This site
(don't ask me why it's an IP address, I don't know), rhinotek, claims that their
cartridges are better than OEMs. I've been able to get them from my
distributor, Ingram Micro, and most of my customers who've used them liked them.
I bought toner for my LaserJet 1100, and it's still going good two years later.
Re:With a hopefully smaller burst of the bubble
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I agree. What I would be watching is where the 'smart money' is going. Where are people like Warren Buffett, the hedge fund managers, etc. putting the money they manage?
For me the best OS is the one I already know how to use. My brain has been full for a few years now and--as pathetic as it sounds--I just don't feel like learning another OS. I use Linux and Windows since I know how, but, for all I know, BSD may be better.
I guess that when I find something that I really need to do that Linux and/or Windows can't manage, then I will be forced to learn something else. Maybe BSD...who knows?
I hear a lot of people complaining that FC sucks, but that hasn't been my experience. I've been using FC1 since it came out to run backups on an internal network and over vpn. It often has more than 30 concurrent connections. Currently it has been up for 178 days w/o reboot.
When you look at what places like GeekSquad charge per hour for diagnosis and repair, it gets pretty hard to recommend anything other than a new box when things go bad.
I agree. And most people think that you can just upgrade the processor, without realizing that this usually entails a new motherboard, new memory--in other words, they might as well get a new machine.
The exception being the small business that has $2000 worth of software running on the old beater that is really ready for the junkyard. Many small businesses don't know how to reinstall the software, clone the hard drive or are too afraid of losing their data.
Prices for fully loaded, name-brand PCs have slipped below $300 in the last few weeks, a major milestone.
The PCs that are below $300 may be 'brand name' but they are hardly what I'd call 'fully loaded.' Usually 128MB memory and a Celeron or Sempron. Definitely not the Rolls-Royce of computing.
FTA Apple has said it would not allow Apple OS X to run on any machine other than an Apple Macintosh.
Seriously, I'm asking...how would they be able to stop it? I must be missing something.
it's an illusion alright
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From the article:The most visually impressive of these is Google Maps, which gives you the illusion of being able to drag around an infinitely sizable map in its little map window.
It's illusory alright, when I start at the US and scroll due west the first thing that I come to is the UK. Where'd all the other countries go?
I know that being a computer geek, I'm supposed to in favor or computers doing everything, but I'm more than a little uneasy about this paperless voting thing.
I'm sure there are many, many advantages, but if I don't trust it, how can we expect the people who can't even figure out how to set up their email to trust it.
I would like to see a real 'go-slow' approach on this one.
I did not RTA, but it seems to me that your degree of paranoia should be relative to the importance of what you're protecting.
For instance, I don't use wireless on my work network because I have a lot of confidential client information to protect. But at home I like the convenience of being able to roam the house and yard.
Could it really be that much different than working for a large, faceless corporation? The same problem seems to crop up wherever one works--dealing with other people.
Personally, I've never had a job that the most challenging part of the position wasn't learning to get things done by 'working the system.' The technical aspects of the job paled in comparison.
It's also within the realm of possibility that God created the Jews more intelligent.
Well, I wasn't going to bring that up, since it's a metaphysical matter that seems to me to fall outside the scope of what can and cannot be proven.
However, I do agree that if you believe in the omniscient, omnipotent God of the Judeo-Christian tradition (which I do), it would stand to reason also that He *may* have. But--depending upon the amount of determinism in your theology--I don't believe that necessarily rules out micro-evolution.
That makes sense to me. As an aside, I wonder sometimes whether we just naturally (and perhaps erroneously) think that higher intelligence necessarily equates to a competitive advantage for the passing on of one's genetic code.
If so, this would probably stem from the commonly held misconception that survivability=procreation. Obviously that does not always hold true. Without really knowing, I would be willing to bet that within the US, the demographic groups that have the shortest average lifespans are also producing a higher average number of offspring. Like I said, this is a hunch, not anything that I have any data or evidence for.
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Since I'm mostly unfamiliar with Solaris, what are the main advantages it has over Linux, BSD and Windows? Just curious.
This site (don't ask me why it's an IP address, I don't know), rhinotek, claims that their cartridges are better than OEMs. I've been able to get them from my distributor, Ingram Micro, and most of my customers who've used them liked them. I bought toner for my LaserJet 1100, and it's still going good two years later.
I agree. What I would be watching is where the 'smart money' is going. Where are people like Warren Buffett, the hedge fund managers, etc. putting the money they manage?
For me the best OS is the one I already know how to use. My brain has been full for a few years now and--as pathetic as it sounds--I just don't feel like learning another OS. I use Linux and Windows since I know how, but, for all I know, BSD may be better.
I guess that when I find something that I really need to do that Linux and/or Windows can't manage, then I will be forced to learn something else. Maybe BSD...who knows?
I hear a lot of people complaining that FC sucks, but that hasn't been my experience. I've been using FC1 since it came out to run backups on an internal network and over vpn. It often has more than 30 concurrent connections. Currently it has been up for 178 days w/o reboot.
I see a deep schism growing in the processor industry. There are two main camps, the parallel processors, and the screemin single processors.
I would like to have a parallel processor for my servers and a single processor to do video rendering. Is there a downside that I'm missing?
When you look at what places like GeekSquad charge per hour for diagnosis and repair, it gets pretty hard to recommend anything other than a new box when things go bad.
I agree. And most people think that you can just upgrade the processor, without realizing that this usually entails a new motherboard, new memory--in other words, they might as well get a new machine.
The exception being the small business that has $2000 worth of software running on the old beater that is really ready for the junkyard. Many small businesses don't know how to reinstall the software, clone the hard drive or are too afraid of losing their data.
Prices for fully loaded, name-brand PCs have slipped below $300 in the last few weeks, a major milestone.
The PCs that are below $300 may be 'brand name' but they are hardly what I'd call 'fully loaded.' Usually 128MB memory and a Celeron or Sempron. Definitely not the Rolls-Royce of computing.
they'll be on ebay soon
They are really making a movie out of a video game? I guess that I just don't understand.
Apple dropped IBM because IBM like Linux, and Apple needs Linux to fail so that Apple can be the next big thing.
You know I kind of wondered about that myself. After all, would Mac on Intel take market share from MS or Linux. Or neither. I can't decide.
This is all to complicated. I used to know who to distrust.
FTA Apple has said it would not allow Apple OS X to run on any machine other than an Apple Macintosh.
Seriously, I'm asking...how would they be able to stop it? I must be missing something.
From the article:The most visually impressive of these is Google Maps, which gives you the illusion of being able to drag around an infinitely sizable map in its little map window.
It's illusory alright, when I start at the US and scroll due west the first thing that I come to is the UK. Where'd all the other countries go?
My mistake--it was a different (but stinky) plant.
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/08/18/loc_st ink_in_air_as.html
We have a plant conservatory here in Cincinnati that has one of these (or something like it). It bloomed a few years ago. It was awful.
Maybe MS could just make it easier by letting us know what actually *will* make it into Longhorn...
We can probably get results more quickly and maybe less manpower would be involved--the usual advantages to computerizing tasks.
Having said that, I'm still very wary (he he...I rhymed) about it.
I know that being a computer geek, I'm supposed to in favor or computers doing everything, but I'm more than a little uneasy about this paperless voting thing.
I'm sure there are many, many advantages, but if I don't trust it, how can we expect the people who can't even figure out how to set up their email to trust it.
I would like to see a real 'go-slow' approach on this one.
I did not RTA, but it seems to me that your degree of paranoia should be relative to the importance of what you're protecting.
For instance, I don't use wireless on my work network because I have a lot of confidential client information to protect. But at home I like the convenience of being able to roam the house and yard.
Man, that sounds like the voice of experience!
Could it really be that much different than working for a large, faceless corporation? The same problem seems to crop up wherever one works--dealing with other people.
Personally, I've never had a job that the most challenging part of the position wasn't learning to get things done by 'working the system.' The technical aspects of the job paled in comparison.
Is it just me or does he look like a Transformer?
I figure that it would be a lot safer to have a secure password in my wallet than an insecure one committed to memory.
However, I imagine that there's merits to both sides of the argument.
It's also within the realm of possibility that God created the Jews more intelligent.
Well, I wasn't going to bring that up, since it's a metaphysical matter that seems to me to fall outside the scope of what can and cannot be proven.
However, I do agree that if you believe in the omniscient, omnipotent God of the Judeo-Christian tradition (which I do), it would stand to reason also that He *may* have. But--depending upon the amount of determinism in your theology--I don't believe that necessarily rules out micro-evolution.
That makes sense to me. As an aside, I wonder sometimes whether we just naturally (and perhaps erroneously) think that higher intelligence necessarily equates to a competitive advantage for the passing on of one's genetic code.
If so, this would probably stem from the commonly held misconception that survivability=procreation. Obviously that does not always hold true. Without really knowing, I would be willing to bet that within the US, the demographic groups that have the shortest average lifespans are also producing a higher average number of offspring. Like I said, this is a hunch, not anything that I have any data or evidence for.