I'm not an engineer, so I don't know what goes into designing a hard drive, especially one that large, but I'm guessing there is something new or interesting that makes people think it is innovative besides just being larger.
Another poster mentioned perpendicular recording...so perhaps that is what makes it innovative.
Seeing as how Office 2007 isn't technically out yet (at least I can't go to Best Buy/Fry's/CompUSA/NewEgg/etc and purchase a copy), it strikes me as astroturfing.
Both Firefox and GMail were hard to ignore. They took the world by storm and forced Microsoft (and in GMail's case, just about every other webmail provider) to improve their product.
1 for 3 isn't a good thing. That means you're still losing on two fronts.
For what it is worth, I enjoy using Firefox and OpenOffice. They do everything I need them to do. I've written two short stories for publication in open office, and I wrote this post in Firefox...both from a Windows Box.
But GIMP? I can't use that. It doesn't support the features I need as a photographer (color management, adjustment layers, photoshop plugins, and different color models). I prefer Adobe Camera RAW (and now Lightroom) for it's power when working with RAW files. And its name isn't acceptable when my future sister-in-law has a child with cerebral palsy.
*nix will be successfull when there is a single *nix with a set of well designed applications with consistent user interfaces and RTFM is a forgotten phrase. Otherwise, *nix in the consumer marketplace is a bunch of kit cars, ugly as sin and driven by very few (except at race tracks). You can't get any more mass market than Wal*Mart which is not successfully selling Linux clones of windows machines.
This is where I think FreeBSD is successful. Despite being open-source and having a number of spin-offs (NetBSD, Dragonfly BSD, PC BSD), the core product is tightly controlled. The other BSDs tend to be more specialized (security oriented, desktop OS).
But one case doesn't make a trend. While your mother is technically illiterate in general (and I had a high school teacher like that...he blew up a microwave cooking a bagel), there are technically literate older people to balance them out.
My grandparents have an old 386 that came running Windows 95. When they bought a printer, they knew enough to call HP to get the drivers on a floppy, but they were able to install it without a slew of calls to me. They're even able to use it to do what they need to do, which is mainly type letters and play solitaire, without any problems.
Well...according to one of my friends, all those titles are going to the 360. Since I haven't seen anything supporting that, it goes with most of the stuff he says - in one ear and out the other.
Maxim had an interesting article that semen, when absorbed through the vagina, helped keep women from being depressed. So if sex helps women be happy, and happiness prevents colds, that shot of penis-cillin really is helpful!
Actually, this would be a bad thing. What should happen is that manufacturers submit their drivers to kernel.org, so that they can be included in the official tree.
No. What Linux needs to do is a build an interface that allows drivers to be easily installed on the system. The last thing that Joe Six-pack or Jane Small-Business want to do is have to rebuild the kernel when they buy a new scanner or printer.
That's true...but you also have to remember that while Vista has been "finalized" and released to manufacturers and some large corporations, it is not available to consumers yet. This gives the OEM suppliers a few more weeks to work out the bugs of their final drivers.
Give it a few weeks. If things haven't changed by the end of January, then it's time to start worrying.
I kind of agree. My local market is horrible. I graduated from college with a degree in IT last December, and I haven't had much luck finding any IT position. If it wasn't for a friend bringing me into his company to help him out, I wouldn't have my current position as well. I'm not the only one with that problem, though. A few of my classmates had similar problems getting jobs.
In my area, there are a few trends I've noticed. Either the jobs require 5-10 years of experience with software/operating system X and are listed as Senior Level positions, or they require an associates degree and 1-2 years experience. There is no middle ground for someone with a bachelor's degree.
That works to a point. One phone interview I had did just that with a simple networking problem - they couldn't connect to a network drive. I was so nervous that I forgot one of the most basic and fundamental steps - reboot the computer, and despite that, I was called in for a second (and even third) interview.
If this smear Vista campaign does anything at all, it will drive consumers away from Windows and towards Mac OSX. I suspect that isn't the FSF's goal.
If it even does that. There is an old saying - there is no such thing as bad publicity. The FSF campaign targeting the new Windows is only giving Microsoft additional publicity. And this happens as the FSF doesn't highlight the merits of their own product.
14. Hardware Vendor Support
Tier-one and tier-two hardware vendors seem to be taking a slow approach to offering "Windows Vista Capable" systems.
If it was built in the last two years, it's probably "Vista Capable". A sticker does not enable some magic compatibility.
Not only that, but when I was at Best Buy yesterday, almost every computer they had on the shelves were sporting those "Vista Compatible" stickers. That doesn't sound like a slow approach to offering Vista Compatibility...
Clone Wars was awesome, but there is a huge difference. Clone Wars was there to fill the gaps between two movies. While there was some character development, it wasn't essential because we knew who Yoda, Anakin, and Obi-Wan were and the background they were in.
This is a new situation where we have to learn the history of the intervening years, and the idea it is based on is...well...just plain dumb. A Federation-Romulan War is a good thing, but Omega Particle Detonations? Vulcans leaving to join the Romulans, who also occupy the Klingon Homeworld? I don't buy it, and it sounds like it's already jumped the shark before it ever got off of the drawing board.
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Honestly, I don't know. The new version of the 1632 Grid in RTF crashed the program multiple times.
And the Panasonic/Olympus cameras aren't the only ones with self-cleaning sensors - the Canon Rebel XTi also has it.
You can probably build a FreeNAS box for cheaper if cost is more important than performance.
I'm not an engineer, so I don't know what goes into designing a hard drive, especially one that large, but I'm guessing there is something new or interesting that makes people think it is innovative besides just being larger.
Another poster mentioned perpendicular recording...so perhaps that is what makes it innovative.
Seeing as how Office 2007 isn't technically out yet (at least I can't go to Best Buy/Fry's/CompUSA/NewEgg/etc and purchase a copy), it strikes me as astroturfing.
Both Firefox and GMail were hard to ignore. They took the world by storm and forced Microsoft (and in GMail's case, just about every other webmail provider) to improve their product.
The good news is that its free to try for 60 days.
1 for 3 isn't a good thing. That means you're still losing on two fronts.
For what it is worth, I enjoy using Firefox and OpenOffice. They do everything I need them to do. I've written two short stories for publication in open office, and I wrote this post in Firefox...both from a Windows Box.
But GIMP? I can't use that. It doesn't support the features I need as a photographer (color management, adjustment layers, photoshop plugins, and different color models). I prefer Adobe Camera RAW (and now Lightroom) for it's power when working with RAW files. And its name isn't acceptable when my future sister-in-law has a child with cerebral palsy.
*nix will be successfull when there is a single *nix with a set of well designed applications with consistent user interfaces and RTFM is a forgotten phrase. Otherwise, *nix in the consumer marketplace is a bunch of kit cars, ugly as sin and driven by very few (except at race tracks). You can't get any more mass market than Wal*Mart which is not successfully selling Linux clones of windows machines.
This is where I think FreeBSD is successful. Despite being open-source and having a number of spin-offs (NetBSD, Dragonfly BSD, PC BSD), the core product is tightly controlled. The other BSDs tend to be more specialized (security oriented, desktop OS).
But one case doesn't make a trend. While your mother is technically illiterate in general (and I had a high school teacher like that...he blew up a microwave cooking a bagel), there are technically literate older people to balance them out.
My grandparents have an old 386 that came running Windows 95. When they bought a printer, they knew enough to call HP to get the drivers on a floppy, but they were able to install it without a slew of calls to me. They're even able to use it to do what they need to do, which is mainly type letters and play solitaire, without any problems.
Well...according to one of my friends, all those titles are going to the 360. Since I haven't seen anything supporting that, it goes with most of the stuff he says - in one ear and out the other.
Not everyone only reads C++ GUI interfaces guides.
Yeah, but are there really that many Mac users?
In Thunderbird, they're called plug-ins. Documentation should be available on the Mozilla website.
Does this mean I should put my money on the Cubs to win the World Series??
I know. I was just making an oft-forgotten counterpoint.
Just because a law was passed doesn't mean that it is legal. People always seem to forget that there is a Constitution.
Maxim had an interesting article that semen, when absorbed through the vagina, helped keep women from being depressed. So if sex helps women be happy, and happiness prevents colds, that shot of penis-cillin really is helpful!
Too bad it won't work in a pick-up line.
When I was applying to positions in Chicago, I did use a local address. I would send out resumes with my grandparent's address on them.
:)
Perhaps it's just not my time to find a job in my field or a sign to focus on my photography and writing.
Actually, this would be a bad thing. What should happen is that manufacturers submit their drivers to kernel.org, so that they can be included in the official tree.
No. What Linux needs to do is a build an interface that allows drivers to be easily installed on the system. The last thing that Joe Six-pack or Jane Small-Business want to do is have to rebuild the kernel when they buy a new scanner or printer.
That's true...but you also have to remember that while Vista has been "finalized" and released to manufacturers and some large corporations, it is not available to consumers yet. This gives the OEM suppliers a few more weeks to work out the bugs of their final drivers.
Give it a few weeks. If things haven't changed by the end of January, then it's time to start worrying.
Nah...not California. Wisconsin...I've even applied for positions in Chicago because I have family thtere and hadn't had much luck.
I kind of agree. My local market is horrible. I graduated from college with a degree in IT last December, and I haven't had much luck finding any IT position. If it wasn't for a friend bringing me into his company to help him out, I wouldn't have my current position as well. I'm not the only one with that problem, though. A few of my classmates had similar problems getting jobs.
In my area, there are a few trends I've noticed. Either the jobs require 5-10 years of experience with software/operating system X and are listed as Senior Level positions, or they require an associates degree and 1-2 years experience. There is no middle ground for someone with a bachelor's degree.
That works to a point. One phone interview I had did just that with a simple networking problem - they couldn't connect to a network drive. I was so nervous that I forgot one of the most basic and fundamental steps - reboot the computer, and despite that, I was called in for a second (and even third) interview.
If it even does that. There is an old saying - there is no such thing as bad publicity. The FSF campaign targeting the new Windows is only giving Microsoft additional publicity. And this happens as the FSF doesn't highlight the merits of their own product.
Tier-one and tier-two hardware vendors seem to be taking a slow approach to offering "Windows Vista Capable" systems.
If it was built in the last two years, it's probably "Vista Capable". A sticker does not enable some magic compatibility.
Not only that, but when I was at Best Buy yesterday, almost every computer they had on the shelves were sporting those "Vista Compatible" stickers. That doesn't sound like a slow approach to offering Vista Compatibility...
Clone Wars was awesome, but there is a huge difference. Clone Wars was there to fill the gaps between two movies. While there was some character development, it wasn't essential because we knew who Yoda, Anakin, and Obi-Wan were and the background they were in.
This is a new situation where we have to learn the history of the intervening years, and the idea it is based on is...well...just plain dumb. A Federation-Romulan War is a good thing, but Omega Particle Detonations? Vulcans leaving to join the Romulans, who also occupy the Klingon Homeworld? I don't buy it, and it sounds like it's already jumped the shark before it ever got off of the drawing board.