No-one advertises a TV for $20, then mentions that the $80 a month cable plan isn't optional.
Car
No-one sells a car for $100, then mentions that you have to spend at least $500 on gas from a particular station every month for the next two years otherwise they'll repossess it.
Printer
No-one sells you a printer for $10, but doesn't give you any ink cartridges with it. Oh wait, that's Lexmark.
You seem to have got it into your head that I'm some kind of rabid anti-iPhone fanboi. I don't care how much other phones or data plans cost. I'm stating that I can't get an iPhone for $99, so the summary is blatantly untrue. Plain and simple.
I bought my smartphone outright, I pay 5 pounds a month for data, and everything else is paid for as I use it. I'd love to own an iPhone, I think they're a wonderful little piece of kit, but the total price is far more expensive than I can justify paying.
When was the last time you bought a car where you had to pay $x for gas every month, regardless of how far you were driving, otherwise ownership of the car would automatically revert to the company from which you bought it?
Wow, I can get a 3G for $99? I'll take one! Oh wait, I have to pay how much on the contract?
I do wish the media would stop parroting these utterly irrelevant "costs" for mobile devices straight from the press release, as if it was true or something.
I agree, everyone seems to define it however they like. But the original definition was useful, it told a potential buyer something about the product in a single word.
To me, what you define as a netbook is simply a cheap laptop.:)
Nice to see another "proper" netbook being brought to market - 7" devices are what started the ball rolling. Ultra-portability combined with a cheap price is what defines a netbook. The term has become so diluted that it's being applied to 12" machines, and machines which cost as much as a traditional laptop.
I think you're missing the point somewhat. Try entering the search term "web browsers".
Not that I'm claiming it works perfectly or anything. Apart from Firefox (developed by the Mozilla Corporation), there appears to be another web browser named Mozilla, developed by a company called "website".
There is a cool video of the computer in operation at Cambridge University.
No, there really isn't. The video consists of 3 minutes and 38 seconds of a guy explaining how he's not an economist and doesn't really understand this stuff, and clearing his throat an awful lot. Meanwhile, he proceeds to explain how he's shut off or removed most of the parts of the machine, and intends to only demonstrate a little bit of it. Just as he's about to begin the demonstration, the video ends.
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You know, I did a computing degree in Computer Science
That's the best kind of degree to do in Computer Science. I did a history of art degree in Computer Science, and I regret it to this day.
Must be handy exhaling helium - although I'd imagine you've got a pretty hilarious voice.
Uh, just the left one would be fine actually.
TV
No-one advertises a TV for $20, then mentions that the $80 a month cable plan isn't optional.
Car
No-one sells a car for $100, then mentions that you have to spend at least $500 on gas from a particular station every month for the next two years otherwise they'll repossess it.
Printer
No-one sells you a printer for $10, but doesn't give you any ink cartridges with it. Oh wait, that's Lexmark.
You seem to have got it into your head that I'm some kind of rabid anti-iPhone fanboi. I don't care how much other phones or data plans cost. I'm stating that I can't get an iPhone for $99, so the summary is blatantly untrue. Plain and simple.
I bought my smartphone outright, I pay 5 pounds a month for data, and everything else is paid for as I use it. I'd love to own an iPhone, I think they're a wonderful little piece of kit, but the total price is far more expensive than I can justify paying.
When was the last time you bought a car where you had to pay $x for gas every month, regardless of how far you were driving, otherwise ownership of the car would automatically revert to the company from which you bought it?
Wow, I can get a 3G for $99? I'll take one! Oh wait, I have to pay how much on the contract?
I do wish the media would stop parroting these utterly irrelevant "costs" for mobile devices straight from the press release, as if it was true or something.
Off topic? That's a paddlin'.
I agree, everyone seems to define it however they like. But the original definition was useful, it told a potential buyer something about the product in a single word.
To me, what you define as a netbook is simply a cheap laptop. :)
Nice to see another "proper" netbook being brought to market - 7" devices are what started the ball rolling. Ultra-portability combined with a cheap price is what defines a netbook. The term has become so diluted that it's being applied to 12" machines, and machines which cost as much as a traditional laptop.
In Soviet Germany, Gina Wild raises you!
Yeah Dunstone, get your act together and start disconnecting me for file sharing, you lazy hypocritical ass! Oh, wait...
Politicians know that new problems will always arise, so it's not much of a deterrent. But they do NOT want to look stupid.
Oh dear. I think perhaps they need to try a little harder then.
Doh! I'd forgotten all about that, I just took one look and assumed the search engine had messed up.
I think you're missing the point somewhat. Try entering the search term "web browsers".
Not that I'm claiming it works perfectly or anything. Apart from Firefox (developed by the Mozilla Corporation), there appears to be another web browser named Mozilla, developed by a company called "website".
Yeah, but it's my bad.
- Bill
The spoonerism of "Mad Max" would be "Mad Max". Not the most amusing example I've seen.
I just looked up Roman politics of the 3rd century B.C. Pwned.
There is a cool video of the computer in operation at Cambridge University.
No, there really isn't. The video consists of 3 minutes and 38 seconds of a guy explaining how he's not an economist and doesn't really understand this stuff, and clearing his throat an awful lot. Meanwhile, he proceeds to explain how he's shut off or removed most of the parts of the machine, and intends to only demonstrate a little bit of it. Just as he's about to begin the demonstration, the video ends.
That reminds me of the vast majority of the population who think .mp3 means "those song things that I can play on my iPod".
Get her a Firefly or similar device.
I know he's concerned about his daughter, but getting an entire starship to transport her to and from school just seems like overkill.
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Dude, Alpha is so old school... these days we "bing" things... get with the times!
Okay... Bing told me that the price of a keyboard is: "BUY MICROSOFT NATURAL KEYBOARD FROM OUR PARTNERS NOW!"
Technically the file format is a bit of a mess, and OLAP was it's name oh.
Do you often burst into song mid-sentence while discussing file formats? Must make things fun at your place of work. :)
Also, according to my friend who works in a Flash coding shop, they can real pricks occassionally.
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