"Remember... no they don't. Retard."
not to turn this into a flame war, but yes they do. Microsoft has to keep apple around to make it easier to claim not to be a monopoly. To this end they made at least one big investment in apple in 1997, a couple others since I believe, though I cant recall off the top of my head. As for you, next time, post using your own name, dont attempt to start flame wars by being an idiot.
--Aaron
congratulations on/.ing this site. I can see all sorts of effects from this: 1)"Unemployment is seen to be on the rise as the IDES website is flooded" 2)a terrorist attack of a new flavor is seen as IDES site is overwhelmed 3)millions of geeks seem to be out of work due new evidence presented by former unemployment statistics... oh wait....
my old highschool has two sets of obsolete machines they are currently getting rid of, a whole bunch of compaq and gateway boxes, and a whole bunch of older macs, various ilks.
I and a group of my friends helped pull some stuff off the old machines. Analysis after working on a couple hundred of each type: Apple's machines still fired up well and ran smoothly when started up and when working on them (with the exception of 3 machines which got doused in water, wonder why they didnt work....:-P). The PCs were hell. if it could go wrong, it did. bad bios, bad memory, bad disks, etc.
the difference was that the PCs were commodity boxes, the macs were better machines.
bottom line, you get what you pay for. The apple machines may have been more expensive (maybe not, they probably got them during apple's big push for educational machines, but the market price of the machines was more expensive), but they lasted longer.
on a side note, my old laptop (which I just replaced with a shiny new powerbook 15 inch g4) was a compaq armada 1750. While I managed to get it dirt cheap through a great deal, for most ppl it was a damn expensive laptop. However, I have yet to see a more durable, reliable computer in my life. again, its what you pay for.
actually, while this is funny, its also an interesting misconception. The green (and general turbitity) in water in northern waters is actually from algae, various forms of plankton, etc, living in the water. There is some pollution in the hudson adneast rivers (though far less than there was in the past), but it is not the cause of the water's darkness.
the carribean, prized for its clear water, actually contains very dead water, which is why it isnt murky. --Aaron
here here! I for one make my spending money (being a poor college student) from fixing peoples computers and teaching them how to use it. If we had less people like this I'd be out of a joband therefore a significant amount of money.
Imagine a world where PHBs can turn their office wall into a window onto any cube.
while perhaps this particular technology isnt useful for this yet, its already quite possible (and increasingly common) for cameras to be placed strategically in offices to watch employees. Watching employees internet use is also becoming common. This fear is nothing new, its simply a new way of doing something that is already being done.
as for abuses in general, any new technology poses abuse problems. it becomes the governments job to regulate usage to protect our rights, and it is the citizens job to elect a government that will do that. Posting this on slashdot is becoming old, as every new technology comes up there is an increasingly common disclaimer: "warning, may errode civil liberties". Instead of simply posting this, go out and vote ppl, make the difference that way. Simply posting pessimistically on potential abuse of technology doesnt do all that much. --Aaron
...if you do this the one you truly love will fall in love with you. But if you dont forward this immediatly you will die a slow and painful death involving slashdotting of your website, constant singing of umpa-lumpas, and being forced to RTFA for every slashdot article until you die.
I know you asked for a parents perspective, but perhaps a childs might be appreciated as well.
My father is a software engineer. Has been for his whole career. I dont think it detracted from his being a good father. To be honest I dont think its the field you're in that matters as much as its how much time you spend with your family. My father was/is a great dad, and I think he would have been one no matter what field he had gone into. If you can spend time with your family then there's no problem. If you cant perhaps you should seek a job with better hours, perhaps in a different field. But this is not a problem with the computer industry, its simply a problem with having a job, any job. to sum up, its a question of time, not profession.
just my 2 cents (and pardon the rambling tone, I havent slept much last couple nights because of finals)
from the article: Future editions of the P5 will be compatible with popular game consoles such as PS2 and Xbox.
I dont know about ps2, but the xbox uses a proprietary USB plug, a few minutes with USB extension cable, a connector from an xbox controller cable, and a soldering iron could easily make this xbox compliant. Having done it I can honestly say it takes maybe 5 mins. Now, finding games to play with it might be a little harder....
If there are any linux games that use it though you can linux your xbox (xbox-linux.org) and then use it. Though in that case I guess you could just plug it into your reg computer..... It is cool though... anyways,
This kind of thing, a retreat from society, happens usually when economic bad times hit. People deal with it in different ways. Many of these are escape mechanisms. Some read, some find faith, and more recent addtions have been reality TV series and online lives (perhaps like posting to slashdot:-P).Its the way things work. While yes people should perhaps go out and fix their real lives, the fact is people are by nature lazy and the internet allows them to start again without all the hassle of trying to fix their old life. It also anonymity from the *real* life, a separation which allows escape. The fact is, in general, online community's are nicer, prettier, and less depressing than the real world, many people prefer them (as is shown by the popularity of these games)
At least EQ and UO and the breed somewhat hide the fact that it's an escapist environment by calling it a 'mmorpg'.
I Disagree, lets call a spade a spade shall we, please dont blame the game or try to pretty up EQ and company against it. The fact is, its a more effective escape enviroment than EQ or UO and doesnt try to hide what it is. PErhaps thats braver than EQ...
in summary, while I agree with you this is a sad state of affairs, its nothing new, just a new expression of it and games such as these at least provide an escape route that doesnt put one entirely out of touch with society.
just my 2 cents
--Aaron
perhaps the article means the average users of wifi are no longer tech savy, i.e. it has become mainstream. not that average users of technology are no longer tech savy....
the player uses Microsoft's implementation of MPEG-4. As of this writing, the player only operates with Windows XP (which has Microsoft's full DRM capabilities), a sign of capitulation to the movie industry that wishes to put locks on how users view digital movies.
However:
can record video directly from the VCR's tuner
just hook the thing up to your computer on TV-out or your DVD player and record, no DRM problem.
This is modded up as insightful???? Let me get this straight, if rights are infringed but the infringing doesnt effect you directly you dont care? interesting, then I'll remember that the next time your rights are infringed and they dont affect me directly. Its not a question of whether your rights are being infringed or not, its about rights in general. Any infringement on rights of any kind sets a precedent and allows easier infringement of other rights later. You are a fool to beleieve what you do, that if it doesnt affect you it doesnt matter.
Ever heard the old saying about the holocaust: First they came for the gays, but I didnt care and said nothing 'cause I wasnt gay... Then they came for the jews, but I didnt care and said nothing 'cause I wasnt a jew... Then they came for the gypsies and I didnt care and said nothing 'cause I wasnt a gypsie...When they came for me there was no-one left to say anything or even care......
be careful what you choose not to care about.... --Aaron
like asking a fox how he can best ensure the safety of your chickens.
actually, that wouldnt be a bad idea, kinda like asking a hacker how to best secure your systems no? wouldnt the best person to ask be the person with the most knowledge of how to screw your stuff up? that said, this article is more analagous to asking the sleezbag who led the fox to the chicken coop for a price how to bes insure the safety of the chickens, you wouldnt trust him even as far as you could throw him. --Aaron
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ah, but by the time we have it more movies and sountracks will be published, in higher quality that take up more space.
actually, he was trying to explain what you would do with the massive hard disk you would have. Therefore, he was stating that the history would take up 2 percent of it, as part of its consumption
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Factor in the karma burn for owning (nay, touching) an XBox and your effective cost has climbed far beyond that of a new CPU and some RAM.
:-P
I take offense at that, I run linux on my x-box, effectively costing microsoft to subsidize a halfway decent linux-box for me.
"Remember... no they don't. Retard."
not to turn this into a flame war, but yes they do. Microsoft has to keep apple around to make it easier to claim not to be a monopoly. To this end they made at least one big investment in apple in 1997, a couple others since I believe, though I cant recall off the top of my head. As for you, next time, post using your own name, dont attempt to start flame wars by being an idiot. --Aaron
congratulations on /.ing this site. I can see all sorts of effects from this:
1)"Unemployment is seen to be on the rise as the IDES website is flooded"
2)a terrorist attack of a new flavor is seen as IDES site is overwhelmed
3)millions of geeks seem to be out of work due new evidence presented by former unemployment statistics... oh wait....
I read this "MS patenting [slashdot.org]" as microsoft patenting /. and I got a little scared for a second there
remember, microsoft owns stock in apple....
I run debian (xebian) on mine, but there is a gentoo (gentoox) distro out. check out xbox-linux.org, you might find it pretty cool
These guys have rounded up almost every memory module out there and hammered them
and now they're being hammered....
yes, but a larger sample size does.
:-P). The PCs were hell. if it could go wrong, it did. bad bios, bad memory, bad disks, etc.
my old highschool has two sets of obsolete machines they are currently getting rid of, a whole bunch of compaq and gateway boxes, and a whole bunch of older macs, various ilks.
I and a group of my friends helped pull some stuff off the old machines. Analysis after working on a couple hundred of each type: Apple's machines still fired up well and ran smoothly when started up and when working on them (with the exception of 3 machines which got doused in water, wonder why they didnt work....
the difference was that the PCs were commodity boxes, the macs were better machines.
bottom line, you get what you pay for. The apple machines may have been more expensive (maybe not, they probably got them during apple's big push for educational machines, but the market price of the machines was more expensive), but they lasted longer.
on a side note, my old laptop (which I just replaced with a shiny new powerbook 15 inch g4) was a compaq armada 1750. While I managed to get it dirt cheap through a great deal, for most ppl it was a damn expensive laptop. However, I have yet to see a more durable, reliable computer in my life. again, its what you pay for.
my 2 cents...
--Aaron
yeah, microsoft destroys computers, which gives me a job for repairing them.
actually, while this is funny, its also an interesting misconception. The green (and general turbitity) in water in northern waters is actually from algae, various forms of plankton, etc, living in the water. There is some pollution in the hudson adneast rivers (though far less than there was in the past), but it is not the cause of the water's darkness.
the carribean, prized for its clear water, actually contains very dead water, which is why it isnt murky.
--Aaron
here here!
I for one make my spending money (being a poor college student) from fixing peoples computers and teaching them how to use it. If we had less people like this I'd be out of a joband therefore a significant amount of money.
Imagine a world where PHBs can turn their office wall into a window onto any cube.
while perhaps this particular technology isnt useful for this yet, its already quite possible (and increasingly common) for cameras to be placed strategically in offices to watch employees. Watching employees internet use is also becoming common. This fear is nothing new, its simply a new way of doing something that is already being done.
as for abuses in general, any new technology poses abuse problems. it becomes the governments job to regulate usage to protect our rights, and it is the citizens job to elect a government that will do that. Posting this on slashdot is becoming old, as every new technology comes up there is an increasingly common disclaimer: "warning, may errode civil liberties". Instead of simply posting this, go out and vote ppl, make the difference that way. Simply posting pessimistically on potential abuse of technology doesnt do all that much.
--Aaron
...if you do this the one you truly love will fall in love with you. But if you dont forward this immediatly you will die a slow and painful death involving slashdotting of your website, constant singing of umpa-lumpas, and being forced to RTFA for every slashdot article until you die.
I know you asked for a parents perspective, but perhaps a childs might be appreciated as well.
My father is a software engineer. Has been for his whole career. I dont think it detracted from his being a good father. To be honest I dont think its the field you're in that matters as much as its how much time you spend with your family. My father was/is a great dad, and I think he would have been one no matter what field he had gone into. If you can spend time with your family then there's no problem. If you cant perhaps you should seek a job with better hours, perhaps in a different field. But this is not a problem with the computer industry, its simply a problem with having a job, any job. to sum up, its a question of time, not profession.
just my 2 cents (and pardon the rambling tone, I havent slept much last couple nights because of finals)
--Aaron
from the article:
Future editions of the P5 will be compatible with popular game consoles such as PS2 and Xbox.
I dont know about ps2, but the xbox uses a proprietary USB plug, a few minutes with USB extension cable, a connector from an xbox controller cable, and a soldering iron could easily make this xbox compliant. Having done it I can honestly say it takes maybe 5 mins. Now, finding games to play with it might be a little harder....
If there are any linux games that use it though you can linux your xbox (xbox-linux.org) and then use it. Though in that case I guess you could just plug it into your reg computer..... It is cool though... anyways,
Just a comment.
--Aaron
This kind of thing, a retreat from society, happens usually when economic bad times hit. People deal with it in different ways. Many of these are escape mechanisms. Some read, some find faith, and more recent addtions have been reality TV series and online lives (perhaps like posting to slashdot :-P).Its the way things work. While yes people should perhaps go out and fix their real lives, the fact is people are by nature lazy and the internet allows them to start again without all the hassle of trying to fix their old life. It also anonymity from the *real* life, a separation which allows escape. The fact is, in general, online community's are nicer, prettier, and less depressing than the real world, many people prefer them (as is shown by the popularity of these games)
At least EQ and UO and the breed somewhat hide the fact that it's an escapist environment by calling it a 'mmorpg'.
I Disagree, lets call a spade a spade shall we, please dont blame the game or try to pretty up EQ and company against it. The fact is, its a more effective escape enviroment than EQ or UO and doesnt try to hide what it is. PErhaps thats braver than EQ...
in summary, while I agree with you this is a sad state of affairs, its nothing new, just a new expression of it and games such as these at least provide an escape route that doesnt put one entirely out of touch with society.
just my 2 cents
--Aaron
nah, if they did we might lose some of the wonderful cyniscism from the site
what the hell:
wouldnt that be Phule?
(for anyone who hasnt read Robert Asprin's work I suggest you pick up some of it, his stuff is great)
go ahead, mod this offtopic, its a damn good series though
Meanwhile, average users are no longer tech savvy
perhaps the article means the average users of wifi are no longer tech savy, i.e. it has become mainstream. not that average users of technology are no longer tech savy....
just my 2c
the player uses Microsoft's implementation of MPEG-4. As of this writing, the player only operates with Windows XP (which has Microsoft's full DRM capabilities), a sign of capitulation to the movie industry that wishes to put locks on how users view digital movies.
However:
can record video directly from the VCR's tuner
just hook the thing up to your computer on TV-out or your DVD player and record, no DRM problem.
This is modded up as insightful???? Let me get this straight, if rights are infringed but the infringing doesnt effect you directly you dont care? interesting, then I'll remember that the next time your rights are infringed and they dont affect me directly. Its not a question of whether your rights are being infringed or not, its about rights in general. Any infringement on rights of any kind sets a precedent and allows easier infringement of other rights later. You are a fool to beleieve what you do, that if it doesnt affect you it doesnt matter.
Ever heard the old saying about the holocaust: First they came for the gays, but I didnt care and said nothing 'cause I wasnt gay... Then they came for the jews, but I didnt care and said nothing 'cause I wasnt a jew... Then they came for the gypsies and I didnt care and said nothing 'cause I wasnt a gypsie...When they came for me there was no-one left to say anything or even care......
be careful what you choose not to care about....
--Aaron
I mean if Robots can do what the average human could do
I'm sorry dave, I cant do that.....
like asking a fox how he can best ensure the safety of your chickens.
actually, that wouldnt be a bad idea, kinda like asking a hacker how to best secure your systems no? wouldnt the best person to ask be the person with the most knowledge of how to screw your stuff up? that said, this article is more analagous to asking the sleezbag who led the fox to the chicken coop for a price how to bes insure the safety of the chickens, you wouldnt trust him even as far as you could throw him.
--Aaron
ah, but by the time we have it more movies and sountracks will be published, in higher quality that take up more space.
actually, he was trying to explain what you would do with the massive hard disk you would have. Therefore, he was stating that the history would take up 2 percent of it, as part of its consumption