they get more bandwidth... everyone knows that North America is the first place that will go with the missles fly. They're just going to use what North American ISPs won't need anymore.
So lemme get this straight....
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The Human Mutation
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1. Scientist suspects that there are differences between humans and apes. 2. Scientist looks for said difference. 3. Scientist discovers said difference. 4. World in awe of Scientists intellectual prowess. 5. Story makes Slashdot. 6. Jokes made about overlords and beowulf clusters. 7. World realizes that there are protein and amino acid differences encoded in our genes 8. World realizes that world already suspected as much and Scientist fades into obscurity. 9. "Neuropsin" ends up as most obscure Jeopardy answer EVER
This is cool and all, but unless we plan on manipulating those genes in Apes and three years later accepting simian dominance of our world I can't see how this impacts anyone but grant writers.
As long as end users are receiving messages like this this blaming the end user is still a bit of a stretch. What will really make a difference is when competition returns in full force to the operating system market. It took over a decade of the Big 3 auto makers making the automotive equivalent of a turd before the Japanese auto makers began to see large market gains, and the drivers didn't need to become mechanics in order to make that happen.
Suggesting that the end user, the same people that answer "Word" when you ask them where they saved their file, could offer meaningful programming suggestions isn't very practical. End users aren't programmers and beyond feature requests or UI suggestions I can't really see them offering much. I apologize to those that like more in depth car analogies. It's been a long day and I just couldn't bring myself to try harder.
Too true. Collectively/.ers tend to be contrary for the sake of being contrary. I agree with you. I teach at a technical high school and by observation of my traditional K12 colleagues they tend to react to fads in education better than kids react to fads in shoes!
Hazaaaaa! There are still enough of us that buy the PDAs that I think manufacturers will continue to pursue the market. If it weren't for the crappy battery life, poor navigation, ridiculously small buttons, and smaller screens the converged devices would be perfect for me:-)
There is a point in any products design possibilities that when reached makes the product very undesirable. Something that is bigger than a pda but too big to put into a pocket, smaller than a tablet but too small to have a practical screen, something as powerful as a laptop but without the convenience of a full size keyboard. I am one of those relics still addicted to the Palm products, I have a TX and for all intents and purposes it can do everything that I need to do when I need a quick mobile fix, otherwise I fire up the laptop for real work.
The author laments the fact that there are some enterprises that do not contribute to the community yet draw substantial benefit from that same community. This is the same problem we have with free speech in that many people will benefit from the fact that they can speak, and earn a living from that speach (read: Dvorak) yet only a smaller subset of those speaking are actually saying anything that edifies society or benefits it meaningfully. If the FLOSS community is going to espouse freedom then they'll have to suck it up that the leeches are free to use it.
Disclaimer... I personally can't program worth a crap. I get lost in my own 25 line shell scripts so I have to donate in order to contribute (go elive!)
a series of breasts. Some of the breasts are A cups. These sites don't get as many subscriptions as some of the larger hmmmmm firmer B and C cup sites. The D cup sites are specialty sites, large, soft, supple specialty sites. Some of the old D cup sites have been sagging lately because they are getting old and in need of silicon help. There are other sites that are even Pre-A cup sites but they are illegal just about everywhere. Lastly there are NO cup sites. These sites are generally for people who install track lighting at home and listen to Judy Garland albums in silk pajamas that match the wall paper.
This is a long time coming, and I'm excited about this but has anyone really considered that one of the benefits of mechanical storage is that the data can still be pretty easily recovered if the hdd isn't bootable any longer. How easy or difficult would it be to recover data from an SSD drive if it isn't bootable? I'm thinking that putting it in the freezer just isn't going to work any more.
$650 for the dell.
$34.98 for a McAfee license (Enterprise)
$84.00 for a Windows XP cal to connect to a Windows 2003 server. (in Windows 2000 the cal was included)
$29.00 for a SpySweeper license
We're at $797.98 right now and we haven't done anything. Lets add a little more for the Ghost license etc if you want to image the machine.
Windows might be cheaper at it's most basic, the problem is that windows isn't much cheaper when one considers the additional stuff you need to purchase for it to be safe and functional.
To be fair, you would still need to purchase a cal for the Mac if you are going to connect to a Windows server.
Even with their profits in their core strengths, MS typically isn't making money in any business that isn't Office or Windows related.
I don't think they are dead at all, not by a long shot. I agree with you that they are incredibly resourceful, but you are incorrect in your assertion that MSN is profitable. See the article above.
They aren't dead... it's just a flesh wound. Seriously though there is some writing on the wall. They haven't been able to derail Linux despite several proxy lawsuits. They are spending money hand over fist in order to stay in the music business and the same is true for the gaming business. According to Businessweek MS loses $71 on every xbox 360 sold! The NT kernel has reached it's end of life, and all you have to do is look at Vista to realize that it is a Frankensteins monster of ideas from *nix and MacOS X. Microsoft for the most part is hemorrhaging cash on all but two fronts in the industry, and that is for how long? Does anyone know how to play taps? This is going to be one very drawn out, slow, and boring funeral.
You are dead on target. These kids can't write well as it is... and giving them another excuse to actually put less effort than they already do is ill advised.
Observationally, as a teacher I would like to suggest that the kids could try these revolutionary ideas instead:
Take notes. Read their textbooks. Email the teacher (my kids do this one a lot) Actually pay attention.
I see this as giving the kids a device they won't use for the purpose intended (for the most part anyway), and as just another silly idea from the Ivory Tower folks. This won't save one ream of paper IMHO. Schools burn through paper like you wouldn't believe.
It is truly a pleasure to watch common sense take its proper seat in our judiciary. It's all too rare in this American life these days to see the government actually assert itself over a corporation.
Well, I can't speculate on clogging, but you can be certain that repairs will be more than the cost of the machine itself.... this printer, at that price is disposable not repairable.
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they get more bandwidth... everyone knows that North America is the first place that will go with the missles fly. They're just going to use what North American ISPs won't need anymore.
Human Sacrifice
1. Scientist suspects that there are differences between humans and apes.
2. Scientist looks for said difference.
3. Scientist discovers said difference.
4. World in awe of Scientists intellectual prowess.
5. Story makes Slashdot.
6. Jokes made about overlords and beowulf clusters.
7. World realizes that there are protein and amino acid differences encoded in our genes
8. World realizes that world already suspected as much and Scientist fades into obscurity.
9. "Neuropsin" ends up as most obscure Jeopardy answer EVER
This is cool and all, but unless we plan on manipulating those genes in Apes and three years later accepting simian dominance of our world I can't see how this impacts anyone but grant writers.
As long as end users are receiving messages like this this blaming the end user is still a bit of a stretch. What will really make a difference is when competition returns in full force to the operating system market. It took over a decade of the Big 3 auto makers making the automotive equivalent of a turd before the Japanese auto makers began to see large market gains, and the drivers didn't need to become mechanics in order to make that happen.
Suggesting that the end user, the same people that answer "Word" when you ask them where they saved their file, could offer meaningful programming suggestions isn't very practical. End users aren't programmers and beyond feature requests or UI suggestions I can't really see them offering much. I apologize to those that like more in depth car analogies. It's been a long day and I just couldn't bring myself to try harder.
Too true. Collectively /.ers tend to be contrary for the sake of being contrary. I agree with you. I teach at a technical high school and by observation of my traditional K12 colleagues they tend to react to fads in education better than kids react to fads in shoes!
the collective DUH! from thousands of /.ers. Can any of us claim even the slightest surprise at the outcome of those programs?
Hazaaaaa! There are still enough of us that buy the PDAs that I think manufacturers will continue to pursue the market. If it weren't for the crappy battery life, poor navigation, ridiculously small buttons, and smaller screens the converged devices would be perfect for me :-)
There is a point in any products design possibilities that when reached makes the product very undesirable. Something that is bigger than a pda but too big to put into a pocket, smaller than a tablet but too small to have a practical screen, something as powerful as a laptop but without the convenience of a full size keyboard. I am one of those relics still addicted to the Palm products, I have a TX and for all intents and purposes it can do everything that I need to do when I need a quick mobile fix, otherwise I fire up the laptop for real work.
You are my hero.
The author laments the fact that there are some enterprises that do not contribute to the community yet draw substantial benefit from that same community. This is the same problem we have with free speech in that many people will benefit from the fact that they can speak, and earn a living from that speach (read: Dvorak) yet only a smaller subset of those speaking are actually saying anything that edifies society or benefits it meaningfully. If the FLOSS community is going to espouse freedom then they'll have to suck it up that the leeches are free to use it.
Disclaimer... I personally can't program worth a crap. I get lost in my own 25 line shell scripts so I have to donate in order to contribute (go elive!)
a series of breasts. Some of the breasts are A cups. These sites don't get as many subscriptions as some of the larger hmmmmm firmer B and C cup sites. The D cup sites are specialty sites, large, soft, supple specialty sites. Some of the old D cup sites have been sagging lately because they are getting old and in need of silicon help. There are other sites that are even Pre-A cup sites but they are illegal just about everywhere. Lastly there are NO cup sites. These sites are generally for people who install track lighting at home and listen to Judy Garland albums in silk pajamas that match the wall paper.
This is a long time coming, and I'm excited about this but has anyone really considered that one of the benefits of mechanical storage is that the data can still be pretty easily recovered if the hdd isn't bootable any longer. How easy or difficult would it be to recover data from an SSD drive if it isn't bootable? I'm thinking that putting it in the freezer just isn't going to work any more.
I was really trying not to sound like a fanboy, there is too much of that going on. But you're absolutely right, there are many work-arounds.
Hmmm.... Okay.....
$650 for the dell.
$34.98 for a McAfee license (Enterprise)
$84.00 for a Windows XP cal to connect to a Windows 2003 server. (in Windows 2000 the cal was included)
$29.00 for a SpySweeper license
We're at $797.98 right now and we haven't done anything. Lets add a little more for the Ghost license etc if you want to image the machine.
Windows might be cheaper at it's most basic, the problem is that windows isn't much cheaper when one considers the additional stuff you need to purchase for it to be safe and functional.
To be fair, you would still need to purchase a cal for the Mac if you are going to connect to a Windows server.
Do you suppose they have to call the US for technical support with the satellite and then complain because they can't understand our accent?
Congratulations! You have just dashed the last hope of many of us here! I hope you're happy!
You're right that they receive royalties per title, yet even with those royalties the XBox program isn't profitable for them.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/290188_m
Even with their profits in their core strengths, MS typically isn't making money in any business that isn't Office or Windows related.
I don't think they are dead at all, not by a long shot. I agree with you that they are incredibly resourceful, but you are incorrect in your assertion that MSN is profitable. See the article above.
They aren't dead... it's just a flesh wound. Seriously though there is some writing on the wall. They haven't been able to derail Linux despite several proxy lawsuits. They are spending money hand over fist in order to stay in the music business and the same is true for the gaming business. According to Businessweek MS loses $71 on every xbox 360 sold! The NT kernel has reached it's end of life, and all you have to do is look at Vista to realize that it is a Frankensteins monster of ideas from *nix and MacOS X. Microsoft for the most part is hemorrhaging cash on all but two fronts in the industry, and that is for how long? Does anyone know how to play taps? This is going to be one very drawn out, slow, and boring funeral.
You are dead on target. These kids can't write well as it is... and giving them another excuse to actually put less effort than they already do is ill advised.
This is a state thing not national. I agree with you... there is a 0% probability that this will work.
Observationally, as a teacher I would like to suggest that the kids could try these revolutionary ideas instead:
Take notes.
Read their textbooks.
Email the teacher (my kids do this one a lot)
Actually pay attention.
I see this as giving the kids a device they won't use for the purpose intended (for the most part anyway), and as just another silly idea from the Ivory Tower folks. This won't save one ream of paper IMHO. Schools burn through paper like you wouldn't believe.
It is truly a pleasure to watch common sense take its proper seat in our judiciary. It's all too rare in this American life these days to see the government actually assert itself over a corporation.
Grauman's Chinese theater in Hollywood... you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
You are my hero today.
Well, I can't speculate on clogging, but you can be certain that repairs will be more than the cost of the machine itself.... this printer, at that price is disposable not repairable.