I've always liked the concept of DSL better, too bad it just lags behind cable in total achievable bandwidth usually.
We have DSL at my home in NJ, Road Runner Cable in Rochester and I'm using Comcrap in Boston right now. The DSL (Verizon) could handle games, it transferred quickly, but the pings were usually lower than the Road Runner cable. The Comcrap cable I have in Boston gets 9mbps and the pings are basically just as good as our DSL in jersey.
They're all pretty good, but DSL is often the cheapest option in some areas, so that's really good.
Maybe getting lucky in the sense he didn't make a buttload of cash. But RFID is going to be huge within 5 years. And when they can be printed in large quantities, it's going to be a booming industry.
He was a visionary, perhaps, and like many the result of being way ahead of your time is a rather thin wallet.
Wow, so communicating with dolphins or parrots doesn't matter. I'm pretty certain that's been going on a lot longer and even a special ed kid knows those animals are a lot smarter than a dog.
Yeah, its unfortunate. The company didn't just start last year either, and they make some products which I'd say are technically superior. They just don't have the "name" that others do, yet. We can only hope they catch on.
My photo album, after some cleaning out and getting rid of things, occupies about 70 gigabytes. Granted when scanned film can be 130mb a file or bigger, and a Canon 1Ds makes 11mb RAW files and 36MB TIFFs, it fills quickly.
Scans from 4x5" film go to hundreds of megs easily.
Of course, I have no need to carry all that with me, if I do I put what I want on a laptop.
My favorite Mac mistake were the late G3 (Blue and white) and moreso the early G4 towers.
They had pinstripes. horrible, horrible pinstripes.
The G5s are dust magnets, all those perforated panels and no air filters. They're also just simply too big for most people, I'm not a huge fan either. A fatal design flaw that Apple hasn't quit is the single optical bay. Dumm.
I don't personally think the iPods are that sexy. They're too bland, too featureless and too cheap looking (particularly from the front) and in some ways their function follows form. They're designed to look nice but that doesn't last long if you use them.
I actually really think the iRiver iHP (now called just the H series) look better than the iPods, sleek and simple with a some accents but I think they're much more durable.
Dunno about this one, might be one of those "have to see it in person" things before I can draw a conclusion.
I'm not sure you can't send and receive on ADSL at the same time. I think I'd notice playing games when I'm at home, but it's worked fine. I think the main distinction is the speeds aren't the same, at least for what we have.
There are a number of DSL options in the area, which are $30 a month, some are $40 a month. Far less than Comcast's fees. If you have Comcase cable TV then the connection drops to under $50, but it's still above $40 which IMO is too much.
Verizon is in the area, just not at my exact location and they're $30 a month I think and they don't have a yearly contract, just like Comcast. I would have gone that route but like I said, I'm too far down the road.
Damn if I know when Comcast will drop their prices but damn they're expensive!
I've had three broadband connections (that I've actually payed for). DSL at home in NJ which has good pings but wasn't high bandwidth, Time Warner RR cable in Rochester which was pretty good in both respects, and now Comcast in Boston. If someone had told me in advance that my Comcast connection would be 9Mbits/second I'd be less irritated with their absurd fees.
Damn bastards usually want $60 a month plus all kinds of installation fees and shit. Fortunately I'm getting it for $20 a month for 3 months, and that's as long as I need it. But in the end their customer service still blows chunks.
What gets me is that in different regions around the US the same service can vary in price by $30 dollars. DSL in some places is $30 a month and in others it can go as high as $60, for the same speed! And I'm not even referring to people who live out in the boonies who may have to pay a premium which is somewhat understandable.
Maybe one day, but right now the technology isn't there, and the need/reason/means isn't that strong in a lot of ways. People have cell phones, and for most those accomplish all that is necessary. There are already devices connecting over cellular networks that can accomplish everything needed for many people.
Down the road I bet the networks will mesh together, and the wifi, cellular and others will start to be one big network operating in small clusters to keep things running smoothly. We can't handle that kind of bandwidth and that many users now, but who's to say we won't be able to in 20 years?
I just doubt that the separate wifi and cellular (and other) standards will persist side by side for all that long as convergence quickens.
It's not that easy to just abandon the only thing people understand right now. If someone just stopped advertising mhz I suspect they'd meet with a rather uninterested general populace.
Because Mhz sells. It's hard for people to understand that one system might run at 3 ghz and its just as fast and maybe even slower than one running at lets say 2 ghz which has twice the cache or can dynamically reconfigure itself for the task at hand. That's all very confusing to the average joe, and to most CEOs.
I have to agree somewhat. The processors are just going to keep getting hotter because the coolers are just going to keep moving to accomodate them. Video cards are following the same path.
Just because we can cool it better doesn't mean we should rely on it, I don't think this increase in heat production can go much further before some unwanted effects show up.
Hopefully in the future something's gonna change, but in the mean time we're headed down a one way path that aint gonna end pretty.
'NEWS FLASH: PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FLY BY FLAPPING THEIR ARMS' WHAT!?? NOOOOO!
I have trouble understanding how Apple's iPod sells well to anyone that doesn't own an Apple computer. The sound quality isn't up to par, the battery life is poor, and I've seen a lot with crummy backlights. Beyond that other units have more features (or support ogg). Look at the iRiver iHP (now H series) for what I have to say is an obviously superior product. Their only fault is poor Mac support.
That seems to be common though, nobody else supports Apple that well, particularly iRiver. But if you don't own an Apple computer that's not an issue and I'd without a doubt recommend the iRiver first and foremost as a music player (recorder, etc). The interface on the iRiver is simple, although not as effective for scrolling through large libraries, but what matters most IMO is sound quality.
Having OGG support would be nice, but first Apple should improve the overall sound quality to match the Zen and iRiver players if they want to keep competitive for those who care about sound quality, not their image or style (although I think the iRiver is just as sexy, but different).
According to Cinea's grant abstract, the motion picture industry loses some $3 billion a year due to piracy, including the sale of illegal copies made using camcorders in theaters. The company predicted that its efforts could cut movie piracy by 50 percent.
Riiiight. Tell me another one. This is just as bas as the BS the RIAA feeds us. They're no losing any money I bet because many of the people who are trading/buying these illegal copies wouldn't buy the real thing anyway.
Agreed, there's a number of benefits in not buying the newest hardware. For one it's a hell of a lot cheaper, but the bugs are also worked out of it.
I've got a 9800pro 256 model which is actually the underclocked XT model (been too lazy to flash it and so on). I hope to last a good while with it. The video card is generally not my greatest concern however, I don't usually game a whole lot.
If the FPS is over 50 there's a good chance you won't notice the difference in a lot of situations. Unfortunately you can't just say that 30fps is all you need and you're set. You can easily see beyond 60 in some circumstances, and the threshold for continuous action can be pretty high in some instances.
I always laugh when people are like, "all you need is 30fps, like the movies!" It just doesn't work that way, movies have motion blur. Our eyes are almost too good sometimes.:)
Well maybe it's bulletproof, and with your 4 friends you can unite in a non-homoerotic manner to call upon captain planet. Because he always gets the babes.
Ok, seriously now, if that's the best they can do, no wonder they would rather use OLEDs for those things.
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I've always liked the concept of DSL better, too bad it just lags behind cable in total achievable bandwidth usually.
We have DSL at my home in NJ, Road Runner Cable in Rochester and I'm using Comcrap in Boston right now. The DSL (Verizon) could handle games, it transferred quickly, but the pings were usually lower than the Road Runner cable. The Comcrap cable I have in Boston gets 9mbps and the pings are basically just as good as our DSL in jersey.
They're all pretty good, but DSL is often the cheapest option in some areas, so that's really good.
Maybe getting lucky in the sense he didn't make a buttload of cash. But RFID is going to be huge within 5 years. And when they can be printed in large quantities, it's going to be a booming industry.
He was a visionary, perhaps, and like many the result of being way ahead of your time is a rather thin wallet.
Wow, so communicating with dolphins or parrots doesn't matter. I'm pretty certain that's been going on a lot longer and even a special ed kid knows those animals are a lot smarter than a dog.
Yeah, its unfortunate. The company didn't just start last year either, and they make some products which I'd say are technically superior. They just don't have the "name" that others do, yet. We can only hope they catch on.
My photo album, after some cleaning out and getting rid of things, occupies about 70 gigabytes. Granted when scanned film can be 130mb a file or bigger, and a Canon 1Ds makes 11mb RAW files and 36MB TIFFs, it fills quickly.
Scans from 4x5" film go to hundreds of megs easily.
Of course, I have no need to carry all that with me, if I do I put what I want on a laptop.
My favorite Mac mistake were the late G3 (Blue and white) and moreso the early G4 towers.
They had pinstripes. horrible, horrible pinstripes.
The G5s are dust magnets, all those perforated panels and no air filters. They're also just simply too big for most people, I'm not a huge fan either. A fatal design flaw that Apple hasn't quit is the single optical bay. Dumm.
I don't personally think the iPods are that sexy. They're too bland, too featureless and too cheap looking (particularly from the front) and in some ways their function follows form. They're designed to look nice but that doesn't last long if you use them.
I actually really think the iRiver iHP (now called just the H series) look better than the iPods, sleek and simple with a some accents but I think they're much more durable.
Dunno about this one, might be one of those "have to see it in person" things before I can draw a conclusion.
I'm not sure you can't send and receive on ADSL at the same time. I think I'd notice playing games when I'm at home, but it's worked fine. I think the main distinction is the speeds aren't the same, at least for what we have.
There are a number of DSL options in the area, which are $30 a month, some are $40 a month. Far less than Comcast's fees. If you have Comcase cable TV then the connection drops to under $50, but it's still above $40 which IMO is too much.
Verizon is in the area, just not at my exact location and they're $30 a month I think and they don't have a yearly contract, just like Comcast. I would have gone that route but like I said, I'm too far down the road.
Damn if I know when Comcast will drop their prices but damn they're expensive!
I've had three broadband connections (that I've actually payed for). DSL at home in NJ which has good pings but wasn't high bandwidth, Time Warner RR cable in Rochester which was pretty good in both respects, and now Comcast in Boston. If someone had told me in advance that my Comcast connection would be 9Mbits/second I'd be less irritated with their absurd fees.
Damn bastards usually want $60 a month plus all kinds of installation fees and shit. Fortunately I'm getting it for $20 a month for 3 months, and that's as long as I need it. But in the end their customer service still blows chunks.
What gets me is that in different regions around the US the same service can vary in price by $30 dollars. DSL in some places is $30 a month and in others it can go as high as $60, for the same speed! And I'm not even referring to people who live out in the boonies who may have to pay a premium which is somewhat understandable.
Maybe one day, but right now the technology isn't there, and the need/reason/means isn't that strong in a lot of ways. People have cell phones, and for most those accomplish all that is necessary. There are already devices connecting over cellular networks that can accomplish everything needed for many people.
Down the road I bet the networks will mesh together, and the wifi, cellular and others will start to be one big network operating in small clusters to keep things running smoothly. We can't handle that kind of bandwidth and that many users now, but who's to say we won't be able to in 20 years?
I just doubt that the separate wifi and cellular (and other) standards will persist side by side for all that long as convergence quickens.
It's not that easy to just abandon the only thing people understand right now. If someone just stopped advertising mhz I suspect they'd meet with a rather uninterested general populace.
Because Mhz sells. It's hard for people to understand that one system might run at 3 ghz and its just as fast and maybe even slower than one running at lets say 2 ghz which has twice the cache or can dynamically reconfigure itself for the task at hand. That's all very confusing to the average joe, and to most CEOs.
I for one am ready for computers to catch up to the 1980s.
I guess we'll find out of a lot of people are replacing their secondary processor in 6 months. :)
I think they should have looked at the SFF computers and used a heatpipe system, not this seemingly halfassed attempt at watercooling.
I have to agree somewhat. The processors are just going to keep getting hotter because the coolers are just going to keep moving to accomodate them. Video cards are following the same path.
Just because we can cool it better doesn't mean we should rely on it, I don't think this increase in heat production can go much further before some unwanted effects show up.
Hopefully in the future something's gonna change, but in the mean time we're headed down a one way path that aint gonna end pretty.
Perhaps these will bring back my youthful exuberance then.
Goodbye wrinkles, the new AMD Sempron can crunch your numbers, play your games, and make you feel young again.
'NEWS FLASH: PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FLY BY FLAPPING THEIR ARMS'
WHAT!?? NOOOOO!
I have trouble understanding how Apple's iPod sells well to anyone that doesn't own an Apple computer. The sound quality isn't up to par, the battery life is poor, and I've seen a lot with crummy backlights.
Beyond that other units have more features (or support ogg). Look at the iRiver iHP (now H series) for what I have to say is an obviously superior product. Their only fault is poor Mac support.
That seems to be common though, nobody else supports Apple that well, particularly iRiver. But if you don't own an Apple computer that's not an issue and I'd without a doubt recommend the iRiver first and foremost as a music player (recorder, etc). The interface on the iRiver is simple, although not as effective for scrolling through large libraries, but what matters most IMO is sound quality.
Having OGG support would be nice, but first Apple should improve the overall sound quality to match the Zen and iRiver players if they want to keep competitive for those who care about sound quality, not their image or style (although I think the iRiver is just as sexy, but different).
Better battery life would be nice too.
According to Cinea's grant abstract, the motion picture industry loses some $3 billion a year due to piracy, including the sale of illegal copies made using camcorders in theaters. The company predicted that its efforts could cut movie piracy by 50 percent.
Riiiight. Tell me another one. This is just as bas as the BS the RIAA feeds us. They're no losing any money I bet because many of the people who are trading/buying these illegal copies wouldn't buy the real thing anyway.
People are stupid enough that it just might work!
Agreed, there's a number of benefits in not buying the newest hardware. For one it's a hell of a lot cheaper, but the bugs are also worked out of it.
:)
I've got a 9800pro 256 model which is actually the underclocked XT model (been too lazy to flash it and so on). I hope to last a good while with it. The video card is generally not my greatest concern however, I don't usually game a whole lot.
If the FPS is over 50 there's a good chance you won't notice the difference in a lot of situations. Unfortunately you can't just say that 30fps is all you need and you're set. You can easily see beyond 60 in some circumstances, and the threshold for continuous action can be pretty high in some instances.
I always laugh when people are like, "all you need is 30fps, like the movies!" It just doesn't work that way, movies have motion blur. Our eyes are almost too good sometimes.
That would be the most fattening CD ever.
I really don't think people would be buying their greaseburgers just to download a song.
...and more efficient and for half the price.
Well maybe it's bulletproof, and with your 4 friends you can unite in a non-homoerotic manner to call upon captain planet. Because he always gets the babes.
Ok, seriously now, if that's the best they can do, no wonder they would rather use OLEDs for those things.