That's nothing new. It happened with cars, washing machines, and I bet horses in the olden days... People will always make use of the ignorance of others. That 'class division' always existed for all things that need maintenance by a professional.
Why was the iPhone specifically mentioned here? Every phone has data on it; even the Nokia 3310 many people still use can take notes. Does the word 'iPhone' suddenly mean 'mobile phone'? I think not!
What cbreaker said! I never understood why Apple made this fine OS OSX is, and then put Aqua on it. Most of Aqua's features could be easily implemented in X, and then you would have a system that is much better than Aqua is now. Apple users could have had a compiz fusion-like interface more than 5 years ago.
The trend you describe has been going on in the Netherlands for the past twenty years or so. Education was the one subject that always could do with less money, according to the gouvernments we had. Now it's so bad that we have students and high school kids demonstrating for better education. Ph.D. students here are usually foreigners who learn a lot and invent (new) ways of doing certain (new) things. After their promotion they go back to their home country, leaving us with the bills and a thesis, which, even if it's very good, doesn't usually contain all the expertise you need to continue the research at the same level or do the trick that the student devised again without much trial and error.
There were some movies an owner of a BMW with iDrive placed on the Internet because he was unhappy with the performance of the car's computer system. It would randomly open and close doors, for instance, while the car was parked. I'm not sure it did that when the car was moving, but in any case, MS's iDrive left a lot to be desired in the early days (and it still does according to Jeremy Clarkson).
I'm always amazed at the number of pop-ups FF blocks when I use IE. I can't understand why people still use IE, considering the enormous amount of excess information they have to cope with.
My use of 'MS tax' may be a bit wrong. By 'MS tax' I meant you pay MS a price for not being prosecuted for patent violations in the Linux OS. Novell made this deal with MS, remember? Sorry for being unclear.
The starting price for this system will be $949, $20 less than the same laptop with Vista Home Premium.
But since the OS is Suse, you still pay a Microsoft tax, am I right? I wonder when we will finally be able to buy laptops without any OS at all on them.
No I work as a researcher at a University. Our IT staff punishes us with this stupid virus scanner. We can't do anything about the scedule either. Grrrr...
My thoughts exactly. I hate virus scanners with a passion. They are responsible for so many lost hours they're really not worth the trouble. Every thursday morning my computer is unusable for about 20 minutes because it has to check it's viruses. That's 40 weeks a year 20 minutes, makes about 13 hours lost time. I cost around 100 euros an hour, so that's 1300 euros down the drain. Nice work, Norton!
The problem is that Hollywood has so much money that they can do what they like. Even if you sue them you're unlikely to win before you, mere mortal, go bankrupt.
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That's nothing new. It happened with cars, washing machines, and I bet horses in the olden days... People will always make use of the ignorance of others. That 'class division' always existed for all things that need maintenance by a professional.
Gas is so cheap in the US. I pay 1,54 or so per LITRE here in NL.
That's not a bad idea. After you're dead, your final deed for humanity could be converting yourself into ethanol. Saves on rainforests too.
Why was the iPhone specifically mentioned here? Every phone has data on it; even the Nokia 3310 many people still use can take notes. Does the word 'iPhone' suddenly mean 'mobile phone'? I think not!
I've had it up to here with the freaking iPhone.
What cbreaker said! I never understood why Apple made this fine OS OSX is, and then put Aqua on it. Most of Aqua's features could be easily implemented in X, and then you would have a system that is much better than Aqua is now. Apple users could have had a compiz fusion-like interface more than 5 years ago.
The trend you describe has been going on in the Netherlands for the past twenty years or so. Education was the one subject that always could do with less money, according to the gouvernments we had. Now it's so bad that we have students and high school kids demonstrating for better education. Ph.D. students here are usually foreigners who learn a lot and invent (new) ways of doing certain (new) things. After their promotion they go back to their home country, leaving us with the bills and a thesis, which, even if it's very good, doesn't usually contain all the expertise you need to continue the research at the same level or do the trick that the student devised again without much trial and error.
Like using Samba on a Linux box, you mean?
Indeed. Democracy in action. Bribery is legal in America.
Hmm, maybe you're right. You mean the MacBook Air is like the iPhone! /me ducks and runs away fast...
O, sorry I misread your posts. Ofcourse it can't. I should stop browsing /. just after waking up.
Samba.
My thoughts exactly. This is a machine for people who buy SUV's 'because they're so practical'.
Interesting, I never knew that.
There were some movies an owner of a BMW with iDrive placed on the Internet because he was unhappy with the performance of the car's computer system. It would randomly open and close doors, for instance, while the car was parked. I'm not sure it did that when the car was moving, but in any case, MS's iDrive left a lot to be desired in the early days (and it still does according to Jeremy Clarkson).
I'm always amazed at the number of pop-ups FF blocks when I use IE. I can't understand why people still use IE, considering the enormous amount of excess information they have to cope with.
Nah. 600 million dollars (isn't that what they were forced to pay?) is not a lot for them.
That was really helpful, and a valuable addition to the discussion. Thank you.
My use of 'MS tax' may be a bit wrong. By 'MS tax' I meant you pay MS a price for not being prosecuted for patent violations in the Linux OS. Novell made this deal with MS, remember? Sorry for being unclear.
The starting price for this system will be $949, $20 less than the same laptop with Vista Home Premium.
But since the OS is Suse, you still pay a Microsoft tax, am I right? I wonder when we will finally be able to buy laptops without any OS at all on them.
No I work as a researcher at a University. Our IT staff punishes us with this stupid virus scanner. We can't do anything about the scedule either. Grrrr...
Now that you mention it, that seems indeed a bit much... O well, so it's even more money down the drain!
And drat, it's "its", not "it's" in '...check its viruses.' I never thought I'd make that mistake. AAaaarrg!
My thoughts exactly. I hate virus scanners with a passion. They are responsible for so many lost hours they're really not worth the trouble. Every thursday morning my computer is unusable for about 20 minutes because it has to check it's viruses. That's 40 weeks a year 20 minutes, makes about 13 hours lost time. I cost around 100 euros an hour, so that's 1300 euros down the drain. Nice work, Norton!
I thought I had removed my bookmark to Digg.
The problem is that Hollywood has so much money that they can do what they like. Even if you sue them you're unlikely to win before you, mere mortal, go bankrupt.