Well, dire financial straits should be allowed to affect taxpayers and other areas of state and local budgets, but damned if the big-spending boards should have to worry about getting paid.
The average slashdotter can do that (although I'd bet the majority still choose not to), but the average PC user has never even heard of Linux, let alone is willing or capable of making the jump over.
Apple makes money because people don't buy hardware specs, they buy function.
And aside from that, a PC running Windows plus a bunch of YourPCNameHere bloatware plus all the requisite security software might have better specs, but it may or may not run any faster.
As long as the government maintains profitability for the businesses operating there, they will continue to do business there.
I know we at/. would love to think all businesses feel as we do and will sanctimoniously flee India out of desire to make a point about this, but corporations will simply chuckle and keep making money.
Something tells me the people doing bowflex commercials are not "3 or more drinks per day" types.
Even people who drink 1-3 per day are probably far less fitness oriented than the 0 per day people.
Since we're swapping anecdotal evidence, I know a number of people who don't drink at all, and none of them are fat. But if you go into the corner bar down the road, you see nothing but fat.
Of course this is correlated to lifestyle. I just don't buy that people who drink 3 drinks daily are going to generally have an otherwise healthy lifestyle.
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I want to know how the spotted owl and the delta smelt will be affected.
Well, dire financial straits should be allowed to affect taxpayers and other areas of state and local budgets, but damned if the big-spending boards should have to worry about getting paid.
Comedy Central used to be a little more "give it to both sides"-y.
Anymore, it is just in-jokes for liberals. Disappointing.
It was sad enough to see Beck's shameless self promotion, let alone to now see Colbert's cynical copycatting of shameless self-promotion
console game market >>> PC game market
(though, not for this particular game)
So, you don't feel there is any difference in difficulty between fixing a leak in 340 feet of water and fixing one in 5,000 feet of water?
This is an oft-repeated meme, but the price for the hardware (which again is a poor basis for comparison) is much closer than it used to be.
Sure, the Apple store rapes you for pre-installed harware upgrades, but Dell or any of the other customized PC purveyors will too.
The average slashdotter can do that (although I'd bet the majority still choose not to), but the average PC user has never even heard of Linux, let alone is willing or capable of making the jump over.
People buy function. Gaming is not one of the functions that Mac buyers are typically very interested in.
Nota Bene: You should not make a great breakfast with it after cleaning gadgets.
"The platform is in about 340 feet of water."
Should make stopping the mess easy.
Apple makes money because people don't buy hardware specs, they buy function.
And aside from that, a PC running Windows plus a bunch of YourPCNameHere bloatware plus all the requisite security software might have better specs, but it may or may not run any faster.
"A GB is a GB" is a myopic way to look at things.
You can peel it off by hand, and then rub your finger over and over the goo fast enough to heat it up and eventually, it balls up and comes off.
No chemicals needed.
extraneous about!
If I could mod you flamebait, I would.
I could never... Aero is... the best thing ever... it's so amazing and useful. It improves the look and feel so much.
Wait, do I have it turned on or off right now?
Yes, a number of years ago.
As long as the government maintains profitability for the businesses operating there, they will continue to do business there.
/. would love to think all businesses feel as we do and will sanctimoniously flee India out of desire to make a point about this, but corporations will simply chuckle and keep making money.
I know we at
Eunuch balls?
Is this one of those "define 'nothing'" questions my philosophy professor used to ask?
John Calvin said, "Nothing is what sleeping rocks dream about."
That's a new form of "are you sure?". We've developed this to make sure the user really means to shut down by making them request it multiple times.
(patent pending)
Are they going to patent the process by which you tell Windows to shut down, and it freezes?
Linux user = more brains than money ...?
Mac user = more money than brains
Windows user =
uh. whoosh.
But do the windows "snap" to one side of the screen? See? Simple! ($100 please)
Something tells me the people doing bowflex commercials are not "3 or more drinks per day" types.
Even people who drink 1-3 per day are probably far less fitness oriented than the 0 per day people.
Since we're swapping anecdotal evidence, I know a number of people who don't drink at all, and none of them are fat. But if you go into the corner bar down the road, you see nothing but fat.
Of course this is correlated to lifestyle. I just don't buy that people who drink 3 drinks daily are going to generally have an otherwise healthy lifestyle.