Don't count on it. UW-Madison is ~ $1500/year for less than 25 and ~ $1900/year for > 25. I don't think that is cheap. Cheap is $50/month for catastrophic insurance and that even seems a bit expensive considering it's with a $3,000 deductible. So it may be cheap compared to paying your own way as an independent in the workplace but for students it's no hot deal.
HDTV for me means crystal clear video 35-40 miles from the broadcast towers. Even my parents only miles from the transmitters have all kinds of feedback in their picture. My upgrade to HDTV was dropping a couple of $40 Air2PC PCI cards into my PVR. Sure, it's still feeding a plain old 4:3 27" TV but the picture quality is excellent. I'm waiting a little while longer to upgrade the display.
So you're not using OTA at all? OTA HDTV is probably the best bet for semi-decent HDTV. It's still going to be compressed a bit too much as the broadcasters are squeezing in extra SD channels but it's better than cable and DBS.
When spoken the abbreviation GUI is said "gooey" not G U I. Don't worry. I once had someone laughing away with the way I said Abit (the motherboard maker).
See if there are any ISPs in your area that are looking for interns. You can get a lot of experience (some of it dealing with customers which can be a negative) and you can see a wide range of different roles you could step into one day. I had a lot of fun working at an ISP. The biggest bonus was working with a bunch of other geeks.
The college professor route would also work but you might end up learning some interesting skills that only apply in that context that are fairly useless otherwise. Like some specific programming language or poor methods of doing things. Even with those caveats it can still be a very good experience as there is a lot to be said for learning principles and observing how people do things.
If you go the ISP route my one bit of advice is that there are crazy people out there and you may get a call from one. If someone starts yelling hangup on them.
What do they get? They get MORE money. Now they need a budget to hire people to secure the data and keep it secure. That is going to cost millions! Getting a bad report card is just part of the game.
I believe the magazine offer comes up after checking out and it's a rebate for the cost of the magazine. When I saw it before it was completely opt-in (default was NOT to get it). So did you opt-in?
If they joined together and presented one alternative marketplace with complete vender support they might BARELY have a chance at toppling eBay. Look at Yahoo! Auctions. Look at the other competitors. The only ones doing okay are those that are in niche markets like guns (items that eBay does not allow to be listed).
Toppling eBay is not a technological issue -- it's mindshare/brand issue. It's not going to happen any time soon in my opinion which is a real shame.
I'd hire him if he was interested. Even if you don't go his route he'd be a good candidate to evalaute the purposals if you don't have someone who can do that on staff.
I feel the snap too. The snap of drifting off in thought of running OS X on my PC. Of Apple theoretically releasing some version that would be horrible for their business model but would allow me to buy a legal copy of the OS for my homebuilt systems. Ah.... Snap!
That's a torrent of OS X for PPC! Pretty damn sure at least. This story is about the x86/Intel version of OS X that hasn't even been shipped yet (note the date on that file - 4.17.05).
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The proper thing to clean an LCD is:
a) micro fiber cloth b) solution of rubbing alcohol and water
Supposedly, the higher the proof (more pure?) the alcohol the better and half water and half alcohol was mentioned. I have no links for you but just start googling "clean lcd" or similar.
I'm not sure what's going on here. It's obvious that this e-mail is at extreme odds with the truth. One explanation is that they've caught on to the idea that Mac owners have more money, and they decided to cash in. Another explanation is that their customer support is incompetent. Either way, I see no reason to buy from them and every reason to avoid them.
It's not just Mac users -- it's almost every single customer that doesn't know any better that there is generic memory. Crucial is a ripoff these days so it's not even worth wasting your time visiting their site. It's sad when they were so decent a couple years ago.
SBC Yahoo DSL uses 2wire devices. $26.95/month DSL means more than technically inclined users are going to be using the devices. The default WEP is only 64 bits.
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Don't count on it. UW-Madison is ~ $1500/year for less than 25 and ~ $1900/year for > 25. I don't think that is cheap. Cheap is $50/month for catastrophic insurance and that even seems a bit expensive considering it's with a $3,000 deductible. So it may be cheap compared to paying your own way as an independent in the workplace but for students it's no hot deal.
HDTV for me means crystal clear video 35-40 miles from the broadcast towers. Even my parents only miles from the transmitters have all kinds of feedback in their picture. My upgrade to HDTV was dropping a couple of $40 Air2PC PCI cards into my PVR. Sure, it's still feeding a plain old 4:3 27" TV but the picture quality is excellent. I'm waiting a little while longer to upgrade the display.
So you're not using OTA at all? OTA HDTV is probably the best bet for semi-decent HDTV. It's still going to be compressed a bit too much as the broadcasters are squeezing in extra SD channels but it's better than cable and DBS.
Hard to believe some people think this is a bad idea. What are you smoking?
When spoken the abbreviation GUI is said "gooey" not G U I. Don't worry. I once had someone laughing away with the way I said Abit (the motherboard maker).
See if there are any ISPs in your area that are looking for interns. You can get a lot of experience (some of it dealing with customers which can be a negative) and you can see a wide range of different roles you could step into one day. I had a lot of fun working at an ISP. The biggest bonus was working with a bunch of other geeks.
The college professor route would also work but you might end up learning some interesting skills that only apply in that context that are fairly useless otherwise. Like some specific programming language or poor methods of doing things. Even with those caveats it can still be a very good experience as there is a lot to be said for learning principles and observing how people do things.
If you go the ISP route my one bit of advice is that there are crazy people out there and you may get a call from one. If someone starts yelling hangup on them.
D. J. Bernstein (of djbdns fame/infamy) has some words about this very issue (he is at University of Illinois at Chicago): http://cr.yp.to/uic.html
What do they get? They get MORE money. Now they need a budget to hire people to secure the data and keep it secure. That is going to cost millions! Getting a bad report card is just part of the game.
And many of us will still be bitter and yet another round will join the jaded.
I believe the magazine offer comes up after checking out and it's a rebate for the cost of the magazine. When I saw it before it was completely opt-in (default was NOT to get it). So did you opt-in?
Tivo made 4 million dollars because rebate submissions were 50% of potential.
They could kill ebay in a month.
If they joined together and presented one alternative marketplace with complete vender support they might BARELY have a chance at toppling eBay. Look at Yahoo! Auctions. Look at the other competitors. The only ones doing okay are those that are in niche markets like guns (items that eBay does not allow to be listed).
Toppling eBay is not a technological issue -- it's mindshare/brand issue. It's not going to happen any time soon in my opinion which is a real shame.
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I'd hire him if he was interested. Even if you don't go his route he'd be a good candidate to evalaute the purposals if you don't have someone who can do that on staff.
It won't just stop a linux router. It will stop other routers too.
I feel the snap too. The snap of drifting off in thought of running OS X on my PC. Of Apple theoretically releasing some version that would be horrible for their business model but would allow me to buy a legal copy of the OS for my homebuilt systems. Ah.... Snap!
That's a torrent of OS X for PPC! Pretty damn sure at least. This story is about the x86/Intel version of OS X that hasn't even been shipped yet (note the date on that file - 4.17.05).
The proper thing to clean an LCD is:
a) micro fiber cloth
b) solution of rubbing alcohol and water
Supposedly, the higher the proof (more pure?) the alcohol the better and half water and half alcohol was mentioned. I have no links for you but just start googling "clean lcd" or similar.
SkypeOut is cheap. Unless they are tossing in a headset the 120 minutes is only worth about $2.40 USD.
Sort of like X Windows? Wahoo! Ride that horse, cowboy.
Can I call you to confirm your post?
Actually, Blockbuster would charge you the full retail minus the rental price according to the pages linked in the article.
I'm not sure what's going on here. It's obvious that this e-mail is at extreme odds with the truth. One explanation is that they've caught on to the idea that Mac owners have more money, and they decided to cash in. Another explanation is that their customer support is incompetent. Either way, I see no reason to buy from them and every reason to avoid them.
It's not just Mac users -- it's almost every single customer that doesn't know any better that there is generic memory. Crucial is a ripoff these days so it's not even worth wasting your time visiting their site. It's sad when they were so decent a couple years ago.
His message applies to payed solutions to. Why is this relevant? If you have to cover your ass all the time, why are you breathing air?
SBC Yahoo DSL uses 2wire devices. $26.95/month DSL means more than technically inclined users are going to be using the devices. The default WEP is only 64 bits.
Power down below (and water detection). Everything else up above. High quality labeler.