That last comment about "surfing speed," who the fuck cares about surfing speed? I could care less if google or digg.com loads up in 2 seconds or 3. What the true issue here is -- how fast can I download porn! Lets be honests, Susie home-body doesn't care about how fast sites load up. Its only a group of us techies who seem to get bothered by how fast or slow we can download illegal shit.
If you think about it, the limits of the internet are endless if speed can increase to extreme measures. Imagine the internet at such speeds that transfer rates are as fast as copying files from one hard drive to another. You can execute files and games stored on servers. Full length movies that play in real time. The internet as we know it will vastly change in our life time. And possibly for the worse, (i.e. Net Neautrality, speaking of those cock-suckin', ball-swallowing, nazi-lovin', jewbag ISPs) If speed and server storage space increases to high rates, the internet, and the personal computer will be completely different.
Good post. In fact this article is missing some information that can sway the reader either which way. For instance, flip the article to say, "A boy was suspended for making Columbine-like threats against a school district." The school would site that they took preemptive action against this boy. I would like to know, WHY the first letter was written. What provoked him? Generally its the students that are bullies, not the school district.
I'm notorious for playing Devil's Advocate. I'm not going to say I agree with the school's decision, but lets just argue their case anyways since most of you guys won't.
This boy is being a distraction to other students. He has already been warned that he needs to stop with this comments. The boy continue to post comments on this web site. Word starts spreading, kids begin reading more and more, and you have a potential uproar. The overall student population isn't knowledgable to know why the school does some of the things they do. They don't understand the politics and economics of some of the schools decisions. Sometimes the schools have to make decisions based on not what they want to do, but what they have to do, given by fiscal means or by pressure from city, state, government, or even other parents. This kid can not be allowed to distract other students and deprive them of their right to education. Nevermind the right to free speech, but how about the right to education. What does a teacher do when a child is being a constant distraction, you take him out of class. What do you do when he is being a distraction to the entire school.... ? Freedom of speech has its boundaries. You cross the boundaries when you begin to deprive other people of their rights.
Now again I didn't say I agree with the school, but I will defend their side since most won't. So here is an open challenge. I challenge anyone who wants to side with the boy, but has to do so in an intellectual way, and not just -- "hehe, your stupid, your wrong."
The Washington Post definately jumped the gun on this. The PC era is not dead, but it has an will significantly slow over time. A 2.0ghz computer will do most average-home-user tasks just fine. These users will find little need to upgrade their PCs, thus the PC market will slow with the loss of those sales.
However when "eh-hhm" if Microsoft Vista comes out users may find a need or just a desire to upgrade to the newest operating system. PCs will see a slight increase from those sales. And lets not begin to forget one HUGE market for PC sales... college students. The number of college students increases every year and new PCs and laptops are bought for them. The author of this article should have just came out and said what he really meant... "Microsoft Has to Get Its Shit Together."
This is mainly an article attacking Microsoft and it's failure to see the market trends. Even when Microsoft does catch a new market trend the always find a way to botch it somehow. Let me ask this, does anyone know someone who bought the Origami? Didn't think so. Apple has become hip again. Just watch an Apple commercial and you can notice they are trying to be "cool." Did you notice how they place that hip young actor next to a guy who mysteriously looks like Bill Gates?
The PC era is not dead. It has slowed because unless your playing games or doing graphic design (in which case you probably have a Mac) you don't need a 3.7 ghz computer or new Intel Duo core. However the PC market will continue to do well because of buisness need for cheap PCs to do spreadsheets on, college students to use MySpace and AIM, and finally because of word of mouth. I'm in IT and I can't tell you how once someone in a department gets a new PC that seems faster everyone else in the department wants one.
So to the Washington Post author who wrote this, you keep telling the people the PC era is dead as you continue... and will continue to write your articles on your PC/laptop and not on your cell phone or PDA.
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If you think about it, the limits of the internet are endless if speed can increase to extreme measures. Imagine the internet at such speeds that transfer rates are as fast as copying files from one hard drive to another. You can execute files and games stored on servers. Full length movies that play in real time. The internet as we know it will vastly change in our life time. And possibly for the worse, (i.e. Net Neautrality, speaking of those cock-suckin', ball-swallowing, nazi-lovin', jewbag ISPs) If speed and server storage space increases to high rates, the internet, and the personal computer will be completely different.
Good post. In fact this article is missing some information that can sway the reader either which way. For instance, flip the article to say, "A boy was suspended for making Columbine-like threats against a school district." The school would site that they took preemptive action against this boy. I would like to know, WHY the first letter was written. What provoked him? Generally its the students that are bullies, not the school district.
This boy is being a distraction to other students. He has already been warned that he needs to stop with this comments. The boy continue to post comments on this web site. Word starts spreading, kids begin reading more and more, and you have a potential uproar. The overall student population isn't knowledgable to know why the school does some of the things they do. They don't understand the politics and economics of some of the schools decisions. Sometimes the schools have to make decisions based on not what they want to do, but what they have to do, given by fiscal means or by pressure from city, state, government, or even other parents. This kid can not be allowed to distract other students and deprive them of their right to education. Nevermind the right to free speech, but how about the right to education. What does a teacher do when a child is being a constant distraction, you take him out of class. What do you do when he is being a distraction to the entire school .... ? Freedom of speech has its boundaries. You cross the boundaries when you begin to deprive other people of their rights.
Now again I didn't say I agree with the school, but I will defend their side since most won't. So here is an open challenge. I challenge anyone who wants to side with the boy, but has to do so in an intellectual way, and not just -- "hehe, your stupid, your wrong."
The Washington Post definately jumped the gun on this. The PC era is not dead, but it has an will significantly slow over time. A 2.0ghz computer will do most average-home-user tasks just fine. These users will find little need to upgrade their PCs, thus the PC market will slow with the loss of those sales. However when "eh-hhm" if Microsoft Vista comes out users may find a need or just a desire to upgrade to the newest operating system. PCs will see a slight increase from those sales. And lets not begin to forget one HUGE market for PC sales ... college students. The number of college students increases every year and new PCs and laptops are bought for them. The author of this article should have just came out and said what he really meant ... "Microsoft Has to Get Its Shit Together."
This is mainly an article attacking Microsoft and it's failure to see the market trends. Even when Microsoft does catch a new market trend the always find a way to botch it somehow. Let me ask this, does anyone know someone who bought the Origami? Didn't think so. Apple has become hip again. Just watch an Apple commercial and you can notice they are trying to be "cool." Did you notice how they place that hip young actor next to a guy who mysteriously looks like Bill Gates?
The PC era is not dead. It has slowed because unless your playing games or doing graphic design (in which case you probably have a Mac) you don't need a 3.7 ghz computer or new Intel Duo core. However the PC market will continue to do well because of buisness need for cheap PCs to do spreadsheets on, college students to use MySpace and AIM, and finally because of word of mouth. I'm in IT and I can't tell you how once someone in a department gets a new PC that seems faster everyone else in the department wants one.
So to the Washington Post author who wrote this, you keep telling the people the PC era is dead as you continue ... and will continue to write your articles on your PC/laptop and not on your cell phone or PDA.