at craigslist.org? Offer the whole lot for a small charge (or not so small charge - I would think you could get at least $50 for a P3 laptop, if not more).
At my old job we had a Laserjet 2605dn and it worked fine over the network in Ubuntu Gutsy. Maybe I've just been lucky, but with HP printers in general, I've found using printers far easier than others who use windows. I plug the usb cable in, 15 seconds later a message pops up saying the printer is ready to use, and I print (except for in OpenOffice, which seems to have to be restarted to use new printers). Compare to my S-I-L who uses XP on her laptop, and has to go and get a driver for every printer she uses.
3Web resells cable Internet access in some areas of the country. They are apparently pretty crappy from what I have heard, but it is at least choice. I think it is more difficult to resell cable Internet access than DSL.
I think that for what most people do, OpenOffice isn't that unfamiliar... I setup our office computer for the admin assistant to open files by default with open office instead of Word, and she didn't notice the difference.
On the other hand, how many OEMs bundle OpenOffice? To me, that is a no-brainer... but it doesn't happen... arguments for or against OpenOffice aside, it is far better than nothing and would do an adequate job for most users.
If they aren't bundling openoffice, why would they bundle firefox vs. IE?
The user shouldn't have to try and figure out what browser they want to surf with... I shouldn't have to try three options to get the right one to use to view the page... that is tedious and a PITA.
Microsoft realizes here that the average end user has little idea why Firefox is better than Microsoft in terms of rendering. Most of the web works for them, and once it stops, they aren't going to want to upgrade.
I was quite unaware of that fact, but nonetheless... the issue here isn't facebook per se... it is the fact that any third party can write an application that gets all your data, and nobody really understands the implications of this...
While in principal, this seems like a good idea, but we have had many standards, and the reasons that the standards have changed is because technology has changed. The standard for distributing software used to be 5.25" floppy disks. This then was moved to 3.5" disks. Then, we moved to CDs, and now DVDs are taking their place.
This, all because technology has changed. A standard video format today will give way as technology advances - we are currently moving from SD to HD. The resolution that might be standard today will not be the resolution that is standard 50 years from now (perhaps sooner). With the rate technology changes, standards just don't last. It isn't the media that fail to stand the test of time, it is the technology.
okay... so that is 0.000027125 percent... we still have 99.999972875 of our population left...
Doesn't seem to compare with the estimated 85 million deaths from the bubonic plague. This is estimated to have killed between 1/3 and 2/3s of Europe's population...
But... somehow... we survived that. Katrina was pretty insignificant in the grand scale of things.
We are now able to organize ourselves pretty quickly to isolate portions of the population from disease.
Seems to me you generally wouldn't want your president favouring one state over another, would you? I mean, maybe if you were from the state he/she was favouring, but really, you don't... do you?
Yeah... of course, I knew that, but didn't articulate that, and didn't really think about it, but that wasn't necessarily my point... I suppose that I assumed that once a person became president then a new senator was elected. Is this a false assumption?
So my point was that once a senator becomes president, it is no longer their job to represent that state.
And, it doesn't matter where somebody comes from if they do a good job of representing the state (IMO).
Exactly... I'm not involved in this at all, being a fariner, but isn't it the job of the senator to govern that state well? So as long as she is doing that, it is fine... As long as they are able to understand and get the culture and the issues, I don't care where they are from, if they do a good job.
Do plans in the states really need to be multi-year? Here in Canada, you generally only have to sign up for a long term contract if you want a handset discount. With the rate that people replace them, I'm sure it couldn't be that hard to buy a cheap used phone (say $30 or less) and activate it without a long term contract.
Still sucks that payphones are going. I needed to use one last night, and I'm glad it was there. Though, they seem to have raised the cost from 25 cents to 50 cents, which is stupid.
A truly free-market stance would open up the spectrum to all, and let the strongest signals win. O gee... that's a brilliant idea! We'll have cell towers broadcasting over each other. Ever been in a midway point between two radio stations broadcasting on the same frequency? Sure, the phase locked loop will lock on one or the other, but what happens when you pass off from one cell to another and there is no way to guarantee that you will get picked up on the next cell. There is also no guarantee that in the middle of the conversation somebody else won't power up stronger and your call will get dropped.
Add to that the fact that the spectrum license presumably would include limits as to transmission power for safety and other reasons. Let's just shoot very very high power microwaves every where and see what happens.
Strongest signal wins doesn't work in the cell phone/wireless industry. Otherwise, the company with the most money could just put up signal generators cranking out radio waves to prevent anybody else from using a channel until they were ready to roll out infrastructure.
For one thing, some of us don't want 2,000 applications installed as part of a distro, when approximately 1,974 of them are crap we'll never use and most of the remainder are clearly inferior to the popular commercial alternatives on Windows or OS/X. I'd rather choose a small number of high quality applications for myself, and if that means either coughing up real money for them or spending a little time to download them, so be it: I'd rather pay the asking price and have better quality. Most aren't installed by default, but are easily accessible from Add/Remove Programs.
I have no idea about the subpixel junk, so I can't speak to that.
But on the point about notifications, it sure is possible to write something independent. You just create a repository and users add it to their list of software sources in ubuntu. Then the same interface will manage all the updates, and notifications will appear in the centralized place.
I did not know that... very interesting to know... this certainly seems to be a sign that Linux is advancing when names like Nero start to pick up on it... Though I do note that the memory hog needs 128 megs of ram and an 800 mhz pentium III.
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at craigslist.org? Offer the whole lot for a small charge (or not so small charge - I would think you could get at least $50 for a P3 laptop, if not more).
Now you're scamming off of Stephen Colbert... you best be careful!
Truthiness
How about correspondance related to a conflict that he was in the midst of? Or an email from someone that suggested there might be problems?
From the Psyster website: Sorry about being Quicktime-only but this was put together in OS X Leopard, using Final Cut Pro, on an Open Computer.
are you really not able to create non-quicktime video on an Apple?
At my old job we had a Laserjet 2605dn and it worked fine over the network in Ubuntu Gutsy. Maybe I've just been lucky, but with HP printers in general, I've found using printers far easier than others who use windows. I plug the usb cable in, 15 seconds later a message pops up saying the printer is ready to use, and I print (except for in OpenOffice, which seems to have to be restarted to use new printers). Compare to my S-I-L who uses XP on her laptop, and has to go and get a driver for every printer she uses.
3Web resells cable Internet access in some areas of the country. They are apparently pretty crappy from what I have heard, but it is at least choice. I think it is more difficult to resell cable Internet access than DSL.
I think that for what most people do, OpenOffice isn't that unfamiliar... I setup our office computer for the admin assistant to open files by default with open office instead of Word, and she didn't notice the difference.
Ian
On the other hand, how many OEMs bundle OpenOffice? To me, that is a no-brainer... but it doesn't happen... arguments for or against OpenOffice aside, it is far better than nothing and would do an adequate job for most users.
If they aren't bundling openoffice, why would they bundle firefox vs. IE?
No...
The user shouldn't have to try and figure out what browser they want to surf with... I shouldn't have to try three options to get the right one to use to view the page... that is tedious and a PITA.
Microsoft realizes here that the average end user has little idea why Firefox is better than Microsoft in terms of rendering. Most of the web works for them, and once it stops, they aren't going to want to upgrade.
WHOOOSH
How about as a second (work) car if you live sufficiently close to were you live (so you don't take a freeway)?
And you'd actually be surprised at how many people live pretty close to where they live!
I was quite unaware of that fact, but nonetheless... the issue here isn't facebook per se... it is the fact that any third party can write an application that gets all your data, and nobody really understands the implications of this...
Ian
While in principal, this seems like a good idea, but we have had many standards, and the reasons that the standards have changed is because technology has changed. The standard for distributing software used to be 5.25" floppy disks. This then was moved to 3.5" disks. Then, we moved to CDs, and now DVDs are taking their place.
This, all because technology has changed. A standard video format today will give way as technology advances - we are currently moving from SD to HD. The resolution that might be standard today will not be the resolution that is standard 50 years from now (perhaps sooner). With the rate technology changes, standards just don't last. It isn't the media that fail to stand the test of time, it is the technology.
okay... so that is 0.000027125 percent... we still have 99.999972875 of our population left...
Doesn't seem to compare with the estimated 85 million deaths from the bubonic plague. This is estimated to have killed between 1/3 and 2/3s of Europe's population...
But... somehow... we survived that. Katrina was pretty insignificant in the grand scale of things.
We are now able to organize ourselves pretty quickly to isolate portions of the population from disease.
Yeah, I hear the admissions process for getting a Facebook account is pretty tough.
Yeah... Almost as tough as it is to restrict your profile to approved friends.
And what binds them to Facebook's privacy policy may I ask? Them checking a box saying 'I agree'? Wow... that's reassuring!
So you haven't heard of This phone?
Seems to me you generally wouldn't want your president favouring one state over another, would you? I mean, maybe if you were from the state he/she was favouring, but really, you don't... do you?
Yeah... of course, I knew that, but didn't articulate that, and didn't really think about it, but that wasn't necessarily my point... I suppose that I assumed that once a person became president then a new senator was elected. Is this a false assumption?
So my point was that once a senator becomes president, it is no longer their job to represent that state.
And, it doesn't matter where somebody comes from if they do a good job of representing the state (IMO).
I find it hard to believe that there would be only ONE envelope design that would work...
Exactly... I'm not involved in this at all, being a fariner, but isn't it the job of the senator to govern that state well? So as long as she is doing that, it is fine... As long as they are able to understand and get the culture and the issues, I don't care where they are from, if they do a good job.
Do plans in the states really need to be multi-year? Here in Canada, you generally only have to sign up for a long term contract if you want a handset discount. With the rate that people replace them, I'm sure it couldn't be that hard to buy a cheap used phone (say $30 or less) and activate it without a long term contract.
Still sucks that payphones are going. I needed to use one last night, and I'm glad it was there. Though, they seem to have raised the cost from 25 cents to 50 cents, which is stupid.
A truly free-market stance would open up the spectrum to all, and let the strongest signals win.
O gee... that's a brilliant idea! We'll have cell towers broadcasting over each other. Ever been in a midway point between two radio stations broadcasting on the same frequency? Sure, the phase locked loop will lock on one or the other, but what happens when you pass off from one cell to another and there is no way to guarantee that you will get picked up on the next cell. There is also no guarantee that in the middle of the conversation somebody else won't power up stronger and your call will get dropped.
Add to that the fact that the spectrum license presumably would include limits as to transmission power for safety and other reasons. Let's just shoot very very high power microwaves every where and see what happens.
Strongest signal wins doesn't work in the cell phone/wireless industry. Otherwise, the company with the most money could just put up signal generators cranking out radio waves to prevent anybody else from using a channel until they were ready to roll out infrastructure.
For one thing, some of us don't want 2,000 applications installed as part of a distro, when approximately 1,974 of them are crap we'll never use and most of the remainder are clearly inferior to the popular commercial alternatives on Windows or OS/X. I'd rather choose a small number of high quality applications for myself, and if that means either coughing up real money for them or spending a little time to download them, so be it: I'd rather pay the asking price and have better quality.
Most aren't installed by default, but are easily accessible from Add/Remove Programs.
I have no idea about the subpixel junk, so I can't speak to that.
But on the point about notifications, it sure is possible to write something independent. You just create a repository and users add it to their list of software sources in ubuntu. Then the same interface will manage all the updates, and notifications will appear in the centralized place.
I did not know that... very interesting to know... this certainly seems to be a sign that Linux is advancing when names like Nero start to pick up on it... Though I do note that the memory hog needs 128 megs of ram and an 800 mhz pentium III.