The iPhone that got blended worked only for a few seconds, but it brought a smile to the faces of many people. I think in that way it served its purpose in life quite well.
That is because your ancestors were so busy getting slaves out of Africa and exploiting the people and resources there as much as they could that the continent was ruined beyond repair.
I never use spel checkers. Its just not worth the trouble. I made two errors in the last sentence I wrote on purpose, as an example to show that you have to proofread no matter what.
* We trust all hand tools like wrenches and sockets to be exactly the size on the label
OK, I'm with you here.
* We trust all of our doctor's opinions whether or not a second opinion is recommended
I guess you have a good health and don't see doctors often, or you would never say this.
* We trust our math applications to do math properly
Really? I live in a scientific environment and I've never seen a colleague who put his/her full trust in a mathematical program.
* We trust our spell checkers to check properly
You're joking, right?
I myself never trust anything fully, especially if it's capable of doing more than one specific thing. Even if it doesn't have design flaws, it can break or be used in a way it wasn't meant to be used for.
You misunderstand me. Usually the 'print this article' button links to a page that contains the whole article. You can read it from the screen, or choose to print it. Sometimes you get the 'Print' dialogue automatically but if you then press cancel you can still read the whole article from one webpage.
That means staying of the uber-high end stuff, which historically always had a bad power to performance ratio.
The problem with uber-high end stuff is that in two years it's mediocre and there is new uber-high end stuff that uses even more power. So old stuff uses relatively less power than new stuff, but still power consumption goes up over the years wehn you buy new computers. That trend must be broken.
In the Netherlands providers are REQUIRED to unlock their phones after the contract period has ended and customers ask them for it. And in many places you can have you phone unlocked for a fee, even before your contract expired. So you can buy a cheap prepayed, unlock it, and put your old SIM card in it. That is not illegal.
You just voiced the opinion of the vast mayority of European mobile phone customers I think. Apple is showing their complete ignorance of the European mobile phone market here. They will learn, don't worry.
I agree. Apple tries to bring the retardedness of the American mobile phone market to Europe. I don't think people here are so keen on switching provider for the iPhone as they are in America, simple because they are not used to switching providers for a new phone. But, I could be wrong. In any case not being able to buy it without the subscription is the ultimate show-stopper for me. In the long run buying without a subscription is usually cheaper.
This isn't science, this is technology. Very cool machine though; I especially like the complete lack of any safety measures concerning the big spinning blades! Can I hire that thing to get rid of my evil enemy Mr. Naughty?
I looked at their website (www.fsf.org) but I don't see much difference between 'free software' and 'open source' software the way it is normally distributed (under the GPL). So my confusion is logical I believe.
Sure it's about trust. Who do you trust: a well-established and widely known company, or a nearly invisible (compared to MS) group of Open Source advocates? For many decision-makers at companies, the choice is a no-brainer.
From the article: crippled, because a device that isn't under the control of its owner works against the interests of its owner.
That has nothing to do with the device running on open source software and everything to do with the user-friendliness of the software. Many of the open source advocates take it way too far in my opinion. Open source can be a great development model but at the end of the day the only thing that matters is wether the software does its job properly or not.
I also switched to Ubuntu from Slackware, and I'm sort-of happy with it. No compiling kernels and other stuff anymore, but a few handy things also didn't work anymore. It took me a long time to get used to Ubuntu, but I won't switch back. The only real problem I have with it is that it's so agonizingly SLOW! I heard that might be a GNOME thing, so I will switch to KDE to try that out, but the booting also takes forever. O, and does anyone know how to start the automounter before anyone is logged in? I use the machine as a fileserver for my laptop a lot.
I think the brain is in a separate, moveable part of the body because the nerves that send the pictures from the eyes to the brain can only be so long. A LOT of data is needed to see, and nerves are not very fast in transporting data, so you need your eyes close to the brain. And of course it's very handy to be able to move your eyes around without having to move your whole body around. Hence the configuration we see in almost all animals on earth. This is the reason why Larry Niven's Pierson's Puppeteer is unlikely to really exist on a planet like ours.
Wow it's even worse than I thought! I hope they skip this first iPhone altogether for Europe and release the second version here. Meanwhile, I think the Nokia n95 is a fantastic little machine.
Yeah, whatever. The customer should not have to worry that his/her computer is 'compatible' with the iPhone in any way, as long as it's fairly modern and mainstream. Isn't one of Apples 'soundbites' "It just works?"
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The iPhone that got blended worked only for a few seconds, but it brought a smile to the faces of many people. I think in that way it served its purpose in life quite well.
That is because your ancestors were so busy getting slaves out of Africa and exploiting the people and resources there as much as they could that the continent was ruined beyond repair.
A small piece of advice: STAY AWAY FROM ROBOT WARS! You'll be traumated for life, after having watched that show,
The Barbie dolls were the best blending IMO! Ooo what a bad parent you are if you use that for punishment!
"Bad, bad girl! Give me your Barbie! HAHAHAA!!!!"
What is all that black stuff anyway? He has blended electronic stuff before but what was left was never that black IIRC.
I never use spel checkers. Its just not worth the trouble. I made two errors in the last sentence I wrote on purpose, as an example to show that you have to proofread no matter what.
In general:
* We trust all hand tools like wrenches and sockets to be exactly the size on the label
OK, I'm with you here.
* We trust all of our doctor's opinions whether or not a second opinion is recommended
I guess you have a good health and don't see doctors often, or you would never say this.
* We trust our math applications to do math properly
Really? I live in a scientific environment and I've never seen a colleague who put his/her full trust in a mathematical program.
* We trust our spell checkers to check properly
You're joking, right?
I myself never trust anything fully, especially if it's capable of doing more than one specific thing. Even if it doesn't have design flaws, it can break or be used in a way it wasn't meant to be used for.
You misunderstand me. Usually the 'print this article' button links to a page that contains the whole article. You can read it from the screen, or choose to print it. Sometimes you get the 'Print' dialogue automatically but if you then press cancel you can still read the whole article from one webpage.
I long ago decided that I won't read articles that are spread out over more than one page when there is no 'print this article' button.
Who cares, it's still a waste of energy. Things that are idle should use no power at all.
That means staying of the uber-high end stuff, which historically always had a bad power to performance ratio.
The problem with uber-high end stuff is that in two years it's mediocre and there is new uber-high end stuff that uses even more power. So old stuff uses relatively less power than new stuff, but still power consumption goes up over the years wehn you buy new computers. That trend must be broken.
Ah, so they will use a BSD license from now on?
In the Netherlands providers are REQUIRED to unlock their phones after the contract period has ended and customers ask them for it. And in many places you can have you phone unlocked for a fee, even before your contract expired. So you can buy a cheap prepayed, unlock it, and put your old SIM card in it. That is not illegal.
You just voiced the opinion of the vast mayority of European mobile phone customers I think. Apple is showing their complete ignorance of the European mobile phone market here. They will learn, don't worry.
Good point. But doesn't Apple make 100% on each iPhone? I thought 50 % of what you pay is manufacturing costs.
I agree. Apple tries to bring the retardedness of the American mobile phone market to Europe. I don't think people here are so keen on switching provider for the iPhone as they are in America, simple because they are not used to switching providers for a new phone. But, I could be wrong. In any case not being able to buy it without the subscription is the ultimate show-stopper for me. In the long run buying without a subscription is usually cheaper.
You got me laughing!
This isn't science, this is technology. Very cool machine though; I especially like the complete lack of any safety measures concerning the big spinning blades! Can I hire that thing to get rid of my evil enemy Mr. Naughty?
I looked at their website (www.fsf.org) but I don't see much difference between 'free software' and 'open source' software the way it is normally distributed (under the GPL). So my confusion is logical I believe.
Sure it's about trust. Who do you trust: a well-established and widely known company, or a nearly invisible (compared to MS) group of Open Source advocates? For many decision-makers at companies, the choice is a no-brainer.
From the article: crippled, because a device that isn't under the control of its owner works against the interests of its owner.
That has nothing to do with the device running on open source software and everything to do with the user-friendliness of the software. Many of the open source advocates take it way too far in my opinion. Open source can be a great development model but at the end of the day the only thing that matters is wether the software does its job properly or not.
I also switched to Ubuntu from Slackware, and I'm sort-of happy with it. No compiling kernels and other stuff anymore, but a few handy things also didn't work anymore. It took me a long time to get used to Ubuntu, but I won't switch back. The only real problem I have with it is that it's so agonizingly SLOW! I heard that might be a GNOME thing, so I will switch to KDE to try that out, but the booting also takes forever. O, and does anyone know how to start the automounter before anyone is logged in? I use the machine as a fileserver for my laptop a lot.
I think the brain is in a separate, moveable part of the body because the nerves that send the pictures from the eyes to the brain can only be so long. A LOT of data is needed to see, and nerves are not very fast in transporting data, so you need your eyes close to the brain. And of course it's very handy to be able to move your eyes around without having to move your whole body around. Hence the configuration we see in almost all animals on earth. This is the reason why Larry Niven's Pierson's Puppeteer is unlikely to really exist on a planet like ours.
Wow it's even worse than I thought! I hope they skip this first iPhone altogether for Europe and release the second version here. Meanwhile, I think the Nokia n95 is a fantastic little machine.
Yeah, whatever. The customer should not have to worry that his/her computer is 'compatible' with the iPhone in any way, as long as it's fairly modern and mainstream. Isn't one of Apples 'soundbites' "It just works?"