while many bash the internet advertisers, they have been a big force in the proliferation of the internet. Remember how quickly the internet expanded before commercialization? It was just geeks like us without all the cool stuff. The internet gave us better paying jobs as far as technology workers go and cool stuff to work on. We might complain about all the clueless average users on the internet now, but heck even my mom is on the internet. To give you an idea of her level of sophistication, she got a message "illegal operation" on her computer and was scared she'd done something wrong and didn't use it for days! I explained to her that he didn't do anything illegal.:)
Lunch is not free and if advertisers aren't around to pay the bill, this big bad internet is down the tubes. The lack of earnings is already hurting the dot coms on the stock market and within a year consolidation will take out many of those startups too. So rail on the advertisers and wait for all your free this and free that. Oh but wait things aren't really free, someone pays for them, even if it's not you. I worry that the next generation won't be the internet generation, but the "entitled generation" which expects everything to be free. I hope I am wrong.
So complaining about advertisers as evil is like complaining about taxes and then taking the ability to drive on a well paved road as a right and not a privilege. I am as guilty of this too and I would be a hypocrit not to admit it. So hand me that "free" stuff and I'll look at their advertisements. Cause if they go out of business I can't get my free stuff anymore.
Consistently the sci-fi original movies I have seen have been absolutely terrible. They are even consistent on that. Strangely their original series, most notably Lexx and Farscape have shown amazing originality and distinct original characters. Given that a mini-series is a compromise between them, will it be like the terrible movies or the intriguing series?
Within a month and a half, AMD will be shipping it's newest versions of the Athlon which include full speed on die cache. There will be spitfire which is the value version and thunderbird which is the performance version. From rumors that have been online recently the spitfire is being delayed until the thunderbird is ready. The reason is that spitfire is faster than current athlons, but it's the value version. Both are supposed to be released in June, but rumors are that it will be sooner. Much like when athlon beat katmai hands down, that will once again be the case once these are released. I'd recommend waiting two months and then buying a thunderbird. Paul Sundling
I have a book with a title something like "Way of the warrior" that talked at length about the jedi project where they were trying to develop way out there stuff like remote viewing and super reflexes. I read it like 3 or 4 years ago so I don't remember a lot of it. I remember they had positive experiments using positive thinking and visualization techniques to improve target scores using.45 caliber one handed. Most of it was way out there stuff. So the use of technology to augment has been around as long as technology. In fact, much like gamers and scientists tend to be ones pushing computer power. The military often tries to push technology as well. If I recall correctly the internet was a DARPA project initially. Paul Sundling
there is a site that has all episodes and the plots of those episodes, plus commentary from JMS who write most of the episodes and analysis. I don't remember the URL, I'd have to do a websearch to find it. Anyway my advice to anyone is watch the entire series TWICE. The first time through, the first season will bore you. Things are really moving the fourth season and once you have seen it once the whole way through, you will look at the episodes in the first season and say things like "Wow, that doesn't come up until season 4 and this is only the 4th episode!!". You will see the plot threads that come together and probably be pretty impressed. It's the closest you are going to get on TV for having the complexity of a good novel. When it went to TNT, I bought cable just to be able to watch the show.
That is the one where they break away from the earth alliance and the minbari come to the rescue at the last moment. That can stand on it's own, although the related story elements matter. There is only one human captian that has beat a minbari ship. He is behind me and you are in front of me. Not an exact quote but very memorable.
First they did the brilliant move of calling them coppermines, even though there is no relation what so ever to the copper process. So when MOT, IBM and AMD start using copper, those who aren't paying attention will think that Intel has already been doing that. It also slowed down the Athlon invasion by staying competitive. This is the second smart thing they have done, which is that Coppermines that don't make the grade can now become celerons. Now all those failed chips can actually be sold as budget chips. This way they can switch all their fabs to coppermine and increase the number of good chips they get and sell the failed ones as celerons. Way to go intel. I've got a lot of AMD stock based on all the mistakes intel has been making and what AMD has been doing right, but this does signal that the end of intel production problems is going away. (sort of)
Well my gaming site is one of the many sites to bite it on cihost. A year ago this would have been a big deal, but I've kind of let it go since I started working for an internet startup too. I do actually have a backup from 5 months ago at home.:) Paul
You think superior product always wins?? Far from it. It may win with us geeks, but the average user will actually buy into the Pentium 3 advertising. You think it's really that impossible to imagine a comsumer going into a store where both Athlon and Pentium 3 are and then they choose the Pentium 3 because they want to get onto the internet??
Marketing is more important than product in many ways. What good is having a better product if no one knows about it or buys it? Combine that with M$ tactics that they are using on AMD and if something doesn't happen the only ones buying Athlons will be the geeks. AMD needs some good marketing...if they can even afford it. All their eggs are on one basket. Athlon fails, AMD fails. You know what happens when AMD fails, complacency. For those who point out the Alphas. They are immaterial because they don't run windows 95/98 and cost too much. That will change only when linux wins on the desktop. Oops wasn't I supposed to say if.:) Paul
Everyone is still complacent and saying let them fight it out... The one thing we all need to remember is that if you like Intel dropping it's prices, you better buy an Athlon. Otherwise, you can forget the dropping prices as this stint of competition will be over. Don't forget that AMD has bet EVERYTHING on the Athlon. They went deep into debt on Fab 30 and they have been losing money for the last several quarters. They have even announced they are going to sell one of their non-chip divisions which is profitable for cash to continue to fund their chip business. AMD is doing well on the technical side, but if they can't succeed with the Athlon, AMD is history. If it weren't for AMD there wouldn't have been low cost Celerons available to compete with their K6-2. If it weren't for the Athlon, Pentium 3 prices would still be much higher. This is not the first round of this fight. This fight has been going on for years, so many may be complacent that it will continue. You think AMD will always be around? Trust me, you will miss them when they are gone. If they lose this round, there won't be another one. Paul
They may be adding cobalts and amiga, but when will gateway sell Athlons? I really want to see one of those in action and I bought my last couple of computers through gateway. We've been reading how cool they are on slashdot, now I want to buy one for real.
First off, surgery is only as a last result. There are plenty of things that you can do. There are also a number of risk factors that many of us all share. To put this in perspective, the worst I ever got was when it hurt to walk because I could feel the vibrations in my hands. Now I'm pain free most of the time, even though I work at least 60 hours a week. 1. If you are given anti-inflammatories like ibuprofen, napersin be sure that you don't just take it with a little milk like the label implies. Consume larger snacks, the more the better. I have had stomach problems ever since I took the medication, even though I haven't been taking it anymore. Don't trade hand problems for stomach problems. Relafen is much better on your stomach, so you might want to ask for it. 2. Try not to work more than 80 hours a week.:) 3. weight, diet and exercise are contributing risk factors. There are a bunch of exercises physical therapy wise that help and I know when pain reoccurs it usually correlates with my gaining weight from a lack of exercise. Diet is a big one, as vitamin B6 has been linked to it. One of the main reasons for B6 deficiencies is cafeine. There's a good phamplet that covers this that you might be able to find in health stores, named something like how to cure Carpel Tunnel Syndrome without surgery. I was originally told in the health food store by someone working there to avoid caffeine and verbally lashed out at them. The idea of me giving up caffeine!! Later I realized that I could work an hour before pain and after an hour of rest at lunch, I could only work 15 minutes. Then I realized that at lunch I was drinking a 40 oz soda everyday. Taking B6 (although you have to be careful about dosage to avoid vitamin toxicity) and stopping caffeine made a big difference. Drinking a lot of water is supposed to help as well. 4. Ergonomics are important. I'm sure you've gotten a lot of advice on this. For me the best keyboard is the smaller MS natural keyboard, the elite. The fact the arrow keys are smaller is a real pain, but it's easier on my hands. Get desks with an adjustable tray so you can get it at the right level. For this, there are good fold up tables that you can get at staples for $50. I've tried those joystick type mice and it was cool for a couple days, but then it just caused pain in another set of muscles instead, which it used pretty heavily. 5. it returns if you don't keep doing what you can to avoid it. Once you heal a bit, taking up a hobby which strengthens these muscles helps. There is someone who started rock climbing and it never had problems again. I usually do pretty good when I'm swimming on a regular basis. Once you have a Repetitive Stress problem, you have to pay attention to avoid it coming back. Those stress balls could also help, but I haven't done it enough to have a firm opinion. Unfortunately, I've been paying less attention to it, so I've forgotten a lot of the details.
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Lunch is not free and if advertisers aren't around to pay the bill, this big bad internet is down the tubes. The lack of earnings is already hurting the dot coms on the stock market and within a year consolidation will take out many of those startups too. So rail on the advertisers and wait for all your free this and free that. Oh but wait things aren't really free, someone pays for them, even if it's not you. I worry that the next generation won't be the internet generation, but the "entitled generation" which expects everything to be free. I hope I am wrong.
So complaining about advertisers as evil is like complaining about taxes and then taking the ability to drive on a well paved road as a right and not a privilege. I am as guilty of this too and I would be a hypocrit not to admit it. So hand me that "free" stuff and I'll look at their advertisements. Cause if they go out of business I can't get my free stuff anymore.
Consistently the sci-fi original movies I have seen have been absolutely terrible. They are even consistent on that. Strangely their original series, most notably Lexx and Farscape have shown amazing originality and distinct original characters. Given that a mini-series is a compromise between them, will it be like the terrible movies or the intriguing series?
Within a month and a half, AMD will be shipping it's newest versions of the Athlon which include full speed on die cache. There will be spitfire which is the value version and thunderbird which is the performance version. From rumors that have been online recently the spitfire is being delayed until the thunderbird is ready. The reason is that spitfire is faster than current athlons, but it's the value version. Both are supposed to be released in June, but rumors are that it will be sooner. Much like when athlon beat katmai hands down, that will once again be the case once these are released. I'd recommend waiting two months and then buying a thunderbird. Paul Sundling
I have a book with a title something like "Way of the warrior" that talked at length about the jedi project where they were trying to develop way out there stuff like remote viewing and super reflexes. I read it like 3 or 4 years ago so I don't remember a lot of it. I remember they had positive experiments using positive thinking and visualization techniques to improve target scores using .45 caliber one handed. Most of it was way out there stuff. So the use of technology to augment has been around as long as technology. In fact, much like gamers and scientists tend to be ones pushing computer power. The military often tries to push technology as well. If I recall correctly the internet was a DARPA project initially. Paul Sundling
there is a site that has all episodes and the plots of those episodes, plus commentary from JMS who write most of the episodes and analysis. I don't remember the URL, I'd have to do a websearch to find it. Anyway my advice to anyone is watch the entire series TWICE. The first time through, the first season will bore you. Things are really moving the fourth season and once you have seen it once the whole way through, you will look at the episodes in the first season and say things like "Wow, that doesn't come up until season 4 and this is only the 4th episode!!". You will see the plot threads that come together and probably be pretty impressed. It's the closest you are going to get on TV for having the complexity of a good novel. When it went to TNT, I bought cable just to be able to watch the show.
That is the one where they break away from the earth alliance and the minbari come to the rescue at the last moment. That can stand on it's own, although the related story elements matter. There is only one human captian that has beat a minbari ship. He is behind me and you are in front of me. Not an exact quote but very memorable.
First they did the brilliant move of calling them coppermines, even though there is no relation what so ever to the copper process. So when MOT, IBM and AMD start using copper, those who aren't paying attention will think that Intel has already been doing that. It also slowed down the Athlon invasion by staying competitive. This is the second smart thing they have done, which is that Coppermines that don't make the grade can now become celerons. Now all those failed chips can actually be sold as budget chips. This way they can switch all their fabs to coppermine and increase the number of good chips they get and sell the failed ones as celerons. Way to go intel. I've got a lot of AMD stock based on all the mistakes intel has been making and what AMD has been doing right, but this does signal that the end of intel production problems is going away. (sort of)
Maybe it is time he should upgrade his brain to an athlon. :)
Well my gaming site is one of the many sites to bite it on cihost. A year ago this would have been a big deal, but I've kind of let it go since I started working for an internet startup too. I do actually have a backup from 5 months ago at home. :) Paul
Marketing is more important than product in many ways. What good is having a better product if no one knows about it or buys it? Combine that with M$ tactics that they are using on AMD and if something doesn't happen the only ones buying Athlons will be the geeks. AMD needs some good marketing...if they can even afford it. All their eggs are on one basket. Athlon fails, AMD fails. You know what happens when AMD fails, complacency. For those who point out the Alphas. They are immaterial because they don't run windows 95/98 and cost too much. That will change only when linux wins on the desktop. Oops wasn't I supposed to say if. :) Paul
Everyone is still complacent and saying let them fight it out... The one thing we all need to remember is that if you like Intel dropping it's prices, you better buy an Athlon. Otherwise, you can forget the dropping prices as this stint of competition will be over. Don't forget that AMD has bet EVERYTHING on the Athlon. They went deep into debt on Fab 30 and they have been losing money for the last several quarters. They have even announced they are going to sell one of their non-chip divisions which is profitable for cash to continue to fund their chip business. AMD is doing well on the technical side, but if they can't succeed with the Athlon, AMD is history. If it weren't for AMD there wouldn't have been low cost Celerons available to compete with their K6-2. If it weren't for the Athlon, Pentium 3 prices would still be much higher. This is not the first round of this fight. This fight has been going on for years, so many may be complacent that it will continue. You think AMD will always be around? Trust me, you will miss them when they are gone. If they lose this round, there won't be another one. Paul
They may be adding cobalts and amiga, but when
will gateway sell Athlons? I really want to see
one of those in action and I bought my last
couple of computers through gateway. We've been
reading how cool they are on slashdot, now I
want to buy one for real.
Paul
First off, surgery is only as a last result. There are plenty of things that you can do. There are also a number of risk factors that many of us all share. To put this in perspective, the worst I ever got was when it hurt to walk because I could feel the vibrations in my hands. Now I'm pain free most of the time, even though I work at least 60 hours a week. 1. If you are given anti-inflammatories like ibuprofen, napersin be sure that you don't just take it with a little milk like the label implies. Consume larger snacks, the more the better. I have had stomach problems ever since I took the medication, even though I haven't been taking it anymore. Don't trade hand problems for stomach problems. Relafen is much better on your stomach, so you might want to ask for it. 2. Try not to work more than 80 hours a week. :) 3. weight, diet and exercise are contributing risk factors. There are a bunch of exercises physical therapy wise that help and I know when pain reoccurs it usually correlates with my gaining weight from a lack of exercise. Diet is a big one, as vitamin B6 has been linked to it. One of the main reasons for B6 deficiencies is cafeine. There's a good phamplet that covers this that you might be able to find in health stores, named something like how to cure Carpel Tunnel Syndrome without surgery. I was originally told in the health food store by someone working there to avoid caffeine and verbally lashed out at them. The idea of me giving up caffeine!! Later I realized that I could work an hour before pain and after an hour of rest at lunch, I could only work 15 minutes. Then I realized that at lunch I was drinking a 40 oz soda everyday. Taking B6 (although you have to be careful about dosage to avoid vitamin toxicity) and stopping caffeine made a big difference. Drinking a lot of water is supposed to help as well. 4. Ergonomics are important. I'm sure you've gotten a lot of advice on this. For me the best keyboard is the smaller MS natural keyboard, the elite. The fact the arrow keys are smaller is a real pain, but it's easier on my hands. Get desks with an adjustable tray so you can get it at the right level. For this, there are good fold up tables that you can get at staples for $50. I've tried those joystick type mice and it was cool for a couple days, but then it just caused pain in another set of muscles instead, which it used pretty heavily. 5. it returns if you don't keep doing what you can to avoid it. Once you heal a bit, taking up a hobby which strengthens these muscles helps. There is someone who started rock climbing and it never had problems again. I usually do pretty good when I'm swimming on a regular basis. Once you have a Repetitive Stress problem, you have to pay attention to avoid it coming back. Those stress balls could also help, but I haven't done it enough to have a firm opinion. Unfortunately, I've been paying less attention to it, so I've forgotten a lot of the details.