Sure, your WinXP box might not crash, but it could be turned into a zombie pretty fast if you didn't get third party software that serve no other purpose than to patch the OS (antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware, etc.)
No anti-virus or anti-spyware for me. But I am behind a firewall. But isn't everybody? Would you connect your Linux or BSD or OSX or Solaris or... box directly the 'net without any sort of bastion?
Kinda like dealing with M$, the first couple of problem should have clued you in on the fact that you might have to look else where to find reliable software.
Tell me, honestly, how often does a Windows XP computer not running Roxio CD Creator crash? For me, never. I've been running XP since it was released. I have no problems. In fact, I haven't done that "reinstall every six months" thing since before XP was released.
Installing a different IM client or a rival media player and setting them to default app is still beyond the abilities of most windows users.
And this is Microsoft's fault how? You wouldn't blame coke or pepsi if folks didn't know which side of the drinking glass was the top when the poured the can of soda into (or onto) the glass, would you?
"While purified tryptophan is a mild sleep-inducing agent, there is not enough in turkey to have a sedative affect"
Well, the author must have eaten something to make him forget the differences between "effect" and "affect!"
i never knew what one voice could do
i was in heaven the moment i heard you
my friends go out drinking and having fun -
i stay in bed with my headphones on
shot down with arrows from waves above
christopher lydon renounced my love
it took so long to get through to you
i never understood sorrow, and now i do
i finally got past your moniter,
and you broke my heart in two, chrisopher
christopher, i am your listener, christopher,
i've never felt love like this before, christopher,
christopher, now and forevermore, chrisopher
i'll never stop saying christopher, christopher
finally i knew what i had to do
christopher i had to make the connection with you
i dont care that you could be my father, dear chistopher
i will be yours til the bitter end........
so during a show about joan of arc
i got through - i said:
"christopher lydon, you've stolen my heart"
when i asked if you felt the same way for me
you cut me off like a guillotine
drawn like a bull to a matador-
i just see visions of chrisopher
shot down by arrows from waves above
christopher lydon renounced my love
christopher, i was your prisoner, christopher,
i hope you're happy now chistopher
thank you for everything but i'm not listening anymore nor do i plan to contribute to NPR
christopher what do you take me for i'm not just any old talk show host groupie....
oh christopher.....is there a chance for me?
christopher...beautiful, beautiful christopher....beautiful, beautiful, beautiful christopher....
Amen. My next-door neighbor drives her kids to the bus stop and they wait in the running car until the bus comes. I see this all over the place on my commute to work in the morning (45 minute commute, my wife and I carpool, btw). In my neighbor's case, it's amazingly sloth because the bus stop is three doors down from their house. Yes, she drives them 100 yards to the bus stop every day.
"I doubt many software engineers got into the business to write documents."
No, that's just it. People often ask the difference between a Software Engineer and a Computer Scientist. This pretty well covers it. Ideally, a Software Engineer is an Engineer like any other. A major portion of their work is designing and documenting. Like how a Structural Engineer would create blueprints. Also ideally, a Computer Scientist is a scientist like any other. He investigates the world of computer software - experimenting and recordign the results.
In the real world, the roles of both blurr into "the customer wants this, code it." But to live up to the title of Software Engineer, you need to be much more proactive and be very involved in the non-programming aspects such as requirements gathering, documenting, designing, documenting, prototyping, documenting, and documenting.
Hell yeah! I've got two black Thinkpads here with white Apple sticers on them. The stickers came with a dual-G5. I may not have a powerbook, but at least I can make the folks at Harbucks think I do!
Does it come with specs like these: "...an AMD system with a 15inch LCD screen, Sempron 2200 proc, and half a gig of ram..."?
The $299 Dell I see comes with a similar processor, 1/4 gig of ram, and a CRT monitor.
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Here's the obligatory rebuttal. You're forgetting the software. You can put Linux on it for free, but you're not getting nearly the user experience you get with a Mac. Or you can pay for Windows and the software that runs on it. That will bring up the cost of that $450US system. Still, not the same user experience. With a Mac, it's the compete system your paying for, not just the hardware.
There were OS X commercials here a few years back. Remember the switch campaign? It was a mediocre campaign that recieved lots of parody. Since then... Nothing.
I don't know about other markets, but here in Pittsburgh, I see no Apple TV spots other than for the iPod. I don't get it. They have the greatest consumer-level desktop environment in the world, but they're not pushing it at all. It's as if they're relying solely on word-of-mouth advertising.
I really think there needs to be more "power of OS X" type TV commercials to push this kick-ass system.
I can transmit power wirelessly. Here's a light bulb and a solar panel. Light bulbs transmit energy. Solar panels convert light energy to power. Voila.
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I have a 1.2GHz TBird, as well. I too, have an AMD64 system that's the workhorse now, but that TBird never gave me a single problem.
Hear here!
Sure, your WinXP box might not crash, but it could be turned into a zombie pretty fast if you didn't get third party software that serve no other purpose than to patch the OS (antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware, etc.)
No anti-virus or anti-spyware for me. But I am behind a firewall. But isn't everybody? Would you connect your Linux or BSD or OSX or Solaris or... box directly the 'net without any sort of bastion?
Kinda like dealing with M$, the first couple of problem should have clued you in on the fact that you might have to look else where to find reliable software.
Tell me, honestly, how often does a Windows XP computer not running Roxio CD Creator crash? For me, never. I've been running XP since it was released. I have no problems. In fact, I haven't done that "reinstall every six months" thing since before XP was released.
Installing a different IM client or a rival media player and setting them to default app is still beyond the abilities of most windows users. And this is Microsoft's fault how? You wouldn't blame coke or pepsi if folks didn't know which side of the drinking glass was the top when the poured the can of soda into (or onto) the glass, would you?
"While purified tryptophan is a mild sleep-inducing agent, there is not enough in turkey to have a sedative affect" Well, the author must have eaten something to make him forget the differences between "effect" and "affect!"
clutching the phone till my hands were sore
i never understood pain before, christopher
you cannot know what it does to me
hearing you speak with this frequency
i never knew what one voice could do
i was in heaven the moment i heard you
my friends go out drinking and having fun -
i stay in bed with my headphones on
shot down with arrows from waves above
christopher lydon renounced my love
it took so long to get through to you
i never understood sorrow, and now i do
i finally got past your moniter,
and you broke my heart in two, chrisopher
christopher, i am your listener, christopher,
i've never felt love like this before, christopher,
christopher, now and forevermore, chrisopher
i'll never stop saying christopher, christopher
finally i knew what i had to do
christopher i had to make the connection with you
i dont care that you could be my father, dear chistopher
i will be yours til the bitter end........
so during a show about joan of arc
i got through - i said:
"christopher lydon, you've stolen my heart"
when i asked if you felt the same way for me
you cut me off like a guillotine
drawn like a bull to a matador-
i just see visions of chrisopher
shot down by arrows from waves above
christopher lydon renounced my love
christopher, i was your prisoner, christopher,
i hope you're happy now chistopher
thank you for everything but i'm not listening anymore nor do i plan to contribute to NPR
christopher what do you take me for i'm not just any old talk show host groupie....
oh christopher.....is there a chance for me?
christopher...beautiful, beautiful christopher....beautiful, beautiful, beautiful christopher....
Amen. My next-door neighbor drives her kids to the bus stop and they wait in the running car until the bus comes. I see this all over the place on my commute to work in the morning (45 minute commute, my wife and I carpool, btw). In my neighbor's case, it's amazingly sloth because the bus stop is three doors down from their house. Yes, she drives them 100 yards to the bus stop every day.
"I doubt many software engineers got into the business to write documents."
No, that's just it. People often ask the difference between a Software Engineer and a Computer Scientist. This pretty well covers it. Ideally, a Software Engineer is an Engineer like any other. A major portion of their work is designing and documenting. Like how a Structural Engineer would create blueprints. Also ideally, a Computer Scientist is a scientist like any other. He investigates the world of computer software - experimenting and recordign the results.
In the real world, the roles of both blurr into "the customer wants this, code it." But to live up to the title of Software Engineer, you need to be much more proactive and be very involved in the non-programming aspects such as requirements gathering, documenting, designing, documenting, prototyping, documenting, and documenting.
Hah Hah.... Multiple Entendre!
Hell yeah! I've got two black Thinkpads here with white Apple sticers on them. The stickers came with a dual-G5. I may not have a powerbook, but at least I can make the folks at Harbucks think I do!
Does it come with specs like these: "...an AMD system with a 15inch LCD screen, Sempron 2200 proc, and half a gig of ram..."?
The $299 Dell I see comes with a similar processor, 1/4 gig of ram, and a CRT monitor.
Here's the obligatory rebuttal. You're forgetting the software. You can put Linux on it for free, but you're not getting nearly the user experience you get with a Mac. Or you can pay for Windows and the software that runs on it. That will bring up the cost of that $450US system. Still, not the same user experience. With a Mac, it's the compete system your paying for, not just the hardware.
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Exactly. People can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forty percent of all people know that.
Touché, Cost Mart!
There were OS X commercials here a few years back. Remember the switch campaign? It was a mediocre campaign that recieved lots of parody. Since then... Nothing.
I don't know about other markets, but here in Pittsburgh, I see no Apple TV spots other than for the iPod. I don't get it. They have the greatest consumer-level desktop environment in the world, but they're not pushing it at all. It's as if they're relying solely on word-of-mouth advertising. I really think there needs to be more "power of OS X" type TV commercials to push this kick-ass system.
"Friday the 13th will come on a Friday that month!"
I'd have to check, but I can't reacall any Friday the 13ths that came on anything other than a Friday. [Neudge!]
I can transmit power wirelessly. Here's a light bulb and a solar panel. Light bulbs transmit energy. Solar panels convert light energy to power. Voila.