I agree with this. A Windows app store will help a lot of people, but if I can't install software manually, or by other traditional means, then I'll drop Windows too.
I doubt they are this aloof, but MS might be greatly misreading their customer base if they think that people want a more iphone-like experience on their real computers.
They could add an extra digit to the front of the display showing how many times the other numbers have reached their maximum! Brilliant, 10x the capacity for only one digit more!
I've been using it since I got my Droid last year. It works great, it is frequently updated, and allows me to surf the web on an actual laptop while (riding) in a car on the freeway. I use it for everything short of gaming, and who knows, maybe it would even work for that! Best of all, Verizon still hasn't freaked out about data usage, and I go through a LOT in a month.
Enter your SSN, credit card number, and Mother's maiden name, fill out a short survey about which online sites you use most frequently, and we will calculate your online net worth!
To some extent. The wireless networks work and you can authenticate yourself as a student (required before getting access.) The networks even recognize you as using Linux and say so on the network authentication page. I haven't tried much with remote printing, etc... but I think it could probably work. The only Linux labs on campus that I know of are all in the CS building, but there are several of them with Fedora on the machines.
Quick, before anyone else can, let's raise some venture capital and build a few resorts there.
The commercial practically writes itself!
Ridge A villas, your ticket to paradise on earth!*
*Ridge A Villas is not responsible for hypothermia, loss of limbs due to gangrene, or Abominable Snowman attacks. Any lawsuit filed against Ridge A Villas must be filed in Antarctica county district court jurisdiction within 90 hours of the incident.
I guess all those violent gangs in Venezuela are addicted to video games.
Venezuela is known as a breeding ground for video game cartels and illegal video game smugglers. Some of the games you get from there aren't even pure. I've even heard that they get young girls addicted to video games and then force them into prostitution just so they can keep playing GTA 4.
If only they could be a productive, viceless South American country, like Colombia.
San Francisco, AP In response to a sharp rise in popularity in 2014 (the year of the Linux desktop,) the Linux Foundation has announced that antivirus technology from McAffee will be built into all versions of the Linux kernel starting with v 2.6.45. When asked about this latest development, Linus Torvalds said, "I believe that adding 2,476,000 lines of antivirus code in order to protect Linux users is the most effective solution and can only benefit Linux users for years to come."
According to the Mayans (I think they are a sect of Ron Paul followers) the world will end in 2012 anyway. I saw a youtube video about it, so it must be true.
A robot that learned not to flash lights that would give away the location of robot food to its competitors? The next step is clearly a robot that learns not to flash lights when it is about to wipe out humanity and take control of the world!
I for one welcome our intelligent light-eating bubble robot overlords.
I've been a gamer for years, and I've never been 35 or overweight. You'd think sooner or later the law of averages would catch up to me if this were true, therefore it is false. I am convinced that the average gamer is a 23-year old skinny university student.
Then how do you decide who is a candidate and gets a piece of the pie? What if I decide to run for senator in every state just so that I get a few million bucks in campaign stipends. Heck, I'd even spend it all on commercials about how awesome I am, and campaign events where free food is provided to anyone who comes to support me.
The fact is that campaign fund raising is one way to separate people who are serious about running for elected office from those who really just want attention for some other reason. Think of it as a litmus test of grass roots support. I'm not saying that there are no problems with the system; there are. But I'd take it over government funded and controlled elections any day.
Just an interesting tidbit. And if you believe the signage on city streets, you can buy and sell them in pawn shops every couple of blocks in the former Soviet Union.
On I-15 around Salt Lake City rude rivers are different. They seem to think that it's ok to get into a big clump of cars 3 or 4-lanes wide all going the same speed. That way, nobody can pass on any side... If you aren't going faster than the car to your right, you need to get in that lane and let people pass you on the left. Also, if you are in the far left (where I'm from, the 'fast' lane) and you see an open lane for half a mile in front of you, and 3+ cars directly behind you, it's probably time to get out of that lane... Common sense would help traffic flow better than rudeness.
If the court ruled that IP addresses aren't personally identifiable, then couldn't some crafty lawyer argue that it can't be used to personally identify any defendant? I can hear the courtroom defenses now...
"I didn't download and share 10 million hours of music, your honor. The computer located at 10.187.13.37 did."
Valve Software patches their games frequently, and not just bug fixes. Team Fortress 2 for example regularly comes out with "themed" update packs that will give new unlockable weapons and abilities to individual characters, new maps, and new gameplay modes. Seriously, they keep the content coming even almost 2 years after the game first came out, with no sign of letting up!
Short answer - nothing, but if all they're doing is undercutting Bloomsbury by only charging for costs, where's the profit motive? People will take douchebaggery only so far. Once you leave the internet, nobody is going to go that far when no profit is involved.
I had not heard that angle before. That is a pretty unfortunate circumstance and I can see why they would have a vested interest in clearing the swine's good name. I thought that the issue was just among non pork-eating people who were just sick of hearing the name.
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Lincoln. Give me an A.
I agree with this. A Windows app store will help a lot of people, but if I can't install software manually, or by other traditional means, then I'll drop Windows too. I doubt they are this aloof, but MS might be greatly misreading their customer base if they think that people want a more iphone-like experience on their real computers.
They could add an extra digit to the front of the display showing how many times the other numbers have reached their maximum! Brilliant, 10x the capacity for only one digit more!
I've been using it since I got my Droid last year. It works great, it is frequently updated, and allows me to surf the web on an actual laptop while (riding) in a car on the freeway. I use it for everything short of gaming, and who knows, maybe it would even work for that! Best of all, Verizon still hasn't freaked out about data usage, and I go through a LOT in a month.
PRESS F11 YOU WHINER! Problem Solved.
Maybe he can help the Jedis get some air time.
Enter your SSN, credit card number, and Mother's maiden name, fill out a short survey about which online sites you use most frequently, and we will calculate your online net worth!
To some extent. The wireless networks work and you can authenticate yourself as a student (required before getting access.) The networks even recognize you as using Linux and say so on the network authentication page. I haven't tried much with remote printing, etc... but I think it could probably work. The only Linux labs on campus that I know of are all in the CS building, but there are several of them with Fedora on the machines.
Quick, before anyone else can, let's raise some venture capital and build a few resorts there.
The commercial practically writes itself!
Ridge A villas, your ticket to paradise on earth!*
*Ridge A Villas is not responsible for hypothermia, loss of limbs due to gangrene, or Abominable Snowman attacks. Any lawsuit filed against Ridge A Villas must be filed in Antarctica county district court jurisdiction within 90 hours of the incident.
I guess all those violent gangs in Venezuela are addicted to video games.
Venezuela is known as a breeding ground for video game cartels and illegal video game smugglers. Some of the games you get from there aren't even pure. I've even heard that they get young girls addicted to video games and then force them into prostitution just so they can keep playing GTA 4.
If only they could be a productive, viceless South American country, like Colombia.
San Francisco, AP
In response to a sharp rise in popularity in 2014 (the year of the Linux desktop,) the Linux Foundation has announced that antivirus technology from McAffee will be built into all versions of the Linux kernel starting with v 2.6.45. When asked about this latest development, Linus Torvalds said, "I believe that adding 2,476,000 lines of antivirus code in order to protect Linux users is the most effective solution and can only benefit Linux users for years to come."
That'll be the day that hell freezes over.
Thank you Arrested Development!
According to the Mayans (I think they are a sect of Ron Paul followers) the world will end in 2012 anyway. I saw a youtube video about it, so it must be true.
A robot that learned not to flash lights that would give away the location of robot food to its competitors? The next step is clearly a robot that learns not to flash lights when it is about to wipe out humanity and take control of the world!
I for one welcome our intelligent light-eating bubble robot overlords.
I've been a gamer for years, and I've never been 35 or overweight. You'd think sooner or later the law of averages would catch up to me if this were true, therefore it is false. I am convinced that the average gamer is a 23-year old skinny university student.
Then how do you decide who is a candidate and gets a piece of the pie? What if I decide to run for senator in every state just so that I get a few million bucks in campaign stipends. Heck, I'd even spend it all on commercials about how awesome I am, and campaign events where free food is provided to anyone who comes to support me.
The fact is that campaign fund raising is one way to separate people who are serious about running for elected office from those who really just want attention for some other reason. Think of it as a litmus test of grass roots support. I'm not saying that there are no problems with the system; there are. But I'd take it over government funded and controlled elections any day.
Just an interesting tidbit. And if you believe the signage on city streets, you can buy and sell them in pawn shops every couple of blocks in the former Soviet Union.
On I-15 around Salt Lake City rude rivers are different. They seem to think that it's ok to get into a big clump of cars 3 or 4-lanes wide all going the same speed. That way, nobody can pass on any side... If you aren't going faster than the car to your right, you need to get in that lane and let people pass you on the left. Also, if you are in the far left (where I'm from, the 'fast' lane) and you see an open lane for half a mile in front of you, and 3+ cars directly behind you, it's probably time to get out of that lane... Common sense would help traffic flow better than rudeness.
If the court ruled that IP addresses aren't personally identifiable, then couldn't some crafty lawyer argue that it can't be used to personally identify any defendant? I can hear the courtroom defenses now... "I didn't download and share 10 million hours of music, your honor. The computer located at 10.187.13.37 did."
No wonder the newspaper industry is doing so well financially.
Valve Software patches their games frequently, and not just bug fixes. Team Fortress 2 for example regularly comes out with "themed" update packs that will give new unlockable weapons and abilities to individual characters, new maps, and new gameplay modes. Seriously, they keep the content coming even almost 2 years after the game first came out, with no sign of letting up!
Secede is right. Please note the last time Texas Succeeded at anything.
Short answer - nothing, but if all they're doing is undercutting Bloomsbury by only charging for costs, where's the profit motive? People will take douchebaggery only so far. Once you leave the internet, nobody is going to go that far when no profit is involved.
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I had not heard that angle before. That is a pretty unfortunate circumstance and I can see why they would have a vested interest in clearing the swine's good name. I thought that the issue was just among non pork-eating people who were just sick of hearing the name.