It has everything to do with copyright law. It's what the company is using in order to claim that they have a right to keep information from the court.
> Compared to phones pcs suck!! 100 dpi in 2015 wtf . Bulky plastic, mechanical disks, etc
PCs are faster and bigger in all respects. That includes displays, storage, CPU power, and just app/gaming potential. Phones are terribly limited. The one key advantage they have is portability. They're ubiquitous. Beyond that, they're actually pretty crappy.
Phones are just (crude) terminals really and sooner or later you need a real machine of some sort to support it.
The primary differences between tablets and PCs are the fact that the PC is an open platform and PCs use different inputs. Most PCs are also vastly more powerful than their tablet counterparts but most people don't care about that.
A tablet simply isn't suitable for all tasks. At some point you want a proper graphics terminal. At that point, it doesn't cost much more these days to just include the PC parts.
Tablets provide some relief for those that thought they were trapped with Windows but the form factor is still going to be a problem in a lot of situations.
Dell doesn't do any R&D because they put together someone else's parts. So does Apple oddly enough. They use the same collection of spare parts as Dell does. Some models of Mac are so much like their PC counterparts that you use the same installation and debugging instructions if your running the same OS on both.
Apple has great marketing and has done a good job at convincing people that their version of part X is somehow magically better than Dell's.
They also fixate on these marginal form factors to the exclusion of all else.
They also have a captive market of MacOS users. If you despise the black trashcan, what are you really going to do? Flush tons of money spent on Mac software? Probably not.
Sure it is. You just have to add everything up and include all of the small bits that eventually add up to a level of TCO and performance that isn't terribly compelling.
Except it's not an "article". It's a summary of the original content. It's basically a headline. So there's really no reason to get your panties in a bunch.
You really don't have any standing unless YOU are secretly Carrie Arnold.
> Do you feel like you can defend your computer against all created viruses trojans etc. or do you turn to professionals to provide you with tools to do that job?
On the one hand I do "depend on professionals". On the other hand, I simply make better choices based on what's available. Suitable tools have been out there for some time.
Most people just don't bother to use them.
It's really other people's choices that I have to worry about. Unfortunately most computer users are the digital equivalent of anti-vaxers.
Sheldon actually had a line where he declared that Ubuntu was his favorite Linux.
The fact that they engage in a lot of gaming (sadly) implies that they will be running Windows at least some of the time. Don't recall much evangelism either way besides that one throwaway line about Ubuntu.
Yup. This is why I no longer live in the white trash neighborhood that I grew up in. I don't want my children to feel so unsafe at school that they feel compelled to arm themselves (like I did).
Despite the liberal gun hysteria, I feel VERY safe in my America despite the fact that it is also very well armed. My neighbors are not animals. I can't say that about the neighborhood I grew up in.
If any blacks want to flee that crap, I will happily welcome them with open arms.
The problems in the hood won't be fixed with a successful gun confiscation program. They will just be easier to ignore because liberals won't have gun murder statistics to fixate over anymore.
When any sort of event occurs, people just use it as an excuse to push their current agenda. It doesn't matter if it has any relevance to the current event. There isn't any consideration given to that at all.
That's my main problem with the usual knee jerk reactions crying "do something". That and the fact that they only react when it's white victims.
No one seems interested in doing a root cause analysis. No one wants to actually really solve the problem. They just want to mindlessly apply the bag of tricks associated with their agenda whether they will work or not.
> "The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority;
Yes. But I can point to examples of people getting arrested for scolding other people's children in the here and now versus 30 years ago.
There has been a real cultural shift against harsh discipline of any sort. This even extends to your own children. People will brag on Facebook about being willing to turn people into CPS for petty shit (like scolding).
In the 70s, glorification of hoods was just cultural. Now it's the legal norm.
> Yep. About time that second amendment was updated to reflect the modern military prowess of the United States, and the lack of the need for 'militias'.
Then do it then. Stop with all of the foreplay and whining and do it already. Stop pussyfooting around.
No liberal has the balls to introduce such an Amendment.
Although with things like the ACA, they don't think they need to. They think that they can just ignore the law anyway or try to redefine it after the fact to suit them.
...because they didn't already have laws about drugs and gang activity. That's not even getting into the metal detectors and school cops that such places already had. In other words, it's an entirely different world that gun crazed liberals have absolutely zero experience with.
> People are afraid of cars, that's why they spend so much time looking at safety rating when making a purchase and teaching their kids how to cross the road safely.
Only in your fantasy land.
In real life they couldn't care less about car safety ratings and themselves give you dirty look when you tell them to not walk in the street.
I WISH people were frightened of cars. They would get out of the damned street.
The "world" may have forgotten about it in a week or two but schools and governments still fixated on it. That's the important part. The effects of it are still being felt in the form of "zero tolerance" policies and morons mistaking clocks for bombs.
Each of those represent a set of preferences. People know what they like and what they want. They certainly won't have crap shoved down their throats if they have an alternative, and Free Software provides that.
When GNOME3 was released, the forks pretty much started immediately.
It's not unlike what happened when Oracle bought Sun.
> And by the way, if somebody ever tells you to never consume something that has a chemical name you can't pronounce, they're full of shit
No they aren't. You should be able to understand what you are eating. Even processed foods don't require ingredients that most people can't pronounce.
Even the things that are harmless should not be ignored. If you don't recognize it, you shouldn't put it in your body and you should avoid it until you do know what it is.
Journalists are another matter. If they don't recognize Niacin for what it is when they see it on a food label then they need to just STFU.
It is NOT a bad idea to understand what you are buying.
> Let me see if I understand this...Republicans are bad
You are a MORON.
No one is suggesting that an anti-sugar gestapo be formed here. They're just discussing the facts. I don't even see that many people calling out others for their habits here. They're just laying out the facts.
If you can't handle the truth, then that's your problem.
That's the problem with "republicans". They can't handle the truth and they don't want anyone else speaking it lest others hear it. Their dynasty of stupidity might die of natural causes.
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You're just trying to commit the "no true scottsman" fallacy.
You can only judge a movement by it's followers.
It has everything to do with copyright law. It's what the company is using in order to claim that they have a right to keep information from the court.
> Compared to phones pcs suck!! 100 dpi in 2015 wtf . Bulky plastic, mechanical disks, etc
PCs are faster and bigger in all respects. That includes displays, storage, CPU power, and just app/gaming potential. Phones are terribly limited. The one key advantage they have is portability. They're ubiquitous. Beyond that, they're actually pretty crappy.
Phones are just (crude) terminals really and sooner or later you need a real machine of some sort to support it.
The primary differences between tablets and PCs are the fact that the PC is an open platform and PCs use different inputs. Most PCs are also vastly more powerful than their tablet counterparts but most people don't care about that.
A tablet simply isn't suitable for all tasks. At some point you want a proper graphics terminal. At that point, it doesn't cost much more these days to just include the PC parts.
Tablets provide some relief for those that thought they were trapped with Windows but the form factor is still going to be a problem in a lot of situations.
Bullsh*t.
Dell doesn't do any R&D because they put together someone else's parts. So does Apple oddly enough. They use the same collection of spare parts as Dell does. Some models of Mac are so much like their PC counterparts that you use the same installation and debugging instructions if your running the same OS on both.
Apple has great marketing and has done a good job at convincing people that their version of part X is somehow magically better than Dell's.
They also fixate on these marginal form factors to the exclusion of all else.
They also have a captive market of MacOS users. If you despise the black trashcan, what are you really going to do? Flush tons of money spent on Mac software? Probably not.
My first ultra light, ultra thin laptop was a Sony from 2001.
Everything that Apple has done with it's PCs was done by someone else first. That includes weird WTF form factors for workstation class machines.
Tech sites review plenty of flops.
Sure it is. You just have to add everything up and include all of the small bits that eventually add up to a level of TCO and performance that isn't terribly compelling.
My ISP has been stagnant for years while hard drives just keep getting bigger and bigger. This is especially true for uploads.
I think my ISP increased upload speeds once in ten years.
The thing with bags is that you can replant a forest. You can't replant an oil well.
Plastic production and recycling isn't exactly "pollution free" either.
Except it's not an "article". It's a summary of the original content. It's basically a headline. So there's really no reason to get your panties in a bunch.
You really don't have any standing unless YOU are secretly Carrie Arnold.
> Do you feel like you can defend your computer against all created viruses trojans etc. or do you turn to professionals to provide you with tools to do that job?
On the one hand I do "depend on professionals". On the other hand, I simply make better choices based on what's available. Suitable tools have been out there for some time.
Most people just don't bother to use them.
It's really other people's choices that I have to worry about. Unfortunately most computer users are the digital equivalent of anti-vaxers.
Sheldon actually had a line where he declared that Ubuntu was his favorite Linux.
The fact that they engage in a lot of gaming (sadly) implies that they will be running Windows at least some of the time. Don't recall much evangelism either way besides that one throwaway line about Ubuntu.
You don't even need to go that far really.
Yup. This is why I no longer live in the white trash neighborhood that I grew up in. I don't want my children to feel so unsafe at school that they feel compelled to arm themselves (like I did).
Despite the liberal gun hysteria, I feel VERY safe in my America despite the fact that it is also very well armed. My neighbors are not animals. I can't say that about the neighborhood I grew up in.
If any blacks want to flee that crap, I will happily welcome them with open arms.
The problems in the hood won't be fixed with a successful gun confiscation program. They will just be easier to ignore because liberals won't have gun murder statistics to fixate over anymore.
When any sort of event occurs, people just use it as an excuse to push their current agenda. It doesn't matter if it has any relevance to the current event. There isn't any consideration given to that at all.
That's my main problem with the usual knee jerk reactions crying "do something". That and the fact that they only react when it's white victims.
No one seems interested in doing a root cause analysis. No one wants to actually really solve the problem. They just want to mindlessly apply the bag of tricks associated with their agenda whether they will work or not.
> "The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority;
Yes. But I can point to examples of people getting arrested for scolding other people's children in the here and now versus 30 years ago.
There has been a real cultural shift against harsh discipline of any sort. This even extends to your own children. People will brag on Facebook about being willing to turn people into CPS for petty shit (like scolding).
In the 70s, glorification of hoods was just cultural. Now it's the legal norm.
> Yep. About time that second amendment was updated to reflect the modern military prowess of the United States, and the lack of the need for 'militias'.
Then do it then. Stop with all of the foreplay and whining and do it already. Stop pussyfooting around.
No liberal has the balls to introduce such an Amendment.
Although with things like the ACA, they don't think they need to. They think that they can just ignore the law anyway or try to redefine it after the fact to suit them.
...because they didn't already have laws about drugs and gang activity. That's not even getting into the metal detectors and school cops that such places already had. In other words, it's an entirely different world that gun crazed liberals have absolutely zero experience with.
Again. That law is redundant.
> People are afraid of cars, that's why they spend so much time looking at safety rating when making a purchase and teaching their kids how to cross the road safely.
Only in your fantasy land.
In real life they couldn't care less about car safety ratings and themselves give you dirty look when you tell them to not walk in the street.
I WISH people were frightened of cars. They would get out of the damned street.
The "world" may have forgotten about it in a week or two but schools and governments still fixated on it. That's the important part. The effects of it are still being felt in the form of "zero tolerance" policies and morons mistaking clocks for bombs.
Each of those represent a set of preferences. People know what they like and what they want. They certainly won't have crap shoved down their throats if they have an alternative, and Free Software provides that.
When GNOME3 was released, the forks pretty much started immediately.
It's not unlike what happened when Oracle bought Sun.
> Nobody knows it, but god damn do the linux fan-boys hate it!
Quite frankly, I am indifferent to it.
Without this article, I wouldn't even know that it's still around.
> And by the way, if somebody ever tells you to never consume something that has a chemical name you can't pronounce, they're full of shit
No they aren't. You should be able to understand what you are eating. Even processed foods don't require ingredients that most people can't pronounce.
Even the things that are harmless should not be ignored. If you don't recognize it, you shouldn't put it in your body and you should avoid it until you do know what it is.
Journalists are another matter. If they don't recognize Niacin for what it is when they see it on a food label then they need to just STFU.
It is NOT a bad idea to understand what you are buying.
Capitalism only thrives with rational consumers.
> Let me see if I understand this...Republicans are bad
You are a MORON.
No one is suggesting that an anti-sugar gestapo be formed here. They're just discussing the facts. I don't even see that many people calling out others for their habits here. They're just laying out the facts.
If you can't handle the truth, then that's your problem.
That's the problem with "republicans". They can't handle the truth and they don't want anyone else speaking it lest others hear it. Their dynasty of stupidity might die of natural causes.