It all depends on where you live. I switched to Verizon years ago from AT&T (technically it was still Cingular at the time). Their coverage in my area (Minnesota/Wisconsin) is terrible. Verizon's is excellent. Sure, I'd love an iPhone. But what good is it if I can never use the phone feature. Then I might as well buy an iPod Touch.
This is one of the most important developments in Windows history and will shape the future of Microsoft's operating systems. XP Mode will finally allow Microsoft to remove all of the legacy crap that's been holding Windows back for at least a decade.
The legacy crap you speak of is the only thing that's been keeping Windows market share up.
So let me get this straight, they can get cell coverage for an iPhone in the middle of the Iraqi desert, but I can't get decent AT&T coverage in Minnesota? Lame.
I don't see how you are going to get out of owning a car with this proposal. It's just going to connect larger cities. So it's competition will be Greyhound and the airlines.
When I first saw the headline what I'd hoped was that this was more funding for projects like BART, TRAX, the EL, etc... I live in Minnesota which recently began a light rail project. Currently it connects the Mall of America with downtown Minneapolis. They're still in the planning stages for a line connecting Minneapolis and St. Paul.
What they need to be doing is expanding these types of systems or connecting large cities within states. If they could connect Duluth, the Twin Cities, Rochester and St. Cloud with a train that could get you between points in an hour, that would be something of value. And I think you'd see some interesting shifts in housing prices, as people could easily commute from city to city.
How exactly are they updating you on how many MB or GB you've used each month? I mean I can log into my Verizon account and see how many minutes I have used for the month. Will they offer a similar thing and will you be able to access it without using up more of your allotted bandwidth?
To me this sounds like a step backwards. It reminds me of where we started with minutes/month ISPs like AOL. And if they are switching to the cell phone payment model, will we get rollover if we don't use all of our bandwidth?
I know I am. I mean almost 46 years and this was the best they could do for a new cover story? They should just stick with the swamp gas and weather balloon stories.
Does anyone know how likely the batteries are to catch fire or explode? Imagine a gigantic cell phone or laptop battery blowing up. Yikes!
I'm more curious about the weather conditions this was in? Have they done any testing in cold climates, like where it gets to -30 fahrenheit? How well does it hold a charge in that soft of weather?
Why the hell is GM partnering with Segway? They should be partnering with Tesla to mass produce the Model S at an affordable price.
Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I commute about 100 miles each day to work. I need something that is going to have a range that allows for that and I think there are a lot of people with the same problem.
If GM can't figure out a way to make as much progress as Tesla, then they deserve to fail.
I have a Palm TX and I have to say that the browser is far from useful. I wouldn't even say it works OK. If all you are loading is plain text pages with just HTML, then maybe. Anything more than that, like javascript or css and you need something else.
Considering the internal combustion engine has made very modest technology progress over the past 50 years, I'm not so optimistic on battery technology getting better soon.
True. But there hasn't been much incentive for improvement to the internal combustion engine, has there? Companies like Toyota and Honda are outselling the Big 3 because they did make the engine better. But they HAD to as a way of breaking into the USA auto market.
How can it make economic sense? I'd much rather have a VW Sharan that gets 7 and still gets 40+ to the gallon. Why on earth are we trying to build electric cars that make no sense instead of using cheap, proven turbo-diesel technologies? Why can't I buy a car that will ride 7 and get 40+ to the gallon in the US? I'm baffled...
Because then the price of diesel would increase and we'd just burn through that (sorry about the pun). The idea is to eventually have a car that require no gas at all. Unfortunately we're a ways away from that just because of battery technology and electric infrastructure.
As for why you can't get a vehicle in the US that carries 7 and gets 40+ mpg, well.... it's because of the amount of stock that the big 3 own in big oil.
I never saw the fascination with Circuit City. They did everything wrong from day 1. Divx anyone?
For me the greater loss was CompUSA's retail stores. For me that was the only place in my area where I could walk in, get computer parts, pay and leave without anyone hassling me about buying a bunch of crap I don't need.
Now I have to wait a couple days and pay shipping to get the same service.
I have to agree. I first tried Parallels and found VMWare to be much more responsive. However, I recently gave VirtualBox a try and I must say my experience with it has been much better than with either of the other two.
of course that's just my opinion, your mileage may vary.
Agreed. I'm thinking that the Kindle market and the newspaper market probably have a decent overlap. Why not try to get newspapers going on the Kindle. Amazon could become the iTunes Store of print media.
Personally I don't really have the desire to shell out $359 for the Kindle. But I don't know anyone who will put out that money for 2 separate ebook readers. Especially if the Hearst version will be filled with ads.
Relying on ads and classifies is what got newspapers into this situation in the first place. They need to figure out a way of working back to a subscription based model.
Having tried the Beta, I have to say I don't think it's unfair to complain about driver issues at this stage of the game.
Windows 7 really is Vista SP3. They didn't start over from scratch on the OS. They took Vista and said 'okay, what should we have really done when we first launched this sucker'.
Apparently, they've decided to make the same mistakes from Vista's launch all over again. Bad backwards compatibility and a poor path to upgrade. Plus the confusing mess that is the 7 versions of Windows.
What they need to do is start over fresh with a new OS, clean out all the old code and add in a virtual version of XP that old crap can run on. I know it would be copying Apple's strategy, but who cares as long as it works?
Wear condoms. Seriously folks, the problem is over population. Let's start limiting people to 2 kids and be done with it. The problem with humanity is that we're all about more of everything. If we stop our growth rate, we'd maybe have time to fix problems like global warming, world hunger, unemployment, etc...
Either that or we start killing off the baby boomers (or everyone over 60 years old) to make room for the next generations.
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It all depends on where you live. I switched to Verizon years ago from AT&T (technically it was still Cingular at the time). Their coverage in my area (Minnesota/Wisconsin) is terrible. Verizon's is excellent. Sure, I'd love an iPhone. But what good is it if I can never use the phone feature. Then I might as well buy an iPod Touch.
And they don't even give you your wafer-thin mint!
Well done sir. Well done. Would that I had any mod points, you would be receiving them.
This is one of the most important developments in Windows history and will shape the future of Microsoft's operating systems. XP Mode will finally allow Microsoft to remove all of the legacy crap that's been holding Windows back for at least a decade.
The legacy crap you speak of is the only thing that's been keeping Windows market share up.
So let me get this straight, they can get cell coverage for an iPhone in the middle of the Iraqi desert, but I can't get decent AT&T coverage in Minnesota? Lame.
I don't see how you are going to get out of owning a car with this proposal. It's just going to connect larger cities. So it's competition will be Greyhound and the airlines.
When I first saw the headline what I'd hoped was that this was more funding for projects like BART, TRAX, the EL, etc... I live in Minnesota which recently began a light rail project. Currently it connects the Mall of America with downtown Minneapolis. They're still in the planning stages for a line connecting Minneapolis and St. Paul.
What they need to be doing is expanding these types of systems or connecting large cities within states. If they could connect Duluth, the Twin Cities, Rochester and St. Cloud with a train that could get you between points in an hour, that would be something of value. And I think you'd see some interesting shifts in housing prices, as people could easily commute from city to city.
How exactly are they updating you on how many MB or GB you've used each month? I mean I can log into my Verizon account and see how many minutes I have used for the month. Will they offer a similar thing and will you be able to access it without using up more of your allotted bandwidth?
To me this sounds like a step backwards. It reminds me of where we started with minutes/month ISPs like AOL. And if they are switching to the cell phone payment model, will we get rollover if we don't use all of our bandwidth?
It's market share is almost lower than Apple's. Why bother updating viruses to be Vista-capable if no one is running Vista?
You forgot about Solitaire and Minesweeper. Although I sometimes don't feel completely secure when using Minesweeper.
Is anyone else dissapointed?
I know I am. I mean almost 46 years and this was the best they could do for a new cover story? They should just stick with the swamp gas and weather balloon stories.
Does anyone know how likely the batteries are to catch fire or explode? Imagine a gigantic cell phone or laptop battery blowing up. Yikes!
I'm more curious about the weather conditions this was in? Have they done any testing in cold climates, like where it gets to -30 fahrenheit? How well does it hold a charge in that soft of weather?
Why the hell is GM partnering with Segway? They should be partnering with Tesla to mass produce the Model S at an affordable price.
Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I commute about 100 miles each day to work. I need something that is going to have a range that allows for that and I think there are a lot of people with the same problem.
If GM can't figure out a way to make as much progress as Tesla, then they deserve to fail.
Apparently Americans don't want full frontal nudity in their superhero movies.
Not true. We just don't want full frontal MALE nudity in our superhero movies.
Computers, yes. Microsoft, no.
24 hours.
Wrong. That was a trick question. Everyone know the sun revolves around the earth.
Our high school decided that computer science sounded like math, so they just had one of the Math teachers do all the computer science classes.
My first semester involved teaching him about networking the Mac SE/30 lab via AppleTalk so we could play Bolo.
Agreed. Either that find a way to make it OS-independent (which would probably make people stop using it too).
I have a Palm TX and I have to say that the browser is far from useful. I wouldn't even say it works OK. If all you are loading is plain text pages with just HTML, then maybe. Anything more than that, like javascript or css and you need something else.
Considering the internal combustion engine has made very modest technology progress over the past 50 years, I'm not so optimistic on battery technology getting better soon.
True. But there hasn't been much incentive for improvement to the internal combustion engine, has there? Companies like Toyota and Honda are outselling the Big 3 because they did make the engine better. But they HAD to as a way of breaking into the USA auto market.
How can it make economic sense? I'd much rather have a VW Sharan that gets 7 and still gets 40+ to the gallon. Why on earth are we trying to build electric cars that make no sense instead of using cheap, proven turbo-diesel technologies? Why can't I buy a car that will ride 7 and get 40+ to the gallon in the US? I'm baffled...
Because then the price of diesel would increase and we'd just burn through that (sorry about the pun). The idea is to eventually have a car that require no gas at all. Unfortunately we're a ways away from that just because of battery technology and electric infrastructure.
As for why you can't get a vehicle in the US that carries 7 and gets 40+ mpg, well.... it's because of the amount of stock that the big 3 own in big oil.
I never saw the fascination with Circuit City. They did everything wrong from day 1. Divx anyone?
For me the greater loss was CompUSA's retail stores. For me that was the only place in my area where I could walk in, get computer parts, pay and leave without anyone hassling me about buying a bunch of crap I don't need.
Now I have to wait a couple days and pay shipping to get the same service.
I have to agree. I first tried Parallels and found VMWare to be much more responsive. However, I recently gave VirtualBox a try and I must say my experience with it has been much better than with either of the other two.
of course that's just my opinion, your mileage may vary.
Agreed. I'm thinking that the Kindle market and the newspaper market probably have a decent overlap. Why not try to get newspapers going on the Kindle. Amazon could become the iTunes Store of print media.
Personally I don't really have the desire to shell out $359 for the Kindle. But I don't know anyone who will put out that money for 2 separate ebook readers. Especially if the Hearst version will be filled with ads.
Relying on ads and classifies is what got newspapers into this situation in the first place. They need to figure out a way of working back to a subscription based model.
Having tried the Beta, I have to say I don't think it's unfair to complain about driver issues at this stage of the game.
Windows 7 really is Vista SP3. They didn't start over from scratch on the OS. They took Vista and said 'okay, what should we have really done when we first launched this sucker'.
Apparently, they've decided to make the same mistakes from Vista's launch all over again. Bad backwards compatibility and a poor path to upgrade. Plus the confusing mess that is the 7 versions of Windows.
What they need to do is start over fresh with a new OS, clean out all the old code and add in a virtual version of XP that old crap can run on. I know it would be copying Apple's strategy, but who cares as long as it works?
The card or the girl?
I would hope "it" would be the card.
Wear condoms. Seriously folks, the problem is over population. Let's start limiting people to 2 kids and be done with it. The problem with humanity is that we're all about more of everything. If we stop our growth rate, we'd maybe have time to fix problems like global warming, world hunger, unemployment, etc...
Either that or we start killing off the baby boomers (or everyone over 60 years old) to make room for the next generations.