I understand that you are supposed to put Earl Grey into boiling water (or vice versa) but aren't you supposed to let it steep for at least a minute or two before drinking?
Also, the legal system does not define or affect any epidemic.
Water cannot exist as a liquid under atmospheric conditions significantly hotter than 212 degrees F unless it is superheated. Serving a superheated liquid in a resturant would be criminal. Serving coffee near boiling is not safe because, as others have described, third-degree burns form in a matter of seconds. If there is any "legal limit" for the temperature of a hot beverage, it must be below the boiling point.
Mercury vapor is harmful. Do not attempt to extract the mercury from a fluorescent bulb. Recently, there have been cases where whole schools have been evacuated because of a broken mercury thermometer. While that is overreacting, keeping a jar of mercury in the closet is very stupid.
He didn't praise the PS3 at all. He just said the 360 sales will be taking a nosedive because of the competition. Your rabid defense of the 360 was not justified, and rather silly. Everybody accepts the fact that the PS3 is outrageously expensive. The 360's sales almost certainly have been significantly higher than they would have been if the PS3 and Wii had been out last year.
The Zune IS an entry into a saturated market, and it is true that it has no compelling advantage over what has already been on the market. It is also true that Microsoft generally puts out mediocre products, or worse. And yes, Microsoft does make an appreciable amount of money off their server products (though nothing close to the profit from Office and Windows). The difference is that Microsoft is not trying to make money off the 360 or the Zune. They are trying to get as much market share as they can.
You always have the choice to not buy a monitor, and you always have some choice between optical drive[s]. For operating systems, you get, at best, a choice between xp home and xp pro, though sometimes you are just stuck with mce.
If they don't know enough about computers to know that windows is what they want, they probably could get along fine with ubuntu or a distro like that. After all, such a user would only be using email and a web browser at the most.
You do have to consider that Microsoft actively tries to stop companies like HP from selling computers with no operating system. This is why dell sells computers with freedos pre-installed. There is almost no demand for computers with any type of dos, but dell is required by microsoft to put an operating system on the machine. HP, Dell, etc. are being artifically limited in their choices of what products to offer, because Microsoft gives them bigger discounts if they bend over when they are told. France is indirectly banning that practice.
You have it backwards. HP is (rather, will be) obliged to give consumers the choice of not buying an operating system. This is clearly stated in the article. HP will always be allowed to offer windows preinstalled as an option, but they will have to make it optional.
I'm pretty sure that, even in france, only geeks would choose to buy a computer without an operating system, and they would only do so if they had their own means of installing an operating system. Please, RTFA. The only thing that would be forced by this is that HP would have to give consumers the option of not buying an operating system. Consumers would not be forced to not buy an operating system .
The whole point of these suits it to allow (French) consumers the chance to opt out of the "windows tax" by buying a machine with a blank hard drive. As it currently stands, HP is pretty much forcing a third-party product down the throats of consumers. While consumers always have the option of removing windows, they should have the option to skip it altogether.
The most that would result from these lawsuits would be that HP (and probably other companies) would be compelled to give the consumers the CHOICE of purchasing a pc without an operating system. Please stop implying otherwise.
First of all, this IS France we are talking about. Second, a computer without windows or another operating system still works. It just does not necessarily have the functionality of windows. Depending on the complexity of the firmware, however, a computer sans operating system may be able to repartition its disks or even access a network for the purposes of loading an operating system. All computers can perform some degree of hardware configuration and testing without an operating system. This is real, honest-to-goodness functionality without an operating system. It is quite reasonable for an operating system to be totally non-functional without a computer because the operating system is an (optional) add-on to the computer. (By optional, I mean that, at the very least, you have the option of picking which operating system you use.)
You seem to be talking about inconsistencies between platforms, namely windows and mac os x. The actual subject is the differences between the looks of the various apple applications that are bundled with a mac. You totally missed the point of stefan's comment, which is that there is a difference between "look" and "feel" and that, while the "look" of apple applications may vary, the "feel" is perfectly consistent. When the "feel" of a user interface is consistent, the layout and behavior are consistent and you will not need to hunt for buttons unless the "look" is severely distracing, to the tune of "OMG PONIES!"
Don't forget your Symantec/McAfee/Microsoft anti-virus protection racket money. That really does add to the TCO, even if you only buy security software the day after thanksgiving with huge rebates.
Also, Apple gets away with their frequent expensive releases because they add new features (and performance). Microsoft will be hard pressed to release major new features every 1-2 years. And, as many have pointed out, the family packs can be a really good deal, especially since those who have been using OS X from the start probably have several macs.
I have iCal set to start hidden. Its dock icon displays the month and the number of the day, and clicking it brings up my full monthly calendar and to-do list. As the article says, iCal should default to running, rather than display its silly JUL 17 icon all year.
Expose removes most of the need for multiple desktops. I can't use windows or linux without a 2x2 array of virtual desktops, but on a mac I'm fine. Being able to use the dock to switch between apps also helps, and the mighty mouse side buttons are great.
For what is is worth, the next version of OS X (10.5) will have virtual desktops.
You could always use Linux on the older hardware. At issue it the fact that Win9x and OS X 10.2 are not advanced enough for something like cairo to work well. The software is obsolete, but the hardware is not. Cairo has recently had major optimizations added for embedded systems without hardware floating-point support. An old pc can handle cairo and firefox nicely, given an intelligent operating system.
One of the big reasons for switching from glass to polycarbonate lenses it that glass has a tendency to implode when it shatters, whereas polycarbonate will explode when it shatters. An explosion is preferable because it sends the shards away from your eye.
Also, while you might be able to shatter a diamond with a hammer, it will leave a good dent in your anvil. Most likely any projectile that would shatter a diamond lens would also have enough momentum to seriously mess up the rest of your face when the frame tries to go through your nose.
Both hearsay arguments made by Hans. I'd like to see some kind of evidence for this other than an ex-husbands allegations.
Techincally, Hans is a widower, not, as you imply, a divorced man. The divorce proceedings were not completed. The fact that Hans was in the process of divorcing his wife is not relevant to those allegations he made against Sean Sturgeon. The allegations Hans made do, however, justify investigating Sturgeon, possibly as a suspect.
Your point about the customizability of OS X is good, but I disagree somewhat with your comment on Apple not having a unified GUI. Certainly in the past several years Apple's various apps have gone through several different looks, but the behavior of the GUI has been consistent. No matter what the color, all the scrollbars act the same (except for some third-party java apps). The consistent layout of menus and dialogs is more important than the color scheme.
Apple still has no good excuse for their indecision about color schemes. One would think that all of their artists could come up with something and stick to it.
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I understand that you are supposed to put Earl Grey into boiling water (or vice versa) but aren't you supposed to let it steep for at least a minute or two before drinking?
Also, the legal system does not define or affect any epidemic.
Water cannot exist as a liquid under atmospheric conditions significantly hotter than 212 degrees F unless it is superheated. Serving a superheated liquid in a resturant would be criminal. Serving coffee near boiling is not safe because, as others have described, third-degree burns form in a matter of seconds. If there is any "legal limit" for the temperature of a hot beverage, it must be below the boiling point.
Mercury vapor is harmful. Do not attempt to extract the mercury from a fluorescent bulb. Recently, there have been cases where whole schools have been evacuated because of a broken mercury thermometer. While that is overreacting, keeping a jar of mercury in the closet is very stupid.
He didn't praise the PS3 at all. He just said the 360 sales will be taking a nosedive because of the competition. Your rabid defense of the 360 was not justified, and rather silly. Everybody accepts the fact that the PS3 is outrageously expensive. The 360's sales almost certainly have been significantly higher than they would have been if the PS3 and Wii had been out last year.
The Zune IS an entry into a saturated market, and it is true that it has no compelling advantage over what has already been on the market. It is also true that Microsoft generally puts out mediocre products, or worse. And yes, Microsoft does make an appreciable amount of money off their server products (though nothing close to the profit from Office and Windows). The difference is that Microsoft is not trying to make money off the 360 or the Zune. They are trying to get as much market share as they can.
You always have the choice to not buy a monitor, and you always have some choice between optical drive[s]. For operating systems, you get, at best, a choice between xp home and xp pro, though sometimes you are just stuck with mce.
If they don't know enough about computers to know that windows is what they want, they probably could get along fine with ubuntu or a distro like that. After all, such a user would only be using email and a web browser at the most.
By that logic, any tool would not be a "product." That is absurd, and a bad misinterpretation of the article.
You do have to consider that Microsoft actively tries to stop companies like HP from selling computers with no operating system. This is why dell sells computers with freedos pre-installed. There is almost no demand for computers with any type of dos, but dell is required by microsoft to put an operating system on the machine. HP, Dell, etc. are being artifically limited in their choices of what products to offer, because Microsoft gives them bigger discounts if they bend over when they are told. France is indirectly banning that practice.
You have it backwards. HP is (rather, will be) obliged to give consumers the choice of not buying an operating system. This is clearly stated in the article. HP will always be allowed to offer windows preinstalled as an option, but they will have to make it optional.
I'm pretty sure that, even in france, only geeks would choose to buy a computer without an operating system, and they would only do so if they had their own means of installing an operating system. Please, RTFA. The only thing that would be forced by this is that HP would have to give consumers the option of not buying an operating system. Consumers would not be forced to not buy an operating system .
The whole point of these suits it to allow (French) consumers the chance to opt out of the "windows tax" by buying a machine with a blank hard drive. As it currently stands, HP is pretty much forcing a third-party product down the throats of consumers. While consumers always have the option of removing windows, they should have the option to skip it altogether.
The most that would result from these lawsuits would be that HP (and probably other companies) would be compelled to give the consumers the CHOICE of purchasing a pc without an operating system. Please stop implying otherwise.
First of all, this IS France we are talking about. Second, a computer without windows or another operating system still works. It just does not necessarily have the functionality of windows. Depending on the complexity of the firmware, however, a computer sans operating system may be able to repartition its disks or even access a network for the purposes of loading an operating system. All computers can perform some degree of hardware configuration and testing without an operating system. This is real, honest-to-goodness functionality without an operating system. It is quite reasonable for an operating system to be totally non-functional without a computer because the operating system is an (optional) add-on to the computer. (By optional, I mean that, at the very least, you have the option of picking which operating system you use.)
You seem to be talking about inconsistencies between platforms, namely windows and mac os x. The actual subject is the differences between the looks of the various apple applications that are bundled with a mac. You totally missed the point of stefan's comment, which is that there is a difference between "look" and "feel" and that, while the "look" of apple applications may vary, the "feel" is perfectly consistent. When the "feel" of a user interface is consistent, the layout and behavior are consistent and you will not need to hunt for buttons unless the "look" is severely distracing, to the tune of "OMG PONIES!"
Don't forget your Symantec/McAfee/Microsoft anti-virus protection racket money. That really does add to the TCO, even if you only buy security software the day after thanksgiving with huge rebates.
Also, Apple gets away with their frequent expensive releases because they add new features (and performance). Microsoft will be hard pressed to release major new features every 1-2 years. And, as many have pointed out, the family packs can be a really good deal, especially since those who have been using OS X from the start probably have several macs.
I have iCal set to start hidden. Its dock icon displays the month and the number of the day, and clicking it brings up my full monthly calendar and to-do list. As the article says, iCal should default to running, rather than display its silly JUL 17 icon all year.
Expose removes most of the need for multiple desktops. I can't use windows or linux without a 2x2 array of virtual desktops, but on a mac I'm fine. Being able to use the dock to switch between apps also helps, and the mighty mouse side buttons are great.
For what is is worth, the next version of OS X (10.5) will have virtual desktops.
You could always use Linux on the older hardware. At issue it the fact that Win9x and OS X 10.2 are not advanced enough for something like cairo to work well. The software is obsolete, but the hardware is not. Cairo has recently had major optimizations added for embedded systems without hardware floating-point support. An old pc can handle cairo and firefox nicely, given an intelligent operating system.
One of the big reasons for switching from glass to polycarbonate lenses it that glass has a tendency to implode when it shatters, whereas polycarbonate will explode when it shatters. An explosion is preferable because it sends the shards away from your eye.
Also, while you might be able to shatter a diamond with a hammer, it will leave a good dent in your anvil. Most likely any projectile that would shatter a diamond lens would also have enough momentum to seriously mess up the rest of your face when the frame tries to go through your nose.
"They" can. It would just be very expensive. Lexan, for example, is used in race cars.
All the manufacturers would need to do is make the wire look like it is connected to an ipod. Coolness is no longer an issue.
Your point about the customizability of OS X is good, but I disagree somewhat with your comment on Apple not having a unified GUI. Certainly in the past several years Apple's various apps have gone through several different looks, but the behavior of the GUI has been consistent. No matter what the color, all the scrollbars act the same (except for some third-party java apps). The consistent layout of menus and dialogs is more important than the color scheme.
Apple still has no good excuse for their indecision about color schemes. One would think that all of their artists could come up with something and stick to it.