Sigh. Another post that doesn't understand the of the word "theory" as applied to science. For the last time people, stop using the dictionary entry of "theory" when you mean to talk about the scientific meaning of "theory".
I have a theory that people won't understand this post at all.
Nice try, but I think you are missing the main point. ID is simply a euphemism concocted by religious zealots in America to work around the constitutional ban of teaching creationism with public funds.
I agree with your post, and it is well stated. But..
parents who believe in the ID voodoo have the right to have their children educated with an ID curriculum,
Yeah, in a PRIVATE school. Society has no right to indoctrinate children with values steeped in religious context. At some point, society has an obligation to lift members above thousand-year old mythologies. I don't mind paying taxes for the greater good of society, but I also don't like supporting the values supported by those who lack "intellectual integrity" (to use your well placed words).
Now that I've wrapped up my Master's Degree, I've finally found time to actually play WoW. One weekend, 8 hours of sleep, and (only) 13 levels later, I still have no idea what this article is about;-)
Evil evil game. I haven't had this much fun since, well, dialing-up with a friend in Warcraft II.
Do you people even read what is posted? I'm sure AutoCAD somehow doesn't work on an Intel Mac? Of course there are tons of alternative programs that do the exact same thing as AutoCAD. And then there is the whole point somebody made that tons of "popular" programs are PC only. AutoCAD hardly falls under the "popular" category.
Maybe it is a National thing, or perhaps generational, but a phone is the LAST thing I would choose to have in my house. If I had to start eliminating household items, the phone would be the first thing to go. Yes, even before a toaster.
I take it you aren't from England? I'm an American, but I live in England, and mobile phone use is out of control. I've never seen an entire segment of any society as socially retarded as the demographic in this study. These morons walk around with both thumbs furiously type-type-typing away, not watching where they are going, not making eye contact with real humans...it is frightening. I've lived in Europe before (Germany) and never have I had such culture shock as trying to understand all these kids just texting their brains away. I love going to the Trafford Centre in Manchester and trying to count mobile phone stores. I think the last time I stopped counting at about 12.
The adults aren't much better. Got an incoming call? Is it illegal to talk on a mobile and drive (hint, yes)? Why not just STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREAKING ROAD (left blinker on, of course) AND CHAT TO YOUR HEART'S DESIRE?!?! Yeah, seems logical. Cause highway death and destruction, just because you feel like you need to answer your stupid call. Sheesh... I'm not saying Americans are any better, but at least the roads are wide enough you can pull off and not bring an entire country to a standstill (cough, A1, cough).
Oh man, you totally beat me to it. What a stupid, misleading slashdot lead-in. Yeah yeah, I know....I should RTFA, but still...the summary should mention more details than simply "the first 802.11n network", since evidently I had the 2nd (only after sagei)
Fanboi is my most hated. First, the lazy spelling... second, the misuse of the intention of the word. If I give PhD quality reserach findings about Topic X and some slashdot a$$hole has a different (and commonly incorrect) opinion, suddenly I'm a fanboi.
Just because people like something, and they come to a forum to talk about it doesn't give some of you jerks the right to fling "fanboi" around. Same goes for Troll. I'm no troll (unless I'm playing WoW), but am often labeled as such for no apparent reason other than having a strong opinion backed with logical reasoning.
apart from a lack of some popular software (though notably not Office, iTunes, Firefox or Photoshop).
Maybe this is why I'm a happy Mac user. Add VLC media player to your list of cross-platform apps, and I really don't need anything else out of a computer. I would venture to think that there are many more just like me too. Throw in the free iLife suite and GarageBand and I have more computer than I've ever needed.
Of course some people switch back. Just like, even though consumer surveys show Apple at 85-90% satisfaction rates, some people still don't like them. Had you been able to purchase an Intel MacBook, though, and didn't like OS X, you'd have been more apt to have kept the MacBook and just booted in Windows mode. This, I believe, is what Apple is counting on.
Most people weren't even interested in trying to switch before Intel Macs because of the hardware cost of buying a new Mac for something they "might" like. For some reason, Apple adding Intel chips has got more of my PC geek friends talking about buying new Macs, even though they'll argue that they are too expensive compared to equally equiped PC offerings. That tells me they are at least remotely interested in using OS X and the security blanket of dual-booting is enough to get them to go for it, even if the EULA technically doesn't allow it.
Another thing with the EULA, at least Microsoft will be preventing, say, entire schools from adopting Intel Macs and using VM to run Windows. If this prevents schools from making the switch, schools will never experience the OS X side, and thus, never switch to OS X in the first place. I don't blame MS for this, but the home user EULA is a bit unrealistic (to think that home users will pay attention to it). It is different when the Ed. Tech has to follow the EULA because he/she is audited every 6-months or so.
Cynics say that this is Microsoft's way of punishing Mac switchers, while Microsoft calls it a "security" issue.
Microsoft isn't stupid, and they can see the writing on the wall. Switchers pose a problem for Microsoft, because most anecdotal evidence and many studies show that switchers don't switch back to Windows. Now before you bash me as an Apple fanboi, consider this: most people who leave Windows are looking for an out due to frustration. Even if you think Mac OS X is inferior to Windows, someone looking to get away from Windows might not be the most objective person in the world. Apple's plan is to get people to switch, to just taste OS X, and then count on them not going back to Windows. Intel Macs make it "safe" for users to try it, because they can always fall back to Windows if OS X doesn't work out for them.
The most ridiculous part of the MS strategy, though, is to assume people pay attention to the EULA anyway. I recently installed XP on my Intel Mac on to a boot camp partition. Parellels is smart enough to see the boot camp partition and run in VM mode. Is that "illegal"? Will Microsoft come kick in my door? Would I be able to do the same thing with Vista (probably) even though the EULA states I can't?
Besides, a utility like e-mail or web browser (MS Explorer would have been a better answer from you, since Microsoft doesn't make a Mac broswer) hardly count as a popular desktop application, in that any number of apps do the same exact thing as get email or surf the web. Simply put, there is no "killer app" that is PC only (excluding games) and then, FOR THE LAST TIME, all these points are absolutely moot with the introduction of Intel Macs. I just gave the newest build of Parallels a run, and man is it sweet. I prefer running window in VM over Boot Camp (for the obvious reasons) and even prefer it to running on my "real" PC hardware upstairs.
Name a "popular" desktop program that is Windows only (you can't count ad-removal, spyware, viruses scanners, disk and ram optimizers, and other WinOS nonesense programs, since they aren't generally needed on other platforms). Better yet, name one that doesn't have a viable and compatible competitor that works on other OSes. I can think of one, Microsoft Access, but it would be stretch to call it "popular".
See, I think this is why I hate the term fanboi. You say it is because they don't accept the fact that something doesn't work as advertised, ever, but that is so far from the truth for an Apple fanboi that it is laughable. Mac OS X doesn't work the way a PC lover wants it to, so the PC "fanboi" projects their dislike of OS X into the words of the Mac "fanboi" and just assumes the Mac fanboi doesn't realize the shortcomings of Mac OS X. The problem with this logic, is to the Mac users, your shortcomings don't apply. For example, I could care less that my Mac windows only resize from the bottom right corner, but it drives every PC user crazy (judging by the Safari for PC threads). Does that make me a fanboi? Hardly. (It makes me a Mac user).
The author could have done much better by picking apart the (usually) flawed logic of AMD people and pointing out how insignificant the chip architectures are to 95% of the world. Or, he could have highlighted how rabid Linux users are, given they are they loudest minority per capita (as compared to Mac uses, for example) in the personal computing industry by far. Linux people are loud, yet most people have never even SEEN Linux to have an informed opinion either way. At least most people have seen a Mac, or used an AMD chip. Fanboi entails a certain element of negative connotation, so to say people like a good product a little more loudly than they should, is not a negative thing. In other industries, the suffix "phile" is added, and that is generally a "good thing". But with computers, suddenly one becomes a "fanboi"? People who like products out of irrational logic or poor evaluation skills, then stick to those decisions endlessly, are fanbois. ppl who cnt b bothrd 2 typ all d chrctrs or pEEpS WhO FEel da nEEd 2 Typ3 wit FunnY lddrs r also (potential) fanbois (of something..poor command of English is usually a good indicator of poor intellect, which is the leading cause of fanboiism).
Also, how do I get the author's job? I write longer "articles" on slashdot, for free, and more frequently. Lame article, lame organization. I'm still trying to figure out what the meat of the story is. "Hello people...Mac has a lot of fanbois. They are passionate. There, now I've shown you what it is to be a fanboi. Thanks for reading my crappy article. And thanks for posting on slashdot so my ad revenues get a slight boost."
No one here gets it. You people are all caught up on features and specs and parts and price, but it's the whole picture that makes an amazing product.
And this, my friends, is succinctly why people have been bashing Apple since 1984. They don't get it, and for some reason, find extreme bliss in blabbering on about specs and dollars (to sooth their aching insecurities, I suppose).
Uh, this upgrade is occurring BEFORE 1.0 is available. What is your point again? I pity those fools who were able to buy the iPhone before it was available, and got stuck with a crappy battery and a (snicker) plastic screen?
Sorry, I just can't let empty statements like yours go unchallenged.
Uh, that's because on any of the three browsers I use on my Mac (Firefox, Camino, and Safari), all you have to do is type the name (i.e."espn") and they all add the http:/// and.com junk. I guess Apple is not aware of this shortcoming on the PC side of browsers? (I'm sure PC browsers can do it to, but they don't seem to do it by default, or on all PCs with any browser, so you can unclick flamebait now).
The demand for ROAD in rural America is much higher than the demand for broadband. When will you people comprehend this simple fact. You can't shove 20MBps broadband down the throats of Iowa farmers when they have a perfectly cozy AOL dial-up account (or no computer at all).
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I have a theory that people won't understand this post at all.
Nice try, but I think you are missing the main point. ID is simply a euphemism concocted by religious zealots in America to work around the constitutional ban of teaching creationism with public funds.
Evil evil game. I haven't had this much fun since, well, dialing-up with a friend in Warcraft II.
Do you people even read what is posted? I'm sure AutoCAD somehow doesn't work on an Intel Mac? Of course there are tons of alternative programs that do the exact same thing as AutoCAD. And then there is the whole point somebody made that tons of "popular" programs are PC only. AutoCAD hardly falls under the "popular" category.
By your logic, everybody on slashdot is a fanboy then. Even you are a fanboy, by coming on and responding to my post.
Maybe it is a National thing, or perhaps generational, but a phone is the LAST thing I would choose to have in my house. If I had to start eliminating household items, the phone would be the first thing to go. Yes, even before a toaster.
The adults aren't much better. Got an incoming call? Is it illegal to talk on a mobile and drive (hint, yes)? Why not just STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREAKING ROAD (left blinker on, of course) AND CHAT TO YOUR HEART'S DESIRE?!?! Yeah, seems logical. Cause highway death and destruction, just because you feel like you need to answer your stupid call. Sheesh... I'm not saying Americans are any better, but at least the roads are wide enough you can pull off and not bring an entire country to a standstill (cough, A1, cough).
There, I feel better now.
Anyone stupid enough to think their mobile phone is rewarding them with a rich and fulfilling social life doesn't deserve 1 million pounds.
Oh man, you totally beat me to it. What a stupid, misleading slashdot lead-in. Yeah yeah, I know....I should RTFA, but still...the summary should mention more details than simply "the first 802.11n network", since evidently I had the 2nd (only after sagei)
I've always had this statement about the "DK effect": Stupid people don't know they are stupid.
Now I have a name for my stupid people theory!
Just because people like something, and they come to a forum to talk about it doesn't give some of you jerks the right to fling "fanboi" around. Same goes for Troll. I'm no troll (unless I'm playing WoW), but am often labeled as such for no apparent reason other than having a strong opinion backed with logical reasoning.
Lest we forget, the iMac came a few years before the iPod. Get your iHistory straight!
Most people weren't even interested in trying to switch before Intel Macs because of the hardware cost of buying a new Mac for something they "might" like. For some reason, Apple adding Intel chips has got more of my PC geek friends talking about buying new Macs, even though they'll argue that they are too expensive compared to equally equiped PC offerings. That tells me they are at least remotely interested in using OS X and the security blanket of dual-booting is enough to get them to go for it, even if the EULA technically doesn't allow it.
Another thing with the EULA, at least Microsoft will be preventing, say, entire schools from adopting Intel Macs and using VM to run Windows. If this prevents schools from making the switch, schools will never experience the OS X side, and thus, never switch to OS X in the first place. I don't blame MS for this, but the home user EULA is a bit unrealistic (to think that home users will pay attention to it). It is different when the Ed. Tech has to follow the EULA because he/she is audited every 6-months or so.
Microsoft isn't stupid, and they can see the writing on the wall. Switchers pose a problem for Microsoft, because most anecdotal evidence and many studies show that switchers don't switch back to Windows. Now before you bash me as an Apple fanboi, consider this: most people who leave Windows are looking for an out due to frustration. Even if you think Mac OS X is inferior to Windows, someone looking to get away from Windows might not be the most objective person in the world. Apple's plan is to get people to switch, to just taste OS X, and then count on them not going back to Windows. Intel Macs make it "safe" for users to try it, because they can always fall back to Windows if OS X doesn't work out for them.
The most ridiculous part of the MS strategy, though, is to assume people pay attention to the EULA anyway. I recently installed XP on my Intel Mac on to a boot camp partition. Parellels is smart enough to see the boot camp partition and run in VM mode. Is that "illegal"? Will Microsoft come kick in my door? Would I be able to do the same thing with Vista (probably) even though the EULA states I can't?
Outlook-->Entourage
Besides, a utility like e-mail or web browser (MS Explorer would have been a better answer from you, since Microsoft doesn't make a Mac broswer) hardly count as a popular desktop application, in that any number of apps do the same exact thing as get email or surf the web. Simply put, there is no "killer app" that is PC only (excluding games) and then, FOR THE LAST TIME, all these points are absolutely moot with the introduction of Intel Macs. I just gave the newest build of Parallels a run, and man is it sweet. I prefer running window in VM over Boot Camp (for the obvious reasons) and even prefer it to running on my "real" PC hardware upstairs.
Name a "popular" desktop program that is Windows only (you can't count ad-removal, spyware, viruses scanners, disk and ram optimizers, and other WinOS nonesense programs, since they aren't generally needed on other platforms). Better yet, name one that doesn't have a viable and compatible competitor that works on other OSes. I can think of one, Microsoft Access, but it would be stretch to call it "popular".
The author could have done much better by picking apart the (usually) flawed logic of AMD people and pointing out how insignificant the chip architectures are to 95% of the world. Or, he could have highlighted how rabid Linux users are, given they are they loudest minority per capita (as compared to Mac uses, for example) in the personal computing industry by far. Linux people are loud, yet most people have never even SEEN Linux to have an informed opinion either way. At least most people have seen a Mac, or used an AMD chip. Fanboi entails a certain element of negative connotation, so to say people like a good product a little more loudly than they should, is not a negative thing. In other industries, the suffix "phile" is added, and that is generally a "good thing". But with computers, suddenly one becomes a "fanboi"? People who like products out of irrational logic or poor evaluation skills, then stick to those decisions endlessly, are fanbois. ppl who cnt b bothrd 2 typ all d chrctrs or pEEpS WhO FEel da nEEd 2 Typ3 wit FunnY lddrs r also (potential) fanbois (of something..poor command of English is usually a good indicator of poor intellect, which is the leading cause of fanboiism).
Also, how do I get the author's job? I write longer "articles" on slashdot, for free, and more frequently. Lame article, lame organization. I'm still trying to figure out what the meat of the story is. "Hello people...Mac has a lot of fanbois. They are passionate. There, now I've shown you what it is to be a fanboi. Thanks for reading my crappy article. And thanks for posting on slashdot so my ad revenues get a slight boost."
Sorry, I just can't let empty statements like yours go unchallenged.
Uh, that's because on any of the three browsers I use on my Mac (Firefox, Camino, and Safari), all you have to do is type the name (i.e."espn") and they all add the http:/// and .com junk. I guess Apple is not aware of this shortcoming on the PC side of browsers? (I'm sure PC browsers can do it to, but they don't seem to do it by default, or on all PCs with any browser, so you can unclick flamebait now).
The demand for ROAD in rural America is much higher than the demand for broadband. When will you people comprehend this simple fact. You can't shove 20MBps broadband down the throats of Iowa farmers when they have a perfectly cozy AOL dial-up account (or no computer at all).