Actually the above article states that "only 11.1 percent of phones shipped in 2006 had GPS", which is a little bit less than "most/all"...
I think you guys are confusing how the system currently works, currently MOST tracking is done via GSM triangulation, as opposed to GPS triangulation.
Also, don't forget that Enhanced 911 only applies in the US, not everywhere else, hence my response of "you're full of shit" to an article that was claiming that most/all of the word's mobiles had GPS...
Wow. Either you are so stupid as to not realise how much damage you have just done, or are purposefully trying to making linux developers look like jerks.
Probably the latter, and you're probably paid well for it. How do you sleep at night?
All fine and good, but TFA doesn't actually mention linux at all, it just mentions saving from using "open source software" like Star Office or Open Office...
Underestimating the user base. Which was also responsible for holding back tabbed browsing.
I mean shit, it took them to lose something staggering like 30% of their browser market share before they "innovated" some "ground-breaking" features like tabs. Microsoft couldn't innovate themselves out of a paper bag not because they can't, but because they won't:
Their software is a classic example of design by committee, cater to the lowest common denominator, technically incompetent, near-sightedly project managed software.
I don't see why this is flamebait... Sure, him maths is all off, but the idea is right. This is such a bloody waste... Oh sure, the consumer pays accordingly, but surely there should be some limits to our excesses:(
This is such funny shit. Don't talk to me about the human tragedy, because these morons seriously had it coming to them. They kept this 35 mm flak gun of doom rigged up by what sounds like chewing gum and gaffer tape. This will keep me entertained all though the summer:)
Oh, and to all those people complaining about downloaders? Look at it like this - those people weren't going to be customers anyway, so it's no lost revenue. I remember making this argument back when I was a poor student, (96 or so) and we had pirated cable tv (it was there when we moved in). I remember making the argument that I don't like having cable enough to pay for it, so if pirating were 100% impossible, I'd just live without it and read more or something.
That's the fundamental problem with all of this sort of discussion - the assumption on the part of copyright owners that just because I like something well enough to read/listen to/watch it, I like it enough to pay for it.
And that's why for Microsoft, piracy = market penetration = profit
No, I completely agree with moderation. One thing that shits me about my current work place, is the closest thing I have to a technical co-worker is a hardcore christian, and he doesn't like swearing or other people swearing around him at all.
Which causes a lot more stress for me as I'm constantly making sure I don't accidentally blurt out something horribly offensive:)
...me feel bad so I'll bond with people that aren't my friends.
That is such a snotty thing to say. You must be one of those elitist fucks who doesn't say hello to people at work because they 'aren't your friends'.
You don't magically make friends appear, you become friends with a stranger through bonding, and in my profession usually by swearing our fucking heads off trying to troubleshoot a b0rked database.
Well, the point I'm trying to make is if I DID have $7400 US to blow on an editing station, I'd do that. But since I don't, I can build a:
1 x quad core $339 AUS 1 x good mobo $180 AUS 4 x 1 GB DDR2 $260 AUS 1 x RAID card $200 AUS 3 x 750 GB SATA 2 $690 AUS 1 x vid card $300 AUS 1 x sound card $100 AUS
frankenmac for a total of: $2069 AUS or ~ $1779 US
Considering that in terms of performance this is still leaps and bounds above the Macbook pro (core duo version) that we use for editing, I think I'll stick away from the highway robbery thanks.
Point I'm trying to make is apple really need to make a middle ground PC that isn't a monitor with stuff attached.
final cut pro final cut pro aperture soundtrack pro
All of them absolutely kick arse, and cream the adobe equivalents. For photography/sound/video editing, you can't beat Mac software, and it unfortunately only runs on OSX
It works out cheaper to build your own frankenmac using Core2 duos/quads than to buy a powermac. Meh
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No, us Aussies are happily deep frying all sorts of foods too, largely with delicious results :)
Welcome to modern capitalism: people = shit
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=64166/
Actually the above article states that "only 11.1 percent of phones shipped in 2006 had GPS", which is a little bit less than "most/all"...
I think you guys are confusing how the system currently works, currently MOST tracking is done via GSM triangulation, as opposed to GPS triangulation.
Also, don't forget that Enhanced 911 only applies in the US, not everywhere else, hence my response of "you're full of shit" to an article that was claiming that most/all of the word's mobiles had GPS...
Uhm.... You're full of shit mate. Citation? Linkage?
sigh...
should be spelled generalAlso, I'm not even going to bother mentioning all the errors in punctuation.
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Fuckwit.
Wow. Either you are so stupid as to not realise how much damage you have just done, or are purposefully trying to making linux developers look like jerks.
Probably the latter, and you're probably paid well for it. How do you sleep at night?
FUD packers make me sick...
All fine and good, but TFA doesn't actually mention linux at all, it just mentions saving from using "open source software" like Star Office or Open Office...
Underestimating the user base. Which was also responsible for holding back tabbed browsing.
I mean shit, it took them to lose something staggering like 30% of their browser market share before they "innovated" some "ground-breaking" features like tabs. Microsoft couldn't innovate themselves out of a paper bag not because they can't, but because they won't:
Their software is a classic example of design by committee, cater to the lowest common denominator, technically incompetent, near-sightedly project managed software.
I don't see why this is flamebait... Sure, him maths is all off, but the idea is right. This is such a bloody waste... Oh sure, the consumer pays accordingly, but surely there should be some limits to our excesses :(
The default configuration of Ubuntu server does...
Uhm no, you are thinking of GNU is not Unix...
Linux is not an backronym, but rather is meant to loosely mean 'Linus's Unix', in the tradition of putting an X on the end of anything Unix like.
This is such funny shit. Don't talk to me about the human tragedy, because these morons seriously had it coming to them. They kept this 35 mm flak gun of doom rigged up by what sounds like chewing gum and gaffer tape. This will keep me entertained all though the summer :)
I salute them, they are all now an hero!
No, I completely agree with moderation. One thing that shits me about my current work place, is the closest thing I have to a technical co-worker is a hardcore christian, and he doesn't like swearing or other people swearing around him at all.
:)
Which causes a lot more stress for me as I'm constantly making sure I don't accidentally blurt out something horribly offensive
> Better to have loved a fire hydrant than to have never loved at all
Best. Sig. Ever.
Well, the point I'm trying to make is if I DID have $7400 US to blow on an editing station, I'd do that. But since I don't, I can build a:
1 x quad core $339 AUS
1 x good mobo $180 AUS
4 x 1 GB DDR2 $260 AUS
1 x RAID card $200 AUS
3 x 750 GB SATA 2 $690 AUS
1 x vid card $300 AUS
1 x sound card $100 AUS
frankenmac for a total of: $2069 AUS or ~ $1779 US
Considering that in terms of performance this is still leaps and bounds above the Macbook pro (core duo version) that we use for editing, I think I'll stick away from the highway robbery thanks.
Point I'm trying to make is apple really need to make a middle ground PC that isn't a monitor with stuff attached.
Uhm, I'm Australian...
that was meant to be:
final cut pro
final cut studio
aperture
soundtrack pro
not enough coffee apparently...
to run any of the following:
final cut pro
final cut pro
aperture
soundtrack pro
All of them absolutely kick arse, and cream the adobe equivalents. For photography/sound/video editing, you can't beat Mac software, and it unfortunately only runs on OSX
It works out cheaper to build your own frankenmac using Core2 duos/quads than to buy a powermac. Meh
Haven't you heard, you can play Photoshop!!
Seriously though before you say ANY games though, here's a small list:
C&C 3
Battlefield 2142
Civ 4
WOW
Age of Empires
ETQW (soon I think)
Screw those no good crack smoking peacenick hippy student layabouts! What is this communism?