Buying RAM for a Mac isnt' what it used to be. If I remember right, before the MacIntels, and such, you had to buy special matched/paired memory kits for upgrades, specially from Apple.
The big benifit will be when they release MacIntel Powermac's with big honkin' video cards.
I will then purchase one and dual boot XP Pro for times when I feel like playing games, because that's what my PC has become, a bloated gaming machine, that takes up too much space on my desk.
I will sacrifice a little speed for stability any day of the week.
I spend 8-16 hours a day giving tech support to Windows users, and it got to the point that I didn't even want to touch my PC at home, because I don't want to even see the start menu.
Getting the mac was the best thing to happen to my IT career. Now I come home and feel like developing again. It saved me from Windows burn out.
As the purchaser of a brand new Core Duo Mini, (my first Mac, I feel "as happy as a little Gurlll!") I noticed that my system out of the box with 512 of RAM was dog slow when you start loading iPhoto, or any more then 2 apps.
Initial startup yielded a smoking fast web browser, and other single line items.
I purchased the 2GB Ram upgrade (not from Apple at 600 USD, 280USD from Crucial) and I noticed such a difference, that I couldn't understand WHY they would even consider shipping that little silver wonder with less then 1GB of RAM.
It's not the kernel, it's the apps... They just don't give enough power to the off the shelf machines to support the great apps that come with it.
Vive le Mac... Thanks for putting excitement back into computing for me.
Flex licensing has been around for a long, long time in the application markets (AutoDesk for one). And it works for those smaller companies that can't afford to buy out the entire store shelf for 1-10 users. (Makes me think of the software commercial where there is an automated salesman on the other line asking how many licenses you would like for your company and the default answer is "1500 licenses it is!!"
Flex licensing on the app level works...to a certain degree, but no possible way to put it on you OS and have it not create MASS chaos.
Total cost of ownership is going to be outrageous. Average user will have to add credits to use their own data. Sounds almost communist to me.
Giving total control of your OS to Microsoft it F-O-O-L-I-S-H. No other way to look at it.
It's too late to start enforcing the us of SSN's, because they are already in place as an identification number, just like they told our parents and grandparents that they were NOT going to be used for.
The national ID card could be used to solve this issue easily. For one, you could scrap the social security number as the main form of identification, and use it was it was meant for, Social Security benifit contributions.
They screwed this system up years ago by giving every breathing thing that walked across the border, a SSN.
By issuing a new card with a NEW number, and these cards are only issued to those that show PROOF of citizenship (Birth Certificat, Naturalization Papers), you convert all credit, medical, and employment info onto this new number. No number? No employment, no credit, no benifits, no STATE drivers license. And while you are at it, make it available as a passport also. The Department of State should handle this and is more then capable of it.
If used in conjunction with the "fair" tax national sales tax...it would be a double pronged threat to illegals. For one, you couldn't receive your rebate check, and you now have to pay taxes on the benifits you use, the system becomes self sustaining.
It's NOT that hard. The solutions are out there. These idiots in Washington are NOT doing their job. http://www.send-a-brick.com/
Video card benchmarks are like the cock measuring contests of the Geek world.
I suppose if my entire life revolved around the PC, and games were my main form of entertainment (besides shooting the neighbors dog with a pellet gun for crapping on my lawn), then I guess 300-700 dollars for a video card would be great.
I got a Nvidia 6800OC from Woot for 59 bucks...plays all todays games great. Sure...not at 100000x6800000 resolution, or on the side of a skyscraper, but good enough to whip some 12 year old punks ass on your local WAN server. So what if I miss a couple of particles. My lazy eyes can't even dicipher them.
But if it's your bag, then go for it. Just be ready for the next card from Nvidia in the next 10 minutes.
XP was invariably a block of swiss cheese...Their answer was Service Pack 2 that made everyone feel like a Grad Students in Kindergarten. Firewall this, Firewall that, AHH your virus scanner is out of date!! Let us patch our holey weak assed code for you.
Again, Microsoft because of their past transgessions will undoubtably fill this new OS with tons of weak assed apps to create a false sense of security.
Hey Microsoft, do us Sys Admins a favor. Stop what you are doing...because it's not what we want. Just look at the *nixes, and how their OS is structured. THAT's how you do security. And don't release another form of Windows until you get it right. I won't buy it. My company can't afford it, and I don't need the hassle.
All this is made possible by Microsoft's crappy security structure of their OS's.
You can't mine data, if you don't have access to the files that store that data.
As far as stopping the spam from coming in? We can do that. The methods for detecting spam in it's current state apply. Whether it's detecting Penis enlargment, phishing scams, XXX content...etc., we can already do that. So bring on the personalized spam I say. I can swat it away just as fast as if it didn't have your name on it.
Other then DNS checks, or RBL lists...there is no effective way of providing proof that your mail server is who it is. Most sys admins and ISP's absolutely refuse to enforce these rules. So spam is a huge reason it's not good collaboration practice.
I filter mail for several large businesses, including my work place. When discussing a blocked mail marked for them...they make it sound like you are breaking into thier bank account and stealing revenue directly from their business. Get real people.
Email isn't a form of dependable communication in a business environment. It's only effective about 98% of the time. PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL...Geez. Email is a great form of communication when you are enforcing the effectiveness of a phone call (meeting notes, etc.)
Coffee increases my response times and reflexes for deploying my middle finger.
I will however agree that coffee makes my job much easier to tolerate, but there is the occasional Jerk-Off (The non-coffee drinking early riser) that has to have some kind of stupid problem with his system before my first cup of delicious, sweet, caffinated goodness.
Improves my mood? Yes. Makes me a mindless subordinate? Not a chance.
Maybe they should check their research panel for individuality and gonads.
Places like Best Buy are not going to pay people enough to attract those with the necessary skills and knowledge to properly find a computer solution for the "average Joe".
In this day and age of the "$299" PC, and store rebates, the manufacturers are just as responsible for this injustice as the schlubs that sell them. When you cut out key components like RAM, CPU power (Celeron instead of Pentium) and using crappy all in one main boards, then add an incompetant sales rep, it's a recipe for disaster. I tell all my friends and family to have someone build a PC.
Of course the customer is always looking for the deal of the century. When you walk in to a Kia dealership, they can't sell you a BMW (unless maybe a used one). The Best Buy, Ciruit City brands are the names they trust for electronics goodies, there for that's the first place they go.
I still build custom PC's for people (not just gamers) and I have systems that have been out there for 4 or more years. Simply because 1: I use quality, proven parts, and 2: I ask the right questions to find out what people are going to use the machine for.
This would be a great step toward unmanned equipment transport between Hot Zones.
Pre-planned combat information would be set and you could send this bad boy into battle to deliver supplies to front lines, carry out casualties, or even deliver pizza to the newly taken neighborhood.
I know I'll get whacked for this last comment, but here goes:
War is a fact of life, it will never go away, so quit whining. However, we can create things like this to minimize losses (to both our troops and enemies).
Lucent has been in financial trouble for years. Maybe they are looking for a bone to get them out.
Lucent has had a working relationship with Microsoft for years (remember Lucent Winmodems?)
Microsoft has had a history of "borrowing" technology in order to better their products (ala Java VM, Roxio, the list goes on..) Then they always pay out later.
Lucent will get their money on this, simply because its rediculous to recall all 360's, but then Microsoft will simply change the format they use and move on. Lucent will lose out in the end.
On the other hand, there are several posts on patent squatting (not the technical term). Create a simple idea and wait to cash in because you don't have the ingenuity (or the resources in the case of Lucent) to utilize it or put it in to practice.
Acts like this stifle the growth of technology as a whole. Especially when you can't create new stuff because someone else thought of this stuff 10 years ago. Maybe Microsoft should be more careful of the toes they step on. Maybe they don't care because they have the money.
It's like if I had a patent on the 5 legged chair, I thought it would be more stable. Then 5 years later, LazyBoy comes out with a 5 legged chair that sells like hot cakes.
That's my Intellectual property according to the law, and I own that idea. I am entitled to some royalties. Maybe if it didn't sell so well, would I throw a fit?
Greed and Priciples don't mix too well, even though they often get put together in the same jar.
Ever since I've discovered the magic of Open Source (Linux, BSD) I have implemented the rule with every network I've run...No Windows box will ever talk to the Internet without going through a Unix/Linux box.
Since then (7 years now) I have had ZERO worms, ZERO security breaches, have cut the Windows server reboots by 80%.
These 2 projects have saved me countless hours of time...
<li>http://www.squid-cache.org/<li/> and <li>http://vlsi.cornell.edu/~rajit/fbsd/bridge.htm l<li/>
SPF hasn't been the be all anti spam tool that it was hyped up to be. Especially since 99% of mail servers out there do the "soft" reject that you speak of for violations. Spam is still considered an annoyance on the managment level, and not actively persued. (I don't think it is, I think it's a serious security threat and I treat it as such)
If something was put in as a standard for websites with a similar setup as SPF, a way to verify web servers...I'm sure banks and other financial institutions would come on board, especially if it dealt with the security of thier customers. Customer Security, is a priority, not an annoyance like spam. Therefore something like this could work for websites.
Sender Policy Framework...??
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Lots of us Mail guru's have been switching to using SPF (sender policy framework) which is a separate set of DNSish records that ask mail servers who is qualified to send mail for them.
The answer to phishing is a similar setup, that queries a DNS server to check and see if this "site" is OK to mirror for this site, or accept requests.
Just a shot in the dark, but I bet something could be worked out like this.
This would eliminate alot of question whether or not a site is legit or not.
I dont' neccesarrily think that Microsoft is out to destroy this committee.
Maybe Open Source is making a big enough dent in the market for them to realize that their proprietary crap isn't going to fly anymore. That their document formats aren't going to be the standard anymore, and that they better get on board or at least make an attempt at compatibility by integrating those formats in their suites, (ala.pdf,.xml, etc...)
The Flex projects at Adobe/Macromedia are starting to take hold, to the point that nobody is even taking a second look at Sparkle. Since the release of the Flex SDK, I've been all over it like white on rice.
Is MS Waking up? Maybe, but not probable...you are right...there's a fox in the hen house with feathers on it's head...trying to see what the hen's are planning...
Better yet, get Darwin release, it comes with Gnome.
Personaly, Aqua kicks the crap out of Gnome. Hardware accelerated desktops...it's nice to use the 7800 when I'm not blowing off Zombie heads. Makes my desktop look all shiny and stuff.
Democrat, Republican...they all have their special moments like this one.
When are people gonna get it that all media is skewed. And that opening up a story to discussions isnt' going to do anything but expose the story for what it is...an attempt to expose politicians for who they really are. Dems do it to..
I think I read the context of this story once in a book called "Animal Farm". And I think they had a flag with a hammer and sickle on it. Or maybe that was a country that tried this total unionized labor once before.
I've watched Pelosi speak on several occaisions, and I don't think they are doing anything but exposing her for what she is...a whacko communist. Republicans have them in their party too.
Democrats feel the same what Republicans do when people like Rumsfield open their mouth.
When a politician promises you something for free, where do you think they get it from? Think about that the next time you file your taxes, and I promise you can do it for cheaper and better yourself.
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American's want a secure border.
They are gonna spend 5 million on cameras, how many cinderblocks or bricks can be purchased for that?
Unreal, our government is a bunch of mental midgets.
Anything to not prevent voters from coming across the border.
I'm gonna be sick.
Buying RAM for a Mac isnt' what it used to be. If I remember right, before the MacIntels, and such, you had to buy special matched/paired memory kits for upgrades, specially from Apple.
The big benifit will be when they release MacIntel Powermac's with big honkin' video cards.
I will then purchase one and dual boot XP Pro for times when I feel like playing games, because that's what my PC has become, a bloated gaming machine, that takes up too much space on my desk.
I will sacrifice a little speed for stability any day of the week.
I spend 8-16 hours a day giving tech support to Windows users, and it got to the point that I didn't even want to touch my PC at home, because I don't want to even see the start menu.
Getting the mac was the best thing to happen to my IT career. Now I come home and feel like developing again. It saved me from Windows burn out.
I got this little Mini, because it sat so pretty on top of the PC that I have, and it's a training device for me.. :)
I am waiting for the PowerMac's to get the Intel chips so I could get a stomping machine with a mondo video card. I will then put my PC on eBay.
Soon, I hope.
As the purchaser of a brand new Core Duo Mini, (my first Mac, I feel "as happy as a little Gurlll!") I noticed that my system out of the box with 512 of RAM was dog slow when you start loading iPhoto, or any more then 2 apps.
Initial startup yielded a smoking fast web browser, and other single line items.
I purchased the 2GB Ram upgrade (not from Apple at 600 USD, 280USD from Crucial) and I noticed such a difference, that I couldn't understand WHY they would even consider shipping that little silver wonder with less then 1GB of RAM.
It's not the kernel, it's the apps... They just don't give enough power to the off the shelf machines to support the great apps that come with it.
Vive le Mac... Thanks for putting excitement back into computing for me.
They offer OEM licensing with US PC's, 89 USD for XP Home, 149 USD for XP Pro.
Not sure if this is available outside the US.
The problem is that they don't offer this pricing to "average joe retail". You have to know a supplier.
No need to be "grey" about it.
Flex licensing has been around for a long, long time in the application markets (AutoDesk for one). And it works for those smaller companies that can't afford to buy out the entire store shelf for 1-10 users. (Makes me think of the software commercial where there is an automated salesman on the other line asking how many licenses you would like for your company and the default answer is "1500 licenses it is!!"
Flex licensing on the app level works...to a certain degree, but no possible way to put it on you OS and have it not create MASS chaos.
Total cost of ownership is going to be outrageous. Average user will have to add credits to use their own data. Sounds almost communist to me.
Giving total control of your OS to Microsoft it F-O-O-L-I-S-H. No other way to look at it.
It's too late to start enforcing the us of SSN's, because they are already in place as an identification number, just like they told our parents and grandparents that they were NOT going to be used for. The national ID card could be used to solve this issue easily. For one, you could scrap the social security number as the main form of identification, and use it was it was meant for, Social Security benifit contributions. They screwed this system up years ago by giving every breathing thing that walked across the border, a SSN. By issuing a new card with a NEW number, and these cards are only issued to those that show PROOF of citizenship (Birth Certificat, Naturalization Papers), you convert all credit, medical, and employment info onto this new number. No number? No employment, no credit, no benifits, no STATE drivers license. And while you are at it, make it available as a passport also. The Department of State should handle this and is more then capable of it. If used in conjunction with the "fair" tax national sales tax...it would be a double pronged threat to illegals. For one, you couldn't receive your rebate check, and you now have to pay taxes on the benifits you use, the system becomes self sustaining. It's NOT that hard. The solutions are out there. These idiots in Washington are NOT doing their job. http://www.send-a-brick.com/
Just a mild exaggeration.
Video card benchmarks are like the cock measuring contests of the Geek world.
I suppose if my entire life revolved around the PC, and games were my main form of entertainment (besides shooting the neighbors dog with a pellet gun for crapping on my lawn), then I guess 300-700 dollars for a video card would be great.
I got a Nvidia 6800OC from Woot for 59 bucks...plays all todays games great. Sure...not at 100000x6800000 resolution, or on the side of a skyscraper, but good enough to whip some 12 year old punks ass on your local WAN server. So what if I miss a couple of particles. My lazy eyes can't even dicipher them.
But if it's your bag, then go for it. Just be ready for the next card from Nvidia in the next 10 minutes.
XP was invariably a block of swiss cheese...Their answer was Service Pack 2 that made everyone feel like a Grad Students in Kindergarten. Firewall this, Firewall that, AHH your virus scanner is out of date!! Let us patch our holey weak assed code for you.
Again, Microsoft because of their past transgessions will undoubtably fill this new OS with tons of weak assed apps to create a false sense of security.
Hey Microsoft, do us Sys Admins a favor. Stop what you are doing...because it's not what we want. Just look at the *nixes, and how their OS is structured. THAT's how you do security. And don't release another form of Windows until you get it right. I won't buy it. My company can't afford it, and I don't need the hassle.
Flame On...
All this is made possible by Microsoft's crappy security structure of their OS's.
You can't mine data, if you don't have access to the files that store that data.
As far as stopping the spam from coming in? We can do that. The methods for detecting spam in it's current state apply. Whether it's detecting Penis enlargment, phishing scams, XXX content...etc., we can already do that. So bring on the personalized spam I say. I can swat it away just as fast as if it didn't have your name on it.
Other then DNS checks, or RBL lists...there is no effective way of providing proof that your mail server is who it is. Most sys admins and ISP's absolutely refuse to enforce these rules. So spam is a huge reason it's not good collaboration practice.
I filter mail for several large businesses, including my work place. When discussing a blocked mail marked for them...they make it sound like you are breaking into thier bank account and stealing revenue directly from their business. Get real people.
Email isn't a form of dependable communication in a business environment. It's only effective about 98% of the time. PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL...Geez. Email is a great form of communication when you are enforcing the effectiveness of a phone call (meeting notes, etc.)
Coffee increases my response times and reflexes for deploying my middle finger.
I will however agree that coffee makes my job much easier to tolerate, but there is the occasional Jerk-Off (The non-coffee drinking early riser) that has to have some kind of stupid problem with his system before my first cup of delicious, sweet, caffinated goodness.
Improves my mood? Yes.
Makes me a mindless subordinate? Not a chance.
Maybe they should check their research panel for individuality and gonads.
I believe with the current laws in China, you have to sell your business to the "People" before you can sell your products.
I wonder how that will work for them?
Places like Best Buy are not going to pay people enough to attract those with the necessary skills and knowledge to properly find a computer solution for the "average Joe".
In this day and age of the "$299" PC, and store rebates, the manufacturers are just as responsible for this injustice as the schlubs that sell them. When you cut out key components like RAM, CPU power (Celeron instead of Pentium) and using crappy all in one main boards, then add an incompetant sales rep, it's a recipe for disaster. I tell all my friends and family to have someone build a PC.
Of course the customer is always looking for the deal of the century. When you walk in to a Kia dealership, they can't sell you a BMW (unless maybe a used one). The Best Buy, Ciruit City brands are the names they trust for electronics goodies, there for that's the first place they go.
I still build custom PC's for people (not just gamers) and I have systems that have been out there for 4 or more years. Simply because 1: I use quality, proven parts, and 2: I ask the right questions to find out what people are going to use the machine for.
This would be a great step toward unmanned equipment transport between Hot Zones.
Pre-planned combat information would be set and you could send this bad boy into battle to deliver supplies to front lines, carry out casualties, or even deliver pizza to the newly taken neighborhood.
I know I'll get whacked for this last comment, but here goes:
War is a fact of life, it will never go away, so quit whining. However, we can create things like this to minimize losses (to both our troops and enemies).
An excellent use of technology.
There are 2 sides to this story.
Lucent has been in financial trouble for years. Maybe they are looking for a bone to get them out.
Lucent has had a working relationship with Microsoft for years (remember Lucent Winmodems?)
Microsoft has had a history of "borrowing" technology in order to better their products (ala Java VM, Roxio, the list goes on..) Then they always pay out later.
Lucent will get their money on this, simply because its rediculous to recall all 360's, but then Microsoft will simply change the format they use and move on. Lucent will lose out in the end.
On the other hand, there are several posts on patent squatting (not the technical term). Create a simple idea and wait to cash in because you don't have the ingenuity (or the resources in the case of Lucent) to utilize it or put it in to practice.
Acts like this stifle the growth of technology as a whole. Especially when you can't create new stuff because someone else thought of this stuff 10 years ago. Maybe Microsoft should be more careful of the toes they step on. Maybe they don't care because they have the money.
It's like if I had a patent on the 5 legged chair, I thought it would be more stable. Then 5 years later, LazyBoy comes out with a 5 legged chair that sells like hot cakes.
That's my Intellectual property according to the law, and I own that idea. I am entitled to some royalties. Maybe if it didn't sell so well, would I throw a fit?
Greed and Priciples don't mix too well, even though they often get put together in the same jar.
sorry for making the links right here they are again...:(
Too Quick on the Trigger...
http://www.squid-cache.org/
http://vlsi.cornell.edu/~rajit/fbsd/bridge.htm1
Ever since I've discovered the magic of Open Source (Linux, BSD) I have implemented the rule with every network I've run...No Windows box will ever talk to the Internet without going through a Unix/Linux box.
m l<li/>
Since then (7 years now) I have had ZERO worms, ZERO security breaches, have cut the Windows server reboots by 80%.
These 2 projects have saved me countless hours of time...
<li>http://www.squid-cache.org/<li/>
and
<li>http://vlsi.cornell.edu/~rajit/fbsd/bridge.ht
Good eye.
SPF hasn't been the be all anti spam tool that it was hyped up to be. Especially since 99% of mail servers out there do the "soft" reject that you speak of for violations. Spam is still considered an annoyance on the managment level, and not actively persued. (I don't think it is, I think it's a serious security threat and I treat it as such)
If something was put in as a standard for websites with a similar setup as SPF, a way to verify web servers...I'm sure banks and other financial institutions would come on board, especially if it dealt with the security of thier customers. Customer Security, is a priority, not an annoyance like spam. Therefore something like this could work for websites.
Lots of us Mail guru's have been switching to using SPF (sender policy framework) which is a separate set of DNSish records that ask mail servers who is qualified to send mail for them.
The answer to phishing is a similar setup, that queries a DNS server to check and see if this "site" is OK to mirror for this site, or accept requests.
Just a shot in the dark, but I bet something could be worked out like this.
This would eliminate alot of question whether or not a site is legit or not.
I dont' neccesarrily think that Microsoft is out to destroy this committee.
.pdf, .xml, etc...)
Maybe Open Source is making a big enough dent in the market for them to realize that their proprietary crap isn't going to fly anymore. That their document formats aren't going to be the standard anymore, and that they better get on board or at least make an attempt at compatibility by integrating those formats in their suites, (ala
The Flex projects at Adobe/Macromedia are starting to take hold, to the point that nobody is even taking a second look at Sparkle. Since the release of the Flex SDK, I've been all over it like white on rice.
Is MS Waking up? Maybe, but not probable...you are right...there's a fox in the hen house with feathers on it's head...trying to see what the hen's are planning...
Compile Gnome for OSX, it's ported..I think...
Better yet, get Darwin release, it comes with Gnome.
Personaly, Aqua kicks the crap out of Gnome. Hardware accelerated desktops...it's nice to use the 7800 when I'm not blowing off Zombie heads. Makes my desktop look all shiny and stuff.
But if you want Gnome...be my guest.
Announcing Google Crap!
crap.google.com!
Seems like they could have polished it a little more before release.
Is a page full of RSS feeds gonna become Industry standard?
I think a company like Google could put together a little more funding for web development, especially in this world of rich Internet Apps.
Get on the cutting edge Google!
Democrat, Republican...they all have their special moments like this one.
When are people gonna get it that all media is skewed. And that opening up a story to discussions isnt' going to do anything but expose the story for what it is...an attempt to expose politicians for who they really are. Dems do it to..
I think I read the context of this story once in a book called "Animal Farm". And I think they had a flag with a hammer and sickle on it. Or maybe that was a country that tried this total unionized labor once before.
I've watched Pelosi speak on several occaisions, and I don't think they are doing anything but exposing her for what she is...a whacko communist. Republicans have them in their party too.
Democrats feel the same what Republicans do when people like Rumsfield open their mouth.
When a politician promises you something for free, where do you think they get it from? Think about that the next time you file your taxes, and I promise you can do it for cheaper and better yourself.