William Piker

Member since: Jul 22nd, 2006

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Vista's Aero interface blamed for truncated battery life (Engadget)

May 6th 2007 4:13PM Never mind what about all the alerts and warnings Vista continually spews out.
Like women ignoring a low oil pressure light most computer users are clueless and will ignore.
Some improvment in opeartins system security features.
Since the dawn of microsoft windows - windows 3.0 / 3.1 all most users used their powerfull computers for were for " solitaire"
www.vintagecomputermanuals.com

World's "only" PowerFest '94 SNES cartridge up for auction (Engadget)

Apr 28th 2007 7:02AM Imagine what a k of ram cost then.
It is amazing what these software / hardware developers did with what we now consider puny resources.
They went to the moon on 8 k
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Shredz64 project bringing Guitar Hero to the Commodore 64 (Engadget)

Feb 21st 2007 4:44AM Awesome.
A commodore amiga toaster yet out of a 128.
Give me my JiffyDos Commodore.

Malware victim faces jailtime; Write Connecticut's Governor (Download Squad)

Feb 17th 2007 10:57AM Dear Governor,

maybe they will need a computer admin in jail and this poor substitute teacher can receive 20 - 40 years of advanced training in computer system administration to be placed at work to be a contributing member of society after her rehabilitation.
www.vintagecomputermanuals.com

The history of the personal computer in TV commercials (Download Squad)

Jan 31st 2007 10:37PM And have they learned anything in the marketing of Vista.
5 years of being locked up with Bil.
Rah Rah Rah.
Not what Vista will do or why an ordinary user should upgrade but rather which version of Vista is right for you.
Give me DOS or give me death.
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Will the OLPC interface ruin computing for millions of kids? (Download Squad)

Jan 15th 2007 11:30PM Pollyanah.
Give medicines.
For what.
To live in poverty longer with greater populations yet to feed and starve.
Technological tools used within a framework of their society ( not ours imposed on them) can help these societies develop out of their stagnation and doldrums.
Otherwise the best and brightest of these communities are "exported " to the primary industrialized world leading to more of the same.
Innovate rather than provide bandaid solutions to keep them in the past.

Guy Kawasaki interviewing Woz (TUAW.com)

Jan 15th 2007 11:27PM The insight of these founders of the computer industry is a far cry from the committee structures of Wikipedia and its cohorts.
True that Wikipeidia is a good 3rd party proof source.
However it is just reporting old news not responsible for innovation which is what the computer and computer gaming industries were built on.

Seven rules for Web 2.0 startups (Download Squad)

Jan 14th 2007 3:52AM It is always best to "keep it simple"

Casio sells its one billionth calculator (Engadget)

Jan 10th 2007 10:22PM What was amazing and humourus was that the first casio calculators flashed away their work openly as they processed the numbers.
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Sony to cease hawking monitors (Engadget)

Jan 6th 2007 11:17AM How sad,
The Sony CRT was utilized in many high end large computer monitors for other manufacturers such as Dell , Digital Computer ( later Compaq div) among others.
The Sony Trinitron picture tube was among the best .
Among graphic designers there was even a distinctive line across the screen.
Less knowledgable computer users would sometimes return Sony monitors for the appearance of this monikor as in their view the Sony monitor was defective.