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On Orbitz, Mac Users Offered Pricier Hotels First
An anonymous reader writes "Travel site Orbitz found out that Mac users tend to select pricier rooms and swanky hotels. So, from now on, they will show more expensive hotel options to Mac users than to PC users. This is why, although I am a Mac user, my Firefox agent string says 'Windows XP' :)" The (paywalled) WSJ report on which Reuter's summary is based carries Orbitz' s softer explanation, which is that the results by platform are an experiment based mostly on presentation and search-result ordering rather than actually naming higher prices based on OS: "[T]he company isn't showing the same room to different users at different prices. They also pointed out that users can opt to rank results by price."
This makes sense.
When I was looking for accommodations in San Francisco from my MacBook Air, I was offered the executive suite at the 'Beef Chunks in Gravy Bath House'. I could never figure that one out.
Trolling is a art,
Apparently Orbitz is helping to contribute to the bloated self-esteem and sense of self-worth that Mac users crave. They should be applauded for reinforcing the RDF in the name of Saint Jobs.
AntiFA: An abbreviation for Anti First Amendment.
Thus, slashdot.
...will see offers for "escort services"
Users browsing with IE will be offered a helmet and padded walls.
Users logged into Facebook will be given the option to reduce their costs by selling video from hidden cameras inside the hotel room.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
Change it to Windows ME, and you can get the senior discounts.
You mac users keep on drinking the kool aid.
It is actually Flavor Aid. It is a bit cheaper (so that we can still afford macs) and is also the trusted drink mix of cults since 1978.
I assume Linux users will sleep in a dumpster. After all, it's FOSS
Free Open Sleeping Space!
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I hope everyone has their sense of humour switched on today
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I assume Linux users will sleep in a dumpster. After all, it's FOSS
Free Open Sleeping Space!
Don't be silly, Dumpsters are proprietary. They have connectors to fit only certain types of garbage trucks for emptying.
Now cardboard boxes, THOSE are universal.
Linux users would be given the address of a home depot, a list of vacant lot sites, and a "makefile" for building a hotel. Unfortunately, there would be library dependencies with links to unmaintained building codes.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
Have gnu, will travel.