So we will go from having to have a particular OS on a particular architecture with a lot of DRM to having to have a particular OS on a particular architecture with all DRM? Not exactly a huge shift.
My computer died and I needed to eat, as in "wow! I can afford Ramen noodles!" kind of eating. Malnutrition fun for the whole family!
And there was the "it is 95 degrees outside... and inside too because I don't have any money with which to buy an air conditioner" period which was followed by the "it is 20 degrees outside... and inside too because I don't have any money with which to buy a heater" period.
They were doing a seriously stupid (thank you, Microsoft!) deal pre-Bing when they would pay something like 24%. That's how I got my T1 micro red dot scope.
I got my A+ about a decade ago. Tech bubble burst and I couldn't get a job doing A+ work around here. Then I didn't own a computer for a few years and I haven't done anything with Windows in years at this point. They probably ought to de-certify me, quite frankly. On the other hand, I'm not applying for any A+ jobs anymore, so I suppose the question, in my case, is moot.
The remote person on the mechanical device being of primary importance over those present is OLD. There was an article I read which brought up how when home telephones became ubiquitous, there was a problem because it would be rude to the people who are right there to be ignored while the home owner chatted with someone who was not there. But the phone wouldn't stop ringing, so people would answer to inform the remote person that a conversation was not possible at the moment, but they would receive a return call. That gradually withered away and the mechanical noise machine won out. Those present would just have to wait.
Typical cell phone usage is simply a continuation.
"Of course you have to be a Brit to join it, its not like the French Foreign Legion."
Kinda sorta. A rather disproportionate number of them are from Fiji, for some reason. I think that you can get in if you are part of the formerly-known-as-the-British-Empire-post-1776. Well, that and are a bad ass.
Good reason would be because the vast majority of the people being referred to are men. I wouldn't expect to find lots of masculine pronouns in nursing or child care when referring to the nurses or day care workers or in man-hating feminist diatribes when referring to feminists.
It changed back to the "But will it run Linux?" meme because, with the current hardware roadmap from the hardware manufacturers, nothing will be able to run Crysis until Duke Nukem hits store shelves.
1. Take a well loved superhero, a good cast and great director 2. Let them make a couple of awesome movies 3. Throw away the makers of the multi-billion dollar franchise 4. ? 5. Profit!
I bought a Lenovo laptop a few weeks ago with an i7, Nvidia 240M, 4 GB of RAM and a 500 GB hard drive for $999. If that isn't high end, I'm not sure what would qualify.
I'd assume that the preferences are there because that is where they are under most Gnome apps. They are trying to make it integrate as seamlessly as possible with the native desktop. If they moved it under Tools under Linux, you might be happy, but it would annoy me because I'm accustomed to hitting Edit for changing preferences.
Not really. I remember having to swap cassettes to watch some movies on Beta that I didn't on VHS. Beta had shorter record times per tape too. Visually, they were not too different, but the length of tape difference was significant.
With regards to your mention of Borland, I think that if Microsoft seriously blew a release (Vista, for example) it doesn't matter as they own the platform: people will use the crap version anyway. If a third party blows it, they are quite likely dead in the water no matter what they do afterward (Borland in your example).
I remember that... those snail ads were just embarrassing to watch and I was a PC guy who really didn't like Macs. Having to explain to my Mac friend that those ads were so utterly misleading that they really were nothing more than blatant lies.
I'm not sure it has anything specifically to do with Windows. We have and will have x86 on Windows, regardless of any superior advances, due to binary compatibility. I think it has more to do with closed source software than the OS that it runs on. Windows on x86 won out over other home alternatives meaning that with closed source software, it is Windows on x86 for the foreseeable future. Not like you can port the software over when you don't have access to it.
You need to remember Abyss. Aliens are going slaughter every human being on earth because we occasionally kill each other. Seriously. That is the plot.
Cameron has 3 good movies: Terminator, Terminator 2 and Aliens.
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So we will go from having to have a particular OS on a particular architecture with a lot of DRM to having to have a particular OS on a particular architecture with all DRM? Not exactly a huge shift.
My computer died and I needed to eat, as in "wow! I can afford Ramen noodles!" kind of eating. Malnutrition fun for the whole family!
And there was the "it is 95 degrees outside... and inside too because I don't have any money with which to buy an air conditioner" period which was followed by the "it is 20 degrees outside... and inside too because I don't have any money with which to buy a heater" period.
They were doing a seriously stupid (thank you, Microsoft!) deal pre-Bing when they would pay something like 24%. That's how I got my T1 micro red dot scope.
I got my A+ about a decade ago. Tech bubble burst and I couldn't get a job doing A+ work around here. Then I didn't own a computer for a few years and I haven't done anything with Windows in years at this point. They probably ought to de-certify me, quite frankly. On the other hand, I'm not applying for any A+ jobs anymore, so I suppose the question, in my case, is moot.
The remote person on the mechanical device being of primary importance over those present is OLD. There was an article I read which brought up how when home telephones became ubiquitous, there was a problem because it would be rude to the people who are right there to be ignored while the home owner chatted with someone who was not there. But the phone wouldn't stop ringing, so people would answer to inform the remote person that a conversation was not possible at the moment, but they would receive a return call. That gradually withered away and the mechanical noise machine won out. Those present would just have to wait.
Typical cell phone usage is simply a continuation.
I'd like a cashier that doesn't ignore the customer because she's gabbing on the phone.
"Of course you have to be a Brit to join it, its not like the French Foreign Legion."
Kinda sorta. A rather disproportionate number of them are from Fiji, for some reason. I think that you can get in if you are part of the formerly-known-as-the-British-Empire-post-1776. Well, that and are a bad ass.
One must wonder if they are in the position they are in because they are the sort of guys that have to have their wives do the complaining for them.
Every time you hear someone mentions Daikatana, a kitten gets eviscerated.
Spewing coffee out of my nose and onto my laptop is not fun!
Good reason would be because the vast majority of the people being referred to are men. I wouldn't expect to find lots of masculine pronouns in nursing or child care when referring to the nurses or day care workers or in man-hating feminist diatribes when referring to feminists.
Your mother.
... sorry ...
Sounds like an American divorce.
Considering what New Zealand women are like, can you blame them?
It changed back to the "But will it run Linux?" meme because, with the current hardware roadmap from the hardware manufacturers, nothing will be able to run Crysis until Duke Nukem hits store shelves.
Does anyone really want Peter North cumming at them in 3D?
Good news!
It is time to beam down to the planet.
You will be an integral part of the away team where you will play a pivotal roll in the exciting conclusion to the mission.
1. Take a well loved superhero, a good cast and great director
2. Let them make a couple of awesome movies
3. Throw away the makers of the multi-billion dollar franchise
4. ?
5. Profit!
But that is an ubermachine, not just high end.
My i7 is a quad core; shows up on Ubuntu as an 8 core system due to the hyperthreading.
I bought a Lenovo laptop a few weeks ago with an i7, Nvidia 240M, 4 GB of RAM and a 500 GB hard drive for $999. If that isn't high end, I'm not sure what would qualify.
I'd assume that the preferences are there because that is where they are under most Gnome apps. They are trying to make it integrate as seamlessly as possible with the native desktop. If they moved it under Tools under Linux, you might be happy, but it would annoy me because I'm accustomed to hitting Edit for changing preferences.
"Betamax was clearly the superior technology"
Not really. I remember having to swap cassettes to watch some movies on Beta that I didn't on VHS. Beta had shorter record times per tape too. Visually, they were not too different, but the length of tape difference was significant.
With regards to your mention of Borland, I think that if Microsoft seriously blew a release (Vista, for example) it doesn't matter as they own the platform: people will use the crap version anyway. If a third party blows it, they are quite likely dead in the water no matter what they do afterward (Borland in your example).
I remember that... those snail ads were just embarrassing to watch and I was a PC guy who really didn't like Macs. Having to explain to my Mac friend that those ads were so utterly misleading that they really were nothing more than blatant lies.
I'm not sure it has anything specifically to do with Windows. We have and will have x86 on Windows, regardless of any superior advances, due to binary compatibility. I think it has more to do with closed source software than the OS that it runs on. Windows on x86 won out over other home alternatives meaning that with closed source software, it is Windows on x86 for the foreseeable future. Not like you can port the software over when you don't have access to it.
You need to remember Abyss. Aliens are going slaughter every human being on earth because we occasionally kill each other. Seriously. That is the plot.
Cameron has 3 good movies: Terminator, Terminator 2 and Aliens.