What the hell has happened to/.? There was once a time when a story like this would have generated excitement on this site. ANYONE promoting FOSS, regardless of how "weird" their methods, would have gotten positive points.
"Why didn't they use x distro?" "Why would they wear an animal suit? That's weird."
I say good for these guys. They are offering a free/free alternative to a OS with a horrible UI (among other problems). I hope they do the same at the Apple store. Sorry they weren't "cool" enough.
The results of the study don't particularly surprise me. Think of how people act in clean v. dirty bathrooms or how vandalism that isn't cleaned up invites further vandalism.
So, Roller Coaster Tycoon had it right: puke on the sidewalk incites vandalism...
But you likely paid extra for the "import" sticker. This is what always frustrated me. I want a certain old album and it's only available on some foreign import. The import version is no different from the original release when it was released in the States, except that it has an Import sticker and the price is doubled (or even higher).
So, what iTunes isn't doing is offering "import" songs for the same price as domestic(?) songs. The record stores don't do this either.
"As far as I'm concerned, a voting machine should at least make an immediate print-out of each vote (a good old-fashioned line printer would do), so that a recount can be done to check the machine's results."
The last one I used did this on a cash register receipt looking printer.
...until some geeks make a few billion dollars. Then the "real money" gets their tools to start talking about bubbles in order to put the nerds back into their places.
No soldering required. RS-232 -> user port plug-in devices were readily available for the C=64. Commodore even sold one, though I can't remember model number. There's probably one on eBay right now...
Me: "I'm thinking of setting up a Linux server for [insert reason here]. RedHat has been the corporate standard, but Ubuntu has better [insert reason here]."
CFO: "Well. (sips coffee, still looking at his computer screen) RedHat I've heard of. Ubuntu? Better stick to Red Hat."
Me: "But Ubuntu has better [insert reason here]."
CFO: "RedHat will be around next year. If you're not around next year, we'll have to find a replacement IT guy that can support Ubuntu. Better stick to RedHat."
>I think the advertisers want you to buy their products, not simply remember the adverts
Some do as you say. Take the Oreck vacuum cleaner guy. His ads try to sell product based its qualities and it popularity. That is, they make you remember the product, not the ad. BK took a different approach. They want you to remember the ad. Or simply associate BK with chicken. Sure, you don't want a chicken sandwich right now, but some day you're going to be cruising around for lunch and get a craving for one. Your brain will remember the cornball BK ad because they purposely made it memorable. You won't care that the ad was horrible. You'll just remember that BK has chicken sandwiches and since you are about to drive by BK, you can whip into there just as easy as driving further to get to McDonalds for the same Tyson breast pattie.
Now, some people will take the original posters viewpoint and boycott BK becasue of the cornball ad. Those people are the exception. Most just chalk it up as dumb and move on.
You are absolutely correct. Back in the 80's, Commodore released the Commodore 128 that would boot into Commodore 64 mode and run apps (games) written for the Commodore 64. This was becuase of the pre-existing base of apps already written for the C64. What happened was nobody wrote new apps native for the 128 because they could cover all their bases with a C64 version. Because of this, the C128 didn't do well on the market. Why buy a C128 if everything is written for the cheaper C64?
Likewise, if I had to hire some Windows programmers and some Mac programmers to get two versions of an app out in six months. I would be better served to hire only Windows guys and get it out in three months.
Apple isn't stupid and they have to know this. So, I have to wonder if the Mac version of Office is going away and this is Apple's way of keeping a way to run Office.
My present employer wanted me to start immediately, yet they would want me to give them two weeks notice. They would also want me to assist in choosing my replacement.
They would also pay me consulting fees to train my replacement after hours. It would take them at least two weeks just to hire a guy.
Well, the school in the town where I live (not where I went to High School) spent over 6 million dollars on revamping their football field. I played High School football and it was some my most memorable times, but it didn't help me all that much professionally. I mean, I learned as much teamwork on the QuizBowl team (yes I was a nerd who played sports). And it's not like High Schools have Nike or Reebok lining up for sponsorships to pay for those stadiums. That came out of tax dollars.
I would rather they spent that money on iBooks than a football field. Or God forbid they just lower taxes and not buy anything...
When adding a drive to my RAID array (Dell sever running RHEL 2.1), I was at a loss trying to save my existing data. Called Dell at some crazy hour on a weekend, and the guy not only emailed me the firmware upgrades I needed to make it work, but followed up to make sure that they worked for me.
I had a RH support contract and never used it. The one time I used a Dell support call, I was impressed.
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Whare are mod points when you need them?
What the hell has happened to /.? There was once a time when a story like this would have generated excitement on this site. ANYONE promoting FOSS, regardless of how "weird" their methods, would have gotten positive points.
"Why didn't they use x distro?"
"Why would they wear an animal suit? That's weird."
I say good for these guys. They are offering a free/free alternative to a OS with a horrible UI (among other problems). I hope they do the same at the Apple store. Sorry they weren't "cool" enough.
The results of the study don't particularly surprise me. Think of how people act in clean v. dirty bathrooms or how vandalism that isn't cleaned up invites further vandalism.
So, Roller Coaster Tycoon had it right: puke on the sidewalk incites vandalism...
But he can carry 80 Gigs of data in his head...
Please don't tell us that you live somewhere where a person can't smoke in a bar.
If so, your location has greater problems than bad drivers: bad voters.
It is a laptop computer, not a laptop PC.
I always thought it was Toolkit Without An Interesting Name.
But you likely paid extra for the "import" sticker. This is what always frustrated me. I want a certain old album and it's only available on some foreign import. The import version is no different from the original release when it was released in the States, except that it has an Import sticker and the price is doubled (or even higher).
So, what iTunes isn't doing is offering "import" songs for the same price as domestic(?) songs. The record stores don't do this either.
"As far as I'm concerned, a voting machine should at least make an immediate print-out of each vote (a good old-fashioned line printer would do), so that a recount can be done to check the machine's results."
The last one I used did this on a cash register receipt looking printer.
Where's PETA when you really need them?
...until some geeks make a few billion dollars. Then the "real money" gets their tools to start talking about bubbles in order to put the nerds back into their places.
At least he didn't talk with his mouth full...
And before that, your sliderule stuck. And before that, your Da Vinci Calculator: http://www.webcom.com/calc/leonardo/leonardo.html rusted.
No soldering required. RS-232 -> user port plug-in devices were readily available for the C=64. Commodore even sold one, though I can't remember model number. There's probably one on eBay right now...
I work directly for the CFO.
Me: "I'm thinking of setting up a Linux server for [insert reason here]. RedHat has been the corporate standard, but Ubuntu has better [insert reason here]."
CFO: "Well. (sips coffee, still looking at his computer screen) RedHat I've heard of. Ubuntu? Better stick to Red Hat."
Me: "But Ubuntu has better [insert reason here]."
CFO: "RedHat will be around next year. If you're not around next year, we'll have to find a replacement IT guy that can support Ubuntu. Better stick to RedHat."
My organization is also a customer of Redhat and we run Oracle with it. I've never once in two years needed Redhat support other than package updates.
On the other hand, I've memorized the number to Oracle support, and been dissatisfied at times with what I've gotten from them.
I don't know how bad Redhat is, but if they are worse than Oracle, then they are in trouble. But I find that hard to believe.
>I think the advertisers want you to buy their products, not simply remember the adverts
Some do as you say. Take the Oreck vacuum cleaner guy. His ads try to sell product based its qualities and it popularity. That is, they make you remember the product, not the ad. BK took a different approach. They want you to remember the ad. Or simply associate BK with chicken. Sure, you don't want a chicken sandwich right now, but some day you're going to be cruising around for lunch and get a craving for one. Your brain will remember the cornball BK ad because they purposely made it memorable. You won't care that the ad was horrible. You'll just remember that BK has chicken sandwiches and since you are about to drive by BK, you can whip into there just as easy as driving further to get to McDonalds for the same Tyson breast pattie.
Now, some people will take the original posters viewpoint and boycott BK becasue of the cornball ad. Those people are the exception. Most just chalk it up as dumb and move on.
You are absolutely correct. Back in the 80's, Commodore released the Commodore 128 that would boot into Commodore 64 mode and run apps (games) written for the Commodore 64. This was becuase of the pre-existing base of apps already written for the C64. What happened was nobody wrote new apps native for the 128 because they could cover all their bases with a C64 version. Because of this, the C128 didn't do well on the market. Why buy a C128 if everything is written for the cheaper C64?
Likewise, if I had to hire some Windows programmers and some Mac programmers to get two versions of an app out in six months. I would be better served to hire only Windows guys and get it out in three months.
Apple isn't stupid and they have to know this. So, I have to wonder if the Mac version of Office is going away and this is Apple's way of keeping a way to run Office.
My present employer wanted me to start immediately, yet they would want me to give them two weeks notice. They would also want me to assist in choosing my replacement.
They would also pay me consulting fees to train my replacement after hours. It would take them at least two weeks just to hire a guy.
"MP3 player"
I thought the iPod played a different file format?
Well, the school in the town where I live (not where I went to High School) spent over 6 million dollars on revamping their football field. I played High School football and it was some my most memorable times, but it didn't help me all that much professionally. I mean, I learned as much teamwork on the QuizBowl team (yes I was a nerd who played sports). And it's not like High Schools have Nike or Reebok lining up for sponsorships to pay for those stadiums. That came out of tax dollars.
I would rather they spent that money on iBooks than a football field. Or God forbid they just lower taxes and not buy anything...
I was thinking the exact same thing.
This must have been produced later as a joke and Ballmer didn't remember his version history.
And of course, someone else thinks otherwise.
When adding a drive to my RAID array (Dell sever running RHEL 2.1), I was at a loss trying to save my existing data. Called Dell at some crazy hour on a weekend, and the guy not only emailed me the firmware upgrades I needed to make it work, but followed up to make sure that they worked for me.
I had a RH support contract and never used it. The one time I used a Dell support call, I was impressed.
YMMV.
I remember Wal-Mart trying to unload some old PS/2's when Packard Bell 486's were all the rage.
I had a 5150, with the uptown 160K floppies, and the mono-green screen.