Hey Hoosier! I'm in 812, so I assume you are somewhere around me.
As others have pointed out, the issue is why those even in dense areas (New York) do not get 50-100MB access. Even in Columbus, Indiana, the max for under $100/mo is around 8mbit with Comcast. I know they can do over 10, they did at least that much in Bloomington when cable modems first came to town. The issue is that they the duopoly between them and AT&T means that if they both call single digit speeds "broadband", both can rake in the cash without increasing the speed.
The only way you, and much of my extended family that chooses to live in the country will get high speed is if something like WiMax comes into play. Remember, by getting "away from it all" in the less dense areas, you're getting away from advanced services. Even those, though, pale when compared to what is offered in other countires.
Dead-on. I work on computers for a living, use Linux and Windows. I built every comptuer I owned until 4 years ago. I just bought a Dell, preloaded with XP. While I did take the time to format it again with XP, I didn't want to screw with anything else. I play games on it more than anything because I like the keyboard and mouse interface, but it is also for web browsing and email. Why would I spend the time to put Linux on it and not play games?
The point is, I CAN install Linux, I CAN built my own computer, but I CHOOSE not to because I would rather spend my time on other things.
Before the grammer Nazi's hit me, I ment Mac, not Max. Forget forms spell-check, where is the grammer check? And while I'm looking for that, where is the "Edit Comment" button?;)
This is a good point, and something I have been monitoring on my company's online banking site:
Msie 7.0 105535 hits 4.1 %
Firefox 2.0 6694 hits 0.2 %
Firefox 1.5.0.7 96935 hits 3.8 %
Stats are for the last few days, since FF 2.0 was out.
Being an online banking site, I figure the users are as "Joe six-pack" or "My Grandma" or "Insert home user stereotype here" as they get. I wish Microsoft was holding off another month because I would LOVE to see how this plays out when people have to take extra effort to install a browser. Right now, it looks like MS is "winning", but the race is only meaningful for another few days. Once it hits Automatic Updates the stats are going to just show me how many XP users have AU turned on and chose "yes" when prompted.
I also think it is important to note that on my "generic" site, MSIE 7 hits are at 4.1%, and total non-IE hits are at 6%. We have 1% Max users, so MSIE 7 is only 0.9% behind of all other browsers that people choose to install (since MSIE 7 is not available on Mac).
However, you point out exactly why HD is not as important as color (Seriously, I remember hearing how it was as big of a deal as B&W -> Color 5 years ago). HD is only helpful on a large display. I have one 56" display in my home, and 5 other under 20". I can see an improvement from VHS to DVD on all of them, and even if I couldn't, the format alone had advantages (no rewinding).
However, with HD-DVD/Blueray, I would be buying discs only for one TV. In addition, when I watch films on HD HBO or the like, all I usually see is better GRAIN. Most movies today are still put to film first, then digitized at some point down the line. So to me, a movie at 480p can actually be better than 1080i because it exposes fewer errors from the film.
Now, when I have 40" LCDs all over my house, and all new movies are 100% digital, I might look at whatever format survives. At that point, my hope is that I will just be able to download them to my media center NAS.
It might for the 5-15% that use something other than IE. However, yellow will be confusing at first for most of the people that use something other than IE, since yellow when used everywhere else is a warning.
For example, what would you think if someone said, "Your project has been yellow-lighted!"
Is IE 7 going to make sure that they follow the stands much more closely...
The final version was available last week. Download it and see, then phrase your question "Why didn't you make sure that...", or thank them for finally fixing it (doubt I'll be seeing that one).
4. As IE7 goes public as an update for those in a post-Windows 2000 environment, are there plans to make this upgrade available for businesses that still rely on those features of the Windows 2000 family of clients and servers?
Please add this one to the list if the others do not make it. I still do not understand ignoring W2k support with Firefox breathing down Microsoft's neck.
So I can buy new hardware and new OS in order to get anti-phishing and tab support, or I can download Firefox for free???
Woah, back up. I still have over 200 Windows 2000 computers waiting in line for IE 7. Your OSX and i686/Linux versions are going to be waiting for a while!
...needing anti-virus software on a Windows computer (same does not apply to the Mac OS X computers I work on).
I wish people would get it that VIRUSES ARE NOT AN OS SECURITY ISSUE! They are a user issue. Worms are an application or OS security issue, but not viruses. Viruses existed on DOS (And yes, they worked just as well on DR-DOS as MS-DOS), and they spread by bad user decisions, not OS security issues.
Installing OSX or Linux on every computer in the world will NOT stop viruses. Once Mac or Linux is installed on 50% of home computers AV software for both will be just as much of a requirement. The fact they are needed less now is because the users of those systems are more educated in computer security, and there is a lower pool of dumbasses to help the virus spread.
Yes, but in the preview for part two, Sharon walks into Colonial 1 and says "Two battlestars just jumped into orbit. Adama is back"
Now, that can mean Lee changes his mind at the last minute, or maybe they launch a ECM pod that looks like a battlestar for a decoy, but we have not seen them do that before. Maybe a raptor has ECM ability to look like a battlestar.
...it's entertainment. Nothing more, nothing less. Actually, Howard and the crew are really smart people
Sounds like WWF (or WWE, or `roids and trash talk, or whatever it is called now). The whole gag about acting stupid or obscene for "entertainment" is getting old, and I just don't see the entertainment in it. Sounds like "Jackass" and others. Can someone explain why it is so entertaining to watch smart people do bad acting?
However, I DO know how to use a remote, or how to press the buttons on my XM. So I can avoid crap like this, while some can be entertained by it.
I'll check in again when this story is duped in April 2007, I should be at or below 225 then and I will have another body fat test.
I agree, muscle mass may go down, and that will be one of my goals to regain what I have lost in that area.
However, BMI may only be intended as a "layman's guide", but WAY too many doctors are presenting it as law. When people see all of these cases where BMI is showing a wrong reading, it causes them to doubt the whole system. It is like those that won't wear seatbelts because they hear of the people who were thown from the car and lived instead of being crushed.
I always knew I was overweight (this is the best shape I have been in since 1st grade, and I still have a good way to go), and BMI didn't keep me from getting started. When I get to 225, I'll test body fat again. If I still need to go lower, I will. If I still need to go lower at 185, I will. I'm not going to stop when BMI says so.
However, it has always pissed me off to see weight being used as a measurement of health, when it is truely meaningless, much like TFA. It MIGHT indicate someone is healthy, or it might show that they have almost no muscle mass and a high amount of body fat. Again, I understand scales are cheep, but for what we pay for health care in the US, every hospital and doctor's office should have a body fat measurement tool.
As someone else who has lost over 50 lbs, I still think BMI is a BS measure.
I had a body fat measurement done by a "Bod Pod", a type of body fat measurement device that has the same precision as the water method. By figuring out the exact level of fat on my body, we could determine what weight I would be at 13% and 6% body fat. I am male, 6'1", and at 13% body fat (on the lean side of the normal, health range), I would be 225 lbs. At 217 lbs, I would be at 6% body fat, the lowest I can be and still be healthy. In order to get a BMI score that does not read "overweight", I would need to weigh 187 lbs. In fact, a 225 lbs, I will have a BMI label of not only "overweight", but also "obese".
At 225, I would be a VERY healthy weight, but BMI says I'm a lard-ass. That scale needs to go, and we need to focus on PERCENT BODY FAT. Weight is meaningless as a measurement of health. I stongly feel the medical community should focus on real forms of measurement and then allow the market to generate the lower-cost ways to produce the tools for those measurements. For example, VO2 Max, resting heart rate, and percent body fat are 3 areas that should paint a very good picture of health, but 2 of the 3 are expensive to measure. I think with enough focus on them though, it should become possiable to make "at home" ways to measure them and throw the scales out the window. Maybe then enough people will be able to see results without some stupid scale telling them it isn't good enough.
And no, I'm not to 225 yet. I started at 317 in April and at 252 now. Keeping the loss to about 1-2 lbs a week. Reduced caloric intake, increased exercise. Everything else is bunk.
This is an important point. IE7 will be pushed to XP and come with Vista, but MANY schools and corps have Windows 2000 everywhere. More than a few network admins will be looking at Firefox for their 2000 systems, if for no other reason than to allow some advanced features like tabs or phishing filters to be available to everyone, regardless if they are on XP or 2000. I know I'm considering it, and I actually use and prefer IE7 over Firefox.
Then the next question I'm asking myself is that if I'm going to push Firefox for my 2000 systems, do I go ahead and put it on XP too so support can be uniform? IMHO, it breaks down like so: IE6 for 2k Firefox IE7....hmmmm
Then McDonald's needs to re-label their cups from HOT to "OMG THIS WILL MELT YOUR SKIN!".
Get over it, people already knew it was hot. Ovens are hot, stoves are hot, HOT DRINKS ARE HOT. ALL can injure you badly if you make a mistake. Thankfully, I don't have red and white "THIS OVEN IS HOT!" warnings on mine (yet).
Next thing you know people will sue gun makers for guns that work as intended...oh wait.
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Of course it wasn't a ban! China does not censor the Internet. I find your lack of faith disturbing...
However, where in here do you get boatloads of cash for you or your country? That is the point of TFA.
Just because OSS is "right" (or "just" or "moral") does not mean it is the best course for a country to follow.
As others have pointed out, the issue is why those even in dense areas (New York) do not get 50-100MB access. Even in Columbus, Indiana, the max for under $100/mo is around 8mbit with Comcast. I know they can do over 10, they did at least that much in Bloomington when cable modems first came to town. The issue is that they the duopoly between them and AT&T means that if they both call single digit speeds "broadband", both can rake in the cash without increasing the speed.
The only way you, and much of my extended family that chooses to live in the country will get high speed is if something like WiMax comes into play. Remember, by getting "away from it all" in the less dense areas, you're getting away from advanced services. Even those, though, pale when compared to what is offered in other countires.
The point is, I CAN install Linux, I CAN built my own computer, but I CHOOSE not to because I would rather spend my time on other things.
Yeah, them too. Well played.
Before the grammer Nazi's hit me, I ment Mac, not Max. Forget forms spell-check, where is the grammer check? And while I'm looking for that, where is the "Edit Comment" button? ;)
Msie 7.0 105535 hits 4.1 %
Firefox 2.0 6694 hits 0.2 %
Firefox 1.5.0.7 96935 hits 3.8 %
Stats are for the last few days, since FF 2.0 was out.
Being an online banking site, I figure the users are as "Joe six-pack" or "My Grandma" or "Insert home user stereotype here" as they get. I wish Microsoft was holding off another month because I would LOVE to see how this plays out when people have to take extra effort to install a browser. Right now, it looks like MS is "winning", but the race is only meaningful for another few days. Once it hits Automatic Updates the stats are going to just show me how many XP users have AU turned on and chose "yes" when prompted.
I also think it is important to note that on my "generic" site, MSIE 7 hits are at 4.1%, and total non-IE hits are at 6%. We have 1% Max users, so MSIE 7 is only 0.9% behind of all other browsers that people choose to install (since MSIE 7 is not available on Mac).
However, with HD-DVD/Blueray, I would be buying discs only for one TV. In addition, when I watch films on HD HBO or the like, all I usually see is better GRAIN. Most movies today are still put to film first, then digitized at some point down the line. So to me, a movie at 480p can actually be better than 1080i because it exposes fewer errors from the film.
Now, when I have 40" LCDs all over my house, and all new movies are 100% digital, I might look at whatever format survives. At that point, my hope is that I will just be able to download them to my media center NAS.
For example, what would you think if someone said, "Your project has been yellow-lighted!"
Why park a "small" 2 Megawatt locomotive there when you could park a 1985 Delorean there and get 1.21 Gigawatts!
Good question! :)
DOH! Good point. I've made at least two posts lamenting the last of w2k support, and here I go and ignore it!
I think they figure developers are smart enough to use search
The final version was available last week. Download it and see, then phrase your question "Why didn't you make sure that...", or thank them for finally fixing it (doubt I'll be seeing that one).
Please add this one to the list if the others do not make it. I still do not understand ignoring W2k support with Firefox breathing down Microsoft's neck.
So I can buy new hardware and new OS in order to get anti-phishing and tab support, or I can download Firefox for free???
Woah, back up. I still have over 200 Windows 2000 computers waiting in line for IE 7. Your OSX and i686/Linux versions are going to be waiting for a while!
I wish people would get it that VIRUSES ARE NOT AN OS SECURITY ISSUE! They are a user issue. Worms are an application or OS security issue, but not viruses. Viruses existed on DOS (And yes, they worked just as well on DR-DOS as MS-DOS), and they spread by bad user decisions, not OS security issues.
Installing OSX or Linux on every computer in the world will NOT stop viruses. Once Mac or Linux is installed on 50% of home computers AV software for both will be just as much of a requirement. The fact they are needed less now is because the users of those systems are more educated in computer security, and there is a lower pool of dumbasses to help the virus spread.
Now, that can mean Lee changes his mind at the last minute, or maybe they launch a ECM pod that looks like a battlestar for a decoy, but we have not seen them do that before. Maybe a raptor has ECM ability to look like a battlestar.
Me too. Firefox does not let their brower go unpatched.
Sounds like WWF (or WWE, or `roids and trash talk, or whatever it is called now). The whole gag about acting stupid or obscene for "entertainment" is getting old, and I just don't see the entertainment in it. Sounds like "Jackass" and others. Can someone explain why it is so entertaining to watch smart people do bad acting?
However, I DO know how to use a remote, or how to press the buttons on my XM. So I can avoid crap like this, while some can be entertained by it.
When is the last time YOU saw a hunter-gatherer? Last time I did, he looked to have a BMI of 6. He was all bones, though.
I agree, muscle mass may go down, and that will be one of my goals to regain what I have lost in that area.
However, BMI may only be intended as a "layman's guide", but WAY too many doctors are presenting it as law. When people see all of these cases where BMI is showing a wrong reading, it causes them to doubt the whole system. It is like those that won't wear seatbelts because they hear of the people who were thown from the car and lived instead of being crushed.
I always knew I was overweight (this is the best shape I have been in since 1st grade, and I still have a good way to go), and BMI didn't keep me from getting started. When I get to 225, I'll test body fat again. If I still need to go lower, I will. If I still need to go lower at 185, I will. I'm not going to stop when BMI says so.
However, it has always pissed me off to see weight being used as a measurement of health, when it is truely meaningless, much like TFA. It MIGHT indicate someone is healthy, or it might show that they have almost no muscle mass and a high amount of body fat. Again, I understand scales are cheep, but for what we pay for health care in the US, every hospital and doctor's office should have a body fat measurement tool.
I had a body fat measurement done by a "Bod Pod", a type of body fat measurement device that has the same precision as the water method. By figuring out the exact level of fat on my body, we could determine what weight I would be at 13% and 6% body fat. I am male, 6'1", and at 13% body fat (on the lean side of the normal, health range), I would be 225 lbs. At 217 lbs, I would be at 6% body fat, the lowest I can be and still be healthy. In order to get a BMI score that does not read "overweight", I would need to weigh 187 lbs. In fact, a 225 lbs, I will have a BMI label of not only "overweight", but also "obese".
At 225, I would be a VERY healthy weight, but BMI says I'm a lard-ass. That scale needs to go, and we need to focus on PERCENT BODY FAT. Weight is meaningless as a measurement of health. I stongly feel the medical community should focus on real forms of measurement and then allow the market to generate the lower-cost ways to produce the tools for those measurements. For example, VO2 Max, resting heart rate, and percent body fat are 3 areas that should paint a very good picture of health, but 2 of the 3 are expensive to measure. I think with enough focus on them though, it should become possiable to make "at home" ways to measure them and throw the scales out the window. Maybe then enough people will be able to see results without some stupid scale telling them it isn't good enough.
And no, I'm not to 225 yet. I started at 317 in April and at 252 now. Keeping the loss to about 1-2 lbs a week. Reduced caloric intake, increased exercise. Everything else is bunk.
Then the next question I'm asking myself is that if I'm going to push Firefox for my 2000 systems, do I go ahead and put it on XP too so support can be uniform? IMHO, it breaks down like so: IE6 for 2k Firefox IE7....hmmmm
Get over it, people already knew it was hot. Ovens are hot, stoves are hot, HOT DRINKS ARE HOT. ALL can injure you badly if you make a mistake. Thankfully, I don't have red and white "THIS OVEN IS HOT!" warnings on mine (yet).
Next thing you know people will sue gun makers for guns that work as intended...oh wait.