Frankel, 24, announced his intentions late Monday, less than a week after a file-sharing program called Waste was posted and then pulled from the Nullsoft Web site.
"The company controls the most effective means of self-expression I have," he said in his Web log. "This is unacceptable to me as an individual, therefore I must leav (sic). I don't know when it will be, but I'm not going to last much longer."
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This is an excellent article supporting this point. (google partner link).
How much did your uncle's copy of Windows 2000 cost? Last time I looked (30 seconds ago), a full version of Win2k Professional cost $319 + S&H.
That makes your uncle's computer $719+.
Maybe it'd be "less hassle" to buy the WalMart machine and install a bootleg copy of Win2K on it, but some people would rather spend $719+ on a much more powerful machine with Windows, like these, for example.
While it would be cool to run broadband access over the already existing power lines, that's not what the article was about, nor does anyone suggest that's possible.
Uh, well, while I haven't heard anything about it for a while, there are definitely people suggesting that it is possible to have broadband access over existing power lines.
"In our system, state operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism. School officials do not possess absolute authority over their students. Students in school as well as out of school are 'persons' under our Constitution." Justice Abe Fortas, Tinker v. DesMoines
Isn't this a legal precident that could be used against W.A.V.E. -- or whatever instrument of "totalitarianism" public schools choose to throw at students?
Oh, and I know it's an old sore-point for many -- but Katz, dammit, cite your sources! "This survey said that, and some-other survey said this" -- This is the internet -- it's what hyperlinks are for. Not to mention that it might lend some credibility to what you're saying. It's awfully hard for some of us who were raised on "you can't always believe what you read/hear/see" to stomach "facts" that are pulled out of the proverbial nowhere.
If you do all this research for your articles then don't be afraid to show it. Helping your readers feel that you aren't blowing things out of proportion, or at least that you aren't making things up, is not a bad thing. In fact (go figure), it's quite a good thing.
Thinking of Moore's Law, hasn't it been less than 18 months since the 500MHz chips started coming out?... Hasn't Moore's Law already been broken? I'm just curious as to whether anyone who has the dates has done the math:-)
Not only is it $749, but it's $749 for a limited time only, the normal price is $799. Initially this nifty piece of hardware was supplied to mp3.com for auction -- my guess is that they wanted to know exactly how much they could get away with selling it for. Unfortunately for us in the cash-deprived range, people were buying them up at $1000-$2000 each! I think that's where they came up with the ridiculous price... Anyway, I think you're right -- a laptop is a much better and more useful toy at this price.
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This is an excellent article supporting this point. (google partner link).
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How much did your uncle's copy of Windows 2000 cost? Last time I looked (30 seconds ago), a full version of Win2k Professional cost $319 + S&H.
That makes your uncle's computer $719+.
Maybe it'd be "less hassle" to buy the WalMart machine and install a bootleg copy of Win2K on it, but some people would rather spend $719+ on a much more powerful machine with Windows, like these, for example.
It'd be legal, too.
Progress Quest IS the future of MMORPGs -- and it's here now.
Seriously, I've been playing this thing for weeks now. Every waking moment -- I'm at the point where I even feel like I play it in my sleep.
While it would be cool to run broadband access over the already existing power lines, that's not what the article was about, nor does anyone suggest that's possible.
Uh, well, while I haven't heard anything about it for a while, there are definitely people suggesting that it is possible to have broadband access over existing power lines.
"In our system, state operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism. School officials do not possess absolute authority over their students. Students in school as well as out of school are 'persons' under our Constitution."
Justice Abe Fortas, Tinker v. DesMoines
Isn't this a legal precident that could be used against W.A.V.E. -- or whatever instrument of "totalitarianism" public schools choose to throw at students?
Oh, and I know it's an old sore-point for many -- but Katz, dammit, cite your sources! "This survey said that, and some-other survey said this" -- This is the internet -- it's what hyperlinks are for. Not to mention that it might lend some credibility to what you're saying. It's awfully hard for some of us who were raised on "you can't always believe what you read/hear/see" to stomach "facts" that are pulled out of the proverbial nowhere.
If you do all this research for your articles then don't be afraid to show it. Helping your readers feel that you aren't blowing things out of proportion, or at least that you aren't making things up, is not a bad thing. In fact (go figure), it's quite a good thing.
Everybody and there brother...
It seems that CmdrTaco's spelling and grammar are processes run on Microsoft's DNS servers.
Thinking of Moore's Law, hasn't it been less than 18 months since the 500MHz chips started coming out? ... Hasn't Moore's Law already been broken? :-)
I'm just curious as to whether anyone who has the dates has done the math
Not only is it $749, but it's $749 for a limited time only, the normal price is $799. Initially this nifty piece of hardware was supplied to mp3.com for auction -- my guess is that they wanted to know exactly how much they could get away with selling it for. Unfortunately for us in the cash-deprived range, people were buying them up at $1000-$2000 each!
I think that's where they came up with the ridiculous price... Anyway, I think you're right -- a laptop is a much better and more useful toy at this price.