Not likely now that Apple's 5 year deal with Micor$oft lappsed and was not renewed. That deal in which all the masses thought M$oft bought Apple was a 5 year deal to include IE instead of Netscape. Now with the way the winds are blowing, Apple will likly drop them.
Neither can most MIS/CIS Grad Students Ive know. Literally the entire sum of thier computer knowlege is how to use Powerpoint and Internet Explorer. They can give you the word for word description of what a technology does unless you take away that nifty projector/laptop combo. This is not to say I don't find fault with the CS majors who think that bussiness people are beneath them. They are both professional jobs that need different kinds of people to fill them and they should both have a clear understanding of the others fileds.
P.S. I honestly can't fault the above mentioned Grad students too much, when the Dean of the Department can't even install a copy of a program he WROTE A BOOK ON!!!!!
First I will steal a comment from a Macslash poster and say that each of the different categories should be weighted differently. The ease with which the average user can network two computers should carry more weight than out of the box chat capabilities.
Second I am so absurdly tired of anyone who mentions anything to do with one button mice. If you are reading slashdot you are probably a computer geek. As a computer geek you more than likely know lots of stories about that idiot that can't use their computer. That is why there are one button mice! Most people are the idiot that can't use a computer. I don't think I have ever used an out of the box mouse from any PC manufacturer simply because I spend enough time using the computer that I really appreciate a mouse that is comfortable. Maybe Apple could be a little smarter and have a check box on the Apple Store site that allows a user to select their choice of mice.
Actually Sony is very very very strict with their licences. It is extreemly hard to get Sony's blessing on your game unless it brings something signifigant or different to thier platform. They are very picky (and moody) when it comes to who they let publish games for the PS2.
Unless your old laptop burst into flames, if you have owned an Apple product, you understand that Macs are a hell of alot cheaper in the long run than any computer out there.
Of course they get you when you search to see if your domain is availible. You must pay the $1000 licence fee each time because they patented the process of entering data into a field and hitting a button to search for availible domains which might or might not be availible for purchase.
The following is a simplistic view of things, but we are talking about a 64bit processor. Remember the Itaniums Intel is selling are running at around 1GHz - 1.5GHz I believe and they run circles around the 3Ghz P4.
I'm sorry but it is my right as a TRUE American to know if you are some kind of terrorist, communist, anarcist or if you practice some freaky religion like well you know any non protastant religion. I mean my damn the only reason you would buy a book on Arabic or the history of Labor is if you are going to subvert the government so the BLUE HELMETS (***PUKE***) at the United Nations can come and take my guns
The primary goal all OS vendors, should be to make a quick and responsive interface that is easy enough for anyone to get what they need done (No I do not need my desktop background to be an active web page).
There is no shortage of 3rd party utilities to modify a your desktop to your liking. Keep everything modular and people can add what they need when they need it.
Yes but any real space exploration should start in space. With a space elevator, it would be feasable to start construction of ships in space, and from there we travel to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Coupled with the Unpatriotic Act the DMCA is a blueprint for the end of our country. Organizations like IEEE should be taking a much stronger stance against the DMCA. They should have no profit motive and should be charged with the duty to futher computing, not corprate greed. Granted the individuals who make up the various standards commities on the IEEE have shareholders to pretend to answer to, but the core mission of the IEEE should be offended by the blatent Un-American nature of the DMCA and take a stand, just as every true patriot should take a stand against the so called Patriot Act.
I worked as a network admin and then studied hard to get my CCNA. Right now it is almost worthless because of all the paperCCNAs out there who spent a week in a cert mill memorizing acronyms. Red Hat's approach, however is like Cisco's better program forces a student to take several classes over the course of a year not a week and we get people who may acctually be qualified. If we don't do it like this we will get Mom and Dad shelling out money to send their kid to (insert cert mill) for a few grand where they will leave with no skill.
Durning the final couple of months in the last War with Iraq, several companys built hundreds of thousands of Personal GPS's to supply one to every soldier. When the war ended they were stuck with most of their inventory and the public got the GPS's at affordible prices 5 to 10 years quicker than normal military trickle down. I hope the same thing happens with those bandages, otherwise they will be quite expensive for local ER's to stock them. Hell in a few years we could all have them stocked in our home.
Of course you have to buy 5 or six of them over what will be the life of the G4. Ad a few more years on to that if your one of the people who knows that "You can't upgrade Macs" is a complete and total lie. You come out far ahead in the money department even if you have to go to your credit union to get a loan for the computer.
Why not remove the hard drive and donate the computer to a local school. Even at a couple of years old the computer is still useful for students and the school would be more than happy to pick up a new hard drive for it.
The DVR (digital video recorder) pioneer is offering software that enables customers to share the content delivered to their TiVo recording hardware throughout the home. The service uses Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless technology to turn the DVR into a networked entertainment center.
Remote Recording
TiVo's home networking software will be rolled out this spring, at a cost of US$99 to subscribers with Series2 DVR units. Activation of additional units within the home will cost $49 per DVR. The software will be downloadable via broadband or phone line to any TiVo Series2 box.
Following activation, the DVR will connect over a Wi-Fi or wired network with Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL - news) or Windows PCs. All required applications will be available at the company Web site.
In addition to streaming entertainment throughout the home, subscribers will be able to access their DVR remotely and schedule it to record from virtually any location, much like they currently do at home.
That is light compared to the Sony of America TRC (Technical Requirements Sheet I think) I had to do everyting from restart the PS2 100 times to unplug and re-plug the controllers 100 times. My favorite was testing a racing game. I had to run in to every wall in the game at differents speeds to see if I could pass though them. When i was just about done I accidentally hit one in reverse and went straight through. Had to repeat each test backwards for every track. Oh well, at least I wasn't working on the fishing game or like some of my friends at another company Britiny Spears Dance Fever.
I am not trying to flame here, but I used to work for a video game publisher, European produced games were the buggiest POS's ever. This is not because the programmers sucked, but rather the will put any game on to the shelf without the most cursory QA.
I asked the QA lead for one such title how long it would be for release, because the game looked pretty cool and I wanted to play it. He told me 4 months, it took 6 months before the game was bug free enough to release. This is after it had been on the shelf in the UK.
Of course Sony Europe is not much better. Sony USA will not let you release any PS2 title unless you are a Squaresoft, EA, or your new game is better than the previous best game out there. We had a great racing title finnished (4 months after Sony Europe had approved it with it's myriad of bugs) and Sony USA wold not let us publish it because it was not as good as GT3. All was not lost however Microsoft will let anything out for XBox.
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Not likely now that Apple's 5 year deal with Micor$oft lappsed and was not renewed. That deal in which all the masses thought M$oft bought Apple was a 5 year deal to include IE instead of Netscape. Now with the way the winds are blowing, Apple will likly drop them.
Neither can most MIS/CIS Grad Students Ive know. Literally the entire sum of thier computer knowlege is how to use Powerpoint and Internet Explorer. They can give you the word for word description of what a technology does unless you take away that nifty projector/laptop combo. This is not to say I don't find fault with the CS majors who think that bussiness people are beneath them. They are both professional jobs that need different kinds of people to fill them and they should both have a clear understanding of the others fileds.
P.S. I honestly can't fault the above mentioned Grad students too much, when the Dean of the Department can't even install a copy of a program he WROTE A BOOK ON!!!!!
First I will steal a comment from a Macslash poster and say that each of the different categories should be weighted differently. The ease with which the average user can network two computers should carry more weight than out of the box chat capabilities.
Second I am so absurdly tired of anyone who mentions anything to do with one button mice. If you are reading slashdot you are probably a computer geek. As a computer geek you more than likely know lots of stories about that idiot that can't use their computer. That is why there are one button mice! Most people are the idiot that can't use a computer. I don't think I have ever used an out of the box mouse from any PC manufacturer simply because I spend enough time using the computer that I really appreciate a mouse that is comfortable. Maybe Apple could be a little smarter and have a check box on the Apple Store site that allows a user to select their choice of mice.
Actually Sony is very very very strict with their licences. It is extreemly hard to get Sony's blessing on your game unless it brings something signifigant or different to thier platform. They are very picky (and moody) when it comes to who they let publish games for the PS2.
Unless your old laptop burst into flames, if you have owned an Apple product, you understand that Macs are a hell of alot cheaper in the long run than any computer out there.
Of course they get you when you search to see if your domain is availible. You must pay the $1000 licence fee each time because they patented the process of entering data into a field and hitting a button to search for availible domains which might or might not be availible for purchase.
"Man I thought this game was going to rock but all anyone does is Elefunt rush 5 minutes into the game"
The following is a simplistic view of things, but we are talking about a 64bit processor. Remember the Itaniums Intel is selling are running at around 1GHz - 1.5GHz I believe and they run circles around the 3Ghz P4.
I'm sorry but it is my right as a TRUE American to know if you are some kind of terrorist, communist, anarcist or if you practice some freaky religion like well you know any non protastant religion. I mean my damn the only reason you would buy a book on Arabic or the history of Labor is if you are going to subvert the government so the BLUE HELMETS (***PUKE***) at the United Nations can come and take my guns
The primary goal all OS vendors, should be to make a quick and responsive interface that is easy enough for anyone to get what they need done (No I do not need my desktop background to be an active web page).
There is no shortage of 3rd party utilities to modify a your desktop to your liking. Keep everything modular and people can add what they need when they need it.
Yes but any real space exploration should start in space. With a space elevator, it would be feasable to start construction of ships in space, and from there we travel to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
That sounds like half of the techs and most of the managers I've known.
Coupled with the Unpatriotic Act the DMCA is a blueprint for the end of our country. Organizations like IEEE should be taking a much stronger stance against the DMCA. They should have no profit motive and should be charged with the duty to futher computing, not corprate greed. Granted the individuals who make up the various standards commities on the IEEE have shareholders to pretend to answer to, but the core mission of the IEEE should be offended by the blatent Un-American nature of the DMCA and take a stand, just as every true patriot should take a stand against the so called Patriot Act.
Very informitive. You can also put 802.11g in any PowerMac with an open PCI slot. I belive that linksys has a compatable one out for 75 bucks.
Are we really sure that we want the guy who has spent is whole life working on games about blowning sh%t up to be building a giant rocket?
I worked as a network admin and then studied hard to get my CCNA. Right now it is almost worthless because of all the paperCCNAs out there who spent a week in a cert mill memorizing acronyms. Red Hat's approach, however is like Cisco's better program forces a student to take several classes over the course of a year not a week and we get people who may acctually be qualified. If we don't do it like this we will get Mom and Dad shelling out money to send their kid to (insert cert mill) for a few grand where they will leave with no skill.
Durning the final couple of months in the last War with Iraq, several companys built hundreds of thousands of Personal GPS's to supply one to every soldier. When the war ended they were stuck with most of their inventory and the public got the GPS's at affordible prices 5 to 10 years quicker than normal military trickle down. I hope the same thing happens with those bandages, otherwise they will be quite expensive for local ER's to stock them. Hell in a few years we could all have them stocked in our home.
Somebody in the last 7 years has purchaced a web browser?
Longevity of the Mac can be described like this. Until last I played Starcraft on an PowerMac 6100/66 with 40megs of Ram purchaced in 1994. Nuf said.
Of course you have to buy 5 or six of them over what will be the life of the G4. Ad a few more years on to that if your one of the people who knows that "You can't upgrade Macs" is a complete and total lie. You come out far ahead in the money department even if you have to go to your credit union to get a loan for the computer.
IFilm.com usually has all of the popular adds up on thier site after the game. They still have all of last years.
Why not remove the hard drive and donate the computer to a local school. Even at a couple of years old the computer is still useful for students and the school would be more than happy to pick up a new hard drive for it.
From News Factor this morning.....
The DVR (digital video recorder) pioneer is offering software that enables customers to share the content delivered to their TiVo recording hardware throughout the home. The service uses Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless technology to turn the DVR into a networked entertainment center.
Remote Recording
TiVo's home networking software will be rolled out this spring, at a cost of US$99 to subscribers with Series2 DVR units. Activation of additional units within the home will cost $49 per DVR. The software will be downloadable via broadband or phone line to any TiVo Series2 box.
Following activation, the DVR will connect over a Wi-Fi or wired network with Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL - news) or Windows PCs. All required applications will be available at the company Web site.
In addition to streaming entertainment throughout the home, subscribers will be able to access their DVR remotely and schedule it to record from virtually any location, much like they currently do at home.
That is light compared to the Sony of America TRC (Technical Requirements Sheet I think) I had to do everyting from restart the PS2 100 times to unplug and re-plug the controllers 100 times. My favorite was testing a racing game. I had to run in to every wall in the game at differents speeds to see if I could pass though them. When i was just about done I accidentally hit one in reverse and went straight through. Had to repeat each test backwards for every track. Oh well, at least I wasn't working on the fishing game or like some of my friends at another company Britiny Spears Dance Fever.
I am not trying to flame here, but I used to work for a video game publisher, European produced games were the buggiest POS's ever. This is not because the programmers sucked, but rather the will put any game on to the shelf without the most cursory QA.
I asked the QA lead for one such title how long it would be for release, because the game looked pretty cool and I wanted to play it. He told me 4 months, it took 6 months before the game was bug free enough to release. This is after it had been on the shelf in the UK.
Of course Sony Europe is not much better. Sony USA will not let you release any PS2 title unless you are a Squaresoft, EA, or your new game is better than the previous best game out there. We had a great racing title finnished (4 months after Sony Europe had approved it with it's myriad of bugs) and Sony USA wold not let us publish it because it was not as good as GT3. All was not lost however Microsoft will let anything out for XBox.