What were those 100 books on? Think about that - how many years has be been writing books. Say it's been 10 years. 10 books a year? A book every 5.2 weeks? WTF
"Hello, is that the CEO? This is the Web development team. We're trying to find the charge number for working on the "for ipad users" version of our site, and we can't. Fix it.
That's a shame, the Palm Pre really is a nice phone, I prefer it to the iPhone. WebOS is nicer, and the native SDK is out now. The browsing experience was comparable when I compared iphone to pre. And it has a real keyboard that pops out. They totally blew the ads though, those horrible TV ads w/the weird chick going "oh wait, I just did that" - most likely alienated many potential customers. I know the freaked me out.
You say obtuse, the whole idea behind Linux is that you can use it for whatever you want. If it doesn't work for you, learn how to make it work, learn to program.
And right there, you have the very definition of obtuse, and why Linux is a terrible solution for the average Joe, unless it is prepackaged and sold as a product (like on a Druid phone where the average user doesn't even know that their phone has an OS).
What you are not understanding is that 99.9% of possible users of technology don't want to or can't "learn to program". They just want something that works.
Telling the average user to "learn to program" is like a guy who likes to build and fly kit planes telling the average person who travels by air to "just build your own plane".
Yeah you're missing a lot, like most of it. Take a gander at "In Search of Stupidity: OVER 20 YEARS OF HIGH-TECH MARKETING DISASTERS", SECOND EDITION". Much better / more accurate that that movie you watched, "Pirates of Silicon Valley".
Apple stole from Xerox because Xerox failed. I enjoyed using OS/2 2.0 personally, but 1.0 had no GUI... IBM screwed themselves over so many times.
Maybe if the OP would run windows update, and set it to autoupdate, he'd never have to patch. I know I don't ever patch explicitly, and my OS and windows apps are always up to date...
Wow, too long, didn't read, giant wall of self-serving text. Did he actually talk about why he's ignorant? Does pulling cable really qualify you to comment on the memory management systems of OS kernels?
As for extended warranties - don't buy them. Not on cars, not on electronics, not on anything. Your laptop or your car is either going to break in the first six months and be covered, or isn't going to break until after the extended warranty is up. Even if it does break in the sweet spot, odds are what you paid for warranty coverage is about what it costs to fix your problem,
Your assertion is false. Proof by counterexample: I bought a $1500 laptop and bought a 3 yr warranty (default was 1 yr). I have used the in-home warranty three times, all 3 outside of the default one year warranty. In the case of laptops that cost more than a few hundred dollars, NOT buying an extended warranty (for the period you intend to use the laptop) is foolish. One should include the cost of coverage for the period of use in the budget for the laptop because of the high cost of laptop repairs and how much more difficult it is to service them yourself. Twice, the solution was to replace the motherboard, which easily cost 4 times the price of the warranty.
Thanks for trying, Mr. Knowitall. I guess you're not as smart or prescient as you thought.
I did a survey of tethering options from the big carriers when they closed up the few outbound ports that were still open at work. The only one I found with a real unlimited data option was Sprint. I have a Blackberry Curve, and had no data plan (just use it as a phone/PDA). I had to get the "phone as a modem" addon to my voice plan, which was $40/month (less with discount via my employer). This also gave me a data plan on my phone so I could browse the web with it as well.
They give you SprintVision software that works as advertised (you get a NIC on your PC with a public IP once you connect). I use it for remote desktop and occasionally for WoW when away from home (though WoW latency is about double or worse, compared to home Fios).
Sprint has drawbacks - if getting missed call or voicemail notifications is important to you, forget it. Sometimes I get them days later. But the phone as a modem plan is a winner.
My mistake. Software written for linux will after you get the source tarballs or RPMs, resolve all dependencies, run autoconf and get rid of all the compilation/linking errors, possibly run on your distribution of GNU/Linux. Better?
New tests show that software written for Windows runs on Windows!
Copycat studies have also shown conclusively that software written for Macs run on Macs and software written for Linux runs on Linux!
More at 11.
It's great to listen to the fanbois and folks who don't know what they're talking about go on and on, but....
Quoted from someone above:
After doing a fresh install on both systems the guy determined that it was just some sort of freak occurrence. He had one laptop with a 2.0ghz processor and another with a 2.4ghz processor and after the reinstall on both systems, VOILA...it was only roughly a 20% difference...
TFA - just keep reading further and further down the usenet post
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Personally if someone does this type of comparison on different hardware, I wouldn't even bother to read their findings. If you can't be bothered to compare it on the same hardware (where there may still be driver differences for the various OSs, but at least you're minimizing the variables) you really shouldn't be posting.
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What were those 100 books on? Think about that - how many years has be been writing books. Say it's been 10 years. 10 books a year? A book every 5.2 weeks? WTF
"Hello, is that the CEO? This is the Web development team. We're trying to find the charge number for working on the "for ipad users" version of our site, and we can't. Fix it.
Blackberry just bought QNX, they don't need WebOS.
That's a shame, the Palm Pre really is a nice phone, I prefer it to the iPhone. WebOS is nicer, and the native SDK is out now. The browsing experience was comparable when I compared iphone to pre. And it has a real keyboard that pops out. They totally blew the ads though, those horrible TV ads w/the weird chick going "oh wait, I just did that" - most likely alienated many potential customers. I know the freaked me out.
You say obtuse, the whole idea behind Linux is that you can use it for whatever you want. If it doesn't work for you, learn how to make it work, learn to program.
And right there, you have the very definition of obtuse, and why Linux is a terrible solution for the average Joe, unless it is prepackaged and sold as a product (like on a Druid phone where the average user doesn't even know that their phone has an OS). What you are not understanding is that 99.9% of possible users of technology don't want to or can't "learn to program". They just want something that works. Telling the average user to "learn to program" is like a guy who likes to build and fly kit planes telling the average person who travels by air to "just build your own plane".
Why? They have a perfectly good driver on their web site for you to download.
They do and so they developed Linux drivers for those dozens of users. They're just not open-sourcing them.
Yeah you're missing a lot, like most of it. Take a gander at "In Search of Stupidity: OVER 20 YEARS OF HIGH-TECH MARKETING DISASTERS", SECOND EDITION". Much better / more accurate that that movie you watched, "Pirates of Silicon Valley". Apple stole from Xerox because Xerox failed. I enjoyed using OS/2 2.0 personally, but 1.0 had no GUI... IBM screwed themselves over so many times.
http://www.thepett.com/ http://www.thepett.com/index.php?PageLayout=PRODUCTS&pageID=95 Too late. These are already in use. The "poo powder" is some kind of fungus that reacts w/the heat and liquid and gives off gas that kills the bacteria, so you can toss the bag in a trash can, landfill etc.
Maybe if the OP would run windows update, and set it to autoupdate, he'd never have to patch. I know I don't ever patch explicitly, and my OS and windows apps are always up to date...
How about you let the IT guys do their job, and you do your job. Now go fetch your mop and bucket.
Wow, too long, didn't read, giant wall of self-serving text. Did he actually talk about why he's ignorant? Does pulling cable really qualify you to comment on the memory management systems of OS kernels?
As for extended warranties - don't buy them. Not on cars, not on electronics, not on anything. Your laptop or your car is either going to break in the first six months and be covered, or isn't going to break until after the extended warranty is up. Even if it does break in the sweet spot, odds are what you paid for warranty coverage is about what it costs to fix your problem,
Your assertion is false. Proof by counterexample: I bought a $1500 laptop and bought a 3 yr warranty (default was 1 yr). I have used the in-home warranty three times, all 3 outside of the default one year warranty. In the case of laptops that cost more than a few hundred dollars, NOT buying an extended warranty (for the period you intend to use the laptop) is foolish. One should include the cost of coverage for the period of use in the budget for the laptop because of the high cost of laptop repairs and how much more difficult it is to service them yourself. Twice, the solution was to replace the motherboard, which easily cost 4 times the price of the warranty.
Thanks for trying, Mr. Knowitall. I guess you're not as smart or prescient as you thought.
I did a survey of tethering options from the big carriers when they closed up the few outbound ports that were still open at work. The only one I found with a real unlimited data option was Sprint. I have a Blackberry Curve, and had no data plan (just use it as a phone/PDA). I had to get the "phone as a modem" addon to my voice plan, which was $40/month (less with discount via my employer). This also gave me a data plan on my phone so I could browse the web with it as well. They give you SprintVision software that works as advertised (you get a NIC on your PC with a public IP once you connect). I use it for remote desktop and occasionally for WoW when away from home (though WoW latency is about double or worse, compared to home Fios). Sprint has drawbacks - if getting missed call or voicemail notifications is important to you, forget it. Sometimes I get them days later. But the phone as a modem plan is a winner.
There really wasn't anything "beautiful" about 9/11.
My mistake. Software written for linux will after you get the source tarballs or RPMs, resolve all dependencies, run autoconf and get rid of all the compilation/linking errors, possibly run on your distribution of GNU/Linux. Better?
New tests show that software written for Windows runs on Windows! Copycat studies have also shown conclusively that software written for Macs run on Macs and software written for Linux runs on Linux! More at 11.
It's great to listen to the fanbois and folks who don't know what they're talking about go on and on, but.... Quoted from someone above: After doing a fresh install on both systems the guy determined that it was just some sort of freak occurrence. He had one laptop with a 2.0ghz processor and another with a 2.4ghz processor and after the reinstall on both systems, VOILA...it was only roughly a 20% difference... TFA - just keep reading further and further down the usenet post --- Personally if someone does this type of comparison on different hardware, I wouldn't even bother to read their findings. If you can't be bothered to compare it on the same hardware (where there may still be driver differences for the various OSs, but at least you're minimizing the variables) you really shouldn't be posting.
Because they are lazy and don't have government forced labor.