Where do I sign up for 6 or so of these?
If the "conditions of sale" are too odious, I have a feeling all six will be stolen out of the trunk of my car. Now if some thief hacks them and puts some other OS on my stolen "ChromeBooks" I have no way to prevent that.
The Microsoft build labs has been described in many books but one thing that stood out to me was the alleged fact that most builds, like Windows, take well over 24 hours to finish.
Well, there's yer problem... The are probably running their build server on windows. Now if they ran a nice Linux build server...
You make a good point. I happen to have 2 MBP's in for service right now both for a dim keyboard backlight. A function most other laptops don't have. Would I care if it were a $800 laptop? Probably not. Another thing I have noticed. Apple computers seem to have a longer life span. I have developers working on 2.5 year old Apples, while 2.5 year old PCs are helping to hold down my spares shelf in the storage room.
I am more surprised that Sony is in the list.
I always found Sony laptops to be the worst. Every year old Sony laptop I have ever seen has an LCD with colours so washed out, that the only things I would use it for is as a paperweight, or doorstop.
It passes the grandma test, as literally I switched my mother to it, and she thought she was still on MS Office.
I told my 64 year old mother that I was upgrading her to the new version of Office. She called me up a few days later to tell me how much she liked it.:)
Another botnet is on the verge of picking up a good number of those systems.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. I seem to remember a year or so ago reading about someones honeypot experiment. One of the first things done to the machine after the hacker got access was to close several common vulnerabilities.
I don't know about this botnet, but if I were an evil bastard who managed to take over your computer, the first thing I would do would be to make sure your computer stayed mine.
In fact from time to time I have considered the possibilities of a virus that would turn on automatic updates, turn on the firewall, and install an anti-virus product.
I can tell you that the computer often knows about mechanical problems before the driver does.
Your car has a computer in it? Mine doesn't, unless you count my laptop sitting in the trunk.
My previous car had computers to control everything. I hated it. It was impossible for me to fix if it broke, so I had to take it to a mechanic. Now my car (1989 Jeep Wrangler) has no computers, and I understand every single part of it, and can fix anything.
'Innocent until proven guilty' does not apply if you are accused of anything sexual involving kids. In that case it is 'Guilty until proven innocent. Then assumed guilty anyway.'
One more reason IIRC: Most netbooks are sold with XP on them, and if you (as a netbook manufacturer) want the cheep XP license from our old friends at MS, you can't put more than 1 GB in said netbook.
If I am wrong, please correct me.
I have an old Pentium 75. They are welcome to it, it it will help.:) Of course with the diffrence in processing power between a Pentium and a 1970's era computer, you could probably run the entire countries traffic lights with a P75.
I am, after 2 years, still recovering form the injuries sustained by a person in a large SUV talking on their cell phone who slammed right into the back of my car. I will probably feel pain in my left shoulder for the rest of my life. I would like to ask everyone to put down their phones and drive their damn cars!
I had a teacher many years ago who taught the entire class how to take multiple choice tests. As I recall it went something like:
In most multiple choice tests there are four answers.
Of those answers two are so wrong that if you know anything about the topic you will see that those answers are wrong.
Now you are down to two possible answers. (Statistically you should not ever get less than 50% on a test.)
One of the answers is correct, and the other is usually almost right.
So instead of looking for the right answer look for the wrong answers, and you will almost always get a good score on any multiple choice test you ever take. This has worked for me for the past 25 years or so.
I don't know about anyone else, but I would think that someone with "gene variants linked to aggression" might be someone you would want to keep locked up. Or maybe get them a job working with the UFC.
You know, there actually are females on slashdot...
1. Women can also have sex with their right and/or left hand.
2. The 10 women on/. are not statistically significant.
3. Stereotypes are funny. Look it up sometime.
4. I for one do not fit the/. stereotype, as I have a lovely daughter, and a wonderful grandson.
5. Perhaps I am taking your comment too seriously.:)
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Where do I sign up for 6 or so of these?
If the "conditions of sale" are too odious, I have a feeling all six will be stolen out of the trunk of my car. Now if some thief hacks them and puts some other OS on my stolen "ChromeBooks" I have no way to prevent that.
I must say, I am disappointed.
Well, there's yer problem... The are probably running their build server on windows. Now if they ran a nice Linux build server...
You make a good point. I happen to have 2 MBP's in for service right now both for a dim keyboard backlight. A function most other laptops don't have. Would I care if it were a $800 laptop? Probably not. Another thing I have noticed. Apple computers seem to have a longer life span. I have developers working on 2.5 year old Apples, while 2.5 year old PCs are helping to hold down my spares shelf in the storage room.
I am more surprised that Sony is in the list.
I always found Sony laptops to be the worst. Every year old Sony laptop I have ever seen has an LCD with colours so washed out, that the only things I would use it for is as a paperweight, or doorstop.
I think "We have hookers." would be an even better incentive.
Which future is it?
I suggest you read George Orwell's 1984, to find the answer to that question.
Making popcorn.
That is the only thing they use them for... Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, Know what I mean?
I seem to remember someone else who tried to make blond haired/blue eyed children... What was his name again?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler
I seem to remember it didn't all turnout well for him.
I told my 64 year old mother that I was upgrading her to the new version of Office. She called me up a few days later to tell me how much she liked it. :)
I wouldn't be so sure about that. I seem to remember a year or so ago reading about someones honeypot experiment. One of the first things done to the machine after the hacker got access was to close several common vulnerabilities.
I don't know about this botnet, but if I were an evil bastard who managed to take over your computer, the first thing I would do would be to make sure your computer stayed mine.
In fact from time to time I have considered the possibilities of a virus that would turn on automatic updates, turn on the firewall, and install an anti-virus product.
Your car has a computer in it? Mine doesn't, unless you count my laptop sitting in the trunk.
My previous car had computers to control everything. I hated it. It was impossible for me to fix if it broke, so I had to take it to a mechanic. Now my car (1989 Jeep Wrangler) has no computers, and I understand every single part of it, and can fix anything.
'Innocent until proven guilty' does not apply if you are accused of anything sexual involving kids. In that case it is 'Guilty until proven innocent. Then assumed guilty anyway.'
One more reason IIRC: Most netbooks are sold with XP on them, and if you (as a netbook manufacturer) want the cheep XP license from our old friends at MS, you can't put more than 1 GB in said netbook.
If I am wrong, please correct me.
So upgrade the RAM... Ram is cheep.
HP mini, 2GB RAM, Atom 1.6 GHz CPU, OS/X 10.6.1
Cheep and usable when I am commuting.
I make my living trashing 40 year old systems. :)
I have an old Pentium 75. They are welcome to it, it it will help. :) Of course with the diffrence in processing power between a Pentium and a 1970's era computer, you could probably run the entire countries traffic lights with a P75.
I had to do this in my drivers course. Several times. Including shifting into neutral, and stopping the car with the emergency brake.
I am, after 2 years, still recovering form the injuries sustained by a person in a large SUV talking on their cell phone who slammed right into the back of my car. I will probably feel pain in my left shoulder for the rest of my life. I would like to ask everyone to put down their phones and drive their damn cars!
I had a teacher many years ago who taught the entire class how to take multiple choice tests. As I recall it went something like:
In most multiple choice tests there are four answers.
Of those answers two are so wrong that if you know anything about the topic you will see that those answers are wrong.
Now you are down to two possible answers. (Statistically you should not ever get less than 50% on a test.)
One of the answers is correct, and the other is usually almost right.
So instead of looking for the right answer look for the wrong answers, and you will almost always get a good score on any multiple choice test you ever take. This has worked for me for the past 25 years or so.
I don't know about anyone else, but I would think that someone with "gene variants linked to aggression" might be someone you would want to keep locked up. Or maybe get them a job working with the UFC.
1. Women can also have sex with their right and/or left hand. /. are not statistically significant. /. stereotype, as I have a lovely daughter, and a wonderful grandson. :)
2. The 10 women on
3. Stereotypes are funny. Look it up sometime.
4. I for one do not fit the
5. Perhaps I am taking your comment too seriously.
We won't be talking about those slimy ambidextrous people.
Damn it, just make up your mind people!!!
This is /. 8 out of 10 people here will only ever have sex with their right hand. :)
And the other 2 with their left hand.