Yeah, it's the small things that make the difference with those Mars probes. Like landing, oh, say... upright? Pointing in the right direction? In one piece?
If you're that worried about authentication, ask your friendly sysadmin to print the section of your mail logs that indicate your message was successfully transmitted, and received by the other party.
Fax messages are no where near as easy to trace as an email message. Logs on both sides of the email (sender and receiver) offer much more detail about where a message went, who looked at it, and where it is now than a plain ol' fax system could.
Mail receipts can be blocked/disabled by the vast majority of email clients. They are worthless in this day and age, because there is no enforcement over EVERYONE's email client, and ANYONE could disable the mail receipt functionality.
I do not return mail receipts. The corporate office I support has mandated that no one should have mail receipt functionality enabled on their clients.
I'm not ignoring how people use their software, I'm ignoring a worthless function in email.
You obviously don't conduct any significant or time-sensitive business transactions via email.
Read-receipts are actually quite useful! Kind of like the transmission log on a fax...
So's your "Sent" folder in whatever mail client you prefer.
I agree with the person you replied to... Mail receipts are stupid.
I use smbfs mounts all over the place where I work, for weeks/months on end. Have not seen what you describe at all.
This is with varying versions of 2.4 Linux kernels (on Red Hat and Slackware systems), varying versions of Samba, frame-relay, straight T1, and VPN connections between more than twenty sites.
A Samba mount will hang when a link goes down, although sometimes Samba will recover (if the outage is only for a short period of time).
I've never had a problem with any ISP, be it dial-up, DSL or cable. Of course, I don't run P2P software, don't host warez, and I don't download warez either.
I have done a lot of video conferencing, hosting pictures and videos of the family for other family members, and ran a small ISP off of 384K SDSL for a couple years.
I burn the piss out of my internet connection on a regular basis, and have never been contacted by my provider for useage problems.
1.> I use Linux at work, and Linux/XP on my personal laptop. I have no issues with either my work machines, or my laptop.
2.> Valid point about the games.
3.> You'd need to see the licensing agreements before making the blanket statement about Wintel users at work steal software for home use. Every place I've worked was licensed so employees COULD install a copy of whatever was on their PC at work at home (so they could work at home, of course).
4.> Apple works against itself, they don't need any help from the rest of us. It's just an unattractive system (as a whole) to the majority of PC owners/users.
Apple needs to rethink their product lines, their OS, and their marketing. Seriously, none of those things appear to be working well enough for Apple at this point in time.
I have great respect for Apple's latest hardware offerings. I just wish they'd package everything so I'd be halfway interested in one of their systems, and could justify spending the extra $$$.
If Apple truely had better software, and alternatives to Windows as you say, why doesn't Apple have more marketshare?
Apple's OS's are supposed to be easy. The software is supposed to be there. They've got the gadgets, and Apple laptops supposedly kick serious butt. Why aren't people switching?
I'm sorry, but x86(-64) as a platform is pretty tough to beat, for price or raw performance, regardless of whether you run Linux or Windows.
Yes, the whole comment was a bit tongue in cheek - the subject line was "facetious but...".
Which is why I had to bite.;-)
And yeah, my typing sucks.
I had to read mine backwards three times to make sure I didn't have any spelling mistakes before posting.
My comment was just to point out that the feature list the grandparent asked for was available on the G5's board. I'm well aware that it's likely the last system on his mind to buy when looking for a 64 bit solution.
Fair enough. But you didn't say that originally...
Oh, and just to chuck in some Simpsons - my car gets 40 rods to the hog's head and that's the way I likes it. I also welcome our new 64 bit overlords.
See folks? A sense of humor goes a long way on Slashdot!
Are you saying he wants all that for gaming? Give some examples of other staff he would want that can't be satisfied by a Mac. Gaming is the last stronghold of the PC (and it is still pretty strong - no HL 2 probably ever for the Mac).
And there's the best part of the "discussion" so far... No one's named any particular piece of software for either side.
Gaming is the last stronghold of the PC? I thought marketshare was...
It's nice to see someone (AMD) still willing to stick their neck out and try to compete with Intel.
I've never had an AMD Socket A CPU fail due to heat, or any other reason, and I've built plenty in my spare time for friends, family, and work. Probably not as many as some here, but enough to know I'm doing something right.
Hell, I just upgraded the AMD CPU in my laptop recently, and it's working great too!
I like the competition (love those newer P4s), I think AMD's made a move that will possibly introduce more competition into the mainstream PC industry, and also push the industry into moving forward with commodity 64-bit computing for the masses.
apple.com/powermac for all your wants in that list (well, maybe not "low price" but low is a relative term at the cutting edge.
Gimme a break. His wants in that list more than likely revolve around software he can't use on a Mac.
We just bought a Dual G5 and slapped a metric asston of RAM in it and it really is a video editor's dream. Final Cut Pro 4, Compressor and DVD Studio Pro 1.5 scream along.
This is why I stick to standard units of measure, like "megabyte" and "gigabyte". What's the going rate on "a metric asston" of RAM these days for a G5 system? What's the conversion formula to get that figure into megabytes?
We didn't really need to upgeade the Dual 450 G4 we were using, but we felt like treating ourselves.
Treat yourselves to a spell checker and a clue. Thank you.
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The 2GB mini-iPod will be priced at $239.
You need to replace your cell phone battery when it runs out of juice... With your second cell phone battery.
I used to do this back when I had an analog cell phone. Always had two or three batteries when I traveled.
Kinda like parenting, eh?
At some point, you're going to have to let go, and hope they make it on their own. That mothership can't hold their antenna forever.
Yeah, it's the small things that make the difference with those Mars probes. Like landing, oh, say... upright? Pointing in the right direction? In one piece?
They spent HOW much to only get THAT little bit of TAIL?
I think Clinton used his Python a bit too much while in office...
If you're that worried about authentication, ask your friendly sysadmin to print the section of your mail logs that indicate your message was successfully transmitted, and received by the other party.
Fax messages are no where near as easy to trace as an email message. Logs on both sides of the email (sender and receiver) offer much more detail about where a message went, who looked at it, and where it is now than a plain ol' fax system could.
Mail receipts can be blocked/disabled by the vast majority of email clients. They are worthless in this day and age, because there is no enforcement over EVERYONE's email client, and ANYONE could disable the mail receipt functionality.
I do not return mail receipts. The corporate office I support has mandated that no one should have mail receipt functionality enabled on their clients.
I'm not ignoring how people use their software, I'm ignoring a worthless function in email.
So's your "Sent" folder in whatever mail client you prefer.
I agree with the person you replied to... Mail receipts are stupid.
Excellent. So you're prepared to provide examples of how ineffiecient x86 is compared the the almighty G5?
You're making the arguement. Back it up.
That was a pretty ignorant post. Of course you can stick a Pentium processor in a case the size and shape of a Mac cube, and use passive cooling.
The question is: Who wants to?
Apparently the answer is: Not enough people give a crap about that kind of stuff. Otherwise, you'd see more demand for that kind of system.
Does Apple still make the cube system? There's the real answer.
Yeah, you're probably missing something.
I use smbfs mounts all over the place where I work, for weeks/months on end. Have not seen what you describe at all.
This is with varying versions of 2.4 Linux kernels (on Red Hat and Slackware systems), varying versions of Samba, frame-relay, straight T1, and VPN connections between more than twenty sites.
A Samba mount will hang when a link goes down, although sometimes Samba will recover (if the outage is only for a short period of time).
I've never had a problem with any ISP, be it dial-up, DSL or cable. Of course, I don't run P2P software, don't host warez, and I don't download warez either.
I have done a lot of video conferencing, hosting pictures and videos of the family for other family members, and ran a small ISP off of 384K SDSL for a couple years.
I burn the piss out of my internet connection on a regular basis, and have never been contacted by my provider for useage problems.
...don't carry cell phones.
Ah, back to the good ol' days of the one-way pager!
Now THAT is an efficient way to map out access points! Very cool.
How about backing that up with some links to supporting documentation?
1.> I use Linux at work, and Linux/XP on my personal laptop. I have no issues with either my work machines, or my laptop.
2.> Valid point about the games.
3.> You'd need to see the licensing agreements before making the blanket statement about Wintel users at work steal software for home use. Every place I've worked was licensed so employees COULD install a copy of whatever was on their PC at work at home (so they could work at home, of course).
4.> Apple works against itself, they don't need any help from the rest of us. It's just an unattractive system (as a whole) to the majority of PC owners/users.
Apple needs to rethink their product lines, their OS, and their marketing. Seriously, none of those things appear to be working well enough for Apple at this point in time.
I have great respect for Apple's latest hardware offerings. I just wish they'd package everything so I'd be halfway interested in one of their systems, and could justify spending the extra $$$.
I'll agree with you on one point: Perspective does play a large role when choosing a system.
The rest of your post is too goofy to bother with.
All but one machine has used an AMD retail HSF.
If Apple truely had better software, and alternatives to Windows as you say, why doesn't Apple have more marketshare?
Apple's OS's are supposed to be easy. The software is supposed to be there. They've got the gadgets, and Apple laptops supposedly kick serious butt. Why aren't people switching?
I'm sorry, but x86(-64) as a platform is pretty tough to beat, for price or raw performance, regardless of whether you run Linux or Windows.
Which is why I had to bite.
I had to read mine backwards three times to make sure I didn't have any spelling mistakes before posting.
Fair enough. But you didn't say that originally...
See folks? A sense of humor goes a long way on Slashdot!
And there's the best part of the "discussion" so far... No one's named any particular piece of software for either side.
Gaming is the last stronghold of the PC? I thought marketshare was...
Whatever.
It's nice to see someone (AMD) still willing to stick their neck out and try to compete with Intel.
I've never had an AMD Socket A CPU fail due to heat, or any other reason, and I've built plenty in my spare time for friends, family, and work. Probably not as many as some here, but enough to know I'm doing something right.
Hell, I just upgraded the AMD CPU in my laptop recently, and it's working great too!
I like the competition (love those newer P4s), I think AMD's made a move that will possibly introduce more competition into the mainstream PC industry, and also push the industry into moving forward with commodity 64-bit computing for the masses.
Kudos to AMD, keep up the good work.
Maybe they're in analog a lot? That's the only thing that zaps my battery like that.
Gimme a break. His wants in that list more than likely revolve around software he can't use on a Mac.
This is why I stick to standard units of measure, like "megabyte" and "gigabyte". What's the going rate on "a metric asston" of RAM these days for a G5 system? What's the conversion formula to get that figure into megabytes?
Treat yourselves to a spell checker and a clue. Thank you.