Exactly, pre-adoption tech usually costs more (so that sellers can recoup more expense at first in case of a failure). People are going to have clench their cheecks and pony up the dollars if anyone wants Linux to succeed. What really gets me is that these people that buy Windows boxes to install Linux on dont even seem to realize that they are telling the market they prefer Windows over Linux, essentially making them MS fanboys (in the markets eyes). The true irony in this is that its the Linux fans that are hurting Linux more than MS possibly could by not buying "Genuine Linux" boxen. Really sad, isnt it?
It is odd that a Linux box costs more then a Windows box
No its not, if Dell tried to sell a Linux box cheaper than a Windows box MS would make Dell pay full retail price per machine for their Windows licenses. Do you really think Dell could survive if they did not get their discount licensing from Microsoft?
It doesnt matter, because on Microsofts end they are still making their dollar off of all you fools who buy something just to throw it away. Whether you use it or not Microsoft still sees and can count a copy of Vista that was sold, they could care less if you use it or not, they just care that you are helping to keep their sales numbers up.
Cloning is just another form of birth. The clone needs to still learn and grow like any other creature that is born through natural methods. Anything else is just science fiction.
Which just goes to show that you have to pay attention to yourself and figure what you need to lose weight. In my case I cut down on potatoes and pasta and I lost weight without having to increase exercise. It appears my body is very very good at converting carbs into sugar and was the reason why I never lost weight even when I substantially increased my exercise.
The base formula for losing weight is very simple: Eat less, exercise more But everyone is different and you have to figure out for yourself which part of the formula applies to you.
See this is why there could never truely be a "worlds finest software developer", because all software developers think they are "the worlds finest software developer". N-BRAIN is going to have to invite all software developers to participate, they would need a venue the size of Texas to sponser that. What I would like to see is a "Survivor" type of show, where a bunch of "joe average" coders have to code their way out of a situation or die. Hmm, that just might actually make it on TV, I know at least a dozen middle managers that would watch that.
more than likely MS threatened to take away Asus's windows discount pricing if they didnt do this. This is a well known and commonly used tactic by Microsoft.
Should England finally move to eliminate its troubling state surveillance program?
Unfortunately the kind of people that would install cameras to spy on their neighbors are also the kind of people who tend to be so paranoid that they will not let this be removed without a fight (possibly even turning violent).
This can actually be explained by the fact that the Southern League (the people that started the civil war, the kkk and loudly and proudly murdered Lincoln) changed from being Democrats to Republican in '64 when Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. I personally think Kennedy was killed over the Civil Rights Act by these very same people (they killed one president already). Nixon with his "Southern Vote" agenda played into this paradigm shift of the southern league to get him elected. Bush was also courting the same crowd with his "NASCAR Vote" campaign. All in all things started getting a bit crazy in the Republican party right around or a few years before 1964.
Just read up on 2000 and 2004 elections. Most conservatives had no idea what Bush's positions where on the issues, most of them just assumed he had the same positions as themselves. Ask some conservatives, you rarely got the same answer to the same question if you ask them Bush's stance on just about any issue.
Even though one door has a 2/3 chance of being right, my chance of picking the right door is still 50/50. The door is not picking itself. I realize the solution is stating that when I have 3 doors and I know 1, there is a 2/3 chance of winning if I switch doors. But the fact that I could have picked the right door first offsets any advantage and essentially puts my chance of picking the right door back to 50/50 for me.
Actually there is quite a history between ISO and MS. MS has been trying their hardest to get their locked-in products standardized by the ISO committee through-out their entire existence (Gates has some perverse dream of owning all of the computer industries standards). The ISO committee has repeatedly rejected MS's attempts on the grounds that standards and product lock-in are two contradictory goals. It really seemed to come to a head when Gates basically got laughed out of the committee when MS tried to standardize C#. So, MS is now trying to (and successfully it seems) discredit the ISO, expect to see a "new and improved" standards board (probably chaired by Gates himself) once the ISO is nothing but a smoldering heap...or fight to help keep it alive.
The diamond industry? Damn thats a pretty wide gap, just about everyone falls in between that range. Of course unless the RIAA is kidnapping artists and enslaving them so they can produce music cheaper, but I havent heard about that, yet.
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What did you expect from "BadAnalogyGuy"? A good analogy? Your just feeding the trolls.
Exactly, pre-adoption tech usually costs more (so that sellers can recoup more expense at first in case of a failure). People are going to have clench their cheecks and pony up the dollars if anyone wants Linux to succeed. What really gets me is that these people that buy Windows boxes to install Linux on dont even seem to realize that they are telling the market they prefer Windows over Linux, essentially making them MS fanboys (in the markets eyes). The true irony in this is that its the Linux fans that are hurting Linux more than MS possibly could by not buying "Genuine Linux" boxen. Really sad, isnt it?
It is odd that a Linux box costs more then a Windows box
No its not, if Dell tried to sell a Linux box cheaper than a Windows box MS would make Dell pay full retail price per machine for their Windows licenses. Do you really think Dell could survive if they did not get their discount licensing from Microsoft?
It doesnt matter, because on Microsofts end they are still making their dollar off of all you fools who buy something just to throw it away. Whether you use it or not Microsoft still sees and can count a copy of Vista that was sold, they could care less if you use it or not, they just care that you are helping to keep their sales numbers up.
I wanted to name a band "Free Beer" think anyone would come to see us? Or do you think we would just get the crap kicked out of us.
Cloning is just another form of birth. The clone needs to still learn and grow like any other creature that is born through natural methods. Anything else is just science fiction.
Which just goes to show that you have to pay attention to yourself and figure what you need to lose weight. In my case I cut down on potatoes and pasta and I lost weight without having to increase exercise. It appears my body is very very good at converting carbs into sugar and was the reason why I never lost weight even when I substantially increased my exercise.
The base formula for losing weight is very simple:
Eat less, exercise more
But everyone is different and you have to figure out for yourself which part of the formula applies to you.
Damn dude, don't give anyone any ideas.
vi vs emacs thing
That would be cool because no matter who they picked we would get to see some "Full Contact Coding". Come on "ARE YOU READY TO RECURSE".
See this is why there could never truely be a "worlds finest software developer", because all software developers think they are "the worlds finest software developer". N-BRAIN is going to have to invite all software developers to participate, they would need a venue the size of Texas to sponser that. What I would like to see is a "Survivor" type of show, where a bunch of "joe average" coders have to code their way out of a situation or die. Hmm, that just might actually make it on TV, I know at least a dozen middle managers that would watch that.
probably not
more than likely MS threatened to take away Asus's windows discount pricing if they didnt do this. This is a well known and commonly used tactic by Microsoft.
Unless this guy is a complete idiot I would assume Rosie knows about Louise.
Not sure, but the violence will surely be ignored if a traffic violation or a drug deal is going on anywhere near the vacinity.
Should England finally move to eliminate its troubling state surveillance program?
Unfortunately the kind of people that would install cameras to spy on their neighbors are also the kind of people who tend to be so paranoid that they will not let this be removed without a fight (possibly even turning violent).
This can actually be explained by the fact that the Southern League (the people that started the civil war, the kkk and loudly and proudly murdered Lincoln) changed from being Democrats to Republican in '64 when Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. I personally think Kennedy was killed over the Civil Rights Act by these very same people (they killed one president already). Nixon with his "Southern Vote" agenda played into this paradigm shift of the southern league to get him elected. Bush was also courting the same crowd with his "NASCAR Vote" campaign. All in all things started getting a bit crazy in the Republican party right around or a few years before 1964.
Now I get it. no one is going to want to use their shiny new simulator after playing GTA IV.
Growing up in a town where the head of the local MADD chapter was the town drunk didnt leave me with too much respect for that organization.
I was thinking more along the lines of. This will certainly catch all of those interstellar spies who have had their minds wiped and are living a lie.
The only problem is that you will end up paying 500 anally instead of 300. It will just be in smaller payments so it doesnt hurt as much.
23 years ago, the words 'IBM' and 'computers' where synonymous to everyone. Things change.
Just read up on 2000 and 2004 elections. Most conservatives had no idea what Bush's positions where on the issues, most of them just assumed he had the same positions as themselves. Ask some conservatives, you rarely got the same answer to the same question if you ask them Bush's stance on just about any issue.
Even though one door has a 2/3 chance of being right, my chance of picking the right door is still 50/50. The door is not picking itself. I realize the solution is stating that when I have 3 doors and I know 1, there is a 2/3 chance of winning if I switch doors. But the fact that I could have picked the right door first offsets any advantage and essentially puts my chance of picking the right door back to 50/50 for me.
Thats just what I was thinking. "Oh great, now when the zombie invasion comes they are all going to come after me and my healthy brain"
Actually there is quite a history between ISO and MS. MS has been trying their hardest to get their locked-in products standardized by the ISO committee through-out their entire existence (Gates has some perverse dream of owning all of the computer industries standards). The ISO committee has repeatedly rejected MS's attempts on the grounds that standards and product lock-in are two contradictory goals. It really seemed to come to a head when Gates basically got laughed out of the committee when MS tried to standardize C#. So, MS is now trying to (and successfully it seems) discredit the ISO, expect to see a "new and improved" standards board (probably chaired by Gates himself) once the ISO is nothing but a smoldering heap...or fight to help keep it alive.
a bi-polarized US audience?
The diamond industry? Damn thats a pretty wide gap, just about everyone falls in between that range. Of course unless the RIAA is kidnapping artists and enslaving them so they can produce music cheaper, but I havent heard about that, yet.