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Becoming Obsolete

By Jay, February 9, 2008

Obsolete. A word that has one meaning in the technology world: useless. Lately this is how I have been feeling about my life and my computer, video camera, digital camera, iPod, cell phone, and basically everything else I own that has a circuit board in it. My gaming rig that I built last year never actually began to serve its constucted purpose. It bever took me to any Counter-Strike tournaments. It was never used to host a game of CS either, nor was it used to even connect to the internet. No, my aspirations for that computer completely fell apart within hours of building it. My tyrannous parents informed me that it would never see any kind of internet connection, meaning no games. My life carried on, but much more low-spirited. The fact that my dreams for that computer were now dashed meant that the non-returnable parts had cost me about $800 USD--more than enough to buy a Mac mini. As I said, I trudged on, despite having missed my first chance to buy a Mac.

The frustration of becoming obsolete continued when an incident with a hardware review caused an uproar, a personal attack on me. I won’t go…
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Microhoo: this could get very messy

By Nick, February 3, 2008

What can you do with $44.6 billion?1

You can fill the California state budget deficit three times over.

You can buy 7.8 Steve Jobses (according to his 2007 net worth).

You can buy nearly 111.8 million iPhones (before tax).

Or you can buy a struggling dot-com pioneer.

If you’ve been following the news lately, you already know which option Microsoft chose. Me? I would have chosen the iPhones. wink

So what do I think of the Microsoft-Yahoo buyout proposal? This could get very messy very quickly.

Dollars and cents

In buying Yahoo, Microsoft would burn through just about all of their cash on hand. While any large buyout or merger carries the risk of failure, Yahoo’s failing fortunes as of late makes me question the logic behind this move. According to their latest earnings report, Microsoft’s Online Services Business division is still losing money, and the losses have actually deepened over the same period last year.

So Microsoft’s online services are struggling. Yahoo is struggling. I’m confused. How is taking on a company with similar problems is going to help Microsoft?

Platforms

How is Microsoft going to incorporate a company based on open-source solutions into the fold? After all, the rest…
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My on again/off again relationship with Deep Thought

By Nick, January 29, 2008

This is a short one today…

It’s official: I’m a Deep Thought loyalist.

It’s funny. No matter how frustrated I get trying to encourage people to write for DT, to read DT, and to take part in discussions on DT, I keep coming back.

No matter how many times I want to give up--or tell myself that I want to give up or that I should give up--I keep coming back.

No matter what, I keep coming back.

Why, do you ask? Maybe it’s because I’m the last of the original staff still active here. Or maybe it’s because I’ve poured so much of my time and effort over the past three years into trying to make DT a success. Or maybe it’s because this is my home online. Whatever the reason, I keep coming back.

I hope you do too.

I’m not in this for the money. None of here are. If we were, we would have given up long ago. I’m in this because I want to make Deep Thought work. I am committed to making Deep Thought the best it can be, as is the rest of our team (and we have some very exciting things we’ve…
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Yet Another Prediction of the Future of the Internet and Technology

By Arden, January 15, 2008

An interesting topic has come up in my online Flash course, and with Macworld Expo looming, what better time to tackle the subject; namely, what web trends do I predict?  Such a broad topic can not be answered briefly, as it covers a multitude of issues and gives no specific time frame.  However, these are my opinions, speculations and predictions on where the Internet is headed, along with the future of technology, media, and society.

The Here and Very Soon

Over the short term, we will see a continued increase in “social networking,” as is termed numerous sites, trends, and methods for sharing data.  Social networking has evolved over the years as the Internet has matured; we’ve gone from Usenet lists to IRC and IM to message boards to blogs, profile-based sites like MySpace or Friendster, and Twitter.  We have vast worlds that take place entirely within the realm of games, including World of Warcraft and Second Life.  Sooner or later, someone will come up with the next big means of communication with random strangers from around the world, and social skills in the real world will further diminish, especially among the younger child, teenage and young adult crowds.  What…
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Slow Times At Technology High

By Jay, December 16, 2007

Its a big deal guys, and would mean a lot to me and the rest of the staff.

I’m exhausted, the winter here in Kentucky is eating away my constitution to live. On top of this I lack all funding for Christmas gifts for anyone, and a merry Christmas is not in the question. I miss the summer, I miss the life, I miss being able to drive my bike to the park and simply ride for hours and hours until I run out of water and just want to die because I’m so thirsty. I miss the orange of the air, I miss it all.

Ive been lacking the motivation to write as of late. I still lack the motivation; the only reason I write now is to call DT my home. I have been here two years, writing and reviewing, and if it’s up to me I’ll be here two more. In all of my two years, never have I seen such a depression for blogs. All over the blogosphere, blogs are dropping like flies, and forums are dropping even faster. Today I look at DT, hoping to breathe my depressed air into it and bring its shuddering frame back into a rhythmic life. Or maybe I’m just insane.

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