The issue is not how hard it is - IT support, in general, is cheaper for a Windows-based network than for a Linux based network. I could support a Windows-based network all day, as could many other techs I know. However, Linux trained techs are far rarer, and based simply on the supply and demand model of commerce, Linux techs are in shorter supply and are worth more(meaning more expensive).
On top of that issue, most programs developed for a windows enivironment are distributed with a self-installer of some sort that automates the process - I could not personally refute the availability of such options for Linux, as my experience is not with supporting businesses whose networks are based on Linux.
What I can say for certain is that while it will cost a business in the range of $50-$100/hour to have someone like me come from my company to support their network, it will cost them between $100-$200/hour to have one of our Linux-trained techs come out to support them.
Too, I look at the job availabilities at the local hospitals and other businesses regularly to get a feel for the job market. Time and again, when compared to the posted salaries for Windows-only techs, pay for Linux techs is significantly higher, often 50-75% greater.
The premise I was attempting to convey was that while there are Windows-trained techs working at McDonald's because the demand for them does not nearly approach the supply, anyone with extensive Linux training or knowledge can easily command quite a more significant paycheck.
How about the hours of your life lost playing with your new, inexpensive, yet strangely powerful(graphically) toy as you make all those funny videos you could never get to come out right on the Mac, since you couldn't figure out how to get to a menu with only one button on your mouse? Gee, whiz, I hate Mac mice.
I think the big picture that many people are missing is this:
Windows trained IT support: $35k-65k/year/tech
Linux trained IT support: $35k-85k/year/tech
Windows-based software: $250-750/2 years/computer
Linux based software: free-$1000/2 years/computer
Sticking it to the man: priceless
Ha ha. Seriously, though, while xNix based computing can be cheaper in the long run for a company, it can also be far more expensive - the actual cost is going to be based on the applications the company needs access to. If the majority of the users will only be using word processing and web browsing software, then sure, I would recommend a Linux model for their computing needs. Anyone with a bit of technical skill and the understanding of how to read a manual can feasibly support a basic Linux network. However, if the company will be primarily using proprietary software with a greater need for technically inclined and formally trained IT staff, Windows-based techs are a dime a dozen nowadays, and it will truly be much less expensive to purchase and support Micro$oft software.
I'm not wholly familiar with the practice of "geocaching", though from it's name and your post I would assume that it has something to do with wandering around with a GPS receiver mapping out the area you cover.
I can safely say that if my dad had ever suggested something like that I would have found him to be the most boring person in the world - and never agreed to go do ANYTHING with him ever again, for fear that the trip may have broken out into another "geocaching" extravaganza.
Seriously. There are many more exciting outdoor activities you could have suggested...how about spelunking? White-water rafting? Or, how about a favorite pastime of mankind since, well, the dawn of time - hunting?
That depends on how the technology might be applied. If in that 20" you had a storage density of...say...1Gb per square inch(hard drives have areal densities of greater than 50Gb per square inch)...and if my math is correct, approximately 400 square inches per side, that would be about 800Gb(100GB) of storage in a medium that may very well be incorporated into your screen's chassis. Depending on the level of vibration and the thickness of the enclosure, this would be an interesting technology for the next generation of tablet pc's.
This does not relate so much to presence of atmosphere as it does to gravitational pull. Centripetal force is what keeps the shuttle in orbit - the shuttle simply cruises at high velocity and uses controlled burns to maintain orbit.
Perhaps the organizers wish to not pollute or rape the earth to get this task completed, but instead want to see it done in the most efficient way possible.
If one does not maintain velocity, one's orbit will degrade and one will fall back to earth. It's similar to what happens when you throw a ball up in the air...if you were to throw it into orbit, it would just come right back down, because there is nothing to impel it to continue at that elevation.
I noticed that too....how was that flamebait? I saw it as a direct correlation with supporting evidence...can any one of the moderators support a claim that this is flamebait? I am certainly obviously not saying that Hotbar=Satan, but that to describe hotbar as "not malicious" is the same as saying "satan" is not "evil".
How does Aluria's software qualify as spyware? It does not meet the specifications that are generally agreed upon between anti-spyware software manufacturers - it simply "overlooks" certain well-known spyware/adware/malware. While it should be added to your "Do Not Use" List, it does not qualify to be spyware.
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic =44037
Check this thread out from Lavasoft's own forums..."Hotbar" and "not a threat"...used in the same context? That's like using "not evil" to describe "Satan"!!!
Perhaps Lavasoft is another one getting ready to sell out...?
over at DNE.com, Dan Rathernot has just gotten the word that Kerry has announced that he would "never defang such a wonderful law. We need to protect every individual's rights to intellectual property."
This news just minutes after Kerry's announcement to support a change to the law, and mere seconds after his advisors told him "Dumbass! Bush is going the other way! How are you going to copy him if you say the opposite?"
Probably whoever played Sauron, of course.
Maybe...but I'd be afraid of his flames burning up the set. The Doom eye was all squishy...Sauron was more flames and such.
There are actually some people out there who like to get the whole story. While I won't be rushing out to buy this set on release day, I am sure my boss will snap it up. Then I'll borrow it from him and watch it.
I am fairly young as far as computing goes, but I did start out with a couple of BBS's...how else was a 10 or 12 year old boy to download all the girlie pics he wanted to look at with good old Lview...
Anyway, I think it'd be kinda neat to see all the stuff I missed by my parents not getting pregnant and having me in high school. THOSE were the days.
but consider professional organizations whose printouts cannot be altered (anyone here ever dealt with architects?). Will they too be subject to government regulation? And who is going to administer the integration of the technology? Surely not the government...don't they have better things to spend tax dollars on? The DMCA and other such legislation are bad enough. Next thing you know we'll all be wearing little radio transmitters with our name and prisoner numbers on them... http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml ?articleID=49901698
Has anyone forgotten what happened in Florida? Granted that recount was a great big cluster, but what happens if the data is lost? No paper copy means no recount...everyone would have to vote again, and that could mean changed votes, fewer votes, etc.
If it ain't broke......
It does seem a bit soon for yet another new gaming system, especially a portable one. Still, consumers in general are a cryptic crowd, and while predictions can be made, they arent always correct. Look at the success of the Deer Hunter series...how many millions of those horrible games were sold? For some strange reason there was an appeal to the american consumer, and the game lived on and on and on...
Only time will tell for sure if Mr. Nunavut is correct.
Am I the only one who thinks it a little odd to use characters from Spongebob Squarepants? They may just be trying to plant the seeds, but think about it - if when you were a kid, the Smurfs or TMNT's were telling you it was cool to vote, would it have had any more impact than those same characters telling you not to smoke or do drugs?/takes another drag from cigarette, goes back to reading
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Interesting.
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Maybe it's time for me to look at learning to take one of the Linux techs' jobs
The issue is not how hard it is - IT support, in general, is cheaper for a Windows-based network than for a Linux based network. I could support a Windows-based network all day, as could many other techs I know. However, Linux trained techs are far rarer, and based simply on the supply and demand model of commerce, Linux techs are in shorter supply and are worth more(meaning more expensive).
On top of that issue, most programs developed for a windows enivironment are distributed with a self-installer of some sort that automates the process - I could not personally refute the availability of such options for Linux, as my experience is not with supporting businesses whose networks are based on Linux.
What I can say for certain is that while it will cost a business in the range of $50-$100/hour to have someone like me come from my company to support their network, it will cost them between $100-$200/hour to have one of our Linux-trained techs come out to support them.
Too, I look at the job availabilities at the local hospitals and other businesses regularly to get a feel for the job market. Time and again, when compared to the posted salaries for Windows-only techs, pay for Linux techs is significantly higher, often 50-75% greater.
The premise I was attempting to convey was that while there are Windows-trained techs working at McDonald's because the demand for them does not nearly approach the supply, anyone with extensive Linux training or knowledge can easily command quite a more significant paycheck.
How about the hours of your life lost playing with your new, inexpensive, yet strangely powerful(graphically) toy as you make all those funny videos you could never get to come out right on the Mac, since you couldn't figure out how to get to a menu with only one button on your mouse? Gee, whiz, I hate Mac mice.
I think the big picture that many people are missing is this: Windows trained IT support: $35k-65k/year/tech Linux trained IT support: $35k-85k/year/tech Windows-based software: $250-750/2 years/computer Linux based software: free-$1000/2 years/computer Sticking it to the man: priceless Ha ha. Seriously, though, while xNix based computing can be cheaper in the long run for a company, it can also be far more expensive - the actual cost is going to be based on the applications the company needs access to. If the majority of the users will only be using word processing and web browsing software, then sure, I would recommend a Linux model for their computing needs. Anyone with a bit of technical skill and the understanding of how to read a manual can feasibly support a basic Linux network. However, if the company will be primarily using proprietary software with a greater need for technically inclined and formally trained IT staff, Windows-based techs are a dime a dozen nowadays, and it will truly be much less expensive to purchase and support Micro$oft software.
I'm not wholly familiar with the practice of "geocaching", though from it's name and your post I would assume that it has something to do with wandering around with a GPS receiver mapping out the area you cover.
I can safely say that if my dad had ever suggested something like that I would have found him to be the most boring person in the world - and never agreed to go do ANYTHING with him ever again, for fear that the trip may have broken out into another "geocaching" extravaganza.
Seriously. There are many more exciting outdoor activities you could have suggested...how about spelunking? White-water rafting? Or, how about a favorite pastime of mankind since, well, the dawn of time - hunting?
I see and appreciate that.
My calculation was based on 1Gb/in^2, not 50Gb/in^2, and an area of 200in^2(initially estimated 400in^2, which i found to be incorrect)
(1Gb/in^2) * (200in^2) * 2 = 400Gb = 50GB
800Gb(its)=100GB(ytes)
Also note my correction.
Make that 200in^2...still, 50GB isn't horrible for a tablet
That depends on how the technology might be applied. If in that 20" you had a storage density of...say...1Gb per square inch(hard drives have areal densities of greater than 50Gb per square inch)...and if my math is correct, approximately 400 square inches per side, that would be about 800Gb(100GB) of storage in a medium that may very well be incorporated into your screen's chassis. Depending on the level of vibration and the thickness of the enclosure, this would be an interesting technology for the next generation of tablet pc's.
This does not relate so much to presence of atmosphere as it does to gravitational pull. Centripetal force is what keeps the shuttle in orbit - the shuttle simply cruises at high velocity and uses controlled burns to maintain orbit.
Expendable = unnecessary = wasteful
Perhaps the organizers wish to not pollute or rape the earth to get this task completed, but instead want to see it done in the most efficient way possible.
If one does not maintain velocity, one's orbit will degrade and one will fall back to earth. It's similar to what happens when you throw a ball up in the air...if you were to throw it into orbit, it would just come right back down, because there is nothing to impel it to continue at that elevation.
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I noticed that too....how was that flamebait? I saw it as a direct correlation with supporting evidence...can any one of the moderators support a claim that this is flamebait? I am certainly obviously not saying that Hotbar=Satan, but that to describe hotbar as "not malicious" is the same as saying "satan" is not "evil".
How does Aluria's software qualify as spyware? It does not meet the specifications that are generally agreed upon between anti-spyware software manufacturers - it simply "overlooks" certain well-known spyware/adware/malware. While it should be added to your "Do Not Use" List, it does not qualify to be spyware.
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic =44037
Check this thread out from Lavasoft's own forums..."Hotbar" and "not a threat"...used in the same context? That's like using "not evil" to describe "Satan"!!!
Perhaps Lavasoft is another one getting ready to sell out...?
over at DNE.com, Dan Rathernot has just gotten the word that Kerry has announced that he would "never defang such a wonderful law. We need to protect every individual's rights to intellectual property."
This news just minutes after Kerry's announcement to support a change to the law, and mere seconds after his advisors told him "Dumbass! Bush is going the other way! How are you going to copy him if you say the opposite?"
Probably whoever played Sauron, of course. Maybe...but I'd be afraid of his flames burning up the set. The Doom eye was all squishy...Sauron was more flames and such.
Who's going to play the big floating eye?
There are actually some people out there who like to get the whole story. While I won't be rushing out to buy this set on release day, I am sure my boss will snap it up. Then I'll borrow it from him and watch it. I am fairly young as far as computing goes, but I did start out with a couple of BBS's...how else was a 10 or 12 year old boy to download all the girlie pics he wanted to look at with good old Lview... Anyway, I think it'd be kinda neat to see all the stuff I missed by my parents not getting pregnant and having me in high school. THOSE were the days.
but consider professional organizations whose printouts cannot be altered (anyone here ever dealt with architects?). Will they too be subject to government regulation? And who is going to administer the integration of the technology? Surely not the government...don't they have better things to spend tax dollars on? The DMCA and other such legislation are bad enough. Next thing you know we'll all be wearing little radio transmitters with our name and prisoner numbers on them... http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml ?articleID=49901698
Has anyone forgotten what happened in Florida? Granted that recount was a great big cluster, but what happens if the data is lost? No paper copy means no recount...everyone would have to vote again, and that could mean changed votes, fewer votes, etc. If it ain't broke......
It does seem a bit soon for yet another new gaming system, especially a portable one. Still, consumers in general are a cryptic crowd, and while predictions can be made, they arent always correct. Look at the success of the Deer Hunter series...how many millions of those horrible games were sold? For some strange reason there was an appeal to the american consumer, and the game lived on and on and on... Only time will tell for sure if Mr. Nunavut is correct.
I wonder if Microsoft accepts credit cards.....
Am I the only one who thinks it a little odd to use characters from Spongebob Squarepants? They may just be trying to plant the seeds, but think about it - if when you were a kid, the Smurfs or TMNT's were telling you it was cool to vote, would it have had any more impact than those same characters telling you not to smoke or do drugs? /takes another drag from cigarette, goes back to reading