSE teacher always said "The only secure computer is one you can't use". You have to decide how much you are willing to risk your data, and act accordingly.
Apple isn't "good" and the recording industry isn't "evil".
I will say that the RIAA seems more willing to push the limits.
Apple, for example, doesn't sue everyone who violates thier TOS by installing Apple's OS (or applications) on multiple machines when they are only licensed on a single machine.
The RIAA however is trying to sue as many of thier customers who they believe to be pirating thier product as possible.
Apple's just doing what any company would. It's an unfortunate side effect of the world we are living in, but the fact is that companies have different ethics than individuals. A company's loyalty must lie with thier investors. Anything that potentially threatens thier bottom line must be fought with any and all legal means (and in this country where so many lawmakers are influenced by big buisnesses they get away with alot). I don't see the point in arguing with a company for doing what it is lawfully allowed (and encouraged) to do. What needs changed are the laws that are designed to allow companies to walk all over the individual's freedoms.
I'm not talking about hacking it... I'm talking about all the people that hope that this will convince Apple to sell a PC version of OSX. If you look at the comments you will find all kinds of people who think that Apple should do this, and could make money doing it. I am just saying that I don't think that Apple should, and I'm sure that the numbers speak for themselves (which is why Apple hasn't done it).
Reading through these comments it amazes me how many otherwise intelligent slashdotters really believe that OSX on beige box PCs would be good for Apple. What kind of crack do you have to be smoking to think that? I can understand wanting to run OSX on your beige box PC. But I can't understand how that could ever be good for Apple. They don't have MS's business model. They aren't designed to make thier money off thier operating system. I'd like to see someone figure up just how much Apple would have to charge for a copy of "OSX for beige box PC" in order to maintain the same profits they are enjoying now. I'm guessing that it would run in the ballpark of $400-$500. Please, someone sit down and do the math and let me know...
My first computer was an Apple IIe. I was about 10 and my mom got a bunch of books about programing in basic. About the only thing I ever did was program it so that when my little sister typed her name in it would respond by calling her names. I didn't mess with computers much for a while after that.
In highschool my mom wanted me to join the CISCO program at my school (since it was free) but I wasn't into computers at the time. I ended up going to college for Mechanical Engineering, but after a year and a half I decided that it was not something I wanted to do for a living. So I ended up settling on computers. I am now an MCP working on my MCSE, CCNA, A+, and NET+, and about to complete my 2 year degree. My mom is always talking about "If you had listened to me in High School you could have skipped all this engineering stuff you did and gotten your CCNA for free."
My mom is one of those "I told you so..." kind of people.
Without MSFT, Google, Apple, and Amazon I don't really have a reason to get on teh internet.
Except porn, and you probably have to have the platinum level to get that.
The only thing usefull I can think of that Google could do with thier vast recources is make linux be able to run Windows applications. Other than that it would be just another flavor, so here hoping!
Have you not seen the controler mockups? There is a joystick unit with a trigger that attaches via a short cord to the main controller. This allows for moving your character with the joystick, while aiming with the controller, and pulling the trigger to fire. Or at least that's how it would apply to my favorite genre.
"The real question is will Windows or Linux be first?"
Both.
The biggest hold-up for both of them is EFI. When a bootloader is modded to work with EMI, then both Linux and Windows should be bootable.
The new iMacs (since they added the iSight) are nearly impossible to open. The only thing even a rather handy person can do is add RAM. It's dissapointing really, considering how easy the original iMac G5 was to open.
I can just imagine what a mess the lack of compatible drivers would be. Not to mention Apple would have to do everything in thier power to try to shutdown the people responsible.
I've seen the exact opposite. Minorities get hired over caucasians all the time just so the companies can meet thier "qoutas". I'm not trying to downplay the importance of equality, but they are still hiring based on race, so that's not really equality anyway.
Nope, not fake. This is the way iMacs have looked since they added the iSight. I'm disapointed (mainly because it is supposedly VERY difficult to open the machine up), but that didn't stop me from ordering one anyway.
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"The only people that I can see buying one are people who are hooked on GT, or PS2 fanboys who would buy a PS3 if all it did was make toast."
The first category are people who are hooked on GT (although other PS2-only games could fit here also). That seems to fit you from what I've read in your posts. I'm not saying anything bad about you or even Sony. Just that the PS3 doesn't really have the advantage over it's competitors that it needs. I owned a PS2 before I ever got a GC, and I really like GT. But the problem I see both Sony and MS facing is that the graphics can only get so good. The higher the detail, the more time and money has to be sunk into game development. We are going to reach a point where the console hardware is capable of producing a level of realism that no studios are going to be able to afford to produce games at. When the PS5 games look just like the PS4 games they are going to have a problem. That is why Nintendo is going the way they are (for better or worse). They realize that it is getting useless to fight the graphics war.
OK, you fit in the first category.
If all you care about is graphics you can get an xbox 360. If you want good games get the Revolution. What is the point of the PS3? The only people that I can see buying one are people who are hooked on GT, or PS2 fanboys who would buy a PS3 if all it did was make toast.
"The IT department at my company (approximately some 500 people) is showing signs of incompetence"
The IT department at my company is incompetent. But I work for the goverment, so I guess that's to be expected.
What kind of moron would use this service on company files, or on documents with information you need kept secure? We've been over this same thing with gmail. If your dumb enough to publish secrets to another company's system you deserve what you get.
And besides, the goverment will just be able to crack into your computer and take anything they want soon anyway. Why bother with Google?
"If they become any kind of threat to Cisco, all Cisco needs to do is to buy the company, and render the issue moot."
What makes you think this isn't their plan?
Am I the only one actually looking forward to Vista? As a current XP/OSX user I get really excited every year when Apple announces their next OS and shows what cool/useful features it will have. It finally seems like Windows will be able to compete in that area. Of course it's still a MS product, so we know not to expect it to be perfect, but that shouldn't keep you from seeing the good in it.
As someone who grew up on pre-PPC Macs, let me tell you that they sucked. Apple didn't have a decent OS until OSX. From a technical standpoint, a usability standpoint, or from a reliability standpoint.
They are a company, and like all companies thier primary intrest is thier profits. As long as you keep that in mind you should be fine.
The Wavebird controller for Gamecube would be my vote for best controller if not for the 'z' button. Other than that it kicks PS, xbox, and N64 controller's butts.
My MCSE teacher always said "The only secure computer is one you can't use". You have to decide how much you are willing to risk your data, and act accordingly.
Apple isn't "good" and the recording industry isn't "evil". I will say that the RIAA seems more willing to push the limits. Apple, for example, doesn't sue everyone who violates thier TOS by installing Apple's OS (or applications) on multiple machines when they are only licensed on a single machine. The RIAA however is trying to sue as many of thier customers who they believe to be pirating thier product as possible.
Apple's just doing what any company would. It's an unfortunate side effect of the world we are living in, but the fact is that companies have different ethics than individuals. A company's loyalty must lie with thier investors. Anything that potentially threatens thier bottom line must be fought with any and all legal means (and in this country where so many lawmakers are influenced by big buisnesses they get away with alot). I don't see the point in arguing with a company for doing what it is lawfully allowed (and encouraged) to do. What needs changed are the laws that are designed to allow companies to walk all over the individual's freedoms.
I'm not talking about hacking it... I'm talking about all the people that hope that this will convince Apple to sell a PC version of OSX. If you look at the comments you will find all kinds of people who think that Apple should do this, and could make money doing it. I am just saying that I don't think that Apple should, and I'm sure that the numbers speak for themselves (which is why Apple hasn't done it).
Reading through these comments it amazes me how many otherwise intelligent slashdotters really believe that OSX on beige box PCs would be good for Apple. What kind of crack do you have to be smoking to think that? I can understand wanting to run OSX on your beige box PC. But I can't understand how that could ever be good for Apple. They don't have MS's business model. They aren't designed to make thier money off thier operating system. I'd like to see someone figure up just how much Apple would have to charge for a copy of "OSX for beige box PC" in order to maintain the same profits they are enjoying now. I'm guessing that it would run in the ballpark of $400-$500. Please, someone sit down and do the math and let me know...
That was, and still is the main game I play on my N64.
My first computer was an Apple IIe. I was about 10 and my mom got a bunch of books about programing in basic. About the only thing I ever did was program it so that when my little sister typed her name in it would respond by calling her names. I didn't mess with computers much for a while after that. In highschool my mom wanted me to join the CISCO program at my school (since it was free) but I wasn't into computers at the time. I ended up going to college for Mechanical Engineering, but after a year and a half I decided that it was not something I wanted to do for a living. So I ended up settling on computers. I am now an MCP working on my MCSE, CCNA, A+, and NET+, and about to complete my 2 year degree. My mom is always talking about "If you had listened to me in High School you could have skipped all this engineering stuff you did and gotten your CCNA for free." My mom is one of those "I told you so..." kind of people.
Without MSFT, Google, Apple, and Amazon I don't really have a reason to get on teh internet. Except porn, and you probably have to have the platinum level to get that.
The only thing usefull I can think of that Google could do with thier vast recources is make linux be able to run Windows applications. Other than that it would be just another flavor, so here hoping!
Have you not seen the controler mockups? There is a joystick unit with a trigger that attaches via a short cord to the main controller. This allows for moving your character with the joystick, while aiming with the controller, and pulling the trigger to fire. Or at least that's how it would apply to my favorite genre.
"The real question is will Windows or Linux be first?" Both. The biggest hold-up for both of them is EFI. When a bootloader is modded to work with EMI, then both Linux and Windows should be bootable.
The new iMacs (since they added the iSight) are nearly impossible to open. The only thing even a rather handy person can do is add RAM. It's dissapointing really, considering how easy the original iMac G5 was to open.
I can just imagine what a mess the lack of compatible drivers would be. Not to mention Apple would have to do everything in thier power to try to shutdown the people responsible.
I've seen the exact opposite. Minorities get hired over caucasians all the time just so the companies can meet thier "qoutas". I'm not trying to downplay the importance of equality, but they are still hiring based on race, so that's not really equality anyway.
Nope, not fake. This is the way iMacs have looked since they added the iSight. I'm disapointed (mainly because it is supposedly VERY difficult to open the machine up), but that didn't stop me from ordering one anyway.