Quite good, perhaps, but for less money you can certainly get better performance out of Intel. As much as I have loved AMD for the last decade, Intel is completely eating their lunch at the moment and Phenom and Barcelona are not going to save them. We can only hope that in the next couple of years, they have something in the pipeline that rescues them and their less than 15% market share, before someone gobbles them up. Stupid AMD-only motherboard *grumble grumble*
I know this sounds shallow and crude, but it's no surprise he has trouble selling his message when he presents himself and his message the way he does. I might maybe even admit a little anger at him for it.
It's not shallow and crude to think that he would be more successful if he presented himself better. But it is shallow and crude to blame him for it rather than the people to whom his appearance matters.
It is the responsibility of the message sender to ensure that the intended audience can receive the message. It's not a fringe that is disregarding him, it's unfortunately only the fringe that listen to him.
Indeed. This whole issue makes me think Theo & co. doth protest too much.
That's not to say that I can stomach the other side. Stallman is a fruitcake, the kind of guy that sensible people would be crossing the proverbial street to avoid rather than paling up to. You're sadly right. I think that rms has good points and makes good sense - but honestly, I am appalled by his physical appearance. I know this sounds shallow and crude, but it's no surprise he has trouble selling his message when he presents himself and his message the way he does. I might maybe even admit a little anger at him for it.
Someone told me that one of the *old* powerbooks has a replacable top panel in which there was some sort of official apple solar panel option. I did some googling but couldn't find any evidence of that. From the linked page:
Note: This article provides information about a non-Apple product. Apple Computer, Inc. is not responsible for its content and mention of this product should not be interpreted as a recommendation by Apple. Please contact the vendor for additional information. Also, as far as I can tell, the products are no longer available (neither in original form, nor in "updated" forms).
To summarize: Hubris.
Yese, someone made something similar a decade ago. Are you saying that this Lenovo thinks this is so wildly succesful they'd better get into the market? Logically speaking, when the 2007 version weighs in at almost 50 kg and does not even completely power the kit, I think it's more to do with the tech being immature rather than being first to market. I can also market completely half-assed stuff, but then my company would also die and leave my domain for the sharks.
AFAIR, in the new Transformers movie, there's an obscure reference to him; at some point, when the innertubes of the Pentagon are being scanned, you see the name "Archibald Witwicky Amundsen" on a small monitor for a moment. Made me smile:)
Wow. I believe this is the first comment I've seen on slashdot that exudes the air of someone actually having gone through the trouble to find out what the hell this story is all about before posting. Kudos.
I know I could have read TFA, but that's not the/. way.
I think this is a common experience, because of quality control issues and manufacturing being outsourced to contractors.
Here Apple talking about iPods shipping with a Windows Virus on it... straight from Apple's site. Click here . Apparently, a contractor was to blame. Apparently, Apple was to blame. I don't really care about whether or not it's an inhouse or an outsourced screwup, when I purchase Apple gear, they've branded the item as theirs. The only exemption from this is if some computer store that sells the iPods has the added service to update the official firmware before selling the ipods as an added service to the customers, and the computer they then hook the iPod up to infects the iPod.
Seriously, I have a MS-keyb+mouse set, and it's awesome. Probably one of the best keyboards I've had - only, as soon as I installed Vista, half the cool functions weren't available. Kind of embarassing, that.
One can only wonder how things would be now if they hadn't decided to go quick-and-cheap. Leses units sold, slower development of computer deployment. Now stop worrying about things you can't change and make a cooler future happen, now!
...with mature open-source media players such as Miro supporting BitTorrent RSS feeds... If it's so mature, why does the OS X version crap itself after half an hour after install? It does on my computer, no matter what I do. Yeah, yeah, I know, I could go to the support forum or twiddle a bit around, I'm just saying that "beta version 0.9.0" is not the same as mature.
I'm amazed he even tried. There was just so much I wouldn't have read the original comment without the replies...
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My father used to program punch cards. If he's an accurate example of what happens to programmers late life, I'm quitting computing and taking up a trade.
In a way, the DOS 5 commercial is more fun than Win/386 - however, there's more mileage in Win/386, whatwith the random clothes changes and impossibly worse rap than DOS 5.
At least the DOS 5 commercial admits openly that it's a revenue stream.
Usually the lists are maintained by the police (in Denmark, at least), so that would be a moot point. Forking over a small amount of money to get a compatible cable, then blanking the IMEI and replacing it with one from an old phone that you then reported stolen, however...:)
I had a similar setup to yourself, but i didn't need that second copy of firefox. I assume you mean that you clicked a.torrent link in firefox, and it automatically loaded in uTorrent?
My solution wasn't quite as simple, but I preferred it. Set up uTorrent to automatically load torrent files from whatever directory, then have linux-firefox automatically download all files with.torrent extensions to that directory, and you are all set. uTorrent never pops up in front of firefox on you, either. This also works wonders with Azureus; it also adds another advantage (for some): Just because I download a.torrent-file, I don't necessarily want to load the torrent client this very instant. The above-described solution automagically cues the torrents. Mmmm, automagically.
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*chuckle*
:)
Gave me a good laugh to start the day on
I know this sounds shallow and crude, but it's no surprise he has trouble selling his message when he presents himself and his message the way he does. I might maybe even admit a little anger at him for it.
It's not shallow and crude to think that he would be more successful if he presented himself better. But it is shallow and crude to blame him for it rather than the people to whom his appearance matters.
It is the responsibility of the message sender to ensure that the intended audience can receive the message. It's not a fringe that is disregarding him, it's unfortunately only the fringe that listen to him.That's not to say that I can stomach the other side. Stallman is a fruitcake, the kind of guy that sensible people would be crossing the proverbial street to avoid rather than paling up to. You're sadly right. I think that rms has good points and makes good sense - but honestly, I am appalled by his physical appearance. I know this sounds shallow and crude, but it's no surprise he has trouble selling his message when he presents himself and his message the way he does. I might maybe even admit a little anger at him for it.
Pics here.
Someone told me that one of the *old* powerbooks has a replacable top panel in which there was some sort of official apple solar panel option. I did some googling but couldn't find any evidence of that.
From the linked page: Note: This article provides information about a non-Apple product. Apple Computer, Inc. is not responsible for its content and mention of this product should not be interpreted as a recommendation by Apple. Please contact the vendor for additional information. Also, as far as I can tell, the products are no longer available (neither in original form, nor in "updated" forms).
To summarize: Hubris.
Yese, someone made something similar a decade ago. Are you saying that this Lenovo thinks this is so wildly succesful they'd better get into the market?
Logically speaking, when the 2007 version weighs in at almost 50 kg and does not even completely power the kit, I think it's more to do with the tech being immature rather than being first to market. I can also market completely half-assed stuff, but then my company would also die and leave my domain for the sharks.
AFAIR, in the new Transformers movie, there's an obscure reference to him; at some point, when the innertubes of the Pentagon are being scanned, you see the name "Archibald Witwicky Amundsen" on a small monitor for a moment. Made me smile :)
Try -1 Overrated.
(I'm not saying for or against the moderation, I currently surf at -1 anyway)
Wow. I believe this is the first comment I've seen on slashdot that exudes the air of someone actually having gone through the trouble to find out what the hell this story is all about before posting. Kudos.
/. way.
I know I could have read TFA, but that's not the
Still not a chance in hell I'll buy a computer from Aldi.
Running it on Vista?
Seriously, I have a MS-keyb+mouse set, and it's awesome. Probably one of the best keyboards I've had - only, as soon as I installed Vista, half the cool functions weren't available. Kind of embarassing, that.
...with mature open-source media players such as Miro supporting BitTorrent RSS feeds... If it's so mature, why does the OS X version crap itself after half an hour after install? It does on my computer, no matter what I do. Yeah, yeah, I know, I could go to the support forum or twiddle a bit around, I'm just saying that "beta version 0.9.0" is not the same as mature."The key you have used has been activated too many times. Please call our support hotline if you believe this is an error.".
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I'm amazed he even tried. There was just so much I wouldn't have read the original comment without the replies...
My father used to program punch cards.
If he's an accurate example of what happens to programmers late life, I'm quitting computing and taking up a trade.
Windows 1.0, according to the title. Though, I'm not so sure it's 1.0 - anyone to back me it's 2.0?
In a way, the DOS 5 commercial is more fun than Win/386 - however, there's more mileage in Win/386, whatwith the random clothes changes and impossibly worse rap than DOS 5.
At least the DOS 5 commercial admits openly that it's a revenue stream.
Jeez, and I feel I've wasted too much time here, with my 1378 previous postings.
Erm, gz?
Usually the lists are maintained by the police (in Denmark, at least), so that would be a moot point. Forking over a small amount of money to get a compatible cable, then blanking the IMEI and replacing it with one from an old phone that you then reported stolen, however... :)
Ooh! It's GPL? My apologies for implying that it wasn't. My bad. :)
Tweak Opera? That's unpossable!
My Opera croaks when trying to use the 'new' comment system here...
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Surprising size on the nano, IMO. Damnit! Forgot the line breaks. Sorry.
My solution wasn't quite as simple, but I preferred it. Set up uTorrent to automatically load torrent files from whatever directory, then have linux-firefox automatically download all files with