I agree with steep being the eye of the beholder. Hell what might be steep for me might be a drop in the bucket for you.
As for the Mac. I was not refering to its legs. I was refering to the upgrade cycle. For each version of Mac OS 10.0 forward that upgrade has a cost associated with at. usally between 200 and 400 bucks. I have never upgraded my mac mini so am not sure of the price. A 2006 Wintel PC should still be a valid system in 2010. A corporate machine should have been retired by then. But home users should still be getting good miles from them. Hell I am still running 2 celeron 733 boxes at home. 1 running FC5 and 1 running Win2k3 server.
I was going to moderate but I had to say something.
When you say "If you have never owned a PC, the cost of buying a Vista ready PC with Office 2007 is probably going to be steep" What is steep? You can pickup a vista ready machine with office 2k3 from dell for under 1k. Thats not steep at all.
Then you say "As you have no legacy requirements (how could you if you have never owned a PC?) then think Linux or Mac. Otherwise you are buying into the perpetual M$ upgrade program with both eyes open, so don't complain." I am not sure if you are aware but its costs alot more money to get into the game with an apple. Plus the apple upgrade cycle is moves faster then the XP upgrade cycle. Since windows xp was realesed in 2001 there have been 3 major revisions from apple for there os. Each one you had to pay for to upgrade. As for linux if you don't have the hardware and are buying a box PC anyway then a linux install will add time to your total cost.
I am not a microsoft fan boy but if you are going to make the comment then at least make sure its correct.
Anyone know if Ryan's a majority shareholder? He'd put JT in his place so fast, Thompson wouldn't know up from down, left from right, A from B, B from A, Select from Start.
I was going to moderate but i decided to post instead. Great line you got here but it needs a little something extra.
It should have been:
Anyone know if Ryan's a majority shareholder? He'd put JT in his place so fast, Thompson wouldn't know up up from down down, left right from left right, B A B A Select Start.
My home network has 2 domain controllers as well.
My office network has 6 domain controllers for a total of 400 users. I don't know what the idiots over at PWC are doing but I am glad they don't do any business with my company.
I don't agree. Control of the root servers effectively means that they could seriously damage a country's internet structure (and subsequently economy) IF they wanted to. It could effectively mean war by technological starvation. There SHOULD be a united body handling the internet. Full stop. Whether it's the UN or not is a null issue, the UN do a heck of a lot of good generally, so I have no problem with it.
This statement does not sit well with me. The UN hasn't done a heck of a lot of good. The US as a member of the UN has done a lot of good generally.
theres alot of memeber states of te UN that do there fair shair but others sit back and ride the aid and military support of the US and UK. More US peacekeepers and aid have gone out to the world then every other UN nation combined. If the US does with draw from the UN then I feel that the UN will crumble like The League of Nations did when congress would not approve membership.
I really like some of what you have to say in your comment but when you say
Chinese people need to confront their gov on this one and demand more rights... if the people do, then the international public shoud support them against their gov via sanctions to not communicate with China, nor to trade with them. It will be messy but in the end will be better than treating them like the spoiled teenager that they are acting like. ("sorry Li, you can't drive the car cause you're not responsible enough"
It sends a chill down my spine. Don't think for a moment that those in power in China won't do anything to keep there power. Remeber Tienaman (sp) Square? Its also a non-friendly act to tell another nations citizens that if you want more right then you need to overthrow your government. Taking your comment I just a another world war upon us if things go down the way you suggest.
I agree I run 3 Exchange 2003 servers and they get on average 200+ days of uptime. The last reboot I had was due to a power loss. These things run like a champ if they are setup on proper hardware.
Childish or not is it a right they have. Personally if I was the CEO I would sell all my stock, disband the company take my patents and say "FUCK YOU WORLD". "Use msn and yahoo". "I am going to buy a brand new G5 for a little vaction."
Thats our big claim to fame as the moral guiding light who will bring true democracy to Iraq?
Actually we can't bring true democracy to Iraq because america is not a true democracy. We are a Republic.
I don't know if the people of Iraq are better or worse now then before the war and I don't want to offer my view because it doesn't mean shit to those living there.
The purpose of advertising these speeds is to undercut each other in the marketing arena.
I would love to see this come to light but with the cost of of DS-3 / OC3 lines this will never happen. They may offer 100mb download with a 256k upload and a 25gb limit for the month. Kinda makes the service worthless in my eyes
And then you post that neither is faster, but you use Superman to deliver your mail since he's faster right now, yet would gladly call on the Flash if he could speed up a bit.
Actually Superman is dead. I would go with the flash if I were you.
I agree with you. It seems that in this forum the comments that should be counted as flames are modded insighful and the ones that should be trolled are modded as funny. I guess the community base for slashdot would rather flame Microsoft then help out someone else.
I have the Verizon EVDO service and it is o.k. at best. They claim the 1.5 mbps speed but it using compression. I typically get anywhere from 25kbps to 80 kbps.
I disagree with your comment on speakeasy service. I have had it for over 3 years 16k+ feet from my CO and get reliable service with 1.5 / 786 service. I also get 3 ip addresses to use. 1 IP is deadicated to my wireless access point so i can share my services and not endanger my home network in the process. I use IPSEC to connect to my home network via the wireless.
A new variation on the PBX theme is the centrex, which is a PBX with all switching occurring at a local telephone office instead of at the company's premises. Since when is centrrex a new technology? Stay away from Centrex unless you have no choice. The whole point of having a PBX is to control your organizations system. Not to give it back to the phone company.
Actually ETOPS restrictions can be lifted as they were with the Boeing 777. It is an extensive process but ETOPS is not the end all be all. Boeing 777's are running alot of pacific asia routes right now.
I agree. I block SSH access to my network. In order to ssh to my FC3 box you have to come in over IPsec VPN. Encryption is the only way to secure your network.
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I have to say that smellthebrimstone.net sounds alot better. no real comment here just thinking aloud.
The point is not virus of malware protection and its associated costs. The point was upgrade costs for the OS. You flew way off the deep end..
I agree with steep being the eye of the beholder. Hell what might be steep for me might be a drop in the bucket for you. As for the Mac. I was not refering to its legs. I was refering to the upgrade cycle. For each version of Mac OS 10.0 forward that upgrade has a cost associated with at. usally between 200 and 400 bucks. I have never upgraded my mac mini so am not sure of the price. A 2006 Wintel PC should still be a valid system in 2010. A corporate machine should have been retired by then. But home users should still be getting good miles from them. Hell I am still running 2 celeron 733 boxes at home. 1 running FC5 and 1 running Win2k3 server.
When you say "If you have never owned a PC, the cost of buying a Vista ready PC with Office 2007 is probably going to be steep" What is steep? You can pickup a vista ready machine with office 2k3 from dell for under 1k. Thats not steep at all.
Then you say "As you have no legacy requirements (how could you if you have never owned a PC?) then think Linux or Mac. Otherwise you are buying into the perpetual M$ upgrade program with both eyes open, so don't complain." I am not sure if you are aware but its costs alot more money to get into the game with an apple. Plus the apple upgrade cycle is moves faster then the XP upgrade cycle. Since windows xp was realesed in 2001 there have been 3 major revisions from apple for there os. Each one you had to pay for to upgrade. As for linux if you don't have the hardware and are buying a box PC anyway then a linux install will add time to your total cost.
I am not a microsoft fan boy but if you are going to make the comment then at least make sure its correct.
It can turn my old AMD K5 machine into a top-end Cisco machine. Does anyone have a spare ISA network card?
Yes I do. How many do you need.
Actually you can't install HP software as a non-admin user. But other then that exception your post is perfect.
Actually no. To feed 11 tuners with Direct TV you would need 2 triple LNB dishes and 2 8 port multitaps. FYI
I was going to moderate but i decided to post instead. Great line you got here but it needs a little something extra.
It should have been:
Anyone know if Ryan's a majority shareholder? He'd put JT in his place so fast, Thompson wouldn't know up up from down down, left right from left right, B A B A Select Start.
My tribute to CONTRA fans all across the world.
My home network has 2 domain controllers as well. My office network has 6 domain controllers for a total of 400 users. I don't know what the idiots over at PWC are doing but I am glad they don't do any business with my company.
I don't agree. Control of the root servers effectively means that they could seriously damage a country's internet structure (and subsequently economy) IF they wanted to. It could effectively mean war by technological starvation. There SHOULD be a united body handling the internet. Full stop. Whether it's the UN or not is a null issue, the UN do a heck of a lot of good generally, so I have no problem with it. This statement does not sit well with me. The UN hasn't done a heck of a lot of good. The US as a member of the UN has done a lot of good generally. theres alot of memeber states of te UN that do there fair shair but others sit back and ride the aid and military support of the US and UK. More US peacekeepers and aid have gone out to the world then every other UN nation combined. If the US does with draw from the UN then I feel that the UN will crumble like The League of Nations did when congress would not approve membership.
Chinese people need to confront their gov on this one and demand more rights... if the people do, then the international public shoud support them against their gov via sanctions to not communicate with China, nor to trade with them. It will be messy but in the end will be better than treating them like the spoiled teenager that they are acting like. ("sorry Li, you can't drive the car cause you're not responsible enough"
It sends a chill down my spine. Don't think for a moment that those in power in China won't do anything to keep there power. Remeber Tienaman (sp) Square? Its also a non-friendly act to tell another nations citizens that if you want more right then you need to overthrow your government. Taking your comment I just a another world war upon us if things go down the way you suggest.
I thought Raid was all about Redundancy. After all RAID does stand for Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Disks
I agree I run 3 Exchange 2003 servers and they get on average 200+ days of uptime. The last reboot I had was due to a power loss. These things run like a champ if they are setup on proper hardware.
Childish or not is it a right they have. Personally if I was the CEO I would sell all my stock, disband the company take my patents and say "FUCK YOU WORLD". "Use msn and yahoo". "I am going to buy a brand new G5 for a little vaction."
Hey I am Comatose you insensative clod!!!!
Thats our big claim to fame as the moral guiding light who will bring true democracy to Iraq? Actually we can't bring true democracy to Iraq because america is not a true democracy. We are a Republic. I don't know if the people of Iraq are better or worse now then before the war and I don't want to offer my view because it doesn't mean shit to those living there.
If you bothered to RTFA you would see that there is a Vail Arizona. Also a little research and you would come up with http://www.vail.k12.az.us/
The purpose of advertising these speeds is to undercut each other in the marketing arena. I would love to see this come to light but with the cost of of DS-3 / OC3 lines this will never happen. They may offer 100mb download with a 256k upload and a 25gb limit for the month. Kinda makes the service worthless in my eyes
Actually Superman is dead. I would go with the flash if I were you.
I agree with you. It seems that in this forum the comments that should be counted as flames are modded insighful and the ones that should be trolled are modded as funny. I guess the community base for slashdot would rather flame Microsoft then help out someone else.
I have the Verizon EVDO service and it is o.k. at best. They claim the 1.5 mbps speed but it using compression. I typically get anywhere from 25kbps to 80 kbps.
I disagree with your comment on speakeasy service. I have had it for over 3 years 16k+ feet from my CO and get reliable service with 1.5 / 786 service. I also get 3 ip addresses to use. 1 IP is deadicated to my wireless access point so i can share my services and not endanger my home network in the process. I use IPSEC to connect to my home network via the wireless.
A new variation on the PBX theme is the centrex, which is a PBX with all switching occurring at a local telephone office instead of at the company's premises. Since when is centrrex a new technology? Stay away from Centrex unless you have no choice. The whole point of having a PBX is to control your organizations system. Not to give it back to the phone company.
Actually ETOPS restrictions can be lifted as they were with the Boeing 777. It is an extensive process but ETOPS is not the end all be all. Boeing 777's are running alot of pacific asia routes right now.
I agree. I block SSH access to my network. In order to ssh to my FC3 box you have to come in over IPsec VPN. Encryption is the only way to secure your network.