Im looking at a 1 ton ford pickup with a diesel and plan on setting up my own little biodiesel production facility. $.60 a gallon, harmless emmisions and a big truck to pull all my toys. I just love the idea that I can drive a gigantic truck and do less harm to the environment than your typical gas commuter car. THATS TECHNOLOGY!
I am currently looking to purchase a new truck( I tow a large trailer so need the towing capacity). I want something that can tow over 7000 lbs and has plenty of room for the family when we go camp. I ride my bike to work most days so I don't drive it much.
Heres what I came up with(this kinda flies in the face of many misconceptions). Ford F350 Super Duty 7.3L Diesel, 6-Speed Manual, Leather, Power everything, Four Wheel drive, four door. This is a 8000 lb truck. The beauty of it is the diesel will get me 20+mpg. Add in the kit to go full biodiesel and the emmissions are relatively harmless. Plus I can get together with some people I know and join them in getting chip fat from McDonalds(McDs pay THEM to haul it off) and I can run all out for next to nothing.
You sum up my point well. As long as an IT department is not held accountable to those that they support said IT department will never be able to support them well.
They are your customer. You are providing them with a service. They are accepting that service. You work for them.
So what you are saying is that the customer(the user) can't possibly know what the best tool for the job is? Are you an engineer? Are you a graphics designer? Are you a programmer? Are you an accountant? Are you all these things? Are you any of these things or any skill profession other than an IT person?
If you answer is no or maybe to any of these than how the hell can you properly decide what the best tool for any of these jobs are? I am sick and tired of @$$hole IT people dictating to experienced skilled professionals how they should do their jobs?
You are the problem. You job is to support the company and its infrastructure and users. They are you customers and reason for existing. They know the best way to do their job, you don't. YOU ARE NOT DOING YOU JOB. YOU SHOULD BE FIRED.
When I was in school my senior year I got involved in a battle between the Engineering school and the Computer Science school. The CS school had made very publice statements to the press that Engineering was a dead field and there was no need for Engineers anymore. They wanted the school to be dismantled and eliminated. Of course all the money could then be funnelled into the CS school. Needless to say in the end the accusations were found to be baseless and some people in the CS school got in big trouble for falsifying some important documents and releasing some private information.
Software and Hardware engineering and design are not suddenly going to stop because some industry people see a downturn in demand. These skills will ALWAYS be needed as our civilization grows and evolves. Narrow focussed people will assume the worst because in the software industry we are seeing a shift in marketing, development, and distribution models(in many ways thanks to the latest open source movement).
The world is not coming to an end, its just changing. Adapt or die.
RIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT, like any of this is plain and simple, other than your response of course.
My experience has been that OSX 10.2 on a new G4(733) is just as fast as Windows 2000 on a 1.2 Ghz Athlon, overall. Windows is a little faster at some things and OSX is faster at others. YMMV.
Overall I am VERY happy with OSX and only satisfied with Windows 2000.
you're screaming into your cellphone at 3am while I try to sleep
And my point is the problem is not the cell phone, it is the person talking loud. Would you be upset if someone was screaming at the person next to them? If yes then the problem is NOT the cell phone it is a person having a discussion too loud. This is not the fault of the cell phone it is the fault of someone who is too inconsiderate to recognize they can not continue with their conversation at a resonable volume.
People single out the cell phone for stupid reasons, when in fact there are a lot of rude people out there that talk too loud regardless of wether they are on the phone or not. you rarely hear that argument though, people need a scapegoat and the cell phone is an easy target.
there's the more subtle rudeness of ignoring the people who are actually *present*.
And that is the basis for the problem most people have with cell phones. They feel left out. Well tough, not everything is about YOU! These people are the ones who also think it is rude for other people to have conversations in a language they do not know. I have had people comment on how this is rude, and they could not even understand that it was non of their business. People in the US are the worst. They feel they are entitle to being included in EVERYTHING. We now even have lawsuits to force schools to change basketball so that kids in wheelchairs have an equal oppurtunity to be on the varsity team.
There definitely is something wrong with society, but it is NOT the cell phones, or most of the people using them.
Ok prove it. Show us the studies that say people on cell phones tend to speak louder. Show us how that number is larger than the number of common jackholes that just talk louder. If louder is the problem why are you not complaining about people talking louder? Why is it that you are only upset with people talking louder on the cell phone and not with people talking louder?
Just curious. I have a cell phone and in most public places it is set to stun. If I want to answer a call in a restaraunt or bar I do. If I can't be heard or hear I walk outside. I have had people comment on how I do NOT raise my voice, yet I still get dirty looks. I had one guy comment on how I did not raise my voice but the guy at the end of the bar did, even though he noticeably did NOT. It's not the volume it's the phone. People are insecure about not being included in the conversation. I have yet to hear ANY argument to the contrary, and I spend quite a lot of time in bars.
The consumer should not be punished, i.e. limited in action and thought, because Microsoft took a risk and it is now losing money. They took the risk, not us.
This is an example of a company that is failing at something trying to use the might of the legal system to protect themselves. Why is it that so many people are upset over the perception that Microsoft's competitors are using the law to protect themselves(with the assumption that they cannot compete) yet many of those same people would support Microsoft doing the same thing(with the assumption that they cannot compete)?
I can not run Mac OS X on an intel or Amd powered system. Mac OS X is what I WANT to run at home. I have plenty of Compaq ProLiants, and Sun Ultras and E450s at work. I spend way to much time fighting Windows, and I want an OS that can run the major apps I need, and my wife can use(she HATES Windows with a passion because of her experiences at work). Performance is one thing but providing a quality affordable product that suits the customers needs is the way you sell stuff(that and advertise). This is how Microsoft got to the top of the heap. For this customer a PowerMac G4 is the right price point, quality, and setup I WANT. REgardless of performance the bottom line is that that Mac FEELS better than all the Windows and Linux workstations I have EVER used. When I am at home I do NOT want to work on a computer.
Linux is close but not quite there. I do however have it on my Athlon system (with the 1G of ram, 200GB of HD, fast video card, blah, blah, blah) alongside Windows, just in case.
I just get a warm feeling all over when other countries(or whatever the case may be) effectively point out the stupidity in actions taken by the US government or our resident corporations.
With Linux growing and improving at unprecidented speed and Apple's new aggressive attitude Microsoft may be in for a really hard fight. The MS execs are right about the cancer reference, at least in regards to Linux. Linux is spreading to everything it comes in contact with. Apples new aggressive marketing tactics and new products are VERY compelling and in your face. I don't think its inconceivable(sp) to see talks about licensing the Mac OS in the not to distant future(if they can figure out how to do it and not get raped).
Microsoft is in for some tough competition from some very difficult directions. I like it. All this competition meens we are going to get some really great technology and some really bitchen deals. Bring it on!
I don't know that I would agree with buying a product and then eliminating the versions for you competitors OS, but it seemed to worked for Microsoft. People always complain and ridicule Apple for its lack of success. I think they are finally in a position to get real aggresive. But then will they loose their nice guy appeal, or their little guy appeal. Is it OK for Apple to do this stuff but not Microsoft, is is OK for a Linux distro company to do it?
Too many questions, my brain hurts, I need a beer.
Dude I have been using a USB keyboard with a USB wireless mouse on my older Powerbook G3(lombard) for about a year now with a USB PCMCIA card from Macally. I also use a Firewire CDRW using a PCMCIA card at the same time. This is a laptop that did NOT come with USB or firewire. I can use all these peripherals now in OS X or 9. OS X did have some trouble in the beginning with PCMCIA cards but that has been fixed.
I am not sure where you are getting your info about USB keyboards and laptops but you are WRONG.
Actually they did. My moms school had one of these kits on order, untill the new it guy cancelled ALL computer orders that were not the specific model and configuration of Compaq he decided on. IIRC the kit had a server and you got imacs in 6 packs. I was going to come down and help them set it up. The imacs had hard drives but were intended to be used with netboot.
BTW, the superintendant for the school district went to an inservice from apple and was shown all the neat things you can do with imovie and stuff. He loved it and came back to ask his new it guy to get all the schools setup to do that kind of stuff. The it guy could not find ANY software that met the superintendants expectations for video editing on Windows. The Mac ban was lifted. Next step is to go in and show that Linux is better as a server than Win2K.
In the trenches fighting fighting to free our schools. Mike www.drunkbunch.com
At my company we had to take a 5% cut and a postponement of raises. However the people making more than 80K, IFRC, got 10%, and the real high ups got over 15%. Not to bad. At least here the pain is felt more by the ones who are responsible.
As for the thread on savings. I was well on my way to having a nice buffer, then last year happend and the buffer was spent. Had to refi a bunch of things and mover stuff around. You can complain all you want about people not saving for a rainy day, but its raining NOW so keep that in mind.
If legislation is past that will force computer makers to include anti-piracy stuff the shift away from the OEM may increase. This would be just one more argument for open source and roll-your-own computers. Of course the vast majority of the consumer don't know or understand these issues and will just adapt. Complacancy is really allowing a lot of bad laws to be past.
Mike
www.drunkbunch.com"
Having Windows 2000, FreeBSD, and Mac OSX side by side at home, and Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Solaris(multiple versions) side by side at work I can honestly say that Win 2000 is better than Win NT but FreeBSD, Mac OSX and Solaris are more stable. However I can also say that I do like Windows 2000. Its what Windows 95 SHOULD have been.
Though it may not be a good replacement it would have some advantages. Controlled flow would reduce traffic slow downs. You could get stuff done on your commute since you wouldn't have to pay much attention.
But one thing that I like about these and other forms of public transport would be a reduction in Drunk Driving, or impaired driving. As the car would control the action it wouldn't matter how impaired you are. They could even install a breathalizer to dissallow control if you are over a certain BAC.
This has a been a point of argument between my org and MADD for a while. People are going to drink. Might as well use some cool technology to stop them from driving drunk, or impaired(tired, medication, etc).
All in all it is not for everyone but for certain situations, commutin or partying, it would be very benificial.
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YEAH BIODIESEL BABY.
Im looking at a 1 ton ford pickup with a diesel and plan on setting up my own little biodiesel production facility. $.60 a gallon, harmless emmisions and a big truck to pull all my toys. I just love the idea that I can drive a gigantic truck and do less harm to the environment than your typical gas commuter car. THATS TECHNOLOGY!
MIke
I am currently looking to purchase a new truck( I tow a large trailer so need the towing capacity). I want something that can tow over 7000 lbs and has plenty of room for the family when we go camp. I ride my bike to work most days so I don't drive it much.
Heres what I came up with(this kinda flies in the face of many misconceptions). Ford F350 Super Duty 7.3L Diesel, 6-Speed Manual, Leather, Power everything, Four Wheel drive, four door. This is a 8000 lb truck. The beauty of it is the diesel will get me 20+mpg. Add in the kit to go full biodiesel and the emmissions are relatively harmless. Plus I can get together with some people I know and join them in getting chip fat from McDonalds(McDs pay THEM to haul it off) and I can run all out for next to nothing.
Diesel is the way to be.
MIke
You sum up my point well. As long as an IT department is not held accountable to those that they support said IT department will never be able to support them well.
They are your customer. You are providing them with a service. They are accepting that service. You work for them.
Mike
So what you are saying is that the customer(the user) can't possibly know what the best tool for the job is? Are you an engineer? Are you a graphics designer? Are you a programmer? Are you an accountant? Are you all these things? Are you any of these things or any skill profession other than an IT person?
If you answer is no or maybe to any of these than how the hell can you properly decide what the best tool for any of these jobs are? I am sick and tired of @$$hole IT people dictating to experienced skilled professionals how they should do their jobs?
You are the problem. You job is to support the company and its infrastructure and users. They are you customers and reason for existing. They know the best way to do their job, you don't. YOU ARE NOT DOING YOU JOB. YOU SHOULD BE FIRED.
Mike
Well, if
Nothing is absolutely, positively NOTHING! NOTHING!!
Than it never existed, and never happened. If nothing is absolute than there was nothing, including NO GOD.
Wasn't someone earlier talking about contradictions?
Mike
When I was in school my senior year I got involved in a battle between the Engineering school and the Computer Science school. The CS school had made very publice statements to the press that Engineering was a dead field and there was no need for Engineers anymore. They wanted the school to be dismantled and eliminated. Of course all the money could then be funnelled into the CS school. Needless to say in the end the accusations were found to be baseless and some people in the CS school got in big trouble for falsifying some important documents and releasing some private information.
Software and Hardware engineering and design are not suddenly going to stop because some industry people see a downturn in demand. These skills will ALWAYS be needed as our civilization grows and evolves. Narrow focussed people will assume the worst because in the software industry we are seeing a shift in marketing, development, and distribution models(in many ways thanks to the latest open source movement).
The world is not coming to an end, its just changing. Adapt or die.
Mike
If thats the case where do I sign up to be an ammunition manufacturer, talk about profit!!!
RIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT, like any of this is plain and simple, other than your response of course.
My experience has been that OSX 10.2 on a new G4(733) is just as fast as Windows 2000 on a 1.2 Ghz Athlon, overall. Windows is a little faster at some things and OSX is faster at others. YMMV.
Overall I am VERY happy with OSX and only satisfied with Windows 2000.
Mike
you're screaming into your cellphone at 3am while I try to sleep
And my point is the problem is not the cell phone, it is the person talking loud. Would you be upset if someone was screaming at the person next to them? If yes then the problem is NOT the cell phone it is a person having a discussion too loud. This is not the fault of the cell phone it is the fault of someone who is too inconsiderate to recognize they can not continue with their conversation at a resonable volume.
People single out the cell phone for stupid reasons, when in fact there are a lot of rude people out there that talk too loud regardless of wether they are on the phone or not. you rarely hear that argument though, people need a scapegoat and the cell phone is an easy target.
Thetonka
DrunkBunch
there's the more subtle rudeness of ignoring the people who are actually *present*.
And that is the basis for the problem most people have with cell phones. They feel left out. Well tough, not everything is about YOU! These people are the ones who also think it is rude for other people to have conversations in a language they do not know. I have had people comment on how this is rude, and they could not even understand that it was non of their business. People in the US are the worst. They feel they are entitle to being included in EVERYTHING. We now even have lawsuits to force schools to change basketball so that kids in wheelchairs have an equal oppurtunity to be on the varsity team.
There definitely is something wrong with society, but it is NOT the cell phones, or most of the people using them.
Thetonka
DrunkBunch
Ok prove it. Show us the studies that say people on cell phones tend to speak louder. Show us how that number is larger than the number of common jackholes that just talk louder. If louder is the problem why are you not complaining about people talking louder? Why is it that you are only upset with people talking louder on the cell phone and not with people talking louder?
Just curious. I have a cell phone and in most public places it is set to stun. If I want to answer a call in a restaraunt or bar I do. If I can't be heard or hear I walk outside. I have had people comment on how I do NOT raise my voice, yet I still get dirty looks. I had one guy comment on how I did not raise my voice but the guy at the end of the bar did, even though he noticeably did NOT. It's not the volume it's the phone. People are insecure about not being included in the conversation. I have yet to hear ANY argument to the contrary, and I spend quite a lot of time in bars.
Thentonka
The consumer should not be punished, i.e. limited in action and thought, because Microsoft took a risk and it is now losing money. They took the risk, not us.
This is an example of a company that is failing at something trying to use the might of the legal system to protect themselves. Why is it that so many people are upset over the perception that Microsoft's competitors are using the law to protect themselves(with the assumption that they cannot compete) yet many of those same people would support Microsoft doing the same thing(with the assumption that they cannot compete)?
Hypocrasy at its best.
Mike
I can not run Mac OS X on an intel or Amd powered system. Mac OS X is what I WANT to run at home. I have plenty of Compaq ProLiants, and Sun Ultras and E450s at work. I spend way to much time fighting Windows, and I want an OS that can run the major apps I need, and my wife can use(she HATES Windows with a passion because of her experiences at work). Performance is one thing but providing a quality affordable product that suits the customers needs is the way you sell stuff(that and advertise). This is how Microsoft got to the top of the heap. For this customer a PowerMac G4 is the right price point, quality, and setup I WANT. REgardless of performance the bottom line is that that Mac FEELS better than all the Windows and Linux workstations I have EVER used. When I am at home I do NOT want to work on a computer.
Linux is close but not quite there. I do however have it on my Athlon system (with the 1G of ram, 200GB of HD, fast video card, blah, blah, blah) alongside Windows, just in case.
Mike
DrunkBunch
I just get a warm feeling all over when other countries(or whatever the case may be) effectively point out the stupidity in actions taken by the
US government or our resident corporations.
TEEHEEEEHEEEE
TheTonka
With Linux growing and improving at unprecidented speed and Apple's new aggressive attitude Microsoft may be in for a really hard fight. The MS execs are right about the cancer reference, at least in regards to Linux. Linux is spreading to everything it comes in contact with. Apples new aggressive marketing tactics and new products are VERY compelling and in your face. I don't think its inconceivable(sp) to see talks about licensing the Mac OS in the not to distant future(if they can figure out how to do it and not get raped).
Microsoft is in for some tough competition from some very difficult directions. I like it. All this competition meens we are going to get some really great technology and some really bitchen deals. Bring it on!
Mike
I don't know that I would agree with buying a product and then eliminating the versions for you competitors OS, but it seemed to worked for Microsoft. People always complain and ridicule Apple for its lack of success. I think they are finally in a position to get real aggresive. But then will they loose their nice guy appeal, or their little guy appeal. Is it OK for Apple to do this stuff but not Microsoft, is is OK for a Linux distro company to do it?
Too many questions, my brain hurts, I need a beer.
Mike
www.drunkbunch.com
Dude I have been using a USB keyboard with a USB wireless mouse on my older Powerbook G3(lombard) for about a year now with a USB PCMCIA card from Macally. I also use a Firewire CDRW using a PCMCIA card at the same time. This is a laptop that did NOT come with USB or firewire. I can use all these peripherals now in OS X or 9. OS X did have some trouble in the beginning with PCMCIA cards but that has been fixed.
I am not sure where you are getting your info about USB keyboards and laptops but you are WRONG.
Mike
www.drunkbunch.com
Actually they did. My moms school had one of these kits on order, untill the new it guy cancelled ALL computer orders that were not the specific model and configuration of Compaq he decided on. IIRC the kit had a server and you got imacs in 6 packs. I was going to come down and help them set it up. The imacs had hard drives but were intended to be used with netboot.
BTW, the superintendant for the school district went to an inservice from apple and was shown all the neat things you can do with imovie and stuff. He loved it and came back to ask his new it guy to get all the schools setup to do that kind of stuff. The it guy could not find ANY software that met the superintendants expectations for video editing on Windows. The Mac ban was lifted. Next step is to go in and show that Linux is better as a server than Win2K.
In the trenches fighting fighting to free our schools.
Mike
www.drunkbunch.com
At my company we had to take a 5% cut and a postponement of raises. However the people making more than 80K, IFRC, got 10%, and the real high ups got over 15%. Not to bad. At least here the pain is felt more by the ones who are responsible.
As for the thread on savings. I was well on my way to having a nice buffer, then last year happend and the buffer was spent. Had to refi a bunch of things and mover stuff around. You can complain all you want about people not saving for a rainy day, but its raining NOW so keep that in mind.
Mike
www.drunkbunch.com
If legislation is past that will force computer makers to include anti-piracy stuff the shift away from the OEM may increase. This would be just one more argument for open source and roll-your-own computers. Of course the vast majority of the consumer don't know or understand these issues and will just adapt. Complacancy is really allowing a lot of bad laws to be past.
Mike
www.drunkbunch.com"
Having Windows 2000, FreeBSD, and Mac OSX side by side at home, and Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Solaris(multiple versions) side by side at work I can honestly say that Win 2000 is better than Win NT but FreeBSD, Mac OSX and Solaris are more stable. However I can also say that I do like Windows 2000. Its what Windows 95 SHOULD have been.
Mike
Though it may not be a good replacement it would have some advantages. Controlled flow would reduce traffic slow downs. You could get stuff done on your commute since you wouldn't have to pay much attention.
But one thing that I like about these and other forms of public transport would be a reduction in Drunk Driving, or impaired driving. As the car would control the action it wouldn't matter how impaired you are. They could even install a breathalizer to dissallow control if you are over a certain BAC.
This has a been a point of argument between my org and MADD for a while. People are going to drink. Might as well use some cool technology to stop them from driving drunk, or impaired(tired, medication, etc).
All in all it is not for everyone but for certain situations, commutin or partying, it would be very benificial.
Mike