Retail Management. Haven't wages dropped in that area since more and more women started working in retail management, which once, albeit some time ago, was largely a male preserve?
Public Transportation. Wages have dropped in the bus industry since women started driving buses in larger numbers.
Vista doesn't have good publicity (and the reasons behind that are a completely different discussion).
Surely that is driving some folks to try a Mac instead?
I think it depends what you use a computer for. I've been running XP for some years, and cursing at it at times too, the too-often-pain-in-the-ass updating for example.
I've tried a few Linux Distros and always gone back to Windows.
Now, I've installed Ubuntu Feisty on my old laptop. It only has 384K Ram, and run XP way too slowly. Ubuntu runs faster, and it contains everything I need to do on the laptop. Web, email, and writing a few docs for the most part. Pdigin runs fine (the successor to Gaim), and Xchat for IRC, isn't as good as mIRC but it's acceptable and does the job.
I'm certainly going to stick with this, but until I've found acceptable Linux alternatives to Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro, and SAM Broadcaster, and also drivers and decent PVR software for my Hauppage TV card, I'll need to keep a Windows machine here too.
I love the way you can install Ubuntu, without all the lame activation crap, and also without all this OEM locked nonsense.
Am I a Microsoft hater? Only for the fact they are typical corporate bullies, and want everything to be done their way, and they circumvent ISO standards to suit themselves.
I understand that perhaps a broadband connections isn't so rock-solid as a "regular" landline, but I've had very little downtime with mine, and anyhow, to have such a line put in here as a back-up would effectively make my monthly alarm system payments very expensive.
I prefer cable internet to DSL, as it's much faster (and easier to configure networking, but that's a very small point). The price is comparable. Vonage provide me with an excellent phone service for around $30 a month including taxes, that would cost over $80 to have from BellSouth.
I keep some mailing list items, such as how-to things, which I can refer back to, but eventually I clear those out. I have no need for email I received 20 years ago, as I no longer have the software/hardware/equipment it refered to. I guess if I were a collector of something I would then.
Some years ago I had some midi files (remember those)that were put together by a guy in Houston TX. They were popular tunes. I don't know if he was allowed to do it as they were popular tunes, but he offereed them for download. I enjoyed listening to them. a few years later, I remembered his name, and did a google search and found he had release two jazz CDs. They were on offer as real CDs or as mp3 downloads. I chose the download, one because they were cheaper, sure, but more importantly they were available instantly.
How many time have you been to a music store in the mall onyl to be told it's not in stock, and will have to be ordered?
I thin of something I want to listen to, and I want to listen to it now. Oh, well it's not on offer on any legal online catalog, but hey! it's on a P2P network.
The legal online services still only have a subset of what's available, whereas there is more on offer on a P2P.
It's not always a question of whether one has to pay or not, but instant availability
I've not taken an in depth look at these technologies yet myself but I understand the basic concept of getting yet more data onto a DVD.
The point I would like to raise however, is that the end result will be much the same as the VHS/Betmax one a few years ago.
The better technology didn't win, it was the one that got the most publicity and exposure that did. In fact back then there wa a better technology than either of them - Philips had an excellent VCC system with two-sided cassttes, but Philips, whilst often being innovative, seem to have a crap marketing department.
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You have a good point there of course, but as it stands right now, if I want the broadest choice from satellite radio, I have to have two subscriptions, and two lots of equipment.
Well, I dunno about old. I know many young people that are clueless about anything that's not in ront of them on the computer, and don'twant to learn either, and I know plenty of older people who take a real interest, and dig and delve. Anyway one has to define older!. I'm 46, and been using computers for over 20 years, and have always dug into the inner workings... Of course some folk at any age, jsutwant to be a consumer, and I see nothing wrong with that either.
I enjoy two or three different communities on IRC - on DALnet actually. There are different types of people in each one, with some overlap of course (myself included).
As for actiing out fantasies this is certainly true, although it doesn't really rock my boat, I can understand why some folk like to use a medium such as IRC to do so.
I have found I'm better at taking part in a 'wind-up' online than in real-life as I can't ever keep a straight face, and my grin always gives me away.
I'm not obsessed with cyberspace, but I do enjoy dropping in and chatting with certain users that share common interests, or to just have a laugh. I treat it like a social club.
There are the idiots that come in, and those that are looking to use it as a pick up joint, or look for cracks etc, but they get short order from a moderator.
Do it have it wrong, but isn't a service like Net2phone VOIP? I use it reguarly to call from teh US to the UK, as it's only about 2 cents a minute - far cheaper than anything else I've found so far. I use message clients to talk to other computer users, but Net2phone when they don't have a computer or computer audio capability.
My US cellphone deal works out cheaper than a comparable UK one, when it comes to free LD. I get 1000 minutes for anytime use in US, and after 9pm and all weekend I can call anywhere in the US for free. I can call home, and my wife's cellphone (the two most common calls) anytime for free,and I can call anyone else on the network at any time fro free too. I pay a small charge for 300 text messages and get unlimited free incoming ones. The 100 minutes do not roll over but we've never used them all yet. We don't bother with a landline.
I use IRC for chat. The only time I use DCC is to send personal pictures. I use about 5/6 channels and they are all chat, some of which have regular and a real kinda community feel to it.
I would agree that IRC was rendered irrelevant to a majority of new users with the advent of IM clients, but not totally obsolete. I will accept that many users now haven't heard of IRC, anymore than they have heard of Usenet, but many of these same people don't even use email.
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Retail Management. Haven't wages dropped in that area since more and more women started working in retail management, which once, albeit some time ago, was largely a male preserve? Public Transportation. Wages have dropped in the bus industry since women started driving buses in larger numbers.
Vista doesn't have good publicity (and the reasons behind that are a completely different discussion). Surely that is driving some folks to try a Mac instead?
My guess is that he's pled guilty as he's gotten some kind of plea bargain deal.
OK. Yes it was a typo. I always read stuff before I post it, dammit... Anyway, yes it is 384MB :)
I think it depends what you use a computer for. I've been running XP for some years, and cursing at it at times too, the too-often-pain-in-the-ass updating for example. I've tried a few Linux Distros and always gone back to Windows. Now, I've installed Ubuntu Feisty on my old laptop. It only has 384K Ram, and run XP way too slowly. Ubuntu runs faster, and it contains everything I need to do on the laptop. Web, email, and writing a few docs for the most part. Pdigin runs fine (the successor to Gaim), and Xchat for IRC, isn't as good as mIRC but it's acceptable and does the job. I'm certainly going to stick with this, but until I've found acceptable Linux alternatives to Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro, and SAM Broadcaster, and also drivers and decent PVR software for my Hauppage TV card, I'll need to keep a Windows machine here too. I love the way you can install Ubuntu, without all the lame activation crap, and also without all this OEM locked nonsense. Am I a Microsoft hater? Only for the fact they are typical corporate bullies, and want everything to be done their way, and they circumvent ISO standards to suit themselves.
I understand that perhaps a broadband connections isn't so rock-solid as a "regular" landline, but I've had very little downtime with mine, and anyhow, to have such a line put in here as a back-up would effectively make my monthly alarm system payments very expensive.
I prefer cable internet to DSL, as it's much faster (and easier to configure networking, but that's a very small point). The price is comparable. Vonage provide me with an excellent phone service for around $30 a month including taxes, that would cost over $80 to have from BellSouth.
I keep some mailing list items, such as how-to things, which I can refer back to, but eventually I clear those out. I have no need for email I received 20 years ago, as I no longer have the software/hardware/equipment it refered to. I guess if I were a collector of something I would then.
Some years ago I had some midi files (remember those)that were put together by a guy in Houston TX. They were popular tunes. I don't know if he was allowed to do it as they were popular tunes, but he offereed them for download. I enjoyed listening to them. a few years later, I remembered his name, and did a google search and found he had release two jazz CDs. They were on offer as real CDs or as mp3 downloads. I chose the download, one because they were cheaper, sure, but more importantly they were available instantly. How many time have you been to a music store in the mall onyl to be told it's not in stock, and will have to be ordered? I thin of something I want to listen to, and I want to listen to it now. Oh, well it's not on offer on any legal online catalog, but hey! it's on a P2P network. The legal online services still only have a subset of what's available, whereas there is more on offer on a P2P. It's not always a question of whether one has to pay or not, but instant availability
I've not taken an in depth look at these technologies yet myself but I understand the basic concept of getting yet more data onto a DVD. The point I would like to raise however, is that the end result will be much the same as the VHS/Betmax one a few years ago. The better technology didn't win, it was the one that got the most publicity and exposure that did. In fact back then there wa a better technology than either of them - Philips had an excellent VCC system with two-sided cassttes, but Philips, whilst often being innovative, seem to have a crap marketing department.
You have a good point there of course, but as it stands right now, if I want the broadest choice from satellite radio, I have to have two subscriptions, and two lots of equipment.
Well, I dunno about old. I know many young people that are clueless about anything that's not in ront of them on the computer, and don'twant to learn either, and I know plenty of older people who take a real interest, and dig and delve. Anyway one has to define older!. I'm 46, and been using computers for over 20 years, and have always dug into the inner workings... Of course some folk at any age, jsutwant to be a consumer, and I see nothing wrong with that either.
I'm not obsessed with cyberspace, but I do enjoy dropping in and chatting with certain users that share common interests, or to just have a laugh. I treat it like a social club.
There are the idiots that come in, and those that are looking to use it as a pick up joint, or look for cracks etc, but they get short order from a moderator.
E is the most commonly used letter in the English Language isn't it?
Do it have it wrong, but isn't a service like Net2phone VOIP? I use it reguarly to call from teh US to the UK, as it's only about 2 cents a minute - far cheaper than anything else I've found so far. I use message clients to talk to other computer users, but Net2phone when they don't have a computer or computer audio capability.
Telewest subscribers can pay 25 quid a month and get unlimited UK calls. Another 3.99 a months gets transatlantic calls for 3p a min.
My US cellphone deal works out cheaper than a comparable UK one, when it comes to free LD. I get 1000 minutes for anytime use in US, and after 9pm and all weekend I can call anywhere in the US for free. I can call home, and my wife's cellphone (the two most common calls) anytime for free,and I can call anyone else on the network at any time fro free too. I pay a small charge for 300 text messages and get unlimited free incoming ones. The 100 minutes do not roll over but we've never used them all yet. We don't bother with a landline.
I vaugely remember it, with the exclamation (!) marks in...
I guess you could simply use a cafe machine to post stuff....
I use IRC for chat. The only time I use DCC is to send personal pictures. I use about 5/6 channels and they are all chat, some of which have regular and a real kinda community feel to it. I would agree that IRC was rendered irrelevant to a majority of new users with the advent of IM clients, but not totally obsolete. I will accept that many users now haven't heard of IRC, anymore than they have heard of Usenet, but many of these same people don't even use email.